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"I'm not going to lie. When I got handed the new Reclusive Blasphemy release from New England/New York's One Master, I immediately assumed they were another one-man outfit nestled firmly in the bosom of pretentiousness, gathering mid-paced black clouds, and smothering the listener in an atmospheric bla(n)ck(et). Not only is One Master a full band, but it also has a sound as raw as sewage." More black metal fury from New York, because it's an angry kind of state.
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The Meads of Asphodel/Tjolgtjar – Taste the Divine Wrath Review
"Split albums are hard to do well. It's rare that the contributing bands are equally matched, and even rarer that the musical styles are complementary. The Meads of Asphodel are no stranger to the dodgy split." Begs the question, is Tjolgtjar the yin to the Meads raging yang?
Abazagorath – The Satanic Verses Review
"There was a time before the Internet when musicians were scary. Glen Benton was an animal killing, Satan-worshipping maniac instead of an angry divorcee. Slayer were about to slit open a woman's throat, all in spikes and leather instead of looking like they are on line at Chuck E. Cheese's in a Spongebob t-shirt. The only scary person left in extreme music now that GG Allin is dead is Gaahl from Gorgoroth/God Seed and I've been too out touch to not know if he's considered frightening these days." Out of touch and scared of Sponge Bob is no way to go through life, Al.


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- 2 Pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
- 1 Small Yellow Onion, Diced
- 3 Stalks Celery, Diced
- 2 10.5 Ounce Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
- 12 Ounce Can Evaporated Milk
- 2 Teaspoons Chicken Bouillon
- 1 Tablespoon The Spice Hunter® Poultry Seasoning
- 16 Ounce Bag Frozen Mixed Veggies
- Pillsbury® Grands! Biscuits
In a slow cooker add the chicken, onion, celery, cream of chicken soup, evaporated milk, chicken bouillon and poultry seasoning.Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours. When there is about 30 minutes remaining on the cook time, remove chicken breasts and shred the chicken. Add the chicken back to the crock pot with the frozen veggies and continue the last 30 minutes of cooking.
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Vice Admiral Nancy Norton will hand over command of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN) on Feb. 26, the admiral said today.
The handover will cap Admiral Norton's 34-year U.S. Navy career, the last three of which she spent heading DISA.
Late last year, the Senate confirmed Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner to become the next head of DISA, with a promotion to lieutenant general. Skinner was chief of staff at DISA from 2014 to 2015, and most recently oversaw command, control, communications, and cyber operations for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii.
During remarks to the press late today, Adm. Norton talked about her "amazing, three-year tour" as DISA director and commander of Joint Force Headquarters DODIN. "I have loved every minute of this position," she said. "It's been an amazing opportunity to lead such a fantastic group of people and all of the important missions that we that we are conducting."


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Grilled Flatbread with Figs, Prosciutto and Arugula
Grilled Flatbread with Figs, Prosciutto and Arugula is made with an easy homemade crust, grilled then topped with fontina, figs, prosciutto, arugula and a sweet balsamic glaze. It's a healthy pizza.
This is an older recipe from 2015 that I updated slightly with fresh images and a video.
I love fresh figs and the other night I enjoyed this beautiful fruit on an antipasto plate I made with grilled bread, cheese and prosciutto, figs and cheese. This was my inspiration for this flatbread recipe.
The crust is made in the same way as my Vegetable Pesto Flatbread Pizza, very much like a naan bread recipe.
Great for entertaining or movie night in, Grilled Flatbread with Figs, Prosciutto and Arugula has a little something for everyone's palate. Salty and sweet.
All the flavor combinations work so well together. I chose fontina cheese that melts perfectly and has a strong flavor which stands up to the prosciutto and glaze.
Speaking of figs, where they are delicious on their own, on this flatbread, they gets sweeter and even more flavorful. They are not cooked, just more warmed through since it's only on the grill for a couple of minutes.
Finally, peppery arugula and sweet, balsamic glaze round out the toppings and flavors. If you don't want to make the glaze, there are so many good ones you can buy.
If you don't have an outdoor grill, or if the weather is cold, you can bake it in the oven at 500°F/260°C or use a stovetop grill pan. But if you can, do grill it, because it makes it taste like it came out of a pizza oven.
There's no yeast added to this dough because it is flatbread and we don't want it to rise we want it to stay nice and flat when it's cooked and this way, it gets really crispy.
This was actually easier than pizzas that I've made in the oven before and a whole lot quicker. Grilling the flatbread on both sides without the toppings crisps it and because the grill can get smoking hot, it only takes a couple of minutes per side.
More fig recipes:
- Fresh Fig and Ricotta Dessert Tart
- Warm Figs with Goat Cheese, Pistachios and Balsamic Glaze
- Fig and Brie Galette
If you've made this Grilled Flatbread with Figs, Prosciutto and Arugula or any other recipe leave a comment below. I love to hear from my readers!


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Radon: What You Need to Know
Radon is a radioactive gas that has been proven to cause lung cancer. It can be found in homes, office buildings, or schools near underground mines where radium-226 is present. Radon seeps into the air and becomes trapped inside of your home. The only way for you to protect yourself from this harmful gas is by installing an effective radon tiltak mitigation system.
There are many different ways that help reduce the amount of indoor air contamination which include soil suction, sub slab depressurization (SSD) , active soil depressurization (ASD), passive soil depressurization systems (PSD), high efficiency particle arrestors(HEPA). These methods will prevent pollutants like mold spores, dust particles and other allergens from entering your home .
The EPA has shown that on average there is a 21% increased risk for lung cancer in homes with radon levels between 20-39 pCi/L. The chances increase to 50 percent if you have been exposed to this gas at work or school. You can test for Radon by purchasing an at home radon test kit, which can be purchased at a hardware store or online.
Radon is most commonly found in the following states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky , Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, and New Hampshire. Also, it is found in all of the Canadian provinces.
Radon can be detected by a trained professional or you can test for it yourself with an at-home radon testing kit, which are available online and locally at hardware stores. Installing a mitigation system will help protect your family from this deadly gas.


