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A lot has been written about Eleanor Catton's interview on liveMint TV and Sean Plunket's response to that interview (see The Dim Post, Gordon Campbell, Morgan Godfery). What was overlooked in the kerfuffle were Catton's comments about New Zealanders' reluctance to express firm beliefs, in particular the beliefs New Zealand writers hold about writing. Catton said:
But I think it is always a shame when people don't stand up for what it is that they really believe. And I do think the problem we face in New Zealand is that we are reluctant to express firm beliefs in anything. An example would be, I was teaching in class in Auckland. I made up a statement with manifestos from all over the world, different writers who all thought what writing should do or not do. I was going to give it out to my students and have them write about the one that spoke to them the most. When I was putting this document together, I thought, hang on, I don't have any New Zealand writers here. And I spent an entire day on the Internet trying to find an aesthetic statement from a New Zealand writer and there was nothing. Hopefully in the future, we will have more people being brave in that way.
It is certainly a debatable point of view, and one that reminded me of how spoken interviews often lend themselves to generalisations. That said, I think Catton's underlying point deserves more discussion. One writer I emailed cited Allen Curnow's controversial introduction to A Book of New Zealand Verse 1923-45 (1945) as a form of manifesto, as well as Michele Leggott's Opening the Archive. A quick browse of Best New Zealand Poems will throw up many a manifestoesque statement, for example Ian Wedde's belief in the diversity of poetry. On the other hand, New Zealanders are often so agreeable that they do not speak out, and, as Brian Easton points out of Catton, when they do, they are attacked by the media. The dire consequences of such an attack are outlined by Godfery on Overland.
Whether or not you agree with Catton is not really the point. She is a writer that spurs intellectual debate about the role of writing and writers, and she is also someone who stands up as a public intellectual. This is a valuable thing, and it's certainly brave. To show my support for her right to speak, I asked a few New Zealand writers to write their own statements or manifestos about writing – a love letter of sorts to Catton's outspokenness. Thank you to those who responded. If you're a New Zealand writer, post your own in the comments (or email them to me) and I'll add them to the post. Please feel free to repost.
I believe writing needs to burn through to something. That's the reason I do it. To hopefully create a sense in the reader, and also in myself, that some kind of incandescence has occurred, illuminating the world, human beings, power, nature, history, the future, our mothers and fathers, our ancestors. – Hinemoana Baker, writer and musician
The choice or drive to write anything goes beyond speech. It is both more free and more fixed. To write is to attempt to fix something, to find something of which we can be certain, to delay or stretch time, to hold all that is evanescent in words. 'Should' or 'should not' have no place in this drive or decision. It rests on 'can' and 'must'. For what writing can and must do is provide us with evidence of self and world – evidence being a moment in which something is fixed. Every writer – whether of novel, poem, letter or email – seeks and accomplishes this with greater or lesser truth, greater or lesser technical ability. So all writing is both self-portrait and picture of a world – representation of what we characterise as inner and outer life. And here is the marvel. Writing is both portrait of the writer and mirror for the reader. Every successful portrait is a mirror. It is of us and belongs to us as soon as written, for it is in our language. We may recognise ourselves or not, be flattered or insulted, comprehend the image or be baffled by it. These are our own, individual responses. But the mirror, the written text, does not answer to us. It travels. It is a mirror for individuals unknown to us, unlike us, even unborn, to see, confront, appreciate, understand themselves. For these reasons, we need writers who have no interest in being told what writing should or should not do. Those who are concerned with should and should not are those who would avoid or control the mirror. – Harold Jones, poet
It's hard to take literary manifestos seriously, and I've always liked Frank O'Hara's "Personism" essay, which is both jokey and useful. When you write a poem, "you just go on your nerve," he says. "As for measure and other technical apparatus, that's just common sense: if you're going to buy a pair of pants you want them to be tight enough so everyone will want to go to bed with you. There's nothing metaphysical about it." But what does it mean, to "just go on your nerve"? I don't know, really, but O'Hara did it, and I wish more poets followed his example. – Tim Upperton, poet
Ellie Catton's comments about firm belief resonate strongly with me. As to what writing should or should not do, it has to be up to the individual writer. Hard-and-fast rules or encompassing statements tend not to be particularly useful to creative practitioners in any field. I think this discussion raises two separate points: firstly, what attitudes should writers express in their work, and secondly what attitudes they should express via other means, such as interviews or public talks. What has angered me most about this media incident is the implied idea that a writer shouldn't be publicly criticising her country or its government. That is absolutely a totalitarian attitude. – Airini Beautrais, poet
Writing presents a brave act of magic, and an aid to survival. Writing focuses and controls our thinking, while we make our infinite world within into something finite, to work in the world of others. Often writing inspires or provokes dialogue. Buber, the German philosopher, said the only way we progress is through dialogue. Writing may be deliberately set to encourage people to communicate well with each other. Also, writing may expose a unique, talented individual unafraid to display their work, even if knowing it is rare, strange, and at times startling, or controversial. Although various attacks, envious remarks, sabotage, threats, and basic rudeness may result, it's important to write well, and enjoy it, and learn. Writing has also a honourable purpose in that we may record what we experience, recall, or imagine, because we believe human beings matter, and what we form into language can assist others immeasurably, in ways we can often not imagine. So we need to work hard, trust others, and publish no matter the opposition, for the good of the many. – Raewyn Alexander, writer
It's easy to tell stories about New Zealanders as a people who don't have (or particularly want) full access to the world of ideas; who prefer to traffic in physical expression, via outlets such as sporting prowess and the conspicuous acquisition of material wealth. There are those who mistake these stories for incontrovertible truth, proclaiming them to be "the way things are" or "how the world works" as if it were ever possible to tell such a story. Such absolutist types can often react poorly to storytellers who chip the concrete absolutism from their sustaining narratives, revealing the shifting impermanence beneath. But it's these second kind of storytellers we need: those who make the world bigger, not smaller, revealing possibilities outside the reductive narratives by which we're tricked into viewing our lives. Eleanor Catton has reminded us this week that there is no reason on earth why people living in New Zealand should not enjoy access to such storytellers. She doesn't belong to New Zealand — her work happened in her mind, not in this country or that — but inasmuch as her voice sounds recognisable to us, we are fortunate to have the chance to hear her stories. – Tom Goulter, writer
The art of writing is couched in a shifting constellation of ideas, philosophy, politics and moral vision. It is an inherently political act, whether one acknowledges it or not. Because of that, it comes with a responsibility to continue to learn, to critique and to be mindful of our own thinking and to be curators of our own beliefs. This ongoing process of reflection is the examined life – the only one worth living. – Anna Forsyth, writer and musician
I do believe that writers are more than a 'brand' or producers of 'product.' We should support the right of writers to question authority and political leaders. In my work, I am striving to reach an honesty. I want my work to be of the highest quality – I am trying to reach my best. Writers should not be expected to be cultural ambassadors or even role models. I support Catton's statement and her sentiments and admire her courage. – Harvey Molloy, poet
It is the job and function of artists of all kinds to be political, to be dissenting voices, to challenge the status quo. It is our job to show the truths we perceive and the alternative possibilities we visualise. It is our job to speak clearly and to ensure that debates about how our country (and our world) is governed aren't held only between the people who do the governing and those who aspire to replace them. Who is better placed to do this than artists? – Joy Green, poet, reviewer, theatre pactitioner & teacher
Writing should be an honest, pioneering inquiry into the aspects of the writer, and the world the writer inhabits, which are concealed or overlooked. Sylvia Plath's promise to 'write until I begin to speak my deep self' is attractive to me. I don't think this 'deep self' is found by solipsistic tunnelling, but via perilous imaginative journeys that send the self into alien circumstances. This sort of writing should startle both the writer and the reader – perhaps by showing what is presumed foreign to be familiar and vice versa. Writing should also be readable. If the writer fears, disrespects or neglects the assumed reader, writing becomes muddy. Instead, writing should accentuate the muddiness of quotidian language and inspire us to demand better. If we only receive politicians' cliché-muffled meaning, advertisements' senseless promises, and bureaucracies' contorted parlance, we might forget how much clearer expression could be and relinquish our own clarity of thought. Writing should ward off such a vulnerable impairment. – Amy Brown, poet
It's true New Zealand writers (with the obvious exception of Allen Curnow and a few others) don't tend to go in for personal manifestos or literary creeds or dogmatic aesthetic statements. This is partly due to not wanting to seem 'up yourself', partly to a distrust of movements and slogans, partly to our culture of politeness (which is definitely a likeable trait, but does inhibit our willingness to review each other's work). I've found that the most useful literary statements are more like tips and are mostly just common sense: "originality is better than repetition"; don't write something just because it sounds rhetorically or sonorously effective; "They learn in suffering what they teach in song"; develop your own 'shit-detector', your own inner reader; with poems, the proof of the pudding is usually in the rhythm. Manifestos (besides propaganda, posturing and self-promotion) are only really useful to writers if these help them with the work itself. Ironically, writers who come up with literary creeds are often at their most interesting when they're breaking them. – Harry Ricketts, poet, academic, editor, reviewer
For me, it's important to distinguish between an 'aesthetic statement[s]' about 'what writing should or should not do' – most often made, I believe, by individual white men and those who help them create/sustain their canon – and a 'manifesto' that groups of writers and artists make collectively. And there's a fine tradition of manifestos/kaupapa in New Zealand. The one closest to my hand – and probably my heart – is this one from the Mothers exhibition catalogue (1980); I laughed when I reached for a heavy book to hold it flattish to photograph and that book was Charles Brasch: Journals 1938-1945. Mothers includes poems from Elizabeth Smither, Fiona Kidman, Joanna Margaret Paul, Juliet Batten, Keri Hulme and Meg Campbell.
I'm pretty certain that there are similar manifestos from other groups, like the founders of Spiral magazine. Their manifesto may have suggested that women artists and writers benefit from extended periods when they read and look at women's work only. That's how I came to know and love that strategy. The Haeata Collective certainly had a kaupapa and may have had a written version, perhaps in its Karanga Karanga catalogue – from artists and writers like Maaka Jones, Patricia Grace, Robyn Kahukiwa, Keri Kaa, Irihapeti Ramsden, Shona Rapira-Davies, Tungia Baker, Roma Potiki.These manifestos/kaupapa – and the actions they inspired – arose from conditions that made it difficult for diverse women to make work and to have it published or exhibited within an appropriate context. Public and private reactions to the manifestos/ kaupapa and the related activity were often intense, intended to silence participants and hurtful to individuals. Those who had a strong publication or exhibition record and contributed to these collectives' ideas did so for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they wanted to take risks that their dealers or publishers would not support. And/or they wanted to ensure that audiences experienced their work within an appropriate collective framework. And/or they wanted to act in solidarity. Of New Zealanders who've worked consistently with a personal manifesto I think film editor Annie Collins has been most influential, because her kaupapa's ethical and aesthetic elements have affected so many New Zealand films and filmmakers. – Marian Evans, writer and maker
Free speech is the non negotiable space writers and writing must inhabit. As part of the Fourth Estate it is every writer's job – as it is every journalist's job – to hold governments to account and to speak out against them if/when things go awry. In this, the remits of the Fourth Estate – impartiality, integrity – are those which guide the writer through their free expression of opinion and critique. Writers and writing should never be lambasted, shamed or demeaned for simply ensuring democratic principles such as liberty and open discourse are upheld. – Siobhan Harvey, poet
Poetry should walk the tightrope between the right and the left brain and never fall off. It should create whole worlds that the poet cannot fully understand, and be soul-work, and never lie still. – Joan Fleming, poet
Writers write for all sorts of different reasons, so I wouldn't expect each and every one of them to be the critical voice of their generation, or to regard speaking truth to power as a moral imperative. However, these are very legitimate and I would say necessary expectations for a society to place on its intellectual class overall. This is why we must stand by those writers among us who dare to be critical of our society and its institutions when they are under attack. Solidarity with Eleanor Catton. – Giovanni Tiso, writer and translator
The writer must be true to herself. Truthfulness is beautiful although it may be hard to hear and hard to look at. It can be brutal. It can fail. Truthfulness does not speak for the sound of its own voice or step forward for the pose. A character may act falsely, a plot move may be a false lead but the force that through the green fuse drives the flower must also drive the writer's hand. The writer's hand is hers alone. – Kirsten McDougall, novelist
I'm a little allergic to the idea of manifestos, I guess because of their insistence and their demands for certainty in a pursuit that, to my mind, better rewards suspension of judgment, and uncertainty. If NZ writers are in fact reluctant to write manifestos, I tend to think it's not due to a lack of firm belief, but another characteristic in our literature – a determination to stay open, to allow multiple realities into a work, to intentionally puncture the tendency towards easy and firmly held opinion (cf Keats's negative capability). To my mind this is one of the brilliant offshoots of what is essentially a postcolonial literature, and one of the reasons why there are so many excellent NZ poets. – Anna Smaill, poet and novelist
I think writing should not be afraid to offend, not offense for offense's sake, but to address issues and subjects that the writer feels strongly about and to which certain sectors might take objection. Satire is an under-used and under-appreciated genre in New Zealand writing. Many New Zealand writers shy away from dealing with political issues in their writing either because politics doesn't interest them or because they fear the backlash in a small society. In this way, I think it is brave of Eleanor Catton to nail her political colours to the mast. Art addresses the full spectrum of the human condition, but we must not forget that we are citizens as well as writers. As writers, we can use our talents and our vision to effect change. – Andrew M. Bell, poet, fiction writer and playwright
Writing at its most radical is an act of empathy. It makes you, as best you can, inhabit the mind of another person. Even if that person is cruel or hateful or simply different to how you see yourself, it makes you spend time understanding their perspective. – Sarah Jane Barnett, poet and reviewer


