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Writing JANE, the Movie
An Introduction by Screenwriter Deborah Allen
When I was fifteen, I wrote poetry and had a best friend named Abbey. We were in love with this guy on a TV show and we actually embroidered a piece of burlap with yarn that said, "We love you," and sent it to him.
When I was fifteen, my parents (big on long summer camps where their five children were gone for awhile) found me a high school drama program at a mid-Western university.
When I was fifteen, my mom made me a beautiful dress made out of Indian print fabric she had actually brought back from India (not from a hippy store). It was short and had long sleeves. I wore it with my first pair of knee high brown boots.
When I was fifteen, I was raped by a teacher at that summer camp, wearing the beautiful dress from India.
JANE is the movie it took me 45 years to write.
Here is what I want you to know:
Fifteen-year-old girls are awake and tender and adventurous. They have hormones just like boys and beginning sex drives. At fifteen, above all else, I loved my friends, my Art Form, my English class and my anxiety about the state of the world. I wanted to be part of social change. I wanted to be an artist. I wanted a boyfriend. I wanted to be Queen.
JANE is a story about what it was like for one girl, one set of dreams, one family story, and how to come back to wholeness after a very bad thing.
What brought me to write JANE is a passionate conviction that humans can tolerate complex answers to complex problems. Being raped, believe me, is a complex problem and healing is a long journey that looks different for each of us.
To write JANE, I had to really listen to the fifteen year old who's still within me.
One day I was funny and irreverent and smart... the next day I became one of the 1 in 4 girls who are sexually assaulted before the age of 18. I began eating Oreos and didn't stop until I weighed over 200 pounds. I didn't know what to do or where to turn. I certainly couldn't tell anyone. There was no information inside of me that told me that he was forty and I was fifteen and I was not at fault.
The hole that was torn in me because of the rape did not get smaller, I got bigger and stronger around it. I want to give back what I know and what I've learned to the girls who are hurting in silence. I wish I could say that things have changed to some amazing degree in the last forty-five years. But it seems like girls still have very few heroines out there who have strong inner lives and can navigate complex territory. There has to be more than one character like "Hermione" for girls to look up to.
So I wrote a story of what I wished could have happened.
JANE is about a 15-year old who is raped by the man she idolizes and then does the unexpected: she gets her life back. She gets help from the great people who are around her. She learns to fight in a powerful self-defense program. She grieves. She makes a beginning peace with her own suffering. She uses her poetry to chart her slow steady progress. She begins the long, complex journey home.
JANE is a story for a girl in a darkened movie theater who is being assaulted by hormones, confusion and choices. It is for her mother, who was silent and does not know how to help her daughter. And for her father, who has not a clue how to help and sometimes feels angry or frightened by his helplessness. It is for that equally hormonal young teenage boy, who needs to see great male role models responding to difficult choices with both action AND emotion, and comes out of the theatre ready to stand for what is right inside himself.
Worldwide, 1 in 3 women are raped or sexually assaulted in their lives…1 in 3…
I can't think of any disease that affects a third of all the world's women – if there were, I'm sure there would be a global outcry of support, money, vaccinations to curb it… but for rape, it has remained hidden away, behind closed doors, generation after generation.
May this film be an offering into the silence. May this film be an anchor to a girl who is lost. May this film serve its true purpose of using story to teach our children about navigating a soulful life.
JANE has had two years of develop work completed, including budget, location permissions in Monterey, CA, crew that are aligned to do the film if available, and a distribution plan for an indie film that is predicted to make return on investment even without commercial distribution (Dazzle Entertainment). It is also now available as a screenplay to a producer or production company that is ready to purchase the film script. contact Deborah Allen, firstname.lastname@example.com
There has always been a market for films with well-crafted, story-driven scripts. As an inspirational character-driven film with a female protagonist, JANE may attract an audience across a variety of age groups and special interests. "Its audience is every teenager and everyone who has ever been a teenager and everyone who loves a teenager," former California State Senator Joe Simitian told Deborah Allen about this project. For JANE in particular, teenage girls age 11-18 and their families will be the target audience. The film is aiming for a PG-13 rating to ensure that teenagers can see the film without needing an adult to accompany them to a theater.
JANE – The Movie is character-driven drama that is budgeted at approximately $1,000,000, based on a budget created by line producer Rick Bosner (Fruitvale Station). The production team includes Producer/Screenwriter Deborah Allen, Producer Ike Jablon, Producer Brittney Buffo, Director of Photography Bob Elfstrom, Editor Steve Cohen, Production Manager Cristen Carr Strubbe, and Casting Directors Kevin Mockrin, CSA and Karina Walters, CSA. Consultants include Distributor, the late David Vasile and Entertainment Attorney Michael Saleman.
Deborah Allen, Executive Producer/Screenwriter Deborah Allen comes to her first feature film as an artist exploring her roots as a writer. She has a Master's degree in theater arts and spent many years in the San Francisco Bay Area theater community as an actress and director. From 1984 to 1988, Allen served as the Executive Director of Theater Bay Area. She has worked with Trap Doors/Puertas Dissimuldas at Watsonville High School with the Bear Republic Theater and Teatro Campesino. She was an artist in residence at the National Theatre of Uganda and directed August Wilson's Fences at the National Theatre. Allen is also an educator, training mid-life professionals with in-depth psychology, complementary medicine and trauma education. Her writing has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Callboard Magazine, American Theater Magazine, Tikkun and African Farmer.
Ike Jablon, Producer
Ike Jablon is a Daytime Emmy-nominated producer with a background in nationally and internationally syndicated television for CBS and ABC Networks in both Los Angeles and New York City. While at CBS, he produced for the long-running program Entertainment Tonight and its sister show The Insider – which together reached a nightly audience of 5-10 million viewers. He produced segments involving countless stars including Tom Cruise, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Will Smith and many more. He then moved onto help launch CBS' first successful daytime talk show The Talk, which includes hosts Sharon Osbourne, Julie Chen and Sara Gilbert. While there, Jablon worked as a News, Celebrity and Human Interest Producer managing a wide range of segments from stars, to Gold-Medal winning Olympians, to teenagers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He graduated with a B.F.A. in Film Production from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film & Media Arts. Jablon is a native of Santa Cruz, CA.
Cristen Carr Strubbe, Production Manager Cristen Carr Strubbe has worked as a producer and production manager for countless projects, including the Academy Award-winning film American Beauty. She has the immense experience of handling films from blockbusters to indie hits. Carr Strubbe has been a principal crew member for high-profile studio productions including No Strings Attached, Charlie Wilson's War, The Prestige, Hollywoodland, Catch Me If You Can, Ali and many more. She produced numerous independent films, among them Drag Me to Hell (co-producer), Susan's Plan (line producer), Dinner and Driving (producer),Lipstick Camera (line producer), and Every Breath (line producer).
Richard Bosner, Line Producer Richard Bosner is an experienced Line Producer for independent films on the same scale as JANE. His most recent project is the critically acclaimed Fruitvale Station, starring Michael B. Jordan and Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer. The film, produced by Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, recently won top honors at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival including Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. The budget and shooting schedule for Fruitvale are in the same range as JANE. Under Bosner's management, Fruitvale came in under budget with a first time feature director (Ryan Coogler). The film is now distributed worldwide by the Weinstein Company and is being fast-tracked for the 2014 awards season.
Bob Elfstrom, Director of Photography Bob Elfstrom's vision as a documentary cameraman is defined by a confident, clear ability to focus on the essence of any given situation. Elfstrom has an intuitive sense of story, a feature film feel for lighting and an athletic agility with a handheld camera. His work commands attention with its visceral beauty, fluid grace and basic human compassion. Among the best in his field, Elfstrom has earned awards not only for himself as Director of Photography, but also for countless productions he's worked on over the years. Credits include Director of Photography on numerous PBS programs and specials including Nova, P.O.V., American Masters and Frontline, as well as programming for National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. Elfstrom's own films include Johnny Cash!: The Man, His World, His Music, Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus and a tribute to Pete Seeger.
Steve Cohen, Editor Steve Cohen began his career using the traditional film tools of the editor. In the early 1990s, Cohen worked with Montage, Ltd. and then with Avid, helping develop a user interface and feature set that is now considered the gold standard for professional editing. He edited the first studio feature to use Media Composer (Lost in Yonkers) and the first TV movie that used Avid to conform a film negative (Teamster Boss). Cohen introduced Media Composer to the technical wing of the Motion Picture Academy, which led to Avid's Scientific and Technical Academy Award. Cohen later became the Chairman of Editing at the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies, one of the only schools in the world that offers a Master's Degree in motion picture editing. He has won various awards over the years, including an Emmy for LBJ: The Early Years and an A.C.E. Eddy for Don King: Only in America. In 2007, Cohen received the American Cinema Editors' Robert Wise Award for Journalistic Illumination of the Art of Editing.
