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My latest Fandor video essay, like my previous one, is inspired by a new release to look back at an earlier film. In this case, the new release is La La Land, Damien Chazelle's musical love letter to Los Angeles. Watching the trailer, it was clear this movie was screaming from the rooftops that it was an "L.A. Movie" with candy-colored photography of famous locations from the title metropolis. I was most struck by a shot of the Angel's Flight Railway, where the opening scene of my short film Class of 2002 took place. So there was a bit of personal resonance to these clips.
Likewise, when I watched Chazelle's feature debut, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (I keep accidentally typing "Guy and Madeline Go Boating"), I was struck with a bit of geography-inspired nostalgia. But this time it was more subdued and subtle - despite fleeting shots of unmistakable landmarks early on, it actually took me a little while to realize the film was set in Boston. The locale was slightly disguised by the black-and-white imagery and an emphasis on handheld close-ups of the actors. Nonetheless, the city casts a spell over the film, and I decided to draw out that mood even further in my tribute to Guy and Madeline. I created a short musical montage to a city that I - and obviously Chazelle as well - have a great fondness for.
Here is a sample from the accompanying piece I wrote for Fandor:
The film closes with a powerful trumpet solo, shot in a single take—a close-up of the composer-performer playing the instrument as an expression of his love for Madeline. This video essay imagines—perhaps not so outlandishly—that the music is not only a tribute to her, but also to the city in which they fell in, out of, and perhaps back into love. Keeping Guy in a corner of the screen the whole time, I've stitched together a montage of the movie's many quick location shots—juxtaposing these images with a one-minute sample of Guy's sustained solo. (continue reading on Fandor Keyframe)
For my own personal recollections of Boston, visit my essay Boston, You're My Home, written the day of the Marathon bombing in 2013.
And you can also check out my film Class of 2002, which contains original and found footage from both Boston and Los Angeles:


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Teach For America's Policy Positions
New York, February 10, 2017—We will continue to fiercely advocate and defend policies that are core to our mission and that increase opportunity for our students, including but not limited to:
- Protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and passage of the DREAM Act and pathways to citizenship for individuals brought to our country as children.
- Preservation of high expectations and swift interventions for schools under the Every Student Succeeds Act
- Reauthorization of a Higher Education Act that expands access for qualified low-income Americans to demonstrably high-value colleges
- SAFE classrooms for LGBTQ youth and teachers
- Safe classrooms for students and teachers with disabilities
- Safe classrooms for Muslim students and teachers
- Culturally responsive teaching and training and supporting our teachers in these practices
- School accountability and transparency regardless of public school governance model
- Using evidence and data to drive instruction and teacher improvement and development over time
- Preservation and expansion of the unique and critical bipartisan commitment to national service
- Halting the school-to-prison pipeline, including training teachers on equitable classroom management and restorative school and community practices
About Teach For America
Teach For America works in partnership with communities to expand educational opportunity for children facing the challenges of poverty. Founded in 1990, Teach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding college graduates and professionals to make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Some 6,900 corps members are teaching today in 53 urban and rural regions across the country. They join a Teach For America community that is 53,000 strong, working across every sector to ensure that all children have access to an excellent education. Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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On Political Engagement
With the upcoming Republican and Democratic Conventions, this year's presidential race is entering the final lap.
Most analysts say it is too close to call and is likely to come down to the wire. The political battle is expected to be intense, with charges and counter-charges by the campaigns and unprecedented sums of money spent to attract undecided voters.
What does all this mean for a leading liberal arts institution like Washington College? I think it means that we have a special responsibility to do three important things.
Encourage Lively Debate
First, we have a responsibility to encourage people with different political views and ideological perspectives to speak their minds, and provide a space where they can do so with civility. After all, intellectual discussion and lively debate are the lifeblood of any great academic institution. So this fall, Washington College has invited an impressive array of domestic and foreign policy experts from across the political spectrum to share their opinions with our students and faculty.
The lineup includes Matt Bai, the chief political correspondent for the New York Times Magazine, with Richard Ben Cramer, the author of What It Takes: The Way to the White House, widely acclaimed as one of the best books on American electoral politics; Sasha Issenberg, a columnist for Slate and author of the new book The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns; Trevor Potter, the former chairman of the Federal Election Commission; and Sy Hersh, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who now writes for The New Yorker, with Juan Zarate, the former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, to debate "Secrecy, the Media and National Security." All of these events are open to the local community and, of course, all alumni.
Spark Civic Engagement
Second, we have a responsibility to encourage today's students to become actively engaged – to learn about the issues, to volunteer and work for a candidate, and above all, to vote. No one said it better than Teddy Roosevelt, over a century ago: "The credit belongs to the man…who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Whatever one's political persuasion, I think we can all agree that helping determine who will lead our community, state and country these next few years is an eminently worthy cause. The College's new Mission Statement echoes Roosevelt's sentiment: "Washington College challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion."
Teach Critical Thinking
And third, the role of the Washington College community is not to teach young people what to think, but rather to teach them how to think critically for themselves. This means that there exists an obligation for faculty not to slant the truth, not to color advice and not to advocate for one side or the other when in the classroom. Our collective task is to help our students discover what their own individual purpose and passion might be, and not necessarily replicate our political preferences.
All three of these responsibilities are part of the culture at Washington College, part of what makes this venerable institution so special. I hope our undergraduates will be inspired today as students, and tomorrow as alumni like you, to get involved in their own civic passions, whether that entails political campaigns, local community governance, or nonprofit advocacy work. It is part of the work George Washington blessed when Rev. William Smith started "the College at Chester" in 1782 to educate the nation's first generation of citizen leaders.


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Campaign Hep B: Stop Letting Americans Die of a Completely Preventable Disease
This petition had 2,680 supporters
The Facts:
* Hepatitis B (HBV) is the leading cause of liver cancer.
* HBV and hepatitis C (HCV) are known as "silent killers" because there are usually no signs or symptoms until it is too late.
* 1 in 4 with HIV are also infected with HBV or HCV.
* 1 in 12 Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Americans is infected with HBV, making it the largest health disparity facing API Americans.
* Left unmonitored, 1 in 4 with hepatitis B will die.
* Liver disease caused by viral hepatitis is a leading cause of death among those with HIV, and the 2nd leading cause of cancer death for API men.
[Facts taken from the Asian Liver Center and the CDC]
The Problem:
Unfortunately, there is an overall lack of education and awareness of the disease and ways to prevent HBV and HCV. Two-thirds of those infected with HBV don't even realize it! We must ensure that community members, physicians and policy makers are aware of the devastating effects of untreated HBV, and address this issue nationally and globally. Prevention, care, and treatment not only save lives, but also reduce taxpayer burden and the astronomical costs of treating liver disease and liver cancer down the line.
We're gaining momentum …
* The National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) issued a statement supporting increased budget for viral hepatitis preventative measures.
* Congressman Michael Honda and Senator John Kerry proposed the Viral Hepatitis Screening Act in November, 2011, calling for a federally-funded core health service for viral hepatitis.
* The CDC Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) launched a Know More Hepatitis campaign aimed at greater awareness for viral hepatitis.
* US Health and Human Services (HHS) created an Action Plan for the prevention, care and treatment of viral hepatitis, which hopes to implement broad measures to address this issue in the next decade.
Yet we're still falling short:
There is a huge budget disparity. In the U.S. in 2011, HIV/AIDS received more than $700 million from the CDC -- 40 times more than viral hepatitis. In 2012, viral hepatitis received only $25 million, and there is no guaranteed stable funding for next year. This is not to say that HIV should receive any less funding. In reality, the two are interlinked as viral hepatitis affects a broad spectrum of patients and groups.