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This is a pretty exclusive club, to say the least. You can't get in unless you've died and come back to life. We don't know too many folks who've managed to pull off that trick, but it's pretty impressive. Even though Asclepius never regained his mortal life after Zeus zapped him, the good doctor became an honorary member of this clique when he learned how to bring others back from the dead.
Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry, was known for coming back from the dead. (No wonder he didn't care how hard he partied.) The god of wine actually gets extra points because he managed to go to the underworld and back a couple times, even though he got totally dismembered. (Um... ouch.)
Just like Dionysus, this Egyptian god died and came back to life. In another fun story, Osiris was dismembered and then put back together again. Sound familiar? Because of these similarities, Dionysus and Osiris are often equated and sometimes even merged into one. Two peas in a pod, we guess.
Based on Dionysus' reputation for wild behavior, you might not think that he and Jesus have a lot in common. The two are compared pretty often, though. The dismemberment and resurrection of Dionysus was a key aspect of his religion, just as Christ's death on the cross and resurrection is the major basis of Christianity.
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You live, you learn. In my case…I seem to still be learning. Here are a few choice travel moments from the life of VE:
- Trying to carry on a meat clever at the airport. (long story, wait for my book)
- Getting on the wrong plane in
- Discovering that your answer to having to sing Karaoke by choosing the song "Tequila" and thinking that was the only word in the entire song…was incorrect. Apparently there are a bunch of lyrics. Damn!
- That when your Asian co-workers say they're going on a "food eating weekend" through
- Thinking you'd save time by adapting the "Amazing Race" principals and getting on to an earlier flight than you're ticketed for and then having them put you on the plane and then right at the last minute they call your name and have you take your carry on and exit the plane because they'd erroneously overbooked it; leaving you stranded.
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- If you don't have a hotel reservation on the French Riviera during their holiday month, you will end up sleeping in your car unless you want to drive to
- Even if you do lather on SPF 1000 so you don't burn in the event you fall asleep in the sun while jet lagged on a beach in
- If a stranger follows you around a three sides of a building while in a bad neighborhood in London at night...it probably isn't a coincidence.


