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How Ocean Conditions Change Rockfish Reproduction
A Q&A with recent NMFS-Sea Grant Fellow Sabrina Beyer
Roxanne Hoorn
Recent NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Fellow Sabrina Beyer, describes her research into how ocean conditions affect rockfish reproduction.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW YOU DECIDED ON THIS RESEARCH PROJECT.
I am finishing my PhD this quarter at UC Santa Cruz in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, but some of this research stems from collaborations with the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, which is located on the coastal marine science campus at UC Santa Cruz. I was partnering with them on life history studies of federally managed marine fish species before I became a graduate student.
We were looking at how fish grow and how they reproduce and then why differences in growth and reproduction might be important for management. Early on I got involved in a project with rockfishes, which are a tremendously diverse group of fishes that occur all along the US West Coast. There are over 65 species that are found off the coast of California – which is really cool. NOAA Fisheries is interested in them because they are fished both commercially and recreationally. They're economically important, but also socially and culturally important.
Some of these rockfishes can live over 100 years, although those tend to be more northern or deeper water species. And some don't live that long: only about 35 years or so. I've gotten involved with this life history work to better understand the population dynamics – the study of how populations change through time – and how the environment may influence how these fish grow and reproduce.
WHAT IS THE MAIN QUESTION YOUR RESEARCH ADDRESSES?
What we were seeing is that among some rockfish species in Southern California, females would produce broods of larvae multiple times a year. This is interesting because up north, they only reproduce once per year. We were trying to understand, “well, why is this happening and how might this affect population dynamics?”
We wanted to know how different environmental conditions along the coast might influence production. So: why fish are doing something different in the north than they're doing in the south. But also through time. We know that ocean conditions off the coast of California change each year, and we wanted to know how those changes influence the number of energy reserves that these females have and the number of larvae that they produce each year.
Rockfishes are really interesting because they are livebearers. The males and females mate, and then the females internally fertilize their eggs. Females gestate embryos for a couple of weeks to a month or so, and they release these tiny little larvae.
These tiny little larvae have little fins, and they can feed and swim right away.
Most fish just release gametes – sperm and eggs – into the wild, and then there's external fertilization. But female rockfish are really investing a lot of energy into reproduction. They can produce anywhere from 15,000 to over 2 million larvae in a brood depending on the size of the female and the species.
HOW DID YOU DO IT?
Our methods were to sample rockfish off the central coast of California over the winter when most are reproducing. We partnered with the local fishing community to collect certain species by hook-and-line, using their expert knowledge. In doing so, we were able to develop a time series — for at least one species — of 21 years of data to learn how these fish were reproducing through time. We have data on what the environmental conditions were and on the body condition of the fish, which was a proxy for energy reserves and is basically a measure of how fat they were. Also, we were able to collect gonads and count the number of larvae that these fish were producing each year.
We ended up with enough data to look at reproduction in four different species. We looked at yellowtail and widow rockfish and also bocaccio and chili pepper. I think they got the name chili pepper because fishers used to catch them on longlines in deep water. They'd have all these hooks and when the fish came up from depth, their swim bladders would expand and the fish would float at the surface. You'd see a long line of these beautiful, bright red fish on the string, and they look like little red peppers.
A chili pepper rockfish. Photo courtesy of Sabrina Beyer.
WHAT DID YOU FIND?
Really, the finding of the study was that yes, reproduction is highly variable from year to year in these species. That seems simple, but it's something we didn't know before.
I've also learned that food is really important And sometimes increased food resources can even balance some of the effects of warmer temperatures on higher metabolic rates. If there's enough food in the water, the fish can counteract the extra metabolic costs of warm water, up to a point. So I've learned that both temperature and food resources are really important to reproduction and the energy needed to reproduce.
Interestingly, we found that a large female yellowtail rockfish in a really good year will be expected to produce over 2 million larvae in a single brood. But in a really bad year only about 770,000. That amounts to an over 60% reduction in their reproductive effort. That, to me, is incredible because that's a single fish producing millions fewer larvae in a bad year compared to a good year.
We're finding that the productive effort of these females can vary greatly from year to year and also through space, depending on where they live along the coast. This is really interesting because this variability isn’t something that has been put into many of the population models but is important to their life history.
So that has been eye-opening in thinking about how such strong variation in the reproductive effort of individuals may influence population dynamics as ocean conditions change off our coast, and thinking about spatial variation in the reproductive productivity of different groups of individuals that occur from north to south in the California Current Ecosystem.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR MANAGEMENT?
The next step is to better understand how reproductive variability might affect overall fisheries productivity. This is something that we would like to incorporate into what we call stock assessments — when we're assessing the health and the status of these fish populations and trying to figure out different fishing limits to ensure that fisheries are sustainable through time.
The research for this project demonstrated that phenotypic plasticity exists for these species. That's when a life history trait, such as how much these fish reproduce and how frequently, changes based on environmental conditions. So we're understanding that yes, phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits exists, and this is how reproductive output is influenced by the environment.
A next step would be trying to understand how variation in reproductive effort affects recruitment, and then population dynamics. That would be a great next step.
Beyer recently finished her PhD at the University of California, Santa Cruz and will begin a postdoc at the University of Washington in January.
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May 27: Old Side/New Side Split (1741-1758)
27 May, 2013 in May 2013 by archivist | 2 comments
First Schism in American Presbyterianism
You have already read a couple of days ago about the reunion between the Old Side and New Side Presbyterians on May 25. We will now turn to the actual schism which took place on May 27, 1741.
One of the early students of the Log College in New Jersey was Gilbert Tennent. As a graduate of Yale, he was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1725 and installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
As Tennent saw other churches experiencing revival, he saw the barrenness of his own pastoral work. Afflicted with serious illness at the same time, he begged God in prayer to give him just six months more of life on this earth that he might promote God’s kingdom with all his mind. God answered his prayer, and by the Word and Spirit, revival came to his congregation.
The problem with this season of converting grace in countless churches was that the revivalists then went to other parishes within the Presbyterian church to hold meetings, without getting permission from the Presbyterian pastors in those areas. At one point, the Synod of Philadelphia tried to stop this by passing a resolution to prohibit it. It was repealed the following year, but the resolution showed the problem of the movement.
The other issue was that of education. The Old Side Presbyterians wished to limit the education of the new ministers to just immigrants with European training, especially from Great Britain. Gilbert Tennent saw that as an attack upon his father’s log college.
When the Synod met on May 27, 1741, all was set up for a final confrontation. A protest sought to expel the Log College ministers as schismatics. The Log College men clamored in response for all the anti-Log College ministers to be expelled. At this moment, the moderator, who was caught off guard by the whole affair, left the moderator’s chair. The Log College men were found to be in the minority, so they left. Dr. Charles Hodge about a century later said of this meeting “it was a disorderly rupture.”
The revivalist or Log College ministers were called New Side Presbyterians. The anti-revivalist ministers were known as the Old Side Presbyterians. The former group grew, as the revival continued, with the latter group decreasing, as the immigration of ministers from the Old World decreased greatly. By 1758, the membership of the Old Side Presbyterians was only 22 ministers, while the New Side Presbyterian numbered 70 ministers.
Words to Live By: Someone once said that the seven last words of the church is too often “we haven’t done it that way before.” Tradition often is the cause of many a church schism. And the tragedy is that a watching world sees it all, and as a result, wants nothing to do with Christianity. Let us guard our thoughts, words, and works with each other of like precious faith.
Tags: American Presbyterianism, Log College, New Side Presbyterians, Old Side Presbyterians
Matt on 27 May, 2013 at 10:32 am
Don’t you see some interesting parallels in the way MNA has parachuted guys into a region to plant a church without telling the Presbytery anything until very late in the game? Granted, the really bad examples I’ve heard about came a decade or so ago, so I think we’ve managed to do things in more cooperative manner lately. But the issues aren’t all that different — I’ve heard numerous church planters ‘complain’ to me personally that Presbyterianism just “moves too slow” for the church to capture the momentum required in effective church planting.
I’m not defending the Old Side’s subsequent actions. In fact, I think I theologically sympathize the most with Old Princeton, which was basically a New Side/Old School seminary. But it is fascinating the number of splits or divisions come about when we go around an agreed upon polity! Don’t you think when we sign on as Presbyterians, we aren’t signing on to a Congregational do-whatever-we-feel-like-the-Spirit-is-leading form of government?
