Movers and shakers: Gerrit Bahlman, Tina Wakefield and Vaughan Robertson
Grant Frear leads Deloitte Digital in New Zealand, Kordia launches women in tech scholarship
Divina Paredes (CIO New Zealand) 13 November, 2018 06:30
Gerrit Bahlman at the Asia Pacific Advanced Network conference
Gerrit Bahlman is the acting chief executive at REANNZ from next week, while Nicole Ferguson is on parental leave.
He recently returned to New Zealand from Hong Kong where he was the director of information technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was previously CIO at Massey University.
His previous roles include g CIO at Massey University, and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He is currently the chair of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN), the regional federation of national research and education networks.
Tina Wakefield, deputy secretary ICT/CIO at the Ministry of Justice is appointed, on secondment, as deputy director general - corporate services, at the Ministry of Health.
Tina Wakefield
Vaughan Robertson is appointed as a Beca Technical Fellow in Emerging Technologies at the company's Delivery and Technical Leadership Conference last week.
Robertson is currently group manager, technology strategy for Beca, a self-confessed "change junkie", futurist and regular contributor to cio.co.nz.
Beca Technical Fellow is a title given to recipients that demonstrate outstanding technical or delivery skills, expertise and leadership, both within the business and to the wider community.
Vaughan Robertson
In presenting the appointment, Beca chief technical officer, Craig Price, said, "Our new Technical Fellows have again set the benchmark for providing consistently excellent and future-focused standards. It's important to recognise their achievements and acknowledge the tremendous contribution they continue to make in their respective fields and within the wider industry."
Scott Bartlett
Kordia CEO Scott Bartlett launches the Kordia Women in Technology Scholarship at the University of Waikato.
The successful applicant will receive an award of $5,000 towards their tuition, and upon graduation are likely to be offered employment with Kordia or its independent cyber security division, Aura Information Security.
Closing date for the scholarship applications is on 30 November. The selection criteria include assessment of academic performance with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) aptitude. Candidates will also participate in an interview with Kordia representatives.
Female students studying in their final year of undergraduate degrees offered by the Faculty of Science and Engineering or the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Waikato are eligible to apply for the bursary and must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
"For too long the information and communication technology industry has been dominated by men and while the picture is slowly changing, we think it could do with a bit of a boost," says Bartlett.
"By working with the University of Waikato to establish this scholarship, we're taking another small step towards encouraging women to get involved, further their studies and ultimately join a challenging, fast moving and rewarding industry."
"Scholarships like this play an important role in promoting IT and technical subjects to women considering their study options. We're delighted that Kordia are showing their commitment to diversity in their workplace through this initiative," says Dr Judy Bowen, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Waikato University.
Ken Holley is now director technology at PwC New Zealand. Prior to this, he was head of head of technology delivery - sales, marketing & service at NZ Post.
Ken Holley
Warren Shera joins Vodafone New Zealand as head of security practice. Before this, Shera was the CIO of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for six years.
Michael Sheehan is now a guest lecturer at the University of Canterbury. Sheehan is also the executive director at CIOs Without Borders, a global not for profit that uses technology to provide education, healthcare and infrastructure services to underserved areas around the world.
Michael Sheehan
Grant Frear is head of Deloitte Digital, which was launched in New Zealand early this month.
"The launch marks the fruition of a number of strategic moves at Deloitte, which collectively support our ambition to make digital real for our clients," says Frear, a partner at Deloitte.
"The comprehensive set of capabilities at Deloitte Digital means we can make a real impact for our clients and their customers through the transformational potential of dig
Deloitte chief executive Thomas Pippos says that digital solutions are high on the agenda of executives and boards in New Zealand.
Building the right culture — one that's ready to support company-wide change and adaptation — is a critical step toward becoming a digitally mature organisation
Grant Frear, Deloitte Digital
"The reality is that our clients deal with a lot of noise around digital, and there is no shortage of thought leadership and opinion about the bleeding edge of digital transformation," says Pippos.
"But by talking and working with our clients, we've found some of their biggest challenges are getting the basics right; it's about making their digital journey real with timely tangible results. This includes tackling sticky challenges like integrating old systems not made for a digital world, getting a single view of the customer and dealing with operational silos," he says.
Frear, meanwhile, says often forgotten, but a core part of a winning digital transformation strategy is cultivating the talent who will lead the effort and creating an organisational culture to support them.
"Building the right culture — one that's ready to support company-wide change and adaptation — is a critical step toward becoming a digitally mature organisation," states Frear.
Geneious Biologics, an enterprise software solution for companies engaged in screening of antibodies and antibody-like molecules, has been chosen by the VIB, a Life Sciences Research Institute in Belgium, to support therapeutic biologics discovery at its Discovery Sciences group.
Bruno Dombrecht, scientist at VIB Discovery Sciences, says "Geneious Biologics will help us scale-up our screening efforts. We are incorporating more high-throughput sequencing into our core business, and are screening increasingly large quantities of unique and complex VHH-based multi-specific biologics. We sought a bioinformatics platform that provides powerful, fast and deep sequence analysis and, importantly, allows us to consolidate and manage our sequence data in a secure environment that can be shared with our partners."
"We are proud to be working with VIB Discovery Sciences to support their mission critical workflows around therapeutic biologics screening, analysis and discovery. This is an exciting therapeutic area with much potential to solve unmet medical needs," says Jannick Bendtsen, vice president of technology services, Geneious Biologics.
"It is exciting to partner with institutes like VIB to help drive their biologic research and development goals. In leveraging the full power of the Geneious Biologics platform customers will make better, data driven discoveries, and bring successful biologics to market faster."
Accounting, Audit and business advisory firm Staples Rodway has appointed David Searle as its new National Chair.
Searle, who is Staples Rodway Auckland's managing director, has worked in the firm's Auckland office since 1992, joining the national board in 2014. He is active in training and guiding members of the accounting profession, and has also served as New Zealand Divisional President of CPA Australia and Chair of the Australasian CA Training Group.
Network for Learning (N4L) took the supreme award at the NZ Broadband Compare TUANZ Awards, named New Zealand's Broadband Provider of the Year for its work with schools.
The N4L team at the annual Broadband Compare TUANZ Awards
The Crown company provides more than 2,450 state schools including kura smart and safer internet services for learning via its 'Managed Network,' which is used by more than 821,000-plus students and teachers.
Commenting on the supreme win, the judges said: "Network for Learning stood out as being an exceptional offering servicing a vital need, driving real value for educational institutions and their surrounding communities."
"The company is ahead of the pack with its focused offer and is driving real value for schools by removing data bottlenecks that help kids learn at school. The company should be commended for its collaborative working models addressing the needs of underserved families through its pilots that extend safe internet into the home."
Seequent, a global leader in the development of visual data science software and collaborative technologies, has won the Supreme Award at the 2018 New Zealand International Business Awards, after earlier winning the ANZ Best Medium Business Award.
Seequent develops data visualisation and geological modelling solutions that enable those in the mining and minerals, civil engineering, environmental, and geothermal energy industries to extract valuable insights from complex raw data.
Seequent's 3D modelling tools and technology are widely applied across industries and projects, including road and rail tunnel construction, groundwater detection and management, geothermal exploration, resource evaluation and estimation, and subterranean storage of spent nuclear fuel.
Last week, Seequent announced it had opened its 14th global office, in Colorado, USA.
"The United States has one of the largest infrastructure industries in the world," says Daniel Wallace, general manager of civil and environmental at Seequent. "There are real infrastructure challenges in the US, with a significant amount of infrastructure to be built, rebuilt and maintained. Aging infrastructure is something the civil engineering industry has been tasked with, and our solutions can help through digital innovation by connecting underlying geology to engineering design."