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EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals Reveals Why 'Last Tycoon' Is Her 'Favorite' Role, Dishes on 'Epic' 'L Word' Revival
It was kismet for Jennifer Beals when The Last Tycoon came along.
The 53-year-old actress, best known for her roles in Flashdance and The L Word, plays the fierce and in-demand Hollywood star Margo Taft, who comes into the fray in the original Amazon series' third episode and proves a strong woman isn't to be toyed with.
As Margo, Beals showcases a woman -- who keeps her biracial identity a secret -- unafraid to demand what she's worth and even forces directors to show their private parts before she begins filming their movie.
Beals recently jumped on the phone with ET to discuss her exciting new role on the 1930s-set The Last Tycoon, which also stars Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer and Lily Collins, and offers an update on the long-awaited Showtime revival of The L Word.
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ET: How did you come to this role?
Jennifer Beals: It just landed in my lap. I had a call from my agent that [writer-director] Billy Ray wanted to talk to me about a character he conceived of for The Last Tycoon -- it's not a character in the book -- and could he present it to me. This was a little bit before Christmas last year, I believe. And he told me what he had in store for Margo Taft and I basically started shaking because I was so terrified.
You mentioned that you started shaking. Is that a sign that you should jump on board?
That's a whole other thing. That's only really happened to me involuntarily like that when I was giving birth. (Laughs.) So it was a really good sign that I needed to dive in.
What was it about what Billy Ray was telling you about your character that made you have such a visceral reaction?
To place that storyline in that historical context with all of those things going on with a single person was just so extraordinary. I knew that I would have to be exploring all kinds of different themes and that's not something that you do superficially. You have to go in there and dig. It was really, really fun. There's layer after layer of performance that Margo Taft's giving at any given time -- there's covering up who she is on the most basic level, there's creating the woman that she wants to present to the world, there's the actress she wants to present to the world. All of these masks are paradoxically donned in order to attain a certain semblance of freedom to be who she truly is as an artist, which is incredibly passionate and powerful. You've got this paradox going on and you have to keep on peeling every layer and seeing how they all connect. She's a master strategist.
Margo was originally described as someone who is "manipulative." Is that an accurate description?
I really think that manipulative is reserved for women who are strategists and that we need to rethink that. Because she's a woman, even today, people described her as a manipulator and that's nonsense. She's a master strategist and she uses whatever she has to get what she wants, like Pat Brady [Kelsey Grammer's character] or Monroe Stahr [Matt Bomer's character], will use whatever they have to get whatever they want. She has no love life. There is really only her career and her path as a performer. That's it. All roads lead to Rome. Every road she is on is about that, is about being able to fulfill herself and rewrite the history books in a way when it comes to performing. Even though all of society has told her that she is less than in every possible category, her response internally is, "Screw you, I am going to get what I deserve and what I deserve is extraordinary."
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Was there freedom in playing someone who wasn't in the original Last Tycoon story?
Oh, absolutely. I am a huge fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald, like, I would categorize myself as a groupie. So to not have to have his voice in my head is great -- that there's respect for the style and the era and everything. I think it would have been hard. He's just so beloved; I really do adore [Fitzgerald].
What about your character do you respect the most or grew to appreciate that you weren't expecting to?
The depth of the love for her mother, that she would do anything for her mother and that, in fact, so much of this is being done for the both of them to assure their financial freedom and ascension. That's not to say that it's not a complicated relationship, obviously, but she's the one who knows her and there's nobody else who really knows who she is. And she's the center of her life, really. But I love her way with words. I love that she could easily go into any situation and wield words like samurai swords. (Laughs.)
What areas do you think Margo could improve in?
Humility. She can't believe her ego. The ego is really important for some things, but to be mindful that it can be your undoing.
What was it like working with Matt Bomer and Kelsey Grammer?
My scene partners predominantly were Matt Bomer and Kelsey Grammer from the main cast and to work with them is an incredible gift at every single moment of every day. To go from the beginning of the day, working with Kelsey, and then to go to the afternoon, working with Matt, it's just this fantasy. They're so accomplished and they're so generous and facile.
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What was your most challenging scene to film?
When I find out my mother's died and it's just awful, like I could just start crying right now just thinking about it. When we were done, I did a little dance. I was so excited to be finished because it had been weighing on me. To lose her, it was excruciating.
What did you take away from your experience on The Last Tycoon?
First of all, it's my favorite character that I've ever played -- ever, ever, ever. To the point where I missed her so much when I was away from her that I was driving down the freeway and was just missing her like you miss a friend who's just passed away. So I pulled over and I called Billy Ray and I said, "I know this is a really weird question, but do you happen to have any monologues for Margo that you never used that you could send to me?" And he said, "I don't, but I'll write you one," so that I get to go visit with her by working on it.
Is this a rare occasion where you felt so deeply connected to a character that you wanted to stay with her?
Not being able to let go in this capacity was really unusual and bordering on an illness. (Laughs.) Yes, that was unusual. I don't normally have that.
You're also on NBC's Taken. What are you excited about jumping back into that world for season two?
Any day I get to act is an exciting day. I don't know what I'll be jumping into. We have a new showrunner. We have a new cast. We have a bunch of new elements. You just have to be open to what the universe is sending your way and see how it goes for a bit.
We have to talk about The L Word revival at Showtime. Did that take a long time to manifest itself and get to a place where it was close to getting greenlit, especially with the original cast?
Well, I'm not officially allowed to talk about it, but Showtime is very committed to bringing it back. There's not an if, and, or but -- they're very committed to bringing it back. It's monumental; it's epic in the truest sense of the word. I'm so happy. There's so many great things going on, truly my cup runneth over.
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Even though American Horror Story producer, Ryan Murphy kept season six extremely secretive, only letting little clues slip through until the premier in 2016, he has come all out about season seven.
You would think after years of terrifying encounters from ghosts, to circus freaks, to clowns the AHS series would be running out scary topics to cover but you would be wrong.
Ryan has come out to the public and stated that season seven, filming in June, will be about politics, specifically pulling horrendous storylines from the 2016 election season. Murphy stated:
Well, I don't have a title, but the season we begin shooting in June is going to be about the election that we just went through. So I think that will be interesting for a lot of people.
Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will be returning for season seven and when asked about a possible Trump-like character Murphy played it coy and just shrugged his shoulders stating:
I would have to say, with the horror that this country has gone through with the obviously rigged win by the Orange monster, and Hitler-esque moves he has made since taking office, I don't know if I could watch AHS without having a complete meltdown.
God, Trump is scary enough in real life. I can't imagine what he will be like with the help of Ryan Murphy!
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Lost all my firefox book marks.
I really hope someone can help. I'm on a macbook Air and kept getting a Widevine cdm plugin crash error message coming up. Some help online said I should move my profile folder onto my desktop and this would solve the problem. I did this and now upon opening firefox browser all my bookmarks have gone and I seem to have a new firefox browser as is never used. I have no gone back into 'About Profiles' and have two directories 'local' and 'root' listed. I have no idea how to restore my old firefox browser and bookmarks. Help!
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Hmm, I don't know who would suggest moving your profile folder yourself. Firefox loses track of it in that case.
You could try copying some files from your old profile folder on your desktop and pasting them into the "Root Directory" for your current profile (replacing the new empty files). It's easiest to arrange two Finder windows side by side when doing this; to avoid errors, as a "left to right" person, I suggest putting your old profile (source) on the left side and the new profile (destination) on the right.
The simplest method is to find the bookmarkbackups folder in both the source and destination profiles. Copy a few recent files from the source to the destination. The creation dates are coded into the file names.
After the transfer, try using the Restore feature in Firefox: Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer.
Other Settings/Data
Other data isn't as easily moved, and you would need to quit Firefox to avoid files being locked/overwritten. See this article for more info: Recovering important data from an old profile.
If you use the Time Machine or other backup then try to restore file(s) from this backup.
Location used for the main profile that keeps your personal data (Root Directory on about:profiles).
- ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>
In Mac OS X v10.7 and later, the "~/Library" folder in the Home directory is a hidden folder.
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A new influenza virus strain was recently detected in China
The new H7N9 virus is a flu virus originating in birds called
