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I had planned to resume my rollout of this list yesterday, but somehow the blogging part of my day ended before I could finish it. In my defense, we've had quite a lot of things to post yesterday and today. In my further defense, I'm forgetful, scatterbrained, and easily distracted.
Most of the installments of this series have had some kind of thematic connection between the songs in each post. I don't really have one to suggest this time. These are kind of odds and ends that I was ready to add to the list, and I didn't want to kill even more time trying to think of good pairings for each of them. To see the rest of the songs on the list that preceded these two, go here.
I wrote about this first song last August soon after discovering it — and I was waiting for it eagerly based on the band's previous two-song EP, 2014's Divide the Growth and Stone. This three-man group from Colchester, England, is now two-for-two. In addition to that excellent previous EP, their 2015 collection, Burn and Bury, is also excellent. Here's what I wrote about the new EP last year:
"The four songs on this EP hit like an electric shock, with powerhouse riffs that are catchy as hell, rhythms that will shake your bones, and a great sense of dynamics in the songwriting. The music rips, tears, and claws, but it's also heavy as hell and sometimes as light and vibrant as a sun-dappled stream — and all the songs are memorable.
"Trying to put this EP into a genre box is difficult. It's part black metal, part post-metal, part crust, and part sledgehammering demolition job. The musicianship is superb, the song-writing is wonderfully inventive, and the passion and intensity are in the red zone. In a word, fantastic."
I stand by those words today, and add only this: "Rise By Sin" is one of the most infectious songs I heard last year.
The band Ghost Bath (a name that refers to the act of committing suicide by submerging in a body of water) released a sophomore album last year entitled Moonlover (reviewed here for us by Wil Cifer). The first single, "Golden Number", emerged in January and garnered attention from multiple metal sites, including this one, in part because Ghost Bath was supposed to be a Chinese band. When it was reported that they weren't (they're from North Dakota), that produced some grumpiness, accented by allegations of fraud in some quarters.
Nothing in that side-show changed one note of the music, nor the appeal of "Golden Number" for me. At first it rages like a ravaging black metal assault, then seizes attention with a beautiful, extended melodic lead guitar part and the repeating tones of massed voices, and then subsides into an entrancing piano solo for the song's final minutes. The central, heart-swelling melody of the song is ridiculously engaging.
The music is bittersweet, managing to be both melancholy and triumphant. And very infectious.
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Well…I loved that Jotnarr EP too! No thanks on Ghost Bath.
Both of these tracks are pretty damn awesome. Honestly can't remember if I downloaded that Jotnarr, which is a problem, and I've been told to listen to Ghost Bath by a friend who recommends maybe one to three things a year to me (whilst I dump that many things per week during a slow week on him), so I really should give it a full spin (or at least its first full spin in many months).
Jotnarr. Oh.. That was something unexpected. It almost felt like a Bolzer riff .
Ghost Bath!?
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30 Jul Darryl Wolfe Appointed as OMC Chief Executive Officer
Wolfe appointed as OMC Chief Executive Officer
PORT ANGELES (Updated August 6, 2020) – Olympic Medical Center's Board of Commissioners appointed Darryl Wolfe as Olympic Medical Center's new chief executive officer at the August 5 board meeting.
A Human Resources committee consisting of Commissioners Tom Oblak, Board Secretary John Nutter and Commissioner Thom Hightower, RN, worked with hospital leadership and the remaining board members to determine the finalists. The finalists were interviewed by a panel of board members, medical staff, community partners, stakeholders, the administrative leadership team, directors and staff.
Jennifer Burkhardt, chief human resources officer and general counsel, and key OMC leader on the HR committee, noted: "This was a highly competitive and robust selection process. The board sought to find a qualified CEO who exemplifies The OMC Way, while prioritizing safety, quality, patient experience and employee engagement. Darryl excelled in his interim role and will serve our patients, community and staff very well during these challenging times."
The national search resulted in 91 applicants. Of those, 15 applicants went through an intensive screening process and eight candidates were formally interviewed (via Skype), resulting in three finalists being asked to participate in all-day interviews on site. Two of those finalists were from out of state.
As CEO, Wolfe will oversee a $221 million operations budget and nearly 1,600 employees. OMC is a comprehensive organization serving Clallam County that provides for:
- A 67-bed acute care hospital, which includes a Level 3 Trauma Center and emergency department, surgical services, and labor and delivery
- A state-of-the-art cancer center
- Ancillary services including imaging, physical therapy and rehabilitation, cardiac services and laboratory
- A clinic division that includes family medicine, pediatrics, walk-in care, sleep medicine, cardiology, neurology, urology, gastroenterology, cardiology, Women's Health, pulmonology, general surgery, orthopaedics and podiatry
- Home Health
Wolfe joined Olympic Medical Center in 2006 as a financial analyst, and quickly progressed into leadership roles, including treasurer, director of administration, chief financial officer and most recently chief operating officer. He holds a master's degree in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University and a bachelor's degree from Washington State University. He lives in Port Angeles with his wife and two school-aged children.


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The live streamed reading of Shakespeare's play will take place on the 22nd April at 7pm through Youtube.
Full casting has now been announced for The Show Must Go Online's upcoming live streamed reading of Titus Andronicus.
Rob Myles will direct Tiffany Abercrombie (Lavinia), Clark Alexander (Martius/Attendant), Jack Baldwin (Lucius), Michael Bertenshaw (Titus Andronicus), Mark Holden (Aaron), Khuyen Le (Bassianus), Wayne Lee (Saturninus), Joanna Lucas (Quintus/ Third Goth), Tricia Mancuso Parks (Tamora), Emily Millwood (Young Lucius), Shamiso Mushambi (Aemilius), Matthew Rhodes (Chiron), Charles Sloboda-Bolton (Demetrius), and Julia Walker Wyson (Marcus Andronicus). The ensemble consists of Toni Benedetti-Martin, Natalie Harper, Ross Martin, and Sophie Max, with Mark Hammersley and Tamara Ritthaler as swings.
To also celebrate Shakespeare's birthday, The Show must Go Online is also creating online guides for viewers to dress up like the characters from the show at home, make a themed cocktail, or bake a macabre pasty to eat along with Tamora and the rest in the final banquet. For more information on the party theme, please visit Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Dr. Anthony Galea is one of the few doctors that has gained prominence for being a healthcare agent to the stars. The Canadian doctor has treated numerous NFL players and Olympic swimmer Dara Torres, but he is more likely to go down is history as the man that helped bring down the greatest golfer of the modern era.
Galea and several other doctors affiliated with him are suspected to have provided a myriad of professional athletes with performance enhancing drugs, which include anabolic steroids and human growth hormone in several forms, including the banned substance known as Actovegin.
The good doctor was found with Actovegin, a drug created with calf's blood, and HGH while attempting to cross the U.S.-Canadian border.
In a statement to several media outlets, Galea said finding information on the athletes that benefited from the illegal substances "would be impossible."
Tiger Woods hosted Galea in his home at least four times during February and March during his recovery from knee surgery. It is said that Woods underwent platelet-rich plasma therapy, a blood spinning technique designed by the Canadian doctor to increase post-surgery recovery, with Galea's supervision.
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MFA programs can teach you all about writing, the three act structure, character development, setting and so on. What they can't teach you is how YOU put all the pieces of your novel together. They can't find your voice for you or discover the themes that are most important to you. That only comes from writing and rewriting your narrative.
That usually means an author's first book doesn't work well. For example, it has taken a lot of effort to shape my debut novel, Fantastic America into a sellable book. I'm still tweaking chapters and examining what I can change with critique partners. But none of that is a bad thing. Several authors I've talked to threw their fist novel in a drawer hoping for a better second book.
More important to me, from my experience writing a novel. I've learned how I write. Last year I learned I can churn out a 100K word novel in two months. I wrote the first 50K words of Midwestern Magicians during Nanowrimo in November. The best lesson of all is that I know I CAN finish a novel length book, easily worth the struggle. No MFA program required.
Not that those programs aren't a great help, it just isn't the path I followed. A good program would likely have made my life easier. You have to put your behind in the past, or whatever they said in the Lion King. I'm not the least bit unhappy with where I am now or where my work is headed. The sooner I can share my books with readers, the better.