IDIOM, a New Zealand decision automation software company has been named the winner of two Business Rules Excellence Awards (BREA), a new award recognising the world's most successful use of business rules.
The global awards recognise the outstanding commercial success of IDIOM's work with both PowerHealth, an Australian healthcare software developer, and professional services firm Deloitte New Zealand.
Mark Norton, CEO and Founder of IDIOM, says: "We're delighted to be the only multiple winner of the inaugural Business Rules Excellence Awards, along with our partners PowerHealth and Deloitte. We're very proud of the contribution our plug-n-play rules software has made to their software applications in terms of customer benefits, efficiencies and cost advantages."
IDIOM's software gives business users hands-on control over defining and deploying specialist decision making expertise. Customers world-wide in local, state, and central government, health administration, insurance, finance, pensions, and many other domains use IDIOM's plug-n-play rules to automate business algorithms on an industrial scale, quickly, correctly, and completely, to achieve more agile, more transparent, and more durable systems.
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nature has always loved me best
October 8, 2021 by Linda Crate
nature has always loved me best,
has never made me apologize
for being too little or too much;
appreciates my wilds and my feral side
without telling me to be less fierce
or angry—
nature never tells me i feel too hard
or love too much and she never dismisses
my emotions,
but she has washed away the broken
pieces of my being;
and she has always accepted me with open arms
when i've needed healing or simply to sit
among the trees with the wind dancing through
my long locks until the sadness melts
away in the magic laughter of sunbeams dancing
through the trees or in crow song or tiny little
wildflowers nudging me to remind me
there is beauty in life and in me even when i am
blind to it.
Linda Crate
Linda M. Crate's works have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies. She is the author of eight poetry chapbooks, the latest of which is: follow the black raven (Alien Buddha Publishing, July 2021). She has also authored three micro-collections, and four full length poetry collections.
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Linda M. Crate's works have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies. She is the author of eight poetry chapbooks, the latest of which is: follow the black raven (Alien Buddha Publishing, July 2021). She has also authored three micro-collections, and four full length poetry collections.


Did I even want to carry on living?
Wayne Boardman
Halifax and England Wheelchair Rugby League Player
3rd Dec 2019
Behind every man, there stands a stronger woman. I honestly believe that. It's tattooed on my arm.
There are two other quotes tattooed there as well. They all mean something personal to me. I'll tell you about them later.
I was 29 when the motorbike accident happened. I'm paralysed from my nipples down, but apparently, I'm too able bodied to play what's called 'wheelchair rugby'. The Americans call it Murderball – it's like a cross between basketball, rugby and volleyball. But what rugby game do you know where you play with a round ball and you can pass forward? It's nothing like Wheelchair Rugby League.
Yes, I am opinionated. And loud. I've always been loud. Before my accident, I worked in construction and as a doorman. You have to be loud in those jobs.
I play Wheelchair Rugby League now for Halifax and England, and I'm very vocal there too. I'm one of the more senior people in the game, so I have to be. I lead by example and being quiet isn't going to do that. It's all about what I can teach players around me and the legacy I can leave for the next generation.
I would have passed Maths too, but I just couldn't be arsed getting out of bed for the exam.
I'm not good at taking instructions myself though. I've never been good with being told what to do. At school, I spent a lot of time of time in the corridor. I left school with one GCSE – English. And even that shouldn't have happened, because I'm dyslexic! I would have passed Maths too, but I just couldn't be arsed getting out of bed for the exam. When I left school, I ended up working at McDonald's.
I had a troubled childhood. Looking back, it wasn't the best. So I've always been quite self-sufficient, always done my own thing. I was a bit of a lad.
I've always been a fighter too. I did a bit of boxing when I was younger, as well as playing rugby for Wakefield Trinity Academy, Dewsbury Rams and Stanley Rangers.
I was a doorman around Wakefield as well. I was good at it. I could handle myself, but the best skill you need as a doorman is to be able to diffuse a situation, to read people and their body language before anything happened. If it looked like there was a situation developing, I'd just walk straight into the middle of it. Nine times out of 10, things would fizzle out.
Family life eventually took over from the rugby. I have an amazing daughter, Ilisha, and a little monster called Trey. He's just started playing rugby.
Ilisha represented Great Britain at gymnastics. I was so proud. She's a lot like me – very competitive, driven, determined. I wouldn't say I was the best father in the world, but judging by the speech she gave at mine and Cheryl's wedding this year, she seems to think I am. I've known Cheryl a long time. She's the sister of one of my best friends. She's wonderful.
The tattoo I mentioned earlier 'Behind every man there stands a stronger woman', that was for Stacey who I was with at the time of my accident. Things never worked out, but I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. She was a rock.
The accident and the aftermath were traumatic. I felt lost. For the first couple of years after it, I didn't know what I was going to do with myself and the rest of my life. Was it a life? Did I even want to carry on living? I did look into the options.
For four months, I had to go to the toilet in bed and for the first four years after my accident, going to the toilet was still traumatic.
Everything I knew as normal was no longer normal. Everything. And I had no dignity. For four months, I had to go to the toilet in bed and for the first four years after my accident, going to the toilet was still traumatic. Constipation meant bacteria leaking into my system, which meant severe headaches and lethargy. I had to pay for colonics just to be able to go to the toilet.
Sex is one thing that massively changes too, but it's the toilet thing that really gets to you. Peristine irrigation changed everything. That one piece of equipment changed my life. Once I could do the basics like bathe myself and go to the toilet properly, I was over the worst. Once you get to grips with the basics, you can start to rebuild your life.
Sex is one thing that massively changes too, but it's the toilet thing that really gets to you
Wheelchair sport also helped bring me out of it. It was like starting life all over again. 'Within the small sphere of our life we can gaze upon the past, but only the future is within our grasp'. That's another one of my tattoos.
A bloke called Pat Dolan from RGK came to fit me for my personalised wheelchair and we got talking. This was in the early days of Wheelchair Rugby League and he told me about a new team, the Cardinals, starting up in Halifax. I told him I'd love to be able to do something like that. I missed the competitive side of rugby, the physicality, the team environment and the banter.
Wheelchair sport also helped bring me out of it. It was like starting life all over again.
When I went down to the venue, it was off season for rugby, but there was wheelchair basketball on so I had a go at that. I really enjoyed it. Looking back, it was probably even more challenging than the rugby. I'd been a rugby player before and the way Wheelchair Rugby League is played meant that it was easy to slip straight in. I had skills I could translate.
Chair skills – chasing everything, throwing yourself around – are the biggest part of any wheelchair sport, so my basketball experience really benefited me.
The RFL are really behind the wheelchair game now and we are going from strength to strength.
Wheelchair Rugby League is similar to the running game – the ball, the rules, the angles of attack and defence, and the speed. It was easy for me to make the transition and everything has just gone from there.
This year I won a Challenge Cup winner's medal with Halifax - we've won it every year except one since it started - won a Grand Final and toured Australia with England. It was a perfect Ashes tour. Amazing. The team finally bonded, which is for me what was missing. The Wheelaroos weren't ready for the wall of white and we smashed every game.
Now we're building towards the 2021 World Cup. The RFL are really behind the wheelchair game now and we are going from strength to strength.
That third tattoo? 'Our greatest glory is not in never falling but getting up every time we do'.