President Obama has always been a strong advocate for health issues, including viral hepatitis. He issued a Proclamation for World Hepatitis Day on July 28, 2011, and the Affordable Care Act, which provides health care for more than 30 million Americans, including Asians and Pacific Islanders.
Unfortunately, what is expressed in writing was not reflected in Obama's fiscal budget for 2012. Obama's Global Health Initiative proposes more than $60 billion, yet allocates not a penny toward viral hepatitis, despite increasing numbers of hepatitis B infection in the U.S. as a result of immigration. The domestic prevention budget is in danger of being cut. Tell the President to at least maintain the CDC's funding for viral hepatitis, and to include viral hepatitis in the Global Health Initiative. With your support, America has the potential to lead the way in this global campaign against viral hepatitis, and even eradicate hepatitis B forever as it did smallpox.
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Call for EU ban on prostitution
zohra // 11 December 2012
The European Women's Lobby (EWL) last Tuesday launched a call to end prostitution in the EU.
According to information on the EWL website, the call, entitled 'Together for a Europe free from prostitution' was already supported by 200 women's organizations across 25 member states, and a dozen MEPs, covering all the political groups in the European Parliament at launch.
Arguing that prostitution is a form of violence against women, the call makes six recommendations to EU policy makers to achieve its aims (lifted verbatim from the EWL site):
- the suppression of repressive measures against prostituted persons
- the criminalisation of all forms of procuring
- the development of real alternatives and exit programmes for those in prostitution
- the prohibition of the purchase of a sexual act
- the implementation of policies of prevention, education, to promote equality and positive sexuality
- the development of prevention policies in the countries of origin of prostituted persons
The official pdf version of the call also includes a quote from Victor Hugo comparing prostitution, not trafficking, to slavery, and the transatlantic slave trade in particular judging from the phrasing.
Not surprisingly, the call is being criticized by some women's rights activists on various listserves. I have not yet been able to locate a list of the 200 groups that are supportive. The MEPs that spoke in favour of the call at its launch included:
- Sophie Auconie (France, EPP)
- Emer Costello (Ireland, S&D)
- Mariya Gabriel (Bulgaria, EPP)
- Mikael Gustafsson (Sweden, GUE)
- Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (France, Greens)
- Antonyia Parvanova (Bulgaria, ALDE)
- Inês Zuber (Portugal, GUE)
The Red Umbrella Fund, a global grantmaking project by and for sex workers run by Mama Cash, is collecting responses to the call on its facebook page. These so far include: Transgender Europe (TGEU), the English Collective of Prostitutes, and Libby Brooks in The Guardian's Comment is Free.
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Comments From You
Sal_PA // Posted 12 December 2012 at 10:05 am
I cannot be certain that I have read the tone of your blog correctly, but your choice of language seems to me to be questioning that the support of the 200 women's groups stated by the EWL exists? You judge the phrasing of the proposal and yet begin the very next sentence "Not surprisingly, the call is being criticized…" I can't help but read into this that you have your own bias – which I have noticed over the last few years is shared by a few f-word contributors who I can only describe as very aggressively pro-prostitution and have witnessed off-handed dismissal as well as silencing of opposing arguments by suggestion of feeble-mindedness, repression or middle class white privilege paternalism; when in reality a large proportion of feminists feel (as I do) that the above 6 aims are in fact a massive positive for the lives of ALL women (not just the prostituted women who are victims of the sex trade) for a variety of reasons that are very much from a 'pro-female' stance.
zohra moosa // Posted 12 December 2012 at 10:29 am
Hi Sal_PA
I wrote that it was not surprising because this is a controversial area that feminists have been arguing about for some time. So while there are some women's rights activists that will be supportive of the call, there will inevitably be some that are not.
I don't at all doubt that the 200 supportive organizations exist. That is why I put that sentence after the one about 'not surprisingly' – to illustrate that women's rights activists are divided on this. I do think the organizations should be clearly listed on the EWL site however, and have emailed them asking for the list.
I do have bias, of course, but it is not a 'very aggressively pro-prostitution' position. One of my 'biases' includes anti-racist critiques – e.g. prostitution is not the same as transatlantic slavery and it is inaccurate and inappropriate to suggest so.
Others on The F-Word may feel differently, but as a site we do not have an agreed position on prostitution or sex work.
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Verizon Wireless announced that it has launched XLTE in 22 new markets, bringing LTE to the AWS band (1700/2100 MHz), in addition to its 700 MHz LTE service. Verizon says that 4 out of 5 LTE markets, large and small, now have Verizon Wireless XLTE service.
According to Open Signal, T-Mobile is the fastest network in the US, with average speeds of 11.5 Mbps. Sprint performs worst of all US networks, according to Open Signal, posting LTE speeds that are scarcely faster than existing HSPA+, with their average speed of 4.3Mbps ranking as one of the slowest networks worldwide.
Open Signal collects data from users of their Android and iPhone application. This data is then stripped of any identifying information, uploaded to their servers, and made openly available.
T-Mobile has been pursuing spectrum license swaps and acquisitions (from AT&T and MetroPCS) to reach the goal of supporting the 20+20 MHz (40MHz) LTE bandwidth.
- AT&T Mobility says the company's LTE network now covers nearly 290 million POPs in more than 500 marketsacross the country. AT&T bought Leap Wireless (Cricket) for $1.2 billion, largely for their AWS spectrum. Leap's PCS and AWS spectrum covers approximately 137 million potential customers
- Verizon Wireless' 700 MHz LTE network covers around 306 million POPs. The carrier has also been busy deploying its LTE service on its AWS spectrum to bolster its network capacity. Verizon bought 122 AWS licenses from cable giants for $3.6 billion.
- T-Mobile's CTO Neville Ray noted in June that T-Mobile is now offering "Wideband LTE," with 15×15 MHz service, in 16 U.S. markets. Wideband LTE is their term for spectrum deployments of at least 15×15 MHz. T-Mobile is starting to deploy 4×2 MIMO antenna technology in its LTE network to enhance performance at the cell edge. T-Mobile has said that it will bring 40MHz LTE to 90% of the top 25 markets by the end of 2015, which means that 23 of the 25 most populous cities in the country will have it. These 40MHz LTE zones will support full Category 4 speeds, which top out at 150Mbps on the downlink and 51Mbps on the uplink.
- Sprint's Spark combines 4G FDD-LTE at 800 Megahertz (MHz) and 1.9 Gigahertz (GHz) and TDD-LTE at 2.5GHz spectrum. But currently Sprint's main 1.9 GHz LTE band uses only a 5×5 MHz bandwidth and their rollout of 2.5 GHz has been scaled back. According to Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure this week, "First we are going to focus in areas where our network is congested. And then secondly, we are going to go strong after a few cities rather than building out the 33,000 [2.5 GHz cell] sites."
Sprint is rolling out 8T8R in its latest 2.5GHz installations (8 transmitters, 8 receivers). That results in better range and speed. Unfortunately, Sprint's subscribers may not see much improvement since current WiMax subscribers utilize 30 MHz (10 MHz times 3 sectors).
Sprint has said they will utilize the same spectrum footprint with LTE, allocating it differently. With Sprint Spark, apparently, the same 2.5 GHz bandwidth will now be shared among both WiMax subscribers (10 MHZ across 3 sectors) and TD-LTE subscribers (20 Mhz across 3 sectors). The net result of this approach is still unclear. It may be that 2.5 GHz will not be the salvation Sprint had hoped.