Kevin Mockrin, CSA & Karina Walters, CSA, Casting Directors Kevin Mockrin and Karina Walters have a combined 15 years of casting experience between them, on a range of formats from pilots, to series, to features; and on a range of genres, from drama, to action, to horror, to comedy. Over the years, they have worked with some of the top Casting Directors, among them Denise Chamian, Junie Lowry Johnson & Scott Genkinger, April Webster, Alyssa Weisberg, FMW Casting, Deb Aquila and Romano/Benner Casting. Kevin's recent credits include the Comedy Central series "Workaholics," which he co-cast, as well as the pilot for the comedy series "Man Up!," and the features "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol," and Josh Schwartz's comedy feature "Fun Size." Karina is coming off Shawn Ryan's latest ABC drama pilot "Last Resort," along with the Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn comedy feature "The Watch," and season 1 of Michael Mann and David Milch's HBO series "Luck."
David Vasile, Distribution & Analytics Advisor (Independent 3rd Party)
David Vasile was the founder, owner and President of Dazzle Entertainment LLC. Established in 2004, Dazzle operates two divisions.
The consulting division provides management consulting, content development and mergers / acquisitions services to some of the leading media companies and brands in the industry including Lionsgate, Oxygen Networks, Ultimate Fighting (UFC) and fitness guru Richard Simmons. Through Dazzle, Vasile has also served as a Divisional President for several large ($120 million plus in annual revenues) media companies and has facilitated over $100 million in licensing and acquisitions for his clients. Vasile also holds executive producer's credits for over half a dozen critically acclaimed independent feature films in the comedic, horror, and dramatic genres.
Dazzle's independent film division represents a catalog of over 200 films worldwide. In 2012 Dazzle secured theatric, DVD and broadcast deals in over 100 territories worldwide and has secured premieres on the major U.S. premium pay TV channels such as HBO, Showtime, Starz, Encore, and The Movie Channel. Under Vasile's leadership, Dazzle has earned a reputation as a premiere boutique agency that maintains as successful track record of maximizing distributor/producer profits, implementing innovative market strategies and delivering results that greatly exceed that of its peers.
Prior to forming Dazzle Entertainment, Vasile served as the President of Anchor Bay Entertainment (now part of the Starz Entertainment Group). Under Vasile's leadership, Anchor Bay grew to annual revenues of just under $200 million and secured its position as one of the ten largest studios and distributors in the United States. It is also home for some of the top performing horror films and franchises including John Carpenter's Halloween, Clive Barker's Hellraiser series, Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy and George Romero's Night of the Living Dead franchise.
Vasile also revitalized the company's Thomas the Tank Train children's properties generating over $14 million in annual revenues. During his tenure, the company's fitness brands also grew dramatically making Anchor Bay one of the largest distributors within the genre. He also assembled a multi-million dollar logistics and licensing venture together with Fox/New Corp.
Prior to Anchor Bay, Vasile served as a Divisional President and General Manager of HOL with responsibility for the MTV groups (MTV, VH1 and CMT) online music/video content, marketing and commerce. He also served as a General Manager for Handleman Company (a $2 billion U.S. based music distributor) with direct responsibility for over $250 million in annual music revenues. Prior to entering the entertainment industry, Vasile held senior executive positions with Kmart Corporation, where he led merchandising and distribution re-engineering efforts.
Michael Norman Saleman, Attorney. Michael Norman Saleman, a graduate of UCLA and Whittier College School of Law, is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney-at-law admitted to practice in both California (since 1980) and Texas (since 1994) as well as in the Federal Courts of the United States. Saleman's practice maintains a special emphasis on the representation of independent filmmakers. In the course of such representation, he handles the creation of production companies, prepares financing documents, production/legal contracts and distribution negotiation and agreements.
In 32-plus years of practice in the area of film, Saleman has performed legal services on more than 95 completed and distributed motion pictures and television programs and has represented individuals in almost all sectors of the entertainment industry, from independent filmmakers, actors and writers to TV producers and former studio executives including heads of network programming.


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This article was kindly contributed by Ms. Wee Yen Jean, who is presently pursuing her third and final year for her Bachelors' in Law at the University of Cambridge. The Editors would like to thank her for her submission to Juris Illuminae's ninth volume.
Traditionally conceived of as primarily governing inter-state relations, international legal frameworks have often struggled to accommodate non-state actors. This has posed significant challenges for the regulation of the use of force. In recent times, technological and military advancements have greatly increased the destructive potential of non-state actors,1 and "terrorist cells are unfortunately omnipresent in today's world".2 This necessitates a re-evaluation of the efficacy of a state-centric model in guiding the international community's response, especially as the emergence of the Islamic State ("ISIS") as a "global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security"3 has revived important debates about the scope and limits of the right of self-defence as a justification for the use of force by states in response to attacks by non-state actors.
Focusing on the right of individual self-defence (which is that exercised by the victim state against the aggressor), this article will first outline the status of non-state actors in this area of international law, particularly since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Next, it will observe that the use of force by victim states in self-defence against non-state actors has been increasingly accepted, but that an additional and defensible legal basis must be found to justify the use of force within the territory of a non-consenting host state (the state from which the non-state actors are operating) in violation of its territorial sovereignty. It is submitted that, as Tsagourias4 and Paddeu5 have suggested, conceiving of self-defence as a circumstance precluding wrongfulness currently provides the neatest solution to the problem. The article will conclude by briefly considering the implications of adopting such an approach, in particular on the scope and limits of the right of collective self-defence (that invoked by third states coming to the victim state's aid), which as yet remain unclear.
The use of force by states is prohibited by Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter, and this prohibition is widely regarded to be jus cogens. The main exception to this prohibition is the "inherent right of individual or collective self-defence" against an "armed attack" recognised by Article 51 of the Charter, the scope of which is (unsurprisingly) highly contentious. While the formal legal position is that the right of self-defence can only be invoked against an aggressor state, "[t]he claim that international law absolutely prohibits defensive force against non-[s]tate actors is losing legal traction" and is "increasingly difficult to sustain".6 The right of self-defence against non-state actors has been increasingly invoked and accepted in state practice,7 even if its lawfulness has not yet been clearly established. This section will trace that development.
The International Court of Justice ("ICJ") has maintained in its jurisprudence that an element of state involvement is required in order for a group to be considered to have launched an "armed attack", thereby ruling out the invocation of self-defence against truly "non-state" actors. In the Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America)8 [Nicaragua], the ICJ relied on Article 3(g) of the 1974 Resolution on the Definition of Aggression,9 and held that the definition of "armed attack" could extend to cover attacks by "armed bands, groups, irregulars, or mercenaries", but these actors must have been sent "by or on behalf of a State".10 Even after 9/11, the ICJ maintained that self-defence could only be invoked in response to an armed attack "by one State against another State" in its Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory11 [Wall].
However, this orthodox view has come under increasing strain in light of state practice since 2001, when the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 136812 and 137313 implicitly recognised the United States' right of self-defence in response to the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qaeda, and the majority of states (including China and Russia) supported Operation Enduring Freedom against Afghanistan as a legitimate exercise of the right of self-defence. There is also a principled basis for this shift: although the legal significance of these Resolutions is not entirely clear, Judges Buergenthal and Kooijmans in Wall (albeit in a Declaration and Separate Opinion respectively) point out that neither Resolution expressly or implicitly limits the application of the right of self-defence only to attacks carried out by state actors. In fact, the contrary seems to have been the case,14 and indeed the Security Council authorised action under Chapter VII of the Charter without ascribing these terrorist acts to a particular state in Resolution 1373.15 Similarly, in his Separate Opinion in the Case Concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) 16[DRC v. Uganda], Judge Simma called for an urgent reconsideration of the restrictive reading of Article 51 of the Charter in Wall, stating that these Resolutions "cannot but be read as affirmations of the view that large-scale attacks by non-State actors can qualify as 'armed attacks' within the meaning of Article 51".17
Furthermore, it could be argued that what was fatal to Israel's claim to self-defence in Wall was that self-defence cannot be invoked by a state to justify the use of force against an attack "originat[ing] within, and not outside",18 its own territory (in that case, the Occupied Palestinian Territory). In contrast, Resolutions 1368 and 1373 contemplate acts of international terrorism that pose a global threat to international peace and security, not just within the territory of one state. A similar observation can be made regarding Resolution 2249, which was adopted unanimously in 2015 in response to the terrorist attacks in France. Thus, as Hakimi observes, most states do in practice tolerate the use of defensive force against non-state actors; and although they are unwilling to legitimise or validate them as lawful, such operations are in practice unlikely to be condemned or treated as unlawful.19 It is submitted that, in place of the current legal grey area, a more robust and defensible legal basis must be found for the exercise of the right of self-defence in these circumstances, to lend it greater legitimacy. Any such basis must be able to justify the victim state's violation of the territorial sovereignty of the host state in (and from) which these non-state actors are operating; and the absence of such a justification accounts for a significant part of states' difficulty with recognising a right of self-defence against non-state actors in the first place.20 It is this issue that the next section will turn to address.