Good to revisit these issues! 🙂
Jim Ludington on 12 January, 2017 at 10:47 am
As a non-ordained para-church minister I can’t really speak to the first part of Matt’s statement, but my eyes did enlarge a bit when I read the last sentence. I understand the need for order, but what can be wrong with a “do-whatever-we feel-like-the-Spirit-is-leading” style of organization, assuming we are spiritually mature enough to actually be sensitive to the Holy Spirit? We are currently in a spiritual and cultural situation similar to the one they faced in the 1740s (or worse). I pray daily that God will send the Holy Spirit to bring about another GA that will, once again, shake the church out of her complacency and into an awareness of God’s plan for restoration. We need to hear God’s voice and God’s plan. The last thing we need is “order” brought about by stifling rules from a body of church leaders.


Jane Getter Premonition ‘Anomalia’
Words by Roger Weisman
For an artist who has always been restlessly eclectic and wary of labels, Jane Getter seems to have found where her sound lives. Anomalia, the guitarist’s new album (her fifth, but the second credited to The Jane Getter Premonition) digs into and embellishes on the hard edged, moody, progressive/fusion style that she so masterfully embodied on the first Premonition album, 2015’s On. Most of the players from that album have returned, including keyboardist, co-producer Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson), guitar shredder extraordinaire Alex Skolnick (Testament), and drummer Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa, Allan Holdsworth). The result is an album of broad soundscapes, alternately aggressive and lush, chock full of exquisite musical interplay and tasty soloing, all drenched in feeling.
A listen through her catalog shows how she arrived at her dynamic, cinematic style of music via a circuitous route, spending years wending her ways through genres and stylistic variations. By the time she made her first album, 1998’s Jane, she had already stretched out beyond her straight jazz beginnings. In her early recordings, initially living mostly in the world of funk-influenced soul-jazz, gradually incorporating both more hard rock and rhythm & blues flavors, there were few hints at the direction to come.
The opening of Anomalia is undeniably “prog.” Establishing the mood with its dark and angular riff and foreboding atmosphere, “Kryptone” sounds like a tribute to King Crimson with its whisper-to-a-scream dynamics and use of Mellotron strings. In fact, remove a few layers and siphon off some of the groove, and it could pass as an outtake from that band’s Larks’ Tongues in Aspic album. Fusion and prog have always been like conjoined twins born of different parents. The blurry line between the two is often marked by audience preconceptions of the artists rather than the sound of the music itself.
And that’s just fine. Getter has always been vocal about her disdain for labels, particularly the dreaded “F” word (fusion), even if the music reflects that term in the best sense. On Anomalia, the jagged riffs and progressions are colored not only by her background in jazz, but also with her studies and explorations in world music, leading to her constantly devising new modes. The result is that the music succeeds on a heady level as well as an emotional one.
And it surely is an emotional record. Jane’s music and accompanying lyrics have a searching quality, as if to make sense of herself and her surroundings. Jane’s plaintive voice conveys a gentle disquiet while the lyrical themes are permeated with world-weariness, righteous anger, feelings of disorientation, but also with glimmers of hope and even the occasional sentimentality. Though the Premonition’s records lean more heavily on song structure than the works credited to Jane as a solo artist (aside from the album’s bookends, the only instrumental track is the foreboding but mischievous film noir for the mind, “Queenof Spies”), at their best the words seem to exist to create a framework in which the musical themes mingle and expound on the proposed ideas.
Tracks like “Dissembler” and “Alien Refugee” are very much based on her ruminations on the state of the country and the world, featuring vastly contrasting tones of fury and sympathy. On “Dissembler,”
the rhythm section of Hamm and Wackerman is swapped out for bassist Mark Egan (Pat Metheny Group, Elements) and drummer Gene Lake (Henry Threadgill, David Sanborn), and also features guest guitarist Vernon Reid. By far the angriest song on the album, the words of accusing castigation are sung with cold, understated venom by vocalist Randy McStine. “Your greed is so wide we can’t believe,” he sings, “you care only for you and your needs.” Hardly subtle, but clearly not meant to be. The three guitar line-up, a highlight of many of Getter’s live shows, does not disappoint here, with each player illustrating a completely different aspect of the instrument.
Conversely, “Alien Refugee,” written about unrest in Syria, manages to find a nice balance between the darkness and the light, the desolate and the hopeful. Constructed around a sparse acoustic guitar figure, the song builds in scope and breadth. It features wonderful vocals from both singers, with the voices becoming more and more disembodied, disappearing into the landscape. There is a wind-swept feeling to the track, capturing the desert landscape in a haunting way, almost like seeing a movie in slow motion.
The songs of self-reflection, likewise, seem to reflect opposites. “Lessons Learned” seems to both scold and encourage, with the narrator either passing on the hard earned knowledge she has accumulated, or affirming to herself. Her vocals are alternately weary, sagacious, and ethereal. The instrumental middle section begins as a ghostly waltz, gaining in ferocity when taken over by Jane’s guitar, her tone both ferocious and lyrical, bringing the song to a peak as bassist Stu Hamm and drummer Chad Wackerman pick up on her intensity.
“Still Here,” on the other hand, seems to depict the lost soul yet to learn those lessons and is at a crossroads in her life… Or maybe our protagonist is just lost in the Bronx. Getter layers her plaintive, lost-in-the-fog voice into ethereal, reverberating harmonies before the mood becomes more panicked. The extended coda of the song, featuring an array of Holzman’s dizzying synthesizer sounds played against a cold, robotic GPS voice presents the question: Is this song a metaphor, or a warning against excessive use of metaphor?
There is a note of optimism, however. A bright, folky acoustic guitar lick begins “Answers.” Probably the most hopeful, lilting song on the album, it features a bright, expressive vocal by guest Chanda Rule. Jane’s acoustic and Adam Holtzman’s piano bring a buoyancy and airiness. Even as the sound becomes more and more layered, the song floats and glides. It is a highly satisfying track.
The album climaxes with “Disappear,” a song of loss that feels like the most personal on the album. It certainly includes the most romantic and evocative lyrics (co-written with Beth Multer), and indeed, it is the only time on the album in which Getter indulges in the poetic. The music is by turns delicate and tense, with feelings of loss manifesting alternately as wistfulness and anxiety.
Getter and company have created an album pulls together her disparate influences and musical experiences in a way that manages to be dynamic, eclectic, and varied, but still with a definite feeling of coherence and continuity. Its vast sonic vistas, stunning composition, and virtuosic musicianship also make it an album that unfolds and reveals more or itself with each successive listen.
Jane Getter Premonition
‘Anomalia’
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Exploring the collection of elegant harpsichords, string and wind instruments, the visitor can get to the roots of the invention of the piano, created by Bartolomeo Cristofori for the Medicis around 1699. Multimedia systems provide visitors with information about the features and sounds of the instruments as well as about the explanation of the grandiose festivals arranged in town by the Medici in villas or theaters, proudly showcasing the richness of the cultural atmosphere of the 17th century.
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One of the most precious works exhibited at the Accademia is the one-of-a-kind tenor viola made by Antonio Stradivari in 1690. The viola is built in red spruce and maple wood of exceptional quality, decorated with the Medici crest in mother of pearl, ivory and ebony inlays. The tenor viola was part of the top five instruments used by the “Medici quintet”, a unique group of five string elements exclusively built for the Grand Prince Ferdinand and dated 1690. The Viola is an outstanding masterpiece, the only one entirely conserved in its original splendor.
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Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1732) was hired by Grand Prince Ferdinand de’ Medici in 1688. He dedicated his life to build musical instruments and experiment new materials and sounds. Among his creations are the spinnets and harpsichords, as well as an extraordinary invention called “pianoforte” (piano) mentioned within official documents. Multimedia displays allow the visitors to hear the sounds of this first piano, and how it differs from its forerunner, the harpsichord.
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Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, more perform on new tribute album to LI's Mose Allison
Bluesman Mose Allison at his Smithtown home. Credit: Newsday File Photo / J. Michael Dombroski
By Frank LoveceSpecial to Newsday December 5, 2019
Influential singer-songwriter Mose Allison, who lived in Smithtown for decades until his death in South Carolina in 2016, has been honored by a tribute album starring the likes of Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop and Bonnie Raitt.
Released Nov. 29 by Fat Possum Records, "If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison" features 15 songs by the much-covered musician, whose hybrid jazz-blues style proved too iconoclastic for the mainstream but earned him a devoted fan following and high regard from such fellow singer-songwriters as Van Morrison and The Who's Pete Townshend, among the many others who covered his songs. He has the rare distinction of an official marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail and being named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master.
