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JAMMU, July 30: J&K reported its highest- ever single-day spike of coronavirus infection deaths on Thursday, taking the tally to 371 with the deaths of 19 more patients due to the infection.Srinagar District continued to report the highest number of new coronavirus cases among all districts in Jammu and Kashmir, with 183 fresh infections on Thursday. Jammu district reported 38 new cases, taking the count in the Jammu and Kashmir to 20,490.Reports said that nineteen more persons including a CRPF man have died of COVID-19 in Kashmir , thus taking the toll of deaths due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 371.Officials told that the Eleven patients who died include a 75-year-old woman from Shivpora Srinagar, a 72-year-old man from Batamallo Srinagar, a 55-year-old CRPF man of 198 battalion, a 66-year-old woman from Keegam Shopian, a 55-year-old man from Humhama Budgam, a 70-year old lady woman from Delina Baramulla, a 75-year-old male from Kreeri Baramulla, a 75-year-old man from Maldera Shopian, a 52-year-old woman from Ashajipora Anantnag, a 64-year-old man from Hajin Bandipora and a 60-year-old man Nawa Kadal Srinagar. An official from SKIMS said that a 75-year-old woman from Shivpora, Srinagar who was admitted on 26 July, died in the morning. He said that a 72-year-old man from Batamaloo Srinagar, who was admitted on 21 July also died today. They were tested positive for the Covid-19.The official further said that a CRPF man who had tested positive and was posted with the 198 battalion passed away in SKIMS Soura in the morning. He added that a 52-year-old woman from Ashajipora who was admitted on 29 July and was tested positive after her death on Thursday. Regarding a patient from Nawa Kadal Srinagar, he said that patient was admitted on 18 July and expired on Thursday afternoon. "He had tested positive for the virus too," the official said.An official from CD hospital said that a 66-year-old woman from Keegam Shopian who was admitted on 26 July died on Thursday.He further added that a 58-year-old man from Humhama Budgam who was admitted on 22 July also died on Thursday.An official from SMHS said that an elderly man from Hajin Bandipora who was admitted on 25 July with bilateral pneumonia died on Thursday. An official from GMC Baramulla told that a 70-year-old man from Delina Baramulla who was admitted on 26 July with bilateral Pneumonia died on Wednesday evening.He added that a 75-year-old man from Kreeri Baramulla who was admitted on 28 July died on Wednesday evening.An official from District Hospital Anantnag said that a 75-year-old man from Maldera Shopian who was admitted at District hospital Pulwama a few days before with chest infection died on Thursday. All the deceased had tested positive for the Coronavirus, officials said.With nineteen fresh deaths, the death toll in J&K has reached to 371 including 346 from Kashmir division and 25 from Jammu division.Meanwhile two Women private professionals hired by the Raj Bhawan for outlining one year achievement of Jammu and Kashmir Government after becoming the Union Territory , 16 cops, 67 travellers among 481 new cases, taking total number of cases to 20,490. Incharge Police Post Nehru Market tested positive for Coronavirus along with three other Cops at the Post.26 tested +Ve today from Rajouri- which including 1 Bank Employee, Nowshera-6, Sunderbani-5, Kalakote-1(Health Official of PHC Moghala) Mohra-1(Ration dealer) & Travellers-11(2 BSF, 1IRP, 1 from Poonch district). 1056 reports received 2day. Positivity %age is 1.42 (minus travellers).Reports said that 90 from Jammu division and 387 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 20,490 . Also 19 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu division and 18 from Kashmir Division.Moreover, 520 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 189 from Jammu Division and 331 from Kashmir Division.According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 19869 positive cases, 7662 are Active Positive, 11842 have recovered and 365 have died; 26 in Jammu division and 339 in Kashmir division.The Bulletin further said that out of 627387 test results available, 607518 samples have been tested as negative till July 30, 2020.Additionally, till date 366937 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for observation which included 47281 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 6 in Hospital Quarantine, 7662 in hospital isolation and 40583 under home surveillance. Besides, 271040 persons have completed their surveillance period.Providing district-wise breakup, the Bulletin said that Bandipora has 711 positive cases (including 33 cases reported today) with 247 Active Positive, 452 recovered (including 17 cases recovered today) and 12 deaths; Srinagar has 4658 positive cases (including 183 cases reported today) with 2658 Active Positive, 1887 recovered (including 79 cases recovered today), 113 deaths; Anantnag district has 1278 positive cases (including 20 cases reported today) with 260 Active Positive, 994 recovered (including 44 cases recovered today), 24 deaths; Baramulla has 1877 positive cases (including 42 cases reported today) with 500 Active Positive, 1309 recovered, 68 deaths; Shopian has 1422 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 268 Active Positive, 1131 recovered (including 65 cases recovered today) and 23 deaths; Kupwara has 1085 positive cases (including 16 cases reported today) with 274 Active Positive, 791 recovered (including 47 cases recovered today) and 20 deaths; Budgam has 1248 positive cases (including 20 cases reported today) with 522 Active Positive and 700 recovered cases (including 20 cases recovered today) and 26 deaths; Ganderbal has 401 positive cases (including 13 cases reported today) with 135 active positive cases and 260 recoveries (including 17 cases recovered today) and 06 deaths; Kulgam has 1493 positive cases (including 02 cases reported today) with 297 Active Positive and 1168 recoveries (including 06 cases recovered today) and 28 deaths and Pulwama reported 1395 positive cases (including 32 cases reported today) with 651 active positive cases and 725 recovered (including 36 cases recovered today) and 19 deaths.Similarly, Jammu has 1027 positive cases (including 38 cases reported today) with 465 active positive cases and 545 recoveries (including 17 cases recovered today) and 17 deaths; Udhampur has 436 positive cases (including 09 cases reported today) with 107 active positive cases, 328 recovered (including 25 cases recovered today) and 01 death; Samba has 407 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 163 Active Positive and 243 recoveries (including 22 cases recovered today) and 01 death; Rajouri has 646 positive cases (including 13 cases reported today) with 398 active positive cases and 246 recovered (including 27 cases recovered today) and 02 deaths; Kathua has 511 positive cases with 180 Active positive and 330 recovered and 01 death; Kishtwar has 136 positive cases (including 02 cases reported today) with 82 active positive cases and 54 recovered; Ramban has 534 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 193 active positive and 340 recoveries (including 88 cases recovered today) and 01 death; Reasi has 126 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 68 active positive and 58 recovered; Poonch has 209 positive cases (including 12 cases reported today) with 66 active positive and 142 recoveries (including 02 cases recovered today) and 01 death while Doda has 269 positive cases (including 04 cases reported today) with 128 active positive cases and 139 recoveries (including 08 recoveries today)and 02 deaths.According to the bulletin, of the total 19869 positive cases in J&K 4273 have been reported as travelers while 15596 as others.The Bulletin said that the breakup represents districts from which the patients have been traced or are ordinarily residing.The bulletin has informed the people that, the best way to protect themselves from COVID-19 is by maintaining physical distance of at least 2 metre from others, frequently cleaning hands with an alcohol based hand sanitizer or washing them with soap and water and following good respiratory etiquette and hygiene.
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Healthy meal, Japanese rice porridgeCook time : -, 1 Serving
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- Wash the rice, raise it to the colander and absorb water for 10-15 minutes.