Speaking of that, Pitmad is today! I'll be pitching Fantastic America and watching Twitter for likes from agents. Wish me luck or a broken bone, whatever your superstition demands for good fortune. I'll need it.


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You are the curator of your Engine. You are in control of how documents are consumed by your visitors.
A curation helps people discover what you would most like them to discover. Or, what you would not like them to discover.
There are two curation parameters:
- Promoted: Promote specific documents to have them appear in a prominent way. You can promote multiple documents per query, the array order representing the order in which they will appear.
- Hidden: Hide specific documents so that they do not appear. You can hide multiple documents per query, the array order being unimportant because... they are hidden.
Consider an example where your users are searching for "kettle".
You might promote a specific kettle.
Perhaps it is the most popular one, the one a visitor is most likely to purchase.
Or, you could hide a kettle - maybe it is out-of-stock or having issues - to prevent people from seeing it.
Each set of curations belongs to a query. A query may only be part of one curation set.
There are two ways to build a curation set:
Each Engine contains a Curations UI.
This will allow any person - developer or otherwise - to curate a result set.
To manage curations through the App Search dashboard, see the following video walkthrough:
Or, review the following instructions:
To begin, click into Curations.
Curations - A view without curations.
From there, click on Create new Curation.
You can provide one or more queries.
The idea of a Curation is to curate the result set of a given query.
And so, we must supply the query first to receive its result set.
You can enter one, or multiple queries. In this case, we want to curate the results for the "mountains" query.
Curations - Enter a query to curate its result set.
Once at least one query has been provided, results of that query will appear as a list of organic results.
Organic results have nothing promoted and nothing hidden, they reflect the current result set for that query.
Curations - The organic query appears. Organic queries do not have any hidden or promoted items.
Now, to promote a result.
We want Rocky Mountain National Park to be the first result when a user queries for "mountains".
We can either:
- Click the star next to the document.
- Use the drag handle on the left of the document.
We can promote multiple documents and rearrange the order of our promoted documents.
If we promoted 3 documents, we can order them however we would like.
Click Demote All to return all promoted results back to the organic result set.
Curations - Promoting a result. You can drag and drop, or click the star.
What if we need to hide a document?
It seems appears "Mesa Verde National Park" is closed for maintenance.
We should hide the document so that it no longer appears within the result set.
To do so, click on the eye icon:
Curations - Hiding a result. Click the eye icon.
All hidden documents collapse underneath the organic results in their own section.
You can view your hidden results.
Click Restore All to unhide them:
Curations - Hidden documents collapse underneath the organic result set.
If you chose multiple queries, or want to curate another query, click Manage Queries.
From there, one can add or select a new query.
Selecting a query changes the result set to match that query.
This can be used to curate result sets for similar concepts that are not synonyms, like "big mountains", "small mountains", "mounds", and so on.
Curations - Curate different queries together if they share a logical thread.
The moment you promote or hide a document, the new result set will be active.
Anyone who uses the query that you have curated will receive your newly minted result set.
You can Restore Defaults to revert all of your changes, or delete the curation from the main curations view.
The App Search API provides full control over Curations.
When you craft a curation you must include one or more queries within an array.
That array of potential queries, along with the documents that fit the promoted and hidden parameters, form a curation.
In the example below, queries for
bonana and
nanner will include three promoted documents:
and will exclude three hidden documents:
This set of queries, promoted documents, and hidden documents is a single curation with its own unique identifier.
id of a curation is serialized via BSON.
id of a document is serialized via BSON as well, but you can supply your own
id value.
A response might look something like this:
{ "id": "cur-a5b6c7", "queries": [ "banana", "bananana", "bonana", "nanner" ], "promoted": [ "doc-123", "doc-a2b3c4", "doc-456" ], "hidden": [ "doc-a9b87c", "doc-789", "doc-a7b6c5" ] }
You may expect a curation to always be in its curated position, regardless of sort.
But that's not always the case.
It's helpful to understand cases where a curation will and will not have priority when using sorting.
Curations are applied when there is...
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A sort against the
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A multi sort against
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Ten Sweetest Details in 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons'
The best thing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons is its accumulation of thoughtful details, so here's our top 10 sweetest small flourishes.
I love the little things.
The secret spice that makes Animal Crossing: New Horizons sing like a rock and roll dog is its accumulation of tiny and thoughtful details. For me, it's what keeps me coming back every day.
What follows is a highly scientific deep-dive into some of the sweetest small flourishes that make every day in our animal towns feel extra special.
1. Nook Aerobics
In past Animal Crossing games, my desire to socialize with animal Villagers ranged between disinterested obligation to axe-wielding disdain. But in New Horizons, I only dislike half of my town.
Like in Westworld before it, all of the NPCs are always up to something, and that makes me at least 20% less likely to dig a trench around their homes. Apple's snapping selfies, Deli's taking naps, Ankha's idly singing K.K. Metal – they have a list of shenanigans, the best of which can be happened upon over in Resident Services. Pop in to face Isabelle's fence-loving judgement and you'll catch her and Tom up to some delightful silliness – dusting the table, doing tandem stretches, or golfing in the back.
This little touch is a big improvement on previous games and really makes each town and the little animal folk in it feel alive.
2. Fish Tank Features
Whenever I catch a new fish, I immediately hurl its tank to the ground for inspection.
From the delicate porcelain bowl of the goldfish to the majestic swimming enclosure of the oarfish, there are loving details to every fish's home. But the best bit is when I flick the little light in each fishtank on and off.
Pro-tip: a coelacanth in its tank is one of the coolest light sources in the game.
3. The Able Sister's Front Window (of Joy)
Every morning I scamper out my door and sprint to see what new hats and socks are at the famed Able Sisters tailor shop. But if I'd care to get a preview, I need look no further than their front window.
In another adorable little feature, a highlight from the day's new clothes is showcased in the window's display. If only I could bust it open with my shovel before 9am to get in there sooner. I'm a stalk market bellionaire, I'd pay for the repairs!
4. That Glorious Gramophone
K.K. Slider records are cool.
Sure, he's the only musician in this entire animal world, but when you have the puppy dog chops to deliver high-quality variety that spans K.K. Reggae to K.K. Technopop, what more do your cute little ears need?
But where does a discerning island audiophile listen to these wonderful jams? As any Radio Shack clerk knows, not all sound systems are created equally.
In yet another turn of delightful detail, the sound quality of every radio source in New Horizons is unique. The cassette player is quietly distorted, the high-end stereo blasts pristine beats. Best of all is the gorgeous gramophone. Kick back and grab a coconut drink as you drop the needle to soak in the scratchy sounds of K.K. Etude. You won't regret this moment alone.
5. Good Vibrations
The pavlovian thrill of catching a coelacanth in Animal Crossing: New Horizons borders on addiction. But I'm not here to judge, I'm here to catch more giant fish.
One of the finest subtle touches in New Horizons is tucked inside Nintendo's much-lauded (and ever-drifting) Joycon. Each fish you hook sends its own faint vibration, and when you've got an oarfish or a coelacanth on the line, you know it. The real rumble kicks in, you get that fish on the hook, reel it on in, gulp down more endorphins, and scurry back to the ocean for just one more cast.
It's raining, get out there.
6. The Pitter Patter of Little Feet
In an act of defiance to Kicks, I often run around my island with no shoes on. I hold nothing against the shoe peddler, I just wish he was Redd.
But no matter what footwear you've decided to slip on (or off), they all sound a little different. It's not just the shoe, it's also the surface that you're scampering across. From the sweet little squish in the mud to the satisfying clop and squeak-turn as you tear across museum floor, each set of footsteps sings its own sweet song.
7. The Butterfly Room
We need to talk about how awesome the museum is. I know the load times are long, and I don't want to hear it.
The level of detail put into each exhibit in The New Horizons Museum deserves its own little trophy given to the army of inevitably equally adorable designers who made this magic game happen.
The sweet pathway that guides you through the dinosaur exhibit, the stunning multi-level fishtanks and the little windows you can peer through to drink them in, the super-science backroom in the insect wing. The tiny vents and security panels and infinite other little touches. There are too many to call out.
There is no feature in Animal Crossing that has been given a greater upgrade than the museum, full stop. And the greatest little room of all is the butterfly room. Suck up those load times, head to that fountain in the west wing, and sit, surrounded by a rainbow of flapping glory. I defy you not to feel better about the world.
