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The election has been anything but ordinary this year and late night comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live are capitalizing on the buzz. All throughout President Donald Trump's road to the White House, everything he did seemed to have some sort of edge that comedy shows could satirize. He received backlash from the people and attacks from the media, but it did not stop him. On November 8, 2016 Donald J. Trump was announced as winner of the election, but just like how he continued to make his way to the presidency, entertainment media has continued to capitalize on the large amount of people who find him to be comical. [spacer height="20px"]
Media shows covered mostly the facts and presented them in the most unbiased ways possible, but comedy shows gave no mercy when it came to impersonations and skits. Alec Baldwin was chosen to play Donald Trump on everyone's favorite parody program, Saturday Night Live. It all started off as him in a mock debate against Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon), the public ate up the comical act of what was an actual reality of what our country was in for. Forbes writes, "viewers…have been quite pleased with Baldwin's impression of Trump the entire season." Baldwin continued to please all throughout the election process and appears regularly as Trump post-election as well.[spacer height="20px"]
Ratings of the show have all seen the benefit and have spiked since the election. As of February 5, 2017 the show's ratings were up 22% for the year. The show is experiencing its most watched season in 24 years and has seen the title of second highest rated program of the week, behind CBS' The Big Bang Theory. As if that was not enough boost to the show's pride, it even received a primetime spot on air. NBC announced this past Tuesday that they will be releasing a "Weekend Update" during the summer in the primetime spot. There will be four half hour episodes of this segment where all the usual cast members will be present. Usually, Saturday Night Live does not run during the summer, but NBC realizes they cannot afford to miss out on the constant flow of news (and jokes) coming from President Donald Trump. Overall, the election has been a huge positive boost for everyone involved, except of course the President and First Family.[spacer height="20px"]
Presidents have been made fun of on the air for over 40 years, but basically all of them have laughed it off as a right of passage of the job. President Donald Trump has not been happy with his portrayal on the comedy show and everyone knows. He gets made fun of weekly and even the media pokes jabs. He posts on Twitter often expressing his distaste for the programs and the offense he takes. One posting read, "I watched parts of @nbcsnl…last night. It is totally one-sided, biased show- nothing funny at all." However, what he seems to neglect to realize is that the late night show never pretended to be unbiased, they completely go for it and leave no stone unturned. He also does not appreciate that his staff and family does not remain unscathed and receive jabs from the actors as well.[spacer height="20px"]
All in all, the election antics and the current President's actions have been a gold mine for the late night comedy show, Saturday Night Live. It's not only good for the producers and actors behind the hilarious portrayals but also the viewers who do not seem to be complaining. President Donald Trump has a lot of negative things to say about it, but the show appears to not be slowing down by any stretch. [spacer height="20px"]
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09 May 2017
Twelve percent of ACT adults travel less than 5km to work or study and a further 18% between 5 and 10km. Despite this only about 3% of us ride a bike to work each day.
By improving end-of-trip facilities with things like secure bike parking and change rooms at workplaces, we want to encourage active, healthy and low cost commuting.
In planning changes currently out for public comment, the existing bicycle parking code in the Territory Plan will be replaced with a new code that will require the construction of end-of-trip facilities for new buildings and major alterations.
As an incentive to build end-of-trip facilities, under the proposed new rules these facilities will no longer be counted as part of gross floor area calculations of new and refurbished buildings.
Have your say on the planning changes at www.yoursay.act.gov.au
Consultation closes 13 June 2017.


text: Light-filled corner apartment on the 4th floor in newly remodeled building with central air, video intercom, laundry in building, and views of the Manhattan skyline. Each room has a closet, with another large closet in the kitchen. First bedroom has three street facing windows, second has one street-facing, and the third has a huge skylight that lets in a lot of light (there is a ladder to a platform where you can stand and have an even better view of the skyline--plus extra storage!). Exposed brick in the living room and wood floors throughout. The bathroom has a *wonderful* tub that is excellent for soaking, and the windowsills are large, so there are lots of sunny places for someone with a green thumb :) Off of Nostrand Ave with a robust Seamless delivery selection and amazing restaurants and bars nearby. Right between the Nostrand A/C, Franklin 2/3/4/5, and Park Place S. 20-minute walk to the Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Park, and library.


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News and notes from around the interweb:
- Some great auctions at Luxury Travel Diary these seem to go for 30% – 70% off, probably because there just aren't that many people bidding so you can scoop up bargains.
- Virgin Atlantic transfers to IHG Rewards Club no longer count towards elite status
- Delta doesn't offer an international first class product and for years you haven't been able to use their miles for international first class on partners. But this blogger redeemed SkyMiles for first class on a China Southern A380 because it was a domestic Chinese flight Guangzhou to Beijing.
- 60 volunteer detailers working to preserve planes at the Museum of Flight in Seattle
Museum of Flight, Freddie Awards 2014
- Etihad buy on board
- How airline seat design affects comfort. A larger seat cushion matters, Recline helps distribute weight.
- JetBlue thinks new weather software will save money on de-icing


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- Dermatology and Venereal Diseases
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Persistent intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in keratinocytes lead to activation of the complement system with subsequent reduction in the intracellular bacterial loadAbu-Humaidan, A. H., Malin Elvén, Sonesson, A., Garred, P. & Ole E. Sørensen, 2018 Mar 1, In : Frontiers in Immunology. 9, MAR, 396.
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Saliva induces expression of antimicrobial peptides and promotes intracellular killing of bacteria in keratinocytes by epidermal growth factor receptor transactivationT. Mohanty, Alberius, P., A. Schmidtchen, Reiss, K., Schröder, J. M. & O. E. Sørensen, 2017 Feb 1, In : British Journal of Dermatology. 176, 2, p. 403-412 10 p.
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Plainly and simply: Dierks Bentley happened.
Maddie & Tae have been opening for Dierks Bentley on his Sounds of Summer Tour for many months, and the girls were well aware before signing on for the slot that they would have to keep their guard up, considering Dierks' prank history. Well, a hard working duo can only watch their backs (or their buses) for so many hours a day, and when you are dealing with a pro like Dierks, you are faced with someone who knows exactly when and how to strike.
Dierks found his opportunity recently as Maddie & Tae left their tour bus, sneaking on to the temporary mobile home armed with tin foil for days. The result — a lot of shine, a lot of laughs, and lack of makeup access.
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We all have moments where we feel we've lost our mind, and a little mind rescue is the only way of getting us back on track. So open up and share your problems with the world because two brains are better than one. The more people that get involved the bigger the brainstorm and the better your chances of solving your dilemma. So click on the label help wanted on the right hand side of your computer screen, mobiles need to click on view web version to access the labels.
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Sometimes the people we surround ourself with can propel us to greater heights and sometimes they can hold us back. It is up to you to choose the friends who will amplify your positive attitude and not the ones who strive to keep you in a negative frame of mind because they are jealous of your success.
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While the Sula brand is perhaps best known for being the first producer of premium Indian wine, it recently pulled off a coup in another alcohol sector; its grape brandy. Janus recently won a Bronze Medal at the 2016 International Spirits Challenge.
The Story of Janus
Janus is India's first 100% grape brand. Named after the Roman god, Janus, who legendarily had two faces, the brand combines the French Cognac making-heritage with Sula's expertise in growing and selecting premium grapes. The brandy is made by double distilling small batches of grapes in French alembic pot stills.