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HistoryDecades ago, Marlene Fisk lived in Hell's Kitchen, New York, with her husband Bill and their son Wilson. Bill ran for city councilman and lost, putting him in debt to Mr. Rigoletto and the Italian mob. When Marlene lamented what a poor decision it was to borrow money from Rigoletto, Bill became physically violent with her. Willy finally snapped after hearing his mother's beating, and took a hammer to his father's skull. Marlene covered for Willy, cutting up her husband's body and slowly disposing of it in small bags out to the river. Because the neighborhood knew Bill Fisk was in debt to Rigoletto, no one looked too closely at his suddenly disappearance, and assumed he merely ran out on his wife and kid.[1]
Marlene married two more times, eventually becoming Marlene Vistain. As Wilson Fisk grew older and gained power in the criminal underworld, he circulated a story that his mother died shortly after his father ran off in order to keep her safe from his enemies. In the present day, Marlene Vistain was cared for in a retirement community paid for by Wilson, suffering from memory problems.[2]
Marlene was tracked down by Karen Page and Ben Urich during their search into Wilson's past. Their conversation with Fisk's mother set off a series of deaths as Wilson murdered Ben Urich for the violation and Karen Page killed Fisk's aide Wesley when he confronted her about the visit. Marlene was last seen being moved to a new facility in Italy to avoid further incidents.[3]
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Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution
Dean Takahashi
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Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution
The video game industry is expected to double in sales over the next five years. It has already eclipsed motion pictures to become one of the largest and fastest growing markets in history and a lamplight illuminating where the future of entertainment is headed. In an effort to grab a chunk of that market, Microsoft—an absolute newcomer to the gaming industry—has put billions of dollars on the line in a gamble to build the fastest, most mature, most advanced video game console ever: the Xbox. Is this new Microsoft venture just another experiment that, like WebTV, was launched to much fanfare but will be quickly forgotten? Or will it become the next Windows, finding its way into the homes and lives of millions of people around the world?
In Opening the Xbox, award-winning journalist and gaming-industry expert Dean Takahashi guides you deep into the amazing story of this much-anticipated game console. Through exclusive interviews with top executives at Microsoft, exhaustive research, and a penetrating investigation, he unveils the tumultuous story behind the development of the project and how it could change the entertainment industry forever. Inside, you'll discover that what started as Project Midway, spearheaded by Jonathan "Seamus" Blackley and three of his renegade cohorts, turned into Xbox—a multibillion-dollar enterprise that became Microsoft's largest internal startup ever and a personal pet project of Bill Gates. The colorful infighting, the cutthroat tactics used to lure partners, and the race to vanquish bitter rivals Sony and Nintendo are all laid bare in this unvarnished, high-tech drama. It's a story like no other, full of heroes and villains, plot twists and intrigue—all before the backdrop of Microsoft's grand ambition to move from the office into the living room.
If you're like the millions of gamers, investors, and business spectators who anxiously anticipated the Xbox, then you don't want to miss the explosive, exclusive, behind-the-scenes story in Opening the Xbox.
"I had not thought it possible to write an entire book on a single game console. Takahashi has done it and done it well. Opening the Xbox is consistently interesting and very personable. It's also a book that should ruffle a few egos, including my own."
—Steven L. Kent, author, The Ultimate History of Video Games
"Opening the Xbox provides fascinating insights about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering at Microsoft. Takahashi's fly-on-the-wall style of writing is complemented by insightful analysis of the gaming industry and interesting vignettes about the personal lives of the Xbox creators. This book perfectly intertwines a compelling business story with human drama."
—Geoff Keighley, editor in chief, GameSlice
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Happy hour cocktail of the day: Cucumber mint cocktail
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Cucumber and Mint Cocktail
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 6
- 1 whole cucumber, skin removed and chopped
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 3/4 cup simple syrup
- 3 cups ginger ale (we used 2 cans of Hansen's)
- 1 cup vodka (optional)
- slices of cucumber (garnish)
- In a blender, combine the chopped cucumber with a tablespoon of water. Blend until completely pureed then set aside.
- In the pitcher you will be serving your cocktail out of, combine the fresh mint, lime juice and simple syrup. If you have a muddler, use it now to mash the ingredients together (If you don't have a muddler, I have found that the bottom of a long wooden spoon works perfectly).
- At this point, add in your reserved pureed cucumber and vodka. Add about a cup or two of ice (this step is optional if you will be serving right away -- otherwise skip so the mixture doesn't become watered down) and then top off with the ginger ale.
- With a long wooden spoon or stirrer mix the liquid together. If you have a lid to your pitcher that closes tightly, feel free to shake. Garnish with cucumber slices and enjoy!
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This is the Global Economic, Scrap Metal, Commodities and Recycling Report, by BENLEE Roll off Trailers and Gondola Trailers, August 19th 2019.
U.S. steel production fell to 1.867 Million tons, on U.S. continued slow growth, mainly due to strong consumer spending, combined with weak manufacturing.
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U.S. oil production was no change at 12.3M barrels per day matching the all-time record, on great shale oil production, but relatively low prices are creating financial problems for drillers.
Iron ore fell to $92/Ton, on continued Global manufacturing slowing.
Scrap steel #1 HMS rose to $248.33, as slow global growth continues.
Hot roll coil steel fell to $29.30 on slow demand growth and weak iron ore prices.
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Aluminum rose slightly to 79.5 cents, remaining very low, due to global economic slowing while scrap prices remain depressed on slow Chinese demand and excess Automotive scrap.
China's July industrial production increased by 4.8%, good, but the weakest in 17.5 years. Manufacturing and mining fell, especially textiles, steel making and chemicals. Transportation equipment rose. Note China's total Economic Growth is about 6.2% vs. the U.S.'s approximate 2.5%.
June's Eurozone, a market about the size of the U.S. had industrial production fall the most in 6 months, 2.6% behind last year, with slow German exports to China being one of the key problems.
All 5 U.S. recessions in the past 40 years have been led by an inverted yield curve; when the U.S. 10Yr government bond is paying less interest than the 2Yr Bond. This briefly happened last Wednesday.
July's U.S. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy rose to 2.2%. In total, inflation was 1.8%.
August's Consumer Sentiment fell to the lowest level since January, based on heightened consumer uncertainty about future financial prospects, with concerns over government excess spending, the tariff war causing price increases and recession fears.
July's small Business Optimism index rose on expectations of better business conditions and higher retail sales. Plans to create new jobs and make capital outlays improved. A good report!
July's U.S. Retail sales rose a solid .7% and an even higher 1% when excluding volatile items like vehicles, gasoline, building supplies and food services. Gasoline and clothing rose nicely, as did online sales, helped by Amazon's Prime day, but auto purchases dropped a big .6%. Overall a solid number.
Wall Street's Dow Jones Average fell 207 points to 26,278, now up just 1% in past 12 months, on the escalating China trade war hurting global growth and U.S. Recession fears.
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It's hotting up in the Love Island villa, in more ways than one.
Shaughna has (along with Mollie – Mae and Megan Barton Hanson, previous Love Island contestants) been open about her cosmetic 'tweakments', and has no doubt contributed to the growing popularity of the Love Island 'look'.
But, as is often the case with new arrivals in the villa, and the growing competition to hold onto their 'man', we're starting to see what the real Love Island 'face' looks like.
The pressure of finding, or holding on to their partner has revealed more about the personalities we see on screen. It was only a matter of time, relationships are always put to the test when you're living together (even in this 'reality TV' way).
But this means a fast track to seeing real beauty.
I'm talking about the face behind the face of course.
The stuff that good looks, make up and even cosmetic surgery can't hide – naked personality.
That's right, once that 'hot as hell' first impression and butterflies – in- your- stomach feeling starts to wear off (as Rebecca's quickly did with Connaugh), you're left with personality and character.
And for some people, it's not enough to keep the 'coupling' going.
Pretty much everyone in the villa has talked about their 'type', and have said that personality or connection matters more than looks. But that doesn't stop us initially choosing a partner on physical attraction alone, does it?
Of course not, and that's OK as long as you are aware of the danger signs that tell you all might not be well on your Love Island.