Sprint doesn't need 120 MHz of 2.5 GHz – but other carriers – especially AT&T – might find it useful for small cells. Sprint's John Saw says the company wants to use Sprint Spark and TDD-LTE for small cell solutions to add capacity in densely populated areas.
Verizon is opened up to the possibility of selling its wireless towers, according to FierceWireless, because of AT&T's agreement last year to sell and lease 9,700 of its cell towers to Crown Castle in a $4.85 billion deal. Verizon has between 12,000 to 15,000 towers and may be looking to sell about 12,500 sites.
Crown Castle acquired the rights to operate 7,200 T-Mobile towers for $2.4 billion in 2012. Tower operators like Crown Castle, American Tower and SBA Communications provide lease space to a variety of carriers.
Any Dish/Sprint or Dish/T-Mobile deal is reportedly unlikely — until after the 600 MHz auction. As a consumer, I'm partial to a move by Google or Facebook into telecommunications. Dish might be a good partner for Google – particularly if it could acquire 40 MHz of 2.5 GHz for small cells. Maybe Starbucks will be the next "carrier".
4G Americas reports that in North America, LTE technology represented 33 percent or 127 million LTE connections of the total 391 million mobile connections in North America. It's the largest market share for LTE (45%), compared to any country or region in the world.


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Although you have the final say on whether or not you will follow these methodologies as outlined in the book, the authors do insist that you find out your own processes given their guide and master their basic principles to make your life more happy and fulfilled.
Thoughts: I love the presentation of the ideas in the book. I love the photos and all the little notes beside every chapter that summarizes a main thought. Since I have the ARC, I'm not sure if the finished copy would have coloured pages, which would be even better! I would love some colour in these photos! Would I use the book's principles in my life? Well, maybe yes, maybe no. Even before I read the book, I was already using some of the principles outlined in the book. Although not consciously, i think some of these are innate to us, we just don't know how to harness it. This book is just a great reminder to keep doing what I am doing, and for others to also be guided along and recognize those characteristics that are innate to all of us.
Some notable chapters that I love [won't type them all down, it'll be a spoiler then]:
- "Say it with how instead of why"
- When you plan for something, set an exact date and record the outcome
- Where do you see yourself x years from now?
Published: March 2010 [Paperback]
Publisher: One Peace Books
Available from: everywhere, i think!
Read it if: you need a bit of guidance on how to have a more positive outlook in your life or if going through a tiny bit of a crisis
Book was acquired from: Rebecca from The Cadence Group [Many, many thanks for sending this book over for me to review!]
fickle fan rating: [read more about my fickle fan rating]


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The City Rooms is a beautiful Georgian Grade 1 listed building located in the heart of Leicester City Centre.
Having undergone a careful restoration with the addition of four luxurious Boutique hotel suites, The City Rooms is now open as first intended after more than 200 years after work began. A place for celebration and business, The City Rooms can provide the setting, the service and the high standards expected of a venue that has stood the test of time. Once a hotel that never was, now a hotel that is
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Directions from M1 The City Rooms is located in the heart of Leicester City Centre, just a 10 minute walk from Leicester Train Station and a 10 minute drive from Junction 21 of the M1 motorway. Take Junction 21 take the first exit off the A5460 (following signs towards Leicester City Centre). At the Roundabout, turn right onto the A563 (BMW Sytner on the left). Follow this road and turn right towards the city centre on the A47 Hinckley Road. At the Holiday Inn on St Nicholas circle, follow the A594 and turn left onto Peacock Lane. The Cathedral will be seen on the left hand side. Peacock Lane curves around to the right into Hotel Street. The City Rooms can be seen at the end of this road offset at an angle. On street parking is available for a short time on Hotel Street and the surrounding areas. At the end of Hotel Street turn right onto Friar Lane, turn left onto Berridge Street and left again onto Horsefair Street. Our partner car park the NCP Rutland Centre can be found by continuing along Horsefair Street, which turns into Halford Street, the car park is on the left hand side.


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Step off the patio and you are on a beautiful pink sand beach. Our home, beautifully landscaped by our gardener with coconut palms, colorful hibiscus and native plants, offers a spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean. Featuring two bedrooms and a loft, cathedral ceilings in the great room, and a library, the windows covering the entire front give an unobstructed view of the turquoise water and pink sand beach. Our caretakers, Edgar and Doreen, will assure that our home is ready for your visit. Edgar can also arrange for transportation from the airport and for a rental car. Maid service is also available.
Located just one mile from Governor's Harbour, groceries, fishing supplies, and shopping are easily accessible. Governor's Harbour is the center of Eleuthera so you will be able to find anything you will need. Eleuthera, rated by Fodor's Travel Guide as one of the most beautiful of the Bahama islands, is waiting to be explored. You will find quaint villages, where the natives are eager to greet you with a wave and a smile. Talk with the natives and learn all about the island.
There are miles of secluded and deserted pink sand beaches where you can swim and snorkel in the spectacular crystal clear turquoise water, which averages 70 to 80 degrees. Beautiful coral reefs are right off the beaches where you will see many colorful tropical fish. While relaxing on the beaches, bask in the sunlight, feel the refreshing ocean breeze, and watch the gentle waves. Walk the beaches and find that perfect shell.
Eleuthera offers both world class bone fishing and deep sea fishing. For the adventurous there is a quarter mile long cave waiting to be explored. All of this is within one hour of Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Miami, which offers direct flights.
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The home was nice. Very close to the beach. We enjoyed kayaking and snorkeling right out front of the house. You are close to Governors Harbour however you really need a rental car if you plan to dine out and explore the island. We rented a car from Edgar the caretaker.
I have rented from Beth and Jim for over 15 years.This comfortable airy beach house is perfect for a relaxing holiday on an uncrowded beach in the Bahamas Family Islands.
5 Minutes from renown Tippys Restaurant and 10 minutes from Governors Harbour with full service grocery and liquor stores.Fresh fish is available daily at the waterfront.Caretakers Edgar and Doreen Gardiner will treat you like family in the gentle Bahamian way.
If you want a casino ,entertainment and a full service resort this is not for you.If you want a comfortable,clean well appointed rental on a world renown beach with few people around this is for you.
There are 5 houses on the entire beach and little traffic passing by.
Treat yourself to warm Bahamian Hospitality in a totally safe environment.
Doug and Meb
We recently stayed at Mon Solieul in Governors Harbour-first 2 weeks of January 2017 and felt it was well overdue to comment on our stay.My wife and I have been making our winter vacation at Mon Solieul since the mid 80s.Our 4 kids started coming with us since the early 90s.Just a few days ago our family read a bad review and we felt is was appropriate to set the record straight .Our friends back home in Montreal, Canada have often asked why we return to the same house on the same island every year.We simply tell them that Mon Solieul is our little sancuary!!The house is located on French Leave Beach-widely regarded as the best beach in Eleuthera.For price ,privacy and comfortable living it offers the best package for us.In recent years there have been alot of houses being built all over the island.These houses are very nice-most of them not on the beach-are double and even triple the price and in our opinion dont offer the same value,charm and intimacy and view.The house offers breath taking views of the ocean with windows covering all the walls.To be honest we have never written a review because we wanted Mon Solieul to be our secret.When we arrived, the house was spotless with the windows and floor tiles sparking clean.The house offers an outdoor shower with a great view of the ocean.It also has 2 spacious decks with incredible views with plenty of chairs.It also has a nice hammock hung between 2 palm trees inches from the beach.The grounds are extremely well kept and the groundskeeper allways makes a point to prepare a couple of cocanuts for you to sample.We normally start our day with a kayak ride followed by a swim and a snorkel before having our breakfast on one of the decks.One of the islands best restaurants,Tippys is a 15 minute walk on the beach from our house.It is important to mention that the local fisherman finish their days work around 3.00pm each day just in front of Mon Solieul and we have the luxury of being offered the CATCH OF THE DAY first before they head of to town to sell it the restaurants.Our 2018 vacation at MonSolieul is allready booked and we cant wait!!
