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Any person may make a submission to Council on an application which has been publicly notified.
Limited Notification
Only persons deemed to be “affected” by Council can make a submission to Council on an application which has been limited notified.
Any submission shall:
Be in writing.
Be served on the Nelson City Council, no later than the closing date specified in the public notice (20 working days after the date of notification).
Also be served on the applicant as soon as possible after serving the submission on Council.
State the reasons for making the submission and the decision that the person wishes Council to make (if known) and the general nature of any conditions sought.
Whether or not the person making the submission wishes to be heard in respect of the submission.
All persons or authorities lodging a written submission have the right to attend and speak at the hearing of an application. You may be represented by a chosen person (ie your legal adviser), and/or make a joint submission with other persons. You are entitled to have your submission received in Maori, however we would appreciate early advice of this to allow us time to organise an interpreter. If you feel you may be affected by a proposal, you should make a submission. If you do not submit, you will have no legal opportunity to do so at a later stage.
Any persons making a submission and indicating a desire to be heard at a hearing will be notified of the hearing date and, at a later date, the decision. They will also receive a copy of a detailed planning report prepared by Council staff, approximately one week before the hearing.
If you intend to be heard and wish to present additional information to support your submission, you should provide twelve(12) copies at the hearing. Should you later decide to withdraw your submission for any reason, Council would appreciate you advising the Consents Administrator in writing as soon as possible. Once you have withdrawn your submission, its contents cannot be considered at the hearing. If you decide, after withdrawing, that you still want a say, then you must make a new submission.
Submissions must be forwarded to
Consents Administrator
Nelson City Council
If you have any questions in regards to the application, you can contact the Processing Officer or the Duty Planner on (03) 546 0357
A copy of your submission must be served on the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable after service of your submission to the Nelson City Council
Faxed or emailed submissions must be followed by the original in the post.
Download the guide to making a submission. (18KB PDF)
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Posted on July 27, 2015 by Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
Meigs Democrats host Ted Strickland
By Lorna Hart - lhart@civitasmedia.com
Former Ohio Govenor Ted Strickland spoke at a packed Democratic dinner.
The Gilmores preform “Buckeye Hills” as Ted Strickland looks on.
MIDDLEPORT— Meigs County Democrats hosted a dinner for U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland Saturday evening at Riverbend Arts. The former Ohio governor announced in February he would seek the Democratic Senate nomination to challenge first-term Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in 2016.
Representing Ohio’s sixth district, Strickland served six terms in Congress before winning the governorship of Ohio in 2006. He was narrowly defeated for re-election in the 2010 gubernatorial race by former U.S. Representative John Kasich.
The evening began with introductions and the Pledge to the Flag. A dinner buffet included a variety of home cooked food, fruit and desserts set in an atmosphere conducive to conversation with Strickland and his staff.
After dinner, Strickland spoke to the audience concerning issues he said he felt were important to all Ohioans.
According to Strickland, people are in a “middle class squeeze.”
“Most people just want a decent place in which to live, good schools for their kids, higher education without a lifetime of debt, access to healthcare and to face retirement with a sense of security. I want people to get rich, but not by keeping other people poor,” he said. “The Senate should not be millionaires taking care of billionaires. There needs to be members of the Senate who will fight for working people.”
He went on to add billionaires use wealth to buy control and people need to be able to vote without obstacles making it difficult to cast their ballots.
“The trickle down theory of economics has never worked,” Strickland said. “Income disparity is accelerating due to policies in Washington, and that can be changed by changing our policies.”
Former Governor Strickland closed his remarks with an impassioned call for voter participation.
“Voters need to be informed and to understand what is at stake in the upcoming elections,” he said.”Ordinary people need to have a voice in this government.”
The musical duo Gilmores closed the evening with songs including “Buckeye Hills,” a ballad they wrote about the area.
Meigs County Democratic Party Chairman Charles Williams thanked everyone in attendance for coming while guests continued to mingle with the former governor.
Lorna Hart can be reached at 740-992-2155 EXT. 2551
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http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/07/web1_IMG_0944.jpgFormer Ohio Govenor Ted Strickland spoke at a packed Democratic dinner.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/07/web1_IMG_0952.jpgThe Gilmores preform “Buckeye Hills” as Ted Strickland looks on.
By Lorna Hart
lhart@civitasmedia.com
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Posted on January 23, 2019 by Bryan Walters
Hannan sweeps Defenders, 78-48
By Bryan Walters - bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com
Hannan senior Andrew Gillispie (2) releases a shot attempt over an Ohio Valley Christian defender during the second half of Tuesday night’s boys basketball contest in Gallipolis, Ohio.
Bryan Walters|OVP Sports
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — It just took a little time to warm up.
The Hannan boys basketball team shot 51 percent from the field over the final three quarters of play on Tuesday night en route to a 78-48 victory over host Ohio Valley Christian in a non-conference contest in the Old French City.
The Wildcats (4-9) never trailed in the contest as the guests built a 14-10 edge through eight minutes of play, then broke away from a 23-all tie with an 11-4 surge over the final 3:46 of the first half while building a seven-point intermission advantage.
The Defenders (4-12) were never closer as the Blue and White scored the first dozen points out of the break as part of a 23-7 third quarter charge that resulted in a 57-34 cushion entering the finale.
The Blue and Gold twice trimmed the lead down to 22 points, the last of which came at 66-42 with 5:05 left in regulation. Hannan led by as many as 32 points on three separate occasions over the final 80 seconds of play.
The victory allowed Hannan to claim a season sweep of Ohio Valley Christian after posting a 65-47 decision in Ashton back on Dec. 7, 2018.
More importantly, as HHS coach Shawn Coleman noted afterwards, it was nice to see such a balanced attack on both ends of the floor — most notably coming out of the halftime gates.
“We knew coming out of halftime that we had to do a better job of focusing our defensive attention on Mark Oliver and Justin Beaver. We put all of our effort on pressuring those two, and it ultimately led to more turnovers … which in turn led to some transition points,” Coleman said. “We still had too many turnovers, but our offense kicked it up a notch because our defense picked it up. We played hard for four quarters and we had a lot of people contribute to this win. I’m proud of the guys tonight because it was a good victory.”
That duo, coincidentally, had all but six of the Defenders’ 27 points at halftime. The pair combined for only 13 points in the second half.
OVCS coach Steve Rice was disappointed in the final outcome, particularly after battling to get things tied up midway in the second quarter. From there, as he noted, it just went really bad.
“We made a good run to get things tied up there in the second quarter, then we took three bad shots and had a turnover … and they went on a run that ultimately gave them all the momentum headed into the second half,” Rice said. “We were flat out of halftime and didn’t execute very well, and it just took off from there. We definitely had too many turnovers and those probably cost us 40 points in the game. It’s hard to win that way.”
Hannan outrebounded the hosts by a 42-36 overall margin, including a 16-12 edge on the offensive glass. The Defenders committed 24 turnovers — 14 of those came in the second half — while the guests had 15 giveaways.
The Wildcats netted 35-of-76 field goal attempts for 46 percent, including a 5-of-21 effort from behind the arc for 24 percent.
Dalton Coleman paced HHS with 22 points, followed by Casey Lowery, Andrew Gillispie and Chandler Starkey with a dozen points apiece. Chase Nelson also produced a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Devrick Burris was next with six points, while Ryan Hall and Caleb Gussler respectively closed out the winning tally with three points and one point. Coleman hauled in six boards, with Gillispie, Lowery and Gussler each grabbing five caroms.
The Defenders made 19-of-63 shot attempts for 30 percent, including a 2-of-19 performance from 3-point range for 11 percent.
Oliver led the hosts with a double-double effort of 28 points and 17 rebounds, both of which were game-highs. Beaver and Connor Walter were next with six markers each, while Bryce Gruber and Andrew Dubs added four points apiece.
Beaver followed Oliver with six caroms and Miciah Swab hauled in four boards in the setback.
Hannan returns to action Friday when it travels to Parkersburg Christian for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.
OVCS hosts North Pleasants on Monday at 7:30 p.m.
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By Bryan Walters
bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com
Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101.
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Sony Ericsson Announces New Titanium Silver C902 Cyber-Shot James Bond 007 Phone
Posted: August 6, 2008/Under: Mobile Phones & GPS/By: Nic Cho
Good news for James Bond fans! Sony Ericsson will debut a new limited edition Titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot phone as used by James Bond 007 (actor: Daniel Craig) in upcoming Bond film – Quantum Of Solace, which scheduled to be available worldwide November 2008.
According to the release, “Daniel Craig reprises his role as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007 in QUANTUM OF SOLACE, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures release of EON Productions’ 22nd adventure in the longest-running film franchise in motion picture history. The film is directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay is by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli produce.”
“We are excited to announce the continuation of our relationship with the James Bond films and unveil James Bond’s new phone for this year – the limited edition version of our C902 Cyber-shot phone,” said Lennard Hoornik, Corporate Vice President and Global Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson. “With the rich array of content both on the phone and preloaded on a memory card bundled with the C902 Titanium silver limited edition, fans of the secret agent will only get more James Bond with Sony Ericsson.”
Highlights Of Sony Ericsson C902 Cyber-shot:
Launched worldwide in July 2008
Slim Cyber-shot phone with unique slide-out lens cover. Camera-ready in an instant
5 megapixel camera with Face detection and Auto focus. Always capture the best shot possible
Illuminated camera touch keys. Intuitive guidance around the camera settings
160MB built-in memory – the equivalent of storage for up to 100 full resolution photos – plus the possibility to add even more memory with the Memory Stick Micro (M2) that can be bundled with the phone depending on the market
The phone incorporates the latest in lighting technology – Photo flash – giving better quality pictures even in low-light conditions
Light solution added to the established BestPic feature –take 9 photos in quick succession, choose the best and delete the rest
The cool Sony Ericsson Titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot mobile phone that comes with interactive 007 content and spy-style game is expected to be available in Q4 2008 for a limited period, but no words on its price yet.
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ZVOX Launches Z-Base 550 All-In-One Home Theater System
Posted: December 21, 2008/Under: Eletronics & Gadgets/By: Nic Cho
Thanks to collaboration of long-time audio industry veterans Tom Hannaher and Winslow Burhoe, ZVOX Audio has launched its new true single-cabinet surround sound system built conveniently into a base platform for stand-mounted flat-panel TV sets between 32 and 47-inches, dubbed as Z-Base 550, which features ZVOX’s proprietary PhaseCue virtual surround sound system, aiming to reproduce music and movie soundtracks with lifelike accuracy.
According to the company, “PhaseCue, as its name implies, manipulates the phase of the separate channels to ‘fool the ear’ into believing that sound is coming from a variety of sources throughout the room. The benefits of PhaseCue vary greatly based on program material. Live music and well-recorded modern movie soundtracks will deliver rich, three-dimensional sound – pulling the sound out from the speakers and into the room, literally surrounding the listener. Unlike many digital virtual surround systems, PhaseCue does not create any ‘digital weirdness’ – rain the sounds like white noise, female singers that sound like they’re standing in a giant tin can.”
Technical Details Of ZVOX Z-Base 550:
Five 2″ full-range speakers and one 5.25″ subwoofer
PhaseCue virtual surround sound
Auto-on/auto-off circuit
Two analog stereo inputs (mixing inputs)
60 watt amplifier
Frequency range: 45 Hz – 20 kHz
Dimensions: 28″ (w) x 14.5″ (d) x 3.5″ (h)
The new ZVOX Z-Base 550 all-in-one home theater that utilizes beautiful hand-lacquered high-gloss black end panels is now available for about $500.
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https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/West-Virginia-helicopter-crash-victims-remembered-14091131.php
West Virginia helicopter crash victims remembered at service
People attend a prayer vigil for the victims of the helicopter accident Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the Paul Cline Memorial Sports Complex in Beckley, W.Va. Chris Cline, his daughter Kameron Cline, Beckley native Delaney Wykle and four others were killed last week when their helicopter crashed after taking off from a remote private island in the Bahamas. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald via AP) less
People attend a prayer vigil for the victims of the helicopter accident Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the Paul Cline Memorial Sports Complex in Beckley, W.Va. Chris Cline, his daughter Kameron Cline, Beckley ... more
Photo: Rick Barbero, AP
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Thousands gathered in West Virginia Friday to say goodbye to billionaire coal executive Chris Cline and his daughter, Kameron Cline, who were killed last week in a helicopter crash .
Brian Glasser, Cline's attorney and longtime friend, said in his eulogy at the memorial service in Beckley that Cline had the rare characteristic of being willing to fail.
"Chris never wallowed in a failure, he just kept his hands on the wheel, foot on the accelerator, eyes pointed down the road," Glasser said.
Glasser spokesman Joe Carey said Gov. Jim Justice, West Virginia University basketball coach Bob Huggins, WVU President Gordon Gee and Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert were among those attending the service at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.
Friends and well-wishers on Thursday remembered Cline as a person who used his wealth to help people in trouble, often anonymously.
The Register-Herald reports orthopedic surgeon Joe Prudhomme was one of several speakers at the community vigil Thursday in Beckley. He told the crowd that once he and Cline stopped at a gas station and saw a sign about someone needing a bone marrow transplant. Cline covered the full cost of the stranger's operation, he said.
"I could call Chris from South Africa and say 'Hey! I need help!' and he would say 'I'm on my way,' no questions asked," Prudhomme said.
Cline lived in Beckley for years when Kameron was a child. That is how she and Beckley native Delaney Wykle became friends. Those three and four others were killed last week when their helicopter crashed after taking off from a remote private island in the Bahamas.
Cline's cousin, Steve Deweese, told the crowd Cline gave money to local residents for medical bills, education costs, disaster relief and extracurricular activities at schools.
"He didn't have to help but he did," Deweese said. "That was just him."
Danielle Ormandy spoke of Wykle, who had just graduated from West Virginia University with a nursing degree and planned to begin work at Raleigh General Hospital in August.
"She was my light during the darkest of times and my support system through the good, the bad and the ugly," Ormandy said. "I'm forever grateful that God chose Delaney as my best friend."
Kameron Cline's mother, Kelly Cline-Fama, wrote a letter that was read at the vigil. She said she had given her daughter a locket upon her recent graduation from Louisiana State University. It contained a photo of Cline-Fama with Kameron Cline as a baby. She had hoped that one day Kameron Cline would be able to replace the photo with one of her and her own daughter, Cline-Fama wrote.
Friends also shared loving memories of David Jude, a Mingo County native and pilot who also died in the July 4 crash.
"Dave was a genuine guy," Ardie Jenkins said. "If he counted you as a friend, he would take a bullet for you."
Kameron Cline's friends and fellow LSU graduates Brittany Searson and Jillian Clark were also killed in the crash along with Geoffrey Painter of the United Kingdom.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash and expects to release a preliminary report in about two weeks. The full investigation could take up to two years.
Information from: The Register-Herald, http://www.register-herald.com
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Save The Date For The NALIP Latino Media Fest This Fall
Limited Blind Sale Rate Passes Available Now
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), represents the premier Latino and diverse media organization, addressing the most underrepresented and largest ethnic minority in the country. NALIP’s Latino Media Fest, presented by Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo is a unique festival showcasing the best U.S. based Latinx content through premieres, workshops, master classes, nightly mixers and star-studded awards ceremony to recognize substantial work in entertainment that inspires Latino creatives to continue moving their projects forward in front and behind the camera. NALIP’s Latino Media Festival gives upcoming producers, screenwriters, and directors the opportunity to showcase their work.
Last years Latino Media Fest had a variety of panels and workshops, such as NALIP's first VR panel (virtual reality) where panelist shared content for creating virtual reality and insight on where the industry is headed thought the next few years. People also got to experience VR 360, as well as participate in a class with Jorge Gutierrez, the creator and director of “Book of Life” and his experience with virtual reality. NALIP's signature Emerging Content Creators workshop helped recent graduates into the film and television industry through mentors sharing their insights.
This years, Latino Media Fest will be bigger and better than before as we take over Los Angeles for the three day event. Join us for an eventful festival as we celebrate inclusiveness and diversity in the film and television industry. You don’t want to miss out an opportunity to interact with our special guests and learn through our panels and workshops.
Interested in joining the team? Email your resume and cover letter to opps@nalip.org. Want to become a member? Check out NALIP's different membership rates. Learn about NALIP's upcoming Latino Media Fest and volunteer opportunities fast approaching!
Get Your Blind Sale Pass now
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At The Drive-In, Maccabees, Bat For Lashes added to Benicassim 2012 bill – ticket details
Tom Goodwyn Feb 21, 2012 11:10 am GMT
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez also speaks to NME about the band's reasons for reuniting
At The Drive-In, The Maccabees and Bat For Lashes have been added to the bill for this summer’s Benicassim festival.
The new additions join headliners The Stone Roses and Florence And The Machine, as well as New Order, Crystal Castles, The Vaccines, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Miles Kane and Bombay Bicycle Club, who have all been previously confirmed for the festival, which runs from July 12-15 next summer.
The show will be At The Drive-In‘s first European appearance in over a decade and their guitarist Omar Rogriguez-Lopez told NME that the band’s decision to reunite was partly a financial one.
We’re not getting any younger and there’s been an offer of money every year. You can’t avoid that. You’d be a fool and a politician to pretend that wasn’t part of it.
The guitarist also spoke about how he was feeling about the prospect of a reunion and admitted things “were going to be weird”.
He said of this: “Obviously it’s going to be weird. It’s like getting back with your ex-wife, only in this case there are four ex-wives!”
Also added to the bill are Dave Clarke, Little Dragon, Lisa Hannigan and Ham Sandwich and a host of others.
Four day tickets for Benicassim, which are priced at €165, are available from Fiberfib.com.
The line-up for Benicassim festival so far is as follows:
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Miles Kane
Kurt Vile And The Violators
Deparment S
Thee Brandy Hips
Los Tiki Phantoms
Yuksek
Delorentos
Arp Attack
Sons Phonetic
Ham Sandwich
Pony Bravo
Klaus & Kinski
The Secret Society
Juanita y los Feos
The Doors to release special edition of ‘The Soft Parade’ for its 50th anniversary
New images and trailer from upcoming ‘His Dark Materials’ TV series revealed
Slipknot's Corey Taylor Credit: REX
Listen up, maggots: Slipknot confirm 2020 European tour
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HealthBehavior
Understanding Challenging Behavior
Biting. Screaming. Lying. These and other common misbehaviors in kids often have predictable triggers: hunger, boredom, over-stimulation, being overly tired, or trying to avoid punishment. How a child reacts to these triggers depends upon his temperament as well as his developmental age, explains Jenni Evans, an educator at the Parenting Center of Children’s Hospital.
Toddlers might struggle with biting or hitting as well as throwing tantrums. Preschoolers might push or shove, or have other problems with friends. School-aged children are more apt to lie.
“Some children can be expected to wait a while—they have a calm temperament,” explains Jenni. “But other children? You knew before you got to the post office that they couldn’t wait 10 minutes in that line.” For non-verbal toddlers who bite or throw a tantrum in frustration—that might be the only way that they have developmentally to get their point across, says Jenni. And with developmental advancements, another “challenging behavior” kicks in: lying.
crying wolf?
In Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children, authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman detail recent extensive research done on lying in children conducted by psychologist Victoria Talwar, Ph.D. Among her findings: 96 percent of children lie; a four year old will tell a lie every two hours; a six year old will tell one every hour. Younger children lie to avoid being punished for something they’ve done. School-aged children do that too, but also add social reasons for lying—to spare someone’s feelings, to bolster their image, or to control a situation.
Parents think that young children will outgrow lying, Dr. Talwar found. But her research shows that the opposite is true: children will grow into lying. It’s a skill that requires both advanced cognitive development and social skills. Kids who know the difference between the truth and lies are more apt to lie; those who have successfully lied their way out of stressful situations will likely continue to lie.
Three quarters of parents surveyed by Dr. Talwar think that tales of consequences, like The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are more apt to prevent lying than tales like George Washington telling his dad he did cut down that cherry tree. But her research shows that children are more apt to lie after hearing about the boy crying wolf; learning how George fared after deciding not to break his father’s trust reduced lying by 75 percent in boys and 50 percent in girls. The NurtureShock authors conclude that children want to please their parents; we need to let them know that telling the truth will do that.
once more, with feeling
When dealing with any challenging behavior, parents should employ empathy, letting kids know that we realize they are tired, or hungry, or bored, or scared of telling the truth, says the Parenting Center’s Jenni Evans. Then move onto the behavior we want.
“A snap decision we do as parents, no matter what the child’s age, is that we start by telling children what we don’t want them to do,” says Jenni. “But then you’ve put that on the agenda. Instead, start with what you want them to do. ‘I want to hear about your day. What you’ve told me so far doesn’t sound quite right. Maybe we’ll wait and talk later.’ That’s really different from saying, ‘You’re lying to me and I can’t trust you to tell me the truth.’”
When there are consequences, parents need to take emotions out of it and remain calm, says Jenni. Like, “‘Because you’ve continued to throw your trains, we’re going to put them up high.’ Don’t [tell the child] you’re sorry,” says Jenni. “You’re leveling a consequence. Do not apologize for it. But you can let them know that you know it’s hard for them.
“Discipline is for learning. It’s not for shaming. If you’ve taught somebody not just a limit, but a skill, then you know that you’re doing discipline right, responding to the challenging behavior right.”
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Barnum - Sheffield City Hall
Barnum,
James Smith,
Simon Hance,
Emily McGeoch,
Andy Collis,
Richard Bradford,
Linda Kelly,
Manor Operatic,
Liam Gordon,
Sheffield City Hall,
Natasha Simpson,
Bethan Griffiths,
Chris Bostock,
Lorian Biet,
Craig Turner,
Manor Operatic have done it again! This so called “amateur” group have once again proved that there is no division between amateur and professional productions and turned Sheffield’s City Hall into a big top to house the greatest show on earth! I would defy anybody to walk away from this show without a smile on their face as wide as the stage or even the tightrope negotiated by the superb James Smith as Barnum at the end of act 1.
In the middle of the 19th century, Phineas Taylor (PT) Barnum introduces his circus acts as he stands in front of a tent, proclaiming "There Is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute". He loves spectacle and excitement, using hype and "humbug" to promote his exhibits. His wife Charity disagrees with his use of "humbug" but loves him and aims to keep him grounded. Barnum then introduces the oldest woman alive, Joice Heth. His wife Charity ("Chairy") urges him to get a job in a factory, but Barnum refuses. He enlists clowns to help in building a museum to house his attractions. His star attraction, Tom Thumb, appears to advise that "Bigger Isn't Better". Barnum then becomes manager of the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind. Barnum becomes enamoured of her and sees the attraction of going on tour with her. He accompanies Jenny on tour, leaving Charity behind.
Although all seems to be going well for Barnum, he finds that without Charity in his life he is miserable, and he decides to break ties with Jenny and return home to the woman he loves. Upon his return to Charity, he promises to live the more sedate life she desires for him, in "Black and White." When his political campaign looks doomed to fail due to lack of interest, Charity realises how important his talents and passion are in his life, and allows him to inject colour and life into his campaign. The two of them recognise the value in each other's approach to life and how they complement one another. But his beloved Charity dies suddenly, leaving Barnum bereft and alone. When Barnum finds himself humbugged by his political party, he laments his position and wishes to "shine a light in a dark world". James Anthony Bailey arrives and offers him the chance to "Join the Circus". Initially resisting he relents and joins Bailey, and they form the famous circus Barnum and Bailey.
As mentioned above James Smith is superb in the role of Barnum and is the glue that sticks this slick production together, rarely off the stage he showcases a myriad of circus skills any professional would be proud to have in their repertoire. From juggling to tight-rope walking to his spectacular entrance at the end of the show Smith really is the ultimate showman.
But it is not just Smith who is in this show, he is supported by a very strong cast whom all shine throughout. Emma Holmes as Mrs Barnum is sublime and elegant in her portrayal and the chemistry between her and Smith is a joy to watch. Simon Hance as the Ringmaster and later Mr Bailey provides confident narration to the show and Natasha Simpson as Jenny Lind excels in this difficult vocal role singing ‘Love Makes Such Fools Of Us All’ beautifully and exquisitely well controlled.
Barnum’s ‘attractions’ also shine with Emily McGeoch playing 161 year old Joice Heth, who in real life only lived for 80 years. McGeoch’s mannerisms were spot on of how you’d expect a lady of such an age to sing and dance. Liam Gordon as General Tom Thumb was vocally strong as he performed in one of the stand-out numbers of the first half which included stilt walking and Jumbo – the world’s biggest elephant. Bethan Griffiths also shone as the blues singer.
I should also congratulate Chris Bostock, Lorian Biet and Craig Turner who provided some absolutely mesmerising acrobatic routines during the evening and brought that extra ‘WOW’ factor to the night.
My only slight gripe in what was a superbly staged production throughout was the ‘Black and White’ number. There was far too much use of the colourfully costumed ensemble prior to the moment Charity allowed Barnum to bring more colour into his campaign, and as a result lost a bit of the impact of the decision. Sometimes less is more and the explosion of these ensemble onto the stage at that point would have given the song more impact. A small critic perhaps but when a show is this good the smallest things stand out.
Along with those on stage Andy Collis led a sizable band who played the score from Cy Coleman to perfection. Lighting from Limelight Presentation Systems Ltd ensured the massive stage at City Hall remained bathed in a sea of colour throughout the performance.
Finally Richard Bradford and Linda Kelly as the driving force behind this and every production Manor produce are visionaries. I have been fortunate to see three of their productions to date including the biggest ever production of Ghost The Musical last year at this venue. Their desire and passion to produce the very best of amateur theatre on a professional scale can only be applauded from the highest level. I cannot wait to see their next production of Jack And The Beanstalk this Christmas in what will once again be the biggest amateur pantomime produced in the country.
Barnum at Sheffield City Hall is probably the biggest production of this musical ever performed in the UK on any level, from the sizeable cast to the huge stage everything about it says circus. I am sure the real Phineas Taylor Barnum would sit back and be amazed by this production. The show is an utter triumph and a festival of colour that leaves you with a warm glow within as you leave the theatre.
Barnum continues at City Hall in Sheffield until the 14th May and you can snap up the last remaining tickets via http://www.manoroperatic.com/
You’d be a sucker to miss this spectacular production.
Reviewer: Paul Downham
Reviewed: 12th May 2016
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Modi banks on Abhinandan episode & Indira's failure
Narendra Modi is continuously banking on the Balakot airstrikes and the Abhinandan episode. Addressing a rally in Gujarat's Patan on Sunday, the PM said, "When the IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan was captured by Pakistan, I said to Pakistan that if anything happens to our pilot we will not leave you."
By saying this at an election rally, Modi has tried to project himself as a tough leader who values the life of every soldier/pilot. It may be recalled that Pakistan PM Imran Khan promptly released the captured hero, much to the relief of Indians.
In another speech, Modi portrayed Indira Gandhi as a leader who couldn't make use of the valour of the Indian Army way back in 1971. Speaking in Barmer, Rajasthan, Modi said, "In 1971, due to the bravery of our soldiers, a big part of Pakistan came in our possession. As many as 90,000 Pakistani soldiers were in our custody but what did we do in Shimla? The government squandered everything that our jawans had won. What if Modi was there then?"
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Tag: puns
Fresh Guacamole!
Written and directed by the artist known as PES, Fresh Guacamole is a stop-motion short film that shows how to create the tasty Mexican dip using everyday objects like grenades, golf balls, and light bulbs. There are visual puns aplenty in this humorous and creative cooking clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMO6vjmkyI
PES also shows how to cook pasta sauce in Western Spaghetti. See that short after the jump.
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Reddit Meets Tom Swifty
I love puns. In my ever-so-humble opinion, a well-formed pun can be regarded as one of the highest, most fantastically funny forms of wit. A very specific, reasonably old subset of puns, called the Tom Swifty, has made a funny resurgence at Reddit. Some of the funniest ones in the thread include the thread title:
“I think I have split personalities,” said Steve, being frank.
And a few more:
“I ALREADY TOLD YOU. I’M NOT DROWNING!!!” said Tom, deep in denial.
“I lost my bouquet,” said Tom lackadaisically.
“I manufacture table tops,” said Tom counterproductively.
“They had to amputate them both at the ankles,” said Tom, defeated.
“I think I might be gay,” said Tom, half in earnest.
“They escorted the criminals downstairs,” Tom said condescendingly.
“I don’t rub my feet on the carpet anymore,” Tom said ecstatically.
“Please help! My left ventricle is collapsing,” said Tom halfheartedly.
“Who discovered radium?” asked Marie curiously.
See the full thread on Reddit. There are just way too many to list! Here’s my own little contribution:
“I just said something about this blog post,” Tom commented.
Think of your own one? Let us know in the comments!
So Much of Pun
Puns are a tricky subject. In fact, they’re positively cultish. Either you love them and ROLF everytime your hear one, or you have the urge to punch those nasty punsters in their pie-holes whenever they serve up a piece of their crummy humour. Shakespeare made liberal use of them throughout his work, while Mark Twain considered them the “last and saddest evidence of intellectual poverty”. I think old Twain was being overly harsh. The humble pun’s gene pool is much deeper than you’d think, Wikipedia lists 8 different kinds that have been used to excellent effect by literary and comedic greats like George Carlin, Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Groucho Marx, and Oscar Wilde. My all time favourite puns come from the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O’Brian, with such gems as:
Why do they call it the dog watch? Because it’s cur-tailed!
Captain Aubrey: “Do you see those two weevils, Doctor?…Which would you choose?”
Dr. Maturin: “Neither. There’s not a scrap of difference between them. They’re the same species of Curculio.”
Captain Aubrey: “If you had to choose. If you were forced to make a choice. If there were no other option.”
Dr. Maturin: “Well, then, if you’re going to push me. I would choose the right-hand weevil. It has significant advantage in both length and breadth.”
Captain Aubrey: “There, I have you!…Do you not know that in the Service, one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?”
I also had a good snigger at this one found by Prawn.
Did you hear the one about the guy who submitted ten puns to a pun contest hoping one would win? Unfortunately no pun in ten did.
For your viewing pleasure today, a selection of our favourite puns told in pictures lie in wait after the jump.
Just the other day, I found myself a new and surprisingly innocent form of entertainment on the intertubes. They’re called shaggy dog tales, and are usually long involved stories that end with a pointless or plainly absurd punchline. Most of the punchlines are heavy on puns – and y’all know how I love a good pun. My most favourite to date involves some french foreign legionnaires and dessert in the desert, but it’s quite long winded, so here’s one of the shorter shaggy dogs (more of a shaggy puppy I suppose) for your entertainment:
A mother lion and father lion had gone off hunting, and had told their two cubs not to wander away. However, a couple of small wildebeests ambled by, and the young lions could not resist the temptation to try out their own hunting skills. They ran out, chased after the animals, killed them, and started eating them.
Just as the cubs were reaching the end of their meal, the parents appeared in the distance. One of the baby lions turned to the other, and said: “That is the end of the gnus. Here again are the head lions.”
If you liked that one, there are loads more here.
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How to apply LED lighting for brighter and safer indoor car parks.
User safety and security are the keywords for car parks. Location alone will not attract and retain users to a car park, particularly indoor car parks, where there is an element of entering the unknown. If a user perceives a threat to their personal or vehicle safety, they are unlikely to consider leaving their vehicle there. Car park operators must satisfy a user’s perceived safety expectations and comply with safety requirements to facilitate the movement of both pedestrians and vehicles.
Indoor car parks typically operate for long periods throughout the day and night, with some offering 24-hour facilities. By their nature they offer limited natural daylight, resulting in high operating and energy costs.
Usage patterns of a car park can also vary greatly, from peak times of arrival/departure for work or leisure activities to much quieter periods where it would be a phenomenal waste of energy, increased cost and environmental impact, if services were to run constantly.
Lighting to guide
Lighting plays a huge role in creating the desired ambience and feelings of security in a car park. Once inside and safely parked, it is important for users to easily recognise emergency and way finding information.
Lighting for security
High vertical illuminance should be considered to increase recognition of people’s faces and the feeling of security. A well-lit car park can also help towards reducing criminal activity and aids the effectiveness of CCTV.
Lighting to highlight
The chosen scheme should eliminate shadows by providing clear visibility and bright spaces at key areas such as pay stations, ticket barriers and stairwells.
Questions to consider when choosing your luminaire for an indoor:
Will the luminaire provide enough light on the various surfaces and structure of the car park to eliminate shadows and a gloomy environment?
Are there suitable options to ensure emergency, wayfinding and structural hazards are clearly marked to allow users to travel via the optimal and safest route?
Is the luminaire efficient?
Does the luminaire have a low power consumption and high efficacy rating to help lower energy bills and C02 emissions?
Is there a way to further reduce energy usage with the use of a controls system that optimises light output dependent on daylight and occupancy/ usage of the car park?
Further recommendations and guidelines for transit areas and carparks, can be found in the European lighting standard, EN 12464-1 Lighting for indoor workplaces.
Download our handy Application Lighting Guide – Indoor Car Parks here.
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Thumbs Down: The torrential rains that have been pounding southwest Minnesota is leading to unprecedented flooding for this time of year. The power of water was shown in the washed out roads near Redwood Falls and Walnut Grove this past week. Springfield’s Riverside Park was flooded and an apartment building was evacuated as a precaution there. The Springfield utilities department was quick to restore power to parts of the city affected by flood-caused power outages, which earns them a pat on the back.
The impact on area farmers is not good. Standing water out in the middle of fields is drowning out corn and soybean plants and the impact will be felt at harvest time.
Gov. Mark Dayton has declared a state of emergency in storm ravaged counties around the state, and we hope that will lead to needed disaster funding.
Music/Science camp
Thumbs Up: Kudos to the creators of the new day camp in New Ulm, the Growing Wise Science and Music Day Camp slated to be held in early August. The camp is an off-shoot of the composer in residence program a couple of years ago that brought Peter Michael von der Nahmer to New Ulm, which resulted in a locally inspired original musical called “Growing Wise.”
The new day camp will give kids aged 10 to 18 a chance to explore nature at Flandrau State Park, and use the inspiration of nature to stir their creativity to put their experiences to music
Registration is limited to 15. The web site with more information is www.growingwise.mutadra.com.
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Warning over 'huge' variation in child checks as health visitor workforce shrinks
17 October, 2017By Nicola Merrifield
Declining numbers of health visitors working in the NHS in England are leaving children’s services at risk, the Labour Party has warned, as new analysis highlights wide regional variation in the number of young children receiving checks.
The latest official figures from NHS Digital show there were 8,588 health visitors working in the NHS in June, compared to 9,491 the year before – representing a drop of 9.5%.
“Central to our strategy to improve child health will be more health visitors in every community”
Jonathan Ashworth
At the same time, children in some parts of the country – sometimes up to 97% in certain regions – did not receive a visit from a health visitor at the required point in their development over the summer, according to Public Health England statistics.
Local authorities, which have been responsible for commissioning health visiting services since October 2015, are legally required to ensure all families receive five visits at specific points before their child reaches the age of two and a half.
But the latest PHE statistics, for the three months up to July, show 12% of babies in England missed out on the visit that is supposed to take place within the first 14 days of being born.
This varied between regions, ranging from almost all babies – 99% – being checked after 14 days in Enfield, to just 25% in North Somerset.
Meanwhile, Labour noted that in London only around half of all children had been seen by a health visitor at the point they reached one year of age.
But again this varied between areas, with the worst performing borough, Greenwich, having only seen 3% of children at this point – meaning only 34 out of 1,144 children were visited by a health visitor.
According to the PHE data, the final check at two and a half years of age was being carried out for 90% of babies in the North East region, but among only 71% in the South West and just 61% in London.
As first revealed by Nursing Times, NHS Digital data shows that the number of NHS health visitors has been steadily reducing since a high point of 10,309 in October 2015.
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Prior to this, there had been an increase due to a Conservative Party pledged to boost the size of the workforce, by around 50% between 2011 and 2015, following concerns about the dwindling workforce.
The Labour Party highlighted that the number of health visitors currently in the NHS workforce was now at around the same level seen in December 2013.
It noted that, at the same time, there was a “huge” variation across England in the number of health visitor checks young children were receiving and accused the government’s funding cuts of “dismantling the country’s public health system”.
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At a conference on Tuesday, Labour’s shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth will say: “The new analysis we are revealing today is a damning indictment of the government’s commitment to tackling child ill health.”
“The fact that health visitors are now falling exposes the Tories’ hollow promises,” he will say. “The simple truth is the Tory government’s staggering cuts are dismantling the country’s public health system, failing some of the most vulnerable in our society and leaving children’s services at risk.
“I’m committed to giving every child the best start in life, which means a laser-like focus on improving child health and well-being,” he will add during his speech at Unite’s Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association conference in Cardiff.
“Central to our strategy to improve child health will be more health visitors in every community. So rather than cutting the numbers of health visitors as is happening under the Tories, we will increase their numbers,” he will say.
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The NHS in England will not be able to deliver the long-term plan for the health service unless it tackles severe staffing shortages including a lack of nurses, MPs have warned.
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The government must reverse cuts to council’s public health budgets in the forthcoming spending review to help address a fall in the number of children’s health visitors and protect young infants, the Local Government Association has warned.
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Archives|Before College, A Taste Of Real World
Before College, A Taste Of Real World
By ABIGAIL SULLIVAN MOORE FEB. 29, 2004
''IT'S incredible. It's fabulous. It's stressful, and some days I just want to tear my hair out. Why can't I save every one?'' said Sonia Pascal, who at 18 recently deferred admission to the Ivy League to tutor sixth-graders in the Bronx.
Ms. Pascal is enrolled for a 10-month stint in City Year, a nonprofit, national service program for young people. Graduating seventh in Norwich Free Academy's 2003 class, Ms. Pascal saw her deferment as a precious chance to ''develop my humanity,'' while still attending the University of Pennsylvania next fall, and then, perhaps, law school.
The fierce competition to get into good colleges has spawned a marathon of stress, punctuated by multiple advanced placement courses, mountains of homework, prep courses for the Scholastic Assessment Tests, peer pressure, meetings with private tutors and admissions consultants, membership in team sports and other résumé-building activities.
Some high school graduates, like Ms. Pascal, while not burned out by the admissions race, are seeking new adventures before sitting in a classroom for at least four more years. Others are so burned out that they need a break.
And so, a small but growing number of students are temporarily stepping out of the race. Instead of college, they first are doing a ''gap year,'' working in inner-city schools, maintaining national parks, or engaging in an experience-based program here and abroad. In turn, their experiences are encouraging other students and sparking discussions about such alternatives among guidance counselors, and parents. While many parents fear a gap year will deter their child from ever attending college, advocates of the interim year said the benefits far outweigh the risks. Meanwhile, some elite colleges, including Harvard and Yale, are delighted by these deferments.
''We see it happening and recommend it more and more,'' said Steve Boyle, a counselor at William H. Hall High School in West Hartford. ''Eighteen-years-old is pretty young to make decisions about your life.''
Most gap year students arrive at college mature, experienced in the ''real world'' and ready to learn, said college admissions officers, guidance counselors and educational consultants.
For almost 30 years, Harvard has been recommending a ''gap year'' in its admission letter. At Yale, ''We just think it's a great idea,'' said Margit Dahl, director of Yale's undergraduate admissions, noting 20 to 40 Yale students defer admission annually. ''We would love it to grow.''
Lewis & Clark and Haverford Colleges are seeing more deferments. A decade ago, Haverford, a small, liberal arts college in Haverford, Pa., averaged one deferment a year, related to unusual family circumstances, said Robert Killion, the director of admissions. Now, Haverford is granting deferments to about a dozen students for gap year experiences and fielding many more related inquiries, Mr. Killion said.
Michael B. Sexton, dean of admissions at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., said it has seen a slight increase of gap year students.
''We don't see a downside to it,'' he said.
Educational consultants said it is growing in New England, California and New York. Some programs, like City Year, pay participants a stipend, while other programs here and abroad don't pay anything and cost participants thousands of dollars in fees and airfare. City Year also gives a $4,725 higher educational award after completing the program.
At Hall High School in West Hartford, five students from the class of 2003 deferred college to work at City Year sites in New York and Boston. The students' decisions set a record at the school, where high-achieving seniors take five Advanced Placement courses and town officials recently eliminated class rankings because so many students had such high grades.
Adwoa Arhin, 18, a Hall High School graduate, didn't let the pressure affect her.
''I'm a pretty mellow person,'' said Ms. Arhin, who deferred admission to Reed College in Portland, Ore, to work with children in New York with City Year. ''I felt it was a like a good time for me to give back.''
Cassie Cats, 18, another Hall graduate in the City Year program, said she needed a break.
''High school was difficult for me. I'm just not that competitive. I had to take a break from that mindset,'' she said, noting that she didn't apply to college.
Some counselors and consultants said many students are saying that.''They just feel like 'There's no time for myself. And if there is free time, I sleep late,''' said Diederik van Renesse, a Westport educational consultant noting, ''They feel so much pressure and they want a change.''