See Wayne take part in the Coral Challenge Cup First Round Draw on Thursday 5th December, live on BBC Sport and Our League
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C.R. Bard names new executive team
MURRAY HILL, N.J. (Feb. 21)—Timothy M. Ring will succeed William H. Longfield as chairman and CEO of medical products maker C.R. Bard Inc. upon Longfield's Aug. 7 retirement. John H. Weiland will become president and chief operating officer Aug. 8. Ring joined C.R. Bard in 1992 as vice president of human resources and held various executive positions, most recently serving as group president overseeing the firm's global Vascular and Specialty Access businesses. Weiland, group president in charge of the firm's global Surgical, Urological and Endoscopic Technology businesses, joined Bard in 1996 from Dentsply International.


Young Doctors in Love
Directed by Garry Marshall
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There's almost always something funny at City Hospital, where the amorous young interns think that love - or at least lust - is the cure for everything! Michael McKean (This is Spinal Tap), Sean Young (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), Hector Elizondo (The Flamingo Kid), Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas), Dabney Coleman (9 to 5), Patrick Macnee (TV's The Avengers), Ted McGinley (TV's Married with Children), Crystal Bernard (TV's Wings) and Michael Richards (TV's Seinfeld) star in this refreshingly wacky hospital parody from the director of Overboard, Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride! The new interns at City Hospital are desperately hoping to survive their first year of residency, which could prove difficult, since their minds are on the wrong body parts! Garry Marshall made his feature film directorial debut with this hilarious comedy in a similar vein to Airplane!, Stripes and The Naked Gun.
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From Now On is an album by saxophonist Sonny Fortune which was recorded in 1996 and released on the Blue Note label. For Sonny Fortune (who has been underrated throughout his career), this is a pretty definitive session".
Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute. After moving to New York City in 1967, Fortune recorded and appeared live with drummer Elvin Jones's group. In 1968 he was a member of Mongo Santamaría's band. He performed with singer Leon Thomas, and with pianist McCoy Tyner (1971–73).
This release from altoist Sonny Fortune is a particularly strong session, a mostly high-powered modal modern mainstream date with Fortune playing at his best and contributing five of the eight compositions.
CDP 7243 8 38098 2 0. Sonny Fortune. From Now On (CD, Album). CDP 7243 8 38098 2 0. Europe.
Sonny Fortune (born (1939-05-19)19 May 1939 in Philadelphia) is a US jazz alto saxophonist and flautist is a solo studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes. It was released in 1994 and had a distinctive AOR sound. History was Hughes' second solo release after finding his 'higher power' and kicking the drug habits that had marred his career throughout the late 70s and 80s. The album was recorded in Sweden in the Nordic Studio Lab and had its initial release just within that country. It was subsequently released in Japan, Europe and America
1. (00:09:53) Sonny Fortune - Glue Fingers. 2. (00:06:28) Sonny Fortune - This Side Of Infinity. 3. (00:07:26) Sonny Fortune - From Now On. 4. (00:10:18) Sonny Fortune - Come In Out Of The Rain. 5. (00:07:08) Sonny Fortune - Suspension. 6. (00:05:24) Sonny Fortune - On Second And Fifth. 7. (00:05:23) Sonny Fortune - Gift Of Love. 8. (00:16:58) Sonny Fortune - Thoughts. Sonny Fortune - From Now On {BN 8380982}/ - . 0. Sonny Fortune - From Now On {BN 8380982}/folder. Sonny Fortune - From Now On {BN 8380982}/info.
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1 Glue Fingers
Written-By – Marcus Belgrave
2 This Side Of Infinity
Written-By – Larry Willis, Sonny Fortune
3 From Now On
Written-By – Sonny Fortune
4 Come In Out Of The Rain
Written-By – Larry Willis
5 Suspension
6 On Second And Fifth
7 Gift Of Love
Written-By – Rodgers Grant
Marketed By – EMI
Distributed By – EMI
Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Pressed By – EMI Uden
Published By – Edmarsly Pub. Co.
Published By – SoFor Music Co.
Published By – Yanina Music Co.
Published By – Second Floor Music
Alto Saxophone – Sonny Fortune
Bass – Santi Debriano
Design – Patrick Roques
Drums – Jeff "Train" Watts*
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Engineer [Assistant] – Maureen Sickler
Liner Notes – Bret Primack
Percussion – Steve Berrios (tracks: 3, 8)
Photography By – Jimmy Katz
Photography By [Front Cover] – Marty Khan
Piano – John Hicks
Producer – Marty Khan, Sonny Fortune
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Lovano (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
Trumpet – Eddie Henderson (tracks: 1, 3, 8)
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on March 11 and 12, 1996
Made in Holland / Printed in Holland
Eddie Henderson and Steve Berrios appears courtesy of Milestone Records
©℗ 1996 Capitol Records, Inc.
Rights Society: bel BIEM
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 8380982 @ 1 1-1-3-NL
Mould SID Code: ifpi 156A
CDP 7243 8 38098 2 0 Sonny Fortune From Now On (CD, Album) Blue Note CDP 7243 8 38098 2 0 US 1996
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At the BFI screening I went to, we were provided with the interpretation of a New Jersey teenager called Margaret Stackhouse, written shortly after the film was first released (and available online here). Stanley Kubrick fully endorsed her reading, so it's likely the best place to look if one is searching for a guide to the film's ambiguities. Although Stackhouse builds alternative explanations into her analysis, the transcendent nature of the monolith (the mysterious object driving the plot of the film) is inescapable. Like the god Prometheus, it is there at the "Dawn of Mankind" to give us the tools to improve and murder each other: the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. And at the end, a rapture. Stackhouse allows for either a capricious or a life-sustaining God, but it's some sort of interventionist God alright. In this regard it is worth comparing 2001 to last year's Gravity, in many ways just as visually impressive and innovative (and far more propulsive in a narrative sense) but also fundamentally concerned with the incredible unlikelihood that we have managed to get even this far. Gravity's commitment to our loneliness in the universe makes it the more coherent and admirable film.
It's telling that Kubrick's preferred analysis comes from a 15-year-old. No slight on Stackhouse intended, but there is something adolescent about 2001 in its complete devotion to cosmic musings at the expense of character. In fact, the only moment of human connection comes at the beginning, where space scientist Floyd has a skype conversation with his daughter, whose birthday he will miss. Interestingly, Kubrick used his own daughter Vivian for the scene, and that one slice of (autobiographical?) family life outshines an awful lot of the ponderous mechanics and dizzying lightshows that follow.
Index: Film, Religion, Stanley Kubrick
The Virgin Spring
The film begins with a prayer to Odin and ends with a prayer to God. Both are answered in their own ambiguous way. This being Bergman, the wronged father begins by procaming how he cannot understand a Creator that allows such evil to befall a good man. But rather than let that condemnation ring out into silence, he leans once again on the Christian imperatives of sin and redemption. And God listens: a stream appears from out of nowhere to baptise the father anew and wash away the step-sister's guilt. It's a more optimistic ending than Bergman will allow himself down the line.
And what of Odin in the beginning: the lusty, dangerous old man in the forest? He also answers prayers, or fulfills curses at least. The potency of the old gods may suggest that religions come and go, but evil and our attempts to deal with it are perennial concerns, both in the 13th century and in 1960. Then there is the title: the journey from innoccence to experience (sexual and moral) superimposed onto the changing of the seasons. The spring is that liminal time between bountiful summer and cruel winter, and the film's setting seems to move between all three. Evil, like weather, is both immutable and unpredictable.
Thankfully, Bergman's existentialist obsessions do not overshadow his real talent for intimate family drama, particularly in portraying the relationship between the sisters. Karin is already sliding towards corruption (dresses, dances and boys), yet her angelic countenance make her the favourite of the family. They also make her dark-haired (and pregnant) step-sister jealous. No sign of an expectant father appears. Did her lover abandon her, or maybe she was raped as well? We don't know, because any anger she may feel is not directed at the true source of her predicament, but serves as fuel for a murderous resentment against the perfect woman she can no longer be. Her confession before her father is the film's most powerful moment – far more so than the miracle with which it ends.