We rented this house for a week in January 2017. The house is located on a beautiful beach and only a mile or so from the town of Governor's Harbor, perfect location. Beth the owner and Edgar the caretaker are wonderful and very easy to communicate with. The house itself is need of some repairs and updates. The refrigerator door was held together with duct tape, while two of the windows that face the ocean had blue duct tape across them that said "broken, do not open". The seats on the kayaks were broken and tied on with rope, making them unusable as well as the Hammock, which had black mold all over it. The inside of the house needed a deep, thorough cleaning as there were layers of dust on everything from the stereo speakers to the shelves in the main bedroom. The throw rugs were filthy and the mattresses were on plywood frames instead of box springs. Anytime we wanted to use anything in the kitchen, we had to wash it first due to food being caked on the dishes/silverware, etc. This house could be absolutely stunning, but obviously it has been neglected over time, as the pictures on the VRBO website are outdated. We would not stay there again.
We stayed at Mon Soleil for the first time after numerous trips to the island. It's a great home in a fantastic location. The owners were extremely nice and easy to work with. We highly recommend!
Even though it has years since we came and stayed with my brother and his wife, the amazing memories make it seem like yesterday! I see a lot of cool updates to this cozy island retreat since we visited. The time we spent there wasn't long enough to enjoy that soft pink sands, virtually private beach. This is how you relax folks! Mon Soleil is what inspired us to get our own vacation home in Florida in 2007! We've since moved from Missouri to Texas, where the winters are warmer! Our condo is for sale now and we've had a fabulous business renting it out thanks to you guys inspiring us. But we want to get back to vacationing at some other places, especially here. Hope to be your guests again sometime! Note: when I filled this out I tried to add the correct year we stayed, but it only goes back one year.


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Cattaraugus, Chautauqua eye plan to improve mental health services
LITTLE VALLEY – When someone phones a call center for help with a mental health issue only to be picked up by police and taken to the emergency room, where they wait up to 36 hours for help, it's a double negative, mental health professionals say.
Not only could the officers have been doing something else, the person who needs help learns not to reach out again.
Yet that's the outcome too often, said Dawn Miller, director of community services for Cattaraugus County.
Now plans are under way to change that, Miller told members of the County Legislature's Human Services Committee last week.
The process could be improved through the use of the Crisis Services organization, she said, which would offer patients a better experience and make them more likely to get the help they need.
The plans create a more comprehensive call center that would de- escalate patients' situations, provide referrals to a facility and perform triages of patients' problems. The center would have daytime dispatch ability and an after-hours component.
Currently, after-hours calls are taken care of by service providers who work a full week and also do a rotation in the call center.
"That is something that really can reduce effectiveness," Miller said. "If the staff are up all night with the hotline, they are not going to be at the top of their game at work the next day."
The new plan would include the creation of a team that would handle those times, she said.
Revamping that end of the system is just the first step. The second step would give patients the ability to check themselves into a respite center more tailored to meeting their needs.
Housing Options Made Easy has started the program to serve residents of Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties and lessen the burden on emergency rooms.
This model turns the medically based service model into one of self-empowerment by offering patients individual bedrooms and self-directed therapeutic activities. The goal of the facility is to have the patients learn techniques to alleviate their own crises.
The new plan, according to Miller, would reduce the amount of Medicaid dollars spent by the county on mental health-related emergency room visits.
According to her numbers, a stay in the hospital for mental health services average $1,400. In 2011, factoring in all of the hospitalizations due to mental health, there were 765 days spent in the hospital. That equates to a little more than $1 million in Medicaid dollars spent on mental health patients.
Rose House, a respite house in Poughkeepsie, has a similar population to that of the Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties area, and it has an annual cost of $264,000, she said.
To help turn the respite house into a reality, officials in the Chautauqua County Mental Health Department have expressed interest in sharing the service and cost, according to Miller. Preferably, the house would be located along the counties' shared border, possibly in the Randolph area.
The committee members haven't made a decision. Chairwoman Linda Edstrom said they would like to see more information, but it does look like a "no-brainer."


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Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter appeared on Brietbart News Sunday with host Alex Marlow this weekend regaling the audience with her take on the shocking death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the Constitution and our democracy, Donald Trump, Hillary's Clinton's decades of scandals, and Bernie Sanders' wacko supporters.
Marlow, the editor-in-chief of Breitbart News, began his February 14 segment on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 with the best-selling author by asking what exactly the nation lost with the sudden and unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice and conservative giant Antonin Scalia.
Coulter pointed out that Scalia is one of the few recent Justices who it can be said had a "coherent judicial philosophy." But she added that one of the reasons he was so influential was because he was a brilliant, interesting and funny writer.
"We as lawyers," Coulter said, "would print out copies of [Scalia's decisions] and… we'd… be reading aloud from Scalia dissents because they were so hilariously funny. And that has a lot to do with his influence. As I've always said, you're not going to influence anyone if they're not reading what you wrote."
Coulter imagined that at some point Scalia realized he wasn't swaying his colleagues on the bench, so he just "cut loose."
"I suppose he figured, 'Well. I didn't sway my colleagues and I've been sucking up to Justice Day O'Connor for ten years on abortion and I still lost her, so screw it I'm just cutting loose, now, and saying what I think of the logic here.' Because of that I think he made it very clear what a coherent legal philosophy is," she said.
Coulter said it was a testament to Scalia that so many of the articles reviewing his career were quick to point out his judicial philosophy benefitted conservatism.
"They'll say that 'Scalia's judicial philosophy is called originalism which often benefits conservative viewpoints in the political process.' Well, it's not an accident that it benefits conservatives," she said, "because what it is, is not making stuff up. It means going by the Constitution because if you're not reading the Constitution, if you're not interpreting the Constitution, well, then why you guys rather than any nine other people?"
"If we just want philosopher kings we can probably do better than [justices] Elena Kagan, Justice Souter," Coulter jabbed.
But what it really means to be an originalist, Coulter insisted, is that conservatives and Republicans would rather leave the issues for the people to vote on, not to un-elected, unaccountable judges.
But the left, Coulter said, wants to prevent us all from voting on anything. "Liberals can't get their ideas through, they can't get people to join them in their ideas for total Marxist take over of the country," she continued.
The "Adios, America" author reminded listeners that the gay marriage issue was constantly losing when Americans were allowed to vote, but now we have universal gay-marriage across the nation because judges took away the right of the people to vote on the issue. "They are losing with democracy," Coulter concluded, "so they just go up to the Supreme Court and say 'could you please hallucinate a right to gay marriage in the Constitution.'"
Coulter was also infuriated with Republicans who keep dealing from a position of weakness even when they hold all the cards and she noted that John Roberts became Chief Justice for that very reason.
"We had a majority in the Senate," Coulter noted, "why are we nominating … the stealth candidate … actually I don't think Republicans should ever [do that] because… whenever you see originalism benefits conservatives that is because originalism means democracy and liberals don't like democracy. Just always understand that when they say 'originalism benefits conservatives' that's because you get to vote, Americans, and liberals don't want you to be able to vote."