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NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fusion (NASDAQ: FSNN), a leading provider of cloud services, announced today that it has signed a three year, $750,000 contract with a leading fashion and lifestyle brand to connect 29 of the brand's locations to the cloud. The fashion company selected Fusion over multiple providers to deliver a secure, PCI-compliant cloud-based solution with Quality of Service guarantees that ensure 100% uptime.
Fusion's award-winning SD-WAN solution was chosen to achieve significant improvements in voice and video quality, a key concern for the company, which employs innovative multimedia promotions to market its brand. The company further cited the solution's ease and speed of deployment and the professionalism of Fusion's dedicated implementation team. Fusion's SD-WAN's efficient bandwidth utilization ensures the highest level of application performance for the company while reducing costs. Eager to avoid the finger pointing that so often results in multi-vendor environments, the company was impressed with Fusion's single source, end to end managed solution, which seamlessly integrates Fusion's WiFi and fully diverse Internet and Security solutions with its advanced SD-WAN offering.
"This well-known fashion company is a true original, known for innovation and for having developed a unique approach to delivering its vibrant lifestyle brand, incorporating video, the web, music and events. We are honored to have earned the company's confidence in delivering our all-in solutions and look forward to finding new and innovative ways to help support the company's growth," said Dan Foster, Fusion's Chief Revenue Officer.
About Fusion
Fusion, a leading provider of integrated cloud solutions to small, medium and large businesses, is the industry's Single Source for the Cloud®. Fusion's advanced, proprietary cloud service platform enables the integration of leading edge solutions in the cloud, including cloud communications, contact center, cloud connectivity and cloud computing. Fusion's innovative, yet proven cloud solutions lower our customers' cost of ownership, and deliver new levels of security, flexibility, scalability and speed of deployment. For more information, please visit www.fusionconnect.com.
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Statements in this press release that are not purely historical facts, including statements regarding Fusion's beliefs, expectations, intentions or strategies for the future, may be "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements consist of any statement other than a recitation of historical fact and may sometimes be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate" or "continue" or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. The reader is cautioned that all forward-looking statements are speculative, and there are certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ from those referred to in such forward-looking statements. Important risks regarding the Company's business include the Company's ability to comply with covenants included in its senior debt agreements; competitors with broader product lines and greater resources; emergence into new markets; natural disasters, acts of war, terrorism or other events beyond the Company's control; and other factors identified by Fusion from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available through https://www.sec.gov. However, the reader is cautioned that Fusion's future performance could also be affected by risks and uncertainties not enumerated above.
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Vendor creates units for medical equipment and RIS businesses ADACLaboratories last week announced a corporate reorganization thatcreates separate business units for its nuclear medicine and health-careinformation systems products. The move is
ADACLaboratories last week announced a corporate reorganization thatcreates separate business units for its nuclear medicine and health-careinformation systems products. The move is designed to improvethe company's focus on information systems, which ADAC, of Milpitas,CA, sees as a strong growth opportunity in coming years due tothe shift to managed care.
The reorganization creates two new business units. ADAC MedicalSystems will have nuclear medicine and radiation therapy planningequipment under its umbrella, while ADAC's growing informationsystems software business will be handled by ADAC Healthcare InformationSystems. ADAC Laboratories will remain as the parent company,with David Lowe as CEO. Stanley Czerwinski remains ADAC chairman.
ADAC promoted from within to fill the executive suites of thenew units. Andrew Eckert was tapped to lead ADAC Medical Systemsas president and general manager. Mark Lamp was appointed presidentand general manager of ADAC Healthcare Information Systems.
Prior to the reorganization, ADAC's information systems unitwas contained in ADAC SD&G Healthcare Systems. ADAC last yearbought SD&G, a privately held radiology information systemscompany, and integrated its offerings with its own RIS product,MARS II (SCAN 10/20/93). ADAC recently introduced a new RIS product,QuadRIS.
While ADAC SD&G operated somewhat independently of themedical equipment business, ADAC felt that a formal separationwas needed to signify the company's new emphasis, according toEckert.
"We've made a formal split of the imaging and informationsystems side in recognition of the fact that we hope to grow ourhealth-care information systems business aggressively," Eckerttold SCAN. "It's a signal to the market that we are puttinga lot of focus on it."
ADAC believes that the health-care industry's dramatic shiftto managed care is increasing demand for information systems.Hospitals need to be able to track costs, employee productivityand patient outcomes and need software to do it, Eckert said.This will result in higher growth in the RIS business than onthe medical equipment side.
"Unlike the equipment market, which we see as flat withareas of growth around the world, the information systems marketplaceis one that will experience above average growth over the comingyears," Eckert said.
Eckert came to ADAC in early 1990 from the venture capitalfield. His previous position was executive vice president andgeneral manager of the vendor's nuclear medicine business.
Eckert sees continued pricing pressure in the gamma cameramarket, a situation that may become an ongoing phenomenon. Nuclearmedicine has been hit hard over the past year by a slump in purchasingand aggressive price cutting, although ADAC maintains that ithas gained market share over last year (SCAN 10/26/94).
Vendors must adapt to this difficult market by wringing outefficiencies and implementing total quality management (TQM) programsto improve productivity. Companies must also work more closelywith customers to form partnerships in equipment purchasing andmaintenance.
"The period between buying a piece of equipment has extendedfrom five to seven years for a typical institution, so (customers)have to know they are making the right choice," Eckert said."We view each transaction as the beginning of a partnership."


