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Last Updated: 29 August 2016 29 August 2016
On February 3, 2016, a group of patient organizations and advocates sent a followup letter to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) further detailing concerns with the 2015 AHRQ Evidence Review and reiterating their request, originally made in November 2015, to reanalyze the conclusions of AHRQ’s Evidence Review in light of the long-known concerns with the PACE trial published in The Lancet and with the Oxford case definition for CFS. You can show your support by signing this petition.
In November 2015, a group of U.S. organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting a review of the concerns raised with PACE in a series of articles by journalist David Tuller. Based on these concerns and the call by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Pathways to Prevention report to retire the Oxford case definition for CFS because it could “impair progress and cause harm”, the letter recommended the following steps as appropriate and necessary to protect patients:
• The AHRQ revise its evidence review to reflect the issues with PACE and with Oxford studies in general;
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remove findings based on PACE and other Oxford studies from current and planned medical education;
• HHS use its leadership position to communicate these concerns to other medical education providers;
• HHS call for The Lancet to seek an independent reanalysis of PACE.
The Agency Responses
In AHRQ’s response, the authors of the evidence review noted that the review had already considered some of the concerns raised by Tuller and that the additional information would not change the review’s conclusions. Yet, the evidence review ranked PACE as a “Good” study with “undetected” reporting bias, a rating that is not consistent with the long-known concerns with PACE but one that could presumably influence conclusions. Further, AHRQ’s response did not address the concerns with using Oxford studies as the basis of recommendations of treatment benefits and harms for ME/CFS patients. The February 4, 2016 letter from patient organizations and advocates details these concerns and reiterates the request to reevaluate the evidence review conclusions.
CDC’s response, further clarified by a followup email, stated that the IOM and P2P “have placed the findings of the PACE trial in an appropriate context for moving the field forward.” They stated the need for research and that CDC would be conducting a collaborative initiative to prepare new medical education materials. However, CDC’s response did not address the question of whether findings and recommendations based on Oxford studies would be allowed in new medical education materials for this disease. The CDC has been asked to specifically respond to this question. That response will be shared when it is available.
HHS did not responded to the request to call on The Lancet to seek an independent review.
If you have not done so, please join in with us and sign this petition calling for AHRQ and CDC to act to protect patients.
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The first thing to establish is that 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' was a no.1 hit record for Hugo Montenegro and reached the top spot on the weekend the author was born!
But, in our media training sessions, we're often asked about good, bad or indifferent interviews. Well given the old maxim, 'there's no such thing as bad publicity', you could argue that the worst kind of interview is the 'indifferent' - instantly forgettable, two shades light of vanilla and nobody getting noticed!
Later we'll show you a link to the ugly, but 'talking up' the good media interviews is important for leaders to recognise, that coming under fire from a few people on Twitter, doesn't have to mean the end of your career or reputation.
Take new headteacher Matthew Tate from Hartsdown Academy in Margate, Kent, who sent 50 pupils home for having the wrong school uniform.
Regardless of the rights or wrongs of his actions in some parents' minds, his message was that 90% of parents backed him and his strong stance on 'correct' uniform. A no nonsense approach to his policy, which came under fire, partly over its clarity.
Mr Tate made national headlines and agreed to the deluge of radio and live TV interviews, acquitting himself impressively under close scrutiny and not falling into some journalists' traps. His strong stance on standards led to parents campaigning at the school - some suggesting he should have given more time for parents to buy their children's gear. Mr Tate's use of examples regarding expensive trainers versus school shoes, demonstrated that he'd done his homework and hit the mark.
The headteacher dealt with a headline grabbing 'Gestapo' moniker very well, when pressed, not by repeating the offending word, but with a measured suggestion that this term was offensive to people who'd fought in the war. Tate then stuck to his own guns, not taking questions personally and keeping his professional, measured tone throughout - pretty challenging three days into a new job! See his Channel 5 interview here;
Now for the Bad! MP's commonly fall foul of the media and you may be forgiven for thinking they should know better. Step forward Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry MP, on Sky's Murnaghan programme. The sub-text is that these two apparently have 'previous form' together during interviews.
So this exchange falls squarely into the category of 'don't take it personally and don't pick a fight with the journalist'!
Why? Because as an elected official, you can expect to be 'quizzed' about anything from popular culture and Bake Off, to the price of fish! The golden rule is do your homework!
Another critical reason is because the whole point of appearing on TV is to make your point and get something across. This is lost in the ether if all people are talking about is your 'spat' with the interviewer. Take Jeremy Paxman and former Tory leader, Michael Howard. Few remember why Paxo quizzed him 12 times on the same point, only that he did!
By picking a row with Dermot Murnaghan, Ms Thornberry was excluding the viewing audience, the very people she was aiming her message at. #messagefail. She is entitled to move the debate to the issues she wants to cover, of course, but grace and finesse are a key element. Worse, she then returned to the original complaint towards the end of the interview. Do we expect more of our stateswomen?
It's the sort of mistake also being made by Jeremy Corbyn - knocking away a radio reporter's microphone outside his home. If you're not going to learn the rules of the media game, you'll come unstuck trying to play. Watch Emily's appearance here:
As for the Ugly? It really speaks for itself. Former MEP and UKIP member Godfrey Bloom. In a down-the-line interview for Channel 4 News, he attempts to defend the use of a racist, pejorative term and remains agitated throughout, asking Krishnan Guru-Murthy;"Look what is your problem with all this?" - before ripping out his ear piece and stopping the interview.
And that's the nub of it. The journalist doesn't 'have a problem with it' - in reality, it's worse - they don't care. Tomorrow, they'll be quizzing someone else.
And finally, as they say, that piece of music...enjoy.
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2018 overtime payments more than $40,000 higher than 2017
By Holly Matkin | July 13, 2019
A Detroit police officer who works on the mayor’s security team put in for 1,060 hours of overtime in 2018, for which he was paid $44,212. Altogether, this individual received total compensation of $103,761 from the city that year.
To accumulate that much overtime pay, this officer would have had to average more than 20 hours of overtime every week. The officer also put in extra hours on special downtown events, including sporting and entertainment events.
The information comes from a Freedom of Information Act request seeking expense records related to the mayor’s protection detail. The city of Detroit doesn’t release the names of individual police officers when responding to FOIA requests.
Altogether, the 12 Detroit police officers assigned to Mayor Mike Duggan’s executive protection detail in 2018 racked up a total of 4,369 in overtime hours. That comes to an average of 364 overtime hours per officer.
According to documents provided by Detroit Law Department Supervising Assistant Corporation Counsel Jack Dietrich, “overtime is needed to cover vacations, holidays and other absences.”
Two of the officers assigned to the executive protection detail also “work overtime to cover honor guard,” or have been assigned to overtime shifts “to cover downtown service detail,” according to the documents. “Service detail” includes working at sporting events and other large city gatherings.
The city paid out a total of $146,675 in overtime to executive protection detail officers in 2017. In 2018, the amount jumped to $190,701.
Details regarding how the protection detail is structured and how officers are assigned to work overtime shifts are unclear.
Detroit Director of Media Relations John Roach and Deputy Communications Director Tim Carroll did not respond to questions asking why so much overtime is necessary and how protection detail officers are assigned to shifts outside their routine workdays.
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Though a young medium, podcasting has proven to be a versatile one. It informs, it educates, it entertains — there's the BBC's misson statement checked off already — and it does a bunch of other wonky, nerdy stuff besides. The New York Academy of Science's Science & the City [iTunes link] tacks one more function onto the list: outreach.
Any reader who's worked for a marginal political party, unpopular cause or culty pseudo-religion knows full well the necessity of outreach. As bitter science people on the internet rarely hesitate to complain, the intellectual enterprise could use a bit more love, too. The New York Academy of Sciences grasps this and then some; the podcast is but one tentacle of the enormous outreach-octopus that is their public relations unit. At this point in the description, memories no doubt cast back to the tiresome television specials of childhood that proclaimed, dully and with brutal repetition, the Importance of Science, underscoring their point with footage of a spectrometer or maybe some deep-water invertebrates. Breathe a sigh of relief that Science & the City isn't exactly that. But what is it?
"Science grab bag", ungainly as it may sound, is the first subject name to come to mind. The program zigs and zags through a forest of domains in science and technology, with visits to specific sub-areas like engineering and medicine, and never is its next step predictable. Why, just recently, listeners have been taken from the science of music and how humans hear it [MP3] to a lecture informing scientists about how best to extract a few extra dollars from Congress' rigid fists [MP3] to the site of what is arguably New York's most prestigious kite-flying competition [MP3]. Some might call this a lack of focus, but your Podthinker commends what he considers to be a healthy spirit of diverse inquiry, especially when it happens to have the vast intellectual resources of the NYAS at its back.
Just as the subjects sit all over the place, Science & the City's internal structure varies almost as widely. Sometimes an episode will focus on a single topic — taste, say, or envirnomental toxins, or Swine Flu — and invite several voices to comment on it, sometimes an episode will feaure just one person commenting on a variety of issues — and some big names show up, like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Craig Venter, Steven Pinker and Michio Kaku — and sometimes an episode will do something or other in between. The best episodes, in your Podthinker's experience, are the simpler ones, such as the straight-ahead lectures like Dean Kamen's on the proper way to forge new young men and women of science (and engineering) [MP3] or the one-on-one conversations like Tom Wolfe and Michael Gazzaniga's on neuroscience and morality [MP3]. Host Alana Range does a solid job in the presenter's seat, though journalistic integrity demands that her unsettling tendency to misuse the expression "to beg the question" and slap modifiers in front of the word "unique" be called out. But every podcast bears its awkwardnesses, and the non-dorkiness of the outreach here more than compensates.
Format: sci-variety
Running since: October 2005
Duration: 15m-1h30m
Frequency: just about weekly
Archive available on iTunes: all
[Podthinker Colin Marshall now resides proudly among the orgs. Send podcast suggestions, podcast un-suggestions or podcast semi-suggestions to colinjmarshall at gmail.]
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Banned From The Super Bowl, Bud's 'Wardrobe' Spot Functions Online
by Shankar Gupta , January 27, 2005
The Web was abuzz Wednesday with Budweiser's cancelled wardrobe malfunction spot, which told the "real" story behind the most TiVo-ed moment of 2004. The ad, which was supposed to run during the Super Bowl, was pulled for being controversial, and converted instead into a viral ad.
Earlier this month, Fox Television rejected an ad for Airborne, an over-the-counter cold medicine, which featured actor Mickey Rooney having a towel malfunction in a locker room, briefly revealing his bare behind as he runs out.
Companies can capitalize on the publicity garnered from pulling or having a Super Bowl ad rejected using a technique called opportunistic search marketing, said Reprise Media's Managing Partner, Peter Hershberg, and turn interest in too-hot ads into hard sales.
"Companies can get almost as much exposure from not running an ad as they get for running an ad," said Hershberg. "If they understand the power of search."
By buying sponsored links to Google ad words like "super bowl ads" and their own company names, companies are able to capitalize on controversies, flaps, and kerfuffles that come up around Super Bowl ads, which frequently push the envelope.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, for example, last year had their 70s porn-themed ad-- which made the claim that meat causes impotence--rejected. The ad was circulated on the Internet, however--the natural search results for "superbowl ad" places the ad second, and a sponsored link appears for the search "superbowl ads."
Buying sponsored links and building organic search presence, Hershberg said, can convert an ad campaign that, for whatever reason, didn't end up running into an online campaign that helps build a brand's visibility.
However, search engine visibility is important for any ad campaign, Hershberg said, especially if a company is planning to lay down the $2 million plus a Superbowl ad runs these days.
Hershberg cited the AT&T M-Life service as an example of an ad campaign that could have used better search engine visibility coupled with its kick-off campaign in 2002. "In 2002 AT&T launched M-Life with a series of Superbowl ads," Hershberg said. "There was a ton of buzz, but the commercials provided very little insight into what the service actually does."
When AT&T's customers then took to the Internet, Hershberg said, there was little information to be had on M-Life, because no sponsored links had been purchased, and search engine crawlers had yet to cache the pages AT&T had put up to describe the service. Hershberg said that if AT&T had purchased sponsored links or allowed its organic search engine visibility to increase before the ads ran, the campaign would have met with much more success.
Reprise Media intends to advise its clients to make sure that any ad campaigns that they run are supported by their search engine visibility. "The last thing we want to do is [get] our client to spend a lot of money launching a product or service and then find that their customers actually can't get to their Web site," Hershberg said.
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Chereponi Arms Seizure: Root Out The Enemies And Deal With Them— Papa J To Police
By Emmanuel Yeboah Britwum
A concerned resident of Saboba District, Wumbei Mbuer Jacob, has called on the Police Service to root out and deal with those behind the conflict in the district.
He is of the belief there are some hidden faces who are exacerbating the issue.
Mr. Jacob made this call in an interview with ModernGhana when he called on the Chakosi and Konkombas to end the conflict.
This follows after the arrest of a senior local officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) who according to reports was found transporting live ammunition to Chereponi in the North East Region.
The culprit, Gushi Kwesi Mohammed was arrested on Sunday evening transporting 250 pieces of AAA cartridges concealed in ten boxes to the troubled district.
Mr. Jacob who finds the news disturbing commended the security service for the arrest, and further urged them to keep an eagle eye on the few who are tarnishing the image of the district.
"I must salute the security apparatus for doing their very best as one who comes from the area and wants peace. However, I wish to appeal to the hierarchy of the security that they must do their very best to keep an eagle eye on the few who are tarnishing their image and deal with them," he said.
The surest way to end the conflict, according to him, is for the two factions to sit and settle the discourse between them.
"We the Chakosi and Konkombas must sit and talk. Let us begin to expose our kind who are the triggers and making gains. If the main road has security yet ammunition are carried across daylight, what happens at the Togo border that is not being checked? he quizzed.
Calling for peace between the two factions he said "there is no war or conflict that will not end on a negotiating table no matter how long it takes. The earlier we do it, the better to save ourselves and our future. Give peace a chance."
"Have we not heard the cry of our children who are physically and mentally traumatized?, the women and children dying? hunger looming? Do we have a better road from Yendi to Saboba and Chereponi? Do we have any well resource hospital? What about water to drink," he added.
The violence started in the evening on Friday, March 15 when unknown assailants opened fire on Nawieku, a Chokosi community in the district, injuring one person.
75 military personnel and 40 police officers have since been deployed to the area following reported reprisal attacks.
Emmanuel Yeboah Britwum News Reporter
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The Fulani: An AFP Special Investigation
JUN 26, 2019 AFRICA
Isa Ibrahim, 30, a Fulani herdsman and member of the Kofogi clan. After his village came under attack, he and his family moved to Kachia grazing reserve, a haven for pastoralists in central Nigeria. By Luis TATO (AFP)
They are one of the last great nomadic peoples of the planet, a community of some 35 million people scattered across 15 countries in West Africa, from the dusty Sahel down to the lush rainforests.
They are the Fulani: Pastoral herders who migrate with their cattle, following the pendulum swing of the seasons.
A few years ago, the Fulani, also called the Peul, pursued their ancient lifestyle largely unnoticed by the rest of the world.
All that has changed. Old conflicts have flared anew between herders and sedentary farmers in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Thousands of people have died in a cycle of violence that jihadists have manipulated and inflamed. The economic impact is in the tens of billions of dollars.
Governance in many of these afflicted regions is breaking down, turning swathes of land into vast zones of lawlessness.
The clashes have occurred on West Africa's historic Muslim-Christian faultline.
Yet the conflict goes beyond religion, bringing into focus issues that are crucially relevant for the wider world.
They include the roles of population growth and climate change in fuelling disputes over land use, and the part that colonial-legacy divisions play in stoking violence.
The Fulani's timeless practice of pastoralism finds itself out of kilter with the 21st century. By Luis TATO (AFP)
The crisis has also turned a sudden, stark spotlight on Fulanis and their gruelling but timeless way of living.
Today, despite their millennia of history, the Fulani people find themselves assailed by stigma, political pressures and a shifting economy, their traditions so often out of kilter with the demands of modern societies.
Many Fulani, struggling to adapt, say their people have no choice but to fight to survive -- or otherwise fade away.
In a special investigation, AFP sent a team of reporters across Nigeria.
In these exceptional reports, we explore the Fulani's complex social and economic world, and we raise the question: Is this timeless people doomed to a bleak future?
Our first batch of stories, headed by Celia Lebur of AFP's Lagos bureau, begins with a horizon-sweeping long read of the Fulani, their struggle to survive in the scorched lands of West Africa and the feud with farmers that is now escalating swiftly and bloodily.
From this panorama, we look in detail at the forces of history driving today's conflict and the surging demand for beef that offers risks as well as rewards for pastoralists.
And we profile Mohammed Abubakar Bambado -- a Fulani business tycoon who also happens to be a king.
Nigeria-Fulani-conflict, FEATURE
KADUNA, Nigeria
The nomadic people known as the Fulani have lived in the arid lands of West Africa beyond documented time, migrating with their cattle according to the relentless swing of the seasons. But their ancient lifestyle is now colliding perilously with the pressures of the 21st century.
3,400 words by Celia Lebur. Pictures by Luis Tato. Video by Florian Plaucheur. Graphic
Nigeria-Fulani-conflict-history, FOCUS
SOKOTO, Nigeria
Events in the 19th century helped shape today's violence between mainly Muslim Fulani cattlemen and largely Christian farmers -- a battle of blood and identity.
800 words by Celia Lebur. Pictures by Luis Tato. Video by Florian Plaucheur. Graphic
Nigeria-Fulani-conflict-livestock, FOCUS
With over 200 million people and an emerging middle class, Nigeria is witnessing a boom in demand for meat that offers potential but also risks for the pastoralist herders who provide most of its beef.
Nigeria-Fulani-conflict-king, PROFILE
Mohammed Abubakar Bambado is a busy 49-year-old businessman with a successful port handling firm in Nigeria's economic metropolis. He also happens to be a king.
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Claire Barker is getting used to acting as a spokesperson on the equity-release business. “It is something I have really enjoyed so far. It is really important that we do get our message out so I am very happy to come out and talk to people and push the message that we are here and ready to do business and will do it in a sensible way.”
By System Administrator 30th July 2009 12:00 am
Barker is chairman of the Equity Release Solicitors Alliance which launched to the public in January this year but it has just celebrated its first birthday, having been set up last summer.
She describes the work of Ersa as a combination of raising consumer awareness of, and confidence in, equity release and acting as a lobbying organisation.
Barker has been a driving force behind the creation of the organisation and says it was born out of a desire to protect the reputation of equity release and provide a forum for specialist equity-release solicitors to promote their area of expertise. An increase in the number of solicitors “dabbling” in equity release to offset a decline in mainstream conveyancing business as the mortgage market collapsed also spurred Barker into action.
“There seemed to be firms diversifying into equity release as conveyancing took a knock and people started to dabble and obviously we want to protect the reputation of equity release.”
Despite her background and training as a general solicitor willing to turn her hand to any legal issue, she says equity release is not an area that suits that approach. “Any general practice can offer to do the conveyancing work and we think that is quite dangerous. Solicitors looking at diversification treat it like a remortgage in some instances, and it is not a remortgage, it is a different kettle of fish entirely.”
Barker says there are a number of other issues that solicitors have to take into account when working on equity release. “Sometimes, you are going to get a situation where the client has had the product sold to them over the phone. If the solicitor treats it like a remortgage and does it all by post and phone as well, you have got potential issues of duress, mental capacity, all the sort of attendant elder client issues, so you have to treat it more cautiously.
“Solicitors should not dabble. When I trained, you would have a crack at anything came through the door and that has very much moved on. Firms tend to compartmentalise and specialise now, as you can’t know everything.”
This path to specialism is something that Barker chose early on in her career. In addition to her role at Ersa, she is a partner at specialist equity-release solicitors Equilaw.
After her first job as a trainee solicitor, she joined solicitors Rickerbys and soon after moved into what has become her specialism. “Quite early on, about 2001, we identified equity release as an area we wanted to get into. We started building up the team gradually, with just me and my assistant and then we grew it and grew it.”
As the equity-release practice grew, the decision was taken to rebrand as Equilaw and then in April 2008 Equilaw was set up as an independent firm. It is still owned and managed by Rickerbys but is now a separate limited liability partnership, headed by Barker.
At its peak, the business employed a total of 23 staff. This has been cut back to 11 in the last year or so but Barker says the firm is about to start recruiting again.
“We are just at the stage of re-recruiting, so we would bear out the findings of Ship which show a glimmer of hope. I would not say green shoots. We have managed to stay afloat, we have had to cut our cloth like every other business but we are still there and we are surviving it.”
Barker has been chairman of Ersa since its inception and says she intends to stay in the position for “as long as they’ll have me” and while she jokes that her duties as chairman can occasionally feel like herding cats, she seems to be enjoying the role.
Ersa includes seven equity-release specialist solicitors and meets once a month and close to the top of their list of priorities is the reputation of equity release.
“The other thing we wanted to do was promote the idea that equity release is a safe and regulated product to consumers, as we still think the reputation is suffering and our clients still find it slightly stigmatised, so we wanted to make consumers more comfortable with it.”
Last week, equity release came in for more criticism from Which?, this time over the quality of the financial advice given to prospective clients.
Barker describes this as “disappointing”, given the range of tools and information available to advisers, but she says the findings may be explained by a lack of clarity over whether advisers were being asked generally for information or specifically for advice.
In fact, despite the criticism, Barker says: “There has never been a better time to get into equity release, with the tools that are available and the training courses. There is a huge amount of help out there, so hopefully this will be the nudge that the industry needs to get themselves sorted out.”
Barker says the demand for advice is certainly there. Recent figures from Safe Home Income Plans suggest the number of plans taken out in the second quarter of this year has increased by 5 per cent from the first three months of the year and Barker says this echoes the experience of her firm.
Ageing populations, a shortfall in retirement income and the need to meet the costs of long-term care, as set out by the Government’s recent Green Paper, also present commercial opportunities.
Barker says figures from Ersa suggest that equity release still has some way to go to become the aspirational product that some people predict it will become. She says the most common use for equity release is home improvements, followed by debt consolidation.
But it is a product that needs expert advice and if there is a need for financial advice, there is also a need for legal advice. “If you go on the view that equity-release demand will increase, there will be a need for solicitors to be able to do it so homeowners have access to sensible legal advice.”
Born: Leicester, 1974
Lives: Gloucestershire
Education: Law degree – University of Hertfordshire, followed by post-graduate diploma in legal practice at College of Law, Guildford
Career: June 2008— present: director and chairman, Equity Release Solicitors Alliance; 2004-present: partner, Rickerbys, Equilaw created 2007 and separate LLP set up in April 2008; 2000-04: solicitor, Rickerbys, Cheltenham; 1997-2000 – trainee solicitor Hunnybun & Sons
Likes: Dogs, fast cars and enthusiasm
Dislikes: People carriers, bad grammar and disingenuous people
Drives: BMW coupe
Book: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Film: Withnail & I
Album: Black Boots on Latin Feet by Ezio
Career ambition: To help equity release to be seen as a totally acceptable, mainstream product
Life ambition: To own an Aston Martin
If I wasn’t doing this I would be…Either racing touring cars (in my dreams) or working for the Dogs Trust
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GHNS NATIONAL BUDGET FOR 3.27 editions
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--LIFESTYLES/Home&Garden, Travel--
HOME PAGE: Floor displays. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x1565504968
HOME VIDEO: A look at moss landscapes. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x79613929
HOME HELP: How to clean your mirrors, avoiding the usual mess under bird feeders, yard sale tips and more. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x1564566058
BEER NUT: A little slice of hop heaven from Port Brewing Company. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/food/beverages/x1059918511
GETAWAY: Take the kids on a cruise. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/travel/x1056537646
TRAVELOGUE: This week in the travel rail: A look at Monticello, the 7 architectural wonders of the world, train-traveling tips and more. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/travel/x325165924
--LIFESTYLES/Entertainment--
MOVIE REVIEW: Review of “21” by Nick Rogers. / Will be posted this afternoon in Entertainment and Movie Reviews
‘21’ FEATURE: The guy who inspired the movie, by Ed Symkus. / Will be posted this afternoon in Entertainment and Movie Profiles
NICK ROGERS COLUMN: Harvey Weinstein’s lack of faith is disturbing “Star Wars” fans this week over a film called “Fanboys” that he planned to distribute, delayed twice and spent $2 million for re-shoots to make it “mainstream.” / Will be posted this afternoon in Entertainment
--OPINIONS--
GRANLUND CARTOON: On the Olympics and the conflict between China and Tibet. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x125179237
DUNN CARTOON: On Bush and Hillary having problems telling the truth. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x1681297373
DUNN CARTOON: On the 2007 Farm Bill and the 2008 Congress. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x1012433080
MAHONEY CARTOON: On the Democratic presidential candidates on the Titanic. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x1564567811
BRITT CARTOON: On Americans being more focused on bickering between Clinton and Obama than the war and Wall Street. Will be posted this afternoon / Cartoons
PETER CHIANCA: As we get caught up in our busy lives, I think it’s important that, every so often, someone steps back and reminds us that if we’re not careful, we’re going to find ourselves subjugated by killer robots. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x325167348
DEIRDRE REILLY: We had a dog for 13 years. That dog, Brandy, I think of as the dog of my life – adopted from a shelter, she had an air of gratefulness and loyalty that I had never even imagined coming from a pet. As she got older, and much wearier, she would still follow me from room to room, even though it cost her much pain to do so. Her last walk out of our house was not on her own feet; my husband had to gently carry her to the car, and she put her gray nose into the breeze one last time and then shut her eyes as we drove slowly, hardly able to see through tears, to the vet. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x1059918976
MICHAEL WINSHIP: I haven’t worked in the realm of children’s television in more than a decade, but lessons learned in that world are lessons learned for life. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x1670186527
EDITORIAL: LEGALIZE MARIJUANA: What if there was a natural medicine that could help reduce pain, relieve nausea, increase appetite and decrease stress, all with minimal side effects? So why don’t more people take it (or at least admit publicly to doing so)? Because the federal government won’t let them. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/editorials/x79614297
--SPORTS--
JOE PEREZ: Unpaid and unknown, college mascots still love their job. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/college/x1059919013
NASCAR: This week’s NASCAR content – prepared page and individual content – is packaged here: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x1564566538
10 YEARS OF MIKE NADEL: In March 1998, Mike Nadel wrote his first column for Copley News Service. Now, 10 years – and one ownership change – later, he looks back at the 10 most memorable events that he’s covered in that time. / evening / Mike Nadel
OPENING DAY: Several writers are planning special content for MLB’s Opening Day. We will post these this coming weekend. Here’s a tentative schedule so far (if your paper is planning stories, please let us know):
- MLB ’08 PREVIEW: By Mike Nadel. For Sunday use.
- AL CENTRAL PREVIEW: By Andy Call of the Repository. For Monday use.
- VICTOR MARTINEZ FEATURE: By Andy Call of the Repository. For Monday use.
- BANG FOR THE BUCK: A look at MLB team spending. By Andy Call. For Monday use.
--NEWS--
WHERE’S STACY PETERSON? The first volunteer-led searches for Stacy Peterson this year are slated to begin this weekend. But searches require money, and a lot of it. By Danya Hooker of Suburban Life Publications.
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Pump brakes on Lordstown news
Without a doubt, we all would have rather heard news last week that General Motors is reallocating a vehicle to the Lordstown plant and that it would be operating again soon.
That, of course, was not the case, and instead it became abundantly clear that GM is not contemplating reopening the massive 6.2-million-square-foot facility.
In a telephone conversation with President Donald Trump, GM CEO Mary Barra reported that the automaker instead is in serious talks to sell the facility to Workhorse, a Cincinnati-based electric vehicle startup company that would manufacture electric pickup trucks or vans here.
The news of a pending sale received mixed emotions.
While Trump sent gleeful tweets about the impending deal, the news was greeted gloomily by United Auto Workers leaders who have not given up hope that GM would reopen the factory that stopped producing the Chevrolet Cruze compact car in March.
“I guess that means they’re done in Lordstown,” said Tim O’Hara, vice president of the United Auto Workers Local 1112. “Anybody that wants to continue working for them is going to have to transfer out.”
UAW Vice President Terry Dittes responded with a short and direct statement.
“The UAW’s position is unequivocal: General Motors should assign a product to the Lordstown facility and continue operating it. …”
The union, which is embroiled in a federal lawsuit challenging the idling of plants in Lordstown, Baltimore and Warren, Mich., as violations of the existing labor contract, had little choice in taking this stand.
Other elected leaders, however, are approaching the potential sale cautiously, and that is the approach we all should be taking.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, perhaps said it best.
“As far as Lordstown, this is probably not yet the day to celebrate,” DeWine said. “This is a day where we’re maybe moving forward. We’re certainly not going to sit around and not try to make things happen.”
It’s simply too early to pass judgment on the factory’s potential sale to this little-known company, and it’s important that no one dismiss the opportunities that might come with it just yet.
It was only about six months ago, shortly after we received the devastating news of the plant’s impending idling, that we used this space to promote the importance of a positive attitude, urging GM, if it was not going to use the plant, to market it swiftly to someone who would.
Of course, no one wants to give up on GM’s local future yet, we said then, but given the current situation, we have little choice but to start plotting the very real possibility of a future without GM.
Either way, the location and amenities make the Lordstown plant very marketable.
The facility, centrally located between Chicago and New York, has easy access to the Ohio Turnpike and several other major interstates, as well as rail service. The sprawling facility has operated for years as a complete auto-making facility, including a metal stamping plant, a paint shop and an assembly plant.
And it comes with a ready-made workforce and nearby supplier support.
Perhaps it’s those benefits that are making the plant so appealing to this potential buyer.
Many questions exist today about Workhorse and its spinoff company that apparently are in the running for a massive contract to build $6.5 billion worth of new electric vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service.
Yes, it will be a monumental disappointment if we learn the Lordstown plant is no longer part of GM’s large scale plan, but it’s not the first time we have faced economic and manufacturing adversity.
Lordstown’s plant had about 1,400 hourly workers on one shift at the time the plant stopped production. But hundreds of others already had been laid off earlier when GM cut two shifts.
Today, only a skeleton crew remains on duty at the plant scrapping old parts.
No matter what happens with General Motors, we should remain cautiously optimistic about the possibility of electric vehicle manufacturing in Lordstown. You might have read the Associated Press we ran in our Sunday edition. If not, read it.
But if that doesn’t work out, we also must not lose sight of those many very desirable offerings that exist here, making the property highly desirable to other manufacturers.
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MNN.com > Family > Pets
Why are male calico cats so rare?
Only 1 out of every 3,000 calico cats is male — and this one was just scooped up for adoption.
Laura Moss
February 4, 2015, 1:57 p.m.
Sherman the cat has two X chromosomes, which is what makes his fur calico-colored. (Photo: Humane Society Silicon Valley)
An extremely rare cat was up for adoption at the Humane Society Silicon Valley — but his time as a rescue kitty didn't last long. He's just been adopted.
The reason for the excitement is that Sherman is a calico — a common feline color pattern — but he's also a boy, and only one out of every 3,000 calico cats is male.
"It's like a unicorn," said Dr. Andrea Berger, an HSSV veterinarian. "I've been involved with shelters for 20 years, and I have never seen one."
What makes male calicos so uncommon? It has to do with genetics.
Coat color in cats is typically a sex-linked trait, meaning the physical characteristic is related to the cat's gender.
Both male and female cats can be orange or black because the gene that controls orange fur color is on the X chromosome. However, in males, an orange color is usually expressed in a striped or tabby pattern.
Female cats, on the other hand, can be tabby, calico or tortoiseshell. Calico and tortoiseshell are similar, but calicos have patches of white, orange and brown or black while torties' coats are only orange and black.
Because the X chromosome is responsible for both orange and black fur, female cats can display both colors because they have two X chromosomes. But males, having only one X chromosome, can be either orange or black.
For a male cat to have a calico pattern, the feline has to have three sex chromosomes: two Xs and a Y.
This XXY combination can occur when there's an incomplete division of the male's XY chromosome pair at the time of fertilization — and it doesn't just happen in cats. It can occur in people too, resulting in a genetic disorder known as Klinefelter syndrome.
While you might assume that a cat like Sherman is valuable because of his rarity, male calicos are of little interest to breeders because they're typically sterile.
In fact, it's estimated that only one out of 10,000 male calicos is fertile.
To learn more about the genetics of calico cats, the University of Miami breaks it down here.
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Spins in graphene with a hedgehog texture
(Nanowerk News) At a surface or interface the electron spin can form specific patterns but it remains in the surface plane. Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) researchers have now succeeded in turning the spin out of the plane, and they explain why this is a principle property.
The results were published on 27. July 2015 in Nature Communications ("Tunable Fermi level and hedgehog spin texture in gapped graphene"). They are building on previous work published earlier in 2011 in Physical Review B ("Effect of sublattice asymmetry and spin-orbit interaction on out-of-plane spin polarization of photoelectrons").
The hedgehog-configuration of the spins and the Fermi-Level is shown. (Illustration: Thomas Splettstößer/HZB)
If an electron bounces back from an obstruction it runs, as one should think, exactly back the way it came from. Quantum mechanics, however, has its own rules when it comes to electrons and particularly when it comes to electrons in graphene. When an electron in graphene runs head on against an obstruction and is scattered back, it does change it course by 180°. Its spin, however, should also turn by 180° but it rotates only be 90°. Indeed, an electron has to be rotated by 720° to get it back into its original states.
High spin-orbit interaction plus bandgap = Hedgehog texture
To do this experiment, several preconditions have to be met. First of all, the electron spin property has to be imparted on the graphen. Varykhalov and coworkers have much experience since they succeeded in this in a remarkable experiment in 2008. They squeezed gold atoms underneath the graphene und thereby enhanced the spin-orbit interaction in the graphene by a factor of 10,000. Precondition no. 2 is to allow for the 180° backscattering. This is challenging since graphene is first and foremost famous the absence of backscattering.
To this end, Varykhalov et al. created a band gap in the graphene. This means nothing else than sending electrons back by 180°. If both is fulfilled, the spins in this band gap have to be oriented perpendicular to the graphene plane, more far away, however, in the plane. The continuous transition between the two has the appearance of the prickles of a hedgehog. Model calculations have been performed by theoreticians from Budapest and confirm the experimental results.
Construction of a spin filter
For symmetry reasons the hedgehog structure has to be reversed elsewhere in the graphene. This does not mean that the hedgehog had no influence on the graphene. On the contrary, the so-called valley Hall effect can be used to realize a spin filter. This effect means that the electrons in the graphene are deflected to the right or left depending on which valley they are in. Because according to the results by Varykhalov et al. the two valleys correspond to two spin orientations, the two spins assemble at opposite sides of the graphene sample.
Source: Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
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Academic & Professional Books Environmental & Social Studies Climate Change
Combating Climate Change A Role for UK Forests - An Assessment of the Potential of the UK's Trees and Woodlands to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change
By: National Assessment of UK Forestry and Climate Change Steering Group(Author)
222 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps, colour tables
Publisher: The Stationery Office (TSO)
ISBN: 9780114973513 Paperback Nov 2009 Usually dispatched within 6 days
Selected version: £38.99
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Combating Climate Change - A Role For UK Forests' is an independent assessment, commissioned by the Forestry Commission to examine the potential of the UK's trees and woodlands to mitigate and adapt to our changing climate. This report presents the findings of the first national assessment of UK forestry and climate change and it forms part of the UK's response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment Report from 2007.
This report from the National Assessment of UK Forestry and Climate Change Steering Group illustrates the threat of climate change on Britain's forests; the current impact on our trees and woodland; and the adjustments Britain can make to deal with our changing environment.
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Tomorrow Corporation Adds Three Games To Nintendo Switch Launch Lineup
Tomorrow Corporation has announced that three of their multi-award winning games have joined the Nintendo Switch launch lineup.
World of Goo, Little Inferno and Human Resource Machine will all be available to buy on March 3rd, and, for the first time ever, they will come bundled with their complete original soundtracks.
Players will be able to listen to music penned by Kyle Gabler in a special Soundtrack Mode, which is only available in the Nintendo Switch version.
“We here at Tomorrow Corporation are some of Nintendo’s biggest fans, so we’re excited to be part of this new adventure alongside players at home, on the road, on the train, on the roof, or wherever it is kids go these days!” the developer shared.
World of Goo, Little Inferno and Human Resource Machine will be available on Nintendo Switch on March 3rd.
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Created in Fractures of the Calcaneus (Heel Bone Fractures)
What is the Calcaneus?
The calcaneus, also called the heel bone, is a large bone that forms the foundation of the rear part of the foot. The calcaneus connects with the talus and cuboid bones. The connection between the talus and calcaneus forms the subtalar joint. This joint is important for normal foot function.
The calcaneus is often compared to a hard boiled egg, because it has a thin, hard shell on the outside and softer, spongy bone on the inside. When the outer shell is broken, the bone tends to collapse and become fragmented. For this reason, calcaneal fractures are severe injuries. Furthermore, if the fracture involves the joints, there is the potential for long-term consequences such as arthritis and chronic pain.
How do Calcaneal Fractures Occur?
Most calcaneal fractures are the result of a traumatic event—most commonly, falling from a height, such as a ladder, or being in an automobile accident where the heel is crushed against the floorboard. Calcaneal fractures can also occur with other types of injuries, such as an ankle sprain. A smaller number of calcaneal fractures are stress fractures, caused by overuse or repetitive stress on the heel bone.
Types of Calcaneal Fractures
Fractures of the calcaneus may or may not involve the subtalar and surrounding joints. Fractures involving the joints (intra-articular fractures) are the most severe calcaneal fractures, and include damage to the cartilage (the connective tissue between two bones). The outlook for recovery depends on how severely the calcaneus was crushed at the time of injury.
Fractures that don’t involve the joint (extra-articular fractures) include:
Those caused by trauma, such as avulsion fractures (in which a piece of bone is pulled off of the calcaneus by the Achilles tendon or a ligament) or crush injuries resulting in multiple fracture fragments
Stress fractures, caused by overuse or mild injury.
The severity and treatment of extra-articular fractures depend on their location and size.
Calcaneal fractures produce different signs and symptoms, depending on whether they are traumatic or stress fractures.
The signs and symptoms of traumatic fractures may include:
Sudden pain in the heel and inability to bear weight on that foot
Swelling in the heel area
Bruising of the heel and ankle
The signs and symptoms of stress fractures may include:
Generalized pain in the heel area that usually develops slowly (over several days to weeks)
To diagnose and evaluate a calcaneal fracture, the foot and ankle surgeon will ask questions about how the injury occurred, examine the affected foot and ankle, and order x-rays. In addition, advanced imaging tests are commonly required.
Treatment of calcaneal fractures is dictated by the type of fracture and extent of the injury. The foot and ankle surgeon will discuss with the patient the best treatment—whether surgical or non-surgical—for the fracture.
For some fractures, non-surgical treatments may be used. These include:
Rest, ice, compression, and elevation (R.I.C.E.) Rest (staying off the injured foot) is needed to allow the fracture to heal. Ice reduces swelling and pain; apply a bag of ice covered with a thin towel to the affected area. Compression (wrapping the foot in an elastic bandage or wearing a compression stocking) and elevation (keeping the foot even with or slightly above the heart level) also reduce the swelling.
Immobilization. Sometimes the foot is placed in a cast or cast boot to keep the fractured bone from moving. Crutches may be needed to avoid weightbearing.
For traumatic fractures, treatment often involves surgery to reconstruct the joint, or in severe cases, to fuse the joint. The surgeon will choose the best surgical approach for the patient.
Whether the treatment for a calcaneal fracture has been surgical or non-surgical, physical therapy often plays a key role in regaining strength and restoring function.
Complications of Calcaneal Fractures
Calcaneal fractures can be serious injuries that may produce lifelong problems. Arthritis, stiffness, and pain in the joint frequently develop. Sometimes the fractured bone fails to heal in the proper position. Other possible long-term consequences ofcalcaneal fractures are decreased ankle motion and walking with alimp due to collapse of the heel bone and loss of length in the leg. Patients often require additional surgery and/or long term or permanent use of a brace or an orthotic device (arch support) to help manage these complications.
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NRT Christian Music News Update
eleventyseven Announces New Podcast and Album
Pop punk group plans reunion three years after disbanding
Posted: November 25, 2016, 12:00 AM | Category: New Releases
Artist Tags: Eleventyseven / The Jellyrox
Source: From Staff Reports MN
Following a countdown and teasers over the past week, eleventyseven has announced plans for a new album and a new podcast.
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The band launched eleventysevenisalive.com at the beginning of the week with a mysterious countdown to Friday, November 25, quickly building fan anticipation. This morning brought the official news that they would be creating a podcast titled eleventylife as well as planning to release a new album. The announcement was made through a video created by members Matt Langston, Davey Davenport and Jonathan Stephens.
The podcast eleventylife was created by Matt and Davey to give fans a glimpse into the band's history, their experiences in the music industry and the things that eventually led to eleventyseven's disbandment. The first episode is live now, and you can download it by clicking here.
In addition to the new podcast, the band has begun work on their fifth full length studio album. The project is already close to done, with Matt Langston sharing "we are literally weeks away from being completely done with it." The album is planned to be 10 - 12 songs long, scheduled to release in the Spring of 2017. Eleventyseven will be releasing the project through Rock Candy Recordings, the company through which Matt Langston released his latest album Bang & Whimper for his electropop side project The Jellyrox.
With the announcements, the band has fleshed out eleventysevenisalive.com with links and more information. You can stay tuned to the website and their facebook page as they continue to bring eleventyseven back to life.
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Girdhar Malviya, Grandson of Madan Mohan Malviya, Appointed BHU VC
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On Monday, the Court meeting took place where the Vice Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar made the proposal and Malviya was appointed unopposed.
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Updated:November 27, 2018, 11:48 AM IST
File photo of Girdhar Malviya.
New Delhi: A Retired judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Girdhar Malviya, has been appointed as the Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.
He is the grandson of BHU founder Madan Mohan Malviya and lived on the campus as a student before taking up practice in the Allahabad High Court.
Malviya was one of the proposers of Modi’s candidature from Varanasi in the 2014 Lok Saha Elections.
“I was asked if I could become his (Modi) proposer and I immediately accepted it. I definitely think Modi has the potential to take India forward, and take all sections of people along with him. I am hopeful that keeping all the traditions of India intact, Modi will take the nation forward,” he said at the time.
On Monday, the Court meeting took place where the Vice Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar made the proposal and Malviya was appointed unopposed. Around 48 members in BHU Court approved the proposal and had him appointed unopposed.
According to Banaras Hindu University Act 1915 the Chancellor shall be elected by the Court and the Chancellor shall hold office for the period of three years. He will be the head of the university and preside over convocation and court meetings.
He is perceived to a believer of Indian culture and a nationalist thinker.
Last year when there was unrest on campus over issues of harassment of girl students, he told media that he does not want the JNU culture to prevail in the BHU.
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Health Ministry holds video conference with States
News Crust Monday, August 06, 2018
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The Health Ministry on Monday held a video conference with the States/UTs on various issues relating to regulation of Oxytocin including the status of preparedness of the State Governments for implementing the amended rules in regard to manufacture, distribution and sale of Oxytocin. The video conference also assessed the stock of Oxytocin in the States to ensure that there is no shortage after the restriction order on its manufacture for domestic use comes into effect from 1stSeptember, 2018.
R.K. Vats, Additional Secretary and DG (CGHS) and Manoj Jhalani, AS&MD chaired the video conference meeting. Vandana Gurnani, JS and Sudhir Kumar, JS, along with Dr Ishwar Reddy, DGCI and the other senior officers of the Ministry also attended the meeting. Principal Secretaries and Mission Directors from States/UTs and the KAPL team participated in the video conference.
In the meeting, Manoj Jhalani (AS & MD) clarified that Oxytocin has not been banned in the country, only its manufacture for domestic market has been restricted in the public sector through Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (KAPL) with effect from 1st September, 2018.
He further said that the private manufacturers of oxytocin can very well manufacture the drug for export purpose. Jhalani also emphasized that the government will ensure that there is no shortage of Oxytocin when the changed dispensation comes into effect.
The States were requested to ensure availability of Oxytocin Injection in all Government hospitals/clinics by placing purchase order to KAPL Ltd. As Oxytocin Injection is a lifesaving drug and now with its restricted manufacture and sale through KAPL, all procurement agencies of State Governments shall ensure sufficient stocks are available at any given point of time.
AS&MD emphasized that all States shall keep a vigil on any artificial shortage of Oxytocin Injection in their States. The States Authorities were also asked to ensure availability of Oxytocin Injection in all government hospitals by placing orders to KAPL and also have meeting with all stakeholders like FOGSI, IMA, PMBJP, etc., to ensure its availability in all private clinics also.
The States have been advised to assess their requirement of the drug and to place the orders with KAPL in time. Most states indicated that they have sufficient stock, and would also be placing orders to meet the requirement of Government sector hospitals.
KAPL requested the states to place their orders in advance for bulk procurement. KAPL assured that they have the required manufacturing capacity. KAPL also assured to maintain the adequate quality of the drugs. It has started a 24 hour Helpline number: 080- 23577595. It also assured that it shall be revising its bulk purchase pricing.
The Government also asked the States to mount an awareness campaigns about the government notification on restricting the manufacture and sale of Oxytocin restricting to KAPL and asked KAPL Ltd to ensure a robust supply chain to prevent any stock outs.
The Ministry shall be reviewing the production and distribution of Oxytocin drug on a regular basis.
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Duke Energy Progress, which sells power in the central and eastern part of the state, including Raleigh, came within a shiver of setting a new usage record. But the electric company didn’t top the maximum power demand that its 1.3 million customers logged in February 2015. Both utilities are owned by Charlotte-based Duke Energy.