"That's what's so frustrating on these decisions," she insisted, "what ever you think about gay marriage, what ever you think about abortion, it's not in the Constitution, therefore [the voters] are supposed to decide it. If these liberal ideas were popular, on abortion for example, they could just put it to a vote. But they're terrified of having a vote, they know they would lose. So, if you put up Supreme Court nominees whose position is 'No, we're going to let you vote, Americans,' I don't know how Republicans lose on that?"
Coulter was sure, though, that Scalia's death came at a time when the GOP won't likely get away with caving in to Obama's pressure to put an extremist liberal on the court and that is because Donald Trump won't let them.
"Now, I do think if this had happened a year ago… we've seen how Republicans would behave," she said. "They're utterly craven… the Senate Republicans would confirm whomever Obama sent up. They'd wring their hands, Lindsey Graham would be leading the charge talking about how 'Oh, well, it's the President's right to decide,'" Coulter mocked. "Now that Donald Trump has come on the scene, I think Washington Republicans may be starting to get the message that we're really ticked off at them. And, look, if they let some somebody go through — I mean, I think Trump is going to win anyway — but it's just going to get him another ten million votes."
The author then went on to laugh at how Hillary Clinton is trying to "out-left-wing Bernie Sanders on the 'black lives matter' crap."
"I believe Donald Trump is the only Republican who does not wet his pants when presented with a question about black lives matter. I believe he's the only Republican who will just say straight out, 'I support the cops,'" she said.
"No waffling, no 'Oh, there are bad apples.' Screw Republicans who say that, there are bad apples in every place… why do we have to start with that when it comes to the people who are keeping us safe?" she asked.
"And I'm telling you a majority of blacks will prefer Donald Trump for that. They know they're more at risk from being murdered, or mugged, or raped by black teenagers than they are by some white cop."
So, with Hillary and Sanders going out on a far-left limb, it will surely make Trump even more popular, Coulter said emphatically.
Coulter ended her segment by lambasting Hillary Clinton as a "stupid" person. All these claims she is the smartest woman on the planet don't ring true when looking at her constant scandals and corruption not to mention how incompetent her campaign is looking these days.
"Well one point I do want to claim authorship of, when… the email scandal and the private server story first broke, I believe I was the first — and I don't think it's caught on sufficiently yet — who pointed out we've been wrong about Hillary all these years, she's just really dumb," Coulter joked.
"Bill Clinton, you know, he was a horn dog, but he wasn't stupid," Coulter averred. "Hillary, I mean she's not Betty Boop from turnip range, she's been through this before, she's been through it with Vince Foster and his record, she's been through it with the Whitewater records, she's been through this over, and over, and over again. And she becomes Secretary of State and thinks to herself, 'I know, I'll keep my emails on a private server, that won't raise any eyebrows, will it?' It's just stupid. Apart from any nefariousness."
Coulter pointed out that Hillary has clearly been unable to convince the Democrats she is the best candidate. But the conservative author warned that if the Democrat Party tries to steal it all for Hillary there might be hell to pay.
"Everybody's talking about Joe Biden or John Kerry coming in and you never know with the Democrats, they will violate every rule in the book to win an election see e.g. Bob Torricelli in New Jersey. But I don't see how they do that without engendering a lot of bitter feeling with the Hillary supporters and the Sanders wackos, so, yeah, I think they're in quite a pickle.," she said,.
In the end, for Coulter the fact that we have Donald Trump is our saving grace.
"I'm just happy that we're going to have Trump to take advantage of it because, I mean, it really wouldn't matter what's happening to the Democrats if we were running that lying weasel Marco Rubio."
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Culinary greats including Rick Moonen, Bradley Ogden, Jet Tila, and François Payard are headlining 2011's Vegas Uncork'd, taking place May 5 – 8. The lineup was announced at a press conference Tuesday.
The four-day festival of events promises to attract a large food-loving crowd. Various events take place all day long and include lots of dining, chatting and entertainment.
"Vegas Uncork'd is the greatest culinary event in the world and I am pleased to be part of this talented group here today," said Rick Moonen, executive chef of RM Seafood in Mandalay Bay.
With such extraordinary talent from renowned chefs and culinarians, Vegas Uncork'd has the opportunity to arrange unique and exciting epicurean activities.
New events added to the weekend this year include Run for the Roses, a Kentucky Derby celebration and four-course lunch with wine pairings at Michael Mina in Bellagio. Chef Michael Mina and Sommelier Raj Parr will be present to sign copies of their books.
Chef Hubert Keller displays his non-culinary skills as he mans the DJ booth at his Late Night with Hubert Keller event. Champagne will be flowing, snacks will be served and desserts will be devoured at Keller's new restaurant, Fleur.
Last year, Steve Wynn became a vegan and added vegan menus to all of the restaurants at Wynn and Encore. Now, you can learn the secrets to creating vegan meals from Wynn and Encore's consulting chef, Tal Ronnen. Ronnen, who has cooked for Oprah Winfrey, Chelsea Clinton and Ellen Degeneres, will create an elegant reception-style tasting with tasty vegan and vegetarian dishes.
Popular events return from last year and include the Grand Tasting, a night filled with plenty of food and Caesars Palace's Garden of the Gods pool as the backdrop. Mix and mingle with the culinary elite! Better by the Bay is a fun beach party event at The Beach at Mandalay Bay. The clambake-style menu is served buffet-style on the 11-acre beach.
With such stellar events, Vegas gets to show off its culinary chops — and that's good for Vegas.
"When you look at our five hotel partners and over 50 restaurant partners that participate in this event, you really see a collection of the unique opportunity of people coming together to highlight the culinary and restaurant world in Las Vegas," said Terry Jicinsky, senior vice president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, title sponsor of Uncork'd.
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0entrue01/10/2001A government minister visits Schneider Electric FranceOn August 28, the Rueil-Gare site in France welcomed Jean-Luc Mélanchon, Minister of Professional Education, to its brand new Schneider Training Institute (ISF) facility. The Minister wanted to meet teachers who, during their summer vacation, were voluntarily following industrial training courses at the world leader in power and control.
 The National Ministry of Education offers these courses, funded by the National Education Agency, through the CERPET organization (Research Center for the Pedagogical Renewal of Technical Education). They are put on by manufacturers such as PSA Peugeot Citroën, SNECMA, Legrand, Crouzet, Carrefour, Accor... and of course Schneider Electric through the ISF, its training center.
 The objective of these courses is to complete teachers' pedagogical approach with real-world industrial experience so that students are better prepared for their professional career. In this regard, it should be noted that these courses are not designed specifically for educators, but rather are identical to the courses followed by Schneider Electric's clients and involve Merlin Gerin, Modicon, NUM and Telemecanique brand products.

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How to enable access to all folders?
I'm running Win7 Ultimate as system administrator, however it happens for certain folders that Windows does not enable me to open them. How can I have Windows 7 grant me full access to ALL folders in my PC? Thanks.
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Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
You can not do that, it will damage your system if you try.
Regards....Mike Connor
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
You can enable the Built-In Admin Account which has 100% user rights to at least 99% of the system.
Any actions that would normally give a UAC prompt (install/run software) will no longer show. You will also need to enable Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives to view a lot of system files/folders
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Any actions that would normally give a UAC prompt (install/run software) will no longer show. You will also need to enable Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives to view a lot of system files/folders
1) anything nasty that you happen to have on your PC will have full access to the machine,
2) You can seriously bork something if you don't know what your doing.
