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FYF Festival LA Reveals Lineup
The festival is set to take place on August 27 & 28 at Exposition Park, Los Angeles.
Fuck yeah, Los Angeles! FYF Festival has just announced the lineup of its 13th edition, set to take place on August 27 and 28 at Exposition Park in Los Angeles.
While the lineup boasts a plethora of various artists who represent a wide spectrum of genres, the acts that caught our attention include Air—who are performing in the US for the first time in five years—Floating Points, Gold Panda, Honey Soundsystem, The Black Madonna, Andy Stott, Gerd Janson, Bicep, Oneohtrix Point Never, and more.
FYF Fest General Admission weekend passes will be available for $199, with single day tickets available for $125 and weekend VIP passes available for $339. For all ticketing info, FAQ, and news, please visit FYFFest.com.
You can view the entire lineup in the list below.
FYF Fest 2016 Lineup (Alphabetical):
Alex G
Andy Stott
Beach House
The Black Lips
The Black Madonna
Blood Orange
Charles Bradley
Chelsea Wolfe
Denzel Curry
Explosions in the Sky
Father John Misty
Floating Points
Gerd Janson
Gold Panda
Grace Jones
Head Wound City
Honey Soundsystem
Hop Along
Hot Chip
Jagwar Ma
Julia Holter
Julien Baker
Junior Boys
Kendrick Lamar
LCD Soundsystem
Moby (DJ set)
Museum of Love
Oneohtrix Point Never
Peter Bjorn and John
Rae Sremmurd
Saves The Day (performing 'Stay What You Are')
Sheer Mag
Tame Impala
Todd Terje & The Olsens
Ty Segall & The Muggers
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
Viet Cong
Vince Staples
Wild Nothing
Wolf Parade
Young Thug


text: Netanyahu warns Palestinians: Diplomatic warfare will 'not go unanswered' September 28, 2017 PM Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets US special envoy Jason Greenblatt in 2017. (GPO/Haim Zach)GPO/Haim ZachNetanyahu warns Palestinians: Diplomatic warfare will 'not go unanswered' Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-palestinians-diplomatic-warfare-wont-go-unanswered/ Email Print Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a stern warning to the Palestinians on Wednesday during a meeting with top US diplomats, saying diplomatic warfare against Israel "would not go unanswered." While meeting in Jerusalem with President Donald Trump's special envoy Jason Greenblatt, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, the Israeli Prime Minister warned that the Palestinians' diplomatic warfare against Israel "would not go unanswered."Greenblatt is on another visit to the region in an attempt to promote Trump's regional peace initiative.During the meeting, Netanyahu raised the issue of the Palestinians' refusal to condemn Tuesday's terrorist attack, in which a Palestinian murdered three Israelis and wounded a fourth at Har Adar. The prime minister also addressed the PLO's call on Sunday to try Israelis before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, and the Palestinian accession to Interpol on Wednesday, a step which violates signed peace agreements with Israel. Last week, the Palestinians sent a 700-page dossier to the ICC accusing Israel of war crimes.Netanyahu told the three diplomats that the actions of the Palestinian leadership in recent days "severely impairs the chances of achieving peace."Read Netanyahu to hostage families: 'Discretion' needed for captive release deal to succeed The Palestinians' Diplomatic War Against IsraelWith regard to "diplomatic warfare," Netanyahu alluded to Palestinian efforts over the past few years to join several international bodies, such as the ICC, in an attempt to circumvent negotiations with Israel and unilaterally attain international recognition.Memberships in organizations such as these would provide new opportunities to challenge Israel's legitimacy and besmirch the Jewish state on global stages. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a diplomatic campaign against Israel and has been utilizing these forums as a platform for that purpose. With regard to Interpol, Israel is concerned that the Palestinians might abuse their membership and use Interpol as a platform from which to undermine the Jewish state, including potential demands to extradite Israeli officials or pursue other legal action against them, based on the Palestinian argument that Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria is a "crime."Israel also suspects that the Palestinians' support for terrorism could hinder Interpol's efforts to fight such violence.Earlier this month, the United Nations' World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) turned down a request by the PA to join the organization as a member state.After the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) accepted "Palestine," it has devolved into a virulently anti-Israel body.Read French FM decries 'settler violence,' demands 'immediate ceasefire' in GazaBy: World Israel News Staff Diplomatic processDiplomatic warfareInterpolJason GreenblattNetanyahu

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Winter 2012 |
The Arab Spring and the Chinese Autumn
Yu Hua is a Chinese author whose first collection of essays in English, "China in Ten Words," was just published. This essay, like the book (both unpublished in China), was translated by Allan Barr. This article originally appeared in the "Los Angeles Times." When the young Mao Tse-tung agitated for revolution, he found a vivid way to get his point across to an uneducated audience: He picked up a single chopstick and snapped it in two. Then he picked up a handful of chopsticks: They would not break. Thus he showed that so long as everyone stood side by side, no force could withstand the tide of revolution. By gathering together China's scattered, indignant chopsticks, Mao finally was able to ascend Tiananmen—the Gate of Heavenly Peace — on Oct. 1, 1949, and announce the establishment of his republic. Whether chopsticks come singly or in a handful is now an issue in China again. Mao's successors, however, do the opposite of what he advocated, mobilizing immense resources to keep chopsticks from gathering together. The government knows that angry chopsticks are everywhere, but as long as they stay scattered, it believes it can break them in two, whatever their numbers. Thus it is that "stability maintenance" has become a key term in contemporary China. The government does not make public what it spends to maintain stability, but popular estimates go as high as 600 billion yuan. As mass protests become more frequent, that figure can only increase. Most of these incidents are triggered by something relatively minor. A young woman's unexplained death in 2008 in Wengan County, in Guizhou province, led to the burning of 160 offices, the destruction of 40 vehicles and injuries to more than 150 people. When a cook in the town of Shishou, in Hubei province, was found dead in 2009, his family, rejecting police statements that it was a suicide, refused to allow an autopsy and laid the body out in the foyer of the hotel where the cook had worked, attracting a crowd of thousands. Many clashes with the police followed, leaving the hotel damaged, police officers injured and fire engines and police cars overturned. Such incidents are a signal that China's scattered chopsticks are angry. Sometimes all it takes is a family dispute or an argument between neighbors to get people venting their rage at the government. Maintaining stability, we're told, is more important than anything else. Our government likes to stress the rule of law, but when stability needs to be maintained, the law goes out the window. Now that human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng and his family have been confined to house arrest in their home village, many people have attempted to visit them and express their support. But as soon as they get anywhere near his home, they are waylaid by toughs who beat them up and steal their wallets. "What happened to the rule of law?" people ask online. The rule of law must be taking a vacation up in heaven, too far away to hear. Sometimes stability maintenance reaches truly comic levels. When the Jasmine Revolution roiled North Africa this spring, the traditional ballad "Jasmine Flower" was banned in China. A friend of mine who had used the song in a just-completed TV program was told to remove it, and a substitute song about peonies got the thumbs down, too. In the end, he learned that no song involving flowers of any description would be permitted. Everywhere threats are seen. When the Occupy Wall Street movement began in the United States, our official media reported on it with relish, thinking it had found a stick it could use to beat Western society. But when activists called for a worldwide protest Oct. 15, some Chinese began to contemplate occupying China's central bank and securities regulatory commission. The government finally realized that protest movements in Western democracies are just as capable of inspiring revolutionary sentiments among Chinese chopsticks as protest movements in dictatorships. And so Occupy Wall Street, like "Jasmine Flower" before it, was blocked on the Web and in the media. When China's leadership saw how Moammar Kadafi was shot in the street, how Saddam Hussein was marched onto the scaffold and how Hosni Mubarak was tried as he lay in a cage—when they saw, as those autocrats lost power, how their families lost everything, too—they must have sensed, I think, that it is not democracy they should fear but revolution. As the relatives of our high officials grow more wealthy, they emigrate to democratic countries (never to dictatorships); they know that the possibility of revolution in China is growing by the day. They know that revolution is never reasonable, that it drips with blood. When chopsticks group themselves together into handfuls, revolution will erupt. Although our top officials dislike democracy, democracy is actually the key to their being able to hold on to their wealth and protect their lives. That's because in a democracy right and wrong are never entirely clear-cut. These people have money to burn, and in a democracy they can always hire some smooth-talking lawyers to plead their case and get them off the hook. So in my view, there are only two roads ahead for China: democratization or revolution. Either road is likely to be long. In the first case, the Communist Party will never willingly relinquish its privileges but will give them up only incrementally, under pressure. In the second, it's no easy matter for the scattered, isolated chopsticks to consolidate in the face of lavishly financed stability maintenance. On July 1, 1921, 13 representatives of the Chinese Communist Party slipped away from Shanghai in an effort to avoid arrest by the Kuomintang police. They convened their party's first congress on a boat in Jiaxing's South Lake. On July 1 this year, a meeting was held to celebrate the party's 90th anniversary, and Hu Jintao gave the keynote address, listing the party's many great achievements. At the same time, a post began to circulate on the Internet. "If I could go back in time," someone says, "I'd want to be at the South Lake in Jiaxing on July 1, 1921." "Why's that?" he is asked. "I could have called the police." Copyright ©2011, Los Angeles Times |