Territorial sovereignty has long been established as a fundamental principle of the international legal order. Ruys and Verhoeven, for example, stress that state sovereignty "is and remains one of the basic pillars of international law and order and should not lightly be violated".21 The use of force in self-defence against a non-state actor, within the territory of a non-consenting host state, thus prima facie constitutes an internationally unlawful violation of the host state's territorial sovereignty. Such a use of force then needs to be separately justified; although Article 51 may authorise the use of force against the non-state actors themselves,22 it does not extend to the ancillary infringement of sovereignty. (For the purposes of this article, it is assumed that the non-state actors' acts are not, in the first place, attributable to the host state itself.)
It is submitted that the suggestion (made, for example, by Tsagourias and Paddeu23) that self-defence should be conceived of as a circumstance precluding wrongfulness currently provides the neatest solution. Under this approach and, to the extent that it entails a violation of the host state's territorial sovereignty, the exercise of self-defence would be governed and justified by Article 21 of the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts ("ARSIWA")24 rather than by Article 51 of the Charter. This distinction would lend the issue greater analytical clarity. As Paddeu argues, "Article 51 and Article 21 codify different effects of the exercise of the customary right of self-defence in the legal order". Article 51 provides the legal basis to justify the effect of self-defence on the prohibition on the use of force, whereas Article 21 would serve to preclude the "wrongfulness of an act of a State … if [it] constitutes a lawful measure of self-defence taken in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations"25 - the wrongful act in this case being the violation of the host state's territorial sovereignty. Article 51 would therefore govern legal relations between the victim state and the non-state actor, while Article 21 would govern legal relations between the victim state and the host state.26
Although this approach has yet to be accepted by states (or the ICJ), it would provide an analytically sound and normatively defensible framework to explain why the victim state's right of self-defence extends to allowing it to use force in a way that would otherwise constitute an unlawful violation of the host state's territorial sovereignty. Furthermore, since Article 21 of the ARSIWA operates only to excuse the victim state's international responsibility for its otherwise wrongful act, this leaves open the possibility of the host state requesting compensation from the victim state for damage caused in the course of its use of defensive force.27 As Tsagourias points out, this yields a "fair and proper" outcome that avoids disadvantaging the interests of the host state unnecessarily.28
Notwithstanding the benefits of this approach, it raises further questions about the scope and limits of the right of collective self-defence, such as that sought to be invoked by third states like the United States and United Kingdom against ISIS on behalf of Iraq. As the ICJ made clear in Nicaragua,29 collective self-defence requires both (a) that the preconditions for individual self-defence are present, and additionally (b) that the victim state expressly requests third states to use force in its territory. Hence, while the exercise of the right of collective self-defence within the territory of Iraq (which requested via a letter to the Security Council in 2014, that the US "lead international efforts to strike [ISIS] sites and military strongholds, with [its] express consent"30) is relatively uncontroversial, the use of force against ISIS within the territory of Syria (which has vehemently objected to unrequested military intervention in its territory as a violation of international law, the Charter, and its sovereignty and territorial integrity31) is hotly disputed. As Bannelier-Christakis argues, this makes it impossible to use "intervention by invitation" as a legal basis for third states' use of force in Syria,32 since the consent of Syria's government has been neither sought nor obtained. Other purported justifications for intervention in these circumstances, such as the "unwilling or unable" doctrine propounded by the United States,33 also remain extremely contentious: indeed, Corten argues that such a doctrine is unlikely to ever be accepted by states, as it would lead to "a radical change in the interpretation of both the rule prohibiting the use of force and self-defence as its main exception", and "would eventually mean the end of the collective security system enshrined in the Charter".34
However, if Article 21 is invoked to excuse a violation by Iraq of Syria's territorial sovereignty in the exercise of its right of individual self-defence, and if Iraq itself expressly requests third-state intervention, then this may be taken to permit the use of force by third states against ISIS on Syria's territory in their exercise of the right of collective self-defence. Article 21 would preclude wrongfulness35 as long as the act constitutes a lawful measure of self-defence taken in conformity with the Charter, and Article 51 of the Charter does include such a right of collective self-defence. This does not seem to have yet been much discussed in academic commentary on the subject. While any use of force in self-defence is limited by the requirements of necessity and proportionality,36 such a potential expansion calls for caution, especially since - as Gray argues - the effectiveness of using force against non-state actors is itself limited,37 and may indeed be counterproductive.
Although the right of self-defence against non-state actors has been increasingly accepted in the practice of states, a firm legal footing for the exercise of this rightespecially when this would involve an infringement of the host state's territorial sovereignty, as would likely be the casehas yet to be established. On one hand, established doctrines of international law have come under great strain, and compelling arguments have been made in support of the need for international law to adapt to allow effective action to be taken against evolving threats to global security.38 On the other hand, the prohibition on the use of force is a cornerstone of the international legal order, and any widening of the right of self-defence should be treated with circumspection.
Going forward, it is submitted that a two-pronged justification, involving both (a) a reading of Article 51 of the Charter that takes into account the shift in state practice and the international community's changing security needs; and (b) Article 21 of the ARSIWA, would provide a helpful framework for analysis, albeit that this may in turn have uncertain implications. Ultimately, attention must to be paid to the practice and changing attitudes of states to the use of force in response to new and unprecedented threats; and, drawing lessons from past interventions, states claiming a right to intervene on any ground must steer clear of any (real or perceived) abuse of the exceptions to the prohibition of the use of force, if they are to be seen as acting legitimately in furtherance of international peace and security.
[1] Ruys, 'Armed Attack' and Article 51 of the UN Charter: Evolutions in Customary Law and Practice (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) at 488.
[2] Tom Ruys & Sten Verhoeven, "Attacks by Private Actors and the Right of Self-Defence" (2005) 10(3) J Confl & Sec L 289 at 312.
[3] United Nations Security Council, Resolution 2249 (S/RES/2249) (2015), at paragraph 5 of the Preamble.
[4] Nicholas Tsagourias, "Self-Defence against Non-State Actors: The Interaction between Self-Defence as a Primary Rule and Self-Defence as a Secondary Rule" (2016) 29 Leiden J Intl L 801.
[5] Federica I. Paddeu, "Use of Force against Non-State Actors and the Circumstance Precluding Wrongfulness of Self-Defence" (2017) 30(1) Leiden J Intl L 93.
[6] Monica Hakimi, "Defensive Force against Non-State Actors: The State of Play" (2015) 91 Intl L Studies 1, at 4 and 30.
[7] Supra note 5.
[8] [1986] ICJ Rep. 14.
[9] United Nations General Assembly, Resolution 3314, Definition of Aggression (1974).
[10] Supra note 8 at [195].
[11] [2004] ICJ Rep. 136, at [139].
[12] United Nations Security Council, Resolution 1368 (2001).
[13] United Nations Security Council, Resolution 1373 (2001).
[14] Supra note 11, Declaration of Judge Buergenthal, at [6]; see also Thomas Franck, "Terrorism and the Right of Self-Defense" (2001) 95 AJIL 839-840.
[15] Supra note 11, Separate Opinion of Judge Kooijmans, at [35].
[16] [2005] ICJ Rep. 168.
[17] Ibid, Separate Opinion of Judge Simma, at [11].
[18] Supra note 11 at [139].
[19] Supra note 6 at 30.
[20] Supra note 5 at 3.
[21] Supra note 2 at 310.
[22] Supra note 5 at 5-6.
[23] Supra notes 4 and 5.
[24] Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, annexed to UN Doc A/RES/56/83 (2002).
[25] Ibid, Article 21.
[26] Supra note 5 at 27.
[27] Supra note 4 at 824.
[28] Ibid.
[29] Supra note 8 at [199].
[30] United Nations Security Council, "Letter dated 20 September 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council", S/2014/691(2014) at [5].
[31] United Nations Security Council, "Identical letters dated 17 September 2015 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council", S/2015/719 (2015); United Nations Security Council, "Identical letters dated 29 December 2015 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council", S/2015/1048 (2015).