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Plus Sized Vape Mail
Two packages of vape mail arrived today, and each was plus sized; the brand new Subtank Plus Black Edition from Kangertech and a 120 ml bottle of Baker's Bean EJuice from Vape Moar.
The Subtank Plus Black Edition (and the White Edition as well) is not yet listed on the Kangertech website. I'm waiting to hear back from Kanger about when these tanks will be available and at what price. I'll let you know when I do the "First Look" or in depth review of the tank. For more details, see the review we published on the Subtank Plus (regular edition?) here.
This new version of the Subtank Plus holds 7 ml of ejuice and, like the newest Subtank Mini, is color coordinated with the KBOX Mini white and black versions. I'll be publishing a "First Look" and in-depth review of the Black Edition in the next few days. If you follow Seven Report on Twitter or Face Book you'll be notified that way when those posts are live.
We recently finished up in-depth reviews on the entire line of ejuice from Vape Moar, see the recap here. As a thank you, Vape Moar was kind enough to send me a 120 ml bottle of my favorite ejuice from their menu, which happened to be Baker's Bean, a wonderful and complex vanilla flavor, see that review here.
Vape Moar included a note with the 120 ml bottle of Baker's Bean that said, "Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into reviewing our line! Enjoy the Bean!" I am already, this is the smoothest, most authentic vanilla ejuice I've had the pleasure to vape. Vape Moar offers Baker's Bean, and all of their ejuices in 15 ml bottles for $3 and 120 ml bottles for $20. And you can get a sampler pack, a 15 ml bottle of each of their 10 flavors, for $20.
You can order Baker's Bean from Vape Moar.
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Jeff Sessions–Caricature by DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0/Original
Last week, I posted about an rather insane ruling by a district court judge. In discovering the principle of Perpetual Efficacy of Previous Administration Policies, District Judge John Bates declared than a memo sent to subordinates by former DHS secretary Janet Napolitano establishing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was not only still in effect but that the memo could not be rescinded without judicial approval. As I said in the post:
DACA is a program that was not established by Congress, it wasn't established by Executive Order, it wasn't created by DHS rule-making under the Administrative Procedure Act; it was established by a memo former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano sent out to her field staff directing them to not deport illegal aliens who allege that they were brought to the US as children.
The implications of the ruling are immense. It means that any administration can hamstring its successors by issuing a blizzard of memoranda, which apparently are assumed to be reasonable, and then requiring its successor to litigate any action taken to ignore or rescind those memos.
Somewhere in the bowels of the Justice Department, someone has attached jumper cables to Jeff Sessions and he's taken notice of this abhorrent decision.
"We strongly disagree with the district court's decision on Friday in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case. The executive branch's authority to simply rescind a policy, established only by a letter from the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is clearly established. The Department of Justice will take every lawful measure to vindicate the Department of Homeland Security's lawful rescission of DACA.
"The last administration violated its duty to enforce our immigration laws by directing and implementing a categorical, multipronged non-enforcement immigration policy for a massive group of illegal aliens. This wrongful action left DACA open to the same legal challenges that effectively invalidated another program they established—Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). DAPA's implementation was blocked by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and never entered into effect. These two policies declared by officials of the previous administration—by policy letters only—had been considered by Congress and rejected.
"The Trump Administration's action to withdraw the policy letters simply reestablished the legal policies consistent with the law. Not only did the Trump Administration have the authority to withdraw this guidance letter, it had a duty to do so. As former President Obama previously said, the changes they attempted to effect through this policy letter can only be lawfully achieved by congressional action. The judicial branch has no power to eviscerate the lawful directives of Congress—nor to enjoin the executive branch from enforcing such mandates.
"We have recently witnessed a number of decisions in which courts have improperly used judicial power to steer, enjoin, modify, and direct executive policy. This ignores the wisdom of our Founders and transfers policy making questions from the constitutionally empowered and politically accountable branches to the judicial branch. It also improperly undermines this Administration's ability to protect our nation, its borders, and its citizens. The Trump Administration and this Department of Justice will continue to aggressively defend the executive branch's lawful authority and duty to ensure a lawful system of immigration for our country."
I hesitate to use the word "unprecedented" because since January 21, 2017, the very word has acquired a trite and hackneyed quality, but it may very well be unprecedented for the Attorney General to torch a federal judge's decision in this manner.
There is good news in this. First off, the odds of this order surviving an appeal is virtually zero. Second, Sessions undoubtedly feels the steely gaze of President Trump focusing on him again and he doesn't like it. This, in my estimation, explains Sessions's response to the ruling and virtually ensures he will fight this decision as though his life depended upon the outcome. Lastly, this ruling has undoubtedly burned a lot of good will in the White House. After seeing Chuck Schumer deliberately torpedo a Dreamer deal while the DACA proponents fight in court to keep it alive has probably convinced even the most pollyannish White House aide that DACA is being used as a wedge issue to hurt Trump with his base and they will probably be less likely to even care if DACA goes away.
But if it takes brutal and grotesque judicial overreach and Sessions's abiding fear of ending up in more of Donald Trump's tweets to energize him, then I hope Judge Bates hears every case involving the Trump administration for the next six years.
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By Nizhoni McDarment
LEXINGTON, KY. -- When the Statistics Graduate Student Association (SGSA) needs a study break from complicated data problems, the students bowl. Tori Stanton, current president and UK graduate student from Asheville, North Carolina, said the SGSA's focus of the last year was to create opportunities for students to interact with each other outside of their classes.
The SGSA represents graduate students apart of the Dr. Bing Zhang Department of Statistics in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky. The SGSA facilitates bonds and promotes professional development for graduate students apart of the statistics program.
The organization was revived in 2020 when Lee Park, former president and UK graduate student from Incheon, South Korea, was seeking organized social events to connect with other statistics students in his program.
"You take a certain set of classes, so you barely see people outside of your classmates," Park said. "We needed more social aspects to broaden our experience as students."
Stanton said every graduate student in their program is a part of the association and is invited to events where they can network with alumni, learn about job opportunities, and attend social events like bowling.
"We invite alumni each month to a zoom where we can learn about their careers and any advice they have," Stanton said. "Some of our alumni got their jobs from classmates when they were in graduate school, so it is really important to create these networking opportunities."
Stanton said one of their most successful professional development events is their department's data science competition hosted by the SGSA executive board every year for graduate students to gain practice with actual data.
"I want to make our experience as graduate students better," Stanton said. "Networking is important in our field and peers are a really great resource."
Park said he hopes to stay connected when he becomes an alumni so he can continue to network and offer advice to graduate students going through the same experience.


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Can AI Predict the Future?
By Courtney Bonner
Artificial intelligence is already capable of predicting and planning for the future. Playing games like chess and Go require planning, and there are computers that are better at these games than any human. AI is predicting election results, the outcomes of sporting events, and the direction of stock prices. Internet companies that you interact with daily store your browsing data to make predictions about your future purchases. They use AI to anticipate what big life changes might be coming your way and match ads to each person individually. In the casino industry, AI is predicting how casino players...
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Forever Boho Look: 181
Tie dye and fringe, what a perfect combo! I wore this boho look to go to the Art Walk Event at Wynwood last weekend. If you like art this is definitely the place to go. They host the event once a month, it's fun. I am wearing:
Dress/ Indah, similar pieces at: Urban Outfitters 1; Urban Outfitters 2; Urban Outfitters 3; Urban Outfitters 4; Swell 1; Swell 2; Swell 3; Planet Blue 1; Planet Blue 2 and Planet Blue 3
Sandals/ 888 Store, similar at: Lulu's 1; Lulu's 2 and Lulu's 3
Bracelets/ Shayote ; Frost & Dew 526 and The Uncommon Wren


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On July 17, 2021, the junk news site Gateway Pundit published a misleading story with a headline falsely reporting there have been more deaths from the vaccines for COVID-19 than the virus itself.
The headline read, "For Second Week in a Row: More COVID-19 Vaccination Deaths than COVID-19 Deaths in the US According to CDC and VAERS Websites."
VAERS stands for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a website monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The figures on the site reflect the fact that it's a public reporting tool, not a vaccine death toll.
"VAERS accepts reports of any adverse event following any vaccination," according to the CDC. "Reports of adverse events to VAERS following vaccination, including deaths, do not necessarily mean that a vaccine caused a health problem."
The CDC also said the COVID-19 vaccines are safe, and that reports of deaths from the vaccines are rare:
More than 339 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through July 19, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 6,207 reports of death (0.0018%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine. FDA requires healthcare providers to report any death after COVID-19 vaccination to VAERS, even if it's unclear whether the vaccine was the cause. Reports of adverse events to VAERS following vaccination, including deaths, do not necessarily mean that a vaccine caused a health problem. A review of available clinical information, including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records, has not established a causal link to COVID-19 vaccines. However, recent reports indicate a plausible causal relationship between the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine and TTS, a rare and serious adverse event—blood clots with low platelets—which has caused deaths.
Significant adverse reactions from COVID-19 vaccines are rare, but when they do happen, they are usually the result of an allergic reaction.


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Ruby says so many things to her teacher and class about us, and I am not sure how it all comes across. BUT, this time she shared what someone else said about their dad, and I know this person and had to laugh. She said, "He said that his daddy cuts the heads off of turkeys and watches them still run around." What probably happened is that in an innocent conversation the dad of this little boy was telling him how turkeys sometimes run around even after they get their heads chopped off….but this little boy decides to say that his dad actually does this. Because I know the family, it makes me laugh even harder. They hardly strike me as the type that would do this for fun. Oh, I wonder what all Ruby has said. I remember asking my mom, "What will she tell her teachers?" My moms reply was, "Everything."
Great. Let's just hope Mrs. Honaker is very keen on how Kindergarteners can exaggerate or fabricate a story in all sorts of ways!