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Camping Trip to Uintas in Utah with Dawson Boys September 16-17, 2000. Headed up the Mirror Lake highway with Mike Dawson and his two oldest sons, Conner and Keegan. We were informed at the gate that only the first four campgrounds were still open; The Forest Servide had shut the higher elevation ones down already. It was 93 degrees in the Salt Lake valley and they had already shut the campgrounds down??? Anyway, the ones that were open were full so we walked into one of the nice ones up high (at about 9000') and camped there. On Saturday afternoon we did the quick hike to the summit of Mt. Baldy, elevation approx. 11,600 ft. Had a wonderful meal of mac-n-cheese and hot-dogs and s'mores. Fished for about an hour on Sunday (caught one little rainbow trout). (at the end of the page there are a few pictures from our visit to the Utah State Fair) Step back just a little bit more... Future father??? Nice background. Anyone else think Mike has a grin like the Joker on Batman? Photography by Conner. Conner at the Utah State Fair. Keegan and the Utah State Fair. A very young Casey Dawson. Welcome to the world! |


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I'm planning on buying my first iPhone and Apple Watch as soon as the iPhone 12 drops. So far, the Series 6 hasn't given me any reason to buy it over the SE. For those who formerly owned a series 4 or 5 and upgraded to the Series 6, were there any noticeable improvements in the performance of Voiceover? Were there any substantial gains in battery life? Does the faster charging make any difference in the way you use your Apple Watch?
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I have a Series 6 and previously owned a Series 4. VoiceOver is definitely more responsive on the Series 6--I would say about 20-30% more responsive, though this is of course subjective. Dictation is definitely more responsive on the Series 6 than on the Series 4. If you have the means, I would recommend the Series 6, though if the Series 4's performance is any indicator, the SE would be a very good investment if that's what's in the budget.
Better Voiceover performance is the kind of feature that would make me pony up the extra cash for sure. Any word on the battery life?
I was in a similar dilemma. I went for Apple watch SE. In fact just ordered it few minutes back.Felt it is more than sufficient for my needs.Any idea if using tempered screen protecter for apple watch is a good idea and if we as blind can affix the same on our own.Also I believe applevis has some information as to how to get started using apple watch with voice over. However, is there any specific article or podcast we need to refer to get started.
The only difference between 6 and 5 is the oxygen and speed. Have 5, no issues. The battery last long. I you have see if you can get series 5 from amazon before they are history. iPhone, the 12 pro looks nice but we will know more when they talk about it. I think the best iPhone compare to all that Apple did is 11 pro max. I have it and battery last 2 days before I havto charge it.
I upgraded from Series 3 to 6. Battery life is about the same. In fact possibly slightly less because of the always on screen. It is possible to turn this off; I have not tested how this effects battery performance yet though.
While not the general question here, the advice I would offer is while the Series 3 is still for sale, I'd not buy it. Series SE, Series 5 at a discount if you can still find it, or Series 6 are all nice options. Interestingly, if you want/need to go the cellular route, the Series SE has the cheapest cellular upgrade pricing. I don't use a cellular version.
Haha, don't tempt me. The rumored iphone battery capacities are already giving me anxiety. I'll have to keep that about the s5 in mind. I already can only find 3rd-party refurvished on amazon by now, which doesn't inspire confidence. It's got the same chip as the SE, so performance should be the same.
That's a shame. I guess it's really really hard to keep cramming more tech into such a small package. The only question I've got is, do you think the speed boost is worth an extra hundred bucks for Voiceover users?
Hi again,
I never used Series 5 so can't say for sure. Quite a bit of speed difference between Series 3 and 6 though.
My somewhat educated guess is Series SE chip will be fine for WatchOS 7 and 8. But will seem a little slower in 8, and when get to WatchOS 9 it'll maybe start to be annoying. I opt for the fastest chip because I find I want to help VoiceOver as much as possible. On the other hand, if you save $100 you could in theory upgrade a year sooner than if you get Series 6. Perhaps I really should have went that way, but didn't. I do plan to use Series 6 for at least three years, assuming it stays in one piece.
It does not have the ECG or sleep tracking.
Get the SE. Unless you really want questionably-accurate SPO2 readings, ECG, slightly faster charging, or AoD, just go with the SE. The only feature worth it on the s6 is 5GHz WiFi, and personally I don't think that's worth a $100 premium. If you can get an s4 or s5 at a discounted price, that would also be a good solution, and it'd get you ECG.
Hi there. My sister decided to surprise me with an Apple Watch SE for Christmas, and it's been good to me so far. By the way, this is my very first Apple Watch ever.


