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We learned the happiest news last week: Agent Carter is coming back for Season 2. Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter will undoubtedly fight the forces of evil with whatever blunt object is at hand while being impeccably dressed because she is a queen. The end. I'm actually okay with just that sentence being the plot, but apparently networks like more of a plan. At Upfronts today, ABC revealed some exciting details about the upcoming season (though, if we're being honest, I think most everything about Agent Carter is exciting).
First and foremost, Peggy's leaving New York City behind and headed to Los Angeles. Will Jarvis go with her? What about Angie? Angie could find acting work in L.A., right? Here's the official synopsis:
Marvel's Agent Carter returns for a second season of adventure and intrigue, starring Hayley Atwell in the titular role of the unstoppable secret agent for the SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve). Dedicated to the fight against new atomic age threats in the wake of World War II, Peggy must now journey from New York City to Los Angeles for her most dangerous assignment yet. But even as she discovers new friends, a new home â and perhaps even a new love â sheâs about to find out that the bright lights of the post-war Hollywood mask a more sinister threat to everyone she is sworn to protect.
Huh. Note how Atwell is the only cast member listed? That makes me quite curious about whether any of the supporting cast from Season 1 will return. Peggy is undoubtedly the anchor of the series, but her relationships with Jarvis, Angie, and even Sousa added a lot to the picture. She can obviously form new friendships, but it's a bold decision to leave established ones behind. On the other hand, keeping her on the move could be a tidy way to keep her double life secret from friends like Angie. The description also mentions the atomic age which follows World War II but could also extend beyond into the '50s.
ABC also said Agent Carter will again air during Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hiatus. They didn't provide an exact episode count, but it will likely be in the neighborhood of eight like with Season 1. And frankly, I'm okay with that. The shorter run made for a tighter story, and I'm all about quality over quantity.
What do you think about Agent Carter leaving New York? Head to the comments and tell me what you hope to see in Season 2.
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Chelsea had a few forgettable results against Bournemouth, Manchester City and Manchester United. These results put manager Maurizio Sarri's job in jeopardy.
However, a gritty display in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City and a fine 2-0 win against Spurs on Wednesday has boosted the confidence of the team.
Nevertheless, Sarri's future is not safe yet as provided Chelsea suffer another dip in form or fail to qualify for the Champions League, the Italian could face sack.
There have been several reports claiming that Chelsea are looking for replacements. Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is the favourite to replace Sarri at the club. Many recent reports claimed that Zidane is interested in joining Chelsea despite a transfer ban imposed by FIFA.
However, latest reports claim that Juventus are also eager to sign Zidane provided Massimiliano Allegri departs. Allegri who joined Juventus in 2014, has guided the club to several trophies and is set to win a fifth successive Scudetto with Juve. However, many have criticised Allegri for his inability to lift the Champions League. This has infuriated Allegri and there's a chance he may leave Juventus at the end of the season which is 1 year before the end of his current contract at Juve.
Juventus are considering replacing Allegri with Zidane provided the former departs. Zidane joined Juventus in 1996 and played at the club till 2001 before joining Real Madrid.
The former Real Madrid manager has reportedly told his friends that he would prefer to join Juventus over Chelsea. He is having second thoughts on joining Chelsea given what past Chelsea managers have gone through.
Also Read: How Chelsea's managerial history is steering Zidane towards Juventus

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R. Pichler, S. Skritek:
"The Complexity of Evaluating Tuple Generating Dependencies";
Talk: International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT), Uppsala, Schweden; 2011-03-21 - 2011-03-25; in: "Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Database Theory", T. Milo (ed.); ACM, (2011), ISBN: 978-1-4503-0529-7; Paper ID 23, 12 pages.
Dependencies have played an important role in database design for
many years. More recently, they have also turned out to be central
to data integration and data exchange. In this work we concentrate
on tuple generating dependencies (tgds) which enforce the presence
of certain tuples in a database instance if certain other tuples
are already present. Previous complexity results in data integration
and data exchange mainly referred to the data complexity. In this
work, we study the query complexity and combined complexity of
a fundamental problem related to tgds, namely checking if a given
tgd is satisfied by a database instance. We also address an important
variant of this problem which deals with updates (by inserts or
deletes) of a database: Here we have to check if all previously satisfied tgds are still satisfied after an update. We show that the query complexity and combined complexity of these problems are much
higher than the data complexity. However, we also prove sufficient
conditions on the tgds to reduce this high complexity.
Project Head Reinhard Pichler:
Service-orientierte Datenintegration
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Theoretisch Effiziente Lösbarkeit vs. Praktische Berechnung


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23 Jun Boy Scouts of America LaSalle Council
Posted at 13:56h
Grant: $10,000
The Boy Scouts of America provide a program for young people across the nation that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. The BSA LaSalle Council serves over 7,500 youth and 230 units in eight counties across Indiana and Michigan. The council has over 2,000 volunteer adults, who provide the scouting program to local youth, maintaining a 1:4 adult-to-youth ratio. The ECCF funding supports the scout outreach of the Cub Scout Program for first through third graders in four Elkhart Elementary Schools.


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** Update: She has been found safe.
Police continue ground and aerial searches in Canoe Lake area in effort to find Mary (Molly) Martin.
Yesterday afternoon, police located evidence, including a campsite and green ATV, of Martin and Darcy Doyle being in Canoe Lake in Southeast Cape Breton. RCMP and Cape Breton Regional Police have ground searches underway and aerial surveillance using helicopters from the RCMP and the Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry continues.
The Canoe Lake area is dense and heavily wooded with numerous ATV and walking trails. Police have been in the area since early yesterday and continue to ask residents of the area to call with any tips or sightings. Evidence indicates Martin and Doyle were still in the Canoe Lake area yesterday afternoon, however, there is a possibility the two are outside of this area. Martin and Doyle are believed to be on foot.
Martin is described as Indigenous, 5-foot-1 and 100 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She has a rose tattoo on her left forearm and may be wearing eyeglasses. Martin is believed to be with Darcy Doyle, 47, from Mira Gut. Doyle is described as 6-foot tall, 190 pounds, with long black hair, a full beard and moustache, and brown eyes.
Multiple RCMP detachments and the Cape Breton Regional Police Service are collaborating on the investigation and continue to follow up on each tip. We are encouraging Molly to reach out to police or to family. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Molly Martin is asked to contact Eskasoni RCMP at 902-379-2822. Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips App.
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Student Death Notification
August 29, 2018
The Central Baptist College family is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own. Early this morning we learned of the death of JoeQuan Richardson, a senior from Shreveport, Louisiana.
JoeQuan was a student assistant for the CBC Mustangs Wrestling Team and was pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science. We offer our deepest sympathy to JoeQuan's family and friends and ask that you remember them in prayer.
The College will hold a time of prayer today during regular chapel services. The College is also working with the campus Counseling Center to make students aware of available counseling services. Students needing more information about counseling services should come to the Student Services Office Suite located in the Mabee Student Services Complex.


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This is Amaya and she was completely passed out asleep on a long car ride home. Her sister and Father decided to see what would happen when they played her favorite song. It didn't take long for little Amaya to wake up and start dancing and pumping those arms and legs like she's been drinking coffee and red bulls all morning long.
The big sister in this video has such a cute laugh when her little sister hears the song. You can tell they're going to be best friends when they get a little older