A typical Duke Energy residential customer, based on 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, pays about $105 a month for power.
The effect of frigid weather on individual bills can’t be predicted with precision. Utility bills are staggered, so for some people the first week of January will be spread out over two separate bills.
People who have poorly insulated homes, or very large homes, and those who set their thermostats high or use space heaters, will pay the heaviest price for keeping toasty.
Customers who are on equal billing plans pay the same amount every month, and may have to be adjusted at the end of the year. Utility officials predict most customers will not be surprised by higher power bills.
“The impact on bills will vary depending on rates and how they use their energy,” said Duke spokeswoman Meredith Archie. “For the most part people understand with these cold temperatures they’re using more energy.”
PSNC Energy set an all-time high for natural gas usage. On Saturday its 560,000 customers used more gas than the utility’s previous record day, on Feb. 19, 2015.
Piedmont Natural Gas, which is also owned by Duke Energy, said it boosted output in the first week of January by more than 80 percent above customer demand one year ago. The company, with 650,000 residential customers in the state, attributed the huge difference to an unusually warm January last year, when households paid an average of $87 on that month’s bill. This January, Piedmont is projecting households will pay about $115 on average.
Piedmont sells natural gas in much of North Carolina, including Johnston, Harnett, Nash and Alamance counties.
All of North Carolina went cryogenic for eight days as polar conditions descended upon the East Coast. Raleigh, where temperatures are measured at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, dipped below zero Fahrenheit on New Year’s Eve and didn’t thaw out until Monday, an eight-day glacial feat matched only twice in recorded history, said Nick Petro, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Raleigh.
But Raleigh set only one new temperature record. On Jan. 7, Raleigh descended to low of 4 degrees, beating the previous Jan. 7 record of 7 degrees, set three years ago.
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Paying your utility bill
If you have trouble paying your bill, contact your utility company to discuss your situation. Utilities will typically work with customers by setting up installment plans and making other arrangements. Duke Energy, for example, provides financial support to local social services agencies that help customers pay their winter heating costs.
Duke Energy Progress refers customers who have trouble paying bills to the Utility Assistance Program through county social service agencies. More information is available through Careline at 800-662-7030.
Duke Energy Carolinas works with various partner agencies. See the list here www.duke-energy.com/home/billing/special-assistance/low-income-programs.
In Wake County, you can also get help with your bills from Warmth for Wake. To apply for assistance, call 919-212-7000.
In Durham County, the Durham County Department of Social Services accepts applications for assistance. Call 919-560-8600
If you have fallen behind on utility bills, your electric company and natural gas utility can disconnect service – but only under certain conditions.
An electric utility and gas utility have to provide you a written notice 10 days before disconnecting your service for chronically delinquent bills. The notice will typically state how much you owe and will list steps you can take to avoid getting disconnected. Duke Energy doesn’t start the notification process until a customer has missed payments for two months in a row.
Utilities can’t disconnect the following classes of customers between Nov. 1 and March 31: disabled, aged 65 or older, or designated by a social services agency as qualifying for financial help under an energy assistance program. Utilities also can’t disconnect power on Fridays, weekends or state and federal holidays.
Duke Energy’s policy is not to disconnect power when the forecast is for freezing or subfreezing temperatures for at least 24 hours.
The legal restrictions on disconnects apply to Duke Energy, PSNC Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas, which are regulated by the N.C. Utilities Commission. If you are a customer of a rural electric corporations or a municipal power agency, then your service is overseen by the Rural Electrification Authority, a local co-op board or a town council; check your bill or the provider’s website for more information.
Customers of regulated utilities (Duke, Piedmont, PSNC) can file complaints or seek additional information from the Public Staff. The agency’s consumer services division can be reached at 866-380-9816 or 919-733-9277.
The N.C. attorney general also handles complaints about utilities, and can be reached at 877-5-NO-SCAM, from outside the state at 991-716-6000, and for Spanish speakers at 991-716-0058.
Complaints can be filed online with the Public Staff and N.C. attorney general.
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Trump Administration Ends Talks With California Over Fuel Standards
By Cristina Mutchler
The White House announced Thursday that it's no longer negotiating with California over vehicle fuel efficiency and emissions standards.
The Trump administration is cutting off talks with California over vehicle fuel efficiency and emissions standards.
The White House said Thursday that because the two sides haven't been able to reach an agreement, it's moving forward with its own plan to ease fuel standards for automakers.
At issue is California's authority to set its own pollution rules, which has been the case ever since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970. Several other states typically follow California's lead.
The Trump administration's proposed regulations would freeze Obama-era rules that call for emissions standards to automatically increase every year. They'd instead make the rules less stringent, siding with automakers' concerns about building cars that would have to comply with two different sets of fuel standards: state and federal.
Environmental rights groups say keeping tougher standards will help lower greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. The Trump administration says its plan will help auto sales.
Despite the White House's move to stop negotiations, California leaders are defending their authority, likely setting up a legal battle that could end at the Supreme Court.
The Trump administration's fuel standards overhaul is expected to be finalized later this year.
Additional reporting from Newsy affiliate CNN.
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“Young Adult”: Is Middle America Really This Sad and Mediocre?
By David Denby
That golden-tawny beauty and risk-taker Charlize Theron has played a murderer, an angry union organizer, and a tough cop. Now, in the fascinating, unstable satiric comedy, “Young Adult,” she’s taken on her scariest role yet: a mean-girl prom queen who never grew up. Mavis Gary is thirty-seven, divorced, a lush—she falls asleep every night in her clothes, face down, with the Kardashians babbling on the tube, and with her toy Pomeranian nibbling at her toes. She’s a writer, of sorts, intermittently at work composing the last installment in a young-adult series about the adventures of a self-glorifying high-school beauty—a girl named Kendall (we hear portions of the book throughout the movie).
In her own mind, Mavis still is Kendall, triumphing over the losers, lamenting the difficulties of being too perfect. But Mavis is actually a mess, so she devises a scheme to ensure triumph. She leaves Minneapolis and returns to her home town, the fictional Mercury, a depressing strip-mall suburban redoubt, and lays siege to her high-school boyfriend, Buddy (Patrick Wilson), who is happily married and the father of a new baby girl. Buddy is still very good-looking, a strong guy with a sweet smile, but, as far as we can see, he’s not terribly bright, and he can’t imagine life outside Mercury. Yet Mavis, weaving the kind of fantasy around her own life that she creates for teen-age girls, is convinced that she will steal him away from his wife (Elizabeth Reaser). “Young Adult” was written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, the pair that produced the snippy-snappy “Juno” a few years ago. It’s both a comedy and a piece of Hollywood hipster social criticism—much livelier than Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere”—driven by a tart sense of the follies of self-love and a vivid loathing of American mediocrity. At times, we’re not sure how to take it, and in the end, I think, the movie outsmarts itself.
Selfish, mean, and delusional, Mavis lives in a post-Kardashian America, where beauty and status and sheer self-promotion are all that matter. She’s intelligent, but her head is full of false cheer and glib sarcasms and lame romantic declarations, some of which she picks up from girls she overhear in supermarkets. In almost every way, she’s a monster, and borderline-crazy, yet Theron makes her so desperately miserable—and so courageous in her mistakes—that we wind up sympathizing with her; we almost like her. And we get to see her through the fond but perceptive eyes of her fiercest critic, Matt (Patton Oswalt), who was also in Mavis’s high-school class. Matt lives with much more serious troubles than Mavis does. In school, he was beaten and crippled by a bunch of jocks who thought he was gay. Mavis flirts with that dull Adonis, Buddy, who doesn’t even register what she’s doing until she makes a complete idiot of herself. Mavis’s real connection is with Matt: the two get loaded together every night, and exchange sardonic remarks. Patton Oswalt, a first-rate comic, ironizes Matt’s despair without overdoing the flipness; it’s a perfect performance. That Mavis can see what is neat about Matt, even if its only for a few nights, suggests that she’s not beyond salvation.
The movie goes further than you imagine it will go, into bitter areas of alienation and even cosmic depression. You initially think that Mavis’s judgment of the town of Mercury is false, unfair, condescending—that she’s living in a narcisso-pop dreamworld of selfhood. Well, she is, but is she wrong about Mercury? Apart from Matt, no one in the town has a spark. And the movie’s suggestion of an encompassing blight of national boredom—stupefaction settling over the malls—is almost wounding. The movie was shot not in Minnesota but in White Plains and central Long Island, which only reinforces the point that so much of the country looks the same, feels the same. But are Cody and Reitman too clever by half? Have they loaded the case? They don’t produce anyone (besides Buddy holding his child) who gives a damn about anything. For instance, a single person who cared about his work would dissipate the pall of lethargic second-rateness in Mercury. The conclusion of the movie is sour; Mavis gets upended, but she never quite gives up her inner Kendall. In the end, astonishingly, the filmmakers may have fallen in love with their own misguided heroine.
David Denby has been a staff writer and a film critic at The New Yorker since 1998.
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Korong calling
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What happens when you bring a bunch of bush lovers together on former grazing land and empower them to restore the bush and become a community?
Story Bron Willis Photos Annette Ruzicka
There’s a big granite rock at the summit of a small hill near Kate Lee’s central Victorian bush home that draws her, even when she hasn’t set out to go there. “There’s just something about granite country that gets me,” Kate says. “From that rock I have pretty much a 360-degree view of the surrounding country.”
Kate’s granite-dotted property is nestled in the foothills of Mt Korong, near the north-west Victorian goldfields town of Wedderburn. From the lookout she can see the mountain and – when she lets her eye wander far – the surrounding farming country where generations of families have grown cereal and wheat crops, and raised cattle and sheep.
But when Kate draws her eye closer to home, she sees something different, too: young, healthy native trees and land that breathes with an absence of fences. “Straight away, you get the impression that something different is going on here,” she says.
And she’s right. Something different is going on here. It’s not just the hundreds of thousands of young plants sending their roots deep into the ground, which is also recovering with the help of understorey plants. It’s not just the robust greenhood orchid, found here in 2010 after being presumed extinct for over 70 years. Nor is it just the birdsong, which is returning here after years of grazing. It’s all of these things, but more than that, a community of bush lovers has sprouted here.
Kate is one of nine landholders on the 10,000-hectare Korong Ridge Conservation Estate, a parcel of land purchased 10 years ago by private conservationist Paul Dettman.
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THE OXFORD IMPS PRESS PACK
ABOUT PUN AND GAMES
10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW
NOTABLE FORMER IMPS
OXFORD AND COMEDY
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The Oxford Imps' show is their own blend of clever, light-hearted, family-friendly improvised comedy. Each show is comprised of improvised sketches, games, stories and songs, culminating in an improvised mini-play, which can vary from Shakespeare plays to Broadway-style musicals! This year featuring guest improvisers from all over the globe, to make a show that is packed full of quick wit and boundless energy, to kick-start your comedy engine!
TEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW...
ABOUT THE OXFORD IMPS
They're not all students: Auditions are open to all from town and gown, and members have included University lecturers, a dictionary writer, Jam Factory manager, film-makers, a primary school teacher, baristas, political analysts, and East Oxford slam poets.
They’ve played anywhere – musical festivals, ski resorts, allotment associations, and one 80th birthday in a living room.
In New York they performed at the Magnet Theatre and UCB East, and in Nashville at the Belcourt Theatre.
They’re quiz masters, winning Eggheads in 2008 with an all-Imps team…
…though now they set the questions, with former Imps now working behind the scenes at Have I Got News for You and QI.
They don’t all become comedians: of the 138 people who have been Imps, alumni have become everything from novellists (Rose Heiney; Heather McCrobie), to tea party bloggers (Keli Carender, aka Liberty Belle).
Current members Jim Grant and Hannah Madsen have been in the Imps since the very first show in January 2004. Current Imp Tom Skelton, who joined in November 2006 has performed 403 shows with the group.
They don’t just play for laughs: having organised improv workshops for Bosnian orphans, and raised money for the homeless with their regular 12-hour improv marathon, ‘no fixed abode’.
Whilst in the imps, John Gethin won Channel 4′s ‘Beauty and the Geek’ (as the geek).
They really do make it up.
Rachel Parris – runner-up, Funny Women Awards 2010, finalist Leicester Square New Act of the Year 2011, presenter of Throne Cast on Sky Atlantic.
Chris Turner – finalist BBC New Comedy Awards 2011
Ivo Graham – Winner of So You Think You're Funny? 2009
Robin & Partridge – resident artists, Tate Modern
Morgan & West – comedy magic duo, winners of ITV's Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Heather McRobie – winner of the Hélène du Coudray Prize and author of the novel Psalm 119
Rose Heiney – finalist in Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny 2004
John Gethin – winner of the UK reality TV show Beauty and the Geek.
From Alan Bennett to Josie Long; from Stewart Lee to Armando Iannucci; from the creators of QI and Blackadder, to two fifths of the members of Monty Python, the number of comics with a link to Oxford University is truly impressive; nurtured by student drama, and by the Oxford Revue (our friendly rivals) in the dark pre-improv days of the University’s history. You could even – tenuously – claim there’s a royal connection to Oxford student comedy, dating back to students entertaining Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century. But Oxford the town has played a vital role in more than a few comedy careers – for instance, Ronnie Barker grew up in Oxford and cut his comedic teeth at the Oxford Playhouse, and the pub down the road from the New Theatre, The Four Candles, is named for his most famous sketch. The Pegasus theatre in East Oxford has been a base for a huge range of experimental theatre and clowning; and today, through venues such as the Cellar and the Art Bar (the Bullingdon Arms), not to mention the Glee Club near Oxford station, and the giant New Theatre itself, most nights of the week will see Oxford audiences entertained by comedians great and small. The Oxford Imps are proud to play a small part in both town and gown traditions of comedy at Oxford. Long may they continue.
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Money And Power: The Real Reason For The NSA Spying On Everyone
OWoN Team Wednesday, August 20, 2014
OWoN: It is always about the money flow. Dollars and dirt.
NSA whistleblower, Bill Binney
By Mike Masnick
More than four years ago, we wrote about all the buzz that you were hearing about "cyberwar" was little more than an attempt to drum up FUD to get the government to throw billions of dollars at private contractors. We noted that Booz Allen Hamilton (yes, the last employer of one Ed Snowden) had hired former NSA director and also Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell as its Vice Chairman. He was the leading voice out there screaming about the threat of "cyberwar" getting on TV and having lots of opinion pieces in big name publications -- all of which mentioned his former government jobs, but almost none of which mentioned that his current employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, stood to make billions selling "solutions" to the government. And, indeed, Booz Allen has been raking in the cash on "cybersecurity."
This is worth keeping in mind as you read this fascinating interview with NSA whistleblower, Bill Binney, in which he lays this out plain and simple. The real reason for all this NSA surveillance is about money and power. "Stop terrorism" is secondary. After pointing out that all of this data collection has been basically useless in stopping terrorism (as confirmed by multiple independent accounts of the NSA's activities), the interviewer asks Binney why the NSA keeps doing it:
So why do they keep doing it?
Money. It takes a lot of money, you have to build up Bluffdale [the location of the NSA's data storage center, in Utah] to store all the data. If you collect all the data, you've got to store it, you have to hire more people to analyze it, you have to hire more contractors, managers to manage the flow. You have to start a big data initiative. It's an empire. Look at what they've built! Have you ever looked around all the buildings they've built up because of 9/11?
So that's what it's all about, expanding the budget for the intelligence community?
If you have a problem, you need money to solve it. But if you solve that problem, you no longer have the justification to get money. That's the way they view it - keep the problem going, so the money keeps flowing. Once you build up this big empire, you have to sustain it. ... Look at the influence and power the intelligence community has over the government. They [the government] are giving them everything they want, they're trying to cover up all their tracks and their crimes. Look at the influence and power they're gaining. As Clay Shirky famously noted years ago, "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." That appears to absolutely be the case here. It's why there's so much FUD. The NSA and the rest of the intelligence community has built up the threat to be this huge issue that requires huge dollars as well. And once they have the huge dollars and the giant staff, they have to keep that up. So they have to create a continuing problem for which they are the solution -- and since it's all (mostly) done in secret, you get this nefarious circle (as opposed to virtuous), in which more FUD is spread, more money flows in and everyone has to justify themselves to keep it all going.
Whistleblowers like Binney and Snowden actually disrupt that circle and put a threat to the money flows.
Anonymous Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 5:46:00 PM MDT
Binney............... whew!
I am glad that is not a typo.
LOL .....
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The NSA is developing an automatic malware-killer
Posted by: Energy Kool on Aug 15, 2014 | 2 Comments
When turned on, it will shut down the agency…
(Exerpt form CodeProject newsletter. The intel came from Snowden)
http://prepareforchange.net/archives/the-nsa-is-developing-an-automatic-malware-killer
Details of a new NSA program have emerged from Wired's meticulous Snowden profile this morning. As part of the interview, Snowden described an ongoing NSA project called Monstermind, planned as a new cyberdefense capability. The system would scan web metadata for signs of an attack in progress, then respond automatically to blunt the attack and potentially even retaliate. The program is still in development and there is no information on if or when it might be deployed, but once put in action, it would represent a huge shift towards American control over the internet, effectively stopping any traffic the NSA deems malicious.
It isn't the first time someone has proposed stamping out malware by monitoring network traffic -- the SecDev group took a similar approach with its ZeroPoint project -- but with a network-level view of most of the traffic traveling over the web, the NSA is uniquely positioned to pull it off. Still, the development of the program raises a number of difficult questions. If MonsterMind is launching automatic counterattacks, how will it prevent collateral damage against intermediary machines caught up in botnet attacks? More importantly, is MonsterMind's protection enough to justify the NSA's continued access to most of the activity on the web?
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Online Instructor Training
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Author/s: amanda.cushman@unx.uci.edu (Amanda Cushman)
Author(s): amanda.cushman@unx.uci.edu (Amanda Cushman)
11.943J Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment (MIT)
This course is aimed at the aspiring planning practitioner, policy-maker, or industry decision-maker with an interest in urban transportation and environmental issues in Latin America. The course will focus on current transport-related themes confronting many cities in the region, including: rapid motorization and suburbanization and subsequent impacts on transportation infrastructure and quality of life; public sector management and improvement of privately-owned and operated transit systems; a
Author(s): Zegras, Pericles (Chris)
Bescherming tegen warmte en koude : Experiment
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Meet Theodore S Gourdin, M.D. Specializing in Genitourinary Cancer Care
Dr. Theodore S. Gourdin is a board-certified oncologist specializing in genitourinary cancer care. He has a particular interest in treating urothelial cancer of the bladder. His medical degree was awarded by the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine and his fellowship in hematology/oncology at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dr. Gourdin is accepting patie
Checklist - Work Placement
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Author(s): Mara Fuertes-Gutiérrez,Juan Muñoz López,Janet P
In lesson 7 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to say that it's nice to meet someone in Romanian. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008. Author(s): No creator set
The rise of cost-effectiveness evidence in global health (audio)
The rise of cost-effectiveness evidence in global health: contingencies of ‘context’ and the politics of contingency
The development and implementation of health policies in developing countries have become increasingly driven by the practices of research communities, inter- and non-governmental organisations, and donor agencies operating at the global level. As part of ...
4.1 An overview of the UK perspective
You have looked at the international scene regarding human rights but what of the position in England? You may be wondering: ‘If the common law developed over hundreds of years in this country surely the courts must at some stage have been called upon to consider the issue of human rights?’. As you might expect, the answer to this question is in the affirmative.
However, over the centuries the lack of legal instruments on human rights was itself an inhibition on the development of h
21W.765J Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and Practice (MIT)
This course explores the properties of non-linear, multi-linear, and interactive forms of narratives as they have evolved from print to digital media. Works covered in this course range from the Talmud, classics of non-linear novels, experimental literature, early sound and film experiments to recent multi-linear and interactive films and games. The study of the structural properties of narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time, space, and of storyl
Author(s): Fendt, Kurt
Engaging students, engaging industry and engaging enterprise
This reflective case study and poster relates to a specific event staged by students and examines the phases and critical points within the whole process. It identifies some key learning outcomes for all involved
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Put Those Shoes On: Running Won't Kill Your Knees Contrary to popular belief, running isn't damaging to your knees. In fact, a light running regimen may actually strengthen healthy knees. But researchers say if you've just had knee surgery or if you're overweight, don't suddenly jump right into an intensive running program.
Put Those Shoes On: Running Won't Kill Your Knees
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Paul Rider runs on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, March 25, 2011. Researchers say a moderate running regimen is actually beneficial for the joints of people with healthy knees. Dennis J. Provost for NPR hide caption
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Yes, it's true: Jogging, long thought to hurt knees with all that pounding and rattling around, may actually be beneficial for the complex and critical joint. There are caveats, though, especially for people who have suffered significant knee injury or are overweight. But for the most part, researchers say, jogging for your health seems like a good idea.
David Felson, a researcher and epidemiologist at Boston University School of Medicine, says past concern about jogging and knees centered on the continuous impact of the foot to the ground and suggestion that it caused degeneration of the knee and the onset of osteoarthritis. But when researchers actually studied the impact of running on knees, he says, that's not what they found.
"We know from many long-term studies that running doesn't appear to cause much damage to the knees," he says. "When we look at people with knee arthritis, we don't find much of a previous history of running, and when we look at runners and follow them over time, we don't find that their risk of developing osteoarthritis is any more than expected." Both types of studies agree, says Felson, that recreational running doesn't increase the risk of arthritis.
'Running Is Healthy For The Joint'
In one study, Swedish researchers found that exercise, including jogging, may even be beneficial. Felson describes how researchers took one group of people at risk of osteoarthritis and had them engage in exercise, including jogging. The other group didn't exercise. After imaging the joints of the participants in both study groups, they found that the biochemistry of cartilage actually appeared to improve in those participants who were running. Felson says that suggests that "running is actually healthy for the joint."
Long-term studies show that running doesn't appear to damage knees. But researchers caution that if you've had knee surgery or if you're more than 20 pounds overweight, you shouldn't jump right into an intensive running routine. Dennis J. Provost for NPR hide caption
Long-term studies show that running doesn't appear to damage knees. But researchers caution that if you've had knee surgery or if you're more than 20 pounds overweight, you shouldn't jump right into an intensive running routine.
Jonathan Chang, an orthopedic surgeon in Alhambra, Calif., says that exercise appears to stimulate cartilage to repair to minor damage. It could be that the impact of body weight when the foot hits the ground increases production of certain proteins in the cartilage that make it stronger, he says. This is similar to the way exercise, in particular weight-bearing exercise like jogging, increases bone and muscle mass.
According to Nancy Lane, director of the UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging who specializes in rheumatology and diseases related to aging, scientists are now starting to understand that there is some loss of cartilage annually after a certain age. Some doctors think cartilage loss begins after age 40.
But, according to Lane, "if you have a relatively normal knee and you're jogging five to six times a week at a moderate pace, then there's every reason to believe that your joints will remain healthy."
An Indicator Of Activity
That's great news for Paul and Lyra Rider, avid joggers who live in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. Jogging on Mulholland Drive, they say, offers fantastic views — along with a relatively flat route. Paul, 46, jogs a seven- to eight-minute mile — not as fast as his younger days. Lyra jogs a bit slower. She enjoys the exercise, health benefits and simplicity of jogging. "You don't need lots of fancy equipment, and you just feel great when you're done," she says.
Lane did some of the very first studies of runners and knees while she was a resident at Stanford University.
"We wanted to answer the important question of whether, if you continued to run into your 50s and 60s and even 70s, you also ran the risk of damaging the knees," she says. The answer, she says: absolutely not. And there was an extra bonus: While enthusiasm for jogging seemed to diminish as people hit their mid-60s, Lane says they were still more inclined than the non-joggers to get out and exercise.
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"They were active doing other activities, like walking, yoga, water aerobics," she says. "We found that as these people aged, not only did they feel better about themselves, but their quality of life was better and they tended to actually live longer" than the non-joggers.
So, the message for joggers like the Riders, who hope to be jogging all their lives, is a hearty two thumbs up.
A Few Caveats
Lane cautions that if you have suffered a knee injury, especially one that required surgery, running can actually increase your risk of knee arthritis. So can routinely running really fast — at a five- or six-minute-mile pace — or running in a marathon. Lane's best advice? Running in moderation, at an eight- to 10-minute mile pace, for about 40 minutes a day.
But if people are more than 20 pounds overweight, Lane says they shouldn't start off with an intense running regimen.
"I have them walk and walk until they're to a point where I think their body mass is reduced enough that it won't traumatize their joints," she says. Otherwise, significantly overweight joggers run the risk of that extra weight stressing the knee to the point of inflammation, the formation of bony spurs and accelerated cartilage loss.
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Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts after losing 4-2 to Chile in penalty kicks during Sunday's Copa America final in New Jersey. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
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Soccer Shocker: Lionel Messi Says He's Retiring From Argentina's National Team
June 27, 2016 But fans hope Messi will rethink his declaration of "I think it's over" once the wave of postgame frustration at Argentina's 4-2 loss to Chile in Sunday's Copa America final has passed.
Relatives and victims of Argentine and Uruguayan military dictatorships react as they hear the sentence of Argentina's court in the trial on Operation Condor, at the Argentina's embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay on May 27, 2016. Pablo Porciuncula /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Pablo Porciuncula /AFP/Getty Images
Argentina's Last Dictator Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Cross-Border Conspiracy
May 28, 2016 The case focused on a plan known as Operation Condor. This marks the first time a court has ruled that it was a criminal conspiracy to track down and disappear political dissidents across borders.
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (right) tango with dancers during the state dinner in Argentina on Wednesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
WATCH: Obama Dances The Tango During State Dinner In Argentina
March 23, 2016 The president initially declined but then accepted the outstretched hand of a dancer at the state dinner in Buenos Aires. The first lady also took the floor for the famous Argentine tango.
Members of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights group demand information about missing relatives during their traditional Thursday march in Buenos Aires on March 3. The women began demonstrating in 1977. Victor R. Caivano/AP hide caption
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Despite The Awkward Timing, Argentina Welcomes Obama
March 23, 2016 The president's visit falls on the 40th anniversary of Argentina's military coup that led to the so-called Dirty War. He has promised to declassify documents shedding light on what the U.S. knew.
Daniel Pollack, who was appointed by a U.S. judge to oversee Argentina's debt talks, announced the settlement with some of the country's largest debt holdouts. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
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Argentina Reaches Settlement With Hedge Funds, Ending 15-Year Dispute
February 29, 2016 The agreement means the country, with its troubled economy, can once again access the international bond markets.
Locals recover belongings in a flooded neighborhood in Paraguay's capital, Asuncion, on Thursday. Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Floods In Paraguay, Argentina And Uruguay Displace Tens Of Thousands
December 25, 2015 As water levels climbed to the highest in decades, Paraguay declared a state of emergency, and thousands fled to higher ground.
Maria Mercedes Vittar (from left), Paola Fiorita and Ana Zappella are all unmarried mothers in Buenos Aries who often spend time together. In Argentina and most other Latin American countries, well over half of all babies are now born to unwed mothers. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro/NPR hide caption
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All Across Latin America, Unwed Mothers Are Now The Norm
December 14, 2015 From Argentina to Mexico, well over half of all births are to unwed mothers. The change had occurred rapidly in the past generation, and it's taking place at all economic levels.
Douglas Tompkins started The North Face in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood in 1966. He later eschewed the business world to focus on environmentalism, purchasing large swaths of land for conservation in Chile and Argentina. Reuters/Landov hide caption
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North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins Dies In Kayaking Accident In Chile
December 9, 2015 Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72.
Opposition presidential candidate Mauricio Macri, left, and running mate Gabriela Michetti celebrate after winning a runoff presidential election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday. Ricardo Mazalan/AP hide caption
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Argentina Elects Opposition Candidate As Its Next President
November 23, 2015 The win by Mauricio Macri ends the 12-year rule of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's Peronist Party. Macri, the former mayor of Buenos Aires, promised to roll back some of Kirchner's policies.
South America has a tradition of offering a haven to refugees, including my grandfather, Miguel Garsd, pictured here in Argentina, where he began practicing medicine in the 1930s. His family had fled pogroms in the Ukraine in the late 1800s. Courtesy of Jasmine Garsd hide caption
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Refugees: That Time Everyone Said 'No' And Bolivia Said 'Yes'
November 22, 2015 Observers draw a parallel between anti-refugee sentiments now and during WWII. Back then, many doors where closed to those fleeing Nazism. Bolivia was a notable exception.
Jimmy Morales, the National Front of Convergence party presidential candidate and former television comedian, won a presidential runoff election in Guatemala on Sunday. Luis Soto/AP hide caption
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Voters In Poland, Guatemala And Argentina Surprise Establishment Candidates
October 26, 2015 Polish and Guatemalan voters have decisively rejected their current leadership, while Argentina is headed for a run-off. Candidates from the right won in Switzerland.
Members of the Argentine Postal Service walk next to ballot boxes for Sunday's general elections in Buenos Aires on October 23, 2015. Juan Mabromata /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Argentine Voters Focused On Economy In Presidential Election
October 24, 2015 Inflation of 25 percent and hedge funds pushing for payment on bonds are problems the next president will face.
A helicopter crash in Argentina has killed 10 people, including 3 French athletes: sailor Florence Arthaud, swimmer Camille Muffat, and boxer Alexis Vastine. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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3 French Star Athletes Die In Helicopter Crash In Argentina
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Argentine federal judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, ex-wife of Argentine late prosecutor Alberto Nisman, offers a press conference on the results of the parallel investigation she ordered into his death, in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, on Thursday. Juan Mabromata /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Argentine Prosecutor Was 'Without A Doubt' Murdered, Says Family
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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed allegations by prosecutors that Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, seen here Feb. 11, tried to cover up the alleged involvement of Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
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Judge Throws Out Cover-Up Allegations Against Argentine President
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COMMITTEE OF 100: NYSUT activists tell lawmakers: ‘It’s just not enough’
Author: Sylvia Saunders
Caption: The property tax cap makes budgeting especially difficult for small school districts, says Erin Smith of Depew Teachers Organization. Photo by El-Wise Noisette.
They waited in long lines at security, jammed into overcrowded elevators and elbowed their way through harried hallways to get to standing-room-only meetings with legislators.
Of course lawmakers tried to make small talk and tell them it’s going to be a tough state budget year — but NYSUT activists stayed on message with four simple words:
"It’s just not enough."
It’s the pre-budget crazy season at the Capitol, as both the senate and assembly are putting together their one-house budget bills and beginning serious negotiations with the governor for the 2019-20 state budget due April 1. It was perfect timing for NYSUT’s annual Committee of 100 Lobby Day, as more than 700 educators and other staff from school districts, SUNY and CUNY campuses and community colleges came to Albany today to make the case for more state support.
Though the governor’s budget proposal includes a modest increase in funding for schools, NYSUT is calling for a $2.2 billion increase in school aid, additional funding for public colleges, wage justice for CUNY adjunct faculty, teacher center funding and the restoration of a $89.7 million state subsidy for SUNY hospitals, which serve our state’s neediest patients.
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Activists also strongly urged lawmakers to reject the governor’s plan to make the tax cap permanent.
“The current tax cap is bad enough but making it permanent would be devastating,” said Phil Cleary of North Syracuse Education Association. “A lot of costs we just can’t control— and staying below the consumer price index means cuts and hurting kids.”
When lawmakers tried to argue the tax cap is necessary to keep property taxes under control, advocates said the best way to keep taxes down is for the state to provide more funding.
If the tax cap cannot be eliminated, activists called for exempting certain expenses such as costs related to natural disasters; enrollment growth; school safety and school resources officers; and students with special needs.
Staying within the cap is especially difficult for small districts, said Erin Smith of Depew Teachers Organization. “You might get an additional student who needs special education services and the district simply can’t provide what their IEP calls for. And when you don’t provide what’s needed, it’s not just unfair for the child — it also gets more expensive down the line.”
Advocates also called for removing the 60 percent supermajority requirement to exceed the cap.
“As a public official, you’d be pretty ticked off if you got 51 percent of the vote and lost,” Cleary told Assemblywoman Pam Hunter, D-Syracuse. “The way it’s structured now, you’re robbing people of democracy, where 40 percent can take down something the majority really supports.”
“Look how many elections are decided by one- to two-vote differentials,” said Paul Szymendera of Sweet Home Education Association. “A supermajority is ridiculous.”
“Supermajorities are a way of not making things happen,” said Sen. Mike Ranzenhofer, R-Amherst.” I understand your concern.”
PSC Vice President Andrea Vasquez discusses the plight of adjunct faculty. Photo by El-Wise Noisette.
Another key concern in meetings was the plight of adjunct faculty.
“This is a moral question, an educational justice question — a racial justice issue for our students,” said Andrea Vasquez, vice president of the Professional Staff Congress representing CUNY faculty. She said the starting pay for CUNY adjuncts is currently $3,200 per course, or as low as $20,000 per year.
“Near poverty pay for the majority of CUNY faculty should not be tolerated,” Vasquez said. “It is unfair to adjuncts and unfair to CUNY students.”
The Professional Staff Congress is seeking an increase in adjunct pay to $7,000 per course. While adjunct pay is subject to collective bargaining, solving the adjunct pay crisis will require public investment. NYSUT is advocating for $150 million to provide adjuncts with wage justice.
Another way to provide more state funding for CUNY and SUNY is to eliminate the TAP gap. The “gap” is the difference between the tuition credit that financial aid students receive and the actual cost of tuition. This gap has become an unfunded mandate that CUNY and SUNY are forced to absorb, without reimbursement from the state, and the gap continues to grow annually with every tuition increase. NYSUT is asking for $150 million to eliminate the TAP gap so that SUNY and CUNY can redirect that funding to other much-needed programs and services.
Initiatives like the state’s Excelsior scholarship program and the Dream act are commendable, but the state needs to start investing in higher education, Vasquez noted. “What are the students getting if state funding is diminished from year to year?” Vasquez asked. “Access without quality is what?”
NYSUT Committee of 100 2019
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Corning Inc. may clean up former Fall Brook site
Project would open up 17-acre parcel in downtown Corning for redevelopment.
The grounds of the old Fall Brook Plant off Tioga Avenue may be contaminated with hazardous waste.
Corning Inc. officials are expected to finalize a voluntary agreement in February to clean up the 17-acre site under the state Brownfield Cleanup Program.
The plant, which manufactured glass, was demolished last year and was once thought to be a possible site for the relocation of Corning Hospital. However, it was ruled out because it is located in a flood plain.
The Brownfield program, established in 2003, offers tax credits and releases future liability to property owners who voluntarily clean up a contaminated site.
“To be eligible for the program, there only has to be the potential presence of a contaminant," said Kelli Hopp-Michlosky, a Corning Inc. spokesperson. “It was a manufacturing site for many years so there is a potential."
Hopp-Michlosky said testing will be completed on the parcel this spring. If contamination is discovered, a plan to clean up the site will be developed and completed.
Bart Putzig, a hazardous waste engineer for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said the state DEC would oversee the clean up and inspect the remediation work once it is finished.
If the clean up project is cleared by the DEC, future development on the site could be eligible for tax credits and the owner of the land can not be held liable if further contamination is discovered.
“The credits ultimately may not benefit Corning Inc.," Putzig said. “Instead, they will likely aid anyone who wants to redevelop the land."
Property owners near the site have received letters from the DEC asking for comments on the parcel.
“We have yet to receive any feedback from the residents," Putzig said. “But we’re very early in the process."
City Manager Mark Ryckman said the land’s close proximity to the Gaffer District makes it an attractive spot for redevelopment.
“It’s encouraging to see Corning Inc. is working to prepare the site for some type of future use," Ryckman said. “In some communities business walk away from old industrial sites, thankfully Corning Inc. has always worked to redevelop sites in our community."
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Exploring the Crisis: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Investigations
titolo Exploring the Crisis: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Investigations
curatori Andrea Borghini, Enrico Campo
argomento Scienze politiche e sociali Saggi e studi
pubblicazione 2015
The current crisis started in the US in 2008 beginning with the popping of the subprime mortgage bubble. The emblematic image of the US crisis was that of people carrying away boxes from the “too big to fail” Lehman Brothers. From the US the crisis spread all over the world and soon affected Europe. In the same year, Iceland went bankrupt and in many other countries banks started to restrict the flow of credit. During the last five years, ...
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The current crisis started in the US in 2008 beginning with the popping of the subprime mortgage bubble. The emblematic image of the US crisis was that of people carrying away boxes from the “too big to fail” Lehman Brothers. From the US the crisis spread all over the world and soon affected Europe. In the same year, Iceland went bankrupt and in many other countries banks started to restrict the flow of credit. During the last five years, the effect of the crisis has been devastating: it has threatened the existence of the Euro and, consequently, the existence of the European Community itself. The distance between countries with a solid economy (Germany) and the countries with more fragile productive systems (generally southern Europe) increased drastically. The major political effect was the emergence of populist and protest movements, similar to the crisis that followed the great depression.
Departing from this scenario, the book gathers the voices of national and international scholars from different disciplines (historians, sociologists, political scientists), as well as representatives of civil society, committed to developing an intense and lively dialogue on the causes of the crisis. The book also treats the significance individual and collective actors attribute to the crisis, the ways in which it enters into individual choices, influencing their trajectories, as well as the changes it has provoked in collective behavior and in political and social institutions within the European and US context. The richness of debate within the book makes a fundamental contribution to an understanding of the crisis, starting from a genealogical reconstruction of the category. The lesson drawn from reading is that the current crisis puts us in front of radical questions, on the fate of our societies and on the profound meaning of man and his ethical choices in our time.
Narrare la malattia per costruire la salute
Populismi, nuove destre e nuovi partiti: quali discorsi politici in europa?
International migrant remittances and their role in development
Barbara Bonciani
Etica e impresa: quale responsabilità sociale?
Policy, welfare and financial resources
Il servizio come professione
Raffaello Ciucci
Élites e reti di potere
Luciano Della Mea-Alla ricerca del socialismo libertario
L'Italia della conoscenza
Gerardo Pastore
La persistenza della comunità
Partecipazione, advocacy e volontariato
Costruire la società
Dietro la soglia
Irene Psaroudakis
Generazione privata
Il Presidente sovrano
Sergio Imparato
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Gateway NV5807u All-Purpose Laptop
By Patrick Miller
Generic Company Place Holder Acer Gateway NV5807u Notebook
The biggest selling point of the Gateway NV5807u all-purpose laptop is its LED-backlit, 15.6-inch, HD panel with a 1366-by-768-pixel native resolution. As with all glossy LCD screens, the glare becomes extraordinarily annoying in brightly lit environments, but you can offset that by blasting the LED backlighting (and burning the laptop's battery life). Also make sure to keep your head precisely positioned: At about 20 degrees from center, the display starts to dim, and at 45 degrees it's unreadable even at the brightest setting possible. If you're watching a movie on it with someone else, the two of you might end up cheek to cheek. (Bug or feature?)
Once you've found a good place to put the display, the video quality is excellent. I thought the vivid yet accurate colors--and the seamless, lag-free transitions--were striking. Like any laptop offering integrated Intel GMA 4500 MHD graphics, however, this machine can't play many conventional games. It will yield decent video via the VGA and HDMI-out ports, though it might take a little fiddling; when I tested it with a ViewSonic HD display, the recommended resolution cut off a significant chunk of the edge of the desktop.
Bolstering the NV5807u's appeal as an entertainment PC are its speakers, which I found to be surprisingly good. Though they're no replacement for a decent pair of external speakers (particularly on bass output and overall volume), their sound quality and clarity were impressive for laptop speakers. I thought that they rivaled some desktop-replacement laptop speakers. It's kind of a shame that the NV5807u lacks a discrete graphics card--if it had dedicated graphics, that plus the gorgeous screen and the speakers would make this laptop a solid portable gaming machine indeed.
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The other big selling point of this laptop, though, really has to be the $599 (as of 8/7/09) price. The NV5807u's spec sheet shows that you get a decent deal for your dollar. Between the Intel 2.1GHz T6500 Core 2 Duo processor and the 4GB of memory, the laptop should be more than powerful enough for any basic home, business, or entertainment needs. In WorldBench 6 it notched a score of 77, fairly low for an all-purpose laptop but about right for the price point. However, the NV5807u's closest competitor, the Lenovo G530, managed to stay roughly on a par with this machine in most of our benchmarks (including earning a slightly higher WorldBench mark) despite being $100 cheaper.
In battery-life tests, Gateway's laptop survived 4 hours, 22 minutes. Though that isn't nearly a match for the marathon-ready performance of something like the Lenovo T400, the result is slightly longer than the average we've seen in our tests.
The 320GB SATA hard drive and the 8X dual-layer Super Multi optical drive will give you plenty of storage space, and the standard array of ports (two USB ports on each side of the laptop and a multiformat card reader) and connectivity options (56-kbps modem, gigabit ethernet, and 802.11a/g/n Wi-Fi) will give you plenty of ways to fill that hard drive up. Note that the NV5807 doesn't have FireWire, so if you have a video camera that requires it, look elsewhere. The laptop does have a (rather unremarkable) Webcam and mic for voice and video chat, and the provided driver software lets you access the feature when you move the mouse to the spot right under the camera, which can be sort of neat (and is easily disabled, in case it gets annoying).
I found the keyboard mildly irritating. Kudos to the NV5807u's designers for managing to cram in not only a keyboard and trackpad but also a keypad, which number crunchers everywhere will appreciate. The problem is, the number pad and keyboard are just about jammed up on top of each other. My right hand frequently ended up over the number pad when I actually wanted to press Enter or Delete.
Atop the keyboard are touch-sensitive buttons that allow you to access the volume controls and power-saving functions (most useful), open up the Gateway MyBackup software (sometimes useful), and turn off the trackpad.
On more than one occasion I was tempted to use that last toggle, as the mouse button bar is horribly awkward to use. This landing strip for a gnat supposedly doubles for left and right mouse clicks, but my oversized hands ached to find the right angle to tap. The middle of the button is a dead zone that won't register any input. Instead of resting my wrists on the laptop and leaving my thumb on the button, I had to hold my hand in the air and press down, practically at a 90-degree angle. You'll probably want to bring your own mouse for this one. The machine is also pretty heavy, at 5.8 pounds--it's fine if you're driving from home to office to café, but if you're walking or taking the bus, it's a little much.
Gateway's NV5807u has an attractive display, above-average speakers, and enough power under the hood to serve as a general-use PC for quite some time. The trade-off you make is in portability: 5.8 pounds of computer is an awful lot to be carting around between classes or around the city, and a 15.6-inch display looks great on a desk but eats up most of an airplane tray table (not to mention your battery life). If you're a student who would rather use a computer to watch movies in your dorm than take notes in class, or if you're a professional who needs the screen space and doesn't mind the weight, then the NV5807u is a solid buy for $599 compared with similarly priced models from other manufacturers, such as the Acer Aspire Timeline, the Lenovo Ideapad Y450, or even Lenovo's business-centric G530, which sells for even less ($499).
The GatewayNV5807u is a solid general-use laptop for people who don't need to move around too much.
Good overall A/V experience
Uncomfortable trackpad buttons
Slightly bulky
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Comcast raises trial data caps to a terabyte but won't commit to nationwide rollout
That sounds like an enormous amount of data, but 4K video could eat that up quickly.
By Mark Hachman
If you’ve begun limiting your Netflix viewing because your home is one of the minority of users laboring under a Comcast data cap, good news: Comcast said late Tuesday that it has raised the cap to a terabyte’s worth of data per month.
The bad news? You can’t help but think that Comcast will soon be extending data caps nationwide.
In a blog post, Comcast said that the company had “experimented with offers, listened to feedback, and learned a lot.” In 2012, Comcast ditched its 250GB/mo data cap. Since then, though, it launched trials in Florida and elsewhere imposing a 300GB/mo cap—then charged $30 per month extra to eliminate it. Raising the cap, Comcast said, was in response to customer demand.
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“As the world changes and the Internet evolves, so do we,” Marcien Jenckes, executive vice president of consumer services at Comcast Cable, said in a blog post. “That’s why we are making a major change to our Internet data trials and moving to a terabyte data plan in all of our trial markets.”
Why this matters: The caps, the surcharges, and the impact of self-metered streaming on media-hungry families helped spur a Wall Street Journal story where Comcast officials were quoted as “actively considering substantially increasing” its broadband data caps. Comcast’s move is obviously in reaction to that. The Journal's story reported that Comcast’s data caps currently cover 14% of its residential broadband customers or 2.8 million homes, mostly in the South. What the Journal didn’t report, however, was how many of those households have access to a second broadband option—one of the reasons Comcast’s proposed deal with Time Warner Cable was defeated
A terabyte is good, right?
Most customers consume 60GB of data per month, Comcast said. What Comcast called “super users,” who go beyond that limit, can still download 700 hours of HD video per month or 60,000 high-res photos That amount will drop considerably if 4K video is factored in, to about 143 hours at 7GB/hour, as measured by CordCuttersNews. (That’s about 4.7 hours of 4K video per day, by CCN’s bandwidth estimates.) If you're a Comcast customer, you can check your data usage on its Web site.
But god help you if you go beyond that limit: Comcast will charge you an additional $50 per month for unlimited data, or a $10 charge for each additional 50GB chunk of data.
Comcast wouldn’t confirm whether it will extend the terabyte data cap nationwide. Its blog post implies that those caps are coming, however. “We’re currently evaluating our plans to roll this out in other markets, we’ll keep listening—and we’ll be open to making further changes in the future to deliver the best high-speed data service to our customers,” Jenckes wrote.
If Comcast does impose a nationwide data cap, however, it would potentially be at odds with the conditions imposed by the FCC on Charter’s $55 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, which contains a key provision: Charter is forbidden to impose data caps for seven years. Neil Smit, the president and chief executive officer of Comcast Cable, declined to comment directly.