Janus was launched in 2015, and is currently available in bottles of 750 and 180 ml, priced between Rs. 1500 and Rs.2390 in different states for a 750 ml bottle.
The International Spirits Challenge Award
The International Spirits Challenge is an annual, international challenge which is in its 21st year. Through the event, it aims to promote and judge quality spirits based on taste, design & packaging and marketing.
Each year, the ISC receives more than 1400 entries from nearly 70 countries. It's from this line-up that Janus took home a bronze medal after a blind tasting by a panel of specialised judges.
Commenting on the win, Rajeev Samant, the CEO of Sula Vineyards said "This acknowledgement further validates JANUS' ground-breaking project to create India's first 100% premium grape brandy. Winners are determined in part by experts in the industry. We are pleased that they have recognized our efforts to lead the industry in terms of innovation and quality."


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Wishing all our American Customers, Dealers & Colleagues a Happy 4th of July!
Foreword: "All men are created equal" - "Declaration of Independence." In order to commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the United States became independent. On July 4th of each year, it became the National Day of the American people. It is also called Independence Day. This year, it has reached the Independence Day of the United States. Come and see See how Americans are carnival.
Celebration parade
On the day of Independence Day, residents from all over the United States will spontaneously celebrate the parade. The scene is spectacular. There are family small bands, horse-riding pastors, and various costumes. Everyone forms a mighty team, singing and dancing.
Certainly, there will be a wonderful speech on the Freedom of the Independence Day of the United States. What will Trump say this year?
Stars and stripes
Since it is National Day, how can we reduce the American flag?
On the Independence Day, the United States became the ocean of stars and stripes. Everyone's headscarf, hat, panties, bra, T-shirt, apron, garland, umbrella, tie, etc., as long as it is what you want, there can be stars and stripes on it.
The celebrations of the early Independence Day were mainly parades and speeches. Later, fireworks and fireworks were also added. All over the United States will hold large and small fireworks evenings on Independence Day, which will attract thousands of people to watch.
Happy July 4th! Have a great holiday and enjoy the fireworks shows tonight!
Eat hot dog contest
Do you think that after the parade is over, after the parade, many places will hold a hot dog contest, all kinds of gobble up, it seems that you can make a lot of expression packs.
The annual hot dog contest at Coney Island in New York is the highlight of the day. Last year's winner swallowed 72 hot dogs in ten minutes, refreshing their record of keeping, eating two more than last year and winning the 10th time.
Wishing all our American Customers, Dealers & Colleagues a Happy 4th of July!!


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The Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education voted to appoint Dr. Ron Gorman the interim superintendent while the district continues its search for a permanent person.
Gorman will start July 1, following the retirement of Teresa Weatherall Neal. Gorman has been in the Grand Rapids Public Schools district for over 20 years, filling various roles—an elementary teacher, a secondary teacher, a high school assistant principal, a high school athletic director, a K-8 principal, a high school principal, and the Executive Director of Secondary Schools.
He is currently the Assistant Superintendent of Pre-K-12 instructional support.
GRPS has been searching for a superintendent since Weatherall Neal announced her retirement in September. They had narrowed their search down to two candidates in April, but decided to go with neither, starting the search over.
Gorman holds a Bachelor of Arts from Aquinas College, a Master of Educational Leadershipfrom Michigan State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University. He lives in Grand Rapids with his two children and his wife, Melissa Gorman, who is also an educator with GRPS.
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Whether your clients are looking for coverage during the Affordable Care Act (ACA) annual open enrollment period, during Medicare's annual election period (mid-October to early December), or another time, the plan comparison and enrollment process can be overwhelming for some. Looking at all of the options available can be confusing and time-consuming. That's why more and more consumers are expected to turn to brokers to guide them through the process. ACA plan premiums are up and even consumers who may be happy with their current plan are likely to be interested in comparing plans to ensure they're getting the most value for their premium dollar.
So, what is the best way to engage and assist these consumers? A multifaceted approach is best. Prospects and current clients are looking to you for your knowledge and expertise. You can demonstrate your value to them by providing them with the information they need to make the right health plan choice, while also making enrollment easier.
Among the steps you might consider are:
Provide them with a health care glossary
Many Americans don't understand even the most basic health insurance terms and policy provisions. Forbes reported in March 2016 on an analysis by Rice University that found one in four adults in Texas did not understand "premium," "deductible," and "copayment," while 45 percent did not understand "coinsurance" and roughly one-third (30 percent) didn't understand "provider network." A similar lack of health care awareness is likely in much of the country.
Offer webinars, lunch-and-learn meetings, focus groups, and town hall meetings
These are a great way to engage and educate prospects and clients about health insurance, the ACA, and the provider networks in your local community. If your focus is the 65+ marketplace, be sure you adhere to the CMS Medicare Marketing Guidelines for your events.
Offer simplified enrollment materials
As part of a move to improve health literacy, more carriers are offering "plain language" collateral to help consumers quickly find the information they want regarding cost, plan benefits, participating doctors, etc. Find out what's available from the carriers you represent.
Use a variety of communication tactics
Including posting information on your website and social media, email, and distributing print materials.
In meetings and discussions with consumers
Be sure you specifically ask if they understand what you're saying and sharing with them. Whether you're meeting 1:1 or in a group setting, it's important to ask those you're talking with about what they know – and what they want to know – so you can be sure to address their specific concerns.
Offer online enrollment
While some clients may prefer a paper app, others may be more receptive to online technology that can streamline plan comparisons and speed up the enrollment process. If you represent more than one carrier, or focus on more than one market niche, a multi-carrier quoting and enrollment system is the best way to go.


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Family plan to stop medics removing wrong organ
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) has published detailed guidelines for use in operating theatres in National Health Service and private hospitals throughout Scotland. They come after medics at Ayr hospital removed a healthy kidney from John Heron, 63.
The new document says that the area to be operated upon should be marked clearly with indelible ink. It also suggests that the patient and relatives be consulted fully before the operation to ensure there is no confusion over the correct location for the procedure.
The head of the RCSEd said the Heron blunder would not have happened if the guidelines had been in place.
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La Maleta de Portbou is a Spanish magazine of Humanities and Economy, edited by the philosopher Josep Ramoneda and published bimonthly in both print and digital format. The magazine is named in memory of Walter Benjamin, who committed suicide in Portbou in 1940 when he fled the Nazi persecution. Benjamin wanted to launch a journal focused on literary and philosophical criticism, Angelus Novus, which never came into existence. Benjamin did write an inaugural editorial for the journal, in which he argued that 'the vocation of a journal is to reflect the spirit of its age'.
The current issue of La Maleta de Portbou (#22 March/April) includes a special section on 'Reading in the Digital Age', which Santiago Zabala invited me to contribute an essay to. Other contributors to this section include Mark Kingwell, Hanna Kuusela, and Antonio Monegal.
My contribution (in Spanish) is available here: http://lamaletadeportbou.com/articulos/lectura-posthumana/
You can find an English version underneath.