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Background -Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) was launched with effect from 01 April 2003. The Scheme aims to provide allopathic medicare to Ex-servicemen pensioner and their dependents through a network of ECHS Polyclinics, Service medical facilities and civil empanelled/Govt hospitals spread across the country.
Eligibility for ECHS Membership - The Scheme caters for medical care to all
ESM pensioners including those getting Disability and Family Pensions and their
dependents, which includes wife/husband, legitimate children and wholly dependent
parents, brothers and sisters. To be eligible for membership of ECHS, a person must
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(a) Should have ESM status.
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How Biden's Families Plan Impacts People With Disabilities
President Joe Biden's $1.8 trillion American Families Plan would establish a federal paid leave program and boost child care and special education, but the proposal falls short on modernizing Supplemental Security Income.
Biden laid out the sweeping plan to expand access to education and child care during his first address to a joint session of Congress this week. The president called the proposal a "once-in-a-generation investment in our families and our children."
The plan would provide up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to workers. Biden also wants Congress to pass the Healthy Families Act, which would require employers to give workers the opportunity to accrue seven days of paid sick leave annually, which could be used to care for a family member with a disability, among other things.
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Paid leave is something that disability advocates have long sought for both family caregivers and workers with disabilities themselves.
"As we saw even more during the pandemic, family caregivers fill in the gaps in care — be it filling in for a sick direct support professional or providing care while people with developmental disabilities are on waiting lists for services or any of the millions of other tasks," said Bethany Lilly, senior director of income policy at The Arc. "Paid leave enables them to take the time they need so they don't have to choose between their job and being there for their loved ones. It's also extremely important for workers with disabilities who might need to take medical leave to address aspects of their disability or new diagnoses."
In addition to paid leave, the American Families Plan seeks to provide two years of preschool to all children and to dramatically expand access to child care by making it affordable to more families. As part of the effort, child care providers would receive extra money to cover the "true cost" of providing quality care, one hallmark of which is offering an environment that is inclusive of children with disabilities, the White House said.
Biden's proposal would also commit $900 million for the development of special education teachers and invest $1.6 billion to provide current teachers with the opportunity to gain certifications in high demand areas like special education.
The investments would be paid for by raising taxes for wealthy Americans, Biden said.
Despite pressure from dozens of federal lawmakers, Biden's plan makes no mention of changes to the SSI program. A bicameral letter earlier this month had urged the administration to call for increasing SSI benefits, raising the asset limit for beneficiaries and eliminating the program's marriage penalty within the American Families Plan.
The latest proposal is considered part two of Biden's American Jobs Plan, a broad initiative the president unveiled in March to improve the nation's infrastructure. In addition to funding bridges and roads, that plan would pump $400 billion into Medicaid home- and community-based services with an eye toward getting people with disabilities off waiting lists.
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September 1, 2020
Evangelos Venizelos interview with Kathimerini
By Pavlos Papadopoulos
Ex-FM Evangelos Venizelos warns against 'nervous actions without strategy'
Evangelos Venizelos, a former deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, reveals previously untold aspects in the history of exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey.
In an interview with Kathimerini on Sunday, Venizelos, a Socialist MP, offers his take on recent developments while expressing his opinion on what should be done with regard to the country's disputes with Ankara.
Αθήνα, 20 Ιουλίου 2015
Interview d' Evaggelos Venizelos a accordée a L' Echo
"Nous avons été traités bien plus durement que Tsipras"
Dans une interview qu'il nous a accordée, l'ancien ministre des Finances grec, Evangelos Venizelos, estime qu'après l'accord intervenu avec les créanciers, la situation politique intérieure en Grèce est devenue intenable. Pour ce membre du Pasok, le parti traditionnel de gauche actuellement dans l'opposition, "les arguments que le Premier ministre Tsipras a utilisés pendant cinq ans ne tiennent plus la route". Le gouvernement de ce dernier, estime-t-il, ne tient sa majorité parlementaire que grâce à l'opposition, qui lui a permis d'approuver cette semaine l'accord intervenu lundi à l'arraché. Et de prévenir: "On ne peut pas espérer réellement appliquer l'accord conclu sur ces bases-là.
Vieux routier de la vie politique grecque, l'ex-vice-président du Gouvernement Papandreou, Evangelos Venizelos a aussi été ministre des Finances du pays entre octobre 2011 et mars 2012 et président du Pasok, le parti socialiste grec, de 2012 à juin 2015. Il est aujourd'hui député et porte-parole parlementaire du parti.
Πέμπτη 25 Ιουνίου 2015
Intervista di Ev. Venizelos al giornalista Ettore Livin quotidiano de la Repubblica
ATENE. "L'accordo con i creditori è l'unica soluzione possibile. Tsipras non ha un mandato per portare il paese fuori dall'euro. Se lo facesse, ci sarebbe un urgente problema di legittimità democratica". Evangelis Venizelos, quanto a rapporti con la Troika, sa di cosa parla. E' stato fino a 15 giorni fa presidente del Pasok, partito che ha governato per 40 anni assieme a Nea Demokratia la Grecia fino a portarla nel 2010 sotto l'ombrello di Bce, Ue e Fmi. Come vicepremier e ministro degli esteri del governo Samaras è il vero architetto del memorandum firmato nel 2012 con le istituzioni. Il 25 gennaio il paese - stremato dall'austerity – ha consegnato il potere a Syriza. E i primi cinque mesi di governo, sostiene, hanno avuto un solo effetto: "Far lievitare il costo per salvare il paese".
Siamo al rush finale dei negoziati, come vede la situazione?
"Tsipras nelle ultime ore sembrava aver preso una decisione difficile ma obbligatoria e di cui sono contento: tenere la Grecia nel solco della Ue evitando di pilotarla verso un default incontrollato o la Grexit. A pagare il ritorno alla dracma sarebbero i più deboli. Ma siamo arrivati qui pagando un costo altissimo. L'economia si è fermata. A gennaio il Pil 2015 era previsto in crescita del 2.5%. Ora siamo a quota zero se non a rischio recessione. I sacrifici imposti ora dai creditori equivalgono al danno fatto da questi 150 giorni di inutile stallo nei negoziati. In confronto a quelli chiesti al nostro governo a fine 2014 con la mail ad Hardouvelis erano un gioco da ragazzi".
22 May 2014
Interview, The Guardian
How Greece pulled back from the brink of plunging Europe into chaos
Helena Smith in Athens
Greek deputy PM Evangelos Venizelos describes the dramatic 2011 crisis summit that nearly forced his country out of the eurozone – and outlines the damage that was averted
It was a meal where only four of the 14 participants spoke and nobody ate. Seated in front of crystal glasses, the finest porcelain laid out before them, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, glared at the two men on the opposite side of the table. For both leaders, entrapped in Europe's escalating debt crisis, the emergency dinner – conducted on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Cannes in November 2011 – had suddenly become a defining moment that could make or break the eurozone, the EU's most ambitious project.
Vendredi 4mai 2012 En Grèce,
En Grèce, "il faut bâtir une alliance proeuropéenne"
par Alain Salles
Athènes, Correspondance
Le bureau d'Evangelos Venizélos est en chantier, comme son parti. Il est transformé en studio de télévision, envahi de caméras, pour cause de campagne électorale. L'ancien ministre des finances a pris les rênes du Parti socialiste grec, le Pasok, six semaines avant les élections législatives du 6 mai, cruciales pour le pays, où les sondages prédisent au parti créé par Andréas Papandréou l'un de ses plus mauvais résultats: de 14 % à 19 % des voix, alors qu'il l'avait emporté en 2009 avec 44 %.
Les plans d'austérité répétés ont fait fuir l'électorat. L'ancien ministre s'est fait une raison: "Nous n'avons pas décidé d'appliquer des mesures de rigueur très difficiles par choix idéologique ou politique. C'était une nécessité dans une situation économique extraordinaire. Nous avons dû prendre des décisions qui allaient à l'encontre de nos traditions politiques."
Pourtant, M. Venizélos n'est pas pessimiste. Pour au moins deux raisons. Comme à peu près tous les partis grecs, il place beaucoup d'espoirs dans l'élection de François Hollande en France: "Un changement à la tête de l'Etat français sera le début d'un changement plus profond des rapports de force européens. Aujourd'hui, nous avons une Europe unidimensionnelle, très conservatrice, avec une approche monétariste et néolibérale. Le nouveau président français peut être la clé pour envisager l'avenir économique et monétaire européen sur de nouvelles bases, en faveur de la croissance."
Tuesday 1 May 2012
Greece elections: In an exclusive interview, socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos issues election rallying call
Polls show more than 75% of Greeks remain supporters of the euro despite enduring the steep pay and pension cuts
by Helena Smith
Evangelos Venizelos thinks twice before saying more or less anything. The man who helped pull off the biggest debt restructuring in world history in the continuing attempt to keep a Greek bankruptcy at bay speaks with all the caution of the constitutional law professor he was before he went into politics.
But only days before Greeks go to the polls, the bullish former finance minister is in no doubt that Sunday's election is the "most critical" the ailing country has faced since it returned to democracy in 1974.
"The battle will be decided in the last few days," he said in his first major interview with a foreign newspaper since assuming the helm of the socialist Pasok party in March. "The Greek people will have to give a clear answer as to whether it wants [to follow] a pro-European course, which is safe and responsible, or something else."
If it elects "something else", the country that sparked Europe's escalating debt crisis will not only be turning its back on the "progressive reforms" to modernise its moribund economy, it will be choosing to throw the eurozone into deeper turmoil.
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Evangelos Venizelos's President of PASOK interview by Dina Kyriakidou for Reuters
Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos warned voters they were opening the gates of parliament to the "goose-stepping" far-right and appealed for understanding over his party's support for austerity in return for an international bailout.
Venizelos took leadership of the Socialist PASOK party, for decades Greece's largest, earlier this year to try to win back support in next Sunday's election, when voters are set to punish those parties that backed painful austerity measures.
In an interview, the former finance minister warned against the rise of the ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn, which could win around 5 percent of the vote, comfortably above the 3 percent threshold for entering parliament.
"Golden Dawn is an extreme phenomenon, I believe they are an example of fascism and we radically oppose them. It's an offence to our history and to parliament," he told Reuters, suggesting Greece could be experiencing its version of Germany's "Weimar" years which led to the rise of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler.
Saturday 07 April 2012
In a SPIEGEL interview, Evangelos Venizelos, the 55-year-old leader of Greece's PASOK party, the largest in parliament, defends his country against critics' views that it is incapable of reform and explains why he thinks the bailout is a good investment for German taxpayers.
by Sven Böll and Julia Amalia Heyer
SPIEGEL: Mr. Venizelos, last year, at the time you left the Greek Defense Ministry to go to the Finance Ministry, you said: "Now I am entering the real war." Is this war now over?
Venizelos: No, the second rescue package for Greece was adopted and the debt was successfully restructured. This was not just the result of my personal efforts, but an achievement of all my colleagues in the euro zone and the representatives of the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The situation is now more secure, but the game is far from over. A long and difficult path lies ahead of us.
SPIEGEL: You have been active in politics for decades and you were just elected as the leader of the socialist PASOK party. Now you want to become the prime minister who represents the restart of Greece. Is this correct?
Venizelos: I've only been in the Greek parliament for 18 years. The candidate for the conservative New Democracy party, my rival Antonis Samaras, has been a member of parliament since the late 1970s.
Thurday 15 March 2012
CNBC: Now that we've got the PSI out of the way, which is basically a big mountain you had to climb, how confident are you that the whole process will be concluded now with the few (bondholders) that are not on board yet?
Venizelos: First of all, until now, we have a very high participation. Until now we have a participation of the level of 95.7%. We are very close to the so-called "universal participation" and according to the fundamental and initial decision of the Euro Summit, our target was this universal participation. Now, after the extension of our offer until the 23rd of March, I am sure that we are in a position to absolutely achieve this target of universal participation, because the market is always very clever, very practical, very realistic and the market knows very well that this offer is unique; it is a very good and profitable offer and every bondholder can make the right option to take this offer with a sweetener equivalent, with a co-financing scheme, with a GDP warrant and also with new bonds under English law. This is a unique and absolutely constructive proposal not only from the part of Greece but also from the part of the so-called "official sector".
CNBC: You are a lot more optimistic about the wisdom of the market than I am but, that set aside, were you disappointed at all that a credit event was called?
Monday 12 March 2012
By: Reported by Silvia Wadhwa, Written by Catherine Boyle
Greece has been tossed on the turbulent sea of global markets for almost two years now – but the bond swap deal secured on Friday should reassure markets about the country's future, Greek Finance Minister and possible future prime minister Evangelos Venizelos told CNBC.
"Now we have a sustainable debt for a sustainable country," he said. "And now we can persuade the market because we have a new, very important and very concrete argument: the sustainability of the public debt after the PSI (the private sector investor deal)."
"We have a very clear political declaration and position from the part of our institutional partners. We have a very clear statement from the part of the Eurogroup, but also of the Euro Summit. We have the support of the so-called "Official Sector" until the return of Greece in the market," he added.
Greece's struggle under the weight of a 160-percent plus debt-to-GDP ratio and 20 percent unemployment has been one of the biggest factors affecting global markets for close to a year. Investors feared that if the Mediterranean country defaulted on its debt repayments, the end result could be the demise of the single currency itself.


