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All is not well with the Oke-Ogun Polytechnic in Saki, Oyo State as members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) and the Governing Council continue to be at loggerheads.
The council last Thursday after an emergency meeting held at the Oyo State Ministry of Education suspended the activities of the academic staff union who embarked on a strike over non-payment of 11-month salaries. The council also ordered them to resume immediately.
A communique signed by Moshood Tijani, the governing council chairman, further instructed the management of the institution to put up a register in the registrar's conference room for all academic staff to sign.
He threatened that any academic staff who refused to sign the register of duty should consider his or her job loss.
However, ASUP members on Monday refused to sign the register compelling them to end their strike.
CAMPUS REPORTER reliably gathered that the lecturers gathered at the Polytechnic car park at the administrative building to express their displeasure over the decision of the council.
When contacted, the chairman of ASUP, Muyiwa Olawumi, said the council has turned the institution to a "barracks" where staff can no longer demand what is right.
He said the suspension of their union activities is "unconstitutional, illegal, null and void. It is outdated, humiliating, degrading, archaic, excommunicating, barbaric, embarrassing, dictatorial, provocative and undemocratic".
The union, however, said that lecturers will not resume except the negotiation window is exhausted.
Oyo State institutions have recently been faced with one crisis or the other.
CAMPUS REPORTER reported the crises of the non-academic staff in The Polytechnic, Ibadan and the disruption of examination at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso over the failure of the visitor to meet up with their responsibility to the institutions.
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Even as AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) sail confidently ahead with rising average revenues per user (ARPU) and subscriber levels, several major European mobile carriers continue stumbling badly. Vodafone Spain and Telefonica Spain lost 1.6 million and 3 million mobile subscribers in 2012. Now France Telecom is reporting a stunning 10% decline in mobile ARPU for 4Q12. Markets have been aware of the trend of aggressive challenger operators undermining big behemoths for a long time. Yet it seems that investors are still having trouble wrapping their minds around how bad things are getting. France Telecom's share price sunk to 2002 levels following its 4Q report. How is it possible that American mega-carriers are doing so well considering that many of their European peers are now on the ropes?
One factor here is obviously the relative health of American consumers. U.S. retail spending is still chugging along even as retail spending in key EU markets has started showing nasty annualized declines, as much as -10% in Spain. But perhaps a more important factor is the naked aggression many spunky challenger operators began showing around 2011 and early 2012. In France, an upstart called Iliad rolled out a monthly package offering unlimited voice and texting with a decent chunk of mobile data for 20 euros per month. That led to substantial subscriber growth and more than 50% annualized revenue growth for Iliad. We now know that the impact on the big incumbent operator in France in Christmas quarter was even worse than expected, even though investors thought they were expecting the worst.
The big question is how Softbank will handle the Sprint (S) acquisition over the next year or two if the deal goes through. After Sprint's dismal fourth quarter 2012 subscriber decline, Softbank knows that the current value proposition of Sprint is not working against the marketing machines and superior network coverage of AT&T and Verizon. Softbank can now see how effective Iliad's guerrilla campaign was against the France's biggest legacy operator. Is it ready to duplicate the same blitzkrieg? If the Softbank acquisition founders on regulatory problems, what the heck is Sprint's next move going to be? Its Nextel service will shut down soon and the CDMA network is not gaining enough subscribers to even stop AT&T-Verizon market share gains, let alone reverse the trend.
Europe is demonstrating right now that cataclysmic change in mobile market is possible. Is anyone ready to stage an insurgency in America?

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A market for a busy traffic junction has been given the green light in a bid to cut Paddington crime.
Westminster Council has given planning permission for an evening and weekend market to open at the Prince of Wales junction, in Harrow Road and Elgin Avenue, in a bid to cut down on North Paddington crime.
The market, which is a stone's throw from North Kensington, will be made up of 17 stalls, including ethnic foods outlets, and is set to open from 4pm-8pm Thursday to Friday, and from 12pm-8pm on Saturday.
But Idris Sheikh objected to the proposals on behalf of Costcutter and AK Cars, which opens onto the future market site.
He said: "It will be right outside the front door of the shop, so we think it would be unfair if they start selling similar things to Costcutter. We're also concerned that cars from the taxi service won't be able to park in the area when the market is open.
"However, I'm quite pleased that something is being done to stop the crime at the junction, such as people openly dealing drugs."
Bryanston and Dorset Square ward councillor Carolyn Keen added her concerns about the proposed market. She said: "Dreary stalls and tatty bits of plastic can make an area look very drab. It's important to make them look good, we have to be very strict about that."
Council planners said that competition with traders was not a valid consideration for planning permission.
The market was given permission to open until December 31, 2010. The date for the first market has yet to be set and the council will now appoint a market director to run the operation.


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We have been watching social media from few days, Faceapp is trending at peak and everyone is busy posting their smart looking pic in 50's. Faceapp was launched in 2017. It is a Russian Photo editing app, currently ranking at No.1 on iOS App Store in Photo Editing category under the name of "Faceapp Inc".
In 2019, it caught limelight. The Faceapp has become so popular that it has been used by approx. 120 million and getting approx 1.2 million new users every day.
The Faceapp is having two versions of the app. The one is for Free and Facebook Pro with subscription fees.
Faceapp Pro for FREE:
The hacker will definitely take advantage of this growing popularity and start targeting users. When any app is available in the market with a price tag, People start finding its cracked version which are available for FREE.
The hackers have started targeting users to download Facebook Pro app for free from third party websites and YouTube channels.
From here users are getting direct download links or landed on fake online platforms. Once the victim is on the fake website, it will tell user to complete a few steps to get the Facebook Pro download.
This step will demand users to complete surveys, click on ads and installing other apps on their device, which can be malicious.
At the end victim will get the app download but that will be the same free app download. In this way users end-up by downloading malicious apps from the third party platform, which can be dangerous.
Bottom Line:
No third party apps are free. The source code of these apps can be manipulated and there is a high chance of getting your device hacked. For getting Faceapp Pro Free, you are giving access to hackers to compromise your private data.
Only download apps from the official app stores (Google Play and iOS Apps Store)
Share this information with other and spread awareness.


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This notebook contains a list of frequently asked questions and their answers. If the answer is short, example code is given directly in this notebook; if not, then the reader is referred to other pyGSTi tutorials and examples.
"Gate Set Tomography" (GST) is a protocol that attempts to infer the quantum operations a device is performing by analyzing data generated by it. The device is viewed as a black box, so that physics-level details of its construction and operation are not needed. GST characterizes quantum gate operations, state preparations, and measurement operations simultaneously, avoiding the chicken-and-egg problem of state and process tomography, which has been shown to be problematic. For more information about the algorithms and theory of GST, please see Demonstration of qubit operations below a rigorous fault tolerance threshold with gate set tomography, Nature Communications 8 (2017)
PyGSTi is the name of (this) software, which implements the various parts of the GST protocol(s). It is written (almost) entirely in Python, and is released as an open-source software under the Apache License Version 2.0. "pyGSTi" stands for "python GST implementation".
Using pyGSTi, running GST is fairly simple. Single-qubit GST is demonstrated in full in the GST overview tutorial, and 2-qubit GST (though very similar to 1-qubit GST) is separately demonstrated in this 2Q-GST example. The core GST algorithm is run by calling
pygsti.run_long_sequence_gst or
pygsti.run_stdpractice_gst. There are also example notebooks on creating 2-qubit GST models and generating error bars with 2Q-GST.
Constraint on the gates (and SPAM operations) in pyGSTi are imposed via the "parameterization" of
Model objects. Each
Model essentially knows how to map some vector of (real-valued) "parameters" to a full set of gate matrices and SPAM vectors - and whether a given set of matrices & vectors can be reached depends on whether there exists a set of parameters that maps onto it. The parameterization used by an
ExplicitOpModel object can be changed among commonly used parameterizations via the
set_all_parameterizations member function. To constrain gates and SPAM operations to be trace preserving, simply call
before calling
run_long_sequence_gst or
run_stdpractice_gst with
Similar to the above question, you simply set the parameterization of your target
Model to "CPTP" before calling
run_long_sequence_gst or
run_stdpractice_gst. Note that currenlty this only ensures that the gates are CPTP - not the SPAM operations. (Attempts to parameterize the SPAM operations as such have resulted in poor performance and are considered an experimental feature.)
A "gauge transformation" is a special type of mapping from one gate set to another which preserves all predicted physical outcomes (hence the name "gauge"). Thus, gauge transformations map between physically equivalent gate sets, and the set of all gauge transformations partitions the space of gate sets into physically-distinct equivalence classes. Gauge optimization refers to the process by which one finds the gate set within an equivalence class which optimizes some metric - typically the frobenius distance between the gate set and some "target gate set". In pyGSTi, gauge optimization is invoked using the
pygsti.gaugeopt_to_target method (which minimizes the distance between a
GateSet and a target
GateSet) or the
pygsti.gaugeopt_custom method (which accepts a user-defined objective function).