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Are We Looking For One Cluster or Two?
A question that we frequently get asked during our classes here at The CP Journal is whether a person can be displaying two clusters at the same time. In other words, can a person be both "dominant and comfortable" at the same time or "uncomfortable and submissive" simultaneously?
The short answer to this question is no, a person can't be displaying two clusters at the same time. The dominant, submissive, uncomfortable and comfortable clusters used to assess a person's current state are mutually exclusive because they each represent a different survival response that the brain can choose from in threatening situations.. Since your brain makes the decision to either fight or run when a perceived stressor or threat presents itself, you can't be displaying the dominant cluster, the manifestation of the fight response, and the uncomfortable cluster, the manifestation of the flight response, at the same moment in time. It is by the same logic that a person can't be displaying the dominant cluster and the comfortable cluster concurrently. As the comfortable cluster is the type of body language displayed when no flight or fight response has been triggered, a person can't be displaying body language that is associated with the stress response and body language associated with the absence of a stress response at any given point either.
It is important to remember that the body's responses to potential threats are not permanent decisions. As a situation develops and as a person collects more information about the people around them and their environment, they can easily shift from one response to the next. Think about a person who is in "flight response" mode who tries to protect themselves from a bully by putting distance between themselves and the aggressor. Even though that is their first response, if they find themselves backed into a corner without any other opportunities to escape from the situation, you may see this person immediately shift into "fight" mode if that option becomes their best way to survive the encounter. This would be observed as a change in the cluster you observe them displaying from the uncomfortable cluster to the dominant cluster. This change can occur extremely fast, but the clusters aren't being displayed simultaneously.
I've found that there are typically two reasons why a person learning to read behavior runs into a situation where they are unsure of which cluster they should use to assess a person.
The first reason is that low intensity dominance (or discomfort) can actually look a lot like comfort at first glance because there might only be one or two indicators displayed that reveals the subject's dominance. Higher intensity displays where four or five cues reveal that the person is experiencing the fight or flight response to their surroundings are much easier to accurately categorize.
The second reason why someone trained to read behavior might not be sure of which cluster applies to the observation subject is because of what is happening at the moment they first begin observing them. When a new observer sees conflicting indicators, which could imply two different clusters, what they are often observing is the shift from one cluster to another. The shift from flight to fight (or from no threat perceived into flight or fight) doesn't have to be instantaneous. It can also be gradual. When a person notices these contradictory cues, it is often because they are first noticing someone who is just beginning to go through the shift from one cluster to the next. It might be just one gesture, posture or expression at a time, but as a person's perception of the situation begins to change, so does their behavior. Often, the easiest way to overcome this challenge is to continue observing the person and see which one of the clusters becomes more prominently displayed.
When you have conflicting information and aren't sure which cues you should prioritize over the others being displayed, take a step back and take in the person you are observing as a whole. While our approach to reading body language has you look at the cues leading to one of the four primary clusters, there are benefits to looking at the bigger picture when making your assessments. This is one way that you can see through some of the uncertainty that body language can often present.
Whether a person can be displaying multiple clusters is something that gets emailed to us frequently by students going through the Tactical Analysis online program. If you have gone through the course and if we can answer a question for you that will help you apply these lessons in your job, get in touch with us so that we can help.
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(ChemotherapyAdvisor) – Adding ramucirumab to first-line platinum chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) shows promising rates of progression-free survival (PFS) and tolerable toxicities, according to two Eli Lilly-funded Phase 2 studies presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2012 Congress in Vienna, Austria.
Interim analyses of PFS, tolerability, and safety supported further study of ramucirumab as a potential addition to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy and pemetrexed for patients with nonsquamous-cell NSCLC, the authors concluded.
"We are encouraged by these results from two Phase II trials indicating ramucirumab may be beneficial to patients with non-small cell lung cancer," said Richard Gaynor, MD, vice president for product development and medical affairs at Lilly Oncology. "These findings support our ongoing evaluation of ramucirumab for lung cancer patients and will need to be confirmed in larger pivotal studies."
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The first study (ESMO Abstract #1245), a randomized open-label Phase 2 study of 140 chemotherapy-naive patients, assessed PFS among patients with advanced nonsquamous-cell NSCLC who received ramucirumab plus first-line chemotherapy.
Interim median PFS was 4.3 months for control-arm patients and 6.3 months for ramucirumab-arm patients (HR 0.48 [90% CI: 0.31-0.74]), the authors reported. Disease control rate (DCR) was 72% for control-arm patients and 87% for ramucirumab-arm patients, the authors reported.
Grade 3 and higher toxicities for patients receiving ramucirumab included thrombocytopenia (22% vs 19% of control-arm patients); neutropenia (18% vs 17%); fatigue (12% vs 17%); anemia (10% vs 16%); hypertension (10% vs 1%); and nausea (10% vs 7%).
The second study (ESMO Abstract #1287) was an open-label Phase 2 study of 40 patients with advanced NSCLC, who were administered ramucirumab (10 mg/kg) plus paclitaxel (200mg/m2) and carboplatin (AUC=6) for up to six 3-week cycles, followed by maintenance ramucirumab. Median PFS was 7.85 months. Overall DCR (CR+PR+SD) was 90%, and PFS at 6 months was 59.0% (95% CI: 41.3%-72.9%), the authors reported. As with the first study, the most common Grade 3+ toxicities associated with ramucirumab were neutropenia (13%), thromboycytopenia (10%), and fatigue (8%); in the second study, febrile neutropenia was seen in 8% of patients receiving ramucirumab.
Ramucirumab is a human IgG1 monoclonal antibody receptor antagonist that blocks VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D interactions and receptor activation – inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation, migration, and vascular permeability. Six Phase 3 trials are currently underway for ramucirumab, the authors noted.
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Cyber-attack hackers threaten to share US police informant data
Washington DC's Metropolitan Police Department has said its computer network has been breached in a targeted cyber-attack, US media report.
A ransomware group called Babuk is reportedly threatening to release sensitive data on police informants if it is not contacted within three days.
The FBI is investigating the extent of the breach, US media reported, citing the Washington DC police department.
Ransomware is used to scramble computer networks and steal information.
Attackers target companies or organisations and can lock their systems, then demand large sums of money in return for ending the hack.
What is ransomware?
On Monday, Washington DC's police department said in a statement that it was "aware of unauthorised access on our server", AP news agency reported.
"While we determine the full impact and continue to review activity, we have engaged the FBI to fully investigate this matter," the statement added, without providing further details of the reported breach.
It is not clear if attackers managed to lock police out of their systems during the breach.
Babuk, a Russian-speaking ransomware group that emerged earlier this year, said it had downloaded "a sufficient amount of information" from the police department's internal networks, AP reports.
Screenshots said to have been posted by the group on the dark web and shared on social media appeared to suggest it had gained access to information on criminal gang activity and police intelligence reports.
The head of UK-based cyber-security consultancy Bridewell Consulting, James Smith, said a risk remained for companies and organisations even if a ransom was paid.
"With these types of attacks, the data has probably been stolen already, before it was encrypted, and the likelihood that the data will be sold or stored by the hacker is great," he said in a statement to the BBC.
Earlier this month, Babuk reportedly targeted the Houston Rockets basketball team with ransomware and claimed to have accessed documents including player contracts and financial data.
A spokeswoman for the Houston Rockets, Tracey Hughes, said that while the group had accessed some information, it failed to install its ransomware because of a security system in place.
Last week, a Russian man in the US pleaded guilty to plotting to extort money from the electric car company Tesla. He planned to use ransomware to steal company secrets for extortion, prosecutors said.
According to media reports, US government agencies have been targeted 26 times so far this year.
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Afua Hirsch is a Ghanaian-British journalist, barrister, and human rights activist. Hirsch Is currently the West Africa correspondent for The Guardian and was previously the newspaper's legal affairs correspondent in the U.K. and headed The Guardian Law website. After receiving a degree in politics at the University of Oxford and a law degree from BPP Law School,Hirsch practiced law in criminal defense, public, and international law. Hirsch frequently publishes commentaries on a diverse range of subjects, appears regularly in radio and TV broadcasts, and speaks widely on the media, diversity, and justice. She Has also worked in development in 18 West African countries. In late 2013, SkyNews appointed Hirsch as their Social Affairs and Education Editor.
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The Bukovel Minor is the second event of the DPC 2019-20 season, featuring some regular faces. NiP return to the Minor system again along with Geek Fam, as they compete for the final slot at the Leipzig Major. A surprise appearance from Nigma looks to shake up this minor and make it the most competitive to date!
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What is the WePlay! Bukovel Minor?
The Bukovel Minor follows the trend of unique esports experiences for the Dota Pro Circuit minor system following the Summit 11's enclosed studio environment. The tournament will be held at the Bukovel ski resort in Ukraine from January 9th – 12th, with 8 top teams competing for the last spot at the Leipzig Major.
When the teams aren't hitting the slopes, they'll be competing in two GSL format groups with the top two teams advancing to the playoffs for a chance at the $300,000 prize pool and the all-important final Major slot.
Bukovel Minor odds:
Bukovel Minor Favourites
Nigma (1.70*) are the obvious favourite for this minor after missing out on a Major qualification spot to the new look Alliance. The TI9 finalists haven't played an official match since then but were still expected to qualify for the Major.
Nevertheless, they find themselves having to struggle through the Minor competition in order to attend the Leipzig Major. The unchanged ex-liquid roster lost to their former organisation and also lost a series to Vikin.gg, but we'll put this down to teething problems.
The Ninjas (NiP, 10.82*) are veterans of the Dota Minor system by this point, participating in five of the last six minors (winning two of them). The EU/NA mashup has struggled to find consistency despite the obvious calibre of talent on their roster.
With former TI winners 'PPD' and 'Universe', the expectation is wearing on the team and they are looking to new upcoming talent to change their fates. Can 'Tanner' revitalize the team and bring the energy from the mid-lane?
Another team familiar with the Minor competition is Royal Never Give Up (RNG, 6.50*). Taking part in 50% of the last six minors, the only Chinese representatives at the Bukovel Minor will be relying heavily on their position one 'Monet' to carry them to the final Major sport.
Teams to watch out for
Despite some clear favourites for this tournament, recent performance and lack of stability can open up some opportunities for less accomplished teams. One team looking to cause some upsets are Geek Fam (21.04*). Featuring SEA's answer to 'Arteezy' in 'Raven', Geek Fam has an impressive 75% win rate in patch 7.23 but have played 100% of their games on the dire side. Could this be exploited by their opposition?
Another team with a puncher's chance is the Canadian all-stars, Fighting PandaS (16.15*). The 'EternaLEnVy' lead team are in Group B along with tournament favourites Nigma, but they narrowly missed out on Major qualification after taking series from Evil Geniuses ultimately losing in the lower bracket finals. The analytical powerhouse of 'Aui_2000' and 'Sneyking' will be looking to out-smart the opposition.
The CIS team Team Spirit (26.99*) are looking to put their stamp on international Dota. With the acquisition of 'Immersion' from Gambit (5.33*) and 'nongrata' on trial, the ex-Positive Guys roster have also been reunited with their old coach 'TheHeartlessKing'. The new look line-up will face some tough competition in Group A if they want to advance to the playoffs.