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Viral marketing and viral advertising are buzzwords referring to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness or to achieve other marketing objectives (such as product sales) through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of virus or computer viruses. It can be word-of-mouth delivered or enhanced by the network effects of the Internet.[1] Viral promotions may take the form of video clips, interactive Flash games, advergames,ebooks, brandable software, images, or even text messages.
The goal of marketers interested in creating successful viral marketing programs is to identify individuals with high Social Networking Potential (SNP) and create viral messages that appeal to this segment of the population and have a high probability of being taken by another competitor.
The term "viral marketing" has also been used pejoratively to refer to stealth marketing campaigns—the unscrupulous use of astroturfing on-line combined with undermarket advertising in shopping centers to create the impression of spontaneous word of mouth enthusiasm.
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Speaking to students at Pannasastra University of Cambodia nine years ago, legendary Khmer architect Van Molyvann urged Phnom Penh real estate development along the city's south.
"I think that if the city develops to the south it is better than to the west as the south is an area that is higher above the river, which is key to avoiding floods."
Van Molyvann, August, 2012 via Phnom Penh Post
Now with $2 billion dollars worth of infrastructure development being pursued in Phnom Penh's southern edge, the great architect's sage advice proved prescient — and lucrative. Nowadays, global real estate consultancy CBRE is also urging Phnom Penh real estate investors look into the region.
"Due to the physical geographic boundaries surrounding Phnom Penh, expansion into the south is inevitable. With large scale infrastructure development ongoing, the south's pre-eminent position is clear."
James Hodge, CBRE Cambodia Managing Director
Areas that should be considered include around Phnom Penh International Airport, Meanchey, Dangkao, Takhmao, Saang and Kandal Stueng. Well-known Phnom Penh real estate projects in the area include Aeon 3, Urban Village and 271 Mega Mall. You may not think there is much time left but as Phnom Penh and Cambodia at large is still in the middle of rapid development, there is in fact not a better time.
"It's an opportunity. Prices went down compared to one year ago but there's not enough exposure to the international market," he said.
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STATE OF PLAY: India 3-151 and 250 versus Australia 235 at stumps on day three at Adelaide Oval. The tourists lead by 166 runs
MAN OF THE DAY: Cheteshwar Pujara. India's first-drop follows his superb first-innings 123 with another crucial knock to be unbeaten on 40. Pujara successfully reviewed when given out lbw to Nathan Lyon on 17 and then batted until stumps to hold the key to the outcome of the Test
KEY MOMENT: With four overs remaining before stumps, Australian offspinner Lyon dismisses Virat Kohli for 34. The Indian skipper was caught at bat-pad, ending a 71-run partnership with Pujara and reviving Australia's hopes. It's the sixth time Lyon has dismissed Kohli in Tests - the most of any bowler.
STAT OF THE DAY: 213. The average fourth-innings score in Adelaide Tests. The highest successful fourth-innings run chase in Adelaide is Australia's 6-315 against England in 1902
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The Jewish Studies Program is pleased to announce the 2021 Sura Wolf Wengrow and Henry Wengrow Undergraduate Research Award in Jewish Studies, recognizing excellence in academic research conducted by a University of South Carolina student.
In consideration of this year's Covid-19 emergency, we exceptionally modified the terms of the award to avoid risks connected to research travel or accessing locations that may be crowded or altogether unavailable at this time. The 2021 award has been constituted as: Best Essay in Jewish Studies Prize. The $300 prize will go to an outstanding paper in Jewish Studies, particularly in the field of Holocaust Studies.
The award is made possible by a generous donation from the Wengrow family of South Carolina.
Although we strongly encourage applicants minoring in Jewish Studies with at least one course in the program, all undergraduate students are eligible for this prize.
Only papers written during the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters will be accepted for consideration.
Application Procedure
All documents must be submitted as ONE FILE, as email attachment in Microsoft Word format, by the deadline specified below.
To apply, students must submit the following materials to email@example.com:
- Cover sheet that lists the student's name, title of their paper, title of the course for which the paper was written (if it applies), name of professor, date of submission to competition.
- Abstract (about 200 words): i.e., a short but meaningful description of the paper and its main thesis.
- Rationale: A brief explanation of why the student chose to research this topic (200 words max.).
- The completed manuscript. Papers must be double spaced and may be of any length, in either MLA or Chicago style. The essay must feature a list of Works Cited consistent with the style of the paper.
Application Deadline
- Application deadline: May 1, 2021, at 5 p.m.
- Award announcement: May 15, 2021
All undergraduates and graduating seniors of every faith and ethnicity are encouraged to apply.
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The Day I Fell Off My Island
The Day I Fell Off My Island tells the story of Erna Mullings, a teenage Jamaican girl uprooted from her island following the sudden death of her beloved grandmother. When Erna is sent to England to be reunited with her siblings, she dreads leaving behind her elderly grandfather, and the only life she has ever known. A new future unfolds, in a strange country and with a mother she barely knows. The next decade will be a complex journey of estrangement and arrival, new beginnings and the uncovering of long-buried secrets.
A psychologist and former social worker, Yvonne Bailey-Smith, explains: 'As an immigrant child, I often wished that someone had been able to take me aside and explain to me that leaving everything I knew to go on a so-called adventure to somewhere way beyond my imagination was going cause me an unimaginable sense of loss and sadness. I also wish that the same person had been there to reassure me that I would survive and even flourish, given half a chance.'
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Company registration in Poland
The economic development of Poland offers many opportunities for setting up a new businesses. Economy in Poland is rather flourishing, especially due to its private business sector. By doing business in Poland investors can access subsidies and tax allowances, and there are special economic areas (Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna) within which development incentives are offered. So, the Polish government encourages foreign investments in Poland by signing Double Tax Treaties with a large number of countries and by offering a wide range of incentives for entrepreneurs who decide to come from abroad and start a company in Poland.- Best offer. Also read about how to get One Year Business Visa for SPAIN. More information here
Reasons to open company in Poland
First of all, it is useful to have an operating company in Poland because the country belogns to EU. Second, Poland's geographic location offers to the foreign investors numerous advantages for business. The country is located at the very heart of Europe and it borders the other EU members (Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania) and the Eastern European countries (Ukraine, Belarus, Russia). Great location of the country gives the access to wide markets and to millions of consumers. Also, numerous of airports and seaports allow the transport of goods all over the world. For setting up company in Poland, it is a country not only with many business opportunities but also with a transparent legal system, a developed and stable financial system. Poland was one of the few countries that has coped well with the global recession. Moreover, Poland has the largest economy in Central and Eastern Europe and the sixth largest economy in European Union. Also, it is worth mentioning the transparency of Polish law: the vast majority of foreign investors can enter the market without the need to have a local partner. When it comes to attractiveness, Poland is the eighth country in a top of preferences of foreign investors. The main industries in Poland are auto, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, beverages and textiles. It is estimated that 36% of the foreign capital is invested in manufacturing. The other main sectors that attract capital to Poland are financial services, transports, logistics and data transfer. Polish agriculture is an area that begins to represent an increasingly more attractive investment opportunity. Also, due to the high growth of Polish economy in recent years, the real-estate market is another area that cought the investors' attention. Almost all well known global corporations can be found among the tenants of office buildings, shopping centers, industrials and logistics sites in Poland. Germany, USA and UK are the main investors when it comes to company formation in Poland. Approximately 60 percent of the investors decisions – investments are made outside Warsaw. It shows that the country is attractive for doing business in Poland not only because of it's capital Warsaw, as it is a very common thing in many countries in Europe. For example, commercial real estate sector is rapidly developing in other cities like Krakow, Wroclaw, Tri-City, Poznan, Katowice, Lodz, Szczecin and Lublin. Krakow has been listed as one of the top 10 cities of the best locations for the outsourcing sector. Generally, all the above mentioned cities in Poland are full of various business opportunities, are very attractive from the business perpective and quite simple in order to register company for the foreigners. In addition to the above mentioned benefits and business opportunities of starting a business in Poland, registration process of a new company or acquisition of an already established company is very fast and the process is simple because it does not require much money and time. In addition, there are not so many cultural aspects of doing business in Poland that you should know before starting to open company in Poland. Especially having in mind that you will probably not face any language barrier since many people in Poland are fluent in other foreign languages like English and Russian. Without the above mentioned benefits of having a company in Poland, there might be many questions why start business in Poland, how to do this and what are the legal aspects of this process that you should know. And even if you are already interested in setting up a new business in Poland, you may still face many questions how to start the process and how much time it will take. So, besides the advantages of having a company in Poland that you are already familiar with, we are ready to share some valuable information on what are the legal forms of the business that you can have in Poland and how does the registration process looks like.Need professional advice? Leave us a message!
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The Mayfield Partnership is offering rent-free office space for up to six entrepreneurial businesses in a new facility opening this autumn.
Occupiers of the new co-working space, Mayfield & Co, will restore technological innovation to Mayfield, a 24-acre site next to Manchester Piccadilly station, which was home to Thomas Hoyle's Mayfield Printworks in the 19th Century.
It is aiming to create a collaborative community of like-minded people, organisations and businesses, innovating, inventing, sharing ideas and creating a springboard for business success.
An expert panel of judges, including Mike Cunliffe, principal economic regeneration officer at Manchester City Council, Michael Taylor, head of external affairs at Manchester Metropolitan University and James Heather, project director at property regeneration company U+I will select the successful applicants who will be able to move into Mayfield & Co in November.
"At its pinnacle, Mayfield in Manchester was a world leading place of technical innovation," said James Heather, Mayfield project director at U+I.
"It was here that Thomas Hoyle pushed the boundaries of printing colours onto fabric in the 1800s. This was industrial achievement through technology and we want to see Mayfield in 2017 start to embody some of this visionary pioneering spirit.
"Mayfield & Co. will bring innovation back to the site. Our co-working space will be a home for the next generation of technical innovators to shape their future, the future of Mayfield and Manchester's too," he added.
The Partnership's long-term plan for Mayfield is to create an iconic, £850m mixed-use community over the next 10 years, including 1,300 homes, 75,000 sq m of office space, a 350-bedroom hotel, retail and leisure facilities and a new city park, creating over 7,500 office, retail, leisure and construction jobs.
The 24-acre site, next to Piccadilly Station, has been derelict for over a decade.
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Another week, another design documentary. Wendy Keys's portrait of Milton Glaser follows hard on the heels of Gary Hustwit's Objectified, but where that film attempted a macro-level account of design's social impact, this personalized piece offers an affectionate, almost hagiographic profile of a local industry giant.
A native New Yorker, Glaser has a deep-running relationship with the city: Having attended LaGuardia Performing Arts High School—for which he designed a new identity—and the Cooper Union, he created the classic I ? NY campaign and cofounded New York magazine. (More recently, he designed Brooklyn Lager's look.) With his penchant for fluid lines and simple, almost cartoonish figures, Glaser also helped define psychedelia, and has lately been delivering more directly political work for The Nation.
Through interviews with the icon, his peers and students, the film shows how socially and pedagogically engaged, active and influential Glaser remains in his ninth decade. He also has considerable charm and humility—even if, in his younger days, he believed "I could make a fruit pie out of shit." Keys could have offered a stronger critical account of his work's innovative qualities, however, and her straight-and-narrow visual technique is disappointing. Surely Glaser the trailblazer warrants a more stylistically adventurous tribute than this.