Index: Film, Ingmar Bergman, Religion
"It was true that the French, British, Germans and some other European peoples remained willing to make great sacrifices to defend themselves against aggression... But they had for the most part lost their appetite for national greatness and thus the imperative to order society accordingly. The long uncoupling of western European state and society from the project of making war had begun. Just as the interminable wars of past centuries had left their mark on European society, so now would the long peace shape domestic structures. The tradition of the primacy of foreign policy passed to the remaining European great powers, the Soviet Union and the United States." - Brendan Simms, Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy
"It was true that the French, British, Germans and...


Critical Race Theory (Spring 2019)
This course explored of the history and continued relevance of the Critical Race Theory (CRT) movement. Beginning in the 1980s, critical race theorists have consistently challenged orthodox understandings of civil rights law, constitutional interpretation, and racial categorizations. Derrick Bell, for instance, argues that American racism is permanent and that racial progress occurs only when it benefits white Americans.
CRT has been widely influential in legal academia but has been largely ignored by mainstream philosophy. Philosophers, however, have begun to think about the relationship between ideal political theory and non-ideal theory. Critical race theorists deal almost exclusively with non-ideal theory and thus provide a useful resource for contemporary philosophers.
In this course, we read CRT literature with an eye to understating its relation to ideal political theory. Topics included: the nature of race and racism, structural determinism, race and crime, the construction of whiteness, and intersectionality.
Truth in the Trump Era (Fall 2017)
"Quid est veritas?" — John 18:38
Jesus claims to be the bearer of truth. Pilate responds with a simple question: "What is truth?" Answering Pilate's question is particularly important considering the current president's attacks on truth and admiration for "alternative facts."
Moreover, some seek to undermine evolutionary theory and deny climate change by dismissing science as a source of truth. Still others deny moral truth, or hold that moral truth is relative. Surprisingly, some philosophers have claimed that there isn't anything interesting to say about truth, that "true" is just a tool we use to get things done.
Even if we determine that truth exists and that we know how to find it, we must further determine what role truth should play in our political discourse and in our lives. In this course, we thought carefully about truth and tried to develop a few practical answers to our guiding questions.
Black Lives Matter (Spring 2017)
This course explored several philosophical questions that are intimately connected to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. What, for instance, does it mean for a life to matter? What is the point of political protest? Is racism a permanent phenomenon? If so, how should the #BlackLivesMatter movement adjust its activities? Given U.S. racism, are black Americans obligated to obey the criminal law?
In answering these questions, we read the work of several figures, including: Frantz Fanon, Derrick Bell, and Kimberlé Crenshaw.
Philosophy of Mind (Fall 2016)
We take it that human beings have minds and that inanimate objects—like toasters, for instance—do not. But what does it mean to have a mind?
In this course, we pursued this question by tackling several related questions, including:
Is the mind identical to the brain?
What does it mean to have a thought?
Can computers think?
Can empirical science fully explain the phenomenon of consciousness?
As we learned, there are no easy answers to these questions. However, thinking about the mind in a rigorous manner allowed us to better understand ourselves and our place in the world.
Philosophy of Language (Late Wittgenstein) (Spring 2016)
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. His groundbreaking Philosophical Investigations will be the subject of this course. In reading the Investigations, we were confronted with some of philosophy's most pressing questions, including: What is the relationship between language and the world? What is truth? What does it mean to have a mind?
This course presumed no familiarity with Wittgenstein's work.
Freedom (Fall 2015)
Freedom is an extremely elusive concept. We often take ourselves and others to be capable of acting freely. In fact, our whole system of criminal justice is based on the idea that persons who commit crimes are capable of self-control. But we also know that person's choices are, in large part, a product of their beliefs, desires, and values. How can we square these beliefs? Do we really believe that a kleptomaniac can choose not to steal?
We also value freedom, such that we take freedom to be something worth fighting for. According to Malcolm X, "[i]f you are not ready to die for it, [you should] put the word "freedom" out of your vocabulary." Does it make sense to risk one's life for freedom? Is it morally permissible to kill innocent people in order to obtain freedom for yourself and others?
In this course, we thought critically about both personal and political freedom. My view is that these concepts are intimately connected and the structure of the course reflected this belief. In the first section, we explored the classic problem of free will. In the second section, we considered the idea that free action cannot be distinguished from moral action. And, in the final section, we discussed the ethics of liberation.
Hip-Hop and Philosophy (Spring 2015)
Socrates tells us that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and Talib Kweli claims that "life without knowledge is death in disguise." I believe that both hip-hop and philosophy provide us with an opportunity to both examine our lives and to think critically about the world in which we live.
Both philosophers and hip-hop artists think about God, death, criminal justice, and authenticity, among other things. But rarely do members of these two groups talk to one another about pressing social and philosophical issues. This is a shame, given that both hip-hop and philosophy have a rich history and have produced exemplary thinkers.
This course was a type of conversation between hip-hop and philosophy. We thought through a number of difficult questions, critically consulting the wisdom of both philosophers and hip-hop artists, but privileging neither group. The process was both entertaining and enlightening.
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Sonnen, Tiko virtual power plant allows consumers to displace conventional power plants
German energy and battery company sonnen and technology partner Tiko Energy Solutions have obtained pre-qualification from German transmission system operator TenneT to implement a ground-breaking move to deliver primary balancing power using its network of residential battery storage systems across Germany.
This marks the first time a virtual battery of this kind has been put into operation. Indeed, it is already online and currently compensating for fluctuations in the power grid and according to the two partners, this represents a significant development.
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"German households are now in a position to take over all the tasks of conventional power stations," sonnen says.
The sonnen virtual battery is made up exclusively of thousands of residential energy storage systems installed across Germany, each of which can be used to manage energy consumption for individual households and, now, also provide flexibility for German energy markets and expand its offering to act as "the utility of the future."
When fluctuations occur in the power grid, the residential battery systems transition from their primary role to independently arranging themselves into a large-scale virtual battery – made up of blocks of 1 MW which can then be made available to the energy market.
In some countries, renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels. Renewable energy is a much cheaper alternative in some countries because of their ability to harness sources of energy that are prevalent to their location.
To secure certification from TenneT, the virtual battery had to first be able to discharge 1 MW of power to the grid and then re-charge the same amount back from it within 30 seconds.
The resulting virtual battery can now be used to rapidly compensate for short-term fluctuations in the power grid within the shortest possible time – a job previously accomplished by fossil fuel-based power stations which were continuously generating "baseload" power.
"As a young company, we are very proud to be writing energy history," said Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, Managing Director of sonnen eServices . "In doing so, we are showing that our customersin Germany can assume all of the functions that were previously reserved for large power stations.
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Jewel (2022)
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Jewel: Netflix Movie Review (2022)
by Veronica Loop
Jewel is a South African drama directed by Adze Ugah. The movie is starred by Michelle Botes and Connie Chiume. It is a powerful social issue drama.
Jewel tells a dramatic story of a photographer who strives to get acquainted with her cultural roots in South Africa, when she finds herself unexpectedly falling in love. The affair will lead to some controversy and drama.
This was a good movie that surprised us with the way it manages to merge context, form and history. We were not left unmoved, and we do recommend it.
The storyline is strong in its originality and is successful in keeping us intrigued. The mystical hints add to its entertainment value.
As for the scenography, it is interesting – we were basically teleported to South Africa in a style reminiscent at times of the Dogme95 form.