Watch out for:
Possessive overload
A need, often driven by insecurities, to be possessive with a partner. Like keeping close tabs on where they are, who they are talking to and even what they are saying.
When this happens, we start to read into what's being said, and tear ourselves apart with what we believe is the hidden truth. Before you know it, you are sabotaging your own relationship. Connor's behaviour towards Sophie has shown a glimpse of this .
Constant 'grafting'
Grafting (working hard to build your relationship) is fine, except when your partner carries on grafting with other people when they're in a relationship with you. Ouch!
Some people have naturally flirty behaviour – but come on, when you've only been coupled up for a few days and they are still eyeing up others to check them out, presumably as an alternative option? Nah.
Calum did do this with Shaughna at first – has he settled now? Time will tell.
You're not interested in hearing an explanation – you've seen what you've seen and that's enough!
And your reaction is a spectacle for all to see. Passion, jealousy, competitiveness all play their part and your behaviour is enough to put anyone off.
Yes Shaughna. And Siannise. And Connor. So far…
All of these behaviours wipe the shine off that gorgeous Love Island face and all you can see is the naked personality behind it. It's not a good look.
So how can you increase your attractiveness without the need for a cosmetic overhaul ?
Here's 5 tips:
- Be a good listener.
Lots of people want to talk about themselves and what they have going on in their lives. Let them, and don't interrupt.
In a world where the art of conversation (in part due to social media) is dying, having someone properly listen to you is a rarity. Listening brings you closer.
- Accept that no one is perfect (even you).
It's easy to judge, and it's easy to find fault. But just before you do, remember that the perfect partner, is in fact, imperfect.
If you're unhappy about the way your partner has behaved stop and think before you launch into a tirade of abuse.
Ask questions, be honest about how you feel and find a way through it together. All relationships are give and take.
- Show off your best bits.
No, I'm not talking about the physical ones – they'll be obvious to see. I'm talking about the internal ones.
Kindness, maturity, inclusiveness, warmth and being fun to be around are all good examples of real beauty we look for. Who wouldn't want that?
- Have something good to say.
No , not all the time – that would be daft (and unrealistic).
But be aware of what comes out of your mouth. Sometimes we don't even realise when we're being critical or negative towards a partner.
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- Know when the relationship is not for you.
Staying with someone for fear of not finding someone else is wrong. You know it and I know it. It also reflects badly on you.
Do the right thing, be honest and help both of you to move on. When you hit tough times, this is an opportunity to show the person you really are.
Show your strength. Be lovely.
We buy into personality way more than anything else, and that wins over physical beauty hands down.
A gorgeous face and a hot body almost become irrelevant when on the inside it's unattractive and cold.
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Work on both.
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Decoupage Vintage View-Master Bottle
This is one of my favorite home decor pieces in my craft room, and it was so easy to make! You only need a few supplies for the decoupage-vintage relic.
you Remember the view-Master slides?? I'm not going to lie, I look at some of the old sets that I still love. Even my tech-loving, enjoy children, watching them again and again.
I bought a whole stack of them a while ago on eBay for around a dollar each. What a bargain! Actually, they are really inexpensive to purchase and easy to use. And the best part, they come in these beautiful sleeves!
I used the roll to create a fun party banner, but I ended up with a bunch of sleeves that I know didn't, what to do. Now I've decorated tons of bottles, I as gifts for friends!
, To get started on this decoupage-vintage project, you only need a few supplies. A View-Master reel sleeve, brush, Mod hodgepodge of high-gloss finish, a pair of scissors and a glass bottle. I'm using a vintage bottle I found at a yard-sale, but also a new glass bottle would look good!
To start, first of all, carefully open your View-Master sleeve so it lays flat.
Use your scissors to carefully cut out the pages and tabs. The older the sleeve, the more brittle the paper, so be careful and try your best to make straight cuts.
Next, with your brush, coat the back side of the sleeve and the glass bottle with a thin layer of Mod-smorgasbord.
you Hold the View-Master sleeves on the front of the bottle, smoothing the paper flat as you go. Then add a thin layer of Mod-pick-and-mix to the upper side of the paper.
Allow, the Mod-pick-and-mix to dry completely, and add a second layer if necessary.
That's it super easy!
My favorite part about this project is it, what you put in your bottle, the View-Master sleeve feels like it's a fun little window in the middle has to see what's inside!
I'm save with my bottle, my favorite brush, but I already have a dozen to use as flower vases for the friends. Now that all my spring flowers are in full bloom, I have the perfect vase for sharing them!
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The Constitution is indeed a flexible document. One reason the Constitution is flexible is because the language of many clauses in the Constitution is vague, perhaps deliberately so. This has led to a number of different interpretations in which a single clause is used to support different acts of government. For example, the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, (Article I, Section VIII, Clause 3) grants to Congress the power to
...regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
Notably, the Constitution does not spell out exactly what regulating commerce, especially interstate commerce, actually entails. Consequently, the Clause has been used to support a wide variety of legislation, including regulating monopolies, prohibiting discrimination, and most recently (though the Supreme Court rejected this particular justification) the Affordable Healthcare Act. This has also allowed it to change as technology has altered the nature of interstate commerce. Another example is the Necessary and Proper, or "elastic" clause, which has been interpreted very broadly almost since the ratification of the document.
Many might argue that the Constitution is flexible because it contains provisions for amendment as well. While the amendment process does require a great deal of political consensus, making frivolous or contentious amendments unlikely, it does enable the document to change according to the times. So in these two senses, the Constitution is a flexible document.
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2019 Bugatti Chiron
As a result of you may by no means have enough M, the nice people at 2019 Bugatti Chiron are including M badges to their compact SUVs, the 2019 Bugatti Chiron . You may know the 2019 Bugatti Chiron as a cushty family hauler with class-leading cargo capacity. However beginning with the 2019 Bugatti Chiron hopes you'll think of it as a face-melting performance machine, too. Backing up those badges is a turbocharged inline-six engine that can produce up to 503 horsepower, together with a number of other performance upgrades and some carbon-fiber bits. There's even a Competitors pack for more power and carbon fiber.
Customary objects embrace adaptive LED headlights, Apple CarPlay, satellite radio and navigation, and several other lively safety features. Adaptive cruise, automatic parking, heated seats, a head-up show, wi-fi charging, Wi-Fi, and gesture management are available as add-ons. Both the gauge cluster and head-up display have been tailor-made to the 2019 Bugatti Chiron , with unique content together with a shift indicator.
You additionally get a little bit red switch on the steering wheel that dials the engine, suspension and traction settings to tremendous sporty. As a result of once you want to go fast, you do not wish to fiddle with menus.
The 2019 Bugatti Chiron suspension has been completely reworked for M duty and its chassis bolstered at several points, including with a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic strut brace. A variety of work has gone towards ensuring the 2019 Bugatti Chiron handling capabilities complement the absurd acceleration. But your youngsters in all probability don't need to really feel like their automotive seats are buckled into a stiff-as-a-rock race car, so 2019 Bugatti Chiron opted for standard adaptive dampers on all X3 M fashions, offering selectable modes from Comfort to Sport Plus.
Pricing and Availability
The 2019 Bugatti Chiron will likely be accessible beginning this spring, although we do not have concrete pricing info simply yet. The Competitors pack will turn into out there quickly after, along with a Carbon bundle that adds you guessed it carbon-fiber trim across the outdoors of the automobile, together with a carbon-fiber spoiler for Competition-equipped autos.