Specifying the "details" of gauge optimization is essentially specifying the objective function. The arguments of
gaugeopt_to_target (detailed in its docstring and pyGSTi's online docs) describe how to change which distance metric is used (the frobenius distance, process fidelity, or the Jamiolkowski trace distance) when comparing gates, and how to put different weighting factors on individual gates (via the
itemWeights argument). In higher-level functions, gauge-optimization details are specified by simply creating a dictionary of
gauge_opt_to_target's arguments. Adding a new gauge-optimization to an existing
pygsti.objects.Results object is demonstrated in the "adding new gauge optimizations" example. One particularly powerful way to control gauge optimization is by specifying an imperfect target
Model which includes the errors you expect to see in the gates. This is simple to do, and outlined in the "non-ideal gauge optimization targets" example.
There are two primary ways of speeding up the GST analysis within pyGSTi: 1) using more/multiple processors and 2) reducing the number of gate sequences being analyzed. The first option is achieved by passing the core pyGSTi routines (e.g.
run_long_sequence_gst) a
mpi4py.MPI.Comm object (and often a per-core memory limit too), and is demonstrated in an example. The second option involves more of a tradeoff, as decreasing the number of sequences with reduce the accuracy of GST and/or its robustness. Restricting GST to shorter sequences (reducing the "max-lengths" used) will result in less accurate estimates, i.e. larger error bars. The use of "fiducial pair reduction" techniques, outlined in this tutorial, retains the accuracy of GST while eliminating sequences. This, however, results is less robustness and sensitivity to out-of-model errors.
Because their computation can be time-consuming, the process of computing error bars on report quantities has been split into more or less three pieces in pyGSTi:
confidenceLevel argument.
In previous pyGSTi versions, simply doing step 3 would automatically trigger steps 1 and 2, but this is no longer the case. The reason for this is that steps 1 and 2 (especially 1) can take a long time, and one may want to run them on a separate machine with more processing power. As demonstrated in the 2Q-GST error bars example, you must first add a
ConfidenceRegionFactory object to your results, then call
compute_hessian and
project_hessian (perhaps on a large multiprocessor machine). After this, you can use
construct_standard_report with
confidenceLevel=95, for instance, to create a report with 95% confidence interval error bars.
A note about Hessian projection:
After computing a Hessian you must specify how the Hessian is projected onto a space orthogonal to the manifold of gauge degrees of freedom. This is done via
ConfidenceRegionFactory.project_hessian(...). The basic idea here is that there is a choice, similar to the choice of which metric to use for gauge optimization, which defines the notion of "orthogonality" and thereby how error bars are constructed for the non-gauge degrees of freedom. There are several ways pyGSTi can do this, and you specify which way you want by the
projection_type argument to
project_hessian. One,
"optimal gate CIs", is to optimize this metric so as to make the error bars as small as possible - the but this can sometimes take a long time. For faster run times, one can use the
"std" (standard) option which takes almost no time but just chooses an arbitrary gauge metric. A third
"intrinsic error" type attempts to balance speed with small confidence intervals, but is currently just experimental. Using either of the latter two options is fine, but may result in artificially large error bars. So if you use
"std" or
"intrinsic error" and get error bars you're happy with, then great. If the error bars seem too large, it's probably worth setting the parameter to
"optimal gate CIs" and getting some coffee.
Currently there aren't many options for speeding up the core computation required to generate a report (using, e.g.
pygsti.report.construct_standard_report. One can, however, take advantage of the caching built into the pyGSTi
Workspace, and
Report objects that can effectively speedup report-generation times.
Report objects cache the various tables and plots within a report. This can be used to generate multiple similar versions of the same report, but with different parameters. For instance, you might want to generate one "full" version (with
brevity=0, the default) and one "brief" version of the same report. Furthermore, report factory functions such as
construct_standard_report take an optional
Workspace as an argument that caches the various tables and plots within a report as an argument. This
Workspace can be stored and shared between multiple report factories to utilize the cache within that
Workspace. This is useful if you want to construct two version of the same, or similar, reports. For instance, you might want to generate one "full" report (with
brevity=0, the default) and one "brief" report from the same results. This functionality can be used to generate a
Workspace on a large and fast multi-processor machine (which ran the main GST analysis). For example, using a workspace as shown below would dramatically speed up the 2nd and 3rd
construct_standard_report calls.
#On large & fast computer
results = pygsti.run_long_sequence_gst(..., comm=my_comm)
crfact = results.estimates['default'].add_confidence_region_factory('go0', 'final')
crfact.compute_hessian(comm=comm) # use multiple processors for hessian calc
crfact.project_hessian('intrinsic error') # see above
ws = pygsti.report.Workspace()
report = pygsti.report.construct_standard_report(results, "Dummy Title", confidenceLevel=95)
report._build() # This method is used internally to build workspace components
pickle.dump(report, open("my_saved_report.pkl","wb") )
#On small laptop
report = pickle.load( open("my_saved_report.pkl","rb") )
report.write_html(results, "full_report.html") # FAST!
report.write_html(results, "brief_report.html", brevity=3) # even FASTER!
One way of making germ selection faster is running it on muliple processors. Using
mpi4py to accelerate germ selection is demonstrated in this example. We also continue to make minor improvements to the germ selection routines, so that they should be (somewhat) faster in more recent versions of pyGSTi.
Yes, you can - though we've found the Hessian-based methods to be faster and just as reliable. See this example on how to generate bootstrapped error bars.
Context dependence is a broad category that includes many types of noise, and some types are easier to model than others within pyGSTi. One case that is easy to model is when a gate behaves differently when it precedes or follows another gate (e.g. due to ring-down from the preceding gate). Creating a model for this case and running GST to optimize the model is demonstrated in this example on context dependence.
Yes, pyGSTi's GST implementation is pretty much agnostic to the Hilbert-space dimension of system being characterized. When you have two ions but no independent readout this looks like a 3-level or qutrit system because you can only distinguish between "0 ions are bright", "1 ion is bright" and "2 ions are bright" (rather than a full 2-qubit space). Because this is a common case, pyGSTi has a specific routine (
make_qutrit_model) for forming qutrit models. Then running GST on the model follows the same pattern as any other model. Our example of running GST on a qutrit demonstrates this.
Linear Gate Set Tomography (LGST) provides a rough estimate of the gate (really layer) operations of a system. It's primary advantanges are that it doesn't require much data and it's very fast to compute. If all you're looking for is a rough estimate, it's useful to be able to visualize LGST results in, for example, a HTML report. This can now be easily done using
pygsti.do_linear_gst in a parallel fashion to how you would use
do_linear_gst generates a
Results object that can then be used to generate a report, as demonstrated in this example.
For certain types of "leakage", yes: PyGSTi can create models whose operations act on n-level state spaces. For instance, a 3-level space can be interpreted as a qubit plus a leakage level. Model operations must be constructed and interpreted accordingly, but apart from these nuances pyGSTi treats a system with leakage levels exactly as it would a larget (e.g. multi-qubit) system. See this example analyzing a qubit + leakage level.
Stay calm; don't panic. Version 0.9.7 brought with it a number of compatibility-breaking improvements (for instance, "gate sets" have turned into "models" and "gate strings" have become "circuits"). To help you transition from version 0.9.6 and below to version 0.9.7 we've built into the latter a few pieces of functionality:
scripts/upgrade2v0.9.7.py script automatically renames everything that has been renamed in pyGSTi. In many cases, this is all you need to upgrade your scripts and jupyter notebooks. You simply pass the script the names of files you want upgraded, e.g.
python path/to/pyGSTi/scripts/upgrade2v0.9.7.py myScript.py myNotebook.ipynb ...
The conversion will automatically create backup files with a
.bak extension, so there's no chance of it destroying your hard work.
pygsti.io contains the context-manager
enable_old_object_unpickling, that can be used to temporarily enable the un-pickling of version 0.9.6 objects. You should then re-pickle the objects using version 0.9.7. Here's an example:
with pygsti.io.enable_old_object_unpickling():
# within this block you can load old pickles
with open("pygsti0.9.6_gateset.pkl",'rb') as f:
mdl = pickle.load(f) # works!
If you're still having issues with the transition to 0.9.7, please contact the pyGSTi developers at [email protected].


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Passenger Profile: Ms. Anna
Sophia Turja
as told by Mr. John Rudolph
"I can never understand
why God would have spared a poor Finnish girl when all those rich people
Ms. Anna Turja Lundi, Titanic survivor
Mr. Rudolph resides in California and is Ms. Turja's grandson.
Anna Turja was one of
twenty-one children born in Oulainen, a small town located in northern Finland.
The husband of her sister, Maria, had offered her a job in America working for
him. He booked her passage on the Titanic.