Smit did imply, though, that he expects your cable bill to continue rising. “I think there’s pricing opportunity going forward as we continue to add value,” Smit said.
Broadband is becoming critical to Comcast
Comcast reported first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, and the company’s financials reveal just how critical high-speed Internet services are for the company. Comcast’s Cable Communications business contributed $12.2 billion, or 65 percent of the $18.8 billion the company recorded for the quarter. Of that amount, $3.3 billion—or 18 percent overall—flows directly from broadband subscriptions. For some perspective, consider that all of NBCUniversal—including NBC, the Universal Studios film studio, and its related theme parks, totaled $6.2 billion in revenue.
“High-speed Internet continues to be the largest contributor to overall cable revenue growth,” Michael Cavanagh, the company’s chief financial officer, told investors.
Comcast said it is also working hard to ensure that its customers have access to high-speed broadband. Currently, 77 percent of Comcast's residential customers receive speeds of 50Mbps or greater, the company said. Smit also told analysts that the company continues to “monitor” 5G, which competitors like Verizon see as a last-mile, fixed antenna alternative to cable broadband.
As PCWorld's senior editor, Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among other beats.
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Beyond the Bridges
Ferried Away
Get on board for a weekend of bike touring on Washington’s Vashon Island.
By Ariana Donalds 8/16/2010 at 2:00pm Published in the September 2010 issue of Portland Monthly
A hulking Mount Rainier dominates the view from the east side of Vashon Island.
Image: Tom Woltjer
Portland boasts many mass-transit, bike-friendly destinations, but few locals probably imagine an island getaway is one of them, unless you’re talking Sauvie Island. Yet, just link a three-hour train ride and a half-hour float on a ferry together, and you leave the big city behind for Vashon Island, where a nest of art galleries and quaint shops, as well as miles of sandy shoreline perfect for spotting orcas, await. Best of all, there’s a rustic cottage at the Artist’s Studio Loft Bed and Breakfast to call home.
Arriving on the island is seductively simple. Ferries depart from both Tacoma and Seattle; from West Seattle, the Fauntleroy Ferry leaves twice an hour. (A third passenger-only ferry, the King County Water Taxi, departs from downtown Seattle on weekdays.) By boarding the Amtrak Cascades route from Union Station to Seattle it’s possible to leave the car at home. (A perfect option, since my traveling companion and I planned on spending our weekend biking around the island.)
When the ferry pulls into the slip at Vashon’s north end barely half an hour after leaving Seattle, the city’s glass-and-steel skyline instantly feels as if it were days away. Vashon, only 12 miles long and 8 miles wide, is home to dozens of organic farms sprawled over rolling fields—and nary a stoplight, let alone bridges to the mainland. Residents zealously guard the island’s bucolic environs: over the years, locals have fought off everything from proposed gravel strip mines to seafood-processing plants. In the early 1990s, some 2,000 of the island’s 9,000 inhabitants famously packed a town hall meeting to oppose a Washington State Transportation Commission plan for a cross-sound link from Seattle. (Some toted signs reading “Bridges Bring Death” and “Don’t Mercerize Vashon Island,” a reference to the sprawl that plagued Mercer Island upon the completion of the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, a floating bridge across Lake Washington, in the 1940s.) Thanks to the impassioned display, no bridge has been built.
Vashon Tea Shop’s welcoming counter
Image: Shelley Hanna
From the landing, it’s a five-mile bicycle ride to Vashon’s town center. Take note, however: the tree-shrouded path heads solidly uphill for at least two miles. If that sounds daunting, a bus from the ferry will take you directly to Vashon. (Two bus routes also service the island for anyone traveling sans bike.) When you arrive in the town—which boasts roughly three blocks’ worth of retail shops, restaurants, and galleries, with a bookstore, a tearoom, and a seasonal farmers market—car traffic picks up noticeably, but moves at a small-town pace.
We leaned right at SW Gorsuch Road and carved the final, curvy, mostly downhill mile to the Artist’s Studio Loft, spotting a deer at one turn and waving at the occasional passing car. The bed-and-breakfast’s hand-painted shingle hangs at the edge of a pasture. A bay-colored horse grazed in the neighboring field, flicking its tail and emitting low, sibilant snorts. The innkeeper, Jacqueline Clayton, was on hand to say hello and lead us over stepping-stones—which she had fashioned herself in the shape of rhubarb leaves—toward the meadow behind the main house, where the B&B’s four cottages are set.
The Icon Burger at The Hardware Store
Image: The Hardware Store
Clayton, an artist, bought the five acres of what she calls “empty pasture with falling-down chicken coops” in 1983, and then began planting hundreds of trees and building gardens on the land. Rooms and grounds abound with her stained-glass art and mosaics, oil and watercolor paintings, handcrafted barn-wood furniture, and metal ivy gates.
In the morning, the inn provided an ample breakfast: muffins, cereal, granola bars, and fresh fruit. But all we could think of was tucking in at the Hardware Store, the place to eat in town. Set in Vashon’s oldest commercial building, a 120-year-old Art Deco–looking structure with a worn wooden floor, the restaurant features exposed brick, a brass-ringed full bar, deep booths, and heavy leather armchairs. At the back of the room, a coffee bar whistles out Americanos and lattes. Families, techie business types, day-trippers, and regulars convene for brunches of pancakes, fluffy egg scrambles, and home fries, or tasty fish or portobello sandwiches, satisfying for either lunch or dinner.
Built in 1915, Point Robinson Lighthouse stands guard over Vashon’s east side.
Image: Choi Halladay
An afternoon tour of the east side of the island includes sights such as the famed Bicycle Eaten by a Tree—a Douglas fir that’s engulfed a rusty bike. Near the hamlet of Burton, the Judd Creek Bridge provides a tree-framed view of Quartermaster Harbor, Maury Island, and Puget Sound; snowy Mount Rainier shines in the background. From here, it’s a short ride to the stately red-roofed Point Robinson Lighthouse, which has guarded the east side of the island since 1915 and still dutifully emits two white flashes from its 38-foot tower every 12 seconds.
We’d had enough exertion, so the next day we avoided all nonessential physical activity and slipped into the Vashon Bookshop, where I fished an impeccable used copy of Ken Kesey’s Sailor Song from the shelves, then walked a few steps to the Vashon Tea Shop to lounge and read in a wicker chair the rest of the afternoon.
Back at the cottage that night, we set out on a starlit walk. But bright as the stars were, we couldn’t see our hands in front of our faces, let alone navigate a path in the dark. Instead, we sat on the porch in the inky darkness. The car-clogged city felt farther away than ever, our closest companions the unseen crickets and that frog chirping away in the pond.
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SPEWIN’: A List Of 36 Games Sony Left Off The PS Classic Has Been Found
By Matt Hopkins
Dataminers have found a list of 36 games which could have been included on Sony‘s console re-release, the PlayStation Classic, but weren’t for whatever reasons. Prepare yourself, the list includes some big hitters, folks.
The code containing the names was posted to GitHub and appears to show the difference between two versions of the emulator Sony used for the mini console; one likely used to test game emulation and one from the console itself.
In other words, it looks as though Sony tested a huge list of games before any of the licensing was sorted out, resulting in the majority of them being left off the console. The list includes titles like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, PaRappa the Rapper, Tomb Raider, and more. Suss the whole thing below.
Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon
Colin McRae Rally
Fighting Force
Klonoa
Kula World
Mega Man Legends
Mr. Driller G
Paca Paca Passion
RayStorm
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol
Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
Suikoden
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
Vagrant Story
Xevious 3D/G+
It could have been a very different lineup, right? Some folks reckon all of the games are actually still sitting on the console, but no one has been able to back those reports up yet.
It’s important to note that the exclusions probably weren’t Sony’s doing, but rather a symptom of licensing laws and how difficult they can be. Who knows, maybe more games will become available over time, but we’ll just have to wait and see.
The PlayStation Classic is available right now, retailing in Australia for around $149.
Image: Sony
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National Bank Investments Inc. announces changes to certain National Bank Mutual Funds
National Bank Investments Inc. (“NBI”) announced today the change of portfolio managers for the National Bank Canadian Equity Fund and the NBI Canadian Equity Private Portfolio.
As of or around August 31, 2016, Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited will replace Fiera Capital Corporation as portfolio manager to the National Bank Canadian Equity Fund. As of the same date, National Bank Trust Inc. (“NBT”) will replace Fiera Capital Corporation as portfolio manager to the NBI Canadian Equity Private Portfolio and NBT will retain CI Investments Inc. as sub-advisor to this fund. The investment objective of each fund remains unchanged.
These changes are in line with NBI’s 100% open architecture, under which the portfolio management of the funds built for its product shelf is done exclusively by other firms, and with the manager supervision process it entails.
Furthermore, NBI also announced the name change for three National Bank Mutual Funds as of August 31, 2016. The name of the Funds will be changed as follows:
Jarislowsky Fraser Select Canadian Equity Fund
NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Canadian Equity Fund
Jarislowsky Fraser Select Balanced Fund
NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Balanced Fund
Jarislowsky Fraser Select Income Fund
These changes will be reflected in the upcoming amendment to the simplified prospectus for the National Bank Mutual Funds, which will be available at www.sedar.com and www.nbcadvisor.com.
About National Bank Mutual Funds
National Bank Mutual Funds (the “Funds”) are offered by National Bank Investments Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of National Bank of Canada. Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investments in the Funds. Please read the prospectus of the Funds before investing. The Funds’ securities are not insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government deposit insurer. The Funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.
National Bank Investments Inc. (“NBI”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Bank of Canada specialized in designing and managing mutual funds and mutual fund portfolios. As at June 30, 2016, the value of assets under management in NBI products amounted to $29 billion.
Guided by a 100% open architecture philosophy, NBI is dedicated to providing diverse solutions to meet the evolving needs of its clients. NBI consistently strives to be recognized as a key partner by combining innovation and excellence. NBI is an investment fund management firm committed to offering a broad selection of investment solutions that meet a wide range of investment profiles. NBI’s role is not limited to administrative aspects of management; NBI Advisory Services and its registered representatives form a team of specialists who provide information and advice to help investors build portfolios adapted to their financial needs.
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Blog | Bulletins from the Human Side
Heaven a homecoming for Andrew Greeley
by Eugene Cullen Kennedy
This article appears in the Fr. Andrew Greeley feature series. View the full series.
Andrew Greeley, who was so deeply involved in the things of time, broke free of his shackles last week to enter fully the eternity whose boundaries he broke as easily as a champion miler does the tape on almost every day of his long and remarkable life.
I knew Andrew for half a century and, thinking of his quick smile and his twinkling eyes, I recall his telling me once that he expected heaven to be a homecoming, the scene of a family reunion whose joy is not threatened by the certainty that its magic and mystery will end with sundown.
He led and enjoyed a very public life in which he broke Teddy Roosevelt's mantra by both speaking loudly and carrying a big stick in confronting the injustices and shortcomings he identified in the interlocking worlds of church and state. Although he acted like the scrappy Irishman whose persona he at times mischievously inhabited, I remember Andrew as a man who did not live nearly so much as a Celtic battler as he did the contemplative life of a monk who wanted to cast light on the depths of human existence.
That is why, of all his titles and degrees, he preferred that of priest. Through the many talents with which he was gifted, he saw his first calling as a minister to the needy and brokenhearted all around him. If that sometimes led him into places and into people's lives in unexpected and sometimes uncalled for interventions, he always entered with the heart of a priest who, in the words Blessed Pope John XXIII used to explain why he convened the Second Vatican Council, wanted "to make the human sojourn on earth less sad."
It is no surprise that he wrote a series of mystery novels featuring a hero based on his own musings about himself, Fr. Blackie Ryan. These were really glints from his preoccupation with and absorption in Mystery with a capital M. That is, as he understood from the Catholic tradition, far more than religious practices or even creedal statements, the core of real religion.
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That Mystery includes the things some people think incompatible with the existence of God, the storms that strike haphazardly, the deaths of the innocent, the losses that pile up in the lives of good people, the heartbreak often found in the heart of the greatest of love stories. Andrew drew on these themes even in the novels that Graham Greene would have classified as "entertainments." These notions emerged as the fruit of the contemplation of the world to which, in the quieter and deeper side of himself, he immersed himself un-self-consciously every day. And every day, unlike many Christians, and even unlike many priests, he strove to practice what he preached.
We called each other friends and counted on each other, but our friendship was tested by times in which we drifted apart but could still hear each other's voices. Irish brothers have a way of falling out then finding each other again. In our case, the cause of the falling out is complex and now irrelevant. The finding of our friendship again was the important thing, and it was all his doing.
When I had cancer surgery and was sitting quietly, sorting out the situation with my wife at Northwestern Hospital, Andrew came through the door to bring me his blessing, to cheer us up and, in less than the time it takes to tell about it, to restore our friendship. As he said to me later with a smile, "Reconciliation is supposed to work that way." But he was the architect of the renewal of our friendship, for, as he also said to me later, "I wasn't sure if you would throw me out of the hospital room."
That generous, brave, big-hearted man is the one I remember, the priest caught up in contemplating the Mystery of our existence who in both word and deed lived by it. Andrew was caught up in the Mystery of suffering beyond our capacity to understand it for the last five years of his life. His death has freed him from the grip time placed on him and has now allowed him to enter, like a pilgrim throwing his crutch away at Lourdes, the eternity whose depths were so familiar to him.
Remember him as you will, as novelist, professor, or even as a general agitator for the good and challenger of the bad, for all these are masks he wore at one time or another. I will remember him as a friend who bridged the gap of estrangement, who made our friendship whole again and did it by fully entering the Mystery, even as he hails us now to join him at the family reunion he foresaw at the end of time.
Reprinted with permission from the Chicago Tribune.
[Eugene Cullen Kennedy is emeritus professor of psychology at Loyola University, Chicago.]
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Indian Classical Instrumental Fusion
Project Mishram
Monday | 15, Jul 2019 | 6:30 PM
Project Mishram is an Indian classical fusion band from Bangalore, India. Their music represents a mélange of genres from the west, centred on Indian classical music and they are the ‘only’ band from India invited to perform at the prestigious UK Tech Fest- 2019 this July alongside some amazing bands from all over the world. Th e band has been performing across India and has bagged many awards and recognition such as Maruti Suzuki-Colours of Youth, Yamaha- Swagbash to name a few and was also invited for a TED Talk last year.
They will perform an unplugged Carnatic instrumental fusion. The band members include
Pranav Swaroop the violinist has been performing across India and abroad and has worked with artists like Raghu Dixit, Benny Dayal to name a few and is a national level prize winner and graded artiste of All India Radio.
Shivaraj Nataraj the only Konnakkol beat boxer in India has represented the country at World Vocal conference, Italy and has recorded with playback singers and directors like Arjun Janya and Vijay Prakash.
Sanath Shanbogue the Mridangist and multi-percussionist has accompanied many senior Carnatic musicians and has won awards such as ‘Kishora Prathibha’ from Government of Karnataka.
SriShankar Sunder a guitarist trained in both western and classical nuances has played at various major venues including Music Mojo on Kappa TV-Season 5.
Sumant Nemmani Originally the lead guitarist for Project Mishram, Sumant is equally well versed with playing the bass. With both Carnatic and Western nuances of playing, Sumant has performed at many major music festivals across India.
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French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian | Lennart Preiss/Getty Images
Berlin and Paris push for EU security reforms
When Britain leaves, remaining EU countries may find it easier to cooperate on defense and foreign policy.
By Florian Eder
The German and French defense ministers have launched a joint proposal ahead of Friday's summit of EU leaders (minus Britain) to overhaul common foreign and security policies.
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is expected to echo calls for enhanced cooperation in these areas during his annual speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday, reflecting a view that the U.K.'s vote to leave the EU should make it easier to achieve this goal.
"The time has come to deepen our cooperation," read the paper by French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen. POLITICO obtained a copy of the six-page document which has been prepared for this week's summit in Bratislava.
The proposal avoided any reference to the idea of a "European army," but call for innovations such as a joint EU military headquarters, more cooperation with NATO, and a push for more cross-border military planning. It included an offer from Germany and France to share their satellite surveillance capabilities with "relevant EU institutions," such as the border agency Frontex.
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On Thick Ice: Live From An Antarctic Drilling Trip
PM's far-flung geological correspondent, Trevor Williams, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, reports from the scientific research ship JOIDES Resolution. Part of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, the Wilkes Land expedition has been drilling deep into the ocean floor around Antarctica to learn how the ice sheet reacted in warmer climates of the past, which will help scientists predict how it will respond to future warming.
By Trevor Williams
(Photograph by Etienne Claassen, IODP/TAMU)
About 140 miles from the Antarctic coast, the scientific research ship JOIDES Resolution is drilling deep into the ocean floor. The objective: To find out how Antarctica changed from a warm and vegetated continent, as it was 50 million years ago, to the frozen, ice-covered continent we see today. The story of Antarctica's ice is written in the muddy sediments that have been laid down and slowly buried under the surrounding ocean floor, and I am one of the 33 marine geologists onboard the Resolution who are trying to decipher it. Each sediment core (a 30-foot-long cylinder of material) that comes up from the hole is a new page in the book, telling us about the world in earlier times. We start with the present day at the seabed, and then work our way deeper down into the sediments and further in the geological past.
It helps that we know the outlines of Antarctic ice history already—this expedition is the most recent of a handful of scientific drilling campaigns around the continent since the 1970's. The first major ice sheet grew 34 million years ago, almost out of nothing to be maybe as big as the one today (over a mile thick, on average). Since then, parts of it have melted and grown back hundreds of times. But ours is the first drilling expedition to really explore the glacial history of Wilkes Land—the part of Antarctica you reach if you sail directly south from Australia. The ice history of the Wilkes Land coast is hardly known at all. We want to answer questions like: What was Antarctica like before the ice—tundra, temperate forests, palm trees? When did ice first become stable and steady along this coast? Has this part of the ice sheet collapsed in the past, disgorging iceberg armadas into the ocean? And how much did the climate have to warm to make this happen?
Wilkes Land was named after Charles Wilkes, whose expedition first saw the Antarctic coastline here in 1840 (around the same time as his French rival, Dumont D'Urville, who named a nearby stretch of coast after his wife, Adélie). The Wilkes Expedition played a major role in the growth of 19th century U.S. science, and the thousands of animal, plant and mineral specimens it gathered formed the basis of the collections of the newly founded Smithsonian Institution. The scientific exploration continues today. Our expedition set off from New Zealand a month ago, and took a week to cross the rolling seas of the roaring forties and the Southern Ocean to our drill sites offshore of Wilkes Land. It is an international effort: Among the 120 crew, technicians and scientists onboard, 20 nationalities are represented, and there is someone from every continent. Every continent that is, except for Antarctica itself. We would have to adopt a penguin for the full set (if it wasn't prohibited under the Antarctic Treaty—things have changed since Wilkes' day).
The sediments packed inside the drill pipe and winched up through the moon pool in the center of the ship contain microscopic fossils, like the shells made by diatom algae. These tell us about the temperature of the sea, because some species prefer it warm, some cool, and others very cold. We find pebbles and gravel that stand out from the mud that encloses them. These are dropstones, eroded by glaciers and carried by icebergs out to sea; finding them is a sure sign of ice. Sometimes there are feet-thick layers of tumbled sediment that result from underwater avalanches of material pushed by advancing glaciers from the shallow continental shelf. Pollen grains, blown offshore on the winds or carried by water, tell us what kind of vegetation used to exist on Antarctica in warmer times. We're also using new techniques to decode the sediments. Molecular fossils, for example, are resistant molecules that can still be found long after the microbes or plants they were part of died and decayed. They too carry news of vegetation and temperatures, like ancient thermometers.
Now halfway through the expedition, we have dodged icebergs, sat out storms and ducked exploding sediment cores. In between, we have drilled down 3000 feet to reach the warm Eocene "greenhouse" world of 50 million years ago, and another site gave a beautiful, annually layered, 10,000-year record of climate since the ice last retreated. When we put all this information together we will have a good sense of what happened to the great Antarctic ice sheet under the warmer climates of the past. But our job as geologists is not just to write history; we are drilling back in time to reveal lessons for the future. Many times in the past, the Earth was as warm as it is predicted to be at the end of this century. Once we know how stable (or unstable) the ice was under those conditions, the better we will be able to predict how much, and how fast, the ice may melt in the future.
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Perse student wins Bronze medal at International Linguistics Olympiad
Hari Prasad (Year 11) is celebrating after winning a bronze medal at the International Linguistics Olympiad, which took place in Prague earlier this week.
Hari won the bronze award in the individual round of the competition. Hari also competed as part of a team chosen to represent the United Kingdom, and the UK team also received a bronze award, coming only 0.35 points off first place.
The International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) is one of 12 International Science Olympiads that take place each year for secondary school students.
Teams of young linguists from around the world, armed with logical and problem solving abilities, outside-the-box thinking, patience and creativity, tested their minds against the world’s toughest puzzles in language and linguistics. As part of the competition hosted by the Charles University and Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, students had to decipher puzzles compiled in a range of languages.
As well as learning French, German and Latin, Hari’s language skills extend to Chinese, Irish Gaelic and Sanskrit – an ability he believes helps with solving linguistics problems.
Hari said: “It was especially enjoyable meeting people from all over the world and getting to know about their cultures and languages. I was incredibly nervous beforehand because the winning country is decided on the average of a team’s individual scores.
The questions centred on: the Creek stress placement system; the Hakhun syntax and auxiliary prefix/suffix hierarchy; the sound laws involved between Terêna’s first person singular and second person singular genitive case (and the effect of Portuguese loanwords on that); the varying hybrid base system of Mountain Arapesh for counting objects, and the Iroquois kinship system of Akan.
Personally, I would say I enjoyed Mountain Arapesh the most because of how bizarre and complicated a system they had devised for merely counting things.
As for Prague, I found it very picturesque and liked visiting all the famous places there. The Czech language is quite interesting and it still amazes me that they can have 5 consecutive consonants (all of which form individual sounds), such as in ‘zrmzlina’ which means ice cream. Our campus was excellent as it contained a huge sports centre and spacious lecture halls. At the closing ceremony, the organisers performed a handover to the next hosts, South Korea. Having seen their promotion video, I really hope it will be possible to get into the team next year!”
See the results here.
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Low down on Proteas
We are all familiar with the large showy flowers of proteas; some like the King Proteas are as large as dinner plates. But there are a range of proteas that are more discrete in their flowering, keeping their flowers tucked away at the base of their stems. These are the ground proteas and we have a couple of different species of them here at Phillipskop. One of the commonest on the lower slopes is Protea scabra, the Sandpaper Ground Sugarbush. Both the scientific name and the common name reflect the roughness of the leaves to the touch.
Protea scabra flower sits in the middle of a rosette of long thin leaves.
Protea scabra forms patches of long thin tough leaves, which when not flowering could be mistaken for a sedge or grass
Protea scabra flowers in August through to September. Although it is common on the lower slopes of Phillipskop, one might not realise it. Even in full bloom, it is hard to spot the small brownish bowls tucked at the base of stiff long and narrow leaves. A network of stems is formed underground and only the closely packed rosettes of leaves and flowers appear above the soil. For most of the year, one might even mistake the dense clumps of leaves as a sedge or similar grass-like plant. But in late winter, the buds start to appear in the middle of the rosettes, eventually opening out into the typical shape of a protea flower.
Ground proteas like Protea scabra are adapted in this way partly to survive fire. The bulk of the plant is below ground level and so when a fire sweeps through it is protected. The plant is then able to resprout. Indeed, the species flower most profusely in the years just after a fire. The other reason for having the flowers down at ground level is that they are usually mouse (or small mammal) pollinated. The dull colour of the flowers indicates that it is not trying to attract birds or day-flying insects (both of which respond to visual stimuli). Instead of colour, the flowers have developed a rather musky scent. You have to get really low down to appreciate this, a nose to the ground position. Once you get there, you realise that the odour is clearly more attractive to mice than humans and you end up wondering why you got yourself into such an undignified position in the first place.
You have to get down low and close to the flower to appreciate the smell of Protea scabra
Protea scabra produces flowers at ground-level. Perfect for mice and other small mammals.
But you don't have to just take our word for it that the flowers attract mice. Have a look at this short video that we recorded with our trail camera: https://youtu.be/kr9QLlM0Aj0. Over a period of 4 days, we repeatedly got evidence of the Four-striped Field Mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) visiting the flowers. And If you are interested in reading a more scientific investigation on the pollination of these ground proteas you can look at the following thesis on “The reproductive biology of four geoflorous Protea species (Proteaceae)”
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New Leica D-LUX: Compact Camera Features a Fast Leica DC Vario-Summilux 10.9–34 mm f/1.7–2.8 ASPH. Zoom Lens & Large Four Thirds Sensor
New: LEICA D-LUX – fast lens meets elegant camera design
Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, presents a new model in the Leica D-Lux line. The high-performance Leica D-Lux compact camera features a fast Leica DC Vario-Summilux 10.9–34 mm f/1.7–2.8 ASPH. zoom lens with a very fast initial aperture and an extremely practical zoom range equivalent to 24 to 75 mm in 35 mm format. In comparison to the previous model, it offers a larger Four Thirds sensor that, in combination with its lens ensures superior picture quality in all shooting situations. The familiar, extensive package of features, with automatic mode, manual setting options and improved video capability, now includes an integrated electronic viewfinder with 2.8 MP resolution and a Wi-Fi module. Together with its intuitive handling concept, the Leica D-Lux in classically elegant camera design is an ideal companion for capturing unique moments in pictures of impressive quality with a high level of creative freedom.
The Leica DC Vario-Summilux 10.9–34 mm f/1.7–2.8 ASPH. zoom lens of the Leica D-Lux is perfectly matched to the camera’s large sensor. With an impressive maximum ISO sensitivity of 25600, the D-Lux guarantees pictures with natural colours and exceptional quality above all when used for available-light photography. In addition to this, its versatile zoom lens makes it an ideal camera for almost all genres of photography – from portraits to landscapes, architecture to macro, and reportage photography, the classical domain of Leica cameras.
The camera’s video capability adds even greater versatility and allows the recording of moving pictures in 4K, the high-definition, digital video format with four times higher resolution than full HD.
The Leica D-Lux is also the first camera of the D-Lux line to offer an integrated Wi-Fi module that allows remote control of the camera from a smartphone or tablet – a particularly useful feature, for example, for shots with the self-timer function. The Leica Image Shuttle app required for this function can be downloaded free of charge and installed on iOS or Android devices. The camera can also transfer still pictures and videos via a WLAN connection. An integrated NFC (Near Field Communication) module quickly and easily sets up a Wi-Fi connection with an NFC-compatible smartphone when the phone is held close to the camera.
The Leica D-Lux is distinguished by classically elegant, timelessly beautiful design with particular attention to simple and intuitive handling. As the prime consideration is always the picture, and distractions must be kept to a minimum, the change between automatic and manual modes is also particularly simple. The sharp, high-contrast image in the camera’s integrated electronic viewfinder displays the same exposure settings as shown on the monitor screen and ensures that the ideal composition of every subject is quickly found. Pictures can be viewed directly and reliably assessed on the high-resolution 3″ LCD monitor screen – even in bright sunlight.
An extensive range of technical equipment and premium bags and cases is also available for the Leica D-Lux: for example, a leather case, a leather protector and the Leica Twist D-Lux (visit www.leica-camera.com for more information).
The Leica D-Lux will be available from authorised Leica dealers from November 2014. The camera comes complete with a Leica CF D flash unit. The camera package also includes Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®, the professional workflow solution for still picture and video processing, available as a free download after product registration.
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Leica Camera AG is an internationally operating, premium-segment manufacturer of cameras and sport optics products. The legendary status of the Leica brand is founded on a long tradition of excellence in the construction of lenses. And today, in combination with innovative technologies, Leica products continue to guarantee better pictures in all situations in the worlds of visualisation and perception. Leica Camera AG has its headquarters in Wetzlar, in the state of Hesse in Germany, and a second production site in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal. The company operates branch offices in England, France, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, South Korea, Italy, Australia and the USA. New and innovative products have been the driving force behind the company’s positive development in recent years.
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Aptiv/Audi Receives Innovation Partnership Award for Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform
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DUBLIN, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), a global technology company enabling the future of mobility, announced it was recognized by Automotive News as a 2019 Innovation Partnership Award winner for its work with Audi on the Aptiv Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform.
Aptiv is democratizing active safety through the efficient and scalable Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform. Most systems have the computing power integrated into the sensors, processing the information at the source, which makes each sensor expensive to build and to replace when damaged. Aptiv's Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform takes processing and electronics out of individual sensors, instead sending the information to the central platform, allowing the sensors to be smaller, more cost efficient, lighter and easier to package in a vehicle. The reduced mass and volume also eliminates sensor heat dissipation concerns. In one application Aptiv's innovative technology reduced the camera footprint from the size of a deck of playing cards to the size of a pack of chewing gum.
"As a global technology company with a rich history of developing safer, greener and more connected solutions, we are honored to be recognized for our collaboration with Audi in development of the Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform," said David Paja, Aptiv's senior vice president and president of Advanced Safety & User Experience. "This industry-first platform, developed with our strong Audi partnership, enables our customers to apply a simplified sensor footprint to scale features for advanced levels of safety automation. It truly is a game changer in the industry."
From basic ADAS to Level 4 autonomous vehicles, this compute platform is scalable for increasing automated driving levels and complexity demands. The concept has had a revolutionary impact on Aptiv's customer's vehicle architecture.
The Automotive News PACE panel of judges recognized the Aptiv-Audi team working on the Automated Driving Satellite Compute Platform with an Innovation Partnership Award, for their "special levels" of supplier and OEM collaboration.
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10 Incredible Ways to Get Free Samples Online
Are you the type of person who hesitates to try new things because you would prefer to be able to try it out before you make a purchase? I can understand that, which is why today I’m sharing with you 10 incredible ways to get free samples online.
#1 PinchMe
PinchMe allows you to try out free samples from leading brands in exchange for feedback. However, they have specific times/days when they send out the request for samples and they go quick, so you must be able to put your requests in almost instantly.
#2 FreeFlys
FreeFlys has more than 100 samples available. It’s a popular site though since it has been mentioned on shows such as ABC News and the Today Show.
#3 Daily Goodie Box
Daily Goodie Box, like its name hints is a site that sends out goodie boxes full of free samples daily. All you must do is sign up and wait for your turn to be selected. In return, they do expect you to provide feedback on the samples that you receive.
#4 BzzAgent
BzzAgent requires you to sign up for their site and take surveys so you can be selected for sampling programs. Once you’re in a campaign they ship the box and wait for you to buzz about it. The higher you score on the campaigns (i.e. how many people you share it with, how you share it, etc.) increases your Bzz Score and you’ll be on your way to receiving more frequent and higher quality samples. This site stands out because they send full size samples and depending on the campaign you could get multiple products.
#5 Reddit
Reddit is useful for many things and one thing that this community is also helpful for is helping you find freebies. For example, in the sub FREE, you’ll find multiple posts each day where users share what freebies are available in real time. Plus, you can do a search for specific keywords such as “free” or “freebie” to find even more free samples.
#6 Freaky Freddies
Freaky Freddies rounds up all the free samples they find daily and even has the site organized by categories. You’ll find that browsing this site once a day will have you receiving packages close to daily.
#7 Influenster
Influenster is a site like BzzAgent in which you join, fill out some surveys about yourself, and wait to be selected for campaigns. Once selected for a campaign you’ll receive a box full of free samples and they will expect you to spread the word about the items and provide your feedback. Some ways to do this includes sharing on social media, writing a review on the company’s website, or writing a review on the Influenster website.
#8 Smiley 360
Smiley 360 is like BzzAgent as well. You’ll follow the same process - getting signed up and wait to be selected for a campaign. Once the item is shipped you’ll have specific tasks to complete to spread the word about the product and provide them with your feedback.
#9 Crowd Tap
Crowd Tap is a site that rewards you for your opinion. As you interact more with the site you’ll find yourself available for sampling programs. As with other sites, you will have to leave your feedback, however, majority of the time these samples are full sized products.
#10 Ripple Street
Ripple Street, formerly known as House Party, is a site that will send you free full-sized samples of products in exchange for you hosting an event and sharing your feedback and photos of people interacting with the products.
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October 12, 2008 / 1:14 AM / 11 years ago
Congressman says McCain sowing "seeds of hatred"
Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic congressman John Lewis, a veteran civil rights leader, accused Republican John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin on Saturday of “sowing the seeds of hatred and division” and said it reminded him of the segregationist era of Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain speaks during a rally in Davenport, Iowa, October 11, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
McCain, trailing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the polls in an increasingly tense campaign, quickly hit back, branding Lewis’s remarks “shocking and beyond the pale” and calling on Obama to immediately repudiate them.
The Obama campaign said while Lewis was right to condemn “hateful rhetoric” the Illinois senator did not believe McCain or his policy criticism were comparable to Wallace or his segregationist policies as governor of Alabama in the 1960s.
The issue of race has mostly been an undercurrent in the presidential contest between McCain and Obama, who would be America’s first black president, and it remains unknown how much of a factor it will play in the November 4 vote.
Lewis’s comments, posted on his re-election website, follow widely reported outbursts of anger against Obama at McCain campaign events. McCain on Friday urged his supporters to be respectful of his Democratic rival.
“I am deeply disturbed by the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign,” said Lewis, an Obama supporter, civil rights icon and Georgia Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“What I am seeing today reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse,” he said.
Noting that Wallace, a divisive political figure in his day, had also run for president, Lewis said, “He created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights.”
“Sen. McCain and Governor Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all,” Lewis said.
MCCAIN: ‘BASELESS ATTACK’
In a strongly worded rebuke, McCain said: “The notion that legitimate criticism of Sen. Obama’s record and positions could be compared to Gov. George Wallace, his segregationist policies and the violence he provoked is unacceptable and has no place in this campaign.”
“I am saddened that John Lewis, a man I’ve always admired, would make such a brazen and baseless attack on my character and the character of the thousands of hardworking Americans who come to our events to cheer for the kind of reform that will put America on the right track,” McCain added.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton dismissed the Wallace comparison but said Lewis “was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for president of the United States ‘pals around with terrorists.’”
McCain and Palin have both raised questions about Obama’s association with former 1960s radical William Ayers.
Additional reporting by Caren Bohan; Editing by Eric Beech
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Helena Rodriguez: A toast to lessons learned from Dad
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Happy Father’s Day to all dads. With your special day only days away, we need to make a big hoopla like we do for Mother’s Day.
I want to toast to lessons learned from Dad. Baby Boomers and Generation Xers remember the TV show, “Father Knows Best.” I grew up in the Mike Brady, “go and ask Dad” TV era of the 1970s and 1980s. Even when Mom wasn’t in the picture, as in “The Andy Griffith Show,” father and son had plenty to whistle about.
Today, however, sitcoms portray Dad as the weaker sex and now the image of one of our top TV dads, Bill Cosby, is tarnished.
We can’t let the media define fatherhood though. There are plenty of role models from our generation and generations past. I just read, “Big Russ & Me,” by the late Tim Russert, former moderator of “Meet the Press.” Russert shares the life lessons learned from his father who worked two full-time jobs without complaint and took his family to church every Sunday.
What kind of lessons can we learn from Big Russ? For starters, “slow and steady wins the race.”
When my sister Becky and I worked in the “escardas” one summer, to earn money for school clothes I got fired the first day. I was straining myself too much.
Before we left before sunrise, Mom said, “Think about your dad when you’re out there. He worked in the fields every day as a child to help support his family.”
How did Dad do it? Slow and steady. That gets a big job done, not slow, as in sluggish and not doing anything, but steady — pacing and doing the job right.
As an adolescent, Dad called my sisters and I back into the kitchen after we washed dishes one day. “Are yall done?” he asked. “Yes!” we nodded. “No you’re not!”
Dad pointed out the dirty, unwiped countertops and stove. He taught me not to leave a job unfinished.
He also taught by example. Dad used his musical talent to entertain people but also for charitable causes. And when Grandma Chaya got sick and went to a nursing home, Dad retired and moved to Lubbock to be close to her until she died in January. The life lesson: Someday you will have to take care of the person who took care of you.
Helena Rodriguez is a Portales native. Contact her at: [email protected]
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Tuesday 2 November 2010
In Unusual Move, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Slam Ahmadinejad Over Comments
The mouthpiece of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has criticized President Mahmud Ahmadinejad over recent comments, including a statement that parliament is not on top of the country's affairs. The IRGC called the comment an offense against the founder of the Islamic republic. Analysts believe the criticism has the green light of Iran's supreme leader, who is said to be concerned by Ahmadinejad's growing influence.
Turkey Facing East-West Dilemma Over NATO Missile-Shield Plan
Turkey's role in NATO is facing its sternest test in years over plans to station a missile-defense shield on its soil. U.S. officials say the system is aimed at protecting the alliance from attack by Iran, with whom Turkey has strong ties. But Turkey says it will only agree to the system if Iran and other neighbors are not defined as threats.
Afghan Women Joining Armed Forces In Greater Numbers, Challenging Convention
Some 30 Afghan women graduated from a special military course earlier this month and will join nearly 1,000 women who are currently serving in the military. Is Afghanistan's deeply conservative society ready to embrace women in uniform?
Obama's Democratic Party Braces For Losses In Midterm Elections
Americans go to the polls on November 2 in an election that most observers predict will result in a major shake-up in the balance of power in Congress.
In Pakistan, Uncertainty Grows Over North Waziristan Operation
Washington has long pressed Pakistan to launch a ground operation in North Waziristan, home of the notorious Haqqani network. But is one coming?
Iranian Officials Renew Warnings Over 'Soft War'
Iranian officials have upped the ante in their efforts to counter the "soft war" they believe is being waged against their country.
For Exploited Uzbek Farmers, High Cotton Prices Only Enrich Overlords
The price of cotton has soared to record levels on the international market in recent weeks. But in Uzbekistan -- one of the world's largest cotton exporters -- only a handful of elite overlords will benefit.
Expert Says UN Counterterrorism Plan Anti-Human Rights
An independent scholar hired by the United Nations to report on human rights says the UN Security Council's counter-terrorism regime is operating outside the scope of its power.
Iran's Regional Money Bags
The disclosure that Iran has been passing large sums of money in plastic bags to an aide of the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has caused consternation in Washington, where it is seen as evidence of the Islamic republic's malign influence.
Analysis of Legatum Prosperity Index
A recent survey of world prosperity finds that many of the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have relatively strong health and education programs but suffer from bad governance, and that, on a global scale, economic growth is not enough to keep a nation happy.
Ukrainian Opposition Condemns Ex-Minister's Arrest In Prague
Controversy surrounding the arrest of a former Ukrainian minister in the Czech Republic last week is raising new questions about the new government, which says the charges against him and other allies of the former prime minister are part of a campaign against corruption.
Russian Award Winner Urges Journalists To 'Stand Together'
Ilya Barabanov, a young investigative journalist for the magazine "The New Times," one of Russia's few opposition-minded publications, last week received Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) Peter Mackler Award For Courageous And Ethical Journalism. Barabanov talked about exposing corruption in the ranks of Russia's notorious riot police and standing firm with those same police demanding to know his sources.
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Lungisa guilty verdict ‘contradictory, flawed and illogical’: ANC
By Afikile Lugunya - Apr 19, 2018
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday encouraged its Nelson Mandela Bay Councillor, Andile Lungisa, to appeal the judgement, which was handed down by the Port Elizabeth Regional Court on Tuesday.
The Court found Lungisa guilty of assaulting Democratic Alliance (DA) Councillor, Rano Kayser, during a heated Council brawl back in October 2016.
In the ANC’s view point the judgement is “contradictory, flawed and illogical”.
ANC Regional Secretary Themba Xathula described; “In the judgement, the judge notes that there was chaos in the council meeting because of political differences on how the meeting must proceed, but in his conclusion, he refuses to accept that this is a result of a political conflict, but in the same judgement he notes that; ‘The matter before me is not political, but a clear-cut criminal matter’.
“We differ with the logic that the judge used to arrive at his conclusion because firstly, the Council is a political terrain and is a contested political space between the political organizations with extreme differences in societal outlook.
“Secondly, comrade Andile was in attendance at the council meeting as a deployed by the ANC and therefore his participation in that council is political.
“Thirdly, the court relies on a footage, which does not capture the actions of comrade Andile in context, the footage doesn’t capture the manhandling and how comrade Andile`s space was invaded and threatened and by consequence acted in self-defence.”
Xathula also highlighted that the footage is political because it was captured by a member of their opposition while isolating Lungisa’s “actions in exclusion of other council members".
“As the ANC we are not blind to the fact that this case is political and therefore it's outcomes might be driven by political agendas to criminalize and at best to destroy comrade Andile Lungisa.”
He added that they are “not naïve to the inverse” and they are against the judgement.
“We would like for the court to consider changing the judge, as he has proven not to be sensitive to the political implications of the case and the tensions it might create in the broader political space if not handled with care, objectivity and the fairness it deserves,” Xathula said.
“The ANC would like to call on all members of the ANC and Nelson Mandela residents to be disciplined and allow comrade Andile Lungisa to appeal this process.
“We would also like to encourage them to exercise restraint and patience, as we are receiving information that there are groupings that are mobilizing themselves against the judgement.”
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Hot Springs, Arkansas: Giant Bull
Mascot of Taco Mama, fiberglass bull is a veteran fixture of a closed Bonanza restaurant. Annual appearance in The World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Hot Springs.
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Giant Bull At Taco Mama
This behemoth bull is the mascot of Taco Mama. A former bull from the Bonanza restaurant chain has been adopted by the owners and gets on the road once a year to be an annual earmark of The World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Hot Springs. Otherwise you can find him watching over the parking lot, and ready for your photo op.
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How do Canadian Workers Feel About Celebrating Sports at Work?
22 per cent of Canadian professionals love celebrating sports events like March Madness in the office; 33 per cent say otherwise
Employees spend an average of 8.5 minutes per workday on activities during the college basketball playoffs
An increase in the frequency of sports talk at work is the most common activity
Toronto, ON — Canadian employees are on the fence about sporting events like March Madness, suggests a new survey from staffing firm OfficeTeam. Nearly half of professionals (45 per cent) said they’re not really into sport-related activities in the office, but are willing to play along, while a third (33 per cent) said they would rather not celebrate at all. Less than a quarter (22 per cent) said they love being able to keep up with sports at work.
View an infographic with the full survey data, along with a breakdown in age and gender tables.
Additional findings:
Male employees and those ages 18 to 34 spend the most time on tournament-related activities at work (13 minutes and 12 minutes on average a day, respectively), such as talking to colleagues and participating in informal competitions.
Men (32 per cent) and employees ages 18 to 34 (27 per cent) most frequently said they love keeping up with sports in the office and bonding with colleagues over them.
An increase in sports talk (50 per cent) and checking game scores and team rankings (29 per cent) are the most common workplace behaviours around major sporting attractions, according to senior managers.
“Engaging with sport-related activities at work can be a great way to support office camaraderie, but it’s important that managers recognize not everyone is a sports fan,” said Koula Vasilopoulos, a district president for OfficeTeam. “Look for ways to involve the entire team, using staff feedback to organize friendly competitions, themed lunches, or designating areas to talk sports. Encouraging employees to choose how they participate ensures everyone benefits from the opportunity to take a refreshing break and bond with colleagues.”
OfficeTeam offers four questions employees can ask themselves before celebrating sporting events at work:
Is this against company policy? Don’t get in trouble for not following the playbook. Know your organization’s rules on employee breaks, personal internet use, sports attire and workplace decorations.
What’s on my to-do list? Take quick time-outs to check scores or chat about games with colleagues, if allowed. However, don’t fall behind on assignments.
Am I overdoing it? It’s fine to root for your favourite team, but no one likes a poor sport. Remember, it’s just a game.
Should I take time off? If you want a day off to enjoy the tournament, submit your request early. This gives your boss the opportunity to determine if temporary support should be brought in.
The surveys were developed by OfficeTeam and conducted by independent research firms. They include responses from more than 1,000 Canadian workers 18 years of age or older and employed in office environments, and more than 300 senior managers at Canadian companies with 20 or more employees.
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Robin C. Pike, MLIS, CA, DAS
Robin C. Pike
Master of Library Information Science, Summa cum laude, August 2007
Specialization in Archives and Records Management
B.S. Ed. Music Education, Summa cum laude, May 2006
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Digital Archives Specialist Certificate, October 2013
Society of American Archivists
Certified Archivist, August 2011, August 2017
Academy of Certified Archivists
Manager, Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting; Digital Collections Librarian
February 2012-Present (Librarian II)
University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, Maryland
Responsible for growing the resources available in UMD Libraries Digital Collections: http://digital.lib.umd.edu/ and growing the digitization operations across UMD Libraries. Provide leadership and create policies, standards, and workflows as they relate to digital conversion and reformatting. Administer the personnel, resources, and projects of the DCMR Department and oversee and coordinate digital conversion and reformatting efforts across the UMD Libraries for all formats, for both in-house and vendor-based digitization projects or requests. Coordinate the funding of digitization projects throughout the Libraries, and explore new funding opportunities including, grants and coordinating with the Director of Development of the Libraries on seeking donors; serve as a financial advocate for these projects. Consult with Libraries staff on digitization projects, and manage these projects and resources. Identify collaborative opportunities in the UMD Libraries and external groups and partnerships. Serve as an expert on digitization and digital collections standards and policies by representing Libraries on internal and external committees, working groups, and professional organizations.