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And just what folders are you trying to access?
If I had to guess, the compatibility Junctions.
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Well, I'm used to Windows XP where I'm able to open ANY folder/directory in my C drive (or any other drive) and in years I never had anything "invade" my system because of this (as long as I have a good firewall/anti malware proggies installed of course and proper safety practices in action). In Windows 7 even if you are logging as Administrator it seems this is not possible and requires further tweaking which is a hassle.
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UAC is there for a damn good reason, anyone will tell you that running as full administrator all the time is not a good idea.
Having said that, your probably going to do it anyway, and it's your machine, so more power to ya, follow OS's instructions and you will have what you want, but here is some reading material.
Non Admin - Why Non Admin
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I've been using Windows well forever, there is no location in Windows 7 that you cannot access. aside from "System Volume Information" which cannot be accessed in Windows XP either. The locations you are trying to access are merely junction points YOU DO NOT NEED ACCESS TO THESE. I've said it countless times. How many times do I have to say until everyone gets it out of there head they need to access them?
There is no location you cannot access everything is readable.*
Go on tell me the folder you cannot access.
* Only user that are granted Administrative powers can access other user's personal directories.
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Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
Well, I'm used to Windows XP where I'm able to open ANY folder/directory in my C drive (or any other drive) and in years I never had anything "invade" my system because of this (as long as I have a good firewall/anti malware proggies installed of course and proper safety practices in action). In Windows 7 even if you are logging as Administrator it seems this is not possible and requires further tweaking which is a hassle.
Additionally, many programs want to write to C:\Program Files\... and sometimes they don't have permission, so instead they write to the VirtualStore folders in the C:\User\ tree.
What I'm getting to is, Windows 7 has a slightly different folder structure compared to XP, one has to learn it prior to tinkering. I think if you would tell us exactly which folder you want to access, we'll be able to help you with your specific issues instead of giving general ideas.
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Windows 7 Pro x64
I agree with most of what has been said here. But hey the OP wants access to everything then give him access.
Right click on the C drive in explorer and select Properties. Go to the security tab then edit and add your user account if it isn't already there and give it FULL control. Then go to Advanced and replace all permissions on all child objects with the permissions of your admin account.
Have fun doing a re-install of the OS in about 2-3 weeks.
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To help people quit smoking the UK government has planned to make available e-cigarettes through National Health Services or NHS. The regulator of medicines in UK has approved e-Voke, a brand of e-cigarettes being manufactured by British American Tobacco, to be prescribed to help fight nicotine addiction.
1.e-cigarettes are far less harmful than tobacco
Public Health England (PHE) argues that e-cigarettes which can help people quit smoking is also far less harmful than tobacco. However, the British Medical Association and certain experts want to adopt the wait-and-watch policy as they say that ecigs are still very new to say much about their benefits or harms.At the same time General Physicians from Royal College of GPs say that doctors may not be comfortable in handing out these cigarettes to patients without knowing the benefits clearly.
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According to NHS, about every fifth man in UK smokes cigarettes. As many of these men intend to quit the habit, they are opting for e-cigarettes.It is said that till April 2015 in the last year, two among three people who took up the help of NHS stop smoking service along with e-cigarettes could successfully quit the habit.According to Professor Kevin Fenton, National Director of Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England, e-cigarettes have come to the rescue of smokers who wish to quit the habit and have successfully done so in many cases. He feels the move should benefit more people.From the above, we know that as the increasing number of smokers or other groups tending to choose e-cigarettes, the public health institutions may worry about the side effects of ecigs but e-cigarettes are definitely much less harmful than the traditional tobacco, which shall not be neglected and denied.


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SIMON proposes a mobile application to support impaired citizens in the use of public and private transport modes. This application not only includes specific information and navigation functionalities, but also make use of e-id mechanisms to propose coordinated tariff policies and reduce fraud. In this same context, SIMON enhances the European parking card for disabled people with contactless technologies and integrates mobile solutions to support user unique identification in existing park meters whilst preserving privacy.
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August opens this week with an abundance of live music. The calendar includes: a talk by Michelle Hoover; a Russian themed Concerts on the Square to close out the season; and more performances by The Portland Cello Project, the Michael Schenker Group, Claudia Russell & the Folk Unlimited Orchestra, The New Pornographers, Bob Log III, and The Grasshoppers.
Monday 8.2
NOTEWORTHY: Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990.
BIRTHDAYS: Irrepressible singer-songwriter-guitarist-satirist Mojo Nixon, 1957.
Tuesday 8.3
NOTEWORTHY: Lenny Bruce ODs on morphine, 1966.
BIRTHDAYS: Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield, 1963.
A Room of One's Own, 6:30 pm
The author, an Iowa native who now teaches writing in Boston, reads from her debut novel, The Quickening. It's about a feud that riles two Iowa farm families during the Great Depression.
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This plucky band of eight to 16 cellists is just as likely to play an impromptu Britney Spears medley or a down 'n' dirty Salt 'N Pepa cover as they are to showcase Bach and Brahms.
Wednesday 8.4
NOTEWORTHY: Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, 1987.
BIRTHDAYS: U.S. middle-distance track star Mary Decker, 1958; President Barack Obama, 1961.
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Fans of early 1980s hard rock still have their copies of the MSG's eponymous 1980 debut, which was a showcase for the guitar pyrotechnics of German-born Schenker. He founded the band after leaving UFO; he plays a flying-V guitar. With Lynch Mob, Sister Sin and Don Bakkin Band.
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Claudia Russell & the Folk Unlimited Orchestra
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Technically, Russell is a folk singer and songwriter, as you may have guessed from her backing band's name. However, it's the type of folk that can't help but mingle with other genres, from blues to western swing, incorporating mandolin, guitar, string bass and the occasional accordion along the way.
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Neko Case and A.C. Newman put on stellar solo shows, but watching them compete for the spotlight in their superstar indie-rock band can be even more fun. Plus, the group's summery new album, Together, is worth hearing live. With the Dodos.
Thursday 8.5
NOTEWORTHY: Marilyn Monroe found dead, 1962.
BIRTHDAYS: Alleged actress Tawny Kitaen, 1961; Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, 1964.
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Log's not just a one-man band; he's a one-man spectacle dressed up as a modern-day Evel Knievel. Whether he's dazzling you with his slide-guitar showmanship or bouncing a fan on his knee as his feet work the drums, you'll find yourself wondering why he never shows his face to the crowd. With the Pork Torta and Roboman.
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Burtek was owned by a foreign parent company which had incurred significant debts as a result of numerous acquisitions. As a result, the overleveraged parent stripped cash from its subsidiaries, including Burtek, which led to Burtek's lenders forcing an involuntary bankruptcy of the Company. Wynnchurch identified Burtek as a strategic asset and acquired it in receivership in October 2011.
Burtek presented a unique opportunity to acquire a technology leader in the fabrication of radar platforms at an extremely attractive valuation and with substantial capacity to grow.