[32] Karine Bannelier-Christakis, "Military Interventions against ISIL in Iraq, Syria and Libya, and the Legal Basis of Consent" (2016) 29 Leiden J Intl L 743, at 774.
[33] See United Nations Security Council, "Letter dated 23 September 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General", S/2014/695 (2014) at [2].
[34] Olivier Corten, "The 'Unwilling or Unable' Test: Has it Been, and Could it Be, Accepted?" (2016) 29 Leiden J Intl L 777 at 797.
[35] Subject to obligations under international humanitarian law and non-derogable human rights provisions: International Law Commission, "Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, with Commentaries" (2001) at 74.
[36] Emphasised by the ICJ in e.g. Nicaragua (supra note 8) and DRC v. Uganda (supra note 17).
[37] Christine Gray, "The Limits of Force" (Volume 376), Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law (2015) at 111.
[38] See Christian J. Tams, "The Use of Force against Terrorists" (2009) 20(2) Eur J Intl L 359.
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Situated in western New York, Chautauqua County sits on Lake Chautauqua, close to Lake Erie. Whereas recognized within the area as a go-to place for summer time enjoyable, the world is working to increase its status.
Chautauqua County welcomes vacationers from New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania every summer time, however its largest city, Jamestown, is altering the explanations behind vacationers' visits, turning the eye away from summer time enjoyable solely to the various points of interest the world gives all year long.
The historical past of Chautauqua County stretches again to the 1600s when the land was principally held by the Erie tribe. When the Beaver Wars befell, with skirmishes between the French and Native People, the world fell into the arms of the Seneca Nation till the Revolutionary Warfare when the Seneca Nation sided with the British. Afterward, Chautauqua County (the identify derived from the Erie language, and its which means is unknown) acquired its official recognition within the early 1800s. Its borders have remained the identical since.
Now, Chautauqua County is called a comparatively sleepy spot on the map. After the recognition surrounding the lake vacation spot in the summertime wanes within the fall, tourism declines and most vacationers are on the town for enterprise or sometimes snowboarding, as the world does have some slopes that draw regional curiosity. One in every of Chautauqua County's largest claims to fame, although, is that it gave delivery to one among America's most beloved comediennes — Lucille Ball.
Talking of Lucy, a number of the largest crowds come to Chautauqua County and Jamestown for LucyFest (or, extra formally, the Lucille Ball Comedy Pageant). Held each summer time, it attracts massive names in comedy, like Amy Schumer and Dan Aykroyd. Past all of the comedic enjoyable, there are many excursions, courses and extra instructional endeavors.
One other draw is the Chautauqua Establishment. Each an occasion and a spot, the can't-miss pageant hosts 9 weeks of enjoyable in the summertime. The 750-acre compound welcomes hundreds over the prolonged time interval, with actions overlaying a number of pursuits, from politics to the humanities.
Each of those occasions appeal to crowds primarily in the summertime. What about as soon as the lake is frozen in the course of the winter, and the chilly winds make journey on foot rather less gratifying? Two brand-new points of interest are aiming to get extra eyes turned towards Chautauqua County whatever the season — the newly-built Chautauqua Harbor Lodge and the Nationwide Comedy Middle. (Extra on these two under.)
The Chautauqua Harbor Lodge (10 Dunham Ave., Celoron) opened in 2018 and is shortly turning into the place to remain in Chautauqua County. Located proper on Lake Chautauqua, it presents a cushty but luxurious expertise close to all the perfect points of interest. The property even owns a close-by lighthouse! Get probably the most out of the lodge's lakeside location by staying in a guestroom with a lake view and patio or balcony. In the course of the summer time, reap the benefits of the expansive garden and a number of hearth pits, in addition to a carousel transformed right into a bar (the lodge sits on the previous house of an amusement park). Because the seasons shift, don't fear — you'll hardly really feel cooped up in case you keep mid-winter. Although the world is frigid, there's ample room to roam indoors, from the spacious guestrooms to the comfortable social spots, just like the enjoyable upscale bar, the 24-hour health middle and the indoor saltwater pool.
Situated inside the Chautauqua Establishment, however open year-round, The Spencer Lodge & Spa (25 Palestine Ave., Chautauqua) is an upgraded mattress and breakfast that was initially inbuilt 1909. Now it's a Nationwide Parks Service Historic Landmark Lodge, boasting a Steamboat Gothic type and wonderful vintage furnishings all through. Throughout your keep, you're only a brief stroll away from Lake Chautauqua, in addition to close by native eating, purchasing and a number of other wineries.
Eating places, Bars & Cafes
Lakehouse Faucet & Grille (10 Dunham Ave., Celoron) serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The breakfast menu gives a variety of basic favorites, all created to perfection and served alongside countless gourmand espresso. In case you can take your eyes off your plate, you'll be capable of spot lake views from each seat in the home. For dinner, the comfortable environment, with its waterfall function and roaring hearth, converts right into a premium steakhouse, providing a decadent menu crammed with any upscale merchandise your coronary heart might want, from steak to seafood, pasta, salad, lamb and duck, served with conventional sides like roasted asparagus and risotto.
In historic Jamestown, Labyrinth Press Firm (12 East 4th St., Jamestown) gives breakfast and lunch. The cafe and espresso bar serves numerous vegetarian choices, all with a singular kick. "Lab Dishes" embrace a mixture of mouthwatering elements which you can mix within the type of a burrito, bowl or salad. The favored "Vin Diesel" consists of chickpeas, sunflower seeds, purple onion, purple bell peppers, avocado, spinach, pesto and feta, topped with a mixture of Frank's Pink scorching sauce and bitter cream. For diners who need to keep away from a style bud overload, there are easier choices just like the Plain Jane sandwich (fried eggs, cheddar and bitter cream on a bun) and the Beer & Cheese Soup (IPA, cheeses and veggies).
For extra espresso goodness alongside tempting breakfast and lunch choices, Crown Road Roasting Firm (16 West third St., Jamestown) serves premiere coffees from around the globe. In the event you take pleasure in their brews, you possibly can join a month-to-month espresso subscription and have their bagged beans shipped straight to your door, prepared for brewing. Should you're simply stopping in for a chew, the menu consists of mild choices like bagel sandwiches (assume turkey apricot bacon and ham apple gouda), salads and soups.
Ellicottville Brewing Firm (28 Monroe St., Ellicottville) was based within the '90s by an area who thought a craft brewery can be the right match for this primarily ski-driven small city. His hunch proved true and now the brewing firm is a must-visit when in Ellicottville, regardless of the season. You possibly can tour the brewery, eat on the restaurant and even take a look at the winter igloo. The menu gives variations on on a regular basis favorites, from burgers to brisket.
Landmark (516 West 4th St., Jamestown) is simply that — a landmark! The vintage-style eating room includes a hearth and paneled partitions, well-fitting for the normal chophouse menu. The in depth dinner choice consists of salads, consolation meals, seafood, steaks, pasta, grain bowls, burgers and extra. Alongside beers from Ellicottville Brewing Firm, the restaurant additionally serves native brews from close by Southern Tier Brewing Firm. Signature cocktails are likewise out there.
All Concerning the Arts
One other interesting facet of Chautauqua County, past its lovely lake, is the world's love for the humanities, from the opera to comedy.
It's no marvel why the Nationwide Comedy Middle (203 West 2nd St., Jamestown) made headlines when it opened in 2018. The museum is extra of an expertise than a spot to catch a present. Utterly interactive and entertaining, the middle features a briefing on the historical past of comedy and a celebration of what comedy has advanced into immediately. When you can spot a number of comedy relics behind glass right here and there, a lot of the museum is devoted to actions, contact screens, cameras and methods for each customer to become involved, make their very own comedy and study one thing new whereas they're at it. Laughing till you cry is very inspired! Moreover, visiting households can relaxation straightforward figuring out that any adult-friendly comedy is stored safely away from curious eyes and ears. The "Blue Room" on the bottom degree of the museum can solely be accessed by way of elevator and is the place all of the over-18 materials is displayed.
Close by, the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum (2 West third St., Jamestown) takes the historical past of comedy and narrows the main target in on this iconic star. The museum options set replicas from the 1950s present, Emmy awards, costumes and extra.
As beforehand talked about, the Chautauqua Establishment (One Ames Ave., Chautauqua) provides to the world's summer time attract with a lineup of crowd-drawing occasions, from lectures to opera performances. Nevertheless, you'll be able to nonetheless go to this destination-within-a-destination for its 750 acres of leisure any time of yr. In November and December, for instance, the Establishment hosts a Winter Village, with musical performances, sleigh rides, wine and meals pairing dinners, and extra. Just like the summer time season, with its enlightening, exploratory and academic bent, the Winter Village takes your conventional kid-friendly lights present and bumps it up a notch with actions for all ages.