It is a relatively well rounded movie, its strength being a good plot.
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Movie title: Jewel
Movie description: Jewel tells a dramatic story of a photographer who strives to get acquainted with her cultural roots in South Africa, when she finds herself unexpectedly falling in love. The affair will lead to some controversy and drama.
Date published: July 6, 2022
Author: Diane T. Larsen
Director(s): Adze Ugah
Actor(s): Michelle Botes, Connie Chiume, Chris Djuma, Desmond Dube, Lillian Dube, Nqobile Khumalo, Cindy Mahlangu
Genre: Drama, Romance, Social issue
This was a really good movie that surprised us with the way it manages to merge context, form and history. We did not leave untouched, and we absolutely recommend it.
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by Luci Scott - Oct. 13, 2011 12:00 AM
Halloween is CeCe Keith's favorite holiday, partly because she gets a thrill out of dressing up and scaring people.
Last year she portrayed a clown at the Nest, described as one of the spookiest haunted houses in the nation that is expected to draw up to 40,000 visitors in a six-week season.
The Nest, at Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass on the Gila River Reservation, last year was named the spookiest place in America by "Good Morning America" and the scariest place in the West by MTV. The year before, msn.com described it as the scariest haunted house in the country.
It has been revamped this year and became more frightful, said Jason Smith, who portrays a hillbilly and released prisoner who has come back to watch the carnage of his cousin, Jacob Kell. Legend has it that Kell, at age 15, went on a rampage and murdered 35 people in Wenden in 1945.
"I get so excited, I try to get (visitors) in on the action," he said. "I try to get them to stick around to see if they can survive it."
By day, Smith is a mild-mannered information-technology specialist on the help desk at Phoenix Children's Hospital.
For years, he wanted to work at haunted houses, but his previous job kept him traveling. Last year he was home, so he joined the Nest and played a mortician.
"I loved it, the fact that I could scare people and get them to scream and laugh at times," he said.
Last year he stood in a corner pretending to be a prop, prompting people to debate whether he was alive.
"Out of nowhere, I'd start chasing them," he recalled. "Once three people turned around and ran straight into a wall and fell on the floor. . . . They were crying within five minutes after seeing me."
Keith, a model and actress who has worked on NASCAR promotions and who has filmed TV pilots, said talent is required to be a truly scary haunted-house actor.
"You have to be able to hold your character and carry the scene. . . . You and other actors need to be able to feed off each other and hopefully set up for a really good scare for the last actor."
Keith and Smith are naturals, the kind of people Glenn Rae likes to hire. Rae of Scottsdale, co-producer of the Nest, built a haunted house in his mother's basement in New Jersey. The basement alone scared him.
"I remember how scared I was to go downstairs and see that old furnace," he said. "It made a noise."
He looks for certain traits in potential employees.
"If they're there because they need the money or couldn't get hired at the mall, they're out the door," Rae said. "Our actors do this because they want to do this; they've got something inside them that makes them want to scare other people. It's not that easy to come by. . . . Our actors are basically ferocious."
Contributing to their ferocity is makeup artist Nicole Alarid and her crew. Alarid, a California-based artist who works on films and TV shows, said haunted-house makeup is close to stage makeup.
Every night Alarid and her crew spend two hours making up 100 Nest actors, two to 10 minutes for each one.
Non-professionals can buy kits to create scars, but she and her crew do everything from scratch, making cuts, burns and peeling skins for zombies.
She is passionate about her work, and she remembers the point when she found her life's profession. She was doing makeup for a film.
"It was the moment I lost track of time and loved what I was doing. I knew what I should be doing."


People With A, B Blood Groups, Rh+ More Susceptible To Covid: Study – dot newz
Resus factor or Rh factor is a protein that may be present on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs).
People having blood group of A, B and those with Rh factor positive are "more susceptible to COVID-19 infection" compared to those having O or AB group and Rh negative, according to a new study conducted by doctors at a Delhi hospital.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) said the research was conducted on a total of 2,586 Covid-positive patients, tested through real-time PCR (RT-PCR), who were admitted at the facility from April 8 to October 4 in 2020.
The study by the Department of Research and Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine at the hospital "has found that (those having) blood groups A, B and Rh+ are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection whereas (those with) O, AB and Rh- are at lower risk of COVID-19 infection", the statement said.
The researchers have also claimed that "there is no association between blood groups, and susceptibility to severity of disease as well as mortality".
The positive or negative sign next to the blood groups is known as the Rh factor. If the blood type is positive, then the blood cells have the Rh protein, and they lack the Rh protein, if negative.
The study has been published in November 21 edition of "Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology", the statement said.
Senior doctor Rashmi Rana said, "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a new virus, and it is unclear whether blood groups have any impact on COVID-19 risk or progression. Therefore, we investigated the association of ABO and Rh blood group with COVID-19 susceptibility, prognosis, recovery time, and mortality in this study".
During the study of admitted patients, follow-up was also taken up till their last date of admission as either discharged or dead, hospital authorities said.
According to Dr Vivek Ranjan, co-author and Chairperson, Department of Blood Transfusion, said, "We also found that male patients of blood group B are more prone to COVID-19 than the female patients with blood group B, and blood group AB was observed to be more susceptible to infection in patients with age group of over 60 years."
The study also claimed that blood group A and Rh + types are associated with a decrease in recovery period, whereas blood group O and Rh- are associated with increase in recovery period, according to the statement.
"However, the ABO and/or Rh blood groups may not be responsible for this association, as these may indicate an unexplored underlying factor like co-morbidity. Therefore, larger, multicentre and prospective studies are needed to ascertain the relationship between blood groups and SARS-CoV-2," it added.
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Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have decided to contest the upcoming Goa Assembly elections together in alliance, Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut said on Sunday.
Speaking to ANI, Raut said, "Shiv Sena and NCP will contest together in Goa assembly elections. There will be a discussion on seat sharing on January 18. NCP's senior leader Praful Patel will discuss seat-sharing formula in Goa on January 18. Only after that, it will be clear who will contest on how many seats."
"Political dynamics are different in Maharashtra and Goa. NCP, Shiv Sena, Congress are in alliance in Maharashtra. However, at the moment Congress has decided to contest alone without forming an alliance with any other party in the state," he said.
Goa elections are set to be held in a single phase on February 14. The counting of votes will be held on March 10.
In view of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Shiv Sena leader did not comment much on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's decision to contest from Gorakhpur.
"I will not make any comment on Yogi ji's decision to contest from Gorakhpur. He has been fielded from his native constituency. So, it is a good thing. I have heard that Aparna Yadav is going to join BJP. It's good to know," he said.
Yadav is the daughter in law of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Meanwhile, elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10, the Election Commission said. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the vaccination drive added great strength to fight against Covid.
Lauding India's COVID-19 vaccination drive as it completes a year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it has added great strength to the fight against the pandemic and has resulted in saving lives and protecting livelihoods.
When the pandemic first struck, not much was known about the virus. However, our scientists and innovators immersed themselves in developing vaccines, he said. India feels proud that our nation has been able to contribute to fighting the pandemic through vaccines, PM Modi tweeted.
"I salute each and every individual who is associated with the vaccination drive," he said, adding that the role of our doctors, nurses and healthcare workers is exceptional.
Today we mark #1YearOfVaccineDrive.
I salute each and every individual who is associated with the vaccination drive.
Our vaccination programme has added great strength to the fight against COVID-19. It has led to saving lives and thus protecting livelihoods. https://t.co/7ch0CAarIf
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 16, 2022
"When we see glimpses of people being vaccinated in remote areas, or our healthcare workers taking the vaccines there, our hearts and minds are filled with pride," he said.