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Man charged with kidnapping woman with tire tool
Published 9:30 pm Tuesday, September 29, 2020
A man was arrested Thursday in Adams County on a kidnapping charge.
Law officials with the Adams County Sheriff's Office said Christopher James Payne, 21, apparently threatened his ex-girlfriend with a tire-plugging tool held to her neck.
The victim had reportedly been staying in hotels and was captured by Payne at a hotel in Natchez.
Payne reportedly threatened to kill her if she called 911, law officials said.
Officers were dispatched to Airport Road in reference to a possible kidnapping and caught up with Payne and the victim in the Cannonsburg area after they ran out of gas.
Payne was arrested and charged with kidnapping and is being held in the Adams County jail without bond.


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Daube of short ribs
I finally finished my daube and it turned out fantastically! I also got all of my pictures uploaded, so I can take you on the same journey that I took these ribs on this week.
Here's a picture of my shiny new ribs on Monday evening:
The first thing I did was to marinate them in wine and port for two days while I waited for my saucier (I didn't have an appropriate vessel in which to cook these bitches. I will never again buy a piece of cookware that is not both oven and stovetop safe). Here is what short ribs and vegetables look like after 48 hours in wine (can you see the sliced head of garlic?):
Next, Artisanal asked me to dredge the ribs and fry them for three minutes on each side. It smelled so good I could've just eaten them right then:
Then I put them in the strained marinade liquid along with some orange peel and a leek-herb bundle and brought it all to a simmer:
After it reached a simmer, I covered the pot and put the whole thing in the oven for two hours, at which point the meat was appropriately "pulling away from the bone." At this point, it was bedtime, so I put it in the fridge (liquid and beef separated).
Tonight, I reheated the liquid and ribs together on the stovetop, made some orange-cumin carrots as the recipe recommended, a couple of boiled red potatoes, and served it:
It came out well. The sauce was intensely flavorful, which is to be expected after reducing a magnum of wine, a cup of port, and four cups of beef broth to about three cups of sauce. My only complaint was the slightly unpleasant fattiness of the beef, but that certainly wasn't my fault.
I'm hoping to do several more of these long braising recipes this winter. If anyone is interested in helping with or eating one, find a recipe and let's go to Western Beef! Tom Colicchio's pork belly is next on my list.


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Eleanor Brown wrestles with the mysteries of home, family, Shakespeare—and a trio of sisters whom the Bard would love to cast—in The Weird Sisters, her elegant debut.
The narrator is a mystery—a sister, but which one? How did you come up with the perspective?
I was doing a lot of reading and playing around with different voices. But first person collective is really rare. One of the points I try to make is how we carry our families with us whether we want to or not. So the sisters are narrating it collectively; they can't get away from each other.
The parents are central to the sisters' history, and the pivot around which the novel turns. Yet they remain mostly in the background. Why?
As people, the mother and father are very disengaged, very much in their own heads, and are primarily invested in their relationship with each other. In some ways, they are horrible parents. But I wanted it to be the story of the sisters, [so] I had to push them to the background a little bit.
Which of the three sisters is most like you?
All the sisters are very much me. Readers will also see a little bit of themselves in the sisters. Part of us wants to be adventurous, and part safe and comfortable. I really do love them all equally, as impossible as each of them is in her own way.
You were raised in the Washington, D.C., area, and later moved to St. Paul, [Minn.,] San Francisco, Philadelphia, Florida, England, and now Colorado. How did that figure into a story about coming home?
Wherever you go, there you are—that's true, but I also think that home can be where you make it and where you find people important to you. There's a sense of adventure in going lots of different places. I think there's conflicted feelings for people who are born and grow up [in the same place] and for them, that is exactly the life they want.
Are there siblings in your life?
I have two sisters. I am from a family of three girls and I'm really fascinated with birth order, especially in a family with an odd number of sisters; there's never an equal pairing! I am the youngest. One of the keys to birth order is that we grow up in entirely different families. But there are certain things that are common in siblinghood.
Your bio describes your partner, J.C. Hutchins, as a "new media superstar." Are there fights at home between books and e-readers? Will the twain ever meet for those who love books on the shelves, and those who prefer to turn a digital page?
I watched him go through releasing his work in podcast form. It was interesting to watch, and I was able to learn from his experience. As far as new media, whatever gets you reading and involved in stories that really inspire you, I'm all for it.
What's next?
I am working on a novel about love, marriage, and what happens when those things don't intersect with one another. My brain is completely in the new manuscript, so I don't think about the sisters every day like I did when I was writing it. It's fun for me to be able to revisit them. I love them!


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Through our character – an opportunity to reflect on important issues in our community
Adam McHugh wants us to know that our God is also a God who hears. We should not mistake divine silence for disinterest. "Listening begins when we learn that our heavenly Father listens to us," writes McHugh. "The pattern of human life may be to listen first, but with the Lord, we are always heard before we hear." God's apparent silence is not a mark of his absence. It means that we have his full attention."
Through our prayers — an opportunity to pray for the needs of our community
– Ask God to help you to listen, especially in the silence. Ask him to help you hear through the sacred text, times of worship and fellowship. Then take 5 minutes to be still and listen.