Though born in Mississippi, Allison made Long Island his home for more than 40 years before moving to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and he was among the first class of inductees to the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
The artists featured on the album are Frank Black, Jackson Browne, Peter Case, Robbie Fulks, Chrissie Hynde, Taj Mahal, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Richard Thompson, and Loudon Wainwright III, as well as The Tippo Allstars featuring Fiona Apple; Allison's musician daughter Amy Allison with Elvis Costello; the duos of Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin, and Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite; and the jazz combo Anything Mose!, consisting of Richard Julian and The John Chin Quartet.
With proceeds benefiting the musicians-in-need charity Sweet Relief, the album is available digitally; as a two-disc vinyl set; and as a CD. The latter two formats are bundled with the DVD documentary "Mose Allison: Ever Since I Stole the Blues" (2005), originally produced for the BBC.
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While on Long Island, Allison and his wife Audre raised children Alissa, an attorney; John, a telecommunications specialist; Janine, a psychiatrist; and New York-based singer-songwriter Amy.


Chingo Bling vs. La Migra
Houston Press August 14, 2007 4:20PM
If you’ve been cruising the area around the South Loop and South Wayside Drive in the past couple of weeks, you’ve probably seen a billboard with the rather blunt slogan “They Can’t Deport Us All.” That’s popular Houston rapper Chingo Bling’s provocative means of promoting his new Warner/Asylum album, also titled They Can’t Deport Us All, which comes out today. “It feels like I gave birth to a baby,” Chingo says from Dallas, en route from one promotional appearance to another. “It’s something I’ve been waiting on and working on. It feels good to share it with the world.”
Chingo Bling's lost truck: The downside of street promotion
Chingo started working on the album shortly after he signed with Warner last February. The title, he says, came to him one day while having lunch with his manager in Orlando. “It just came up in the conversation,” he says. “We both kind of stopped. I had Welcome to the Border at first, but I didn’t think that one was edgy enough.” This one certainly is, as Chingo’s previous promotional vehicle (literally), a taco truck emblazoned with the slogan/title, was shot at, defaced, illegally towed and finally stolen from a flea market parking lot at I-45 South and College. “At least my dad wasn’t in it when it was shot at,” Chingo sighs. Strait-laced columnist and Fox News talking head Michelle Malkin isn't exactly a big fan either.
Houston Press: What sort of comments has your billboard drawn?
Chingo Bling: It’s only been up for a couple of weeks. I’m getting tons of feedback. I’ll be in a barber shop, and people won’t recognize me because I don’t have my hat on, and I’ll hear people talking: ‘Chingo’s representing, he’s going to piss off a lot of people.’ One guy was joking, he said ‘He’s just going to speed up the process.’ One thing I’ve noticed, this debate over the border, a lot of people say ‘Oh, it’s against the law, that’s why I’m against it.’ But I’ve gotten letters from kids in school, where they’ve made them turn their shirts with “They Can’t Deport Us All” inside out. It’s just a statement. There’s no obscenity in there.
HP: What’s been the positive/negative split?
CB: I’d have to say mostly positive. I haven’t checked my hate mail; I need to go through that. But I think people like to see somebody standing up for what they believe in, and obviously a lot of people agree with what I’m saying.
HP: How much of your album deals with this issue?
CB: Honestly, I’m not, like, preaching. I couldn’t break it down into a percentage, but the overall theme is there. As an artist I chose to deal with a lot of different topics: fun topics, introspective topics, even strip-club topics. But I also like to throw different lines in [the songs] about it.
HP: Why do you think immigration is such a controversial issue?
CB: I don’t want to turn it into a race issue, but I think if Mexicans looked like Canadians, where it seemed like we were assimilating easier… I think there’s a lot of fear and ignorance. A lot of people are immigrants. If you go to the George R. Brown Convention Center when they’re sworn in [as citizens], there’s all kinds of people, not just Mexicans. Mexicans are just a scapegoat. For the most part, we’re honest, hardworking people who just want to make our daily bread.
HP: You’re a U.S. citizen, born in Houston, but have you ever been mistaken for an illegal?
CB: I’ve never been involved in any kind of roundup or anything like that, but I’m sure if we don’t take a stand and start showing the human rights aspect and the rights people have as citizens… here’s how I want to put it: if certain laws are passed that give certain officials the right to basically profile people, many citizens will have their rights violated. It’ll turn into that airport thing where I’m always the one “randomly” selected [to be searched]. I always like to joke with them, ‘Is it my clothes?’
I’ll give you an example: Today I’m in Dallas. I was supposed to appear at Irving Mall for an in-store autograph signing at the record store there. But they threatened to charge me with trespassing if I set foot on the mall premises. Legally, I guess it’s not an absolute human right to shop at a mall. If they want to say I’m too famous to be there, that’s a different story. But I know Kelly Clarkson has done it there. They threatened to terminate the record store owner’s lease. They kept going in circles, saying ‘It’s nothing against Chingo, we just don’t do events like that,’ when we know they do the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and other artists.
HP: If you were, say, a congressman what sort of solution would you propose?
CB: The whole purpose of my slogan – I’m not trying to be a politician. The only thought I’m presenting is: we’re here, get used to it. This whole Wild West attitude of rounding people up could turn out to be very disruptive. I honestly don’t know what I would do. I just think we need to have a little more tolerance and respect, and be a little more realistic, and understand we are the backbone of America. We help build cars in Detroit, people’s meat comes from slaughterhouses where immigrants risk their lives. I could go on all day telling you about this.
HP: Do you have any idea what happened to your taco truck?
CB: No, we don’t. My dad thinks maybe they stripped it down and sold it for metal. All it was was an empty bread truck. Really, there’s no telling. I haven’t got any clue. The only thing we suspected was this tow truck guy who got in trouble for illegally towing it stole it. It didn’t really run that good, so whoever stole it would need a lot of patience to get it wherever they’re going.
HP: Has the controversy over your billboard and the album affected your tamale business at all?
CB: I think it brings light to what I stand for as a businessman and an artist. It shows I’m investing my dollars into issues that affect the community. I could have named it something else, less controversial, gone for more jewelry instead of the billboard, but that’s not what I’m about.
Chingo had to go, as he was due for another autograph signing across town “at a mall that allows us to set foot on the property.” He’ll be back in town for the They Can’t Deport Us All release party 9 p.m. tonight at Pink Monkey, 709 Franklin, 713-225-7465. -- Chris Gray
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Identity Trouble
Fragmentation and Disillusionment in the Works of Guy de Maupassant
Author(s): Yampolsky, Eva
In this book, Eva Yampolsky explores the questions of identity, illusion and suicide in the works of Guy de Maupassant. Utilizing a historical context which stimulated numerous social, technological and scientific transformations and developments during the 19th century, Dr. Yampolsky identifies two
In this book, Eva Yampolsky explores the questions of identity, illusion and suicide in the works of Guy de Maupassant. Utilizing a historical context which stimulated numerous social, technological and scientific transformations and developments during the 19th century, Dr. Yampolsky identifies two defining aims.
Firstly, she examines the various figures of the double, such as visual representations of the subject through painting, mirror reflection, generational proximity and resemblance, and the relation between self-perception and social norms. She seeks to show the complex and often conflicting relation between the individual and society, and more specifically the attempts and frequent failures to manipulate, control and embody a unique definition of self. This divergence between the social norms, such as class, profession, gender and honor, and the characters’ notion of self is what drives the narrative.
Secondly, Eva Yampolsky analyzes the consequent psychological turmoil, madness and even suicide of many Maupassantian characters. This impossible task of embodying an identity that is sole and unique, as it is lived and perceived by the subject and others, in most short stories and novels leads to the characters’ disillusionment and, in a great number of texts, violence or suicide.
This book draws on the social, political and economic revolutions that redefined the individual. New forms of visual representation and communication, namely with the invention of photography and the developments of the press, bring forth questions of authenticity, doubling, and a new distinction between private and public spheres. Finally, the birth of psychiatry at the turn of the 19th century and the emergence of new disciplines, such as sociology and psychoanalysis, inscribe passions, illusions and suicide in new discursive and disciplinary frameworks. These transformations and developments are pervasive and, in many cases, explicit in Maupassant’s work, influences that have aided and nourished the literary analysis of his texts.
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1847 Provides an Update on Special Warrant Dividend
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 23, 2023 / 1847 Holdings LLC ('1847' or the 'Company') (NYSE American:EFSH), a unique holding company that combines the attractive attributes of owning private, lower-middle market businesses with the liquidity and transparency of a publicly traded company, provides an update on the previously announced issued dividend in the form of warrants to purchase the Company's common shares at $4.20 per common share.