Young Anna Turja
Grandmother was 18 years old when she boarded the Titanic in Southampton
on her way to America.
To her, the Titanic was literally a floating city. The main deck, with all its shops and attractions was bigger than the main street in her home town in Finland. She was a steerage (third class) passenger. She had two roommates on board who were also young Finnish women. One was married, traveling with her baby, the other was traveling with her brother. In steerage, the men were kept apart from the women, in the front part of the ship.
The atmosphere in third class was quite lively: a lot of talking, singing, and fellowship.
Late that Sunday night, she felt a shudder and a shake. Shortly thereafter, her roommate's brother knocked on their door. "Something is wrong" he said, "You should all wear warm clothing and put on your life jackets." A crewman tried to keep them down below. He ordered them back, but they refused to do so and he didn't argue with them.
She clearly
remembers that the doors were closed and chained shut behind them to prevent
others from coming up. The other two women continued up to a higher deck, but
out of pure curiosity and chance she remained on what turned out to be the boat
deck. She thought it was too cold to go up further, and she was intrigued by the
activity and by the music being played by the ship's band, though she didn't
know the names of the tunes.
One of Titanic's third class cabins
On the boat deck, she met another woman from Finland, a Mrs. Panula, on her way to Pennsylvania with her five children to meet her husband. "Do we all have to die by water?" Mrs. Panula asked. She had apparently lost a teenage son in a drowning accident back in Finland.
Grandma never believed the hype of the ship being unsinkable, and she didn't understand what was going on because she didn't know the language. She remembers the band coming out of the reception room, and the doors being locked after everyone had gotten out.
Mrs. Maria Panula
UPDATE: Body of
Monday 09 December 2002
SCIENTISTS have solved the 90-year-old riddle of the identity of an infant who perished when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton. For years the 13-month-old boy buried in a Canadian graveyard as "An Unknown Child" was thought to have been Swedish. But, now, the boy has been positively identified as Eino Panula, a Finn whose body was recovered after the disaster on April 15, 1912.
A 50-strong Canadian-based team of scientists, historians, genealogists and dentists discovered the little boy's true identity after matching DNA from fragments of bone and teeth to a family member from Finland. It is the first time that any of the 1,503 passengers and crew who died when the Titanic sank has been identified by DNA technology. It has ignited fresh hope that dozens of other nameless victims could now be identified. One-third of the dead were from the Southampton area.
Eino's mother, Maria, and four of Eino's brothers also died in the tragedy. His body was buried in a cemetery at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after the crew of the Titanic paid for his grave. His remains were exhumed in 2001 but will now be buried in his original resting place.
Titanic approaches the iceberg
She also remembers seeing
the lights of another ship from the deck. Eventually a sailor physically threw
her into a lifeboat. Her lifeboat was fully loaded when it was launched; it was
not one of the ones that got caught up in the cables. They immediately rowed
away from the ship, fearing that they would get sucked down with it when it went
under. The sailors were so well trained, very instrumental in keeping the boats
She heard loud explosions as the lights went out. The lifeboat was so full that as she held her hand on the edge of the boat her fingers got wet up to the knuckles. For the first five or ten minutes they had to beat people off who were trying to get in the lifeboat.
They were in the lifeboats for eight hours. Though the night was what she referred to as a "brilliant, bright night," they had to burn any scraps of paper they could find -- money or anything else that wouldn't cause a flash fire -- so that the boats could see each other and stay together.
Her most haunting memory was the screams and cries of the people dying in the water. Every time she would get to this part of the story she would start crying. "They were in the water, and we couldn't help them." she said.
One of Titanic's lifeboat's approaches the Carpathia
On board the Carpathia,
the people were wonderful. They gave up their blankets and coats, anything that
could help. She kept looking for her roommates, but she never saw either of them
again. She later found out that the entire Panula family had been confirmed
The survivors did not have to go through Ellis Island, as all other immigrants did in those days. Instead, they were taken straight to New York Hospital, and then sent on their way. Because of the language problem, she was literally "tagged" and put on a train to Ashtabula, Ohio. Years later, my uncle Butch, was trying to get a security "crypto clearance" in the Army. The FBI investigated why there was no record of Grandma's citizen registration from entering the country. (He got the clearance.)
The first photo of Anna Turja in America
She was greeted by a crowd in
Ashtabula, as she was somewhat of a celebrity by this time. She soon met my
grandfather; they fell in love and got married. She never did go to work for her
brother-in-law. Somehow, her name had appeared on the list of passengers lost,
and it wasn't until 5 or 6 weeks later when her family received a letter from
her, that they found out she was alive.
She was a special guest when the 1953 movie "Titanic" starring Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb, first came to the new theater in Ashtabula. It was the first movie she had ever seen in her life. When reporters asked her afterwards (through my uncle as translator) if she thought the movie was realistic, all she could say was, "If they were close enough to film it, why didn't they help?" The reporters took that as a "Yes" to their question. Family members tried to explain to her that it was a re-creation. She just kept saying, "No, no."
Years later, on July 20, 1969, when they were watching the first moon walk, she wouldn't (and never did) believe that it was really happening. "No, no", she would say. "If they could re-create the Titanic, they could re-create this, too."
Over the years she was interviewed regularly by the local newspapers when the anniversary of the sinking came around, but she turned down appearances on I've Got a Secret and The Ed Sullivan Show, partly because of her physical condition, her age, and the language problem. (She never felt strongly enough about it to learn English.) She also refused many times to join in any lawsuits over the loss. She and my grandfather felt that they didn't need to go after money, Grandma had her life, and that was compensation enough.
Every year on the April 14
-15 anniversary, she would sit her seven children down to tell them the story
again. The phrase she would always close with, and repeated throughout her life
was, "I can never understand why God would have spared a poor Finnish girl
when all those rich people drowned."
Mrs. Anna Sophia (Turja) Lundi passed away in Long Beach, California in 1982 at the age of 89.
The warm smile of Anna Turja in her later years
The White Star official passenger list for the
revised 6/6/1912
Page E11 top entry reads:
Turja, Miss Anna Sofia - Saved
The Red Cross report says:
Turja, Miss Anna Sofia.
Saved in Lifeboat number 15. 18 years old.
Of Oulainen, Finland. En route to Ashtabula, Ohio.
Received $50 from Relief Fund.
Born 20th June 1893. Traveling with the Panulas.
Later became Mrs. Lundi, returned to Finland.
(From the Red Cross Emergency Relief Booklet,
Case number 460. (Finnish). Girl, 18 years old, injured. ($100).
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BEGIN FIRST WITH PARTS I through IV B BY CLICKING THE LINKS BELOW:
PART I: I Guess You Wonder Where I've Been
PART III: If I Should Die Before I Wake
In Part IV I wrote a lot about memory, the subconscious, and the anatomy of sleep as it relates to the nature of our humanity. Now it is time to bring all of what I have written full circle. A postscript will follow this article in the coming days which will be the final personal accounting of my experience, however, this series was necessary as a precursor to it.
To the extent of my finite understanding, in my life I have perceived the existence of seven different types of sleep. These are my truths of which you are free to differ, but as this is my little corner of existence and you are a guest, you may elect to stay and suffer my foolishness, or take your leave accordingly.
For ease of understanding, I have categorized my perceptions into the alliterative theme below:
The Sleep of Reconstitution
The Sleep of Resolution
The Sleep of Revelation
The Sleep of Resistance
The Sleep of Reconciliation
The Sleep of Rest
The Sleep of Resurrection
The Sleep of Reconstitution
The Sleep of Reconstitution involves our normal sleep cycle that we undergo daily. This is the sleep I addressed at length in PART IV: ReBoot. It is the sleep that maintains our sanity. It is the sleep that optimizes our memories. It is the sleep that catalogs our existence. It is the sleep that allows our spiritual maturity to be upgraded as wisdom increases when life is at rest. Absent this sleep, our lives are quickly out of order and our health will eventually fail.
Time needed for The Sleep of Reconstitution can not only vary from person to person, but is also based upon the kind of mental, physical, or emotional day a person has had. Although it is the mind that primarily needs sleep, physical exhaustion can also greatly affect The Sleep of Reconstitution.
Additionally, certain stress factors can inhibit The Sleep of Reconstitution with endorphins which foment restlessness. This restlessness, in turn, keeps the brain in overdrive attempting to process memories and information at a level that it is not designed to consciously reconcile. This marathon processing utilizes the blood stream for extra power to provide oxygen to the brain instead of being a metabolic conveyor of experiences meant to be sent to your DNA for permanent memory when a body is at rest.
Those memories do eventually get there after you calm down, but the toll of restlessness does inhibit your spiritual growth. This is why you are told in scripture "be anxious for nothing" because the changes you seek are not possible through anxiety. You only delay and deny yourself the answer that could have been revealed during The Sleep of Reconstitution. Additionally, a lack of this kind of sleep can make you functionally unstable in routine daily tasks by affecting access to memories you use to survive and work.