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Would You Pay More To Get Off The Plane Before Everyone Else?
Most of us are familiar with the idea of paying a little more to board a plane before the rest of the passengers — or at least immediately after First Class… and then Business Class… and then passengers with lots of frequent flier miles… and then travelers with certain kinds of credit cards… but then those who paid a little extra. But when it comes to deplaning, passengers generally have to wait for all the rows in front of them to clear out before they can exit. Would travelers be willing to pay yet another fee to get off the plane before others?
That was one of the questions asked in a recent survey from Flightview, which found that 22% of respondents would be willing to ante up some additional cash to exit the plane ahead of their fellow passengers.
Of course, the logistics of trying to enforce early deplaning may be too difficult to make it a reality.
First and Business Class passengers already enjoy this privilege by the simple virtue of being closer to the front exit than Coach. A number of airlines are also already charging more for the first row of Coach because of the extra legroom afforded by not having anyone immediately in front of them.
While airlines could push "early deplaning" as another reason to pay more for these seats, we have a hard time imagining someone paying extra for a feature they already enjoy. Would flight attendants hold back these rows from deplaning simply to rub in the fact that they didn't pay a second fee?
And if the airline charges this fee to passengers farther back in Coach, we don't envy the flight attendants who have to tell 150-200 tired travelers to sit down and wait while some people who paid a few bucks more get to go up the aisle first. At the very least, it would seem likely to slow down the deplaning process even more.
Among the other fees that Flightview's survey says some travelers are interested in:
• Nearly 2/3 (64%) of respondents said they would pay even more for WiFi access that would stream video.
• Half of us would be willing to fork over some cash for the ability to charge their devices at their seats. Some planes, especially those that fly internationally, already have seats with plugs. Let's just hope the airlines don't realize they can start charging more to turn these outlets on.
• Since calling another human being on the phone is a dead art, around 1/3 (31%) of respondents are okay with the idea of paying a fee to text their pals on the ground.
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How important is the potash industry specifically to Saskatchewan and how do you see that level of importance changing over the next decade?
I think it's very important and there are significant opportunities ahead for growth in potash and there are some other projects out there, particularly on the solution side and some new technologies that will be used for certain mines moving forward.
Potash has played a leading role for 60 years in our economy, so it's obviously a key economic sector. The latest numbers the sector had sales valued at $5.5 billion in 2020, it directly employed about 6,000 workers, it was 10 per cent of Saskatchewan's GDP. We have a 10 year growth plan, we target achieving about $9 billion in annual potash sales by 2030 and we think that's achievable. It's something that can be buttressed by the commitment from Mosaic, from Nutrien, from K+S who are our existing potash producers, and of course the recent decision by BHP for the $12 billion Jansen project.
In recent years, there has been some major investments in potash and BHP announced that massive investment at Jansen this year.
How do you see the expansion of the potash industry playing out in Saskatchewan?
BHP was a great start in terms of signals of future growth. BHP invested $5 billion, and plans to invest an additional $7.5 billion in that mine. It is the largest private investment ever in Saskatchewan history, and the biggest project ever by BHP. There are amazing job numbers, 3,500 at peak during construction, over 600 permanently once it's up and running.
I mentioned the growth plan, certainly that will contribute to achieving our goal of $9 billion of potash sales by 2030. Jansen is going to generate tens of billions of dollars in royalties and taxes to the people of this province over the life of the mine. I think it is a very strong sign of the attractiveness of the investment climate that we have put in place in the province. We had $20 billion dollars invested into projects over the last six years that's now $30 billion with this BHP announcement.
We hope this sends a very strong signal to other companies and there are other projects that are on the horizon, perhaps not on the Jansen scale but still on the horizon. We hope that they take notice of this globally significant project in the province.
How do you expect potash production to grow in the province in the coming years?
We have a growth plan that is estimating $9 billion of potash sales by 2030 and the long term prospects going forward are very positive. Population growth, the growing levels of income around the world, the increased consumption of bio-fuels, all of these things point to an increasing need for more potash globally for decades to come.
That really is the fertilizer side of the food, fuel, and fertilizer that we export around the world. Going forward, I think the numbers that we are estimating can be fulfilled in the growth plan are really borne out by the investments that we have seen, most recently by BHP.
Aside from the other projects in the in the works and on the drawing board, do you see potential for even more investments in potash mining in the province?
Yes we do, perhaps not on the scale of BHP Jansen, but certainly there are other potential projects that are under development and could come to fruition, perhaps on the solution side. Certainly there is room for investment and that's why we have the growth plan target that we have, because we have created an investment climate for the province that will bring some of those projects over the line.
What has the government done to ensure that Saskatchewan remains a competitive jurisdiction as potash mining companies look to future investments?
We have implemented a number of incentives in the potash taxation system since 2003 and that of course is the government of Saskatchewan before even we came into government. This has improved the environment for potash investment and these measures have played a really important role in attracting the $30 billon of investment that I referenced. That's while making sure people in the province get a fair return for the potash resource.
We remain very committed to looking at growth, looking at competitiveness as we go forward and as other projects perhaps move forward. Last year we announced amendments to the Potash Production Tax to improve accessibility of credit for market development and R&D. These changes are all about expanding the potash sector and making sure the province remains the preferred jurisdiction for private companies to pilot innovative technologies.
What do you see as the main challenges and the biggest opportunities for Saskatchewan's potash industry?
We've been really successful in exporting 'made in Saskatchewan' products to markets all around the world, but there are challenges when it comes to competing globally. For one, around Environmental Social Governance (ESG). We have a very strong sustainability brand here in Saskatchewan. Our potash production produces 50 per cent fewer emissions in production than competing jurisdictions around the world. It's very clean, it's very green, it's very innovative. Yet when you're competing internationally with companies in other parts of the world—Belarus or Russia just to name two—you have very different labor laws, you have very different environmental regulations—they aren't as stringent and at the high standard that they are here in the province of Saskatchewan. That can be of some frustration to companies where they are facing global competition.
The other answer to that is we continue to tell the Saskatchewan story and we continue to tell the sustainability story, and how made in Canada, made in Saskatchewan potash is produced at the highest level of ESG components. We try to get the word out as much as possible and we think we are well placed to do that with some of the investment we've attracted. We have very transparent regulations and royalty systems, taxation systems, that make it a very attractive jurisdiction compared to competing jurisdictions around the world and he have to keep getting the word out about how sustainability we produce here in the province of Saskatchewan.
Lithium and Helium are two elements that have some potential for development in Saskatchewan—how much potential do you see for these elements and what other elements do you see becoming a factor in Saskatchewan over the next decade?
It's very exciting in terms of both of them, Helium and Lithium. In terms of Helium—made in Saskatchewan Helium—of course we are now the home to the largest purification facility in the province and we have a lot to tell about Helium in Saskatchewan. For example, it's not extracted as a byproduct generally of hydrocarbon production so we can have dedicated Helium wells, and we have very good reserves of it. We've done extensive geological surveying and we fully expect that we can make up 10 per cent of global Helium supply here in Saskatchewan by 2030. It's very exciting and a lot more is to come in that area.
In terms of Lithium, we have a company here called Prairie Lithium and their technology is extracting Lithium from oil well brine. I always like to say what a beautiful irony it is that oil well brine is going to lead to the powering of electric vehicles, so that is something we are certainly interested in promoting and looking further into, that is something companies are looking further into. So that I would say is something to watch for sure."
In terms of employment and in terms of contribution to the province's GDP, where do you see Saskatchewan's mining industry a decade from now compared to the current figures?
Well in 2020 this past year, just keep in mind that the mining sector was responsible for 12 per cent of provincial GDP, directly employed about 14,000 people and indirectly supports thousands more. Again, we have highlighted very ambitious targets in the growth plan to increase the size and the sustainability of the sector.
In addition to BHP for example, Mosaic has accelerated work on the Esterhazy K3 project—that's a multi-billion dollar project.
Saskatchewan Mining and Minerals is planning to begin construction late this year on a $200 million sulfate of potash upgrade in Chaplin, at its facility there.
We have a very promising future in terms of advance stage Uranium projects—NextGen Energy, Denison Mines, Fission Uranium.
We have so much going on in terms of critical minerals that are being developed in commodities that may be slightly less traditional to Saskatchewan, in addition to potash and Uranium. We've got Foran Mining and its McIlvenna Bay project that would be the world's first carbon neutral copper development.
We've had a bit of a gold rush over the last year in the mining space and we've got advanced spaced exploration and evaluation of the Fort à la Corne Diamond project as well, they work as you know with Rio Tinto. There's a lot in the base and precious metal state, a lot going forward in the areas such as copper and diamonds and gold. Uranium is looking very bright, obviously the prices are doing well there at the moment. So there's a lot of activity, and around our target and mineral exploration incentive, that focused on base and precious metals in the Creighton and Denare Beach area which is very rich for those. That's also been very successful, that targeted exploration incentive for juniors in particular, who we were concerned might bypass the province and perhaps explore in other provinces.
It's proven very successful in attracting those juniors and keeping them drilling here. I think we've had quite a successful year in that area.


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By Brenna Goth/CIMMYT
Monsanto received an award in December recognizing its impact in Africa through the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) Corporate Adaption Award is given annually by the University of Notre Dame for contributions to awareness, science or action in creating resilience to climate change. In 2013, Monsanto and PepsiCo were recognized for their impacts on climate change and vulnerability. The awards were announced in Washington, D.C.
WEMA, which is providing improved maize varieties to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, is a public-private partnership that includes participation by CIMMYT, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the national agricultural research systems of Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Monsanto joins CIMMYT and national agricultural research systems in providing maize germplasm and technical expertise for the project. WEMA is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and USAID. WEMA is in its second phase. Its first conventional maize hybrid, branded under DroughtTEGO, is being sold for planting to smallholder farmers in Kenya. The first harvest is expected early this year.
Jesús Madrazo, vice president of corporate engagement for Monsanto, received the award on behalf of the WEMA project. He was accompanied by John McMurdy, international research and biotechnology adviser for the USAID Bureau for Food Security and Rose Barbuto, senior consultant for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. CIMMYT's Stephen Mugo, principal scientist and maize breeder for the Global Maize Program based in Kenya, represented CIMMYT, AATF and national agricultural research systems partners at the event. "The ceremony was an excellent platform for the work being done by ND-GAIN to raise awareness about the need for national efforts towards adaptation to climate change," Mugo said. "The fact that Monsanto and the WEMA project were recognized for contributing to Kenya's rise on the ND-GAIN index ladder was very welcome." Read more about the award on Monsanto's blog.