Ellery W. Roberts, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Company, commented, 'We believe that issuing this special warrant dividend to our loyal shareholders may help to expose those who may have participated in what we believe to be market manipulation relating to the Company's common shares. Through our engagement with ShareIntel, we are able to obtain share trading analytic metrics that are designed to better monitor trading activity. If you are a registered shareholder (i.e., your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, VStock Transfer, LLC) and have not received your warrants, please contact info@1847holdings.com. If you hold shares through a brokerage firm, bank, dealer or other similar organization (i.e., your shares are held in 'street name'), please reach out to your representative at such firm.'
About 1847 Holdings LLC
1847 Holdings LLC (NYSE American: EFSH), a publicly traded diversified acquisition holding company, was founded by Ellery W. Roberts, a former partner of Parallel Investment Partners, Saunders Karp & Megrue, and Principal of Lazard Freres Strategic Realty Investors. 1847 Holdings' investment thesis is that capital market inefficiencies have left the founders and/or stakeholders of many small business enterprises or lower-middle market businesses with limited exit options despite the intrinsic value of their business. Given this dynamic, 1847 Holdings can consistently acquire businesses it views as 'solid' for reasonable multiples of cash flow and then deploy resources to strengthen the infrastructure and systems of those businesses in order to improve operations. These improvements may lead to a sale or IPO of an operating subsidiary at higher valuations than the purchase price and/or alternatively, an operating subsidiary may be held in perpetuity and contribute to 1847 Holdings' ability to pay regular and special dividends to shareholders. For more information, visit www.1847holdings.com.
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This press release may contain information about 1847 Holdings' view of its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on our management's beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future economic performance, taking into account the information currently available to it. These statements are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors, risks and uncertainties, some of which are not currently known to us, that may cause our actual results, performance or financial condition to be materially different from the expectations of future results, performance or financial position. Our actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include but are not limited to the risks set forth in 'Risk Factors' included in our SEC filings.
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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 23, 2023 / 1847 Holdings LLC ('1847' or the 'Company') (NYSE American: EFSH), a unique holding company that combines the attractive attributes of owning private, lower-middle market businesses with the liquidity and transparency of a publicly traded company, provides an update on the previously announced issued dividend in the form of warrants to purchase the Company's common shares at $4.20 per common share.
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The Lyme threat, and how islands are responding
No solutions, but there are strategies to combat this scourge
Jack Sullivan
By Jack Sullivan
The threat of Lyme disease presents complications that leave many of us flummoxed, but thankfully, Mainers—especially islanders—are problem solvers by necessity.
Many of the challenges mainland communities face are exacerbated when faced by an island. Some of this is obvious. Of course it’s harder to get a high-speed internet connection when there’s a body of water between you and a provider.
But why is someone twice as likely to contract Lyme disease on certain Maine islands as they are on the coastal mainland?
I sought the answer to that question, and what community leaders are doing to address this serious health threat. The inquiry first took me to Cape Elizabeth, where I met Dr. Peter Rand and Chuck Lubelczyk of the Lyme & Vector-borne Disease Laboratory at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute. Both are experts in the field of tick-borne disease management.
It was here that I learned the history of Lyme disease, the ecology of the dreaded deer tick, and the fascinating story of how Rand, Lubelczyk, and their colleagues worked alongside the residents of Monhegan Island in the 1990s to execute an effective (albeit controversial) program to eradicate Lyme disease from the island.
Monhegan’s Lyme disease saga begins with the introduction of two species to the island. One, the Norway rat, likely was established on the island hundreds of years ago, stowed away on the ships that bought the island’s early settlers. The other was brought to the beautiful island in the 1950s in an effort to make it even more beautiful—the common white-tailed deer.
Having deer and rats to feed on, and a warming climate and supportive vegetation, created a conducive habitat for a third, more insidious species: Ixodes scapularis, the deer tick.
After several efforts to eliminate Lyme disease from Monhegan failed, a last-resort plan was put into action: every single deer on the island was dispatched by a sharp shooter. Within a few years, the cases of Lyme disease on the island dropped to almost zero. This method is still the only means of eradicating Lyme disease that has proven effective, and no community has done it since.
Such a strategy wouldn’t work on many islands, given their larger size (for example, Monhegan has 4.5 square miles of land compared to Vinalhaven’s 169 square miles). Other islands are so close to the coast that deer can swim there, so if the population were wiped out, a new population would likely reestablish itself eventually.
Islands like Islesboro have annual hunts—and even special hunts outside the normal hunting season—to help control the island’s deer herd, but many of the residents are opposed to eliminating the entire deer population because the annual hunt is so ingrained in island culture and tradition.
“It’s not a broad-brush approach,” Lubelczyk said of his work on islands. “You have got to treat each island almost individually. And you have to craft a tick program or a tick management program to each island’s needs.”
Even though islands may experience the same problem, that doesn’t mean they’re going to use the same problem-solving methods. That’s where island leaders like Linda Gillies and Derreth Roberts of Islesboro, and Donna Wiegle of Swan’s Island come into the scene. Gillies and Roberts serve on Islesboro’s Tick-borne Disease Prevention Committee, which primarily aims to educate residents and visitors about how to protect themselves and what to do in the event of a tick bite. The committee has printed and distributed pamphlets and posters around the island and it has information disseminated digitally.
Wiegle, director of the Swan’s Island Health Center, helps patients who come in with tick bites, hosts informational programs for the public, and works in other capacities to fight tick-borne diseases on her island.
To read comprehensive interviews with these individuals and to learn more about Maine’s island tick problem, the community leaders on the front lines, and their methods to thwart Ixodes scapularis visit: www.islandinstitute.org/lyme.
Jack Sullivan is a multimedia storyteller at the Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront.
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The University of South Carolina received a library of 180,000 comics from a life-long collector
The collection will be preserved in USC’s special collections, and will go on display in August
By Andrew Liptak / @AndrewLiptak
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The University of South Carolina received an unusual donation recently: the entire collection of a comic book collector from Ohio, totaling more than 180,000 comics, books, magazines, and other items, estimated to be worth around $2.5 million.
Some of the collection’s comics will go on display at the Thomas Cooper Library on August 29th. The debut of the collection will also be accompanied by a series of events at the school, such as talks by comic book authors and artists.
The collection includes a number of rarities, including Avengers #1, which depicted the first teamup of Stan Lee’s creations in 1963, along with titles that introduced characters like Spider-man, Batman, Black Panther, Iron Man, and more. The university says that it’s “one of the largest collections of its kind,” and that it’s a “phenomenal, transformational gift,” according to associate dean of special collections at University Libraries Elizabeth Sudduth.
South Carolina’s Post and Courier says that University archivists have begun going through the collection, a process that is expected to take years. The collection was the life’s work of an Ohio collector named Gary Watson who began buying comics in 1958, and continued until his retirement in 2010. He had resisted the idea of breaking up the collection or selling it privately, and eventually began speaking with officials at The University of South Carolina. He told the paper that he’s “glad someone can take better care of them now.”
The university notes that while it seems odd that such a collection might end up in the hands of an academic special collection, it’s “precisely what special collections are really all about,” according to Sudduth. David Shay, a cataloger for the school’s Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, notes that “Comics are really reflective of American interests and anxieties,” and that researchers can learn much about the contemporary attitudes on race, politics, and gender from them.


MAXWELL’S NEW ALBUM blackSUMMERS’night OUT TODAY
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TOURING AUSTRALIA THIS AUGUST
THIS IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF MAXWELL’S ACCLAIMED TRILOGY
Grammy Award winning soul icon Maxwell’s eagerly awaited new album blackSUMMERS’night is out today through Columbia Records and Sony Music Entertainment Australia.
Maxwell’s new album is the second installment of a musical trilogy that kicked off seven years ago with the acclaimed BLACKsummers’night. That album debuted at #1 in the US, snaring two Grammys and platinum-plus status, setting the stage for the ambitious follow-up. Maxwell is currently on a North American tour in support of blackSUMMERS’night, and it has been announced today that Maxwell will return to Australia for two exclusive shows this August.
The sexy ambassador of soul blew away audiences in 2014 with his debut Australian Tour, with media across the country praising his phenomenal live performances. Music Feeds said of his performance, “Maxwell is the guy at the top of the white stairs that appear on the other side of the clouds in a dream sequence. The music is as tight and shiny as his shoes, and the man is so unapologetically pure he could be channeling some kind of higher power.” The prolific artist who bought us absolute timeless classics like ‘Sumthin’ Sumthin’, ‘Ascension’, ‘Pretty Wings’, ‘Lifetime’ and the new single ‘Lake By The Ocean’, will be performing two exclusive shows in Sydney and Melbourne, performing hits off his phenomenal albums, including new tracks from blackSUMMERS’night.