The Sleep of Resolution
The Sleep of Resolution is when you choose or voluntarily accept an artificially induced unnatural sleep. This can be done through the use of drugs, sleeping pills, or even anesthesia from an operation. Because this really is an improper shutdown, all of the timers, safeguards, and procedures that are a normal part of The Sleep of Reconstitution process do not exist. This type of sleep will last as long as the effect of whatever caused it exists in the body; as long as what was used to induce the sleep is not fatal.
The reality you experience during The Sleep of Resolution is based upon your state of mind when you enter into it. For example, it is often said that alcohol does not really change a person, but reveals who that person is without their inhibitions.
Likewise, The Sleep of Resolution will prey upon the freshest and deepest memories and emotions of the person voluntarily entering into it and present dream state realities to confront unresolved issues and expectations. And unlike The Sleep of Reconstitution which optimizes memories and cross references them with your history and presents a dream state guided by the wisdom of the Spiritual WiFi, what is experienced during The Sleep of Resolution is entirely of your own making. People often look for greater spiritual meaning for things they saw during this state of sleep, but the lessons here tend to be more of what you are trying to tell yourself than what "God" is trying to tell you.
The Sleep of Revelation
The Sleep of Revelation is a waking sleep. It is a state of mind in which you consciously access the subconscious in ways normally reserved for dreams during The Sleep of Reconstitution. In one form, this process takes a lot of focus and temporarily removes you from the reality of the conscious awake experience. This sleep loses all track of time and responsibility and is usually entered into for a specific purpose. Examples of The Sleep of Revelation can include, hypnosis, daydreaming, and prayer.
However, in times of crisis, the mind can be temporarily drawn into this sleep to accomplish extraordinary things such as temporary heightened awareness or abilities that defy commonly accepted norms. This is the sleep of faith that can move mountains.
Some can even learn to meditate into this sleep to seek answers or to avoid harm. Governments have been known to teach this kind of sleep to soldiers and spies to escape into during torture or extreme stress. Some eastern religions teach this kind of sleep to achieve an optimal spiritual one-ness with the God force to unlock deeper understanding.
The Sleep of Revelation can also sometimes involuntarily come upon us when those who are closest to us are in danger or call out in prayer. Because the wisdom this sleep reveals is accessed through the Spiritual WiFi, two or more spiritually connected beings maintain a subliminal awareness. This is where the axiom of where two or more are gathered there is God in the midst rings true and how prayer interconnects and influences decisions through the wisdom revealed over Spiritual WiFi.
There is no God personality telling you what to do or moving things around for you. The God force just isn't that personal as far as recognizing you as any more special than the next soul. There is, however, an intelligence written into creation which affords us access to greater wisdom as we choose to be open to it, and reveals options that we could not see so clearly before. As such, most miracles are the substance of our own misunderstood choices. We simply lack the ability to understand what was tapped into during that simple moment of pure faith, just as Peter was never again able to duplicate his walk on water with Jesus.
The Sleep of Revelation generally draws us out of context of our own understanding and projects us into prophecy that is often misunderstood until time clarifies the context. For example, imagine a child who is not a scientist but is born with pure imagination during the time of horse and buggy travel. One day he imagines the buggy without a horse. To the reality of his day, the dream is absurd. But in reality he has prophesied the next logical innovation of travel. He just doesn't know how to describe it.
This is why so many ancient texts that we call holy are mired with metaphysical superstition calling anything they fail to comprehend an angel or a God, that modern times can now explain as technology that was either being prophesied or actually used by beings simply more advanced than the writer who worshiped it as a God. Nevertheless, no matter how primitive or advanced, there are universal rules to the God force that apply to every being in existence.
The Sleep of Resistance
The Sleep of Resistance occurs when the body experiences such trauma that the mind must sleep in order to save itself. This can happen in a crash or fight or drowning or even during a time when something occurs during another form of sleep which threatens the body like if you are stabbed in your sleep or there is an overdose or if you, say for example, die during an operation. The mind goes into a safe mode while the body tries to recover.
During this sleep, depending on how badly the body is damaged, the mind fights to give it as much power as necessary to heal. When people visit or pray for that person, they are giving stimulation and incentive to that spirit to battle on. The purest of that motivation is love.
What can also happen during The Sleep of Resistance is that the body can reach a point of non-recovery while the person still resists. They endure a pain and misery sometimes out of love, sometimes out of fear, or sometimes out of confusion. Most of the time they just need someone to comfort them and tell them it is alright to stop resisting and to "give up the ghost" as was the age old saying.
It can be a loved one who reassures them that they will be fine carrying on without them. It can be a priest who tells them that their sins are forgiven. The Sleep of Resistance is the real reason why ministers are called. They are important facilitators to allow the person to move on to The Sleep of Reconciliation.
The Sleep of Reconciliation
The Sleep of Reconciliation is the sleep just before physical death. For those who perceive death coming- like during a plane crash or other pending tragedy, The Sleep of Reconciliation is first manifested as their life flashing before their eyes. What they are actually seeing is the upload of their existence to the "cloud" as a backup. At the point of instant death, there is no conscious perception of this stage of sleep.
For those on a slower path to death, it is not a flash but a journey that they walk in which nary a joy or pain, act of good or evil can be escaped. They are forced to reconcile the wisdom and folly of every life choice and, in the end, conclude with great humility what purpose was fulfilled.
When others are present throughout this sleep, it assists the soul in resolving lingering issues with a complicated existence not to the point of perfection, but in understanding. Because it is not perfection that life seeks in order to move on, but the lessons necessary to add its wisdom to the next journey.
There are, however, instances where a spirit is trapped between The Sleep of Resistance and The Sleep of Reconciliation. This can happen to someone considered to be medically brain dead where science considers a lack of brain function as death while the body may yet still be alive. It can also occur under instances where someone has stopped breathing or the heart stops functioning but because the operating system is still backed up in the DNA and the blood stream, there remains a chance for a reboot under even the most remote bodily repair conditions.
Examples of this occur when someone is found after having fallen through ice. Cold freezes the human operating system, slowing down the body degradation necessary to trigger the spiritual upload, giving a chance for reboot and recovery if the body is found in time despite having been submerged, and oxygen and warmth is introduced in the right proportions.
The same happens when someone is found clinically dead and CPR is performed on them. CPR is an attempt to jump start a reboot by keeping the operating system artificially active long enough to engage an emergency safe mode which utilizes minimum life support restoring heart and brain functions to give repair instructions to the rest of the body.
Whether artificially sustained by machines or autonomic functions being successfully restored to a comatose person, during this battle, the human spirit can go either way. It is equally influenced by the state of the body, by loved ones, and by its mental state of existence prior to the circumstances entering into this sleep. Because there is the potential for recovery, a person in this state can choose to fight for life or reconcile to die.
But usually doctors are unaware that the option still exists and statistically advise a family to pull the plug or to reconcile to let go of hope which is essentially removing the transfer of spiritual energy from what may be the person's unknown effort to recover.
This is where we get stories of brain dead people suddenly finding a way to squeeze a finger just before their organs will be harvested or people waking up on their way to the morgue, or me waking up unattended on the operating table when the team had already called my death.
The Sleep of Reconciliation can reconcile to resist death or embrace death and rest in peace. However, there are instances where the spirit has no choice because there is no chance for the body to recover but the person will still refuse to reconcile.
The reasons can be such that it is so angry or so fears entering into death or The Sleep of Rest that it lingers disembodied even after the physical body has passed. When a person refuses to reconcile and upload to the "cloud" their spirit is set loose from their brain and bloodstream and DNA and becomes bound to its place of death like transferring the files from a non-functioning computer to an external hard drive or thumb drive.
Because the files are no longer associated with an operating system, they are now incapable of being worked on or upgraded or even uploaded. The spirit is now disembodied and unplugged from the "God cloud".
Because of its choice, it no longer has the ability to plug itself in. It exists outside of time and space and fears its own obsolescence because it now requires someone to recognize who it is in order to be given a chance to plug back in and become reconciled. In order for this to happen, that spirit must exist in the memory of someone.
In other words, the cost of its resistance when it chose not to upload at the point of bodily death is that it can then only be unbound from its place of death by another who knows of its life. But by being disembodied, it must work to find ways to reveal itself. This is why people seek out spiritually sensitive or gifted psychic mediums or ministers or spiritual scientists to investigate hauntings.
In order to assist a spirit in moving on from a place to which it has bound itself, a living soul must serve as a medium accessing the spiritual record of that person from the God cloud and serve as the WiFi on its behalf. It can only do so by investigating the history of that location and in some cases, asking the spirit itself for responses to questions which it must find a way to answer depending on how much it has learned to understand the use of its energies while in that form.