8. Rice Cooker 4-Eva
I purchase, gather, steal, and beg for any item I can get. Do you have an extra yellow vacuum? Send it to me. I need to see what kind of quirky feature each and every object might have when I stand in front of it and press the A-button.
Not every little thing in the game delivers a useless and satisfying secondary animation or sound, but when they do, I shout, "Hooray!" and do a dance.
The TVs have all these different shows! The lawn mower revs up! The horsey bounces, the trike squeaks and pedals, and the creepy bamboo thingy summons a ghostly head. And for some reason, none of these detailed interactions amuse me more than the little rice cooker.
Press A, watch the little lid pop open, and stand clear of the little puff of smoke. Delightful.
9. Blathers Still Hates Bugs. So Much.
"And though bugs are the bane of my existence, rest assured the wretched thing will get the best of care here."
Much like in life, many of my adorable animal friends have a tendency to talk too much, regardless of whether or not I've heard what they have to say several hundred times. But it should be noted, quite a few of these un-skippable screeds aren't just a series of questionable puns.
Veteran players of Animal Crossing know that Blathers hates bugs. But in New Horizons, Blathers's capacity to go on and on with disdain about the insect world has reached new heights. While his initial volley of repeated preamble is enough to make anyone want to run from the museum, I implore you to stick around or you might miss his deepest disgust.
"As if this weren't odious enough, look closely and you will find these antenna…are covered in tufts of hair!" Please, torture him with bugs.
10. The Jet Streams Above
It delights me to visit my friends' islands. Sure, there's the glory of cashing in on a good turnip price, or the joy in devouring still more socks at a whole other Able Sisters store. But for me, there's more to it.
I say this with neither pride nor shame – I'm more than 200 hours into Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I know the rivers and trees of my island better than the layout of my Brooklyn apartment (that I never leave). To explore someone else's well-trodden Animal Crossing isle is to walk in their shoes (or lack thereof).
I love to mark how they turned a path, set up a maze, set aside a field of flowers. All of it tickles atrophied muscles of affirmation, empathy, and togetherness. It's the reminder that I need right now, that we're all on this island together.
And when I return to my island home, I look up to the sky to see one of the greatest reminders of all: jet streams up above to show that a plane has flown on by.
We are not alone. A very nice detail, indeed.
In a time of crisis, we take comfort in the small things. Animal Crossing is bursting with comfort.
From the nighttime-only owls on the bulletin board to the shadows that each passing cloud casts; from rain dripping off the trees after a downpour to each and every K.K. Slider album cover – the sum of these cute parts is what makes Animal Crossing shine.
If my Switch will bear it, I'll return to this comfort for 200 more hours.
I love the little things, and I love Animal Crossing.
What are your favorite details? Let us know in the comments!
All images were taken from the author's Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Monster Island, with permission from Tom Nook and Leigh (who lives on Monster Island with me and we have fun)
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If you have done some things right and your financial house appears in order, a relative will ask you to co-sign a loan for them. Co-signing is only one of the ways available to help your credit-challenged relative. There are other ways that may deliver the desired results with less exposure and risk for you, especially with a little bit of planning.
Let's look at your options and so you can make an informed choice about co-signing. When you co-sign you become a JOINT account holder. Each and every member on a joint account agrees to be individually responsible for 100% scheduled repayment of the outstanding debt regardless of the other members' payments or promises. When you co-sign if a payment is missed, your credit score will receive the full negative impact of the late payment.
This could be catastrophic if it compounds an already diminished credit score. No doubt, the new co-signed loan's high-balance-to-limit ratio, and short history have already reduced your credit scores several points. That happened just by signing up; missed payments or not. So be prepared to take a credit score hit when you co-sign.
How long will it take your score to recover from these factors assuming a pristine repayment history? The answer depends on several factors. Credit scoring is an art and a science. Whatever calculations the algorithm conjures to determine our scores, the following is empirically factual for every credit score. They go down a helluva lot faster than they rebound. It is never down one month; up the next for any credit scoring model in existence regardless of the previous history.
If your relative needs you to co-sign to "build credit" then you can also do that by making them an authorized user on your credit cards. If you do, you will almost immediately transfer your credit history to theirs. And without any risk or exposure to new debt for either of you. Now, this strategy will not work for impulse or emergency "gotta have a co-signer or else " situations. But adding someone as an authorized user can be the gift that keeps on gifting. As with most successful credit score improvement strategies, the more time you give this one, the better.
But the gift isn't for everyone. Here are six questions whose answers will help you decide if your situation is a fit for the authorized user strategy:
Good credit grandparents can leave good credit legacies safely to multiple generations since there are rarely limits on the number of authorized users. Just make sure that each of the six questions has the right answer.
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Everyone can have a great credit score (750+.) How long it takes depends on from where you start. It will take a person with a 450 score longer than a person with 620. And both longer compared to a 720 score. But it can be done. The journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step. Here are 2 steps to having a great credit score.
Step One STOP putting BAD news on your credit report.
If you do nothing, your credit will clean itself up in 7 years. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires that.
Step Two Put some good news on your credit report. Gotta Do It!
Current positive tradelines on your credit report have a greater impact on improving your credit score than older negative ones. They will improve your score faster and easier than just doing Step One alone. Here are some ways to put positive tradelines on your credit report.
Short Answer is that it dies with you IF.....
If you have bad credit be encouraged you can have good credit, if you want it.
Having a "prime" credit score can make a significant beneficial difference in your life. Non-prime credit scores will result in limited more expensive borrowing options, if available at all.
Borrowing from time to time is a reality and necessity of modern financial life. Short-term borrowing costs impact your long-term financial well-being. Your ability to minimize those costs is based on your financial capability. In this adversarial economic system, you can either "play the game" or "be played by the game."
Credit heals itself. If you do nothing on your credit for the next 7 years you will have a clean credit report by law. The only exception would be the 10 years required for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to clear. But just waiting for the bad news to fall off your report isn't good enough. You also need to engage the system for your benefit.
It is difficult to give generalized financial advice. Because everyone's situation is different and the dollars are in the details. Having said that, here's a look at the benefits of a balance transfer.
A balance transfer is when you move the debt from one debt instrument to another. In most cases, a credit card is the receiving instrument.
Some pros to doing a balance transfer.
Some things you should be aware of when making a balance transfer.
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1. Yelena Kiseleva and Pavel Belavin article headlined "Vladimir Medinsky asks for spare ticket" says the Russian Culture Ministry wants to organize state lotteries. Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky has already asked Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's authorization for five lotteries; pp 1, 7 (807 words).
2. Irina Nagornykh et al. report headlined "Personnel reserve equaled to state service" says President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to merge two of his commissions, for state service and personnel reserve. The move is seen as an attempt to make personnel policy less transparent; pp 1, 3 (840 words).
3. Yelena Chernenko et al. report headlined "Pope to leave alive" comments on the decision of Pope Benedict XVI to resign; pp 1, 6 (935 words).
4. Alexandra Bayazitova article headlined "UEC-end" says the Russian government has given up its project to provide people with universal electronic cards (UEC) to replace paper documents. The change will affect Sberbank that counted on the project; pp 1, 7 (722 words).
5. Sofia Samokhina and Maxim Ivanov article headlined "Deputy immunity does not bear criticism" says the State Duma may strip two more opposition MPs, a Communist and a A Just Russia member, of their seats this week; p 2 (629 words).
6. Anton Arsenyev and Natalya Gorodetskaya article headlined "Co-chairmen chosen for Mikhail Fedotov" says that Putin has approved a reform of the presidential human rights council. There will be three co-chairmen in the council, liberal and pro-Kremlin activists are expected to compete for the posts; p 3 (444 words).
7. Alexei Sokovnin article headlined "Yukos money spent via defense" comments on an arrest warrant issued for the former head of Yukos affiliates, Stanislav Vinokurov, living in Germany. He has been charged with misuse of corporate funds; p 4 (651 words).
8. Darya Shuchalina and Nikolai Sergeyev report "Vorkutinskaya is dead obsolete" on a mine explosion in the Republic of Komi, which killed 17 miners; p 5 (470 words).