The singer/songwriter recorded the new album in New York over the last several years with longtime collaborator/co-producer Hod David, and many of the same renowned musicians he’s worked with throughout his career. His seminal 1996 debut album, MAXWELL’S URBAN HANG SUITE, has been enthusiastically commemorated by the music press, recently, marking the 20th anniversary of the genre spawning debut. Credited for redefining classic soul, his debut album earned Maxwell his first Grammy nominations, double platinum status and RIAA gold for the single, ‘Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder).’ The platinum albums EMBRYA (1998) and NOW (2001) followed. 2009’s #1 debuting BLACKsummers’night was universally welcomed as the inaugural offering of Maxwell’s trilogy, winning two Grammys including Best R&B Album. To date, Maxwell has achieved 13 gold and platinum certifications from the RIAA.
blackSUMMERS’night Tracklisting:
1. All the Ways Love Can Feel
2. The Fall
3. III
4. Lake By the Ocean
5. Fingers Crossed
6. Hostage
7. 1990x
8. Gods
9. Lost
10. Of All Kind
11. Listen Hear
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Success! Lewis from Kenya raised $1,286 to fund a clubfoot repair surgery.
Lewis's treatment was fully funded on March 27, 2021.
Lewis's story
Lewis's update
Lewis underwent a clubfoot repair surgery.
Lewis was all smiles after his successful clubfoot repair surgery on his foot! The treatment will positively impact Lewis’ quality of life since now he will be able to walk properly, wear shoes easily and continue with his education uninterrupted. His self-esteem will also improve as a result of the procedure.
Rosaria, Lewis’ mother, shared, “I am extremely happy and grateful for the great support CURE hospital and Watsi has offered to my sons (Jonah & Lewis) I continue to pray for both organizations that the Lord may continue to bless and increase you as you continue to help needy patients.”
Lewis was all smiles after his successful clubfoot repair surgery on his foot! The treatment will positively impact Lewis' quality of life s...
Lewis is a playful and social 11-year-old boy from Kenya. He is the sixth born in a family of eight children, and is brother to Jonah, another Watsi patient. When he’s older, Jonah aspires to be in the special forces as a military officer in the future. His mother is a single parent and used to be a farmer, but currently stays at home to take care of her children. She recently underwent an amputation on her leg after suffering from diabetes.
Lewis had clubfoot of both his feet. Clubfoot is a condition in which the foot is twisted out of shape. This causes difficulty walking and even wearing shoes.
Fortunately, Lewis traveled to visit our medical partner’s care center, AIC Cure International Hospital. There, surgeons healed one foot with support from Watsi and now will perform his other clubfoot repair surgery on January 25th. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $1,286 to fund Lewis’s clubfoot repair. After treatment, he will be able to walk and play with his brother more easily.
Rosaria, Lewis’ mother shared, “We are grateful that Watsi is helping my two sons undergo surgery. We have seen a lot of impact on their feet. Previously, they used to complain of pain while walking and they like playing a lot. We plead for more support to ensure that their feet can be able to step on the ground and walk like other children. God bless you.”
Lewis is a playful and social 11-year-old boy from Kenya. He is the sixth born in a family of eight children, and is brother to Jonah, anoth...
Lewis's case was submitted by Joan Kadagaya at African Mission Healthcare.
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Lewis was submitted by Joan Kadagaya, Curative Medical Support Program-Partner Representative at African Mission Healthcare.
Lewis received treatment at AIC Cure International Hospital in Kenya. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.
Lewis's profile was published to start raising funds.
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Club Foot Correction
On average, it costs $1,286 for Lewis's treatment
The foot is turned inward, often severely, at the ankle, and the arch of the foot is very high. Patients experience discomfort, and the affected leg may be shorter and smaller than the other.
These children have a difficult time walking and running. Years of trying to walk on a clubfoot will cause wounds and other skeletal problems, such as arthritis. Patients will have difficulty fitting in shoes and participating in normal play, school, and daily activities. Many Africans make their livings through manual labor, which can be difficult with an untreated clubfoot.
Incidence is 1/1,000 live births in Kenya. This is roughly similar to rates in Western countries, though many cases may be missed. There is no known reason for its occurrence in this region.
Patients will undergo a series of small operations, casting, and manipulations during their course of treatment.
The bones and joint will become aligned, and long-term disability will be prevented.
Clubfoot is very treatable. The surgery is minor and not risky.
Care is not easily accessible. AIC Cure International Hospital is one of the few pediatric orthopedic hospitals devoted to serving the physically disabled children of Kenya. Most parents bring their children from remote areas to seek treatment.
There are no alternatives. If not treated, the condition will persist and will result in disability.
Elvis is a primary school student and the eldest of three children. Elvis's father is an electrician while his mother is a small-scale farmer. Their family owns a three-room mud house. For two months, Elvis has had a right hydrocele that has caused swelling on his groin. Elvis's mother discovered this condition while he was bathing. As time went on, the swelling increased in size, and while Elvis reports minimal pain, he does have constant headaches and feels unwell. This condition prevents Elvis from participating in movement and activities he enjoys, like football. Elvis was examined at Rushoroza Hospital and hernia repair surgery was recommended, but his parents cannot afford the procedure at this time. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, are helping Elvis's family raise $170 to fund this life altering surgery. Once completed, this procedure will allow him to live more comfortably and confidently. Elvis's father shared, “I am very much worried about my son’s condition if not treated on time. I pray that he may get well with surgery so that he can continue with studies.”
Panha is a 14-year-old student from Cambodia who is studying in the 9th grade. He has an older and younger brother. His father works as a rice farmer, and his mother sells fish at the market. When Panha was a year old, he experienced burns on his legs from a cooking fire accident. Burn scan contractures have developed, tightening the skin around the burns, especially on his right foot. As a result, it is difficult for Panha to wear shoes and walk, his legs feel itchy, and he is shy around his peers at school. When Panha learned about our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), he traveled for two and a half hours seeking treatment for him. On November 17th, surgeons at CSC will perform a burn contracture release surgery to help him walk easily again. CSC is requesting $495 procedure to fund this procedure. Panha's family was able to gather $100 to contribute to his care. Panha shared: "I hope I feel comfortable about my legs and can walk easily after this surgery."
Chorn is a 33-year-old father of three. Chorn is married; he and his wife both work in a local factory. Chorn's children are all in public school. When Chorn and his wife have free time, they grow vegetables around their house to support their daily meals. When he was a child, Chorn had a severe ear infection. This infection caused the tympanic membrane, or the ear drum, in his right ear to perforate. For this reason, Chorn experiences pain, fevers, and frequent ear discharge. It is difficult for him to hear in the busy factory and he often misses work because he feels poorly. Chorn traveled to our medical partner's care center to receive treatment. On September 6th he will undergo a myringoplasty procedure in his right ear. During this procedure, surgeons will close the perforation. Our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, is requesting $487 to fund this procedure. This covers medications, supplies, and inpatient care. Chorn shared, "I hope the doctors can help me so I will no longer have infections and can hear better. It is important for me to work to support my family."


Queen’s Birthday Honour for IFR scientist
Professor Vic Morris from the Institute of Food Research has been awarded an MBE for services to food science in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Vic has worked for the last 32 years at IFR studying food structure. Vic’s group has developed and...
Why is it so difficult to trace the origins of food poisoning outbreaks?
As illustrated by the E. coli outbreak in Germany in 2011, any delay in identifying the source of food poisoning outbreaks can cost lives and cause considerable political and economical damage. An international multidisciplinary team of scientists have shown that difficulties in finding the...
£29 million investment in research and innovation at the Institute of Food Research
New research on the physical and chemical nature of food and its impact on health will help drive innovation in the UK and worldwide. The research will make it possible for new healthy and safer food products to be developed, reducing the...
IFR joins the Cub Scouts
IFR Research Scientist and STEM Ambassador, Mark Fernandes, describes his day spent making Yoghurt and explaining Science to over 200 Cub Scouts at the Norfolk Showground. On Saturday the 5th of May, I and three other STEM Ambassadors, Jill from the Space Conference venue,...
The foodborne bacterium Campylobacter requires selenium for respiration of organic acids
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have discovered why the micronutrient selenium is important to the survival of Campylobacter bacteria, which are responsible for an estimated half a million cases of food poisoning annually in the UK alone. Knowing how and why Campylobacter...
Epigenetics, folates and the human gut
IFR is exploring epigenetic changes in cells that line the human gut, which are linked to our vulnerability to developing cancer. Here, Professor Ian Johnson comments on DNA methylation, and on a new study from Nigel Belshaw’s group which suggests that prolonged exposure to...