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Fears that the introduction of shorter degrees in Germany would leave graduates unprepared for employment appear to be unfounded, according to a new analysis.
Under the Bologna Process, which was designed to move degrees across continental Europe into line with courses in the UK and the US, traditional four- to six-year programmes were split into bachelor's and master's degrees to allow students to graduate and start working at a younger age.
Despite fears that graduates with "only" three years of higher education would struggle in the job market, new German bachelor's graduates appear to have slotted well into the workforce, earning more than their vocationally trained counterparts.
Martin Neugebauer, co-author of "Does a Bachelor's Degree Pay Off? Labor Market Outcomes of Academic versus Vocational Education after Bologna" and an assistant professor in higher education research at the Free University of Berlin, said: "What we found is basically that it's not as bad as everybody thinks."
Graduates of shorter degrees in Germany earn slightly more than the country's master craftsmen, who must complete a rigorous and longer vocational training programme, Professor Neugebauer found. Bachelor's graduates were more likely to be unemployed or to be employed on fixed-term contracts, but this had been a problem for graduates even before the Bologna reforms, he said.
The new system is still criticised in the media, and a handful of universities have reintroduced the lengthy engineering diploma, which Professor Neugebauer described as being "something of a German trademark".
Qualification reform is even a minor political issue: the right-wing party Alternative for Germany has declared in its manifesto that the Bologna Process has "failed" because employers are unhappy with the quality of bachelor's graduates, and it has promised to bring back the traditional diplom and magister qualifications.
However, despite the Bologna Process, most German students continue to study for as long as they ever did: only a third start working when they have completed a bachelor's degree, and the majority continue on to earn a master's (which still results in a comfortable earnings premium, the analysis shows).
"So we're still seeing the educational expansion, it's just opening up an additional door to let people leave the system with a degree," Professor Neugebauer said.
The study also found that bachelor's graduates from Germany's practically inclined universities of applied sciences did better in the workplace than those from more academic, research-oriented institutions, earning about 5 per cent more and having a lower risk of unemployment or being on a fixed-term contract.
This is the reverse of the situation in the UK, where graduates of former polytechnics earn less than those from research-intensive universities. Germany has less of a university hierarchy than many other countries, with no real equivalent of the US' Ivy League, the UK's universities of Oxford and Cambridge or France's grandes écoles.
Germany's universities of applied sciences "combine the advantages of both vocational and academic training", said Professor Neugebauer.
"Their students are trained at an academic level, but they are very much connected to employers; their shares of practical work are much higher – you have to work with a company for an entire semester – [and] the professors usually have working experience outside the academic world," he explained.
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Bet you want one of these pretty-looking watches if your favourite or auspicious colour this year is pink.
Launched today (13 February), the limited edition trio inspired by cherry blossom in Japan will go on sale exclusively in G-Shock store at Vivocity.
Besides the pink hues representing cherry blossom in full bloom, all 3 watches have a special mark depicting a single cherry blossom petal marked on the watch in unique locations.
Here's a closer look at the watches.
The box and metallic tin that comes with the watches, also pink as well.
They are priced from $159 onwards.


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Stacy rader, AKA Etsy's GeekyVixen, is either one of the coolest people in the world or one of the most disturbed. Either way, she's created some truly awesome… if not nightmare inspiring toys. Everyone has their special little thing that makes them different. For Stacy, that seems to be incorporating baby doll parts into other toys. Now, she doesn't use use baby dolls and Star Wars. She also seems to like mixing baby dolls with dinosaurs, Batman, Darkseid, The Walking Dead, Dragonball and whatever else we are guessing that she finds at the flea market.
Her creations really are one of a kind and definitely worth checking out. We've gathered up some of our favorites for you below.


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As part of the layoffs, The Post will discontinue its video game and esports section, Launcher, which debuted in 2019, as well as KidsPost, its long-running news and features section aimed at children.
In a note to staff Tuesday afternoon, executive editor Sally Buzbee wrote that "we are not planning further job eliminations at this time." She also said that newsroom leaders tried to prioritize eliminating vacant jobs over laying off workers.
"While such changes are not easy, evolution is necessary for us to stay competitive, and the economic climate has guided our decision to act now," she wrote. "We believe these steps will ultimately help us to fulfill our mission to scrutinize power and empower readers."
Even with the layoffs, The Post's overall head count will remain the same or higher by the end of 2023. The company will continue to hire new personnel in other roles, Ryan has said. The company will continue to expand its coverage in areas that provide "high value to our subscribers and new audiences," a Post spokeswoman said last month.
As news of the layoffs spread among Post staffers Tuesday, The Washington Post Guild sent a message to its members saying that "we believe any job eliminations right now — at a time of continued growth and expansion — are unacceptable."
The job reductions at The Post punctuate a period of internal tension and turnover. Several senior managers and high-profile staff have departed for rival publications. In November, the company abruptly announced the closing of its Sunday magazine and laid off its 10 employees, as well as The Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning dance critic. The Post has also seen a decline in numbers of digital subscribers, a dip that has prompted top management to examine its strategic goals and ambitious expansion plans. The employee union has seen record numbers of recruits, a surge fueled in part by dissatisfaction among staff.
Jeff Bezos, The Post's billionaire owner, has lately been drawn into more direct involvement with the publication. He visited The Post's headquarters last week and held meetings with top executives, including Ryan and executive editor Sally Buzbee, as well as some newsroom staffers. He sat in on a morning news meeting after which an employee approached him about the layoffs. He responded that he was there to listen, not answer questions. But he added, "I'm committed," according to the employee. "Believe me, I'm committed."
The industry is undergoing a dark season of cuts. CNN laid off hundreds of employees in December. Gannett went through several rounds of layoffs last year. Last week, Vox Media laid off 7 percent of its 1,900-person workforce, with the CEO citing the current "economic climate." On Monday, Spotify cut 6 percent of its workforce, and Google's parent company Alphabet cut 12,000 jobs, the most in company history.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
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The Role of Tech in Treating Substance Abuse
Substance abuse is an affliction affecting millions of people worldwide. Whether it's at the hands of alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, opioids, or other risky substances, almost everyone knows someone battling addiction. It could be a parent, a sibling, a close friend, or a coworker. Maybe it's your romantic partner, or perhaps it's even you.
Access to digital tech is a gamechanger in the battle against substance abuse. In other words, if you're reading this, you have an advantage. What's more, you should put that advantage to good use, whether it's for you or for someone you know struggling with addiction.
Online Outreach
Centers for substance abuse and addiction treatment make a point to maintain some form of an online presence. Doing so is an essential aspect of reaching out to potential patients in the digital age and helping family members and other loved ones of those struggling with drug or alcohol abuse.


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Hot on the heels of Renault's announcement, Nissan has also revealed that it has entered into a partnership to reuse batteries from its EVs. In an effort to make its cars as environmentally friendly as possible, Nissan has joined forces with power management specialists Eaton to create energy storage and control systems.
The lithium-ion batteries that are no longer considered suitable for use in the Nissan EV range will be handed over to Eaton to give the cells a second life. In EVs, batteries that drop to around 70 per cent of their original capacity are deemed unsuitable to power an electric car. The batteries are far from useless though and, in the same manner that Renault announced last week, they will be converted to do carry out a different role.
The first battery to be converted came from a Nissan Leaf and will now be used as part of an uninterruptable power supply unit developed by Eaton which combines the battery with a solar photovoltayic cell. This allows users to have continuous power as a stand-alone system, without needing a sonnection to the national grid – though it can be connected if needs be. These sorts of systems are used in traffic signage, emergency lighting systems and can be used by those in remote areas as back-up power supplies.
Robert Lujan, Electric Vehicle Director, Nissan Global, said: "The batteries as power storage units far outlast the typical life of a car. In order to bring a commercially viable solution to the market, it requires not only the battery expertise of Nissan, but also the experience in power management, control and integration that Eaton offers. This partnership is the first step in delivering a real world system for our customers in the near future.
"Having produced our own batteries, at our leading manufacturing sites worldwide, for many years; we will now be able to expand the life of our automotive batteries therefore reducing the need to use additional resources from the planet to produce new batteries."
Cyrille Brisson, Vice President Marketing, Eaton Electrical EMEA, said: "These systems will really facilitate the wider adoption and deployment of renewable generation; giving people greater control over their energy supply and consumption.
"The wide-ranging benefits of such a unit include continuity of supply, increased grid stability and efficiency, avoidance of peak energy tariffs and a reduction in the reliance on expensive fuels like diesel to compensate for no-grid or poor-grid situations."
Tesla has been developing its Powerwall to perform a similar function, where a large capacity battery can even out the power drain that a household or electric car has on the national grid. Nissan's partnership with Eaton could potentially see something similar be made available, though with recycled EV batteries used as the storage solution.
The partnership was announced during the Nissan-Renault Alliance's work during the COP21 climate change conference in Paris, where the two leading EV companies have supplied a fleet of 200 vehicles to shuttle delegates around the city in.