Audiovisual Archivist
February 2008-February 2012
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Managed the photographic, audio, moving image, and film collections, including acquisition of materials from university offices and donors and the identification of new sources. Provided reference and access to collections, including digitization of photographs and audiovisual materials, for CUA students, staff, faculty, administrators and external researchers. Managed digitization projects for the Archives and advised on digitization standards throughout the Libraries. Appraised, arranged, and described audiovisual collections or audiovisual series, creating indexes and finding aids using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) in NoteTab XML editor, Describing Archives a Content Standard, and Library of Congress Authorities. Acted as the liaison between the Archives and the Libraries IT staff. Assisted with website revisions. Hired, trained and supervised student workers, practicum students, and volunteers. Served as the CUA representative on the digital collections and preservation committees in the Washington Research Library Consortium.
Masters of Library and Information Science Internship
August 2006-August 2007
University of Pittsburgh Music Library, Pittsburgh, PA
Performed copy and original cataloging for commercial music scores, books, sound recordings, and special collections according to AACR2, DACS, and Library of Congress Authorities; assisted with collection development by searching for re-released sound recordings; performed basic reference and circulation desk duties; assisted patrons with materials and music playback technology; and assisted with receipt and assessment of donations.
Masters of Library and Information Science Field Experience
May 2007-August 2007
Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center, West Homestead, PA
The BMNECC was founded in 1930 to serve as a social club and cultural center for immigrants in the Pittsburgh region. The historic facility houses the largest collection of Bulgarian art, audio recordings, film, video, costumes, jewelry, textiles, books, and artifacts in the United States. Consulted with the Board of the BMNECC to assess needs and develop requirements for a database for the cataloging of all cultural heritage collections. Developed a relational database in using qualified Dublin Core metadata and standardized terms from the Library of Congress Authorities, the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, and the Thesaurus of Graphic Materials based on the needs of the collections. Created manual on how to enter objects in the database using Dublin Core metadata and standardized forms for specific fields. Completed a survey of the preservation state of the audio and moving image collections in the cultural collections. Created a preservation manual that can be followed by future volunteers and interns performing surveys of the other cultural materials, including books, papers, and other audiovisual materials.
Music Library Student Worker
August 2002-May 2006
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Music Library, Indiana, PA
Performed basic reference duties and referred patrons to the Music Librarian and Music Library Cataloger for in-depth questions. Performed circulation duties using Voyager. Performed preservation binding of scores and created preservation copies of scores and parts. Created parts using Sibelius notation software when lost. Received materials from the bindery and assisted in making them shelf-ready. Performed shelf-maintenance and inventory of circulating collections. Assisted with packing and moving the library’s collections during the music building renovations.
Library Service: Committee, Task Force, Group Service
Library Assembly and Library Assembly Advisory Council (LAAC)
Chair-Elect/Vice Chair, Chair, Past Chair (elected), July 1, 2017-June 30, 2020
LAAC 2014-2016, 2017-2020
Archival Metadata Librarian Search Committee, December 2015-May 2016
Library Assembly Committee on Committees (member, elected), July 2013-June 2018
Chair, 2014-2016, 2017-2018
Collection Services Advisory Committee, July 2013-present
Digital Preservation Policy Task Force, 2012-2013
Chair, Historic Maryland Newspaper Librarian Search Committee, October 2012-January 2013
Born-Digital Working Group, September 2012-2014
Prange Collection RFP group, August 2012-November 2013
ReVision Committee for Nonprint Media Services, February 2012-February 2013
The Catholic University of America
Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC)
Preservation Advisory Committee, 2011-2012
Digital Practices Committee, 2011-2012
Chair, 2011-2012
Digitization Taskforce, 2010
Digital Collections Sub-committee, 2008
Coordinator of Science Libraries Search Committee, 2009-2010
Campus Service: General
University Senate Academic Procedures and Standards Committee member, 2015-2017
Sigma Alpha Iota, Gamma Epsilon College Park Chapter, volunteer, 2015-2016
My Maryland Day Fair volunteer, College Park, MD, 2015-2016
Maryland Day volunteer, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017
President Father O’Connell Farewell Campus Planning Committee, 2010
Campus Service: Teaching, Guest Lecturing
Pike, Robin and Laura Schnitker, “Audiovisual Formats,” LBSC 786: Library and Archives Preservation, March 15, 2017.
Pike, Robin, “Management of Digital Programs,” LBSC 784: Digital Preservation, October 22, 2015.
Pike, Robin, “Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Digitization,” INST 641: Policy Issues in Digital Curation, February 4, 2015.
Pike, Robin, “Doing Digital: Skills, Knowledge, and Roles in Libraries and Archives.” Panel, April 15, 2014.
Pike, Robin, “Digital Collections and Digitization Process at the UMD Libraries,” tour guide and guest lecturer for HIST 419E: Making and Critiquing Digital History, February 10, 2014.
Pike, Robin, “Digitization Process at the UMD Libraries,” tour guide and guest lecturer for LBSC 605: Archival Principles, Practices, and Programs, October 9, 2013.
Pike, Robin, “Digital Imaging and Digital Preservation,” LBSC 784: Digital Preservation, February 18, 2013.
Pike, Robin, “Management of Digital Programs in Special Collections,” LBSC 731: Special Collections, October 22, 2012.
Pike, Robin, “Digital Formats and Digital Collections,” LBSC 708R: Visual and Sound Materials, June 26, 2012.
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Pike, Robin, "Management of Digital Programs in Special Collections," CLSC 747: Special Collections, July 18, 2016.
Pike, Robin, “Creating Exhibits of Visual Materials,” LSC 879: Public Programs, Outreach, and Digital Exhibits in Libraries, Archives, and Museums, March 23, 2011.
Pike, Robin, “The Life of an Audiovisual Archivist,” LSC 646: Archives Management, September 16, 2010.
Pike, Robin, “Audiovisual Preservation at the Catholic University of America,” Religious Archives Institute, June 5, 2009.
External Reviewer
Senior Librarian, University of Oregon, 2017
Full Archivist Librarian, Texas Tech University Libraries, 2014
Grant peer reviewer for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Access to Historical Records, August 2015
Digitizing Historical Records, July 2013
Documenting Democracy: Access to Historical Records, February 2013
Hosting and coordinating Society of American Archivist Workshops
Accessioning and Ingest of Electronic Records, College Park, MD, Digital Archives Specialist Curriculum, March 31, 2014
Appraising Electronic Records, College Park, MD, Digital Archives Specialist Curriculum, September 30, 2013
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Education and Training Committee, 2010-2016
Webmaster, May 2012-May 2014
Web Editor, 2010-May 2012
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
Program Committee, Fall 2012 program
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Recorded Sound Roundtable
Web Liaison, 2010-2012
Steering Committee, 2012-2013, 2015-2016
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, 2013-2014
Digital Archives Specialist Exam Proctor, 2014-present
Sigma Alpha Iota
Washington, DC, Alumnae Chapter, 2012-present
Vice-President of Membership, 2013-2017
Fundraising Committee Chair, Kappa Beta Chapter, 2004-2005
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, 2013-present
Academy of Certified Archivists, 2011-present
Association of Moving Image Archivists, 2010-present
Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 2009-present
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 2008-present
Music Library Association, 2007, 2011-2012
Society of American Archivists, 2006-present
Phi Kappa Phi, 2004-present
Sigma Alpha Iota, 2003-present
Association of Research Libraries, Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce, August 2015-December 2017.
Scholarship/Creativity
Book Editor
Brylawski Sam, Maya Lerman, Robin Pike, and Kathlin Smith, editors, ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation, (Washington, DC: CLIR, May 2015) https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub164/pub164.pdf (accessed June 1, 2017).
Dohe, Kate, and Robin C. Pike, “Project Management and Digital Curation: Applying Agile Practices to Large-Scale Digital Projects,” Advances in Library Adminstration and Organization: Project Management in the Library Workplace (Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018). Accepted, pending publication.
Pike, Robin C., Anna J. Kephart, and Douglas P. McElrath, “The Future of the Past: How Chronicling America Can Impact Genealogical Stories,” Librarianship and Genealogy: Trends, Issues, Case Studies, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2017). Accepted, pending publication.
Articles in Referred Journals
Pike, Robin C., “Funding a Future for Digital Collections at University of Maryland Libraries,” Journal of Digital Media Management, Volume 6 number 1 (2017).
Parker, Bria, Robin C. Pike, and Vincent Novara, “Digitizing the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Archives Media,” Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, Volume 34 number 1 (2016) http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/vol34/iss1/11/ (accessed June 1, 2017).
Knies, Jennie A. Levine and Robin C. Pike. “Catching Up: Creating a Digital Preservation Policy After the Fact,” Archival Practice, Volume 1 number 1 (26 March 2014) http://libjournal.uncg.edu/index.php/ap/article/view/870/532 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin C. “A Note from the Chair,” Society of American Archivists, Recorded Sound Roundtable Newsletter, July 2015 http://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/RecordedSound_Summer2015.pdf (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin. “Accidental Audio Archival Education,” Society of American Archivists Recorded Sound Roundtable Newsletter, Spring 2012.
Barry, Therese, Siri Berdahl, Mary Boerger, Kristin Justham, Robin C. Pike, Marika Soulsby, and Anita Vannucci. “Survey of the University of Pittsburgh and Association of American Universities’ Websites and Physical Holdings,” SAA Campus Case Studies: No. 9 (2008) http://files.archivists.org/pubs/CampusCaseStudies/Case9Final.pdf (accessed June 1, 2017).
Cox, Richard J. and the University of Pittsburgh archive students. “Machines in the Archives: Technology and the Coming Transformation of Archival Reference.” First Monday, Volume 12 number 11 (5 November 2007) http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2029/1894 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Referred Presentations
Pike, Robin C., “Maryland Newspapers in Chronicling America,” UMD Libraries Research and Innovative Practice Forum, College Park, MD June 8, 2017 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19238 (accessed June 15, 2017).
Pike, Robin C., Monique Politowski Libby, Nicole H. Scalessa, and Nicole Joniec, “Business Models for Digitization: Locating Funding and Prioritizing Digitization,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Newark, NJ, April 21, 2017 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19203 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin C., “Digitization Prioritization and Funding,” Digital Library Federation Forum, Milwaukee, WI, November 8, 2016 https://osf.io/uuw3e (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin C., “Using Statistics to Set Priorities,” UMD Libraries Research and Innovative Practice Forum, College Park, MD, June 6, 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/18090 (accessed June 1, 2017). 14 downloads since June 13, 2016.
Arp, Laurie Gemmill, Laura Drake Davis, Robin C. Pike, and Linda Tompkins-Baldwin, “Archival Impact: Increasing Connections to Collections through Digitization,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 15, 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19214 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Parker, Bria, Robin C. Pike, and Vincent Novara, “‘Is This Enough?’ Digitizing Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Archives Media,” International Council on Archives-Section on University Archives, Chapel Hill, NC, July 15, 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/17141 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin C., “Managing Audiovisual Digitization,” UMD Libraries Research and Innovative Practice Forum, College Park, MD, June 4, 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/18091 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Halaychik, Corey, Matt Dunie, Robin Pike, and Charles Sicignano, “Finding a Way: Negotiation Tips and Tactics,” The Collective, Knoxville, TN, February 19, 2015.
Pike, Robin, C., Siobhan Hagan, and Steven Villereal. “Audiovisual Alacrity: Managing Timely Access to Audiovisual Collections,” Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, Washington, DC, August 16, 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/15574 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin, "Managing and Maneuvering Mass Digitization," Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Rochester, NY, April 26, 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/15634 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin, “What’s Wrong with this Picture? How Format and Issue Identification Tools Can Help You,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 8, 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19215 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Pike, Robin, “Digitization Machines of the 21st Century: Gado and IRENE,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Richmond, VA, October 26, 2012.
Pike, Robin, “Rights, Reproductions, and Reality: The Business of Serving Our Researchers,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Alexandria, VA, May 7, 2011.
Pike, Robin, "New Developments in Describing Audiovisual Materials," Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Alexandria, VA, May 6, 2011.
Invited Presentations
Pike, Robin C. and Rebecca Wack, “Maryland Digital Newspapers,” Maryland Newspaper Conference, Digital Maryland, Towson, MD, June 14, 2017 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19255 (accessed June 15, 2017).
Pike, Robin C. and Douglas McElrath, “Historic Maryland Newspapers Project Advisory Board Meeting,” College Park, MD, November 11, 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/18919 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Forbes, Megan, Jennifer Kremyar, and Robin Pike, “Unblurring the Lines,” Lyrasis Second Fridays, Webinar, July 8, 2016.
Pike, Robin, “Building a Scalable, Sustainable Digitization Program: From the Stacks to the Future of Research,” MITH Digital Dialogues, College Park, MD, April 9, 2013.
Pike, Robin, "You Have a Website, Now What? Seven Ways to use Web Tools," presenter, SAA Annual Conference, Lone Arrangers Meeting, Washington, DC, August 11, 2010.
Pike, Robin, “Audio Preservation in a Reel Archive: A Case Study,” Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), Spring Forum: From Digitization to Digital Preservation, presenter and panel speaker, Washington, DC, April 15, 2010.
Panel Presentations
Pike, Robin, “Doing Digital: Skills, Knowledge, and Roles in Libraries and Archives,” Panel at University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, MD, April 15, 2014.
Pike, Robin, "No Website? No Knowledge? No Problem!" Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, Washington, DC, August 10, 2010.
Olney-Zide, Molly and Robin C. Pike, “Delaware and Maryland in the News: The National Digital Newspaper Program and Chronicling America,” Maryland Library Association and Delaware Library Association Joint Library Conference, Cambridge, MD, May 12, 2017 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19226 (accessed June 1, 2017).
Blood, George, Robin C. Pike, and Joshua Ranger, “Managing Audiovisual Digitization Projects,” Society of American Archivists Annual Conference preconference workshop, Cleveland, OH, August 17, 2015.
Pike, Robin, Portal to the Past: Reflections of Student Life, Mullen Library Gallery, The Catholic University of America, September 2011-December 2011.
Knoblauch, Leslie and Robin Pike, Intellect and Virtue: A Catholic Tradition, Mullen Library Gallery, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, January-May 2011.
Knoblauch, Leslie and Robin Pike, Together in Faith: The Pope Visits Catholic University, traveling campus exhibit, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, June 2008-December 2008, April 2009.
Knoblauch, Leslie, Robin Pike and Jane Stoeffler, CUA History (Annual Exhibit), Mullen Library Gallery, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, September-December 2008, 2009, 2010.
National Endowment for the Humanities. Historic Maryland Newspapers Project, Phase 3. Amount Awarded: $250,000. Proposal Start Date: September 1, 2016, Proposal End date: 8/31/2018. Co-Principal Investigators: Robin Pike and Douglas McElrath.
Farrell, Liam. “A Gateway to Maryland History,” Terp, January 24, 2017, http://terp.umd.edu/a-gateway-to-maryland-history/#.WQjUdFPytE4 (accessed June 1, 2017).
oreman, Chris. “Digital archivists: technological custodians of human history,” Ars Technica, May 20, 2012, http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/digital-archivists-technological-custodians-of-human-history/ (accessed June 1, 2017).
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Pike, Robin C., “Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting: Management and Production of Digital Collections,” College Park, MD, March 20, 2017 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/18507 (accessed June 1, 2017).
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Amazon shows off a new $180 Ring ‘Stick Up Cam’
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Among the slew of devices Amazon announced this morning at its event in Seattle is a new Ring Stick Up Cam – stick up, because it’s designed to go anywhere. (And is not, apparently, a reference to being robbed at gunpoint?) The camera comes in two versions – one that’s battery-powered and could be more easily used outdoors, as well as one that’s wired, which may make more sense indoors.
The device also supports power over internet, so if your house is wired for that specifically, you’ll have another option to power the device, Amazon says.
The company didn’t detail many specs for this device – we’ll add those later, as they become available.
These devices, which come in both black and white, will be available later this year.
They’ll cost $179.99 and be available in the UK, US, France, Germany, Australia and a number of other countries around the world.
Check out our full coverage from the event here.
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Construction extra line Felixstowe branch to commence
Network Rail engineers have installed 2,300 sleepers along with ballast, the stones that form the track bed, in preparation of the construction of an additional line on the Felixstowe branch, the vital railway line connecting the Port of Felixstowe to the UK hinterland. In the coming months, engineers will start building the new line, which connects Trimley and the level crossing at Gun Lane.
A 1.4-kilometer track loop near Trimley Station will allow the line to operate more effectively, giving the flexibility to run an additional ten freight trains in each direction, as well as improve the reliability of existing passenger services. With the new line, a total of 43 trains will be able to pass each day, the equivalent of up to 76 lorries on the road.
Matter of months
Guy Bates, head of freight development at Network Rail said: “We are now a matter of months from being able to realise the benefits of the Felixstowe capacity enhancement scheme, it will provide line capacity for more trains conveying more goods by rail and so fewer lorries on the road – this scheme is a critical step in developing rail capacity between the UK’s number one Port and the Midlands and the North.
“It is part of our wider Strategic Freight Network programme that over the past decade has laid the foundations for a progressive realisation of a set of freight capable corridors linking the nations key ports, centres of production, distribution and consumption – enabling rail freight to play an increasingly effective role in delivering for the UK economy and environment.”
Much needed
Increased capacity on the Felixstowe branch is a much-needed infrastructural upgrade, as currently many containers go to Felixstowe by road. “There is not enough track capacity for both the lightly-loaded passenger trains and the container trains, and so it’s the passenger trains that get the line capacity”, explained rail economics expert Professor Chris Nash. “Here we have investment going on now to enable freight to expand, so it is not all gloomy.”
In addition to the track re-doubling, works will include the upgrade of several level crossings to make them safer and new bi-directional signalling infrastructure to support the demand for more freight trains. The works are carried out at a cost of 60.4 million British pounds (52.7 million Euros).
Tags: Felixstowe, maintenance of rail infrastructure, Network Rail, track ballast, United Kingdom
Author: Majorie van Leijen
Majorie van Leijen is is editor of RailTech.com and RailFreight.com, online magazine for rail freight professionals.
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An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
Start reading Shari Lapena's new book, An Unwanted Guest, a chilling thriller that will be published on August 7.
By Shari Lapena • 12 months ago
Saturday, 5:45 a.m.
Morning comes slowly, the sun obscured by thick cloud. Overnight, the falling snow, so peaceful, has turned to sleet, coating everything in brittle ice, making the landscape even more dangerous to navigate. It seems everything is about to snap. Inside the inn, there’s a distinct chill in the air.
Lauren rises early, freezing, even with the warmth of Ian pressed up beside her. Her neck is stiff. She gets out of bed, shivering, and hurries to put warm clothes on, wondering why it’s so damn cold. She slips on jeans, a T‑shirt, a heavy sweater, warm socks. They hadn’t closed the drapes before they went to bed, and now she glances out the front window to the landscape below. Everything is covered in sparkling ice. It’s beautiful, as if the world is coated in diamonds. The branches of the huge tree in the front yard are bent, weighted down with ice. She sees where one of them has broken off; there’s a large, pale gash where it has been ripped from the trunk. The heavy limb lies broken in three separate pieces on the ground below.
She walks quietly into the bathroom, leaving the door open. She doesn’t want to turn on the light—she doesn’t want to wake Ian. It’s damn cold. She brushes her hair quickly. Her illuminated watch face says it’s just before six. She wonders what time the staff gets up and starts their day.
She glances back at Ian snoring in their bed, only his head showing above the covers. He won’t be up for a while. She opens the door quietly. It’s dark in the corridor; the lights in the wall sconces are out. She slips out and walks down the third‑floor hall to the main stairs in her thick socks. She doesn’t want to wake anyone. She turns toward the staircase to the lobby, wondering how long it will be before she can get a cup of coffee.
Riley wakens suddenly, sitting up abruptly in bed, eyes wide open. She thinks she’s heard a scream—loud and piercing. Her heart is pounding, and she can feel the familiar adrenaline surging through her body. She glances quickly around the dim hotel room and remembers where she is. She turns to the other bed beside her, throwing aside the bedcovers, and is immediately accosted by the cold. Gwen is awake, too, and alert.
“What’s going on?” Gwen says. “I thought I heard something.”
“I don’t know. I heard it, too.”
For a moment they remain perfectly still, listening. They hear a woman’s voice, shouting.
Riley throws her legs over the bed and pulls on her robe against the chill, while Gwen scrambles to do the same, saying, “Wait for me.”
Riley grabs the key as the two of them slip out the door. The third‑floor corridor is unexpectedly dark, and they stop suddenly, disoriented. Riley remembers that she needs to talk to Gwen about last night, but now is not the time. She’s just grateful to have Gwen here with her. She doesn’t know what she would do if anything happened to Gwen.
“The power must be out,” Gwen says.
Riley and Gwen make their way to the grand staircase, barefoot. Holding on to the polished rail, they race down the stairs, as other footsteps can be heard running in the darkened hotel.
Then Riley stops abruptly. The dull light coming in through the front windows illuminates a ghastly sight below her. Dana lies sprawled at the bottom of the stairs, perfectly still, her limbs in an unnatural position beneath her navy satin robe. Her lovely, long dark hair spills all around her, but her face has an unmistakable pallor. She knows immediately that Dana is dead.
Lauren is kneeling on the floor beside her, leaning over her, her hand pressed against Dana’s neck, feeling for a pulse. She looks up at them, stricken. “I just found her.” Her voice is strained.
Riley continues slowly down the stairs until she is standing on the last step, right above the body. She can feel Gwen’s presence behind her, hears her broken sob.
“Was that you who screamed?” Riley asks.
Lauren nods, tearful.
Riley notices Bradley and his father, James, standing nearby. James is staring at the body of the dead woman at the bottom of his staircase, his face slack with shock. Bradley seems unable to look at Dana, staring at Lauren instead as she hovers over the body. Then James moves forward and reaches down hesitantly.
“She’s dead,” Lauren tells him.
He pulls his hand back, almost gratefully.
David hears the scream and jumps out of bed. He throws on a bathrobe, grabs his key, and leaves his room. At the top of the landing he pauses and looks down at the ragged little gathering below. He sees Dana—clearly dead—lying at the foot of the stairs in her bathrobe, Lauren beside her. Riley and Gwen have their backs to him. James is pale and Bradley looks suddenly much younger than he did last night. David hears a noise above him, glances up quickly, and sees Henry and Beverly coming behind him, also still in their pajamas, drawing their robes closed and tying them shut.
“What happened?” David says, hurrying down the stairs.
“We don’t know,” James says, his voice shaking. “It looks like she fell down the stairs.”
David comes closer.
“I couldn’t find a pulse,” Lauren says.
David squats down and studies the body without touching it, a grimness taking hold of him. Finally he says, “She’s been dead for a while. She must have fallen in the middle of the night.” He wonders aloud, “Why would she have been out of her room?” He’s noted the terrible gash on the side of her head, the blood on the edge of the bottom step. He takes it all in with a practiced eye, and feels unaccountably weary.
“Dear God,” Beverly whispers. “That poor girl.”
David looks up at the rest of them. Beverly has turned her face away, but Henry is staring solemnly at the body. David glances at Gwen—her face is tearstained, and her lower lip is trembling. He longs to comfort her, but he doesn’t. Riley’s staring at the dead woman as if she can’t tear her eyes away. He notices then that Matthew is missing.
“Someone has to tell Matthew,” he says, his heart sinking, knowing it will probably be him. He takes one more look at James and then at all the stricken faces now staring back at him as they remember Matthew. “I’ll do it.” Standing up, he adds, “We’d better call the police.”
“We can’t,” James says harshly. “The power’s out. And the phone. We can’t contact the police.”
“Then someone has to go get them,” David says.
“How?” Bradley asks. “Look outside. Everything is a sheet of ice.”
James shakes his head slowly. “The power lines must be down because of the ice storm. It’s hazardous out there. Nobody’s going anywhere.” He adds, his voice taking on an uncertain note, “It’s probably going to be a while before the police can get here.”
Candice’s alarm on her cell phone is set to go off promptly every morning at six thirty. She’s nothing if not disciplined. She is a light sleeper, however, and this morning, something wakes her before the alarm sounds. She’s not sure what. She hears footsteps running along the hall below her, raised voices.
She decides she’d better get up. Plus it’s goddamn cold. She flicks the light switch of the lamp on her bedside table, but it doesn’t go on. It’s very dark in the room. She crosses the floor, shivering in bare feet, to open the drapes to let in some light. She’s surprised by what she sees. Not the fluffy winter wonderland of last night— but the unleashed fury of an ice storm. Obviously the power is out. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck. She wonders how much battery she’s got left in her laptop. Maybe five hours, max. This is a disaster! She needs to find out when the power’s going back on. She quickly pulls on some warm clothes and heads cautiously downstairs in the dark.
As she rounds the landing and sees down the stairs into the lobby she stops abruptly. There’s a cluster of people at the bottom of the stairs and they all glance up toward her. Every one of their faces is drawn and uneasy. And then she sees why. There’s a woman lying at the bottom of the stairs, so still that she is clearly dead. It’s Dana Hart. The attorney is standing over her, his face serious. There’s no sign of Matthew.
David has volunteered to break the terrible news to Matthew, who as far as they know is still up in his room. Properly speaking, he supposes that it’s the duty of the owner of the hotel to inform Matthew. But James doesn’t look up to the task. This is what David tells himself as he treads back up. James accompanies him, obviously grateful that the attorney has offered. The others remain behind, standing in place, dumbly watching their quiet progress up the stairs.
“Which room is it?” David asks.
“Room 201,” James tells him in a distraught voice.
They stop outside the door. David pauses, preparing himself. He listens for any sounds within. But he hears nothing. He lifts his hand and knocks firmly.
There’s no response. David glances at James, who appears even more anxious. David knocks again, harder this time. He’s beginning to think about having James go fetch the key when he hears movement within. Finally the door swings open and David is face‑to‑face with the man he met over cocktails the night before. David suddenly feels a terrible pity for him. Matthew still looks half asleep. He’s clumsily pulling on a bathrobe.
“Yes?” he says, obviously surprised to find them at his door. Then he glances over his shoulder at the bed he’s just gotten out of, as if he’s missing something. He turns back and looks David in the eye and it registers all at once. Matthew’s eyes sharpen. “What is it?” He looks from David, to the visibly upset James, and back to the attorney. “What’s happened? Where’s Dana?”
“I’m afraid there’s been an accident,” David says, in his professional voice.
“What?” Matthew is clearly alarmed now.
“I’m so sorry,” David says quietly.
“Has something happened to Dana?” Matthew’s voice is full of panic.
“She’s fallen down the stairs,” David says.
“Is she okay?” But his face has gone white.
David shakes his head somberly and says the dreaded words again. “I’m so sorry.”
Matthew gasps, “I don’t believe it!” He looks ghastly. “I want to see her!”
There’s nothing to be done. He must see her. David leads him down to the landing where he stops, respectfully. Dana lies below them like a broken doll, thrown across a room by a petulant child. Matthew sees her, cries out, and stumbles past him in his rush to get to his beloved.
“Don’t touch her,” David advises.
Matthew collapses beside her and begins to sob as the others step back. He ignores David’s warning and strokes her too‑pale face, runs his thumb along her bloodless lips, in disbelief. Then he buries his face in her neck, his shoulders heaving.
The others look away; it’s unbearable.
Finally, Matthew looks up. “How did this happen?” he cries, half crazed, at David, who has descended the stairs and has stopped above him on the second step. “Why would she even be out of our room?”
“You didn’t hear her go?” David asks.
Matthew shakes his head slowly in shock and misery. “No. I was asleep. I didn’t hear anything.” He covers his face with both hands and weeps wretchedly.
Bradley fetches a white sheet and they all stand by somberly as he and David settle it gently over Dana’s inert form.
Excerpted with permission from An Unwanted Guest © 2018 by Shari Lapena. Published by Pamela Dorman Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
For more heart-wrenching thrillers, check out Read it Forward’s list of the Most Chilling Thrillers of Summer 2018, which includes An Unwanted Guest.
SHARI LAPENA worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before turning to writing fiction. A Stranger in the House, as well as Lapena’s suspense debut, The Couple Next Door, were both New York Times and international bestsellers. An Unwanted Guest is her third thriller.
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Michael Avenatti Touts Earth-Shattering Kavanaugh Accusation to Rachel Maddow, Backs Off on Twitter
Posted at 12:30 pm on September 25, 2018 by Alex Parker
As covered by RedState’s streiff Sunday night, former Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti has claimed a third accuser of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is on their way to the spotlight from stage Left.
Sounds legitimate — who’s more credible than an attention-crazed lawyer for a litigating porn star?
Avenatti teased his latest production Sunday, courtesy of Twitter:
“I represent a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that [accused co-conspirator in the Christine Blasey Ford case Mark Judge] and others be subpoenaed to testify. The nomination must be withdrawn.”
Monday morning, the media glutton decided to make himself look far goofier by way of a “warning”:
“Warning: My client re Kavanaugh has previously done work within the State Dept, U.S. Mint, & DOJ. She has been granted multiple security clearances in the past including Public Trust & Secret. The GOP and others better be very careful in trying to suggest that she is not credible”
You’ve all been warned!
Later in the evening, Avenatti appeared on MSNBC to give host Rachel Maddow the 411 on the latest addition to the circus created by shameless Democrats, which has made the United States Supreme Court confirmation process — and the country’s political system, in general — look as if it’s run by clowns.
Mikey clowned it up on the left-wing network, praising the earth-shattering pitch he’s about to deliver from the mound of continued left-wing idiocy:
“[I]’m representing one client who I can describe as a witness and victim, as well as additional corroborating witnesses to what she is going to allege publicly within the next 48 hours. As it relates to her particular allegations, we’re not going to provide additional information beyond that which is contained within the emails that I exchanged with the Senate Judiciary Committee.”
A third accuser!
Then things really got juicy:
“But let me say this: this woman, when she does surface, will be found to be 100% credible by the American public.”
What kind of nonsense is that? Could there ever be any accuser who’s found “100% credible” by the citizenry?? In AvenattiLand, apparently, it’s a distinct possibility. Because:
“I would not be representing her if I did not believe her. And if anyone has been paying attention over the last 6 months, they know that I do not traffic in nonsense or rumor.”
Please refer to my last paragraph. If anyone has been paying attention.
In Michael’s eyes, he’s above the fray of common slimy attorney nitwittery:
“I utilize facts and evidence. And this woman will prove to be credible, and she is believable, and we are hopeful that the committee will launch an FBI investigation forthwith.”
Again, with the FBI. Why would the FBI involve itself in such a matter?
With regard to Christine Blasey Ford’s charges against Kavanaugh, a DoJ spokesperson told Fox News that investigation into such claims is outside the purview of the Bureau:
“[FBI background investigations are performed to] determine whether the nominee could pose a risk to the national security of the United States. … The FBI does not make any judgement about the credibility or significance of any allegation.”
Additionally, Avenatti said his client would take a lie detector test:
“We have also asked that she be permitted to take a polygraph examination, which she has agreed to do, provided that Brett Kavanaugh does the same.”
Oh boy.
As for purported sexual-groping-high-school-cohort-from-36-years-ago Mark Judge:
“[I] will say this: we have demanded that Mark Judge be subpoenaed to testify before the committee in public so that the American people can hear Mark Judge answer questions about his close friend, Brett Kavanaugh. So far, those requests have fallen on deaf ears. For some reason, Chairman Grassley and others do not want the American people to hear from Mark Judge; for some reason, Brett Kavanaugh does not want the American people to hear from his close friend, Mark Judge. And I think that should tell people everything they need to know about Mark Judge and what he may say.”
If it tells the American people everything they need to know, then how about you just stop, Big Mike? Everyone already knows everything. You can go home now.
He hasn’t stopped, but he does seem to have slowed. Avenatti cooled his jets a little, early Tuesday morning:
“Let me be clear: We will disclose the client’s name and accusations only when SHE is ready and we have adequate security measures in place. And not a moment before that. It is her choice and hers alone as to when to surface bc it is her life. We expect it within the next 36 hrs.”
And the droning saga continues.
The camera hog’s — I mean, the esteemed attorney’s — ridiculous place in the culture at the moment feels similar to his description of Kavanaugh’s guilt to Rachel Maddow:
“[I]t’s not about one specific allegation. It’s a series of allegations. This a patten of behavior…that took place across many months and many years.”
It feels like the same can be said of Michael Avenatti, on allegations of utter annoying goofiness.
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Hear Marty Stuart’s Restless New Song ‘Whole Lotta Highway’
Track is the first taste of Stuart’s upcoming new album ‘Way Out West,’ due March 10th
Marty Stuart will release his new album 'Way Out West' on March 10th.
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Marty Stuart will release his first new album since 2014’s double LP Saturday Night/Sunday Morning. On March 10th, the country traditionalist with the rock & roll flair will unveil Way Out West, a love note to the Golden State of California.
To preview the album, produced by Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Stuart has released the new song “Whole Lotta Highway (With a Million Miles to Go).” Fueled by his superb longtime band the Fabulous Superlatives, the track – which nods to truck-driving anthems of old – roars out of the gate. (Listen to the song below.)
“I’ve always been a sucker for a truck driving song. It’s a true song, lived through, written from years of experience. The Superlatives and Mike Campbell played and sang their hearts out on this track,” says Stuart, summoning bluegrass guitarist Clarence White. “The scariest part for me was in the middle of my guitar solo, the ghost of Clarence White took over. At the end of the take, I had to take a walk around the building.”
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Along with White, the dusty Way Out West, recorded at Campbell’s California studio and Capitol Studios in Hollywood, calls to mind Stuart influences like Merle Haggard, Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash, in whose band Stuart once played.
“I wrote hard, but Merle still has the winning truck driving song line: ‘I want to die along the highway and rot away like some old high-line pole, rest this rambling fever in my soul,'” says Stuart, paying homage to Haggard’s “Ramblin’ Fever.”
Here’s the complete track list for Way Out West:
1. Desert Prayer- Part1
2. Mojave
3. Lost On The Desert
4. Way Out West
5. El Fantasma Del Toro
6. Old Mexico
7. Time Don’t Wait
8. Quicksand
9. Air Mail Special
10. Torpedo
11. Please Don’t Say Goodbye
12. Whole Lotta Highway (With a Million Miles to Go)
13. Desert Prayer – Part 2
14. Wait For The Morning
15. Way Out West (Reprise)
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Bloody bodies & twisted motives: Siberian butcher cop & other Russian serial killers
Published time: 30 Mar, 2017 00:42 Edited time: 30 Mar, 2017 15:15
Andrei Chikatilo (L), Alexander Pichushkin (С), Mikhail Popkov (R). © Sputnik, © НТВ / YouTube
Mikhail Popkov was this week charged with 60 new murders, in addition to the 22 that have already resulted in convictions. A guilty verdict would make the former cop Russia’s most prolific serial killer, but in terms of relentless brutality, he has "rivals."
Andrei Chikatilo, The Rostov Ripper, 52 victims
Andrei Chikatilo © Vladimir Vyatkin © Sputnik
Beyond the sheer number of victims, Andrey Chikatilo is undoubtedly Russia’s most notorious serial killer. The cat-and-mouse game between a grotesque and cunning murderer and the thousands of men who tracked him for years — involving manhunts, traps, lucky escapes, and widespread coverage in the increasingly-open Soviet media during Glasnost — was played, while the bodies of gruesomely mutilated victims piled up.
Chikatilo's victims. © Wikipedia
Born in 1936, Chikatilo suffered from an desperately deprived childhood that featured starvation, alleged cannibalism, beatings, and the possible rape of his mother during the Nazi occupation.
As an adult, the academically-gifted Chikatilo led a married life of employed mediocrity that eventually made it easier for him to hide, while harboring a burning resentment and constant sexual frustration. Working as a teacher unable to control his class — the theme of disrespect and bullying by his peers was a constant in the killer’s life story — Chikatilo could have first been stopped in the '70s when he made passes at several of his teenage students. Instead, the future mass murderer was quietly dismissed from a number of schools, easily finding new employment each time.
While suspected of a still-unsolved murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1978, Chikatilo's relentless murdering streak began in 1982 and did not stop until his arrest.
Chikatilo demonstrates to investigators how he carried out his murders © © Wikipedia
The killer would lure predominantly pre-teen boys and post-pubescent girls from bus stops, train stations, and other unassuming city locations by offering to help them with their bags or to show them his stamp collection.
He then walked them into the woods, attacked them, tied them up and stabbed them dozens of times. Unable to reach an erection from normal sexual activity, Chikatilo was wildly aroused from the struggle and pleas of his victims, and the mutilation of their dead bodies. As well as performing imitative sex acts with his knife, Chikatilo often cut off the victims’ sex organs, bit off nipples, gouged out eyes, and stuffed body parts into the dead youngsters’ mouths.
The murders represented both a release and an apparent vengeful rage against his own sexual failures, particularly as several victims appeared to have laughed at Chikatilo’s inability to perform, shortly before their deaths.
The hallmarks made it easy to connect the killings and already by 1983 a massive coordinated operation to catch the killer was underway. Over the next several years, the net was cast wide —perhaps too much so, distracting the core investigators from their task — resulting in background checks and blood tests on more than 200,000 individuals, and a vast number of arrests. Investigators reported that they solved nearly 1,100 other unrelated crimes as a result, but the killer slipped through.
In September 1984, a drunk Chikatilo, who was on a business trip, acting suspiciously and making clumsy advances towards both sexes in Rostov, was arrested by a city police patrol. He had a knife, a length of rope and a jar of Vaseline in his briefcase, but was able to explain them away; more importantly, though, his blood type didn’t match that of the semen found at the crime scenes, in what was likely a sample contamination error.
Nonetheless, Chikatilo, an industrial buyer at the time, was arrested and imprisoned for petty theft, but let out after three months.
Chikatilo's booking photos © Vladimir Vyatkin © Sputnik
He killed 21 more people after his release, but after committing several murders in quick succession in the fall of 1990, Chikatilo emerged from a forest, covered in mud and the blood of his last victim, 22-year-old Svetlana Korostik, and was spotted by an officer on duty. Police began surveillance on the man, who had already featured in their extensive database, and on November 20, 1990, the killer was captured.
Chikatilo broke his silence quickly, and cooperated with police, giving precise locations of the murders he committed and describing his acts with characteristic self-loathing.
Chikatilo is led to the courtroom © Sergei Kuznetsov © AFP
His trial, which began in 1992 in an over-stuffed provincial courtroom — packed with jostling TV crews from around the world and relatives demanding vengeance — was not a dignified scene of justice.
Chikatilo, by then a celebrity monster, clowned around in what appeared to be a blatant imitation of madness at odds with his everyday personality, ranting and blaming a harsh Soviet upbringing for his behavior, while also claiming that he had cleansed society of “undesirables.”
His death sentence was met with applause, and Andrey Chikatilo was executed on February 14, 1994.
Alexander Pichushkin, The Chessboard Killer, 49 victims
Alexander Pichushkin © Alexey Panov © Sputnik
At first glance, a drab repetitiveness of the circumstances of Alexander Pichushkin’s crimes fails to elicit the dark fascination of more dramatic serial killers. But as you delve deeper, his routine, cold-blooded nature — for five years Pichushkin was allowed to murder one victim after another in a small patch of a popular Moscow park right next to his house entirely unpunished — creates a sense of everyday horror in a world that ignores death on its doorstep.
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Also known as the Bitsa Park Maniac, Pichushkin was born in 1974, the son of an alcoholic father, who abandoned the family when he was an infant. Many outsiders have cited an incident when he was four — he fell off a swing and sustained a brain injury, necessitating a stay at a specialized boarding school that he found traumatic — as an explanation for his crimes.
His earliest murder — which he described at his trial as “like the first time you fall in love” — happened in 1992 when he was still in college.
Pichushkin recruited another teen, Mikhail Odiychuk, to form a double team of serial killers, and took him into Bitsa Park to search for their first victim. Before they set off, Pichushkin said he realized that Odiychuk was having second thoughts, and asked him to write a suicide note, “as a joke.”
Once in the woods, Odiychuk seemed anxious to leave and handed his fellow student the rope he had brought himself. Pichushkin threw the rope over his accomplice's neck, and suffocated his victim, breaking his backbone, before throwing him down a manhole. He then went home and burned his clothes.
This was the only time Pichushkin was questioned by police until he was finally caught 14 years later. Odiychuk’s body was never found and his death ruled a suicide.
Despite having worked out a location, and a method of disposal, there was a nine-year pause, in which Pichushkin became a loader, and later a shelf stacker, at a large supermarket nearby.
It ended abruptly, though, and without obvious external cause, with Pichushkin simply saying that he “was in a mood to kill someone that day.” He did as he planned, but didn't stop there and over the next 11 weeks claimed eight more lives. All of the victims were men, most of them middle-aged, or retired, and homeless or alcoholics.
Bitsa Park © A.Savin © Wikipedia
Despite otherwise being a frequent drinker, Pichushkin exercised regularly while killing. He was always sober as he baited his victims with the offer of vodka in a secluded spot in the park, though in reality, only yards away from popular footpaths.
There, he would wait for his victims to become intoxicated, before picking out a lull in the conversation to strike them with a hammer on their heads. At first, multiple blows were needed, but the police said that by the time of his arrest, Pichushkin could kill his victim with one or two blows. Their bodies, sometimes as they struggled, were then dragged and dropped into the flowing sewerage ducts.
Many of the murders took place near public footpaths © Yandex map
Describing his crimes in court in great detail, Pichushkin only expressed remorse at his sloppy execution, or the lack of excitement if his victims did not resist sufficiently, or the difficulty of getting their bodies to fall down the hole, which occasionally necessitated the killer climbing down into the shaft himself.
Asked about his motivation, Pichushkin reveled in the thrill of the process of setting up the trap for his victims, watching their futile struggles, and finally their helpless, drifting bodies.
He described himself as a "hunter" and the “King of the Forest.” But on a deeper level, Pichuskin, somewhat of a courtroom philosopher, said that he relished the power to decide the fate of his victim.
“I liked to listen to their dreams, desires, and plans… Because I already knew that none of them would ever come true,” he told the judge.
Despite calling himself “a professional,” three of Pichushkin’s victims survived, the first who would have been his 12th victim. Maria Viricheva, 19, managed to escape from a different duct exit, after spending more than an hour in the water. Later, a 14-year-old glue-sniffing orphanage boy did the same. Neither was believed by the police. A third victim suffered from amnesia, despite surviving, and failed to identify his would-be killer when passing him in the street.
The close escapes prompted short pauses, but in the long run Pichushkin began to feel invincible. He started killing his colleagues from the supermarket where he worked. When police eventually sealed the manholes, he simply left their bodies out, after putting sticks or vodka bottles into holes in their skulls to make sure that they were dead.
The chessboard found in Pichushkin's house © Russian Interior Ministry Museum
In a trademark that would eventually see him branded the Chessboard Killer – though he actually preferred checkers – with each kill Pichushkin stuck numbered cards onto the squares of a folding board, keeping mementos, such as bottle caps, inside.
His last murder was so cavalier, it is impossible to conclude that Pichushkin didn’t want to get caught. The killer invited Marina Moskaleva, a 36-year-old woman he worked with, on a date in the woods, knowing that she wrote down his name and home number and left it with her son before setting off.
Only then was he caught. Pichushkin was convicted of killing 49 people, but insists the true toll is 61. Initially, the mass killer said he merely wanted to outdo his idol Chikatilo and fill up all the squares on his board, but later admitted that he “never would have stopped, so those who put him up behind bars saved a lot of lives.”
Mikhail Popkov, The Cleaner, 22-80+ victims
Mikhail Popkov © © Wikipedia
Most serial killers lose control or get caught within a few years, but Mikhail Popkov was able to operate unhindered for two decades. This was not only due to his evasiveness, but also the slow response of the police, notwithstanding that the killer himself was wearing a uniform.
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Beyond requisite rumors of a violent childhood, the media has latched onto a betrayal as the origin of his killings — an occasion when Popkov, returning from work to his young wife, found a used condom in his trash, thus losing his trust in women, and venting his anger on others.
However, evidence of his virgin-whore complex and mistrust of the opposite sex emerged much earlier. Friends said that almost from the date of his wedding in 1986, he spoke of wanting to put his wife under surveillance and flew off the handle at the mention of “promiscuous” women.
While he killed his first victim in 1992, when he was still a fireman, Popkov’s modus operandum matured when he was re-hired for a second stint as a police sergeant in 1994.
Popkov would cruise the streets of the provincial Siberian city of Angarsk, or linger outside drinking establishments, dressed in his uniform, inviting lone, drunk women into his car where they would consume alcohol. He would then rape and mutilate them with sharp or blunt handheld weapons, and dump their bodies in a forest.
Popkov's victims © Russian Interior Ministry Museum
In his confessions, Popkov called himself, 'The Cleaner,' and his victims,"fallen women.”
His brazenness was astounding. Popkov often picked up women while actually on shift, showed his face in shops together with the future victim, used confiscated weapons for the murders while returning to the scene of his crimes hours later with investigators.
© Irkutsk region police
The killer’s clean-cut image, average demeanor, and outwardly stable home life helped to shield him from suspicion, but don't explain everything. Despite rumors of a serial killer circulating through Angarsk throughout the '90s, and possibly unwilling to involve federal investigators, local police refused to unify the murders into a single case, instead, writing them off as ubiquitous moll killings in a territorial war that had been raging in the city. There had been witnesses and survivors, but their evidence was ignored.
When the murders became too noticeable to overlook, and an outside team was dispatched in 2002, they found that crime scene analysis had been sloppy. While investigating the killer over the next seven years — while also battling gang violence — the head of the team said that local officers were suspicious and uncooperative; sometimes more concerned with playing office politics than finding the killer. Popkov had by that time abruptly retired from the force, despite being promoted to lieutenant.
Although Popkov had been interviewed about the murders earlier —his wife provided an alibi, despite forensic evidence — it was DNA analysis that finally exposed the killer. Police narrowed down the suspects to 600. Popkov came in and was forced to supply a saliva sample, and realizing that he was going to be caught, reportedly attempted to flee to China by train, when he was arrested.