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Do you wear flannel daily? Have you uttered the word "Timber" more than just for trees falling? Do you chop wood in your spare time? If so you might have what it takes to be Kween Lumberjack!
Kween Lumberjack is the first annual pageant created and hosted by the Portland Lumberjacks RFC. The pageant will be open to 10-15 contestants, male or female, and chosen ahead of time. Contestants must be a member of the queer community and will include three areas of competition.
- Q&A with the judges, know your wood!
- 40-60 second talent section
- Walk the runway in your best lumberjack couture
Doors will open at 7:00 and will be $10 at the door ($7 with canned food donation). The pageant will start at 8:00 and will be done by 10:00. Photobooth will be there for $5 and Lumberjack merchandise will be for sale. The DJ will be playing all night long so you can get your groove on!
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VirtualRealPorn Review-Best Price-Performance?
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VirtualRealPorn Content
The site is one of the first sites that took to VR porn. In a way, they are the veterans. Their catalogue certainly points to that fact as well with a library of over 390 exclusive videos available for their subscribers.
They experiment different genres and do not really stick to one or two niches. As a result, their content is always something fresh and something which cannot be found on other websites. Even when taking themes like Christmas, Thanksgiving or Halloween, they can put their own spin on it. For example, Their 12 days of Christmas special features 12 girls involved in orgies in two different scenes.
The talent featured on the site is some of the hottest in the industry and will surely get you salivating. The overall sexual appeal is high and its not just because of the acting but due to the treatment on the editing table and the director. Names like Chloe Lamour, Angel Wicky, Maya Bijou, Ella Knox, Moka Mora, Katrina Jade and Jessa Rhodes fill up their video lists.
The video duration has increased in their recent releases. During the first few months, the duration would vary around 15 mins, but has since then risen to 40-60 mins duration. That ensures that there's enough build-up and sex.
The content really is top-top-notch and there cannot be much to blame. I'll give them a 5/5 for their content.
Everyone is totally flashed after the experience and can't stop grinning.
VirtualRealPorn's Visual Quality
VirtualRealPorn offers videos at 5K resolution, making it one of the highest resolution in the business. Their videos are produced in 3D with 180 degree FOV (field of view) and the added supplement of binaural sound. If you're wondering about the frames per second, then that is 60 FPS for all their videos.
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The editing of the videos have been quite professional, while the scale and camera positioning has improved over time. Despite that, the positioning could be a bit lower, since the male performer seems to be too tall in some of the videos. As a result, the female performers seem distant and it can get a bit difficult to picture the entire scene.
However, it is their post-production adjustments that I am a fan of. Their lighting corrections, set locations and overall visual quality shines beautifully, making it a great experience for the viewers.
For visuals, I'll rate VirtualRealPorn 4.5/5.
VirtualRealPorn.com's Variety
The variety is usually judged using two factors – variety of niches and variety of pornstars. We'll start off with variety in niches. Niche or categories are different types of fetishes surrounding which the videos are created.
VirtualRealPorn has an impressive range of categories including lesbian, milf, female POV, anal, ebony, asian, latina, milf, femdom, teen, cosplay, interracial, orgy, office, poolside, shower sex and so much more. When you have such a wide range of titles available it's hard to go wrong with such a choice. Not only that, their collection of videos for each category is quite impressive in itself.
390 Videos. With this much content, you can fap happily for a few weeks or even months!
One of the best ways in which they ensure variety is by creating part series of a few themes and then introduce them over a period of time. As a result, it builds the subscribers expectations as well as keeps providing progressive and a variety of content.
Similarly, there's a wide range of pornstars who are featured on the platform. Currently, their roster covers nearly 190 pornstars and offers a great variety in itself. You'll find pornstars from Asian, ebony, latina, European, big tits, big ass, blonde, brunette, teen, milf, bbw, curvy and more. Whether you like them to be submissive or dominating, sensual or hardcore, lesbian or straight, you'll find all kinds of hot stuff in this pool of VR porn gold.
For their variety, I'll afford them a 5/5.
Future of the Site
When talking about the future of a site, we take into consideration numerous factors including – technology used by the site, featured pornstars, community, ability to adapt, frequency of updates and willingness to try new things.
VirtualRealPorn has not only survived the new onslaught of VR porn sites, but simultaneously strengthened their position as one of the best value-for-money sites. The constantly look to innovate (see teledildonics integration and VRLove game) and provide new interactive experiences. In addition, the list of popular pornstars featured on the site is endless, while they continue to pump out 2 new releases every week.
All in all, there's definitely a future if you invest in VirtualRealPorn. I'll rate them 5/5.
Sites and Extras @ VirtualRealPorn
The website design of the site has stayed more or less the same since our last review. The site uses a main page which lists the most recent releases, advertises their expertise with teledildonics and previews the latest upcoming releases. Check out their Twitter page!
The navigation options provided includes Videos, Interactive, Pornstars, Support and Log In. At the time of writing this review, they do have another navigation option which redirects to their 12 Orgy Girls page. On the top of the navigation bar, the site also lists their various other sister sites in VR porn.
The pornstar being attractive is essential for a great Virtual Reality Porn experience.
The Videos page lists all their current videos and offers advanced sorting and filtering options which includes Date, Likes, Title, Length, Models, Genre, Interactive and Teledildonics. The last two options allows the user to filter videos which support teledildonics integration.
You can find the same on the Interactives page, which lists only those videos that support teledildonics integration. The Pornstar page lists the talent featured on the site and also features some sorting options. Unfortunately, there's no universal search option. The search option is currently restricted to the Videos and Pornstars page. A universal search options might be more helpful and easy to access.
The Support option provides guides on watching VR porn using different types of VR Headsets including Windows Mixed Reality, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Daydream, PlayStationVR and Samsung GearVR.
The site provides access to free stills from the videos which are available on the Video description page. This page also allows users to stream the videos or download them according to their VR headset.
For sites and extras, I'll rate VirtualRealPorn 4.5/5 for their design and user experience.
The site offers two different membership categories – Download and Streaming. The download options 1 month, 3 months and 1 year subscriptions. The 1 month sub costs 15 €/ month, while the 3 month sub costs 9.39 €/ month and the yearly sub costs only 7.50 €/ month.
The streaming category provide a similar option with 1 month, 3 month and 1 year subscriptions. The 1 month sub costs 9.99 €/ month, the 3 month sub costs 6.69 €/ month and the 1 year sub costs 5 €/ month.
They now offer 5K videos! That's an amazing VR quality!
Conclusions: Virtual Real Porn
In conclusion, VirtualRealPorn still offers one of the best value-for-money in the industry. They are known for their premium content, innovative offerings and the ability to produce some of the most visually stunning content. While there are quite a few new entrants in the market, their ability to adapt with market demands and constantly find new areas to explore, leaves them in the top 3 best VR porn sites. If you're looking to experience VR porn like never and nowhere before, take a sub with this site.
Quick: Is VirtualRealPorn worth it?
- High visual quality
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- 2 new releases every week
- Really cheap prices for what you get
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Tom Clancy's The Division Open Beta Trailer
Ubisoft released a new trailer for Tom Clancy's The Division ahead of its open beta this weekend.
"Jump into The Division open beta from February 19-21 on PS4, PC and Xbox One."
Xbox One players get a exclusive 24-hour head start on February 18. Players on all platforms can preload the beta starting now.
- Start time for Xbox One: Thursday, February 18 – 9am GMT / 10am CET / 1am PST / 4am EST.
- Start time for PS4 and PC: Friday, February 19 – 9am GMT / 10am CET / 1am PST / 4am EST.
The open beta download weighs in around 35GB depending on platform, if you were part of closed beta, you just need to download 1.6GB of update.
Open beta adds a new story mission that wasn't part of closed beta.
The beta participants will gain access to a special in-game reward that can be unlocked in Uplay, when the game launches in March 2016.
Tom Clancy's The Division will be available on March 8, 2016 simultaneously for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.


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During the Battle of the Atlantic, Dr. George Hendry had just finished performing two major surgical operations on board the destroyer HMCS Ottawa when his ship was ambushed by 13 German U-boats. Canadian warships like Ottawa had inadequate radar sets that were incapable of detecting submarines approaching in the dark. On September 13, 1942, U-91 stole in and torpedoed Ottawa, sinking her in 20 minutes. utterly exhausted, Dr. Hendry was lost along with 113 of his shipmates. George Hendry was a much-loved man, a great university athlete, and a very good doctor. Unfortunately, he was also naive and too trusting. One night in January 1941, he committed a very foolish indiscretion. He would spend the rest of his tragically short life making amends for this mistake.