9. Sergei Strokan article headlined "Bright past forecast for Afghanistan" says the USA is likely to keep its forces in Afghanistan because the national reconciliation policy does not work and the country's law-enforcement agencies cannot cope with the Taleban; p 6 (573 words).
10. Pavel Tarasenko article headlined "Sergei Lavrov opens Africa with Algeria" says that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has started his African tour with Algeria where he hopes to improve Russia's image; p 6 (677 words).
11. Vladislav Trifonov report "First embezzlement revealed in Skolkovo" looks at the first corruption scandal in the Skolkovo fund; p 5 (350 words).
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
1. Sergei Kulikov article headlined "Russian debts exceed gold and currency reserves" says the Russian foreign debt is rapidly growing. At present, every citizen of the country owes 4,200 dollars to foreign creditors; pp 1, 4 (851 words).
2. Alexandra Samarina article headlined "Cancellation of moratorium: First attempt" says the authorities have raised the issue of lifting the moratorium on death penalty in Russia in an attempt to study public opinion on the issue, as Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev spoke out for the death penalty in his recent interview with NTV; pp 1, 3 (933 words).
3. Valeria Khamrayeva article headlined "Harm from bad company" says the Russian Supreme Court has started hearing the case of A Just Russia member Gennady Gudkov, who was stripped of his State Duma seat; pp 1, 3 (591 words).
4. Igor Naumov article headlined "Secrets of investigation of Yelena Skrynnik " says that a high-profile corruption case involving former Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik must have been set aside by Russian law-enforcement agencies as no reports on the probe into the case have been heard for two months; pp 1, 4 (777 words).
5. Andrei Serenko article headlined "Ilyumzhinov returns via parliament" says that supporters of former head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov are likely to win the parliamentary election in the republic to be held in September 2013; pp 1, 5 (479 words).
6. Artur Blinov article headlined "Europe fed with horse meat" gives details of a meat scandal in Europe where Romanian horse meat has been sold as beef; pp 1, 7 (476 words).
7. Editorial headlined "Scientific community rots starting from supreme certification commission" looks at the scandal with forged thesis and scientific degrees in Russia; p 2 (529 words).
8. Ivan Rodin report "Resuscitation of fight against extremism" says that the government's bill toughening responsibility for extremism, which was put aside in 2011, will be debated soon; p 3 (650 words).
9. Anastasia Bashkatova article headlined "China becomes center of international trade" says Chinese economic success is unlikely to affect the Russian economy as Beijing is interested in importing hi-tech products, which Russia cannot provide; p 4 (938 words).
10. Svetlana Gamova article headlined "Moldovan Watergate" says Moldova has started a probe into a money laundering case involving Russian Interior Ministry and Federal Security Service officials; p 6 (509 words).
11. Andrey Serenko interview headlined "Taleban aims at north" with the former vice-president of Afghanistan and the current leader of the opposition coalition, speaking on the Taleban and the security situation in the country; p 7 (654 words).
12. Yuriy Paniyev article headlined "Washington wants to save money on warheads" says US President Barack Obama is to speak on nuclear arms reduction plans in his address to the nation. The issue is also expected to be raised during the visit of US Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller to Moscow; p 7 (723 words).
13. Andrey Ilyin article headlined "USA in Chinese cyber spying nets" says that China is suspected of hi-tech spying against the USA, as American companies are losing their secrets via the Internet; p 7 (401 words).
14. Alexei Mastepanov report "Energy partnership in Southeast Asia" looks at Russia's gas pipeline project in South Korea; p 11 (3,700 words).
1. Yekaterina Sobol article headlined "Superjet starts landing" says that the Rosaviatsiya air safety watchdog has ordered the Russian airline Aeroflot to stop using four out of 10 Superjet 100 aircraft the company owns due to technical problems of the aircraft; pp 1, 12 (516 words).
2. Olga Kuvshinova article headlined "February to become expensive" says that growing inflation will affect macroeconomic stability in the country; pp 1, 5 (647 words).
3. Editorial headlined "Pope's message" looks at the reasons making Pope Benedict XVI resign from his post; pp 1, 6 (470 words).
4. Maxim Glikin et al. report "Prokhorov's citizens" says that businessman Mikhail Prokhorov has announced that his party Civil Platform will stand in local elections; p 2 (700 words).
5. Anastasia Kornya report "Sacked according to photocopy" says that the Supreme Court has found out that Gennady Gudkov, former State Duma member from A Just Russia, has been deprived of his deputy seat on the basis of a photocopy of the document whose existence has not been confirmed; p 2 (500 words).
6. Polina Khimshiashvili report "Pope goes to pray" looks at the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI; p 3 (450 words).
7. Another editorial headlined "Obama's threat" says the USA is to benefit from its plans to scrap more nuclear warheads. Russia, however, may accept the offer; p 6 (248 word).
8. Yelizaveta Sergina report "Osnova protects frequencies" says that despite the fact that the Defense Ministry no longer needs creation by the company Osnova Telekom of the sub-system of classified communications, it will be difficult to deprive the company of the frequencies that have already been allocated to it; p 16 (700 words).
9. Valery Kodachigov report "Yandex distances itself from blogosphere" says that Yandex has closed the service Pult Blogosfery; p 16 (650 words).
Rossiiskaya Gazeta
1. Renat Zakiyev et al. interview "Connecting net" with Communications Minister Oleg Nikiforov speaking on the work of the Russian post service and the communications services provided by Russian airports and other public places; pp 1, 5 (3,036 words)
2. Vladislav Kulikov article headlined "VIP call to be jammed" says a new bill is to make the work of Russian judges more independent as all phone calls in Russian courts will be recorded to avoid pressure on judges; pp 1, 9 (815 words).
3. Kira Latukhina article headlined "Looking forward" reports on Putin's meeting with leading diplomats whom he instructed on new approaches in their work; p 2 (592 words).
4. Igor Dunayevsky article headlined "Obama reduces arms" says that nuclear arms reduction plans will become one of the key issues in US President Barack Obama's address to the nation; p 8 (767 words).
5. Niva Mirakyan report "Pope leaves" looks at resignation of Pope Benedict XVI; p 8 (900 words).
1. Margarita Kazantseva article headlined "Caucasus breaks record in gas consumption and failure to pay for it" says the debt for gas consumption in Chechnya alone exceeds R1bn (around 33m dollars); pp 1, 4 (898 words).
2. Dmitry Yevstifeyev article headlined "First embezzlement found in Skolkovo" says a criminal case has been opened against the former head of the financial department of the Skolkovo fund suspected of embezzlement; pp 1, 4 (487 words).
3. German Petelin report "Ombudsman Lukin files lawsuit with Supreme Court against Justice Ministry" says that Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has filed a suit at the Supreme Court trying to protect women working in detention facilities; pp 1, 3 (1,300 words).
4. Yelizaveta Mayetnaya interview "I do not want to hide behind deputy mandate" with Communist MP Konstantin Shirshov, who risks losing his deputy seat. The parliamentarian speaks on charges brought against him; p 2 (653 words).
5. Alexander Yunashev report "Putin calls on Foreign Ministry staff to strengthen stability" says that Putin has announced preparation of a new concept of Russia's international policy; p 2 (400 words).
6. Vladimir Dergachev interview with the chairman of the Cossack Party of the Russian Federation and deputy governor of Rostov Region Sergei Bondarev speaking on his party and possibility of merging with other political forces; p 3 (695 words).
7. Anna Akhmadiyeva interview with Deputy Communications Minister Alexei Volin, who comments on his recent statements about the role of propaganda and journalists' work; p 5 (928 words).
8. Alexei Mikhailov report "Shoigu returns to Rogozin's idea to set up cyber command" looks at Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu's recent instruction to create the cyber command; p 5 (900 words).
9. Mariya Gorkovskaya article headlined "Iraqi prosecutor's office starts questioning over Russian bribes" says the Iraqi prosecutor's office has begun questioning of officials believed to be involved in a corruption scandal over purchases of Russian arms; p 7 (501 words).
10. Igor Yavlyanskiy report "President's three associates leave government of Tunisia" looks at the situation in Tunisia; p 7 (650 words).
11. Igor Yavlyanskiy report "Left throne" looks at resignation of Pope Benedict XVI; p 7 (1,000 words).
Moskovsky Komsomolets
1. Alexander Minkin article headlined "Charlatans, go ahead" criticizes the Kremlin's decision to set up a new movement allegedly defending families headed by political scientist Sergei Kurginyan; pp 1, 3 (845 words).