We just lately sat down with an automotive consultant in Europe, reflecting on the discrepancy between the desires of politicians and bureaucrats and those of automotive customers. Whereas the former two teams need customers to go for downsizing, electrification, and altogether accountable selections, the premium buyer has three very totally different needs. She or he needs (a) an SUV, (b) all-wheel drive, (c) ultra-high efficiency, and (d) all of the above. We questioned: Will humankind ever grow up?
Perhaps, but in the meantime, 2019 Bugatti Chiron performance division has listened to its customers attentively, and listed below are the latest results: the 2019 Bugatti Chiron and its coupelike by-product, the 2019 Bugatti Chiron . At 473 horsepower, they are positioned properly above the current range toppers, the 355-hp 2019 Bugatti Chiron M40i. And because an excessive amount of shouldn't be sufficient, BMW is giving us Competitors versions as effectively. Their engines are rated at 503 horsepower, and they're out there right from the beginning.
Excessive-performance brakes are standard, and the models are fitted with staggered tires: 255/45ZR-20 entrance and 265/45ZR-20 rear rubber is standard. Larger 21-inch wheels are optionally available. And we would contemplate going for them, just as we might go for the gorgeous carbon-fiber appearance bundle. As a result of, why not. It'll assist set the 2019 Bugatti Chiron even further other than their more commonplace siblings. Perhaps we're just a stand-in for the standard premium customer, right?
We lately sat down with an automotive advisor in Europe, reflecting on the discrepancy between the wishes of politicians and bureaucrats and people of automotive prospects. Whereas the previous two groups want customers to go for downsizing, electrification, and altogether accountable choices, the premium customer has three very totally different needs. He or she wants (a) an SUV, (b) all-wheel drive, (c) ultra-high efficiency, and (d) all the above. We wondered: Will humankind ever develop up?
Perhaps, however in the meantime, 2019 Bugatti Chiron performance division has listened to its clients attentively, and listed here are the latest results: the 2019 Bugatti Chiron and its coupelike spinoff, the 2019 Bugatti Chiron . At 473 horsepower, they're positioned nicely above the present range toppers, the 355-hp 2019 Bugatti Chiron . And since an excessive amount of shouldn't be enough, 2019 Bugatti Chiron is giving us Competitors versions as effectively. Their engines are rated at 503 horsepower, and they are obtainable right from the start.


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Court shuts down 'Super Snooper' law
Investigative journalism centre amaBhungane has successfully demolished sections of SA's 'Super Snooper' law – the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (Rica), notes Legalbrief.
In what is seen as a massive victory for privacy for all South Africans – and in particular removes shackles constraining the work of journalists and lawyers – the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has declared a number of sections of Rica unconstitutional.
The court also found that in the absence of a law authorising bulk surveillance and the interception of foreign signals such activity was unlawful and invalid.
Judge Roland Sutherland found that some of the safeguards in Rica against privacy abuses were not good enough.
In certain crucial respects, the law intruded more than was necessary into people's privacy. In those respects, it was unconstitutional.
A Mail & Guardian report by legal writer Franny Rabkin says Sutherland has given Parliament two years to rectify the law and bring it into line with the Constitution. But he also ordered that, in the meantime, certain changes must be made immediately.
The case was brought after it emerged that amaBhungane journalist Sam Sole had been spied on, notes the M&G report.
'Sole's efforts to obtain details ... were furthermore met with contemptuous responses and unsubstantiated allegations that no irregularities occurred,' the judge said.
Evidence before the court also showed that, in at least one case, a person who had applied to court for an order to intercept journalists Stephan Hofstatter and Mzilikazi wa Afrika had 'lied blatantly'.
One of the immediate changes ordered by Sutherland was that a person who had come under surveillance must be told about it – within 90 days after the surveillance was finished.
In exceptional circumstances, the designated judge can grant extensions to this period. But if the extensions are to reach three years, this must be approved by a panel of three judges.
The judge said it was justifiable that people were not notified beforehand that they were about to be spied on – as this would undermine the very purpose of the surveillance.
Sutherland said that, within six months of his judgment, the Act must be read in such a way that the 'designated judge' – the retired judge appointed to authorise interceptions – must be nominated by the Chief Justice.
Before, the choice was in the hands of the Minister of Justice. The designated judge must also be appointed for a non-renewable term of two years, according to court order. Before, his or her term could be renewed by the Minister again and again. The changes were to ensure the designated judge's independence.
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These days everyone is talking about deficit and deficits. International financial institutions, the European Commission and even the National Bank of Romania have issued warnings about the risk of deepening the budget deficit. On the national political scene, government and opposition are now dueling in figures and heavy words and pull the deficits up and down, as if they were elastic. The new Minister of Finance accuses the previous of falsifying the figures and hiding the true situation of public revenues and expenses. In front of the stage, the general public wants to know the truth: whether or not there are enough money for them to receive salaries, pensions, social allowances, children allowances, etc. fully and timely.
The problem is how big is the missing part, one that actually reflects the financial health of the country. If reflected in investment expenditure (which determines development and revenue multiplied over the long term), the budget deficit is not necessarily a problem. Normally, the budget deficit decreases during periods of sustained economic growth: state revenues increase as a result of the development of the economy and better cover the needs for public spending. However, in some places, even in economic growth – the deficit may increase due to the increase in government spending. This is what is happening now in Romania.
GDP growth will accelerate slightly this year to 4.1% (from 4% in 2018), but the economy will slow down to 3.6% in 2020 and 3.3% in 2021, the European Commission shows in its Autumn forecasts. Unemployment will rise to 4.2%. Threatening (because it will exceed the 3% threshold), the budget deficit would be around 4.4% of GDP (four times higher than in the euro area). According to the Commission's analysis, "private consumption is expected to decrease, but will remain the main growth engine", in the context of deeply pro-cyclical policies (relaxed taxation and financing of unsustainable budgetary bubbles – increases in salaries and pensions). The IMF, for its part, recommends that monetary policy should remain restrictive and that fiscal policy should be "anchored by medium-term budgetary objectives". The Fitch rating agency also notes a gradual weakening of the public finances in the short and medium term, in the current political context.
Above all these, the INS draws another dark touch: the phenomenon of demographic aging is accentuated, the population aged 65 and over exceeding with 471,000 people the young population of 0-14 years, as of July 31, 2019 compared to July 31, 2018. INS shows that the average age of the population was 41.7 years, 0.3 years older than on July 1, 2018; the urban and the female population are the majority (56.4%, respectively 51.2%), and the largest share in the total population is held by the age group 40-44 years (8.6%). According to PwC estimates, to support a 3.5% economic growth, another 1 million employees are needed by 2022 and, paradoxically, although we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU (3.2%, the lowest in the last 30 years), we also have the third highest level of inactive population among the member states.
We have many deficits in Romania. But how do we get rid of the budget deficit? First of all, the state can improve the tax collection; here it is very visible the historical inability of ANAF (whose IT system is on the verge of collapse) and of the state to make efficient the collection of tax revenues and to substantially reduce tax evasion. Then, the state can borrow to cover the budget hole; this is already happening, Romania over-indebting the next generation to pay current pensions and salaries. The solution cannot hold for long, because a state living on debt loses credibility and, as a result, pays higher interest rates. A third option is for the state to force the reduction of public spending by applying a strict budgetary discipline. But what to do then with the electorate, who is waiting for the state to respect its promises. And what to do with the party clients, who are also waiting for their slice of cake as a result of victory in elections? Fourth, the state can reduce the budget deficit by increasing taxes. But who has the courage to ask the voter for his vote at the same time as he puts his hand in his pocket to thin his wallet?
At best, the government can counteract the budget deficit by measures of sound economic growth (through investments, not by consumption), by reducing government spending and by simplifying tax regimes, thus leading to economic conditions favorable for development and a business environment confident in public policies.