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Ask the Money Lady,
Dear Christine,
I'm in my 50's and was laid off work because of COVID. With all of this extra time, I've been trying to understand my finances a bit more. My ex-husband always dealt with our money, but now that we're not together anymore, I'm not sure where to begin.
Dear Victoria
Let's face it, after the year we have all been through, there are a lot of people finding it tough. COVID has changed the life-landscape for all of us. You are making the right decision to consider planning for your future. One of the first steps in doing this would be to determine your net worth.
Your net worth is the total value of all your assets minus all your outstanding debt. Start with adding up the value of your assets, such as cars, homes, investments, life insurance, RRSPs, or even cash. Then subtract all your debts, which would include balances on credit cards, lines of credit, mortgages, loans, or upcoming unavoidable expenses. Do you have a good positive net worth number or is your number a negative? A negative number will mean a life change is imminent and perhaps you are carrying more debt than you should. How do you feel about your net worth number?
Victoria, when you have determined your net worth, you can now decide how you want to change things. Good or bad, we all have to live with the outcome of our choices. Why not partner with a finance coach or financial planner to help you. Don't do it alone. Financial planning is designed to motivate clients to make changes, discuss trade-offs, and sometimes work through difficult decisions that may be necessary to ensure a comfortable future. Your finance coach should help you ascertain real risks and be flexible to your needs. Most of all they should partner with you to help balance your budget, spotting possible blow-ups and removing the risk to your family's finances. It's impossible for you to know everything, and believe me, the internet is not the fix you need to get your finances in order. Find a finance coach that will work with you, one that you feel you can partner with and one whose every intention is to help you get debt-free and wealthy!
Good Luck and Best Wishes,
Money Lady
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UN calls for human rights action in Italy as Europol targets forced labour across European agriculture
Italian agriculture has long been known as a high risk sector for labour exploitation, including forced labour.
"The agriculture sector, particularly in the less developed southern part of Italy where most of the country's farms are situated, has been known for years to rely on cheap and exploited migrant labour," according to the Global Slavery Index.
"These workers are reportedly subject to some forms of exploitation and abuse, such as not receiving adequate remuneration, being charged to use transport provided by employers, having their passports and identity documents confiscated by middlemen or labour brokers called 'caporali', being forced to live in the place where they work, which exacerbates isolation and segregation that in turn increases vulnerability to human rights abuses, and being subject to inadequate or even inhumane living conditions," the human rights organisation revealed.
This issue was brought into the spotlight this week, when the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights highlighted 'serious and persistent' labour abuses relating to business activities in Italy at the end of a ten-day official visit to the country. Breaches of human rights identified included 'inhumane' work and living conditions, 'serious' occupational health and safety concerns and environmental pollution that 'endangers public health'.
Agriculture was highlighted as one of the most at-risk sectors for endemic human rights abuses. "Migrant workers, including from African and Asian countries, working in sectors such as agriculture… are trapped in a cycle of exploitation, debt bondage and human rights abuses that must be broken," said Surya Deva, Chairperson of the Working Group. "This requires decisive action by the Government and business to provide decent work conditions for all workers."
The UN Working Group welcomed efforts from the Italian government to dismantle the illegal gang master system known as 'caporalato'. However, it continued 'many workers living in inhumane conditions see no positive change in their lives'.
Europol action highlights EU food sector risk
The update follows a recent 'week of action' against human trafficking for labour exploitation in the agriculture sector, which was conducted by Europol.
The policing operation, led by France, involved a wide range of law enforcement authorities including police, immigration and border guards, labour inspectorates and tax authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and Spain.
It identified 269 possible victims of exploitation, the majority of which – 134 – were located in Italy. Of the remainder, ninety-one potential victims were found in France, 24 in Spain, 17 in Cyprus and three in Latvia.
Law enforcement authorities inspected workplaces identified as 'more vulnerable' to exploitation, such as farms and vineyards. Non-EU nationals were said to be most vulnerable to exploitation as seasonal labourers, while EU nationals were reported to be exploited in the agricultural sector 'year-round', according to Europol.
The checks focused on the working conditions of the employees. The enforcement action targeted criminal networks and facilitators involved in the trafficking of human beings that specialise in 'brokering' employment on the illegal market.
"Labour exploitation is a very lucrative criminal activity, damaging the health and rights of the victims. A successful operation in France dismantled a criminal network, which has generated an estimated € 5 million in damages for victims and authorities. During the actions against this network, authorities searched 25 locations and arrested winegrowers, service providers and intermediaries," Europol said in a statement.
In total, the action week – when 704 separate locations were checked across Europe – resulted in 12 arrests and the identification of 54 suspected human traffickers. One hundred and twenty six new investigations have been initiated in the EU as a result.
Coordinated action needed to fight labour abuses in agriculture
The European Council has prioritised tacking the 'most significant threats' posed by organised crime to the European Union in the EU Policy Cycle for 2018-21, a mechanism that will become permanent next year under EMPACT 2022+. People trafficking is one of the priorities outlined by the policy cycle.
Headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, Europol supports the 27 EU Member States in their fight against terrorism, cybercrime, and other serious and organised crime forms. Under this remit, the organisation is working to tackle human trafficking and forced labour.
According to the agency, the fight against human trafficking for labour exploitation in agriculture and food production requires a 'consolidated, cross-border effort by different authorities'.
The UN Working Group agrees that a coordinated response is required to break the cycle of labour exploitation in the context of Italian agricultural production. It wants to see policy makers, business and civil society develop a joined-up approach to worker exploitation.
"Government authorities, businesses, and trade unions should work together to improve conditions and ensure that no one, including producers and retailers, benefits from cheap, exploited labour," the UN human rights body argued.
Italy has taken steps to strengthen its legal policy framework covering business and human rights. However, the UN working group said there remains a need to better implement laws and impose sanctions sufficient to deter abuses by businesses.
Over the course of its ten day visit (27 September to 6 October), the Working Group visited communities living in areas of industrial activity such as Avellino, Taranto and Val d'Agri. According to the UN, these communities reported their own Government was neglecting their rights to health and a clean environment.
"Their concerns must be taken seriously," Deva said. "Concerted efforts must be made to build trust, independently monitor emissions and health impacts, and provide effective solutions. These solutions should be forward-looking and contribute to global efforts towards decarbonisation and transition to a green economy."
Within Italy, the Working Group called for significant improvements in revising and enforcing laws, conducting effective monitoring of business activities, and strengthening access to effective remedy for business-related human rights abuses. Italian businesses and foreign-owned businesses operating in Italy must also carry out 'meaningful human rights due diligence' across their operations and supply chains, it argued.
"As a highly developed economy in the European Union, Italy should establish a strong, independent national human rights institution without further delay with an explicit mandate to deal with business-related human rights abuses. It should also enact a mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence law," Deva said.
The Working Group visited Italy to examine efforts to implement their human rights obligations under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights both in Italy and in relation to the activities and supply chains of Italian business abroad. The visit coincided with the ongoing revision of Italy's national action plan on business and human rights as well as the G20 Leaders' Summit to be held in Rome later this month.
"This is a golden opportunity for the Government of Italy to demonstrate leadership by putting its commitments into practice, first and foremost for the most vulnerable and for the environment," Deva concluded.


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Extra Salt & paiN qualified for cs_summit 8
The qualifiers for the RMR tournament for North American cs_summit 8 have determined the first two finalists. Extra Salt and paiN earned spots in the regional championship finals.
O PLANO and Bad News Bears, which have lost in the slot matches, will compete for the remaining spots in the lower bracket, where the final matches will take place today, May 19. TeamOne will be facing RBG and after that GODSENT will play against Triumph.
Current results of the closed qualifiers for cs_summit 8:
Recall that cs_summit 8 starts May 20 and will run until the end of the month. Evil Geniuses, EXTREMUM, FURIA, and Liquid have received direct invites to the final stage of the event.