The prime minister asserted that India's approach to fighting the pandemic will always remain science based. Health infrastructure is also being augmented to ensure that fellow citizens get proper care, he said, asking people to keep following all COVID-19 related protocols.
The countrywide vaccination drive against COVID-19 on Sunday completed one year, during which over 156.76 crore vaccine doses were administered.
According to Health Ministry officials, over 92 per cent of the adult population have received at least one dose while over 68 per cent have been fully vaccinated. The Centre will issue a postal stamp this afternoon to mark the completion of one year of the inoculation drive.
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Elon Musk had said Tesla is "working through" a lot of challenges with the Indian government. (File)
Another state has now invited US billionaire Elon Musk to invest after he said that electric car pioneer Tesla was "working through" a lot of challenges with the Indian government ahead of long-awaited plans to launch in the country.
After Telangana's invitation earlier this week, a Maharashtra minister today offered Mr Musk a place to set up Tesla's manufacturing plant in his state.
Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil, in a reply to Mr Musk's tweet, said, "Maharashtra is one of the most progressive states in India. We will provide you all the necessary help from Maharashtra for you to get established in India."
"We invite you to establish your manufacturing plant in Maharashtra," the Nationalist Congress Party leader added.
.@elonmusk, Maharashtra is one of the most progressive states in India. We will provide you all the necessary help from Maharashtra for you to get established in India. We invite you to establish your manufacturing plant in Maharashtra. https://t.co/w8sSZTpUpb
— Jayant Patil- जयंत पाटील (@Jayant_R_Patil) January 16, 2022
Earlier, Telangana minister KT Rama Rao had invited the Tesla Inc's chief executive to set shop in his state and said that his government will be "happy to partner Tesla in working through the challenges".
Mr Musk, in response to a tweet asking him about a potential India launch date, had not identified the "challenges" being worked on with the government.
Tesla had plans to begin selling imported cars in India last year and has been lobbying the government to lower import duties, which can be as high as 100 percent, on electric vehicles before it enters the market.
Elon Musk had tweeted last July that Tesla wanted to enter India "but import duties are the highest in the world by far of any large country".
Even as Tesla is holding out for a cut in import duties, luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz will start assembling the electric version of its flagship S-Class sedan, the EQS, in India later this year.
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Three Colombians injured in Orlando massacre
by Adriaan Alsema June 14, 2016
Three Colombian citizens were injured in the Orlando night club shooting, United States authorities announced Monday.
One of the injured Colombians is a barman at the Pulse gay night club where Omar Mateen killed at least 49 and injured another 53. The barman was shot in the leg and not seriously injured.
The other Colombian victim is a woman who was leaving the club with her boyfriend at the time the killer walked in. The victim's boyfriend was shot dead, the woman is in stable condition.
A third Colombian was reported to have been sent to the Orlando regional hospital and is reportedly stable.
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The ministry said it was providing all the necessary help to the victims and their families.
Meanwhile in the US, FBI Director James Comey said there were "strong indications" that the 29-year-old killer found "radicalization and or potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations" like ISIS.
President Barack Obama said in a televised speech that the inquiry was being treated as a terrorist investigation, but added there was no clear evidence that Mateen was directed by ISIS.
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The DESTINY series is a YA science fiction/fantasy series, bringing together mystery, magic, intrigue, romance, and adventure. After all, fantasy alone can only take a girl so far!
"Dawn of Dreams" (Destiny Book 1)
Lost family heirlooms. Sinister mutants. An ancient book hiding legendary secrets. Such mythical things should not exist in 2073.
Yet, this reality is forced on two strangers. Jaden and Kayla are blissfully unaware their world is about to be invaded. When a relentless, age-old force casts them together, the shocking truth is revealed. They are hunted by the hideous, malevolent monster prowling their community. Worse, it's invisible to everyone but them.
Forced down a dark and dangerous path, the pair discover their stalker isn't the only thing they have in common. As they quest for solutions while trying to survive, their unique abilities surface. They team up with other-worldy allies. After deciphering an enchanted tool, they get their first answer. But knowledge comes at a price.
In a world on the verge of destruction, can Jaden and Kayla solve the puzzles and find a way to save it, all while trying to make sense of this inexplicable connection they feel for each other?
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"Dogs of Doom" (Destiny Book 2)
Jaden and Kayla have the mystical map. But will the terrible prophecies come true?
Out of options, they must embrace their destiny. Finding others like them is the only way to solve the ancient cipher before suffering loss. But their mutant enemies are ramping up their assaults. The stakes are escalating.
Using weapons magical and modern, will they triumph? Or doom humanity to its inevitable fate?
"Doors of Destiny" (Destiny Book 3)
Strangers thrown together by destiny. An evil that threatens the fabric of reality. An impossible quest.
Artifact in hand, Jaden returns triumphant from his first mission. He wants nothing more than a little time to celebrate and spend alone with his girlfriend, Kayla. But the second he gets home, everything falls apart.
A blistering confrontation leaves him shattered. Deciphering the sphere proves impossible. He has no clue how to find the last seeker. And everyone keeps expecting him to lead, even though he's no more qualified than anyone else.
As Jaden struggles with his new reality, he breaks the most dangerous rule: he meddles with time. When he returns to his own time, everything has changed. After more mutant freaks cross the breach between dimensions, the team must battle not only the unleashed monsters, but their own emerging demons as well.
Will they face the enemy as a united front? Or will betrayal from within destine them to failure before they've even begun?
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What Jaden feared most has happened. He's a broken man. Can he overcome his grief and finally end this war?
His team ravaged by death and disappearance, it's all Jaden can do to survive another day. But the war doesn't end just because Jaden's exhausted. Desperate, he crosses timelines searching for answers, but it only adds to his depression.
When his trusted friends provide council, Jaden hobbles back to purpose. As he follows orders to pursue a new mission, fresh doubts arise as to whether they're all just dispensable pawns in another world's game.
After the mission yields an unexpected trove, Jaden is encouraged. But the blows keep coming: a traitor arrives on their doorstep, they suffer another unexpected loss and the lethal effects of the usurper's power begin creeping through Jaden's world.
With the barrier between worlds disintegrating, their time to finish the quest is almost at an end. In a last-ditch effort to save the mission from peril, Jaden scrambles to find answers to the questions that have plagued them since the beginning. Why were they chosen for this mission? Can the usurper truly be defeated, or will Jaden's whole world collapse into darkness?
With the last artifact still out there, the final battle looming and a vital team member missing, it's a race to the finish. Is Jaden strong enough to face his fears and risk everything or will his weakness be the death of them all?
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When legends come to life, so do the monsters . . .
What is the Council hiding? After they divulge an ancient legend, Aiken can't shake the feeling something's off. No heroic outcome. No hint of what the mystical box imprisons. And what legend concludes with dire warnings of an apocalypse?
As enclave life makes demands on his time, Aiken hunts for survival instead of answers. It's a choice he'll regret. When fate intervenes, Aiken's life spirals out of control.
With the legend come to life, his village under attack and no sign of reprieve, can Aiken prevail before the world ends?
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San Diego strippers sue cops for photographing them nude during 'club inspections'
Matt Agorist July 18, 2014
"They made me feel like I was a gang member pretty much, and they wanted to document every single one of my tattoos"
The San Diego Police Department was hit with a lawsuit this week by 30 strippers who say local cops violated their rights during licensing inspections that occurred at two area establishments since 2013.
On Wednesday, attorneys for the dancers formally accused the SDPD officers of causing "emotional distress and pain" by raiding strip clubs, then conducting thorough inspections in which the women were photographed by the police in various stages of undress.