Posthuman Reading
In the early 2000s avant-garde Canadian poet Christian Bök embarked on an ambitious project called the 'Xenotext Experiment'. Interested in creating what he calls 'living poetry', Bök proposed to embed a poem into the DNA of a non-human life-form, a bacterium. In reply this bacterium would write further poems as it mutated and evolved. Bök choose to implant the first line of his pastoral sonnet, translated into the genetic alphabet of DNA, into the genome of a Deinococcus radiodurans. This is a virtually indestructible bacterium, a so-called extremophile, which is a life-form capable of surviving in the most enduring circumstances. Similar to a piece of code, Bök's poem, consisting of a set of instructions, can 'run', it can be 'expressed' by the organism. The instructions in the embedded poem cause the organism to produce a protein, which is itself yet another text. Once deciphered, the protein's amino acid string becomes the next line of the poem ( 'Any style of life/ is prim…'), a reply to Bök's original insertion ('The faery is rosy/ of glow…'). With this experiment Bök will, in theory, engineer a life-form to become one of the most durable and persistent archives for storing texts and data. Yet he also turned the bacterium into an, as he calls it, 'operant machine' for writing a poem.
Machine Reading
Bök is not the first to experiment with biopoetry or DNA text encoding: artist Eduardo Kac encoded a sentence from the book of Genesis into DNA, implanted it into a microbe, and manipulated it with ultraviolet light to cause mutations in its DNA and with that in the sentence; data scientist Pak Chung Wong encoded the lyrics of one of the world's most popular songs ('It's a Small World After All') into Deinococcus radiodurans; and molecular geneticists George Church translated his book Regenesis into 'life's language'.
These experiments exemplify the ongoing changes in how we store, mediate and access texts. However, Bök's code poem is represented or expressed not through the 'media' we most commonly use to read poetry, the printed codex—or even nowadays, the digital screen—but through a living, non-human organism. Even more striking, this organism can be perceived as both a storage device, and, as Bök states, as a reading-writing 'machine', where by mutating and replicating it creates other poems in response. Yet what is a reading-writing machine exactly? What does it do? Did the bacterium actually 'read' the poem and respond to it by writing another poem, or did it merely process and run it, based on instructions received?
The answer to these questions partly depends on what we perceive 'reading' to be in the first place. Any reflection on the future of reading therefore needs to consider how our conception of what reading is—in relation to who reads, how we read and what is read—is continuously changing. One thing that becomes apparent form these biopoetic experiments is that they invite us to re-examine our notion of reading as a quintessential human endeavour. Texts have always been mediated by different technologies, the book being the technology we still most readily associate with reading. Yet eventhough the media through which we nowadays access texts have moved beyond the book to include computers, tablets and phones, do we also need to move beyond the perspective of a human reader? When on a day-to-day basis algorithms crawl through billions of texts to discover and analyse patterns, sifting through anything from our abundant social media posts to masses of digitised heritage, how does this scale to our own reading experiences? When we use machines, or even bacteria, to aid us in our reading or to increasingly do our reading for us, how does this change our conception of what reading is and does? One area of research that has explored these questions in depth, is the digital humanities.
Italian literary theorist Franco Moretti is well known within the digital humanities for coining the term 'distant reading'. Moretti opposes distant reading to 'close reading', the hermeneutically based method of interpreting and analysing texts that scholars in the humanities commonly prefer and use. Moretti first introduced the term to explore conceptual issues around the study of world literature: how can we study the large canons of texts that this field's comparative global analyses require, when in our reading methodologies we keep focusing on national or regional literatures? How can and do we actually read large canons of texts? Moretti's answer to these questions doesn't revolve around reading more texts however; distant reading is not based on questions of scale in this respect, but it is focused on a change in strategy, on reading differently, with a greater 'distance' to the text. For Moretti this means focusing on alternative aspects or units of a text: on themes, tropes, genres and systems. His is a more formal interpretative method—more appropriate, he argues, for large canons of text.
Moretti's strategy is emblematic of a movement within the humanities towards an increased usage and popularity of computational methods to analyse different kinds of cultural 'texts'. Here the focus is on techniques such as computational modelling, quantitative analysis, data mining, and visualisations, and on the application in general of more scientific methods to analyse sets of data, whether databases, archives or other large humanities corpora. Distant reading has therefore come to represent a specific understanding of literature, a method to read and analyse not by studying particular texts, but by aggregating and analysing large amounts of data to find certain patterns.
Moretti's ideas are not new nor are his methodologies necessarily related to the use of digital technologies. Nonetheless, distant reading techniques have gained in popularity in a period that has seen massive digitisation efforts of cultural artefacts by commercial entities such as Google, but also by digital platforms such as Europeana, which has digitised and posted online millions of items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections. Large volumes of texts are now digitally available, in a form which makes them easily accessible for us to peruse online, but more importantly perhaps, in a format that is also machine-readable. If openly available (which is unfortunately not always the case) these databases of digital materials enable easy mining and crawling of texts with the aid of specifically designed algorithms. It is these developments which have profoundly fuelled the rise of machine and algorithmic reading within the humanities.
A popular tool among digital humanists applying this 'new' distant reading methodology is the Ngram viewer, developed by Google to scan texts by word units (n-grams). Historians Dan Cohen and Fred Gibbs used it to text mine all the titles of books published in English in the Victorian age in the UK—as available on Google's databases that is. They specifically looked at certain keywords within these titles, such as 'faith' and 'hope', in order to revisit the classic 1957 book, The Victorian Frame of Mind, written by historian Walter E. Houghton. In this book Houghton identifies certain key treats as being emblematic for Victorian thought and attitudes, based on a 'traditional' close reading of a small canon of books. Cohen and Gibbs compared the treats Houghton identified with the data they extracted through their keywords searches, to explore whether they would find similar patterns.
Despite their growing uptake, distant and machine reading techniques have not had an easy time within the humanities. Their increased popularity has been accompanied by a growing critique towards the kinds of computational methods they embody. This critique is based around the strong divisions distant reading enthusiasts tend to introduce—Moretti clearly positions it as a superior method to close reading for example—combined with the perceived failure to provide really meaningful or interesting insights based on their analyses. Computational humanists are also accused of advancing scientism in the humanities, based on the premise of objectivity their data-led methods tend to carry with them—by some seen as superior to the more subjective interpretative analyses of 'deep reading'. Similarly, computational humanists are seen as favouring 'practice' or methodology over theory. This, critics argue, tends to be accompanied by a rhetoric of cultural authority that sees these new methodologies solving the crisis of legitimacy the humanities are seen to be facing.
Cohen and Gibbs and others have tried to counter this critique by arguing that it is important to not think about reading in the form of binaries between close and distant, or human and machine reading. They explain that they used the Ngram tool as a 'supplementary method' to assist more traditional close reading methods. They criticise the presumed cleft between close reading and computer-enhanced distant reading, as they call it, and instead argue for a movement between different methods of text analysis according to need, research interest and available evidence. For them basic text mining procedures can very much complement existing research processes in fields such as literature and history.
Yet, reflecting on this, in what sense does such a focus on interaction, complementary methods, supplementary strategies, and the merging of different ways of reading end up brushing aside the question of what reading actually is? Instead of complicating this question, does a perhaps too easy acknowledgement of 'a plurality of adaptable reading strategies', also mean we do not need to ask difficult questions about what reading is in a digital context anymore? This is one of the claims made by British media theorist Gary Hall, when he states that these different reading methodologies might actually be incommensurable. Following this argument, it is exactly in these productive tensions between different reading methodologies that we reconsider what it means to read. Their incompatibility demands of us to ask important questions about what reading is and from their clashes new forms of reading can arise. Through their antagonism might discern where issues of power and culture in the context of reading in a digital environment are being played out. Therefore we need to keep this relationship between different methodologies open, and study the clash between different forms of reading as one that is always already being complicated.