As written above, Romania faces many types of deficits. The trade deficit represents the negative result of the trade balance in which the imports of a country exceed its exports. The money that comes out of the economy in exchange for goods or services purchased from abroad is more than the money brought into the country by the export of goods and services. Theoretically, the trade deficit is not necessarily a bad thing: the trade deficit resulting from the increase of imports for refurbishment has long-term positive effects as opposed to the imports for consumption. Exactly the opposite is happening in Romania. We mainly import consumer goods and too little technology for investments. Today, Romania does not produce enough goods for its citizens, and when domestic production is low, imported goods from other countries increase. In the food sector alone, the trade deficit deepened up to 24%.
But in Romania we are facing another deficit, which I see to be the most dangerous today – the deficit of confidence. The people no longer trusts public policies. People don't believe in governments anymore. The voter goes to the ballot box without little confidence in the one the voter votes for, the hope rather than the confidence is the engine for voting. The business environment does not trust the policies of the state, as the private economy does crazy slalom in the legislative thicket, adverse for most of the times. According to a BestJobs poll, three out of ten Romanian employees would never work for politicians, regardless of the money they would be offered, while almost half of them would accept a job offer from a political party, but only under certain conditions, and that says a lot about the lack of trust in the political environment. When it comes to attitude towards politics, a quarter of respondents say that they have been judged or ironized at work by bosses or colleagues because of their political choices. On the other hand, 16% of the respondents would enter into contradictory discussions even with their managers, if they found out that those have different political options, trying to convince them that their choice is wrong. However, three out of ten respondents prefer not to discuss their own political sympathies at the office, and one in two is not interested in anyone's political choices.
One of the causes of deepening the deficit of confidence is the chaotic way in which the state produces rules, ordinances and laws. Hyper-regulation of markets in the absence of professional impact studies, without direct consultations with the parties involved in and affected by the new regulations, the lack of predictability and stability of the legislative framework have produced a serious divide in society. The gap between the decisive environment and the real economy is based on the acute lack of credibility of the state in front of the taxpayers. The lack of confidence is the cause of many shortcomings in Romania. An unfortunate example is the way in which GEO 114 was imposed, which has produced significant distortions in many economic fields and especially in the energy sector, far from achieving the goals set out initially. The deficit of confidence deepened once again.
As showed, Romania is facing at the same time the accentuation of multiple deficits that are difficult to cover: we lose people and we lose money, we lose confidence in the administration and in the capacity of the state to provide a better life to its citizens, the economy loses investments and is more and more vulnerable to external risks. In order to achieve the recovery of Romania, the recovery of the economy and the recovery of society, the government must fight more and more with the deficit of confidence, at the same time as it must manage the deficit in public finances. The deficit of confidence deepens the budget deficit, but especially deepens the state's dysfunctions in relation to the real economy.
This article firstly appeared in the printed edition of energynomics.ro Magazine, issued in December 2019.
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British Doctor Jane D has proved in the Court that Vaccination is Not essential to keep the children healthy. We too believe the same.
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Some sort of Mishap or Natural calamity might get experienced in some parts of world around 4th week of this Apr 2015. Some of the African and European countries in particular may need caution.
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The people or the countries who are habitual of Spying others are actually a Creeper. Having Nothing constructive of themselves but quite good at Digging the roots of others.
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Owing to increasing Socio Economic disparity of various kinds, there may increase Unrest among the Deprived sections and it may sometimes convert into large demonstrations and use of Force, in coming days.
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It would be better if the Modi Govt of India removes the following slogan from its official Swachch Bharat Mission that, Jahan Soch, Wahan Shochalay. And replaces it with, Jahan Soch Wahan Swachchta aur Safalta. The old slogan keeps reminding me that the Congress is still ruling the country.
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This is not written, proved or tested anywhere yet but Our analysis is that When the Mother feels emotionally and physically safe and secure then there are More chances to have a Son and vice versa.
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It is advised to take an exit from Pharma and Technology Sector and keep away from them for some days.
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Some of the unnecessary Rules and Regulations which were introduced in the past on the name to strengthen Women Liberalisation and Empowerment, are likely to be revised, reworked and ammended shortly. Probably these ammendments will be resisted by the modern girls and women and get silent support by the matured Women and the House ladies. These amendments may also give some relief to Male fraternity to some extent.
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As expected, the Sensex and Nifty are trying hard to be in Green Zone.
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Good thoughts and awareness are like Light houses. They should be free to deliver. The Copy Rights have added darkness in the world. Thank God that the people who wrote Geeta, Bible, Quran, Vedas etc did not confine them with a Copyright.
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Although it is felt that the Markets in general may remain sluggish from coming Monday but it is also felt that the Markets may pretend themselves to be growing strong by manupulating the Sensitive Indices into Green Zone. That is, while the majority of shares may not advance but be in decline mode but the Indices may not show weakness in equal proportion.


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Interdisciplinary at its very core, Back to Earth will manifest throughout all of the Galleries' programmes onsite, offsite and online, sharing its resources to amplify ongoing projects or campaigns, or develop new ones.
Back to Earth
Back to Earth is a new multi-year project that invites over sixty leading artists, architects, poets, filmmakers, scientists, thinkers and designers, to devise artist-led campaigns, protocols and initiatives responding to the environmental crisis, with the support of partner organisations and networks.
Back to Earth thinks about ecology as it weaves in and out of those practices and agencies embedded in the everyday. Rather than celebrating escape strategies from Earth, reserved for the few, it roots itself firmly in the messy and complex realities of the ground we walk on. A multi-disciplinary project taking place across all of the Serpentine's strands, Back to Earth is both a programme about change and a catalyst for change. Much like the climate crisis itself, Back to Earth is a complex web of interconnected research, interventions and activities. It asks:
- What new ecosystems can foster agency within ecosystems?
- What kinds of research-sharing, resource-sharing and collaborative working practices are necessary to present complex responses to complex problems?
Throughout the course of the project, we will be tracking how each campaign, as well as the programming and organisational structure that subtends them, can become a prototype that can be translated or applied throughout other organisations. These methodologies and practices will be open-sourced as a toolkit, on our website and via podcast. The first in this process is a new podcast series, exploring the initiatives from the voice of the artist and invited guests, listen here.
Back to Earth emerges out of the Serpentine's long-standing engagement with the topics of extinction and the disappearance of species, knowledges and customs, which began with the 2014 Extinction Marathon, co-curated with artist Gustav Metzger, as well as out of General Ecology, the Serpentine's multi-year project taking place across public programmes, publications, exhibition and radio with the aim of embedding environmental and ecological concerns across the Galleries' programmes, infrastructure and networks.
Back to Earth is an anniversary unlike others: rather than celebrate the last 50 years of the Serpentine, it calls forth artists, partners and friends to look ahead and imagine together, for the sake of the next 50, 500 and 5,000 years.
Curated and produced by:
Rebecca Lewin, Curator, Exhibitions and Design
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director
Jo Paton, Chief Producer
Lucia Pietroiusti, Curator, General Ecology
Holly Shuttleworth, Producer
Kostas Stasinopoulos, Assistant Curator, Live Programmes
with further collaborations taking place across the entire organisation of the Serpentine Galleries.
- Earth Perspectives: Olafur Eliasson
Earth Perspectives, a new participatory artwork by Olafur Eliasson launched on Earth Day, Wednesday 22 April 2020, as part of Back to Earth. Olafur Eliasson's new work, Earth Perspectives encapsulates how maps, space, and the earth itself are human constructs, which we have the power to see from other perspectives, whether individually or collectively
- #CreateArtforEarth: Judy Chicago, Swoon and Jane Fonda
#CreateArtForEarth campaign kicks off with an open call for anyone to submit art or messages addressing climate justice and post them to social media using the hashtag #CreateArtForEarth. Submissions can be in any form: paintings, photographs, sculptures, images, texts, poems, symbols, or any other visual representation that carries an environmental message. Find out more on our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. During this period of uncertainty and social distancing, while streets are empty and in person demonstrations are suspended, #CreateArtForEarth is a call to make protest visible and create art that reflects our mutual commitment to stop the climate crisis and protect our planet.