Popkov's family, who have now changed names and moved cities © YouTube
His wife and daughter went on prime-time TV to declare that they had no suspicions whatsoever about Mikhail.
In January 2015, Popkov was convicted of killing 22 people, and sentenced to life in jail. He now faces charges of 60 more murders, to which he has confessed. As Popkov traveled widely, delivering second-hand cars from Vladivostok to Angarsk and other cities, the true death toll may be higher, and will most likely never be known.
(By Igor Ogorodnev)
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China and Croatia could have anticipated Summer League competition to be tough for a variety of reasons, starting with the fact that the NBA brand of basketball is officiated differently than the international game and has certain court dimensions — including the 3-point line — that are different from courts used in the Olympics and World Cup.
But if the focus was on how much they'd improve, there were some encouraging signs.
China was routed by 41 in its opener against Miami, but broke through with an 84-80 victory over Charlotte in its third game before regressing in its sluggish finale.
Croatia lost each of its first two games by 16 points before losing by eight in its third and fourth games and by a single point in its final game.
There were some standout individual performances as well.
China's Guo Ailun, a 6-foot-2 guard, averaged 16 points in his first two games, when he shot 50 percent. His highlights included a crossover dribble that sent Charlotte's Cody Martin sprawling.
Zhou Qi, China's 7-1 center and a former Houston Rocket, averaged 11.3 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks through his first four contests. He complemented his expected above-the-rim play with several 3-pointers.
Croatia's Zeljko Sakic, a 6-foot-8 forward who plays professionally in Poland, averaged 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in his first four games.
Those were timely performances, considering the plethora of NBA front office personnel on hand.
76ERS 108, RAPTORS 102
P.J. Dozier, who spent last season on a two-way contract with the Boston Celtics, hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 22 points in 24 minutes to pace Philadelphia in its victory over Toronto.
Haywood Highsmith added 16 points, and Mairal Shayock had 14 points for the 76ers (2-3).
Lindell Wigginton, an undrafted rookie out of Iowa State, scored 26 points for the Raptors (2-3). Chris Boucher continued his torrid Summer League performance with 24 points. He has averaged better than 22 points.
Terance Davis added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Dewan Hernandez scored 15 points for Toronto.
Philly connected on 14 of 31 3-point attempts. Toronto went just 6 of 27 from deep.
LAKERS 88, WARRIORS 87
Jordan Caroline, an undrafted rookie out of Nevada, scored 20 points to lift Los Angeles to its first Summer League triumph.
Jaron Johnson, who has spent several recent pro seasons overseas in France, Israel and Australia, scored 19 points for the Lakers (1-4), and Dakota Mathias added 10 points.
Kevin McClain scored 24 points for Golden State (3-2), hitting five 3s, including one from several feet behind the arc at the halftime horn.
Travis Wear scored 16 points, but missed a 3 from the corner that could have won the game as time expired.
Ebuka Izundu added 14 points and 11 rebounds, highlighted by his thunderous two-handed follow dunk.
THUNDER 69, CROATIA 68
Devon Hall's double-pump shot in the lane with less than 5 seconds left gave Oklahoma City a late lead and sent Croatia home winless.
Yannis Morin scored 10 points for the Thunder (4-1) and preserved the win with his block of Marin Maric's short turnaround as time expired.
Devin Cannady added 12 points and Khadeen Carrington had 11 assists for Oklahoma City.
Antonio Vrankovic had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Croatia (0-5).
Maric scored 12 points while Pavle Marcinkovic and Roko Rogic each added 11 points for Croatia.
SUNS 94, CHINA 64
Ray Spalding, Elie Okobo and Retin Obasohan each scored 11 points for Phoenix.
The 6-1 Obasohan, a three-year pro from Belgium who spent last season in the NBA G League, shot 5 of 7.
Jared Harper and Derek Willis added 10 points apiece for the Suns (3-1), who shot 9 of 18 from 3-point range as a team and had seven players score at least nine points.
Guo Ailun scored 15 points for China (1-4), which limited starting center Zhou Qi to only six minutes on the court.
Hu Jinqui scored 11 and Shen Zijie added 10 points for China, which was handed its second-worst loss of Summer League play by the Suns.
CAVALIERS 98, KINGS 96, OT
Malik Newman scored 33 points, hitting four 3-pointers, to help Cleveland edge Sacramento in overtime.
Newman, who played 42 games in the NBA G League last season, opened the two-minute extra session with a drive and lob to JaCorey Williams. Newman scored on Cleveland's next possession for a four-point lead and he capped the scoring by going 1 of 2 from the free-throw line with 10 seconds left.
Williams and Phil Booth each added 18 points for Cleveland (2-3). Williams also had 11 rebounds and four assists.
BJ Johnson led Sacramento (2-3) with 20 points and Brandon Ashley had 18 points and 12 rebounds.
PACERS 86, CLIPPERS 75
Alize Johnson had 25 points and 13 rebounds and DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell added 24 points and 10 rebounds to push Indiana past Los Angeles.
MiKyle McIntosh added 10 points for Indiana (1-4).
Oshae Brissett scored 18 points for Los Angeles (3-2). Cliff Alexander added 11 and Kaiser Gates 10.
TRAIL BLAZERS 99, BUCKS 84
Gary Trent Jr. scored 28 points and Jarnell Stokes added 19 on 7-of-9 shooting to help Portland beat Milwaukee.
Demetrius Jackson had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Gian Clavell had 10 points for the Blazers (2-3).
Bonzie Colzon led the Bucks (2-3) with 14 points.
HAWKS 80, SPURS 72
Matt Mooney hit three 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, Nick Ward had 16 points and 13 rebounds in Atlanta's victory over San Antonio.
Sedrick Barefield added 12 points, and Charles Brown and Jaylen Adams had 10 apiece for the Hawks (2-3).
Darius Morris led the Spurs (2-3) with 12 points. Thomas Robinson —the No. 5 overall pick in the 2012 draft who hasn't appeared in an NBA regular-season game since the 2016-17 season— had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
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Going Deeper in Sudan
by Michael Ford — last modified 05 Mar, 2019 10:36 AM
The Diocese is being asked to remember the church in Sudan in their prayers after the President declared a state of emergency there.
Original photo courtesy SOMA
The declaration was made shortly after Ron Hart from our Diocesan Sudans Committee returned from a visit to Khartoum, where he spent time with clergy as well as visiting schools and churches in our link Diocese.
He had been in the country to attend two conferences on the theme 'Going Deeper'.
Three photos here, courtesy SOMA
"It was a great privilege to be alongside our church family in Sudan this February. We had been invited to help lead two conferences, one for Khartoum clergy, and the other for bishops and leaders from each of the five dioceses in the province- altogether over 60 delegates.
"The theme was 'Going Deeper', and gave us time to talk and pray together as well as sharing in the led sessions. On Sunday our team of six formed three pairs, and each pair went to one of the churches in the area. Outside Khartoum, the churches lack material resources, yet the one we visited still managed to run a primary school for 60 children.
"Our presence was greatly appreciated, we shared in precious times of fellowship and prayer, and learnt a great deal about life facing Christians in Sudan.
"We were greatly blessed by our Sudanese fellow believers, and better placed to pray for them, and they for us. In particular the inflation and scarcity of some foods and fuel is causing great problems. The unrest in the country has been on the news, and soon after we returned, we heard that President Bashir had declared a State of Emergency. Please can I encourage you to remember the church there in your prayers?"
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Southern California reacts to news of pending…
Southern California reacts to news of pending ICE raids
News of immigration raids is greeted with fear by some, applause by others
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest foreign nationals during a targeted enforcement operation on Feb. 7, 2017. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)
By Roxana Kopetman | rkopetman@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: June 21, 2019 at 7:18 pm | UPDATED: June 24, 2019 at 4:35 am
First came President Donald Trump’s tweets warning of mass immigration raids. On Friday, that was followed by published reports that the raids will begin Sunday morning
The news, from the Washington Post and later reported by CNN, the New York Times and other outlets, riled immigrants who are in the country illegally or who have relatives facing possible deportation. ICE officials said Friday that they are planning to target people who remain in the United States after receiving formal orders to leave the country.
People who are worried however include unauthorized immigrants; people like Leticia, a resident in the Inland Empire who, along with her husband, has been living in Southern California without documentation for 18 years.
Their children, she said, have legal status. “But even my youngest son, who was born here, is afraid,” she added.
Immigrant-rights advocates described the planned raids as a campaign ploy that would do little more than instill fear in the immigrant community.
But for people who want tougher immigration laws and enforcement of existing laws, the plan to expedite the removal of more than 2,000 people who entered the country illegally in recent years was welcome news. They argue that unauthorized immigrants put a toll on schools, hospitals, and other public services.
“I support the president’s stance on removing those illegally present,” said Robin Hvidston, who heads We the People Rising, an anti-immigration group based in Claremont.
In Los Angeles, attorneys with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) plan to have attorneys outside the downtown detention center, along with supporters staging rallies, said spokesman Jorge-Mario Cabrera.
In Pomona, Mayor Tim Sandoval Police Chief Michael Olivieri put out statements Friday saying their city will not cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
“Pomona PD does not care about someone’s immigration status,” Olivieri wrote.
Meanwhile, some Democratic legislators expressed concern about the pending raids. Some, on Friday, tweeted out pointers on what to do should an immigration agent knock on residents’ doors. They included Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Los Angeles, and Rep. Norma Torres, D-Pomona. Torres, saying she was “deeply concerned for the well-being and safety” of her constituents, also said she has a 24-hour hotline: 909-767-7038.
ALERT: News reports indicate ICE raids may start Sunday, June 23, in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities: https://t.co/kdVXPBgCjs. Make sure you #KnowYourRights under the law! Read this to be prepared if you are approached by an ICE agent or other official: https://t.co/BPa1QzVxmW pic.twitter.com/5O9CQlQyO8
— Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (@RepRoybalAllard) June 21, 2019
And in Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti pledged to provide information and support in advance of the ICE raids. “No Angeleno should ever have to fear being snatched from their home or separated from their loved ones,” he wrote.
No Angeleno should ever have to fear being snatched from their home or separated from their loved ones — we are doing everything we can to provide immigrant families with info and support ahead of the announced ICE deportation sweeps.
Know your rights: https://t.co/BZjVHKvUfG pic.twitter.com/FkmLPLXxsE
— Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) June 21, 2019
Staff Writer Jonah Valdez contributed to this report.
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ScienceShot: How Planes Make Rain
By Phil Berardelli Jun. 14, 2010 , 3:44 PM
Fly the friendly skies—and make it rain. That's what researchers have found airplanes tend to do when they take off or descend through clouds of the altocumulus variety. The clouds, which range in altitude from about 1 to 6 kilometers, have been known to develop gaping holes or channels near airports, though no one knew why. Nor could anyone explain why their appearance immediately brought localized precipitation. But this month in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, researchers report that when a jet or turboprop flies through clouds containing droplets of supercooled water, which can remain liquid even as low as -15°C, the droplets condense after passing over the aircraft's wings (or the blades of its propellers). The now-frozen droplets immediately fall to earth as rain or snow, and their absence creates the characteristic circular hole or tunnel effect in the clouds.
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Laos Fishery Experts Hold National Gender Training, Highlighting Importance of Gender Mainstreaming in Fisheries Management
Department of Livestock and Fisheries representatives, together with USAID Oceans and SEAFDEC technical experts, at the March 2018-held gender workshop. Photo: USAID Oceans/Arlene Satapornvanit
As is common across many countries in Southeast Asia, both men and women are involved in Laos’ fisheries sector, with women playing a key role in the processing and marketing of fish. In Laos, many women are also heavily involved in managing fish ponds and aquaculture projects. It is reported that fisheries production constitutes 3% of the Lao GDP; and it is estimated that women contribute one half of this figure. Recognizing the importance of gender roles and equity in the fisheries sector, in early 2018 the Laos Department of Livestock and Fisheries (DLF) requested support from USAID Oceans to conduct a National Training Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Livestock and Fisheries Management and Development. The workshop was designed to support DLF’s vision for increased gender sensitivity in fisheries activities, an area whereby the department aspires to develop and enhance its technical resources and expertise.
The DLF invited Dr. Arlene Nietes Satapornvanit, USAID Oceans’ Human Welfare and Gender Specialist, and Ms. Jariya Sornkliang, SEAFDEC’s Fisheries Management Scientist and Gender Focal Person, to participate as technical experts in the National Training Workshop, organized by DLF, in Vientiane, Lao PDR, from March 12-14, 2018. The main objective of this workshop was to provide an understanding and knowledge in the concepts underpinning gender mainstreaming in fisheries management and development, and to exchange experiences and lessons learned. At the workshop, the USAID Oceans and SEAFDEC gender specialists provided technical support for the implementation of the DLF’s gender strategies and shared USAID Oceans’ experiences in implementing gender strategies at the program’s learning sites in Bitung, Indonesia and General Santos City, Philippines.
The training was attended by 23 technical and administrative personnel and officers of the DLF, three of which were men and 20 were women. The event was officially opened by Mr. Bounthong Saphakdy, Deputy Director General of the DLF. Prior to the training, Ms. Dongdavanh Sibounthong, the DLF Gender Specialist, who is also a member of USAID Oceans Technical Working Group, discussed and worked closely on the training program agenda design and activities with USAID Oceans and SEAFDEC’s gender specialists. At the workshop, group exercises and discussions were facilitated to enable participants to transfer their learning in earlier sessions to practice, particularly to identify the current status of gender roles and relations in livestock and fisheries stakeholders with examples from their own contexts on gender integration efforts and issues. The exercises helped participants to understand and perceive various situations through a gender lens. Participants showed great enthusiasm at the workshop and were eager to apply the learning to their work, particularly with regards to Laos’ National Strategy on Gender Mainstreaming in Livestock and Fisheries.
Participants share knowledge and experiences on gender integration and mainstreaming in fisheries management. Photo: USAID Oceans/Arlene Satapornvanit
On March 14, the last day of the workshop, DLF hosted a field visit to Nam Hum Reservoir (est. 1985) in Vientiane for SEAFDEC and USAID Oceans representatives to observe and learn from a fishing community where both women and men are active in fishing activities. The closing ceremony of the workshop was graced by Mr. Somphanh Chanpengxay, Director General of DLF and SEAFDEC Council Director for Lao PDR. Mr. Chanpengxay expressed his gratitude to SEAFDEC and USAID Oceans for the valuable insights on the integration of gender in fisheries management. Looking forward, USAID Oceans and its TWG partners are continuing to work together to apply USAID Oceans’ lessons learned in not only areas of human welfare and gender, but also in electronic catch documentation and traceability and fisheries management.
Type: Feature Article, Project Update | Author: The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership | Date: 10 October, 2018 | Subject: Human Welfare | Country: Laos, Regional
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He’s back. Rebel politician Yanis Varoufakis’ new party gains toehold in Greek parliament
The Greek wing of Varoufakis’ new pan-European party won nine seats in the 300-seat Parliament — 'big enough to change a lot,' he promised
Jacob Dubé
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Yanis Varoufakis on Jan. 29, 2015, after his resignation as Greece's finance minister. Angelos Tzortzinis/The New York Times
As dozens of journalists engulfed him, Yanis Varoufakis strode out the door into the parking garage, got on his motorcycle and rode off.
Varoufakis had just resigned as Greece’s finance minister in the middle of the negotiations to solve the biggest financial crisis Greece had seen in a long time. His notoriety was doing more harm to Eurozone negotiations than good.
Four years later, Varoufakis, 58, is back on the world scene. He’s founded a pan-European progressive movement filled with celebrity endorsements and ambitious plans to upend the European Union. And now he’s clawed his way back into the Greek parliament with a new progressive party, just as a right-wing government takes the majority.
Greece’s maverick finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who announced his surprise resignation, leaves the Ministry of Finance with his wife Danai on the back of a motorbike in downtown Athens, on July 6 2015. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images
Varoufakis, born and raised in Athens, won a seat in the Greek parliament in 2015, running with Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party, and was promptly promoted to minister of finance. His main goal was to come to a better agreement with lenders to improve Greece’s massive debt crisis and reduce the austerity measures that the rest of Europe thought the country needed. With a doctorate in mathematical statistics and years of teaching economics at the university level in the U.K., U.S., and Australia under his belt, he was a different kind of politician. His refusal to severely compromise and the threat of a Greek default shook the rest of Europe and gave Greece some unexpected bargaining power.
Greece’s opposition conservatives return to power with a landslide victory in snap elections
As he clashed with German politicians over Greece’s future, European media began to take notice. Varoufakis didn’t look like a regular politician. He refused to wear a tie and would arrive at negotiations on his motorcycle wearing a leather jacket. A Portuguese member of parliament posted online, “Damn, the Greek finance minister is sexy.” According to The New Yorker, “The European press wrote many delighted columns about a minister of state who looked as if he might be armed.”
“It worked out fabulously,” Varoufakis told The New Yorker. “They called me a Russian mafioso, right?”
Yanis Varoufakis arrives on his Yamaha motorbike for a government meeting in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, June 28, 2015. Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg
The day after Greece overwhelmingly voted “Oxi” against the terms of a European bailout in July — the No side Varoufakis that fervently campaigned for and supported — he resigned. In a blog post, Varoufakis said “I was made aware of a certain preference by some Eurogroup participants, and assorted ‘partners’, for my ‘absence’ from its meetings.”
But his resignation wasn’t his final exit from world politics.
Months later, he co-founded the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), an international group — comprised of several parties but mainly left-wing — which seeks to “repair” the European Union by imposing measures that increase democracy, while fighting the rise of “toxic nationalism” and xenophobia in Europe.
Thanks Naomi. Looking forward to working hard and well together on making the International Green New Deal a reality https://t.co/7D7Io4A9Wn
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) July 8, 2019
DiEM25 is currently supported by prominent activists and artists such as Naomi Klein, Brian Eno, and Noam Chomsky. Actor and environmental activist Pamela Anderson has appeared on official posters for the movement and has spoken on behalf of the movement at press conferences.
In a statement, Anderson said she agreed to help promote DiEM25 — “I know this poster is a little crazy” — because “they are the only ones putting forward a comprehensive and inspiring green new deal for Europe.”
A DiEM25 poster in Germany featuring Pamela Anderson. DiEM25
The movement’s main goal is to encourage the implementation of a “European Green New Deal” which would tackle increasing debt, climate change, and job losses across the Eurozone.
In Greece’s last parliamentary election earlier this month, the Syriza party lost power to the right-wing New Democracy party. But Varoufakis himself was back in. The European Realistic Disobedience Front, the Greek offshoot of DiEM25 led by Varoufakis, won nine seats in the 300-seat chamber with 3.4 per cent of the vote.
“The size of our result is small but it is big enough to change a lot,” Varoufakis said in Athens after the election.
Though he is the prominent poster child for these movements, and boasts a huge following on social media, he continually insists he should not be held in such high regard.
“The cult of the leader is detrimental to politics,” Varoufakis told The Guardian.
As his global footprint grows, his notoriety rarely extends past aficionados of world politics. But maybe it’s time we start paying attention.
Danae Stratou and her husband Yanis Varoufakis, then the Greek finance minister, attend an outdoor concert in Athens on June 11, 2015. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images
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Sukkah 49b:11-13סוכה מ״ט ב:י״א-י״ג
The William Davidson Talmudתלמוד מהדורת ויליאם דוידסון
49bמ״ט ב
כשם שניסוכו בקדושה כך שריפתו בקדושה מאי משמע אמר רבינא אתיא קדש קדש כתיב הכא (במדבר כח, ז) בקדש הסך נסך וכתיב התם (שמות כט, לד) ושרפת את הנותר באש לא יאכל כי קדש הוא
just as its pouring is in sanctity, so too must its burning be in sanctity. From where may it be inferred that this is referring to burning? Ravina said: It is derived by means of a verbal analogy between the term sanctity written with regard to libations and sanctity written with regard to leftover offerings. It is written here, with regard to libations: “In sanctity shall you pour a libation” (Numbers 28:7), and it is written there, with regard to leftover offerings: “You shall burn the leftovers in fire; they are not to be eaten, for they are sanctity” (Exodus 29:34). Through the verbal analogy it is derived that leftover libations must also be burned.
כמאן אזלא הא (דתניא) נסכים בתחילה מועלין בהן ירדו לשיתין אין מועלין בהן לימא רבי אלעזר בר צדוק היא דאי רבנן הא נחתו להו לתהום
The Gemara notes: In accordance with whose opinion is that which is taught in this mishna? With regard to libations, initially, prior to being poured, one can misuse consecrated property with them, as is the case with all consecrated items. However, once they descended to the drainpipes, one does not violate the prohibition against misuse of consecrated property with them, because the mitzva was already fulfilled. Let us say that the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok, who holds that the libations did not descend to the depths but would collect between the ramp and the altar and would be collected once every seventy years. As, if it were in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis, how could the libations be misused? Didn’t they already descend to the depths through the drainpipes?
אפילו תימא רבנן בדאיקלט
The Gemara rejects this: Even if you say that the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis, it could be referring to a case where some of the wine landed outside the drainpipes and was collected in the space between the ramp and the altar.
ואיכא דאמרי לימא רבנן היא ולא ר' אלעזר בר צדוק דאי רבי אלעזר אכתי בקדושתייהו קיימי אפילו תימא רבי אלעזר אין לך דבר שנעשה מצותו ומועלין בו אמר ריש לקיש בזמן שמנסכין יין על גבי מזבח פוקקין את השיתין לקיים מה שנאמר בקדש הסך נסך שכר לה'
And some say a different version of this exchange. Let us say that the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis and not in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok. As, if it were in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Elazar, then the wine that collected between the ramp and the altar remains in its sanctity, as it must be burned, and the prohibition against misuse would still apply. The Gemara rejects this: Even if you say that the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Elazar, there is no item whose mitzva has been performed with which one can violate the prohibition against misuse of consecrated property. Reish Lakish said: When they pour wine onto the altar, they plug the top of the drainpipes so that the wine does not descend to the depths, in order to fulfill that which is stated: “In sanctity shall you pour a libation of strong drink [shekhar] unto the Lord” (Numbers 28:7).
מאי משמע אמר רב פפא שכר לשון שתיה לשון שביעה לשון שכרות אמר רב פפא שמע מינה כי שבע איניש חמרא מגרוניה שבע אמר רבא צורבא מרבנן דלא נפישא ליה חמרא ליגמע גמועי רבא אכסא דברכתא אגמע גמועי
The Gemara asks: From where may it be inferred that this is referring to plugging the drainpipes? Rav Pappa said: Shekhar is an expression of drinking, of satiation, of intoxication. In order to underscore all three aspects of the libations, the space between the altar and the ramp would fill with wine. Rav Pappa said: Conclude from this that when a person is satiated from drinking wine, it is from his throat being filled with wine that he is satiated. Unlike food, wine does not satiate a person when it fills his stomach. Rava said: Therefore, let a young Torah scholar, who does not have much wine, swallow his wine in large swigs, filling his throat each time, as he will thereby maximize his enjoyment. And Rava himself, when drinking a cup of blessing, would swallow large swigs so as to drink the wine accompanying the mitzva in an optimal manner.
דרש רבא מאי דכתיב (שיר השירים ז, ב) מה יפו פעמיך בנעלים בת נדיב מה יפו פעמותיהן של ישראל בשעה שעולין לרגל בת נדיב בתו של אברהם אבינו שנקרא נדיב שנא' (תהלים מז, י) נדיבי עמים נאספו עם אלהי אברהם אלהי אברהם ולא אלהי יצחק ויעקב אלא אלהי אברהם שהיה תחילה לגרים
§ Apropos the homiletic interpretations of the verses from Song of Songs with regard to the drainpipes, the Gemara cites additional interpretations. Rava taught: What is the meaning of that which is written: “How beautiful are your steps in sandals, O prince’s daughter” (Song of Songs 7:2)? How beautiful are the feet of the Jewish people at the time when they ascend to Jerusalem for the Festival. “O prince’s daughter”; this is referring to the daughter of Abraham our Patriarch, who was called prince, as it is stated: “The princes of the peoples are gathered, the people of the God of Abraham” (Psalms 47:10). The verse calls the Jewish people the people of the God of Abraham and not the God of Isaac and Jacob. Why are the Jewish people associated specifically with Abraham? Rather than referring to the three Patriarchs, the verse is referring to the God of Abraham, who was first of the converts, and therefore it is reasonable for the princes of other nations to gather around him.
תנא דבי רב ענן מאי דכתיב (שיר השירים ז, ב) חמוקי ירכיך למה נמשלו דברי תורה כירך לומר לך מה ירך בסתר אף דברי תורה בסתר
In the school of Rav Anan it was taught: What is the meaning of that which is written: “The hidden of your thighs” (Song of Songs 7:2)? Why are matters of Torah likened to a thigh? It is to tell you that just as the thigh is always concealed, covered by clothes, so too, matters of Torah are optimal when recited in private and not in public.
והיינו דא"ר אלעזר מאי דכתיב (מיכה ו, ח) הגיד לך אדם מה טוב ומה ה' דורש ממך כי אם עשות משפט ואהבת חסד והצנע לכת עם אלהיך עשות משפט זה הדין ואהבת חסד זו גמילות חסדים והצנע לכת עם אלהיך זו הוצאת המת והכנסת כלה לחופה והלא דברים ק"ו ומה דברים שדרכן לעשותן בפרהסיא אמרה תורה הצנע לכת דברים שדרכן לעשותן בצנעא על אחת כמה וכמה
And this is what Rabbi Elazar said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “It has been told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord does require of you; only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8)? “To do justly”; this is justice. “To love mercy”; this is acts of kindness. “To walk humbly with your God”; this is referring to taking the indigent dead out for burial and accompanying a poor bride to her wedding canopy, both of which must be performed without fanfare. The Gemara summarizes: And are these matters not inferred a fortiori? If, with regard to matters that tend to be conducted in public, as the multitudes participate in funerals and weddings, the Torah says: Walk humbly, then in matters that tend to be conducted in private, e.g., giving charity and studying Torah, all the more so should they be conducted privately.
א"ר אלעזר גדול העושה צדקה יותר מכל הקרבנות שנאמר (משלי כא, ג) עשה צדקה ומשפט נבחר לה' מזבח וא"ר אלעזר גדולה גמילות חסדים יותר מן הצדקה שנאמר (הושע י, יב) זרעו לכם לצדקה וקצרו לפי חסד אם אדם זורע ספק אוכל ספק אינו אוכל אדם קוצר ודאי אוכל
§ Rabbi Elazar said: One who performs acts of charity is greater than one who sacrifices all types of offerings, as it is stated: “To perform charity and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than an offering” (Proverbs 21:3), including all types of offerings. And Rabbi Elazar said: Acts of kindness, assisting someone in need, are greater than charity, as it is stated: “Sow to yourselves according to charity, and reap according to kindness” (Hosea 10:12). This means: If a person sows, it is uncertain whether he will eat or whether he will not eat, since much can go wrong before the seed becomes food. However, if a person reaps, he certainly eats. In this verse, charity is likened to sowing, while acts of kindness are likened to reaping.
וא"ר אלעזר אין צדקה משתלמת אלא לפי חסד שבה שנאמר זרעו לכם לצדקה וקצרו לפי חסד
And Rabbi Elazar said: The reward for charity is paid from Heaven only in accordance with the kindness and generosity included therein and in accordance with the effort and the consideration that went into the giving. It is not merely in accordance with the sum of money, as it is stated: “Sow to yourselves according to charity, and reap according to kindness.”
ת"ר בשלשה דברים גדולה גמילות חסדים יותר מן הצדקה צדקה בממונו גמילות חסדים בין בגופו בין בממונו צדקה לעניים גמילות חסדים בין לעניים בין לעשירים צדקה לחיים גמילות חסדים בין לחיים בין למתים
The Sages taught that acts of kindness are superior to charity in three respects: Charity can be performed only with one’s money, while acts of kindness can be performed both with his person and with his money. Charity is given to the poor, while acts of kindness are performed both for the poor and for the rich. Charity is given to the living, while acts of kindness are performed both for the living and for the dead.
וא"ר אלעזר כל העושה צדקה ומשפט כאילו מילא כל העולם כולו חסד שנאמר (תהלים לג, ה) אוהב צדקה ומשפט חסד ה' מלאה הארץ שמא תאמר כל הבא לקפוץ קופץ ת"ל (תהלים לו, ח) מה יקר חסדך אלהים (חסד ה' מלאה הארץ) וגו' יכול אף ירא שמים כן ת"ל (תהלים קג, יז) וחסד ה' מעולם ועד עולם על יראיו
And Rabbi Elazar said: Anyone who performs charity and justice is considered as though he filled the whole world in its entirety with kindness, as it is stated: “He loves charity and justice; the earth is full of the kindness of the Lord” (Psalms 33:5). Lest you say that anyone who comes to leap and perform an act of kindness may simply leap and do so without scrutiny, the verse states: “How precious is your kindness, O God” (Psalms 36:8). It is a precious and rare occurrence to perform an act of kindness properly. One might have thought that even a God-fearing individual does not always encounter the opportunity to perform acts of kindness. Therefore, the verse states: “But the kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him” (Psalms 103:17).
א"ר חמא בר פפא כל אדם שיש עליו חן בידוע שהוא ירא שמים שנא' חסד ה' מעולם ועד עולם על יראיו וא"ר אלעזר מאי דכתיב (משלי לא, כו) פיה פתחה בחכמה ותורת חסד על לשונה וכי יש תורה של חסד יש תורה שאינה של חסד אלא תורה לשמה זו היא תורה של חסד שלא לשמה זו היא תורה שאינה של חסד איכא דאמרי תורה ללמדה זו היא תורה של חסד שלא ללמדה זו היא תורה שאינה של חסד:
Rabbi Ḥama bar Pappa said: With regard to any person who has grace about him, it is certain that he is God-fearing, as it is stated: “But the kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him.” When one sees that a certain individual is endowed with grace and kindness, one can be certain that he is a God-fearing person. And Rabbi Elazar said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and a Torah of kindness is on her tongue” (Proverbs 31:26)? The Gemara asks: Is there, then, a Torah of kindness and a Torah that is not of kindness? Rather, it is Torah studied for its own sake that is a Torah of kindness, as one studies it wholeheartedly; and it is Torah studied not for its own sake but for some ulterior motive that is a Torah that is not of kindness. Some say that it is Torah studied in order to teach it to others that is a Torah of kindness; it is Torah studied with the intent of not teaching it to others that is a Torah that is not of kindness.
כמעשהו בחול כו': ואמאי נייתי במקודשת אמר זעירי קסבר אין שיעור למים וכלי שרת מקדשין שלא מדעת
§ The mishna continues: As its performance during the week, so is its performance on Shabbat, except that on Shabbat one would not draw water. Instead, on Shabbat eve, one would fill a golden barrel that was not consecrated and would place it in the Temple chamber, and water would be drawn from there on Shabbat. The Gemara asks: And why should one do so? Let him bring the water in a consecrated barrel. Ze’iri said: The tanna in the mishna holds that there is no requisite measure for the water to be poured for libation, and therefore more than three log could be consecrated; and that Temple vessels consecrate their content if it is fit to be consecrated, even without intent to consecrate it.
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By Neha Prakash
Ariel Winter Says Sofía Vergara Helped Her Embrace Her Curves
Us too, Ariel!
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Ariel Winter has quickly become one of our favorite body positive badasses. From shutting down her Instagram haters, to being proud about her breast reduction surgery scars to expressing her individuality, the 18-year-old actress has become a role model to every young woman struggling with body image and confidence issues.
But Winter had her own role model to help her accept herself: her Modern Family co-star Sofía Vergara. In an interview with New York Magazine, Winter explained that watching how Vergara embraced her body helped her from a young age.
"Working with Sofía Vergara and growing up with her was great, because she was, you know, a really amazing, curvy role model for me," Winter said. "She helped me learn to accept the way I looked and love it and dress for it, and feel good about myself."
If only we could all have sexy step-grandmas like Vergara in our lives.
Winter also spoke about going through puberty in the public eye—she started playing Alex Dunphy at the age of 11—and how she originally tried to change how she appeared to appease bullies.
"I would do these weird crash diets and I wanted to changed the way I dressed so people would like me on social media, and it never worked," she said. "It was always like, no matter what I did, I was always getting this negative, negative, negative backlash. After a while I was kind of like, if I can’t please them in any way, I might as well just start doing what makes me happy."
Eventually, with the help of women like Vergara, Winter says she was able to focus on her relationship with herself which changed her attitude.
Winter has also taken a stand against cyberbullying as a part of Dove's #SpeakBeautiful campaign.
"I do my best to speak beautifully with myself," she said in an interview with Allure just last month. "That’s what I love about this campaign. Speaking beautifully to yourself helps you speak beautifully to others. We’re the worst on ourselves." Preach.
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Senator Lesser, Local Officials Applaud Granby Clean Energy Grant
GRANBY — On Friday, Senator Eric P. Lesser welcomed the announcement that the town of Granby had been awarded $13,750 in Municipal Energy Technical Assistance (META) grants. “I am thrilled that our community has received this grant, which will help reduce energy costs by updating waste management systems and investing in more efficient energy sources. As we know, clean energy is not just good for the environment, but also for taxpayers’ wallets. This is a win-win situation for Granby,” said Sen. Lesser.
“I was pleased to hear that Granby received this META grant. A grant like this will help Granby invest in crucial projects like updating the waste management systems or conducting energy audits on town buildings to look for ways to increase energy efficiencies. Congratulations again to Granby for pursuing this grant and for helping lead the way in prioritizing green energy,” said Rep. John Scibak.
“I could not be more excited on behalf of the town of Granby. The Green Communities Program is a vital part of encouraging and sustaining our position at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution — and this META grant is the state’s way of financially supporting our local communities who are leading the way on the path of long-term sustainability,” said Rep. Solomon Goldstein-Rose.
“We’re very excited about this technical assistance grant. We have a very active energy committee. Among our green community projects is an energy audit of Granby High School. We thank Senator Lesser for his advocacy,” said Mark Bail, Chair of the Granby Select Board.
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources awards META grants each year to better inform designated “Green Communities” decision-making. The grants are awarded to cities and towns, regional school districts, and wastewater districts to help manage sustainability projects or improve the performance of studies to support the development of clean energy projects.
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Giants midseason analysis: Farm system trending up, core struggling
Henry Schulman July 11, 2019 Updated: July 12, 2019 2:15 p.m.
Giants midseason analysis: Farm system trending up, core...
1of12From left: San Francisco Giants second baseman Joe Panik (12) and shortstop Brandon Crawford (35) in the 1st inning of an MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
2of12San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey (28) watches his foul ball in the 7th inning of an MLB game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Oracle Park on Friday, July 5, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
3of12San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz (37) in a mound visit with his team in the 5th inning of an MLB game at Oracle Park against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
4of12in the 1st inning of an MLB game at Oracle Park on Friday, July 5, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
5of12San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt (9) swings and misses in the 8th inning of an MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
6of12From left: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy (15) Giants catcher Buster Posey (28) before an MLB game against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. The Giants won 4-2.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
7of12San Francisco Giants' Brandon Crawford pops out with the bases loaded to end 5th inning against Milwaukee Brewers during MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, June 16, 2019.Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
8of12San Francisco Giants wait in the sixth inning as San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Reyes Moronta (54) takes the mound and warms up during an MLB game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Oracle Park on Friday, June 14, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
9of12San Francisco Giants' Joe Panik in 7th inning against Arizona Diamondbacks during MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, May 26, 2019.Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
10of12San Francisco Giants' Joe Panik, Brandon Crawford, Alex Dickerson and Mike Yastrzemski, from left, celebrates after the Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 in a baseball game in San Francisco, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press
11of12San Francisco Giants' Donovan Solano reacts after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Photo: Gregory Bull / Associated Press
12of12Fans celebrate the San Francisco Giants win during an MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park on Friday, June 7, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
Here’s a unit-by-unit breakdown of the Giants’ first half, including the team’s three biggest ups and downs:
Lineup: The Giants have been a station-to-station team in what promises to be another record year for home runs, so that’s not good and explains why they rank near the bottom of the league in every key statistic. Not one hitter has gotten hot for an extended period, and sagging numbers for older core players such as Buster Posey, Brandon Crawford, Evan Longoria and Joe Panik do not bode well. But the Giants are trending upward. Their OPS has risen each month, from .622 in March/April to .683 in May, .701 in June and .877 over the first six games in July.
Rotation: The starters’ 4.99 first-half ERA “surpassed” only Colorado’s 5.57 for worst in the NL. The Giants had to scramble when Dereck Rodriguez fell into a sophomore slump and their two free-agent signees, Derek Holland and Drew Pomeranz, largely failed. Jeff Samardzija and Madison Bumgarner have become solid anchors, though, and rookies Shaun Anderson and Tyler Beede have provided a nice lift. Still, the staff’s percentage of quality starts (at least six innings, three or fewer earned runs) fell from 45% last year to 33%.
A position by position look at the Giants
Video: San Francisco Chronicle
Bullpen: Sam Dyson, Tony Watson and “Mr. Perfect” Will Smith have been as good as any back-end trio in the majors. If they were around in 2016, the club might have enjoyed a fourth parade. The Giants would not have anything close to 41 wins without them. The team’s 39-3 record when leading or tied after seven innings speaks for itself. Reyes Moronta remains reliable, and newcomer Trevor Gott was steady until a recent slump. Mark Melancon has contributed some but owns a ghastly WHIP (1.63) and has surrendered too many big hits to consider a role befitting his salary.
Defense: Led by Posey, whose work behind the plate remains elite, the defense has been terrific. Kevin Pillar has done fine work at two outfield positions, Brandon Belt remains Gold Glove-worthy, and even if Longoria and Crawford have lost some range, they remain two of the pitching staff’s best friends. Pablo Sandoval still can make those “how did he do that?” plays. If Steven Duggar returns from the minors and recaptures a starting job, the outfield defense will look even better.
Three up
1. Bruce Bochy: The 64-year-old manager has maintained his drive to win and sense of humor in trying times while soaking in the experience of running this team one final time.
2. Farm system: It’s not yet elite, but rising. Several minor-leaguers helped the big club in the first half, and the Giants seem to have the Triple-A depth to replace traded or injured players in a positive way.
3. Will Smith: The dude is automatic. You almost miss the cardiac saves from closers past like Brian Wilson, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla. Almost.
Three down
1. Core struggles: Posey, Crawford and Panik have some of the worst park-adjusted OPS numbers in the league, and it’s fair to wonder whether these older players in a younger man’s power game can be big offensive contributors again.
2. Attendance: The Giants are averaging 6,000 fewer fans per game, officially, without counting an ever-larger number of no-shows. Not surprising, but the vast expanse of empty seats some nights is not a good look.
3. Free agents: Farhan Zaidi signed three players for the big-league roster: Holland, Pomeranz and switch-pitcher Pat Venditte. Holland and Pomeranz have the team’s worst ERAs among pitchers with more than 10 innings, and Venditte has spent all but three days this season in the minors.
RHP Johnny Cueto: His recovery from Tommy John surgery has been smooth, and he could start a few games for the Giants in September after rehabbing in August.
LHP Travis Bergen: A shoulder injury will keep the Rule 5 reliever out indefinitely.
RHP Nick Vincent: Like Bergen, the club has no idea when his fellow reliever will return from a pectoral strain.
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
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Henry Schulman has covered the San Francisco Giants since 1988, starting with the Oakland Tribune and San Francisco Examiner before moving to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1998. His career has spanned the "Earthquake World Series" in 1989 and the Giants' three World Series championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014. In between, he covered Barry Bonds' controversial career with the Giants, including Bonds ' successful quests for home-run records and his place in baseball's performance-enhancing drugs scandal. Known for his perspective and wit, Henry also appears frequently on radio and television talking Giants, and is a popular follow on Twitter.
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Sharavathy and Jog Falls – Part 2
Posted by Purnendu Singh | Aug 17, 2011 | Travelogues | 3 |
Day 2 started early at 6:30 AM. This day was scheduled for a trek to the hidden waterfalls. After getting ready, we started for the place, at a good two hours distance. Once we reached the point where we had to start the trek, we realized that we needed to cross a river on foot and had no change of clothes. So with shoes tied on our backs or hanging from our neck, we started towards a village called Amanagatta.
Very seldom have I got a chance to come across such natural beauty! This village and the path to it were in the middle of a tropical rainforest. There was greenery all around and the slight drizzle added to a dramatic charm of the place. Once we reached the village, we could see vast terraced rice fields with people busy working, houses nestled in amazing greenery and grasslands as far as our sights could take us. The people were very friendly and slightly amused to know that we were doing all this walking for fun which was a kind of daily chore for them.
While in the jungle, we came across an exotic flora and fauna, like the green snakes which some of us played with, a very lazy wiper which won’t move even if a lizard was sitting over it, a millipede which will roll itself into a hard ball when touched, and carnivorous mushroom type plants which would attract insects and then eat them. By this time we had stopped caring much about dirt, insects, leeches etc and were completely at peace with Mother Nature’s sights, sounds and smells.
The last part of the trek was the most difficult one. We had to climb down the mountain towards the waterfall. It was raining, soil was loose and there was no trail, we had to crawl on our all fours, hold on to the roots of the trees for support and somehow survive to reach the destination, one slipped step and you are thrown into the deep gorge with water gushing at full force. I have never been so nervous and at high alert, each step taken could bring the difference between life and death. After nearly one hour of descent and with no mishap, we reached a point where we were standing under a relatively smaller waterfall which met the bigger one. Now we had to cross this small waterfall and get to the other side. After some five of us had crossed over, when one of the remaining stepped over a large rock, it suddenly gave way and went rolling down towards the others down there. For a second we thought that this was the end, but as if by magic, the rock got entangled in life saving roots and stopped midway along with the guy who was still over it!
The view in front of us after so many ordeals was worth the effort. There lay a huge water fall, the big Daddy of even the Jog Falls, roaring down from a great height, bringing a massive volume of water with it. This fall is named the Burde (meaning the head) falls. The picture taken by us will never be able to depict the true majesty of this fall, but that’s the best we could take there, clinging to the rocks to save us from falling in the water.
Jog Falls, falling from a height of 253 meters, is the second highest untiered waterfall in India. A segmented fall, it consists of four different falls called the Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket falls, named because of their respective characteristics. It was a magnificent view out there with the four streams falling down with full strength and creating clouds of mist. However the fact that this place was crowded to hilt and we had spent two awesome days away from population diluted our eagerness to stay there for long. So we started for our last destination- The temple at Ikkeri.
The magnificent Aghoreshwara Temple at Ikkeri was built in the Hoysala- Kadamba style in the 16th century. Although the temple was ransacked by Tipu Sultan in his war against the local Nayaka rulers, the temple, by large, escaped major destruction and remains intact till today. This was perhaps my first brush with the Hoysala architecture and to us it seemed like poetry in granite. The intricate carvings, the beautiful statues and the pyramid like structure of the temples were the salient features. It’s a beautiful monument and a must visit if you are anywhere near the Jog falls.
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AC Bus Ticket to Shimoga from Bangalore
Hotel in Shimoga
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Pachakge with EG Eco Escapes
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Deguide on September 21, 2011 at 11:08 am
What does the package with Eco escapes cover ?
Shadows Galore on September 21, 2011 at 7:15 pm
@Deguide: The package covered the pickup and drop from Sagara, local transport in a Jeep, Sight seeing, all gear, guide and activities; delicious food 3 times a day plus morning tea and evening snacks. This included a barbecue dinner! All this for Rs 2800/- per person.
Sandy on October 27, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Keep it ciomng, writers, this is good stuff.
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David Bocking takes us on a 550 mile cycle ride and says it’s the simple things that matter on such a long journey
It’s the simple things that matter when you’re in the middle of a 550 mile bike ride from Sheffield to Morecambe Bay, the Scottish border, Flamborough Head and back again on a bank holiday weekend.
By Nigel Booth
All Points North cycling event: Organiser Angela Walker (centre) with first woman finisher Phillipa Battye and first make finisher Pavel Pulawski
It is like sleeping.
“I found a pavement at a Park and Ride site near Durham, where a duct was blowing hot air,” said Ashley Sharp. “I thought at the time, this is crackers, but you do it because you’re so tired. After riding for 28 hours without stopping you can sleep on a plank.”
All Points North cycling event: Tim McInnes at the pre race briefing
64 cheery riders set out into the evening sun from Heeley on the inaugural All Points North endurance cycling event last Friday, ready to find their way to nine sadistically chosen checkpoints scattered around the moors, wind lashed seafronts and lonely hilltops of northern England.
“These landscapes are seriously beautiful, even if it is raining,” said Pawel Pulawski. “Next time I’ll come back and do it slower and bring my family with me.”
Hosted by Heeley Trust and organised by the Trust’s Recycle Bikes Cycling Projects Manager Angela Walker, All Points North was inspired by a French community long distance cycling event Angela rode last year (after completing the 2,500 mile Transcontinental Cycle race in 2017).
“We wanted to showcase the north of England to people who didn’t ride up here,” said Angela.
All Points North cycling event: preparing to set off from Heeley on Friday night
“We’ve shown Yorkshire in all its character,” said Heeley Trust’s Andy Jackson. “It’s gritty, windy, misty, sunny, it’s one of the finest landscapes you’ll see.”
Riders from France, Poland. Bulgaria, Canada, Bristol, London, Scotland and all over South Yorkshire ventured out with sleeping bags, bikes, raincoats (and little else) to find their own way to checkpoints scattered across Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumbria and Lancashire.
Returning riders said they were stunned by the ‘amazing varied landscapes’ of northern England.
The event was unsupported out in the wilds, but staffed by a 20 strong team of staff and volunteers back at the base at Heeley Institute, including mechanics from Recycle Bikes tweaking the bikes to perfection before the start and kitchen staff doling out tea, food (and beer) to exhausted cyclists from Sunday afternoon onwards.