Indeed, what is perhaps partly underlying this felt unease among humanists, is that these reading techniques are not only complicating human interpretation, they disrupt our understanding of what it means to be human more in general too. Distant reading is again a reminder of the role other, non-human actors play, and will continue to play, in reading, in mediating texts, in performing them, and in finding and analysing their meaning and patterns—whether the reader is human, a computer or a bacterium. In this respect reading can be seen as a 'more than human', indeed even a posthuman endeavor. Yet, it is not the digital environment that has 'triggered' posthuman forms of reading, where new reading methodologies and techniques, from distant reading to algorithmic crawling, are part of an ongoing development in which humans adapt to new technological possibilities and affordances, from books to screens to encoded DNA. In this respect reading has always been posthuman, determined as it is by specific agencies, materialities, technologies and contexts for its mediation.
New digital technologies have not only influenced the reading experience, they have also influenced us through our readerly interactions. French philosopher Bernard Stiegler explains this process through the concept of 'originary technicity', in which technology is not seen as being instrumental, but as originary or constitutive of the human. In other words, technology is not external, added to the human from the outside as a tool that brings about certain ends, but technology and the human mutually co-constitute each other. This means that humans and tools continuously modify each other; we come about out of our relationship to technology. Stiegler's work is very useful in this context to explore how changes in technology influence the production of human subjectivity. The question of what reading is and will be, is therefore simultaneously caught up in the question of how new reading techniques, and the contexts in which they are developed and deployed, alter what it means to be human. It might therefore be more productive and interesting to keep the very question of the relationship between the (post)human, reading and technology open.
Machines Are (Reading) Us
What then are some of the implications of new machine reading and pattern recognition algorithms for the human subject itself, how do they destabilize who or what we perceive the human to be? To explore this question it might be helpful to focus on one example in particular: 'algorithmic filtering'.
Machines, computers, and software are becoming more prevalent as part of our methods of reading, in how we read. Yet they are also involved in determining what we read. In an age of information overload we are increasingly using algorithms to aid us in our search for information. But these algorithms don't only help us find what we are searching for; they also hierarchise that information for us. Algorithmic filtering is integral to our search engines whilst Facebook and Twitter are increasingly selecting which posts show up prominently in our feeds under the guise of 'tailored' or 'personalised' suggestions. In order to provide these personalised hierarchisations, companies such as Apple, Google and Amazon track the digital platforms, devices, and apps that we use to search for and read information online, and they record and store this 'customer information' on their servers.
Amazon for example collects information about its customers' browsing, buying and reading habits to recommend similar books to them ('Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought…'). This is a process Amazon calls 'collaborative filtering', where our habits are correlated with the 'crowd' preferences generated from its customer databases. Amazon even constructs detailed data profiles about us, storing data about which books we buy, and how we read them—what we highlight, how long we take to finish a book, etcetera. This process is more apparent in reading devices such as Kindle, Nook and Kobo, but it also takes place on the reading apps we use on our phones and tablets and on the social reading platforms we visit online. The rise in digital books has thus helped make reading into something that is quantifiable and measurable.
Yet eventhough these filter and recommendation algorithms are becoming ubiquitous in our day-to-day interactions with information, they also make people uncomfortable. Amazon received a barrage of criticism when it accidentally deleted George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle devices and when it filtered out LGBT titles from its search results by accidentally classifying them as 'adult' titles. On top of that Facebook has already experimented with customising feeds in order to manipulate moods, and Amazon has, based on their customers' data, helped publishers and authors develop specific books that appeal directly to the market.
American cultural theorist Ted Striphas is concerned in this respect about the rise of what he calls 'algorithmic culture'. Increasingly, by determining what we read, companies and algorithms are actively producing our culture. Algorithmic recommendations feed back into culture, influencing the information that gets produced and how we sort our cultural artefacts. But Amazon and other technology companies are also altering our idea of culture. This has partly to do with issues of trust, Striphas explains. What we read is no longer determined by 'elite culture', by the experts that used to influence our reading and buying decisions. We increasingly prefer to trust algorithms instead, as they are perceived as more objective and personalised—they embody a particular cultural authority or credibility. There is a clear objective trust bias here, Striphas argues, where at the same time we don't have access to what lies behind these algorithms. It is impossible to determine how they interpret the data they are extracting from us, as they are patented, their code hidden; they are unintelligible to us, only to be read and understood by machines.
On top of that algorithms have strong disciplining effects. They are constructed in such a way that they provide us with suggestions based on what they think we want and need. This continuous personalised filtering creates isolated online worlds and carved-out information niches, curated by non-transparant algorithms feeding our pre-existing beliefs. Are we still able to produce new habits of thought, conduct and expression when continuously confronted with these filtering processes? Internet activist Eli Pariser's coined the concept 'filter bubble' to characterise the personalised web. We are increasingly exposed to information that, instead of challenging us, reinforces how we and others within our filter bubbles already think. This means we are less likely to encounter information that is different from what we already know, that complicates our worldview or challenges our established opinions. Filter bubbles are even seen to have contributed to phenomena such as Brexit and the 'post-fact society': facts no longer penetrate filter bubbles.
New reading techniques, supported by digital tools and platforms for reading, are not only changing the status and nature of culture and knowledge, they are involved in the constitution of a different form of human subject too. As Hall has argued, we need more time and care to think through the relationship between different forms of reading; how they change what reading is and with that what it means to be human. Therefore it is important that we keep open the question of reading, and don't bracket off dichotomies between human and machine reading, nor smooth out antagonisms between different forms of reading. Instead we should challenge the conventional distinctions between them and the premises on which they are based. American media theorist Katherine Hayles has argued that the claim 'computers cannot read' is a form of 'species chauvinism'. Reading and the human are both not fixed entities but fluid and entangled constructs, constantly changing what reading is and who reads. In our reading we can't simply isolate ourselves from our technologies or our contexts. In this sense we are all reading machines.


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(And to buddies Daniel Arenson and David McAfee, too.)
Well, it's here. The Long Crimson Line: A Thriller has finally been released on all platforms. Novel No. 21, in all its bloody glory.
This novel pushes the envelope far beyond anything that I've done before. The amount of description in the murders detailed--the second to last murder, especially--will make the reader smell the blood, even on an eReader.
I'll be working this week to get the paperback copy up, and right now we've had a good launch thanks to pre-orders. Will it continue?
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Team17 has today announced a new partnership agreement with Heliocentric Studios for its upcoming up-to-four-player, action role-playing game, Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos. The game, scheduled for a 2020 launch on Steam, blends roguelike gameplay with procedural dungeons and an expansive fantasy overworld.
In addition to battling enemies across the major dungeons, Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos also features skill tree customisation for characters, while village building gameplay mechanics provide townspeople with more services and houses to improve their lives.
Joshua Gump, Programmer at Heliocentric Studios, said:
"We've had a fantastically busy period releasing two titles on Steam in just three years, but for Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos - our most ambitious game to date - we wanted to ensure we had the support and experience of a publishing label behind us. Team17's track record of helping developers successfully bring their games to market brought us reassurance that Rogue Heroes will realise its potential, and we can't wait to launch the game in 2020."
Max Everingham, Head of Publishing at Team17, said:
"Heliocentric Studios' innovative takes on mixing classic game genres continues to help the team stand out from the crowd, and with Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos they're looking to do so once again. Rogue Heroes is a great addition to our ever-growing portfolio of titles that we're publishing in 2020, and we can't wait to support Joshua and Brandon in realising their vision for the game."