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Tribute of Aga Muhlach for Veteran Actress Amalia Fuentes
AGA MUHLACH – Actor Aga Muhlach paid a heartfelt tribute to his aunt, veteran actress Amalia Fuentes, who died this morning, October 5.
One of the legendary actresses in the Philippine entertainment industry died today – Amalia Fuentes. Undeniably, she is one of those with the most beautiful faces in the industry.
Amalia died of cardiac arrest caused by multiple organ failure according to her nephew, Niño Muhlach, as he was speaking to DZMM. She was brought to the hospital four(4) days ago and was confined in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, Niño Muhlach revealed that Amalia Fuentes was bedridden for four(4) years already. At the hospital, she was still having seizures although she is already in the ICU.
According to the report, it was 4:00 o'clock in the morning when Amalia died at the hospital. Her family was on her side as she was taking her last breath.
Recently, Aga Muhlach, the nephew of Amalia Fuentes, took to the social media a heartfelt tribute for his aunt. It is no secret to the public that he is very close to her and her daughter, Liezl Sicangco.
In his post, the actor stated that his aunt has taught him a lot about life and she is an inspiration. He also stressed that the veteran actress treated him like her very own son and he is at a loss for words over her death.
Meanwhile, Aga acknowledged his belief that Amalia is the happiest now as she is reunited with Liezl. He stressed that he will always miss her, Liezl, and as well as his late parents.
The heartfelt tribute of Aga Muhlach for his late aunt, Amalia Fuentes, caught the attention of netizens. Here are some of the comments on his Instagram post:
@tripnijen2: "Our condolences to you and your family… She is now with our creator… May you find comfort in your family and friends and everyone who cares for you. God Bless"
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January 2020 gwern.net newsletter with 5 writeups, and links on AI scaling, videos-for-cats, and art; 1 book and 1 opera review.
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- "Danbooru2019: A Large-Scale Crowdsourced and Tagged Anime Illustration Dataset"
- Preference Learning GPT-2 Music: Null Result
- This Waifu Does Not Existv3: 100k StyleGAN 2 anime portrait samples
- Subreddit Simulator: GPT-2-1.5b upgrade
- 14 Internet Search Case Studies
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Everything Is Heritable:
Recent Evolution:
- "The Exposome in Human Evolution: From Dust to Diesel", Trumble & Finch 2019 (media; previously, Hubbard et al 2016)
- "Utility and First Clinical Application of Screening Embryos for Polygenic Disease Risk Reduction", Treff et al 2019 (Genomic Prediction)
- "CC, world's first cloned cat, turns 18 years old", Katz
"2019 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison", Larks
Matters Of Scale:
- "Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models", Kaplan et al 2020 (NN LMs appear to be nowhere near saturation nor training infeasibility as larger models show predictable gains and are both more compute-efficient & data-efficient (!)—onwards to GPT-3?)
- "Big Transfer (BiT): Large Scale Learning of General Visual Representations for Transfer", Kolesnikov et al 2019 (blog; JFT-300M showing larger=better: large benchmark gains, transfer everywhere, much more robust representations, more plausible errors, etc)
- "DD-PPO: Learning Near-Perfect PointGoal Navigators from 2.5 Billion Frames", Wijmans et al 2019 (blog; "Mishkin et al 2019 benchmarked classical (mapping + planning) and learning-based methods…and showed that classical methods outperform learning-based. However, they trained for 'only' 5 million steps…Savva et al 2019 then scaled this training to 75 million steps and found that this trend reverses…Fig. 1 shows an agent does not saturate before 1 billion steps, suggesting that previous studies were incomplete by 1–2 orders of magnitude.")
- "Meena: Towards a Human-like Open-Domain Chatbot", Adiwardana et al 2020 (blog; 2.6b parameters trained on 341GB text, although Kaplan et al 2020 suggests they'd've done better to go much bigger & trained much less than 164 epoches; likelihood loss near identical with human-rated performance? Likelihood loss seems ultimately a flawed metric, but maybe we're still far from hitting its limits…)
"A Very Unlikely Chess Game" (GPT-2-1.5b shenanigans; rival implementation)
- "Compliance with legal requirement to report clinical trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov: a cohort study", DeVito et al 2020; "FDA and NIH let clinical trial sponsors keep results secret and break the law", Science
- "A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement", Yeager et al 2019 (the incredible shrinking 'growth mindset' effect & the Stainless Steel Law)
- "Backlash Over Meat Dietary Recommendations Raises Questions About Corporate Ties to Nutrition Scientists", Rubin 2019 (criticizing the critics of Carroll & Doherty 2019 / Zeraatkar et al 2019a / Han et al 2019 / Vernooij et al 2019 / Zeraatkar et al 2019b / Valli et al 2019 / Johnston et al 2019—"what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander")
- "Follow-up: I found two identical packs of Skittles, among 468 packs with a total of 27,740 Skittles" (empirically verifying the birthday paradox in Skittles bags)
- "The rape of men: the darkest secret of war" (case study: Libya)
- "Under the Weather: As Psychiatrists And Philosophers Begin To Define A Pervasive Mental Health Crisis Triggered By Climate Change, They Ask Who Is Really Sick: The Individual Or Society?"
- "Statistical Reliability Analysis For A Most Dangerous Occupation: Roman Emperor", Saleh 2019
- "Parachuting For Charity: Is It Worth The Money? A 5-Year Audit Of Parachute Injuries In Tayside And The Cost To The NHS", Lee et al 1999
- "What's in a Font?: Ideological Perceptions of Typography", Haenschen & Tamul 2019 ('Sunrise is the future liberals want')
- "A Meta-Analysis of Procedures to Change Implicit Measures", Forscher et al 2019
- "Attention And Awareness In Stage Magic: Turning Tricks Into Research", Macknik et al 2008
- "A World Without Pain: Does hurting make us human?" (cf my essay on pain)
- "What Intellectual Progress Did I Make In The 2010s?", Scott Alexander (a look back on how his ideas/beliefs evolved over the past decade of psychiatry blogging)
- "Three cases of giant panda attack on humans at Beijing Zoo", Zhang et al 2014 (graphic images)
- "Cats, Once YouTube Stars, Are Now an 'Emerging Audience': They're addicted to channels like Little Kitty & Family, Handsome Nature, and Videos for Your Cat—provided their owners switch on the iPad first" (After reading this, I gave videos-for-cats another try with my cat, since he gets stir-crazy in winter. I full-screened it, in landscape mode; he continued resolutely ignoring the screen as always, until I left my earphones out and he heard the birds chirping—he went nuts, convinced a bird had gotten into the apartment, until he finally noticed the screen, and I could see the instant the lightbulb went on and he was hooked. He'll watch videos like Paul Dinning's "8 Hour Bird Bonanza" for as many hours as I'll leave it on, hunting behind the monitor for the birds, and makes a nuisance of himself sitting in front of it, waiting for the birds to come back—which he is doing as I try to write this! These are truly superstimuli: cats would never see these many birds this close up so unsuspecting in the wild.)