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Performers, jugglers and, yes, even yodelers are invited to participate in a First Night talent show on New Year's Eve at the Telus Conference Centre.
Sea to Sky corridor youth ages 13 to 18 are eligible to participate in the non-competitive event.
All talent is welcome: rappers, comedians, dancers, singers, pig callers, air bands, musicians, impersonators, baton twirlers, magicians and daring feats of bravery — anything goes.
Talent show auditions are being held Wednesday, Dec. 20 and Thursday, Dec. 21 at 3:20 p.m. at Whistler Secondary School in the Music Room.
Book a time by calling Carmen Traub at 604-905-0932 Ex. 1.
Maxx Fish hosts a new night called Audio/Visual, which combines art with music every Monday night.
Jon Parris, who hosts the night, invites artists to submit a portfolio of their work for consideration. He is looking for a variety of styles, mediums and expressions of creativity.
Contact Parris at firstname.lastname@example.com or by visiting him on Monday nights at Maxx Fish .
For those who haven't even begun their Christmas shopping, local artisans have come up with the perfect one-stop shop at the Days Before Christmas Artisan Market Saturday, Dec. 16 and Sunday, Dec. 17 at Snow City Glassworks in Function Junction.
"It is an opportunity for local artists to give people last minute
gift ideas for Christmas," said organizer Duane Perrett. "It's a family event,
so people are more than welcome to just come down and check out the art."
More than 1,000 shoppers visited the market last year. Along with
the market showcasing more than 20 local artists, live demos of glassblowing,
painting, quilling and jewelry making will also take place.
The event is presented by the Whistler Artists Guild, a group of 40
artists working together to organize events promoting local talent.
The market is open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Unit 16 - 1005 Alpha Lake Road behind Home Hardware.
Admission is free.
Filipino community raising funds
Celebrate the spirit of giving in Philippine fiesta tradition at
the Pasko Na fundraiser Saturday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Mountain
"We, the Filipino community here in Whistler, would like to share
this unique and wonderful Christmas experience with (the community)," said
organizer Rudy Bueno. "There is no winter or snow in the Philippines at
Christmas time, and Santa Claus, though visible in displays and believed by
most Filipino kids to exist, seldom comes bearing gifts."
The evening of music, fun, food and friendship raises funds for
Gawad Kalinga, a non-profit organization that provides housing for the poor in
the Philippines as well as other parts of the world.
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Osasuyi Esosa, better known by her stage name Liora, hails from Edo State, NIGERIA . Born in Jos and grew up in different parts of Nigeria, thus her multi – cultural talent. As the 6th child of the family, she began her musical journey from the children's choir at the age of 5. She has also helped to stir many choir and groups to notable heights while studying at Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Liora joined a fellowship (NIFES). As a member of inspiration – NIFES, she had the opportunity of taking lead roles and as such was very instrumental in the release of the group's first Album "HE IS MY GOD", most of the songs including Album Title was written by Liora and Pastor Steve Okeke which was produced by Oke Oku and Nuel Jo.
She alongside others like Ify, Nkechi, Gloria, Lewa formed a group called the Royal Connection.
In March 2008, Liora decided to launch her solo – album titled "Virtue" with hit single "Kelechukwu" and several others. Virtue which means character in this context admonishes us on how to live our lives as Christians and even as non Christians in order to achieve God's purpose in our lives. The album was produced by Cobhams, pitch and shaba-ark. The completely versatile album embraced different styles like R&B, Soul, Contemporary African beats etc.
Liora is an inspirational songwriter and performer who inspire those who listen to her. She has performed alongside Cobhams, Wole Oni (producer of Midnight Crew), Victor Atenaga and others.
Liora is also two time winner of the Prestigious South South Music Awards, winning the award for Best Gospel Female Artiste 2010 and also Best Gospel Artiste 2012 respectively.
In her Philanthropic gesture, She is the C.E.O of Miragold International. A non-governmental organization that caters for the needy and less privilege in the society.
She is presently working on her new album entitled "Virtue Reloaded" which "promises to be an even bigger blast as it features world class Gospel Ministers among them is World Renowned Pianist Adlan Cruz. The single is expected to be released later this year. Watch this space.
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If you lose one teeth or more, then you almost want to get them replaced as quickly as possible, but some dental implant treatments may take almost a year to complete.
THE Effect Of Bone Grafting On Treatment Times
This doesn't look at the need for any extra techniques such as bone grafting. A bone graft might be necessary if you have lost a considerable part of your jawbone. After natural teeth are removed then the jawbone around this area quickly begins to reabsorb.
Don't Let The Period Of Dental Implant Treatment Put You Off
You shouldn't let this put you off treatment as teeth implant frequently provide the absolute best long-term solution and just a little extra time now's really worth it in the longer run. However, some types of dental implant procedures could be quick to complete.
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Dental implant treatment is an extremely specialized process which explains why we completely recommend scheduling a scheduled appointment with a dental implant dental practitioner. The periodontists are highly experienced in inserting implants and use a variety of systems providing patients with the widest selection of treatments. If you want to know more about Dental Implants you can consult Dental Implant Dentist or Dental Experts.
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We have probably all heard of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and perhaps thought of it as something that is a long way off for us in terms of daily interaction.
The fact is that AI is already here in the form of "bots" and if plans unveiled by Facebook at the recent F8 developer conference are anything to go by we're about to be interacting a lot more with them in our daily lives.
What Are Bots?
A bot is a computer software program that people can interact with using Artificial Intelligence. For example, chatbots can answer questions and chat in a way online that resembles human conversation.
Some commentators say that we have sacrificed conversation for growth and scale and so it is the conversation experience that bots can bring back to businesses that makes them so attractive.
The hope is that bots (described recently by Microsoft's boss Satya Nadella as "the new apps") can ultimately become a kind of ideal personal assistant that can answer our questions and organise our lives.
What Are The Benefits of Bots?
The benefits for an organisation using them include:
- They are cheaper than training humans.
- Some studies have shown that people can prefer dealing with bots on websites rather than humans on the phone. Research firm Gartner for example estimates that up to 85% of customer service centres will become virtual by 2020.
- They are very well suited to many value adding service tasks.
- Companies should theoretically have much more control over messages given out and the consistency of those messages
What Can They Do?
There are many real-life examples of how bots are being used by organisations world wide right now. These include:
• The bots used on the Chinese texting service WeChat to pay for meals, order movie tickets and to allow users to send each other presents.
• The virtual assistants used by Lloyds bank, Renault, many accounting firms, retailers and local governments to help guide users through their websites.
• The Taco Bot used by Taco Bell to help users order meals.
• Bots used by Kik (an instant messenger app for mobile devices) to answer questions about the weather, give make-up tips and guide people around websites.
Other soon-to-be launched / soon-to-be developed bots include :
• The New York robot lawyer bot that appeals against parking tickets on your behalf. (so far used by 150,000 people).
• Bots to interact with customers on Skype, its video and messaging service. These will be developed by Microsoft users.
Why Now?
The days of using lots of different apps to get things done are now on the decline. For example, recent Forrester Research estimated that 80% of the typical US Smartphone user's time was spent in just 5 apps.
Also, there have been some major new developments in A.I. such as 'deep learning' and neural networks. These have meant that chatbots can learn from data sets and mimic the way that the human brain works.
As with all new ideas, there are plenty of examples of things not going to plan and plenty of potential flaws. For example, Twitter users found great amusement in exploiting the learning aspect bots by training Microsoft's chatbot 'Tay' to give racist and inappropriate answers.
Many people also have concerns about security whereby bots which learn so much about us are let loose on a platform such as Facebook (that already knows so much about us), and what the consequences of a hack under these circumstances could be.
What's So Special About Facebook Bots?
The really important aspect of Facebook's latest announcement at F8 is that anyone can now make their own bot using Facebook's application programming interface (API) known as 'Messenger Platform'.
Using the access and know-how within Facebook's API, users can create their own uniquely intelligent bots. These will be powered by Facebook's Bot Engine that acts as a kind central brain for collective learning that can be passed on to the bots to make them even more 'intelligent' and better at the tasks they were designed for. This could mean that there could now be a kind of bot development gold rush through Facebook.
This can only be good news for Facebook in gaining another march on its competitors Apple, Microsoft and Google, and as another possible source of future revenue.
For bot developers access to Facebook's resources in this way could be a huge commercial opportunity.