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Acne is a common disease which we all are faced in our adolescent life. It is a chronic skin disease characterized by small red painful or painless eruptions, blackheads, whiteheads and might be scarring. Acne appears due to the blockage of the hair follicles and their sebaceous glands. Blockage is caused by the excessive oil or dead skin cells. These eruptions can be inflammatory or non-inflammatory or both.
Who are more prone to get Acne?
Acne is more common in teenagers due to increased sebaceous activity. The common age for the occurrence of acne is 12-25 years but some older persons may also affect. It develops earlier in females but more severe in males.
What Causes Acne?
Mainly increased serum production causes acne and it may be due to following reasons-
- Hormonal changes – At the time of puberty androgen hormones becomes more active and causes follicular glands to grow larger and produces more sebum, which causes acne.
- Hereditary factors – The tendency of specific individual for acne is may be due to the family history of acne.
- Dietary habits – A poor dietary habit which includes the diet rich in fat, oil, starch and low in nutrition values is a main reason of acne.
- Psychological reasons – psychogenic stress may cause acne flare.
- Medical conditions – Some type of diseases in which sex hormonal changes occurs like PCOD, Acromegaly may cause acne.
- Medications – Drugs that contain corticosteroids, androgens causes acne.
- Cosmetics – Excessive uses of greasy cosmetics also causes acne
What is the Severity of Acne?
In moderate cases pores of the skin blocked due to dead skin cells. In some cases the blockage appears at the top of pores known as blackheads and whiteheads. And on the other hand in some cases blockage appears under the pores and gives small spots appearance known as pimples or papules.
In severe cases increased quantity of sebum gives a culture to bacteria to grow and multiply. Due to bacterial infection inflammation occurs and causes larger red sots which are filled with pus and causes large eruptions known as nodules and cyst.
Factors that worse the acne?
- Increased sweat and humid atmosphere may worse the acne.
- Squeezing or picking the eruptions also worse the acne.
- In females oral contraceptive pills may increase the intensity.
- Thick or greasy make up on a sensitive skin worse the condition.
- In females the severity of acne may relate with their menstrual periods.
- Eating too much oily and junk food also exaggerate the condition.
- Habit of drinking less water is not good for skin.
- Poor hygiene, low sedentary life, constipation and UV radiation all are factors which play a role to worse the acne.
How to Care the Acne Skin?
- Wash your skin thrice in a day with lukewarm water is ideal for the acne skin. Avoid too much washing.
- Always use mild soap or mild face wash to clean the skin.
- Avoid oily and junk food and drinks lots of water daily.
- Eat fibrous food to keep the digestion proper.
- Avoid humid atmosphere.
- Wear loose cotton clothes in summer which absorbs sweat.
- Avoid chocolates, to reduce the acne flare.
- Avoid use of greasy cosmetics on the acne skin.
- Stress aggravates acne, so be happy and healthy.
Can Homoeopathy Cure the Acne Vulgaris?
Homoeopathy is the best treatment method for all type of skin diseases, because homoeopathy treats disease from the root level. It treats the patient with the Holistic approach. During the case taking homoeopathic physician takes all symptoms from head to foot. After that we evaluate the totality of symptoms and find out the cause of the disease, and then treat it by well selected medicine. Homoeopathic medicines have excellent role in acne problem. It also helps to stop recurrence of acne vulgaris.