- "Clustering of health, crime and social-welfare inequality in 4 million citizens from two nations", Richmond-Rakerd et al 2020 (everything is correlated: "Figure 4: Aggregation of poor health, crime and social-welfare dependency"; previously, Belsky et al 2016 & Caspi et al 2016)
- "The Exquisitely English (and Amazingly Lucrative) World of London Clerks"
- "Behind the Sensationalism: Images of a Decaying Corpse in Japanese Buddhist Art", Kanda 2005 (on kusozu, cf Maraṇasati; graphic images; famous examples: Body of a Courtesan in Nine Stages, Kobayashi Eitaku c. 1870s, and The Death Of A Noble Lady And The Decay Of Her Body, c. 1700s)
- "Having Had No Predecessor to Imitate, He Had No Successor Capable of Imitating Him", Alvaro de Menard (summary of the Homeric Question, resolved by Parry 1933; also worth reading: Borges on the literary merits of different translations of Homer & The Thousand and One Nights)
- "Choose Your Own Adventure: One Book, Many Readings", Christian Swinehart 2009 (visualizing paths through the classic CYOA gamebooks; see also: "These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of Choose Your Own Adventure Books: If you decide to see more, click on this story", Atlas Obscura 2017)
- "Master of Orion", Jimmy Maher (review of the seminal 4X strategy game)
- An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry, Miner 1968 (a short textbook I used years ago in writing Fujiwara no Teika & Shōtetsu; a whirlwind tour of waka court poetry from the Man'yoshu to Shōtetsu. It is not remotely as thorough as his main textbook with Brower, Japanese Court Poetry, but is not intended to be: Miner profiles the major poets and offers commentary on a few key poems, trying to bring out the esthetics, and convey to the reader, assumed to be a student, what there is to appreciate about traditional Japanese court poetry—a genre so easy to bounce off & write off as painfully plain prose sentences. He does a reasonable job in this, although I increasingly find his translations to be a little too wordy & explain too much.)
Entertainingly ironic backfire. They Live (1988; John Carpenter film)
I enjoyed The Thing, and They Live was the next-most famous Carpenter movie.
TL expresses the American paranoid style in a package justly made iconic by its thrifty but effective use of special effects: the protagonist flips between social consensus and a monochrome Art Deco-esque reality revealing 1984-like slogans painted everywhere by the secret alien masters of the world, which brainwash everyone (even though such priming ads don't work, it at least makes a great metaphor). The pace is perhaps unnecessarily slow, and I had to wonder why a fist fight implausibly takes up several minutes—it's a great fight, but it has little to do with the rest of the movie and requires the characters to act stupidly. The overall plot is reasonably straightforward and doesn't need to invoke too much plot armor to explain how the aliens are defeated. I would not say it was as good as The Thing, but few movies are, and this was reasonably entertaining. TL did give me some food for thought, however.
TL takes pains to make clear its liberal credentials: if you somehow missed how Reaganism was responsible for everything bad in America and growing slums and homelessness, it shows an alien on TV giving Reaganesque speeches. (Ironically for Carpenter's hamartiology, it puts heavy stress on homelessness as criticism, and yet, where is homelessness the worst now in the USA? Those places Reagan is most hated, like the Bay Area. Another irony is that in depicting the 1980s, it reminded me chiefly of how poor 1980s America was in comparison to now, which can be seen in how crude and limited are many of the things then we now take for granted: it's not just the aliens sporting advanced wristwatches which are little more than two-way radios, but also the shabbiness of cars, the terrible TVs everywhere, the limited selection in the upscale grocery store he confronts the aliens in…)
But there's something about this that began to bug me. Consider this 100% accurate description of TL's world-building:
"America, and the world as you know it, is not controlled by people like you—but by an alien race of invaders, parasites from far away, who have secretly wormed their way into our society and taken it over relatively recently. They hunger only for money, and have little genuine culture of their own, assimilating into yours to pass as one of us, despite their distinctly different (and often repulsive) facial appearance. They are few, but they are well-coordinated, highly intelligent, & technically adept and they occupy the heights of business, finance, politics, and media, from which they constantly beam out propaganda to delude the masses that threaten them, and which allows the parasites to execute their globalist free-trade agenda: to accelerate economic growth, homogenize the world under one government, drain us dry, discard the empty husk, and move on. Given enough strength of mind, some individuals can overcome the brainwashing, or they can use advanced new technology to learn the truth and see the world with moral clarity in black and white, for what it really is, and the coded commands from the aliens. Unfortunately, those of us who discover the truth, alerted by a black preacher, are either bought off by money & power (the aliens assume we are just as craven as they are, and are all too often right), suppressed as evil crazy 'conspiracy theorists' when our late-night broadcasts sometimes get through uncensored, or if they take action and try to defend us against the invaders, executed as 'terrorists'. Organizations which resist are crushed, and infiltrated with traitors in the pay of the aliens. Their weakness is, however, they are cowardly, physically weak compared to our strapping working-class soldiers, and vastly outnumbered by the rest of us. If we can recruit enough 'strong men' and awaken the masses, we work together to defeat them and restore America to its former glory, and send the aliens back whence they came—the planet Zion!"
OK, OK, I made one change there: Carpenter doesn't name any alien planets. But everything else sounds straight out of far-right fantasy: there's even black sunglasses as the initiation instead of red pills. (Perhaps the sequel can use fedoras.) I thought perhaps I was being silly, until I looked at the Wikipedia article and found that this is such a common interpretation of TL & so popular among neo-Nazis that Carpenter has angrily denied it!
Now, of course, I believe Carpenter when he says he didn't have that in mind and only intended a critique of Reaganism. But the more interesting questions here would be: how could Carpenter make a film which is so naturally and so easily misread in neo-Nazi tropes to the point of making one wonder if Carpenter drunkenly dictated the screenplay while clutching a copy of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in one hand & Mein Kampf in the other, without ever realizing it? And what does this blindness mean?
It looks to me like an example of 'horseshoe theory': the reason Carpenter's TL can be so misread is because extremists on both ends of the spectrum are more alike than they are different—embracing a paranoid conspiracy theory explanation of the world, merely playing Mad Libs with the labels. They Live, accidentally rather than deliberately, demonstrates the same thing as Foucault's Pendulum or Unsong: the flexibility of the paranoid style in enabling extremists to accommodate both anti-Reaganism & anti-Semitism is not a merit but discredit (much as Rosenthal's ability to find large effects everywhere discredits him).
Extremists are like tribesmen out of an anthropology ethnography: everything bad that happens is due to "witchcraft"; people never get sick because of chance or because some pork went bad, and if some are healthier or sick, richer or poorer, it definitely has nothing to do with individual differences, but malign trafficking with the ruinous powers. Once you postulate that all existing social ills can be explained by witchcraft, you will go looking for witches, preferably fellow tribals who aren't as equal as others and should be taken down a notch in the interests of hardwired egalitarianism (pace Graeber's 2004 Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology), and whether those witches are Jews or capitalists or cishet white men, witches must be found and found witches will be. To fill the hole in the extremist worldview, by working backwards to 'save the appearances', they must have certain powers, they must be numerically minorities, they must be motivated by lurid impure things like money (surely we have more sacred values), and so on. And the result is that you try to create a critique of Reaganism, by depicting your paranoid worldview where Reaganites are the witches, but your witches' allegorical coating happen to superficially resemble a different set of witches and hey presto, you accidentally created neo-Nazis' favorite allegorical movie. Oops.
The problem here, such as it is, comes well before any specific choices by Carpenter to portray the aliens as ugly or as rich corporate executives…
Failed anti-war opera. Wozzeck (Alban Berg; NYT, New Yorker).