"avian influenza A(H7N9) virus."
It is estimated that somewhere between 5% and 20% of U.S. residents get the flu in a typical year and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized with the flu every year according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Luckily the majority of persons infected with the influenza virus exhibit minor or few symptoms. Often the normal flu is self-limited, uncomplicated, and asymptomatic. Severe disease and complications due to infection, including hospitalization and death, can occur in elderly persons, in very young persons, in persons with underlying medical conditions, and in previously healthy persons.
Harper et al. in 2009 suggested that early treatment with antiviral medications may reduce the severity and duration of symptoms, hospitalizations, and complications. This could also reduce the use of outpatient services and antibiotics, extent and quantity of viral shedding, and possibly mortality in certain populations. Furthermore, vaccination is considered to be the best method for preventing influenza. The use of antiviral drugs may also prevent influenza transmission in certain settings.
The CDC Influenza Division estimated the range of deaths from between 151,700 and 575,400 people who perished worldwide from the 2009 H1N1 virus infection during the first year the virus circulated.
On Tuesday April 23, 2013 "theStar on line" reports that the China bird flu has spread to new provinces and it was confirmed that the first case was identified in the eastern province of Shandong. The outbreak has killed 21 people so far. Since March 31 most cases have been confined to the commercial hub Shanghai and three nearby provinces, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.
It is thought that presently a total number of 105 people are infected with the virus, according to official figures. The potential for the virus to mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans could then have the potential to trigger a pandemic. However, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) is still no evidence H7N9 was spreading in a "sustained" way between people in China. It is possible some family members may have infected one another.
As of April 18th 2013 a total of 87 laboratory confirmed human cases with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus including seventeen fatalities in China reported from four Provinces: Anhui 3 (1), Henan 3 (0), Jiangsu 21 (3) and Zhejiang 27 (2) and two Municipalities Beijing 1 (0) and Shanghai 32 (11) were reported by the CDC.
Spread of the H7N9 virus. Electron microscope image of influenza A H7N9 virus.
(Source: Science Volume 340 12 April 2013 page 130. CDC website; http://www.cdc.gov/)
The World Health Organization (WHO) first reported 3 human infections with a new influenza A (H7N9) virus in China on April 1, 2013. Since then, additional cases have been reported. Most reported cases have severe respiratory illness and, in some cases, have died. No cases of H7N9 outside of China have been reported so far. Luckily the new H7N9 virus has not been detected in people or birds in the United States yet.
The new H7N9 virus is a flu virus originating in birds also called an "avian influenza virus." Human infections with avian influenza (AI, or "bird flu") are rare but have occurred in the past. Infections occur most commonly after exposure to infected poultry. However, this is the first time that this bird flu subtype (H7N9) has been found in people. This virus is very different from other H7N9 viruses previously found in birds.
Since influenza viruses constantly change it is possible that this virus could gain the ability to become pandemic. Furthermore, there is no licensed vaccine for H7N9 available at this time.
An update on human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China can be found at
Investigations into the possible sources of infection and reservoirs of the virus are ongoing. Until the source of infection has been identified, it is expected that there will be further cases of human infection with the virus in China. So far, there is no evidence of ongoing human-to-human transmission. As of April 23rd 2013 WHO does not advise special screening at points of entry with regard to this event, nor does it recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied.
Naming of the virus
After broad consultations with experts from FAO, OIE and WHO, a consensus has been reached on the naming of the influenza A(H7N9) virus recently detected in China. The approach listed below was adopted and will be used in the three organizations' communications.
• The core term is "avian influenza A(H7N9) virus", which should be used for all scientific, technical or other reports.
• The core term can be further modified according to specific circumstances. For example:
o "human infection (or disease) caused by the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus"
o "chicken infection (or disease) caused by the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus"
o "swine infection (or disease) caused by the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus" – if detected in swine
• For media communications, especially recognizing that social media such as twitter will gravitate towards use of shortest possible terms, it is suggested that terms such as "H7N9", "H7N9 virus" be used as surrogates as needed.
The above joint standardization efforts from FAO, OIE and WHO are expected to streamline the communication at all levels globally.
The Influenza A Virus Genome
The influenza virus belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae family composed of six different RNA viruses. This virus is responsible for the common flu in birds, mammals, and humans. The estimated death toll in the United States on average is 50,000 people annually. Symptoms usually include fever, headache, and nasal discharge which can develop into more obstructive pulmonary and heart problems including cardiac failure and bacterial pneumonia. The Influenza A virus genome is contained on eight single (non-paired) RNA strands that code for eleven proteins (HA, NA, NP, M1, M2, NS1, NEP, PA, PB1, PB1-F2, PB2). The total genome size is 13,588 bases. The segmented nature of the genome allows for the exchange of entire genes between different viral strains during cellular cohabitation. Hemagglutinin (HA) determines the extent of the infection of the host organism. During infection influenza viruses bud from the apical surface of polarized epithelial cells (e.g. bronchial epithelial cells) into the lumen of lungs. The infection primarily occurs in the lungs since HA is cleaved by tryptase clara which is restricted to lungs. Clara cells are dome-shaped cells with short microvilli found in the small airways (bronchioles) of the lungs. However HAs of H5 and H7 pantropic avian viruses subtypes can be cleaved by furin and subtilisin-type enzymes, allowing the virus to grow in other organs as well.
(Source: Science Volume 340 12 April 2013 page 129 – 130 and Wikepidia.)
The eight RNA segments of the viral genome
Encodes hemagglutinin
About 500 molecules of hemagglutinin are needed to make one virion
Encodes neuraminidase
About 100 molecules of neuraminidase are needed to make one virion
Encodes nucleoprotein
A protein that is structurally associated with nucleic acids
Encodes two matrix proteins (the M1 and the M2) by using different reading frames from the same RNA segment
About 3000 matrix protein molecules are needed to make one virion
Encodes two distinct non-structural proteins (NS1 and NEP) by using different reading frames from the same RNA segment
NS1 of influenza A is a 26,000 Dalton protein that prevents polyadenlylation of cellular mRNAs to circumvent antiviral responses of the host
Encodes an RNA polymerase
An enzyme that produces RNA
Encodes an RNA polymerase and PB1-F2 protein by using different reading frames from the same RNA segment
Targets the inner mitochondrial membrane via a amphipathic helix and disrupts mitochondrial function
Encodes an RNA polymerase
PB2 PB2 subunit of the RNA Polymerase affects virulence by interacting with the mitochondrial antiviral Signaling Protein and inhibiting expression of beta interferon
Monitoring the outbreak
The CDC is following this situation closely and is coordinating their efforts with domestic and international partners. The CDC has issued guidance to U.S. clinicians and public health departments on how to test for this virus, interim guidance on case definitions for possible H7N9 cases in the United States, interim infection control guidance for U.S. health care workers and interim guidance on treating H7N9 with influenza antiviral drugs. CDC also has developed information for travelers to China.
General information about avian influenza viruses and how they spread is available at Avian Influenza A Virus Infections in Humans.
The CDS says "Take 3" Actions to fight the flu !
The flu is a serious contagious disease that can lead to hospitalization and even death.
The CDC urges you to take the following actions to protect yourself and others from influenza (the flu):
1. Take time to get a flu vaccine.
CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses.
2. Take everyday preventive actions to stop the spread of germs.:
- Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
- If you are sick with flu-like illness, CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.)
- While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from infecting them.
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread this way.
- Clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that may be contaminated with germs like the flu.
3. Take flu antiviral drugs if your doctor prescribes them.
- If you get the flu, antiviral drugs can treat your illness.
- Antiviral drugs are different from antibiotics. They are prescription medicines (pills, liquid or an inhaled powder) and are not available over-the-counter.
- Antiviral drugs can make illness milder and shorten the time you are sick. They may also prevent serious flu complications.
- Studies show that flu antiviral drugs work best for treatment when they are started within 2 days of getting sick, but starting them later can still be helpful, especially if the sick person has a high-risk health or is very sick from the flu. Follow your doctor's instructions for taking this drug.
- Flu-like symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people also may have vomiting and diarrhea. People may be infected with the flu, and have respiratory symptoms without a fever.
Jon Cohen New Flu Virus in China Worries and Confuses. Science 12 April 2013: Vol. 340 no. 6129 pp. 129-130. DOI: 10.1126/science.340.6129.129.
Scott A. Harper, John S. Bradley, Janet A. Englund, Thomas M. File, Stefan Gravenstein, Frederick G. Hayden, Allison J. McGeer, Kathleen; Seasonal Influenza in Adults and Children-Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases. Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. (2009) 48 (8): 1003-1032. doi: 10.1086/598513
Categories: Bioanalysis, DNA, Flu, H1N1, H7N9, Synthesis, Vaccines, Virus