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Global Obstacles to Disruptive Innovation
In Sustainable Agriculture and Energy
Global Obstacles to Disruptive Innovation
In Sustainable Agriculture and Energy
Bonvillian, William B.
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Weiss, Charles
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The U.S. national innovation system has a dual structure: part suited to rapid innovation, and part stubbornly resistant to change. The complex established "legacy" sectors (CELS) that resist change share common features that obstruct the market launch of innovations, beyond the "valley of death" and other obstacles that have been the traditional focus of innovation policy. Innovations in CELS must penetrate a well-established and well-defended technological/economic/political/social paradigm that favors existing technology, characterized by (1) "perverse" subsidies and price structures that create a mismatch between the incentives of producers and broader social goals, such as environmental sustainability, public health and safety, and geopolitical security; (2) established infrastructure and institutional architecture that imposes regulatory hurdles or other disadvantages to new entrants (3) market imperfections beyond those faced by other innovations: network economies, lumpiness, economies of scale, split incentives, needs for collective action, and transaction costs (4) politically powerful vested interests, reinforced by public support, that defend the paradigm and resist innovations that threaten their business models (5) public habits and expectations attuned to existing technology and (6) an established knowledge and human resources structure adapted to its needs. We have developed a new, integrative analytic framework for categorizing the obstacles to market launch faced by CELS, and earlier applied this method to energy, health delivery, the long-distance electric grid, building, and air transport. In energy especially, the requirement for innovation is sufficiently urgent that large-scale domestic and collaborative international research should take place even at the cost of possible competitive disadvantage and even if it is some time before the U.S. adopts carbon charges and thereby puts pressure on the prevailing paradigm of fossil fuel use. We now extend this method to sustainable agriculture. American paradigms in agriculture and in energy are exported world-wide, delaying the development and spread of needed innovations that are not consistent with them. Foreign manufacturers wishing to enter U.S. markets must suit their products in these sectors to American paradigms, while American exports of technology may be insufficiently cost-conscious or respectful of environmental sustainability. Developing countries are technology takers and suffer from asymmetric innovative capability. They need to choose sources of technology best suited to their situation. India and China constitute new competitive threats, but also represent "innovative developing countries" that have large domestic markets in which to launch innovations aimed at the needs of poor people.
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Traditions at Federal Point is an Active Adult (55-plus) townhome community built circa 2005. Typical homes have 2 to 3 bedrooms, 1‑1/2 to 2‑1/2 baths, with 2-car garage. Interior living space for 3 bedroom models is approximately 1,600 sqft.
The community has a private clubhouse with activity center and gathering rooms.
Access to the TRaditions at Federal Point community is from Federal City Road onto Federal Point Boulevard.
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Stephen Jackson Can No Longer Be Taken Seriously After Saying DeSean Jackson Is 'Speaking the Truth'
Former NBA player Stephen Jackson stepped back into the spotlight on May 26, the day after George Floyd died. Floyd, a black man who had his neck kneeled on by a white Minneapolis police officer for nearly nine minutes, died as a result on May 25. Jackson has been speaking out on racial inequality ever since. His latest comments, however, have raised more than a few eyebrows.
Stephen Jackson and George Floyd were friends
Stephen Jackson spent 14 seasons in the NBA. Although he was never an NBA All-Star, he managed to carve out a very productive professional basketball career. Jackson played for eight teams in those 14 seasons. He finished his career by averaging 15.1 points per game. He hasn't played since the 2013-14 season when he played in nine games with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jackson woke up on the morning of May 26, the day after the death of George Floyd, and was back in the spotlight. Floyd was a personal friend of Jackson's and a man Jackson called 'Twin.' He posted a heartfelt message and he said he vowed to not let his death ride.
"This is what I gotta wake up to, huh?" said Jackson through tears in the Instagram post. "This is what I gotta wake up to. Floyd was my brother, man. We called each other "Twin," bruh. Everybody know me and Floyd called each other "Twin." My brother was only out there in Minnesota, he was changing his life, he went to Minnesota, he was driving trucks. I just sent him two, three boxes of clothes. My boy was doing what he was supposed to do, man, and y'all go kill my brother, man. I'm on my way to Minnesota, man. Whatever I can do, can't let this ride, dog."
DeSean Jackson's 'appalling' posts
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson recently shared a post on Instagram where he attributed a quote from Adolf Hitler, which was later determined it was not from Hitler via Snopes.com, that said white Jews "will blackmail America. (They) will extort America, their plan for world domination won't work if the Negroes know who they were."
According to ESPN, Jackson also shared two other controversial social media posts that have since been deleted. On Saturday and on Monday he shared posts showing admiration for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, whom the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center have identified as anti-Semitic. Those posts have since been deleted.
The Philadelphia Eagles issued a statement on the matter, saying "We have spoken with DeSean Jackson about his social media posts. Regardless of his intentions, the messages he shared were offensive, harmful, and absolutely appalling. They have no place in our society, and are not condoned or supported in any way by the organization." The NFL also released a statement and called Jackson's actions "highly inappropriate, offensive and divisive."
Stephen Jackson agrees with DeSean Jackson, then blasts Eagles
DeSean Jackson issued an apology saying he realized he unintentionally hurt the Jewish community by sharing posts falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler and praise for a political activist notorious for making anti-Semitic remarks, according to The New York Post. He continued by saying "Now, more than ever, we must work together to end discrimination of all types and against all people and communities." He said his apology was more than words and it's a promise to do better.
Meanwhile, Stephen Jackson went on to back DeSean Jackson and his posts. In a series of social media posts, Stephen Jackson said of DeSean Jackson "He's speaking the truth. You know he don't hate nobody. But he's speaking the truth of the facts that he knows, and trying to educate others. But y'all don't want us to educate ourselves. If this was talking about the black race, y'all ain't saying nothing about it."
Stephen Jackson went on. "You killing us, police killing us and treating us like s–t, racism at an all-time high, but none of you NFL owners spoke up on that," he said. "And none of you teams spoke up on that."


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This relates to the sharp price cuts 10, 20 or 30 days before sailing that are typically used to top up occupancy. The only exception will be on very short cruises, of two to four nights, when the consumer purchase decision is typically made closer to departure.
Fain told analysts on the company's first quarter earnings call that the policy had just started in March and the aim is to 'get our customers out of this used-car salesman mentality.'
Steep last-minute discounts upset loyal customers, cause headaches for travel agents and hurt brand integrity.
Fain said the new policy may have some short-term yield impact because a bit of revenue would be lost from not topping up occupancy, adding: 'It may take awhile for travel agents and consumers to understand just how serious we are.'
But, long-term, 'Everybody's going to find this to be a better, less disruptive way. It helps solidify the image of our branding. In the end, our branding drives pricing.'
When an analyst asked if competitors are likely to follow suit, Fain said: 'This is really important to strengthen our brand. We think this is going to help us out regardless of what anyone else does.'
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I have been lucky.
The job I have is more frustrating than it is challenging. Few if any staff benefits, together with zero chance of career advancement and development opportunities.
But I am still employed.
The money that's still needed, is deposited into the bank every month and as long as I bite my tongue and keep my head down, we will be OK. Which is more than can be said for many in these troubled times.
As often as I think about it, I have to remind myself just one of the reasons why working for oneself is not always what it is cracked up to be. Besides the ever present uncertainty there inevitably comes a time in every growing business, when you have to start making compromises. Times when you start to wonder why the hell you ever got yourself into the situation.
Obstacles, challenges and problems which can never be anticipated.
More often than not, complications which begin to surface once you start employing others to do the things you no longer have time or the skills you need. The point at which your needs, the needs of the business have to be tempered and watered down to accommodate 'others'.
When clarity and singular purpose is superseded by the need to communicate, to share and grow relationships. Never an easy transition.
Reason to think twice about making the jump? Maybe not.
Few ever listen and those that do will never know. Something I would probably do all over again. But once bitten an experience that makes a good argument to continue looking for that elusive alternative.
A reason to hang onto what I have for now. Whilst I build from home brick by brick . No staff, minimal overheads and a recurring monthly income. The perfect business.


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Set in the 1980s, Minari is the story of the Yi family, young South Korean immigrants who move from California, where they belong to a large Korean community, to rural Arkansas.
The ambitious father, Jacob (Steven Yeun), plans to create a market garden, growing Korean vegetables to sell to Korean communities. His wife, Monica (Han Ye-ri), is sceptical and horrified to find herself living in a caravan home in the middle of nowhere. They have two children, David (Alan Kim) and Anne (Noel Kate Cho). David has a heart condition, which means he must be careful not to overexert himself. Monica is concerned that something might happen to David if he's left alone while she and their father work all day. So Monica arranges for her mother to come from Korea to live with them and care for David.
At first David isn't impressed with his grandmother. He says she doesn't behave like a normal grandmother – she doesn't bake cookies, she swears too much and she wears men's underwear. But David and his grandmother slowly develop a beautiful and respectful relationship.
When things take an unexpected turn for the worst, the family must struggle to overcome the tensions among them and find the things that hold them together.
Immigration; family; parental separation; grandparents; South Korean culture; nature; tragedy; illness and mortality; the American dream; Christianity; faith; religion
Minari has some violence. For example:
- A young boy throws a stone at a snake to scare it away.
- There are several scenes of a husband and wife arguing and shouting angrily at each other. Apart from one scene where the husband bangs his fist down loudly on the table, there's no physical violence, but there's a lot of emotional and psychological tension. The two children are in the next room, listening and feeling upset.
- When the father hears some bad news, he's overcome by frustration and anger and begins to violently kick objects.
- A father threatens to punish his son for being naughty by telling him to bring 'the stick'. This happens twice and it's implied that 'the stick' is used to punish the boy (although this isn't shown). This movie is set in the 80s, so this form of discipline wasn't uncommon at the time.
- A husband and wife work in a hatchery, sexing chicks. The husband stands outside the hatchery with his son and they watch plumes of smoke rise from a chimney. The son asks what it is, and his father explains that it's what happens to the male chicks because they're useless. The implication is that the male chicks are being incinerated.
Sexual references
There are no sexual references in Minari.
Alcohol, drugs and other substances
Minari shows some use of substances. For example:
- Adults smoke cigarettes.
- Two young boys try chewing tobacco.
Nudity and sexual activity
Minari has some mild partial nudity. For example, the father is shown naked from the waist up, sitting in a bathtub. His wife sits behind him and washes his hair for him.
Product placement
The following products are displayed or used in Minari: Mountain Dew.
Coarse language
Minari has some racist comments, coarse language and mild toilet humour. For example:
- A boy asks David why his face is 'so flat'.
- A girl asks Anne if she can 'talk in her language' and then starts making stereotypical Asian language sounds. The girl doesn't mean to be insulting and is showing a genuine interest in Anne's language, but the scene shows the casual ignorance and racism that the family encounters every day.
- David tells his sister that his grandmother 'smells like Korea', but he doesn't mean this in a good way.
- When she's at church, the grandmother mutters about how fat Americans are.
- There are insults and name-calling, including 'dumb', 'rascal, 'selfish', 'bastards', 'stupid' and 'hillbilly'.
- There are some religious exclamations.
- There are some rude hand gestures.
- A grandmother teases her grandson about wetting the bed. She points to his crotch and says that he has a 'broken penis' and a 'broken dingdong'.
- A boy urinates into a teacup and gives it to his grandmother to drink.
Ideas to discuss with your children
Minari is a tender, gentle and moving family drama, which shows how families can stick together through tough times. Although Minari is about a Korean family in America, the story is likely to resonate more broadly, because it's also about the human desire to belong and prosper, as well as the longing for the familiarity of a home culture.
Minari is mostly in Korean with English subtitles so it will be hard for younger children to follow unless they're confident readers. Also, the movie's themes are more suited to older teenage or adult audiences.
These are the main messages from Minari:
- If families can stick together in tough times, they can pull through.
- Sometimes we must work hand in hand with nature rather than trying to bend it to our will.
Values in this movie that you could reinforce with your children include:
- the important and special role that grandparents can play in children's lives
- a family's ability to get through the tough times in life
- the benefits of working with nature
- the difference between doing what's good for the community instead of what's good for the individual.
This movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about real-life issues like casual racism. In Minari, the family must put up with ignorant comments or observations about how they're 'different' from Americans. Although these comments aren't intentionally mean spirited, they're insensitive and hurtful. You and your children could discuss how we can talk respectfully to and about people from diverse cultures.