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Spark blamed for Union Pacific locomotive fire in Texarkana
Railroad officials blame a mechanical problem for a towering fire on a locomotive traveling through Northeast Texas.
The Texarkana Gazette reports nobody was hurt in Thursday's accident aboard a Union Pacific Railroad train in Texarkana.
UP spokesman Jeff DeGraff (duh-GRAF') says the fire was started by a spark and affected the second of three engines pulling freight and tank cars. No hazardous materials spilled.
The train was bound for a nearby rail yard operated by Nebraska-based UP when the crew in the lead locomotive spotted the flames from the exhaust stacks. The crew stopped the train and alerted the Texarkana Fire Department.
Firefighters put water into the locomotive's air intakes to help extinguish the blaze.
DeGraff says two locomotives and several cars will remain at the yard for cleaning and repairs.
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Arctic Fox Hair Color Spotlight | Electric Paradise
Are you ready for our next Arctic Fox Hair Color spotlight, Fox Fam? Today we're highlighting a shade that's perfect for the summer but stands out in any season, Electric Paradise. This vivid, versatile neon pink has been one of the most popular Arctic Fox shades since it first launched in 2017 - if you haven't given it a try yet, you've been missing out! Read on to discover the best ways to use this festival-ready, UV reactive shade!
Electric Paradise is a vibrant pink hue with a peachy, coral undertone. It's less of a hot pink than Virgin Pink, but still quite bright as a neon shade! And as a UV reactive color, it will glow vibrantly under a blacklight. Just one more reason you'll be turning heads everywhere you go!
You can mix in other UV reactive colors with Electric Paradise to create a custom shade while preserving that UV glow! Porange and Electric Paradise mix well to create a neon peach color, or you can use Neon Moon and Arctic Mist with a dollop of Electric Paradise for more of a muted rose gold hue. A base of Electric Paradise with just a few drops of Poseidon or Aquamarine will give you a bright purple that will retain most of its UV reactivity! Of course, if you're not concerned about the UV reactivity you have endless possibilities. One of our fav mixes is Electric Paradise and Wrath (for a deep rosy pink) -especially if you're starting with a darker base color! And Electric Paradise and Sunset Orange pair perfectly for a darker, deeper coral hue! @rei.lilithr used Electric Paradise, Sunset Orange and Virgin Pink for her custom shade!
Not sure if your hair is light enough for Electric Paradise? We always recommend a strand test first so you can see exactly how the color will turn out before applying it all over. But if you're uncertain, and especially if your hair is unbleached, increasing the pigmentation is your best bet for ensuring a more medium tone like this will turn out visibly and vibrantly. Every AF shade has a swatch chart on the product page to help guide you in your quest for the perfect color, but if you have any questions about Electric Paradise or any other AF shade, feel free to send us an email at email@example.com and we'd be happy to help!


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Kindle Daily Deals – Each day they unveil new Kindle book deals for adults and young readers with prices usually ranging $1.99-$2.99. These are only discounted for today. Kindle Monthly Deals – Each month they unveil a new collection of 100 Kindle books for $3.99 or less.
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Asploro Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Case Reports
Article Type: Case Report
Asp Biomed Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sept 20;3(3):213-16
Girgis AM1*, Chopra A1, Finneran IV JJ1, Greenberg MJ1
1Department of Anesthesiology, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, University of California, San Diego, USA
Corresponding Author: Alexander M. Girgis, MD ORCID ID
Address: 9452 Medical Center Dr, MC 0898, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Received date: 20 August 2020; Accepted date: 11 September 2020; Published date: 20 September 2020
Citation: Girgis AM, Chopra A, Finneran IV JJ, Greenberg MJ. Point of Care Ultrasound to Evaluate Peripheral Intravenous Catheters. Asp Biomed Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sept 20;3(3):213-16.
Copyright © 2020 Girgis AM, Chopra A, Finneran IV JJ, Greenberg MJ. This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Peripheral Intravenous Catheter, Infiltration, Point of Care Ultrasound, Patient Safety, Deep Peripheral Vein, Sedation
Glossary of Terms: PIV – Peripheral Intravenous Catheter(s), HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, G – Gauge, TM – Trademark, UT – Utah, USA – United States of America, UK – United Kingdom, ASA – American Society Anesthesiologists, mg – milligrams, mcg – micrograms, MHz – megahertz, WA – Washington
Background: Several studies have described the use of ultrasound for the placement of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIV); however, visual and tactile inspection remains the primary clinical tool for the identification of infiltration. An improperly positioned PIV is an avoidable cause of significant morbidity and mortality to a patient.
Case: We describe a technique using point of care ultrasound for the assessment of two PIV to confirm functionality in a 68-year-old male scheduled for an above the knee amputation. This technique can be used for both superficial and deep peripheral veins where the detection of catheter infiltration by physical exam alone is often challenging.
Conclusion: The ubiquitous use of ultrasonography has revolutionized the field of medicine. Point of care ultrasound for the evaluation of questionable peripheral catheters can help prevent harm to a patient, especially during transitions of care.