2. Sergei Bychkov report "Will Catholics have their own Obama?" looks at resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and his possible successors; pp 1-2 (750 words).
3. Yevgeny Krasnikov interview with the chairman of the State Duma's committee on energy, Ivan Grachev, speaking on energy efficiency and ways of saving energy in Russia; p 2 (720 words).
4. Georgy Yans report "Double standards of Russian Orthodox Church: Not to forgive Pussy Riot and be friends with Communists" looks at recent statements of Russian Orthodox Church leaders; p 3 (600 words).
5. Yeva Merkacheva report "American citizens who are not free" looks at a prison in Pittsburgh; p 4 (2,300 words).
Komsomolskaya Pravda
1.Vladimir Sungorkin and Viktor Baranets interview with the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu; pp 8-9 (2,200 words)
2. Alexander Gamov brief interview with the Russian president's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in which he says President Vladimir Putin's stance on capital punishment is "well known" and there is no need to change legislation; p 3 (150 words).
3. Yelena Chinkova article headlined "Obama to Kremlin: Let's reduce nuclear warheads" says Department of State's Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller, who visits Moscow today, plans to discuss the reduction of nuclear arms with the Russian authorities; p 4 (150 words).
RBK Daily
1. Vladimir Pavlov article headlined "Vatican to earn on election of pope" says experts think that elections of a new pope will help the Vatican overcome the budget deficit; pp 1, 4 (400 words).
2. Aleksandr Litoy article headlined "Fifteen million for Nemtsov" says pro-Kremlin activists have accused liberal politicians of the 1990s of financing the opposition Coordination Council; p 2 (200 words).
1. Olga Smolnova article headlined "Pope decides to step down" looks at the official reason for resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and features comment of journalist Maksim Shevchenko who says he was shocked by the news and may link the pope's decision to a wave of "absolutely anti-Christian" laws that are being adopted in European countries and in France in particular; p 1 (300 words).
Novyye Izvestia
1. Yulia Savina article headlined "Council for three" says President Vladimir Putin has changed the way the presidential human rights council was formed; p 2 (500 words).
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Last week, the sixteenth edition of MECSPE, the trade fair of reference for the manufacturing industry, came to an end.
Here at Tesar®, we certainly got a lot from taking part in this trade fair: we had a significant amount of people come to our stand who were interested in learning about Tesar® solutions and innovations, in line with the principles of Industry 4.0, as well as learning more about topics related to innovation and digitization of processes.
We'd like to say thank you to all the visitors for their time and attention: it was our pleasure welcoming them to our stand.


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Since 1996
TIME OUT MOVIE s.r.l. (originally INT.PROD. TIME OUT, then TIME OUT CIN.CA) was founded in 1996 on the proven expertise of its founding partners, Lattuca Tiziana and Massimo Giuliani (for years president of the Italian Dubbers Association), strong of a thirty-year experience in the movie industry that they played a leading role both as actors and as directors at the highest levels.
TIME OUT has become in a very short time the company among the most important and correct of Italian dubbing, earning respect and rewards everywhere and being asked to work from the most prestigious Italian and foreign productions.
Throughout his life TIME OUT has worked mainly on television, both miniseries (making the edition of some of the most significant titles of RAI and MEDIASET) that serial and cartoons, while not forgetting the Italian and foreign cinematography.
The passion for this work has brought the company also to realize periodic workshops on dubbing, joined by many young actors who become respected professionals in the industry.
"Un uomo diventa un critico quando non riesce a essere un artista e un soldato diventa un traditore quando non riesce a essere un eroe." Mike Shiner (Edward Norton)
2014 – Time Out Movie
"La capacità di immaginare quello che ancora non c'è. Questo farà la differenza." Luisa Spagnoli (Luisa Ranieri)
2016 – Time Out Movie
"Che cosa faremo domani, Prof?"
"Quello che facciamo tutte le sere, Mignolo. Tentare di conquistare il mondo!" Mignolo e Prof.
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DescriptionThe female reproductive system is made up of the following organs: ovaries, uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes (also called uterine tubes), vagina, external genitalia (labia and clitoris), and mammary glands. Oogenesis, the formation of eggs, begins during fetal development and includes the formation of oocytes, which are cells that will develop into mature ova, or eggs. Folliculogenesis is the maturation of an ovarian follicle, which is the structure that houses the oocyte inside the ovary. The ovarian cycle is the production of an egg in the ovary each month. The uterine cycle is a series of changes in the uterine lining in response to hormones. These two cycles regulate a woman's fertility. Hormones regulate two major changes in a woman's life: puberty and menopause. Puberty is when breasts develop, pubic hair grows, and menstruation begins. Menopause is when ovulation and menstruation end. Pregnancy occurs over three trimesters and lasts about 40 weeks, ending in childbirth, which occurs in three stages.
At A Glance
- The organs that make up the female reproductive system are ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, vagina, external genitalia, and mammary glands. Its main purpose is to produce eggs, receive sperm for fertilization, grow a fetus, give birth, and provide offspring with nutrients.
- Oogenesis is meiosis in females; each oogonium, a diploid precursor cell, results in the production of one haploid egg, or ovum, and three polar bodies.
- Folliculogenesis is the process through which the ovarian follicle matures and is the production of the follicle that surrounds the oogonium. Oocytogenesis (mitosis) and ootidogenesis (meiosis I through metaphase of meiosis II) occur within the ovarian follicle.
- Luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), progesterone, and estradiol fluctuate to regulate the ovarian and uterine cycles.
- Puberty, the maturation of genital organs, the development of secondary sexual characteristics, and the beginning of menstruation, begins with an increase of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which stimulates the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).
- The physiology of intercourse involves four stages—excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.
- Hormones, such as human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), progesterone, and estrogen, play important roles in pregnancy and can also affect the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, urinary, and integumentary systems.
- Childbirth consists of three stages—dilation, delivery, and placental—that are controlled by a positive feedback system including the hormones progesterone, estrogen, relaxin, and oxytocin.
- Menopause is when ovulation and menstruation stop. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels increase while estrogen and progesterone levels decrease.


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Holland America Line's 85,000-gross ton, 1,924-passenger Noordam has emerged from a major refit and refurbishment that has seen new venues added, suites refreshed and several dining areas rebuilt in order to bring her up-to-date with the line's new Pinnacle class ships.
"Noordam looks better than ever with sleek upgrades, fresh décor and the addition of new spaces like the popular Billboard Onboard, which receives rave reviews from guests," said Orlando Ashford, President, Holland America Line.
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"We are always investing in our ships and onboard amenities and offerings to ensure that guests enjoy the latest and greatest experiences, particularly in the area of authentic music, as we are known for having the best live music at sea," he added.
The most notable new additions are Billboard Onboard to the Music Walk area, Microsoft Studio in the Explorations Café and Fujifilm Wonder Photo Shop where guests can create mementos from their photos.
In addition, suites were refreshed with new soft goods, furniture and bathrooms, the same upgrades that are rolling out on the line's Signature- and Vista-class ships, while all staterooms, suites and normal cabins alike, got a new interactive television system featuring large, LED flat-screen TVs with complimentary movies and TV shows on demand.
Other areas receiving extensive enhancements were Pinnacle Grill, Pinnacle Bar, The Greenhouse Spa & Salon, the Dining Room and Lido Market. A pickleball court was also added to the sports court area.
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The work was undertaken during two weeks at Victoria Shipyards in Victoria, British Columbia ahead of the ship's Australian season, sailing 12 to 15-night itineraries out of Sydney and Auckland.
Next summer, she will head to Alaska, sailing 7-day Glacier Discovery cruises northbound from Vancouver B.C. and southbound from Seward (Anchorage).
An in-depth Land + Sea journey can be added to Noordam sailings for those guests who want to explore the interior of The Great Land, including the must-see Denali National Park.
Noordam is one of Holland America's Vista-class ships. Launched in 2006, she is a sister ship of Oosterdam, Westerdam, Zuiderdam and P&O Cruises' Arcadia (both Holland America Line and P&O are owned by Carnival Corporation).
For a full rundown of all the changes, and for more pictures, see our report here.