Miss Cats works with elementary school children and on community improvement projects in the Hyde Park section of Boston. Despite the often long hours and busy pace, ''I love it,'' she said. ''You feel a sense of accomplishment.''
Miss Cats, who said her goal is to be a special education teacher, is applying to Boston area colleges.
Dr. Nancy DePalma, Hall interim principal, is judiciously enthusiastic about the gap year concept. ''It's an appropriate alternative for the right student,'' she said.
An unfortunate demographic of too many top students vying for admission to the same select colleges in the Northeast has brought inevitable rejections to even the best students. A well-structured, interim year is a welcome alternative, said Joan Ramsay, guidance director at Simsbury High School. ''It's exciting, acceptable, unique and something fun I can do out there, when so many doors are being closed,'' Ms. Ramsay said, describing some students' reaction to the concept.
Some consultants see the gap year as a way to make a student a more desirable college candidate, bettering their admissions chances the second time around. Robert P. Gilpin, co-author of ''Time Out: Taking a Break From School, to Travel, Work, and Study in the U.S. and Abroad,'' said the strategy has worked well.
''In the past three years, I've worked with 40 kids in that situation; three of them did not change their status, but the others did significantly,'' he said.
For example, one student, unhappy with her college choices, spent a gap year working as an intern at a biotechnology firm and studying in England, and then was admitted to Cornell University; another got into Brown University, Mr. Gilpin said. But some counselors are uneasy with the notion. Marilyn Moks, college and career center director at Weston High School, said the strategy could backfire because the competition could be even tougher the next year.
While relatively few students are taking a gap year, the prospects of an interim year are being discussed in many Connecticut high schools.
''It's part of the conversation,'' said Gary D. Meunier, director of guidance at Daniel Hand High School in Madison. A few students at Joel Barlow High School in Redding also are planning a gap year, said Anne Kipp, the guidance director.
Christine M. Collins, a post high school planning specialist at Wilton High School, said her department has worked with five families seeking alternative programs.
At Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, Doug Melody, the guidance director, said he had just met with a student who wanted to take a year off. Several Smith alumni have taken the gap route. ''To a person, everyone has been enriched by the experience,'' he said.
But, Barbara McGehan, a secretary in Glastonbury High School's guidance department, said the gap year would have a tough reception there. The school said only one student has taken a gap year in the past couple of years.
''This town is very big into college,'' she said. ''It's college, college, college.''
Similarly, at Ridgefield High School, Charles McFarlane, college placement counselor, said parents and students were focused mainly on getting into ''the best possible schools'' and have shown no real interest in gap year programs.
Internet access to gap-year programs, word-of-mouth and school visits by satisfied gap-year alumni are helping spread the news.
A recent presentation on a gap year by a Brookfield High graduate prompted visits by a dozen interested students to the guidance office, said the school's guidance director, Jean Baker. A similar visit by a Hall graduate helped ignite interest there.
Yet, many guidance counselors are reluctant to bring up the option for fear of upsetting parents and their traditional college ambitions.
''It's a frightening thing for parents,'' said Robert A. Esposito, the new director of pupil services and guidance at Fairfield High School, whose son, Scott, worked in an Oriental rug store in New Haven before entering the University of New Hampshire. ''In some communities how do you tell your peers? 'My son is going to Yale. My daughter is going to Brown. My son is going to work in an Oriental rug store.''' When other parents learned Lynn Bard's daughter, Maggie, also a Hall student, was enrolled in City Year, they said, '''Oh, you're going to let her do that?''' Ms. Bard said, adding, ''I was thrilled to death.''
As recognition of the gap year and the intensity of college competition grow, some guidance counselors are seeing parent attitudes change. Several years ago, when Choate Rosemary Hall offered a session about the gap year, ''We literally had parents come up to us and be angry at us for offering a session,'' said Rosita Fernandez-Rojo, the school's director of college counseling, noting now, ''Parents are more receptive to the idea.''
Connecticut educational consultants who provide admission counseling and gap-year-planning are busier than ever.
''We are getting lots of calls,'' said Joanne Carter of Education Solutions of Essex. Mr. van Renesse said about 15 percent of his clients want to discuss a gap year compared to about 5 percent a decade ago.
Gap year programs such as Dynamy, a residential, supervised internship program in Worcester, is seeing a steady increase in Connecticut students, said James Zuberbuhler, Dynamy's executive director, adding that the organization is planning to expand to other sites.
Despite the gap year's episodic growth, William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid at Harvard College, is confident the trend will become more commonplace.
''I think it takes,'' he said, ''believe it or not, a generation.''
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Today we report a case of an Auckland woman who has been told she is at risk of a heart attack or stroke and has to wait nine months for an echocardiogram scan that will show whether she needs urgent heart surgery. If her wait sounds all too common, it probably is. That is why it is serious.
Long waits are endemic in the public sector and they should not be. A person with private health insurance would probably have one of these scans, and more besides, within days, if not hours of being diagnosed with symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. There seems no good reason that the public system cannot provide the same service.
It may be that the reason it cannot is that surgeons and other specialists are better paid by private insurance providers and have an interest in making uninsured patients wait for their attention in public hospitals. If that is the reason it is not a good one. It is well past time for a government to remove this conflict of interest, perhaps by employing specialists to work full time and exclusively in the public sector.
It could be a condition of the training medical specialists receive from taxpayers that they have to work in the public sector for 10 years or so. Professional bodies would oppose these suggestions fiercely, arguing young doctors would be unwilling to do specialist training and those that did would go overseas when they graduate. Let us see. If indeed, it became a problem, the public sector could recruit overseas.
More likely the only thing to suffer a little would be surgeons' incomes and all potential patients would be better off, whether they depended on public health priorities or were paying private insurance premiums.
But until a government has the courage to take some such action, the country will continue to agonise over waiting times for tax-funded health treatment and governments will constantly face constant pressure to give district health boards whatever funds they need to clear their waiting lists.
It is unsatisfactory that a patient such as Maureen Christian in our report today has to wait not for the heart operation she may need, but for an ultrasound scan of her heart that will show whether or how urgently she needs one. Even for this she faces a wait of 40 weeks.
It is already nine weeks since a specialist at Middlemore Hospital, where she was being treated for pneumonia, noted on her discharge form that she needed an echocardiogram within six weeks. But last week she received a letter from the Counties Manukau DHB telling her it would 40 weeks. She is 79, and already taking medication for high blood pressure.
The board's chief executive told the Herald its heart patients are placed in one of five bands of urgency by a cardiologist. It aims to give those with the highest priority an echocardiagram within two weeks. The second band may get one within six weeks and the third, 12 weeks. Those reckoned least urgent may wait 46 weeks. While all wait their condition may be getting worse.
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This is just one of many deficiencies in the health system highlighted by the Herald in recent weeks. Health is too important to be severely constrained by public budgets and too important for patients to be made to wait unless they are insured.
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Oakman Annual Sales Through £40m Mark
The Chairman and Directors of Oakman Inns are delighted to announce continuing strong sales growth for the 13 weeks to June 30th 2019.
The Like-for-Like sales for the quarter were up 4.8%. Total sales were £10,775,947, which represents a 28.8% growth over the same period last year.
Oakman Inns Further Strengthens its Senior Team as Steve Kenee joins as Chief Investment Officer
The Board of Oakman Inns & Restaurants, the fast-expanding pub group, is delighted to announce the appointment of prominent industry figure, Steven Kenee as Chief Investment Officer. He is currently a partner of Downing LLP which manages over £1 billion of UK company investment. Steve spearheaded over £156m of investments, predominantly into the pub industry, and will be joining Oakman full-time in September 2019.
Oakman Chef Takes on Endeavour India Challenge
Last month Oakman Inns sponsored one of their employees, Joseph Cox, to undertake a mammoth adventure known as Endeavour India. Part of the Endeavour Series, Endeavour India is a gruelling action-packed race covering all terrains through the Himalaya’s and raises funds for charity.
Oakman Inns Announces Key Acquisitions
Pub group, Oakman Inns, has completed the acquisition of seven freehold public houses with combined EBITDA of £2.8m from funds managed by Downing LLP. The transaction was completed in three tranches with the purchase of two companies Downoak Ltd (The Akeman, Tring, The Akeman Inn, Kingswood; The Crown & Thistle, Abingdon) and Hedderwick Ltd (Banyers House, Royston; The Cherry Tree, Olney) as well as The Globe in Warwick, which was previously held in a partnership.
Oakman Inns and Scannappeal launch ScannaRide100
Oakman Inns and Restaurants are proud to be partnering with Scannappeal for the inaugural ScannaRide 100, a charity sportive, raising funds to support the Bucks MRI Appeal.
The Beech House Celebrates its Relaunch
Last week, regulars and local business owners joined the team at The Beech House in Beaconsfield to celebrate its reopening, following a major building project over the last few months.
Prestwood’s Polecat Inn Re-Opens For Busy Easter Weekend Following Major Refurbishment & Extension
Following a substantial investment by its new owners, Oakman Inns, and several months closure, Prestwood’s village pub, The Polecat Inn, led by new General Manager, Damien Hughes, re-opened its doors for the busy Easter Weekend.
Customer Demand Fuels Beaconsfield’s Beech House Expansion
The Beech House in Beaconsfield opened in April 2013, and, so successful and popular has it become, that when the opportunity came to enlarge the premises, its owners, Oakman Inns, jumped at the chance.
Prestwood’s Polecat Inn Set To Re-Open In Time For Easter Bank Holiday
After a substantial yet sympathetic redesign and refurbishment, the new team at Prestwood’s Polecat Inn, led by new General Manager, Damien Hughes, will be opening its doors once again to the public on Friday 12th April and is already taking bookings for Easter Bank Holiday family gatherings.
Swanbourne Music Festival returns for 2019 with Headline Act The Zutons
Oakman Inns’ very own family-friendly day out, Swanbourne Music Festival, returns for 2019 with headline artist The Zutons.
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Homenews10 months after, 27 police officers missing in Gwoza “not dead” - IG
10 months after, 27 police officers missing in Gwoza “not dead” - IG
Oby Okolo Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Twenty seven police officers who went missing after Boko Haram terrorists seized Gwoza in Borno State in August, 2014, may still be found after 10 months, as the Nigerian government believes they are not dead, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, said on Tuesday.
The police IG said the police have not been officially declared dead yet. He spoke on Tuesday this while responding to questions from journalists after inaugurating the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Police Property Development and Construction Company Ltd.
The I-G explained that the police would follow its tradition of declaring officers that got missing in battle dead after the lapse of a period of time which he declined to give. "About our colleagues, who are missing in Gwoza, there is a tradition in the police force.
When officers are missing in battle, we do not declare them dead or missing until after a period has lapsed. So, we are still waiting for that period to lapse, and if we cannot find them after that time, then, we will formally declare them either dead or missing," Mr. Arase said.
Thirty five police officers were declared missing on August 20, 2014 after the insurgents attacked a police academy in Gwoza. However, the Police spokesperson, Emmanuel Ojukwu, later told journalists that eight of them were found, leaving 27 still missing.
The police IG said the current police management was passionate about the welfare of the inspectors, rank and file, who were mostly operational personnel. Mr. Arase said the welfare of those categories of personnel needed to be given priority to ensure that corruption was stamped out of the force. He announced that 36,000 personnel would by next week proceed on training that would lead to their promotion to the next rank. "We have a social contract with our inspectors, rank and file,'' he said.
The seven-man board is chaired by the Inspector-General of Police. The I-G, on June 4, mandated the Police Works Department to build 6,000 units of modern houses for the rank and file personnel. Five hundred units of the houses are to be located in each of the 12 police zonal commands across the nation. (NAN)
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Home»Will Cardinals Continue UNDER Trend In Opener vs the Mets?
Will Cardinals Continue UNDER Trend In Opener vs the Mets?
Scott Hastings | Thu, Jun 13 2019, 10:45am
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The New York Mets are just 4-9 behind Jacob deGrom this season, yet they are -133 favorites in tonight’s game with the visiting St. Louis Cardinals coming back at +113. DeGrom and Jack Flaherty face off on the hill with the total opening at 7 runs.
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St. Louis is 7-5 SU and 6-6 ATS through its last 12 contests. The Cardinals are just 13-20 on the road this season.
New York is 6-7 SU and 8-5 ATS over its last 13 matches and is 5-2 SU and ATS in its last seven. The Mets have a 19-11 home record this year.
The total has gone UNDER in five of the Mets’ last 12 with an average combined score of 9.25. Similarly, the total has gone UNDER in 12 of the Cardinals’ last 17 contests with an average combined score of 7.29. However, the total went OVER in two of the first three meetings between these two.
St. Louis is 6-7 over Flaherty’s 13 trips to the mound this year and he is 4-3 with a 4.08 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. He has five quality starts as well.
He is averaging K/9 and BB/9 rates comparable to his rookie season last year but he has a higher HR/9 rate.
Opponents are hitting .228 against Flaherty and 22.6 percent of the contact is soft-hit while 40.9 percent is hard-hit, both career highs. The Mets rank 21st in hard-hit percentage vs RHP over the last 30 days.
Flaherty has a 6.67 ERA and a .291 opponent batting average over his six road starts. He averages an ugly 5.08 BB/9 rate to go along with 1.91 HR/9 and 8.89 K/9 rates. He also has a higher soft-hit percentage and a lower hard-hit percentage away from home.
The Mets are just 4-9 behind Jacob deGrom in 2019 and he is 3-6 with a 3.45 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. He also has eight quality starts.
He has the highest K/9 rate of his career while also having the third-highest BB/9 and second-highest HR/9 rates.
Opponents are hitting .229 off deGrom and he has a career high in hard-hit batted ball percentage at 38.4, while having a 21.2 soft-hit percentage. St. Louis ranks second in hard-hit percentage vs RHP over the last 30 days.
DeGrom has a 3.97 ERA and a .227 opponent batting average in his six home outings. He has lower K/9 and HR/9 rates while having a much higher BB/9 rate. DeGrom has lower soft-hit and hard-hit percentages at home as well.
The Mets have thrown the fewest bullpen innings over the last two weeks but also have the second-highest ERA over that span at 6.99. The Cardinals bullpen has tossed the eighth-fewest innings over the last 14 days and ranks ninth in ERA over that span at 3.79.
St. Louis is 28-26 against right-handed starters this season, ranking 16th in batting average and 13th in runs scored. However, the Cards sit dead last in batting average and 27th in runs scored vs RHP over the last 30 days.
New York is 26-25 against right-handed starters in 2019, sitting 18th in batting average and 20th in runs scored. More recently, the Mets rank 21st in batting average and 17th in runs scored vs RHP over the last 30 days.
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Flaherty has been abysmal on the road this season with a 5.08 BB/9 rate and a 6.67 ERA, while more recently sporting a 6.23 ERA overall in June. Meanwhile, deGrom has a higher ERA and BB/9 rate in his home starts. Additionally, the Mets bullpen ranks second-last in ERA over the last two weeks at 6.99. Lastly, the total has gone OVER in seven of deGrom’s 13 starts and in eight of Flaherty’s 13 outings as well.
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Spurs 103, Cavaliers 74: With 3-point attack failing and defense lacking, Cavs lose lead in Eastern Conference
SAN ANTONIO: The Eastern Conference lead is gone.
And with the inconsistencies the defending champion Cavaliers are showing and just nine regular-season games remaining, there�s no guarantee they will get it back.
The San Antonio Spurs dominated the Cavs in every phase of the game Monday night in AT&T Center, running away with a 103-74 victory.
It was a virtual replay of Wednesday night�s trouncing at the hands of the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center, a 13-point loss in which coach Tyronn Lue drew his second technical foul of the season. The Cavs� effort wasn�t much better at home Saturday in a 12-point loss to the Washington Wizards.
Against the Spurs, the Cavs were playing their third game in four nights and their 11th of 12 road games in March, so they had reason to be sluggish. But in the past week, their defense has struggled, their rebounding has been weak, their bench is in disarray and their 3-point shooting off the mark.
With the loss, the Boston Celtics, winners of four in a row, moved a half-game ahead of the Cavs in the race for the East�s No. 1 seed. The Wizards are just two games behind the Cavs and have won three in a row.
The Cavs have lost four of their last six and fell to 6-9 in March. J.R. Smith and Kevin Love appear to be pressing, trying to regain their form after missing extended time with a fractured right wrist and arthroscopic knee surgery, respectively. Love didn�t have a rebound in the first quarter and contributed nine points and seven rebounds. Smith shot 1-of-6 from 3-point range and scored five points.
The Cavs were led by LeBron James with 17 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Kyrie Irving scored eight points on 4-of-13 field goals and saw his string of 21 consecutive games with at least 20 points, the longest active streak in the league, snapped.
The Cavs were without two regulars. Kyle Korver sat out the first of what will be at least three more games � which will bring his total to 10 � with a sore left foot. Iman Shumpert missed his second consecutive game with right knee soreness. Of no help was Derrick Williams, who had played about nine minutes in the previous four games.
Two-time All-Star and NBA MVP candidate Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs with 25 points, six rebounds and six assists, and LaMarcus Aldridge contributed 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
The Cavs, meanwhile, gave up 64 points in the first half on the heels of allowing 71 to the Wizards.
The Cavs turned the ball over, with nine in the first half and 16 for the game. They shot 2-of-15 from 3-point range in the first 24 minutes and went 4-of-26 for the game. Although they�ve already established a single-season record for 3s made, the Cavs� four was a season-low. With the Big Three sitting out, they made five on March 18 against the Los Angeles Clippers. Their .154 percent from beyond the arc was also their worst, surpassing .185 against the Clippers.
That wasn�t all the ugliness. At halftime, the Cavs had been outscored 28-0 by the Spurs bench. At the end of three quarters, before both coaches took their starters out, the margin was 37-10.
While the Cavs frantically try to stop the bleeding, the Celtics and Wizards look to be the beneficiaries. But before the game, Lue said he values health over everything else and feels confident about what his team can do when it�s whole.
Asked if he was resigned to not being the No. 1 seed in the East as the injury issues continue, Lue said, �We ain�t going to have the No. 1 seed in The Finals. If we go to The Finals we�ve got to play on the road, anyway.
�But for us I know if we�re healthy we�re going to be fine. Having our guys healthy going into the playoffs is the biggest thing for me.�
James was asked at shoot-around at AT&T Center, where five NBA championship banners won under coach Gregg Popovich hang, what comes to mind when he thinks of the Spurs. His answer seems to be what the Cavs are seeking before the playoffs begin on April 15.
�Consistency,� James said of the second-place team in the West. �Obviously you�ve got to have talent, but this league is full of talent. Pop does a great job of making sure these guys understand, �We�re here to win every single day, but we�re going to do it playing it the right way� and all those guys buy into it, which they should. Why wouldn�t you? Just look up at the banners.�
Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her blog at www.ohio.com/marla. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MRidenourABJ.
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Rank #197 in Arts category
MrCreepyPasta's Storytime
The OFFICIAL Mr. Creepy Pasta's Creepypasta Storytime!Support the Podcast here: https://ko-fi.com/mrcreepypastaHey there kids! It's me, Mr. Creepy Pasta! And I think I might have found a new way to bring Creepy Pasta stories from the deep dark stones of the crypt and right to the ear balls in your head. If you're as excited as I am to hear a good story of terror and fear as I am then give me a subscription, hide under your blanket, and prepare yourself for some sweet dreams. Creepypasta Storytime is a collection of some of the most horrifying (and occasionally funny) stories, or Creepypastas, that the internet has to offer and narrated to you by the Blue Man himself. The podcast is taken directly from the YouTube Channel of the same name and is always open to suggestions for new stories and submissions from you. mrcreepypasta@gmail.com
By xxOrgazmoxx - Mar 19 2019
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By NicNicNick - Feb 17 2019
These stories give me nightmares an I LOVE IT
Rank #1: The Church in the Woods: The Book by Vngel (3/5)
I've finally had a chance to return to this epic by Vngel! This holiday season we're going to be finishing up some long stories.
The Author: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/User:Vngel_W
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZalqLWWQK38
Read along!: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Church_in_the_Woods
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Check out my new books! A collection of Creepypastas compiled by some of my all time favorite authors and friends!
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💀 Volume 2: http://a.co/i0O9zks
💀 Comic Book: http://a.co/2POGdNW
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Rank #2: Please Stop Killing Spiders by fainting--goat
I don't know about you, but I'm certainly terrified of creepy crawlies and this incredible story from fainting--goat isn't doing me any favors.
The Author: https://www.reddit.com/user/fainting--goat/posts/
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0WzuNHr-w
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/bw5p68/please_stop_killing_spiders/
Rank #3: Hontoon Island by BunnyB03
The award winning creepypasta author has been brought to horrifying life by the voices of WellHeyProductions and myself!
WHP: https://www.youtube.com/user/WellHeyProductions/
The Author: https://www.reddit.com/user/BunnyB03/
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUO9kbw4rlQ
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sinister_Sweetheart/comments/bniogd/hontoon_island/
Rank #4: The Spire in the Woods by Tony Lunedi (1/3)
This dark and disturbing story is going into new places I haven't done much on this channel. Be warned: it gets EXTREMELY DARK!
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efuh-rr02R8
Read along!: https://www.amazon.com/Spire-Woods-Tony-Lunedi/dp/1521132518
Rank #5: Tales from the Gas Station: How Did We Get Here? by GasStationJack (1/10)
It's the start of the Halloween Countdown and at #13 it's a NEW Tales from the Gas Station! Let's hear the info from GS Jack. (Get the new book here!: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Gas-Station-Jack-Townsend-ebook/dp/B07HLTLJWS)
The Author: https://www.reddit.com/user/GasStationJack
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeKBEGe4RnE
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9odbtc/i_work_at_a_small_town_gas_station/ & https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9oouik/i_work_at_a_small_town_gas_station_part_two/
Check out my new BOOK! A collection of Creepypastas compiled by some of my all time favorite authors and friends.
► Volume 1: http://a.co/iNqTwRZ
► Volume 2: http://a.co/i0O9zks
► Comic Book: http://a.co/2POGdNW
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Rank #6: The Church in the Woods: The Dream by Vngel (1/5)
A psychological horror story of demons, rituals, and dreams.
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5d6BSDNzA
Rank #7: I Live in a Town That Doesnt Exist by deathfox919 (1/?)
A new interesting series about a strange town that as far as we know doesn't exist. And yet something is going wrong there. It's from the creative mind of deathfox919, creator of Channel 107.
The Author: https://www.reddit.com/user/deathfox919/posts/
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB4dk54fWKE
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/b6o20t/i_live_in_a_town_that_doesnt_exist/ & https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/b7dbi3/i_live_in_a_town_that_doesnt_exist_part_2/
Rank #8: My First Time Camping, Things Don’t Seem Right by toughlovelittledove (1/3) (Guest Storytime)
Giggles brings this creepypasta to life from the terrifying mind this new horror master.
Giggles: https://www.youtube.com/user/MoralsAndVirtues/
The Author: https://www.reddit.com/user/toughlovelittledove/
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ3ka0NtkJ4
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9kh7dr/its_my_first_time_camping_but_things_dont_seem/
Rank #9: Infected Town Case File 1: The Hole by vainercupid
A story commissioned by The Institute for Higher Knowledge and written by the famed author vaniercupid! Not to mention the amazing voices of Caleb Hyles, Barnabas Deimos, Dovae, and Madame Macabre are back in the first of this series that runs all week.
Caleb Hyles: https://www.youtube.com/user/CalebsCovers/
Barnabas Deimos: https://www.youtube.com/user/blackcollarworker82/
Dovae: https://www.twitch.tv/dovae / https://twitter.com/d0va3
Madame Macabre: https://www.youtube.com/user/xMadameMacabrex/
The Author: https://www.reddit.com/user/vainercupid/posts/
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=177YynzpyOg
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9dluz2/case_file_1_the_hole/
Rank #10: The Church in the Woods: The Congregation Room by Vngel (2/5)
The mysterious story about nightmares and cults continues. What horror could be waiting inside?
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFWhmm5CdE
Rank #11: All Slenderman Stories (Compilation)
ALL Slender Man stories that I've recorded on this channel to date... The Slender Man Movie is out. Let me know what you guys thought of it. Was it bad? OR would any of these stories have made a better movie?
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KlxJOOFww8
Rank #12: The Neverglades Mysteries #5: Purple Moon by David Farrow
Wooo! The Inspector is back! The Blue Man really loves his noir. Think he has an obsession with the genre.
The Author: www.reddit.com/user/-TheInspector-/posts/ / www.reddit.com/r/DavidFarrowWrites
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6BdenQ13cU
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/7yz9uv/neverglades_5_purple_moon/
Rank #13: My Property Isn't Normal by Murderbird17 (1/8)
A cabin in the woods and the strange goings on that happen there. A horror delight. More Alternate Dimension coming next week!
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgLhGUYJK3M
Read along!: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/8j9y4o/my_property_isnt_normal/
Rank #14: The Spire in the Woods by Tony Lunedi (3/3)
Here is the finale to this sinister tale.
Video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR8SgyVzku4
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The Messenger: #3 I Have Got Some People Waiting For Me. Aziz’s life has been a story of chance – and choice. As Michael pieces together Aziz’s journey from Sudan to Manus, he realises Aziz has been searching for a safe place for about eight years. So what gives him the ability, and the energy, to speak out? How has Aziz fought for so long, and what makes him want to be ‘the messenger’? Aziz tells Michael, ‘I have got some people ...waiting for me. They love me, they want me to be with them.’ Haltingly, and sometimes with great difficulty, Aziz starts to share stories about his home, the family that he longs to see, and why he fled. Looking to find out more, Michael speaks to Sudan expert Anne Bartlett about the current situation there. As Aziz shares snapshots from his past, Anne talks Michael through the conflict in Sudan, which, despite leaving the headlines long ago, continues to unfold. Michael worries that he’s adding to Aziz’s trauma by digging up painful memories – ever aware of how hard it is to have these kinds of conversations in short, overlapping messages, without the benefit of reading someone’s signals face to face. Meanwhile, Aziz weighs up how much to tell his family about Manus, and explains to Michael why he’s sometimes tortured by regret.
Fresh Air: Jay Z. Last night Jay Z became the first hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2010 about growing up in a housing project in Brooklyn, finding his identity in the recording studio, and misogyny in rap lyrics. Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews 'The Mummy.'
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Rank #1: Episode 150 – Slender Man Revisited. Hannah Burdge and Nick Wood (Stranger Still, Limited Cel) join me for episode one-hundred-fifty of CreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta Podcast to talk about the 2018 Slender Man movie and to have a more serious discussion about the 2014 stabbing inspired by the character. Please be aware that both of these conversations involve descriptions of violence against children. […]
Rank #2: Episode 33 – The Secret of Evermore with Louisa Herron and Judd Madarang. Not quite a creepypasta on this week’s CreepyPodsta: The Creepypasta Podcast, but we had fun anyhow. Judd and Louisa return for a discussion on The Secret of Evermore. ALSO I LAUNCHED A PATREON: PATREON.COM/JEFFJK Theme music is by dAmbient and can be found here This story was The original story behind Secret of Evermore Judd tweets as @CephalicStatic […]
Rank #1: Episode 79 - 5 Scary Stories That Will Creep You Out (Feat. Insomniak). CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT! - $5 DONATIONS or people who have donated $5 already will be given access to exclusive horror stories and restricted content (earlier episodes of this podcast). The link is Patreon.com/MaddMike Huge thanks to Insomniak for collaborating with me, go subsribe to him on Youtube! Stories: (1) Beware of small towns in Florida. by zentini https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/comments/6pt5dd/beware_of_small_towns_in_florida/ (2) will update (3) The house that wasn't there by rpboutdoors https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/5460fg/the_house_that_wasnt_there/ (4) will update (5) Creepy stalker who thought i was older by Kankri13 https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/comments/4upo6k/creepy_stalker_who_thought_i_was_older/ Music: CO.AG Music / myuu Music **** Contact Me: **** Email: MaddMikeHorror@Yahoo.com **** Website: www.MaddMike.com **** Reddit Page (Post Stories Here): http://goo.gl/ul1bU5 **** Instagram: @maddmikehorror https://www.instagram.com/maddmikehorror **** Snapchat: @maddmikehorror - UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS **** Twitter: @maddmikehorror https://twitter.com/maddmikehorror **** Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/MaddMikeHorror/ Personal Facebook Page: Add me @ Mike Maddson Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1100797863375064/ **** Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/maddmikehorror **** Patreon (Donate): http://goo.gl/3uuPTa ****** The Scarecast - Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/maddmike/id1071545581
Rank #2: Episode 91 - 3 Airport Horror Stories. This video is sponsored by Robinhood, a free investment trading app for iPhone and Android. Get your first free stock by signing up through this link and confirming your email once signed up: https://share.robinhood.com/michaec4649 This episode is also sponsored by Florida State University Online. Florida International University has 20 years of excellence in online education and makes for a very suitable education environment to those who are looking to continue or start their education goals. Check out their website for more information at www.fiuonline.com/podcast STORY CREDITS: STORY #1: "MAN FROM NOWHERE." by dethgirl (1:29 - 11:03) http://maddmike.com/2018/03/21/man-from-nowhere/ STORY #2: I work at the airport, and a man showed me a passport from an unidentified country by dotasmurf768 (12:58 - 19:02) https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/494vko/i_work_at_the_airport_and_a_man_showed_me_a/ STORY #3 There's something underneath Denver International Airport. by darthvarda (20:15 - 50:46) https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/62nuh7/theres_something_underneath_denver_international/ MUSIC CREDITS: CO.AG Music myuu music Kevin MacLeod Soundscape Seven Fin Millard Chandra Prakash Mogilisetty PODCAST: Download this episode on my podcast, "The Scarecast - Scary Stories & Creepypasta." https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/maddmike/id1071545581 SOCIAL MEDIA: Add me on Facebook @ Mike Maddson Twitter / Snapchat / IG @MaddMikeHorror Donate To My Patreon Account For Exclusive Content: https://www.patreon.com/maddmike Visit My Website @ MaddMike.com
Rank #1: Episode 306 - 50 TRUE Horror Stories. Enjoy this super long episode! Subscribe on YouTube if you love me :) http://www.youtube.com/darknessprevailsbd--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/darknessprevails/support
Rank #2: 60 REAL Ghost Stories. Are you ready for 5 HOURS of Real Ghost Stories, Paranormal Activity, and haunted places? Let's see if you can survive this one...There will be true scary stories from McDonalds, Walmart, Haunted Houses, Haunted Forests, the Night Shift, and more! Just try to endure these 60 true stories of real horror and bring on the New Year of 2017 with a frightening bang! Let's head into the woods, into the forest where the evil spirits and dangerous animals wait to make us their prey. After this one, you'll be glad you're no ghost hunter or paranormal witness yourself. The Supernatural is just far too terrifying. Enjoy!Background Footage courtesy of Beachfront from http://www.beachfrontbroll.com/ and videvo.net!Production music courtesy of Epidemic Sound at www.epidemicsound.com and Kevin Macleod at incompetech.comSHIRTS! - http://www.darknessprevails.org/storeFACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/DarknessPrevaiIsTWITTER - https://twitter.com/DarkPrevailsWEBSITE - http://www.darknessprevails.orgMERCH - http://www.darknessprevails.org/storeSUBMIT A STORY - http://www.darknessprevails.org/submit60 REAL GHOST STORIES! Use these times to skip!1 A Wandering Spirit 00:502 Holiday Inn Horror 04:303 Ghost Robber in my Room 09:204 An Evil Cloud 12:265 Shadows that Stare 14:066 The Family Curse 17:137 Motorcycling Encounter 20:178 I’ve Been Followed by an Invisible Hand 23:149 Shared Nightmares 27:5510 Ghost and the Shoestrings 33:4011 The Floating Man 37:0912 The White Lady 38:5113 Ghost in my Bedroom 40:4414 The Berrett Ranch House 43:0615 The Little House in the Woods 54:2316 I Seem to Keep Moving into Haunted Houses 57:2117 I Make Ouija Boards 01:02:4518 My First Time Using a Ouija Board 01:09:0119 Ouija Board Haunting 01:15:3220 Demonic Life 01:19:5721 Never Use a Ouija Board 01:24:1022 A Night on Patrol 01:27:2223 The Trainee 01:31:3024 The Tenth Floor 01:34:5725 Late Night Visitors 01:37:2926 My Horrible Night Shift Experience 01:40:5627 Working After Hours 01:47:0828 Assisted Living 01:54:2929 Attacked by a Shadow 02:01:3930 Harris Street 02:06:1031 Cedar Crossing 02:10:3032 Dead Ex 02:15:5433 The Childhood Hauntings 02:19:1434 Strange Happenings at an Old Newport House 02:22:0635 Look Out 02:29:0236 The Coin 02:32:1537 The Ghost from the Ashes 02:36:5938 The Tattered Specter 02:41:5639 Ghost in the School 02:47:1040 Blink 02:49:1541 Ghosts on my Street 02:57:2942 White Face 02:59:1943 Target Ghost Story 03:01:3544 Salvation 03:11:1745 Drive Thru Ghost 03:17:4946 Waiting at Target 03:26:3047 The Phantom Pokestop 03:31:3348 Walmart Shadow 03:35:1949 Haunted Apartment 03:43:2750 World War 2 Makeshift Hospital 03:55:4151 The Lantern, The Boatmen, and the Laughing Children 04:04:0052 Pine View Woods Ghost 04:29:1053 Ghost in the Hallway 04:35:2354 My Mom Blamed it on my Reading Goosebumps 04:37:2855 Poltergeist Encounter 04:42:2756 Birthday Party Poltergeist 04:44:3457 Never Sleep at a Deserted Gas Station 04:47:0458 Poltergeist in Albion 04:52:2859 The Plague House 04:56:3260 Ghost of a Special Person 04:59:19Top 60 True Ghost Stories and Paranormal Activity are scary subscriber stories or are from Reddit No Sleep or Lets Not Meet.Read these true scary stories and many other real ghost stories here! http://www.darknessprevails.org/true-scary-storiesSubscribe to this Disturbing YouTube Channel for more Demon Sightings, Dangerous Animal Attacks, and Haunted Houses and Real Ghost Images and Scary Sightings! The Best Halloween YouTube Channel! Come back anytime for Halloween Ghost Stories!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1Check out our Store for Horror Merchandise!https://www.darknessprevails.org/storeSubmit your own Creepypasta Stories and True Scary Stories! We want to hear about your evil spirits, shadow people, creepy encounters at mcdonalds or walmart, and true scary stories!http://www.darknessprevails.org/submit--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/darknessprevails/support
Rank #1: 13: S2E13 – “The Abyss Stares Back” – The Simply Scary Podcast. This episode we will bring you the stories of author Peter Lalush. This North Carolina native is not only an author and musician, but a filmmaker as well, steeped in the lore of the notoriously haunted region. Lalush draws his inspiration from that very same lore, as well as from his own supernatural experiences, in order to craft an ultra dark reality. Prepare yourselves as we stare into the nightmare dimension of Peter Lalush and discover that “The Abyss Stares Back." See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/episodes/s2/2x13 thqvgykx
Rank #2: 3: S1E03 – “Sudden Death Round” – The Simply Scary Podcast. In this third installment of our program we’ll be hearing from three finalists for our Evil Idol competition. We’ve listened to hundreds of performances in our hunt for the best, and now we have to find the very best from an elite selection. You’ll realize what a daunting task we all have ahead of us after you listen to these three tales. You’ll also be sure to stop by the Chilling Tales for Dark Nights YouTube channel this Halloween for the “Sudden Death Round.” See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/episodes/s1/1x03
Rank #1: TWL 715: "The Journey", by Eamon O'Neill. Sim has struggled all his life to fit in -- a struggle to find peace and feel normal. When he finds himself on an unplanned, surreal journey he may finally find what he's been seeking.
Rank #2: TWL 716: "Quem Infra Nos", by Mark Nixon. Selected from the upcoming audio book edition of the Shadows at the Door Anthology, we bring you a haunting tale set in Durham, England.An author on route to a speaking event finally finds the time to visit the historic city of Durham, once on the cobbled streets he is drawn to the Cathedral. Deep in the tombs, something lies in wait. 'Forget not, who is below us'.
Rank #1: Timber | Forgotten Stories. A long forgotten tale of terror from John Galsworthy. Open the vault door, sit by the fire, and join me for this short foray into the macabre... Got a request? Or perhaps a submission? Or maybe you just want to say hi! Drop us a line at ghastlytales@gmail.com Support the Show by: Donating via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelWhitehouse Buying a book: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Whitehouse/e/B00D791RUI Reviewing us on your site of choice. Watch us on Youtube!: http://www.youtube.com/ghastlytales Our Website: http://www.vaultofghastlytales.com Stalk us on Social Media: http://www.facebook.com/ghastlytalespresents https://twitter.com/Ghastly_Tales Follow Michael Whitehouse's Work: http://www.michael-whitehouse.com https://www.facebook.com/Michael.Whitehouse.Author http://www.twitter.com/horrorofmike
Rank #2: The Nightmare Room, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Classic Horror Tales | Narrated by Michael Whitehouse. This week's tale of terror comes from the master of detective fiction himself, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An unseen force is at work, in The Nightmare Room... Watch us on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/ghastlytales Our Websites: http://www.vaultofghastlytales.comhttp://www.ghastlytalesonline.com Stalk us on Social Media:http://www.facebook.com/ghatlytalespresentshttps://twitter.com/Ghastly_Tales Follow Michael Whitehouse's Work:http://www.michael-whitehouse.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Michael.Whitehouse.Authorhttps://twitter.com/HorrorOfMike
Rank #1: Tales to Terrify 269 Patrick McDonough Nick Wood. Coming UpGood Evening: 00:00:43Patrick McDonough’s The Demon Chapel of Lowerham Castle as read by Ron Jon: 00:03:21Nick Wood’s Of Hearts and Monkeys as read by Aminat Badara: 00:44:49Pleasant Dreams: 01:25:39Pertinent LinksThe District of Wonders Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/districtofwondersIn the Mouth of Dorkness: http://inthemouthofdorkness.podbean.com/Ron Jon @ The Spectre Collector blog: https://thespectrecollector.blogspot.com.au/Ron Jon @ The Spectre Collector Bandcamp: https://thespectrecollector.bandcamp.com/Ron Jon @ The Fruits of Madness blog: https://thefruitsofmadness.blogspot.com.au/Nick Wood: http://nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz/Nick Wood @ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nick45wood?lang=enAminat Badara: https://meenahsthoughts.wordpress.com/Amina Badara @ Twitter: https://twitter.com/09_Eleven For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Rank #2: Tales to Terrify 270 Diane Awerbuck Anna Taborska Peter White. Coming UpGood Evening: 00:00:43Diane Awerbuck’s The Keeper as read by Dan Rabarts: 00:06:52Anna Taborska’s Bagpuss as read by Summer Brooks: 00:27:33Peter White’s Used Cars as read by Drew Sebesteny: 01:06:21Pleasant Dreams: 02:03:09Pertinent LinksThe District of Wonders Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/districtofwondersDan Rabarts: http://dan.rabarts.com/Anna Taborska: http://annataborska.wixsite.com/horrorSummer Brooks: http://www.sliceofscifi.com/Drew Sebesteny: https://www.behance.net/drewing For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Rank #1: Cadwell Turnbull | All the Hidden Places. “Can we stop?” asked Nikki, panting, her face tingling from the assault of the cold. Her fingers were numb, her nose running. Her lungs burned. “When we reach the trees,” her father said. He was a few feet in front of her, walking steadily against the wind. Ahead of them was an island of snow-capped pine trees. After hours of walking, the island---once just a small patch of green and white in the middle of the frozen lake---now loomed as an expanse of dense wilderness. The lake stretched behind them in every direction. | 2019 by Cadwell Turnbull. Narrated by Janina Edwards.
Rank #2: Joe Haldeman - Graves. I have this persistent sleep disorder that makes life difficult for me, but still I want to keep it. Boy, do I want to keep it. It goes back twenty years, to Vietnam. To Graves. Narrated by Bruce Turk.
Rank #1: S2E8: All Songs End on a Sour Note. There is only the song, the room, and the woman who makes the prisoner call her “Mom.” It’s been years since the captive girl saw her real parents, but today’s her birthday, and “Mom” has promised to take her out. This is her chance. With the help of a strange child named Victoria, the girl fights to be reunited with her family. But not all reunions are sweet, and not all captives are as innocent as they seem. A 9th Story Studios Production | Foytik, Lowman, Collins, Niespodzianski
Rank #2: S2E10: Brimstone. Trying to make up for her impoverished upbringing, Susan preys upon the people who trust her most. What she doesn’t realize is there are things even the dead don’t forget. A 9th Story Studios Production | Foytik, Lowman, Collins, Niespodzianski
Rank #1: TDV 8: The Phoenix Imago. The 8th episode of The Dark Verse podcast. Short stories of occult, metaphysical, and fantastical horror that will follow you to the visions of your sleep. The Dark Verse is a multiverse of Lovecraftian terror written and narrated by M. Amanuensis Sharkchild. For more information or to pick up the award-winning hardcover books, visit www.thedarkverse.com. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/thedarkverse.