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At Humi, we're laser focused on building a product that automates tedious HR tasks, so you can focus on what's most important.
In 2018, we launched Humi 2, a completely new system that we built from the ground-up.
We took everything that customers loved about the Version 1 and made it even better by adding features that customers were asking for. This means adding Humi Payroll, an all-in-one employee profile, more hiring onboarding tools, document signing with HelloSign, a complete redesign, and more.
When we launched Humi 2, we gave customers over a year to chose to move to the new system, but On March 30th 2020, Version 1 will be shut down. But no worries – there's still lots of room for our current Version 1 customers to move to the new version.
If you want to join the hundreds of companies who have switched to the new version (and love it), you can book a call with someone from our team and we can migrate you to the new system.
Common questions about Humi 2
When do I need to switch over?
You'll need to switch to the new system before March 30th, 2020. That's when we'll be shutting down Version 1.
How much is it?
You can see the pricing for Humi 2 here. Since Version 1 customers have been with us since the beginning, we're offering a 30% discount off your total bill, for forever. Note: because the software is so robust, there is no free option for its use.
Will I lose my data when moving to the new version?
No, you won't. Our team has migrated many companies to the new version, so we know how to make sure you get onto Humi 2 as seamlessly as possible.
How can I move to the new version?
To move the new system, you can book a call with someone from our team. We'll walk you through the new system and explain how we'll migrate your data with the help of a dedicated customer experience representative.
We hope you've enjoyed using Humi Version 1. We're excited to show you the new version of Humi and get you upgraded before this version is shut down.
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Waning China Car Sales Set to Ruin Ford and GM Results
The China Passenger Car Association announced that sales nationwide dropped 92% in the first 16 days of February. The decline is extraordinary because it has hit the world's largest car market so hard that it will cause crises for Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM). The two manufacturers count on China for much of their worldwide vehicle sales and revenue.
Last year's results from China were horrible for both companies. The February drop will make this much worse. In 2019, GM's sales fell 15.1% to 3,093,604. Matt Tsien, GM executive vice president and president of GM China, explained his plans, which are already a wreck. Talking about 2019, he said, "During the downturn, we are focused on bolstering our product lineup and improving cost efficiency to position our company for strong performance in China over the long term."
Ford's problems were much worse last year. Ford and its joint ventures in China sold 567,854 vehicles. This was a retreat of 26.1%. Some analysts believe that Ford's prospects will never recover in China. The market is simply too competitive and Ford is too far behind the leaders. Its operating loss in China last year was $771 million.
GM's sales in China are bound to be down this year, in part because management said 2020 would be a challenge, and also because it will not recover from the first half of February. Ford's situation is worse. Its operating losses in China this year probably will be close to $1 billion. Ford CEO Jim Hackett's turnaround plans will be set back another year.
Ford and GM may have modestly good results in the United States this year, as they did in 2019. However, overall global results already have been hammered.
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Amanda Knox is speaking out against Matt Damon's new film, "Stillwater".
The 34-year-old writer and journalist called out the people involved in the movie that "profits off my name, face, & story without my consent," she wrote on her website on Thursday. ET has reached out to Damon, director Todd McCarthy and Focus Features for comment.
"This new film by director Tom McCarthy, starring Matt Damon, is 'loosely based' or 'directly inspired by' the 'Amanda Knox saga,' as Vanity Fair put it in a for-profit article promoting a for-profit film, neither of which I am affiliated with," she began. "I want to pause right here on that phrase: 'the Amanda Knox saga.' What does that refer to? Does it refer to anything I did? No. It refers to the events that resulted from the murder of Meredith Kercher by a burglar named Rudy Guede. It refers to the shoddy police work, prosecutorial tunnel vision, and refusal to admit their mistakes that led the Italian authorities to wrongfully convict me, twice."
Knox made headlines after she was wrongfully convicted for the murder of a fellow exchange student in 2007. She then spent the next eight years fighting for her freedom, until she was acquitted in 2015. Knox was able to tell her side of the story in the Netflix documentary "Amanda Knox".
"Stillwater", meanwhile, follows Damon as Bill Baker, an oil worker from Stillwater, Oklahoma, who travels to France when his estranged daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin) is charged with murdering her friend while studying in Marseille. Bill tries everything he can to help his daughter prove her innocence as time slowly runs out, while contending with stark cultural differences and a complex and radically different French legal system.
Knox continued by expressing that in the years she was wrongfully imprisoned and years of trial "everyone else in that 'saga' had more influence over the course of events than I did… I had no control over my public image, no voice in my story."
This new film by director Tom McCarthy, starring Matt Damon, is "loosely based" or "directly inspired by" the "Amanda Knox saga," as Vanity Fair put it in a for-profit article promoting a for-profit film, neither of which I am affiliated with.
— Amanda Knox (@amandaknox) July 29, 2021
She also wrote how in all of this, Kercher was forgotten, as was the real murder, while she continues to be associated with the "tragic series of events."
"I would love nothing more than for people to refer to the events in Perugia as 'The murder of Meredith Kercher by Rudy Guede,' which would place me as the peripheral figure I should have been, the innocent roommate," she stated. "But I know that my wrongful conviction, and subsequent trials, became the story that people obsessed over. I know they're going to call it the 'Amanda Knox saga' into the future. That being the case, I have a few small requests."
She asked that people don't blame her for "the fact that others put the focus on me instead of Meredith." She also requested to understand how the people involved might be affected by the headlines, and for journalists to report the correct information about her acquittal and case.
Knox acknowledged that "Stillwater" "is by no means the first thing to rip off my story without my consent at the expense of my reputation." However, she would like the chance to speak with McCarthy and Damon, or have been asked by them to give them insight before they got involved in the film.
"If you're going to 'leave the Amanda Knox case behind,' and 'fictionalize everything around it,' maybe don't use my name to promote it. You're not leaving the Amanda Knox case behind very well if every single review mentions me," she pointed out, noting McCarthy's quotes to Vanity Fair about the film. "You're not leaving the Amanda Knox case behind when my face appears on profiles and articles about the film."
She also noted that by the film "fictionalizing away my innocence, my total lack of involvement, by erasing the role of the authorities in my wrongful conviction, McCarthy reinforces an image of me as a guilty and untrustworthy person." Knox also mentioned that with Damon attached, they have the star power to potentially make a profit off her fictionalized tale and "have viewers wondering, 'Maybe the real-life Amanda was involved somehow.'"
Knox understands that the two men had no obligation to consult her when telling the story, but reiterated that she "never asked to become a public person."
"I have not been allowed to return to the relative anonymity I had before Perugia," she concluded. "My only option is to sit idly by while others continue to distort my character, or fight to restore my good reputation that was wrongfully destroyed. It's an uphill battle. I probably won't succeed. But I've been here before. I know what it's like facing impossible odds."
ET spoke with McCarthy at the "Stillwater" NYC premiere earlier this month, where the director acknowledged the similarities to Knox's life story.
"This is not the Amanda Knox story. Just inspired. So how would you describe this? It's a tricky one to describe. I would say come and get lost in the movie. It goes places you don't expect. I hope engaging," he told ET. "Just go buy a ticket and get lost. Sit in a quiet theatre and enjoy it."
ET also spoke with Damon that same night, where he opened up about "Stillwater"s successful Cannes debut and the overwhelming positive reviews they received. Watch below to hear what he said.
Matt Damon on Getting Emotional Over 'Stillwater' Response at Cannes
Amanda Knox on Whether She'll Ever Produce a True-Crime Series About Her Life (Exclusive)
Amanda Knox Praises Kim Kardashian's Criminal Justice Reform Efforts


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SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas — A Brazoria County woman has been added to the Texas DPS list of 10 Most Wanted Fugitives.
Margaret Lorrain Smith, 62, is wanted on capital murder charges in connection with the 2007 death of her husband George.
Investigators say Margaret lured George to a Surfside Beach late one August night where a man she hired beat him to death with a metal object. He was unrecognizable, according to Brazoria County investigators.
The couple's children later told "The Hunt with John Walsh" that their parents had separated, and Margaret had a younger boyfriend and liked to hang out with a wild crowd.
They told CNN they think their dad was killed because he refused to sell his multi-million beach house in Surfside and their mom wanted the money.
Both Margaret and an ex-Marine named Dylan Laughrey were indicted for capital murder. He was convicted, but Margaret cut off her ankle monitor and vanished in 2009, weeks before her trial started.
She was last seen a few days later at a Walmart in San Antonio where she got into a maroon four-door sedan, possibly a Lincoln Continental, according to DPS.
Smith is 5'6 and weighs about 185 pounds. She has a mole on the bottom of her right eyelid. She often dyes her naturally dark, curly hair or wears wigs.
She also went by Lorrain Womble Smith.
Texas Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $7,500 for information leading to Smith's arrest and capture. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.
To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods:
- Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252 TIPS (8477).
- Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about and the clicking on the link under their picture.
- Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the "SUBMIT A TIP" link (under the "About" section).
Another $5,000 is being offered through Brazoria County Crime Stoppers for information leading to Smith's arrest.
So far this year, DPS and other agencies have arrested five Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives and sex offenders, including two gang members.