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Do the "superficial and transactional" nature of his political relationships make it difficult for him to connect with real people in his personal life, Anthony Weiner wonders aloud? Or is it the other way around: Was he drawn to politics in the first place because he has some kind of narcissistic personality disorder that demands constant attention? And did the very technology that ended his political career — what we now call "social media" — empower him in the first place?
The answer to the second question is clearly yes. Social media created Anthony Weiner, or allowed him to create himself, at least as a national political phenomenon, and then it paved the way for his downfall. As for that pair of opening questions, they comprise a feedback loop that captures so many central issues in contemporary society and culture and politics I can't hope to express them all, and that reach far beyond the story of one arrogant, ambitious congressman and his boxer briefs.
Weiner became a national hero to liberals for the angry, excoriating speeches he delivered in the House of Representatives, repeatedly accusing Republican lawmakers of cowardice and hypocrisy during a time when most elected Democrats were cowering in fear, their undies knotted in a collective bundle. (A time that has continued, virtually unabated, from at least the mid-'90s to the present day.) Then, of course, he became a national punch line, with a ridiculous homonym for a last name. Weiner was forced to resign his seat in Congress after admitting he had exchanged racy photos and text messages with a bunch of women he didn't even know. This required an especially farcical media scandal that featured Wolf Blitzer showing Weiner a photograph and demanding, "Wouldn't you know if those are your underpants?" (What Blitzer really meant, to borrow the language of his and Weiner's ancestors, was "Wouldn't you know if that was your shvantz?")
Why revisit the strange, sad, bitter and resonant saga of Anthony Weiner now, in the year of Donald Trump? Oh, there are reasons, all right, and if you see Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg's mesmerizing documentary "Weiner," which follows the disgraced congressman through his doomed comeback attempt in the 2013 New York mayoral campaign, you'll see what they are. I just don't know if I can put them into words. On one level, "Weiner" is about everything that's wrong with electoral politics, and everything that's wrong with the people who go into it, with their eyes more or less open. It might also be about what's wrong with us, and why we seem to be a nation of easily distracted and not particularly bright children who find more meaning in second-rate melodrama than substantive discussion.
It's also, as Weiner himself keeps protesting throughout the film, about the hypocrisy and mendacity of the political media, which follows the same script of bogus moral outrage and shameless titillation every time a male politician is caught with his pants down. (Not quite a metaphor, in Weiner's case.) Has any female politician ever been implicated in a sex scandal? And won't that be interesting, when it happens? But one of the things about Anthony Weiner that makes him a compelling character is that, like his fellow sex-scandal New York Jewish Democrat Eliot Spitzer (who is never mentioned in "Weiner," curiously enough), he's too intelligent and self-aware for his own good — but not quite smart enough to avoid self-destructive behavior in the first place. It takes balls, so to speak, for a guy who sent pictures of his dick to a Las Vegas casino dealer he met on the Internet to complain that the media fails to appreciate nuance. At one point during his postmortem sit-down with Kriegman and Steinberg, Weiner stops himself and shrugs: "I mean, I did do the thing."
Right, he did. But what was "the thing," exactly? And why did it matter? And why should a congressman's private conduct, irresponsible and idiotic as it may have been, disqualify him from holding office more completely than the nine million things that ought to have disqualified Donald Trump, but apparently haven't? I get why the Weiner comeback saga of 2013, which Kriegman and Steinberg chronicle in wildly entertaining, slow-motion car-crash fashion, had New York hypnotized, and to some extent the whole country too. Weiner was an eloquent liberal hothead, loved in some quarters and despised in others, who did great TV and clearly relished political battle.
Even as Weiner's mayoral campaign sinks into the mire of further "sexting" revelations — some of them involving episodes after his resignation from Congress and the supposed rehabilitation of his marriage — and most viewers of "Weiner" will feel justifiably queasy about his limitless duplicity, Weiner has some of his finest moments. He goes on MSNBC and thoroughly destroys the sanctimonious Lawrence O'Donnell, who keeps asking Weiner what's wrong with him. "Repeating that over and over doesn't make it more interesting, Lawrence," Weiner retorts. "What's wrong with you that you want to be on television every day, lecturing people?" (To O'Donnell's credit, he admits that's a good question.)
In the last great viral video of Weiner's political career (although one should never say never!), he gets into a shouting match in a Brooklyn bakery with an Orthodox Jewish man who calls him a "scumbag." Weiner gets right in the guy's face, pointing skyward: "Why do you get to judge me? Do you know who gets to judge me? Talk to your rabbi about that." His opponent, so confident of the moral high ground, gets increasingly rattled and then blows it completely just as Weiner is walking away by muttering, "Married to an Arab."
Yeah, that's another factor at work here: L'affaire Weiner was packed with more cultural and political baggage than it could possibly contain. Weiner's beautiful, glamorous and highly accomplished wife, Huma Abedin, is not in fact an Arab. But she is a Muslim (of Indian and Pakistani parentage) and as every Benghazi conspiracy theorist can tell you, is also a longtime aide and close confidant of Hillary Clinton. Abedin began working for Clinton in 1996 at the White House, was her deputy chief of staff at the State Department and now serves as vice chair of Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. One of the most striking subplots of "Weiner" is the complex negotiation between these powerful spouses, and the process by which Abedin gradually disengages from her husband's mayoral campaign, allowing him to drown alone. (They remain married, but the rumors that Clinton told Abedin she had to decide where her primary loyalty lay are altogether plausible.)
I don't question the reasons why New York voters turned away from Weiner en masse in that Waterloo mayoral campaign: He went from leading in the polls, six weeks before the election, to finishing fifth in what was essentially a five-person race, with less than 5 percent of the vote. In an early scene of "Weiner," we see Bill de Blasio, who then held the obscure citywide post of public advocate, leading a tiny contingent at a street parade where Weiner was the star attraction. De Blasio probably isn't as bright as Weiner, and definitely isn't as colorful, but today he's the crusading liberal mayor that Weiner hoped to be, with a decent chance of being re-elected next year.
Weiner was revealed as someone who had deceived his wife and the public and then did it again, after claiming to have reformed. That suggested either that he was a deceptive and dishonest person or that, as he himself puts it, he possessed "an unlimited ability to fuck things up." (That comes late on election night as he watches himself on television, giving the middle finger through his limousine window to pursuing paparazzi.) Those are understood as liabilities in politics and other areas of human endeavor, and the somewhat plodding de Blasio, whose family story was equally unexpected but far more wholesome — his accomplished and charismatic wife is African-American, and previously identified as a lesbian — made a refreshing contrast.
That all makes sense. Like a lot of other New Yorkers, I thought about voting for Weiner in that race because he was talking about all the right things, but then decided he seemed slightly too icky. But I say again: How did we get from the downfall and disgrace of Anthony Weiner in 2013 to Donald Trump being a few lucky breaks or weird accidents away from the White House in 2016? Trump's level of mendacity and misogyny and shady business dealings and personal debauchery (if you care about that stuff) go light years beyond anything Weiner ever dreamed about. Why do the supposed moral standards that turned one of them into a national laughingstock have no effect on the other?
There's a simple answer, but it doesn't amount to an explanation: Democrats in New York turned away from Weiner because of his lewd and mendacious conduct; Republicans across the country were drawn to Trump by those things, or at any rate by the entire Trumpian package that included them. (Does anyone believe that a Weiner-esque sexting scandal would damage Trump? Or that his electorate would even notice?) But this isn't just about the difference between the two parties and their demographics, although that certainly plays a role.
It's about the way we view liberal reformers like Weiner, who are perceived as high-minded preachers or schoolmarms delivering moral sermons from on high, versus a despot or populist like Trump, who is seen as expressing or embodying the popular will and the popular appetites. That's idiotic, of course, because the whole thing is idiotic. Weiner was running for mayor of New York City, not Husband of the Year. But the point is that if Trump likes leggy, Victoria's Secret-type women and enormous steaks, and has atrocious taste in décor, he stands for millions who share those desires. I guarantee that he and Melania don't stand around in the kitchen comparing the saturated-fat content of jars of pasta sauce, as Weiner and Abedin do in this documentary.