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Well, keep in mind that this is Oscar de la Renta we're talking about here—he of the most expensive store in America—so it would be wise to take the term "cheaper" with a grain of salt. However, according to WWD, the new line the ultra-high-end designer is planning to launch this spring exclusively with The Outnet is actually within reach of mere mortals. Oscar de la Renta for The Outnet will range from $325 to $1,295, with the bulk of the dresses set to retail at less than $1,000, the trade daily reports.
WWD explains: "While Oscar de la Renta for The Outnet uses the same fabrics, the same patterns and is made in the same factory as the main collection, they are all past fabrics and past patterns for the outlet... For the main collection, the graphic design team develops the prints and the company pays for the runway show, a model to wear it, a second sample and a pattern maker. But in this case, because the fabric and pattern already exist, the brand has "sunk all those costs." So you can now get it in a sort-of affordable price range.
The cheapest items in the line are a ikat shorts and a hot-pink sleeveless tie-neck blouse for $325, while pencil skirts will retail for $450, and dresses will be in the more expensive range: $895 up to $1,295 (the most expensive piece in the collection, a coral trapeze gown).
The 24-piece collection will hit The Outnet on Tuesday February 26.
· Oscar de la Renta Creates Line for The Outnet [WWD]
· Behold the 25 Most Expensive Stores in the United States [Racked]


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John Calipari returns to Memphis at week's end after Kentucky advanced Sunday to the NCAA South semifinals at FedExForum Friday. But based on the way his team played Sunday after a close game with Northwestern Saturday he might not be here long.
Arkansas won't be coming to town after losing to North Carolina Sunday and North Carolina will play Butler at the Forum
Meanwhile, Tigers basketball guard Craig Randall announced by Instagram that he is leaving the U of M program after two seasons.
Gasol wins. Marc that is -- as the Grizz beat the Spurs Saturday at the Forum 104-96. Chandler Parsons reporting for knee surgery Monday. Deyonta Davis is back with the Grizz at center, the team announced just before the Spurs tipoff. And the Grizz signed guard-forward Wayne Selden Jr. to a multi-year contract, also from the Iowa D-League team over the weekend as they waived Toney Douglas.
Some related questions for the beginning of the work week: How many of you saw the death of your bracket with Villanova's upset Saturday by Wisconsin? But you will be back next March, won't you?
Is the kid with the red spiked hair in the Northwestern jersey from Saturday okay? I'm really worried.
So your bracket is either a pile of ashes or ripped to shreds. All the better to focus your attention on the NCAA South coming to town at week's end – among the rundown of items of importance for the week ahead.
Another question: If there are no more new shopping malls, what will be do if big hair and vinyl come back? Vinyl enthusiasts: I mean if vinyl comes back in a big, sustained way. Not in the current manner of craft beer – more than national record day.
That last question is prompted by the cover story from Andy Meek in our weekly, The Memphis News, about the now 20-year old Wolfchase Galleria – the city's biggest shopping mall. It's likely to be the city's last at least for a while in this age of life style centers and mixed use developments. But there is no denying its financial impact well beyond its footprint, on the surrounding area of Germantown Parkway. And if you doubt the vitality, keep in mind that Ikea just opened near it in the last year.
Shelby County Commissioners have a decision to make Monday: whether to appoint someone to the state House District 95 seat vacated suddenly in February by Republican Mark Lovell before he even got settled into his office in Nashville. This would be an appointment just until the special general election in June is decided. Some commissioners see no need to appoint someone in that short a span of time. Other commissioners want someone in the seat to add another no vote on state Senator Brian Kelsey's school voucher bill.
Also on today's agenda, commissioner Steve Basar is going to push for the commission to call for an end to the city's moratorium on new development in the Pinch.
Here is where the forming field in the special elections for the seat stand as the week begins.
Lee Mills remains the chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party. He was chosen to remain chairman at a Sunday convention of the local party at Houston High School. Mills became chairman last year as Mary Wagner resigned to become a Circuit Court Judge. Mills is at the helm of a county Republican party in a county that was carried by the Democratic nominee for president last year. But Republicans have owned every countywide office except Assessor and General Sessions Court Clerk since 2010 and most of those Republican office holders can't run in the 2018 county elections because of term limits.
And Mills doesn't want the Republican base in Shelby County – in the suburban areas outside the Memphis city limits and on its fringes – to get complacent even though there is no Shelby County Democratic Party at present. The Tennessee Democratic Party abolished a dysfunctional executive committee last year. The fact that Hillary Clinton carried the county by a wide margin without a local Democratic party in existence goes to his point.
St. Jude dedicated one of its existing research towers as the weekend began to a doctor and researcher – Dr. Donald Pinkel. Pinkel put St. Jude on the path of "total therapy" – the concept is a combination of drugs and other elements with radiation that sounds much simpler than finding the right combination has been. Total therapy under Pinkel's leadership has paved the way for the institution's push for treatments beyond chemotherapy.
An addition to the grounds of Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Midtown – Milla's House. It is one of several new grief centers by Baptist Memorial Health Care opening this year.
Crosstown Concourse will be complete in its structural renovation by mid-May. But the tenants in the 1.5 million square foot structure are still building out their spaces. So with that, the formal reopening date is now in August – the same month that the original Sears Crosstown opened 90 years ago.
A house on Vinton Avenue drew the highest bid in the most recent online tax sale auction, according to the Shelby County Trustee's office.
The Memphis News Almanac: 16.1 inches of snow, Lou Rawls and the Fifth Dimension, King Kastle and Rainbow Cream, the Claridge gets ready to open and 100 stills destroyed in three months.
Since the Million Dollar Quartet of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash is so in vogue these days, I'll close with a reminder that at the actual gathering, much of which was recorded and can be bought in whole or cut by cut – the group of four spend a considerable amount of time talking about Chuck Berry and their admiration of his work. At the time, Berry was at his peak as an artist and innovator.
Here is Peter Guralnick in a Rolling Stone piece written before Berry's death Saturday in St. Louis.