City protocols requires that establishments with nude dancing obtain a permit, and the Los Angeles Times reports that such licenses allow the police to make "regular inspections" at any time.
"The San Diego code mandates we make these inspections," police spokesman Lt. Kevin Mayer told the Times. "This is not a criminal matter, this is a regulatory matter."
But while city police say they must keep detailed records of the dancers, including information about any distinctive tattoos, attorneys for the women say officers acted inappropriately when making these inspections.
According to Reuters, an attorney for the plaintiffs said the officers' "arrogant and demeaning comments and ordered them to expose body parts to ostensibly photograph their tattoos."
"The police officers had no legitimate safety concerns, nor were the manner of the detentions commensurate with any articulable threat," remarked lawyer Dan Gilleon.
"They had certain girls just strip down to nothing," a dancer who goes by the name of Brittany Murphy told a local Fox News affiliate.
Speaking to the Times, Gilleon said officers may be allowed to photograph the employees, but went over the line by detaining them inside of strip clubs for more than an hour against their and "without probably cause."
"I didn't know whether it was a bank robbery or there was a serial killer loose the way that they had come in like that," Rich Buonantony, the manager of Cheetah's, told 10 News earlier this year after 10 officers swarmed his club "with guns and bulletproof vests" before photographing 30 "almost nude" dancers and "interrupting business for a couple of hours."
Katelynn Delorie, a dancer who witnessed that raid, explained at the time that police stormed the establishment and then "asked us for our licenses and then took down our Social Security, our information and then had us all line up in the back of the dressing rooms and take pictures."
"They made me feel like I was a gang member pretty much, and they wanted to document every single one of my tattoos," she said.
"Either the officers acted maliciously, knowing they were violating claimants' civil rights or SDPD's failure to train the officers amounted to deliberate indifference to the claimants' rights," Gilleon told the Times this week.
Plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages to "punish and to make an example" of the city and Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, as well as to deter others "from engaging in similar conduct," the Times reported.
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Category: Franco-Belgian Comics (Classic)
Les Idées Noires [Dark Thoughts] #60, Feb. 1982, by André Franquin [BE, 1924-1997]
On 24 April 2020 24 April 2020 By Nicolas VerstappenIn 1980s, Belgium, Fantagraphics Books, Franco-Belgian Comics (Classic), FRANQUIN, André, Rare/Classic Short ComicsLeave a comment
A pandemic premonition:
"They were right on the radio. Don't panic: 'The authorities will impose all measures necessary'." (February 1982)
Les Idées Noires [Dark Thoughts] #60, Feb. 1982, by Belgian master & visionary cartoonist André Franquin [1924-1997]. Anthology available from Fantagraphics Books under the title Die Laughing", or at my office when Faculty reopens…
English translation ©2018 Fantagraphics Books.
Comics ©2018 Editions Audie/Franquin Estate
Les Idées Noires [Dark Thoughts] #60, Feb. 1982, by André Franquin. Translation "Die Laughing" ©2018 Fantagraphics Books. Comics ©2018 Editions Audie/Franquin Estate.
Not Final Art (but Art nonetheless) – 1
On 18 June 2017 18 June 2017 By Nicolas VerstappenIn 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Drawn and Quarterly, Fantagraphics Books, France, Franco-Belgian Comics (Classic), Japan, JASON, KING, Frank, NILSEN, Anders, Norway, NOT FINAL ART, Original Art, OTOMO, Katshuhiro, SAINT-OGAN, Alain, TEZUKA, Osamu, USALeave a comment
"Astro Boy" (1952-1968) by Osamu Tezuka. Japan. Original artwork.
Copyright © Tezuka Productions
"Jakitou" (1935) by Alain Saint-Ogan. France. Original artwork.
"Gasoline Alley" (25th of August 1925) by Frank King. USA. Original artwork. LARGER SIZE OVER HERE.
"Big Questions" (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999-2011) by Anders Nilsen. USA (for Canadian publisher). Original artwork.
Copyright © Anders Nilsen/Drawn & Quarterly
"Akira" (1982-1990) by Katsuhiro Otomo. Japan. Original artwork.
"Hey Wait…" ("Mjau Mjau" back cover, 1999) by Jason. Norway. Original artwork.
Copyright ©1999 Jason
Classic Franco-Belgian Comics (II)
On 25 April 2017 By Nicolas VerstappenIn 1950s, Belgium, Creat Writ: Lesson 07, Franco-Belgian Comics (Classic), JIJÉ (GILLAIN, Joseph), Lucky Luke, MORRIS (DE BEVERE, Maurice), SpirouLeave a comment
"Zig et Puce" by Alain Saint-Ogan (FR), and "Tintin" by Hergé (BE)
"Jerry Spring" by Jijé (BE) & Lob (FR), and "Lucky Luke" by Morris (BE) & René Goscinny (FR)
Some Franco-Belgian classic comics acquired at La Crypte Tonique (Brussels) to illustrate -materially- the two courses dedicated to the History of Franco-Belgian "bandes dessinées" at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. PS: Merci Philippe Capart!
Cover of "Moustique" weekly magazine #1481 (Dupuis, BE, June 13, 1954).
Page from "Blanc Casque'" by Jijé (BE, goo.gl/P3l4wh) as published in "Moustique" weekly magazine #1481 (Dupuis, BE, June 13, 1954). Based on the novel by Joseph Pirot.
Page from "Lucky Luke et Phil Defer 'Le Faucheux'" by Morris (BE) as published in "Moustique" weekly magazine #1481 (Dupuis, BE, June 13, 1954). Comics available in English language: goo.gl/o186fV
Last tier of a page from "Lucky Luke et Phil Defer 'Le Faucheux'" by Morris (BE) as published in "Moustique" weekly magazine #1481 (Dupuis, BE, June 13, 1954). Comics available in English language: goo.gl/o186fV
Cover of the English edition of "Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer" (Morris, BE): goo.gl/o186fV
"Spirou" (goo.gl/wf4C73) voucher (to be collected every week in order to be redeemed for a board game) as published in "Moustique" weekly magazine #1481 (Dupuis, BE, June 13, 1954).
Classic Franco-Belgian Comics (I)
On 24 April 2017 24 April 2017 By Nicolas VerstappenIn Cadet-revue (magazine), Creat Writ: Lesson 03, France, Franco-Belgian Comics (Classic), SAINT-OGAN, AlainLeave a comment
Front cover of "Cadet-revue", May 15, 1939, France. "Saint Francis of Assisi – Animals, my brothers"; one of my favourite illustrations by French cartoonist and illustrator Alain Saint-Ogan (goo.gl/dKom7j).
Back cover of "Cadet-revue", May 15, 1939, France. One of my favourite pages by French cartoonist and illustrator Alain Saint-Ogan (goo.gl/dKom7j): "Monsieur Poche: un animal étrange." First printed in "Dimanche illustré" #623, February 3, 1935, France.
Original artwork of the page "Monsieur Poche: un animal étrange" first published in "Dimanche illustré" #623, February 3, 1935, France. Analysis by Thierry Groensteen: goo.gl/kamg93. In the collection of the Museum of the Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image, Angoulême, France.


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This is the 6th General Lee and the last Georgia Lee as well as the only surviving Georgia General Lee. Many enthusiasts, as well as the original builders, have called this the Holy Grail of all General Lees, it is a time capsule. The first season of Dukes of Hazzard was filmed in Georgia. To cut production costs for season 2, filming was relocated to California. A total of 6 General Lees were built for Warner Bros. during the Georgia production.