It's about the overwhelmingly anti-intellectual and anti-elitist tone of American culture, which the supposedly liberal mainstream media (itself largely composed of privileged coastal elites with expensive educations) falls all over itself to nourish. Those tendencies are a double-edged sword, and I'm not pulling some David Brooks nostalgia act here and claiming that things were better when wise men in Georgetown made all the decisions. Anthony Weiner created a trap for himself and fell into it, knowing full well it was a trap. To use his expression, he did the thing, and has no right to complain that he was vilified for doing it.
But Weiner was punished and shamed, I would argue, for other reasons: Because he was too smart, too ambitious, too arrogant and, yeah, maybe a little bit too Jewish. Donald Trump has done things 20 times worse, a hundred times worse, that we'll never even know about. Almost as important, Trump has none of the capacity for self-reflection that Weiner displays in this film, no desire to learn anything from painful experience and no belief there is anything worth learning. Trump is immune to all punishment, and incapable of shame. He is our punishment for being such a goddamn stupid country. If Weiner deserved what happened to him, then we deserve this.
"Weiner" is now playing in Los Angeles and New York, with other cities and home video to follow.


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What is Yuppi?
Finding Friends, Chatting and Dating application. Yuppi account deletion is very easy. If you are curious about Yuppi usage and confidentiality agreement, click here. Click here for the Play store download link and also for detailed application features. We explain all the ways how to delete Yuppi membership.
Yuppi Features
Who Viewed Your Profile (Really fantastic feature, especially for those who are very curious)
Who Liked You (Let me tell you instant likes)
You can send a message to the person you like without a match (Yes it works and the answer comes when we test it)
We can say that an alternative to other dating apps and a promising application has been launched. Let's see what surprises await Yuppi users in the future.
Yuppi is a dating app and it can be both good and bad for you to appear in city charts with your full size photos. You will need to delete your account when you no longer appear in a matchmaker app or stop using it for other reasons.
There is no Yuppi account deletion link because there is no site. Also, unfortunately, it is not possible to delete your Yuppi account from the application menu, this can only be done by sending an e-mail. (If the situation changes, add it to the comment and we'll help those looking)
You can also use email@example.com for your complaints and suggestions.
Deletion from within the app can be done as follows on the Yuppi site as described here:
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A few days ago I received an SMS on my phone and I had my yuppi username and password in it. However, I deleted my account. So my information should not be used again.
The information was coming from the Yuppi system or it may have leaked information from their system. More details are in the sms screenshot below.
Yuppi Account Deletion
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Currently it can only be deleted by sending an e-mail. In the future, when it is possible to delete it from within the application, we will make a correction here.) In an e-mail we sent to Yuppi, they were doing their account deletion by e-mail. Here is the screenshot:
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LETTER OF THE DAY: Amnesty International's '˜Write for Rights' event
Across the world from Mexico, Turkey, Sudan, Russia,Cambodia, Poland, to Kazakhstan, journalists are being murdered and imprisoned.
The Istanbul 10 are human rights defenders who have tried to defend the human rights of journalists, activists, and dissenting voices and are now themselves in prison awaiting trial.
In Sudan, Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, an engineering professor, was imprisoned for most of this year for exposing human rights violations.
Although he has been released he is still under surveillance and in danger.
Ni Yulan, a housing activist in China, was imprisoned for defending Beijing residents against forced eviction.
She suffers continual harassment after her release.
Azza Soliman, a women's rights lawyer in Egypt faces imprisonment on three trumped-up charges.
Esmail Abdi, a trade unionist in Iran, organised peaceful protests and was sentenced to six years imprisonment for national security offences.
He was released on bail but can be recalled at any time.
To take part in the campaign go to amnesty.org.uk/write or phone 01788545553 for booklet WFR030.
The campaign runs until December 31.
Human Rights Day is on Sunday, December 10 and a Write for Rights event is being held at 63, Osborne Road, Southsea. Coffee from 7pm-9 pm.
J Cary
Portsmouth Amnesty International Group
Essex Road,Southsea


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Scientists are finding more raptor fossils as each year passes. What's exciting about the fossils is that they are also expanding the knowledge about the raptor dinosaur habitat, fossils giving indications to how these dinosaurs lived. We have seen portrayals of Velociraptors in movies such as Jurassic Park, and it was exciting! As scientists have classified over 40 species of raptor dinosaur of the Dromosauridae family, it makes me wonder, what was the environment these dinosaurs lived in, and how well did they adapt to it?
So, what did the raptor dinosaur habitat look like? It was a desert landscape that was hot, dry, and mountainous with rivers during the late-Jurassic period. The environment was harsh and rugged with little vegetation. Later, in the late Cretaceous period, it was considerably cooler with more vegetation over this type of landscape, such as trees and flowering plants covering the landscape. Raptor fossils have been found in North America, Mongolia, China, and Russia. Velociraptors, in particular, roamed Mongolia, China, and Russia.
The raptors that were found predominantly in the late-Cretaceous period were Velociraptors. Other raptors which I will discuss, lived up until the late-Cretaceous period. From the late-Jurassic until the mass extinction in the late-Cretaceous, it spans some 88 million years, so what we know about raptors, its habitat, and behavior is only from the fossils we have found and studies that paleontologists have done with those fossils. Nevertheless, what we currently do know about raptors is fascinating. Now that we have a general idea of what the raptor dinosaur habitat looked like for raptors, there are other things that we can explore about raptors. Let's take a closer look.
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Types of Raptor Dinosaurs
#1. There Were Hundreds of Species of Raptor
As raptors lived over some 88 million years, there is likely to have been hundreds if not thousands of related species. Unfortunately, we have only a part of the whole picture with only about 40 classified into families and clades, and paleontologists continue to find new raptor fossils with each year that passes.
The table below is just a snapshot of some of the raptor species that existed. I list the raptor in the first column, then a short description in the second column and finally, in the third column, I state where the raptor's fossils are found.
Table 1 - List of 10 Types of Raptors
|Raptor Dinosaur Name
|Classification and Description
|Where Fossils Found
|A small raptor dinosaur thought to hunt lizards and small mammals. Lived during the Cretaceous period
|South America
|A small raptor dinosaur, it was a bird-like raptor dinosaur and the fossil skeleton is 95% complete
|North America
|Considered a transitional species of bird, this raptor dinosaur lived in the early Cretaceious
|The largest "four-winged" raptor dinosaur. Lived in the early Cretaceous period
|It was a rather small raptor. Lived in the late Cretaceous period
|Known as the dinosaur that changed the way scientists thought about dinosaurs- being warm-blooded. Lived in the late Cretaceous
|North America
|One of the largest raptor dinosaurs in North America, it lived in the late Cretaceous
|North America
|One of the largest known raptors. Lived during the late Cretaceous
|Only one species of this raptor dinosaur. Found evidence it lived close to water
|Smaller than Utahraptor, this raptor dinosaur lived at the very end of the Mesozoic era.
|North America
|Raptor Dinosaur Name
|Classification and Description
|Where Fossils Found
How Did a Raptor Look Like? How Tall is a Raptor Dinosaur?
#2 What Did Raptors Look Like? Some Features:
● Head – They had crocodile-like snouts (not beaks) with sharp, serrated teeth on the jaws. The jaws could snap shut fast and tear chunks of meat from the prey.
● Legs – Raptors were dinosaur therapods, a species that walked on its hind legs, which had three-fingered claws.
● Feathers – There is fossil evidence now that suggests that many of the raptors had feathers covering most, if not all, of its body. While no actual raptor feathers have been found, the quill impressions are left as well as some coloring, which indicates to scientists that these dinosaurs had feathers.
● Claws – The claw of the raptor was three-fingered. They were raised and curved, which made them more deadly. These were deadly attacking weapons that could slash and injure prey. They were also useful for protection and defense when fighting.
● Tail and Tail Feathers – It relied on its stiff tail for maintaining balance while in motion. As mentioned above, they most likely had feathers, and feathers on the tail could be used to add weight and balance further.
● Warm-Blooded or Cold-Blooded? – Scientists believe that velociraptors were warm-blooded like modern-day birds. In that perspective, the raptors were even more deadly hunters that could regulate their body temperatures. Therefore, their warm-blooded nature aided them in pursuing prey actively and mauling them despite the weather.