Spirits that once haunted places can easily move on when confronted by someone who knows its name and helps it to reconcile its life. For the others who lingered anonymous to history, their fate becomes sealed to the place in which they died until they are raptured by a process known only by beings much longer lived than us. But, they too, are bound to rules defining at what point to intervene, notwithstanding the fact that religious history tells us that some are hell bent on circumventing those rules.
The Sleep of Rest
The Sleep of Rest is where souls go until their existence is needed once more. But the memory of who they were in life continues in the DNA of their progeny. The soul is fully removed from time and space to allow only the influence of its past existence to grow, bloom, fester, or die.
It is the ultimate judgement upon its life that a soul will awaken to see the fruit born of substance that it added to existence still being remembered by those yet alive.
This is the final phase of a soul's reconciliation- to learn about its life through the influence upon generations while it yet slept. This is why scripture warns that your children will be your judges.
The Sleep of Resurrection
We all must eventually face our impact and influence upon existence before entering The Final Sleep of Resurrection. However, we can exist within The Sleep of Rest for however many cycles it takes for us to glean wisdom from all that our previous life reveals. Until ultimately, there is no more pain, no more tears, and no more regret- only wisdom.
We lose the last vestiges of our flawed humanity, graduating to The Sleep of Resurrection, which is where Jesus was before being called to show "the way" and where we then remain "like him" and others before us, until we are likewise called.
This is the circle of life for spiritual beings, of which we are only a lower and evolving form of a species of many.
But for the species that I am today, my life on that operating table was not unlike Robert Frost's two roads that diverged in a wood.
The woods "were" lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
PART VI: A Postscript- My Journey Home


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The more I use the 6 Plus, the more I like it. Here are a few more observations:
- It's easy to somehow flip the mute switch off when taking it out of your pocket.
- The speaker is fantastic. It has a bit more bass than the one in the 6, which makes it really nice for listening to podcasts.
- The click of the home button is really squishy and muted. This is likely specific to my phone.
- Still haven't dropped it.
- It doesn't feel like there's anything covering the screen. It feels closer to the surface of the device than ever.
- On average, my phone is unplugged for 14 to 15 hours a day and still has roughly 30% of its battery left by bedtime.
- Almost none of the apps on my home screen support landscape mode, which is pretty jarring given that the springboard does and will rotate your icons and dock accordingly.
- I carry my phone upside-down in my front left pocket. Sometimes, when I unlock the phone, the springboard is upside-down and takes a second to rotate back to normal.
- I have started to notice apps reloading more frequently than they did on my 5 and 6. It's not terrible, as the 6 Plus is really fast, so apps relaunch quickly. Still, another gigabyte of RAM wouldn't hurt.


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Here's my darling daughter trying to sing "Leron, Leron Sinta". Leron, Leron Sinta is a popular Filipino folk song sung in the Philippines.
Here's another video of her singing the chorus of "God Bless the USA". Some of you might have seen this video in Facebook, but I thought of sharing it here also on my blog.


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Like most journalists worth a lick, we consider it our foremost duty to provide a public service. Fifty-two weeks a year, we put forth our best effort to catalog and present the widest range of happenings, and once a year, we assemble this issue, where we try to do it all. We'll never succeed at that, which is a testament to the arts scene; after all, we're one of only 11 American cities that can boast all the major institutions: theater, opera, orchestra, ballet and fine art.
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When President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, supporters and pundits declared it symbolic of a historic shift in American attitudes. But as the attention fades, the fact remains that voters in 31 states have rejected gay marriage and more are lining up to do so.
That leaves opponents of gay marriage to wonder if they're lagging behind history-in-the-making or leading it. Some say that, despite their convictions, they believe marriage between two men or two women will inevitably become law across the U.S. Others say that Obama's announcement strengthens their resolve, and will not slow the drive to protect an institution they consider vital to the nation's survival.
Backers of same-sex marriage often argue that, as more people see friends, family members and neighbors in committed gay relationships, misgivings fade. But opponents cite their own specific, personal experiences – as a missionary working with teens from single-mother households or a nurse treating a suicidal gay man – to explain their belief that the only way forward is for marriage to be limited to one man and one woman.
Many say that while their opposition to gay marriage begins with a reading of the Bible, it is confirmed by the challenges and observations of everyday life in a country whose values they see as crumbling. The politics of recent days, they say, will not change that.
That view is echoed in interviews with opponents from around the country, with some of the strongest conviction in states where gay marriage has been a hot issue.
In Minnesota, where a vote is set for this fall on an amendment similar to North Carolina's, missionary John Tolo said he'd long admired Obama for rising to become the nation's first black president. But he lamented Obama's stand on gay marriage as an unprincipled pursuit of campaign cash.
The president's stand contradicts the lessons of his own experience, said Tolo, recalling his own drug use and multiple sexual relationships after his parents divorced and, more recently, his work in a poor part of St. Paul.
In the Frogtown neighborhood, where Tolo's group has bought and is renovating an abandoned house that he says is a gathering point for teens, too many children grow up in households where there's 'this fundamental breakdown of having a healthy father role model and a healthy mother role model,' he said. 'There's this major identity issue where men are just missing.'
Tolo said that, while he supports the idea of some kind of legal recognition for same-sex couples, marriage is a sacred template for raising and caring for children as God intended. For government to try to broaden marriage risks undermining that, while infringing on the rights of Christians to define their own institutions.
'It's like saying Muslim women should no longer be allowed to wear burkas. To me, that's deeply offensive,' Tolo said. 'It's almost like the government wants to come and rewrite the Bible and, to me, that's a position that I don't think the government should take.'
In North Carolina, Jennifer Cockerham's support for a gay marriage ban is rooted in a childhood spent in Bible Belt churches, warned against fornication and adultery. She said tornadoes and other cataclysmic events are a sign that God disapproves of the way Americans are living.
But with those beliefs as a foundation, Cockerham said certain experiences during her 23 years as a nurse cemented her opposition to gay marriage.
'My first encounter, personally, with a homosexual was when I had a patient who tried to commit suicide' after an argument with a lover, said Cockerham, who lives in Kernersville, N.C. 'I felt really sorry for him because he had almost succeeded with the suicide attempt and I felt that he had so much more to live for than that particular lifestyle that had brought him there.'
Visiting a daughter at college near San Francisco, she was dismayed by the openness of gay and lesbian couples.
'I know that made me feel uncomfortable and also made me feel concerned with the fact that they just needed the Lord. I felt they needed a heavenly father who could love them and teach them differently,' she says.
On the night of the North Carolina vote, Cockerham stayed up until 1:30 a.m. watching reports of the results that were a fulfillment of her prayers.
Since Obama's announcement the next day, the president is in her prayers. 'I can ask God for mercy for him,' she says, 'and I think the silent majority has finally spoken here in North Carolina.'
Another opponent of gay marriage, April Brown of Lewisville, Texas, said the North Carolina vote and Obama's announcement are just the latest in a continuum of events, both public and personal, that have shaped her thinking on the issue over the past four or five years.
'I was evolving, definitely, just like the president,' said Brown, the mother of four.
Until a few years ago, Brown said she was heading toward acceptance of the idea of civil unions for gay couples. But she was troubled after reading about a lawsuit filed by a gay man against the eHarmony dating site, demanding it provide matchmaking for gays and lesbians. That struck a chord because Brown knew two straight couples who had met through eHarmony and gotten married. While same-sex couples might argue they had a right to be together, what gave gays or lesbians the right, she wondered, to demand a private business change its ways to suit them?
Brown, who describes herself as conservative, said she became more concerned as demands grew among gay-rights advocates for a right to marriage, which she regards as a religious institution.
'I just began kind of questioning, what do they really want?' she said.
Brown said she doesn't want to tell people they can't be together. But the word 'marriage' means something more, the joining of a man and a woman that is critical for society to sustain itself. 'That's when it goes from a right to a privilege,' she said.
Still, Brown is uncertain what recent events may say about the direction of American society. In the short-run, she believes conservative voters who were skeptical of Mitt Romney could be galvanized to support his candidacy. She notes that polls show a majority of Americans now approve of same-sex relationships. But votes like the one in North Carolina show they will not embrace gay marriage, she said.
Others, though, are increasingly concerned that such votes will not be enough.
Tim Arensmeier, pastor at the Sonoma Valley Community Church in Sonoma, Calif., said that despite the 2008 approval of a proposition barring same-sex weddings in a state known for its liberal politics, he is certain the momentum is shifting toward widespread legalization of gay marriage. Obama's announcement is one more step in an exorable march toward that end, he said. When the California proposition was overturned by a U.S. district judge, it convinced him that even a majority opposed to gay marriage is destined to fail.
Arensmeier, who is 71, said he would retire rather than agree to preside over such a marriage. But he remains troubled by what he sees around him. One of his daughters and her husband are in favor of gay marriage. So is one of his grandsons.