Rank #2: TDV 91: Costumes Of Reality. The 91st episode of The Dark Verse podcast. Short stories of occult, metaphysical, and fantastical horror that will follow you to the visions of your sleep. The Dark Verse is a multiverse of Lovecraftian terror written and narrated by M. Amanuensis Sharkchild. For more information or to pick up the award-winning hardcover books, visit www.thedarkverse.com. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/thedarkverse.
Rank #1: Episode 25 - "The Devil Game". A set for instructions for those brave or foolish enough to wish to contact a certain diabolical entity.... Featuring the voice of Nick Jewell.Opening theme by John King; additional music by Kevin MacLeod and myuuMixed and edited by David King"The Devil Game" is an original short story by InfernalNightmare333.
Rank #2: Episode 34 - "Room 733". For two college freshmen, adapting to university life is all the harder when they learn they that their dorm room sits next door to a space infamously known for its student suicides... Featuring the voices of (in order of appearance) Angi Viper, Sparrow Leigh Rayne, Kira Buckland, Shawn Bean, Daniel St. George, Katie Patterson and April Hawley.Opening theme by John King; additional music by Kevin MacLeod and myuu.Mixed and edited by David King.Based on the original short story by C.K. Walker. Read it here.
Rank #1: PseudoPod 647: The Algorithms for Love. Author : Ken Liu Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Algorithms for Love” was originally published by Strange Horizons in 2004.Content warning: Spoiler InsideSelectShowself harm, grief, loss of a child The Algorithms for Love by Ken Liu So long as the nurse is in the room to keep an eye on me, I am allowed to dress myself and get ready for Brad. I slip on an old pair of jeans and a scarlet turtleneck sweater. I’ve lost so much weight that the jeans hang loosely from the bony points of my hips. “Let’s go spend the weekend in Salem,” Brad says to me as he walks me out of the hospital, an arm protectively wrapped around my waist, “just the two of us.” I wait in the car while Dr. West speaks with Brad just outside the hospital doors. I can’t hear them but I know what she’s telling him. “Make sure she takes her Oxetine every four hours. Don’t leave her alone for any length of time.” Brad drives with a light touch on the pedals, the same way he used to when I was pregnant with Aimée. The traffic is smooth and light, and the foliage along the highway is postcard-perfect. The Oxetine relaxes the muscles around my mouth, and in the vanity mirror I see that I have a beatific smile on my face. “I love you.” He says this quietly, the way he has always done, as if it were the sound of breathing and heartbeat. I wait a few seconds. I picture myself opening the door and throwing my body onto the highway but of course I don’t do anything. I can’t even surprise myself. “I love you too.” I look at him when I say this, the way I have always done, as if it were the answer to some question. He looks at me, smiles, and turns his eyes back to the road. To him this means that the routines are back in place, that he is talking to the same woman he has known all these years, that things are back to normal. We are just another tourist couple from Boston on a mini-break for the weekend: stay at a bed-and-breakfast, visit the museums, recycle old jokes. It’s an algorithm for love. I want to scream. The first doll I designed was called Laura. Clever Laura . Laura had brown hair and blue eyes, fully articulated joints, twenty motors, a speech synthesizer in her throat, two video cameras disguised by the buttons on her blouse, temperature and touch sensors, and a microphone behind her nose. None of it was cutting-edge technology, and the software techniques I used were at least two decades old. But I was still proud of my work. She retailed for fifty dollars. Not Your Average Toy could not keep up with the orders that were rolling in, even three months before Christmas. Brad, the CEO, went on CNN and MSNBC and TTV and the rest of the alphabet soup until the very air was saturated with Laura. I tagged along on the interviews to give the demos because, as the VP of Marketing explained to me, I looked like a mother (even though I wasn’t one) and (he didn’t say this, but I could listen between the lines) I was blonde and pretty. The fact that I was Laura’s designer was an afterthought. The first time I did a demo on TV was for a Hong Kong crew. Brad wanted me to get comfortable with being in front of the cameras before bringing me to the domestic morning shows. We sat to the side while Cindy, the anchorwoman, interviewed the CEO of some company that made “moisture meters.” I hadn’t slept for forty-eight hours. I was so nervous I’d brought six Lauras with me, just in case five of them decided in concert to break down. Then Brad turned to me and whispered, “What do you think moisture meters are used for?” I didn’t know Brad that well, having been at Not Your Average Toy for less than a year. I had chatted with him a few times before, but it was all professional. He seemed a very serious, driven sort of guy, the kind you could picture starting his first company while he was still in high school — arbitraging class notes, maybe. I wasn’t sure why he was asking me about moisture meters. Was he trying to see if I was too nervous? “I don’t know. Maybe for cooking?” I ventured. “Maybe,” he said. Then he gave me a conspiratorial wink. “But I think the name sounds kind of dirty.” It was such an unexpected thing, coming from him, that for a moment I almost thought he was serious. Then he smiled, and I laughed out loud. I had a very hard time keeping a straight face while we waited for our turn, and I certainly wasn’t nervous any more. Brad and the young anchorwoman, Cindy, chatted amiably about Not Your Average Toy’s mission (“Not Average Toys for Not Average Kids”) and how Brad had come up with the idea for Laura. (Brad had nothing to do with the design, of course, since it was all my idea. But his answer was so good it almost convinced me that Laura was really his brainchild.) Then it was time for the dog-and-pony show. I put Laura on the desk, her face towards the camera. I sat to the side of the desk. “Hello, Laura.” Laura turned her head to me, the motors so quiet you couldn’t hear their whirr. “Hi! What’s your name?” “I’m Elena,” I said. “Nice to meet you,” Laura said. “I’m cold.” The air conditioning was a bit chilly. I hadn’t even noticed. Cindy was impressed. “That’s amazing. How much can she say?” “Laura has a vocabulary of about two thousand English words, with semantic and syntactic encoding for common suffixes and prefixes. Her speech is regulated by a context-free grammar.” The look in Brad’s eye let me know that I was getting too technical. “That means that she’ll invent new sentences and they’ll always be syntactically correct.” “I like new, shiny, new, bright, new, handsome clothes,” Laura said. “Though they may not always make sense,” I added. “Can she learn new words?” Cindy asked. Laura turned her head the other way, to look at her. “I like learn-ing, please teach me a new word!” I made a mental note that the speech synthesizer still had bugs that would have to be fixed in the firmware. Cindy was visibly unnerved by the doll turning to face her on its own and responding to her question. “Does she” — she searched for the right word — “understand me?” “No, no.” I laughed. So did Brad. And a moment later Cindy joined us. “Laura’s speech algorithm is augmented with a Markov generator interspersed with-” Brad gave me that look again. “Basically, she just babbles sentences based on keywords in what she hears. And she has a small set of stock phrases that are triggered the same way.” “Oh, it really seemed like she knew what I was saying. How does she learn new words?” “It’s very simple. Laura has enough memory to learn hundreds of new words. However, they have to be nouns. You can show her the object while you are trying to teach her what it is. She has some very sophisticated pattern recognition capabilities and can even tell faces apart.” For the rest of the interview I assured nervous parents that Laura would not require them to read the manual, that Laura would not explode when dropped in water, and no, she would never utter a naughty word, even if their little princesses “accidentally” taught Laura one. “‘Bye,” Cindy said to Laura at the end of the interview, and waved at her. “‘Bye,” Laura said. “You are nice.” She waved back. Every interview followed the same pattern. The moment when Laura first turned to the interviewer and answered a question there was always some awkwardness and unease. Seeing an inanimate object display intelligent behavior had that effect on people. They probably all thought the doll was possessed. Then I would explain how Laura worked and everyone would be delighted. I memorized the non-technical, warm-and-fuzzy answers to all the questions until I could recite them even without my morning coffee. I got so good at it that I sometimes coasted through entire interviews on autopilot, not even paying attention to the questions and letting the same words I heard over and over again spark off my responses. The interviews, along with all the other marketing tricks, did their job. We had to outsource manufacturing so quickly that for a while every shantytown along the coast of China must have been turning out Lauras. The foyer of the bed-and-breakfast we are staying at is predictably filled with brochures from local attractions. Most of them are witch-themed. The lurid pictures and language somehow manage to convey moral outrage and adolescent fascination with the occult at the same time. David, the innkeeper, wants us to check out Ye Olde Poppet Shoppe, featuring “Dolls Made by Salem’s Official Witch.” Bridget Bishop, one of the twenty executed during the Salem Witch Trials, was convicted partly based on the hard evidence of “poppets” found in her cellar with pins stuck in them. Maybe she was just like me, a crazy, grown woman playing with dolls. The very idea of visiting a doll shop makes my stomach turn. While Brad is asking David about restaurants and possible discounts I go up to our room. I want to be sleeping, or at least pretending to be sleeping, by the time he comes up. Maybe then he will leave me alone, and give me a few minutes to think. It’s hard to think with the Oxetine. There’s a wall in my head, a gauzy wall that tries to cushion every thought with contentment. If only I can remember what went wrong. For our honeymoon Brad and I went to Europe. We went on the transorbital shuttle, the tickets for which cost more than my yearly rent. But we could afford it. Witty Kimberly , our latest model, was selling well, and the stock price was transorbital itself. When we got back from the shuttleport, we were tired but happy. And I still couldn’t quite believe that we were in our own home, thinking of each other as husband and wife. It felt like playing house. We made dinner together, like we used to when we were dating (like always, Brad was wildly ambitious but couldn’t follow a recipe longer than a paragraph and I had to come and rescue his shrimp étouffée). The familiarity of the routine made everything seem more real. Over dinner Brad told me something interesting. According to a market survey, over 20% of the customers for Kimberly were not buying it for their kids at all. They played with the dolls themselves. “Many of them are engineers and comp sci students,” Brad said. “And there are already tons of Net sites devoted to hacking efforts on Kimberly. My favorite one had step-by-step instructions on how to teach Kimberly to make up and tell lawyer jokes. I can’t wait to see the faces of the guys in the legal department when they get to drafting the cease-and-desist letter for that one.” I could understand the interest in Kimberly. When I was struggling with my problem sets at MIT I would have loved to take apart something like Kimberly to figure out how she worked. How it worked, I corrected myself mentally. Kimberly’s illusion of intelligence was so real that sometimes even I unconsciously gave her, it, too much credit. “Actually, maybe we shouldn’t try to shut the hacking efforts down,” I said. “Maybe we can capitalize on it. We can release some of the APIs and sell a developer’s kit for the geeks.” “What do you mean?” “Well, Kimberly is a toy, but that doesn’t mean only little girls would be interested in her.” I gave up trying to manage the pronouns. “She does, after all, have the most sophisticated, working, natural conversation library in the world.” “A library that you wrote,” Brad said. Well, maybe I was a little vain about it. But I’d worked damned hard on that library and I was proud of it. “It would be a shame if the language processing module never got any application besides sitting in a doll that everyone is going to forget in a year. We can release the interface to the modules at least, a programming guide, and maybe even some of the source code. Let’s see what happens and make an extra dollar while we’re at it.” I never got into academic AI research because I couldn’t take the tedium, but I did have greater ambitions than just making talking dolls. I wanted to see smart and talking machines doing something real, like teaching kids to read or helping the elderly with chores. I knew that he would agree with me in the end. Despite his serious exterior he was willing to take risks and defy expectations. It was why I loved him. I got up to clear the dishes. His hand reached across the table and grabbed mine. “Those can wait,” he said. He walked around the table, pulling me to him. I looked into his eyes. I loved the fact that I knew him so well I could tell what he was going to say before he said it. Let’s make a baby, I imagined him saying. Those would have been the only words right for that moment. And so he did. I’m not asleep when Brad finishes asking about restaurants and comes upstairs. In my drugged state, even pretending is too difficult. Brad wants to go to the pirate museum. I tell him that I don’t want to see anything violent. He agrees immediately. That’s what he wants to hear from his content, recovering wife. So now we wander around the galleries of the Peabody Essex Museum, looking at the old treasures of the Orient from Salem’s glory days. The collection of china is terrible. The workmanship in the bowls and saucers is inexcusable. The patterns look like they were traced on by children. According to the placards, these were what the Cantonese merchants exported for foreign consumption. They would never have sold such stuff in China itself. I read the description written by a Jesuit priest who visited the Cantonese shops of the time. The craftsmen sat in a line, each with his own brush and specialty. The first drew only the mountains, the next only the grass, the next only the flowers, and the next only the animals. They went on down the line, passing the plates from one to the next, and it took each man only a few seconds to complete his part. So the “treasures” are nothing more than mass-produced cheap exports from an ancient sweatshop and assembly line. I imagine painting the same blades of grass on a thousand teacups a day: the same routine, repeated over and over, with maybe a small break for lunch. Reach out, pick up the cup in front of you with your left hand, dip the brush, one, two, three strokes, put the cup behind you, rinse and repeat. What a simple algorithm. It’s so human. Brad and I fought for three months before he agreed to produce Aimée, just plain Aimée . We fought at home, where night after night I laid out the same forty-one reasons why we should and he laid out the same thirty-nine reasons why we shouldn’t. We fought at work, where people stared through the glass door at Brad and me gesticulating at each other wildly, silently. I was so tired that night. I had spent the whole evening locked away in my study, struggling to get the routines to control Aimée’s involuntary muscle spasms right. It had to be right or she wouldn’t feel real, no matter how good the learning algorithms were. I came up to the bedroom. There was no light. Brad had gone to bed early. He was exhausted too. We had again hurled the same reasons at each other during dinner. He wasn’t asleep. “Are we going to go on like this?” He asked in the darkness. I sat down on my side of the bed and undressed. “I can’t stop it,” I said. “I miss her too much. I’m sorry.” He didn’t say anything. I finished unbuttoning my blouse and turned around. With the moonlight coming through the window I could see that his face was wet. I started crying too. When we both finally stopped, Brad said, “I miss her too.” “I know,” I said. But not like me. “It won’t be anything like her, you know?” He said. “I know,” I said. The real Aimée had lived for ninety-one days. Forty-five of those days she’d spent under the glass hood in intensive care, where I could not touch her except for brief doctor-supervised sessions. But I could hear her cries. I could always hear her cries. In the end I tried to break through the glass with my hands, and I beat my palms against the unyielding glass until the bones broke and they sedated me. I could never have another child. The walls of my womb had not healed properly and never would. By the time that piece of news was given to me Aimée was a jar of ashes in my closet. But I could still hear her cries. How many other women were like me? I wanted something to fill my arms, something to learn to speak, to walk, to grow a little, long enough for me to say goodbye, long enough to quiet those cries. But not a real child. I couldn’t deal with another real child. It would feel like a betrayal. With a little plastiskin, a little synthgel, the right set of motors and a lot of clever programming, I could do it. Let technology heal all wounds. Brad thought the idea an abomination. He was revolted. He couldn’t understand. I fumbled around in the dark for some tissues for Brad and me. “This may ruin us, and the company,” he said. “I know,” I said. I lay down. I wanted to sleep. “Let’s do it, then,” he said. I didn’t want to sleep any more. “I can’t take it,” he said. “Seeing you like this. Seeing you in so much pain tears me up. It hurts too much.” I started crying again. This understanding, this pain. Was this what love was about? Right before I fell asleep Brad said, “Maybe we should think about changing the name of the company.” “Why?” “Well, I just realized that ‘Not Your Average Toy’ sounds pretty funny to the dirty-minded.” I smiled. Sometimes the vulgar is the best kind of medicine. “I love you.” “I love you too.” Brad hands me the pills. I obediently take them and put them in my mouth. He watches as I sip from the glass of water he hands me. “Let me make a few phone calls,” he says. “You take a nap, okay?” I nod. As soon as he leaves the room I spit out the pills into my hand. I go into the bathroom and rinse out my mouth. I lock the door behind me and sit down on the toilet. I try to recite the digits of pi. I manage fifty-four places. That’s a good sign. The Oxetine must be wearing off. I look into the mirror. I stare into my eyes, trying to see through to the retinas, matching photoreceptor with photoreceptor, imagining their grid layout. I turn my head from side to side, watching the muscles tense and relax in turn. That effect would be hard to simulate. But there’s nothing in my face, nothing real behind that surface. Where is the pain, the pain that made love real, the pain of understanding? “You okay, sweetie?” Brad says through the bathroom door. I turn on the faucet and splash water on my face. “Yes,” I say. “I’m going to take a shower. Can you get some snacks from that store we saw down the street?” Giving him something to do reassures him. I hear the door to the room close behind him. I turn off the faucet and look back into the mirror, at the way the water droplets roll down my face, seeking the canals of my wrinkles. The human body is a marvel to recreate. The human mind, on the other hand, is a joke. Believe me, I know. No, Brad and I patiently explained over and over to the cameras, we had not created an “artificial child.” That was not our intention and that was not what we had done. It was a way to comfort the grieving mothers. If you needed Aimée, you would know. I would walk down the street and see women walking with bundles carefully held in their arms. And occasionally I would know, I would know beyond a doubt, by the sound of a particular cry, by the way a little arm waved. I would look into the faces of the women, and be comforted. I thought I had moved on, recovered from the grieving process. I was ready to begin another project, a bigger project that would really satisfy my ambition and show the world my skills. I was ready to get on with my life. Tara took four years to develop. I worked on her in secret while designing other dolls that would sell. Physically Tara looked like a five-year old girl. Expensive transplant-quality plastiskin and synthgel gave her an ethereal and angelic look. Her eyes were dark and clear, and you could look into them forever. I never finished Tara’s movement engine. In retrospect that was probably a blessing. As a temporary placeholder during development I used the facial expression engine sent in by the Kimberly enthusiasts at MIT’s Media Lab. Augmented with many more fine micromotors than Kimberly had, she could turn her head, blink her eyes, wrinkle her nose, and generate thousands of convincing facial expressions. Below the neck she was paralyzed. But her mind, oh, her mind. I used the best quantum processors and the best solid-state storage matrices to run multi-layered, multi-feedback neural nets. I threw in the Stanford Semantic Database and added my own modifications. The programming was beautiful. It was truly a work of art. The data model alone took me over six months. I taught her when to smile and when to frown, and I taught her how to speak and how to listen. Each night I analyzed the activation graphs for the nodes in the neural nets, trying to find and resolve problems before they occurred. Brad never saw Tara while she was in development. He was too busy trying to control the damage from Aimée, and then, later, pushing the new dolls. I wanted to surprise him. I put Tara in a wheelchair, and I told Brad that she was the daughter of a friend. Since I had to run some errands, could he entertain her while I was gone for a few hours? I left them in my office. When I came back two hours later, I found Brad reading to her from The Golem of Prague, “‘Come,’ said the Great Rabbi Loew, ‘Open your eyes and speak like a real person!’“ That was just like Brad, I thought. He had his sense of irony. “All right,” I interrupted him. “Very funny. I get the joke. So how long did it take you?” He smiled at Tara. “We’ll finish this some other time,” he said. Then he turned to me. “How long did it take me what?” “To figure it out.” “Figure out what?” “Stop kidding around,” I said. “Really, what was it that gave her away?” “Gave what away?” Brad and Tara said at the same time. Nothing Tara ever said or did was a surprise to me. I could predict everything she would say before she said it. I’d coded everything in her, after all, and I knew exactly how her neural nets changed with each interaction. But no one else suspected anything. I should have been elated. My doll was passing a real-life Turing Test. But I was frightened. The algorithms made a mockery of intelligence, and no one seemed to know. No one seemed to even care. I finally broke the news to Brad after a week. After the initial shock he was delighted (as I knew he would be). “Fantastic,” he said. “We’re now no longer just a toy company. Can you imagine the things we can do with this? You’ll be famous, really famous!” He prattled on and on about the potential applications. Then he noticed my silence. “What’s wrong?” So I told him about the Chinese Room. The philosopher John Searle used to pose a puzzle for the AI researchers. Imagine a room, he said, a large room filled with meticulous clerks who are very good at following orders but who speak only English. Into this room are delivered a steady stream of cards with strange symbols on them. The clerks have to draw other strange symbols on blank cards in response and send the cards out of the room. In order to do this, the clerks have large books, full of rules in English like this one: “When you see a card with a single horizontal squiggle followed by a card with two vertical squiggles, draw a triangle on a blank card and hand it to the clerk to your right.” The rules contain nothing about what the symbols might mean. It turns out that the cards coming into the room are questions written in Chinese, and the clerks, by following the rules, are producing sensible answers in Chinese. But could anything involved in this process — the rules, the clerks, the room as a whole, the storm of activity — be said to have understood a word of Chinese? Substitute “processor” for the clerks and substitute “program” for the books of rules, then you’ll see that the Turing Test will never prove anything, and AI is an illusion. But you can also carry the Chinese Room Argument the other way: substitute “neurons” for the clerks and substitute the physical laws governing the cascading of activating potentials for the books of rules; then how can any of us ever be said to “understand” anything? Thought is an illusion. “I don’t understand,” Brad said. “What are you saying?” A moment later I realized that that was exactly what I’d expected him to say. “Brad,” I said, staring into his eyes, willing him to understand. “I’m scared. What if we are just like Tara?” “We? You mean people? What are you talking about?” “What if,” I said, struggling to find the words, “we are just following some algorithm from day to day? What if our brain cells are just looking up signals from other signals? What if we are not thinking at all? What if what I’m saying to you now is just a predetermined response, the result of mindless physics?” “Elena,” Brad said, “you’re letting philosophy get in the way of reality.” I need sleep, I thought, feeling hopeless. “I think you need to get some sleep,” Brad said. I handed the coffee-cart girl the money as she handed me the coffee. I stared at the girl. She looked so tired and bored at eight in the morning that she made me feel tired. I need a vacation. “I need a vacation,” she said, sighing exaggeratedly. I walked past the receptionist’s desk. Morning, Elena. Say something different, please. I clenched my teeth. Please. “Morning, Elena,” she said. I paused outside Ogden’s cube. He was the structural engineer. The weather, last night’s game, Brad. He saw me and got up. “Nice weather we’re having, eh?” He wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at me. He jogged to work. “Did you see the game last night? Best shot I’ve seen in ten years. Unbelievable. Hey, is Brad in yet?” His face was expectant, waiting for me to follow the script, the comforting routines of life. The algorithms ran their determined courses, and our thoughts followed one after another, as mechanical and as predictable as the planets in their orbits. The watchmaker was the watch. I ran into my office and closed the door behind me, ignoring the expression on Ogden’s face. I walked over to my computer and began to delete files. “Hi,” Tara said. “What are we going to do today?” I shut her off so quickly that I broke a nail on the hardware switch. I ripped out the power supply in her back. I went to work with my screwdriver and pliers. After a while I switched to a hammer. Was I killing? Brad burst in the door. “What are you doing?” I looked up at him, my hammer poised for another strike. I wanted to tell him about the pain, the terror that opened up an abyss around me. In his eyes I could not find what I wanted to see. I could not see understanding. I swung the hammer. Brad had tried to reason with me, right before he had me committed. “This is just an obsession,” he said. “People have always associated the mind with the technological fad of the moment. When they believed in witches and spirits, they thought there was a little man in the brain. When they had mechanical looms and player pianos, they thought the brain was an engine. When they had telegraphs and telephones, they thought the brain was a wire network. Now you think the brain is just a computer. Snap out of it. That is the illusion.” Trouble was, I knew he was going to say that. “It’s because we’ve been married for so long!” He shouted. “That’s why you think you know me so well!” I knew he was going to say that too. “You’re running around in circles,” he said, defeat in his voice. “You’re just spinning in your head.” Loops in my algorithm. FOR and WHILE loops. “Come back to me. I love you.” What else could he have said? Now finally alone in the bathroom of the inn, I look down at my hands, at the veins running under the skin. I press my hands together and feel my pulse. I kneel down. Am I praying? Flesh and bones, and good programming. My knees hurt against the cold tile floor. The pain is real, I think. There’s no algorithm for the pain. I look down at my wrists, and the scars startle me. This is all very familiar, like I’ve done this before. The horizontal scars, ugly and pink like worms, rebuke me for failure. Bugs in the algorithm. That night comes back to me: the blood everywhere, the alarms wailing, Dr. West and the nurses holding me down while they bandaged my wrists, and then Brad staring down at me, his face distorted with uncomprehending grief. I should have done better. The arteries are hidden deep, protected by the bones. The slashes have to be made vertically if you really want it. That’s the right algorithm. There’s a recipe for everything. This time I’ll get it right. It takes a while, but finally I feel sleepy. I’m happy. The pain is real. I open the door to my room and turn on the light. The light activates Laura, who is sitting on top of my dresser. This one used to be a demo model. She hasn’t been dusted in a while, and her dress looks ragged. Her head turns to follow my movement. I turn around. Brad’s body is still, but I can see the tears on his face. He was crying on the whole silent ride home from Salem. The innkeeper’s voice loops around in my head. “Oh, I could tell right away something was wrong. It’s happened here before. She didn’t seem right at breakfast, and then when you came back she looked like she was in another world. When I heard the water running in the pipes for that long I rushed upstairs right away.” So I was that predictable. I look at Brad, and I believe that he is in a lot of pain. I believe it with all my heart. But I still don’t feel anything. There’s a gulf between us, a gulf so wide that I can’t feel his pain. Nor he mine. But my algorithms are still running. I scan for the right thing to say. “I love you.” He doesn’t say anything. His shoulders heave, once. I turn around. My voice echoes through the empty house, bouncing off walls. Laura’s sound receptors, old as they are, pick it up. The signals run through the cascading IF statements. The DO loops twirl and dance while she does a database lookup. The motors whirr. The synthesizer kicks in. “I love you too,” Laura says. The post PseudoPod 647: The Algorithms for Love appeared first on PseudoPod.
Rank #2: PseudoPod 646: Home and Hearth. Author : Angela Slatter Narrator : Robin McLeavy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Home and Hearth” was originally published in the Spectral Press Chapbook Series, March 2014 and the story won the Aurealis Award for Best Short Horror Story 2014.Content Warning:Spoiler InsideSelectShowViolence against children, race-based violence, psychological traumaThe episode of Faculty of Horror mentioned in the intro: Episode 52. The Dark Side of Oz: Wolf Creek (2005) and The Loved Ones (2009) Hearth and Home by Angela Slatter Caroline held the door open, listening to the keys make that gentle clink-clank as they hung from the lock. He pushed past her and she could smell the peculiar odour he gave off now: puberty and a state institution. As he crossed the threshold, his too-small shoes leaving mud on the new welcome mat (she’d thrown out the one exhorting a universal power to ‘Bless this mess’), the house seemed to sigh. Then again, maybe it was her, but she couldn’t remember the air leaving her lungs. Then again it might have been the heating system as it puffed out warmth. ‘Coke?’ she asked, following him down the long hallway. ‘Or hot chocolate? Crisps? Marshmallows? I baked your favourite biscuits. They’re not hot but I can warm them in the microwave. There’s a cake, too. Banana. Or—or—what would you like?’ She knew she was overcompensating, had schooled herself not to during the weeks and months, but he was back in the house not five minutes and already she was failing. She reached out and touched his face. It was a mistake. The feeling against her palm, the slight sweatiness, the burgeoning pimples beneath the skin, combined to make her shudder. She hoped he didn’t notice. ‘It’s fine, Mum. I’m going to my room.’ Simon hadn’t called her that in months, not since the trial started. Not since Geoffrey had his heart attack and told her as she sat by his hospital bed that he didn’t think he could continue with, well, everything. Turning up at the court every day, dodging and weaving reporters and cameras, listening to their son’s legal reps talk and excuse and obfuscate. It was all lies, he’d said. They both knew it. She could have the house. And the money. (It’s mine anyway, she wanted to say, but didn’t. It always was.) He had to go, he’d said. For his health. Then she had to tell their son what his father had decided—that he was opting out of the family. Men never like to clean up their own mess, she’d thought at the time as she’d watched a light go out in him. His answers had whittled themselves down to monosyllables. He stopped referring to his father. Stopped calling her ‘Mum’, or indeed anything but ‘her.’ Ask her, he’d say to the barrister. Avoiding her gaze. Caroline thought her eyes should probably be misty, a little heated with some kind of emotional response, but there was nothing. Oh well. Perhaps it would come later, when they got used to each other once more. ‘Okay,’ she said belatedly. He was already gone, disappeared up the stairs, closing the door. She walked into the sitting room, which was directly beneath his room and listened. A few steps as he walked from one wall to the next, stopped at the desk, the book shelves, the wardrobe (she heard the creak of its hinges), then to his bed. She’d left his presents on the duvet, neatly stacked—he’d missed his thirteenth birthday in all the chaos. There was the whump as he sat down, then the double thud of his shoes hitting the floor. Then a steady series of noises as each carefully wrapped gift followed the footwear. Finally, silence. She stood beneath him for a while, then turned to one of the front windows and tweaked back the edge of the long cream-coloured curtains. Through the wrought bars of the fence she couldn’t see anything but cars parked in the street, the houses opposite, each like hers, tidy, fenced, tall, manicured gardens, quietly comfortable. No one. No reporters. No yelling at the house, no trying to get into the yard, no knocking at the door, no flashbulbs blinding Caroline before she learned not to open it for them. In a deep, damned part of her soul she was grateful for the bombings that had made her son old news. She took a deep breath and headed towards the kitchen. The frozen foods aisle seemed colder than usual. Or maybe it was the collection of eyes boring into her back that were giving Caroline the chills. She reached into the freezer and pulled out ice cream (vanilla), a chicken (medium), then packets of peas, beans, carrots and chips. They all made a metallic sound as they hit the bottom of the trolley. She’d left Simon sleeping; a note on the table gave him strict instructions not to leave the house and not to open the door to anyone. But she’d had to go out, had to stock up—two days home and he’d eaten most everything she had. That was what he did now: eat and play computer games in his room. Soon she would have to talk to him about school. He’d have to return to the world, but that was fraught with complications. They would have to move, she thought. A new house, a new town, a new life. Maybe she’d dye his hair, have it cut so he didn’t look like the boy on the news reports. Mind you, if he kept eating this way, it wouldn’t be an issue. Her son would disappear beneath layers of fat and be cleverly camouflaged by his own body. She couldn’t think about all those details now, so she did what she could, which was to reach out and load up on cheeses, yoghurt, custard and milk. As she turned, fighting the trolley’s recalcitrant wheels, she looked up and saw them. The herd. Twelve housewives, nearly identical: corduroy trousers in greens and browns, sharply pressed collared shirts under v-neck sweaters in various hues, with barely-worn Barbour jackets and scarves hanging loose around necks that showed signs of wrinkling. Caroline knew them—she’d been one of them herself, once. It wasn’t hatred, precisely, that they were staring at her, nothing so strong, nothing so moral. It was just a kind of intense distaste: her dirty laundry had been aired very publicly. All the nasty domestic worms had poked their heads out of the shit-stirred soil of her home. They could look down on her … but it was something more. She made them nervous. She’d been a carbon copy—her fall made them feel exposed, vulnerable. There but for the grace of God go I and so on. Caroline’s son had made them afraid of their own children. Now, people stared at them and associated them with her. Their neat, tidy houses, highly financial husbands, over-achieving children, all held up to scrutiny by the lower orders. Caroline almost smiled; then did. Waved and resisted the urge to walk up to them and chatter inanely about scone recipes or some such. She knew she looked manic, the smile pinned to her lips, eyes fever-bright. She made her way to the junk food aisle and began to stack brightly packaged carbohydrates and preservatives into the trolley. The more she bought now, she reasoned, the less often she’d have to come back. At the checkout, the spotty teen ignored her for a while, grabbing items in a podgy hand with chewed nails and chipped pink polish and dragging them over the scanner, then tossing them behind where an equally spotty boy jammed the items into bags. Eggs beneath tins of ham and tomatoes, bread beneath frozen things. When the girl finally looked up to mumble the total, Caroline could almost see the cogs in the brain wake and haltingly turn themselves; could almost hear the grinding. She watched as the blood-shot eyes widened and the lips trembled, the bottom one dropping open like a draw bridge on a slow timer. The girl stammered; she fumbled with Caroline’s credit card; dropped the docket; stared and stared and stared. The bag boy didn’t look up. As Caroline packed the food into the back of the Land Rover, she felt as if she was being watched. Expecting one of the mums brigade, she straightened and looked around. A dishevelled figure stood motionless in the corner of the parking lot. Scuffed boots, thick trousers; bulked up by a couple of men’s coats and a disreputable sweater, the figure removed its bright pink beanie only when it met Caroline’s eyes. It was the woman. The other mother. Caroline didn’t—couldn’t—budge. She and the Traveller watched each other forever until the woman shoved her hat back over the dark tangled hair and shuffled off. The spell broken, Caroline could shift again, but her joints ached. It seemed every move she made hurt, every bag she heaved was filled with wet sand. It was a long time before her hands stopped shaking enough for her put the keys in the ignition. She was dripping with sweat in the cold, cold car. ‘Mum? Mum!’ Simon’s voice in Caroline’s ear and his hands on her shoulder shocked her awake. She’d been dreaming somewhere dark, somewhere the blackness was deathly-thick. ‘Mum!! Wake up!’ He was yelling, her son. She could smell fear on him; it came off his skin in waves, mixed with the scent of adolescence. He stank. Caroline recoiled, trying not to do so, managing to shuffle herself across the sheets without actually seeming to move. Her head felt full of cement. Only the sheer terror of having Simon’s fingers anywhere near her had the power to shock her awake as surely as an icy bath. She cursed herself for having taken a sleeping tablet—what was she thinking making herself vulnerable?—but there were so many in the bathroom, hers, Geoffrey’s, all the enthusiastically doled-out tranquilisers the doctor had heaped upon them early in the piece. And she hadn’t slept properly in… She so needed to sleep. And now her son had crept into her room and gotten close enough to touch her with hands that had— ‘Mum, there’s someone downstairs.’ ‘What’s the time?’ She struggled into a sitting position and squinted at the shining digital face on her bedside table. She could hear someone battering at the front door. It was two a.m. Surely not reporters. Surely not at this hour. Nor the police—double jeopardy and all, and he hadn’t been out of the house since he’d been given back to her. He couldn’t have done anything else, not yet. Simon’s face was white, his eyes huge. My child is afraid, she thought, admonished. His blond hair stuck up at all angles; coupled with his terrified stare it made him look very, very young. Caroline felt a deep stab of shame. He needed his mum. She wrapped a thick chenille dressing gown around herself and tied it tight. She crept along the hallway, past the grandfather clock with its regular rhythmic tick-tock, and down the stairs, Simon behind her, his hands holding onto the train of her gown just like he did when little and she was in the kitchen making his buttery toast. Back when he couldn’t bear to be parted from her. The door was shuddering and shaking under the force of the blows—she thought she could see periodic slivers of the world outside as the wood warped inwards with each hit. She wondered if the leadlight panels would break, but they seemed to bend and curve like rubber. She opened the hall cupboard and pulled out a cricket bat—Simon’s when he was eight. It wasn’t huge but it was hefty and she’d get in a good swing, by God. Caroline pushed her son away so she could have space. As she took the last two steps forward there was one final slam and the door vibrated on its hinges, then all was still. She flicked on the porch light, wrenching on the doorhandle and pulling at the same time. Nothing. A pool of yellow light trickled down into the garden like something spilled, and beyond its reach there was the moonlight, giving everything a strange blue tint. The front yard was empty as was the street beyond and there was nowhere for anyone to hide. There weren’t even any desperate reporters staked out in battered Vauxhalls, snoring or smoking or mainlining bad coffee from the all-night service station fifteen minutes away. The cars sparkled with the night’s frost as if someone had scattered diamond chips over them. Caroline stepped out, her feet cold. A few more paces and something stuck to the sole of her left foot. She bent down and picked it up, glanced briefly at the piece of faded photographic paper. ‘What is it?’ Simon’s voice quavered from well back in the hallway and she couldn’t help, was devastated by, the wave of contempt that washed over her. ‘Nothing. Just some rubbish.’ She pocketed the photo before she turned and went inside. ‘Hot chocolate?’ He surprised her by nodding, by choosing her company instead of retreating to his cave yet again. Instead of making her feel that she was alone in the house despite his presence. The kitchen was bright and warm and for a while she could pretend everything was normal. The ground was hard-frosted and the grass crunched and crackled like broken glass beneath her boots. Far behind her were the house and its rear garden backing onto the common, the drunken fence and the squeaky gate that led out. White mist hung in front of her face and she struggled to breathe in the cold air. Sweat ran its way down her spine. Caroline chided herself: she hadn’t been to the gym in months; her thighs felt like jelly and she couldn’t even manage a brisk walk without puffing. As she reached the top of the incline, she stopped, trying not to gasp for breath, and surveyed the land below. A curious combination of painted wagons, battered four-wheel drives and campervans were scattered in a loose configuration someone might mistake for a circle. In what passed for the centre was a fire pit, with smoke still rising from last night’s embers. There was a bustle of activity: the Travellers were preparing to move on. This was probably the longest they’d stayed in any one place, she thought, then tried to unthink the reason why. She took a deep gulp of icy air that made her lungs burn in protest, and started down the slope. It took them a while to notice her as they packed up like efficient little ants, but she stood at the edge of their campsite and eventually someone spotted her. Looked closer. Recognised her features. Nudged the person next to them. And so on. Eventually they all gathered around, so many of them, but kept a few metres between her and them, as if she might be contaminated and this was judged the safe distance. Pinned beneath their collective gaze, Caroline felt thin—no, not just thin, but starving, soul-famished, as if nothing good had ever come from or gone into her. The men looked at her hard, although some seemed to pity her, but the women … the women judged. They peered at her as if they knew what she suspected, that somehow her son’s rot had started with her, begun in the womb and come to fruition months and months ago. She felt as if she were a specimen, an experiment that had gone horribly, openly wrong. Just when she thought she couldn’t take anymore and was about to turn tail and run, the crowd parted, split by a knife of a woman. Caroline opened her mouth but no words came. Instead she stood there for the longest time, lips parted, tongue wetly visible but mute. Then the other nodded and turned, gliding through the press of bodies. Caroline followed and the Travellers shifted, maintaining the safe corridor as she passed between them. Without the layers of clothes, she was tall and thin. Her hair, pulled into a black plait, hung down below the waist of a long green skirt. As she walked, Caroline could hear bells and she remembered from all the days of the trial that the Traveller was weighted down with jewellery: bracelets, earrings, necklaces, anklets; her fingers were swollen with rings, silver, gold, with stones of every colour. She led Caroline to one of the painted wagons, up the wooden steps of faded red and into a warm, dark, musty space. The door closed behind them without either of them drawing it shut. The space stretched forward but seemed smaller than it should have, a dim tunnel stuffed with boxes and books and stray items of clothing. The built-in bed was piled high with blankets and newspapers. An unlikely chaise longue took up space, lying on an angle as uncomfortable as a lizard in a too-small container. The walls were hung with paintings and tapestries, some things that looked like pages from illuminated manuscripts, pendants, misplaced wind-chimes, strands of crystals, strings of dried garlic and flowers and, in one instance, what looked like animal paws. Caroline glanced away. A pot of tea sat in the centre of a small table, neatly placed within the edges of an embroidered circle of birds and horses. Two cups. Like the teapot they were once fine porcelain, now crackle-glazed, their floral pattern faded. Caroline thought her grandmother might have had the same set once upon a time. Her hostess sat and waved that she should do the same. Caroline hoped the woman—her name was Aishe, Caroline reminded herself—would speak first but she knew it was her place to do so. She, Caroline, even if not the sinner, bore the sins of her child. Finding her throat closed, she put a hand in her coat pocket and pulled out the photo, laying it on the cloth between them. Aishe ignored it, instead pouring tea. The liquorice aroma was strong, the liquid deepest black. Only when she had pushed the cup across the cloth to Caroline’s side of the table did the woman let her eyes stray to the small, sad square of paper. A little boy smiled up at them. He had black eyes and coal-scuttle curls; his skin was olive and he wore a patched red sweater, worn cord trousers too large for him and boots. He held the reins of a shaggy-looking pony and his joy was like a bolt of sunshine. Aishe’s hand hovered over the snapshot, one finger lowered tantalisingly close to the boy’s face, but at the last minute not touching it. She sat back, resigned, weary, and looked expectantly at her guest. Still she did not speak. Caroline, never good with silence, scootched forward. She pushed the edges of the photo with the tips of her nails, as if to draw the woman’s attention to it—to make her consider it more seriously. ‘Yours,’ she pushed out of her mouth. ‘This is yours.’ Aishe shook her head, lids dropping heavily. ‘Yes, it’s your son.’ Caroline’s tone was sharp, a touch of desperation, a need to convince the other of what she was saying. ‘No.’ The word, when it rumbled out, showcased how deep her voice was. Caroline sat back; she couldn’t recall ever hearing her speak, not during the whole of the trial. But surely … surely she must have. The no-longer-mother had given evidence, hadn’t she? ‘No?’ she asked. ‘No,’ repeated Aishe. ‘Not mine. Not anymore.’ Caroline shook her head. ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what happened. I’m sorry for your son, but this photograph is yours. Please, please don’t bother us again.’ ‘Drink. It will help.’ Against her will, Caroline did, sipping at the black brew. ‘Your son,’ said Aishe, ‘has something inside him. Something wrong.’ ‘You think he’s possessed?’ Caroline scoffed. She’d been brought up in a home where religion was politely ignored except at Easter and Christmas, and she’d raised Simon the same way. Geoffrey was an atheist. ‘So are all who do such things. The thing inside makes them so.’ Aishe wrapped her hands around her own cup, ignoring its handle and drinking deeply. ‘So … so you say it’s not Simon’s fault?’ As Caroline wondered at this offer of absolution, the other woman laughed. ‘We still have a choice—free will. We always have the power to say yes or no. Your son has something inside him, yes; but he chose to give in to it.’ Caroline felt the words like a slap. She put the teacup down, her shaking hands clattered it on the saucer. She stood. ‘I am sorry. Sorry about your son.’ She made her way to the door, fumbled with the handle until it gave and let the cold sunlight in. She had her feet on the top step before she heard Aishe’s last words. ‘He’s not mine anymore.’ Caroline stumbled but kept her balance. She tried to leave the rapidly shrinking laager with dignity, but the weight of eyes returning to her and the ringing of the woman’s voice in her ears was a goad. In the end she ran. Ran out of the camp, up the hill and then started down the other side, losing her footing and slipping and sliding on her arse to the bottom. She was up again in a second, running with a limp this time, tears freezing on her cheeks as she hurried towards the rickety gate and the drunken fence and what seemed like safety only in the vaguest of ways. ‘Hello, Caroline.’ She’d made it to the entry to the back garden but found she couldn’t go in. Found her hand wouldn’t move to push the gate open, that her feet refused to turn. So, she’d kept going, wandered a while, tried to lose herself in the woods. Stumbling through a stream that sluggishly dribbled along its wintery path, she’d fallen, torn the left knee of her trousers and the skin beneath. Eventually, she’d come out near the local shop and made her limping way home until her front door loomed large. Just as she pushed the wrought iron front gate (unlike the back gate the one in the front yard was respectable—it could be seen), that voice called softly from a car she hadn’t recognised. ‘Hello, Caroline,’ he said again as he unfolded himself from the driver’s seat. Geoffrey was still tall, but he’d become very thin. And not been-to-the-gym-got-himself-in-shape-thin either. Skeletal thin; not eating thin; heartsick thin and it was almost enough to give her a little thrill of pleasure, to see he was still suffering. ‘What the hell do you want?’ She felt suddenly focused. The pain in her knee, which had been dull at best, burst into vibrant throbbing life. Anger flowed through her veins like molten silver. She was very much alert, alive and she owed it all to the rage Geoffrey conjured in her. He seemed to realise it and his steps faltered. ‘I … I came to see you. And Simon.’ ‘I’m surprised you haven’t let yourself in, made yourself at home,’ she snarled, gloved hands clutching at the gate. ‘You took my key away.’ She’d forgotten that. It had been the same day she’d taken his name off the joint accounts, and cut up his credit card. The same day she’d watched him stuff as many clothes as he could into a big bag on wheels and listened to it thump down the stairs. The same day he’d come home from the hospital and spent a grand total of forty-five minutes packing up the bits of his fifteen year marriage he wanted to keep. He took no photos, no keepsakes; just his thirty-two pairs of argyle socks and his collection of cotton boxers, his jeans, sneakers and sweaters and polo shirts. He’d left his suits and his business shirts and the three pairs of leather shoes, which had given off a stench when Caroline burned them all in the back yard later that afternoon, watching the flames flare and glare and crackle and burst. Now he was back with a ‘Hello, Caroline’ as if they were meeting for coffee. ‘And anyway, I knocked. I knocked a lot. I could hear music and someone moving around inside— is it Simon? It must be Simon—I kept up with the coverage, so I know he’s home—but no one answered the door. So I thought I’d wait.’ ‘Simon doesn’t answer the door. He doesn’t go out anymore, Geoffrey,’ she said in a tone that told him these were important things to know. ‘Our son doesn’t have a life anymore.’ She bit her tongue and stopped herself from adding: We don’t have a son anymore. ‘I thought … I thought I’d like to see him.’ ‘You thought? You thought?’ Her voice began to rise. Soon only dogs will be able to hear me. She had to bite down on the giggles that threatened. ‘When did you start thinking, Geoffrey, about anyone but yourself?’ ‘Caroline, I’m sorry— I know I did the wrong thing. It was just so hard—‘ ‘Yes, it fucking was! It was very fucking hard— for me! You just gave up. You just left, you shit!’ ‘Now there’s no need for that sort of language…’ ‘You fuck! Fuck you! You leave me to clean up this mess and you’re telling me to mind my language? What!? Do you think I’ll be a bad influence on Simon?’ She let the gate go and turned to fully face him, taking deliberate steps towards him as he backed away. He paled and she knew he was terrified of her, of this strange new woman who was walking about in her skin. She wondered what he saw in her that made him know she was something different now. She idly wondered if it was the same thing that showed in Simon’s face when he— ‘I’m sorry, Caroline, this was a bad idea.’ She could barely hear him over the sound his keys made as he tried to get them into the car door. She noticed that his vehicle was old, no central locking, no blipping noises from electronic entry—no heated seats either, she imagined. A far cry from the Merc he’d driven away in. She wondered what had happened to it, but guessed that if he was trying to visit, he was trying to come back to the comfort of her money. Caroline smiled at him. He got the door open and put it between them as if it might keep him safe. But he didn’t get into the car, he seemed to be about to say something else, and that was his mistake. Caroline gathered herself, drew upon all the saliva she could muster and spat in his face. Pity it’s not acid, she thought, but for his expression it may as well have been. It dripped from the tip of his sharp nose, and slid lazily down his left cheek. ‘Don’t come back, Geoffrey.’ ‘What’s that?’ Simon dropped the item in question, startled by his mother’s sudden appearance. Caroline caught sight of herself in the mirror above his desk. She looked wild, angry and sick. She stalked into the room. He hunched down and swept the thing up, trying to hide it. ‘Nothing,’ he grunted. It was the same tone he had used for the last year and she’d thought herself inured to it, but this time she snapped. She swooped on him, shrieking, pushing her face into his until he was almost flat on his mattress as she screamed. Whatisit, whatisit, whatisit, whatisit? He threw it on the floor and she stepped back, his movement breaking her tirade. It was a knife. A pocket knife. The one Geoffrey had given him the Christmas before in spite of her objections. The one the police had been unable to find. The one that still had thin brown stains where the blade met the casing. Time seemed to freeze around them as they stared down at the thing on the blue carpet. Caroline had steadfastly lied for her son. Yes, he was home that afternoon. No, he had not left his room. They’d had hot chocolate at precisely three o’clock and they had watched cartoons together. No amount of nitpicking or white-anting by the Prosecution had shifted or shaken her, and she’d taken a kind of perverse pride in that. In truth, Caroline didn’t really know why she’d lied. To protect her child, yes, but she didn’t understand why she did it when she knew deep down he was guilty. She’d had hope, of course, all mothers have hope beyond hope, a deep abiding belief that a miracle will occur and their child will be proven innocent—because when the guilt is beyond doubt, is known, the world changes irrevocably. And here it was. Undeniable proof of what he’d done. Caroline felt something somewhere in her chest give way, cave in and leave a pile of rubble in its wake. Inside, an already hobbling part of her died. But it didn’t matter. They couldn’t charge him again, couldn’t re-try him. He was out and he’d got away with it. And he was in her house. He’d come out of her. Whatever was in him had come from her. Slowly she bent down, the cut in her knee reopening, and picked up the knife. Her knuckles turned bone-white around it and she could feel the metal cutting. She squeezed her hand tighter, felt satisfied as the blade cut further and blood began to pool in her palm, then drip out between her fingers. In the cup of her hand, the new blood liquefied the old, mixed with it. Caroline lifted her fist and shook it at Simon. Red spattered across his shirt, face and the blue duvet. Behind his eyes she saw something stir; something that wasn’t afraid of her. Not yet. She moved towards him and the thing inside him began to shift, to squirm. Ah! At last. Then the window shattered, showering them both with glass, and the spell was broken. Time stumbled forward again. She became aware of the clock in the upstairs hallway, ticking and tocking, reliable as ever. On the bed lay half a brick. Tied to it with a piece of twine was a familiar crumpled square of off-white. Simon didn’t even twitch, still paralysed. Still frozen. Only his eyes swept around, as if looking for escape. Caroline collected the brick, and untied the twine. Resignedly, she pulled the photo away from the rough surface of the concrete carrier pigeon and put it into the pocket of her Barbour. She felt the blood from her hand oozing across the surface smoothly melting away the emulsion. Caroline straightened, cleared her throat. ‘Lunch in ten minutes. If you want food you’ll come downstairs like a human being. No more skulking up here. I’m not a zookeeper to keep bringing meals to your door.’ She turned to leave. ‘It wasn’t anyone important!’ His voice, his words, made her nauseous. She felt hot waves of sick rising, lapping at the back of her throat. She swallowed it down. He wouldn’t see—couldn’t see—any weakness. Caroline kept moving, towards the door, was almost into the hallway. ‘Just a filthy little Rom. Filthy Traveller. Who’d miss him? Mum? Who’d miss him?’ She locked the door of her bedroom that night; thought about pushing a set of drawers in front of it, then decided she was being silly. The rage-invigorated woman who had so scared her husband and son seemed to have disappeared. She couldn’t, she supposed, burn that brightly for too long. She went to sleep quickly, though, as if all her energy had evaporated. She didn’t even take a tablet. Something woke her in the dark watches. At first she thought it was Simon and cried out, then remembered he couldn’t get in. Anyway, what woke her was a weeping, a whimpering Simon had never made, not even when he was small. Her heart clenched when she saw the figure standing solidly black silhouetted on the pale curtains, back-lit by the streetlights. But she realised the shape, the shadow, was too small. Caroline sat up slowly and squinted hard into the dimness. Slowly details made themselves known: a patched red sweater, coal-scuttle curls, the dirty marks on his face cut by lines of clean where tears had fallen. She didn’t turn on the bedside lamp for fear he would disappear. She didn’t speak for the same reason. She offered her hand and held her breath. He settled beside her under the sheets, beneath the blankets, snuggling into the curve of her as if he belonged there. His skin was so cold she shivered. But she welcomed the sensation—any sensation, any feeling at all that was not despair or contempt or fear or hatred or grief. The thin little back pressed against her stomach; the little knuckles of the spine stood out and she ran her fingers down them, almost expecting the sound of a xylophone. And he stopped crying. She brushed a hand across his face, felt the still-wet tears and put her fingers to her tongue. They burned, salt and ice, stung her mouth like lemon juice poured into a wound, but she didn’t care. ‘Mum?’ Simon was scratching at the door. ‘Mum, are you okay?’ he paused. ‘It’s just I thought I heard you yell…’ The child beside her stilled like a small animal trying to escape notice and then she smelled ammonia. She gathered her breath, kept her voice steady and said, ‘Yes, I’m fine. A dream is all. Go back to bed.’ She listened as his heavy footsteps receded and his bedroom door closed. She could feel the little boy relaxing. ‘It’s all right,’ she whispered. ‘It’s all right.’ Ignoring the wet stink, the warm damp that was rapidly turning cold, Caroline wrapped her arms around the child and slept soundly. ‘I want to go outside,’ Simon mumbled through his food. He wasn’t using a knife—she hadn’t put one out—and hacked away great chunks of French toast with the edge of his fork, then shovelled each one loaded with disks of banana into his mouth. Syrup dripped down his chin. Caroline turned back to the stove and deftly flipped over another piece of bread dipped in egg mix. It sizzled as it hit the pan and the smell of heated butter filled her nostrils. She nodded, as if buying herself a few moments. In truth she felt guilty, guiltier than at any other time in her life. She told herself it was because she’d been a bad mother, because she’d feared him, and because of that fear she’d hated him. But it was worse and she knew it. She hadn’t simply hated him. She’d forgotten him. For the briefest of hours she had forgotten him altogether and she had loved another child. Another child who was everything Simon no longer was: vulnerable, innocent. A child who’d filled her need for such a short time. But had done so nevertheless, and in doing so had widened the fractures between Caroline and her son. So she nodded again and said, ‘Where would you like to go?’ ‘The park? Just out, Mum. Just… out.’ ‘The park it is, when I finish the dishes. Wrap up, it’s cold.’ She could feel, tight by her left leg, the cold weight of the ghost child leaning on her. The small frozen hands gripped her mid-thigh, hampering any movement, but she didn’t shift; didn’t want to dislodge him, just stayed in place revelling in the sensation of being essential. When Simon finished jamming breakfast into his maw and brought his plate over to the sink, she felt the ghost child dissolve, his presence melt away, leaving only his fear of Simon and a disturbing sense of resentment in Caroline’s chest. It was okay, she thought. It was going to be okay. The bench was warm beneath her; an unseasonal burst of sun had burned away the chill and the damp and she was toasty in a bubble of light, hidden from the wind by a stand of trees and the toilet block not far behind her. She snuggled down in her coat and closed her eyes for a moment. The park had been a good idea. Stiff and formal at first, they’d eventually relaxed. Simon had scraped together a tiny, wet ball from remnants of snow (but mostly mud) and thrown it at her. The mark was still visible on her coat; any other time she would have lost her temper, seen it as mean, but there was a kind of relief in seeing him behave like a child for the first time in what seemed an age. It made her remember how it had been when he was small. When loving him wasn’t something she thought about, wasn’t something she resented, but something she simply did; something she did not question. So she laughed and made snow-mud pies of her own and threw them until they were both breathless with laughter and covered with cold, dripping brown. When she sat to catch her breath, Simon played on the swings. The park started to fill up with other children but he didn’t seem to notice them. More importantly, they didn’t appear to notice him. The few parents standing around smoking and watching their own offspring didn’t recognise her son either. He took to the slides, then the roundabout, climbed the tree fort, then told her he needed to go to the loo. She’d smiled and nodded, touched his arm and squeezed to let him know it was going to be okay. Now she sat, warm and drowsing, as close to happy as she’d been in … she didn’t know. They would move, yes. Up north, somewhere with a small school, but close enough to a city with good psychologists; Simon would need help. He would need someone to talk to—as she would, let’s face it—someone who could get him to speak about what made him do what he did. Someone who could make him face what he had done, look at it and see it for what it was, and then turn away in disgust—aversion therapy, she thought. He would realise that his choices in future must always turn away from whatever the voice inside him advised. He would recognise his action had been an aberration. He’d acted on a whim, a curiosity. It was hideous, terrible, but he had to be allowed to move on. If he didn’t, her son would be tied to that awful, awful thing forever. And so would she. But they could get past it. They could work together. Everything would be okay. The hand was small and frigid on her face. At first she thought it was Simon, but the hand was too small. Too tender. The touch was sad, tentative, but somehow determined. She moaned no, but it didn’t help. Caroline didn’t want to, but the tiny fingers brushed across her lids, made her blink, let the smallest sliver of daylight in and she had to come back to the world. When she opened her eyes, the ghost child was a few feet away. He wasn’t looking at her, but staring towards the toilet block. She felt as heavy as she ever had, cemented to the wooden bench, but she heaved herself upwards. Every step was leaden, and she couldn’t make herself run. Her legs operated independently of her will and resolutely brought her to the entrance to the male toilets. The smell of urine assailed her. The floor was tiled and damp. She rounded the corner and peered into the dim-lit rectangular room. Stalls to the right. A urinal against the far wall. A row of sinks to the left. And in the far corner, her son just visible in the doorway of the furthest stall. Caroline approached quietly, oh so quietly. Behind her she could feel the arctic presence of the ghost child, his little hands holding onto the bottom of her coat. In the moment before Simon sensed her and turned around, she saw into the stall. An elfin girl this time. Caroline felt her heart stop, leap, thud like a drum. The child’s face was pinched and pale but she seemed otherwise unhurt. She was crouched on top of the closed lid of the toilet, curled in on herself like a terrified hedgehog. She looked clean and cared for in jeans with sequins along the line of the pockets, a pink, puffed jacket, and purple gumboots decorated with flower-shaped raindrops and umbrellas held by black and white cows. Not a Traveller’s child this time, not a child Simon might think no one would care about. Caroline couldn’t help the flare of irritation that after everything that had happened he could be so stupid. The little girl caught sight of Caroline and her mouth opened in a wail of relief and fear. That was when Simon turned, his eyes widening, pupils dilating, his mouth working like a fish trying to gather breath on land. ‘I wasn’t! I wasn’t doing anything!’ He cowered. ‘I wasn’t going to…’ Caroline had thought her son’s lies had no more power to hurt her. The moment her hand grasped the collar of his jacket and began to shake him, the girl used the chance to dart out, haring through the tight space between their bodies and the stall door. She let loose a steam train squeal as she passed them by. Caroline had enough presence of mind to drag him outside and to the car before the shouting started, her own and that of the outraged parents gathering around the little girl who’d made her way to the far side of the park with amazing speed. In her bathroom, everything was arrayed tidily, in the order she needed. They had to be ground down, she decided; one simply couldn’t swallow so many any other way. Caroline had taken the boxes from the medicine cabinet, popped the pills out of the blister packs, each one making a satisfying metallic crackle as they broke through the silvery packaging. She’d brought the small mortar and pestle up from the kitchen, the one she kept for dry ingredients, and stood it on the white marble of the vanity unit. She dropped the tablets in, absently counting them as if it mattered, then began the painstaking process of turning them into dust. In the end, the small mound of white powder wasn’t enough. Or perhaps it was, but she didn’t really believe it. She wanted to be certain; didn’t want to leave anything to chance. Next came the bottles—so many bottles!—the pills larger, harder to crush, but she managed it. She could do it. She could do anything, as long as she concentrated on one task at a time. Behind her, cold radiated, a frigid comfort. Then the stairs, one at a time, carefully cupping the mortar with both hands. Easy. Down was easiest. One thing at a time. In the kitchen, she poured milk into a saucepan and put it on the stove, the click of the lighter making her flinch until the gas caught with a blue sigh. From the pantry, the canister and the sugar bowl. From the cupboard over the sink, a mug, the biggest, his favourite. The powders, the mixing of white and brown, until no one could tell the difference; the sound of the milk as it heated, simmered, threatened to boil over. And finally, she stood at the bottom of the stairs, took a breath, kept her voice steady and called upwards. ‘Hot chocolate?’ The post PseudoPod 646: Home and Hearth appeared first on PseudoPod.
Rank #1: “The Axman of New Orleans” and 3 More True Terrifying Stories! #WeirdDarkness . “The Axman of New Orleans” and 3 More True Terrifying Stories! #WeirdDarkness In this episode…The Lingering Ghost of “Ma” Barker haunts the shores of Lake Weir in Florida.Sex with ghosts… is it erotic or horrific?An axe-wielding maniac stalked the streets of the Big Easy, and the only way to avoid slaughter was to play jazz.And something new I’m adding to the podcast – Dark Chapters – where I share an entire chapter of a book. In this episode, I’ll share something from one of my favorite authors and podcasters – Aaron Mahnke, and his LORE series of books. Now.. bolt your doors, lock your windows, turn off your lights, and come with me into the Weird Darkness! BECOME A PATRON at http://www.patreon.com/marlarhouse See a list of all monthly supporters at http://www.marlarhouse.com/donate – these people are truly appreciated! Music provided by Midnight Syndicate, used with permission. Music in this episode is from the album, “The Dead Matter”: http://amzn.to/2DeHsVi STORY CREDITS… “Ghost Sex: Erotic or Horrific” written by G. Michael Vasey: http://amzn.to/2FQGHTV “The Lingering Ghost of ‘Ma Barker”: http://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-last-great-outlaw-gang.html “The Axman of New Orleans”: https://the-line-up.com/axeman-of-new-orleans DARK CHAPTER… “They Made a Tonic” from the book, “The World of LORE, Monstrous Creatures” by Aaron Mahnke: http://amzn.to/2mJRIxH ========== Subscribe to this podcast on Apple or Android at http://www.WeirdDarkness.com! Submit your story for use in a future episode at http://www.WeirdDarkness.com! Visit my personal page at http://www.facebook.com/darrenmarlar. If you want to converse with me and your fellow Weirdos, you can join the "Weirdos of Marlar House" group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/marlarhouse. Find my free mobile app, store, social media, blog, and more at http://www.MarlarHouse.com. SEND ME STUFF: Marlar House Productions PO BOX 2023 Loves Park, IL 61130 MY RECORDING TOOLS... * MICROPHONE (Neumann TLM103): http://amzn.to/2if01CL * POP FILTER (AW-BM700): http://amzn.to/2zRIIyK * XLR CABLE (Mogami Gold Studio): http://amzn.to/2yZXJeD * MICROPHONE PRE-AMP (Icicle): http://amzn.to/2vLqLzg * SOFTWARE (Adobe Audition): http://amzn.to/2vLqI6E * HARDWARE (MacBook Pro): http://amzn.to/2vQzD5g OTHER STUFF... * MARLAR HOUSE MOBILE APP: http://ww.MarlarHouse.com/mobile * POSTAL ADDRESS: Marlar House Productions, PO Box 2023, Loves Park IL 61130 * MARLAR SHEET (newsletter): http://www.MarlarHouse.com/MarlarSheet * MARLAR HOUSE AUDIOBOOKS: http://www.MarlarHouse.com/AudioBooks BECOME A PATRON at http://www.patreon.com/marlarhouse "Weird Darkness" and "Daily Dose of Weird News" are proudly a part of the BombPod Media Network: http://www.BombPodMedia.com
Rank #2: #WeirdDarkness: “THE GHOSTS OF DEATH ROW” and 3 More True Paranormal Stories! . WeirdDarkness: “THE GHOSTS OF DEATH ROW” and 3 More True Paranormal Stories! Tired of ads? Get the commercial free version of each episode at WeirdDarkness.com/WEIRDO IN THIS EPISODE: The most evil of lawbreakers in our society – the murderers and rapists – are usually confined to life in prison. The most evil of the evil are sometimes sentenced to death. But is it possible that by cutting short the lives of the horrific individuals on Death Row, we are unknowingly creating new malevolent entities that continue to torment us from the grave? (The Ghosts of Death Row) From beatings to murders to a handful of escape attempts made by Alcatraz's prisoners, the terrifying history of Alcatraz prison contains plenty of ghosts. (The Hauntings of Alcatraz) What if UFOs aren’t from another planet – or even another dimension? What if they are actually machines built right here on Earth, piloted by human time travelers? (Time Machine Flying Saucers) Weirdo family member Amber Harris shares a true story called “Darkness Was My Neighbor”. (Darkness Was My Neighbor)
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Rank #1: S1E16 – Horror Hill. In this 16th episode of Horror Hill, we bring you chapters 1-5 of best selling author Drew Stepek‘s award winning novel Knuckle Supper, performed by host and narrator Jason Hill. Be sure to join us again next week for the continuation of Stepek’s epic tale, when we feature chapters 6-10. See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here:http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/horror-hill/s1e16-hh/ Podcast executive produced and directed by: Craig GroshekPodcast produced by: Craig GroshekPodcast hosted by: Jason HillStories performed by: Jason HillSound design by: Luke Hodgkinson and Felipe OjedaScript by: Craig Groshek & Jason HillOriginal artwork by: Jason Hill Audio program © 2018 Chilling Entertainment, LLC – All Rights Reserved. No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Chilling Entertainment, LLC. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.
Rank #2: S1E03 – Horror Hill. In this third episode of Horror Hill, we bring you two spine-tingling tales from Kevin David Anderson and H.K. Reyes, performed by host and narrator Jason Hill, one a mesmerizing tale of mind over matter, the second coming to us across the airwaves from a dark and distant past, a time when the monsters in the night were very, very real.Stories featured in this episode“The Day Hypnotism Died” by Kevin David Anderson – more info about this author“The Voice on the Radio” by H.K. Reyes – more info about this author See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/horror-hill/s1e03-hh/ Podcast executive produced and directed by: Craig GroshekPodcast produced by: Craig GroshekPodcast hosted by: Jason HillStories performed by: Jason HillSound design by: Luke HodgkinsonScript by: Craig Groshek & Jason HillOriginal artwork by: Jason Hill Audio program © 2018 Chilling Entertainment, LLC – All Rights Reserved. No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Chilling Entertainment, LLC. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.
Rank #1: 1: S3E01 - "Paranormal Perception" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark. In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Colby Newton, Anton Scheller, Immutatus, and William Meikle, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about apocalyptic abominations, sinister static, nightmarish nursery rhymes, and beasts beneath the waves. See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/s3e01
Rank #2: 1: S2E01 – “Seeking Shadows” – Scary Stories Told in the Dark. In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales by John Casuccio, Moonlit Cove, H.P. Lovecraft, and two who prefer to remain anonymous, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about unsettling after-school activities, secret passageways, unearthed oddities, and dangerous games as old as time. You’re listening to the standard edition of tonight’s program, which includes the first two stories. If you’d like to show your support and enjoy an extended version of this and or other episodes, with twice the terror, visit SimplyScaryPodcast.com and click “Patrons” in the upper menu to sign up today. See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/s2e01
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Geoffrey Kron
The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life
Edited by Gordon Lindsay Campbell
Classical Studies, Marriage and the Family
Greek Origins
Improved Nutrition and Range Management
Standards of Care for Domestic Livestock
Non-Farm Animals
Game Farming
Aesop and Animal Fable
Animals in Classical Art
Good to Laugh With: Animals in Comedy
Animals in Epic
Animals in Tragedy
Domestication and Breeding of Livestock: Horses, Mules, Asses, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine
Value Economics: Animals, Wealth, and the Market
Fauna of the Ancient Mediterranean World
Ancient Fishing and Fish Farming
Origins of Life and Origins of Species
Civilization, Gastronomy, and Meat-Eating
Animals in Warfare
Animal Magic
Animals and Divination
Animal Sacrifice in Antiquity
Animals in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity
Part-Animal Gods
Metamorphosis: Human into Animals
Wondrous Animals in Classical Antiquity
Animals in Egypt
Spectacles of Animal Abuse
Horse Racing and Chariot Racing
Animals and Triumphs
Being the One and Becoming the Other: Animals in Ancient Philosophical Schools
Philosophical Vegetarianism and Animal Entitlements
Zoological Knowledge in Ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient Fossil Discoveries and Interpretations
In ancient Greece and Rome, there is evidence that animal husbandry was a technically sophisticated and productive enterprise. Archaeozoological studies show that the size of livestock was considerably larger compared to Bronze Age, Iron Age, and the medieval period. Moreover, the species were remarkably diversified, ranging from domestic animals to fowl, wild game, and game-birds that were farmed for affluent and demanding urban consumers in the Mediterranean. In addition to an extensive knowledge of the normal behaviour and needs of the animals, ancient Greeks and Romans displayed excellent management of pastures and rangelands, expertise in veterinary care, and high standards of fodder and forage production. Improvements in Graeco-Roman animal husbandry can be attributed mainly to enhanced nutrition. Aside from domestic farm animals or some farmed game, dogs, cats, and exotic animals also played a role as pets or work animals. This article focuses on animal husbandry, including poultry and game farming, as practised by ancient Greeks and Romans.
Keywords: ancient Greece, Rome, animal husbandry, livestock, domestic animals, game, pastures, nutrition, poultry, farming
Geoffrey Kron, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
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1989 - Oxford Handbooks
Matthias Middell
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism
Edited by Stephen A. Smith
History, Contemporary History (post 1945), Cold War
Two Ways of Telling the Story?
Historical Analogies
The Singing Revolution in the Baltic States
Poland and the Emergence of a Civil Society
Communism beyond Europe
Introduction: Towards a Global History of Communism
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on Communism
Lenin and Bolshevism
Stalin and Stalinism
Mao and Maoism
The Comintern
Communism in Eastern Europe
Communism in China, 1900–2010
Communism in South East Asia
Communism in Latin America
Communism in the Islamic World
Communism in Africa
Political and Economic Relations between Communist States
Averting Armageddon: The Communist Peace Movement, 1948–1956
The Cult of Personality and Symbolic Politics
Communist Revolution and Political Terror
Popular Opinion Under Communist Regimes
Communism and Economic Modernization
Collectivization and Famine
The Politics of Plenty: Consumerism in Communist Societies
The Life of a Communist Militant
Workers under Communism: Romance and Reality
Communism and Women
Privilege and Inequality in Communist Society
Nation-Making and National Conflict under Communism
Cultural Revolution
Communism and the Artistic Intelligentsia
Religion under Communism
Sport Under Communism
The essay argues that the story of 1989 can be told either as a narrow or a wide story. The narrow story focuses on the end of communism, the unification of Germany, and the subsequent integration of former communist states into the European Union. It works especially well for Central and Eastern Europe, although it also has implications for regimes in Africa that relied on Soviet support. However, it also requires considerable qualification, given the survival of communist regimes in China, Vietnam, Cuba, and elsewhere. In the second, wide version of the story, 1989 brings to visibility processes that had been at work for several decades, undermining the power blocs of the Cold War era and the territorially defined polities on which the system of international relations rested. In this story 1989 is of as much relevance to the West as to the former Eastern Bloc. The essay looks at both stories in relation to Gorbachev and perestroika, the US role in the end of the Cold War, German unification, the singing revolution in the Baltic, and 1989 in China and Cuba.
Keywords: end of communism, German unification, survival of communism, 1989, China, Cuba, Cold War, Baltic singing revolution, territoriality
Matthias Middell is Professor of Cultural History and Director of the Global and European Studies Institute at Leipzig University. He is Director of the University’s Graduate Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities as well as Spokesperson of its Centre for Area Studies. His research focuses on global history, with an emphasis on spatial configurations and cultural transfers, and on the history of historiography.
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Greeks and Achaemenid Persians
Bruce Laforse
Classical Studies, Ancient Warfare, Middle Eastern Languages and Culture
This chapter addresses the battle against Achaemenid Persians. Shortly before the fateful battle of Cunaxa, Cyrus the Younger told his Greek officers why they fought and how their lives ... More
This chapter addresses the battle against Achaemenid Persians. Shortly before the fateful battle of Cunaxa, Cyrus the Younger told his Greek officers why they fought and how their lives would improve if they should defeat the army of his brother, Artaxerxes II. Cyrus framed his speech entirely in terms of the Greek/Barbarian dichotomy. The chapter also shows how key aspects of the Greek/Barbarian dichotomy developed. The poetry from Homer until the Persian Wars contains only hints of the Greek/Barbarian stereotypes. In the Persae, Aeschylus presents the victorious Greeks as free men, collectively fighting in disciplined well-organized fashion, their numbers and resources comparatively modest. To many Greeks, Persia was the enemy against whom it was in the best interests of all Greeks to set aside internal differences and unite.
Military and Society in Sasanian Iran
Scott McDonough
This chapter examines the military as an institution in Iranian politics and society, starting in the Parthian era and focusing on Sasanian developments. Sasanian Iran was a considerably less ... More
This chapter examines the military as an institution in Iranian politics and society, starting in the Parthian era and focusing on Sasanian developments. Sasanian Iran was a considerably less populous, rich, and centralized polity than Rome, even though the Iranian society was highly militarized and its elites defined themselves as a “warrior aristocracy.” The Iranian (“Aryan”) cavalry was the backbone of Sasanian military power. The regions on the “bleeding edge” of Sasanian expansion contributed to Sasanian military strength. Successful offensive warfare gave the Sasanians a deeper base of military manpower. The final two centuries of the Sasanian era exhibited a military crisis, and the restructuring of the Sasanian military and society, all of which eventually resulted in the end of the Sasanian army. The soldiers and principles of the Sasanian military would live on in Iran and beyond though the Middle Ages.Less
Roman Warfare with Sasanian Persia
A. D. Lee
Classical Studies, Ancient Warfare, Middle Eastern Languages and Culture, Ancient Roman History
This chapter explains the warfare between the Roman Empire and Sasanian Persia, specifically presenting an historical review of Roman–Persian warfare. The Roman Empire presented many new ... More
This chapter explains the warfare between the Roman Empire and Sasanian Persia, specifically presenting an historical review of Roman–Persian warfare. The Roman Empire presented many new military challenges, one of the most serious and certainly the most consistent of which was that introduced by Sasanian Persia to the east. The Sasanian regime was able to pose a more serious military threat to the Roman Empire compared with its predecessor. Sasanian siege capability led to increased Roman investment in the fortification of cities and towns on and near the frontier. A recent re-examination of the evidence has prompted a revised interpretation involving Persian tunnellers deliberately collapsing their tunnel on top of Roman pursuers after a grisly underground fight in the dark.
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The Architecture of Shakespearean Comedy: Domesticity, Performance, and the Empty Room
Anne M. Myers
The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Comedy
Edited by Heather Hirschfeld
Literature, Shakespeare Studies and Criticism
Thresholds of Knowledge: Architecture and Epistemology
Windows and Doors: Infamy and Identity
Domestic Surroundings: Infinite Riches and an Empty Room
Introduction: Encountering Shakespearean Comedy
Encountering the Elizabethan Stage
Encountering the Past I: Shakespeare’s Reception of Classical Comedy
Encountering the Past II: Shakespearean Comedy, Chaucer, and Medievalism
Encountering the Present I: Shakespeare’s Early Urban Comedies and the Lure of True Crime and Satire
Encountering the Present II: Shakespearean Comedy and Elizabethan Drama
Shakespearean Comedy and Early Modern Religious Culture
Shakespearean Comedy and the Early Modern Marketplace: Sympathetic Economies
Shakespearean Comedy and the Early Modern Domestic Sphere
Place and Being in Shakespearean Comedy
Shakespearean Comedy and the Question of Race
Farce and Force: Shakespearean Comedy, Militarism, and Violence
Water Memory and the Art of Preserving: Shakespearean Comedy and Early Modern Cultures of Remembrance
The Humours in Humour: Shakespeare and Early Modern Psychology
Shakespearean Comedy and the Senses
Green Comedy: Shakespeare and Ecology
The Laws of Comedy: Shakespeare and Early Modern Legal Culture
Comedy and Eros: Sexualities on Shakespeare’s Stage
Queer Comedy
The Music of Shakespearean Comedy
Gender and Genre: Shakespeare’s Comic Women
Poor Things, Vile Things: Shakespeare’s Comedy of Kinds
Stage Props and Shakespeare’s Comedies: Keeping Safe Nerissa’s Ring
Shakespearean Comedy and the Discourses of Print
Imagining Shakespeare’s Audience
Comedy on the Boards: Shakespeare’s Use of Playhouse Space
Adapting Shakespeare’s Comedies
Brexit Dreams: <i>Comedy, Nostalgia, and Critique in</i> Much Ado About Nothing <i>and</i> A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespearean Comedy on Screen
Holy Adultery: <i>Marriage in</i> The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, <i>and</i> The Merry Wives of Windsor
Comedies of Tough Love: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, <i>and</i> Much Ado About Nothing
Comedies of the Green World: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, <i>and</i> Twelfth Night
Problem Comedies: Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, <i>and</i> All’s Well That Ends Well
This essay argues that Shakespearean comedies evoke and confound associations between female interiority and domestic space. Drawing on The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado about Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, and The Taming of the Shrew, I show how characters expect access to domestic space to reveal incontrovertible truths about female bodies and minds. These assumptions, however, are foiled, as architecture is more often associated with confusion and obfuscation than with the acquisition of knowledge. Moreover, Shakespeare presents the domestic scene as a scene, a site for the mastery and performance of roles, rather than the expression of genuine human desires. In this way, the presentation of domestic architecture undercuts the conventions of the comic marriage plot. At the same time, though, these plays reveal that within the strictures of a particular social world, the successful domestic performance is a matter of life and death.
Keywords: architecture, domesticity, interiority, epistemology, theatricality, performance, femininity, marriage plot, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor
Anne M. Myers is Associate Professor of English at the University of Missouri, where she teaches courses in British Literature including Shakespeare and Milton, as well as Renaissance poetry and drama. She is the author of Literature and Architecture in Early Modern England (2013), and her essays have appeared in edited collections as well as ELH and ELR.
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Standards: Guidelines or Gospel?
By Warren Brand
Note: Some of these details have been changed to ensure the anonymity of our client.
In coatings, as in every other profession, you can go by the book or you can go with what real life demands. Sometimes, those are very different paths.
Which brings me to this question.
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Are standards ever meant to be flexible?
Is it reasonable to veer away from standards if the individuals on site have sufficient experience and expertise? If so, when, and under what circumstances?
The Cold Truth
Consider this: We were working on a highly complex project in the dead of a Chicago winter. There were a dozen large concrete tanks, decades old, 50 feet wide by 30 feet tall.
There were numerous issues with damp concrete, humidity, temperature, cracks, leaking roofs, generators, scaffolding, you name it. Oh, and each day of lost operation or delay cost the client about $10,000.
The specifications cited a variety of standards for different coating issues.
Our first dilemma: what to do about moisture testing the concrete.
There are two schools of thought with this and similar issues, and they go like this.
School 1: The Coating Contractor
As a former contractor involved in lining hundreds of thousands of square feet of concrete, I knew the tanks would not have a moisture issue. They had been empty for many months, uninsulated, exposed to the atmosphere, and on pedestals, not at grade.
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Sure, legalities are a concern, but standards were meant to distill expertise, not replace it.
They were also going to be water blasted, but each tank would have heaters and DH equipment.
On the one hand, we were going to apply a polyurea. On the other, we would first apply an epoxy primer.
Things become even more complex when generators failed, a parge coat had to be removed, and areas needed to be dry-reblasted.
Thinking as a contractor, I knew we needed to move things along.
School 2: The Inspector
But then, I put on my inspector hat and thought, “Wait a second. If we’re wrong, and moisture content is excessive, we would have a massive and catastrophic failure on our hands.”
Enter the standard. Inspectors, as a rule, find solace, hope and protection in standards. If not for the standards, what guidelines do we use to inspect and hold the contractor to the specification?
In this case, a number of standards applied.There’s ASTM F1869, which requires the use of anhydrous calcium chloride. But this test takes three to five days. Specifically, “…the test conditions should be 75 +/- 10°F (23.9 +/- 5.5°C) and 50 +/- 10 % relative humidity. Maintain these conditions 48 hours prior to, and during testing.”
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What's the rule when a standard that you know to be overkill will cost the client another $50,000?
Ok, 48 hours. That’s $20,000 to the client. Then, once the test is in place, it needs 60 to 72 hours. That’s another $30,000.
Then there’s the old plastic bag trick: ASTM D4263, which uses a plastic sheet to qualitatively test for moisture. This test requires only 16 hours but requires “one test area per 500 ft2 (46 m2) or portion thereof of surface area unless otherwise specified. The recommended practice is a minimum of one test for each 10 ft. (3 m) of vertical rise in all elevation starting within 12 in. (300 mm) of the floor."
And What About...
Or there's DFT testing per ASTM D7091, which requires a certain number of spot tests according to the size of the area. On a very large tank, this can be a costly and time-consuming process.
If a coating is applied correctly, and an experienced coating professional can visually determine the DFT with a high-degree of accuracy (and demonstrate this accuracy by spot testing those visually deficient areas), does one still need to follow the standard?
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The bottom line is how you interpret your obligation to the client. Is the rule book always in their best interest, or does another duty trump that?
Or take this: Is it reasonable to requite holiday testing if a three- or four-coating system has been specified?
Then There's...
What about this? About 20 years ago, we were working on a time-critical project. The specification called for a coating system with a DFT of 18-22 mils.
We worked with the coating manufacturer and all involved parties and, instead, recommended 40-50 mils.
The blast profile was sufficient to support the additional mils. The additional material and labor were minor, and we collectively decided to conduct only a handful of DFT tests.
The lining is still performing properly, and we saved the client money with no degradation in quality.
Why Standards?
Remember, standards were developed, in my opinion, to codify the collective expertise of seasoned professionals to provide the less-experienced with guidelines for successful—essentially, trying to transfer decades of experience onto a piece of paper.
But what if the coating professional onsite knows more than the standard?
I know there are legal issues here that basically boil down to this: “Of course, you need to follow the standards so if there’s a failure, your ass is covered.”
But I’m not talking about legal issues. I’m talking about doing what’s best for the client.
Are we serving the clients’ best interest, and using their resources responsibly, by blind adherence to standards?
Or are we, occasionally, unnecessarily transferring money from our clients’ pockets to our own?
Warren Brand
Warren Brand’s coatings career has ranged from entry-level field painting to the presidency of two successful companies. Over nearly three decades, he has project-managed thousands of coating installations and developed specs for thousands of paint and coating applications. NACE Level 3 and SSPC PCS certified, Brand, an MBA and martial-arts instructor, now heads Chicago Corrosion Group, a leading coatings consultancy. Contact Warren.