So what makes this car so special? It survived! Because of the disruption in filming locations this car avoided the fate that more than 230 General Lees faced, total destruction. When filming wrapped in GA, there were a total of 6 General Lees on set, 2 that were totally destroyed, 3 in usable condition and this car which had not yet been used. Of the 6 cars, 2 of them were scrapped, 3 of them were shipped to CA where they continued to be used and eventually destroyed. Then there was the final car, this car, which was sold to the TV shows transportation coordinator, Don Schisler, for $10 and "consideration" to cover the money still owed to him by WB.
If it were not for the chain of events above, this car would not exist today, or at least in original condition. What sets this car apart from the rest is its authenticity. It is not restored and is completely original as the day it was built back in 1978. Of the few real TV series cars that exist today, most have been restored, like Lee #1 which underwent a total restoration replacing nearly every piece of the car including all the sheet metal. Of the 17 General Lees that survived from the CA production, a few have been preserved, but none of them are in pristine condition as this car. When production continued in CA, they found ways to build the General Lees cheaper. In GA all the cars had their graphics painted on by hand, where as, CA started using decals. The GA cars mostly had original tan interiors, the CA cars were spray painted tan. The wheels on the GA cars were a more expensive 14" wheel, CA used a similar, but cheaper, 15" wheel. In other words, the GA cars were built better!
Some of the other features that make this car unique is its roll bar which was salvaged out of Lee #1. It is the only General Lee to wear its original hand painted graphics. There is not a better documented General Lee in existence. Documentation includes a complete paper trail of ownership from the owner prior to Warner Bros. through today. Bills of sales in Warner Bros. name, power of attorney and other documents in Warner Bros. name. Statement of authenticity from the the previous owner of Lee #1 and restorer of Lee # 1 verifying the roll bar being from Lee # 1, letters of authenticity from 4 of the original builders of this car. One more very unique piece of documentation is the original ad from 1980 when Don Schisler sold the car. This ad would be the first ad ever of a General Lee for sale!
Current status of the 6 Georgia Lees
Lee # 1: Used for Seney Hall jump, turned into 71 Race car for Repo-man. Originally scrapped in GA, recovered in 2001, had a total restoration including a re-bodie
Lee # 2: Stunt car, used for Elm St Jump, repaired, and used again for High Octane Jump. Originally scrapped in GA, no longer exists. Roof was cut off and used as template for Ronnie Edwards to continue painting graphics.
Lee # 3: Close up car. Sent to CA, wrecked, no longer exists
Lee # 4: 1968 Charger converted to 69. Sent to CA, wrecked, no longer exists
Lee # 6: Never sent to CA, never wrecked, never restored
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Large Study Assesses Recent Data on Respiratory Morbidity in Late Preterm Neonates
Emma Hitt, PhD
July 27, 2010 — Respiratory morbidity rate in infants born during the late preterm period is substantially increased vs infants born at term, according to the largest investigation to date on the issue.
Judith U. Hibbard, MD, with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues from the Consortium on Safe Labor reported the findings in the July 28, 2010, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
According to the researchers, late preterm births (spanning from 34 weeks and 0 days to nearly 37 weeks of gestation) account for 9.1% of all deliveries and approximately 75% of all preterm births in the United States. Preterm deliveries are known to be associated with increased respiratory morbidity rates, but recent data from a large, US-based study are lacking.
"Given advances in obstetric and neonatal care over the last 20 years, we hypothesized that many published rates of morbidity may overestimate the clinical burden attributable to late preterm birth," the study authors note.
The researchers assessed short-term respiratory morbidity in 19,334 late preterm births and compared it with that of 165,993 term births in a contemporary cohort of deliveries in the United States.
Of the late preterm infants, 36.5% were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and approximately one third of those had respiratory tract symptoms. By contrast, only 7.2% of the term infants were admitted to a NICU, and less than 10% of those had respiratory tract symptoms.
The incidence of respiratory distress syndrome was 10.5% for infants born late preterm (34 weeks of gestation) vs 0.3% for those born at term (38 weeks). Likewise, in late preterm births vs term births, transient tachypnea of the newborn was present in 6.4% vs 0.4%, pneumonia in 1.5% vs 0.1%, and respiratory failure in 1.6% vs 0.2%. Standard and oscillatory ventilatory support was also more common in late preterm births vs term births.
The risk for respiratory distress syndrome was much higher at 34 weeks of gestation (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 40.1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 32.0 - 50.3) vs 38 weeks of gestation (adjusted OR, 1.1; 95% CI, 0.9 - 1.4). At 37 weeks, the adjusted OR for respiratory distress syndrome was higher at 3.1 (95% CI, 2.5 - 3.7) vs 39 and 40 weeks. For infants born at 38 weeks, the risk for any respiratory morbidity was approximately the same at it was for infants born at 39 or 40 weeks.
Risk for other respiratory disorders, including transient tachypnea of the newborn, pneumonia, and respiratory failure also followed a similar pattern of decreasing with gestational age.
"The results of our study support the recommendation that every effort should be made to delay delivery of infants until at least 38 weeks' gestational age to decrease respiratory morbidity," Dr. Hibbard and colleagues conclude.
This study was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. The study authors have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
JAMA. 2010;304:419-425.
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Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires confirmed for western launch
There was a time when Tecmo Koei's games didn't head west en masse every chance they got. That time has passed.
Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires, the latest spin-off in the sprawling Warriors or Musou franchise, is coming west in early 2015 for PlayStation 3, PS4 and Xbox One.
Tecmo Koei announced the news on its Facebook page, releasing a small batch of screenshots.
The Empires series takes the core battlefield action of Dynasty Warriors and embeds it in a strategic meta game. Players can create a new character or take control of an existing one, and fight through random or pre-determined scenarios for control of Three Kingdoms-era China.
You can marry Zhuge Liang, if that's your bag, and it should be.
Thanks, Gematsu.
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James L. Anderson
James L. Anderson, a theoretical physicist whose research helped validate some of Albert Einstein's most important theories of the universe, died in Falmouth on December 1. He was 95 years old.
He died in his sleep from pneumonia, a complication of Parkinson's disease.
Dr. Anderson was born in Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago, then received his PhD in physics from Syracuse University. There he met Helene Masslo, a graduate student and later professor of Latin American literature. They married in 1950 and settled in New Jersey, where Dr. Anderson was a professor of physics at Stevens Institute of Technology until he retired. The family spent school years in Teaneck, New Jersey, and summers in Woods Hole, where Dr. Anderson was affiliated with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics program of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Dr. Anderson was fascinated with Einstein's Theory of General Relativity and its relationship to quantum mechanics. He studied astrophysics, cosmology, fluid dynamics, gravitation, and plasma physics. In 1967 he published a textbook, "Principles of Relativity Physics."
Dr. Anderson was an adventurer. He rafted down the Grand Canyon at the age of 75 and traveled widely with his wife, venturing as far as Africa, Australia, the Galapagos Islands, and India. He was a technophile, who built his own computers. He was intrigued by rare automobiles—he owned Citroëns, took an interest in electric vehicles, and visited an antique car exhibit on the last excursion of his life. He loved the natural world and animals—he once adopted (briefly) a street vendor's monkey in Mexico City, which he and his wife named Pansy. He relished gourmet food and wine. He taught himself to play the clarinet and bassoon. He adored classical music, especially Wagnerian opera, which he sang with abandon. He was a trivia master and liked to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle in his head.
In addition to his wife, he leaves two children, David J. Anderson and Judith L. Masslo Anderson Armstrong; their spouses, Debra M. Anderson and John E.H. Armstrong; and extended family.
A memorial service will be held in Woods Hole next summer. He will be buried in the Woods Hole Village Cemetery.
David J. Anderson
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