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-P- In last night's postgame notes, we looked at one of the consequences of Andrew McCutchen batting third: that many of his plate appearances are being gobbled up by bases empty / two outs situations. Indeed, McCutchen currently leads the league with the most plate appearances in that base/out state.
Here are some more numbers:
Percentage of plate appearances with bases empty / two outs: 2014 (2013)
- McCutchen 29.3 percent (20.3)
- Martin 22 percent (17.7)
- Walker 17.6 percent (14.5)
- Marte 10 percent (14.3)
- Votto 15.6 percent (21.3)
I include Joey Votto in the list because last season he batted third for the Reds and has been moved to second spot this season.
At this afternoon's press meeting Hurdle spoke to the issue of moving McCutchen around in the order:
Question: A significant percentage of McCutchen's plate appearances have come with bases empty / two outs. I guess that is one of the perils of batting third, as it (base/out state) will happen a lot. Have you ever considered moving Andrew around in the order? Or, are you happy with the sequencing you have at the top of the order and the coverage he provides for the number two hitter?
Yes, I've thought about. If you go (with him at) two, then the percentage of the guys hitting in front of him are eight-nine-one. I don't know if that is an advantage. We've moved him theoretically, we've talked about it. We've done it on paper. We've worked all through these lineups. And, if certain things work, yeah there could be an advantage (to moving him). But, again, it's hypothetical. So what we're trying to do is deal with a human being, put some guys in front of him that have shown a history of getting on-base. To maximize his at bats in a leverage situation with some people on base.
If you put him down to fourth, who do you put at third? There is not as much risk of losing an entire at bat as people think if you move him down. There is a certain point in the lineup where the number becomes significant. I always thought going in, before sabermetrics that he has to get the extra at bat. But when you look at the numbers its only .3 something (lost plate appearances per game). It's so minimal.
So, we've thought about it. And it's always something you think about when your offense isn't going the way you want it to work.
My initial reaction is that it is encouraging that Hurdle is considering all options when it comes to lineup construction. One of his strengths is his openness to new approaches and ideas (e.g. defensive shifts last season). However, I still think moving McCutchen to the second or fourth position is a good idea.
While Hurdle is correct that moving McCutchen up to the second spot would lessen aggregate RBI opportunities by putting him closer to the eighth and ninth hitters, it has the advantage of completely freeing him from the high percentage of first-inning bases empty / two out situations (15 times already this season). Additionally, McCutchen would gain a small increase in plate appearances per game (.11, according to Tom Tango's The Book). Finally, his high OBP percentage and speed would create more runs than they currently do at number three because of more overall plate appearances, more times getting on base in the first inning with less than two outs, and having a longer line of good hitters behind him.
Hurdle's reasoning for not moving him to cleanup is the problem of who would bat third. To me, that's easily solved by either moving Alvarez, Davis/Sanchez, maybe even Marte. Batting fourth, McCutchen would have more RBI opportunites. Again, according to Tom Tango, the fourth place hitter has an average of 3.2 runners on base a game compared to 2.7 for number two, 3.0 for number three. Moreover, he would lead-off the second inning a fair number of times, creating an overall increase in the number of times the Pirates find themselves with a high run expectancy in the inning.
Let's be clear, the actual run difference from an optimized lineup isn't huge. Certainly not as large as we'd like to believe. But I think moving McCutchen makes sense.
-P- Ardolis Chapman took the mound at PNC Park this afternoon and participated in what appeared to be a simulated game. He threw roughly an inning's worth of pitches and no one seemed to get injured by an errant fastball.
-P- Neil Walker will get his second start in a row batting second tonight. Tuesday Hurdle said that one of the reasons for moving Walker up in the order was because Walker's batting average with balls in play did not reflect the type of contact he is making. In other words, Hurdle appears to be anticipating a regression to the mean, which is interesting. He also mentioned that he likes breaking up left-handed hitters Pedro Alvarez and Ike Davis.


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Seeking to shore up support, GOP carbon tax group claims $1 trillion in economic benefits
A Republican-backed group pushing for Congress to pass a carbon tax is out with a new study Friday showing it would significantly reduce emissions while unlocking more than $1 trillion of new investment into the economy.
The group, the Climate Leadership Council, is seeking to shore up support for carbon taxes as policymakers have gravitated toward other proposals.
Democrats, including presidential nominee Joe Biden, are instead embracing mandates for combating climate change, while Republicans oppose new taxes or regulations. The council, led by former Republican Secretaries of State James Baker III and George Shultz, is seeking to counter that.
"The report confirms and supports a belief we have held for a long time and what the economic community long has been saying," said Greg Bertelsen, executive vice president of the council. "A price on carbon like ours is the single best way to spur mass amounts of innovation across the economy as we transition to a lower-carbon future."
The council commissioned the research firm Thunder Said Energy to model its proposal for a carbon tax beginning at $40 per ton, increasing 5% every year. The proposal, dubbed a "carbon dividend," would return the revenue to taxpayers through equal quarterly payments to offset higher energy prices.
The study found the plan would reduce emissions 57% by 2035 compared to 2005 levels while leading to $1.4 trillion of new capital investment in clean energy technologies by that year when the carbon price would have reached $112 per ton. It projects the new spending would create up to 1.6 million new jobs by 2035, including indirect ones, for things such as building electric vehicles, solar panels, carbon capture technologies, and offshore wind farms.
Businesses and economists contend a carbon tax is the simplest and most efficient way to address greenhouse gas emissions, by applying a per-ton fee for large emitters such as power plants and refineries.
Supporters view the approach as a market-based solution, one that would encourage energy producers to switch to cleaner non-fossil fuel alternatives if doing so cost less than paying the tax.
A wide array of businesses have endorsed the Climate Leadership Council's carbon tax and dividend, including oil and gas giants BP, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Exxon Mobil, automakers General Motors and Ford, and banks JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.
The Climate Leadership Council's pitch includes a provision attractive to businesses, namely scrapping or preventing carbon regulations of power plants and all other stationary sources imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, in exchange for imposing a carbon tax.
But the business and oil industry support has not been enough to entice Republicans, who view a tax as politically risky, even if the revenues go to taxpayers instead of funding other government programs.
Democrats also view carbon taxes as politically unfavorable.
"The politics of carbon pricing always made sense as sort of a compromise, moderate pathway to decarbonization, and that still might be the case," said Noah Kaufman, a climate and energy economist at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy who supports a carbon tax. "But now, there are folks on the Left saying, 'We've never much trusted the market anyway, why are we bothering to compromise when there is no one on the other side to deal with right now?"'
Biden has instead pledged to implement a clean electricity standard, setting a goal of eliminating carbon emissions from power plants by 2035.
A clean electricity standard requires utilities to use increasing amounts of power from zero-carbon sources. More than 30 states, some of them Republican-led, have adopted some type of clean electricity standards.
Kaufman also said Biden's mandate for utilities to use only zero-carbon power by 2035 would lead to a quicker phaseout of natural gas, the country's most used power source that has helped reduce coal use in recent years.
The Climate Leadership Council's study projects its carbon tax would increase natural gas use in the short term, rising 15% by 2023 from 2019, as it replaces coal at an accelerated pace.
That could incentivize new construction of gas plants in the longer term, the study says.
"There is going to be folks on the Left who will raise eyebrows when they see that," Kaufman said. "A big shift to natural gas creates concerns about lock-in if we are talking about new infrastructure over the next decades."
Wind and solar use, to be sure, would grow under the Climate Leadership Council proposal, from 10% of electricity in 2019 to 29% in 2035.
Bertelsen also notes a carbon tax applies across the entire economy, while a clean electricity standard is limited to the power sector, which is considered the easiest to decarbonize (albeit the most important).
"In terms of this being enough, no other policy being seriously discussed would do more to accomplish the underlying goals of climate change while also strengthening the economy, increasing investments in new technologies, and enhancing U.S. companies' global competitiveness," Bertelsen said.
This article appeared on the Washington Examiner website at https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/seeking-to-shore-up-support-gop-carbon-tax-group-claims-1-trillion-in-economic-benefits]]>