What Does This Mean for Your Business?
Bots could therefore mean that you could reduce costs, and add value to your services by putting bots to work to interact with your customers to enhance customer service.
This could mean help and savings on labour, training and staffing, and could provide a source of competitive advantage that could be quickly added to or changed if/when needed.


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Change is Uncomfortable
I was having a conversation with someone recently about change. It went something like this:
Me: "Everyone else has been telling me the exact same thing you have told me from the start... How I need to do 'X'."
Them: "It's hard take in and hear what others are saying when it involves you having to make the change. Sometimes we need to hear it from different people and in different ways in order to finally accept it."
Change is uncomfortable. It can involve an element of 'unknown', which for some people, is terrifying. It's interesting that the only constant in life is change. It happens everyday, in some form or other. Many people assume that change means a passing of the good and a unwelcome season of bad. I don't think this is always the case. Sometimes we have to let go of something wonderful in order to receive the beautiful thing awaiting us.
For many who struggle with an eating disorder, controlling food brought a sense of stability in the midst of change they felt they could not control. In the short term, it works, but in the long term, it inevitably turns into something that controls them, in addition to bringing a range of medical, social, psychological and emotional complications. In order to recovery, change towards health/wellness and away from their eating disorder has to occur. Here are some tips that make change more manageable:
- Supports - Don't do it alone. It's helpful to have a cheerleading section as you may need convincing from time to time. Bring people into your life (both professionally and personally) who will support you. Talk about your fears... ask for help... find someone who will help keep you accountable.
- One Step at a Time - Thinking of everything you need to change at once will overwhelm you. Remember, you don't need to change everything all at once. There will likely be areas/behaviours you will be more eager to change than others and that's okay. Work on those ones and go from there.
- Celebrate - Don't discount the small steps you take when moving towards health and wellness. Each step you take is one step further from your eating disorder.
- Embrace Emotion - Allow yourself to feel all the emotions that come with recovery. There will be days where you miss your eating disorder... there will be days where you hate it. There will be days where you are on top of the world for having eaten a challenging snack and other days when it scares you. All of it is normal and natural. Don't discount the enjoyable emotions either, even when they feel unfamiliar.
- Don't Be Afraid to Laugh At Yourself - I'm sure there will be times that as you go about recovery, you look rather silly. For example, I'll never forget the time in my recovery when I was doing a jig in front of a mirror trying desperately to get into a pair of jeans I grew out of. In the midst of it, I realized what I was doing and how silly I looked. I laughed at myself and it hit me... it was time to stop fighting change and embrace it by wearing clothes that fit.
- Include Non-ED Treatment Activities - There is definitely a place for therapy, therapeutic groups, seeing your doctor, and all of this. It is also important to build a life outside of treatment. Join a board game group, learn to knit and find a knitting circle, take a language course, return to a sport you loved before your ED took over (as always, talk with your therapist and doctor about this before returning to make sure you are medically cleared and that it does not hinder your recovery). You are so much more than someone with an eating disorder... don't forget to cultivate those parts!
- Pace Yourself - Change and recovery takes time. Allow yourself to take it. Pace yourself by setting up realistic goals. Solidify the healthy changes you have made instead of rushing onto something else. It is not a race, nor a competition.
When we learn healthier ways of coping and being, we can manage those difficult and unpleasant seasons that life brings. Change can be uncomfortable... just like growing pains are. But, it can lead to new opportunities, health and wellness. It can lead you to fully being able to enjoy the seasons of joy that life has to offer.


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PLAID Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones will today urge voters to view the party's achievements in the Assembly Government as a test-bed ahead of the council elections in May.
The Ynys Môn AM will use the party's spring conference in Newport as a platform for the local government polls, claiming significant advances in health, education, housing, transport and agriculture policies.
He will also seek to bolster support within Plaid for the One Wales agreement with Labour in the Assembly, emphasising the continued drive towards a referendum on a law-making parliament for Wales by 2011.
Mr Jones dismissed concern over Plaid's ability to hold on to Gwynedd council in the face of the Llais Gwynedd opposition to proposed rural school closures, insisting the authority had been 'brave' in facing tough decisions.
"Now we have the experience of being in government for eight or nine months, we want to transfer that to local government and say to the people of Wales, you have seen what Plaid Cymru can do in practice, now you have the opportunity to elect Plaid Cymru to run your local affairs," he said.
The Deputy First Minister insisted that the deal was 'not about governing like the Liberal Democrats or Labour maintaining the status quo'.
"You can't stand still in politics, you have to move forward," he said.
Plaid had already unveiled innovative new policies for local government, including bike-sharing schemes in cities and big towns, and expanding space for allotments and community gardens for 'grow your own' food.
Mr Jones accepted that the administration had made unpopular decisions in some quarters, bailing out the Wales Millennium Centre to the tune of £13.5m, failing to fully fund a plan for a Welsh language daily newspaper, and squeezing grant funding for local councils.
"It isn't all the land of milk and honey being in government although you have the chance for the first time to implement your policies.
"There's another side, you have to make difficult decisions which are sometimes unpopular. But that's part of the process of being in government, that you are prepared to take those decisions."
Despite fury among council leaders, council tax rises this year had been held below 5%, in some cases much lower, he said.
Plaid remained committed to funding the Welsh language media even though the plans for one Welsh daily Y Byd had fallen through when it could not operate within the funding the Assembly Government was able to provide, he said.
Two major planks of Plaid's deal with Labour were on course, he maintained, plans for a new Welsh language act to provide rights to Welsh speakers, and a commitment to campaign for a Yes vote in a referendum on further Assembly powers by 2011.
"I'll be reminding some Labour MPs in particular that the deal we made was endorsed by both parties," he said.
Progress had already been made by halting plans to downgrade Llandudno hospital and close other community hospitals "We are just eight months into a four year term," he said.


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Most parts of North India, bereft of rains, today reeled under humid conditions and Srinagar witnessed hottest day in seven years, even as the national capital was lashed by heavy showers rendering roads flooded and causing traffic jams.
Delhi received heavy rains today bringing some respite from the humid conditions.
The humidity level was between 83 to 65 per cent and the day temperature settled at 36 degree Celsius, two notches above normal.
The minimum temperature in Delhi settled at 28.8 deg C which is also two degree above normal, according to the Meteorological department.
In Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar recorded the hottest day in seven years as the mercury touched 35.4 deg C today.
"It is the hottest day since July 2006," a spokesman of the Met office said. He said it was the second hottest day in Kashmir in the last decade. The mercury had touched 35.5 deg C for successive years in the month of July 2005 and 2006.
In Uttar Pradesh, some parts in western region got light to moderate rains.
Lalitpur got 10 cm rain, Mahroni 9 cm, Mauranipur 4 cm, Najibabad and Mahoba 2 cm each.
Central Water Commission said that the Ganga river continued to flow close to the danger mark from Fatehgarh to Dalmau in Rae Bareli and was flowing above the red mark in Ballia district.
The Yamuna river was flowing close to the red mark at Prayag Ghat in Mathura, while the Ghaghra river continued to flow above the red mark at Elgin Bridge in Barabanki, Ayodhya and Turtipar in Ballia.
Rains gave a slip to the most parts of Punjab and Haryana.
High humidity prevailed in the two states as the maximum temperatures continued to hover a few notches above normal.
Chandigarh recorded a high of 36 deg C, three notches above normal. Hisar in Haryana was the hottest place in the region recording a high of 38.8 deg C, three notches above the normal level.


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The air is brisk and leaves are falling. Autumn is here. It's also a clear sign that it's soup season!
There's nothing more comforting than a hot bowl of homemade soup on a cold day. It warms the tummy and soothes the soul. It's comfort food at its best.
Plus, one-pot meals just make life easier – leaving you more time for raking that yard full of leaves.
This hearty Italian soup is packed with fall veggies and festive colors. I used sweet Italian sausage in mine, but if you prefer spicy sausage, go for that. Garlic and onion sautéed in the sausage drippings make a flavorful base alongside beef broth, red wine and tomato sauce. The tortellini makes it all the more filling, while fresh basil and parsley lend a vibrant pesto-like kick.
For a healthier spin on it, you can use ground turkey and low-sodium broth. Chicken or vegetable broth works well, too. And if you prefer a creamier soup, add a tablespoon of sour cream to your bowl.
Whether it's 100 degrees outside or 50, I could always go for a bowl of this soup.