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ComicFesta Anime opened its website for its upcoming anime project, Everything for Demon King Evelogia, announcing the release date for the Isekai Boys-Love series.
According to the website's description (via ANN), Everything for Demon King Evelogia anime is "Based on a BL fantasy manga by Kaziwara Io". It began publishing in 2020 on ComicFesta and Mecha Comic service. The website continues,
"An aimless young man named Gozu Toshiaki is killed and resurrected as a background character in a game world he has been playing. Gozu encounters the Demon King Evelogia, the game's last boss whom Gozu has adored since he was little. Together, they aim to conquer the world."
Rebranded as 'AnimeFesta', this anime block is known for unfolding a new series every three months subsequent to its launch. Most of these anime are adapted from native manga falling under adult, TL, and BL genre from Suiseisha magazine. WWWave Corporation owns and operates AnimeFesta and also runs an English language version called Coolmic.
These anime are censored for broadcast and premium versions. Former deals with broadcasting on TV while latter is associated with the explicit version distributed over the internet. Both the versions are given their own separated voice cast. Demon King Evelogia transcends this tradition with the same cast for both versions.
The cast includes Shun Horie, Takuya Sato, Hitomi Nabatame, and Hiroki Yasumoto as Eve, Gozu, Tishia, and Makidy respectively. Studio Hokiboshi is handling the production with Sanae Nagi as director. Eeyo Kurosaki is handling the scriptwriting while Yoko Iwakura will do the character design.
Everything for Demon King Evelogia anime will be telecasted in the month of September and October on Tokyo Mix Channel and BS11 respectively. ComicFesta Anime Youtube channel will showcase the broadcast.


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Two-factor authentication, also known as two-step verification, is an excellent security feature provided by instant messaging apps and social networking websites. It's a feature that adds an extra layer of security on top of your online accounts.
If you have enabled two-factor or two-step verification on your online accounts, you will receive an SMS on the registered number or have to enter the code generated on your authenticator every time you attempt to log in. The feature is seen on almost all major social networking sites and instant messaging apps.
Linkedin, the most popular job-searching platform, also offers a two-step verification option that prevents hackers from accessing your account. LinkedIn's Two-Step Verification has been there for a while, but many users don't know how to enable it.
How to Enable Two-Step Verification on Your LinkedIn Account
Hence, in this article, we will share a step-by-step guide on how to enable Two-Step Verification on Linkedin. Let's check out.
1. First of all, open your favorite web browser and log in to your LinkedIn profile.
2. Next, click on the Me button underneath the profile picture and select Settings & Privacy.
3. On the Settings & Privacy page, click on the Sign-in & Security option, as shown in the screenshot below.
4. On the right, scroll down and click on the Two-Step Verification option.
5. Next, click on the Turn on Button as shown below.
6. On the next page, you will be asked to choose your verification method. Here we recommend you use the Authenticator app for two-step verification. Simply select your option and click on the Continue button.
7. Now, open the Authenticator app on your Android device and scan the QR code displayed on the computer screen. Next, type in the 6-digit code generated by the Authenticator app.
8. You can also save your recovery codes for security reasons. To save the recovery codes, click on the recovery codes link, as shown below.
9. You will now see a few codes. You need to save those codes in a safe place.
That's it! You are done. This will enable the two-step verification on your LinkedIn profile. If you wish to turn off the two-step verification, click on the Turn off button as shown below.
This is how you can secure your LinkedIn account with two-step verification. You will need to enter the code every time you log in to LinkedIn with a new device. I hope this article helped you! Please share it with your friends also. If you have any doubts related to this, let us know in the comment box below.


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Chapter 37 – A conversation with the woman part two
"Lerunda, there is something I want to ask you."
"Hn, what"
"Lerunda… What are you going to choose if you really are the miko"
I repeat back to miss Lan.
I don't understand what she means.
"This may be a difficult topic for you, but I want to talk about something that may happen.
It is a problem you are definitely going to face if you truly are the miko."
Miss Lan looks serious.
A problem that will come up if I am the miko.
I'm scared of listening, but I have to face it.
I nod to miss Lan.
"The miko is a special being in this world.
It is a child loved by god and has special powers, but such power can have good or bad effects."
The miko has special powers, its influence is immense, and it can cause good or bad effects.
"Many people recognize that gaining possession of the miko is enough to bring prosperity for their country.
Your sister was actually taken to the temple so the country can have custody of her.
There is also the fact that they want to safeguard a sacred being such as the miko, but the number one reason really is just to have the miko.
Bringing the miko into their custody is not necessarily a selfless act brought on by kind feelings."
I nod as I listen to miss Lan.
"A country having the miko is in itself a threat to other countries.
Historically speaking, there have been countries that have gained custody of miko and did whatever they wanted, which resulted in resentment from the miko and the destruction of the country.
But it is entirely possible to control the miko while making sure she does not come to despise them.
All it takes is to create a happy world for the miko."
"A happy world… For the miko."
Create a kind world for the miko, and a picture of a happy world that only exists in her mind.
That way, it is possible to control the miko."
Creating a kind world for the miko, and painting a picture of a happy world for her.
She says that's possible.
Putting myself in that position.
If I was treated nicely I would probably believe it even if it wasn't nice in reality.
If a happy space was created for me, I would probably keep believing in that kind world and, even though I don't want to think about it, I might even end up dying.
No matter how cruel it actually was, I would keep believing in that kindness.
"So… Lerunda, you should be where you want to be."
"What do you, mean"
"Many people would be willing to negotiate if it meant having the miko by their side.
For example, would you try to save the beast people if they were in trouble"
Asks miss Lan.
It seems very obvious what I should choose, so I nod.
I like everyone here, so of course I would try to save them.
"What if someone wanted you to stay by their side in exchange for saving the beast people What if someone said they would save the beast people and let them be happy if you went to their side…"
Save the beast people and let them be happy.
What would I do if someone said that If all I have to do is go… I think it's fine.
If all I have to do is go for everyone to smile…
"If everyone, can smile…"
"You don't know if they really would be saved or if they would be happy even if you agreed."
"You don't know if the other person would do what they said.
They could be lying and do the opposite, hurt the beast people."
Miss Lan says I don't know if the other person would stick to what they said.
They might be lying and actually do something completely different.
"And the beast people wouldn't be happy if you traded yourself for their safety.
No one wants to see people important to them being sacrificed for their sake.
You should be aware that you're very dear to them."
Says miss Lan as she looks directly at me.
"You're very dear to them and you're loved, and anyone would be sad if something bad happened to someone dear to them.
The beast people and you feel the same way about each other.
You want to be together with people that are important to you and happily smile, but everyone wants the same."
Miss Lan says the same thing that Gaius said.
"You're important to the beast people, and they're important to you, so you should stay together.
Happiness can't be a one way street, and it's best if you're happy together.
If one is unhappy for the sake of the other's happiness, no one is happy."
Miss Lan says happiness has to be a two way street.
"If you really are the miko, all sorts of choices will be thrust upon you.
What will you and what will you choose when the time comes Will you live in the world of humans or beast people That kind of question will come up."
If I really am the miko, I'm going to have to make decisions.
What will I do when the time comes when I have to choose And if I am the miko, those choices will have all sorts of effects.
"Your choices may have big effects, and be connected to many other things.
That is something to think about, but in the end, you should choose what you think is best."
"…It's, complicated."
"Yes, it's a very complicated issue.
That is why you should talk to someone when you're indecisive, think it over very well, and make a decision."
I nod.
It's complicated, but I think I have to take my time and think about what miss Lan says.
"Miss Lan, should I say, I'm probably, the miko"
I say what is on my mind, and ask miss Lan.
I don't know if I'm the miko, but should I tell everyone that maybe I am
"That is… A difficult question.
In my opinion, I think it would be fine if you tell mister Athos."
"What makes it such a difficult topic is that there is no way to tell if you really are the miko.
Let's think about the timing carefully."
"You look sleepy, you should go to bed.
Let's talk more about this tomorrow."
I nod and head towards my bed.
I fall asleep, tired of talking so much.
—A conversation with the woman part two


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Some companies get it just right when it comes to customer appreciation and I think Brighton is one of them. I have been a Brighton handbag fan for a long time for several reasons:
- I don't like changing purses so need a good all round every day bag that I can use with almost any outfit
- I like good looks, good quality along with practicality
- I am not into the status brands
- Brighton makes a great bag and I like the designs and prices
I always fill out the registration card when I buy a new Brighton bag as I like the guarantee – repair and/or replacement. A few weeks after my purchase, a gift from Brighton arrives along with a thank-you card. The gift is another Brighton item that is practical and useful. The last one was a small leather pouch that would probably retail for around $30. The card has the company history and says "Thank you".
It feels good to be appreciated and I always enjoy my little "unexpected" gift. There is no coupon or incentive to buy again so I don't feel like I am being "sold to". I think it is a great idea and one that eyewear customers might enjoy. The gift could be any eyewear or eyecare accessory. All customers like to feel appreciated, especially right after a purchase.
Brighton does a great job with accessories as well, especially charms which are also a good niche eyewear sales category and opportunity. Ron's Optical is a good source for eyeglass charms specifically.