Tagged categories: Coating Materials; Consultants; NACE; Protective Coating Specialist (PCS); Protective coatings; Specification writing; SSPC; Asia Pacific; Certifications and standards; Chicago Coatings Group; EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa); Inspection; Latin America; North America; Painting Contractors; Quality Control
Comment from Robert Bullard, (4/7/2015, 8:26 AM)
There are micro-pore sealing proprietary materials (liquid solutions) which can seal the high moisture bearing concrete at SSD conditions. They may even enhance the bond of specified primers compared to low moisture concrete meeting spec for the primer. The liquid sealers also penetrated down the inside surfaces of cracks, but to be on the safe side two or three coats of primer should be stripe coated over cracks. Finally, all concretes and all moisture chemistries thereupon or therein are not equal, so raw moisture is just the starting point.
Comment from David Johnson, (4/7/2015, 9:57 AM)
Why would one wait for coating operations to start to perform any tests? Were the tanks in use immediately prior? If bnot, I would start by saying it sounds like poor planning. Standards and regulations, while I love them...sometimes cannot be performed to the letter of the law because of outside circumstances. In these cases, experience is what counts..and ultimately the coating contractor is putting their reputation and financial backing behind such decisions. 3rd party inspectors provide good faith opinions...but do not provide any warranty or become entangled in financial considerations if something goes wrong.
Comment from Antonio Leal, (4/7/2015, 10:58 AM)
rules are trails are not tracks, can be out of date, you may have a better experience on this subject, the community should have access to the committee that formulated the rule, for a query, after analysis support and update the rule in question.
Comment from Tony Rangus, (4/7/2015, 11:57 AM)
So if you are told to do 500 DFT measurements and have them recorded, and you take it upon yourself, because you think you are smarter than the client, and only do 50 DFT measurements, do you refund the money in your bid for the 450 measurements not performed and recorded? Contractors know no bounds when maximizing profits.
Comment from Warren Brand, (4/12/2015, 5:05 PM)
David, I can see how one could view this as poor planning, but, as we all know, we have to work around the schedule of the client. The bottom line is the project was completed, technically, properly. Tony, I'm glad you commented as well. In many of my blogs I've pointed out that one of the major flaws within our entire industry is the adversarial relationship that has developed and remains promoted among inspectors, contractors, manufacturers and others. It is a dangerous and increasingly growing trend of distrust. It's also unwarranted. If you look at any of the entities involved in a coating project, you will find that each one of them is working hard to maximize their profits.
Comment from Tolga DIRAZ, (6/24/2015, 2:00 AM)
Dear Warren, I really enjoyed reading your article, your practical approaches to coating issues in everyday life and esp. your conclusions like "Remember, standards were developed, in my opinion, to codify the collective expertise of seasoned professionals to provide the less-experienced with guidelines for successful—essentially, trying to transfer decades of experience onto a piece of paper." (I will use it in my projects mentioning your name:) My five cents goes to well established "Standard Deviation Request" forms to keep all the process written down so that every party can argue the changes if feasible or not before,during and after the project.
Comment from Warren Brand, (6/25/2015, 11:50 AM)
Hi Tolga, Very nice to hear from you - and thank you for your kind words. I need to find a project in Turkey so we can grab some chai together.
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1. Parties, Definitions, Interactions
For the purposes of the Palace Plumbers Ltd terms and conditions (which are referred to in this document as “these terms”) the following words will have the following meanings.
“The Customer” means the customer to whom the company Palace Plumbers Limited carries our works and supplies materials.
“The Company”, “Palace Plumbers” and “Palace Plumbers Ltd” all refer to Palace Plumbers Ltd.
“Contract” means the agreement between Palace Plumbers and the customer to carry out work of which these terms form a part and where these terms are a schedule to a signed agreement between Palace Plumbers and the Customer.
“The Agreement” means the Agreement.
“Works” means the works described in Palace Plumbers estimates, quotes, work detail sheets, or any other document or email issued by Palace Plumbers as may be varied by agreement in writing between the parties.
For the Purpose of these terms “In writing” includes by email and any documents which are set out in a hand held device and any signature on a hand held screen shall be treated as in writing.
In these terms words importing the masculine gender also include the neuter and the feminine gender and words importing the singular number include also the plural numbers where the content is required.
2.1 – The Company reserves the right to refuse or decline work at its own discretion. Where the Company agrees to carry out work for the Customer said work will be undertaken by the designated operative of The Company at its absolute discretion.
2.2 – The Customer will be treated as an Account Customer or a Non-Account Customer, according to Palace Plumbers reasonable discretion.
2.3 – All estimates given by Palace Plumbers, all orders and instructions given by the Customer and all work authorisations, are governed by these terms. They supersede any other terms appearing elsewhere and override and exclude any other terms stipulated or incorporated or referred to by the Customer, whether in the order or instructions or in any negotiations or in any course of dealings established between Palace Plumbers and the Customer, except where these terms are a schedule to a signed Agreement between the Customer and Palace Plumbers, in which event these terms apply only to the extent not inconsistent with that Agreement.
2.4 – The Customer acknowledges that Palace Plumbers has not made any representations (other than any expressly stated in the Contract and/or in Palace Plumbers estimate) which have induced it to enter into the Contract and the Contract shall constitute the entire understanding between the Customer and Palace Plumbers for the performance of the Works (and detailed in paragraphs set out below Palace Plumbers Ltd terms and conditions).
2.5 – No modification to the Contract shall be effective unless made by an express written agreement or email exchange between the parties. The signing on behalf of Palace Plumbers of any documentation of the Customer shall not imply any modification of the Contract.
2.6 – These terms & conditions may not be released, discharges, supplemented, interpreted, varied or modified in any manner except by an instrument in writing signed by a duly authorised representative of the Company & by the Customer. Further, these terms & conditions shall prevail over any terms & conditions used by the Customer or contained or set out or referred to in any documentation sent by the Customer to the Company; by entering into a contact with the Company the Customer agrees irrevocably to waive the application of any such terms & conditions.
2.7 – Nothing in this Contract is intended to confer on any person any right to enforce any term which that person would not have but for The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. Accordingly, a person who is not a party to this Contract shall have no rights under that Act to enforce any of its terms, but this does not affect any right or remedy of such persons, which exists or is available apart from that Act.
3. Prices, Estimates, Quotes, Variations
3.1 – An estimate by Palace Plumbers is provided based on and defined by a none visual review of the job described by the customer. An estimate is subject to adjustment once the engineer is on site should the customer go ahead and book an appointment based on that estimate.
3.2 – A quote by Palace Plumbers is an on-site evaluation of works requested based on a half hour appointment and with only visual access to any concealed or built in structures that the customer can provide. The engineer can only quote on what is visibly made available to him at the time of appointment by the customer and is subject to adjustment once the engineer is on site to carry out the works should the customer go ahead to book an appointment.
3.3 – Quotes have to be at a time convenient to Palace Plumbers and are chargeable should the customer wish to engage the engineer beyond the capped half hour consultation period. Our customer service staff can provide our current rates should you wish to engage an engineer for more than the designated half hour.
3.4 – Unless Palace Plumbers provides the Customer with an estimate or quote which is accepted by the Customer in accordance with its terms, all Works will be charged on the basis of Palace Plumbers standard Rate Card applicable at the time the Works are carried out.
3.5 – Any estimate or quote by Palace Plumbers is subject to withdrawal by Palace Plumbers at any time before receipt of an unqualified acceptance from the Customer and shall be deemed to be withdrawn unless so accepted within 28 days from its date.
3.6 – Where Palace Plumbers provides the Customer with a clearly stated fixed price estimate or quote which is accepted by the Customer in accordance with its terms, that estimate is a firm, fixed price quotation unless otherwise specified by Palace Plumbers in the estimate and also except as follows:
3.7 – An estimate is based on the information made available to Palace Plumbers by the Customer. If during the conduct of the Works it becomes apparent to Palace Plumbers that that information was either incorrect or insufficient in any respect that Palace Plumbers considers to be material, Palace Plumbers reserves the right to inform the Customer and to increase the estimated price to take account of the revised information.
If prior to carrying out the Works, there is an increase to Palace Plumbers of more than 5% in the cost of any relevant materials, equipment hire or transport since the date upon which Palace Plumbers estimate was, written, emailed or orally provided, Palace Plumbers reserves the right to inform the Customer and to provide a revised estimate incorporating that increase. In this event, the revised estimate will apply unless the Customer cancels the Contract before the Works are begun or, if earlier, within 48 hours of the revised estimate being provided.
3.8 – For materials not carried as part of Palace Plumbers standard van stock, unless it is with respect to Works for which there is an estimate which includes Palace Plumbers sourced parts and processing fees, said customer purchased items are subject to a fixed materials collection fee of £50 plus VAT.
3.9 – Where a customer requested item is not easily sourced or generally held by the major suppliers used by Palace Plumbers and Palace Plumbers considers that significant time will need to be spent tracing and then collecting it, Palace Plumbers will inform the Customer in advance and, unless the Customer sources the item itself, this will be charged on a time basis as per Palace Plumbers standard Rate Card. It should be noted that this is an infrequent occurrence.
3.10 – Palace Plumbers standard Rate Card is available for inspection both on Palace Plumbers website (https://www.palaceplumbers.com) and at Palace Plumbers premises during normal business hours. The Rate Card specifies half hourly rates. There is a minimum charge of one hour. Thereafter, charges are made by the half hour, rounded up to the next half hour.
3.11 – Hourly Rate work. The total charge to the Customer shall consist of the cost of materials supplied by the Company (not exceeding the trade purchase price of materials + 25%) and the amount of time spent by the operative in carrying out works (including all reasonable time spent in obtaining un-stocked materials) charged in accordance with the Company’s current hourly rates. The Customer shall only be charged for the time spent related to the Customer’s work, all other time, personal mobile calls etc. are non-chargeable. All charges are subject to VAT at the prevailing rate except in cases where the work carried out is zero-rated.
3.12 – Fixed price work shall be given as a firm cost, (manifest errors exempted) including Labour & Materials, and shall be within +10% over and above the equivalent total hourly rate cost. All costs are plus VAT at the prevailing rate.
Where a written estimate has been supplied to the Customer the total charge to the Customer referred to in the estimate should not exceed the actual time taken by more than 25% but may be revised in the following circumstances:
(i) If after submission of the estimate the Customer instructs the Company (whether orally or in writing) to carry out additional works not referred to in the estimate.
(ii) If after submission of the estimate there is an increase in the price of materials.
(iii) If after submission of the estimate it is discovered that further works need to be carried out which were not anticipated when the estimate was prepared.
(iv) If after submission of the estimate it is discovered that the customers’ description of the job did not adequately describe the full scope and requirement of the job.
(v) If after submission of the estimate it is discovered that there was a manifest error when the estimate was prepared.
(v) Should a detailed Insurance Report be required in addition to the estimate and invoice then this will incur a nominal charge at Palace Plumbers current Insurance estimate rates. Palace Plumbers shall provide those rates on request.
3.13 – The Company shall not be under any obligation to provide an estimate to the Customer and shall only be bound (subject as hereinafter) by estimates given in writing to the Customer & signed by a duly authorised representative of the Company. The Company shall not be bound by any estimates given orally or in which manifest errors occur.
3.14 – The price payable by the Customer is calculated as specified in the above paragraphs. Unless otherwise stated, the price and all estimates provided by Palace Plumbers are shown exclusive of Value Added Tax which will be payable in addition where properly chargeable.
3.15 – If the Works involve a diagnostic process to ascertain the cause or source of a fault or breakdown and during that process an item is ascertained by Palace Plumbers to be faulty and has to be replaced, the Customer will be liable to pay for that replacement even if the breakdown was caused in whole or in part by a different fault.
4. The Works
4.1 – All descriptions, illustrations etc. contained in any catalogues, price lists or advertisements, or otherwise communicated to the Customer, are intended merely to present a general idea of the Works and nothing contained in any of them shall form a part of the Contract.
Material Collection.
Collection of non-stock items is chargeable but:
(a) Time must be kept to a minimum and be reasonable.
(b) If the collection time is likely to exceed 45 minutes the customer must be additionally informed of the circumstances.
(c) Only one engineer is allowed to leave the job to collect parts.
5. The Price
5.1 – The price payable by the Customer is calculated as specified in the above paragraphs and contents of this document unless otherwise stated, the price and all estimates provided by Palace Plumbers are shown exclusive of Value Added Tax which will be payable in addition where properly chargeable.
5.2 – If the Works involve a diagnostic process to ascertain the cause or source of a fault or breakdown and during that process an item is ascertained by Palace Plumbers to be faulty and is replaced, the Customer will be liable to pay for that replacement even if the breakdown was caused in whole or in part by a different fault.
Non-Account Customers:
6.1 – Payment by the Customer is due on completion of the works. Payment must be made immediately upon completion of said works. Any part of the invoice which remains unpaid shall carry interest at the rate of 4% over the base rate until payment in full is received by Palace Plumbers.
Palace Plumbers shall be entitled to interest on a daily basis on any amount not paid on the due date for payment from such due date until payment in full at 4% above the Bank of England base rate at the relevant time.
Account Customers:
6.2 – Palace Plumbers will endeavour to submit invoices to the Customer within 14 days of completion of the Works and, the Customer must make payment within 30 days after the date of issue of the invoice.
Minor defect clean up on construction works (Snagging)
6.3 – Where the Works have been completed subject to snagging, 95% of all amounts outstanding must be paid on such completion and the Customer must provide access to Palace Plumbers without delay to enable the clean up to be finalised. The balance of 5% will become payable upon the finalisation of the snagging or, if access has not been made available to carry out the clean up within 14 days of completion, at the expiry of such 14 day period.
6.4 – The Customer shall accept sole liability to discharge Palace Plumbers account unless he/she discloses to the Company when initially instructing the Company to carry out work &/or supply materials that he/she is acting on behalf of a third party (including, but not limited to, a Limited Company or partnership) & receiving a written estimate) the name of the third party appears on the written estimate.
6.5 – Where the Customer is represented by a third party (such as a managing agent, tenant or other occupier, contractor or other representative), in the event of non-payment by the Customer, the third party will be responsible for payment unless Palace Plumbers has agreed otherwise in writing.
Palace Plumbers shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates, guarantees or other similar documents regarding the Works until payment has been made in full.
6.6 – Title to any goods supplied by Palace Plumbers to the Customer shall not pass to the Customer but shall be retained by the Company until the Customer has made payment in full for such goods to the Company.
Until such time as title in such goods has passed to the Customer:
(i) the Company shall have absolute authority to repossess, sell or otherwise deal with or dispose of all any or part of such goods in which title remains vested in the Company,
(ii) for the purpose specified in (i) above, Palace Plumbers or any of its agents or authorised representatives shall be entitled at any time & without notice to enter any premises in which goods or any part thereof is installed, stored or kept, or is reasonably believed so to be.
(iii) Palace Plumbers shall be entitled to seek a court injunction to prevent the Customer from selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of such goods.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, risk in such goods shall pass on delivery of the same to the Customer, & until such time as title in such goods has passed to the Customer, the Customer shall insure such goods to their replacement value & the Customer shall forthwith, upon request, provide the Company with a certificate or other evidence of such Insurance.
7. Commencement and Completion dates
7.1 – Where the date and/or time for works to be carried out is agreed by the Company with the Customer, then the Company shall use its best endeavours to ensure that the company agent shall attend on the date & at the time agreed. However, the Company accepts no liability in respect of the non-attendance or late attendance on site of the agent/engineer or for the late or non-delivery of materials.
7.2 – Dates specified for the commencement and completion of works are estimates only. Palace Plumbers shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that it will attend on the dates and time agreed.
7.3 – Time shall not be of the essence of the Contract except as provided in the paragraphs below set out in these terms and conditions.
8. Inspection of Works
8.1 – The Customer shall inspect the Works as far as it is reasonably possible to do so immediately upon their completion (though failure to countersign the relevant Works Detail Sheet shall not imply rejection of the Works) and if it considers that the Works or any part thereof are not in accordance with the Contract, it shall within 7 days from the date of inspection give detailed notice in writing thereof. In the absence of any such notice, the Works shall be conclusively presumed to be complete and free from any defects, which would be apparent on reasonable examination.
9.1 – The Customer shall indemnify Palace Plumbers against all actions, suits, claims, demands, losses, charges, costs and expenses which Palace Plumbers may suffer or incur in connection with a claim by any third party resulting from a breach of the Customer’s obligations, undertakings, representations and warranties in connection with their Contract.
10. Whole agreement and Exclusion of liability
10.1 – These terms set out Palace Plumbers entire liability in respect of the Works and The Company’s liability under them shall be in lieu and to the exclusion of all other warranties, conditions, terms and liabilities, expressed or implied, in respect of the Works and the quality thereof.
11. Limitation of Liability and Liability of Palace Plumbers
Palace Plumbers liability shall be limited to:
11.1 – The repair or making good of any defect pursuant to its undertaking as stated in the below paragraphs and subject to inspection of works required by the customer as stated in the above paragraphs.
11.2 – Liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence in the course of carrying out Palace Plumbers duties.
11.3 – The reasonable costs of repair or reinstatement of any loss or damage to the Customer’s property if such loss or damage results from Palace Plumbers negligence or that of its employees, agents or sub-contractors and the Customer incurs such costs.
11.4 – Palace Plumbers will not be responsible for damage suffered to a part of the Customer’s property (whether or not The Company is working on that part) where that damage is in whole or in part a consequence of a defect or weakness in that part of the property.
11.5 – Where the Company agrees to carry out works on installations of inferior quality or over ten years old at that date no warranty is given in respect of such works & the Company accepts no liability in respect of the effectiveness of such works or otherwise.
11.6 – Palace Plumbers engineers operate under their own Corgi or Gas Safe Registration & as such are solely responsible for any Gas related work & subsequent liability.
11.7 – The Company shall be entitled to fully recover costs or damages from any operative/engineer/contractor whose negligence or faulty workmanship results in the Company being made liable for those damages or rectification of the work.
12. Permits Licences other Contents and Access
12.1 – It is the responsibility of the Customer to obtain all permits, licences and other consents in connection with the Works unless Palace Plumbers agrees otherwise in writing.
12.2 – The Customer shall provide clear access to enable Palace Plumbers to undertake the Works and will make all necessary arrangements with the proper persons or authorities for any traffic controls and signals required in connection with the carrying out of the Works.
12.3 – The Customer will at all times provide a safe working environment for Palace Plumbers and its employees, agents and sub-contractors for the purposes of carrying out the Works.
12.4 – Where applicable to drainage works, the Customer will provide, if possible, a plan showing drain layouts. If this is not available, Palace Plumbers reserve the right to render additional charges at the relevant applicable rate in accordance with condition stated above in this document, if blockages occur in drains not covered by the specifications or if it is necessary to trace unidentified drains to complete the Works.
12.5 – The Customer must obtain any permission for Palace Plumbers to proceed over property belonging to third parties if this is necessary for the proper execution of the Works and shall obtain any permission necessary to carry out work on property belonging to third parties.
12.6 – The Customer shall indemnify Palace Plumbers against all claims of whatsoever nature made by third parties arising out of the presence of Palace Plumbers its employees, agents or sub-contractors on the Customer’s property save where such claim results directly from negligence on Palace Plumbers part.
12.7 – The Customer shall be liable to the Company for all loss or damage whether direct, indirect or consequential which is suffered by Palace Plumbers as a result of failure or delay by the Customer in performing the obligations referred to above.
12.8 – Palace Plumbers shall not be liable for any delay or for the consequences of any delay in performing any of its obligations if such delay is due to any cause whatsoever beyond its reasonable control, & the Company shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of the time for performing such obligations.
12.9 – The Company shall only be liable for rectifying works completed by the Company & shall not be held responsible for ensuing damage or claims resulting from this or other work overlooked or subsequently requested & not undertaken at that time.
12.10 – These terms & conditions & all contacts awarded between the Company & Customer shall be governed & construed in accordance with English law & shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English law.
13. Defects
13.1 – Subject to the Inspection of Works as stated in this document (paragraph above) and the exclusions listed below in this document, Palace Plumbers undertakes to repair or make good any defect in completed work which appears within six months of completion of the same to the extent that such defects arise from a breach of Palace Plumbers obligations under this Contract and provided that details of the defect are notified by the Customer to The Company in writing within such period and that The Company and its insurers are given the opportunity of inspecting the work and the alleged defect. This undertaking shall only apply to work carried out and completed and invoiced by Palace Plumbers and which the Customer pays for by the due date for payment ascertained in accordance with paragraph 6 above.
13.2 – If Palace Plumbers returns to the site at the Customer’s request to review a claim under this undertaking and it transpires that the defect had not arisen as a result of a breach of this Contract on the part of Palace Plumbers, The Company reserves the right to charge the Customer for the visit at its standard rate as per paragraph 3 above.
13.3 – Palace Plumbers reserves the right not to carry out any work under this paragraph 13 where the Customer cannot evidence that the work was originally carried out and completed by the Company or where payment has not been made in full for such work.
Exclusions are:
(i) Parts and materials will be provided only with the benefit of the manufacturer’s / supplier’s guarantee, and are not guaranteed by Palace Plumbers.
(ii) Systems or structures not installed by Palace Plumbers.
(iii) Any recall arising from circumstances or factors known to the Customer but not notified or disclosed to Palace Plumbers prior to the work having been undertaken.
(iv) Defects resulting from misuse, wilful act, or faulty workmanship by the Customer or anyone working for or under the direction of the Customer (other than Palace Plumbers).
(v) Structural defects encompassing but not limited to subsidence and its resultant effect.
(vi) Damage to drainage systems caused by root penetration or any other outside force.
14.1 – Palace Plumbers will use all reasonable endeavours to carry out the Works on the agreed dates but shall not be under any liability to the Customer if it should be either impossible or impracticable to carry out the Works on the agreed dates or at all, by reason of strike, lock out, industrial dispute, act of God, and act of terrorism or any other event or occurrence beyond Palace Plumbers control.
15. Customer Liability
The Customer shall be liable for:
15.1 – Any loss, damage or injury, whether direct or indirect or consequential, resulting from failure or delay in the performance of the Customer’s obligations under these terms.
15.2 – Providing all necessary power and a clean water supply for Palace Plumbers use in the execution of the contracted works.
15.3 – The safety of both plant and machinery belonging to or hired in by Palace Plumbers or its employees, agents or sub-contractors and shall indemnify Palace Plumbers against its loss, theft or damage.
16. Cancellation
16.1 – If the Customer cancels the Contract without Palace Plumbers consent other than pursuant to paragraph 3 above, the Customer shall indemnify Palace Plumbers against all loss, damage, claims or actions arising out of such cancellation unless otherwise agreed in writing, and for the avoidance of doubt any such cancellation is without prejudice to Palace Plumbers right to payment in accordance with paragraph 6 above or to the cancellation charges pursuant to paragraph 16 below.
16.2 – If the Customer wishes to cancel an appointment for a visit by Palace Plumbers, the Customer will incur a cancellation fee at the companies current rates (ask our staff for our current rates) if the cancellation is made less than 24 hours (but more than 2 hours) before the time scheduled for the appointment the Customer will be charged for the first hour of work at the published rates (Plus VAT) and for any related expenditure in preparation for the work. If the cancellation is made 2 hours or less before the scheduled appointment time Customer shall be liable for all related expenditure together with the profit that would have been made by the Company had the work been carried out &/or materials supplied in accordance with such instructions.
17. Removal of Waste Materials
17.1 – Unless agreed in writing between the parties, the Customer will be responsible for the removal from site of all waste materials resulting from the Works.
18. Frozen Pipes
18.1 – Palace Plumbers will not be liable for any fracture found in frozen pipes attended by Palace Plumbers. The Company will not guarantee to clear blockages occurring in a frozen pipe or drain.
19. Waiver Variation etc.
19.1 – No waiver by Palace Plumbers of any breach by the Customer shall operate as a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach by the Customer. No variation shall be effective against Palace Plumbers unless sanctioned in writing by the Company. No forbearance or delay on Palace Plumbers part shall prejudice the Company’s rights and remedies under this Contract.
20. The Guarantee
20.1 – The Guarantee shall be for labour only in respect of faulty workmanship for 12 months from the date of completion with the manufacturers’ warranty in force. The Guarantee will become null & void if the work/appliance completed/supplied by the Company is:
(a) Subject to misuse neglect or negligence.
(b) Repaired, modified or tampered with by anyone other than a Company operative.
20.2 – The Company will accept no liability for, or guarantee suitability, for materials supplied by the Customer & will accept no liability for any consequential damage or fault.
20.3 – The Company will not guarantee any work in respect of blockages in waste & drainage systems etc.
20.4 – The Company will not guarantee any work undertaken on instruction from the customer & against the written or verbal advice of the operative/engineer.
20.5 – Work is guaranteed only in respect of work directly undertaken by the company & payment in full has been made. Any non-related faults arising from recommended work, which has not been undertaken by the company, will not be guaranteed.
The company shall not be held liable or responsible for any damage or defect resulting from work not fully guaranteed or where recommended work has not been carried out.
20.6 – Work will not carry a guarantee where the customer has been notified by the operative either verbally or indicated in ticked boxes or in Comments/ Recommendations of any other related work which requires attention.
20.7 – The customer shall be solely liable for any hazardous situation in respect of Corgi and Gas Safe Regulations or Gas Warning Notice issued.
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Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone
(Harry Potter, #1)
FANTASY, YA
Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility.
All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley—a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.
But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place that Harry—and anyone who reads about him—will find unforgettable. For it's there that he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic in everything from classes to meals, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him... if Harry can survive the encounter.
I’m sure this thick book became even more legendary than the author ever dreamed it would.
Rowling uses cookie cutter characters to create a fascinating world of magic, wizardry, and the great divide between good and evil which has always captivated all age groups and which always will. The world building is one reason the novels – and then movies – became so famous. Getting that invite to Hogwarts must be such fun - I’m sure many normals in this world fantasize it happening to them at that age.
Harry Potter is likeable, but simple. His friends are the same. The villain promises to be a fascinating one but he’s not really uncovered yet save for whispers of legends and foreshadowing.
The book was especially enjoyable at the beginning, where Harry is unfortunate in his demented average family. There’s humor that works, sometimes, pushing the story along. The real excitement starts when Harry steps foot onto Hogwarts ground, meeting the bizarre blend of professors, other students, potions, classes, and challenges.
I know the movie was rated poorly by some in comparison to the book. To me it’s almost word for word, including dialogue. Some of it, such as emotion, worked better in page form. I do have to prefer some of the movie though, especially when playing Quidditch, because the effects made it more interesting. I think Rowling drug it out too long in book form, and because of this dragging on I grew a little bored at times.
Overall a cute and quirky, simple novel that opens a door to a world that skyrocketed. I’m hoping I enjoy the later novels more, just like I did with the movies.
This was originally published on the site Feb 22, 2015, but is being republished for the Harry Potter Special Week event.
Book Quotes:
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”
3.5 stars, Fantasy, Harry Potter Week, Young Adult
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After briefly studying graphic design, Miami-based artist Alex Yanes (1977) pursued a career in fine art in 2006, exhibiting at galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, London, Paris, Berlin, Australia and Japan. Bringing together his Cuban background, his hometown, and curiosity about subcultures into a signature pop style, Yanes has collaborated with brands such as Adidas, Red Bull, Sony, The Learning Channel, Vans, Kidrobot, UsTwo Games, Delta Airlines, Coca Cola, and Rag & Bone, and has had his work acquired and collected by institutions such as The Long Beach Museum of Art, Fidelity Investments and Capital One. He also works with charitable institutions that help children: St. Jude’s Hospital, The Dan Marino Foundation, Miami Children’s Museum, NBA Cares, The Miami Children’s Hospital, and The Children’s Trust. Recent Press: Philly Voice • Juxtapoz • Quiet Lunch
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Nikola v. Tesla Illustrates Danger Of Overreaching With Design Patents
by Josh Landau • May 9, 2018
Last week, Nikola sued Tesla over advanced technology trucks. But it isn’t about the technology. It’s not AC vs. DC or Edison vs. Tesla. It isn’t even about electric vehicles (or hydrogen-electric trucks, Nikola’s chosen technology).
It’s about the shapes of windshields and doors. It’s about design patents.
And Nikola got it all wrong.
A Flawed Concept
The key problem with Nikola’s case is that—contrary to many design patent owners’ beliefs and desires—design patents protect specific designs, not design concepts. That misconception is an example of the “concept fallacy.”
So, rather than recognizing that its design patents cover a specific windshield shape, a specific fuselage shape, and a specific door shape, Nikola is operating under the assumption that the patents cover the concept of a wrap windshield, a streamlined fuselage, and a mid-entry door.
Wishing doesn’t make it so, and Nikola’s own complaint illustrates the problems with its arguments.
You Don’t Own The Wrap Windshield
Here’s a drawing from Nikola’s windshield design patent. (As always, solid lines are the claim, and dotted lines aren’t part of the claim but just illustrate possible environments.)
And here’s the Tesla Semi truck. All Tesla images are taken directly from Nikola’s complaint.
Different curvatures, a gentler rounding at the bottom right corner and a sharper one at the top. The Tesla windshield also exhibits a significantly larger difference between tallest and shortest portions, extending much further down the nose of the truck.
And that’s just the infringement argument. If you want to claim that your wrap windshield patent covers all wrap windshields, I think that Italian automaker Lancia (among many, many others) might have had something to say about that around 40 years ago.
The worst part is, this is probably Nikola’s best argument.
You Don’t Own Mid-Entry Doors
Nikola also asserted a claim directed to their door design patent. Again, here’s Nikola’s patent:
And here’s Tesla’s actual door:
The door shapes are generally distinct from one another—for example, the Nikola door’s top is slanted upwards, while the Tesla door is essentially a simple rectangle with a small contoured section around a third of the way up.
But wait—there’s more. There’s something missing here.
Actually, there’s something that isn’t missing. Nikola’s door design has a notch in the top left corner. Tesla’s door… doesn’t. One door has five sides. One has four.
It’s really simple math—five doesn’t equal four. They aren’t the same design.
You Definitely Don’t Own Streamlining
Finally, Nikola has a design patent on a particular fuselage shape. Nikola:
Tesla (flipped in order to make it easier to directly compare to the patent):
Nikola’s fuselage has a gentle sweeping curve that begins at the very point of the nose and eventually turns into an upward sloping section at the top. But Tesla’s design has a flat nose, which rotates into an uncurved slanted section before curving into a flat top section.
If they were faces, you’d think they might be third cousins at best—certainly not siblings or twins. They simply don’t have the same profile—they aren’t substantially similar.
An Increasing Problem
None of these are the same design, unless you’ve bought into the concept fallacy. This sort of over-reaching use of design patents seems to be becoming more and more common. Professor Sarah Burstein regularly tracks new examples of this sort of overreach. And it reaches everywhere—this isn’t just a problem in high tech industries. One recent example dealt with handheld vacuums. Dyson sued Shark.
Here’s the patent and the accused products
Again, we have real and meaningful differences – a straight ‘stick’ versus an angled one, the angle of the grip with respect to the stick section, and the shape of the canister section among many others.
Fortunately, in the Dyson case, the judge recognized the deficiencies in their case and granted summary judgment of non-infringement. But that case is headed to the Federal Circuit, where Shark will have to continue to defend itself from Dyson’s apparent belief that they own handheld vacuums with a ‘stick’ section and a canister, rather than a specific shape for those vacuums.
At Least Nikola Doesn’t Have Cupholder Design Patents
There’s one more issue that this case brings up. An area of intense argument in design patents deals with how you determine what the article of manufacture is—in fact, next week, Apple v. Samsung returns with a fourth trial entirely on the question of what the article of manufacture is. (More on that in a future post.)
But it’s also a relevant question for the Nikola case.
Each of these designs deals with a piece of a truck—the windshield, the door, the exterior of the fuselage. But design patents (unlike utility patents) allow damages in the amount of the total profit on an article of manufacture to which the design is applied.
But here’s the big question—what is that article? Apple’s arguments in the Apple v. Samsung case (and similar arguments made by design patent owners elsewhere) essentially state that the article of manufacture is the entire product. Here, if we use the same theory, the windshield design would entitle Nikola to Tesla’s total profits on the entire truck. At the extreme, a cupholder design or even the shape of a gas pedal could entitle someone to profits on the entire vehicle. Or, to take it one step further, a design patent on the shape of an airplane armrest could entitle the design patent holder to Boeing’s profits on an entire $100,000,000 airliner.
The design patent total profits remedy was enacted in the face of a totally different world, both legally and practically. It was a world where design patents were used in completely different ways than they are today, and one where design patents on only part of a product weren’t available.
With these changes in law, and a world where increasingly complex products are composed of a multitude of individual pieces, maybe it’s time for Congress to revisit the total profits rule.
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Joshua Landau
Joshua Landau is the Patent Counsel at the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), where he represents and advises the association regarding patent issues. Mr. Landau joined CCIA from WilmerHale in 2017, where he represented clients in patent litigation, counseling, and prosecution, including trials in both district courts and before the PTAB.
Prior to his time at WilmerHale, Mr. Landau was a Legal Fellow on Senator Al Franken’s Judiciary staff, focusing on privacy and technology issues. Mr. Landau received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.S.E.E. from the University of Michigan. Before law school, he spent several years as an automotive engineer, during which time he co-invented technology leading to U.S. Patent No. 6,934,140.
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PC Gamer UK December issue – Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
By Phil Savage (PC Gamer) 2015-10-22T16:42:31.294Z
A vent. Spacious, breezy, and filled with giant grates through which to look. A flash of movement? Who's in there. It's Tom Senior, crawling into Square Enix's heavily guarded office. Throwing a flashbang to stun a patrol of accountants – he jumped out and over a stairwell, landing smoothly on the floor below in a glorious flash of yellow light. Through a door was his target: a playable build of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Tom's report can be found as the cover feature of this month's PC Gamer.
Also this issue, Tom Hatfield rounds up the best of the best of GTA 5 mods, and Samuel wonders if Star Wars Battlefront is the FPS that Star Wars fans deserve. We've got free gifts, too. This month, you can get a Steam key for Epigenesis, and unlock Ares and the Destroyer skins for Smite. The issue, which is in shops now, can be ordered through My Favourite Magazines. Digitally, you'll find it on the App Store, Google Play, and Zinio, and you can subscribe to get issues delivered directly to your door. Below you can gaze upon the luminous subscriber's cover, and find a round-up of the contents of this issue's perspicacious pages.
This month we...
Spend four hours playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, then tell you about it.
Ask if it's a problem that Battlefront is too simple for Battlefield fans.
Round up the best, strangest, most enjoyable GTA 5 mods.
Catch up with Total War: Warhammer, Endless Space 2, Homefront: The Revolution, Mount & Blade 2, Hearts of Iron 4, Need for Speed and Shardlight.
Review Soma, Dropsy, else Heart.Break(), Fifa 16, Blood Bowl 2, World of Warships, Skyshine's Bedlam, Big Pharma, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Undertale, Cities: Skylines – After Dark and Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser.
Group test Skylake compatible motherboards.
Tell tales of our latest PC gaming adventures in Now Playing.
Collect up the best free games and mods of the last month.
Return to the Capital Wasteland in Reinstall.
Recollect our epic GTA Online heist in our new feature, After Action Report.
Tour the streets of LA Noire in Why I Love.
And more! Until next month.
PC Gamer UK
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Sims 4 "mosaic bug" turns out to be surprise anti-piracy measure
After a lengthy and satisfying sit-down on the SimCan, your Sim stands, hikes up his drawers and turns to flush. But something odd happens: The "nudity blur" protecting your sensitive eyes from the on-screen SimJunk don't disappear, but instead expand to cover the entire screen—and it doesn't go away. What happened? According to the internet, you're playing a pirated version of The Sims 4 .
A number of Sims 4 players have reported what they believed to be a bug, but which is apparently a bizarre form of copy protection that makes unauthorized copies of the game very difficult to play. EA hasn't confirmed that this is the case and a few users of sims4forum.com insist that it's happening to legitimate copies, but a Sims 4 crack torrent warns, in imperfect English, "Villain in the WC or bath, Mosaic will not disappear." One Sims 4 forum user also acknowledged pirating the game before purchasing a key, and said the mosaic bug only appeared in the pirated version.
Image source: Player Attack
I'm all for creative copy protection, but the confusion surrounding this particular example illustrates how it can be problematic. Failing to make it explicitly clear that this is in fact copy protection leads to the assumption that it's a bug, a major disincentive for anyone who might actually be considering a purchase. Croteam did something similar in Serious Sam 3 with an immortal pink scorpion , but that was a bit more obvious in its purpose; but less amusingly, copy protection that was widely mistaken for a crash bug (and loudly complained about as such) has often been cited as a major reason for the commercial failure of Titan Quest and, ultimately, the closure of developer Iron Lore Studios.
We've reached out to EA to confirm that this mosaic glitch is actually copy protection, and will update if and when we receive a response. In the meantime, why take the chance? If you want it, pay for it.
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Review: Sandisk's Extreme II SSD is fast and affordable
By Jon L. Jacobi
Freelance contributor, PCWorld | PT
SANDISK Extreme II (240GB)
Sandisk's newly launched Extreme II SSD offers a nice blend of price and performance. In its larger capacities, the drive retails for considerably less than a buck a gigabyte, and it's one of the fastest drives with large files that we've tested. Its performance with small files, on the other hand, is merely average, and the drop-off in write performance from the 240- and 480GB models to the 120GB version is steep.
Sandisk has ditched the SandForce SF-2281 controller found in the original Extreme series, and equipped the 7mm profile, 6Gbps Extreme II with a Marvell 88SS9187. The combination of the new controller and fast, 19nm toggle-mode NAND allowed the Extreme II to outpace the sustained write performance of such capable drives as OCZ's Vector and Corsair's Neutron. The 240GB version wrote our 10GB large file at 644.3MBps and read it at 479.8MBps. With small files, however, the Extreme II was strictly mundane, writing our 10GB mix of files and folders at 352MBps, and reading them at 373.6MBps.
The 480GB version posted numbers nearly identical to the 240GB's, but the 120GB model wrote files significantly slower. That's the norm with SSDs with less than 240GB/256GB capacity, as there are fewer chips and channels to write across, although the dropoff can vary. The 120GB drive was actually the fastest drive we've seen to date—485MBps—when reading our large file, but it wrote it at only 465.6MBps (nearly 200MBps slower than the two more capacious models). The 120GB model read our 10GB mix of files and folders at 378.9MBps, which is about the same performance as the larger capacities turned in, but it wrote it at 300.8MBps (60GBps slower).
[ Further reading: The best SSDs we've tested ]
The 120GB version of the Extreme II retails for $130, while the larger 240GB and 480GB models cost $230 and $440 respectively. That's nice pricing for units with a five-year warranty and top-notch performance. Sandisk rates the drives for 80TBW (TeraBytes Written) plus. If you can scrape up the extra bucks for the larger capacities, you'll get significantly better write performance.
Note: There's no cloning software included with the Extreme II, but the downloadable Sandisk Toolkit utility provides S.M.A.R.T. info and allows you to update the drive firmware as new versions become available.
The Extreme II series carries an excellent price/performance ratio and a strong five-year warranty.
Excellent performance for the price
Five-year warranty
Only average performance reading and writing small files
Jon is a Juilliard-trained musician, former x86/6800 programmer, and long-time (late 70s) computer enthusiast living in the San Francisco bay area. jjacobi@pcworld.com
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BizFeed
By Keir Thomas, PCWorld | PT
Smart tech advice for your small business
Google Tools: Top 6 Annoyances
I'm starting to get the feeling that Google's Websites are over-engineered--so much so that I'm feeling nostalgia for the days of simple search when you just typed what you're looking for and got a page of results. Alas, somebody at Google headquarters believes those days are long gone.
With this in mind, here are my top six Google annoyances.
1. Autocompleting Search Results
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Yes, it's clever of Google to make search results appear as I type--something they refer to as Google Instant. And now there's Google Instant Previews. But I'm not that impatient, honestly; I have no issue with hitting the Google Search button.
As soon as I start typing at Google.com, the search box leaps to the top of the screen and the page appears to go crazy, flicking from one set of results to another as I type. Why? It's enough to give a person eyestrain, especially those of us who are fast typists.
Google Instant massively confuses my parents who, throughout their lives, have been comfortable with a cause-and-effect approach to things. You press a button, and something happens. Things don't start to happen while you're in the process of pressing the button.
Google Instant can be turned off (go to Search Settings from a Google search page), but it's a mighty bold move by Google to have it turned on by default. It's neither necessary nor helpful.