1 pound sweet (mild or spicy) Italian sausage, casings removed
1 cup onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
5 cups beef broth
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup red wine
4 large tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1 1/2 cups carrots, quartered and diced
2 cups zucchini, quartered and diced
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
8-10 ounces tortellini pasta
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, chopped
To taste:
Dried oregano
Garlic powder
Fresh cracked pepper
For serving:
Parmesan cheese
In a heavy bottom pot, brown sausage over medium high heat. Remove sausage with slotted spoon and set aside. In the drippings, saute onion and garlic until tender.
Stir in sausage, broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, zucchini and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
Skim off fat. Stir in the tortellini, parsley and basil. Season to taste with oregano, garlic powder, pepper and salt. Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes longer or until tortellini is tender.
Serve topped with Parmesan cheese.


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text: Georgia Lale is a visual artist and a ceramicist based in Brooklyn. She was born in Greece and graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Athens. In 2016 she completed her MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is the recipient of several awards and fellowships of excellence. Georgia developed a performance art project entitled #OrangeVest that seeks to confront the refugee crisis in Europe. These public space interventions were performed at different sites in New York and other US cities, and most recently in Brussels, where a group of refugee artists was involved in the project. This work was also presented in the Greek Pavillion at 15th Venice Architecture Biennale.


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I support liveness therefore I support #TheSoundofMusicLive. Plus, TV is not supposed to be very good.
This statement was in reaction to a flurry of tweets from others about what was bad about the show. I wouldn't necessarily disagree with any of those. My point was that this was the kind of TV event that wasn't about quality and whether, say, Carrie Underwood can act. It was about watching something as it happened, and allowing for multiple pleasures for the audience simultaneously assembled. For me, it was reveling in a what seemed a desperate and nostalgic gesture of pure TV on a number of levels.
A country singer/star and American Idol winner at the center of what is most famous as a film musical but seen by most people on TV, with Anna Paquin's vampire husband as Baron Von Trapp? This wasn't just about mocking the performance. I was genuinely impressed by the live staging. Yes, it might have seemed less awkward with a studio audience, but I can't imagine how they could have done that with so many sets and camera setups. I haven't read anything about the making of it, but I'm sure there were many cameras and stages.
Anyway, the bigger point I was making was that TV isn't supposed to very good if you look at it too closely. Right now, this was "pure TV" (aside from the production end of things) in that it was best experienced live with others, in a state of semi-distraction. Better if those around you have something at stake in liking Carrie Underwood. This being America, liking the Sound of Music, or at least knowing it through osmosis, is a given. Go make a drink or a sandwich and don't push pause. Just listen. You know the story already, anyway. What's the point of making fun of it?
Am I reading against the grain of my own ironic sensibility these days? Every now and then.


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Indexed on: 01 Feb '15Published on: 01 Feb '15Published in: Computer Science - Distributed; Parallel; and Cluster Computing
We introduce Cloud DIKW as an analysis environment supporting scientific discovery through integrated parallel batch and streaming processing, and apply it to one representative domain application: social media data stream clustering. Recent work demonstrated that high-quality clusters can be generated by representing the data points using high-dimensional vectors that reflect textual content and social network information. Due to the high cost of similarity computation, sequential implementations of even single-pass algorithms cannot keep up with the speed of real-world streams. This paper presents our efforts to meet the constraints of real-time social stream clustering through parallelization. We focus on two system-level issues. Most stream processing engines like Apache Storm organize distributed workers in the form of a directed acyclic graph, making it difficult to dynamically synchronize the state of parallel workers. We tackle this challenge by creating a separate synchronization channel using a pub-sub messaging system. Due to the sparsity of the high-dimensional vectors, the size of centroids grows quickly as new data points are assigned to the clusters. Traditional synchronization that directly broadcasts cluster centroids becomes too expensive and limits the scalability of the parallel algorithm. We address this problem by communicating only dynamic changes of the clusters rather than the whole centroid vectors. Our algorithm under Cloud DIKW can process the Twitter 10% data stream in real-time with 96-way parallelism. By natural improvements to Cloud DIKW, including advanced collective communication techniques developed in our Harp project, we will be able to process the full Twitter stream in real-time with 1000-way parallelism. Our use of powerful general software subsystems will enable many other applications that need integration of streaming and batch data analytics.


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When people think of New York fashion magazines images of Meryl Streep yelling and Anne Hathaway running in heels tend to come to mind. But my life is not "The Devil Wears Prada", I'm not Anne Hathaway and I'm definitely not fetching unreleased copies of Harry Potter for Meryl Streep.
However, I do get to do a lot of cool things on a day-to-day basis.
Whether it's toy testing (where I intern has an entire research institute) or transcribing celebrity interviews, the life of an editorial intern is ever-changing.
My main goal though: help make the lives of the editors easier.
That's what makes an editorial intern different from, say, a fashion or beauty intern. Fashion and Beauty manage the products that Editorial writes about. So, an editorial internship is less less behind-the-scenes (though I've been lucky enough to play in the beauty closet and yes, it's amazing) and more about making the final, written product better.
If you want to get a peek at what being an editorial intern entails, here is a general breakdown of my responsibilities throughout the week:
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I am about to head out the door. My internship is about a seven minute walk from my place, but I like to get there early. This gives me time to get up to the 28th floor, make myself a latte and finish any last minute personal tasks.[/svt-event]
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I'm lucky to get a mid-morning start instead of the crack of dawn, but right at 10 a.m. is when I start my intern duties. This includes checking emails for any pressing tasks, rifling through reader mail and submitting press releases and celeb stories that may interest the editors. This typically takes up to an hour.[/svt-event]
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By this time, I've usually been given a task. A lot of the time the other interns and I go up to the 29th floor – the research institute – to help the guys in the Consumer Electronics and Engineering Lab. Up there, we do a lot of organizing and playing with toys (We're prepping for the November "best of" toys issue).[/svt-event]
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I've also gotten the chance to help bake cookies in the test kitchen to test oven ranges (they makes dozens of treats on a regular basis), organize the prop closets and run around the city to pick up props and such at different stores.
On slower days though, I'm just transcribing interviews for my editors, reaching out to media contacts for various brands and people and working on long term projects that keep me computer-bound. Depending on the scale of the task, these sometimes take me all day.[/svt-event]
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This is typically when I take my lunch. Everyday is different so I don't follow a strict schedule, but this is like prime hangry time. Sometimes the other interns and I eat in our building, other times I go out or even stay in and take care of personal work that needs to get done.[/svt-event]
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Post-lunch everyone has "the itis" and things slow down a little bit. I finish up any assignments I didn't get done before my break, or I move on to the next task that I know I can finish up that day. I do this with a cup of coffee in my hand and wait for the clock to strike 5 p.m. Then, I'm out until next time![/svt-event]


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Today in Sacramento: Here's what you need to know for Saturday
Good morning. Here's what you need to know today, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015:
Thermometer drops a bit
The triple-digit temperature streak is expected to end today as the high temperature in Sacramento is forecast to reach near 96 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. That's seven degrees above normal for a typical Sept. 12 in the city, the weather service reports.
Food literacy fair at McClatchy Park
The Fruit-to-Root Food Literacy Fair is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon at McClatchy Park, 3500 Fifth Ave., Sacramento. The free event features the Oak Park Farmers Market, food trucks, vegetable petting zoo, cooking demonstrations, music and more.
Suds flow at Sacramento events
The California Craft Beer Summit Expo continues until 3 p.m. at Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St. The Brewers Showcase Beer Festival takes place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Capitol Mall. For details, go to www.californiacraftbeer.com.
Public Safety Day in Davis
The Davis Police Department sponsors Public Safety Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the back parking lot of the department, 2600 Fifth St. The free event includes demonstrations of the department's motorcycles (11:45 a.m.), K-9 unit (12:30 p.m.) and SWAT team (1:15 p.m.)
Things to do
- The St. Anthony Parish Annual Fall Festival features international food booths from cuisines of the world, family games, live entertainment and raffle prizes. There is free entry for the celebration, from noon to 9 p.m. at the parish, 660 Florin Road, Sacramento.
- The 26th Annual Polish Festival serves up homemade foods like such as pierogies (potato-cheese filled dumplings), golabki (cabbage rolls), Polish kielbasa (sausage) and hundreds of servings of potato pancakes and Polish pastries. There will also be a polka band, folk music and dancers at the gathering, scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. at the Polish American Club, 327 Main St., Roseville.
- The fundraising Wilton Chili Cook-off and Classic Car Show takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Fog Willow Farms, 11011 Cecatra Drive, Wilton. Sponsored by the Wilton Fire Department, the event raises money for the community.
Local sports
- College football: UC Davis vs. South Dakota, 6 p.m., Aggie Stadium, Davis.


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