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A Narrow Mind will Lead us to Nowhere, We Should be Expanding Our Horizons
A Narrow Mind will Lead us to Nowhere, We Should be Expanding Our Horizons
In mind we all have big plans for the future and usually it is much larger than we can deliver.
And that's not bad, because it is better to fantasize and dream big, and if we already can accomplish a part of our dream, we still can expand it with time.
Insecure and have no self-confidence with a narrow mind will not quickly bring new ideas to us and that also means not much or zero progress.
An exceptional mind can just give us a new thought flash with new inspiration, it will also expand our imagination with new ideas.
We all want an expansion from the progression for development in our life, so that we can be working for a better future.
The more we know and learn is only right and this will strengthen our future, with the expanding on our vision, we also created a growth opportunities for ourselves.
Everything we think in our mind also not need to be already in a reality, but it would be welcome.
If we want to expand our horizons for improving future tense, we must broaden our mind so that it can open up our comprehension to extraordinary things with a vision.
I wish you a healthy life.
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May 27, 2010
3 Women - More Info Surfaces
A May 1977 article in Palm Springs Life about Robert Altman filming Three Women has been made available on the web.
Five locations in the Coachella Valley were used in shooting "3 Women": the Sunbeam Inn, a small Palm Springs hotel which, for the film, becomes the gaudy Purple Sage Apartments; the Joseph M. Shapiro Eye Center of Desert Hospital; Coffee's Hot Mineral Pools and Hotel in Desert Hot Springs, represented in the movie as a geriatric hospital; the Palm Springs Greyhound bus station; and the Hidden Springs Ranch Club in Thousand Palms, which was built by Charles Doyle in 1945 and has stood deserted for the past dozen years.
The information about Hidden Springs Ranch Club is new to me. That would have been the location used for the Dodge City bar/ranch/motocross hangout. If anyone has more specific info on where the Hidden Springs Ranch Club was located in Thousand Palms, then I'll go do some walking around in the desert - mountain lions be damned!
Here are some shots from the film showing exteriors at Dodge City. Of course, some of what you see was added by Altman's crew, but he has said in interviews that it was an existing ranch that he improved upon for the movie.
UPDATE: In this March 1962 issue of "Desert Magazine" (on page 13, I believe) Hidden Springs Ranch is described as being along Ramon Road: "Paved Ramon Road leads past Hidden Springs Ranch, then a graded county road swings left. Strung out along the flank of low hills is the oasis of Willis Palms."
So, somewhere between Varner Road and Willis Palms.
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I believe the only structure that remains is the "Purple Sage" apartment building on Camino Monte Vista in Palm Springs. https://ronslog.typepad.com/ronslog/2010/03/purple-sage-apartments-located.html
Posted by: Ron Gilbert at Nov 27, 2019 12:59:45 PM
Dear all, I did research on 3 women locations, because I would like to create a VR environment for an art project, based on at least one of the former set locations outdoors via a dronecamera and photogrammetry. I understand that the ranch (as it existed in the movie) is not recognizable anymore,right? I checked via google earth into shadow moutain lane. Does anyone know, if any of the original locations still exists and hasn´t changed much ?
Posted by: Kathrin at Nov 27, 2019 11:12:01 AM
This is amazing to find! Charles Doyle was my great grandfather! My mom has photos of this ranch as a kid growing up. She told me stories of her visiting as a kid in the summers. I was curious to find if the ranch was still standing but I didn't expect to find all this. I can not wait to share this with her and my grandfather when I visit again.
Posted by: Whitney Golden at Apr 25, 2017 10:17:39 PM
Here's the text of that 1948 "Desert Sun" article.
Hidden Springs Ranch
Charles Doyle's Third Major Desert Development Rapidly Nearing Completion
SUNSHINE AND VlSTAS—Hidden Springs Ranch, an exclusive residential development of Charles Doyle will soon hold a formal opening of its new club house and swimming pool. The development is located a few miles east of Thousand Palms at the junction of Ramon road and Highway 99. Photographs show the snow-capped mountains viewed from the development grounds and, inset, the ranch clubhouse which is nearing completion. (Johnny Pagoria photos.)
Now hard at work on his third major development in this area, Charles Doyle, owner of Hidden Springs Ranch, might well be called "the man who came back." After building up two successful projects in Palm Springs, this pioneer developer became involved in four years of litigation and returned to Pasadena broken in health and spirit.
That was ten years ago. Now back in his favorite role of developer and on the desert which he loves, Charles Doyle is again enjoying good health and the satisfaction of coming back to see another dream realized.
It was back in the '20's Mr. Doyle paid a visit to the Desert Inn, and fell in love with the desert. He liked the simplicity and informality of the surroundings there and in 1928 built Deep Well Ranch with these objectives in mind. They have endured to this day at the well known guest ranch.
A YEAR LATER Mr. Doyle went on to develop Smoke Tree Ranch which soon became known as one of the desert's most distinctive residential developments. It was over this property that the litigation arose in later years.
The year 1941 found this resourceful developer back in the desert—flying over it by day and camping in it by night—looking for another desirable city for a desert comunity. He decided on the area north of Thousand Palms and named it Hidden Springs Ranch. Doyle was ready to start development when the recent war began, so instead went off with the American Engineers to the tropics of Nicaragua and Honduras on heavy construction wor.
EARLY 1946 found him again on the desert with what he often calls "a lot of rabbit land and an idea" and everything hard to obtain. It was no "push button" job to obtain several miles of high tension power line out to Hidden Springs Ranch, drill wells and develop water or obtain paved roads, but he did all these accomplishments in less than 20 months.
Then the Texas "Big Inch" gas line arrived in Southern California and crossed his 1300 acre development. The result was gas which is bein ginstalled at the residential community and Hidand Hidden Springs club this week. To cap accomplishment, Richard F. McCarthy came along from Chicago and built a $150,000 swank club. The club is nearing completion and will be formally open this coming fall.
HIDDEN SPRINGS Ranch now boasts sales to owners of nearly $l00,000 of estate sites and currently has eleven homes under construction.
"These accomplishments have been made without promotions or fly-by-night, dubious financing which might fall down on one's neck some financially frosty day," said Doyle, who relies entirely on his own financial resources.
Mr. Doyle has never recognized the word "can't" and his record of activity has earned him the reputation of being one of the most resourceful developers of the Palm Springs area. He takes great pride in the high type of clientele he has been able to secure through confidence in his ability to perform. His boast is that he has never made a promise he has not fulfilled in his developments.
Posted by: Ron's Log at Aug 10, 2015 10:35:48 AM
Managed to find an article about the opening of the Hidden Springs Ranch in 1948, there's even a couple of pictures!
Posted by: Doug Gardiner at Aug 10, 2015 6:38:51 AM
Thank you, Doug. I still keep half an eye out for a piece of the pool with a little bit of Bodhi Winds artwork still visible.
Posted by: Ron's Log at Aug 7, 2015 9:19:11 PM
Hi Ron, I was the one who initially contacted the Desert Hot Springs Historical Society back in 2009 with my question about the filming locations used in 3 Women. I am so happy that this has been explored further by you and other fans of the film. I think we can safely say that all locations have now been identified and confirmed. This is more than I could have ever hoped for. It is sad that time and tide have erased many of the buildings from the film, not to mention the artwork of Bodhi Wind, I am just grateful for the masterful work of Robert Altman that has captured these things forever on film. I'll be heading to California from Australia later this year and will be visiting these locations myself. Thank you for your efforts with this project!