'We still get along and I feel like it's possible to disagree with someone robustly and still be courteous and polite and have fun with them. I mean, Jesus said love everybody, for crying out loud,' Arensmeier said. 'Is that the way the country is going to go? I think it probably is.'
But others who oppose gay marriage say the battle must be won.
When Mary and Rob Robertson of Damascus, Md., went to a rally in January at the state capital to protest legalization of gay marriage, they did so thinking of their four young children.
'I can just tell you that the confusion that is happening in our world in terms of morality will just wreak havoc for years down the road,' Mary Robertson said. 'My children, we have to explain the whole situation about homosexuals and lesbians and my son just says to me, `Do I have to decide who I like?"
Robertson and others who oppose gay marriage say they're concerned they'll be labeled as extremists, when what they want is to protect their families and institutions.
'I just want you to know that we love everyone,' she said. 'But there's rightly ordered things in our lives, and if you look at a man's body and a woman's body, those two bodies fit together perfectly. And that's what God intended.'
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With everyone from Miranda Kerr to Jourdan Dunn and Allison Williams swearing by barre workouts to tone, tighten and elongate their physiques it's swiftly become the #fitfam we all want to be part of. Pioneering the dance-based fitness trend in the South East are Barrecore, boutique studios specialising in the effective exercise regimen, and their team has shared some intense moves especially with Cosmo for you to try at home. Focusing on the abs, arms, things and bum (or 'seat' as they cutely call it), try these one–minute moves, with a breakdown of directions below, to seriously pimp your at-home workouts.
Abs 1: Straight leg incline
● Sit with your legs outstretched, hands into prayer position, shoulders away from ears
● Tuck your tailbone underneath, bringing the pubic bone towards your chest, navel to the spine, and lean back slightly
● Without arching your back, drop back just one inch and lift up one inch. Repeat x10
● Hold the drop, ensure the navel is still drawn to the spine and twist towards the right
● Keeping elbows wide, and the hips square, add little extra wraps around to the right
● After 8-10 wraps, lift the right leg, keep the twist, bring the right knee to the chest, at the same time as bringing the chest to the knee. Try to touch left elbow to the right knee 6-8 times
● Repeat on the left side
● To finish, hold the press back in the centre and raise your arms to the ceiling. Hold for 10 seconds
Abs 2: Plank seat burner combo
• Take high plank position
• Lift right leg off floor, extend leg long pointing toes
• Draw right knee in towards chest, draw circle with knee and press back keeping leg off floor. Perform 8-10 repetitions
• Next, keep right foot lifted off floor (still in plank position), bend knee so the heel moves toward tailbone and flex foot
• Pulse flexed foot toward ceiling in one inch movements for 8-10 reps
• Repeat series on the left leg
• Finally, hold plank position and tuck tailbone under and release for 8-10 reps and finish with a 20 second plank hold
Abs 3: Straight leg fingertip curl
● Sit with your legs outstretched, feet hip distance apart, on top of your sitting bones
● Reach forward, playing your fingertips outside of your legs, just below the knee
● Scoop your abdominals in and curve the chest over the legs
● Press your fingertips into the floor as hard as you can as you exhale and draw the navel through into the spine
● As you press the fingertips down, slowly float one leg off the floor, keeping the connection of navel to spine
● Repeat, alternating each leg until you've done 6-8 each leg
● Next, as you exhale and draw the navel in, lift both legs, tap the toes together and lower down hip distance apart. Repeat x8-10
● Finally, lift both legs together and, pressing the fingertips into the floor, lift in 10 tiny pulses
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Deepwater Horizon The 2010 BP oil spill has been called the greatest environmental disaster in history, having done almost immeasurable damage to sea and plant life – not to mention the health of the humans who were exposed to it. (But hey, what's the big deal if your daughter starts menstruating seven years early, right?) So you get three guesses as to which angle the corporate cinema has elected to pursue in putting that catastrophe on film: yep, profiling the brave oil rig workers who fought to prevent the whole thing from happening. Like a cheery zoologist rubbing dishwashing liquid on a tainted bird in a Halliburton PR brochure, Mark Wahlberg acts as the stand-in for an industrial complex that sure wishes none of this had occurred, and really, really wants you to think of it as the actual victim here. Oh, and Wahlberg is telling anyone who will listen how important it was for him to get utterly jacked for the role. Seriously, fuck this picture. (PG-13)
Masterminds Three out of four of this week's releases are based on actual true-life stories – like this tale of an armored-car driver (Zach Galifiawhoozis) who rips off his own company, only to be let down by his criminal co-conspirators. Hint: When your hand-picked team includes Kristen Wiig and Jim Carrey, it's time to put the Mission: Impossible dossier back on the shelf and think about making your money off a nice Airbnb. (PG-13)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children It took me a long time to realize that Eva Green might be the finest actor working today. When I first saw her in Bertolucci's The Dreamers, I thought she was just fine – but I wondered if, like a lot of male critics, I was just overly happy to welcome another Thinking Man's Naked Chick. She was also terrific in Casino Royale, but the entire production was of such high quality that I likewise kept it in the back of my mind that she might merely be the Thinking Man's Bond Girl. Then came Penny Dreadful, and it was like, Jesus, lady, just take your base. The internal stuff that woman has going on! The ability to convey pages of characterization with just a look! Case in point: She hardly has any dialogue in the trailer to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and yet I'm almost certain I understand 75 percent of that character's psychological makeup just from her expressions alone. If you've seen the trailer, you know that the movie basically exists to show what would happen if the female version of Professor Charles Xavier provided a safe haven for kids who have a mouth in the back of their neck. It's a Tim Burton picture, which means continuity is going to be nonexistent and the whole thing is going to fall apart in the third act. But, dude: It's Eva Green. One, please. (PG-13)
Queen of Katwe The great Mira Nair interprets the true story of a young Ugandan woman who saved her family by learning to play chess at competition level (and along the way picked up a few lesser skills, like the ability to read and write). So what if the pitch was probably "Slumdog Millionaire for black nerds"? The intellectual empowerment of women across the globe is a subject movies need to explore a lot more frequently. Besides, I hear that star Lupita Nyong'o had to get totally ripped to move all those rooks around. (PG)


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Forestofglory, who I follow on Twitter and generally enjoy a lot, created a short fiction reading challenge for July. I've been meaning to get back into SFF short fiction for ages now, and jumped on the challenge as a way of making that leap. I'm very glad I did! I didn't reach my maybe-lofty goal of 31 short fiction pieces read in July, but it was still very worthwhile and I have a renewed commitment to making sure I read short fiction in the future. Since Twitter is an ephemeral medium, I wanted to collect the short reviews I posted there. The titles with an asterisk before them were personal favorites.
"it me, ur smol" by A. Merc Rustad: I am a bit so-so on this one. It's a cute idea, and the internet speak read as accurate. As a piece of flash fiction it's fine, but the gesture towards activism felt hollow in such a short story.
"Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" by Aliette de Bodard: Packs a lot into a setup that initially looks simple (it isn't). I liked the way the narratives were woven together, but never quite connected with the emotion the way I wanted to. (This is true beyond this piece: stories about grief are tough because how can the reader care about the loss of someone who we only meet in absence?)
* "The Dragon that Flew Out of the Sun" by Aliette de Bodard: Stories, memory, and the complexity of truth. Loved this one. (Also curious to reread "Three Cups of Grief" having now read a story that centered me more in the universe)
"A Witch's Guide to Escape" by Alix E. Harrow: I like it; it makes me uneasy. Liking – Harrow clearly knows libraries well enough to give it a real flavor. I loved the details of the displays in particular. Uneasy – my instant twitchiness about fictional librarians; I don't quite believe that stories save us anymore; the kid in the story never felt like a real person in his own right. (Maybe I should say stories in & of themselves? I don't know. At other points in my life, I would have vehemently disagreed with my current feeling) Added all together, this is a good example of a story that I like individually but which fits into a pattern I find troubling.
"Give the Family My Love" by A.T. Greenblatt: Feels very of-this-moment in a number of ways; it's…fine, but overall a little on the nose for my personal taste.
* "She Commands Me & I Obey" (parts 1 &2) by Ann Leckie: Look, I can't be objective here, because I love Leckie's writing and I love Breq and it's so interesting to see Breq from an outsider's pov–what seems familiar & what doesn't. This story is pretty gruesome in a lot of ways, but it also feels real? And I appreciate that we see no system is without flaws/imbalances/etc. It's also neat to get a sense of Breq's weird charisma in another setting. (My notes for this one just say, "BREQ")
* "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat" by Brooke Bolander: I love everything about this, from the fairy tale structure to the descriptions.
"Owl vs the Neighborhood Watch" by Darcie Little Badger: I'm struggling with how to evaluate this story because I bounced off of it pretty hard. But I don't know if I have the cultural tools to evaluate it. I don't have any big critical arguments against it, it just wasn't for me at this moment and I'm not sure why.