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Fashion statement: Natalia discovers that the stylish P40B headgear sets off her designer outfit perfectly.
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How far can 40 hats travel around the world? Each recipient takes a photo of themselves in the stylish headgear, adds their signature and passes their numbered hat on to a trusted friend. Number 14 is in Hammersmith, but 23 is in Hanoi. A P40B project in celebration of Phil Woodford's 40th birthday.


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by Mike –
This rare 1964 Iso Rivolta GT is for sale by auction on My Car Quest Auction Online ending on Sunday September 6, 10:00 AM (GMT -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).
Estimate: $75,000 – $90,000 US
Visit the auction at this link – click here.
This early, low mileage Iso Rivolta GT is a terrific driver and is ready to be driven and enjoyed immediately. Who knows when another one as good will be available for sale in the US?
In 1962 Iso made their first Grand Touring (GT) car – and what a car it was, and still is – the Iso Rivolta GT. The chassis design is by Giotto Bizzarrini (head of development for the Ferrari 250 GTO a few years earlier) and Iso engineer Pierluigi Raggi. With styling by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Bertone, Iso made a comfortable four seater that handled like a sports car and is beautiful still after all these years.
It is powered by a Chevrolet Corvette 327 cid V8 engine and has disk brakes on all four wheels with the rear being in-board, like a race car.
Even though there were 799 Iso Rivolta GTs made originally – far less survive today in usable condition. They have appreciated in value over the past few years as have all Iso models.
The Iso Rivolta GT was praised by the motoring press when it was first introduced in 1962 and has been loved by enthusiasts ever since. The chassis design and suspension is the basis for the Iso Grifo, the Iso A3/C race cars and the Bizzarrini GT 5300.
Iso Rivolta GT For Sale At Auction Online
Make: Iso
Model: Rivolta GT IR 300
Year: 1964
Chassis number: IR*350 167
Exterior: Red
Interior: Burgundy
Engine: Corvette 327 cid, 300 hp
Transmission: Manual 4-speed
Odometer: 37,000 miles
Factory air-conditioning
Build date: December 18, 1963
Originally shipped to New York USA where it is today
New paint in 2012-2013
No rust, body is excellent
Needs chrome and interior work
Clear New York USA title
More than 20 years in the care of the current owner
The original Borrani wire wheels are not on the car now but come with the car and are in need of restoration
Rare interior leather color
Location: White Plains, New York USA
Contact: Mike by email – click here
Visit the auction at this link – click here.
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JACKSON—The Michigan Credit Union Foundation, True Community Credit Union, and Henry Ford Allegiance Health have jointly donated $100,000 to The Launch Pad, a mixed-use business incubator program in Jackson.
The Launch Pad encourages the formation of local, neighborhood, and service-based businesses, and provides resources, education, and space to serve underserved and underrepresented communities in business.
Henry Ford Allegiance Health will provide $50,000, True Community Credit Union will contribute $30,000, and credit union foundation has awarded a $20,000 Community Enrichment Grant. The funds will help with The Launch Pad's start-up costs to provide training resources and enrich the lives of underrepresented and disadvantaged individuals looking for support for their businesses.
"As the Launch Pad will increase financial inclusion and small business support, it is a perfect fit for Michigan Credit Union Foundation funding goals," said the foundation's executive director, Beth Troost. "This grant amplifies True Community Credit Union's commitment and investment in community partnerships to improve the financial well-being of underserved entrepreneurs."
Added the credit union's president and CEO, Chrissy Siders: "The Launch Pad is just one example of the progressive change coming to our community in the space of equity. As leaders in this community, it is our responsibility to lean into the conversation, take direction, provide authentic support, and allocate resources effectively to change the narrative in our community. We are committed to coming alongside advocates for change by bridging the gaps and creating opportunities. We can't wait to see Jackson grow through the establishment of more small businesses."
And Paula Autry, president and CEO of Henry Ford Allegiance Health, said: "Our organization has a deep commitment to seeing everyone in our community thrive. We hope this latest investment in black entrepreneurship here in our community will spark economic benefits for those who have experienced the greatest barriers to successfully owning and managing their own business."
The Launch Pad will offer events, education, funding, mentorship, and space to its clients. It will provide a physical location with a defined set of services to individuals and small businesses to meet various economic and socio-economic needs such as employment and wealth creation, support for small businesses, and promoting innovation and knowledge transfer.
"We want to help business owners achieve their goals of breaking into the market," said Daniel Mahoney, Launch Pad owner. "We hope to become the preferred brand for start-ups for the local, neighborhood, and service-based businesses."
True Community Credit Union was established earlier this year through the merger of CP Financial Credit Union in Jackson and Washtenaw Federal Credit Union in Ypsilanti. It has more than $600 million in assets and more than 64,000 members. More at TRUECCU.com.
Henry Ford Allegiance Health is a 475-bed teaching hospital, Level II Trauma Center and health center in Jackson. More at HenryFord.com/Allegiance.
The Michigan Credit Union Foundation is the charitable arm of the Michigan Credit Union League, the advocacy organization for the state's credit unions. More at https://www.mcul.org/about-our-foundation.


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Scientists install equipment in the Columbia River to draw water samples from beneath the river bed, where groundwater and river water mix. (Courtesy: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
While studying surface water or groundwater dynamics in a river is complex, studying the hyporheic zone, where surface water and groundwater mix, means adding another layer of complexity.
But the hyporheic zone, also referred to as a "river's liver," is an area that deserves study, as it is where contaminants, such as nitrate, can be filtered before being transported downstream and where large amounts of greenhouse gases are naturally released.
The hyporheic zone can be responsible for up to 90 percent of the metabolic activity of a riverine system. Learning more about how the hyporheic zone works, scientists believe, is important for determining how rivers will react to future conditions as the climate continues to change.
Perhaps in part because of its complexity, the hyporheic zone has not been widely researched. James Stegen, senior research scientist in the Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with a dedicated PNNL research team, has been working to change that.
"We're learning how biogeochemical processes in the hyporheic zone are coupled to hydrology so we can predict how environmental perturbations, such as climate change, will affect the fate of contaminants and the cycling of carbon and nitrogen," says Stegen.
But what goes on in the hyporheic zone is partly a function of microbial action.
"The river rises," Stegen says, "and microbes that were once relatively dormant suddenly get a huge influx of organic carbon as the river water flows in. The river water has little bits of leaves, dead fish and other detritus. The microbes take the organic carbon and turn it into carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, all greenhouse gases. By understanding these processes, we can better understand the planet's carbon cycle."
In their quest to understand what goes on in the hyporheic zone, Stegen and other researchers relied on an array of equipment.
Custom-built piezometers were used to determine groundwater-river water mixing conditions across a range of depths and times. The piezometers consisted of metal tubes with perforations that were wrapped on the outside with screens. They were installed along the Columbia River shoreline in a series of locations and were typically 1.2 meters long and 2 inches in diameter, though others were only 5 inches long to allow dataloggers to sample specific depth intervals.
Piezometers were driven into the riverbed by hand or jackhammer as much as 3 meters down below the riverbed.
"The geological formations limited us to about 3 meters," says Stegen. "The sediments become too tightly packed below that depth and the piezometers just stop moving. You'd need a drilling rig to get underneath it, but a drilling rig was out of the question on the shoreline, since we didn't want to disturb native (indian) artifacts."
Stegen and his team also used data loggers to collect temperature, specific conductance and dissolved oxygen data. Auto chambers and static chambers on the shoreline were used to monitor greenhouse gases.
In order to collect groundwater and the microbes within, Stegen and others used submersible Grundfos pumps to gather sample water. They also used Sterivex polyether sulfone (PES) filters to collect microbes. A custom manifold was used which allowed them to collect samples at several depths simultaneously. Filtered water was collected and preserved in the field. Filters, full of filtered-out microbes, were frozen and preserved for DNA extraction.
DNA was processed using 16S gene sequencing via an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. It was not an easy task. "Hyporheic systems might be the most microbially diverse of all systems," says Stegen.
Microbial complexity aside, the research was complex simply because of the mixing of groundwater and river water.
"The groundwater and river water commingle, but we can tell which is which because each one has unique electrical properties," Stegen explains. "Combining information on mixing conditions with organic and inorganic carbon measurements clearly showed that the mixing of groundwater with river water can stimulate microbes to convert organic carbon into inorganic carbon."
It's also possible, he says, to use electrodes placed on the land surface to track mixing conditions in the hyporheic zone. His team placed some about 5-10 meters apart, which told them the relative concentration of groundwater and river water in 3-dimensional snapshots recorded through time.
To gather riverbed sediment samples, Stegen and his team used freeze coring, but only when the river was cold. To take a freeze core, a metal tube with a closed point was driven into the riverbed. Liquid nitrogen was poured into the center of the tube, and a 5-10 centimeter "frozen popsicle" of sediment would form around it. The tube and popsicle could then be pulled out of the riverbed with a winch and the sediment core stored on dry ice.
Another technique utilized by Stegen and the other researchers was Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FTICR) which was available via the Department of Energy (DOE)'s
Environmental and Molecular Sciences Lab (EMSL). The FTICR gave highly resolved masses which showed shifts in carbon composition.
"We were surprised to find that although the carbon composition shifted significantly, the microbes responded more to carbon concentration than the carbon composition," says Stegen.
It was a different situation with the filtering of nitrate pollutants in the river's hyporheic zone.
"There, denitrification was not a strong player. In other words, microbes weren't driving the removal of nitrates. Instead, it was a process simply dominated by water mixing," Stegen explains.
Speaking more on the topic of the hyporheic zone, Stegen says that the size of a hyporheic zone can vary a lot. "It can be up to 300 meters inland from the shoreline," he says. "In the Columbia, we have a big hyporheic zone. We are working to understand it through research at different scales, from decimeter-scale lab experiments, to kilometer-scale field studies, to watershed-scale modeling."
Hyporheic zones can also be rather dynamic. This past year, the Columbia was really low, with groundwater discharging into the river and a smaller hyporheic zone than usual. The zone can sometimes change daily, so researchers are trying to use more geophysical measurements to pin it down better.
From there, Stegen and his team want to focus on building predictive models. "We want to predict the amount of carbon and nitrogen that gets cycled through the system, the fate of contaminants and the effects of climate change," he says. And he hopes to see more "omics" work to better link microbes to biogeochemical processes. "Metagenomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and others. These methods are getting better and better and more applicable to the kind of systems we study."
The team would also like to do some large-scale atmospheric work through the DOE's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement user facility.
"Ultimately we would like to connect groundwater-river water mixing to biogeochemical activity in the hyporheic zone," says Stegen. "Then we can better predict what will happen in the future in response to ongoing climate change."
Top image: Scientists install equipment in the Columbia River to draw water samples from beneath the river bed, where groundwater and river water mix. (Courtesy: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)