Posted by: Doug Gardiner at Aug 7, 2015 8:29:25 PM
Under the fair use provisions of copyright law I've put together a compilation of just the Dodge City scenes from "3 Women" solely for the purpose of trying to locate the site of Dodge City. If you would like a copy of that to either verify this find, or to search for a better site, just let me know at email@example.com and I will make it available to you.
That includes you, Marshall, since you haven't provided your email address.
Posted by: Ron's Log at Jan 28, 2015 11:04:12 AM
As I'm doing this primarly from memory, #5, "the hut", might actually be wrong and directly across from what I labeled, on the other side of the lot. I don't have the time to cross-reference w/ the movie right now for exact accuracy, but I'm sure that someone could check it out if desired, and also probably clarify a few of the mystery buildings that I couldn't recall.
Pretty neat to see such a relatively quick and strong response to this...thanks again!
Posted by: Marshall at Jan 26, 2015 11:27:07 PM
Hi again. To the best of my knowledge:
http://i.imgur.com/ZPoVxDt.png (I'm not sure how to directly link it; please copy-and-paste)
1) Dodge City parking lot
2) cantina
3) swimming Pool
4) distinctive, "tripod-shaped" sidewalk (later to have Bodhi WInd artwork)
5) small brown hut visible in some scenes
6) Willie's house
Thanks again for all of your research that allowed me to be able to do mine in the first place!
Posted by: Marshall at Jan 26, 2015 11:21:43 PM
Doh! Way to go Marshall!
Posted by: Jeff at Jan 26, 2015 5:14:06 PM
I didn't do the research, Marshall did.
Posted by: Ron's Log at Jan 26, 2015 3:47:23 PM
GREAT research! But then you are the Desert Hot Springs Historical Society Historian!
Posted by: Jeff at Jan 26, 2015 3:22:31 PM
That's certainly the most promising evidence of its location that I've seen yet, but "clear as day" is a bit of a strong description. There are shapes that are not inconsistent with what can be seen in the movie.
Here's a screen grab of what you can see.
Here's how it looks in Google's satellite view today.
Posted by: Ron's Log at Jan 26, 2015 1:56:18 PM
Well, I finally and absolutely "located" the exact location of the former site of the Dodge City set. It was in Thousand Palms, on Ramon, immediately west of (just before) Shadow Mountain Lane. I've been looking for awhile, but it was just recently that I the historicaerials.com website uploaded a 1972 aerial survey of Thousand Palms to compare; there's no way to link it exactly, but if you go to that site and search "shadow mountain lane and ramon road, thousand palms, ca", it's all there clear as day, and you can dissolve a 2005 survey for comparison. It's all covered in concrete and is a part of some kind of nursery. If you use views from 2002 or the '90s, it wasn't paved over at that point but was an empty lot. The remaining question for me is if the swimming pool with all of the Bodhi Wind murals was completely torn out at some point, or was just buried as many derelict pools are and remains preserved today.
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By Frederick H. Lowe
Growing outrage surrounding homicides of unarmed African-American men by police and the refusal by grand juries to indict the officers has sparked new interest about the reparations movement in the United States, according to Don Rojas, spokesman for the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, which is hosting a reparations conference April 9-12 in New York.
The so-called war on drugs in which black men are serving long terms in prison also has fueled growing anger. Once the men leave prison, they are often unable to get jobs, and they are prohibited from voting.
"A lot of young people who are participating in BlackLivesMatter, have never heard of the reparations movement," Rojas told BlackmansStreet Today and NorthStar News & Analysis. "They are much more progressive and rallies are being held in New York, Los Angeles and other cities."
The Institute of the Black World, which is based in Queens, N.Y., will host the conference that will be attended by Sir Hilary McD. Beckles, head of the Caribbean Community Commission or CARICOM, a Georgetown, Guyana-based organization that represents 15 Caribbean countries. Beckles is author of "Britain's Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide."
CARICOM is seeking reparations from European countries as a result of the transatlantic slave trade. CARICOM representatives are expected to attend the conference. The U.S. conference is inspired by CARICOM.
Thirteen of the 15 Caribbean countries that have established national reparations commissions also will send representatives to the New York conference. In addition, South and Central American countries that have established reparations commissions also are sending representatives.
The conference is being held at various locations in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, which have become one of the many battlegrounds for the fight against police killings of unarmed black men.
An opening rally is being held in Harlem, the symbolic capital of black America and a closing rally will be held in Brooklyn, which boasts the nation's largest Caribbean population.
The goal of the conference is to establish a National African American Reparations Commission to intensify the reparations movement in this country.
The National African American Reparations Commission wants to select a 15-member committee that will hold town hall meetings nationwide to decide on a 10-point plan for reparations.
After the New York meeting, members of the Institute for the Black World 21st Century will travel to Detroit to meet U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D., Mich.) to honor the Congressman and to revive his legislation calling for reparations. Institute of the Black World also will honor Conyers' 50 years of public service.
The scheduled New York conference follows a one-day conference held last April in Chicago.
If you are interested in attending the New York conference, go to Institute of the Black World 21st Century to preregister.


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6 Easy Steps to Use Email Marketing for Your Restaurant
Cara Wood
You've probably heard of email marketing. It's a phrase so ubiquitous that even my grandma has heard of it. Although, my grandma can operate an iPad better than I can, so maybe she's not a great example. Regardless, you've probably heard of it.
If you're thinking of starting up some marketing initiatives for your restaurant (which you definitely should), start with email marketing. It has the highest ROI of any marketing practice, and there are many (excellent) free solutions for first time marketers, so there's literally no reason not to try it out.
But where does a restaurant start out? Use this step-by-step guide to help you get set up with a solution, templates, and a campaign strategy.
As a restaurateur who's brand new to email marketing, you'll want to start with a free or very cheap email marketing system to get your bearings. You can always upgrade later if you decide you need something more robust.
The great thing about email marketing is that many excellent platforms offer "free-mium" tiers. For instance, MailChimp is free for small businesses with small email lists. Start with this list of excellent free email marketing systems.
Once you've picked a solution that fits your budget, skill level, and preferred ease of use, it's time to get to the fun stuff.
Before anything else, you need to make sure you know what your restaurant's brand is. Your branding will guide everything else. Here are some questions to ask yourself:
Questions like these will help you decide what your templates should look like, what your brand voice is, what the emails should be about, and when you should send them. For example, a coffee shop will send very different emails from that of an upscale fine dining restaurant.
Brand voice (what your writing sounds like), is very important to settle on during this time. The aforementioned coffee shop may want to use casual language, even slang, while the upscale place will likely want to use more formal wording. The target audience for both places will matter as well. After all, a fine dining restaurant with a Millennial target market may decide that they still want to use casual language, since Millennials overwhelmingly eschew many formalities.
Unfortunately, I can't offer step-by-step instructions on how to do this because every system is different, however, most systems these days use a simple drag-and-drop editor and offer premade templates that you can simply customize. MailChimp's editor, for instance, is so easy that you could whip up a gorgeous email in less than 20 minutes.
Make sure to customize the templates with your brand colors and logo. Include at the bottom your location and phone number for those who wish to reach you. And if you have any social media channels, be sure to include those as well. Usually, you can drag and drop in social buttons that you can then link appropriately.