All Points North cycling event: Katie Kookaburra takes a selfie before the start
Meanwhile Angela and colleague Tory Gray spent hours staring at tiny coloured dots on their computer depicting the GPS signal of riders making their way around the route.
The aim was to launch a 1,000 km (or thereabouts) challenging event based on the toughness of the north of England that would draw in both newcomers to endurance cycling and keen participants wanting to train or test themselves in a challenging new landscape.
Now after the successful first run (with around half the participants battling the mountains and weather to finish) the hope is that All Points North will soon stand alongside internationally famous endurance rides like Europe’s Transcontinental, the Normandicat in France and Transatlantic Way in Ireland.
First of the eleven women riders back was Philippa Battye who said more women are taking part in endurance events of all kinds.
All Points North cycling event: Rachel Batt and partner Jim Stewart at the start
“Long distance cycling is an amazing supportive community, and there are very few sports where women can stand side by side with men on the start line.”
She added that although women struggle to match men on power and strength, women’s endurance can match many male riders: Philippa finished her circuit in under 57 hours, at 11th rider out of 35 finishers.
Pawel Puwalski managed his circuit in under two days, after declining to sleep. “I had two 15 minute naps” he conceded. (He also found time to stop and pump up a young girl’s flat tyre after she and her dad hailed him on the way out from Heeley to Knaresborough).
After first finishes at several multi-day rides, Pawel calculated that he could pretty much keep going throughout his 850 km tour of northern England.
“If I set a goal I try to reach it,” he said, “When you finish an event like this you feel stronger mentally. Getting out of your comfort zone is good for other things in your life. “It is character building stuff,” said Andy Jackson. “This will be a lifetime’s experience for many riders.” Visit www.allpointsnorth.cc.
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AAP AFL
Port coach wary of Brisbane star Neale
AFL GIANTS LIONS NEALE - AAP
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley knows he's not alone in grappling with the AFL's big question when playing Brisbane.
How do you stop the Lions' prime mover Lachie Neale?
"Every side in the competition has tried and I don't think it has been very successful at any stage," Hinkley said.
Neale's output looms large in Sunday's Adelaide Oval twilight fixture between fourth-placed Lions and seventh-placed Port.
The star Lion is averaging 32.4 disposals a game in a stunning season and, in Brisbane's round three win against the Power, collected 43 possessions.
But Hinkley appears set to back his midfield collective to nullify Neale rather than deploy a specific hard tag.
"We try to stop those (star) midfielders every week, unfortunately sometimes they get away from you," he said.
"Our midfield group, we back them in against other midfield groups.
"And sometimes it works for you and sometimes it hasn't worked for us.
"Clearly a couple of our most recent losses, we haven't been able to control the opposition's best midfield player that well, so it's a challenge."
Hinkley said Brisbane's sustained excellence this season proved the Lions were worthy of their top-four status.
"If you look at their whole season, their body of work would suggest that they're a really good side," he said.
But the Power coach was also bullish about his team's prospects despite not being able to bank consecutive wins since rounds five and six.
"They're a really talented group who have got opportunities in front of them," Hinkley said.
"And they have got to take those opportunities and us collectively as a club, we have to make those opportunities count.
"The competition suggests at the moment that we win and we lose (then) we win and we lose, so that is just the reality.
"But we're not the only team in the comp ... that have had some problems winning every week, it's such an even competition."
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Five Quarterback Battles to Watch After National Signing Day
Whether they're lurking behind a coveted grad transfer or joining a wide-open competition, these elite QB prospects who have signed during the 2019 recruiting cycle could push for playing time as early as this season.
By Joan Niesen
Blame the transfer portal. Blame the handful of quarterbacks—and these are big handfuls, mind you—who migrate each year from school to school in search of playing time. Blame the nature of the competition. But Wednesday is National Signing Day, the formal end of the 2019 recruiting cycle and the beginning of college football’s slow season, and already, we can’t help but look months down the road.
A quarterback can make or break a team, and great quarterbacks might be signing day’s most valuable prizes. This year, nearly all the top prospects inked with teams back in December—due to the scarcity of starting jobs, many of them commit as high school juniors—and several are on campus already competing. Some players don’t want to wait too long to be QB1, a title that can be hard to reclaim once it’s lost, and the ripple effect of new arrivals on an already unpredictable depth chart is what makes quarterback recruiting so interesting. With that in mind, here’s a look at five programs bringing a top 2019 prospect into their quarterback rooms that should set the stage for some fascinating storylines to follow over the next few years.
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Oklahoma: Spencer Rattler (No. 1 overall QB, 247Sports Composite)
Oh, to be the Sooners. Your past two quarterbacks have won the Heisman Trophy. You’ve made the College Football Playoff in both those seasons, and now you’ve signed the top quarterback in this year’s class, according to 247Sports’s ratings. But just as Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray did upon transferring to Norman, this quarterback should have a year to sit and learn (and, with luck, make use of that four-game redshirt rule to see some game action) because Oklahoma also recently snared Jalen Hurts, the also-very-good former Alabama hero.
Rattler told 247Sports in December that coach Lincoln Riley had assured him the Sooners wouldn’t be adding a QB in the graduate transfer market, but Rattler shouldn’t have been too disappointed when Hurts announced Norman as his transfer destination. Starting a true freshman goes well approximately 2% of the time in college football, and getting a year to internalize Lincoln Riley’s offense coming out of high school will be a huge asset. Then, with Hurts’s eligibility exhausted, Rattler should be in great position to take over in 2020.
Auburn: Bo Nix (No. 2)
Nix is up there among the best QBs in Alabama prep football history, but he’s entering a wide-open field, where three players have more realistic chances at the starting job vacated when Jarrett Stidham declared early for the NFL. Gus Malzahn has tended to value experience over youth—but his stable of contenders is short on the former, giving Nix at least a sliver of a chance.
Also vying for the job are Malik Willis, Stidham’s backup who’s completed 11 of 14 passes in spot duty over the past few years. Like Nix, he’s a dual-threat quarterback, having already rushed for 309 yards over his career. (In 2017, when he got the bulk of his carries, he averaged 13.8 yards per rush.) Then there are redshirt freshman Joey Gatewood and 24-year-old Cord Sandberg, a former minor-league pitcher who has four years of eligibility remaining after playing in one 2018 blowout and taking a redshirt. Both Sandberg and Gatewood are big and athletic with strong arms.
What’s most interesting about this bunch is their combined years of remaining eligibility. Willis has two, Gatewood and Sandburg four. Even if Nix doesn’t play next fall, he’ll need to impress enough to keep another player from getting entrenched in the job, and it’s highly unlikely that many quarterbacks with that much eligibility left will all stick around.
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Washington: Dylan Morris (No. 7)
Morris, a four-star recruit, is the best player in the state of Washington in the class of 2019. It’s huge that he’s staying home, although realistically, his likely outcome in 2019 is a redshirt year; he’s probably third in line for the starting job after presumptive starter Jacob Eason and likely backup Jake Haener, a sophomore. It’s hard to imagine a situation in which the Georgia transfer Eason wouldn’t win the job this offseason, but Morris could vie for the backup spot and start getting reps as a true freshman.
The Huskies’ offense is in a unique spot: Jake Browning and leading rusher Myles Gaskin are gone, but much of the rest of the unit is returning after a down year in 2018. If Eason can pick up where he left off at Georgia before a Week 1 injury cratered his sophomore season in Athens, Washington should be in a good position, and Eason has two years of eligibility remaining. Morris needs to make a push up the depth chart, even if he redshirts, and the timing is such that he could be more than prepared to take over for Eason in 2021—but that seems a long way off, and the Huskies used two spots in their 2018 signing class on QBs Jacob Sirmon and Colson Yankoff.
Wisconsin: Graham Mertz (No. 5)
Read this slowly: Wisconsin signed the fifth-best quarterback in the class of 2019. He’s the second-ranked pro-style passer in this class, and he had offers from just about everyone. He’s from the Kansas City suburbs. And he’s going to play for a team that has largely made a tradition out of hoping their elite offensive linemen set the tone for the team. The 2018 season was a down year, but the Badgers have perfected what they do, with smothering defenses and tireless rushers and game-managing QBs. That last thing? Mertz probably won’t be that.
Mertz is the highest-rated quarterback to sign with the Badgers this century, and he might get a chance to start next fall. Alex Hornibrook, the Badgers’ quarterback since 2016, has a year of eligibility remaining, but a season ago, when he was supposed to break out, he instead sunk deeper into his penchant for turnovers. (In his first two seasons as Wisconsin’s starter, Hornibrook tossed a pick on 4.4% of his passes. Last fall, that number rose to 5.4%.)
We’re a long way off from the Badgers naming a quarterback, and even farther away from knowing whether last season was an aberration or the first sign of trouble, but Wisconsin is wrapping up its best recruiting class since 2014. It’s just too tempting to imagine the Badgers with one of their signature defenses and a well-rounded offense, which Mertz, with a little development, might be able to provide.
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Arizona State: Jayden Daniels, Joey Yellen and Ethan Long (Nos. 3, 19 and 40)
No team has signed more quarterbacks among the top 40 in this class than Arizona State, which inked three: Daniels (the No. 3 QB in the class, per 247Sports), Yellen (No. 23) and Long (No. 39). All three have already enrolled, and as the Sun Devils open spring practice the day before signing day, they’re competing among themselves and with junior Dillon Sterling-Cole, last season’s backup to Manny Wilkins. It’s going to be a logjam, and this much competition rarely ends without a trip to the transfer portal.
Here’s how it happened: Long and Yellen committed first, both in early June 2018. Then Daniels joined the class during the early signing period, picking Herm Edwards’s team over several other Pac-12 offers. He’s a dual-threat talent and will bring a very different look from the other two quarterbacks in the class—and he also has the most impressive résumé of the bunch. After reeling in the best recruit of his tenure, Edwards will have a big choice to make this spring and summer.
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2019 PGA Championship - Event Preview
Finally, we’ve got good reason to get excited about the PGA Championship again. The fourth major was swept away in a sea of apathy for so long in its September timeslot, with the FedExCup, the Ryder Cup and the Olympic Games all taking priority in the hearts and minds of the players and fans of the sport alike but the new scheduling makes sense: THE PLAYERS Championship gets a nice early slot in the diary, and the PGA Championship now feels like a major again, as it falls almost right in the middle between The Masters and the US Open.
Events like the PGA Championship live or die by the choice of host venue. Some editions pass by without a flicker when played at uninteresting layouts or those which offer supremely low scoring, and so the hope is that the selection of Bethpage Black as host this time around will give the tournament its intrigue back. We’re not anticipating the kind of challenge that this stretch provided the entrants to the US Opens of 2002 and 2009 where breaking par was a challenge in itself, but nor are we expecting anything too drastic as far as scoring is concerned either. It’s worth getting familiar with the recent weather patterns in Farmingdale, Long Island too: there has been days and days of rain during the spring and in recent weeks too, and for all the sterling work of the ground staff, we would still expect the course to play soft this time around. That’s less than ideal for the short hitters, who already have a 7,468 yard Par 70 behemoth to try and conquer. Yes, it’s one of those weeks where the longer hitters have an immense advantage.
As if the sheer sale of the track wasn’t enough, the A.W. Tillinghast design is also heavily bunkered with thick tree lines contouring many of the fairways. The rough isn’t said to be as dramatic as it could be, but staying out of the second cut and the thicker stuff – particularly if wet – is still a good idea. Another slice of good news for the players is the benign weather forecast. It will be cool, it has to be said, but rain should be at a minimum and wind speeds of 9-11 mph aren’t enough to frighten the best players in the world.
Bethpage Black, occasional US Open host and venue for the Northern Trust, will surely show its teeth this week in a layout more accustomed to a major than birdie-making. It’s an almost painfully long Par 70 at 7,459 yards, and with New York blasted by rain and cold temperatures in recent weeks – in April there were 16 consecutive days of rain – it could play even longer still this week. The A.W. Tillinghast design features the unique title of having at least two bunkers per hole – many more in some cases – and with dense tree lines there really is no escape for the players. The Poa Annua greens typically play fast too, although any rain in the area may just slow them down below the normal 12 on the stimp.
Rumor has it that the big cheeses at the PGA of America like the PGA Championship to be a scoreable major, and so that’s why the rough has been kept to just a couple of inches. In the words of Kerry Haigh, chief championships officer, ‘if we have soft greens and no wind, I would expect and hope that everyone scores well’. The greens are smaller than average, elevated and well protected, but as Haigh says without the presence of any strong winds, Bethpage could be at its easiest in May following weeks of precipitation.
The Northern Trust (or the Barclays as it was known) of 2016 saw five of the first six players home average more than 300 yards off the tee, and that appears to be the key once again in an assignment that could be a test of physical strength and stamina as much as anything else.
Weather Forecast for Farmingdale, NY
Previous events at Bethpage in the summer have been blighted by red hot temperatures and lightning fast greens….neither looks likely this week. Indeed, the forecast this time around in Farmingdale is a distinctly chilly 64°F, and a lack of humidity will not aid the shorter hitters in the field. The relief that all four days should pass by in relatively dry fashion, indeed the predicted precipitation levels do not get above 20% for any of the days of action. And as for the notorious winds in these parts….forecasts of 9-11 mph won’t be keeping the players up at night, although we would expect the breeze to be stronger at local level.
What We’re Looking For This Week
When analyzing Bethpage Black, we have a varied array of notes to delve into but are we expecting a US Open style layout, where the winning scores barely got above level par, or a more Barclays (Northern Trust) style track where scoring was much easier? We’re going to go with a blend of the two, given that Bethpage will play as a mightily long Par 70 this week.
The PGA of America are said to have requested a scoreable course, though, so expect an agreeable first cut of rough barely more than a couple of inches long….that will add some width to otherwise fairly narrow fairways and with cold temperatures and a wet spring, it seems unlikely that the greens will play particularly quickly.
How else can handicappers and gamers separate the field this week? Well, the Poa Annua angle is an interesting one, given that so few PGA tournaments are played on the surface at this time of year. We’ve been taking a deep dive into form at other Tillinghast tracks: Ridgewood (occasional home of the Northern Trust), Baltusrol (PGA Championship 2016) and Winged Foot, host of the 2006 US Open and back on the rotation in 2020. We’ve used all of this information to inform our shortlist of sleeper plays for the PGA Championship, and here are some we are hoping can contend at Bethpage Black this week.
To Win Outright:
Adam Scott – 55/1
Maybe it’s because he doesn’t play all that much these days, but Adam Scott remains one of the most reliable and consistent performers in majors around. Stacks of top-10s in the big tournaments were added to with solo third at the PGA Championship in September, and lest we forget he was the co-leader at the halfway stage of the Masters before falling away to T18. Fourth at Bethpage at the 2016 Barclays, Scott still plays consistently good golf when he turns up, and nobody would be overly surprised if he added another major to his collection in Long Island (Risking 0.2 units to win 11 units).
Aaron Wise 125-1
One of the best drivers around, there is just something about the way Aaron Wise carries himself on the golf course which suggests he’s a major winner in waiting. There’s a long way to go before he reaches elite levels, of course, but his form is improving and at a course that should suit him, we – and he – can be positive about his chances. Wise found some form just in time for his Augusta date, where he finished a more-than-credible T17 after opening with a round of 75. A decent outing at Quail Hollow (T18) followed, as did a fair enough defense of his maiden PGA TOUR title last week at Trinity Forest, where he opened 69-69-66. Wise ranks 16th ON TOUR in SG: Off-the-Tee, 23rd in Greens in Regulation and 49th in Bogey Avoidance (Risking 0.2 units to win 25 units).
Jhonattan Vegas 125-1
Another bargain who appears to have a lot going for him this week is Jhonattan Vegas. The Venezuelan has been trending very nicely of late, with a T8 last time out at Quail Hollow following a T3 at the PLAYERS, T16 at the Honda Classic and T23 at the Arnold Palmer. Vegas has worked hard at his game and is much tidier from tee-to-green these days, and that – backed by an excellent short game and comfort in the wind – plus a high ball flight ensures he ticks plenty of boxes on Long Island. Vegas is definitely being undersold here, as he ranks 8th ON TOUR in SG: Off-the-Tee, 19th in Bogey Avoidance and 35th in Greens in Regulation (Risking 0.2 units to win 25 units).
Jason Kokrak 100-1
With four top 10s in his last seven starts, and some Bethpage Black form to boot, it’s hard to see why Jason Kokrak is this big a price. The books’ lethargy here might provide an opportunity for us by backing a player who hasn’t missed a cut all season. Tied 9th at the Honda, tied 10th at the Arnold Palmer, tied for 2nd at the Valspar and in the top 10 at the Texas Open, those aren’t the results of a no-hoper. Strong from tee to green, it’s only on the putting surface that Kokrak has proved in any way mediocre on the stats so it’s probably a good job that Bethpage’s greens aren’t the most contoured – as long as you can find them. He was 7th on this course in 2016 and has PGA Championship form that’s continued to improve in each of the last three years. He was also tied for 19th at Bellerive last August and we’re hopeful a decent return might be in the cards. Jason Kokrak is on the verge of winning (Risking 0.2 units to win 20 units).
Jorge Campillo 225-1
We’re going to take a shot here on a pro that may just sneak onto the leaderboard over the weekend and should that come to pass, anything can happen from there. While the betting and DFS world focuses on one Spaniard, Sergio Garcia at 40-1, we like this Spaniard more at 225-1. It’s only the Campillo’s third major appearance and he has yet to make a cut but form builds confidence and there can’t be too many players with a bigger strut than Jorge Campillo at the moment. He’s been on quite a run, which continued with a podium performance at the Volvo China Open. That 3rd place in Shenzhen followed hot on the heels of his victory in Morocco at the Trophee Hassan II. Third at the Indian Open, and tied 2nd in both Qatar and Oman, his worst finish on the European Tour in his last six starts has been a very creditable tied 20th at the Maybank Championship. Now he’s going toe-to-toe with the best in the world on an exceptionally difficult golf course and he’s worth a small wager at this price and he’s also worth adding to your DFS roster (Risking 0.2 units to win 45 units).
Head-to-head Matchups for the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Unless otherwise stated, the head-to-head match-up will be bet at Pinnacle, BET 365 or 5DIMES
HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUP below is for 72 holes:
Patrick Cantlay -110 over Sergio Garcia (BET365)
It’s not easy finding the right H2H matchups but we trust we found one here at BET365. We always check out the H2H’s at other books and we see that Pinnacle has Cantlay as a -172 favorite to beat Jordan Spieth and they also have Cantaly listed as a -140 favorite to beat Matt Kuchar. Meanwhile, Pinnacle also features Sergio in two H2H matchups and he’s a dog on both, to Adam Scott and Paul Casey. Cantlay meanwhile, is a shorter price (40-1) to win this event outright than both Adam Scott and Paul Casey. Reading between the lines, Pinnacle loves Cantlay to have a great event and we’re on board with that.
Patrick Cantlay is such a great talent with stacks of good form this season. Cantlay has also delivered seven top-10 finishes in his last 11 appearances, including hugely impressive T3 and T9 turns in his last pair of starts at Harbour Town and Augusta. In among the positivity has been some fine showings on Poa Annua, while the youngster has also shown up nicely on the East Coast in the past couple of years. Cantlay played very nicely for his T8 the last time that the PGA TOUR took in a Tillinghast layout at Ridgewood at the tail-end of last season, and there’s no reason why he can’t come up with the goods and slay the beatable Sergio Garcia at another of the designer’s tracks this week (Risking 2.2 units to win 2).
#7097 Louis Oosthuizen +100 over Bubba Watson
Bubba Watson has pedigree so you may be reading or hearing a lot of “experts” including him in their list of contenders this week. After all, Bubba Watson has thrived at Bethpage with a formline of 13-10-18 from his last three visits to the venue. However, Bubba Watson is also 40-years old. Bubba’s recent form under the brightest lights leaves plenty to be desired too, as his PGA Championship and major record with seven missed cuts since the start of 2017 will attest to. His only real success has come at Augusta National where he has recorded top 15’s in his last two starts. Watson’s inability to hit fairways does not bode well at this course and is starting to take a toll on him also. Watson ranks 158th in Driving Accuracy after hitting just 280 fairways in 476 attempts. He also ranks 164th in SG: Putting and those two key stats for this event make him great fade material.
Louis Oosthuizen is carefully choosing his events this year and seems to be uber focused when he does play. Louis has finished T2, T5 and T29th in three of his last four events played, which included the Masters. He’s taken two weeks off to prepare for this event so figure him to be fresh and ready to go. He ranks 28th or 130 positions higher than Bubba in Driving Accuracy and at this course, accuracy is a real key. He also ranks third on tour in SG: Around the Green. His T2 at the Valspar in late March was followed up by two more great events and while his best work has come overseas, he’s still a threat to win at any time. That said, the wager here is more about fading a pro -- Bubba Watson -- that is trending the wrong way in a big way (Risking 2 units to win 2 units).
Others to consider for DFS or to win outright:
We wanted to bet Rickie in H2H matchups but he’s a big favorite in most of his matchups except against Jon Rahm and Rambo is not a guy we want to fade so unfortunately we’re left holding nothing on Rickie. One could bet Fowler (-116) to beat Day or Fowler (-128) to beat Fleetwood or even -148 to beat Schauffele but those prices are too steep for our blood so we’ll pass. Every book offers different matchups so perhaps you can find something suitable for Fowler. One of these days Rickie is going to get over the major hump and maybe this is the year. Seventh at Bethpage in 2016 and 24th at the Barclays four years earlier, the course clearly suits the 30-year-old. We all know how he can squirm when leading a PGA Tour event so the last thing you want is him sleeping again on an overnight lead for his maiden major but he comes here in form that is as good as any of the leading contenders, having finished tied 9th at Augusta and tied 4th at the Wells Fargo.
A winner in Phoenix, although not without some mishaps, the best putter on the PGA Tour could get some traction on Bethpage’s relatively straightforward greens. He’s our “Horse” this week.
Given that there’s a couple of bargain basement picks that really catch the eye this week, that means we can invest a decent slice of our salary cap into another expensive selection but we’re confident that Tony Finau can live up to the billing. As one of the longest hitters around, he should be in his element here, and he has also delivered plenty of good results on Poa Annua in the past too. Normally consistently good, Finau’s game has been a little off in recent months and yet he has still turned up where it really matters: T5 at the Masters and T22 at THE PLAYERS Championship is not the form of a man ready for the scrapheap. A runner-up at the Tillinghast-designed Ridgewood last season, big things can be expected from Finau this week.
Here’s an almost giveaway price on a player who didn’t make a single bogey at Trinity Forest last week! Okay, so that layout is much easier than Bethpage Black, but even so, it takes some effort to avoid any mistakes and close out 63-64 to take a share of second place. Piercy has had a good few looks at Bethpage in the past, with a best of T22, and a confirmed ability of playing in the wind bodes very nicely should Long Island show its teeth. Admittedly, Piercy isn’t the longest hitter in the world, but he is sublime from tee-to-green, and with his putting improving steadily there’s absolutely no reason why he should be this price. Take advantage, as dude ranks 8th ON TOUR in Greens in Regulation, 8th in Bogey Avoidance and 26th in Scoring Average.
Poulter is arguably playing some of the best golf of his career and has been a great option for fantasy teams this season as he has generally been priced pretty low considering his form. The Englishman missed five majors between 2017 and 2018 but hasn’t looked back since making his return to the 2017 Open Championship with four top 25s since then, most recently having one of his best weeks at Augusta National. He continued his good form at the RBC Heritage where he recorded a top 10 finish.
Emiliano Grillo
Grillo is an enigma because he’s so good when he’s on. The problem is that he’s off too often but he does have a tendency to pop up with good finishes on the PGA Tour. His record in majors isn’t fantastic but he has the occasional good finish with his best PGA finish being a T13 in his PGA Tour rookie season in 2016. He does however know how to get it around Bethpage and finished runner up to Patrick Reed at The Barclays in 2016.
Mix and match any or all of the above with your own to create a DFS roster to look something like the samples below:
5 golfers to win outright at 0.2 units each = -1 unit
Cantlay -110 over Garcia = + 2 units
Oosthuizen +100 Bubba Watson = + 2 units
Therefore 4 units in wins - 1 unit in losses = a net profit of 3 units.
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Hackenberg, Anderson, and more to watch in Jets v. Lions on Saturday
By Ralph Vacchiano | Aug 19, 2017 | 12:00PM
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The Jets are undefeated, which at the moment is insignificant. But really, given all the predictions of doom and gloom, some people probably thought they wouldn't even end up with one preseason win.
They did, but it wasn't pretty (7-3 over the Tennessee Titans at home last Saturday), and they barely answered any of the many, many major question marks surrounding their season and long-term future. Maybe their game in Detroit against the Lions on Saturday night will provide a few more clues about the direction they're headed.
In the meantime, here are five things worth watching at Ford Field tonight:
1.Will the Jets loosen the reins on Christian Hackenberg? He was … efficient in the first game, completing 72 percent of his passes (18 of 25) for 127 yards with no interceptions (or touchdowns). Given how bad he was last summer, it was a huge improvement. But the Jets didn't ask him to do much. He threw almost all short, high-percentage passes that barely kept the offense moving. Even "game manager" quarterbacks throughout NFL history cringed.
The Jets say there were bigger throws designed, but that Hackenberg correctly checked down to safer ones. OK, maybe. I didn't see those opportunities until later in the game (and he misfired on most of his few downfield throws). But Hackenberg still has to show he can move the offense at some point because completing 75 percent of his passes without any scoring drives won't do.
He'll probably get another two quarters against the Lions. Hopefully the Jets will let him air it out a bit.
2.Robby Anderson and his quest to prove he's a No. 1 - The second-year pro earned a lot of praise for catching three passes for 71 yards in the opener. Of course, 53 yards came on one catch. It was a difficult catch, but he made the play with his speed, which we all knew he had.
The issue with Anderson is his slight build (6-3, 190) and how he'll fare matched up against the top cornerbacks on each team when he's got to fight through press coverage and make the tough catch with a corner draped all over him. He's got the speed to get behind the defense, but that won't always help against the top corners in the league.
He did have a nice week of practice following the preseason opener. He still needs to prove he can do more.
3.The kicking battle - The fight between Chandler Catanzaro and Ross Martin is about as even as possible. That was clear on Wednesday when both went 6 for 6 in practice, including 57-yard kicks. Catanzaro had the only attempt in the preseason opener and he was wide left on a 55-yarder.
The Jets aren't going to make a decision on one low percentage preseason kick. Martin has been better in camp overall, but the coaching staff sure hopes they'll both get a couple of opportunities in the second and third preseason games.
4.The Bilal Powell-led rushing attack - The Jets averaged 1.8 yards per rush in the preseason opener and their running backs gained a total of 47 yards. A lot of that had to do with the Jets being forced to start rookie Elijah McGuire (six carries, seven yards) because of injuries to veterans Matt Forte and Powell. Forte is still out with a hamstring injury, but Powell is expected to play in Detroit.
He was more efficient and, arguably, better than Forte last season. He'll probably play into the second quarter against the Lions. Can he give the rushing attack a boost and would a strong showing help convince the coaches he was underused last season? If the Jets can't improve the rushing attack with Powell, watch the focus shift to the offensive line next week.
5.The outside linebacker competition - A surprise injury to rookie linebacker Dylan Donahue kept him out of the opener, but he should be back and might get a great chance to make an impact with Lorenzo Mauldin (back) likely to sit this one out. It's also an opportunity for Josh Martin and Freddie Bishop to prove they deserve more playing time over Mauldin, a disappointing former third-round pick.
Tags: Bilal Powell, Christian Hackenberg, Dylan Donahue, Robby Anderson, Ralph Vacchiano
Jets Training Camp Battles: Who will provide wide receiver depth in 2019?
Robby Anderson could be in for a career year, but will depth be an issue?
By Bent | 10:45AM
Dec 15, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson (11) celebrates his touchdown against the Houston Texans during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
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The Jets aren't considered as having one of the top wide receiver units around the league, but have some promising top-end talent. However, there are roles available further down the depth chart …
Projected Starters: Robby Anderson, Quincy Enunwa, Jamison Crowder
Projected Backups: Deontay Burnett, Josh Bellamy, Charone Peake
On the Bubble: Greg Dortch, Quadree Henderson, Jeff Smith, Deonte Thompson, JJ Jones, Tim White
Departures: Andre Roberts, Jermaine Kearse, Rishard Matthews, Terrelle Pryor
The Jets will be hoping that each of their top three receivers plays a big role in 2019, as they seek to build their offense around quarterback Sam Darnold. While none of them have had a thousand-yard season before, each of their top three receivers has been close to that level of production.
Tags: Quincy Enunwa, Robby Anderson, Sam Darnold
Quinnen Williams not expected to report with rest of Jets' rookies on Friday
The Jets drafted Williams No. 3 overall in April
Apr 25, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; Quinnen Williams (Alabama) is selected as the number three overall pick to the New York Jets in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft in Downtown Nashville. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports (Christopher Hanewinckel)
When the Jets' rookies report to camp on Friday, Quinnen Williams is not expected to be among them, reports SNY's Ralph Vacchiano.
Williams, the Jets' first round pick (2nd overall), has not yet signed his contract -- perhaps due to "offset language" or the payment schedule for his signing bonus.
Whenever he signs he'll get a fully guaranteed, four-year contract worth $32.6 million, with a signing bonus of $21.5 million.
Jets' Adam Gase will monitor Le'Veon Bell's usage
Jets RB will be eased into offense
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold, left, hands off to running back Le'Veon Bell while running a drill at the team's NFL football training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (Julio Cortez/AP)
Jets running back Le'Veon Bell was a workhorse for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but that won't be the case for the Jets. Not right away, at least, says head coach Adam Gase.
Bell, 27, signed a big four-year, $52.2 million deal with the Jets with $35 million guaranteed this offseason. Money like that, the second-most to any running back in the NFL per Spotrac, indicates the Jets should have big plans for Bell, but he's not going to be tossed right into the fire.
According to Gase, the Jets will ease Bell into his touches after the rusher didn't play in 2018 because of his contract dispute with the Steelers.
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Jets' Quinnen Williams given strong Rookie of the Year odds
Jets top-two picks land odds for DROY Award
(Seth Wenig)
The Jets made Quinnen Williams the third-overall pick at the 2019 NFL draft and his odds at earning the league's Defensive Rookie of the Year Award are nearly the same.
According to BetOnline.ag, Williams has 17/2 odds at landing the honor, which are the fourth-best odds among defensive rookies.
Of those with better odds than Williams, two were selected after him. Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Devin White, the fifth-overall pick, and Jacksonville Jaguars pass rusher Josh Allen, the seventh-overall pick, landed 8/1 and 7/1 odds, respectively. San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa, who was the lone defender picked ahead Williams at pick No. 2, has the best odds for the award at 5/1.
Tags: Jachai Polite, Quinnen Williams
Jets Training Camp Battles: Will cornerbacks exceed expectations in 2019?
Can Trumaine Johnson finally live up to his contract? Who will start next to him?
By Bent | Jul 18 | 11:00AM
Dec 9, 2018; Orchard Park, NY, USA; New York Jets cornerback Trumaine Johnson (22) reacts to his interception against the Buffalo Bills during the fourth quarter at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports (Rich Barnes)
There is widespread concern that the cornerback position could be a weakness for the Jets in the upcoming season. With roles available, could someone unexpected step up and become a key contributor?
Projected Starters: Trumaine Johnson, Darryl Roberts, Brian Poole (slot/nickel)
Projected Backups: Derrick Jones, Parry Nickerson, Blessuan Austin
On the Bubble: Arthur Maulet, Tevaughn Campbell, Mark Myers, Kyron Brown
Departures: Morris Claiborne, Buster Skrine, Rashard Robinson
Tags: Buster Skrine, Morris Claiborne, Trumaine Johnson
SNY's Jeane Coakley watched as Williamson made his own sushi rolls
Williamson tries to make sushi 00:02:59
Jeane Coakley joined Avery Williamson as he tried to learn the art of sushi making. He then got to enjoy a boatload of sushi, literally.
If the whole football thing doesn't work out for Jets LB Avery Williamson, I think he might have found an alternative.
SNY's Jeane Coakley was on hand with Williamson at a sushi restaurant in the city to see how well he would do as a sushi chef.
After making his own rolls, Williamson was very pleased with the result. And, of course, he's liking how the offseason has gone thus far with the Jets...
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5 bold predictions for the Jets 2019 season, including Sam Darnold's first Pro Bowl bid
The Jets are also going to do more than just make the playoffs
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jul 16 | 12:23PM
In the last six months, the Jets have finished off their third straight season of double-digit losses, their eighth straight season of missing the playoffs, and they've fired their head coach and general manager. No wonder so many believe that things couldn't possibly get any worse.
Of course, that's not the defeatist attitude around One Jets Drive these days. Inside their building, they believe things are about to get much, much better. They have added many talented reinforcements, a high-energy coach, and a GM who seems ready to pull them in the right direction.
Will it all work out for this star-crossed franchise? It's not too early to guess. So here are five bold predictions for what to expect from the Jets this year:
Tags: Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams, Le'Veon Bell, Quincy Enunwa, Sam Darnold, Ralph Vacchiano
Madden isn't too high on Gang green despite Jets' big changes
New York Jets safety Jamal Adams reacts during the second quarter against the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium. (Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports)
Each year, football fans anxiously await the new Madden NFL game to hit the shelves. But their player ratings generate even more buzz.
Well, EA Sports has released their initial rankings for each team, and Jets fans may not like where their team has ended up.
At the moment, the Jets are a 78 overall with an 73 offense and 80 defense, which is good for the sixth-worst team in the game. The Dolphins, an AFC East rival, are the game's worst team at 72 overall, while the Bills are third-worst at 78 overall. The Super Bowl defending-champion Patriots are an overall 87.
Tags: Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams, Le'Veon Bell, Sam Darnold, Trumaine Johnson
Does Gang Green add another tight end like they did in 2017?
Chris Herndon (89) Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
Last week, the Jets announced that tight end Chris Herndon would be suspended for the first four games of the 2019 regular season. This will obviously be a blow for the team, as they look to establish their new-look offense under Adam Gase. Herndon caught 39 passes last year to lead all rookie tight ends, including 32 over the last 10 games.
However, if the Jets intend to make a move to improve their tight end depth and give themselves further cover at the position, the options are somewhat unappealing.
Last month, even before the Herndon suspension was announced, Bucky Brooks wrote on NFL.com that the Jets should consider trading for veteran Jimmy Graham. However, adding a veteran who is past his prime and still on a high salary would be an overreaction at this point, especially if they had to give up anything of value to acquire him from the Packers.
Tags: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Chris Herndon, Eric Tomlinson
Jets' Jamal Adams excited for healthy Marcus Maye: He's 'one of the best free safeties' in the NFL
Safety duo weren't able to build on rookie momentum last season
Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye built a strong chemistry when the two were rookies in 2017. Last season injuries prevented the duo from building on that start to their careers.
Due to a slew of injuries, including shoulder and thumb issues, Maye was held to only six games played in 2018. Adams wasn't shaken by injuries. His season went in the opposite direction as he landed his first Pro Bowl nod.
However, Adams recognizes the success of the Jets' secondary takes more than just him and he recently told the team's website that he's excited to have Maye back healthy and ready to go for this year's training camp.
Tags: Jamal Adams, Marcus Maye
There are players whose training camp showing could propel them
Nov 12, 2018; Santa Clara, CA, USA; New York Giants receiver Quadree Henderson (15) during the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
The Jets' 2019 roster is already starting to take shape but finding unexpected contributions and building depth from unlikely sources is something that could really help them progress to the next level.
Let's highlight 10 players that haven't received much attention during the offseason, each of whom has a chance to end up on the final roster.
WR Quadree Henderson
Tags: Brandon Copeland, Brent Qvale, Charone Peake, Darron Lee
Jets TE Chris Herndon suspended for first four games of season
The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to a DUI earlier this year
Oct 14, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon (89) catches a pass over Indianapolis Colts cornerback Chris Milton (28) during the first half at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports (Vincent Carchietta)
Jets tight end Chris Herndon has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2019 season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, the team announced on Friday.
Herndon, 23, pleaded guilty to a DUI that occurred in June 2018 back in January.
He received a 90-day driver's license suspension and was fined $639 in municipal court while the NFL continued to investigate. A first-time offender is typically given a two-game suspension, per the league's alcohol policy, but the commissioner can impose additional discipline for aggravating circumstances.
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Owners reportedly toying with idea of limiting games for players
Dec 24, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ; General overall view of MetLife Stadium during an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the New YorK Jets. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
The NFL is starting to get creative in its continued pursuit for an 18-game schedule.
According to Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal, one idea being proposed among owners is to limit players to a maximum of 16 regular season games. That would mean, by rule, the Giants and Jets would have to pick at least two games for players like Saquon Barkley and Sam Darnold to sit out.
The NFLPA has pushed back against an 18-game schedule, largely because the toll an extra two games would place on the players' bodies would be too much to handle on top of an already grueling 16-game schedule. Giants long snapper and NFLPA vice president Zak DeOssie voiced these concerns back in June.
Tags: Sam Darnold, Saquon Barkley, Zak DeOssie
The Jets linebacker recently stopped by the SNY Studios
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Avery Williamson joins Jeane Coakley for a day at SNY. Williamson tries his hand at broadcasting and gets a behind-the-scenes look at SNY.
Avery Williamson's tenure with the Jets got off to a solid start in 2018, but could a career in sports broadcasting be in his future?
The Jets linebacker recently stopped by the SNY Studios and learned all the ins and outs of the business. Watch as he goes over his shot sheets, stops by the makeup room, and makes his way to the SNY desk.
Former Jets head coach Walt Michaels dies at 89
Michaels also part of Super Bowl III winning staff
A general view of a New York Jets helmet and an NFL football during the game between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets at Ralph Wilson Stadium. (Kevin Hoffman)
Walt Michaels, former head coach of the New York Jets, died on Wednesday, his daughter told the Wilkes Barre Times-Leader. He was 89.
Michaels spent six seasons with the Jets as the bench boss, racking up a 39-47-1 overall.
His playing cabegan in 1951 as a seventh-round pick by the Cleveland Browns, but was traded to the Green Bay Packers before his rookie season where he played one season. From 1952-1961, he returned to the Browns where he played linebacker. Michaels was a five-time Pro Bowler.
AFC East Power Rankings: Where the Jets stand before training camp
Will Gang Green's big changes see a much improved team?
By Bent | Jul 11 | 12:06PM
Dec 30, 2018; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) and New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) congratulate each other after New England's win at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports (Winslow Townson)
With training camp just a couple of weeks away, it's a good time to take stock of the rest of the AFC East. Let's review some of the big storylines for each of the Jets' rivals, and assess where they should stand in the Power Rankings...
1. New England Patriots - 2018 record: 11-5
Ordinarily, you'd expect any team to struggle to overcome the loss of key contributors like Trey Flowers, Rob Gronkowski and Trent Brown, among others. However, the Patriots have traditionally had no problems integrating replacements for their departing stars.
Tags: Le'Veon Bell, Robby Anderson, Sam Darnold
Which Jets players have best odds for 2019 MVP
Two Jets' players land MVP odds
Dec 23, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) throws a pass while Green Bay Packers defensive back Eddie Pleasant (35) defends during the second half at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports (Ed Mulholland)
Both of New York's football teams have potential MVP candidates in their backfield, according to Bovada. Only one of the two have a player under center that was given odds, though.
Odds Shark released Bovada's latest odds for the NFL's 2019 MVP Award and both Jets running back Le'Veon Bell and Giants running back Saquon Barkley were listed by the odds makers. Both landed with +5000 odds to take home the top-individual silverware next season.
The only rusher with higher odds to land the honor was Alvin Kamara from the New Orleans Saints.
Tags: Le'Veon Bell, Sam Darnold
Could Gang Green make the playoffs for the first time since 2010?
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jul 10 | 10:56AM
Dec 15, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) reacts after a touchdown by New York Jets running back Elijah McGuire (not pictured) during the fourth quarter against the Houston Texans at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
There's a new general manager (Joe Douglas), a new head coach (Adam Gase), a new star (Le'Veon Bell), and a new attitude (Gregg Williams and many others). All of that has the Jets thinking this is going to be a great season.
But the "old" quarterback -- 22-year-old Sam Darnold -- is still the biggest reason for hope of all.
The Jets may not be ready to say it publicly, but internally they are thinking playoffs. In fact, they're expecting their first playoff berth since 2010. They may not be ready to win the AFC East, but they feel there's no reason why they can't emerge as an AFC contender.
Why Jets DC Gregg Williams could be biggest key for Sam Darnold
Darnold should benefit most from Jets' defensive coordinator
By John Healy | Jul 9 | 4:32PM
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold is pressured by Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt during the first half at MetLife Stadium. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
Of all the new coaches that could help Sam Darnold in his second NFL season, it's Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams who could have the biggest impact on the quarterback.
Williams has a reputation for being intense and bringing that competitive energy into practices, which is one of the reasons why head coach Adam Gase hired him.
That intensity, coupled with the different schemes and looks he will deploy in the defense in practice, is something should benefit Darnold, according to offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains.
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Weighing the Jets' options in the NFL Supplemental Draft
Are any available players worth a pick?
By Bent | Jul 8 | 10:00AM
Dec 28, 2018; San Antonio, TX, United States; Washington State Cougars safety Jalen Thompson (34) celebrates with teammates after an interception against the Iowa State Cyclones during the first half in the 2018 Alamo Bowl at Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports (Soobum Im)
The NFL's supplemental draft takes place on July 10th, with the potential for multiple selections for the second year in a row. Could any of the available players interest the Jets, though?
New general manager Joe Douglas has already stated his intent to investigate any and all options to upgrade the roster he inherited from his predecessor, Mike Maccagnan. With the option to forego a 2020 draft pick to add a draftable prospect at this late stage of the offseason, he might be tempted to pull the trigger.
When Douglas and new director of player personnel Chad Alexander were both on the Ravens staff, they opted to use a fifth-round pick on tackle Jared Gaither in 2007. This proved to be a nice pick-up as he started 28 games in his first three years. New assistant general manager Rex Hogan was also on a Bears team that used a seventh-round pick on fullback Harvey Unga in the 2010 supplemental draft. This pick was less successful, though.
10 most important players to Jets' success in 2019
Gang Green will rely heavily on these guys
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jul 5 | 11:13AM
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For the second straight offseason, the Jets went on a huge spending spree, and this time it looks like they spent their money more wisely. They brought in stars and players who can truly make a difference.
At least that's what they believe.
Tags: Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams, Le'Veon Bell, Quincy Enunwa, Sam Darnold, Trumaine Johnson, Ralph Vacchiano
Darnold seemed to like Harrison last season, but there are concerns about his game
By Bent | Jul 4 | 1:29PM
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The Jets franchise has been blessed with consistency at the center position throughout most of its history. From the Super Bowl-winning John Schmitt to two-time Pro Bowler Joe Fields, the reliable Jim Sweeney, Hall of Fame nominee Kevin Mawae and all-pro Nick Mangold, the Jets have rarely had an extended period without a solid long-term solution at the position.
However, since Mangold's retirement, the Jets have been unable to adequately fill the position. While there seems to be plenty of optimism that Jonotthan Harrison could fill that role, fans and media remain skeptical.
Jets' Quinnen Williams named top-rated rookie in Madden 20
How the Jets' rookie class is rated in game
By Nick Wojton | Jul 3 | 3:32PM
The New York Jets selected defensive tackle Quinnen Williams with the third-overall pick at the 2019 NFL draft and despite that, some believed he was the top prospect.
The latest addition to that group is EA Sports, as the producers of the upcoming video game, Madden 20, gave the Alabama product the best ranking of any rookie in the game.
Williams' overall rating in Madden 20 is an 80. He edges out the Bills' first-round pick, another defensive tackle in Ed Oliver, and the second-overall pick, pass rusher Nick Bosa. Those two were rated 79 and 78 overall, respectively.
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C.J. Mosley explains why NFL is 'sleeping on the Jets'
New LB wants to lead Jets to next level on defense
By Tom Krosnowski | Jul 2 | 6:40PM
Dec 30, 2018; Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker C.J. Mosley (57) reacts after sacking Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (not pictured) during the second half at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports (Tommy Gilligan)
The New York Jets' new defensive star, C.J. Mosley, knows a thing or two about what makes a winning pedigree. The former Baltimore Raven made the playoffs twice with his old team and learned how to lead a defense from Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs. He has already assumed a role as a vocal leader and a "culture changer" for the Jets' defense.
There's no doubt that Mosley's teammates will listen when he speaks up. That said, Mosley's latest bulletin-board statement is sure to get Gang Green's collective blood pumping.
"We know the whole NFL is sleeping on the Jets, so we're ready to prove them wrong," Mosley told NewYorkJets.com. "They always have been [doubting the team], even I was when I wasn't here."
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PFF breaks down each team's strengths, weaknesses and X-factors
By Tom Krosnowski | Jun 28 | 2:35PM
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold unsnaps his helmet as he heads to the bench during the second half against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. (Winslow Townson/USA TODAY Sports)
After the Jets spent big money this summer, making splashes with the additions of Le'Veon Bell, C.J. Mosley, Jamison Crowder and Quinnen Williams, there has been a renewed buzz around Florham Park.
Meanwhile, their stadium-mates, the Giants, continued their roster revamp in controversial fashion - they said goodbye to stars Odell Beckham Jr. and Landon Collins, drafted a quarterback sixth overall and turned the keys over to an extremely young defense.
While the Giants are still rebuilding, the Jets are going all-in with a young quarterback, a budding defense and a new coach.