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Potty training need help
How can I get my 4 year old son intrested on using the bathroom?! He won't try most of the time Iv been trying for a few years an he refuses no matter what I do he wants to go to school an be a big boy but he won't routinely go on the potty!
I spoke to the pediatrician in private about my son's bed wetting and occasional "accidents." We decided, as a team, that the doctor would tell him that (whatever would make your child believe) my son should begin to eat a spoonful of peanut butter every night before bed. He told him it would help to wake him up to go to the bathroom and would make it easier to hold it long enough to make it during the day, too. From that point forward, my son began to improve. If I forgot to get his spoonful … he would have an accident. When we went back to the doctor about three months later, my son was almost completely accident-free.


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I have built two firewood sheds for seasoning and storage of fuel wood using pallets and sheeting I found in free wood piles at a nearby industrial park. The used corrugated roofing is from a barn that was being dismantled and moved. I caulked the old nail holes to make the roofing waterproof.
I positioned the woodsheds with their backsides facing the prevailing winds to keep the rain and snow from blowing in, while also providing maximum airflow to dry the wood.
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REMEMBER the days when all you got to hang on your tree were crappy plastic baubles or even worse the glass variety that shattered on impact?
These days it's all about the beauty bauble, and this year there are more available than ever before.
Check out Beauty and the North East's top beauty bauble picks this Christmas.
Aromatherapy Associates Pearl of Wisdom Bauble, £12
Grab a relaxing escape this festive season with this cute little bauble from Aromatherapy Associates which features a 9ml bottle of its Light Relax Bath & Shower Oil.
Available at Space NK
Benefit Hoola Mini Stocking Stuffer, £12.50
Everyone's favourite matte bronzer has been packed into a cute little bauble this Christmas, with a 4g mini version of the iconic product.
Available from Benefit
Caudalie Beauty Elixir Bauble, £12
This gorgeous little bauble houses a 30ml bottle of Caudalie's hero Beauty Elixir multi-purpose facial mist which tones, acts as a serum and sets makeup with its delicious plant-based formula.
Available at Lookfantastic
Cowshed Christmas Tree Decoration, £12
Cowshed fans will love this mini duo of Knackered Cow Bath & Shower Gel and Body Lotion in a cute bauble box.
Available at Cowshed
Floral Street Neon Rose EDP Bauble, £22
Face it, it's going to look great on the tree and when Christmas is all done and dusted you can enjoy a 10ml bottle of the clean, floral scent.
Available at John Lewis
Ghost The Fragrance EDT Christmas Bauble, £8
This pretty blue bauble not only looks fantastic, but it also houses a miniature 5ml bottle of Ghost the Fragrance EDT and an 8g Shea Lip Butter.
Available at Boots
Invisibobble Slim Bauble Hair Ties, £5.99
This hair ties set has already sold out in some stores, and contains three slim hair ties in holographic white, perfect for holding hair in place without clips and pins.
Available at Lookfantastic
Jo Malone Christmas Ornament, £22
This year Jo Malone has brought together two of its most-love scents – Wood Sage & Sea Salt Cologne and English Pear & Freesia Body Crème – inside this dazzling bauble which will look great on any tree.
Available from Jo Malone
L'Occitane Festive Bauble, £12 each
The brand has produced four different festive baubles this year, in fragrances Shea, Cherry, Almond and Verbena and each one contains a trio of iconic products from the collections.
Available at L'Occitane stores and online from L'Occitane
Molton Brown Muddled Plum Festive Bauble, £12
Ready to hang on the tree in all its finery, this limited edition from Molton Brown is a gorgeous bath fragrance featuring the intoxicating smell of oak-aged rum, Victoria plums and spicy saffron.
Available at John Lewis
Nailtiques Christmas Snowflake Bauble, £15.95
Give your nails some TLC with this nourishing duo of Formula 2 treatment and Nail Moisturiser, all contained in a snowflake-decorated bauble.
Available at Beauty Bay
Oskia Star Crossed Christmas, £15
This striking and cute bauble from cult natural and bio-nutritional skincare brand Oskia conceals its Renaissance Mask, a brightening and resurfacing face mask packed with beauty-boosting ingredients.
Available at Beauty Expert
This Works Sleep Tight Bauble, £13
When the partying starts to take its toll, you can grab this treat off the tree and enjoy an undisturbed night's sleep with a trio of 5ml miniatures: Deep Sleep Pillow Spray, Sleep Plus+ Pillow Spray and Stress Check Roll-On.
Available at This Works
Too Faced Better than Sex Ornament, £9
This cute little tree hanger features a purse-size 4.8ml version of the popular Better than Sex mascara.
Available at Debenhams
Wax Lyrical Tis the Season Bauble Candle, £10
Enjoy a beautiful festive fragrance in a stunning Christmas bauble with Wax Lyrical's festive ornaments this year. Tis the Season is a heady mix of clove, cinnamon, orange and wine and is one of a selection of scents available in bauble form, all of which promise up to 19 hours burn time.
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We've reached the three-month anniversary of the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, now most memorable for the controversial disqualifications of Gabe Grunewald and Portland-based Andrew Bumbalough respectively in the women's and men's 3,000-meter finals.
Neither DQ ever has been adequately explained.
In Grunewald's case, an initial decision not to overturn the meet referee's ruling in favor of Grunewald was itself overturned because of what USATF said was enhanced video evidence.
USATF stubbornly has refused to make the evidence available to the public -- at least officially -- or explain why the enhanced evidence was conclusive.
Bumbalough's DQ appears to be a case of mistaken identity. But USATF neither has acknowledged publicly that a mistake was made nor explained exactly what Bumbalough did to be disqualified, if it was, in fact, not a mistake.
At first, USATF tried to ignore a storm of protest in the aftermath of the meet.
Finally, more than a month later, USATF president Stephanie Hightower announced she was appointing a working group chaired by IAAF senior vice president Bob Hersh to "look at the events of Albuquerque as well as our related systems and processes."
That was late March. Now it's late May.
Hersh's group could be in the middle of an exhaustive review of the mess in Albuquerque and USATF's "related systems and processes."
Or this could be just another unfortunate example of an entrenched bureaucracy attempting to protect its own, exposed rear end.
Either way it doesn't preclude USATF from more thoroughly explaining the Grunewald DQ, complete with a public explanation of what part of the enhanced video evidence was conclusive. And it wouldn't prevent the organization from either publicly apologizing to Bumbalough or precisely explaining to the public what he did to be disqualified.
This piece by Richard A. Lovett for Running Times fits the Albuquerque DQs into a pattern of capriciousness and lack of transparency in a number of important USATF decisions.
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The race within the race in the women's 1,500 the Prefontaine Classic -- May 30-31 at Hayward Field in Eugene -- features Mary Caine and Elise Cranny, the two fastest U.S. high school girls ever.
Mo Farah withdraws from the Bupa London 10,000.
Soleus signs Kara Goucher, Nick Symmonds and Alysia Montano.
The American Track League lands Friday at Texas State. Ashton Eaton, Trey Hardee, Lolo Jones, Brittney Reese and Jeremy Wariner are among those expected to compete.
Colorado coach Mark Wetmore talks about training post-collegiate stars Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson, and about his promising freshman, Ben Saarel, in this Q-and-A with LetsRun.com.
Running Times notes distance highlights from the major conference championships, including Lawi Lalang's winning double at the Pac-12s, and Kennedy Kithuka of Texas Tech lapping the field in the 10,000 at the Big Eights.
Phoebe Wright on why over-training is not your friend.
IAAF preview of the women's races at the World Relays Championships.
And here the IAAF previews the men's races at the World Relays Championships.
The World Relays Championships feature a sold-out stadium and a worldwide television audience.
London might well be the IOC's Plan B.
Concordia will take a big contingent to the NAIA Track & Field Championships.
Western Oregon places 16 on the GNAC all-academic team.
Dakarai Hightower leads Lane Community College to a sweep of NAACCC Championships.
Flotrack analyst Isaac Wood joins the Weber State coaching staff.
Willamette High will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first girls state high school track meet today in Eugene.
Former UO women's coach Tom Heinonen to serve as master of ceremonies for today's celebration of the first girls state meet in Oregon.
This week's edition of RunnerSpace Live.
The front page for LetsRun.com.
The links package from Track & Field News.
Runner's World's daily wrap of racing news.
The USTFCCCA Daily roundup.
The links from Duck Sports Now.
-- Ken Goe | @KenGoe


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The 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering, Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems – IEA/AIE
"Workshop on CAnimAI: Computer Animation and Artificial Intelligence"@ Arras, FranceOn June 27th – 30th, 2017
The workshop "CAnimAI: Computer Animation and Artificial Intelligence" aims to bring together academic researchers and practitioners (developers, designers, engineers and artists) to cooperate and exchange around computer animation and more generally digital arts and artificial intelligence. The workshop is interdisciplinary and it particularly seeks for works involving artificial intelligence techniques applied to computer animation and digital media management and engineering. The workshop will be co-located with IEA/AIE 2017 conference in Arras.
Authors are invited to submit original works in full papers (6 pages) or extended abstracts for preliminary or ongoing works and demonstrations (2 pages). The authors should submit their paper via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference.cgi?conf=
Submissions should follow Springer-Verlag formatting instructions available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
Topics of interest are (but not limited to):
– Digital arts
– Computer animation
– 2D and 3D modeling
– Motion capture and modeling
– Computer generated animation and visual effects
– Computer vision and computer graphics
– Image & video Analysis
– Pattern recognition and classification
– Motion analysis and object tracking
– Object, event, expression and scene recognition
– Video annotation and content analysis
– Augmented/Virtual Reality
– Artificial intelligence and Al-based animation, computer vision
– Computer and mobile technologies for computer graphics and animation
– Applications and prototypes for dances, puppetry theatre and other performance arts
– Applications and prototypes for teaching and disseminating performance arts
– Digital media and systems for preserving cultural heritage and performance arts
– AI-based digital media management systems (indexing, querying, summarizing…)
Important dates
– Submissions due: xx/xx/xxxx
– Notification of acceptance: xx/xx/xxxx
– Camera ready copies due: xx/xx/xxxx
– Workshop dates: June 27th – 30th, 2017
– Mohd Shafry Bin Mohd Rahim (MA)
– Nguyen Huu Hoa (VN)
– Sylvain Lagrue (FR)
– Pradorn Sureephong (TH)
– Karim Tabia (FR)
– Bui The Duy (VN)
– Hongchuan Yu (UK)
– Jian J Zhang (UK)
PC members
– Salem Benferhat (FR)
– Mohd Shafry Bin Mohd Rahim (MA)
– Nathalie Chetcuti-Sperandio (FR)
– Nguyen Huu Hoa (VN)
– Sylvain Lagrue (Univ. Artois, FR)
– Pradorn Sureephong (TH)
– Karim Tabia (FR)
– Bui The Duy (VN)
– Serjan Vesic (FR)
– Hongchuan Yu (UK)
– Jian J Zhang (UK)
This workshop receives support from AniAge (High Dimensional Heterogeneous Data based Animation Techniques for Southeast Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Content) project "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions RISE (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange)", H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015.