2. Automatic Zoom in Image Search
I need to find a picture of a porcupine. Don't ask why. I use Google Image Search and sure enough, it turns out the Internet is packed full of porcupine pics. I scan through the list with my eyes. However, because I'm a single-tasking fellow, I leave my mouse cursor still. Suddenly the image under the mouse cursor zooms into view, obscuring its neighbours. Argh! I have to stop doing what I'm doing, deliberately move the cursor out of the browser window (seriously?), and then begin looking through the images again--all to avoid a "helpful" image preview feature.
Preview zooming is really annoying and entirely unnecessary. If I want to see an image in bigger format, I'll click on it. That's how the Internet works. We click to make bigger when it comes to images.
3. Crazy Shopping
Let's say I want to buy a MacBook. I go to Google Product Search and type "MacBook" into the search field. The results come back thick and fast, but the prices are randomly ordered; one model costing a few thousand dollars is listed alongside one at under a thousand dollars. The results are sorted by relevance, which is terrific, but I want a bargain.
I select "Price: Low to High." The screen then fills with every type of add-on and device available for a MacBook, starting at one cent. These are products that merely have the word "MacBook" in their title or description. There isn't an actual MacBook computer in sight, and I have to guestimate where, in the Goooooogle result pages, the listings of actual MacBooks start.
Google's pretty good at this search business. They've built an empire on providing accurate results. Why can't they include an option to "Sort by price: Low to High, with relevance?"
As it stands, unless the price of things is of no issue to you, Google Product Search is almost unusable.
4. Persistent Login
I like to remain logged in to my Gmail throughout the day, but this also means I have to stay logged into every other service offered by Google. I'm a little irked by the fact that this allows Google to log my search results against my username, but I can live with that.
Where it gets annoying is a situation like this: Sometimes I want to comment on a Blogger.com post anonymously but, again, I find that I'm already logged in. I have to log out of "Google", which will automatically log me out of my e-mail, and then log back in again when I've finished typing my comment.
Seriously, giving each service a separate login would be much better--or at least logging somebody out of a particular Google service if they haven't accessed it for, say, a few days.
5. The Cache That Isn't
Clicking the Cached link below a search result was always a good way of seeing content that had been removed from a Website, or that is temporarily unavailable. In theory, it should show the page as Google last saw it, and which Google is basing its search results on.
However, unlike days of old, when I look at a cached page nowadays, my search term very rarely appears in it. Yet it does appear in the brief summary of the page included as part of Google's search results.
I often feel cheated because not only is my search term not on the actual Website, but it's not even in the Google cache--a double whammy. Effectively the link is a dud, and shouldn't be in the results at all.
6. Google Maps Scrolling
Go to Google Maps. Search for something. Found what you want? Now use your mouse's scroll wheel to scroll up or down the page. What the--? You'll find that you zoom in or out of the map, rather than move the page up or down.
Why did Google change the behavior of something that's clearly called the "scroll wheel?" Essentially they're asking me to retrain myself to use the scroll wheel differently on their site. I just can't do that. I use the scroll wheel throughout the day, and I just forget my learned behaviour for one site. As a result, I'm caught out each and every time.
What annoys you the most about Google? Please add your gripes below in the comments.
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Profiles in Geekdom: Chris Torres, Creator of Nyan Cat
By Elizabeth Fish
Everywhere you look on the Internet, if you aren't bumping into a lolcat, you might come across a variant of Nyan Cat. For those who have avoided YouTube and social networks for the past year, Nyan Cat is an animated cat that flies through space, wears a Pop Tart, and emits a rainbow trail. For hours. Days. Weeks, even, if you let it. The cartoon is paired with a repitive high-pitched tune, involving just the word "nyan". Yes, very strange. Yet also very cute and very awesome. Oh, and it's extremely popular--it was one of YouTube's most watched videos of 2011.
Since its first appearance in April 2011, Nyan Cat now appears on merchandise, DIY costumes, and progress bar hacks, and it's all thanks to Web comic creator, Chris Torres--or as he is better known online, PRGuitarman. GeekTech caught up with Chris to discuss his comics, the creation of that eight-bit cat, and all things memes.
Chris Torres and Nyan Cat!
GeekTech: You draw a lot of comics and create gifs on your website. How did that come about?
Chris Torres: My drawing hobby actually goes back to when I was in middle school. My friends and I would always be in different classes so we would draw silly notes or comics and exchange them in the hallways as a means of communication. By the end of high school we had created a small cast of characters based off of real people or inside jokes. By tradition, most of our comics were done in 4 square panels so we had to learn how to create comics that would fit big stories into such little space while still making sense and being humorous.
I continued making comics after high school and eventually created a LiveJournal dedicated to them. During that time, I was given an image animating program and a tablet (I would use a mouse and MS Paint before this) and it increased the quality of my work greatly. Eventually, I migrated my LiveJournal to PRGuitarman.
Other than web comics and Nyan Cat, what else do you get up to in daily life?
"It’s always fun being one of the first few thousand people to find a growing new meme and help spread it on the web."
I enjoy keeping up with new things that are humorous on the Internet, mostly. I usually check out Reddit and a few other websites almost hourly and share funny or interesting media on Twitter or Facebook. It’s always fun being one of the first few thousand people to find a growing new meme and help spread it on the Web.
Where do you get your inspiration from?
I’d say most of my inspiration comes from real events, animals and people in my daily life. There are actually a lot of comics on my site that may seem totally out of this world, until you see the photographic evidence. For example, I used to work in a very-low-budget hotel and was subjected to many terrible events that no normal person should go through. To keep myself from going crazy I made a long series of comics about unusual work days and they were a surprising hit! It was a great way to vent my frustrations, and laughing about your problems is always better than getting upset about them.
That in mind, where did the inspiration for Nyan Cat come from?
The basic idea and inspiration for Nyan Cat was based off one of my most favorite video game stages. In the stage, a very happy-go-lucky character is taking a stroll through space to an upbeat song. My main goal was to create a character with the same joyful vibe. I wanted something that was not only positive and carefree, but that would make the viewer smile and be happy while watching it as well. I decided on pixel artwork for the actual animation because there’s something nostalgic and powerful about creating things out of pixels. It was also a fun challenge to make the GIF work correctly.
Why did you choose a cat? Do you think Nyan cat would have worked if it had started with another cute pet?
The choices of a mix between a Pop Tart and a cat were actually a totally random occurrence. In late February, I was taking part in a little charity event for [my] website. Basically, I’d draw things that people suggested for contributions and all proceeds went to the American Red Cross (to this day, I’ve raised a little over $8,000 total for different organizations, including Child’s Play and Doctors without Borders). As things slowed down near the end of the event, I came up with the original design.
Marty, the driving force behind Nyan Cat.
The cat itself was based off my very own mischievous cat, Marty (as in Marty McFly from Back to the Future). Marty has been the star of many of my comics.
I reached out to my friend Brandon Green to create a website dedicated to Nyan Cat based on that idea. Basically, all you do is watch Nyan Cat fly across the screen in tune to the music for however long you can handle it. You can choose a number of different versions of Nyan that all have their own special musical accompaniment. People seem to really enjoy it!
So Nyan Cat was kind of an accident, but what made you think a pop tart and a cat plus rainbows would blend so well?
Haha, this is honestly my favorite question because of just how random its creation was. A little background on this, that night I was drawing commission doodles for people on Livestream for The American Red Cross but not many people were contributing. I began drawing random things for my own benefit, when two different people suggested I draw "a pop tart" and "a cat". It was honestly just a split-second decision to combine the two, much to the delight of everybody in the chat room.
Where did the term "nyan" come from?
"Nyan" is originally the Japanese term for "Meow". Sara ("Saraj00n" on YouTube) was the one clever enough to combine Daniwell’s song with my image, and coined the term “Nyan Cat”. I think it’s very fitting!
What were you expecting when you first uploaded the Nyan Cat GIF? It became one of the most watched videos of YouTube in 2011, and people dress their cats up like it too!
I had absolutely no clue the impact on the Internet my GIF would have created. It was only meant to be an avatar for my Twitter account and nothing more, but the other day it blew my mind when I found out it actually got a good amount of coverage on January 2012’s TIME Magazine issue. Seeing now that it beat out millions of other videos for the number five spot of 2011 is such a thrill, and it’s so exciting to know that people around the world find joy in my work. I now actually have a Facebook page dedicated to everything that is Nyan Cat, and it’s getting difficult keeping up with all of the fan photos sent in.
There are tons of variants of Nyan Cat on YouTube now; which one is your favorite?
Ah, that’s such a difficult question to answer! There are so many very impressive renditions out there that it’s so hard to choose. For example, have you seen Guy Collins’ “Stray”, or the Smooth Jazz Cover?:
Then there’s the fact that almost every country on this planet has their own Nyan Cat, or that people get in costumes, grab their own cats, or write entirely new and professional music videos about Nyan Cat. It’s so crazy!
But to answer your question, if I really had to choose, I’d go for this real life Nyan Cat video [embedded below].
This version always makes me laugh. That cat looks so chilled and cool during what he’s going through, and it appears to be a Russian Blue [the official name for a cat with a gray coat color] breed, which is the correct Nyan Cat breed. I love it!
If you could've created any meme out there other than Nyan Cat, which would you pick (and why)?
My vote goes to Honey Badger Don’t Care [Language NSFW]. It was one of my favorite videos of 2011, for sure. I just really like the way the narrator speaks. He’s so sassy and fun and I hear he’s got a cartoon in the works. Good for him!
In your opinion, which is the best cat meme out there (other than Nyan Cat)?
Oh gosh, this is a no-brainer for me: Keyboard Cat! Keyboard cat is the coolest cat around!
Are you going to do anything else with Nyan Cat in the future? Or are you perhaps working on something else…?
At this time I’m working to make nyancat.cat a fun experience for Nyan Cat fans. My goal is to have something that stays true to the original formula, but incorporates other ideas for different characters to keep things fresh and fun (via the “choose flavor” button). I already have a few variations of characters with their own Nyan Cat song remixes set for release during different dates of the year. It’s a fun little hobby and I hope people enjoy it as much as I do.
Aside from the website, there are definitely some big things on the way for Nyan Cat, but I can’t really talk about most of them right now! I will say though that we're currently working with 21st Games, the studio behind Techno Kitten Adventure, to release the popular "Nyan Cat Adventure" Xbox indie title to mobile devices. I've also been getting offers for some cool things, but I'm pretty selective of what I'm after. I want Nyan Cat to stay cool and relevant to the Internet pop culture, after all!
What do you think makes a good meme?
"A meme should not be something forced or planned, it should be something original that springs forth onto the web and catches everybody off-guard. "
The formula to a good meme honestly varies by situation, but I think the main factor has to be something that people can relate to or have a deep sense of emotion for. Another big factor I believe in is that a meme should not be something forced or planned, it should be something original that springs forth onto the web and catches everybody off-guard. The internet can smell a forced meme from a mile away, too. It all just comes down to getting a lucky break or having a good public reach to get the idea out there, and then just letting the internet do its magical work.
Other than Nyan Cat, what is your proudest work?
I’d say my most proudest work from my comics has to be my “Most Perfect Day Ever” strip. It’s become a meme of its own and was even featured on G4TV’s Attack of the Show. That was the first time anything I created went viral like that, it was such a great feeling.
Do you have any tips or advice for people making comics or gifs?
Do whatever you do only because you love doing it, and make sure you keep it fun!
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Wednesday 13 February 1666/67
Up, and by water to White Hall, where to the Duke of York, and there did our usual business; but troubled to see that, at this time, after our declaring a debt to the Parliament of 900,000l., and nothing paid since, but the debt increased, and now the fleete to set out; to hear that the King hath ordered but 35,000l. for the setting out of the fleete, out of the Poll Bill, to buy all provisions, when five times as much had been little enough to have done any thing to purpose. They have, indeed, ordered more for paying off of seamen and the Yards to some time, but not enough for that neither. Another thing is, the acquainting the Duke of York with the case of Mr. Lanyon, our agent at Plymouth, who has trusted us to 8000l. out of purse; we are not in condition, after so many promises, to obtain him a farthing, nor though a message was carried by Sir G. Carteret and Sir W. Coventry to the Commissioners of Prizes, that he might have 3000l. out of 20,000l. worth of prizes to be shortly sold there, that he might buy at the candle and pay for the goods out of bills, and all would [not] do any thing, but that money must go all another way, while the King’s service is undone, and those that trust him perish. These things grieve me to the heart. The Prince, I hear, is every day better and better. So away by water home, stopping at Michell’s, where Mrs. Martin was, and I there drank with them and whispered with Betty, who tells me all is well, but was prevented in something she would have said, her ‘marido venant’ just then, a news which did trouble me, and so drank and parted and home, and there took up my wife by coach, and to Mrs. Pierce’s, there to take her up, and with them to Dr. Clerke’s, by invitation, where we have not been a great while, nor had any mind to go now, but that the Dr., whom I love, would have us choose a day. Here was his wife, painted, and her sister Worshipp, a widow now and mighty pretty in her mourning. Here was also Mr. Pierce and Mr. Floyd, Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of Prizes, and Captain Cooke, to dinner, an ill and little mean one, with foul cloth and dishes, and everything poor. Discoursed most about plays and the Opera, where, among other vanities, Captain Cooke had the arrogance to say that he was fain to direct Sir W. Davenant in the breaking of his verses into such and such lengths, according as would be fit for musick, and how he used to swear at Davenant, and command him that way, when W. Davenant would be angry, and find fault with this or that note — but a vain coxcomb I perceive he is, though he sings and composes so well. But what I wondered at, Dr. Clerke did say that Sir W. Davenant is no good judge of a dramatick poem, finding fault with his choice of Henry the 5th, and others, for the stage, when I do think, and he confesses, “The Siege of Rhodes” as good as ever was writ. After dinner Captain Cooke and two of his boys to sing, but it was indeed both in performance and composition most plainly below what I heard last night, which I could not have believed. Besides overlooking the words which he sung, I find them not at all humoured as they ought to be, and as I believed he had done all he had sett. Though he himself do indeed sing in a manner as to voice and manner the best I ever heard yet, and a strange mastery he hath in making of extraordinary surprising closes, that are mighty pretty, but his bragging that he do understand tones and sounds as well as any man in the world, and better than Sir W. Davenant or any body else, I do not like by no means, but was sick of it and of him for it. He gone, Dr. Clerke fell to reading a new play, newly writ, of a friend’s of his; but, by his discourse and confession afterwards, it was his own. Some things, but very few, moderately good; but infinitely far from the conceit, wit, design, and language of very many plays that I know; so that, but for compliment, I was quite tired with hearing it. It being done, and commending the play, but against my judgment, only the prologue magnifying the happiness of our former poets when such sorry things did please the world as was then acted, was very good. So set Mrs. Pierce at home, and away ourselves home, and there to my office, and then my chamber till my eyes were sore at writing and making ready my letter and accounts for the Commissioners of Tangier to-morrow, which being done, to bed, hearing that there was a very great disorder this day at the Ticket Office, to the beating and bruising of the face of Carcasse very much. A foul evening this was to-night, and I mightily troubled to get a coach home; and, which is now my common practice, going over the ruins in the night, I rid with my sword drawn in the coach.
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Bradford on 13 Feb 2010 • Link
No cash forthcoming, uncertain tidings from one's doxy, being bored to disgust by a self-congratulating singer and a would-be playwright, a dismaying dinner and dismal weather and riding home in the carriage at sword-poiont--- There are some days you just have to charge off to overhead.
Terry Foreman on 13 Feb 2010 • Link
"the breaking of his verses into such and such lengths, according as would be fit for musick"
L*M note that Davenant had to convert *The Siege of Rhodes* into an opera in 1656 since plays were prohibited at the time, which made for some interesting alterations of meter for recitative.
"extraordinary surprising closes"
close = cadence (L&M Select Glossary)
cum salis grano on 14 Feb 2010 • Link
follow the lack of money trail.
andy on 14 Feb 2010 • Link
a widow now and mighty pretty in her mourning.
Sam sensing an opportunity in every crisis.
Robin Peters on 14 Feb 2010 • Link
"I rid with my sword drawn in the coach" From school days many years past in rural Hampshire, would this be an alternative to the past participle Rode?
I certainly remember using it but being told it was not correct.
language hat on 15 Feb 2010 • Link
In Sam's day (luckily for him and the English language) there had not yet developed the stifling idea that there must be only one "correct" form for everything. You could say "rode" or "rid" without anybody looking down on you. I would urge everyone to reject any attempts to convince them that the way they naturally speak their own language is "incorrect"; whoever tells you that wants either to reinforce their own sense of superiority or to sell you their "50 Ways to Use Words More Effectively" program.
Robert Gertz on 15 Feb 2010 • Link
"...the acquainting the Duke of York with the case of Mr. Lanyon, our agent at Plymouth, who has trusted us to 8000l. out of purse; we are not in condition, after so many promises, to obtain him a farthing, nor though a message was carried by Sir G. Carteret and Sir W. Coventry to the Commissioners for Prizes, that he might have 3000l. out of 20,000l. worth of prizes to be shortly sold there, that he might buy at the candle and pay for the goods out of bills, and all would [not] do any thing, but that money must go all another way, while the King’s service is undone, and those that trust him perish."
Uneasy lies the head of a creditor to the Crown...
"hearing that there was a very great disorder this day at the Ticket Office, to the beating and bruising of the face of Carcasse very much."
L&M say this incident has not been traced elsewhere but note there had been another riot on 29 January when rioting seamen advanced down the Strand on Whitehall. For Carkesse, see http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1667/02/16/?c=536…
"I mightily troubled to get a coach home; and, which is now my common practice, going over the ruins in the night, I rid with my sword drawn in the coach."
L&M refer us to this letter from James Hickes to Joseph Williamson, 12 December 1666: 'For want of good watches, no one dares go in the ruins, after the close of the evening'. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1666/12/12/?c=536… The police system of the parishes and wards had broken down from lack of men and organisation. In the summer of 1668 things improved, and the city ordred the watches to be reestablished, and to be paid for by the owners of new buildings: T.F. Reddaway, Rebuilding of London, p. 144. n. 3.
"hear that the King hath ordered but 35,000l. for the setting out of the fleete, out of the Poll Bill, to buy all provisions, when five times as much had been little enough to have done any thing to purpose."
L&M: In fact on 16 February a warrant for £426,000 was issued for this purpose: (35,000 was the number of seamen to be provided for). For the debt of £900.000, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1666/09/23/ and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1666/09/23/#c545…
"They have, indeed, ordered more for paying off of seamen and the Yards to some time, but not enough for that neither. "
L&M: An order was made thisday for the paying or over £1 1/4 m, to cover wages, etc., for the past five years.
"Another thing is, the acquainting the Duke of York with the case of Mr. Lanyon, our agent at Plymouth, who has trusted us to 8000l. out of purse; we are not in condition, after so many promises, to obtain him a farthing, nor though a message was carried by Sir G. Carteret and Sir W. Coventry to the Commissioners of Prizes, that he might have 3000l. out of 20,000l. worth of prizes to be shortly sold there, that he might buy at the candle and pay for the goods out of bills, and all would [not] do any thing, but that money must go all another way, while the King’s service is undone, and those that trust him perish."
L&M: Pepys, writing to Lanyon on 19 January, had promised to do his best for him: Shorthand Letters, pp. 88-9. For the sale of the prize goods, see https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1667/04/03/
"Dr. Clerke fell to reading a new play, newly writ, of a friend’s of his; but, by his discourse and confession afterwards, it was his own."
L&M: There is no record of his having published a play.
All diary entries from February 1667
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Love In Style For The Proposal of Timeless Relation
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It is important to be chic. I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture. I always say: To be well dressed...
It is important to be chic. I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture. I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked. I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction. The difference between style and fashion is quality.
Art is Concern for Learning and Living
Possibly we do not have one theme for each season, but just try to make beautiful clothes all year round. We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great.
Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.
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Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, walking in the streets of style.
It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric – without a practical or visual reality. Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants. Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself. If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better. Art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive.
But ultimately, the main message is to forget about rules – after all, one look at Stone’s beauty history proves she’s tried everything from peacock blues to punchy corals and made it work for the red carpet.
Vanity is the Healthiest Thing in Life
There were a lot of cut outs in the waists of gowns at the Critics’ Choice Awards and there were mostly chic and fun with a little peak of skin. This is not a little peak.
Walking on the fashion show of Elementos
They will all come together to decide the winner of the prize, which was won last year by British menswear designer Grace Wales Bonner. The successful candidate will be given a €300,000 grant and year-long business mentorship, helping them to develop every area of their brand.
Coverage: 50 Ways to Wear a Hat
We like the idea of a long top over pants – it’s nervy – but the combo of no straps, very long layers of ruffling and her cleavage looking smashed the latest records.
This is reflected in the basic idea to Kate Ballis’ photo series Beaches Above. By shooting the world from a bird's eye view world.
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. For me, the summer will be pure gray – mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink. Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress.
1. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.
A stylish purse for the La La Land.
Her pictures show the seaside of Brighton, Sandringham, St. Kilda and Albert Park in Melbourne. The photographs were taken from a Robinson helicopter with the door off: “I hang directly out of the helicopter which is very scary but I’m getting used to it,” she says confidently. “The photos were taken on a 40 degree day in Melbourne, which means that it’s actually a nice temperature in the helicopter.”
2. The idea of a beach holiday is a bit nostalgic in itself. To me, this is the big statement for summer.
Pulling off an awesome dress at outskirts.
While from a ground level perspective the world often looks pretty messy, Kate's photos capture a certain order that lies within these landscapes. Her images can even be compared to paintings depicting life many years prior. Kate has an explanation for why that might persist.
It is about striving to do as well as possible, for yourself, not for outside approval; and not worrying excessively about mistakes or set-backs.
I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing on them over the years, but always staying on the same track.
People who exhibit unhealthy perfectionism are fearful of failure, fearful of criticism, hate making mistakes, stew over past errors, and worry excessively about disappointing others. You can counter this by trying to develop a healthy perfectionist approach.
Forget Your Fears and Worries
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. For me, the summer will be pure gray – mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray.
I'm used to always deciding everything myself.
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Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.
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“Forget what people tell you is the right thing and go with what you love,” Goodwin proclaimed. “Make-up is supposed to be fun and if you are so attached to doing what's right it loses its joy. Have fun with it!”
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A new Brazilian timber investment fund has attracted support from Forestry Research Associates (FRA), the research and analysis consultancy that concentrates on the forestry industry.
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Aug. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Seattle, United States -- A new Brazilian timber investment fund has attracted support from Forestry Research Associates (FRA), a research and analysis consultancy that concentrates on the forestry industry.
The new VBI Timberland Fund intends to raise $350 million through the scheme, which it will then invest in sustainable forestry projects in Brazil. The fund is aiming to put most of the money towards plantations of eucalyptus, a timber that is popular in the manufacture of furniture and can also be used in the steel industry once turned into charcoal.
The fund is being structured over 15 years and has a closed-end structure. Peter Collins, an analyst at FRA, said, “The launch of this fund is great news for the forestry investment sector and is likely to prove popular among those looking for an investment opportunity that is both profitable and ethical.”
The annual internal rate of return being targeted is an impressive 14 per cent and the first closing is expected to be in December 2011. Mr Collins added “FRA welcomes the news that the projects invested in will all either be certified by the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification, or by the Forest Stewardship Council.”
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Ron Johnson subpoenas Tomah records
Johnson issued his first subpoena Wednesday
Ron Johnson subpoenas Tomah records Johnson issued his first subpoena Wednesday Check out this story on postcrescent.com: http://post.cr/1ztWLpQ
Donovan Slack, Gannett Wisconsin Media Washington bureau Published 10:04 a.m. CT April 30, 2015 | Updated 3:14 p.m. CT April 30, 2015
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WASHINGTON – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, issued his first subpoena Wednesday demanding the Veterans Affairs inspector general turn over records related to an investigation of treatment at the VA medical center in Tomah, Wis.
The committee's top Democrat, Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, signed off on the subpoena demanding the records by May 13.
The inspector general conducted a 2-1/2 year probe of opiate prescription rates and a culture of fear and retaliation at the Tomah facility but did not publicly release the findings last year. Five months later, Marine Corps veteran Jason Simcakoski, 35, died from mixed drug toxicity as an inpatient at Tomah, days after doctors agreed to add another opiate to the 14 other drugs he was prescribed.
Interim VA Inspector General Richard Griffin has refused for months to give the investigative documents to Johnson's committee, saying they contain information that cannot be turned over under federal privacy laws, including the identities of witnesses and veteran medical records.
Johnson accused Griffin of stonewalling.
"My staff has bent over backwards, being supportive in just really giving the IG every opportunity — to redact names, I mean we're not looking for personal information here," he said. "We just need enough information so we can draw conclusions so we know what we're looking at, and they just haven't done it."
A spokeswoman for Griffin did not say Thursday if he would comply with the subpoena but forwarded a letter he sent to Johnson last week indicating he would allow Johnson's committee or staff members to privately review some of the documents.
"We have been working with the committee since February 2015 to provide them with responsive documents, while balancing our obligation to protect sensitive information," spokeswoman Joanne Moffet said.
Johnson's office has been reviewing what happened in Tomah since news reports in January revealed publicly for the first time the existence of the inspector general's probe, its findings, and Simcakoski's death. The probe found "unusually high" opiate prescription rates at Tomah and that pharmacists had left the facility citing concerns about it, but the inspector still concluded there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
Johnson wants to determine how he reached that conclusion and hopes the investigative file the committee is seeking with the subpoena will help. It may also include other issues that need to be addressed.
His committee held a field hearing in Tomah in March, where whistle-blowers and family members of veterans who died after treatment at the Tomah VA testified the facility has for years been a hotbed of dysfunction and mismanagement to the detriment and possibly death of veteran patients.
Johnson said in the past three months, his office has been inundated with at least 50 whistle-blowers from Wisconsin who have helped substantiate those claims and others.
"My guess is when all is said and done, we'll probably have all the facts and we'll probably issue some kind of report," he said.
Multiple investigations are pending in Tomah, including by the VA, the inspector general and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Contact dslack@usatoday. Follow @donovanslack.
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Open up Neenah school meetings
Our Editorial Board wants the public's business aired in public.
Open up Neenah school meetings Our Editorial Board wants the public's business aired in public. Check out this story on postcrescent.com: http://post.cr/1FRgnmS
Post-Crescent Editorial Board Published 1:25 p.m. CT April 14, 2015 | Updated 3:51 p.m. CT April 14, 2015
Neenah school board members must break the habit of meeting in subgroups outside of the public eye.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
When it comes to subgroups of the Neenah school board meeting with the superintendent, it's not a matter of legality.
That much we know from the Winnebago County District Attorney's Office.
When it comes to whether the small groups violated the spirit of the law by meeting in private to discuss Neenah school issues, we know how that plays with us. We think the elected school board members and the taxpayer-funded administrators should have made better decisions.
Neenah school board members must break the habit of meeting in subgroups outside of the public eye.
Here's a little background. A complaint was filed by the Wisconsin Education Association Council on behalf of former teacher Ann Cattau. It accuses the board of holding small meetings specifically to keep certain discussions in private.
The DA's office said the complaint wasn't valid because the number of board members at the meetings did not constitute a quorum.
Technically, the public did not have to be notified about the meetings because a quorum was not present. No agenda had to be made public and no minutes had to be recorded.
We still have a problem with it. The information shared at these private meetings should be aired in public. Topics discussed affect our tax dollars and our kids.
School board members represent all of us and therefore, we deserve to know what they know. Board members should be modeling the behavior we want to see in our students, and they're doing the exact opposite.
School board members have to be knowledgeable about incredibly complicated issues and they dedicate a great deal of time to the task. We appreciate the way they serve our communities and respect them tremendously.
But they need to be respectful of voters, too, and follow the spirit of the open meetings law.
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Why is Labour surging—and how worried should the Tories be?
The polls have swung in an unprecedented manner, but keep an eye on the leaders' personal ratings. They could determine the result on Thursday
by Peter Kellner / June 6, 2017 / Leave a comment
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. How will his party perform on Thursday? Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire/PA Images
Suddenly, the media have woken up to the huge variation in the polls, with figures that point variously to a Tory landslide and a hung parliament. In fact, these differences have been there throughout the election campaign, with polls six weeks ago varying from an 11 point Conservative lead (Survation) to 25 points (ComRes). But when they agreed the lead was in double digits, these differences didn’t seem to matter so much.
Today, as we head towards Thursday, we cannot be certain what the LEVEL of the Conservative lead is, but we CAN be sure that we have seen the biggest change of any campaign in more than 70 years of election polls. The Tory lead has fallen by around 13 points.
If we dig below the surface of the voting intentions, a compelling story emerges.
First, according to YouGov, Theresa May entered the campaign with a huge personal lead over Jeremy Corbyn, when people were asked who would make the best prime minister. With 54 per cent naming her and just 19 per cent naming Corbyn, the gap was 35 points. By last week, that lead had fallen to just 13 points, with May’s figure down to 43 per cent and Corbyn’s up to 30 per cent.
Second, the credibility of Labour’s promises has risen, while the credibility of the Conservatives’ has fallen. Last week YouGov repeated a question it asked in early May: “Thinking about the general election campaigns and promises from the main parties, are they being generally honest or dishonest?” Five weeks ago, voters tend to be equally sceptical of both. Views of the Tories divided 26 per cent honest, 44 per cent dishonest; Labour’s figures were similar, 27-40 per cent. Now the Tories have a 27-point honesty deficit, with voters dividing 24 per cent honest, 51 per cent dishonest, while Labour has climbed to level-pegging, 35-35 per cent.
Third, the Conservatives have lost much of their advantage on handling the big issues facing Britain. YouGov tracks attitudes to ten issues and asks people which party would handle them best. In mid-April, the Tories enjoyed a clear lead on seven, the two parties were neck-and-neck on two, while Labour was clearly ahead on just one (the NHS). Now the…
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Why the Peterborough result should strike terror into the two main parties
Peter Kellner / June 7, 2019
Labour just about held on but there is huge public dissatisfaction with the traditional...
There are many reasons why voters have lost confidence in the Conservatives. From election fraud in 2015, which may not actually require prosecutions once the MPs have been lawfully elected, to hard Brexit, which could leave factories unable to sell the parts they manufacture as elements of a joined up manufacturing process which can currently include several European countries, to Austerity, which Labour's economic plans have demonstrated is an optional policy which has not reduced the deficit, since it has penalised low paid while giving tax breaks to high earners, without putting in place protections that should prevent another banking crash, while trying to prevent prosecutions of bankers, which have eventually been successful in the face of pressure to drop charges. Fracking decisions by central government, which overturn local planning decisions are also not popular. But most of all now, Theresa May's support for arms sales to Saudi Arabia, her cuts to policing, especially community policing which provided support to communities facing challenging situations, including extremist Muslim and Right Wing groups, and her cuts to the Health Service, including proposed sales of hospital buildings under the Naylor Report, which she has endorsed, and cuts to social care while increasing costs to older people, all together make the efforts of the right wing press to keep the populace to the Conservative Party message quite a challenge.
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Magic Johnson cites Ben Simmons incident with Sixers as part of decision to leave Lakers
By Michael Tanenbaum
NBA Sixers
Kyle Terada/USA Today
Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons dunks in a game earlier this season. Simmons wrote 'Egg Boy' on the yellow sneakers he wore during Tuesday's game against the Charlotte Hornets in honor of an Australian teen, now known as 'Egg Boy' for smashing an egg on the head of an Islamophobic Australian politician.
Los Angeles Lakers team president and NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson stepped down from his position suddenly Tuesday night during a post-game press conference, sending shockwaves across the league.
While the Lakers failed to make the playoffs this year, despite the addition of LeBron James, Johnson's choice appears to be about the personal restrictions of the job. Case in point: He'd rather be able to freely mentor young stars like the Sixers' Ben Simmons than be accused of tampering because of his role in L.A.
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"When Ben Simmons called and we went through the proper channels, and they made me look like the bad guy in that situation, but I didn't do anything wrong, but do everything right," Johnson told reporters. "I was thinking about all those times, all guys who want me to mentor them or be a part of their lives, and I can't even do that. I have more fun on the other side."
Earlier this year, Simmons reached out to Lakers representatives to see whether he might be able to talk with Johnson for personal advice on his game. It's natural that Simmons would want to emulate Johnson's success as a big-bodied NBA point guard. Simmons also sought to connect with several other players for guidance, including Dr. J and Kobe Bryant.
Johnson, of course, made an offhand comment about helping Simmons to the press, which set off a firestorm of criticism and a league investigation into tampering. The NBA found no wrongdoing.
Ben Simmons wants to work with Magic Johnson, who loves his game: “The East better watch out.” pic.twitter.com/mJwMjksm8A
— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) February 11, 2019
At the time, Sixers general manager Elton Brand clarified that he chose not to approve the meeting between Johnson and Simmons. Why? The Sixers have every reason to guard Simmons as he approaches his second NBA contract. What happened with Anthony Davis in New Orleans this season is proof enough that the Lakers allure can be a menace and a threat, even if they don't get their way.
What Johnson's departure means for Los Angeles — and how it reflects on LeBron James' choice of L.A. over Philly — is another conversation altogether. His role may have been largely symbolic (a clincher for recruitment purposes) and secondary to general manager Rob Pelinka, according to reports.
Since taking over as president of the Lakers, Magic Johnson never fully committed to the job. Often he was traveling and away from the team. His office hours were limited. He didn't do a lot of scouting. Running an NBA team takes a tremendous commitment of time and energy.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 10, 2019
If nothing else, this gives Simmons the opportunity to learn from an idol who can make him better on the court. His commitment to the Sixers, which he's publicly stated, for whatever that's worth, will probably be solidified best by postseason success in Philadelphia.
Michael Tanenbaum
tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com
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You are here: Home / Rotary International / Polio Plus / U.S. Senate commends Rotary’s polio eradication efforts.
U.S. Senate commends Rotary’s polio eradication efforts.
June 29, 2012 by DG Scott
Rotary International News — 28 June 2012
In a resolution introduced by Illinois United States Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk on 26 June, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved measures that encourage the U.S. to remain committed to support for eradicating polio worldwide. The resolution commended Rotary International for its efforts to rid the world of the disease and highlighted the organization’s role in successfully eradicating polio from India in January.
“Although polio was eradicated in the United States more than 30 years ago, there are still men, women and children in a few corners of the globe who are stricken with this preventable virus because they lack access to the vaccine,” said Durbin. “Rotary International and Rotarians have donated more than one billion dollars and volunteered countless hours vaccinating children to make the full eradication of this cruel disease a reality around the world. Their work is literally saving lives. We are closer than ever to ending the scourge of polio and I commend the work of the Rotary and many others in advancing that goal.”
The U.S. is the leading public sector donor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) with more than US$2 billion dollars in contributions. The Senate resolution calls for continued commitment and funding by the U.S. at a critical time, following the recent launch of the Global Polio Emergency Action Plan 2012-13 .
“Rotary International remains a key contributor to the health and educational development of communities both at home and abroad,” said a spokesperson for Kirk. “Rotarians have consistently worked with national governments and international organizations to successfully reduce outbreaks of polio worldwide and a polio free world is a lasting gift to our children and grandchildren.”
See an infographic illustrating how close the world is to eradicating polio and what’s needed to finish the job.
Read more about polio eradication on the Rotary Voices blog.
Filed Under: Polio Plus, Rotary International
About DG Scott
DG 2019-2020, Past District Foundation Chair, Past Assistant Governor, Past President Kearney Dawn Rotary Club, Kearney, NE USA. Contact info: [email protected]
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Ilhan Omar Inspired by Marxist Angela Davis
May 8, 2019 By Richard C. Young
Minnesotan State Representative Ilhan Omar, in Paris, France on November 15, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]
Paul Kengor, writing at The American Spectator calls Ilhan Omar the “most extreme-left member of Congress.” That shouldn’t be too surprising given that, as Kengor continues, Omar is inspired by radical Marxist, Angela Davis. He writes:
My sense over only the last few months is that Ilhan Omar may be the most extreme-left member of Congress, as judging from positions on everything from taxes to Israel, from wealth distribution to Venezuela. She soared further left than anyone on the Democrat radar — blowing by Bernie, AOC, and Elizabeth Warren — by calling for literally a 90% tax rate. That was 20% more than what even Miss Democratic Socialist USA, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had proposed a week earlier.
Omar called Angela Davis not only an inspiration but an “idol.” Davis wasn’t merely inspirational but “enormously inspiring… throughout my life.”
The whole episode is shocking and instructive about Ilhan Omar. Angela Davis is, of course, the matron of Marxism in the United States. If you had to pick America’s most widely known female communist for a half-century standing, you’d pick Angela Davis.
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The Bush League, Hellhounds
Wed. June 19, 2019
Richmond Music Hall (at Capital Ale House)
All shows are standing room only unless otherwise notated.
All tickets are picked up via will call starting at the time of doors.
“…like Chicago blues fired at the moon, played by the demented children of the Pretty Things.” –Rolling Stone
“DADDY LONG LEGS takes the blues and turns them inside out, upside down, round about and renews their primal energy. My favorite rompin’ stompin’ New York band of the moment.” -Lenny Kaye
Brooklyn, NY-based trio DADDY LONG LEGS—Brian Hurd (vocals, harmonica, guitar), Murat Akturk (slide guitar), Josh Styles (drums, maraca) will make their Yep Roc Records debut May 10 with Lowdown Ways, their third studio album.
Produced by Jimmy Sutton and engineered by Alex Hall (JD McPherson, Pokey LaFarge, Jake La Botz) at Hi-Style Studios in Chicago, the album features 12 original compositions with songwriting contributions from JD McPherson and Sutton. A new direction from their first two studio albums (released by Norton Records), Lowdown Ways sees the boys widen their sonic horizons with field hollers, gospel, Cajun, and Mississippi Hill Music, coupled with their renowned supercharged, harp-driven R&B bangers.
The first single, “Mornin’ Noon & Nite,” premiered at WFMU. The track is now available at all streaming services.
Frontman Brian Hurd describes “Mornin’ Noon & Nite” as “a Hoodoo Stomper in the vein of John Lee Hooker and is about one’s pure, savage lust for his or her lover.”
When asked by Village Voice “What is DADDY LONG LEGS?,” Hurd answered, “Rock and roll salvation through the spirit of roots and blues.” While influenced by the likes of Son House, Captain Beefheart, Howlin’ Wolf, MC5, and Dr. Feelgood, their sound personifies garage rock and punk with a contemporary raw twist performed in their own brand of supercharged R&B.
Since forming in 2010, the band has released two studio albums, a live album and two 45s on Norton Records. Their last album was 2015’s DADDY LONG LEGS Rides Tonight. The band has toured with Jon Spencer, Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Sonics, Nikki Lane, Nick Waterhouse, amongst others.
Lowdown Ways is now available for pre-order. The vinyl LP arrives on limited edition opaque white vinyl.
1. Theme from DADDY LONG LEGS
2. Pink Lemonade
3. Ding Dong Dang
4. Mornin' Noon & Nite
5. Glad Rag Ball
6. Bad Neighborhood
7. Célaphine
8. Winners Circle
9. Back Door Fool
10. Snagglepuss
11. Be Gone
12. Wrong Side of the River
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Senior showcase will be presented Tuesday
Ripon College’s Senior Showcase, a campus-wide celebration of excellence, will be held Tuesday, April 23, starting at 6:30 p.m. Graduating seniors will demonstrate their dedication and passion in their major areas of study by offering research and poster presentations as a culmination of their scholarly and artistic work at Ripon College.
The showcase will take place in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. An awards ceremony will take place at 8 p.m., where all presenting students will receive a certificate and the winners of each room will be announced.
All papers submitted by presenters will be available in an online digital collection at rcseniorshowcase.omeka.net through Ripon College’s Lane Library.
The schedule is:
Room 140 (Digital Lab), Ellen Lee, assistant professor of psychology, moderator
6:30 p.m.: Justin Filter of Janesville, Wisconsin, communication and history majors; “The Messages of Content and Form Present in John F. Kennedy’s Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis”
6:45 p.m. Rebecca Rate of Campbellsport, Wisconsin, economics and business management majors; “Disparities in Food Access in Milwaukee County”
7 p.m. Taryn Bosquez of Omro, Wisconsin, biology major, psychology minor; “Protein Interactions Between Rho and NusA”
7:15 p.m. Rebecca Leuenberger of Racine, Wisconsin, psychobiology major; “Selective Attention and Feedback Performance: Does Feedback Actually Help?”