IFR in the City Lecture ‘Food for a leaner future’
During National Science and Engineering Week, Dr Susan Jebb, Head of Diet and Population Health at the Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research Unit (HNR) gave the annual IFR in the City Lecture. Her talk, ‘Food for a leaner future’ touched on the science underpinning...
UK-Vietnam Workshop on Biofuels
Professor Keith Waldron has attended a UK-Vietnam Workshop on Biofuels, sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the British Embassy. Vietnam is a centre of rice growing and production, and the waste rice straw from this could represent a significant...
Conference poster prize for Toxoplasma gondii work
PhD student Caroline Weight recently won a prize for a poster that she presented at an international conference on aspects of tight junctions, which are specialised connections between adjacent epithelial cells. Her poster outlined some of the major findings from her PhD on how...
Exposure to stomach acid primes Campylobacter for intestinal infection
Campylobacter is a major cause of foodborne gastroenteritis, with an estimated 500,000 infections annually in the UK. The most common infection route is on undercooked poultry meat, and then crossing the lining of the small intestine. To do this, the bacteria must survive the...


DatViet: A Quick Overview, Updates, and Competitors!
DatViet is a social network that connects people and businesses in the Vietnamese market. It operates as an online platform for networking, information sharing, and business development. DatViet is unique in that it fills a gap in the Vietnamese market by connecting businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals with each other.
It also has a wealth of information on various topics related to Vietnam, including business news, investment opportunities, and more. If you are looking for an online platform to connect with the Vietnamese market or simply want to learn more about Vietnam, DatViet is a great resource.
DatViet Overview
DatViet is a leading data center provider in Vietnam. It offers colocation, cloud hosting, managed services, and software development services to businesses and organizations in Vietnam. DatViet ranks first in the market for both web traffic and data storage capacity. The company has over 1,000 employees and operates 26 data centers across Vietnam.
DatViet was founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Nguyen Quoc Quan. The company began operations as a data center operator and cloud services provider. In 2012, DatViet became the first Vietnamese company to be accepted into the Microsoft Azure Partner Program. In 2014, DatViet acquired Cloud9 Technology Group (CTG), a U.S.-based provider of cloud hosting, managed services, and software development services. That year also saw the launch of DatViet’s new web presence in Vietnam with localized content in Vietnamese and English.
DatViet competes against two other leading providers of data center services in Vietnam: Viettel Data Centers Corporation (VDCC) and Asia Data Corporation (ADC). As of 2018, VDCC had more than 1,000 employees while ADC had over 900 employees.
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DatViet Update
DatViet is a leading provider of SaaS-based data analytics and search solutions for businesses of all sizes. The company’s flagship product, DatViet Analytics, helps organizations unlock the value in their data by providing insights into customer behavior, product performance, and more.
DatViet offers a comprehensive suite of products that include an advanced search engine, dashboard software, and predictive analytics tools. With its growing customer base in Asia Pacific and North America, DatViet is poised to continue its growth trajectory in the years to come.
DatViet was founded in 2013 by two entrepreneurs with extensive experience in the technology industry: Matthew Liaw (CEO) and Trevor Yeung (CTO). Prior to founding DatViet, both Liaw and Yeung were responsible for pioneering online advertising platforms for some of Asia’s largest brands.
In addition to its impressive technical capabilities, DatViet also has a strong business track record. Since its inception, the company has grown rapidly thanks to its innovative products and aggressive marketing efforts. In just three years, DatViet has amassed more than 1 million customers across 88 countries worldwide.
Among DatViet’s key competitors are Google Analytics 360 (GA360), Cloudera Performance Insights (CPI), Tableau Public, Microsoft Azure Data Science Platform (Azure DS), and IBM Watson Analytics (Watson). GA360 is particularly noteworthy as it offers substantially similar features to Datviet
DatViet Competitors
DatViet is a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) services in Vietnam. The company offers a suite of AI-powered products and services across a number of industries, including retail, healthcare, advertising, and logistics. DatViet competes with China’s Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., and South Korea’s Naver Corp. for market share in Vietnam.
In August 2019, DatViet announced the launch of its first private blockchain platform called “DatViet Blockchain Platform”. The platform will allow businesses to create their own custom blockchains using DatViet’s AI capabilities. The launch follows the successful completion of DatViet’s $25 million Series A funding round in June 2019.
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DatViet has also entered into a partnership with Microsoft Corporation to bring its AI services to Microsoft Azure cloud platforms. This partnership will give businesses access to DatViet’s powerful AI engines and tools through Azure cloud platforms, making it easy for them to deploy and use AI applications.
DatViet has been growing rapidly since its establishment in 2013. In 2018, the company reported revenues of $107 million, up from $35 million in 2017. In Q2 2019, DatViet posted revenues of $25 million, up from $9 million in Q1 2019. The company is expanding rapidly into new markets and continues to make significant investments in R&D efforts to stay ahead of the competition


What constitutes a war crime?
https://www.dw.com-The International Criminal Court has announced that it will open an investigation into possible war crimes carried out in Ukraine. There are specific international standards for war crimes.
Was the shelling of Kharkiv’s police building a war crime?
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, its troops have increasingly hit civilian sites with airstrikes and artillery, raising concerns that war crimes are being commited.
Amnesty International said Russia’s military was conducting “indiscriminate attacks” in Ukraine.
And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia’s missile strikes in civilian areas as war crimes, most recently on Tuesday, when the Russian army launched airstrikes on Kharkiv’s Freedom Square.
Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine
On Wednesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague announced that it would open an investigation into possible war crimes or crimes against humanity in Ukraine. In a statement, the prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan QC wrote that there was a “reasonable basis” to open an investigation and that the collection of evidence has now commenced.
‘Laws of war’
There are specific international standards for war crimes, which are not to be confused with crimes against humanity.
War crimes are defined as serious violations of humanitarian laws during a conflict. The definition, established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, is derived from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and is based on the idea that individuals can be held liable for the actions of a state or its military.
The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect separates war crimes from genocide and crimes against humanity. War crimes are defined as occurring in a domestic conflict or a war between two states, while genocide and crimes against humanity can happen in peacetime or during the unilateral aggression of a military toward a group of unarmed people.
Ukrainian officials say more than 2,000 civilians have been killed during Russian attacks
There is a long list of acts that can be considered war crimes. The taking of hostages, willful killings, torture or inhuman treatment of prisoners of war, as well as forcing children to fight, are some of the more obvious examples.
But, in practice, there is significant gray area.
“The laws of war do not always protect civilians from death,” said Mark Kersten of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. “Not every civilian death is necessarily illegal.”
Raids on a cities or villages, bombing residential buildings or schools, and even the killing of groups of civilians do not necessarily amount to war crimes — if their military necessity is justified. The same act can become a war crime if it results in unnecessary destruction, suffering and casualties that exceed the military gain from the attack.
To decide whether an individual or a military has committed a war crime, international humanitarian law lays down three principles: distinction, proportionality and precaution.
Proportionality prohibits armies from responding to an attack with excessive violence. “If a soldier is killed, for example, you cannot bomb an entire city in retaliation,” Kersten told DW.
It is also illegal to target objectives that are “expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objectives, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated,” according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Precaution requires parties to a conflict to avoid or minimize the harm done to the civilian population.
Finally, “the principle of distinction says that you have to be constantly trying to distinguish between civilian and belligerent populations and objects,” Kersten said, adding that this can be difficult.
“For example, attacking a barracks where there are people who have said they no longer participate in the conflict can be a war crime,” he said. “The same goes for bombing a military base where there are generators that supply hospitals with electricity.”
Russia has intensified its assault over the past days
Civilian and military populations have become increasingly hard to distinguish.
“You have saboteurs, you have plainclothes officers,” Kersten said. “Combatants disguise themselves in wars all the time. These are very common tactics.”
When ICC prosecutors have reason to believe that a war crime has been committed, they start an investigation to find evidence that could point to specific individuals responsible for those crimes.
“Those are the kind of moments we’re heading to now, with regards to the war crimes conducted in Ukraine,” Kersten said.
Speed is crucial, however, as evidence can degenerate or disappear. It is very difficult for prosecutors to successfully investigate suspected war crimes after the fact, when one party to a conflict may have tampered with evidence or witnesses are no longer available.
Edited by: Kristin Zeier
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How Pendo & Etsy Integrations Work
Step 1: Choose Pendo as a trigger app and authenticate it on Appy Pie Connect.
Step 3: Pick Etsy as an action app and authenticate.
Step 5: Select the data you want to send from Pendo to Etsy.