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This quarter at Western Washington University, I am in a Photojournalism class. Our first photo assignment was to go off campus and ask the citizens of Bellingham a question, gain their contact info, and take a picture of them. Here is how it turned out:
"Most people I know live around here," said Al Montgomery, 65, regarding why Bellingham is unique to him, outside of the Black Drop Tuesday, Oct. 7. "That's about it.
"Bellingham is unique to me because it's where I found my passion for education and social justice," said Hayley Smith, 22, at the Pickford Film Center on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
"I was born and raised here," said Jemuelle Frazier, 30, at the Downtown Emporium located in downtown Bellingham on Wednesday, Oct. 8. "I guess Bellingham is unique, but to me it's more just home; it's a part of me."
"One thing I've noticed about living here is that you could be walking on the sidewalk and smile or say hello to a perfect stranger and they acknowledge and smile at you back," said Lindsay Mount, 27, while working at Koi Cafe in downtown Bellingham on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
"Bellingham is unique to me because I am here," said Michael Elmer, 54, as he posed for a photo in his store, Michael's Books, in downtown Bellingham on Wednesday, Oct. 8.
"Well, I've been here for a long time and I've seen it evolve," said Will Davis, 68, owner of The Lucky Monkey, located in downtown Bellingham, on Tuesday, Oct. 7. "It's a good community: lots of things going on, a lot of outdoor stuff, pretty vibrant, pretty diverse, the people are pretty nice in general."


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New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Thursday announced cash awards to the medal winners and concerned participating National Sports Federations (NSF) of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo, Japan.
In a bid to support and encourage the athletes of the Indian Olympic team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the IOA has recommended cash awards for Gold Rs 75 lakhs for Silver Rs 40 lakhs Bronze Rs 25 lakhs to the medal winners.
It also recommended a sum of Rs 1 lakh to each athlete representing the country at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The IOA has also acknowledged the suggestions of its advisory group that a bonus of Rs 25 lakh will be given to each participating National Sports Federations and further support of Rs 30 lakh to each medal-winning NSFs of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Besides this, a support of Rs 15 lakhs each will be received by other members of National Sports Federations. The advisory group, recognising the contributions of the athletes and the support staff, has also recommended a pocket allowance of USD 50 per day to each member of the Indian contingent for their actual days of stay in Tokyo.
The member State Olympic Associations of the Indian Olympic Association will also receive a sum of Rs 15 lakh each, as a contribution from IOA towards developing sports infrastructure in the states and in encouraging more athletes to take up sports and realizing their dreams of representing the country in global sports events.
While making the official announcement, IOA Secretary General, Rajeev Mehta said, "The Indian Olympic Association understands the hardships faced by the athletes and the federations and felt that support and aid is required by all National Sports Federations, State Olympic Associations and most importantly the athletes, after having overcome the hurdles and hard times during the coronavirus pandemic since March last year."
With 127 athletes, Tokyo Olympics will see India's highest-ever playing contingent competing. Tokyo Olympics will begin on Friday and the Games will run up to August 8 this year. The event was slated to be held last year, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (ANI)
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In many places, whale watching might consist in trying to get as close to the whales as possible to get the best photos. As this may seem very normal and desired for some curious tourists, we should think about this fact and consider if this practice bothers the whales.
Some species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are very endangered nowadays. And this is mainly because of our fault… because in the past (and currently in some countries) we used to hunt them and because of the pollution we face nowadays.
Here in the Azores we have some rules to keep when we are in the company of these beautiful creatures.
"It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone." Paul McCartney
Futurismo Azores Adventures has a commitment with the minimum standards for Responsible Whale and Dolphin Watching, a document we helped to develop with our partners in the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA). These standards are an extra to our compliance with local guidelines for a safe approach to whales and dolphins at all times. Our many vessels share sightings information, coordinate viewing schedules and minimize boat traffic.
These guidelines are endorsed by the Government of Azores (Directiva Regional Nº9/1999 de 22 de Março).
In the Azores, the current guidelines stipulate that 50 meters are the approach limit to cetaceans and that the vessels stay 100 meters away when whale calves are present, 300 meters when 3 or more vessels are in the presence of dolphins and 500 meters when 3 or more vessels are in the presence of whales.
Whales and dolphins are very intelligent animals and think for their own and they don't know the rules. Sometimes they are the ones that approach us. In that case, if a whale approaches us, and if it's unsafe for us to get off the way, the engines are idled until the whale has passed and it's safe to move away.
There are also regulations that govern speed of vessels around the whales (4 knots within
500 meters). Studies have shown that speed determines the noise level. By moving slowly near the whales, we keep noise to a minimum.
500 meters). Studies have shown that speed determines the noise level. By moving slowly near the whales, we keep noise to a minimum.
When the observation is finished or whenever the animals show signs of stress, the vessels must move from the approaching area.
During our whale watching tours, you will have the company of a marine biologist that will inform you about the biodiversity of our oceans and will try to answer to all your curiosities. We like to explain you about the species you see, the behavior of the animals and the many threats that nowadays they face, hopefully you will learn with us about them and about several conservation measures you can take to help protect these animals and transmit these measures to your closest ones.
When we do whale watching we also need to have in mind that we are the ones visiting their homes, and we must respect them, the same way we like to be respected when we are in our homes.
"Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still
in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around." Sylvia Earle
in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around." Sylvia Earle
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What Do You Meme? It's Like Cards Against Humanity But With Sweet, Dank Memes
Cards Against Humanity is a hilarious and wildly inappropriate card game that revolves around a rotating selection on who comes up with the most hilarious match for cards. Now the team over at Fuckjerry (real name, we can't make this stuff up) is bringing a new twist to this turn-style hilarity. What Do You Meme is the same basic concept of Cards Against Humanity, but instead of wit – players get to showcase their sweet, sweet dank memes.
What Do You Meme includes the following:
- 270 cards (225 caption cards and 45 photo cards)
- Each card has a thick gloss finish
- Includes an easel and bonus rules
Pretty simple, really. A chill, yet funny game to play with friends – even better when used as a drinking game. Not that we condone that (But we totally do. For of age, consenting adults * insert legal jargon here*). Show off your mad IRL meme skills with friends and try to see who can go the longest without getting punched. The funniest card chosen gets flippin' sweet bragging rights and that's about it, but hey – it's something. It's 2017, it's time to dream big.
The usual play time is estimated around 30-90 minutes, depending on alcohol consumption. Super easy to play and is good for up to 20 players. The more, the meme-ier! What Do You Meme seem right up your alley? You can purchase your own card pack right here. If that's not enough to satiate your inner meme lord, you can check out these similar card games below! Game on, plebs.
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With an arguably unhealthy obsession with Mass Effect, Liana has been an avid collector of gaming and comic memorabilia for well over two decades. With a passion for writing, gaming, and comics - she is currently working as Editor-in-Chief for the revival of Prima Games, with previous managing editor experience with several gaming publications including ComicBook.com, The Hollywood Reporter, TwinGalaxies, and other outlets. She is also the Co-Owner and Managing Editor for DFTG. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, as well as several Facebook communities online.


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This study examined the role of the executive function network on the adolescent reading ability. Previous studies showed that dyslexia is associated with the deficits of cognitive abilities associated with the reading ability of adolescent students (Chung et al., 2009). However, the role of executive function on reading ability is still unclear. In this study, a counting Stroop task is used to activate the executive function network involved in resolving cognitive interference and to examine how the response of this network correlates with the reading ability of typically developing and dyslexic adolescents. The counting Stroop task is a button-press variant of the original Stroop task and is validated for examining the neural substrate of cognitive interference effect in the fMRI environment (Bush et al., 2006). Methods: Three typically developing male adolescents (mean age: 14) and three age-matched diagnosed Hong Kong Chinese adolescents with dyslexia completed two runs of the counting Stroop task while their brain activities were monitored with BOLD fMRI. We hypothesized that, relative to the congruent and neutral trial, the incongruent trial would elicit a stronger BOLD response within the executive function network. The reading ability of the participant is quantified with a digit rapid automatized naming (RAN) task outside the scanner. The RAN task required participants to name a series of Arabic numerals presented on a computer screen as fast as possible. The fMRI experiment was performed with the Philips 3T scanner at the MRI Unit at the University of Hong Kong. The acquired data were analyzed with SPM12. BOLD images were realigned, normalized and smoothed. A two-level statistical paradigm was used to analyze the preprocessed images. A voxel-wise generalized linear model was used to estimate the BOLD response associated with the three conditions. The RAN data were included as a covariate at the second level model. Results and Discussion: The behavioral data of the counting Stroop confirmed the cognitive interference effect that the response time of the incongruent trials is significantly longer than the ones of the congruent and neutral trials. The fMRI data showed that participants' RAN performance correlated with the BOLD signal at dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). More specifically, participants with a higher RAN score exhibited a stronger activation at dACC and DLPFC in the incongruent trial than in the congruent or neutral trial. Our preliminary data indicated that the efficacy of dACC and DLPFC in resolving cognitive interference correlates with the reading ability of Chinese adolescents.
Original language | English |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2015 |
Event | The 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience - Chicago, United States Duration: 17 Oct 2015 → 21 Oct 2015 |
Conference | The 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 17/10/15 → 21/10/15 |