"Anyway: Angie" by DJ Older: Very horrifying, tense, and atmospheric. I love the way Older uses language to evoke mood and Reza's emotions in this one. CW: violence & mentions of sexual assault
* "Abandonware" by Genevieve Valentine: I would say I'm a genuine Genevieve Valentine fangirl, but I hadn't read this story before. I'm still not quite sure of my reaction but I've been thinking about it ever since I read it yesterday. There are some REALLY CREEPY elements/moments.
"Werewolf Loves Mermaid" by Heather Lindsley: This is light and funny and sweet, and sometimes that's what you need.
"The Boy and the Bell" by Heidi Heilig: Ahhhh, another creepy one. It's short but atmospheric, and quite effective.
* "Tomorrow Is Waiting" by Holli Mintzer: Awww, I really liked this one! I like stories about AI, generally speaking, and this was a sweet/interesting take. Does it ever explain anything? nope! am I okay with that? Yep!
* "The Light Brigade" by Kameron Hurley: Confession: this is the first Hurley story I've ever actually read and wow! It's brutal, but also beautiful and more hopeful than I expected?
"The Counsellor Crow" by Karen Lord: I like the way the world unfolds in this story, in a way that is kind of breathtaking, but the ending felt abrupt to me!
"There are Two Pools You May Drink From" by Kerry-Lee Powell: I didn't particularly like this one, which may be a personal reaction to the way abuse is treated here. Also a repeated use of "Oriental" as a descriptive term? I don't know, there was just nothing that felt engaging to me or convinced me the characters were real.
"A Dozen Frogs, A Bakery, and a Thing that Didn't Happen" by Laura Pearlman: AHHHHH this is pretty fun. To be clear, I don't endorse the solution here. But I don't *not* endorse either.
"Blue Morphos in the Garden" by Lis Mitchell: Eerie and thoughtful; I loved the sense of claustrophobic in-turning of the family. (I mean, loved from a technical pov. It creeped me out a lot as a reader.)
* "Solder and Seam" by Maria Dahvana Headley: A story that rewards rereading; I wasn't sure what was happening at first and liked it a lot more once I figured it out. I also appreciate the Patrick O'Brian reference.


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Obama makes call to space station
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US President Barack Obama joked with astronauts in a call to the International Space Station (ISS).
When he came on the line, the American leader said: "This is President Obama, who am I talking to?"
After the crew introduced themselves, he quipped: "Well, that's funny because I was just dialling out for pizza; I didn't expect to end up in space."
Mr Obama called the ISS to pay tribute to the crew of space shuttle Atlantis on its final visit to the station.
When Atlantis returns to Earth next Thursday, the ship will join the US space agency's (Nasa) other shuttles in retirement.
"There have been thousands who have poured their hearts and souls into America's space shuttle programme over the last three decades that are following this mission with special interest," the president observed. "To them and all the men and women of Nasa, I want to say thank you. You helped our country lead the space age and you continue to inspire us."
Mr Obama has set Nasa on a path to commercialising low-Earth orbit space transportation. He wants the next generation of American vehicles that taxi astronauts to and from the space station to be developed and operated by private companies.
The first of these ships could fly in the next three to four years. As an incentive, the Atlantis crew will be leaving on station a special flag flown by the maiden shuttle mission back in 1981. The first commercial crew to arrive at the ISS will be able to claim it as a prize in what Mr Obama described as a "capture the flag moment for commercial spaceflight".
"We sure hope to see some of our commercial partners climbing onboard really soon," said Atlantis shuttle commander Chris Ferguson. "I know there is a lot of competition out there, a lot of people are fervently working towards this goal to be the first to send a commercial astronaut into orbit; and we look forward to seeing them here soon."
Within minutes of the Obama call to the ISS, one of the leading companies bidding to provide commercial crew transportation, SpaceX of California, had posted on its Twitter stream: "SpaceX commencing flag capturing sequence…"
The Atlantis crew are in the midst of a very busy few days at the ISS. They brought up more than 3.5 tonnes of supplies, including over a tonne of food. All of it has to be transferred to permanent storage positions on the station, and then 2.5 tonnes of rubbish must be put inside the shuttle for the return to Earth.
Nasa has extended the mission by one day. Atlantis is due to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early on 21 July local time.
"It's going to be sad to retire the shuttle," commander Ferguson said in an earlier call with the American media. "That said, it's had a very long and storied career. It's done tremendous things.
"If it weren't for the space shuttle, the station wouldn't be here and it certainly wouldn't be as large as it is." he added.


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Xcerion was founded in 2001 with the goal to build a software that can provide a unified user interface over multiple ERP and legacy systems, a front-end for a Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). Since then it has grown into becoming an innovation and research lab for advanced cloud computing and a holding company for portfolio companies that commercializes its research. Famous ideas coming out of Xcerion is iCloud, MyCloud and CloudMe.
We strongly believe in social computing, enabling user participation and that the Internet eventually will become the operating system. All information will sooner or later be stored online - enabling access from any device or service - allowing applications and information to flow without boundraries.
The company does not focus on the next 3 years, we are in it for the long run. Building great transformative technologies requires time, funding and some luck. Too many startups suffer from short sighted investors and through our multiple exits and long term investors we are able to work with more complex technologies that truly represents deep-tech and have the potential to become unicorns.
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It's been 26 years since NBC's The Golden Girls retired from the airwaves but the geriatric sitcom is alive and well as a licensing brand name and — as flaky as it may sound — fan demand for The Golden Girls breakfast cereal is so high that boxes are being hawked on eBay for as much as $100.
The limited-edition Golden Girls multigrain cereal was introduced Sept. 30 as an in-store exclusive at Target stores and online but the sold-out quickly. The blue-hued loops were marketed as a "tasty treat, fun to eat" but the real allure was the anime-style collectible Golden Girls vinyl figures tucked inside each of the $7.99 boxes.
The vinyl figures are made by Funko Inc., the Washington state company that specializes in pop-culture tchotchkes. Funko expanded into the cereal business this past summer with a plan to make film, TV and comics properties into breakfast brands (among them: Lord of the Rings, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Beetlejuice, Huckleberry Hound and Batman).
On Friday, Funko CEO Brian Mariotti told Deadline that two additional flavors of The Golden Girls cereal will be launched soon with new figures based on the sitcom's quartet of characters: bossy New Yorker Dorothy (Bea Arthur); the naive airhead Rose (Betty White); Southern sexpot Blanche (Rue McClanahan); and cranky Sicilian matriarch Sophia (Estelle Getty). Funko is also launching The Golden Girls as Pez dispensers next month.
Funko often focuses on of-the-moment brands (their major new initiative, for instance, is based on the wildly popular Fortnite video game) but Mariotti said The Golden Girls has a fanbase that is diverse and passionate — hence the eBay auction prices. "I'm not really surprised. A few years back we did Golden Girls pop figures and action figures, too. They did insanely well. So we knew doing the cereal and our upcoming Pez makes a ton of sense."
Asked about the cereal flavors, Mariotti said the product is more about look than taste: "Well, the cereal is a fruity flavor, but the key thing here is the color of the cereal. We have additional Golden Girls cereal planned. We wanted to lead off with blue but you can expect to see white and pink colors in the next two editions with new figures in each."
Mariotti said fan demand is spread evenly among the four characters and he demurred when asked to name his personal favorite. "I think I am too old. I missed this Golden Girls craze. I was working 85-hour work weeks during the Golden Girls TV run. I grew up on dramatic masterpieces like Three's Company, The Facts of Life and Silver Spoons."
The senior citizen humor of The Golden Girls kept the show in the Top 10 for six of its seven seasons (1985-1992). The series won 11 Emmys and racked up an additional 57 nominations. It also spawned two spin-offs, The Golden Palace and Empty Nest.
The show has a curious staying power and some celebrity fans. Among them: Winston Duke(Black Panther)who stopped by Deadline's New Hollywood Podcast early this year and didn't hesitate when asked if he has an surprising obsessions. "Easy. The Golden Girls." Ryan Reynolds is apparently a fan, too. When Deadpool 2 enjoyed its record-setting opening weekend in May the star tweeted his appreciation to his 11 million followers in the form of a Deadpool spoof of the show's opening credits, complete with the theme song "Thank You For Being a Friend."
The show's merchandise isn't limited to Funko. Online merchants sell t-shirts, sweatshirts, a "Golden Girls" Monopoly edition, coffee mugs, greeting cards, hot sauce, and, perhaps oddest of all, prayer candles featuring the four cast members in beatified poses with stained-glass backdrops. There are limits to any nostalgia, however, as proven by the Golden Girls-themed cafe that opened in Manhattan in early 2017 — and closed by year's end.
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I am not going to complain about Bank of America's decision to charge $5 to use their debit card, even though I'm a current card holder of the Alaska Airlines "Award Winning Mileage Plan." The great thing about living in this country is that we have options. So yes, I will be cancelling my card this week. $5 isn't a ton of money, but it's the principle that bugs me.