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text: Home » News » Razer Debuts Seiren Digital Microphone with Studio-Grade Recording Quality Razer Debuts Seiren Digital Microphone with Studio-Grade Recording Quality MIG-31 December 12, 2014 News Razer, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the Razer Seir?n (stylized as "Seir?n" and pronounced "Sigh-ren"), a plug-and-play digital microphone designed for studio-grade recording and streaming. The Razer Seir?n features a versatile multi-pattern USB digital connection capable of four different recording pattern configurations with three custom-tuned 14 mm condenser capsules. This makes the Razer Seir?n digital microphone ideal for the needs of professional musicians, streamers and YouTubers who demand superior clarity. With plug-and-play simplicity this microphone is simple to use at the studio or at home. The Razer Seir?n also allows content creators to quickly switch between 4 different polar recording patterns (Cardioid, Stereo, Bidirectional and Omnidirectional) by rotating the main control knob. Allowing for greater versatility of use depending on recording applications. The microphones built-in headphone amplifier allows for zero latency, real time accurate monitoring of recordings to ensure users sound exactly as they intend to. "Platforms like YouTube and Twitch are a big part of how people experience their media today, and they shape how we interact with each other," says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. "Tuned for a professional-style setup and able to be assembled and transported quickly and easily, the Razer Seir?n is a microphone designed specifically for streamers and YouTubers." Razer is also initiating a "Razer Sponsored Streamer Program" to help aspiring content creators and streamers take their recordings to a professional level. Content creators will be divided up into 3 experience levels and are entitled to different levels of sponsorships ranging from a sponsored Razer Seir?n to a full Razer peripheral suite. Razer is committed to help budding streamers achieve higher level recordings and create immersive content. For more information on the Razer Sponsored Streamer Program, visit this page. The Razer Seir?n digital microphone is the company's latest audio product designed to go beyond pure gaming. Earlier this year, Razer launched the Leviathan, a gaming and music soundbar and the Adaro audio line, a series of four headphones tuned for music and designed for comfort and durability. The Adaro collection continues to be popular among EDM artists, musicians and avid music listeners ever since its acclaimed launch at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. Beyond its music partners, Razer works with some of the top professional gaming YouTubers and streamers. Many of which were inspirations in the creation of the Razer Seir?n and will play roles in its future development. Professional recording accessories such as a shock mount and pop filter are also available to pair with the Razer Seir?n digital microphone for the complete recording setup. These accessories along with the Razer Seir?n professional bundle will be available exclusively on RazerStore. Price: Razer Seir?n digital microphone U.S. $179.99 / EU €179.99. Share On


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The Company That Makes Viagra Has More Cash on Hand Than the U.S. Government
A week from today, the "extraordinary measures" that the federal government has been taking to raise money without raising the debt ceiling will expire. At that point, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew estimates the government will be left with $30 billion in cash on hand, plus any tax money that continues to flow in.
That's a little problematic, Lew notes, given that running the country can cost up to $60 billion on any given day. "If we have insufficient cash on hand," he concludes, "it would be impossible for the United States of America to meet all of its obligations for the first time in our history."
The Washington Post's Brad Plumer has a good rundown of what, exactly, that might mean, including the big-ticket bills that the government might not be able to pay.
Meanwhile, Quartz's David Yanofsky has a little gallows fun with a list of the S&P 500 companies that now have more cash on hand than the federal government. This isn't the first time that Congress's fiscal brinksmanship has prompted such comparisons. Back in 2011, the media had some fun with the fact that Apple had more cash on hand than the federal government, too. That wasn't the end of the world, of course, and a few spoilsports pointed out that the figures aren't exactly parallel. Besides, Apple in 2011 practically had more cash on hand than God.
But, dear friends, things have gotten worse. Today's list of companies that have more cash on hand than the government is not limited to Apple. No, it also includes General Electric, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Oracle, Ford, Berkshire Hathaway, and—yes, it's true—Pfizer, the pharamceutical company that makes Viagra.
Maybe they could help us out with a little short-term stimulus.
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It was cold Sunday, like 15 degrees. We had already brunched, shopped, cocktailed, and walked around when Kate spied a salon that had an opening for a manicure. Off I went, knowing that I had one roll of color film and 45 minutes to kill. I headed over to Kent Street and walked north knowing there was a high concentration of street art. The following shots are with Kodak Portra 400 NC film, which isn't the best film for a bright, sunny day, but I got some usable pictures. I hadn't seen this before.
The always colorful corner of Kent and Metropolitan.
Can't resist the Roa rabbit
Number 210 from the road
And a close up of the watchful meerkats
Clown Soldier standing guard
This Gaia piece is what I was making a beeline for since I had never seen it in person
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Todd has been a valuable player for the Aggies over his first three seasons…Played well on special teams and gives the team an excellent scout for upcoming games…Will compete for time at receiver alongside a group of talented Aggie receivers…Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.57 seconds, eight-tenths of a second quicker than last season…Has an impressive 95 ½ inch reach and can broad jump of 9-feet, 10-inches, both improvements from last season…His vertical jump is 30 inches and can bench press 225 pounds 15 times…His squat max is 440 pounds…Has an excellent academic history at A&T, earning A&T scholar athlete honors three times and All-MEAC Academic Team honors twice…A journalism and mass communications major, Todd's grade point average is better than 3.0.
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Dravet syndrome is a severe, life-threatening form of epilepsy that starts in infancy and presents with an array of co-morbidities besides seizures. These include sleep disorders, ataxia, cognitive dysfunction, and in some case, a phenomenon known as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Close to 30% of epilepsy cases, including those associated with Dravet, are resistant to treatment through traditional medication regimens, making it imperative to better understand the pathways involved in these diseases to improve outcomes for epileptic patients.
In an effort to mitigate symptoms and SUDEP rates in patients afflicted with treatment resistant epilepsy, Dr. Kalume is interested in developing and testing implantable devices to predict, monitor, and disrupt seizure activity. One such device could be designed to suppress bradychardia and maintain normal heart function during an epileptic seizure through vagus nerve suppression (a variant of the current vagus nerve stimulation technology) or via a modified cardiac electronic pacemaker. Another device is an intracranial implant that identifies early signs of seizure onset and responds with electrical stimulation to disrupt the progression of an attack.
Dr. Kalume and his collaborators at the University of Washington have developed a mouse model of Dravet syndrome that closely mirrors the primary symptoms and co-morbidities of human patients. It is known that the syndrome is caused by mutations in SCN1A, a gene that produces the sodium channel NaV 1.1. A further feature of Kalume's mouse model that makes it ideal to investigate Dravet syndrome is that seizures can be reliably triggered following acute increases in body temperature. This allows a high control of test conditions when new medications or treatments are being investigated. Kalume hopes to use these animal models and his expertise on Dravet syndrome pathology to aid in the further development of epilepsy focused medical devices.
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Next month marks the centennial of Tennessee Williams' birth, but the whole year is his, with revivals of his work all over the country, including one of Sweet Bird of Youth on Broadway in the fall with Nicole Kidman and James Franco. American Theatre will cover this theatrical giant's 100 years in various ways throughout the year, but in anticipation of his birthday month, we reprint this tribute given last March by John Patrick Shanley at New Orleans' Tennessee Williams Festival (he also gave a version of this speech in November, 2009, when Williams was inducted into the Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Poets Corner). - Rob Weinert-Kendt
John Patrick Shanley Remembers Tennessee Williams
Every artist is born in jail and Tennessee Williams jail was called St. Louis. If you're the creative type, the first thing you do when you're born in jail is decorate your cell. The next thing you do is plan your break out. Every major artist is full to bursting, looking for the mud and paint and music needed to execute an escape from the initial circumstances of his life. Some call this escape Transcendence. When Tennessee decorated his cell, the play was entitled The Glass Menagerie. When he staged his breakout, the play was Streetcar. Tennessee Williams found the clay and fire and seafood of his soul's escape in New Orleans. This is the scene of his beautiful crime. Here we are. Why are we here? We are here to remember Tennessee, the inmate who got away.
Who was this man?