Tags: Eli Manning, Landon Collins, Le'Veon Bell, Marcus Maye, Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard
Why the Jets have Patriots WR Julian Edelman's attention
The Super Bowl MVP expects a 'tough matchup' from Gang Green this year
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman scores a touchdown against New York Jets cornerback Morris Claiborne during the third quarter at MetLife Stadium. (Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports)
The Jets have not beaten the New England Patriots since Week 16 of the 2015 season, but this year could be different.
Just ask Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman.
The Super Bowl LIII MVP has noticed what the Jets have done this offseason and expects Gang Green to be a challenge for the defending Super Bowl champions this upcoming season.
Tags: Jamal Adams, Le'Veon Bell, New England Patriots, Sam Darnold
Jets Hall of Famer Joe Namath explains why Tom Brady is greatest QB of all time
Namath's reasoning goes beyond the rings
Oct 14, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets former quarterback Joe Namath Before the National Football League game between the New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports (Vincent Carchietta)
Joe Namath says there is no doubt about it, Tom Brady is the best quarterback to play the game.
The Jets legend and Hall of Fame quarterback was asked about the greatest of all time at the position while on The Howard Stern Show on Monday, and while Namath has idolized many quarterbacks, none compare to the six-time Super Bowl champion who has tortured the Jets the last two decades.
"Tom is the best," Namath said. "I've been asked that question for many years -- Johnny [Unitas] was my hero, Otto Graham was great, Slingin' Sammy Baugh, I go back, these guys are great. But meantime, Tom has been challened more in recent history, certainly with huge games than anybody I can recollect -- and he stepped up every time."
Newly-retired Josh McCown on Jets' Sam Darnold: 'He'll be just fine'
'If he needs me, I'm only a phone call away'
New York Jets quarterbacks Sam Darnold and Josh McCown watch second half of play against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. (Noah K. Murray/USA TODAY Sports)
Josh McCown was a mentor to Sam Darnold in the Jets quarterback's rookie year.
And even though he won't be around Darnold in his second year with New York after announcing his retirement and transition to ESPN NFL analyst, he is confident Darnold will show vast improvement in 2019.
"I tried to empty the clip with him and give him everything I could," McCown told ESPN's Rich Cimini. "He'll be just fine."
Tags: Josh McCown, Sam Darnold
LISTEN: Audio from Jets RB Le'Veon Bell's 911 call released
Bell's girlfriends disappear with $500,000 of his jewelry
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell during AFC practice for the 2018 Pro Bowl at ESPN Wide World of Sports. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
TMZ Sports released audio from Le'Veon Bell's 911 call when he told the operator that two women left his house with more than $500,000 worth of jewelry.
Bell reported to police on May 25 that he returned home from the gym to find jewelry missing and his closets had been rummaged through.
On the phone call, Bell told the Hollywood (Florida) Police Department that when he returned home from his workout, the two girls "took my money, they took my watch, my jewelry, a couple more of my things of value out of my house."
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July 6, 2016 Michelle Weber
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It's summertime and like any true book lover knows, it's time to kick up your feet, soak up the sun, and relax with a good book. Whether you're picking up the latest book of the season or a classic from the canon, we're here to show your the best places throughout the D.M.V. for scoring fresh reads—our fantastic indie book shops, of course!
ONE MORE PAGE
Tucked away beneath sprawling condos near the East Falls Church Metro, One More Page Books is a relatively new addition to its lovely Arlington neighborhood and is quickly becoming a community hub for authors, bibliophiles, and pleasure readers alike.
Inspired by her time working on a book truck during her college days, former consultant Eileen McGervey quit her job and founded One More Page Books on Jan. 21, 2011. The bookstore exhibits McGervey's love of mystery and fiction, but also harbors a small wonderland of children’s books, and most intriguingly, wine, beer, and locally-crafted chocolates—such natural complements to a good book, that it’s a crime other bookstores don’t do the same.
Buying inventory for a small store can be tricky. Staffer Lelia Nebeker calls it a negotiation between what the staff loves and what the community wants. Gauging a community's preferences takes time. Over the years they have found that political books are in surprisingly low demand for a shop only six Metro stops west of DC. What does sell well, beyond their ample mystery and fiction collection, is humor, followed by biography and historical books. One More Page Books often stocks recognizable names, but not exactly the best-seller list. However, if a customer wants a book they don’t carry, they can order it and have it available within 24 hours.
Instead of a contemporary Staff Favorites section, the staff write their suggestions on heart-shaped sticky notes and attach them to the cover of their favorite books. This practice is more organic for the staff, as they’re encouraged to add a note whenever the store stocks a book they love. Even the wine and chocolates are peppered with these bright little papers. Behind the cash register, a cabinet is so plastered with Post-its from books they’ve sold that the wood underneath is masked entirely.
One More Page Books also encourages customers to return by hosting an extensive series of community events, such as wine tastings, author readings, and even karaoke. Five events are forthcoming in July alone: the first, a reading from author David Krugler on July 9th.
With a selection of complimentary food and drinks, a colorful, laissez-faire approach to staff suggestions, a host of quirky and entertaining events, and a visit from President Obama to boot, One More Page may be a young bookstore, but it has quickly established itself as a venerable hub in the metropolitan area.
Madeline Dell’Aria, a Northern Virginia native, recently graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Growing up she wanted to become a tree, a witch, or an explorer; so she became a writer.
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Hole in the Wall Books is located right in the middle of placid Falls Church, VA at 904 W Broad St. The quaint bookstore’s azure door is a gateway to a different time: specializing primarily in science-fiction, fantasy, and comics, books at Hole in the Wall are stacked, squeezed, and pigeon-holed in overlapping arrangement. This overabundance of fiction, the must of buried tomes thick in the air, harkens back to literature’s tactile, page-flipping, pre-Kindle origins. While its name implies a tightly packed space, this bounty of books is hardly stifling, creating instead an entrance to infinite worlds and spaces ripe for exploration.
The concatenation of literary sources is curated by the knowledgeable and affable founders, Michael and Edie Nally. In 1979, Michael began running a small book section of what was then Record and Tape Exchange. This store would later move, but Michael’s "Hole in the Wall" would remain, eventually occupying the entire space of the original store.
Besides the collection, which has certainly expanded over the years, little has changed since 1979; there is no computer system, reference books are used instead of Google, and cell phones are seldom spotted. The only exception to the owners’ pursuit of antiquity is the store’s website, and (naturally) their up-to-date collection of comics and a miscellany of geek genres. Particularly strong are the science fiction and fantasy collections, which reflect the taste of the founders. This bookstore is largely operated on a buy-sell-trade basis, and the collection similarly reflects the diversity of the Washington metropolitan area.
The store is accessible via MetroBus on Broad Street and has a surprisingly large parking lot, given the diminutive size of the store. For those avid genre-fiction readers seeking escape in fantasy, adventure, or just a bygone era, there may be no better locale than Hole in the Wall Books.
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Brand Monitoring of 4 Brands That Celebrated Pride Month
The month of June has filled our streets and Instagram feed with vibrant rainbows and bold expressions of identity. As Pride Month draws to an end, we decided to explore how four brands in four different industries took unique approaches to this month’s festivities. What impact did the strategic efforts of Nike, the NBA, T-Mobile, and Levi’s have on their brand? To explore the effects of pride month marketing strategies, we used our social listening platform as a tool for brand monitoring.
Among the four brands that we analyzed, Nike made up the lion’s share of the online conversation.
How did Nike manage to generate so much buzz?
First and foremost, Nike launched a specialty line of clothing and footwear called BETRUE. The launch included both footwear and apparel, all with a subtle (or not so subtle) nod to the vibrant rainbow flag. Social media users took to the Internet to show off their new gear. Sneakers came in a colorful rainbow box, which some fans proudly included in their photos.
In addition to its special line of clothing, Nike also produced a promotional film starring LGBTQ+ athletes. The video advocated for equality among all athletes, using a catchy yet concise tagline of “Until we all win.” Naturally, this generated further buzz online.
Notably, Nike’s partnership with the WNBA did not go unnoticed. For starters, several WNBA players were featured in the promotional video. An Instagram post featuring WNBA player Gabby Williams in one of Nike’s pride shoes received over 4,000 likes.
Buzz is generated when Nike, Pride Month, and the WNBA are mentioned together. Based on this year’s findings, future partnerships between Nike and the WNBA might be beneficial to the brand. By paying attention to which partnerships encourage engagement, brands can discover prospective partners and influencers.
In the world of men’s professional basketball, several NBA teams happily joined the festivities. For starters, the Brooklyn Nets changed their Twitter avatar to a rainbow version of its regular logo.
The Oklahoma City Thunder had its own float in the Oklahoma City Pride Parade and posted a video on both Twitter and Instagram. The mayor of the city, David Holt, walked with the team and tweeted about the experience.
Another NBA team, the Philadelphia 76ers, participated in Philly’s pride parade.
OKC Thunder’s Twitter post received over 2,000 likes while their Instagram post received over 30,000 likes. Similarly, the 76er’s Twitter post received over 2,000 likes while its Instagram post received over 60,000 likes. Based on these numbers alone, NBA teams should continue using Instagram as a platform to reach fans around the world while trying to boost visibility on Twitter.
Our sentiment analysis word cloud revealed the topics that generated the most positive sentiment in green below.
The NBA also launched limited edition pride apparel for each of its 30 teams. Shirts and caps featured a rainbow version of each team’s logo. All proceeds benefitted the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), whose mission is to ensure a safe school environment for all students.
What Can Brand Monitoring Tell Us?
After such marketing efforts, it’s necessary to gauge campaign success through brand monitoring. Our platform does so by computing a Social Reputation Score (SRS). The algorithm takes into account three things: the volume of social media mentions, the sentiment behind these mentions, and their reach. After tracking the NBA’s SRS throughout May and June 2019, we found an 8.17% increase.
The following graph shows the change in the NBA’s SRS over the past two months. The trend line shows a noticeable increase from May to June. While the causes behind such trends are typically multi-faceted, it is highly likely that the NBA’s recognition of Pride Month was a relevant contributor.
Parades, parades, parades. In 2019, T-Mobile went above and beyond by sponsoring over 60 events across the country. Unsurprisingly, these parades produced major buzz on social media platforms like Twitter. Participants snapped happy pictures of themselves at these events and shared their experiences on the Internet.
During those parade weekends, we saw sharp increases in positive sentiment. In the month of June, positive sentiment related to T-Mobile and pride was noticeably higher.
In addition to sponsoring parades, T-Mobile also partnered with pop sensation Ariana Grande. An art installation for her song “7 Rings” was turned into a rainbow-colored “Pride Walk” outside of her concert in New York City.
Megastars like Ariana Grande effortlessly draw the attention of millions across the globe. Partnering with famous artists and performers help brands to boost their image, reach, and visibility.
For Pride Month, T-Mobile also created its own hashtag: #UnlimitedPride. This hashtag frequently appeared in posts related to Pride Month parades. During weekends when parades took place, online conversations and interactions with mentions of T-Mobile and #UnlimitedPride spiked significantly.
For brands, creating a unique and easy-to-remember hashtag can not only help the company track online conversations but also boost engagement.
During Pride Month, Levi’s launched an innovative campaign via Snapchat. Using various filters on the app, Snapchat users were able to virtually “try on” pieces from Levi’s pride collection. Users could choose from 6 Pride Month pins to customize their jacket. Finally, they could order the finished look directly on the app.
According to Levi’s, this is the “first multi-product commerce experience on Snapchat.” This marketing strategy targeted Gen Z and millennials, who frequently use social media for brand discovery and shopping. Identifying platforms that your target audience frequents tell consumers that you understand them. Furthermore, this Snapchat filter is simply fun.
Levi’s also hosted pride-related events, often in collaboration with brands like Nordstrom or Urban Decay, as well as non-profits organizations like the Stonewall Community Foundation. The presence of influencers and artists encouraged physical attendance and online engagement from fans and followers.
In June, Levi’s experienced greater online visibility and high positive sentiment, which imply the success of an innovative Pride Month campaign.
How Can Brand Monitoring Be Optimized?
When brands participate in community-wide events, positive benefits are felt by society, the consumer, and the brand itself. We’ve seen the success of four different brands that showed their support for Pride Month. Accurately monitoring changes to your brand’s image can help you develop better and more targeted strategies. Using a social listening platform can help you see what worked, what didn’t, and where to go next. See how brand monitoring can work for you.
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About the Author: Carmen Yeung
As a marketing associate at Synthesio, Carmen creates content related to social intelligence and marketing by making connections between Synthesio's software and real-world applications. She also works to monitor and optimize Synthesio's social platforms. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, dabbling in art, and spending time with family and friends.
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Virgin Media's new V+ box will be MPEG4
By Patrick Goss 2009-01-16T12:51:00.15Z HDTV
Samsung 3110 V+ box leaks out onto web
The Samsung V+ box
Information and pictures of Virgin Media's new Samsung 3110 V+ box have been leaked, with talk of MPEG4 compression
A slideshow about the new box including comparison photos with the old V+ box and part of the specification has been published – presumably by an internal source at Virgin Media.
Although it has not been officially announced, it is the fact that the box will be MPEG4 that gives a true glimpse of the future for Virgin Media.
Always looking
A Virgin Media spokesman was aware of the leak, telling TechRadar: "We're always looking at ways to improve our products and service.
"However, details of any new hardware have not been confirmed."
Virgin Media's current V+ box was launched by Telewest in 2006, and is based on the 8300DVB set top box from Scientific-Atlanta
MPEG-4.
Currently the MPEG2 encoding used is horribly inefficient, limiting the amount of channels that Virgin Media can have due to the amount of bandwidth being used.
MPEG4 is a much more efficient system and could feasibly allow more channels – although the way in which a new system would be rolled out remains to be seen.
MPEG4 boxes would be able to cope with MPEG2 broadcasts, but not vice versa, meaning that to move onto a full MPEG4 system Virgin would probably need to replace all of its boxes.
Long-time coming
Of course the relatively small numbers of the V+ boxes could feasibly suggest that only the HD enabled boxes are replaced; and that only HD channels would be broadcast in MPEG4, something which would not affect those users with SD boxes.
Indeed, any move onto MPEG4 across the entire network would appear to be a much longer-term project.
Although Virgin Media is promising three more HD channels in the coming months, this is not tied in with any hardware change with bandwidth available for the high-capacity channels.
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What's Behind US-Backed Electricity Blackout in Venezuela
People gather at a park during the blackout in Caracas, Venezuela, March 7, 2019. | Photo: Reuters
Published 9 March 2019
More than 70 percent of the Venezuelan territory was affected by sabotage to the country's electrical system.
An ongoing series of cyber attacks were perpetrated starting Thursday against the El Guri hydroelectric plant control system leaving the Venezuelan population without electricity for now almost 96 hours. According to the Venezuelan government, this nation-wide blackout was brought about by foreign-backed actions aimed at destabilizing the government President Nicolas Maduro, who stressed that the aggression "affected everyone equally without political distinction."
Venezuela Denounces US Participation in Electric Sabotage
What caused the country-wide blackout?
The automatized control system of the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant, which is popularly known as El Guri, was attacked. Inside this high-tech power plant, three of five backup generators were electronically sabotaged, Jorge Rodriguez, Sector Vice President of Communication, Tourism and Culture, revealed in a statement explained th details of the reasons behind the attack.
Who was involved in the attack?
The sabotage was intended to leave Venezuela without light for several days, according to Rodriguez. He said that Marco Rubio, U.S. Republican Senator from Florida, who has been actively seeking to destabilize the Bolivarian government, is one of the promoters of the attack.
According to the Venezuelan communication minister, U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo and opposition deputy Juan Guaido were also implicated in the attack.
"The electric war announced and directed by U.S. imperialism against our people will be defeated," President Maduro posted on his Twitter account and added "nothing and no one will be able to defeat the people of Bolivar and Chavez. Maximum unity of the patriots!".
On Saturday, Forbes contributor Kalev Leetaru wrote in an op-ed article that based on both history and the stated intentions of foreign entities the “widespread power and connectivity outages like the one Venezuela experienced last week are straight from the modern cyber playbook.”
Venezuela’s blackout is being used as new pretext for coup. Shortly before US overthrew Allende, there were also major blackouts coupled with widespread CIA sabotage to “make the economy scream” ht @jamesforpeace https://t.co/RbcghIPXbx
— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) March 8, 2019
How was the Guri Plant attacked?
The power plant automatized control system was “attacked cybernetically”, Rodriguez said and explained that the security protocols made machines stop as the power plant was under attack.
The Guri facility’s electronic brain regulates 20 hydroelectric machines by taking into account voltage variations, which are used to increase or decrease the working of the whole system.
What was the government's first response?
The government immediately implemented actions to restore the service in the affected areas of the country. To guarantee the citizens’ transfer to the localities closest to their homes, public transport was offered by the government.
Meanwhile, portable electric plants were issued to hospitals and clinics to ensure the well-being of the patients, as Governor of the State of Miranda Hector Rodriguez stated on his Twitter account.
Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Jorge Rodriguez clarified on Friday that reports circulating that 79 people died in hospitals due to a power failure were false.
Thousands of people marched in Caracas in support of the Government of Nicolas Maduro and against US interference. | Photo: teleSUR
What did the Venezuelan population do?
Faced with this aggression, President Nicolas Maduro suspended work hours and school activities on Friday, March 8. The Venezuelan population remained calm mostly at home or gathered at plazas and parks and carried on their daily activities.
In Caracas, despite the fact that the blackout affected the subway, many whose working hours were not suspended came to their workplaces either walking or using other transportation methods.
This unexpected citizen reaction demonstrated the population’s resilience amidst "the most brutal aggression to which the Venezuelan people have been subjected in 200 years," Rodriguez argued.
From his Twitter account, Maduro also displayed his admiration "of the Venezuelan people who resist with courage this new attack of the enemies of the Homeland".
While on March 9, thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets Saturday to march against interventionism in the country, as part of the celebrations of the national Bolivarian Anti-imperialist Day.
As crowds carrying messages of support gathered in plaza beneath Palace of Miraflores, high ranking authorities received them, such as Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, who congratulated the people for their resistance in the hours after the blackout.
"This is a country that resists and that is why we are going to get out of all difficulties!" assured Arreaza, while calling for unity and support for President Maduro.
What is the situation at the moment?
As of Sunday, electricity service in Caracas and the rest of the country begins to recover gradually. Users have reported on social media that between 04:50 am (local time) and 06:05 am (local time), electricity came back in San Martin, La Florida, La Urbina, El Marqués, Petare, Los Dos Caminos, La Pastora, Los Ruices, Macaracuay, Chacaíto, and Bello Monte, as well as localities located in the municipalities of Libertador, Baruta, and Sucre.
The mayor of Caracas, Erika Farias, said to teleSUR on Sunday that, in the face of continued electrical sabotage, the "people have responded with peace and will remain in peace." No acts of violence have been recorded as a result of the prolonged power outage.
Farias reassured that “the Government is working to restore permanently the right to electricity, we are confident that it will be in the next few hours.” While explaining that authorities are deployed in response to the different contingencies in the capital city, guaranteeing the supply of water and food with priority for the network of public hospitals.
On Sunday night, Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Jorge Rodriguez informed the population that all school and business activities on Monday are suspended amid the restoring of the national electrical system.
We will have more information as the electricity supply is normalized throughout the country.
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Tips for reviving your New Year’s resolution goals
News | February 28, 2017sponsored
Beautiful women working out in gym together
Beautiful women working out in gym
The path to reaching New Year’s resolution goals:
Change one behavior at a time
Don’t beat yourself up
Ask for support
* Source: American Psychological Association
Written by Lauren Glendenning, Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente
It’s never too late to get back on track
Anyone who has made New Year’s resolutions knows the struggle to stick to them is real.
About 80 percent of health- and- fitness-related New Year’s resolutions fail by mid-February, according to Gold’s Gym research that tracks membership check-ins nationwide. The biggest drop-off in gym attendance happens on Feb. 18, which the gym refers to as “the Fitness Cliff.”
One of the best ways to avoid falling off the cliff is to resist biting off more than you can chew, said Dr. Patricia Dietzgen, Family Medicine Physician at Kaiser Permanente Frisco Medical Offices.
“Change is hard for everyone; we tend to be creatures of habit,” she said. “Changing a lifelong daily lifestyle requires realistic goals and a well thought-out plan to try and achieve those goals.”
Things like making a schedule and writing down goals can help people stay on track. Rather than large changes, Dietzgen suggests making changes in smaller increments.
“If you planned on a 50-pound weight loss, shoot for 25 instead,” she said. “Making more achievable goals and succeeding will provide further motivation and impetus to go on to accomplish your final goals.”
Grocery shopping for the week and making meals ahead of time, for example, help many people resist the temptation to eat out.
“And, if you have to, put an alarm into your phone to remind you to get up and exercise during the work day,” she said. “Asking friends and family to cook with you, go to the gym with you or just help you stick to your schedule can make these changes easier.”
Not staying on track to meet a goal shouldn’t derail the entire process, either. Even for those who are part of that 80 percent statistic can turn things around anytime, not just on Jan. 1. It’s important to remember that falling off the wagon is common and shouldn’t be a reason to stay off track, Dietzgen said.
“We all need a break or a change,” she said. “Most people who consistently follow a healthy lifestyle have regularly scheduled exercise and eating habits. They exercise in groups, with friends and often cook as a family or with friends. They allow down time for relaxation, and play time.”
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Cobra International launches the Windsurfer LT
April 13, 2018 | Windsurfing
The world's largest OEM manufacturers of composite equipment for the water sports industry announced the launch of the Windsurfer LT.
Cobra International, a Thailand-based company that produces gear for windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing, and stand-up paddleboarding (SUP), developed a new windsurf board that hopes to take the sport back to its roots.
The creation of the Windsurfer LT has been supervised by former Olympic windsurfer Bruce Wylie, and by the Windsurfer Class Association, who is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
The new windsurf board has been specifically designed to meet the needs of beginner and advanced sailors. It can be used for racing, freestyle, and even as a SUP board.
"We built the first prototypes in our factory in Thailand and tested them throughout 2017. We tried several designs until we found the perfect blend of shape, rocker, underwater profile and weight," noted Wylie.
"We got the inspiration from the classic boards of the past, but made sure we introduced new ideas, lightweight EPS core, glass combi fabrics, and a bio-based foaming epoxy."
The Windsurfer LT is a 12-foot, 15-kilogram board with 229 liters of volume and 73.9 centimeters in width. The complete kit will cost $1,999 (AUD).
According to Cobra, the Australian, Japanese, and Italian branches of the Windsurfer Class have already adopted the new model as standard equipment.
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Boeing 767 Cargo Jet crashes near Anahuac
AUTHORITIES can only use airboats to search for debris, black box recorders, and bodies of the three airman, due to the muddy marsh and shallow water. Only small fragments were left of the jumbo jet, after nosediving into Trinity Bay.
Search difficult in muddy marsh
ANAHUAC – This quiet suburban community was the scene of a horrific airplane accident last Saturday afternoon, as a Boeing 767 jumbo jet dropped from the sky into Jack’s Pocket, a backwater of Trinity Bay.
The flight was Atlas Air 3591, a cargo plane carrying packages for Amazon on a trip from Miami to Houston.
At about 12:40 pm, authorities said it fell from 6300 feet into the bay, at an angle almost straight down. A witness said she saw it dive, roll to the left, and catch its wing as it landed in the marsh and water of the bay.
First responders included the Chambers County Sheriff, Brian Hawthorne, and fire and EMS from nearby Anahuac. Later authorities included DPS, Coast Guard, Houston Police and dive team, Harris County Sheriff, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and Baytown divers. The FAA and the NTSB will be in charge of the investigation. At this time, there is no known cause for the crash, and air traffic controllers said there was no distress call or radio indication of a problem.
The plane broke into hundreds of small pieces, either in the air or as it hit the water. There were three crewmen aboard, and the bodies of two have been recovered.
Authorities are searching for the Black Box controllers, apparently silent due to the muddy marsh where they are embedded, along with many of the parts of the plane. The search is urgent, because the 767 is considered one of the safest planes flying, and authorities want to know what caused this crash.
Rotary wins Terry Davis Award
Chamber president Jim Wadzinski presents the Terry Davis Award to the Highlands Rotary Club. Members present (L to R) President Denise Smith, Weston Cotten, Sheila McDonald, Betty Brewer, Rose Smith, Gilbert Hoffman, Patricia Scott, and Andy Scott. Third from right is Will Carter of Congressman Babin’s office.
HIGHLANDS – The Highlands-Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Installation and Community Awards Banquet last Thursday evening, at the Monument Inn. There were Community Awards given to six outstanding individuals and organizations that have contributed to the life of the community. The top award is the Terry Davis Award, and it was given to the Highlands Rotary Club for their work in the community. A special award was given to Betty Brewer for her 35 years of supporting the Chamber. Betty is also an active member of the Rotary Club.
Crosby-Huffman awards CRCU, Meaux
Community Resource Credit Union was acclaimed as Business of the Year for Crosby doubtlessly for their support of community activities and projects also continued commitment to bring innovative banking. Marsala Italian Grill won for Huffman but was unable to attend.
BAYTOWN – The Crosby-Huffman Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Installation and Awards Banquette at the Hilton Garden Inn on Garth Rd. last Wednesday in a stellar celebration.
Installed for the Board by Precinct 3 J.P. Joe Stephens who borrowed the time honored cliche’ ”It is better to be sworn in than sworn out.”
Yet this year the Chamber honored a pair of categories, one for Huffman and one for Crosby. The single exception is Ambassador of the Year won by Margarette Chasteen.
David Mendez of Turner Chevrolet awarded Dan and Jennifer Meaux the Citizen of the Year Award. The Meaux’s restaurant is an avid community supporter, instrumental in enabling the Cougar Band to go to Chicago from an event inside the Crawfish Shack. “It was nice to receive this honor with my wife.“
Let’s Rodeo! Parade, Trail Riders kick it off
12 Trail Rider groups spent last week to get to Memorial Park campgrounds on Friday.
Are you ready to Rodeo? The 87th Annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo starts Monday, February 25, and runs through Sunday, March 17.
Monday’s opening entertainment is Grammy winning Kacey Musgraves, and the closing act in March is George Strait.
Events leading up to the Rodeo included Trail Riders arriving at Memorial Park, a Parade downtown, a Bar-B-Que Cook-off, and a Rodeo Run which had more than 9000 entries.
The Rodeo Parade, including the traditional “Howdy” float, took place on Saturday in spite of inclement weather.
Coach Riordan moves to Tyler
TYLER, Texas – Chapel Hill Independent School District named Jeff Riordan as successor to lead their football program and athletic department next year.
Riordan will serve as new head football coach and athletic director.
Riordan will replace Jason Hooker who resigned on February 11.
Riordan’s 16 years of experience; including seven at Crosby ISD with a mark of 66-18 at Crosby. He led the Cougars to six playoff appearances and four district championships.
Just prior to Crosby he was at Sulphur Springs. He began at Garland Lakeview Centennial High School for four years and was the wide receivers coach at Texas A&M-Commerce in 2001.
Riordan will officially begin his duties on March 18.
Crosby ISD Audit finds false reports, cost over-runs, excesses
By Lewis Spearman
CROSBY – According to the Audit performed by Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P., Crosby ISD got less money than it expected, spent far more on projects than anticipated, hired more than it could fund, played accounting games to hide financial problems, misrepresented funding, and did not report to T.E.A. adjustments to the ten month budget as required on a 12 month basis beginning in 2016.
Superintendent Davis found that $3.9 million was omitted from payroll. Fraud was committed by intentional omissions from the financial statement in June of 2017, $7.86 Million was omitted from reports.
Anyone that remembers the musical “Camelot” can think that the locals here are experiencing similar situations as the final act during the play or movie, when Lancelot has become a homeless person, and Arthur has been betrayed, lies dying on the field, and has given Percival Excaliber to throw in the lake.
The good news is, however, the audit indicates that the current administration has issued corrective action in the District’s finances. The bad news is, substantial reorganization must take place to not repeat the same situation.
Crosby A.D. quits in March for other offer
Coach Jeff Riordan, second from left, pictured with Crosby Coaches in heyday 2014 after winning Regional Championship. From 1960, the Crosby Cougars went 13-2 that year. Jeff Riordan has Crosby’s most winning 66-18 record from the last seven years. Riordan oversaw much athletic equipment and athletic capital improvements, including 2 baseball and 2 softball fields of all artificial turf in an area known for raising grass. Crosby Stadium grew into “the Jungle” during his tenure, and a lighted real-time video scoreboard became a feature.
CROSBY – It is no secret that the financial condition of Crosby ISD has cost the district some fine people and most knew that would happen when the laying off of over 100 teachers was announced.
The district had to layoff a bunch of coaches and cut the budget for athletics by 60% in 2018.
Riordan was known to have been upset in October of last year when it was announced that Michelle Trotter, later chosen to be Coach of the Year, was to be laid off in spite of her diligence with the Lady Cougar’s Basketball Team. She had been Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator and her last day was going to be Dec. 20. That was prior to the intercession of local parents.
Coach Jeff Riordan, Athletic Director and Head Coach of Crosby Football has indicated he will be leaving after Spring Break but that is unofficial and all await approval of the school board. He has indicated an offer came for an opportunity to return closer to where his extended family lives.
Moore addresses critics, apologizes
Dr. Keith Moore addresses angry public in Crosby.
CROSBY – At the Tuesday meeting of the Crosby ISD Board of Trustees Dr. Keith Moore, former Superintendent of Crosby ISD, came to speak at the Public Hearing portion of the school board meeting to explain what had happened during his tenure.
Dr. Moore was banned from showing up on Crosby ISD property but the Crosby ISD Bus facility now converted to an Executive Office that once was HEB is on records as being a grant of HEB, not Crosby ISD property, to reveal another even older administration’s secret.
The board afforded Moore three minutes to give his about 7 minute address. Then they called time and went on to discover that the Technology Maintenance Fee (computers to a maximum of $40) to students was not allowed by law and the school would have to make their best efforts to reimburse parents for 2016 and 2017 charges. The Board also approved moving forward with implementing new accounting measures, hopefully the origin of oversight.
While the Board was in Executive Session Moore read his 7 minute speech and then he consented to answer questions for about 20 more minutes to an angry and disappointed, near capacity audience in the meeting room.
Dr. Moore began with heavy emotion, saying, “Things happened that I did not mean to. I love this place.”
Houston Methodist Cancer Center at Baytown holds Grand Opening Ceremony
Some of the Houston Methodist Baytown attendees, left to right, Jarren Garrett, VP, operations; Kiska Boyd, director, pharmacy; David P. Bernard, CEO; Becky Chalupa, chief nursing officer; Susan Neel, clinical nurse manager, cancer services; Dr. Atul Shah, gastroenterology/hepatology; George Colon, director, spiritual care & values integration; Dr. Claudia Molina, pathology; Dr. Esther Dubrovsky, breast surgery; Dr. Cesar De Las Casas, medical oncology/hematology; Dr. Shawn Tittle, cancer center medical director; Dr. Walter O’Hara, cardiothoracic surgery; Dr. Ziad Kronfol, colorectal surgery, Dr. Mary Goswitz, radiation oncology
BAYTOWN — (February 15, 2019) — Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital’s newly renovated cancer center held a grand opening for the community on February 12.
The expansion project at the facility located at 4021 Garth Road is designed to meet the growing needs of the community and provide leading edge cancer care. The project includes the addition of infusion therapy suites for medical oncology patients, as well as radiation oncology and improved conference and education facilities for patients and physicians.
“Our nationally recognized experts in cancer care are dedicated to bringing the latest cancer treatment and therapies to our patients,” said David P. Bernard, CEO, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital. “Through individualized treatment plans and compassionate care, our team of highly trained cancer specialists are working to fight cancer and support those who have it.”
The cancer program specializes in treating some of the most common types of cancer, including breast, lung, prostate and colon, using the most advanced techniques available. The Houston Methodist Cancer Center at Baytown features an experienced, specialized team of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, oncology nurses and cancer care navigators to help patients and families through their cancer journey. The care team provides services ranging from prevention and diagnosis to advanced treatment follow up and survivorship.
“Our team of clinical experts helps patients and families through their cancer journey—both physically and emotionally—with the goal of reducing or eliminating cancer, seeking new treatment options for highly resistant cancers and providing personalized care to every one of our patients,” said Bernard.
The Houston Methodist Cancer Center also offers screenings, educational events, support groups, clinical trial access and genetic testing close to home.
Harris County Clerk Diane Trautman holds citizens advisory committee meeting
Diane Trautman, Harris
County’s newly elected
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seven Citizens Advisory
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Wants Election Day Voting at any poll
By Allan Jamail
Houston, Tx. – January 23, 2019 – Diane Trautman Harris County’s newly elected Clerk held her first Election Advisory Committee (EAC) meeting. She hasn’t wasted time in full-filling her campaign pledges of having citizen involvement in her decisions and to make it more convenient for voters to cast their ballots.
To get broad based county-wide citizen involvement Trautman will have seven Election Advisory Committee (EAC) meetings. The meetings will educate and seek input from the minority languages of the county as required under the 1965 and 1975 Voting Rights Act (Section 203). Trautman will include meetings in Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese. She’ll use these EAC meetings to unveil her Countywide Voting Centers Plan and or her Election Day Vote Center (EDVC) plan.
Another of Trautman’s major campaign pledges was to make it easier for voters to vote on Election Day. If her EDVC plan is approved by Harris County’s Commissioners Court, it would make it possible for anyone to vote on Election Day at an Election Day Vote Center (EDVC) at any of Harris County’s 700-plus polling locations. Currently, county residents have multiple options during early voting, but on Election Day, they can only cast a ballot in their home precinct.
Barge damages I-10 bridge
THIS CONCRETE PIER, under the westbound lanes of I-10, was struck by an uncontrolled barge. TxDOT reported a structural failure both above and below the water line. They reported that they will let an emergency contract in a few days, for repairs and/or replacement of the pier. (Photo by We All Nosey)
Traffic flow severely throttled
Monday afternoon a barge, being pushed by a tug boat, the Lindberg Crosby, hit a support pier under the I-10 highway, severely damaging it.
TxDOT was forced to close the westbound lanes of the highway, until they could ascertain the extent of the damage. This caused a severe traffic jam from Highlands clear to the far side of Baytown. In addition, the entry ramp westbound at Four Corners was closed, and traffic backed up on all the side roads clear to Crosby. Some motorists headed north, to US90, but delays of over an hour were reported.
The Coast Guard told this newspaper that an investigation was underway, but did not have details on the cause of the collision at this time. Aerial photos on TV news showed the barge and a tug boat standing by just south of the highway.
TRAFFIC WESTBOUND at 4:33pm was blocked by TxDOT trucks and the police, as engineers assessed the damage. Later one lane was opened, and on Tuesday two lanes, but the on-ramp from Crosby-Lynchburg was closed, causing massive backups from Highlands to Crosby and Baytown. (Transtar Photo)
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Tom Brady: I Certainly Disagree with Trump, 'Just Divisive'
Tom Brady I Certainly Disagree with Trump ... 'Just Divisive'
WHAT HE SAID WAS WRONG
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Tom Brady is speaking out against his good friend, Donald Trump -- saying his comments blasting NFL players who protest are "just divisive" and he disagrees with everything POTUS said.
The Patriots QB appeared on WEEI's "Kirk & Callahan" on Monday and was asked to weigh in on Trump, considering he once had a "Make America Great Again" hat in his locker.
"Yeah, I mean, I certainly disagree with what he said and, you know, thought it was just divisive," Brady said.
He's clearly referring to comments Trump made on Friday night where Trump encouraged NFL owners to fire any "son of a bitch" player who takes a knee.
Brady locked arms in solidarity with his teammates before the Pats vs. Texans game on Sunday -- and explained, "I just want to support my teammates and -- I always thought, I'm never one that says 'Oh, that's wrong,' or 'that's right,' ... but I do believe in what I believe in, and I believe in bringing people together and respect and love and trust, and those are the values that my parents instilled in me."
"I've been blessed to be in a locker room with guys from all over the United States over the course of my career ... I mean, I think one thing about football is it brings so many guys together."
"Guys that you would never have the opportunity to be around. Whether it was in college, and all the way into the pros. And we're all different. And we're all unique. And you know, that's what makes us all so special."
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Patrick Svitek
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Patrick Svitek is the primary political correspondent for The Texas Tribune, and editor of The Blast, the Tribune's subscription-only daily newsletter for political insiders. Patrick logged countless miles on the 2016 campaign trail, covering the many Texas angles of the momentous presidential race. He previously worked for the Houston Chronicle's Austin bureau. He graduated in 2014 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He originally is from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Marjorie Kamys Cotera: Roy/Chris Carrasquillo: Davis
Nancy Pelosi, other U.S. House leaders to host event for Wendy Davis as she nears congressional run
by Patrick Svitek July 18, 2019
by Abby Livingston and Patrick Svitek July 18, 2019
Edwards joins an increasingly crowded field vying for the Democratic nomination for one of Texas' U.S. Senate seats. The eventual nominee will face an incumbent who already has a $9 million war chest.
Abby Livingston
Two Texas Republicans in Congress were out-raised as national Democratic offensive kicks off in Texas
GOP U.S. Reps. Pete Olson of Sugar Land and Kenny Marchant of Coppell raised less money in the second quarter than their Democratic opponents, according to campaign finance reports.
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O'Rourke raises $3.6 million in second quarter
The former congressman from El Paso burned through much more money than he raised in the second quarter, spending $5.3 million. That left him with $5.2 million in the bank.
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Beto O'Rourke further grows Iowa footprint, opening 11 field offices
The Democratic presidential candidate's presence in the first-in-the-nation caucus state continues to expand as it looks increasingly critical for his 2020 bid.
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Castro raises $2.8 million in second quarter
Nearly 40% of the haul came in the days after Castro's well-reviewed performance at the Miami debate, according to his campaign.
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Dennis Bonnen launches political action committee to keep House GOP majority in 2020
by Cassandra Pollock and Patrick Svitek July 15, 2019
Bonnen, an Angleton Republican, announced he is infusing his new political action committee with $3 million to support GOP House incumbents running for reelection in 2020.
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After the Texas legislative session ended, Gov. Greg Abbott raised $12.1 million in two weeks
It's the most the Republican governor has raked in during the post-session fundraising sprint.
Juan Figueroa: Cornyn/Marjorie Kamys Cotera: Hegar
Cornyn raises $2.5 million in second quarter, has $9.1 million cash on hand
His most serious Democratic challenger so far, MJ Hegar, took in over $1 million in the second quarter after launching her campaign in late April. She has a little under $600,000 in the bank.
Some progressive Democrats are urging a top Latina organizer to run for U.S. Senate
Their recruitment efforts have centered on Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, the founder and executive director of a group that tries to increase Latino participation in politics.
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TribCast: An Obamacare hearing, UT's tuition affordability, a growing U.S. Senate field
by Patrick Svitek and Michael Rey de Leon July 10, 2019
In this edition of the TribCast, Patrick talks to Matthew, Emma and Cassi about the latest developments in the Texas-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the University of Texas System's efforts to make tuition more affordable and the U.S. Senate race.
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Houston to host third debate in Democratic presidential primary
by Patrick Svitek July 9, 2019
The debate is scheduled for Sept. 12 and 13. Calling Texas a battleground state, party officials hailed the decision.
Julián Castro reaches 130,000 donors, surpassing one threshold for fall primary debates
The Democratic presidential candidate still needs to surpass 2% in multiple polls.
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Allen West says he's exploring a run for Texas GOP chair
The announcement by the former Florida congressman, who now lives in Texas, sets up a possible challenge to the current chairman, James Dickey.
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Democrat Chris Bell plans to run for U.S. Senate
The former Houston congressman and 2006 gubernatorial candidate is moving forward with a U.S. Senate run.
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After debate, O’Rourke scrambles to shore up immigration credentials
by Patrick Svitek June 30, 2019
The Democratic presidential candidate, sharply challenged on his signature issue Wednesday night, spent the next few days working to show his bona fides.
After debate skirmish, Castro, O’Rourke host dueling events in Austin
by Alex Samuels and Patrick Svitek June 28, 2019
The two Democratic presidential candidates rallied supporters at events minutes apart Friday evening, with Castro seeking to lay claim to favorite-son status.
Julián Castro's campaign had been stalled for months. Wednesday's debate gave it new life.
by Abby Livingston and Patrick Svitek June 27, 2019
"I showed the American people that I have the right experience to be president," Castro said. "That I have a strong, compelling and positive vision for the future of this country."
Beto O'Rourke has tough outing in 2020 debate debut
It was tough sledding for the former El Paso congressman, who drew sharp jabs from two opponents, among other dings.
Julián Castro spars with Beto O’Rourke on immigration: “If you did your homework on this issue, you would know”
Castro drew praise from pundits for his sharp answers during a portion of Wednesday's debate focused on immigration, part of which involved Castro arguing with the other Texan onstage over whether improper border crossings should be decriminalized.
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The AT50: Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler (#9)
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This rider full-on shreds the halfpipe
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Sport: Halfpipe Snowboarding
Highlights: Four Winter X Games Superpipe gold medals; one Winter X Games Superpipe silver medal; one Olympic halfpipe silver medal (2006); first female to land a Crippler 540º—an inverted aerial move with one-and-a-half rotations and a backflip
Quote: "You can only spin so far and do so many combos. The girls haven’t gotten to that plateau yet, so it’s explosive, everyone’s doing something different. It’s really exciting to watch the women’s events right now."
Fact: When Bleiler used to visit Aspen as a child, she would get altitude sickness.
AT50 Point Total: 46.5
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To look at her now, twisting and flipping in the air high above the halfpipe, you'd never guess that Gretchen Bleiler was born in the swampy flats of Toledo, Ohio. She moved to Aspen, Colorado at the age of 10, where she discovered snowboarding, and only five years later she went pro. Since then, she's made a name for herself in halfpipe competition, becoming the first female to land a cripple 540—an inverted aerial move with one-and-a-half rotations and a backflip. She is tied with Kelly Clark for most female Winter X Superpipe gold medals, with four total. Bleiler is also an active spokesperson for climate change, has created the first all-girls halfpipe competition, and designed a signature apparel line with Oakley. In 2008, she received the ESPY Women’s Action Sports Athlete of the Year award, as well as National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Spirit Award. When she’s not crushing on the slopes, Bleiler likes to mountain bike, read, practice yoga and surf in warm places.
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Sport / Football / Scottish Championship
Under-achievement meant it was time for change, insists Dunfermline chairman Ross McArthur
by Ian Roache
January 11 2019, 9.00am
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Chairman Ross McArthur felt Dunfermline were left with no choice but to revamp their coaching set-up due to a sense of under-achievement.
McArthur and his fellow directors wasted little time in making drastic changes by first ending Allan Johnston’s time in charge at East End Park on Wednesday then yesterday upgrading Stevie Crawford from caretaker to permanent head coach in time for Saturday’s Championship clash against Dundee United.
Crawford is being assisted by another former Pars player, Greg Shields, while a third fans’ favourite, Jackie McNamara, has been appointed as club consultant.
It has the look of a well thought out plan that didn’t materialise overnight and McArthur hopes the backroom changes will have an immediate impact by helping secure a win at Tannadice tomorrow.
In the longer term, while stopping short of claiming the Pars should be winning the Championship, he did make an argument for being higher up the table than their current seventh spot.
“We feel like we have under-performed this season,” said McArthur.
“It is a very, very difficult league.
“I think if you are maybe an Ayr United fan or an Alloa fan then you might be quite happy but I’m sure every other fan in this division is thinking their team has under-achieved as well.
“We have invested in the playing squad this year and we feel as if we’ve got a good squad, although we are maybe not getting the right blend at the moment.
“We just feel as if there has been a number of missed opportunities.
“Games are there, situations arise and then we can’t build up any momentum.
“The game on Saturday at home to Alloa was probably a prime example of our season.
“We played really good football in the first half and scored two goals. We had opportunities to put the game to bed and then the game just turned completely on its head.
“It is hard to say, because there is a person involved, but every manager has a shelf-life and we just feel we need some different ideas.
“I don’t think we are far away – we are actually on quite a good run of form – I just think it was time we needed fresh impetus,” added McArthur.
“We’ve been looking at things, planning behind the scenes and preparing but obviously Allan had my full support and I got on well with him.
“I liked him and I felt I was very loyal to him, which he appreciated because he told me that on Wednesday.
“But Saturday epitomised our season because it was a missed opportunity.”
McArthur still feels that, under Crawford and Shields, there can be a successful finish to the campaign.
“There is still a lot to play for,” said the chairman.
“The play-offs are still achievable.
“We probably had aspirations to not just get to the play-offs but realistically that’s where we are now.
“And who knows what can happen in the play-offs.
“I still think we’ve got a good group of players, we just maybe need to get a different dimension to it and a wee bit more out of them.
“We never said the title was the target but what we said was we wanted to be in contention at the right end of the table.
“Right now we are mid-table, just off the play-offs, but it is a condensed division.
“We are on a decent run of results but we are playing catch-up and we need victories and not draws.
“That’s probably been our Achilles heel. We have had too many draws when we should have won games.
“We have never got that momentum going. It has been stop-start.”