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Introduction: Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction is the most common cause of congenital hydronephrosis in the newborn. Failure of transmission of peristaltic waves across the UPJ leads to the accumulation of urine in the kidney and dilatation of the renal pelvis. Although the exact mechanism of pelviureteral peristalsis is poorly understood, it is believed that ureteral motility requires coordinated interaction of interstitial cells of Cajal-like cells (ICC-LCs), smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and neuronal cells. ICC-LCs are pacemaker cells conducting and amplifying pacemaker activity in pelviureteral peristalsis. Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (HCN), a family of 4 isoforms (HCN1-4), are a type of voltage-gated ion channels that are important for the regulation of pacemaker cell activity. HCN3 channels have recently been shown to play a fundamental role in coordinating peristalsis in the upper urinary tract in the mouse. We designed this study to investigate the hypothesis that HCN3 channels are expressed in the normal human UPJ and that HCN3 expression is altered in congenital UPJ obstruction.Material and Methods: After obtaining ethical approval, 22 human intrinsic UPJ obstruction specimens and 11 control UPJ specimens were obtained. Cryosections were stained with antibodies to HCN1, HCN2, HCN3, HCN4 and c-kit. Confocal-immunofluoresence-double staining including 3D-reconstruction was performed. Protein expression was assessed by western blot.Results: Western blot revealed high levels of HCN3 protein expression in controls and barely detectable levels of HCN3 in UPJ obstruction (Fig. 1A). Confocal-immunofluoresence-double staining revealed that HCN3 was expressed in ICCs of the human UPJ and confirmed that HCN3 positive cells were markedly decreased in UPJ obstructed specimens compared to controls (Fig. 1B). There was absence of HCN1 expression in both UPJ obstruction and controls. HCN2 and HCN4 protein expression levels and immunohistochemical expression in UPJ obstruction were not different from controls.Conclusion: We provide evidence, for the first time, of the presence of HCN3 in the human UPJ. Altered HCN3 expression observed in ICCs in UPJ obstruction suggests that inhibition of HCN3 activity across UPJ may perturb upper urinary tract peristalsis and cause hydronephrosis.


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Last Great Dreamers Unveil Brand New Video 'Oblivion Kids'
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Some 60% of consumers admit they have streamed or downloaded illegally shared movies, TV shows, or music — and at least half of them realize it's wrong.
That's according to a recent survey of British adults conducted by Muso, an antipiracy tracking and consulting firm, which found 53% of users of piracy services agree that accessing such content is wrong.
So why do people do it anyway? Around 35% of pirated-content users cited cost. But 35% also said they turn to illegal services because the content they want isn't available on services or TV channels they subscribe to. And 35% said the content is not available through legitimate sources in their country (in this case, the U.K.).
And check this out: Of those who admitted to accessing pirated material, 83% claimed they try to find content through legal avenues first, according to Muso's survey. About 91% of those who admit to accessing illegally shared content said they pay for a subscription service such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Spotify or Apple Music.
The results should be taken with a grain of salt. First, the behavior is self-reported, and people don't always accurately or honestly respond on such surveys (especially when it comes to illegal activity). Muso conducted the survey of 1,000 U.K. adults via CitizenMe, an app that gives users cash for completing questionnaires.
But one of Muso's takeaways from the survey is that many people wouldn't engage in piracy if there were legal alternatives. The London-based company's services for content owners include tools for using piracy networks to market legitimate content, in addition to monitoring for copyright infringement and issuing takedown notices.
"We want to fundamentally challenge the perception that piracy audiences will not pay for content," Paul Briley, Muso's chief commercial officer, said in a statement. "If content owners accept that these are high-intent audiences, they can explore new ways of making their content more readily discoverable, engage these audiences, and create new revenue opportunity in the process."
It may be true that some portion of the piracy-going public would fork over money if only they had easier, or cheaper, access to premium content. But there will always be people who want to get something for nothing — or pirate movies, TV series and music just for the thrill of it.
The rise of inexpensive, broadly available streaming-media services like Netflix and Spotify hasn't put the brakes on piracy. In 2017, consumers worldwide made some 300 billion visits to internet piracy sites, up 1.6% from 2016, according to Muso. The firm found that illegal streaming and downloads of TV shows and music increased last year while the volume of film piracy actually declined.


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Position, years at UA: Cornerback, 1987-1990
Honors, accomplishments at UA: Won the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation's top defensive back, in 1990. … Was also a consensus All-American as a senior. … Was selected the Pac-10 co-Defensive Player of the Year, with Washington defensive tackle Steve Emtman, in 1990.
Why he made our list: Darryll Lewis started 10 games as a redshirt freshman in 1987 — at running back — and coach Dick Tomey at the time called him "our best all-around back." The coaches, especially secondary coach Duane Akina, also saw something else in Lewis, moving him to cornerback in 1988.
"He was a spectacular competitor," Tomey said this month. "He made play after play."
"D-Lew" wasn't a blazer, but he was plenty tough at 5 feet 9 and 186 pounds, excelling in bump-and-run-coverage.
"I told our guys, I don't want the ball thrown on the same side of the field as Darryll Lewis," Washington State coach Mike Price said in a 1990 USA Today story.
He said that a few weeks after Lewis had defeated UCLA with a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown in the final minute, lifting the Wildcats to a 28-21 win in Pasadena. Bruins quarterback Tommy Maddox had been trying to connect with split end Reggie Moore along the sideline.
Lewis' overall performance in the third game of the season was even more remarkable. He intercepted two passes, returning one 52 yards for a touchdown, and made the game-saving tackle in a 22-17 victory over Oregon.
On a fourth-and-goal play from the 1, Ducks quarterback Bill Musgrave rolled to his right and made a dash for the corner of the end zone. Lewis came from the back of the end zone, and leveled a hit on Musgrave that turned the quarterback sideways and out of bounds inside the 1.
"It's absolutely the last play of the game, it's absolutely do or die … I mean, what a play," Tomey said.
(Check out both game-winning plays in the video below.)
Lewis led the Pac-10 with seven interceptions that season, also ranking fourth in punt returns with a 10.0-yard average. His 14 career interceptions rank fifth in school history. He was the second first-team AP All-American in school history.
Life after college: The Houston Oilers selected Lewis in the second round, No. 38 overall, in the 1991 NFL draft. He spent 10 seasons in the league, including eight with the Oilers, leading the franchise in interceptions for five consecutive seasons (1994-98). Lewis, who was chosen to the 1995 Pro Bowl, spent the last two years of his career with San Diego. He signed with Denver in April 2001 but was released a month later because of a knee problem.
He started 95 of his 141 games in the NFL, picking off 32 passes, five of which he returned for touchdowns.
Lewis began a coaching career, and was hired in March 2003 to coach the Oregon State defensive backs. He resigned two months later, with the school citing personal reasons.
Lewis, in February 2006, pleaded no contest to felony counts of evading arrest and possession of methamphetamine, and to misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and taking a vehicle without the owner's consent. The charges stemmed from a high-speed car chase in San Diego. Lewis was sentenced to 32 months in prison.
In partnership with the Arizona Republic, we are counting down the top 50 football players in Arizona Wildcats history. Leave your top 10 at AG's Wildcat Report on Facebook, and check out azcentral.com for the countdown of ASU's Top 50 football players.
Arizona's top 50
No. 50 — LaMonte Hunley
No. 49 — Hubie Oliver
No. 48 — Rob Gronkowski
No. 47 — Jim Donarski
No. 46 — Ontiwaun Carter
No. 45 — Steve McLaughlin
No. 44 — John Fina
No. 43 — Glenn Parker
No. 42 — Bobby Lee Thompson
No. 41 — Marcus Bell
No. 40 — Fred W. Enke
No. 39 — Ka'Deem Carey
No. 38 — Juron Criner
No. 37 — Dana Wells
No. 36 — Tom Tunnicliffe
No. 35 — Bruce Hill
No. 34 — Chuck Osborne
No. 33 — Brandon Sanders
No. 32 — Sean Harris
No. 31 — Mike Thomas
No. 30 — Bobby Wade
No. 29 — T Bell
No. 28 — Joe Salave'a
No. 27 — Eddie Wilson
No. 26 — Chuck Levy
No. 25 — Allan Durden
No. 24 — Nick Foles
No. 23 — Tony Bouie
No. 22 — 'King Kong' Nolan
No. 21 — Bill Lueck
No. 20 — Walter "Hoss" Nielsen
No. 19 — Trung Canidate
No. 18 — Mark Arneson
No. 17 — Chris Singleton
No. 16 — Mike Dawson
No. 15 — Max Zendejas
No. 14 — Dennis Northcutt
No. 13 — Jackie Wallace
No. 12 — Antoine Cason
No. 11 — Vance Johnson
No. 10 — Lance Briggs
No. 9 — Byron Evans
In the video below, Lewis' interception return for a touchdown vs. UCLA starts at 1:02, and his hit on Bill Musgrave starts around the 5:40 mark:


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All three games in the 8-Bit series – that's 8-Bit Armies, Hordes, and Invaders! – are coming to the PlayStation 4 in both digital and physical form.
Developed by Petroglyph Games and published by SOEDESCO, the trilogy of pixel art real-time strategy games will also be making their way to Microsoft's current generation of console hardware as well, however, unlike the PS4, there will be no physical edition of the Xbox port.
The 8-Bit Series: A (Brief) History
8-Bit Armies is the original game in Petroglyph's trilogy of retro, pixel art real-time strategy games. Unlike its two successors, 8-Bit Armies is set in a stylised version of the modern world and thus features a range of recognisable units, from tanks and aircraft, to snipers and engineers.
Medieval-themed sequel 8-Bit Hordes, meanwhile, offers much the same in terms of gameplay and character. However, this time around, the artillery, firearms, and hi-tech bases of the previous game have been replaced with castles, dragons, and swords.
Finally, 8-Bit Invaders! switches the setting once again, opting for a sci-fi-themed multiverse in which players can fight with one of two factions: the Cranioids or the Galactic Marine Corp.
All three RTS games feature numerous single player missions across a range of unique and colourful maps, as well as fast-paced multiplayer with up to 8 friends online, an easy-to-use control scheme, and the music of legendary Command and Conquer composer Frank Klepacki.
8-Bit Cross-Title Multiplayer
8-Bit Armies is available for pre-order right now ahead of its release on the 21st of September, costing £24.99 (£22.49 for PS Plus members) in the UK.
Additionally, as showcased in the brand-new trailer embedded above, once the complete trilogy has been released, players will be able to engage in a spot of cross-title multiplayer. Allowing them to mix and match the series' vastly different factions in epic, genre-blurring battles.


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Some scientist on several European research institutions have developed a method using fractal design to produce low weight and ultra high strength objects.
Generation-3 element could be ten thousand times lighter then an original with the same strength.Yong Mao of the University of Nottingham, UK and colleagues have developed a theoretical framework for building structures where the optimal hierarchical order of the structure depends on the load it needs to withstand. Using this technique, the team constructed such a structure – a simple frame – from a polymeric resin, using a "rapid prototyping technique" – which is an advanced form of 3D printing.For the first element in their structure, Mao and colleagues simply construct a hollow beam, which they refer to as the "generation-0" element. Different values of thickness and radii of the beam are considered, so that the strongest beam can be built, with the least amount of material. The robustness of this beam is then tested by applying a load along its length and along its axis, to see if it fails across either. "We do this to analyse the failure modes at each local level, so that the structure is not unnecessarily strong at each level…we optimize for what properties are necessary," says Mao. He explains this further by saying that if a 50 kg table balanced on hollow steel legs it would be about 10 times lighter than one with solid steel legs and just as robust.
One problem is that the structure has to be very precise and without flaws. Any imperfection could lead to serous defects.
"Even a small imperfection at a local scale could have a large impact as there is no extra material that could take the added stress and maybe that is why this kind of fabrication has not been practical to date," explains Mao, who says that the team is also studying its models to better allow for such errors. But he is convinced that commercial techniques will improve over the coming year, providing the necessary precision tools. Mao also feels that the recently commercialized technique of 3D printing could really benefit the fabrication of these structures. "We could just upload our deferent designs to a program and people could download and print off the structures at home," he says.This is MAJOR discovery and push foreward for 3D printing and additive manufacturing! Let's hope it will be implemented soon in some practical solutions.
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This document applies to HP laptop computers.
A power reset (or hard restart) clears all information from the computer's memory without erasing any personal data. Performing a power reset might fix conditions such as Windows not responding, a blank display, software freezing, keyboard stops responding, or other external devices locking up.
note:For instructions to factory reset your computer, erasing all personal data and restoring the original settings, see How to Reset Your Computer to Factory Settings (Windows 10, 8, 7).


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Article submission list websites aren't hard to find, but if you want only the best directories, you sometimes have to dig deep. Not only that, but ever since Google's Farmer algorithms hit the engines last year, there has been a shift in which directories are actually the best.
If you're looking for an article submission list from an expert, chances are that you'll get several different opinions. For one, different affiliate experts have distinctive needs that influence which directories they recommend. This often has to with what each directory offers.
Article Submission List Best Inclusions
For the most part, Ezine Articles still tops the article submission list of most expert affiliates. Why? Because they are highly trafficked, have a (mostly) good score with Google and now have some of the strictest guidelines of any article directory. The only thing they still allow that doesn't fall into a strict category is submitting your article to several sites, not just their own.
Websites like Articles Base come next in line. They have a very accessible author dashboard, they allow the use of several pen names and the articles you submit there sometimes enjoy a better click-through rate than at Ezine Articles. Why? Because they allow self-serving links to be distributed throughout the entire article, not just in the resource box. Many internet browsing individuals don't bother to read to the very end of an article, so you risk getting a crippled click-through rate at Ezine Articles. You don't take this risk at Articles Base, because they allow up to three self-serving links in the body of the article and two in the resource box. That's why they make it to the top of many article submission list pages.
Article Submission List: Things to Watch for
Beware of article directories on article submission list pages that do not have a "do follow" code in their articles. Half the point of submitting articles to a directory is to get a good quality back link from the "do follow" code on a website more popular than yours. If you submit to a website without the "do follow" code, the only thing you have to gain is getting traffic from your article to your website or sales page.
There are plenty of mediocre article directories that are still worthy of inclusion on an article submission list simply because their website might be big enough to give you a good back link. Don't count on getting a lot of traffic through these websites, as they often don't rank that high in the search engines regardless of how well you strategize your keywords. But you can figure on building credibility on your own site from having that nice back link. Plus, if you post a link from that website to your social media feed, it doesn't matter which site it's on if you're now relying on traffic from your profile instead of from the search engine.
You can compile a list of your own after determining which sites are your favorite to work with. You might even make money by posting your article submission list on your website to help others.


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How much more durable is it to make in Hollywood as a girl? Ellen DeGeneres is branching out from her role as one of many hottest daytime personalities on television. Work assignments are usually short, ranging from 1 day to a few months, and actors usually maintain one other job with a purpose to make a living. 1A individual whose occupation is appearing on the stage, in films, or on television. Tv actor Jim Parsons has won four Emmys for his function in "The Large Bang Theory." That success has helped him leverage a $1 million-per-episode contract.
There are various actors out there and far too few roles for them. This listing of notable actors and actresses from the United Kingdom contains performers in film, radio, stage and television. Actors memorize many lines earlier than filming begins or a show opens. Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in center age discovered her best fame as Tess, the smart angel in the lengthy-operating television drama "Touched by an Angel," died on Sunday, Nov.
In case you've always puzzled how you can change into a film or tv actor, then listed here are ten steps that won't get you the role of a lifetime, however they will assist you to to treat your performing profession as a profession and never merely as one thing you select to do for enjoyable. This is a complete record of Nollywood actors and actresses that have died.
Korean drama actress Moon Chae Won is well-liked for her roles as Search engine optimisation Eun-Gi in The Innocent Man, Lee Se-Ryung in The Princess' Man, and Cha Yoon-Seo in her fashionable medical drama, Good Physician. Many actors improve their skills by formal dramatic education, and long-time period coaching is frequent. This actors and actresses will proceed to live in our hearts through the flicks they have starred.
Speaking about actors and actress, being a global projection job, that truth pays more consideration. Screen actors may match in areas like commercials for television, TELEVISION dramas and comedies, or movie productions. For stage roles, actors with a bachelor's degree in theater could have a greater probability of touchdown a part than those with out one.