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I really want to fly in a Boeing 747 before they're completely retired.
February 2, 2020
Apple Maps is a classic example of what happens when you don't have the software where it needs to be upon its initial release. Despite all of the improvements Apple has made over the years, Maps still has a poor reputation. Google Maps seems to be the default choice of users, even those using iPhones and the like.
Recent improvements to Apple Maps have been impressive. Signalized intersections are now marked with a stop light icon. Speed limit data was accurate through a construction zone.
Personally I like Apple Maps and I find the quality on par with Google's counterpart. Yelp integration is nice, the only step I'd ask Apple to take is to not require opening the Yelp app for diving into details on a location.


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GOLDEN, Colo., March 4—The Jefferson County Elections division is the recipient of a 2020 Clearinghouse Award from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a federal body that recognizes election administrators across the country for innovation.
Jeffco was honored for its online chat service that allowed voters to interact virtually with a live elections representative by visiting VoteJeffco.com during the 2020 state primary and general election. Voters could then access information such as drop box locations or registration forms via electronic means, which many said was more effective than over the phone.
"Our team continues to set the bar for accessible, secure, and efficient elections, and I could not be prouder of them," Clerk and Recorder George Stern said. "The online chat feature was a hit with Jeffco voters and we certainly plan to bring it back in future elections."
Election staffers borrowed the idea from the Jeffco Motor Vehicle division—also part of the Clerk and Recorder department—which uses an online chat feature to assist hundreds of DMV customers on a daily basis. In addition to convenience, the elections chat provided another safe way for voters to get their questions answered amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EAC, which was established by Congress in 2002, is an independent, bipartisan commission that serves as a national clearinghouse of best practices for local election officials.
Media contact:Kara Rowland, 303-271-8188


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An appraisal of the 7P's of marketing in respect of building surveying
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The key to long-term profitability for any professional is the creation of a service that states the needs and wants of one's clients and facilitates the exchange of those services in such a manner that provides value and satisfaction to the client. One creates these services through the combination and blend of a set of tools that are referred to as the marketing mix. We define the marketing mix as a set of controllable, tactical marketing tools that the firm blends to provide the result it wants in the target market. It might be useful to use an analogy of a combination lock. In a typical combination lock, you need to know the pattern of three numbers to successfully open the lock. In marketing a firm's services, we attempt to take everything that the firm can do to influence the demand for its services and organise them in such a manner that best meets the needs, wants and desires of the customer. Many combinations are possible with marketing's controllable varables, know as the seven P's. These P's are product, price, place, promotion, physical evidence, processes and people (Kotler & Armstrong 2001). Marketing has an important role to play as the organisation's interface with the environment. It is a "boundary-spanning organisational function through its constant interface with the external environment at large and with customers, competitors and channel members in particular" (Varadarajan 1992), as well as with the various groups within the organisation. The key role attributed to the marketing function is as a tool designed to maximise efficiency. Marketing has been very reluctantly adopted as a management tool by the professions. This dissertation addresses how the 7Ps framework can be applied to professional services given the intensity and complexity of environmental pressures they have been subjected. The research has focused on an appraisal of the 7 Ps when applied to several Building Surveying firms based in both United Kingdom and Brisbane Australia. The findings indicate that change within the building surveying profession only takes place if subjected to contingency pressures by their clients and, in general, it is slowed down due to the barriers of the profession itself. The study has revealed that building surveyors are torn between the pressures of change and the need for respectability and maintenance of the status quo. The adoption of the 7 P's of the marketing mix has been proven to be a powerful driver for change in terms of initiating and leading the marketing process. The review of perceptions of the concept and role of marketing within professional service firms has revealed generational differences, misconceptions and outright conflict leading to resistance to adopt the 7P"s framework in terms of its introduction and application, although professionals have individually practiced a wide variety of marketing activities in their pursuit of gaining and maintaining clients. There has been conspicuous resistance to the acceptance of marketing as a management tool across the building surveying professional service organisations. Understanding on how marketing has being practiced within the professional organisation researched has been considered important in establishing the nature of the response to contingency and institutional forces. The research has been focused on the level of importance given to marketing as a strategic tool as opposed to the traditional tactical, communications mainly tool.Publisher
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By RJ Currie - a tongue-in-cheek look at sports and the world.
An ice crew pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.
The Stars edged the Knights 2-1 to take a 3 games to 1 stranglehold on their series. Perhaps this lovely young lady is leaping for joy?
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DENNIS CREFFIELD, St Michael's Mount, 1990
Dennis Creffield was comfortably into his 50s, with over 30 years as an exhibiting artist under his belt, before he started receiving significant public attention. This was achieved largely through an Arts Council commission to draw every medieval cathedral in England (26 in total). The subsequent exhibition toured to 14 different public galleries across the country over a 2 year period, introducing his wonderful draughtsmanship to a huge new audience. The exhibition catalogue contained a foreword by the American artist R.B. Kitaj where he proclaimed: (Dennis Creffield) "is one of England's closely guarded secret and it's about time someone blew his cover…. Creffield's great gift can't be hidden away anymore."
The significant critical success of the Cathedral show led to the artist embarking on a similar project to draw 11 of northern France's great gothic cathedrals, and our present drawing of Le Mans cathedral comes from this series. The works were eventually shown at the Albemarle Gallery who produced a richly illustrated catalogue with introductory text by Richard Cork. Although less well known than the English works, the French cathedral drawings are every bit as impressive, often displaying a lighter touch and a greater emphasis on expressive mark making. The cathedrals appear to explode from the sheets of paper they are drawn on.
Le Mans Cathedral was a building that greatly intrigued Creffield, who described it as "a masterful nest of cunning complexity," which he found almost impossible to draw. Our drawing is remarkable for a number of reasons. Very unusually, it is horizontal in format. Almost all of the other cathedral drawings are portrait format or almost square to emphasise the verticality of the subject. His drawing of Le Mans is not so concerned with the depiction of soaring towers or flying buttresses. It is more an evocation of Creffield's own personal experience of the building. The format encourages the viewer to scan the image like a book from left to right. The vague outline of the transept to the left, at the periphery of one's vision, segues to a bustling solid mass of lines as the cathedral choir hones into full view. It's a kinetic viewing experience as opposed to the passive observation of a single aspect.
Creffield was extremely reactive to the environmental conditions in which a drawing was produced. If it was misty or foggy on the day he set up his easel, he would draw the fog before the cathedral. If it rained, the rain would splash and mark the sheet. These drawings are documents of a moment in time as much as a place.
Creffield's weekend in Le Mans was not easy. He found himself constantly distracted by the noise from a nearby market and "the ceaseless whine of accelerating engines" – his visit coincided with the famous Le Mans 24 hour race. While thousands of spectators would be craning their necks and following the arc of a racing car through the apex of a corner, so, more quietly, Creffield was doing the same in front of this cathedral. Whilst the spectator's visceral experience of the race will linger only in their memories, Creffield's experience of the building is preserved perfectly in this drawing.