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#3 Raptor Height
On average a raptor stood approximately 6.5 ft tall (198 cm) to 23 ft long (7 meters). Velociraptors were considerably smaller than depicted in movies. Velociraptors were only a bit taller than a modern-day turkey or a crane, based on the fossils we have found. They were 1.6 ft tall and 6.5 ft long and weighed about 30 lbs (13.2 kg), and their bodies were adapted to fast, light mobility.
Despite being small, it could move fast. Nonetheless, this crane or turkey-sized predator was one of the most dangerous during the Mesozoic period.
Raptors Were Predators and Also Were Hunted
#4 -Raptors Were Hunted By Other Predators and Sometimes Stole or Scavenged Meat From Other Larger Predators
Raptors were carnivorous, meaning they were meat-eating predators that hunted other dinosaurs. These dinosaurs were skillful and efficient predators. They often targeted prey that was smaller than them, but they could target far bigger animals than them.
It all depended on their age, size, and companionship that they kept. Raptors had sharp teeth and clutching arms. However, their talon-like, curved claws served as dangerous stabbing and slashing weapons that could sink and anchor into flesh and bones.
As good as they were as predators, they also were considerably smaller in size, and this meant that there was a threat of being hunted and killed by other more massive dinosaurs. Another way they might run into trouble with a larger predator is if they scavenged meat from them, and get into a fight over it.
How Fast Could Raptors Run in the Raptor Dinosaur Habitat? How Smart Were Velociraptors?
#6 The Fastest Raptors?
Raptors could achieve speeds of up to 25 miles per hour (40.23 km per hour). Despite being feathered and light-boned, raptors couldn't outrun some species such as the T-rex, Gallimimus, or their relatives Ornithomimus and Struthiomimus. Of all the raptors, it's estimated that the Utahraptor was perhaps the fastest raptor.
Velociraptors, in particular, were not the fastest raptor dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period, but they were considerably speedier and more agile than most. Why did they earn the Latin connotation of "speedy thieves" if they weren't the fastest predators? It has to do with their relatively small sizes and suspected aggressive hunting techniques. In reality, these dinosaurs were considered "speedy thieves" because they had more balance and could jump and dodge over obstacles better than other predators.
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#7 Raptors Had Agility and Ability to Sprint and Jump –
For starters, raptors could chase smaller prey with more balance than bigger dinosaurs. With the raptor dinosaur habitat described above, they were well suited for this environment. They could navigate past obstacles while running full speed and even flexibly jump when going for the kill. They were considerably agile and could launch successful attacks, especially with their feathered, mid-stride flights.
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#8 How Do Velociraptors Compare to Jurassic Park Movies
The Jurassic Park movie went a long way to create a cool, awesome looking raptor dinosaur habitat and island habitat for dinosaurs. However, there were some creative liberties taken with how they portrayed raptors. The raptors that you saw on Jurassic Park were about five times the size of real raptors, and they were actually from a related species, the Deinonychus. Nevertheless, it was fantastic entertainment. Let's take a look at how some of the entertainment in Jurassic Park's depictions of raptors compare to what scientists have found.
Table 2 - Comparison Table - Jurassic Park and Raptor Fossil Science
|Comparison Topic
|How the Raptor Was Portrayed in Jurassic Park Movies
|Raptor Fossil Science Indicate
|Creativity Level (scale of 1-5)
|Dinosaur referenced
|Best fossil match - Deinonychus
|Velociraptors were smart and intelligent
|They were smart, but not the smartest
|The Velociraptor was about 5-7ft
|Fossils indicate 2 ft in height
|Hunting in Packs
|Velociraptors hunted in packs
|No proof they hunted in packs
|Pack intelligence and communication
|Velociraptors could communicate with each other and had pack intelligence
|No proof that they communicated, although birds can communicate with each other
|They didn't have feathers
|They had feathers
|Time period
|Jurassic Park implies Jurassic time period
|Velociraptors lived the late Cretaceous
|Comparison Topic
|How the Raptor Was Portrayed in Jurassic Park Movies
|Raptor Fossil Science Indicate
|Creativity Level (scale of 1-5)
#9 Can Raptors Swim?
Raptors lived near rivers and streams, but probably could not swim or stay in water for any length of time. As mentioned above, the raptor dinosaur habitat was hot and dry during the late-Jurassic and then cooled towards the late-Cretaceous. The hunting raptor dinosaurs lived in desert environments and were adapted to scorching environments.
For these raptors, it seldom ever had to get into the water. Nonetheless, most vertebrates can survive a short dip in water even though they cannot swim. If you drop an elephant into a lake or pond, it could float and move long enough to get out successfully. It is thought that raptors hunted near watering holes, but probably didn't choose to be in the water.
How Smart Were Raptors? How Smart Is a Velociraptor?
#10 Raptors Were Not Very Intelligent
Although not very intelligent, they were some of the smartest dinosaurs of all time. Their brain capacity, relative to their sizes, was tremendous, making them considerably smarter than others. How smart they were, in reality, is something we may never be able to determine.
The reputation of raptors out in the public (due in large part because of the movies) suggests that raptors were intelligent and aggressive. They are assumed to have crept up on prey and driving targets out of protective herds.
There is no proof of these assumptions and unfortunately, the fossils do not give enough information on habits and group habits of raptors.
Raptor Enemies and Did Velociraptors Hunt in Packs?
#11 Raptor's Enemies
Raptors May Have Been Hunted by Bigger Predators – Raptors were rather small and had to run away from bigger dinosaurs that were aggressive. Bigger predators such as Tarbosaurus, a carnivore existing in the late-Cretaceous period, may have preyed on raptors. Additionally, large, armored herbivores like Triceratops or Styracosaurus didn't like predators and may have actively pursued raptors if they got too close.
Regarding Velociraptors, there is a fantastic fossil found of a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops, that died soon after their battle. The Protoceratops is a small pig-sized herbivore, and it seems to have inflicted severe wounds on the attacking Velociraptor.
#11 Raptors and Velociraptors May Have Hunted in Packs
They attacked relatively smaller and younger dinosaurs. Some scientists suggest that they did hunt in packs, surrounding the prey and inflicting multiple wounds until the dinosaur dies. With multiple attacks, it could easily overcome even larger dinosaurs.
However, some scientists have lately stated that there is no direct evidence that raptors hunted in packs. Instead, an individual raptor would sneak up on prey, and after injuring them, wait for the attacked victim to bleed and die before going back to eat it. The behavior is similar to Komodo dragons, whose bite is full of bacteria, and then devours the prey after it dies.
Thinking of why a Velociraptor was named in such a way gives some interesting correlations. Velociraptor's connotation of being "speedy thieves" perhaps comes from the nature of their surprise attacks. Not only are these dinosaurs fast, but they likely used the element of surprise. Still, they couldn't use it on somewhat larger prey unless they had the advantage of numbers.
Parting Shot
In many ways, raptors were an exciting species. The Jurassic Park movies have given the inspiration to see these dinosaurs in a full environment and habitat, even with behaviors and personality. As we learn more about these dinosaurs from a scientific perspective, solving the puzzles that are before us when we find raptor fossils, it is just as exciting to put the puzzle pieces together.
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Elizabeth Tallent
Elizabeth Tallent is the author of the novel Museum Pieces and four collections of short stories, In Constant Flight, Time with Children, Honey, and Mendocino Fire. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, Grand Street, The Paris Review, and The Threepenny Review, as well as in The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, the Pushcart Prize Award, and The Best American Essays. Her teaching has been honored with Stanford's Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award and the Northern California Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa's Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing "the extraordinary gifts, diligence, and amplitude of spirit that mark the best in teaching." In 2009 she was honored with Stanford's Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching. Mendocino Fire is a finalist for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award. Her memoir Perfectionism is forthcoming from Harper.
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Happy Monday! Ready for a fresh start in this short week? Apparently, the Wurlitzer building is. After multiple court dates over safety concerns including bricks that fell from the structure, the Free Press tells us that today will kick off a "five-day blitz to clear vermin, rubbish and standing water from under the crumbling 14-story structure." Man! Someone's going to spend Thanksgiving in a hardhat chasing vermin? Once again, this building seems to be most unkind. Neighbors have been arguing about the safety hazards for almost three years, but now it would seem Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Colombo is not going to take it anymore; he's reviewed the repair schedule and intends to make sure it happens.
Scott Weir, ERA Architects Inc., Toronto
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