7:30 p.m. Sara Olk of Brown Deer, Wisconsin, history and anthropology majors; “Palestinian Women’s Perspectives During the British Mandate, 1922-1948”>/li>
Room 145, Christina Othon, associate professor of physics, moderator
6:30 p.m. Jared Zeman of Van Dyne, Wisconsin, physics and mathematics majors; “Electron Gun Design for Ultrafast Electron Microscopy”
6:45 p.m. Ethan Freiermuth of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin, politics and government, economics and German majors, national security studies minor; “A Comparison of WWII American and German National Socialist Propaganda”
7 p.m. Ellen Hughes of Reedsville, Wisconsin, politics & government and communication majors, history minor; “Baking as Art and Parables in Persuasion: The Narrative Power of Christian News Reporting in the Case of Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission”
7:15 p.m. Tyler Sturzl of Crandon, Wisconsin, economics and business management majors, law and society minor; “Shared Economic Thought Between Adam Smith and Alexander Hamilton”
7:30 p.m. Kimberly Frisque of Menominee, Michigan, history and religion majors, English minor; “Was the Korean War Just? An Application of Just War Principles”
Room 147, Karlyn Schumacher, assistant librarian-Access Services, moderator
6:30 p.m. Morgan Makar of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, businesses management and philosophy majors, criminal justice minor; “Feminist Epistemology: Knowing Through Stories”
6:45 p.m. Mark Krause of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, history and self-designed classics majors, religion minor; “Prudentius: The Last Classical Poet”
7 p.m. Eric Fels of Hubertus, Wisconsin, history and sports management majors, economics minor; “Romanticizing Piracy During its Golden Age, 1650-1730”
7:15 p.m. Nathan Faucett of Marinette, Wisconsin, politics and government major, national security studies minor; “ISIS in Transition: Analyzing the Viability of a “Cyber Jihad” Led by the Islamic State”
7:30 p.m. Shelbi Buettner of Dane, Wisconsin, communication and business management majors; “Redefining Gender Roles: The Defense of All Things Feminine”
Room 155 (Theory Room), Fan Zhang, assistant professor of business management, moderator
6:30 p.m. Wyatt McGillen of Kalispell, Montana, politics & government, history and philosophy majors; “To Arm or Not To Arm, That is the Question: Global Zero’s Challenge to the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review”
6:45 p.m. Diana Meredith of Ripon, Wisconsin, psychology major, and Savannah White, psychology and theatre majors; “The Effects of Social Media Framing on Self-Esteem”
7 p.m. Ryan Anthony-Ceres of Lafayette, Colordo, physics major, “Numerical Simulation of Low Energy Free Electron Interaction with Femtosecond Optical Standing Waves for Use in Ultrafast Electron Microscopy”
7:15 p.m. Juan Baez of Carrollton, Texas, English and theatre majors, French minor; “Black Heroes Matter”
7:30 p.m. Jacob Diny of Greenleaf, Wisconsin, economics and business management majors; “Comparison of Usury/Interest and Asymmetric Information”
Room 156 (Choir Room), Tom Hamami, assistant professor of business management, moderator
6:30 p.m. Ethan Freiermuth of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin, politics & government, economics and German majors, national security studies minor; “Taxing the Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith’s Views on Taxation”
6:45 p.m. Rylie Morris of Dousman, Wisconsin, chemistry major, biology minor; “A Simple and Versatile Protocol for Preparing Self-Healing Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels”
7 p.m. Alyssa Kollman of Kenosha, Wisconsin, politics and government major, philosophy and German minors; “The Influence of Role Playing Video Games on the Increase in Left-Leaning Political Views in Generation X and Millennials”
7:15 p.m. Wyatt McGillen of Kalispell, Montana, politics & government, history and philosophy majors; “On a Need to Know Basis: Epistemologies of Ignorance and Economic Class”
7:30 p.m. Lauren Good of Wautoma, Wisconsin, music performance major, business management minor, “Senior Recital”
Poster Presentations will be from 7:15 to 8 p.m. in the Rodman Center lobby, with Julia Manor as moderator. Participants are:
Melissa Micale of Neenah, Wisconsin, psychobiology major, sociology minor, and Ryan Hanrahan of West Bend, Wisconsin, psychology major and business management minor; “Typicality as Reality: The Role of Availability in the Context of Supernatural and Paranormal Beliefs”
McKenna Meza of Waupaca, Wisconsin, biology major; “Overwintering of eastern bluebirds (sialia sialis) in Ripon, Wisconsin”
Katie King of Farmington, Minnesota, biology major, chemistry and psychology minors; “Energy density of two forage species in the northwestern Atlantic: Silver Hake (Merluccius bilinearis) and Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)”
Robert Rosner of Phelps, Wisconsin, biology major, mathematics and English minors; “The Effect of Well Depth and Septic Tank Distance on Coliform Contamination in Wells”
Judges are:
Luke Alan Dretske ’21 of Berlin, Wisconsin; Erin Engstrom ’20 of Brookfield, Wisconsin; Kayla Furlano ’20 of West Bend, Wisconsin; Claire Greenlee ’20 of Marshfield, Wisconsin; Courtney Hall ’20 of West Allis, Wisconsin; Kitara Harsh ’20 of Montello, Wisconsin; Aubry Herbon ’21 of Antioch, Illinois; Mitra Kermani ’20 of Louisville, Colorado; Alexandra Molinski ’20 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Mya Yupar Oo of ’20 of Rangoon, Myanmar; Katelyn Grace Peroutka ’20 of Waunakee, Wisconsin; Race Rohde ’20 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Megan Rupnik ’20 of Delavan, Wisconsin; Molly Waggoner ’21 of Pulaski, Wisconsin.
Faculty moderators are: Tom Hamami, assistant professor of business management; Ellen Lee, assistant professor of psychology; Julia Manor, assistant professor of psychology; Christina Othon, associate professor of physics; Karlyn Schumacher, assistant librarian-Access Services; Fan Zhang, assistant professor of business management.
Showcase committee members are: Nicholas Eastman, assistant professor of educational studies, co-chair; Amy Rachuba, assistant librarian-Resource Services, co-chair; Tom Hamami, assistant professor of business management; Ellen Lee, assistant professor of psychology; Julia Manor, assistant professor of psychology; Christina Othon, associate professor of physics; Karlyn Schumacher, assistant librarian-Access Services; Fan Zhang, assistant professor of business management.
Posted April 19, 2019 in Research, Student by Jaye Alderson.
Dean of Faculty Ed Wingenbach Named President of Hampshire College
Green Lake Festival Choral Institute, concert to be held at Ripon College
James Czarnik ’89 receives Ripon College Distinguished Alumni Citation
Jenan Kharbush ’09 named Ripon College Outstanding Young Alumna
Kathryn Schultz ’89 receives Ripon College Distinguished Alumni Citation
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#9 Angel Sharks | Deep Sea | Sawfish
Lauren de Vos
Pelayo Salinas de León
Feeling the heat index
Feeling the heat
A new publication brings to light a startling find and reminds us of how deep-dwelling sharks, rays and skates are brilliantly adapted to their environment. The deep sea remains one of our least explored and understood habitats on earth. As fishing and mining encroach into deeper waters, even the furthest reaches of our oceans are no longer safe from exploitation. The discovery by Pelayo Salinas de León and his team that the deepest-dwelling skate on earth makes ingenious use of hydrothermal vents in the Galápagos is, perhaps, a reminder that we stand to lose species and habitats before we’ve had a chance to document them in a realm that holds some of the clues to the origins of life on earth.
Photo by Ocean Exploration Trust | Nautilus Live Copyright
Sink 8,000 feet (2,400 metres) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean and light filtering from the surface dwindles to nothing, leaving an inky blackness. In the absence of life-giving sunlight, it seems improbable that our deepest oceans are anything but lunar landscapes. So when, in 1977, a remote-controlled camera sled gliding along the sea floor recorded a spike in ocean temperature, scientists dismissed it as a glitch. Only once they had retrieved the camera and started sifting through the stills it had captured did they realise that this ‘irregularity’ in the temperature readings matched a series of photos that revealed beds teeming with clams and mussels – a sea floor more alive than seemed possible for that depth.
On the equator and along the submarine lava plateau that is the Galápagos Platform in the eastern Pacific, 13 volcanic islands and a number of sea mounts emerge from the ocean. Lying 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) west of Ecuador, these islands, the Galápagos, have captivated scientists since Darwin pondered over their finches and formulated his first inklings of the theory of evolution. It was here that Rob Ballard and Richard von Herzen led the Galápagos Hydrothermal Expedition and discovered the reason for a surprising oasis of life at depth: hydrothermal vents belching water heated by magma where the earth writhes with growing pains. Their discovery changed the way science debates the origins of life on earth. The Galápagos, it seems, continues to challenge and shape the way we understand biodiversity, its evolution and its relevance to our lives.
Hydrothermal vents are found near sites of volcanic activity. They are typical of mid-ocean ridges, where the earth’s tectonic plates are moving apart and away from each other as new ocean crust is formed. Sea water permeates the ocean crust, percolating into the rock through fissures, and is heated by magma boiling deeper down. Where it bursts to the sea floor’s surface again through vents, the water might be at any temperature between 60 and 460 °C – much hotter than the ambient 2 °C typical of water at this depth. The process of heating causes a series of chemical reactions, as does the subsequent process of coming into contact with cool, surrounding sea water once again when the heated water bursts out of the vents.
Lauren de Vos Project Leader
Pelayo Salinas de León Project Leader | Marine Research Coordinator at the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF)
Scientists suspect that Pacific white skates are laying their eggs near hydrothermal vents to speed up their otherwise lengthy incubation process.
Photo by Julye Newlin | Ocean Exploration Trust | Nautilus Live Copyright
The marine communities that proliferate around these hydrothermal vents do so because they can generate energy by chemosynthesis rather than deriving it from sunlight via photosynthesis. Black smoker chimneys (high-temperature hydrothermal vents composed of black iron sulphide deposit) can host whole ecosystems centred on animals that use chemosynthesis to convert heat, methane and sulphur to generate energy. These animals are called archaea and extremophiles, and they in turn are food for clams, tubeworms and more complex life forms.
Nearly 40 years after the Galápagos Hydrothermal Expedition, in 2015, the remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) Hercules dived to more than 1,600 metres (5,250 feet) at the Iguanas-Pinguinos hydrothermal vent site in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Here, Pelayo Salinas de León from the Charles Darwin Foundation made another surprising discovery. Secreted around these hydrothermal vents, at depths of between 1,649 and 1,660 metres (5,410 and 5,446 feet) were the eggs of the Pacific white skate Bathyraja spinosissima. Together with co-authors Brennan Phillips, David Ebert, Mahmood Shivji, Florencia Cerutti-Pereyra, Cassandra Ruck, Charles R. Fisher and Leigh Marsh, he published the findings in 2018 in Scientific Reports.
The remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) Hercules allows scientists to film the sea floor thousands of metres below the surface. Piloted by technicians aboard the research vessel, cameras can more easily venture into habitats that would endanger researchers.
This is the first evidence of behaviour such as this in the marine world. Given that the water temperature near the vents where the eggs are laid is warmer than in the surrounding area, scientists believe that the skate is using the heat to incubate its eggs. Sauropod dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period are believed to have done the same, as do some species of megapode birds today. The Polynesian megapode Megapodius pritchardii on Niuafo’ou Island in Tonga, for instance, buries its eggs in volcanically heated soils.
‘The first place the ROV landed on the sea floor was on a ridge, in the plume of a nearby hydrothermal vent that we had specifically come to investigate – a black smoker,’ explained Charles Fisher in an interview for Penn State University. ‘When we panned the camera down, we found something we did not expect: these giant egg cases, also known as mermaid purses. And we found several layers of them, indicating that whatever was laying these eggs had been coming back to this spot for many years to lay them. As the dive progressed, we saw more and more of these egg cases and realised that this was not the result of a single animal, but rather a behaviour shared by many individuals.’ The scientists counted 157 egg cases, most of which lay within 150 metres (490 feet) of two active black smoker chimneys. Using the mechanised arm of the Hercules, they collected four egg cases that were DNA-tested to confirm the species they belonged to.
Finding evidence that skates may approach hydrothermal vent habitats, let alone use them as nurseries, is a scientific first for researchers in the Galápagos. Photo by Ocean Exploration Trust | Nautilus Live Copyright
A host of technologies, like ROVs, allow scientists to explore deep-sea habitats. This kind of capacity is vital to monitor changes to life in the deepest reaches. While these parts of the oceans remain relatively unexplored, human exploitation in the form of deep-sea mining and fishing is quickly catching up to even the hardest-to-reach regions.
Why would an animal lay its eggs so close to a black smoker? The reason becomes clear when you consider that deep-dwelling skates like the Pacific white skate exhibit some of the longest incubation periods for any species in the animal kingdom. A similar species such as B. parmifera incubates its eggs in the Bering Sea for about 1,290 days at a water temperature of 4.4 °C. Based on this, scientists estimate that a conservative incubation period for the Pacific white skate at an average water temperature of 2.76 °C would be more than 1,500 days – that’s over four years! Laying eggs near the elevated temperatures of hydrothermal vents would potentially accelerate the embryos’ development and decrease these lengthy incubation periods. It’s a smart move, considering that the longer an egg needs to incubate, the longer it lies unprotected and vulnerable on the sea floor, with a lower chance of surviving and hatching.
The finding is certainly valuable for its scientific interest, adding to our scant but growing knowledge of deep-sea environments and hydrothermal vent habitats. For Pelayo, though, there is something more urgent about our need to investigate these deep reaches. ‘We have to dedicate more time and resources to exploring in our backyard,’ he told Earther in an interview for its website. ‘We’re hoping to send rockets to the moon and Mars, but we have a whole alien world next to us that hasn’t been explored.’
The reason for urgency lies in the conservation imperative. Almost one in four chondrichthyan species are threatened with extinction, so an understanding of these enigmatic creatures is critical if we are to be better equipped to manage and protect their populations. The Pacific white skate has adapted to its deep habitat by slowing down, which includes the incubation period of its eggs. Long-lived, slow-growing and slow-to-reproduce, it has the very life history traits that make deep-dwelling sharks, rays and skates so well adapted to surviving in an otherwise inhospitable environment. Yet these are precisely the traits that make them vulnerable to exploitation. Oil and gas exploration, deep seabed mining and the expansion of fishing into deeper waters threaten reaches of our oceans that once seemed immune from intrusion. Speaking to National Geographic, Pelayo points out, ‘We know hardly anything about the deep sea, yet we are fishing and mining [in it] before we even get a chance to document what species live down there and what unique behaviours [they] could reveal [to] us.’
Researcher Pelayo Salinas de León peers into a halved sample of the Pacific white skate egg cases brought to the surface from a depth of more than 1,600 metres (5,250 feet).
Understanding what creatures of the deepest oceans, like the Pacific white skate, need in order to survive and reproduce can guide scientists to critical information that informs more strategic conservation measures. Knowledge of how, and where, these creatures spend their lives could underpin the correct design of strategies such as marine protected areas. As the authors of the paper point out, Ecuador created a 40,000-square-kilometre (15,450-square-mile) marine protected area in 2016 around Darwin and Wolf islands in the Galápagos: a sanctuary that also protects the sea mounts, including the Iguanas-Pinguinos vent site.
Information just like this discovery by Pelayo and his colleagues is what motivates action to safeguard critical and vulnerable habitats. The fact that deep-sea skates actually create nurseries was first recognised in 2015 by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council when it declared eight nurseries in the Bering Sea as of ‘particular concern’. It was the first time this habitat type was officially acknowledged. So what of the future? Pelayo and his co-authors mention these examples of protection and recognition as a basis to motivate for more research to identify, and highlight the protection of, deep-sea nurseries for sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras.
Salinas-de-León P, Phillips B, Ebert D, Shivji M, Cerutti-Pereyra F, Ruck C, R. Fisher C & Marsh L (2018). Deep-sea hydrothermal vents as natural egg-case incubators at the Galapagos Rift. Scientific Reports. 8: 1788
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Read article Ocean View Winning Hearts and Minds in the Galapagos Daniela Vilema, Pelayo Salinas de León
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Joanne Goodhue Savage
EXETER — Joanne Goodhue Savage died Monday, May 21, 2012, with her family at her side.
She was born June 7, 1934, in Worcester, Mass. She attended Pennsylvania State University and graduated from Katherine Gibbs School in New York.
Joanne excelled as an executive secretary in New York City and at UNH. However, her most rewarding role was her two decades as a volunteer coach for the Oyster River Otters swim team. Affectionately know as "Mrs. Savage," she helped hundreds of children develop their talents, both in and out of the pool. Jo's selfless commitment to the Otters left a positive, lasting mark on the community and earned her formal recognition by the town of Durham.
Jo was a courageous and faithful woman whose love of family and friends was paramount. She loved a good laugh, cooking and travel (Scotland and Sanibel Island were favorites). A devoted wife, loving mother, and known adoringly as Gramma-Jo or G-Jo to her grandsons, she will be dearly missed and never forgotten by those that she touched in her life.
Joanne was predeceased by her husband of 44 years, Godfrey Hamilton Savage; her father, William Velte Goodhue; and stepfather and mother, James and Maryrita (Phelan) Keane.
She is survived by her stepmother, June; daughters Wendy-Jo and Heidi; son Skip, his wife Lori and their two sons Ty and Matt; siblings Julie, Chip and Christopher; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
SERVICES: Services for family and friends will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2, at Phillips Church, 20 Main St., Exeter. A reception will follow at Phillips Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Joanne's memory may be made to the Seacoast Science Center, 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye, NH 03870-2104.
To send an online condolence to the family, visit www.kentandpelczarfh.com.
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ServNet's Mega-Sales Add Sizzle to Summer and Fire Up Fall Market
The summer of 2018 saw the return of the industry's most notable mega-sales hosted at ServNet auctions and made a lasting impression on the market, reports ServNet's President Eric Autenrieth. The excitement and activity continues into the fall, as ServNet auctions bring customers together for special events marking special seasonal events, anniversary sales and celebrations of autumn's bounty. Throughout the summer and into the fall, ServNet auctions are building consignments from dealers and national remarketers, positioning their inventory to take advantage of the biggest auction events in the country.
DAA Northwest's iconic Rock & Roll Sale smashed all records in July with 5,047 consigned units, 3,612 sold and an average sale price of $18,750. With gross sales at $67mm and 1,750 dealers in attendance, business in the lanes was brisk. Employees from DAA Seattle and KCI Kansas City assisted DAA Northwest's staff with condition report writing, block clerking, ringing in the lanes and checking in guests, and all joined together with customers and industry leaders from all over the country to enjoy a concert by classic rock legend John Fogerty.
DAA/OKC Marks 30 Years with Lane-buster Sale Topped by $70,000 in Prizes
October 25, 2018 is a red-letter day at Dealers Auto Auction of Oklahoma City (DAAOKC): the celebration of three decades of service to the remarketing community. Since its founding in 1988, the auction has grown to become a leading auction facility, offering the largest weekly vehicle consignment in the state and the highest sales percentage of any independent auction in the region. DAA/OKC has recorded the sale of 1.55 million vehicles, totaling more than $15 billion, since opening its doors in 1988.
To mark its 30th year, DAA/OKC has planned an Anniversary Sale that will bring buyers and sellers together from all parts of the South-Central region and beyond, with lanes brimming with vehicles and prize giveaways running all day long.
"We've planned a great day of buying and selling in the lanes at our 30th Anniversary Sale," says Bruce Beam, DAA/OKC's general manager. "We're expecting more than 1300 vehicles, topped by consignment from Ally, ARI, AvisBudget Group, FISERV, Hertz, OneMain Remarketing, Prestige Financial, Santander/Chrysler Capital, United Auto Credit and Westlake Remarketing. We're also introducing a Specialty Sale, with motorcycles, boats, travel trailers, ATVs and motorhomes. Added to that will be a day full of food, fun and prizes for everyone in attendance as our way to thank our customers for 30 great years in business."
Beam reports that all dealers attending DAA/OKC's 30th Anniversary Sale will receive a logo'd pullover, and will enjoy a free breakfast, hamburgers and hot dogs fresh off the grill for lunch, and snacks and drinks in the lanes. More the $70,000 in cash and prizes are planned, including $5,000 in lane drawings throughout the day, and end-of-sale drawings for $15,000 in cash. All of that will be topped off by the grand prize drawing: a 2002 SS Chevy 35th Anniversary Camaro.
This 2002 SS Chevy Camaro is the grand prize at DAA/OKC's 30th Anniversary Sale
"We're pulling out all the stops to make our 30th Anniversary Sale an event to remember," said Beam. "It's a day we'll share with customers both old and new, celebrating our success with everyone who has over the past 30 years helped make DAA/OKC one of the best independent auctions in the country."
Greater Rockford Auto Auction Sets Date for Spooktacular '18
The Greater Rockford Auto Auction (GRAA) is excited to announce its next big sale, The GRAA Spooktacular, on October 17th. The auction expects more than 1,000 vheicles for the event, which will roll through the auction's six lanes. Following the sale, customers will gather for $11,000 in giveaways, ranging from a hot tub to a motorcycle, and the fan favorite: twenty $50 bills.
"The GRAA Spooktacular is going to be one of our biggest sales of the year," says Chad Anderson, GRAA's general manager. "Our team is working hard to plan a fun filled day for all of our customers with great inventory, and giveaways in the lanes."
Dressed in GRAA Spooktacular t-shirts, the auction team will greet customers attending the event, which starts at 9:30 am. Major consignorss will include Avis Budget Group, First Investors, Credit Acceptance/ VRS, and Westlake Financial.
GRAA is in its third generation of family ownership, and has deeps roots in the automotive industry.
Dealers Set to Play & Win at Carolina Auto Auction's Caropoly Event
Carolina Auto Auction hosts its 2nd annual Caropoly sales event from September 12th through October 17th. 1100 units will be run every week. With each purchase dealers collect Caropoly cards in hopes of matching them up to win their share of $40,000 in cash and prizes. There will be over 600 overall winners with varying prizes. As dealers collect an entire set of cards, or "monopoly," then they win a large prize corresponding with that set on the board.
As part of the sales event, several floor plan companies including AFC, AutoBank, Auto Use, and CarBucks each feature pieces on the board and will have instant winner cards as well. ASC Warranty, Allstate Insurance, and other CAA vendors will also be giving away prizes as part of the game.
The grand prizes include $5,000 cash, an Alaskan cruise and tour, an automatic Husqvarna lawn mower, a Yeti Hondo chair and cooler prize package, cuban cigars, and more. There are also instant winner pieces which can earn dealers anything from a free lunch or hat to a Star Wars Virtual Reality saber set.
Caropoly is one of Carolina Auto Auction's largest events of the year and the auction expects to have nearly 600 dealers on hand each week participating.
Maryland's Governor Hogan Visits Bel Air Auto Auction
It was business as usual on Thursday, August 23 at BSC America's Bel Air Auto Auction when customers and staff were greeted by a special guest: Maryland's Governor Larry Hogan, who visited the auction's new and expanded facility toward the end of the sale. Joining him during his visit were members of the state legislature, Harford County council members, and County Executive Barry Glassman.
The Nichols family provided the Governor with a tour of the 185 acre facility which opened last September. "Governor Hogan is a great friend of business," said Raymond C. Nichols, chairman and CEO of BSC America. "He understands the need of the people, but he also understands the needs of business."
Governor Larry Hogan (2nd from right) visits with the Nichols family during his tour of BSC America's Bel Air Auto Auction in August. He paused for a photo with (left to right) R. Charles Nichols, BSC America's President; Michelle Nichols-Neff, Executive Vice President, and Raymond Nichols, Chairrman and CEO.
Nichols explained to Governor Hogan that Bel Air Auto Auction has sold approximately 10,000 more vehicles since its move to the new facility, compared to the same time last year. He expects that the auction will handle more than 120,000 vehicles by year's end. He also noted that 250 additional jobs were created when the new auction opened in September of 2017, and that the auction has recorded increases in the number of buyers as well.
The new Bel Air Auto Auction facility opened in September of last year to rave reviews from buyers and sellers alike. Sited on 185 acres, the facility includes a 75,000-square foot, 10-lane auction facility, restaurant and administrative office building, as well as a separate state-of-the-art 50,000 square foot Vehicle Enhancement Center which houses both mechanical and body shops, reconditioning bays, paint booths and an imaging center. A separate building provides a streamlined check-in facility for dealers and transporters.
Scary Big Money Event Returns to Indiana Auto Auction
Like it or not, it's time for the days to get shorter and the leaves begin to change colors. But that also means it's time for the ghosts and ghouls to come out of hiding to get ready for Indiana Auto Auction's Scary Big $25,000 Absolute Cash Spooktacular.
The 6-week long event kicks off on September 20th with a free sale-day breakfast, webs, skeletons and other macabre decorations. Dealers receive an entry ticket for every vehicle bought or sold in those 6 weeks, which qualifies them for the drawing.
On Thursday October 25th, dealers once again enjoy a a Free Breakfast and seven candy-filled lanes of scary fun as the employes dress up to add to the "spirit" of the festivities. At the end of the sale, the names of six dealers will be drawn. One of those dealers will walk away with $20,000 CASH with the other four dealers winning $1,000 CASH. Be there -- if you dare!
Leading up to the Scary Big Money Drawing, employees are rehearsing a familiar refrain, singing:
I was working in the lanes late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my manager from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
He gave out CASH
He gave out MONSTER CASH
Shark Tank Lures Dealers to Greenville Auto Auction's Anniversary Sale
Three dealers will have the opportunity to spend 30 seconds in Greenville Auto Auction's Shark Tank, reaching for $8,000, during the auction's 8th Anniversary Sale.
As the summer comes to an end, Greenville Auto Auction (GAA) will celebrate its 8th Anniversary Sale on September 20th. It has been eight years since the Stallings family purchased the once public auto auction in Greenville, NC and converted it to a dealer-only sale. Now, increasing numbers of dealers dealers flood the lanes at GAA, the auction continues to grow year after year.
In order to celebrate this milestone, the auction will be giving away up to $8,000 in cash. Three dealers will be randomly selected at the end of the sale to search for the cash in the "Shark Tank". The 10x10x4 tank will be filled with ball pit balls, balloons, and sharks that will make it more exciting and challenging for the dealers to find the cash. With several different denominations of money in the in the Shark Tank, three dealers will have 30 seconds to grab as many bills as possible, hoping to go home with the "big catch". GAA will also be giving away free lunch and t-shirts to their dealers at its Anniversary Sale.
GAA has also begun construction on its new detail, condition report, online and marketing facility. The auction is excited to use the new space to better meet their dealers' needs. With four lanes in the new building, GAA will be able to detail and CR vehicles more efficiently and effectively. The new structure also wil have the space and technology to provide the best support for online customers. The building is projected to be completed this December
Industry Leaders Visit State Line Auto Auction
Sale day at State Line Auto Auction brings buyers and sellers together from all over the Northeast. A recent sale at the auction in Waverly, New York also caught the attention of several leaders from the remarketing industry, who gathered for a visit with the Barber family. Making the trip to the auction were NAAA President Warren Claus, NIADA President Andy Gabler, NAAA President-elect Chad Bailey, and NAAA CEO Frank Hackett.
Industry Leaders Meet with Barber Family at State Line Auto Auction.
(left to right): Beth Barber, Emily Barber, Paul Barber (all Partners of SLAA),
Warren Clauss (NAAA President), Andy Gabler (NIADA President), Jeff Barber (SLAA President/Owner), Chad Bailey (President Elect, NAAA, Owner of Akron AA), and Frank Hackett (CEO of NAAA)
Clark County Auto Auction Announces Expansion
Clark County Auto Auction has announced that plans are underway to expand parking for commercial consignment. ServNet's newest member auction, which joined the group in January of 2018, Clark County Auto Auction moved into a new world-class facility less than a than a year ago. The facility includes a five-lane service building and reconditioning center. The 40,000-square foot main building includes a seven-lane auction area, administrative offices, 100-seat restaurant, digital sales network and AFC offices. Later this fall when the lots expansion is completed, the auction will also accommodate additional parking for 800 commercial vehicles. Auction owner Matt Fetter also reports that the auction will begin construction of a photography booth to image vehicles after reconditioning.
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Dan Bilzerian Wins $1.2 Million By Smashing Ridiculous Cycling Bet
He had to cycle from Vegas to LA in under 48 hours.
Recently, the so-called King Of Instagram Dan Bilzerian seems to have been laying low – at least by his standards, I mean he still found time to sleep with a CEO’s wife and then announce it on social media – after he kicked that girl in the face at a nightclub towards the end of 2014.
It seems like these incidents haven’t affected his lifestyle too much though as he just managed to win a ridiculous bet with another poker played named Bill Perkins. This guy wagered him $600,000 that he couldn’t ride from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in 48 hours. That’s a 300 mile journey.
Needless to say, Dan Bilzerian managed to crush this bet like he normally manages to crush life. This may have been something to do with the fact that he hired disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong to train him for the race. Of course he did.
Perkins tweeted the following late last night pretty much confirming this, although Bilzerian is yet to comment on the race himself. Probably too busy partying with loads of hookers:
@DanBilzerian 25 miles away, controversial van removed 100ish miles out, no doubt Dan smoked this on a few drugs & adrenaline #EgoMotivation
— Bill Perkins (Guy) (@bp22) March 31, 2016
As Dan set out the day before at 3:30pm, he absolutely annihilated the target as he had another 15 hours to complete the challenge. Nice bet Perkins.
Perkins mentioned the ‘controversial van’ in the tweet above, and it turns out that Bilzerian was riding behind a van that was filming the ride and drafting. Although there was a debate about whether this was allowed or not, in the end both parties agreed that it was legit. Always has to be something controversial with this guy huh?
For more dumb stuff that Dan Bilzerian has been involved in over the years, click here.
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Is Your Piercing Really Infected?
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Is Your Piercing Really Infected — Or Just Irritated?
Samantha Sasso
Photographed by Beth Sacca.
Instagram can teach you a lot about piercing trends, from the daith to the nipple to the one you'd never tell your grandma about. But what you won't learn on social media are the nitty-gritty details — like the healing process — that follow. In one scroll you might notice that rook piercings are the new It spot, but what happens if it migrates, you're allergic to your new barbell, or it gets infected? But better yet, how do you know if it's infected in the first place?
We asked L.A.'s most in-demand piercer, Brian Keith Thompson (whose client list includes Beyoncé and FKA Twigs) and Patricia Wexler, MD, New York-based dermatologist, to answer the top questions surrounding infections, migrated jewellery, and more. Keep scrolling for some of our top FAQs.
Let's start with the big question: How can you tell if your piercing is infected?
According to Thompson, the telltale signs of an infection are simple: "The area around the piercing is warm to the touch, you notice extreme redness or red streaks protruding from it, and it has discoloured pus, normally with a green or brown tint," Thompson says. "You might also notice swollen lymph nodes, which is your body trying to kill the infection." If your piercing is severely infected, you'll basically feel like you're getting a cold, and, in some cases, you might even begin to run a fever.
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Dr. Wexler agrees that it's easy to identify an infection by the above symptoms, adding that you might also experience some swelling, pain, tenderness of the area, burning, or itching. "This usually occurs more than two days after the piercing and continues to worsen," she explains. See a medical professional to address the situation ASAP if this sounds like what you're dealing with.
When it comes to pus, what's normal and what's an infection?
"When it's discoloured, like green or brown, that's serious and something to be addressed immediately by a medical professional," Thompson says "This could likely be an infection that shouldn't go untreated." Dr. Wexler agrees: If it's yellow or green around the opening, call your doctor. (White fluid or crust, on the other hand, is normal, but more on that later.)
Are infected piercings common?
"Most of the time what a person thinks is an infection is really just a pissed off piercing," Thompson says. Dr. Wexler mentions that your piercing (especially ears) will most likely be sensitive for several days — and that's totally normal. So, don't overreact until you spot the aforementioned symptoms.
How do you treat an infected piercing?
If the piercing is infected, don't panic — just get to the doctor. Your next plan of action is treatment: "A minor infection can usually be treated at home by cleaning around the piercing with the saltwater solution three times daily and a topical antibiotic ointment," Dr. Wexler explains. But she warns to look out for crust forming around the inflamed piercing hole — it can trap bacteria and close the hole. She suggests cleaning the front and back of the piercing and drying with a lint-free sterile gauze or paper towel.
How can you avoid an infected piercing?
Most importantly, listen to the after-care tips from your piercer. Try not to touch your new piercing — and if you must, wash your hands thoroughly before doing so. Thompson adds that you should wash your piercing at least once a day — twice a day if you're active in your daily routine, like you work around children or outdoors. His soap of choice: Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap. But any mild soap works, too!
Photographed by Christine Hahn; styled by Courtney Raniszewksi at Apostrophe
When is the best time to remove a piercing in the case of an infection?
"In the presence of a minor infection, the jewellery should not be removed or the hole will close and lose the piercing," Dr. Wexler says. "Earring holes, specifically, can take a minimum of eight weeks to granulate and removing the earring will destroy any chance you have of keeping that piercing."
My piercing is red, irritated, and a little swollen, but it doesn't seem infected — what could this mean?
"A lot of times people will come in thinking they have an infection when it's really just physical irritation," Thompson explains. They're likely hitting it a lot or playing with it — both no-no's. Cartilage piercings experience this often because it's in the line of fire for everyday activities. This can cause redness, swelling, and a little bit of pain. You might even see some white or clear fluid from the piercing — this is lymph fluid, not pus. Dr. Wexler adds that this is normal and may be noticeable for several days after your piercing. If it persists past a few days it's good to rule out an allergy to the jewellery.
Can I be allergic to my piercing?
Cheap jewellery often contains allergens like nickel, but titanium, gold, and platinum are better bets because they're hypoallergenic. If this is the case, then think about having the jewellery changed ASAP. Dr. Wexler says that after swapping out the jewellery, consider seeing your doctor to make sure it's healing correctly, because you might need to treat the irritation topically with steroids.
I've heard that your body can reject a piercing — what does that mean?
A rejection happens when your body's immune system tries to remove the piercing for you. This happens most often to nipple and naval piercings. It's just like it sounds: The body slowly pushes the jewellery out.
What does a rejected piercing look like?
Rejected piercings aren't as serious as infections, but could threaten the longevity of the piercing. It normally gets inflamed, then begins to move slowly out of the hole. Thompson explains that, in the case of nipple piercings, you'll notice the skin between the barbells has protruding red streaks and starts getting shallow. You'll see the same around the curved barbells in naval piercings.
Dr. Wexler says that this isn't a life-threatening situation. "One rejected piercing has no relevance on future piercings," she explains. "If the rejected piercing is due to infection, but caution is taken to prevent future infections, all future piercings should be uneventful." She stresses that the most important thing to remember is to take care of your new piercing until it's fully healed. Be meticulous, keep it clean, and make sure the jewellery is sterilised before use.
What should you do if your piercing is rejected?
Thompson suggests that if your body begins to reject your piercing, don't wait for it to fully remove itself, or else you'll have a pronounced scar from where the hole originally was. Call your piercer and have them look at it before this happens. They may change the jewellery, or remove it altogether. If this is the case, you can wait for it to heal, then try piercing it again.
How common is this?
It's hard to say, because everyone's bodies and immune systems are different and a lot of issues can impact this. What sensitivities do you have? How was your body pierced? What kind of jewellery is it? Did the piercer go through enough tissue? These are just some of the factors involved in a potential rejection.
Is a rejection different from a migrated piercing?
Yes, sometimes people will get a piercing and then they'll notice it move just slightly. This is like a rejection, but it's actually called a migration. "Say you get cartilage pierced and you're constantly sleeping on it," Thompson explains. "Your body will change the location of the jewellery to protect the body from trauma." So, it might be at a different angle than when you initially got it pierced. Its movement depends on where you're putting the pressure, but if the piercing is in an area not normally touched often, it wont' be prone to migration.
What's the one thing that everyone should know before getting a piercing?
Thompson stresses that piercings don't heal overnight, some could even take up to six months — and that's if you leave it alone and keep it clean. But don't feel bad if you physically irritate it. Thompson and Dr. Wexler agree that accidents and sensitivity around the area is normal. But, most importantly, let it heal without messing with it. "Your piercer could do a perfect, textbook piercing, but if you don't let it heal, it won't heal," Thompson concludes. Bottom line: It's your responsibility to care for it.
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Clyde Keeler Overview Initial Research
Overview Keeler and Eugenics
Bio from American National Biography
Clyde Keeler was involved with writing a report on Eugenics and Sterilization for the American Neurological Association entitled Eugenical Sterilization (citation below) According him the Eugenic and sterilization study he was involved in suggested that there was a “paucity of accurate knowledge”. The study recommended further research according to Keeler in his Autobiography (Keeler, 93)
EUGENICAL STERILIZATION. By the Committee of the American Neurological. Association, A Myerson, Chairman. New York Macmillan, 1933 Pp 21
A review (citation below) of this work praised what sounds like the literature review found in the work, but chastised the group for focusing on what it called older research.         
Landis, Carney. 1938. “Review of ‘Eugenical Sterilization’.” The Journal Of Abnormal And Social Psychology 33, no. 3: 420-421. PsycARTICLES, EBSCOhost (accessed September 12, 2014).
Another review explains the points of the work much better, and I think this gets a Keeler’s opinion on Eugenics. Of course reading the entire book would be best, but I can’t quickly get a copy of it. E. B. Reuter wrote: “The general position reached by the committee is to the effect that the present knowledge of human genetics is not such as to justify any thorough going eugenic program of sterilization.” further is it says “law should be voluntary rather than compulsory, free of group or class distinctions, and apply only to select case of” and the review list several hereditary disease including “feeble-mindness of familial type”, schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis, and epilepsy.
Eugenical Sterilization. by Abraham Myerson; James B. Ayer; Tracy J. Putnam; Clyde E. Keeler; Leo Alexander Review by: E. B. Reuter American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Nov., 1937), p. 510 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2768661
Opinion: Taken together this suggests, Keeler was actually using science to go against the movement among states to enact sweep sterilization legislation. You can’t say he didn’t support sterilization, but that support was extremely conditional. It’s telling that the group reference “group or class distinction”, which could be taken to mean race or ethnicity which was directly related to the growing German Eugenic movement.
Keeler’s Visit to Germany
From War Against the Weak “Clyde Keeler, a Harvard Medical School researcher at Lucien Howe’s laboratory, visited Verschuer’s swastika- bedecked institute at the end of 1938. There he was able to see the center’s anti-Jewish program and its devotion to Aryan purity. Upon his return to the United States, Keeler gave fellow eugenicists a glow- ing report. On February 28, 1939, Danforth of Stanford wrote Verschuer to applaud him, adding that Keeler “thinks that you have by all means the best equipped and most effective establishment of the sort that he has seen anywhere. May I extend my congratulations and ex- press the hope that your group will long continue to put out the same excellent work that has already lent it distinction.”
Letter, C.H. Danforth to Otmar von Verschuer, 28 February 1939: Universitätsarchiv Münster: Nachlass Verschuer Nr. 4.
– Letter is in the archives for the University of Munster. Letter
Cannot view this record online beyond the finding aid, but it’s telling Keller never mentions Danforth in his writings about the time and the Howe Laboratory. Also this letter is not from Keeler, but Danforth. The rest of Danforth’s writing to Verschuer appear to be glowing and fawning, but without read- ing one nothing is certain.
Keeler was in Europe in 1938 on a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was also a Reserve Officer(Keeler, 152)
During this fellowship he visited Genetics labs in the UK, US and included stops in Russia, London, and Germany. (Keeler 149, 119)
Keeler doesn’t mentioning visiting Verschuer’s Institute of Hereditary Biology in his book only his connection the Agricultural University of Berlin, but it’s very likely he would have if he was making a tour of all Genetic Labs in Europe. Keeler’s only note sugguest he was in Germany when the Sudetenland was annexed, and promptly left at the suggestion of the American Consulate.(1953)
Opinion: Keeler’s visit to Verschuer’s lab as presented in the War Against the Weak is a second hand account. We have no idea what exactly Keeler thought of this lab.
Keeler’s Dismissal from GSCW
Keeler notes that he seems to have had problems with former president Lee, and he was essentially pushed out of the university, had his tenure revoked, and received a temporary and terminal contract in 1961 for teaching Chemistry. (keeler 199 – 200)
Opinion: Research would have to be done to substantiate this claim, but it would probably mean a great deal in spirit at least if we acknowledge Keeler’s influence on campus
According to the book From a Race of Masters to a Master Race: 1948 to 1848, the main purpose of the “Eugenical Sterilization” books was intended as a taken down of the eugenics that existed in the US and the rest of the world, specifically to attack what was going on in Nazis Germany. One of the author’s of that report was actually the scientist Leo Alexander, who incidental was at the Nuremberg Trials as consultant for the prosecution. Along Abraham Meyerson, who was actually actively fighting the ideas promoted by C.H. Danforth who is the one who included Keeler in his letter to Germany. (Keeler actually discusses Myerson in his Autobiography). This work further cited others that argue that this was the first scientific work that actively tried to counter act the Eugenics movement as it was in the United States. One going as far as to say that it would become “one of the most sophisticated and comprehensive rebuttals of the claims by proponents of Eugenics” (107)
Further study of Keeler’s autobiography shows that when this letter that CH Danforth wrote to Germany would have been composed, Keeler was facing a hostile environment at the Howe and Harvard due to the administration not favoring his research in genetics, and he resigned that year.