Email marketing without a goal is not very useful. Sit down and outline one or more clear goals that you want to achieve with your emails. You may even want to include some KPIs (key performance indicators) to numerically show when you're hitting your goals. To get your brainstorming started, here are a few goals that may work for you:
Each of these goals will require different email campaign types, and the success will have to be measured differently. For instance, driving foot traffic may require more coupon-based campaigns, and would be measured by the amount of emailed coupons used. Driving loyalty, on the other hand, would perhaps involve more campaigns around more brand-based things, like your new menu, and would be measured by looking at how many customers on your email list become repeat visitors.
What good is an email campaign if you don't have anyone to send it to? Once you've decided on what your goals are, you can move on to building your list. There's plenty of ways to do this and you're limited only by your creativity.
At the absolute minimum, you need to be collecting a person's email address. You should try to collect as much information as you absolutely can so that you are able to send a highly personalized an email to them. For instance, if you know your subscriber's birthdays, you can set up an automated campaign that sends them a birthday coupon. Beware, though: the more information you ask for, the more likely a customer is to reject you.
So how do you get these emails? Here are a few options:
With goals, a list, and a solution all under your belt, it's time to decide what kind of emails you will be sending out.
As a restaurateur, you probably don't have very much time to be constantly coming up with new types of emails. You may want to take some time right now to come up with a few core types of emails you'll be wanting to send and go ahead and schedule them on the calendar. For instance, you may want to schedule one type of campaign to go out at the beginning of every month, another to go out the second week of every month, and so on, so that you're just repeating a pattern every month.
Keep in mind that you likely want to be emailing no more than once a week and no less than once a month. More than that, as a restaurant, you're pushing it; less than that, and they've already forgotten you.
Here are some repeat campaign ideas to get your brainstorming started:
Other campaigns you can run on a more one-off basis:
You may also consider a welcome track for new subscribers, sending them your basic information over a short period of time – your happy hour specials and best-known dishes, for instance.
Finally, make sure that as you're sending out these emails there is only one call to action in each. That means: If you're sending out an email about the dish of the month, don't also include information and link to your merchandise.
At this point, you're ready to get sending. Be sure to report on your campaigns' successes so that you can find what's working for you and what's not, and adjust accordingly. Don't be afraid to mix things up and try something totally new.
At the end of the day, successful email marketing doesn't take a marketing wizard. It just takes someone willing to put in a little bit of time and strive to listen to what their customers want from them. Anyone can do it.
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It's the Printemps du Cinema .. the what now? Spring at the cinema and as such It's an excuse to get to the cinema cheaply for just 4€ a ticket. I believe that most cinemas that are part of La Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français are taking part.
Sunday the 17th, Monday the 18th, and Tuesday the 19th of March tickets should be €4
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ICESat 2 Mission: How Does NASA Use Lasers In Space?
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Using an onboard laser altimeter system, the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 will map the height of our planet. Learn all about the science and engineering of ICESat-2 satellite through discussion, visualizations, and animations. Pho the Photon will be making his debut appearance in the new ICESat-2 short animation, "Photon Jump." Mr. Brian A. Campbell is a NASA Senior Earth Science Specialist with the NASA Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Geophysics Laboratory and the Laboratory for Atmospheres, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. Campbell is a Berks County native (West Lawn) and Wilson High School graduate.
This is an Explore Earth: Our Changing Planet exhibit event. The exhibit will be on display at Muhlenberg Community Library January 13, 2018 until March 9, 2018. Free admission.
Explore Earth: Our Changing Planet, a traveling exhibit for libraries, is part of the STAR Library Education Network (STAR_NET) led by the National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute. Exhibit partners include the American Library Association, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and the Afterschool Alliance. Explore Earth is supported through a grant from the National Science Foundation.


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Dedicated to all of the "good guys" out there who feel like they just aren't getting a fair shot at true love and a meaningful relationship with "the one" woman of their dreams.
So I have to admit that this topic didn't just come from the top of my head. I was encouraged by a gentleman who follows Real Girls F.A.R.T on Facebook to write about this particular subject. I've been a happily married woman to "the one" man of my dreams for nearly 11 years, so I've been out of the "game for a while. But apparently, dating isn't like it used to be. It definitely was challenging before my hubby and I married, but I've been told numerous times it's a thousand times worse today. That's a little hard to believe, in fact, staggering. However, all things being considered, i.e. social media, it makes sense. The standards, expectations, what's reality, and what's a facade have shifted a great deal.
This is probably one of the most layered subjects Ive addressed thus far, however these are simply a few of my opinions on the matter. I could literally spend 4-5 weeks writing about this, but hopefully I've helped to scratch the surface of a topic that will lead to further discussion.
This young man believes that a lot of the "good women" out there go for the "bad guys". This apparently is something that he feels is a problem and needs to change or at the very least an explanation. So as I pondered this suggestion made with great concern, I asked myself are these so called "good girls" really "good girls"? But in order to accurately answer this question we must first define "good girl". I'm of the mindset that this is purely subjective, but for the sake of this post let's attempt to define the term objectively. We could say a "good girl" is classy, polite, feminine, yet strong, intelligent, compassionate, and so on. So what on earth would a girl like this want with a guy that's the opposite of these things?
There are a number of reasons that we could speculate, but it really starts with the young woman's foundation of how she perceives men; her first interaction with a man and the first man in her life–DADDY! We've heard it time and time again, Dads play a huge role in their daughter's development and it can make or break a young woman. Is the damage permanent? More often than not, yes. But only because the young woman may not know what she doesn't know. If this behavior of picking certain types of guys has been her pattern and she doesn't know any different, the pattern often gets repeated rather than disrupted.
I'm by no means a man, but I do think that men should not internalize this behavior as being a fault of their own, they in turn, must be familiar and try to understand the behavior at it's root, not the fruit.


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Industry Voice: Why are VCTs becoming a popular choice for investors?
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It's an exciting time for Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), set up by the government in 1995 to provide long-term finance to some of the UK's brightest smaller companies. For people comfortable with the risks of investing in UK smaller companies, VCTs offer a number of tax benefits.
But it's not just the tax benefits that are making VCTs attractive to investors. Significant reductions in the pension lifetime allowance have led people to look at VCTs in a new light, especially if they have accumulated a significant pension pot over their lifetime.
Investing in buy-to-let property has historically been a way for many to complement more mainstream pension planning, but recent changes to buy-to-let tax rules have now made this option less advantageous for landlords.
Against this backdrop, it's perhaps not surprising that interest in VCTs has risen dramatically in recent years as people are being forced to think more holistically about how they plan for the retirement they want in a tax efficient manner.
If you didn't already know, Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) have been around for quite a long time. They were introduced by the government in 1995 to encourage investment in the UK's smaller entrepreneurial businesses in order to drive economic growth and job creation. VCTs support these types of companies, which are usually under-served by traditional finance methods.
Demand for VCTs is on the rise. According to the Association of Investment Companies, VCTs raised £542 million in the last tax year, the second-highest fundraising year on record and an increase of 18% from the previous year[1].
Investor appeal
For people comfortable with the risks of investing in smaller companies, VCTs offer a number of tax benefits in return for taking the risk of investing in UK smaller companies. A key attraction of VCTs is their ability to pay tax-free dividends, although these aren't guaranteed, while allowing the investor to benefit from up to 30% upfront income tax relief provided they are willing to remain invested for at least five years.