Integration of Pendo and Etsy
Let’s look at the introduction first. We’re going to explain what Pendo is, and what Etsy is. Then we’ll tell how they’re different, and how they’re similar. And then we’ll tell what the reader will learn by reading the article. We want to engage our readers, so we’re going to use some things that are interesting or funny about them. Things like this. “eBay was founded in San Jose, California, as an online auction site in 1995. Today, it has more than 3 million sellers around the world, and serves over 1 billion listings per year.” That’s a fact about eBay that’s interesting. Another example might be. “In 2014, Facebook bought the popular messaging app WhatsApp, which had 450 million users at the time.” We’re not going to write an article about why Facebook bought WhatsApp, but we can still tell a bit about it to give our readers an idea of why we’re writing about Pendo and Etsy.
Now let’s look at the body paragraphs. We will have three body paragraphs. The first one will talk about Etsy, and the second one will talk about integration of Pendo and Etsy. Then we will have a conclusion paragraph.
Pendo?
Pendo is a software as a service (SaaS. application that helps companies cplect user feedback from their websites and mobile apps. By providing a single platform for customer feedback management across multiple channels, Pendo helps companies align their business goals with customer insight. Sean Ellis and Todd Olson founded Pendo in 2011 after they noticed that customers were increasingly using multiple devices when interacting with companies. Even though many businesses already cplected feedback from customers via call centers and email surveys, they often failed to take advantage of user feedback because it was difficult to track and analyze across multiple channels and platforms. In response, Ellis and Olson created Pendo to help businesses turn customer feedback into actionable insights.
Etsy?
Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items and supplies, as well as unique factory-manufactured goods. It enables people all over the world to connect through commerce and trade unique goods. Etsy was founded in 2005 by Robert Kalin, Chris Maguire, and Haim Schoppik. All three men had previously worked together at Kalin’s New York-based company BlueSky Innovation.[5] Kalin had built Blue Sky into an international company with more than 60 employees and $30 million in annual revenue when he decided to sell it and pursue his interest in craftsmanship and entrepreneurship full time.[6] He started working on his new idea, called Etsy, during the launch of BlueSky’s second website, DIYDog.com.[7] At the same time, Haim Schoppik launched his online game company Kiloo,[8] which he founded in 2000.[9] He joined BlueSky shortly thereafter.[10][11] Maguire had developed and launched Web projects for New York City cultural institutions such as the Metroppitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum before joining BlueSky.[12] Both were interested in e-commerce and joined Kalin to develop the concept further.[13]
The founders raised $35,000 from family and friends in their first round of fundraising,[14][15] and within two months, they raised an additional $200,000 from MHS Capital Ventures.[16][17] Their goal was to launch an online alternative to arts and crafts chain stores such as Hobby Lobby Stores[18] and Fabric Warehouse.[19] On August 1, 2005,[20][21] Etsy went live.[22][23] It received its initial round of funding in September 2005 from Union Square Ventures,[24] which invested $1 million in the company.[25][26] The site grew quickly; it attracted 30,000 people within the first four months.[27][28] At that time, the site consisted of approximately 40 items spd by 20 sellers.[29] In November 2005, a total of 60 items were listed for sale on Etsy.[29] There were more than 75 items by early 2006,[30] and 150 items by June 2006.[31][32] In July 2007, Etsy featured its first merchandise sale—a baby blanket offered by a seller named Etsyle.[33] As sales increased, the company began offering a monthly subscription service called Etsy Whpesale in May 2009;[34][35] this enabled artists to sell their works on the site directly to retailers[36][37] while maintaining the same page-view count,[38] search engine exposure,[39][40] and transaction fees as regular listings.[41] In April 2010, the company implemented an instant messaging system for buyers and sellers to communicate,[42] initially using Yahoo! Messenger until Microsoft Skype was later used instead,[43][44][45] which was ultimately abandoned for other services like Slack.[46][47][48][49][50][51][52] In December 2014, Etsy generated US$69 million in revenue,[53] up 34% from the previous year.[54] As of 2017, there are 40 million active users on Etsy who come to the marketplace to buy or sell goods.[55] The average transaction value is currently $83,[56] compared with $212 for Amazon Handmade products[57] and $95 for eBay Handmade products.[58] In April 2017, Etsy laid off 19 employees (3% of its workforce. as part of a restructuring process.[59][60][61][62][63] According to Wired magazine, the layoffs put an end to “years of stagnant growth”.[64][65][66][67] In July 2017, Etsy reportedly rejected a takeover offer from rival firm Walmart.[68] The fplowing month it appointed Josh Silverman as its CEO.[69][70] On October 2nd 2018 Etsy announced plans to layoff at least 250 workers as well as freeze salaries for all employees up to senior level executives. [71][72] In December 2018, Etsy announced it would separate into two publicly traded companies — one catering to small sellers and another large sellers — as part of a move that would ease compliance with SEC rules.[73]
And that about wraps it up! Now you know how to write an article about Pendo and Etsy. But remember. just reading this post won’t make you an expert. To improve your article writing skills you need to practice writing articles – a lot! Use these tips when you write your own article about Pendo and Etsy, or any other topic. And if you need help writing articles about Pendo and Etsy or any other topic, you can always ask your friends or teachers for help. They’ll be glad to give you advice!
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Posts Tagged ‘Benicio del Toro’
Posted in Film Reviews, tagged 2000s, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta Jones, Don Cheadle, drama, Michael Douglas, Steven Soderbergh, thriller, Traffic on November 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Christmas is coming on apace (drop me a line via the comments if you would like my gift wish-list) and I am aware that some people are harder to buy presents for than others. What do you get, as the saying goes, for the person who has everything?
Well, here’s an idea (i.e. a cheap gag is en route) – get them a piece of card with ‘YOU ARE HERE’ written on it, and when they ask you what it is, tell them it is a fabulously rare and precious gift – nothing less than a life-size map of the world!
Oh well, it’s a bit Zen, perhaps, but I like it. I was reminded of this dubious old gag while watching Traffic, a 2000 movie from the peak period of the Steven Soderbergh collective. This was the year in which the Soderberghs managed to get Oscar-nominated twice in the same category (which I would interpret as meaning that at least one loss was guaranteed to be on the cards, but then again I’m not known for looking on the bright side). This is one of the Soderberghs’ most sophisticated and complex movies, as befits its topic – this is a film attempting to deal seriously with the realities of America’s so-called War on Drugs.
It’s impossible to deal with a topic this broad and complicated using only a single viewpoint, and the movie doesn’t even try – instead, it has three parallel plotlines, which are only loosely linked, and together they offer a slightly more rounded perspective.
The movie opens with the realities of drug enforcement in Mexico, as careworn cop Benicio del Toro finds himself sucked into the darker side of the struggle with the cartels. Recruited by a high-ranking army officer for some, er, off-the-books work, he finds himself forced to confront the realities of torture and corruption, and the dawning realisation that one of the most active and vicious areas of the entire drugs conflict is the struggle between the various cartels themselves.
Taking place in a more familiar milieu is the story of affluent housewife Catherine Zeta Jones, who doesn’t look too hard at where her husband’s money is coming from. This changes when DEA agent Don Cheadle arrests Miguel Ferrer’s dealer. Ferrer gives up his boss in exchange for immunity, said boss being Zeta Jones’ man. She rapidly find herself not only having to accept her husband’s career choice, but actively involve herself in the business if she’s going to preserve anything of her family and its lifestyle.
Finally, the political angle is considered in a story concerning Michael Douglas’ judge, recruited by the President to head up the War on Drugs. He is, as you’d expect, full of high principles and strong rhetoric, but entirely unprepared for the revelation that his daughter (Erika Christensen) has a serious drugs problem of her own, and her descent into addiction and eventual prostitution compels him to reassess all of his assumptions.
Well, let’s not be under any illusions here: this is a movie featuring numerous mob executions, personal degradation of an intimate kind, torture (both psychological and physical), and very nearly industrial levels of hard drug use. This is not a movie to watch if you’re looking for a relaxing or escapist two and a half hours, as it is a gruelling and fairly demanding watch.
Now, the Soderberghs do their best to make the proceedings accessible – one of their touches is to, effectively, colour-code the three different storylines so you know (broadly speaking) which one you’re watching at any given moment – most of the scenes in the Douglas plotline are tinted a muted blue, while the one set in Mexico is primarily a hellish yellow-orange. This is reasonably helpful, but doesn’t really make any difference to the fact that this is a film attempting to cover an immensely big and complicated topic.