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With advertising agencies under extreme pressures to turn profits and to leverage the latest trends, clients are getting the short end. We’re now experiencing an industry wide trust problem. Advertising Week, an annual stretch of industry meetings that began on September 26th in New York, is usually defined by schmoozing and self-congratulation. This year’s event has been marred by suspicion. In the week leading up to it, Dentsu Aegis, a big agency, admitted over-billing by its digital-ad division in Japan; and Facebook, a tech giant, said it had inflated the average time people spent watching video ads. Such revelations have reinforced existing concerns among advertisers that they are having the wool pulled over their eyes when it comes to online advertisements. At an Advertising Week panel on “trust” on September 28th, Bob Liodice, the chief executive of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), spoke of broad doubts among his members. It was not meant to be like this. Half of an advertiser’s budget is wasted, says the industry’s favorite truism, but no one knows which half. Digital ads were supposed to help. Cookies and other tags would direct the right advertisements to the right people, based on their activity online. Digital tools would track which ads inspire consumers to buy products. Indeed, on September 21st Facebook announced new methods to do just that. But as advertisers have gained greater control in some respects, they have lost it in others. One fear is practical: that they are paying for online ads that consumers don’t see, either because they are shown to robots, or tucked in obscure slots. Two underlying concerns are harder to address. The first is that Facebook and Google have simply become too dominant. Last year the pair accounted for more than 75% of online-ad growth in America, according to Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture-capital firm. “Google and Facebook have added a lot of value to our marketplace,” says Mr Liodice. “They also raise concerns.” Marketers are particularly worried by a lack of transparency. Facebook’s inflated numbers did not lead to over-billing, but may have prompted companies to advertise more on it. Google and Facebook have started to allow third parties to verify some data, but many metrics remain proprietary. The second concern is that ad agencies are not acting in their clients’ interests. In Japan, “clients are sort of at the mercy of the ad agency,” says Jason Karlin, who studies the industry at the University of Tokyo. In America an investigation backed by the ANA found that agencies were buying ad space and reselling it to clients at markups of up to 90%. Some agencies were also collecting undisclosed rebates from media firms for buying ad space. The agencies’ trade group, the 4As, blasted the report as “one-sided”. There are glimmers of change. The ANA has devised a model contract to protect its members’ interests. The recent outcry may prompt Facebook and Google to be more open. Facebook says it will let
7 reasons why print should be part of a multi-channel approach
While print undoubtedly still delivers engagement, it has to be part of a multi-channel approach, where the customer is now at the center. Here, in our final part of our series on the role of print in a digital age five global content marketing experts share their views on why it’s essential that print is integrated into a multi-channel approach. 1. Print and digital are no longer separate mediums: Keith Sedlak, Executive Vice President, General Manager at Manifest says: “Marketers need to stop thinking about print and digital as separate mediums-they work together. It’s more about where and when people want to consume content, that will dictate the format for which they’re consuming it. Brands now need to consider where people consume media, whether it’s online, on a mobile app, in a retail setting, on a billboard or in print; it’s all about the when, where and how and then the formats the content will take dictate themselves.” 2. Audience preference comes first: Keith Sedlak says: “It’s about relevance, and not about a world of print vs digital. We have a relevance formula that we use which all depends on the personality of the brand, (ensuring a relatable, authentic voice) the topic you’re using, how adaptive it is, (graduate small bets to big wins) and its presence (creating value around the conversation)-if you touch on those four things your content becomes more relevant and audiences become more engaged. Therefore, understanding where your audiences are going to consume content and in what format, makes you a better, more valuable brand.” 3. A multi-channel approach is cost effective: Sean King, CEO of Seven and publisher of Sainsbury’s Magazine in the UK says: “If a client asked us to do a magazine on its own, we’d probably say that doesn’t makes sense, because the real cost and value comes in creating the content. If we are spending a significant sum of money on teams and the right editors, writers, photographers, all those just to live on a print platform and not anywhere on digital channels, that’s not the right way to go. We recommend a multichannel approach to all our clients. They might not want all channels, but we want as wide a distribution as we can, on which ever channel is relevant.” 4. Print is no longer the hub of the wheel: Tony Silber, Vice President from Folio, says: “Print brands have to evolve to be successful. In 1973 Folio was just a print magazine. By the late 1970s it had a really strong trade show. Then it had a directory, which was really big. In the early 2000s, it launched a digital business which had several components; one of which was a twice weekly newsletter, another was a monthly webinar business, plus we created a strong digital advertising business on that website too. We did content marketing with our big advertising partners which was major business for us, not so much anymore. Over the years Folio has acquired a couple of awards programs which have proven to be very successful. You just have to keep looking for market opportunities. Print is still
Why Publishers Need a Digital Liaison for Selling Online Advertising
There are near universal advertising sales hurdles as business information providers morph from publishers to media companies. There are famous examples of companies like Penton, Source Media, Randall-Reilly and others who have already gone through this. One constant in those flagship stories is the need to change company culture, often requiring significant turnover in the sales department. I talk with plenty of companies who are still figuring out digital products and sales. Yet as I sat down to write I wondered if this might sound like we’re only talking about small publishers. Most B2B publishers who undertake this transition don’t have the organizational size, or private equity money those mentioned have, to absorb such wholesale transition and recruitment costs. Last week’s news about Time Inc. reminds me otherwise. You have probably read they are killing the publisher role. By any name, what Time is doing is overhauling their ad sales procedures. It was the lead story in every media trade newsletter and the perfect reminder everyone is still learning best practices in media sales. When I recently heard Ryan Dohrn suggest publishers should appoint a Director of Advertising Integration, it resonated with me. I see many publishers grapple with the concept of selling banner ads versus selling well-packaged online ad programs. I am convinced the latter is the path to success. That title Ryan suggests sounded like it addressed this need. Dohrn has 25 years of experience selling ads and managing ad sales teams. He is a widely respected ad sales trainer and consultant and founder of Brain Swell Media. Dohrn sees many publishers struggling to sell digital advertising. A common problem is how sales organizations are structured as publishers transition from print-centric to multi-channel media companies. (Or at least as they try to sell more online advertising.) Many simply add online advertising to a rate card and send the heretofore print advertising sales staff off to sell both. Of the hundreds of sales reps he works with, says Dohrn, “I know two (former print-only) reps who do this particularly well.” He sees salespeople wondering, “‘Why am I going to sell a $500 digital ad* when I can sell a $5,000 print ad?'” It surprised me Dohrn still sees a substantial number of publishers who deploy one team selling print and separate salespeople selling digital advertising. It is an attempt to hold onto salespeople who have deep ties to a given industry and the ad buyers, without having to make them digital ad experts. “It creates confusion and it’s annoying to the buyers to have one more meeting” about the same media brand, says Dohrn. The Digital Liaison Enter the Director of Advertising Integration. Dohrn refers to this role as digital liaison, regardless of title. He says it is not necessarily full time at first. He suggests cultivating someone in your organization who has knowledge of social media and digital advertising, from a technical and/or generational perspective. She or he becomes the go-to person working with ad sales, answering the sales team’s
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Find Trails > Massachusetts > Acton > Acton Running Trails
Acton, MA Running Trails and Maps
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Air Line State Park Trail
Ballast, Dirt, Gravel
Amesbury Riverwalk
Ashburnham Rail Trail
Barker Road Trail
Dirt, Grass
Bay Colony Rail Trail
Boxford Rail Trail
Bridle Trail
Dirt, Sand
Cheshire Rail Trail (Cheshire Branch Rail Trail)
Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel, Sand
Clipper City Rail Trail & Harborwalk
Common Pathway
Derry Rail Trail
Gloria Braunhardt Bike Path
Asphalt, Dirt, Grass
Goffstown Rail Trail
Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
Grand Trunk Trail
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
Granite Town Rail-Trail
Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
Harrisville Rail Trail
Head's Pond Trail
Heritage Trail (Manchester)
Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail
Jay McLaren Memorial Trail
Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Londonderry Rail Trail
Marblehead Rail-Trail
Asphalt, Dirt, Gravel, Sand
Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area Trail
Dirt, Gravel, Sand
Mason Railroad Trail
Ballast, Gravel, Sand
Mine Falls Park
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
Monadnock Recreational Rail Trail
Asphalt, Gravel
Narrow-Gauge Rail-Trail
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt
Nashua Heritage Rail-Trail
New Boston Rail Trail
North Central Pathway
Peanut Trail
Pine Tree Brook / Popes Pond Path
Asphalt, Dirt, Woodchips
Piscataquog Trail
Quarries Foot Path
Reformatory Branch Trail
Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail (Fremont Branch)
Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail (Portsmouth Branch)
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
Roland Bergeron Bike Path
Salem-Beverly Canal Path (Grand Wenham Canal Path)
Salisbury Beach State Reservation Trail
Crushed Stone, Grass
Salisbury Point Ghost Trail
South Manchester Rail Trail
South Spencer Rail Trail
Southern New England Trunkline Trail
Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone
Spicket River Greenway
Stillwater Scenic Walkway
Tri-Community Greenway
Upper Falls Greenway
Ware River Rail-Trail
Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
West Foss Farm Trail
Westville Lake Community Trail
Whitney Spur Rail Trail
The Air Line State Park Trail winds nearly 55 miles from the northeast corner of Connecticut, where the state borders Massachusetts, down to East Hampton in the heart of the state. The pathway is...
CT 54.6 mi Ballast, Dirt, Gravel
The Amesbury Riverwalk (also known as the Powwow Riverwalk) carries visitors between a resurgent waterfront district on the Powwow River to a modern shopping center on the outskirts of this historical...
More than a mile of the Ashburnham Rail Trail opened in 2015 from a point just south of Ashburnham's center to Turnpike Road. The rustic route, planned to be paved in the future, offers a...
MA 1.3 mi Dirt
Barker Road Trail begins on the town line between North Andover and Boxford in northern Massachusetts, not far from the New Hampshire border. From there, the pathway continues through dense woodlands...
MA 0.9 mi Dirt, Grass
The Bay Colony Rail Trail will one day span 7 miles connecting the Boston suburbs of Newton, Needham, Dover, and Medfield along tracks once used by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority. In May...
The Boxford Rail Trail is a short, rustic pathway open on a former rail corridor in rural Essex County. Now home to overhead electric wires owned by National Grid, the trail is open via a license...
Marshfield's Bridle Trail follows a former railroad bed through a tree-lined corridor. It begins at the town's Dandelion Park and heads north. Its compacted dirt surface is best suited for walking,...
MA 3 mi Dirt, Sand
Formerly comprising two separate segments—one running northward from Keene to Walpole, and the other running southward from Keene to Fitzwilliam—the Cheshire Rail Trail now runs a continuous 32.9...
NH 32.9 mi Asphalt, Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Gravel, Sand
The Clipper City Rail Trail is part of the Coastal Trails Coalition, which is developing in the four towns of Amesbury, Newbury, Newburyport, and Salisbury along the Merrimack River and will...
MA 3.9 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk
The Common Pathway travels 5.5 miles from the outskirts of Peterborough south to downtown’s Noone Falls area, paralleling US 202 and the Contoocook River for most of its journey. The small town of...
NH 5.5 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
This exquisitely maintained trail slices through forested areas and wetlands for a wonderful experience in southern New Hampshire. The trail will eventually be part of the Granite State Rail Trail,...
Although short, the scenic Gloria Braunhardt Bike Path travels through forests and pastures full of birds and wildlife. The asphalt pathway parallels the eastern side of the present-day Interstate 95...
MA 1.2 mi Asphalt, Dirt, Grass
The year 2017 marks 20 years since a rails-to-trails project was first mentioned in the Goffstown Master Plan, and thanks to work by the Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail and support throughout the...
NH 5.5 mi Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
The overall goal of the Grand Trunk Trail in south-central Massachusetts is to connect the communities of Brimfield, Sturbridge, and Southbridge by trail. Currently, two sections of the trail are...
MA 6.2 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
Mile 0.0 - DPW Garage Cross the bridge in the parking area, the trail starts behind the fence, crossing over Great Brook on a old dam. Mile 0.53 - After crossing Union St. you will come to a...
NH 3 mi Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
The Harrisville Rail Trail runs for just under two miles between the outskirts of Harrisville and Hancock in rural New Hampshire. The former railroad bed is located on lands conserved by the Harris...
NH 1.6 mi Dirt
The Head’s Pond Trail (formerly known as Hooksett Rail Trail) is a 1.9-mile rail-trail that visits two scenic ponds, including the eponymous Head’s Pond, in a woodsy area of Hooksett. The trail’s...
NH 1.75 mi Gravel
The Heritage Trail is managed by the state of New Hampshire to provide access to recreational and historical attractions across the state. Eventually, the north-south route along the former Boston and...
Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail connects three communities in south-central New Hampshire: Hillsborough, Deering, and Bennington. The unpaved trail winds along the Contoocook River through rural...
NH 7.8 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt
Nestled in the woodlands on the northern end of Merrimac in the far northeastern corner of Massachusetts, lies the beautiful Jay McLaren Memorial Trail. The town, once known as West Amesbury, had a...
MA 2 mi Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The smooth paved surface of the Londonderry Rail Trail offers a pleasant, tranquil 3.3-mile adventure for trail users in south-central New Hampshire. Its route follows a corridor once used by the...
The Marblehead Rail-Trail appears on maps as a Y resting on its side, connecting Marblehead and Salem in the north and the city limits of Swampscott in the west. The 4-mile trail knits together a...
MA 4 mi Asphalt, Dirt, Gravel, Sand
The rail-trail through the Martin H. Burns Wildlife Management Area begins at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail station near downtown Newburyport, a coastal...
MA 3.4 mi Dirt, Gravel, Sand
The Mason Railroad Trail runs for nearly 7 miles from near the New HampshireMassachusetts border (nr. Townsend, MA) to Greenville, NH. The trail follows a heavily wooded corridor through Russell...
NH 6.7 mi Ballast, Gravel, Sand
Mine Falls Park in Nashua is a 300-acre-plus urban park with a network of approximately 9.7 miles of a variety of trail types. This forested park offers an extraordinary nature experience in the heart...
NH 9.7 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Monadnock Recreational Rail Trail is a great example of a repurposed rail route that provides safe commuting opportunities while also allowing trail users to escape into forest environments for...
NH 7.5 mi Asphalt, Gravel
Even though the Narrow-Gauge Rail-Trail traces the nation’s first narrow-gauge railroad for 3 miles from Bedford toward Billerica, the mostly crushed-stone path is plenty wide enough now to...
MA 3 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt
The Nashua Heritage Rail Trail begins adjacent to City Hall on Main Street in downtown Nashua. It is a short trail that takes you through one of the first neighborhoods that was planned and built in...
The New Boston Rail Trail follows the former railroad corridor of the same name for 3.9 miles through densely wooded areas in the town of New Boston. The railroad was in operation from 1893 to 1931,...
The North Central Pathway is envisioned as a trail network connecting points of interest through and between Winchendon and Gardner. Several completed sections of trail make for a lovely ride or walk...
The Peanut Trial is a distinct trail in the town of Newton that spans one-mile. This rail-trail was meant to connect to the Jay McLaren Memorial Trail. However, due to a controversial lawsuit by land...
NH 1.5 mi Cinder
The Pine Tree Brook Trail travels alongside the brook in Milton, Massachusetts. The path travels through woods and residential neighborhoods for a distance of about 1.8 miles, and it connects to the...
MA 2 mi Asphalt, Dirt, Woodchips
The Piscataquog Trail, though only about 2 miles long, provides a vital off-road link between the communities on the western side of the Merrimack River (the West Side of Manchester) to several parks...
The Quarries Foot Path offers a wooded 1-mile hiking route in western Quincy, about 10 miles south of Boston. Begin your adventure on the south side of Ricciuti Drive, which borders Quincy Quarries...
MA 1 mi Dirt
The Reformatory Branch Trail connects the historical towns of Bedford and Concord along a nearly 4-mile dirt path through wildlife refuges that ends where soldiers witnessed “the shot heard round the...
Crossing through wooded areas and featuring magnificent wetland vistas, the Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail (Fremont Branch) offers an 18.3-mile trail adventure from Epping to Windham. The northern...
NH 18.3 mi Dirt, Sand
The Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail brings at least two superlatives to mind: it’s one of New Hampshire’s longest rail-trails at just more than 28 miles, and it begins in Manchester, the state’s...
NH 28.1 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
The Roland Bergeron Bike Path runs about 6 miles alongside nearly the entirety of Albuquerque Avenue in Litchfield, NH. Completed in 2010, the 8-ft wide asphalt path averages about 5 yards in from...
NH 6 mi Asphalt
Although only a grassy, hard-packed dirt pathway, the route along the Salem-Beverly Canal (also known as the Grand Wenham Canal), is scenic and peaceful. The old canal, built in 1917, lies between two...
MA 2 mi Dirt, Grass
Although less than a mile, the trail running through Salisbury Beach State Reservation offers lovely views of the beaches off the northeastern coast of Massachusetts, just a few miles south of the New...
MA 0.6 mi Crushed Stone, Grass
Currently 1.8 miles, the Salisbury Point Ghost Trail provides a peaceful walk or bike ride through the woods on a well-maintained stone-dust trail. The route is one part of the larger Coastal Trails...
The South Manchester Rail Trail is a proposed bike/pedestrian path that would connect the downtown Millyard area of Manchester to the Town on Londonderry. The South Manchester Rail Trail will utilize...
The South Spencer Rail Trail runs for less than 2 miles from downtown Spencer to an area south of town near Spencer State Forest. The path, which is also known as the Depot Trail, occupies a former...
MA 1.62 mi Crushed Stone
The Southern New England Trunk Line Trail (aka the "SNETT") was designated as a National Recreation Trail in 1994. It is built upon a segment of the former right-of-way of the New Haven Railroad's...
MA 22 mi Asphalt, Ballast, Crushed Stone
The Spicket River begins in Derry, New Hampshire, through Methuen and Lawrence, Massachusetts, before draining into the Merrimack River. Like many mill towns of the late 19th and 20th centuries, the...
The Stillwater Scenic Walkway is a short trail that follows an old railroad bed between Capron Road and State Route 104 (Farnum Pike) south of Smithfield. The trail passes through a wooded area along...
RI 1 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt
The Tri-Community Greenway follows the route of the Boston and Lowell Railroad and its Stoneham Branch, originally built to serve Stoneham’s shoe factories and provide passenger service. The Greenway...
The Upper Falls Greenway is a short rail-trail that cuts through the charming village of Newton Upper Falls in Newton, Massachusetts. The trail occupies the same former rail corridor as the developing...
This unpaved state-owned trail is open for public use from Coldbrook to Baldwinville. An on-road detour is necessary through the village of Baldwinville, but the right-of-way is open for public use on...
MA 12 mi Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The 83 acre West Foss Farm is one of the properties owned by the University of New Hampshire, Durham. The property was purchased from the Boston & Maine Railroad company, and features a 1.6 stretch of...
The Westville Lake Community Trail offers a short, scenic excursion along the east bank of Westville Lake in Southbridge. Much of the crushed-stone pathway is under a lush tree canopy. Along the way,...
The Whitney Spur Rail Trail runs from just north of the MBTA’s Cohasset Station through dense woodlands to the edge of Wompatuck State Park. The corridor was originally a spur off the Old Colony...
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Challenging but fun - use a mountain bike
July, 2019 by troyknielsen
I started at the southern portion of the trail. I rode a gravel road / light touring bike (Specialized Sequoia) and it was fine but in hindsight I would have done a bit better with the FatBoy. There was a fair amount of sand in the first portion of the trail. I encountered some decent sized muddy sections but nothing crazy. The variety of scenery is great and the trail is very quiet. I encountered about 3 other bikes and a couple of people walking. I wouldn't do this trail if there's been significant rain in the past few days because of the pooling that I saw in some of the sections flanked by rock walls. And I rode in July and was flanked by large flies seemingly at all times. But given the challenge and scenery it's worth it!
July, 2019 by rebeede
My wife and I road from Newfields to Rt. 125 and then back (the eastern part of the trail). The trail was in good shape and we saw turtles and raccoons. We were on Hybrids, but saw other people on road bikes. Others were walking and some jogging. All in all a beautiful day to be out on the trail.
Directions are wrong for Maynard trail head!
July, 2019 by allankamieneski
We did the trail from Hudson to Marlborough and were going to drive to the trail head in Maynard to check out the other section of this trail. However we found out the directions are incorrect. You need to go EAST on 117 not west. I hope this will be corrected. We did enjoy the trail from Hudson to Marlborough but that is mostly up hill and not gradual in some areas. I suggest going from Hudson so you get the down hill on the way back.
Beautiful bike way.
June, 2019 by commanderbryce
Starting from Bikeway Source, the trail leads into downtown Lexington which is a great place to grab a bite to eat and hang out. The italian restaurant Marios is my favorite. This bike path is a huge reason why I love biking.
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Find Trails > Massachusetts > Stoughton > Stoughton Wheelchair Accessible Trails
Stoughton, MA Wheelchair Accessible Trails and Maps
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Find the top rated wheelchair accessible trails in Stoughton, whether you're looking for an easy short wheelchair accessible trail or a long wheelchair accessible trail, you'll find what you're looking for. Click on a wheelchair accessible trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
Alfred J. Lima Quequechan River Rail Trail
Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
JAYCEE Arboretum & Senator Roch Riverwalk
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Woodchips
Mattapoisett Rail Trail
Phenix-Harris Riverwalk
Phoenix Bike Trail
Province Lands Bike Trail
Quonset Point Bike Path
Shining Sea Bikeway
Warren Bike Path
West Warwick Riverwalk
The Alfred J. Lima Quequechan River Rail Trail, which was formally known simply as Quequechan River Rail Trail travels along the northern shore of scenic South Watuppa Pond. The project created a...
Though the idea for a Cape Cod Canal goes back to the settlers of Plymouth Colony, the waterway didn’t begin construction until 1909. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took over operation and...
Riverpoint Park sits nestled into a bend of the Pawtuxet River in West Warwick, Rhode Island. The park accommodates the 400-ft arboretum which leads to 1.3-mile riverside path known as the Senator...
RI 1.3 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Woodchips
The Mattapoisett Rail Trail is a work in progress. As of autumn 2011, it runs for just more than 1 mile between Reservation Road at Mattapoisett Harbor and the Phoenix Bike Trail in Fairhaven, joining...
The Phenix-Harris Riverwalk, a short trail built on a former rail bed purchased from Penn Central Railroad, connects West Warwick and Coventry, two towns on the outskirts of Providence. The dirt...
RI 0.3 mi Dirt
The Phoenix Bike Trail cruises through a mixture of surroundings on its relatively short 4-mile journey from the heart of the historical Fairhaven seaport to woodlands and farms on the outskirts of...
Constructed in 1967, the Province Lands Bike Trail is the first bike trail ever built by the National Park Service. The trail, located at the northern tip of Cape Cod, features steep hills, sharp...
Quonset Point Bike Path is a fantastic two and a half mile trail. The Quonset Point Bike Path is a part of the beautiful town of North Kingstown.The Quonset Point Bike Path is paved and off road and...
The Shining Sea Bikeway follows the route of a former railroad line run by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, which ran service to New York and Boston from 1872 to 1965. After the...
The pleasantly tree-lined Warren Bike Path, built along the former Warren-Fall River Railroad, runs just under a mile from Long Road west to the Kickemuit River. The trail ends in an 18-acre park...
The West Warwick Riverwalk is located in a park just behind West Warwick High School and John F. Deering Middle School. The paved trail goes for about a mile north following the Pawtuxet River. A...
MA - 8 miles
RI - 19.2 miles
MA - 2.5 miles
RI - 2.5 miles
MA - 13.9 miles
NH - 4.3 miles
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CT - 2 miles
MA,RI - 26.6 miles
CT - 4.8 miles
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MA - 38 miles
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wonderful views
July, 2019 by mfkoeppen
This is an almost level ride from North Falmouth to Woods Hole. Many shady spots along the way, as wall as lemonade stands, restaurants, and shaved ice. Views include cranberry bogs, marshlands, and the beach. The trail is well maintained, and has many miles of smooth new asphalt. Locals have added some decorations and artwork along the way.
Moosup Valley State Park Trail
Moosup Valley Trail Ride
July, 2019 by CW4
I rode this trail on 7/12/19 from Moosup, CT east into Sterling, CT. The first 5 1/2 miles are unimproved rail trail, good for MT bikes or aggressive hybrid riders. At the route 14A crossing I found some improvements underway, 1.5 miles of bull dozer work to a bridge under construction just past Carbuncle Pond WMA. The surface was soft and broken and very hard to ride. This leads me to believe that Road Island has a project underway to extend the Trestle Trail from Log Bridge Road (the current end) westerly to just west of the CT line at Route 14A. I will explore the area in the late fall to see how work has progressed. There is a second bridge in the Village of Green, RI that needs work, but I did not get that far.
Awesome trail
July, 2019 by godsmelissa
This trail was great. We parked at the depot lot- very rutted and busy but big. We ate lunch at the Station Grill just across the lot before we rode. That is about 4miles in from the end point in the woods hole area. We rode towards that way for views of the ocean. It was flat, fresh paved w/ road crossing well marked. The art murals were really neat. There was a port o potty along the rt also a picnic area and drinking fountain. We stopped and went down to the water in a rocky pebble beach area, most was private beach but it seemed those on bikes were welcomed; cars take up road space bikes don’t. It was very hot so we did not do the entire trail but will definitely make another trip to go back. The small restaurant where we parked was a great point due to bathroom use, friendly owner, outdoor tables, cornhole games on the out of service tracks, a water mister and the super fresh made to order simple sandwich’s with the utmost quality.
Mogul Heaven
July, 2019 by tambria
I parked at 15 Spring Lake Road in Sterling. A very brief portion is paved, up to the bike overpass, then its mogul after mogul. Great for mountain biking, not so much for hybrid or road biking. Sand, gravel, muddy bits...unkept. Beautiful area, share the trail with dirt bikes and at atvs either direction.
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HOTEL BOUTIQUE LA MERCED - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
CALLE 18 No. 21B - 11 CENTRO, Pasto (Show map)
~0.3 km from city centrum Pasto
Situated within 37 km of La Cocha Lake, HOTEL BOUTIQUE LA MERCED in Pasto has a number of amenities including a garden, a bar and a shared lounge. Among the facilities of this property are a restaurant, a 24-hour front desk and room service, along with free WiFi. The accommodation features an ATM, a concierge service and currency exchange for guests. At the hotel the rooms have a seating area, a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a kitchenette, a dining area and a private bathroom with free toiletries and a shower. All rooms will provide guests with a desk and a coffee machine. An American breakfast is available each morning at HOTEL BOUTIQUE LA MERCED. The accommodation offers a terrace. The area is popular for cycling, and bike hire and car hire are available at HOTEL BOUTIQUE LA MERCED. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 32 km from the hotel, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
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Hotel Francés La Maison - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 19 No. 37-16, Pasto (Show map)
This French style Hotel is situated in panoramic San Juan de Pasto, 22 km from Antonio Narino Airport. It offers free Wi-Fi, and is filled with antique furniture and artwork. The spacious rooms at Hotel Francés La Maison feature the characteristic French style of the hotel, with honey wood furnishings. All rooms have a queen-size bed and cable TV. Daily breakfast is served with juice or fresh seasonal fruit, homemade jam and eggs cooked to your order. Guest also enjoy French toast, sandwiches and assorted breads. There is a cafeteria open from Monday to Friday. Guests at Hotel Francés La Maison can purchase the antiques and art pieces found throughout the hotel at the hotel`s colonial art store. Free private parking is available on request and by reservation only. Guests can contact the hotel to arrange an airport shuttle or tours.
Hotel San Blass Boutique - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Carrera 26 11-89, Pasto (Show map)
Situated in Pasto and with La Cocha Lake reachable within 29 km, Hotel San Blass Boutique features a tour desk, non-smoking rooms, a bar, free WiFi and a shared lounge. Boasting room service, this property also provides guests with a terrace. The accommodation provides karaoke and a 24-hour front desk. At the hotel the rooms have a desk, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. Guests at Hotel San Blass Boutique can enjoy a continental breakfast. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 32 km from the accommodation, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
Villaviciosa Hotel Boutique - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Carrera 35A 18 - 128 Pasto Barrio Palermo, Pasto (Show map)
Located in Pasto and with La Cocha Lake reachable within 39 km, Villaviciosa Hotel Boutique provides free bikes, non-smoking rooms, free WiFi and a bar. The accommodation offers a 24-hour front desk and room service for guests. At the hotel, every room comes with a balcony. At Villaviciosa Hotel Boutique each room has a desk, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. An American breakfast is available daily at the accommodation. Villaviciosa Hotel Boutique offers a terrace. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño Airport, 32 km from the hotel.
Hotel Fernando Plaza - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 20 No. 21B - 16, Pasto (Show map)
Hotel Fernando Plaza offers tasteful accommodation in the heart of historical San Juan de Pasto, just 5-blocks from the central Plaza Nariño. It offers free Wi-fi and complimentary parking. The spacious rooms at the Fernando Plaza feature chocolate brown wooden furnishing and floors, with matching curtains. All are equipped with cable TV and a minibar, and have en suite bathrooms. The restaurant serves regional cuisine and the bar a variety of wines and cocktails. Guests can enjoy a daily American breakfast with fruits, natural juices and pastries, or make use of the room service. The Fernando Plaza Hotel is 20 km from Antonio Nariño. The 24-hour reception desk means guests can enter and leave at their own convenience.
Hotel Jardín 38 - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Carrera 38 1814-18186 18-41 Barrio Palermo, Pasto (Show map)
Located in Pasto and with La Cocha Lake reachable within 30 km, Hotel Jardín 38 provides a tour desk, rooms, a garden, free WiFi and a shared lounge. All rooms feature a kitchenette and a private bathroom. The accommodation offers a 24-hour front desk and room service for guests. Guest rooms are equipped with a flat-screen TV with cable channels, microwave, a coffee machine, a shower, a hairdryer and a wardrobe. All units will provide guests with a fridge. The hotel offers a à la carte or American breakfast. Hotel Jardín 38 offers a terrace. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 30 km from the accommodation, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
Hotel Lagos Latin America - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
CRA 39 No. 19 - 73, Pasto (Show map)
Hotel Lagos Latin America is situated in Pasto. Among the facilities of this property are a restaurant, a 24-hour front desk and room service, along with free WiFi. The property is non-smoking and is located 29 km from La Cocha Lake. Guests at the hotel can enjoy an American breakfast. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 30 km from Hotel Lagos Latín America, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
Hotel RDOS - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
BARRIO PALERMO CRA 40 No 19-49, Pasto (Show map)
Located in Pasto and with La Cocha Lake reachable within 30 km, Hotel RDOS provides concierge services, non-smoking rooms, a garden, free WiFi and a shared lounge. The accommodation offers a 24-hour front desk, room service and organising tours for guests. Guest rooms at the hotel are equipped with a seating area, a flat-screen TV with cable channels and a private bathroom with a hairdryer and a shower. All guest rooms include a desk. Hotel RDOS offers a à la carte or American breakfast. The accommodation offers a terrace. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 30 km from Hotel RDOS, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
San Juan Hotel Boutique Pasto - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Carrera 40A #19-76, Pasto (Show map)
Boasting a fitness centre, bar and views of city, San Juan Hotel Boutique Pasto is situated in Pasto, 30 km from La Cocha Lake. Among the facilities of this property are a restaurant, a 24-hour front desk and room service, along with free WiFi. At the hotel, rooms are fitted with a desk, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. The rooms have a wardrobe. An American breakfast is available each morning at San Juan Hotel Boutique Pasto. The accommodation offers a terrace. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 30 km from San Juan Hotel Boutique Pasto, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
HOTEL MAX - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
CR 20A N 16 - 68 CENTRO, Pasto (Show map)
Situated in Pasto, 37 km from La Cocha Lake, HOTEL MAX has a fitness centre, a bar and a shared lounge, as well as free WiFi. The accommodation features a 24-hour front desk and room service for guests. At the hotel, rooms are fitted with a wardrobe, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. HOTEL MAX offers a buffet or American breakfast. The accommodation features amenities such as an on-site business centre and sauna. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 32 km from HOTEL MAX, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
Loft Hotel - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 18 No. 22 - 33, Pasto (Show map)
Loft Hotel features contemporary clean white architecture in downtown San Juan de Pasto, 2-blocks from the central Nariño Plaza. It offers stylish suites with free Wi-Fi, a massage service and a sauna. The spacious rooms at Hotel Loft have modern wooden floors, chocolate-wood furniture and fresh white bed sheets. All feature queen-size beds and LCD and cable TV. Some have a private spa bath. The restaurant and bar at the Loft serves regional cuisine and exotic cocktails, and offers a room service option. An American breakfast with fresh fruits, natural juices and pastries is served daily. Loft Hotel is 35 km from Antonio Nariño Airport. It offers free parking and guests can inquire at the 24-hour reception desk regarding an airport shuttle service.
Hotel Villa Isabel - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Carrera 29 #17- 55 centro, Pasto (Show map)
Located in Pasto, Nariño region, Hotel Villa Isabel is set 28 km from La Cocha Lake. The accommodation provides a 24-hour front desk, airport transfers, room service and free WiFi. At the hotel, each room is equipped with a wardrobe. At Hotel Villa Isabel every room is equipped with a desk, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño Airport, 31 km from the accommodation.
Posada Leon - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 11 #39-12, Balcones de Mariluz, Pasto (Show map)
Located in Pasto and with La Cocha Lake reachable within 31 km, Posada Leon provides a shared lounge, non-smoking rooms, free WiFi and a terrace. The accommodation offers a 24-hour front desk and room service for guests. At the hotel, every room is fitted with a desk and a flat-screen TV. All units include a wardrobe. An American breakfast is available daily at Posada Leon. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño Airport, 32 km from the accommodation.
Hotel Koala Inn - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 18 Calle 18 N° 22-37 Centro, Pasto (Show map)
Located in Pasto and within 28 km of La Cocha Lake, Hotel Koala Inn features a shared lounge, non-smoking rooms, and free WiFi. The accommodation provides a 24-hour front desk, room service and luggage storage for guests. At the hotel, each room has a desk and a flat-screen TV. Guests at Hotel Koala Inn can enjoy a vegetarian breakfast. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño Airport, 32 km from the accommodation.
Casa Madrigal Hotel - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Cra. 26 #15-37, Pasto Colombia, Pasto (Show map)
Casa Madrigal Hotel offers accommodation in Pasto. Among the facilities of this property are a restaurant, a 24-hour front desk and room service, along with free WiFi. The property is non-smoking and is set 28 km from La Cocha Lake. At the hotel, all rooms are fitted with a desk, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. All guest rooms feature a wardrobe. Continental and à la carte breakfast options are available every morning at Casa Madrigal Hotel. Guests at the accommodation can access a business centre and meeting rooms. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño, 32 km from Casa Madrigal Hotel, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
Hotel Torre del Bosque Pasto - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Carrera 44 No. 18 - 12 Zona Universitaria, Pasto (Show map)
Featuring free bikes, Hotel Torre del Bosque Pasto is located in Pasto in the Nariño region, 30 km from La Cocha Lake. Boasting valet parking, this property also provides guests with a sun terrace. The accommodation provides a 24-hour front desk, airport transfers, room service and free WiFi. An American breakfast is available daily at the hotel. The business centre offers meeting rooms as well as newspapers for business travellers. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño Airport, 29 km from Hotel Torre del Bosque.
Hotel Cuellars - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Carrera 23 No.15-50, Pasto (Show map)
Offering a fitness centre and a 24-hour front desk, Hotel Cuellars is located in Pasto’s commercial zone. Free Wi-Fi access is available. All rooms of Cuellars’ Hotel feature a minibar, a TV and a private bathroom with shower and toilet. Some of them have flat-screen TV, and a living area. A general supply store is 200 metres away, while a restaurant can be reached within a 10-minute drive. Other facilities offered include a tour desk. The property offers free parking. Antonio Nariño Airport is 20 km away, while Galeras Nature Santuario is a 40-minute drive from the property. Volcan Galeras and Laguna de la Cocha are each at a distance of 45 km.
Hotel Star Pasto - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 20A No. 10-84 Barrio/ El Recuerdo, Pasto (Show map)
Featuring a shared lounge, Hotel Star Pasto is set in Pasto in the Nariño region, 27 km from La Cocha Lake. The accommodation offers a 24-hour front desk, airport transfers, room service and free WiFi. The units in the hotel are equipped with a flat-screen TV. At Hotel Star Pasto all rooms are equipped with a private bathroom. The nearest airport is Antonio Nariño Airport, 35 km from the accommodation.
Hotel Palermo Suite - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 19A No.39-10 B/ Palermo, Pasto (Show map)
Located next to the Avenida de los Estudiantes, featuring an on-site regional restaurant, Hotel Palermo Suite offers free Wi-Fi and free parking in Pasto. Valle de Atriz shopping centre is a 5-minute walk away. Providing a tranquil environment, the rooms in Palermo Suite feature private bathrooms, minibars and TVs. Guests at Hotel Palermo Suite are provided 24-hour front desk assistance and room service. Tourism information can be requested to explore the area. Hotel Palermo Suite is a 30-minute drive from Antonio Nariño Airport and a 15-minute drive from Unicentro shopping centre.
Hotel Sello Dorado - Hotels, Pasto, Colombia
Calle 13 No 14-19 Julian Bucheli, Pasto (Show map)
Featuring a terrace and a restaurant, Hotel Sello Dorado offers free Wi-Fi and free parking in the city of Pasto. The rooms in Hotel Sello Dorado feature a desk, ironing facilities, and a CD and DVD player. Room service is provided. There is a 24-hour front desk that can arrange laundry and ironing services. Carnival Square is 2 km away, Nariño's Park Commercial Area is 3 km away, and Laguna de la Cocha is a 40-minute drive away.
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Forevertron: The Mythic Obsession of Dr. Evermore’s Kinetic Architecture
Holidays, USA, WI
Dr Evermore
Commentary? Why bother? Is it part of a categorical genre or label?
No such classification exists.
Materials? How about carburetors, generators, brass copper, steel, early x-ray machines, scrapped vehicles, saw blades, oxidized pipe, theater speakers, river barges and rusty hamburger signs signs–to name just a few components.
Is it a time travel machine or a rigorously sane ecological statement? On a reasoned level, it is the stockpiling of all the shapes, forms and mechanisms of the industrial age, with parts gathered from all over the world. Capped by a copper-clad glass ball, the top section is a constructed space capsule.
Look hard and see it all: junk heaps of industry, contaminated plastics, reused industry surplus, rejected A-frame houses, historical artifacts, agricultural detritus, and utilitarian mechanical remnants, the brilliant discoveries that have altered the way that man influences the world.
Peer out into the sublime vastness of the solar system, imagine a tumble through the abyss of geological time, and one can not help but think, too, of how infinitesimal the moment of our own existence now appears. To the fantastical soul, how futile seems the span of an individual life.
Metaphysical Beauty
Beauty is indeed in the metaphysical. And there are plenty of both – marvelous beauty and freedom of interpretation – here at the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world. All you have to do is accept the scenic and historical integrity of the site, resist definition, let your thoughts synthesize, smile, and you will be just fine. After all, it is only a complex, futuristic assemblage to be used as a means to transport to the heavens that you are looking at. Nothing more, nothing less.
“Instead of imposing your interpretation, it’s best to leave it alone,” says Tom Every, aka Dr. Evermore, the progenitor of this artistic innovation. “I don’t impose my interpretation here, but I let others find their own interpretations. People that are stymied come here and pick up the brushes of energy. It’s a place to get the imagination and inspiration going, and what more can you really do for people than that?”
This is the good doctor’s world at Forevertron, a fascinating salvage of bits and pieces of machineries, bridging the industrial revolution to today’s computer-driven, de-industrialized dimensions; between fifty to one hundred years old, parts stand welded and bolted together for stability. Historical components include a pair of bipolar electrical dynamos constructed by Thomas Edison, in the late nineteenth century, and a decontamination chamber from the Apollo Space Mission.
The Thought Patterns Of Nikola Tesla
Dr Evermores’s masterpiece
“These Edison bipolar dynamos have Tesla’s thought patterns on it, constructed around 1882. They came from the Ford Museum. With all designing and engineering, people stand on others’ shoulders to progress things.” – Tom Every
In a world seemingly without very much order, priority or focus, it is surprising perhaps that Every can recall the true origins and exact functions of each piece of metal. He knows each bearing, grinder, shifter, cannibalized car, rusty winch, and block of iron. He claims there is a story behind each, a tale of hauling, a memory of turbulence, and a remembrance of what was. It seems that the eschatologist in Every revels in the doctrines concerning the final matters of steel, industry, and, ultimately, human existence and fate.
“You can’t reverse our impact or what we made things for,” says Every. “I don’t believe junking iron and steel. I am for showing what the consequence of humans on the planet has been, not expunging it. I see trouble in what we are building nowadays. Because there is no real integrity, just short-term patterns. I did three hundred and fifty major wrecking jobs, and I sure can tell the difference in construction materials used then and now.”
The Gravitron, which took three years to put together, consists predominately of circular metal components: wrought iron, copper, brass and stainless steel are the most evident. Its principal central section is a kinetic bank of generators, thrusters and other electromagnetic power sources. It is a monumental sculpture, weighing roughly three hundred tons and standing one-hundred twenty feet wide, sixty feet deep, fifty feet high. Every sees it as a sort of gateway between worlds. If all goes accordingly, the Gravitron force will somehow leave the earth, connect with outer space, and return to re-connect with him on the earth – all in preparation of an afterlife. The ‘Celestial Listening Ear’ should permit him to broadcast extraterrestrial observations to those on earth.
“All the elements and thoughts patterns of electricity and time travel are involved here,” says Every. “There is a reality, progression, and integrity of touching electricity and time, and this is the product of that. I am most into energy flowing, and I have nothing but respect for it.”
Dispersed in proximity to the Forevertron are fanciful pieces that reveal themselves perfectly suited to the good-bye bonanza of Dr. Evermore’s separation from earth. The most lovable group of peripheral figures is the Bird Band, a coterie of figures pieced together from brass bedposts, old tools and other hardware, pipe fittings, bike brakes, survey markers, gasoline nozzles, facsimile laser guns, and a full complement of working musical instruments. One is comprised of Haitian steel drums and another has chimes that form an old church hanging on its back. Just where it is that the doctor will end up once he has blasted off is anyone’s guess, but at least some facts exist as to where and how this man came to be.
Being Doctor Evermore
Forevertron
Of Cockney descent, Every appears intimidating, but in actuality he is a friendly eccentric who could chat for hours about his work – and energy force. Born in 1938, country kid Tom O. Every was enthralled by scrap, steel and junk. Traveling by bicycle through the quiet streets of Brooklyn, Wisconsin, he sought out unusual objects to turn into useful gadgetry. This childhood fascination with such materials led to a career in industrial wreckage.
As a salvage man, Every traveled to factories and industrial sites and dismantled obsolete machinery. He soon shifted from wrecker of shambles to preserver of clutter, hoarding odd shapes and forms that he felt would soon somehow disappear from the landscape, such as tank ends with interesting rivets, or brewery furnaces.
Dr. Evermore And Forevertron
Every sorted and saved as many unusual components as space and energy allowed, by his account about a thousand tons. He renounced his former ideas and business plans, becoming reborn as Dr. Evermore, and through this new identity, he built Forevertron.
“I had to become Dr. Evermore back in 1983,” says Every. “I was bothered by all that I saw in the world; I wanted to perpetuate myself back into the heavens on this magnetic lightning force field.”
The mission of Forevertron and its kinetic sculpture is restless exploration. Ultimately, pushed against this steely reserve of earthly time and its transience, Every, 75, like many of us, dreams of posterity. His passion for art is fresh and innocuous. He does not hunger for fame or utility, but hopes for a lasting monument, and, in the interim, a secure place on earth to illustrate his energies; to muse over the question of extinction and the march of time, and man’s place in the universe. And well, just to live like a young boy enthralled by metal.
“This is the place for playing around and to have fun without the bullshit of life interfering,” Every smiles. “It’s like a disease here because all I see are positive things. I have a set amount of time here to do the best that I can, and I am happy with each new load of stuff I can use.”
Choice Chitchat: Tom Every’s sculpture garden is located on Highway 12, five miles south of Baraboo, Wisconsin. No admission fee is charged. On most days from late spring to late fall, you may find Dr. Evermore in the center of Forevertron, reading, writing, drawing, or just thinking–hours vary. The garden sits behind Delaney’s Salvage, the perfect compliment for artistic eccentricity.
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Brian: What a great story and piece or park of art. I hope someday to see it.
Marc J says:
This is really a fantastic article and I love dr Evermore’s imagination. I wanted to go see it in person. 🙂
Robert Pearson says:
Wonderfully inspiring, he shows a path that each of us who can should be doing for others who can’t.
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Katey Rich
For a long time, Amanda Peet was a famous movie star married to a successful but, like most of them, un-famous screenwriter. But that all changed when her husband, David Benioff, became part of the team of show-runners behind Game of Thrones—the masterminds who introduced the world to Maisie Williams, who shocked us all with the Red Wedding, and who maybe but probably didn’t kill Jon Snow last spring. Now Benioff is fodder for talk-show chatter as much as Peet is—especially after that Jon Snow business.
Peet, stopping by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, swears she was just as desperate as the rest of us to keep this from happening—and just as in the dark before it did. “It’s a little bit like being married to someone in the C.I.A. or something, except for not as important,” she said about the level of secrecy Benioff keeps around his work. Peet says she had threatened for years that she would divorce Benioff if he killed off Jon Snow, and even right before the famous stabbing, she was keeping vigilant. “He went out with Kit [Harington] two weeks before the finale, I said, ‘I hear all this stuff, he got a haircut, I don’t want to divorce you, what’s happening?’ ” Benioff sent a picture of a long-locked Harington and “My marriage blossomed again. David got laid. And then two episodes later . . .”
If you’re a full-on “Jon Snow Lives” conspiracy theorist—as many of us are in these parts—then you may just assume Peet is helping her husband toe the party line, making a big show of how fake-mad she is at her husband for killing a character she knows perfectly well is still alive. (She lives in Belfast when the show is in production. She’s seen the photographic evidence). But whether or not she’s just part of the plan, take a moment to have sympathy for Peet, who is oh-so-close to the nerve center of Game of Thrones, but just like her beloved shaggy-haired character, supposedly knows nothing.
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