Tennessee Williams is like walls of paintings in decadent mansions of insane relatives to whom we are closely related. He is forgotten bitter perfumes and prostitution, dead fiances and mad tea parties, wounded birds singing in the dark and the moral force of God grabbing you by the jacket. He is here in New Orleans because he chose New Orleans, and he has more right to be here dead than most of us do who are alive.
What a playwright. What a ghost! I don't know about you all, but I'm going to be careful what I say because certainly he's here. He had poetry. He had size. He had structure. He had grand themes. He was crazy. He wrote bad plays. He was rude. He was genteel. He wrote some of the greatest plays of the 20th century or any century. He was washed up. He was regional. He was horny and stoned and soulful and fragile and on fire, a fire that could not go on and yet it did go on. Whenever I'm discouraged, I think of Tennessee Williams. He was a gorgeous unstoppable beast.
He had a pain in him like a gigantic family at war. Titanic mothers, giant fathers, wounded tentative sisters, young sons crippled and brave. No one of them without hope. No one of them sole holder of any truth. Understanding and compassion rise up out of his work like a heroic soldier that will not leave the wounded or even the dead behind. Williams carries all forward in his muscular loving arms. He was a natural born hero and the certainty I feel that he is here in his beloved New Orleans makes me suffer. It makes me suffer because when he's around, I feel my own cowardice. I feel my every scar, my every wound, my own history of cruelty, given and got. His compassion includes me as I really am. He reminds me of the pain I have caused and the pain I don't admit.
I once sat in a restaurant in the '70s and I was very poor and struggling and a playwright, and a casting director bought me a hamburger. He pointed out to me that Tennessee Williams was a few tables away. He asked if I wanted to meet him. I said no. I looked across that space like it was the broken-off edge of the world. It was like asking if I wanted to meet the whirlwind. I couldn't meet Tennessee Williams anymore than I could shake hands with Amerigo Vespucci or the French and Indian War.
Tennessee Williams wasn't a person to me. I know that's wrong. I know he was a person. I know there were people who knew him and called him Tom. Some of those people are here right now. But I could no more call that man Tom than I could call Charles Dickens Charley Boy. It's not gonna happen. To me, Tennessee Williams was the ocean. He was a geologic movement. He turned America into something else.
America was a young country that thought of itself in simple terms. Mr. Williams looked straight through that and saw Big Daddy, and Stanley and Blanche, and Amanda Wingfield, and guys named Chance and Brick and Kilroy. He saw Orpheus with a guitar, mythological landscapes on the Camino Real. He made Elizabeth Taylor confess that bad people had eaten her boyfriend. He revealed our personal terror, our small town crushing loneliness, our ruthless cruelty, our greed, and our stupidity and sudden beauty. He changed our idea of beauty.
Beauty is unexpectedly everywhere in his work all at once. His desperate and fine characters erupt like Gauguin flowers out of that wanton lurid jungle imagination, out of that sweaty, almost ovulating scenery. The rank fertility of his work stinks of shit and death and Southern cooking, of subtle aromas and rotting books of poetry stained with illicit sexual fluids and watery blood. The danger! The danger! He was like a bear licking sugar off you. If you laughed, he might tear your head off.
The more powerful the electricity, the more extreme its positive and negative poles. Williams' extremities were most famously embodied by Stanley Kowalski and Blanche Dubois: a rampage of masculinity that will survive and a feminine delicacy that may not. Streetcar is full of panting flesh and indifferent brutality, transparent pretense and ruthless hunger, but at the end of the day what it's really about is survival. Williams the man was a miracle of survival. When I was a young playwright in that restaurant and he was 30 feet away, there was no point in going any closer. If you want to see Mount Fuji, stand back!
There he was, eating a salad or something. He was out of fashion. He was still the most produced playwright in the world, but movie stars had stopped clamoring to play his parts. The productions were smaller and fewer. He was less popular. He'd drunk a lot, taken a lot of pills, freely admitted that he didn't remember the '60s at all. But he had continued to write through thick and thin, in the face of an ever diminishing critical and popular response.
He looked pretty happy. He looked chipper. I wonder how many of us would look so well, so unencumbered, after such a ride. We all know why he survived, and why, even in death, he is here right now dominating this room. His Love. He loved humanity like King Kong loved his little blonde. I feel the danger of his big-beast hedonistic greedy love like the carnal humidity that comes up out of an lion's gullet. He loved humanity so much that he's still standing somewhere just over our heads smelling us like a chicken dinner.
He did die though. He died. He's dead. They put him in the ground to keep the crows off him. And that frightens me. Because if he can die, if Tennessee Williams can die, then what chance do the rest of us stand?
When he died, a great tree went down. That's how life goes, isn't it? Then time goes by and people look back and notice this massive unequalled achievement, this single circle of sun in the canopy of trees of such a diameter! Who was this man? How did he do what he did? The wind blows and we feel something in our abdomens. Somebody big went by. And he's gone. Or is he? I think he's still rising up out of us like a summer steam. I think he's part of who we are and we should remember that and be proud and tell our kids. We have greatness in us, and part of its name is Tennessee Williams.
We are here to remember this man. It's a worthy thing to do. When I claim membership in the human race, he is one of the reasons I am not ashamed. Thank you.


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Something I have always suspected happening in labor markets does, in fact, seem to be happening: hiring managers tend to give a premium to those signalling athletic ability or sport participation. The paper, by Dan Olof-Rooth, looking at these results is linked below:
I think this is extremely interesting (and mirrors the studies that randomized "African American sounding names" on resumes, finding bias there). Of course, there are different signals sent with athleticism vs. the sound of names. A name isn't likely to signal much, maybe skin color, which we all know is not a valid way to exclude someone from a job.
However, athleticism could signal something else: motivation and time management. My undergraduate thesis (unpublished) found that student athletes felt (self-reported) much better about their time management skills than non-athletes. This could be a useful signal for someone hiring a prospective employee.
Secondly, those who participate in sports tend to be more active and have more energy than those who do not. These would also seem to be desirable skills for an employer.
Lastly, being athletic could signal motivation or initiative from the person applying. This is similar to participating in a club or being president of the young business leaders organization at your university. I don't know that athletics would give an advantage above and beyond something like this, but it would seem to be at least a useful signal about involvement and social skills. Team sports are social, and can provide opportunity to grow just as other clubs do.
All of these things are difficult to observe in an interview, so using sport participation as an implicit signal can be useful both for the employee to relay this information, and for the employer to get a bit more information about the prospective hire. Of course, there is also the possibility of overt bias toward playing football or some other sport at a large university that the employer is a fan of. This would not be a valid way to make a hire, but I suspect it does happen. There is always a "buddy network" influencing many areas.
This is why I tend to always put on my CV or Resume that I participated in college athletics and currently continue to play softball and golf. While it says nothing about my skills as an academic researcher (leaving aside the fact that I research sport), I suspect that at worst it will do nothing for me and at best make the employer slightly more interested.
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Science skills is a three-credit course taken by first-year students in the USS Program. The advantages gained by students in the course are that they 1) get to know each other and have the opportunity to form a peer support group, 2) get to know resources and support persons at UALR, 3) learn skills that are important for scientists (e.g., how to read scientific papers, choose the appropriate graph for the type of data, construct professional-looking graphs in Excel, process data with Excel, statistically analyze data, give professional presentations, etc.), 4) discover the research interests of a variety of scientists at UALR via lectures, interviewing them, and visiting their labs, and 5) get to know know the instructors of the course, who are the directors of the USSP and the students' advisors.
At the end of the semester, students in this class are enthusiastic about what they learned and they eagerly look forward to USSP activities in the spring semester.