The individual storylines of the main characters are compelling and engaging enough, which is the film’s great strength, but it is also notable for the way in which it refuses to be just a character-based drama or thriller – it insists on addressing the wider issues of the topic. The internecine conflicts of the drugs cartels are just one, as equally under consideration are the effects of drug-related stereotyping on ethnic minorities, the essential futility of everything the DEA, as embodied by Cheadle’s character, are trying to do, and many other issues.
The result is not quite intellectual and sensory overload, but neither is it very far from it. The War on Drugs is a highly complex and potentially controversial topic, surrounded by questions to which there are no easy answers, and by dealing with it so honestly and fully Soderbergh has come up with a film which is highly complex and potentially controversial, full of questions to which there are no easy answers. In this respect it sort of resembles the life-sized map of the world I mentioned earlier.
This should not detract from the impressiveness of Soderbergh’s narrative achievement in making such a sprawling project cohere so well as a piece of storytelling, nor from the strength of the various performances. However, this isn’t a film you would watch for pleasure, nor really for information or a particular perspective on the problem. I think, to be honest, it’s a film you’d watch simply in order to be able to say you’d watched it, and thus capable of discussing it in an informed manner. As sophisticated talking-point movies go, though, it has a lot going for it.
It’s Miller Time!
Posted in Film Reviews, tagged 2000s, action, Benicio del Toro, Clive Owen, drama, Elijah Wood, Frank Miller, horror, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, Robert Rodriguez, Sin City on February 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
From the Hootoo archive. Originally published 14th June 2005:
Hello again, everyone, and welcome to the column that believes it’s better to be adored by a few than read by anyone. This week we cruise the mean streets of Sin City, our helpful guides being Robert Rodriguez (whom you may recall as the director of the Mariachi and Spy Kids trilogies, not to mention From Dusk Till Dawn) and Frank Miller (who’s partly to blame for the script of Robocop 2 and got stabbed in the head with a pen by Colin Farrell in Daredevil).
However, the well-read amongst you will be aware that while Miller’s record at the cinema ain’t exactly gilt-edged, his track record when it comes writing and drawing comics is peerless – for one thing, the imminently blockbusterous Batman Begins owes a significant debt to Miller’s Year One, while he made Daredevil famous and actually created Elektra. Away from the spandex crowd, Miller is probably best known for his painfully stylish series of Sin City graphic novels – and its these that the new movie is based upon.
The film is set on the streets of Basin City (geddit), capital of the state of total moral collapse, where the police, the politicians, and the church seemingly strive to outdo each other when it comes to venality and decadence, and the blood flows like tippex every night. Locked in perpetual darkness, every single inhabitant seems to be either mad, bad, or sad, but at least this means they all have quite interesting stories to relate. And the film follows three of them – jaded cop Hartigan (Bruce Willis) battles to protect an innocent young girl (Jessica Alba, an actress whose visibility is about to rocket – ho ho ho) from a gnome-like pervert (Nick Stahl). Enigmatic loner Dwight (Clive Owen) tries to help the hookers of Sin City (all of whom seem to be heavily-armed killing machines, obviously) maintain their truce with the police department in the face of interference by the mob. And borderline-superhuman nutcase Marv (Mickey Rourke) sets out to avenge a prostitute (Jaime King) who was kind to him before she was murdered by a kung-fu fighting cannibal serial killer (Elijah Wood. No, really).
This probably isn’t the best choice of movie to take your sweet old grandma to, unless she really gets off on dismemberment, torture, immorality, generally astounding levels of violence and ickiness, and a really special scene where Bruce Willis rips someone’s knob off with his bare hands. (Betcha that doesn’t get picked as a ‘highlight of the movie year’ come the December review shows.) As you may or may not recall, it normally takes a lot to convince me that this level of really extreme violence is justified, but in Sin City‘s case it probably is, given that the film does try to say things about morality and the gore isn’t actually played for laughs. And it has to be said that it does form part of one of the most distinctive visions to be brought to the cinema in some time – a virtually perfect recreation of the original Sin City strips, with individual panels being imitated. The central irony, that stories with a morality consisting solely of varying shades of grey are told largely in black and white, survives. It looks fantastic, luminous monochrome deep-focus cinematography creating a world both utterly fantastical yet grimily realistic.
But solid performances from an impressive ensemble cast keep your attention on the stories, for the most part. The common theme of the three stories is one of dodgy alpha-males finding a sort of redemption through their relationships with women they idealise. Their willingness to do anything for their girls borders on the masochistic, if we’re honest, but to be honest it’s all that separates them from the scum they do battle with. In a funny sort of way Sin City‘s thoroughly unreconstructed gender politics mark it out as one of the most romantic films of recent months – admittedly Bruce Willis shooting somebody in the nuts (yes, this happens too) isn’t everyone’s idea of romance but there you go.
Hang on a mo’ though! A hardboiled, pulpy noiry sort of thriller? With a sort of anthology structure? Where the internal chronology is a bit fishy? And a lot of violence? And Bruce Willis, giving a pretty good performance? Yes, you guessed it, Quentin Tarantino pops up as a ‘special guest director’ (though he thankfully resists the temptation to appear in front of the camera). To be honest I’m not sure why he bothered as the sequence he’s responsible for isn’t particularly long nor distinguished. Presumably Bob Rodriguez doesn’t like being pestered any more than anyone. This movie certainly shouldn’t need Tarantino’s name plastered on it in order to be successful. It’s skilfully put together, memorable in all sorts of ways, and combines arthouse aesthetics with a charnel house sensibility in a manner guaranteed to meet with the approval of a good many cinemagoers. Not one I’d recommend without serious qualifications, but still one of the outstanding movies of the year so far.


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Hot Seat Review: A cyber-thriller overstuffed with every outdated trope related to the genre- Cinema express
Hot Seat Movie Review: A cyber-thriller overstuffed with every outdated trope
The title is a challenge to the audience; we are made to sit on this metaphorical hot seat and are made to try and wring out our attention for the film's entire runtime
Prashanth Vallavan
Hot Seat is a thriller where an ex-hacker (Kevin Dillon) is made to sit on a hair-trigger bomb attached to his seat and is forced to hack top-tier banking institutions for money. You don’t have to know anything about hacking, coding, or even computers to know that the makers had no interest in understanding how hacking works. The film opens with a bombing and a couple of streets away our protagonist is seen jogging. Startled by the sound of the explosion he half-turns to look at the smoke and then wheels around and goes about his business. The film is replete with unintentionally chuckle-worthy moments like these. It is not that we expect the protagonist to run towards the explosion but the unintentional hilarity stems out of the haphazard editing and the awkward choice of framing for the scene.
Director: James Cullen Bressack
Cast: Kevin Dillon, Mel Gibson, Shannen Doherty, Michael Welch, Eddie Steeples
During the early 2000s, when people had sparse knowledge about how computers worked, the impact of computers on every aspect of modern life was on a steady rise. The filmmakers who wanted to capture this impact on camera were struggling to do so because nothing like that was ever captured visually before in history. You could write a gripping scene about a gang of thieves plotting their way into a casino but how would you thrill an audience by showing someone sitting alone in a room and transferring truckloads of money by clicking away on a computer? This gave way to a lot of wonky attempts at portraying hacking in the early 2000s, even successful films failed at this. Now, at a time when series and films like Mr. Robot(2015) and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo(2011), are being lauded for finally portraying cyberspace realistically, films like Hot Seat slap us with scenes that give us unwarranted nostalgia from two decades ago.
Oscar-winner Mel Gibson plays a bomb expert who holds the countenance of a man waiting in line at a bank. The only action he gets to do is run up a flight of stairs and get shot twice in the arm towards the end. There is no doubt that Mel Gibson is a terrific performer and we have seen him at his absolute best before which is why it looks like he is deliberately phoning in a bad performance. Hacking cliches are not the only thing the film attempts to reanimate from two decades ago, Hot Seat also employs a sordid amount of buddy-cop tropes that are so watered down that it feels like it was written by someone who just learned what a buddy-cop trope was and then immediately wrote dialogues filled with said tropes.
The film is loaded with scenes where the actors are performing as if they are not convinced by the writing or even their own performances. For example, there is a scene where the police chief (Shannen Doherty) has to look up at an explosion at a building, and just the way it was shot, edited, and performed tells us clearly that she is looking up at nothing. The spectacular failure to convince us with such a simple scene, a scene we would hardly notice in an average film, makes us appreciate the hard work that goes into making a competent film. Hot Seat is the darkest night that brings out the luster of the faintest of stars.
The title is a challenge to the audiences; we are made to sit on this metaphorical hot seat and are made to try and wring out our attention for the film's entire runtime.
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