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Become a Young at Heart Constant Companion member by pledging as little as $10 per month and make an incredible difference in the lives of homeless senior pets. Your ongoing support means that we can confidently say "yes!" to many more loving, amazing souls that need us to come to their rescue. These are senior pets that end up in shelters where they are going to be euthanized because they are considered "too old" for adoption.
Need a little more convincing? Read on!
"Constant Companions" are the heroes who become monthly sustaining donors, contributing money all year round to help save the lives of senior pets. Your monthly commitment reduces the time we spend fundraising, helps us plan our operations, and – most important – allows us to rescue senior pets we would otherwise be unable to help. Knowing that we have your ongoing support means that we can confidently say yes to many more loving, amazing souls.
When a senior pet comes to Young at Heart, we promise them the "good life" from that point on. Often a senior pet rescued from a shelter is scared, underweight, and often sick from being in an overcrowded shelter situation. Their new lives begin with lots of love, all the veterinary care they need, grooming, training if needed, and then more love as we work to find them their forever homes. Our Constant Companion members make that possible.
To sign up, choose the level that works for you (minimum $10 a month), and your credit card will be automatically billed for that amount each month. You can change or cancel your monthly donation at any time.
PLUS ALL Constant Companions get bragging rights as an important part of our life-saving team!
$10/month - Feeds a senior pet for a week
$20/month - Provides important vaccines for one pet
$35/month - Feeds a senior pet for a month
$45/month - Provides daily medication for a senior pet for one entire month
$75/month - Provides a physical therapy session for one senior pet in need
$100/month - Provides diagnostic geriatric bloodwork for one senior pet
Thank you for making a difference for senior pets in need!


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A full ERP system designed by Constructive Computing for professional services and construction companies.
A SQL Server Database product utilizing the latest technology available. Database stored procedures do most of the processing, minimizing network traffic. Server side processing is used for Payroll and G/L updates for maximum speed. It fully uses all of the features of the SQL Server Database Engine (included). There are NO ýRecord Locksý used in this product!
SECURITY is by User, Company and Module allowing you to control access to your data.
The Vendor Module allows you to setup default accounts, discounts, 1099 information and insurance expiration dates for each vendor. Vendor Query allows you to review open or paid vouchers and to see their distribution to accounts and jobs. The AP Entry Module allows you to enter bills (vouchers) for vendors, purchase orders or subcontracts. Retainage percents, discounts, sales taxes and insurance withholding may be pre-specified.
Vouchers may be entered for imeediate payment or paid with a manual check. The Select/Pay Module allows the setup of recurring Vouchers which are issue at their assigned frequency. Vouchers may be selected for payment by a combination of Job, priority or due date. Payments may be made by credit card, debit card, wire transfer or a printed check.
Customers may have multiple billing locations, discounts, periodic groups and sales taxes. You may invoice contracts, periodic billings, work orders or customer billings. A sales catalog provides storage of commonly used billing items, their prices and GL sales accounts.
Invoices may be create for edit or finalized and identified with a prefix, an invoice number and an optional suffix. Statements may be printed, as required, for all customers or for a single customer. Payments may be entered for AR invoices or GL accounts with a deposit worksheet printed. Payment history may be reviewed or voided by check number. AR Query allows review or reprint of open or paid invoices. Open invoices may be voided with an option of saving them for editing.
The equipment module allows you to record the purchase, location, service dates and insurance information about your equipment. Usage detail from meter readings, payroll, and rental billings is shown. The cost detail, from the equipment, is also shown. The maintenance module allows you to create, assign and scheduled preventative maintenance tasks and to record the notes of the task when completed for DOT compliance documentation. The worksheets module allows you to build usage, revenue and cost analysis spreadsheets, including depreciation, to analyze your equipment.
A max of a 16 digit GL account number may be used with up to four optional sub-account segments. The system is double entry and follows AICPA GAAP standards. Account groups allow very easy and flexible financial reporting. Multiple months may be open at a time. Administrators may close or re-open a month, when required. All journal entry detail is save bye fiscal yaer with complete query capability. Each balanced set of journal entries becomes a batch that may be reversed.
Recurring journal entries may be edited and posted to a specific month. Journal entries may be manually reviewed and posted or the auto post feature may be used to automatically post in balance journal entries. The optional fixed assets module allows depreciation worksheets with different depreciation methods. Bank Reconciliation is easy allowing checks and deposits to be cleared. The financial report writer allows you to create your own custom financial statements with up to 16 columns of budget, YTD or period data. Financial reports may be running groups and trial balances allow automatic posting of current retained earnings and profit & loss.
Designed for internal sales to jobs or sales to others through AR billings. Inventory detail, by lot, allows tracking of sold inventory.
Employees may be direct (charged to jobs) or indirect; salaried or hourly; and paid at different frequencies. Employees may be assigned up to a maximum of nine benefit plans or unions for an earnings transaction. For direct employees the taxes and insurance class come from the job and CostID. Additional compensation may be paid and optionally charged to jobs. All data may be over-ridden during payroll entry. Employees may have their check or authorized withholding optionally direct deposited. Payroll runs may be restarted and the entire run or selected checks may be voided. Complete payroll monthly, quarterly and annual reporting is provided an taxes may be electronically reported in any format.
Purchase orders are used to control the ordering and payment for materials and services. You may add a unique PO or pattern from another. Once a PO is entered, it may be "issued" which prints, emails or faxes the PO, depending on the vendor preferences. When a bill comes in the PO update window allows you to confirm the quantities and prices against the issued PO. If there is a difference, a variance is required before the billing will be accepted.
The billing groups module allows flexible billing for labor, by rates, or cost type markups. The work order module, for short duration jobs, provides for payroll entry, service tasks, equipment, inventory or sales catalog detail. Work orders may be assigned to purchase orders. When the purchase order clears AP entry, the work order cost is updated and released for billing. The service contract module monitors and schedules customers for periodic service. The service tasks module groups estimated labor, inventory items and equipment together for billing. The dispatch module schedules work orders, assigns employees, provides payroll entry and visually lets you see the work load for each service technician. Dispatch allows you to complete work orders releasing them for billing.
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Moscow and alien invasions are two of the most imposing situations an action movie can present, so surely an alien invasion in Moscow sets the stage for the best movie of all time. Such is the premise -- and goal -- of The Darkest Hour, which recently released on Blu-ray Disc. The premise aspires to even more buzz, though, when you consider that the plot hinges on five young people whose now-solitary goal is to save humanity, with two of them forced to abandon fundraising for their social media company. I mean really, … [Read more...]
Gearbox and SEGA announce Aliens: Colonial Marines. Now with teaser trailer!
It's official, SEGA and Borderlands and Duke Nukem Forever developer Gearbox software have announced that Aliens: Colonial Marines has a street date of Spring 2012. Yes, it's a long way out - but come on it's Aliens! "To Gearbox Software and its peers throughout the industry, ALIENS is one of the most influential science fiction properties of all time," said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software. "Aliens: Colonial Marines, designed as an interactive successor to the landmark films from Twentieth Century Fox, … [Read more...]


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Spicy Chicken Wings
Why I Love This Recipe
This is a family recipe from a woman in our church. It makes a big batch- perfect for graduation parties, summer gatherings or family reunions.
Ingredients You'll Need
32 pounds chicken wingettes and drumettes
3/4 cup cornstarch
8 cups soy sauce
2 cups water
1/2 to 2 cups hot pepper sauce
8 teaspoons ground ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups canola oil
Place the wings in greased large baking pans. Bake at 375° for 40-50 minutes or until juices run clear.
Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, combine the cornstarch, soy sauce and water until smooth. Stir in the pepper sauce, ginger and garlic. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; whisk in oil.
Drain wings; transfer to large roasting pans. Top with sauce and stir to coat. Bake for 45-55 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly glazed and heated through.
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