You should always remember that the value of an investment, and any income from it, can fall as well as rise and you may not get back the full amount you invest. The upfront tax relief is there, in part, to offset the high risk associated with investing in a VCT. Tax treatment will depend on your individual circumstances and tax incentives may change in the future. The tax reliefs also depend on the VCT maintaining its VCT-qualifying status. VCT shares could fall or rise in value more than other shares listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. They may also be harder to sell.
But it's not just the tax benefits that are making VCTs attractive to investors. VCTs have gained prominence by virtue of changes to other traditional methods of planning for retirement.
Pension challenge
Changes to the lifetime allowance have helped people to look at VCTs in a new light, as a means of complementing existing retirement planning strategies. For example, you may have accumulated a significant pension pot over your lifetime, and are now grappling with the concern that you risk hitting the lifetime allowance even if you make only modest future pension contributions.
The pension freedoms that were announced in April 2015 - which scrapped the requirement for retirees to buy an annuity - has the potential to boost demand for products such as VCTs that aim to generate a steady stream of tax-free dividends for investors, although dividends are not guaranteed. Of course, a VCT that invests in high-risk companies shouldn't be considered as a replacement for pension investments, which will typically be lower risk.
Landlords are also feeling the pinch
Many people have opted to invest in property as a way to complement or even replace pension planning. However, a series of measures − including a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and second homes and, more recently, the phased reduction in tax relief on mortgage interest - has made this less tax-efficient. It's feared that property owners who were previously paying income tax at the basic rate may be pushed into the higher-rate tax bracket, despite their effective income from the property staying the same. With property investors potentially facing increased taxes, less relief and lower allowances, the recent rise in people looking at investing into VCTs is perhaps not surprising. Again, it's important to note that a VCT that invests in high-risk smaller companies shouldn't be considered as a replacement for property investments, which will typically be lower risk.
VCTs for retirement
While VCTs carry a higher risk profile, what's becoming increasingly clear is that more investors are keen to broaden their horizons, and are ready to look at complementary options, including VCTs, as a means to fund retirement. Provided the VCT is suited to your client's needs and attitude towards risk, there are many reasons to consider VCTs.
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Octopus is the largest provider of VCTs in the UK (source: The Association of Investment Companies, April 2017). For a conversation about how VCTs may benefit your clients, call 0800 316 2067 or visit octopusinvestments.com.
[1] Source: The Association of Investment Companies, 10 April 2017, 'VCT Fundraising for 216/17 the second highest on record' http://www.theaic.co.uk/aic/news/press-releases/vct-fundraising-for-201617-the-second-highest-on-record
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G.I. Joe Real American Hero #184
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- Language: English
- Digital Release Date: November 14th, 2012
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Just as Cobra Commander begins to settle into his new COBRA base on the west coast, trouble starts brewing. Destro and Baroness, Road Pig and Zarana, Darklon, Zartan: every one of them pursuing their own agenda and getting in Cobra Commander's way. Not to mention G.I. JOE following all their activities, waiting for the right time to step in. The stakes are raised in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #184!


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Szelp, Attila (2010) Cargo Security Initiatives in the EU and the USA, their Impact on Business Operations and Mutual Recognition with Focus on AEO and C-TPAT. Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Transportwirtschaft und Logistik - Logistik, 05/2010. Institut für Transportwirtschaft und Logistik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had a tremendous impact on international trade policy. The USA was the first country to introduce cargo security and facilitation measures as a counteraction. The EU and international organizations also established new security programs in order to better secure cargo movements across borders. This thesis gives an overview of security initiatives introduced by international organizations, the EU and the USA, with an emphasis on the trade facilitation programs Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) and Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and a comparison of them. The process towards mutual recognition of these programs is then described. Three case studies put the topic under the microscope: The perception as well as actual benefits and disadvantages from economic actors' points of view are presented and implementation and operational processes in companies are demonstrated. The case studies include port authorities, carriers and logistics providers. Finally, the author reflects on his findings. (author's abstract)
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New 'hot and hearty' food offer
Staff and students have told us they want cheaper hot food on campus and as part of the University's commitment to providing more choice and variety, Warwick Retail are pleased to announce a new hot food offer launching 6 January 2020.
NAIC Café will serve two hot food dishes (vegetarian and meat) every evening from 5.00 – 6.30pm. The dishes, at £3.00 each, will include 'home comfort favourites' such as chilli, lasagne and macaroni cheese and are available to eat in or take away.
To help reduce waste and create a more sustainable environment we are encouraging everyone to bring their own takeaway boxes or crockery.


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A new type of predatory lender mails loan checks to you
With more and more Americans living paycheck to paycheck, any unexpected expense could put you behind for months or years. That could then result in having utilities turned off, or even worse, you could be evicted from your home. There are many predatory lenders out there who are looking to take advantage of your situation. One of those types of lenders is payday advance loans. They would lend you money until you would receive your paycheck but when you pay them back you're behind again and the payday lenders would encourage you to take out another loan until you were dependent on them to try to make ends meet. A number of states heavily regulated or outright banned payday lending in order to help consumers, but now a new predatory practice has emerged to supposedly take advantage of those of lower economic status.
According to the Washington Post, at least one lending company is mailing checks to people unsolicited for over $1,000 apiece. The checks are legitimate and can be cashed, however, if you were to cash one, you'd be entering into a loan with the lender. The loans not only have to be paid back with exorbitant interest rates, but the lender will try to get you to borrow more money in the meantime. This lender seems to depend on the fact that most of its customers won't be able to pay the loan back and end up taking their customers to court where according to the terms of the loan, the customer has to pay the lender's legal fees as well.
While it may be tempting to cash one of these checks while you're in financial straits, they can only make your situation worse. You may think that you'll be able to dig your way out of such a financial hole but these lenders stack the deck against the consumer so much that it's almost impossible to pay them back without finding yourself into legal trouble. Having been in financial desperation myself in the past I wish I could tell you there was a magic answer to solve your money problems. The only thing I can do is to try to help you keep an eye out for those looking to take advantage of your situation so you don't find yourself in even bigger financial distress.


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Review: 'The genesis of a modern soul genius -- Eric Roberson's first album, finally back in print, and filled with a wonderful assortment of early work! Eric kind of set this one up as an introduction to his wide range of talents -- including notes in the booklet about each tune and the story of it's development -- and, in keeping with his strong sense of good spirits, also giving credit to other artists, producers, and friends who helped him find his sound. The sound is quite similar to work on Eric's seminal Vault albums -- mellow, but never slick or smooth -- and in a warmly personal style that's made Roberson one of the greatest underground soul artists working today! Titles include 'Genesis', '4U', 'Runaway', 'Morning After', 'Crazy', 'Rain On My Parade', 'Woman', 'New Born Child', 'She Went Away', and 'Funny Feelings.'....Dusty Groove America.
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Glad to see some has noticed this like I have.
Isn't that how the saying goes? I don't know. But I do know that while sex requires a degree of nudity (the more the better, to be honest), nudity does not require sex.
Nudism is a lifestyle of nudity. Nudism is not a lifestyle of loose, illicit sex. Nudists like to be naked. I am sure most nudists also like sex. But the two are not related. Or at least they shouldn't be.
Would I be lying if I said I was not attracted to the sight of a nude woman? Yes. Nude women are beautiful. So are clothed women for that matter. But do I lust after them and desire to have sex with them?
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