A relentless crashing bore and a third-rate Carmen being crammed into an anti-war mold. I was left wishing it was either much shorter or much longer. The production absolutely hammers in the WWI kitsch theme, and the reviews praise its 'searching criticism of militarism' or whatever in driving the titular Wozzeck to madness and murder—except the text and events don't support that in the least. It's unclear if Wozzeck has so much as even been to a war, much less it had anything to do with his problems; the 'sadistic' (in Wikipedia's description) townspeople act quite normally, Wozzeck's captain comes off as a quite nice chap, and even the mad doctor running medical experiments on Wozzeck wants to do nothing worse than diet experiments which entail stuffing him full of beans & mutton. Marie is hardly threatened by starvation as she shows off her new gold earrings (shades of Manon), Wozzeck himself seems well off, with so few official duties he can do all these part-time jobs, and as he lives in the barracks and presumably the Army feeds him, he is hardly in any danger of starvation or homelessness. Wozzeck doesn't seem tragic or noble so much as a rather dimwitted Charlie Brown unable to understand his problems, such as what looks like schizophrenia, but still trying to live up to various obligations he (entirely unnecessarily) took on. If Wozzeck had gone for more of a Catch-22 or Agrippina approach, perhaps it could've worked, but then it ends in a grim-dark derp-serious ending.
The production relies heavily on gimmicks. Dressing everyone up as cripples or in gas masks is cute the first time, as are the eccentric Monty Python-style clipshows—except they are done again and again and again, without any rhyme or reason. The video clipshow is beamed onto the stage endlessly, and could be useful, similar to the projections used in The Ring, except it never seems to connect with the action! What does any of this have to do with militarism, or WWI, or anything? A similar point can be made for the choice to close with Wozzeck's bastard being played by a puppet with a gas mask head, much like the bastard in Madama Butterfly, except while there using a puppet instead of a child actor was interesting and cool for how well the puppeteers interacted with Butterfly, here it is just pointless. The production seems particularly dumb when, checking Wikipedia's plot summary, I see that it just hacked out various connective tissues, like why he drowned himself (paranoia in trying to retrieve the murder weapon), or that the captain/doctor were supposed to see him drowning while the production just has them wander by wondering about an odd sound and anti-climatically leaving.
Relentlessly crashingly dumb, with no good parts, and the worst Met opera I've seen so far—this was the first Met HD broadcast I was seriously tempted to get up and walk out early, even after telling myself it was only about an hour and a half. The Magic Flute, Turandot, and Dialogues des Carmélites all had some weaknesses, but also had their strengths, and I never thought of leaving early. I don't know if Wozzeck is normally this bad, but this production certainly was bad in its crudity and illogic. On the bright side, the 2020 operas can only go up from here!


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Saturday, April 4, 2020
Services in both Farmington and Durango are on hiatus until further notice as we observe the State of New Mexico, Colorado and Federal social distancing recommendations. Sermon audio as well as PDF copies of the bulletins will be posted here by Sunday mornings during this time. Please refer to the Letter from the Elders linked to the right for additional information.
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And the evil man his thoughts.
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And He will have mercy on him,
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Providence Presbyterian Church (PCA)
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Gary McMillan, Pastor
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Melanie and Max married in a private beach ceremony on Nantucket, the place where they fell in love and where Max was born and raised. The couple took cues from the natural beauty of the island for their color palette and decor, leaning heavily on grey and dusty blues. / Images by Brynna Grae Photography and Sarah by the Sea Photography.
Says Melanie, "Nantucket is such a special place for both my husband and I. It is where my husband Max was born and raised. It was where his parents met and were married. It was where we fell in love and where we have made some of our most special memories. We both couldn't picture getting married anywhere but Nantucket. Our inspiration came from the natural beauty of the island which we would describe as whimsical, romantic, and laid-back. We incorporated grey and dusty blues while using greens and shades of red to add a pop of color to our coastal inspired wedding.
Tell us about the moment you knew you had found your dress. I actually had a difficult time finding the dress of my dreams. So much in fact that I had to have my gown made custom by Rebecca Schoneveld. What I found so special about her as a designer is that she wants the dress to fit the bride, not the bride to fit the dress. She appreciates the beauty of a woman's body no matter her shape and size. Not only did I love the way the dress looked but the way it felt on my body. If you're going to be spending all day and night in your dress, it should be comfortable!
Favorite special touches? Our Chuppah which was made by Max's father. In the Jewish tradition it represents the couple's first marital home that they build together. Ironically, ours was blown away and shattered into pieces the night of our rehearsal because the winds were so strong! The morning of the wedding, Max's father and his closest friends rebuilt it for us so our first home was intact for our ceremony. My best friends helped me with the arrangements that we decorated the arch with. We also incorporated a piece of my childhood by getting married on the rug that my parents decorated my room with when I was a baby.
Favorite memories? There [are] SO many! I would say: My first look with my dad; Walking down the aisle and seeing Max's face. He was holding back tears. I will never forget the way he looked at me, ever. ; Max's brother making his best man speech. It had everyone in the room laughing out loud! ; Max and I taking a moment alone during the reception. The two of us stepped back and looked out at all of our guests. It was a special moment for the two of use to see all of our friends, family, and loved ones together. There was so much love and happiness in one place.
My other favorite touch was the 'Family Tree' that we decorated with lights and pictures of loved ones that have passed away. It was a special place that we created to pay tribute to our loved ones who are no longer with us.
Advice? My advice would be to relax and enjoy! I'm talking about enjoying every moment, the whole process, from making the guest list to the last dance of the night. Stressing over the little things will take away from the big moments of the day. You and your guests won't remember the chair covers, the color of your napkins, or any of the other overpriced non-essentials that brides tend to stress over. What will be remembered is all of the fun, love, and memories that were made on your special day.
Photographer: Brynna Grae Photography and Sarah by the Sea Photography | Ceremony Venue: Private Beach Ceremony | Reception Venue: Backyard tented reception at a family friend's home | Event Planning: Jyl Deering from Deering Events | Florist: Arrangement and Bouquets made by Bride, florals from Fifty Flowers | Wedding Gown: Custom Rebecca Schoneveld Gown | Bride's Jewelry: BHLDN | Bride's shoes: Bella Belle Shoes | Bridesmaids' attire: The Dessy Group | Wedding Stationery: Custom order through Howdy Dudey Neon | Caterer: Nantucket Catering Company | Hairstylist and Make-up Artist: Blushing Bride's Boston | Custom Made Wooden Signs: Knotty by Nature Designs | Custom Made Vow Books: Mad for Mod Studio


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A few winters ago, my three-year old son Robin started to grow finicky about the veggies on his dinner plate. Yet as spring rolled around, we began to harvest wild plants on our forest wanderings. Once the boy learned about succulent miner's lettuce and clover-like wood sorrel, foraging quickly became our little guy's favorite hobby. Robin's newfound enthusiasm motivated me to brush up on many wild edible plants. Now afternoon grazing is a large part of our garden chores. Mustard flowers with greens, lamb's quarters and, to a more bitter extent, dandelion have become favorite snacks while tending to our little patch of Earth.
I had started to worry that my kid would forever balk at veggies but it's like a switch was flipped. Robin's grazing habits now follow him into the house as he willfully rummages through the vegetable crisper to nibble on broccoli and raw spinach. The other day, I watched him show Annie, his younger sister, the ripe thimbleberries and how to find wood sorrels that are still tasty green in late summer (look for the shadiest spots). As I noticed him eagerly passing his newfound wisdom I reminded them to "ask first"—for safety they only eat a plant after getting permission from mom or dad.
It's beautiful to witness another reminder of how connecting to nature can keep our kids healthy in very practical ways. While one could claim I'm overreaching, I choose to feel that in some small way we choose the path of a Wilder living one wood sorrel at a time.
Molly Deis
Trackers Earth
Remember Know your wild edible plants before harvesting. Understand identification well enough to not mistake a safe edible with a poisonous lookalike.