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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Morecambe
Carabao Cup
Ewood Park
Tuesday 10 August 2021
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Attendance: 5,982
A scintillating second half performance from the Shrimps saw them dispatch Sky Bet Championship Blackburn Rovers on home soil to reach Round Two of the Carabao Cup.
Goals from Cole Stockton and Adam Phillips turned the game on its head, after Rovers lead at the break through a diving header from Tyrhys Dolan.
The first meaningful effort of the game came after four minutes, as a teasing cross from the right by full-back Ryan Nyambe found Chilean striker Ben Brereton-Diaz at the back-post, but the South American could not keep his effort down, sending it into the Morecambe fans behind the goal.
Tony Mowbray's Championship outfit took the lead on the 21st minute of the game, a cross from the left was met by the diving head of Dolan, who nestled his header into the bottom-right corner of Andresson's net.
An ambitious attempt from Phillips, just inside his own half, had Rovers goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski scrambling to get back to his net, luckily for him and unlucky for Phillips, that the ball had too much on it, heading just over the crossbar.
Andresson had to be alert 10 minutes from the break as Nyambe up from the back sent a towering header in his direction.
A dinked cross from Harry Pickering found his defensive partner's head, but a strong hand from the Shrimps 'keeper denied the 23-year-old.
Half-time: Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Morecambe
Stephen Robinson looked at his bench to try and turn this game around, with Toumani Diagouraga and Liam Gibson entering the fray at the start of the second half.
It was the Shrimps who had the first opportunity of the second period as Phillips' corner was met by Stockton's head, unfortunately for the striker, he could not add to his double from Ipswich on Saturday.
But he would not be denied again.
After some fantastic work from Jonah Ayunga in the Rovers box, the former Bristol Rovers man muscled his way in and took the ball leaving him the easy job of playing the ball back to the advancing Stockton.
A rasping shot from the forward nestled itself in the top-right corner leaving Kaminski absolutely no chance in the Blackburn goal.
The Championship side continued to press but the Shrimps backline continued to stay strong, down the other end, Lavelle who was up from the back was inches away from making it 2-1.
As we creeped into the final 10 minutes of the game, Robinson's men were handed a huge opportunity when Rovers scorer Dolan went from hero to villain when he took Greg Leigh down in the penalty area.
Up stepped Phillips who smashed the ball into the roof of Kaminski's net, leaving the Belgian absolutely no chance.
There was one final chance for the hosts as a free-kick from Davenport was floated into the Morecambe box, up rose Brereton-Diaz but a fantastic save from the big Icelandic 'keeper, Andrsson in the Shrimps goal, denied him notching his second goal in two games.
Full-time: Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Morecambe
A famous night under the Ewood Park lights for Morecambe Football Club, we have to wait until Wednesday 11 August to find out who we will play in Round Two of the Carabao Cup.
Blackburn Rovers: Kaminski, Nyambe, Pickering, Rothwell (Davenport 65'), Dolan, Buckley (Butterworth 46'), Brereton-Diaz, Carter, Lenihan (c), Travis, Magloire (Gallagher 65').
Unused subs: Eastham, Cirino, Pike, Garrett.
Goals: Buckley 21'
Bookings: Buckley 6', Davenport 81'
Red cards: None
Morecambe: Andresson, Mellor (Gibson 46', Mensah 77'), Leigh, O'Connor, Lavelle (c), Jones, McDonald (Diagouraga 46'), Stockton, Ayunga, Phillips, McLoughlin.
Unused subs: Letheren, McPake, Gnahoua, McCalmont
Goals: Stockton 52',
Bookings: O'Connor 73', Phillips 90'
Red cards: None


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Following a two-year downtime, an Iran-linked cyberespionage operation has recommenced with new second-stage malware and with an updated variant of the Infy malware, according to joint research conducted by cybersecurity firms SafeBreach and Check Point.
Evidence suggests the operation started as early as 2007 — it was one of the earliest Iranian campaigns discovered — but it was initially detailed in 2016, while the next year it also involved the use of a piece of malware called Foudre, which by 2018 had already been updated eight times.
Following a quiet period, the operation recommenced during the first half of 2020, with new versions of Foudre (versions 20-22) and new lure documents that were designed to execute the malicious code when closed. Once executed, Foudre connects to the command and control (C&C) server and fetches a new piece of malware, called Tonnerre.
The new malware, security researchers say, appears to have been designed to expand the capabilities of Foudre, but released as a separate component, most probably to be deployed only when needed.
Tonnerre, which camouflages itself as legitimate software, can steal files from the infected machines, can execute commands received from the C&C server, record sound, and capture screenshots.
The malware uses a DGA to connect to the C&C, which it then uses to store data about the victim, steal files, download updates, and get an additional C&C. Tonnerre uses both HTTP and FTP to communicate with the C&C server.
While investigating the operation, SafeBreach and Check Point identified two dozen victims, most located in Sweden (6), the Netherlands (4), Turkey (3), and the United States (3). Romania, Russia, India, Iraq, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and Azerbaijan had one victim each, but Iran had none.
"It seems that following a long downtime, the Iranian cyber attackers were able to regroup, fix previous issues and dramatically reinforce their OPSEC activities as well as the technical proficiency and tooling capabilities," reads a blog post that contains extensive technical details on both Foudre and Tonnerre.
Check Point last week reported that more than 1,200 Iranian citizens had been targeted in extensive cyber-surveillance operations backed by the Iranian government.
Related: Over 1,200 Iranians Targeted in Domestic Surveillance Campaign
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The animal café is a Tokyo original, and the city seems to have a particular affection for owls as company for those caffeine-powered afternoons: establishments offering interaction with these wise creatures of the night have been popping up particularly along the Chuo line – in addition to this new opener in Kichijoji, we've visited similar spots in Kokubunji and Koenji. Like most of its competitors, Fukurou no Sato goes to great lengths in ensuring that the owls don't get stressed from all the staring humans: the café space is separated from the 'interaction space' with sound-resistant glass, and the staff give all visitors basic instructions before letting them hang out with the birds. Still, this is a very laidback spot, where stressed city-dwellers are sure to find peace of mind – they even serve beer.
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- Kichijoji Station (Chuo, Sobu, Keio Inokashira lines)
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- Mon-Fri 1pm-5pm, 6pm-8pm; Sat, Sun & hols 11am-5pm, 6pm-8pm
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Terry Gilliam really wants to make an adaptation of Don Quixote. He's been trying to get it made since the late '90s — Variety reports that he's made seven attempts in total — but this latest attempt may finally get it done. At least, a series of reports and quotes from Gilliam suggest as much. And the most surprising part: it may happen thanks to Amazon.
Is it really actually finally truly happening?
Gilliam told Indiewire this week that Amazon is partially funding his adaptation, titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and that it plans to stream the film following a short run in theaters. Assuming production doesn't go awry again — it can't happen again, right? — this would be a smart grab by Amazon. It might not attract wide attention, but it'll certainly get Amazon credit from cinephiles, which isn't a bad way to kick off its original film program.
There hasn't been an official announcement from Amazon (perhaps it would rather wait, given the film's history), but the story seems to be adding up. Gilliam said back in August that his Don Quixote had funding, and Deadline later reported quite vaguely that he had a deal with Amazon. Now Gilliam is stitching the stories together. There's even been casting news, which at the very least shows that there's real movement here. The film is, once again, supposed to shoot next year. Entertainment Weekly reports that it received confirmation of the news from Amazon.
Perhaps it shouldn't be so surprising that it took a new media company looking to make a name for itself to make this risky, fan-favorite project start heading toward reality again. It's essentially the same strategy Netflix took when it restarted Arrested Development or, to a lesser extent, that Hulu is trying to take with The Mindy Project. It may not appeal to an enormous audience, but it makes people pay attention.
Gilliam's Quixote has had an unfortunate history
And Gilliam fans have certainly been paying attention to the long and strange journey that The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has taken on its way to the screen. In the late '90s, Gilliam began work on the project and eventually started filming, in 2000, with Johnny Depp in the lead role. A series of issues, including flash floods that destroyed sets, quickly caused production to shut down. Since then, Gilliam has tried unsuccessfully to get the movie going again with different actors. Now, even the script is different.
"I keep incorporating my own life into it and shifting it," Gilliam told The Wrap in August. "The basic underlying premise of the version Johnny was involved in was that he actually was going to be transported back to the 17th century, and now it all takes place now, it's contemporary. It's more about how movies can damage people." Basically, it sounds like the story is going meta and incorporating history of the failed Don Quixote into the new Don Quixote. Hopefully we'll all be watching it on Amazon next year.