The bigger question in my mind is if Bank of America is listening to the conversation online about their business decision. Since last week, Twitter has blown up with conversations from outraged customers telling the world AND Bank of America that they are cancelling their accounts. Also, Change.org even started a petition that has well over 120K online signatures and growing quickly. BofA's competitors are even joining the conversation and reminding their customers and the greater public that their card services will remain free.
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I am certainly a capitalist at heart and completely support companies that want to increase revenue. But the growing influence of the social customer and their outrage with this particular incident should make BofA think twice about the business decisions they make. Netflix learned the hard way, and apologized later. Now their stock price is dropping, and dropping and dropping.


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Star Wars action figures eclipse $200,000 at auction
DALLAS – A collection of 23 Star Wars action figures sold at auction for a total of $201,180. The premiere Star Wars toys sold through Heritage Auctions during the firm's Comics & Comic Art Auction, held Aug. 2-4 in Dallas, Texas, which brought in a total of $6,670,739.
The valuable action figure collection included, but was not limited to:
- Bib Fortuna (Red Cape) Loose Action Figure /TW Prototype (Kenner, 1983) Condition: AFA 85 NM+: $31,200
- Luke Skywalker 12 Back-C w/Yellow Hair Action Figure (Kenner, 1978) AFA 95 MT: $28,800
- Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi First Shot Prototype Action Figure with Yellow Saber (Kenner, 1977) AFA 70 EX+: $20,400
- Princess Leia Organa 12 Back-B Action Figure (Kenner, 1978) AFA 95 MT: $19,200
- Luke Skywalker w/Telescoping Lightsaber 12 Back-C Action Figure (Kenner, 1978) AFA 85 NM+: $15,600.
Heritage Auctions reports the Dubai collection is one of the finest action figure collections to come to auction to date.


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Our vision
Our vision is for a world that knows Jesus.
We work with churches to set apart, equip and support long-term workers who cross cultures to share the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world is growing and changing rapidly, but the gospel of Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
As we seek to see a world that knows Jesus, and conscious of our responsibility to peoples in our near-neighbour region, the mission of CMS is:
- to reach gospel-poor peoples for Christ
- to equip Christian leaders for church and society
- to engage churches in cross-cultural mission
The distinctives of CMS are:
- Bible-based
- Gospel priority
- Long-term focus
- In-depth training
Our mission
Reach gospel-poor peoples for Christ
'Gospel-poor peoples' are people groups who have limited or no opportunity to hear the good news of Jesus Christ in their own language and cultural context without outside help. Typically, they will be people groups with less than 2% evangelical Christians.
In these parts of the world, CMS missionaries engage in evangelism and church planting, partnering with local churches wherever possible. We also send people with specialist skills to witness in word and deed, and through ministries of compassion. In our increasingly mobile world, there are many opportunities to reach gospel-poor peoples in diaspora communities, including refugees.
We are open to going wherever the Spirit of God leads, but focus on gospel-poor people groups among Muslim and Buddhist peoples, and historically Catholic Europe.
Equip Christian leaders for church and society
We praise God for the extraordinary numerical growth of his Church around the world, especially in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This growth has created great needs in discipleship, Bible training and leadership development.
In these parts of the world, we partner with churches and Christian organisations to train and mentor Christian leaders, prioritising those places where the need is most urgent and local resources are lacking. CMS missionaries encourage, support and develop culturally appropriate and sustainable leadership, literature, resources and ministries to build the local Church.
Engage churches in cross-cultural mission
We believe that God has sent his Church into the world to share the gospel. We long for local churches to be committed to global mission through fervent prayer, active engagement, generous support and readiness to set apart cross-cultural gospel workers.
Therefore, we teach, train, encourage and challenge churches in cross-cultural mission, both in Australia and overseas, and offer churches our expertise in selecting, training, deploying and caring for long-term, cross-cultural gospel workers.
Our CMS branches work with churches across Australia to promote cross-cultural mission locally and globally. Through our global networks and relationships, we serve partner churches around the world in their cross-cultural mission engagement.
Our distinctives
Our understanding and practice of mission is grounded in God's word, the Bible.
Gospel priority
In all our ministries, we strive to see people turn to Christ and become mature disciples of him.
Long-term focus
We value long-term mission in partnership with and under the authority of local ministries. We emphasise careful selection, on-going language learning, deep cultural insight, strong pastoral care and committed prayer.
In-depth training
Serving long-term in mission requires in-depth training, so we value Bible-based theological education, followed by specialised mission preparation.


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Income protection How IP works
Millions of us have policies like critical illness, private medical insurance and payment protection, sold to us over the years by salespeople who convinced us we needed protecting. However, whilst they were right about the protection, they were wrong about the policies.
The one protection policy every working adult in the UK does need is the very one most of us don't have – income protection (IP).
What is IP?
IP is an insurance policy which provides you with a regular tax-free income (In Ireland the benefit is subject to income tax, but the premiums attract tax relief) if you can't work because of illness or disability. The benefit paid is up to a maximum percentage of your earnings – often 50% or 60%. (Note that in Ireland the maximum benefit is 75% of earnings, less Social Welfare. )
Policies pay out after you have been off work for a period of time known as the 'deferred period', and will continue to pay out until you can get back to work or until the end of the policy term – usually retirement.
You can choose a deferred period of four, 13, 26 or 52 weeks, (In Ireland some companies are offering shorter deferred periods) depending on how long you may be able to survive on any savings or how long you receive sick pay from your employer.
The longer the deferred period, the lower the cost – for example, with some policies a four week period would cost more than twice as much a month than a 26 week deferred period.
Do I need it?
Ask yourself the following questions. If your answer is no to all three, then you need some form of IP:
- Will your employer continue to pay you a percentage of your salary indefinitely if you are off sick?
- If not, and you are part of a couple, could you pay all the bills and live on your partner's income indefinitely?
- If not (or you are single) do you have savings you could live off indefinitely?
Remember: Illness, accident or disability can happen to anyone. Currently (in the U.K.) 2.2 million people of working age will be off work for at least six months because of sickness and disability, and more than 2.6 million people are claiming incapacity benefit.
Which policy should I go for?
There are three main types of policies you can choose from; guaranteed, age-related and reviewable.
Guaranteed: The amount you pay stays the same throughout the policy term. The premium will only go up if you increase the cover. Most cost slightly more to start with, but we believe they are best if you can afford the extra cost.
Reviewable: These policies are reviewed by the provider after a set number of years, typically every five, at which point the premium may go up. However they tend to start off cheaper than guaranteed policies.
Age-related: These policies are good for people in higher-risk jobs or for women and smokers because these factors aren't always taken into account when deciding the premium. Starting off cheaper than guaranteed and reviewable policies, the catch is that the premium will go up each year as you get older.
What will it cost me?
Premiums can vary hugely and cost is based on your gender (women pay more than men); occupation; general state of health; whether you smoke and the level of cover you need.
For example, a non-smoking man aged 30 in an administrative job could pay between £17 and £36 a month for a policy that paid out £1,000 a month benefit after 26 weeks. However a painter and decorator of the same age could pay between £35 and £112 a month, depending on the provider. (These are U.K. figures but provide a reasonable guideline.)
Age-related policies don't take gender, occupation or whether you smoke into account.
Good Financial Housekeeping
How your job affects what you pay
Your job can affect how much you pay for a policy (except with age-related schemes). Most insurers group jobs into four categories of risk, though some have more.
We asked income protection providers to tell us how they grouped jobs, and to give us examples of jobs in each class.
Here are some examples, but be warned – the same job may be treated differently by different providers.
- Class 1: Professional, managers and administrative staff. Limited business mileage. Admin clerk, computer programmer, secretary
- Class 2: Some workers with high business mileage over 20,000 miles a year. Limited light skilled manual work. Engineer, florist, shop assistant
- Class 3: Skilled manual workers and some semi-skilled workers. Care worker, plumber, teacher
- Class 4: Heavy manual workers and some unskilled workers. Bar person, construction worker, mechanic
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On Wednesday, January 30th from 6-9pm @ the Pan Am Brewery, BYP, PBN and the Save Trico Preservation Round Table are coming together to put on "Cheers for Trico" a community meeting & fundraising event! Join the event via Facebook.
From 6-7pm, a community meeting will be held to explain the importance of Trico to our local economy and history. Rocco Termini and others will be leading the conversation.
From 7-9pm, the fundraising will begin (beer, art, 50/50 split) to collect money to fund an alternative study to identify other reuse options that were not explored (but should have been) by the BNMC.
Rocco Termini will be donating a portion of the drink sales. Buffalo's Young Preservationists will be collecting $$$ donations and raffling off two sets of hand made "Trico" art created by by historian/artist Chris Kameck. This is going to be both educational AND really fun. All are welcome to come.
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