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Buying your freehold
Preparation for buying your freehold
Belinda Thorpe, Managing Director of Residentsline advises on how to prepare for buying your freehold with the following steps that need to be followed. In many instances several steps will proceed together. What must be considered is that thorough preparation must be carried out before service of the Initial Notice on the landlord as once that has been served – the enfranchisement procedure commences – and the tenants must be ready to respond to demands for information within statutory deadlines.
Lack of preparation could cause missed deadlines, delays and defaults.
The landlord’s reasonable professional fees become the responsibility of the tenants from the moment of service of the Initial Notice whether the procedure completes or not.
Check the Building and Tenants Qualify
Building Requirements
Firstly, the Building which houses the flats must comply with statutory requirements; secondly, there must be sufficient number of tenants who qualify under the statutory requirements.
The test to see if the building qualifies is to check that:
There is a minimum of 2 flats in it;
At least two thirds of the flats are let to Qualifying Tenants;
No more than 25% of the internal floor area of the building (excluding common parts) is used or intended to be used for non-residential purposes e.g. shops/offices etc.
Note, however that garages and parking spaces used by flats in the building are classed as residential. (This sort of measurement needs to be carried out by a professionally qualified surveyor);
The building is not a conversion into 4 or fewer flats which is not a purpose built block;
If the freeholder (or another adult family member) lives in the building for the last 12 months and they lived there before it was converted to flats, you have no right to buy the freehold.
The freehold of the building does not include any track of an operational railway (overground – as opposed to subway or underground) including a bridge or tunnel or a retaining wall to a railway track.
The building is not within a cathedral precinct;
The building is not a National Trust property;
The building is not a Crown property.
If the building satisfies all the above criteria you then need to check that the tenants are Qualifying Tenants and that there are enough of them for a successful procedure.
Tenants Requirements
Check that the lease is a long lease ie:
Originally granted for more than 21 years; or
A shorter lease which contains a perpetual right to renew; or
A lease terminable on death or marriage; or
A continuation of a long lease under the Local Government Housing Act 1989 following expiry of the original term; or
A shared ownership lease where the tenant’s share is 100%; or
A lease granted under the Right to Buy legislation.
Note, however, that even if the tenant satisfies the above criteria, he/she will not be a Qualifying Tenant if any of the following applies:
The landlord is a charitable Housing Trust;
The tenant owns more than 2 flats in the building (either jointly with others or solely in his/her own name);
The tenant has a business lease;
The tenant has not owned the flat for 2 years before the service of the Initial Notice.
Exercise the right to buy the freehold
It must then be established that sufficient number of Qualifying Tenants wish to exercise the right to buy the freehold.
The minimum number of tenants needed to participate is equal to half the number of flats in the building e.g. if there are 20 flats in the building then at least 10 Qualifying Tenants must participate in the action.
If, however, there are only 2 flats in the building then both Qualifying Tenants must participate.
As you can see the checking process is precise and it may be at this stage that you seek professional advice from a lawyer with the relevant expertise as well as a surveyor as the measurements required to ascertain qualification of the building must be made according to RICS guidelines.
Sufficient Numbers
Get organised for Enfranchisement
Once you have ascertained qualification as above then you will know the minimum number of tenants required to take part in the process. Possibly more than the required minimum will want to take part; alternatively you may need to actively encourage more people to join in.
Whatever the scenario, the first thing that needs to be sorted out is the organisation of a committee who will facilitate proceedings and liaise with participating tenants. Obviously, where groups of diverse people are involved (and some groups could be very large) then getting agreement on matters can be difficult, so once the group is formed it is recommended that all participating tenants enter into a formal agreement which governs their joint actions during the enfranchisement procedure e.g. rights of voting; negotiation, agreement of terms and the individual tenant’s financial contribution.
Solicitors should be instructed to prepare a formal Participation Agreement which will govern all the above and which can be relied on in the case of a dispute amongst participating tenants. It is especially important in the situation of large blocks of flats where any delays in decision making or disputes could endanger compliance with time limits and damage the enfranchisement procedure.
Decisions need to be made about funding the acquisition. Should payment be made up front? Is a loan or mortgage required? If so, should steps be taken at this stage to obtain loan finance in readiness for procedure? Certainly a fund will be required from the outset to cover costs of initial steps of gathering information, setting up the Nominee Purchaser Company, formalising future funding arrangements etc; what will happen after the acquisition, will new leases be granted?
As property and conveyancing transactions are involved in the enfranchisement procedure, a property solicitor should be engaged to assist with these matters.
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Soca Warriors Online Discussion Forum »
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Mekeil Williams Thread
Author Topic: Mekeil Williams Thread (Read 22964 times)
Dutty Love
Sr. Warrior
Re: Mekeil Williams Thread
Mekeil live now http://m.ustream.tv/channel/televos1
Hero Warrior
A Trini 4 Real.
Williams happy with role in Warriors’ back four
By COLIN BENJAMIN (NEWSDAY).
TRINIDAD AND Tobago defender Mekeil Williams is keen to continue learning and growing in the role as left-back, even as he prepares for the national team’s friendly versus Nicaguara tomorrow evening and TT’s opening round World Cup qualifiers in November against Guatemala and United States.
The 25-year-old, who recently joined Guatemala first division side Antigua GFC, was known predominately as a central defender during his days at DIRECTV W Connection.
Speaking on Saturday evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, during the “Soca Warriors” first training session since returning from Panama, Williams articulated how he has been adjusting to the role.
“Left-back is a role I have played before and I’m accustomed playing, as a few times at club level and when I was a youngster,” said Williams.
“My team-mate Daniel Cyrus who plays right-back for the national team, despite also playing centrally at club level with me in our W Connection days, has given me some tips as to what coach wants in the role, so I am enjoying it.” National coach Stephen Hart first deployed Williams in the aforementioned position during the 2015 Gold Cup group match versus Cuba, and the versatile “two-footed” player noted he has no burning desire to play centrally for the national team.
“I’m fine continuously playing at left-back if Coach Hart requires that, I have no urgent need to play center-back. Overall, I’m just keen to continue growing and learning the role at international level, and for us a back four defence to get a better understanding of playing together.”
Since taking over as national coach in 2012, the left-back position has been the most unsettled position among the defence- with Joevin Jones, Aubrey David, Sheldon Bateau and Justin Hoyte used there at various points in Hart’s tenure.
Hart felt in four games so far, Williams has adapted well to what has been asked him.
“So far he’s been fine, we know he can play centre back but I like his two-footed ability and the more he gets accustomed to it, he will get better.” Hart continued: “In the situation, I can’t go out a buy a left-back like club football, so it’s great to have players like him that can play more than one position, because outside of goal-keepers, versatile players are going to be an asset for us heading in the qualifiers.” Hart concluded by stating he was grateful for these two friendlies to work on any kinks in the defence he observed during the Gold Cup and the Panama friendly.
“The back-line progression has gone well overall. We have not really had them as consistently as a group since the Gold Cup, for obvious reasons, so I’m very grateful for these games to work with them- to experiment and perfect tactical aspects of their play.
“We had had some problems defending out wide against Panama, but it’s best we have those problems now than later on,” concluded Hart.
The real measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Mekeil live now in a must win vs Guastatoya http://futnacionalgt.blogspot.com/p/canal-3_28.html
kounty
Truthfulness is brighter than the light of the sun
I think this is the most yellow cards I ever see one team get.
Mekeil live vs Malacateco (Britto's former team) now: http://www.guatedecorazon.com/p/blog-page_17.html
LIVE Mekeil Williams and Antigua GFC vs Comunicaciones in the Apertura 2015 first leg semifinal: http://www.guatedecorazon.com/p/futbol-espanol-ingles-champions-league.html
Second leg live in 25 mins. Will Antigua make a historic final after 15 years? http://www.chapintv.com/envivo-7
Trini _2022
Quote from: Dutty Love on December 13, 2015, 11:05:38 AM
that league has good crowd support
http://www.youtube.com/v/sh8SeGmzai4
It's Latin America, of course it does
They are through. Antigua in the final for the first time since 2001.
These fellas are real Warriors.
Well done Mekeil. No doubt your solid defense work contributed to this landmark achievement
Keep soakin' in all these experiences so that you become an expert at defending against Central American teams.
Happy for you. Stay healthy and see you in pipin' hot form against Haiti on Jan 8, 2016 ... having accomplished another milestone .... having been paid by the new TTFA.
« Last Edit: December 15, 2015, 07:34:32 AM by dreamer »
Supportin' de Warriors right tru.
gawd on pitch
Williams has the potential to be a boss player. His intimidating height will have any forward thinking twice about going in on 50/50 challenges.
Its a matter of time before he moves on to greener pastures. MLS?
Good interest in MLS for Mekeil
Jr. Warrior
Dutty Love, thanks for yuh consistent coverage of these men.
He Is Highly
Defender Mekeil Williams has won the 2015 Guatemalan Apertura Championship with Antigua GFC. This is Antigua’s first championship in its history, and now they have qualified for next year’s CONCACAF Champions League. Though Mekeil was suspended for the return leg of the final, his contribution throughout the season as been immense.
The Conquering Lion of Judah shall break every chain.
campeon!
100% Barataria
aka Nachilus
Enjoy your football baller
Education is our passport for the future for the future belongs to those who prepare for it today
Well done Mekeil!
Tasting gold like this in a foreign country is a damn good habit.
Good for your CV. Your value is going up and yuh pipin' hot for Haiti on jan 8th if these kakaholes in TTFA get their act together
and doh sabotage our football.
asylumseeker
Congrats to the player. He is thought highly of in Guatemala.
https://www.complex.com/music/2019/06/10-artists-to-watch-from-trinidad-and-tobago/
Live now vs Xelaju http://www.chapintv.com/envivo-3
mekeil williams vs municipal in 45 mins kick off http://www.chapintv.com/envivo-7
Defender Mekeil Williams on the verge of signing for MLS club, Colorado Rapids
Mad Scorpion a/k/a Big Bo$$
a/k/a Optimus Prime
Niceness!!
soccerman
Great news, all the best Mekeil!
Dynamite Warrior
Playing in central america seems to have benefitted our players. I noticed that Williams, Plaza, Marshall & David have the same agent. Hopefully some of our other players with Pan American Calcio take advantage of the Central American avenue instead of having their mind set on Europe.
OFFICIAL: Defender Mekeil Williams has transferred to Colorado Rapids from Antigua GFC
Quags
use to b compre . Founder of the militant wing of the Soca Warriors
Wow ppl seem really upset that he's gone , in the comments section .
btw do you think we should post this info in the rapids fan site , because I don't think that they know .
« Last Edit: February 01, 2016, 11:55:10 AM by Quags »
http://www.burgundywave.com/2016/1/27/10845290/rumor-rapids-after-fullback-mekeil-williams
Not sure where they get that he wasn't a starter in Antigua...
Also I am afraid they confuse the Guatemala league with the National team. Two different things. Antigua with Mekeil was better than the Rapids last season in terms of quality
Quote from: Quags on February 01, 2016, 11:51:31 AM
Nah. Leh dem find out fuh deyself.
Are you a match? It's too late for Emru, but maybe you can help save someone's life: http://www.healemru.com
I ent see nutten about it on any rapids site or on their ig feed. i really hope he is here though as it is another incentive for me to go their games, haven't made it to one yet
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Don Heck: A Work Of Art by John Coates (book review).
September 25, 2014 | By UncleGeoff | 1 Reply More
I’ve always tended to regard comicbook artist Don Heck as one of the unsung heroes of the comics world. Getting any lengthy interview from him was a problem for writer John Coates, who had to pull from many sources after his death in 1995. Heck was very much a private quiet man who got on with his work without any fuss and rarely interviewed, despite attending many US comicbook conventions. From the various bits and pieces from those who knew him and the odd interview, it was obvious he knew the industry and also had a sense of humour and enjoyed his work. He just wasn’t pushy enough and was invariably moved from comic to.
When you watch the ‘Iron Man’ films and pay attention to the credits, you’ll see creators are ‘Stan Lee and Don Heck’. He might not have designed the first armour, but everything else started off from his drawing table with Shellhead’s first appearance in ‘Taes To Astonish’. I’d have loved to have seen his reaction to the films had he lived that long. He also designed Hawkeye, the Black Widow and the Mandarin amongst others. His contemporaries at early Marvel, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, might have had bigger accolades but Don Heck was there at the start and was one of the artists Stan Lee admired and hired after the comicbook slump of the mid-1950s. Uniquely, he preferred to ink his own pencils than have others do it, citing that he only thought he’d finished when they were done. When you see the various comments made by those who inked him, invariably stating all the information was there to ink showed how tight his pencils were. Heck himself admitted that when he inked himself, he kept his pencils a little looser, confident that he would tighten at the inking stage. He also got the brown end of the stick with poor inking as well but unlike Gene Colan, tolerated Vince Colletta getting his paws on and removing backgrounds. An interesting point that it is the artist who takes the flak for poor story or inking is rather telling and further into the book, Neal Adams points out that had he been given poor inkers like Don Heck had, he wouldn’t be where he is today.
When I read Heck’s illustrated comics when young, which spread across not only Iron Man but also Thor,the Avengers and the X-Men, it was easy to spot his artwork. Although occasionally I thought his work a little sparse, it’s only the reveal that a lot of the time he was asked in because he could draw and presumably complete with inks fast when needed to cover someone else’s deadline. Heck says he normally only drew two pages a day and Marvel only paid $20/$22 a page for pencils and inks, you had to be productive to make ends meet or achieve deadlines.
Reading how Heck had to learn quickly to adapt to the synopsis Marvel approach when Stan Lee had to supply artists quickly so they had work to get on with, his comments that he could expand panels away from the standard format struck home from Uncanny X-Men # 37 where he had the mutants in civies jump out of aeroplane. In that respect, he even predated Neal Adams on the title, doing such a fall. Also, with Uncanny X-Men # 64, when he stepped in because Adams was late a few years later and Tom Palmer inked him, I thought it would have been incredible had he had such an inker all the time. Reading behind the lines of how others inked him, he did think it possible for inkers to swamp his work but I think that could happen to any penciller. Speaking of inking, I never realised that Jack Kirby had actually inked Heck on occasion or his pinch-hitting for John Romita, Sr. when he had an artist’s block. John Buscema also brought him in as a lecturer when he had his own art school for his second year. This book brings up a remarkable picture (sic) of Don Heck’s productive life.
Seeing Heck’s work, I think the most surprising thing was seeing his pencils where he didn’t actually put the panel borders around them. I suspect that was probably a bit more liberating and probably explains why he didn’t bleed the art into the panel edges.
John Coates has done an incredible job with ‘Don Heck: A Work Of Art’. It is obvious from all the material here that Heck was appreciated by his peers, more so than later readers. Even Heck thought he improved with age and there is a fair selection from across his career. He never regarded super-heroes as his forte but had little opportunity to do much with romance, westerns and war material from the 60s on, but as Heck also said, he just got on with whatever he was asked to do and made his deadlines. As his peer group reports in this book, you couldn’t mistake Don Heck for anyone else and shouldn’t that be the mark of any artist. Be surprised.
GF Willmetts
(pub: TwoMorrows Publishing. 191 page illustrated large hardback. Price: $39.95 (US), £29.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-60549-058-8)
check out websites: www.TwoMorrows.com and www.heroinitative.org
Tags: Don Heck: A Work Of Art, John Coates
Category: Books, Comics, Illustration
Geoff Willmetts has been editor at SFCrowsnest for some 15 plus years now, showing a versatility and knowledge in not only Science Fiction, but also the sciences and arts, all of which has been displayed here through editorials, reviews, articles and stories. With the latter, he has been running a short story series under the title of ‘Psi-Kicks’ If you want to contribute to SFCrowsnest, read the guidelines and show him what you can do. If it isn’t usable, he spends as much time telling you what the problems is as he would with material he accepts. This is largely how he got called an Uncle, as in Dutch Uncle. He’s not actually Dutch but hails from the west country in the UK.
Eamonn Murphy says:
interesting about the bad inkers and explains why Don’s work looked so good at times and not so good at others. I thought he was a great inker of early Kirby, especially the Lava Man story in Thor, way back when. The star artists (Kirby, Ditko, Adams) get a lot of attention but guys like Don Heck,Werner Roth, Sal Buscema, Bob Brown, Irv Novick and so forth did good work too. Well done TwoMorrows for giving him his due!
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https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Siegel-group-bails-out-of-deal-to-buy-Myth-3287283.php
Siegel group bails out of deal to buy Myth restaurant
Published 4:00 am PDT, Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The latest news in the never-ending saga of the sale of San Francisco's Myth (470 Pacific Ave., near Montgomery) is that Ritz-Carlton Dining Room chef Ron Siegel, sommelier Stephane Lacroix and businessman Carl Pascarella are out.
The three have been in negotiations to buy the restaurant from owner Tom Duffy and K2K Development since late last year and had hoped to take over this fall. But when that didn't happen, and the economy took a turn for the worse, the trio became concerned that a new venture would be too risky.
"It's been a very complex deal," says Pascarella, adding that it wasn't just one thing, but a combination of weighty business issues that arose on an almost daily basis since the building had also been sold. "And it has taken a significant amount of time. Now, with the headwinds of the economy, it just isn't prudent to start up a business."
The option to buy the restaurant expired at 5 p.m. Tuesday, said Duffy, who would not elaborate on the future of Myth. The restaurant is scheduled to close this weekend for renovations, but questions remain as to what the future holds.
Siegel says he will remain at the critically acclaimed Dining Room (600 Stockton St.) on Nob Hill. "As far as I'm concerned, I am staying at the Ritz. I have a great job and," he says, referring to Ritz GM Ed Mady, "a great boss. It's a good place to be and I enjoy it."
Siegel also paid tribute to former Ritz-Carlton executive chef Jean-Pierre Dubray, who left last month after 17 years. "Running a hotel kitchen is no easy task," Siegel says.
Sweet news: San Francisco's popular Miette, which grew from a farmers' market stand into a Ferry Building Marketplace patisserie and then added a sibling candy shop (449 Octavia St., near Hayes) is branching out to the East Bay.
Within a year, if negotiations conclude successfully, the bakery from Meg Ray and Caitlin Williams will have a 2,200-square-foot production facility and retail space in the Jack London Square public market project on Oakland's Embarcadero.
Right now, seven bakers produce Miette's pastries in a commercial bread kitchen in East Oakland. The new facility will put the bakery operation in public view.
"We're excited because our talented bakers will be able to be seen and appreciated," Williams says. "Right now they're like hermits hiding in a haystack."
More sweets: A French pastry shop is in the works for Jerome Rivoire of San Francisco's Garcon (1101 Valencia St., at 22nd Street), and his partners, Eric Klein and Olivier Azancot of Plouf (40 Belden Place). The trio hopes to open Bonbon in the former Kimi's Pizza space (308 Kearny St., near Bush), at the end of May.
The bakery will offer pastries and specialty cakes created by Herve Mathe of Plouf, Garcon and Chouchou.
"We want to do traditional French pastries with a twist," says Rivoire, adding that diners shouldn't be surprised to find their eclairs stuffed with banana cream or mango.
There will also be sandwiches, quiches, savory tarts and French pizzas. The 1,000-square-foot bakery will seat about 15 inside and a few more outside.
Switching bait: Oakland's Pearl Oyster Bar & Restaurant (5634 College Ave., near Shafter) closed on April 7, but according to manager Micaela Gardner it's hardly the end for the Rockridge seafood house.
After a few weeks' transition and a light remodel, Pearl will become Water Lounge, a raw bar, under Pearl owner Rick Tyler and much of the rest of the current management team. With luck, the opening date will be around May 19, Gardner says.
Late hours and a full bar will be two of the attractions, as will a menu of mostly uncooked seafood. According to Gardner, that will allow for a smaller staff than Pearl's. "I'll have my pick of the litter," she says.
Pearl opened in 2004 with Mark Lusardi as chef. When Lusardi left, Jonathan Luce, who had been in the kitchen since the opening, took over. Luce left in June and is now chef de cuisine at the newly opened Bellanico (4238 Park Blvd., near Wellington) in Oakland's Glenview district.
Moving on: Charlie Kleinman, co-chef at San Francisco's Fish & Farm (339 Taylor St., near O'Farrell), is calling it quits at the restaurant so he can begin work on his own place. He'll pack up his knives around the end of May, when he'll start concentrating on finding investors and a space for his first solo venture.
Kleinman and fellow cook Jake Des Voignes left the city's Fifth Floor last year after bagging the upscale restaurant a Michelin star. They took over at Fish & Farm, owned by Frank Klein and Original Joe's siblings John and Elena Duggan, in December.
Klein says he'll miss Kleinman, who was clutch getting the new restaurant on its feet, but wishes him the best in his new endeavor. He says he believes in him so much he may even invest.
More changes: It's been a busy time for Brix in Yountville (7377 St. Helena Hwy.) , as Scoop has reported recently, and more changes are on the horizon, with the restaurant "reinventing itself" through a million-dollar makeover. And word has it that David Gingrass, proprietor of Two (22 Hawthorne St., San Francisco), is involved.
While Gingrass declined comment, Brix recently plucked chef Carlos Cañada from Two's kitchen, and Gingrass's contact information was listed in an ad seeking a new wine director at Brix.
In September, Brix brought on chef Peter Halikas, who had closed his N.V. in Napa a month earlier. When Halikas left in February, Cañada introduced a lineup he described as "Provencal, a little French, a little Italian, a lot of local California and from our own gardens." Stay tuned.
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https://www.sfgate.com/music/essentials/article/Bay-Area-weekend-picks-Nov-8-11-4017233.php
Bay Area weekend picks, Nov. 8-11
Kimberly Chun, Mary Eisenhart and Andrew Gilbert
Published 2:29 pm PST, Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Agen(c)y: Nonprofit Dreams and Disasters'
Photo: Liz Latty
Here are The Chronicle's picks for art, music and theater happenings this weekend.
Compiled by Kimberly Chun, Mary Eisenhart and Andrew Gilbert.
Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard
Thursday @ Cafe Du Nord: Anti-folk, out-folk, punk, garage rock - regardless of the words you wrap around him, Jeffrey Lewis schools all with his polemical tunes, historical numbers and odes to such inspirations as Will Oldham, the Fall and Crass. These days you can find the New York singer-songwriter raising a ruckus with the Junkyard - his brother Jack on bass and David Beauchamp on drums - and accompanied by videos of his illustrations. With Carletta Sue Kay. 9 p.m., $10-$12, all ages. 2170 Market St., S.F. (415) 861-5016. www.cafedunord.com. (K.C.)
'Agen(c)y: Nonprofit Dreams and Disasters'
Thursday and Friday @ La Peña Cultural Center: Sooner or later, the truest of believers comes up against the current state of the nonprofit industry, and the results are seldom pretty. Peacock Rebellion presents this satirical cabaret on disillusionment, bureaucracy, hoop jumping, class warfare and other features of the 501(c)3 universe. 8 p.m., $10-$20 suggested (no one turned away for lack of funds). 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.lapena.org. (M.E.)
Rupa and the April Fishes
Friday @ Great American Music Hall: S.F. musical explorer Rupa Marya has been out in the fields, getting her hands dirty. On "Build," her barn-raising new album with her fervently global band, the April Fishes, she offers diagnoses for the world's woes, alternating between rapturous invitations, poetic observations and furious denunciations. With more than a dozen special guests - including Quinn DeVeaux, Ben Goldberg and Adam Theis - the album brings together many of the region's most creative musicians. 9 p.m., $17.50-$20, 6+. 859 O'Farrell St., S.F. (415) 885-0750. www.slimspresents.com. (A.G.)
'The Future Imagined: What's Next?'
Friday @ Performance Art Institute: At the convergence of art and technology, uncharted vistas emerge. Inspired by the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley, artists including Kirk Amyx, Tim Roseborough and Renee Rhodes create installations, multimedia presentations, digital videos and plenty of opportunities for audience-technology interaction. Reception 6:30 p.m.; through Jan. 15. Noon-6 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. 75 Boardman Place, S.F. (415) 501-0575. www.theperformanceartinstitute.org. (M.E.)
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By Charlotte Jusinski
Senator blasts schools
Sen. John Arthur Smith (D-Deming), incited by comments by Santa Fe Public Schools board members about how the Legislature did not allocate enough funds to schools, clapped back last night at a meeting of the Legislative Finance Committee. Smith alleged it was irresponsible for the school district to use real estate sales to fund the school year, saying, "The management team in Santa Fe used nonrecurring revenue as part of their recurring budget. … That's total and complete mismanagement as far as I'm concerned." During the school board meeting in which members voiced displeasure, school board President Kate Noble had tried to keep the peace, saying the Legislators are not bad folks and are doing their best.
Health officials are investigating a possible case of measles in Southern New Mexico (TNM $). The national Center for Disease Control says one or two people out of every 1,000 who contract the disease will die, but those who don't die still suffer a whole lot. Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, but due to the anti-vaxxer movement, a new rise in cases has swept the nation (WP $). It had spared New Mexico until now.
Horse school moved
Since Expo New Mexico has opened its dorms to house asylum-seeking migrants, a 4-H Horse School program scheduled to happen there in June has been moved to Las Cruces. It seems there aren't any hard feelings, though, as 4-H program leader Steve Beck wrote in a letter, "We appreciate Expo's desire to assist these (migrant) families during their hardship." 4-H does not anticipate that the change will cost anything extra.
Scootin’ boogie
City Council is not necessarily down with the scootness. The governing body is wary of the idea of electric scooter rentals in Santa Fe, saying the wee machines cause accidents and clutter sidewalks. Councilors floated the idea of pilot programs to try such things out in certain neighborhoods, but right now it isn't looking terribly promising (TNM $). (SFR's sister publication in Portland, Oregon, Williamette Week, gave scooters a try—this is what happened.)
Get psyched, fools
The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2020 season, which features some operas you know (The Barber of Seville, The Magic Flute) and, in SFO fashion, one you don't: The company has commissioned an opera version of the groundbreaking play M Butterfly, playwright and librettist David Henry Hwang's spin on Puccini's syrupy Madame Butterfly in which a French diplomat falls in love with a young Chinese woman … who is actually a young Chinese man, and a spy. The coolest part: Composer Huang Ruo says that he actually turned the score of Madame Butterfly upside-down to compose some of the opera's music. At yesterday's press conference (TNM $), SFO General Director Robert Meya announced to chuckles that 2020 tickets are on sale already, so get on it. (If you're still trying to keep up with the upcoming season, SFR has a handy 2019 preview for you.)
They drink your milkshake
Environment writer extraordinaire Laura Paskus has penned a detailed look at the Copper Flat Mine in Southern New Mexico. A new extraction company will be starting up activity there again (it hasn't operated in over 30 years), and Paskus reports that locals are concerned; Hillsboro resident Max Yeh says "there is an indication [in federally penned impact reports] that the people who are not on the ground don't understand the local situation."
In addition to SFR's new issue that came out yesterday, you'll now find on newsstands our new Locals Guide (formerly Annual Manual and the Santa Fe Manual; but we think we like this name and will settle on it). Our once-a-year glossy 'n' beautiful mag has a new trained focus on Best of Santa Fe winners from the year before, as well as the perennial content you expect from SFR, like a restaurant directory and shopping guide. Pick it up in boxes around town or read online.
Folks might roll their eyes when burned-out streetlights are cited as a huge municipal problem, but they're showing to be a scourge greater than the sum of their parts in Southeast Albuquerque. There have been 26 pedestrian deaths in just five years in that city's International District, and local residents say the deaths can be attributed to the broken lights. Residents have been trying to get attention to the issue for a decade. Mayor Tim Keller says the district will get new lights soon, but previous money allocated to the project has gone unspent.
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11 Games Missing from Nintendo's SNES Classic
Nintendo put together an impressive list of titles for its next miniaturized retro console, but several must-play games failed to make the cut.
David Craddock
I’m sitting at my computer today, writing about video games for a living, because of the NES. The formative experience of walking into a friend’s basement and hearing the peppy notes of Super Mario Bros.’ World 1-1 theme is forever burned into my brain. That particular nostalgia aside, the Super NES is my favorite console and hosts one of the finest libraries in the industry’s history. If you don’t believe me, take a gander at the list of titles baked into the Super NES Classic, announced by Nintendo earlier today for a September 28 release date.
Eighty dollars—and the luck of Tyche and Fortuna combined, unless Nintendo ships more units than it did for its now-discontinued NES Classic—will get you 21 first- and third-party classics from Super Mario World, Super Metroid, and Zelda: A Link to the Past to Mega Man X, Contra 3: The Alien Wars, and Secret of Mana. While stellar and arguably stronger pound for pound than its NES Classic brethren’s, the SNES Classic’s lineup falls shy of perfection.
The following 11 games failed to make Nintendo’s cut when assembling the Super NES Classic’s library. Some of them are inferior to ones chosen for inclusion, but have historical significance. Others are better in some way than those chosen for canonization. All 11 only scratch the surface of games I’d love to play on this latest mini console—a testament to the depth and quality of Super Nintendo’s panoply of titles and the console’s influence on the industry.
Of all the games left behind, this one strikes me as the most surprising. Chrono Trigger is widely regarded as one of Square Enix’s (née Squaresoft) strongest RPGs and a shoo-in on virtually every best-games list written since the mid-1990s. The game’s time-traveling story as well as its charming graphics and soundtrack qualify it for a spot on the Super NES Classic.
Then again, perhaps Nintendo and Square omitted it due to the many ports—especially the 3DS edition—available on other platforms. Or maybe they’re fully aware that diehard fans will buy it again when the Virtual Console service comes to Switch, although that event doesn’t appear to be in the cards until early 2018 when Nintendo rolls out Nintendo Switch Online.
Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior
This is one of those instances where one chapter of history took a backseat to another, and deservedly so. Street Fighter 2 Turbo, the SNES port of coin-op classic Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting, is considered by many to be the best version of the game on 16-bit consoles. Even so, that doesn’t diminish the historical significance of SF2: The World Warriors.
During the heated “console” war between Super NES and Genesis, Sega gained ground by marketing edgier characters and games that spoke to teen and adult gamers who considered Nintendo’s more colorful mascots and software too juvenile for their tastes. Landing the premiere console port of Street Fighter 2, the game that single-handedly brought arcades back from the brink of obsolescence, was a major get for Nintendo and for SNES players. While the game is slower and less robust than SF2 Turbo, it holds a special place in my heart as an adult who held it up as a shining example of Nintendo’s superiority during many a heated playground argument.
The absence of any of the four Mortal Kombat titles ported to Super NES—the first, second, third, and the latter’s Ultimate flavor—doesn’t surprise me. Nintendo’s loosened its kollar quite a bit since its moratorium on bloodshed in favor of sweat in the original Mortal Kombat on SNES, and the Klassic line of konsoles seems targeted at families who would blanch at all the head-slicing, arm-tearing, torso-exploding antics in Midway’s sequel, as much as collectors and old-school players.
Nevertheless, the SNES version of Mortal Kombat 2 warrants a mention. Not only does it remain a fan favorite among MK faithful, it marked a turning point for how Nintendo approached its draconian publishing restrictions. After the Genesis version of the original Mortal Kombat outsold the SNES port by an order of magnitude thanks to Sega’s and Acclaim’s under-the-radar addition of a blood “kode,” Nintendo let Midway and Acclaim off their short leash for the sequel. The outcome was a home konversion every bit as gory and vibrant as its arcade kounterpart.
Super NES Classic’s roster abounds with platformers, racers, and RPGs. One conspicuously absent genre is the beat-em-up. In vogue before Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat uppercutted and Hadokened their way to dominance, beat-em-ups gobbled up countless quarters during the 1990s. Their ubiquity, combined with the relative sophistication of 16-bit hardware, opened the floodgates for a healthy selection of button mashers on the SNES, none of which will be represented on Nintendo’s miniature platform this September.
I’ll argue that Batman Returns was the cream of that crop. Danny Elfman’s soundtrack played overtop beautiful visuals, a utility belt’s worth of gadgets, combo attacks, and context-sensitive moves like grabbing two thugs and bashing their heads together, and throwing evil clowns through storefront windows and against park benches, which bent and shattered on impact. Rocksteady’s Arkham series nailed the feeling of being the Batman years later, but before the Joker held Arkham Island hostage, Batman Returns was the closest we got to stepping into the Caped Crusader’s steel-toed boots.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest
The inaugural Donkey Kong Country deserves its spot on the Super NES Classic. Before its release in late 1994, consumers and industry pundits had already eulogized 16-bit consoles, engulfed by the shadow of looming 32-bit machines such as Sony’s PlayStation and Sega’s Saturn. Nintendo’s partnership with Rare, forged after Nintendo got a look at the studio’s cutting-edge graphical tech, resulted in Donkey Kong Country. The graphical tour de force showed the world that the Super NES still had gas left in the tank. That being said, Donkey Kong Country was a by-the-numbers platformer. Not bad, just insipid.
And that’s fine. Visuals, not gameplay, was what Nintendo needed to keep players interested in the SNES until its successor, the N64, was ready to ship. Enter 1995’s Donkey Kong Country 2. Secrets were hidden more intuitively, and marked with “B” bonus barrels so you had a landmark to look for instead of throwing barrels at every wall in your path. Diddy’s and Dixie’s abilities complemented each other. Levels were more varied, and the animal friends were more useful.
The sequel’s graphics didn’t turn as many heads, mostly because the original had already raised the bar, but DKC 2’s gameplay was vastly improved, and could give any other 2D platformer a run for its golden coins.
Although the original Star Wars trilogy concluded eight years before the Super NES landed on shelves, the “Super” takes on each movie gave fans ample reason to spend more time in George Lucas’ long-ago galaxy. Kids ate up the Star Wars stories, vistas, and characters, while adults enjoyed all three games for the surprisingly high difficulty level they posed.
Any of the three Super Star Wars titles would fit this bill. If I had to pick one, I’d back Super Empire Strikes Back. Luke gets his light saber, and the mix of melee, ranged, and space battles is more versatile than that of the first Super Star Wars.
Capcom’s most notable beat-em-up was much simpler in terms of mechanics compared to Sega’s Streets of Rage or Golden Axe. On the subject of the Super NES Classic, Final Fight was likely excluded since it dropped two-player co-op from the arcade original. Still, the game’s simplicity doesn’t make it any less fun. In fact, sometimes simpler is better.
Final Fight’s straightforward approach to brawling—walk to the right, mash attack to beat up anyone that moves—made it a tonic after a long day of school or work, when you wanted to play a game but your brain felt too mushy to solve a dungeon in A Link to the Past or go toe-to-toe against Dr. Sigma’s final form in Mega Man X.
Super Mario All-Stars
The Super Mario Bros. trilogy got its due on the NES Classic, but Super Mario All-Stars would have been a slick way for Nintendo to add four games—including the Lost Levels, the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2—for the price of one. The bump up in graphics and audio quality benefitted every game in the collection, and frills like a save-game feature, while not strictly necessary on the Classic thanks to save states, elicited a sigh of relief from little kids the world around who were used to leaving their NES consoles on over multiple days and nights while they attempted to dethrone Bowser and Wart.
Mario Paint was less a game and more a suite of tools that let you paint and compose music. The interface demanded a mouse; as a matter of fact, Nintendo packed in the mousey peripherals with every Mario Paint cartridge.
I bring it up only because it typified the breadth of creativity Nintendo made possible on the SNES. The game still has legs today: Industrious streamers have a knack for recreating contemporary game and TV-show theme music using Nintendo’s breakthrough imaginative title.
Thanks largely to Mario Paint, the SNES became one of the first consoles where users could create content instead of consuming it. It would have been fun to pay homage to that aspect of the console’s history by shipping Mario Paint on the Super SNES Classic.
Speaking of experimental software, ActRaiser took two seemingly disparate genres and smooshed them together. You played a disciple of God charged with clearing away demons and other ne’er-do-wells so you could then turn your attention to overseeing the construction of villages and cities. The switch between platforming and city building was seamless, and each half of the game was as fun to play as the other.
You’d be hard-pressed to place Pilotwings in a list of the 50 best games on the Super NES, let alone the top 21. What it lacks in captivating gameplay, it makes up for as a showpiece. Pilotwings was a launch game, a glorified tech demo engineered to show off the power of the SNES’ whizzbang effects such as Mode 7 graphics. Sure, you’d probably only play for a time or two, and for as many minutes, but Pilotwings shines as a historical curio.
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shirif
Nice artikle
The joke doesn't work that way! But, "A" for effort.
one random winner
I wouldn't bother putting licensed titles in there, especially Super Star Wars, that mess just isn't getting remade. Nice list otherwise though. FFII probably should've been added (although Squeenix could probably do their own SNES Classic with their titles if Nintendo would let them, at least in Japan) and still no SHMUPs! Those were huge at the time and yet they're completely absent here.
I'm pretty surprised shmups and beat-em-ups have zero representation.
It's a bit sad given how big those genre's are. Most of the studios that made that kinda stuff aren't around anymore though so licensing is probably hell.
I would have loved some of Blizzard's back catalog to show up there though. Lost Vikings 1 (and maybe even 2) and Rock 'n Roll Racing!
DandySlayer
Turtles In Time 'nuff said.
But seriously that would've been an awesome addition to this list. The countless hours my siblings, friends and I had on this was insane. I still view it as the best Beat'em Up on SNES.
TMNT 4 was definitely under consideration, but I didn't want the list to go on forever. Even though it could have, because the SNES hosted so many incredible games.
Yeah, it's a fantastic system.
razorblade79
there are some titles I agree with, like Pilotwings for example. But overall I dislike the general feeling I get from everywhere that sounds like "why isn't game a in the lineup".
I think someone really spend some time making a list and making sure enough stuff gets included. Noone today NEEDS the SNES mini to play these games. It's a great collector's item. Also to someone who cares about gaming history and never played a SNES it's a fantastic collection of games that deliver an excellent slice of the library to get an idea what the system was about (and it DOES include the 4 most important Nintendo games which justify the system on their own, Mario, Zelda, Metroid and Mario Kart of course.)
They learned and included a 2nd controller. They have the odd unrealeased Starfox 2 in there (which has me really excited) and they even do have FF6 in there.
I'm really happy with my NES mini and this one seems to blow it away (I was always a way bigger SNES fan anyway so...)
The way Nintendo is coming back in full swing this year makes me really happy. I hope 3rd parties come around as well and we'll see a new and more successfull GameCube era.
I point out in the intro that the SNESC's lineup is awesome. I also point out that since the SNES is my favorite console, there are games I would love to have seen included. Their absence doesn't diminish its value to me; I just figured I'd write the article because these thoughts have been bouncing around in my brain since the NES Classic became a thing and everyone began speculating that an all-in-one SNES would inevitably follow.
pillzer
Was Pilotwings actually a good game? I remember it being technically impressive at the time, but was it fun? And more important; would it still be fun today?
The majority of thos 21 others titles on the list still hold fine today, even over the pure nostalgia factor.
Defacil
The only one I really agree with here is Chrono Trigger. However, we get Secret of Mana, FFVI, and Super Mario RPG. Can't really complain about that SquareSoft RPG lineup.
Milleh
Why won't anyone think of the Metal Warriors :(
It was a pretty great game. A bit niche I think though compared to most of what's on that list.
boredguy
Ummm, there's a few more than 11 games that aren't on the SNES classic, horrible article.
daggot
Yeah, I agree with this list. But, there are just soooo many games that could be added. I'm sure the debates were long and very drawn out about which titles they finally agreed on.
I'm on the fence about this though. $80 is a bit steep for a nostalgia trip. I may not play all of those games, and I'll certainly put all of 20min max into any of them to realize how hard it is to go back home again. That's a limit of my own time, not a criticism of the Mini itself.
If they did something like add a jukebox player for every title.... oh.. now THAT might push me to get it. At the least I could listen to old tunes while doing other things.
One thing to keep in mind is that the Super NES Classic, like the NES Classic, isn't for people who follow games regularly and still play and enjoy retro games. If I wanted to, I could download an emulator and ROMs for each of the 21 games to be included on the console, and plenty more, right now. Or I could boot up my Wii or Wii U and play them on the Virtual Console.
The Classic boxes are for casual fans who probably haven't played or thought about the NES or SNES in years. They'll probably never get their hands on one due to scalpers, but they're still the audience Nintendo wants to reach. Players who will hear of the Super NES Classic, think, "Oh, man, Super Mario World! I love that game!" and then get sucked back into Nintendo's ecosystem and run out to buy a Switch. Which they also won't be able to find.
But, you know. Ideally, that's what Nintendo wants to happen. ;)
You're right. It's hard to keep that perspective. These are games we all loved, so it colors our POV.
RevRaven
On Chrono Trigger: "Then again, perhaps Nintendo and Capcom omitted it due to the many ports"
Wrong company, man.
LOL, what was I thinking, there. Fixed!@
It's bizarre they put Star Fox 2 which has never been released. So that makes it so even more collectors will want it.
The Gorilla Bear
Chrono Trigger is definitely the most conspicuous omission. Aside from that I feel like they already have a pretty solid lineup.
Agreed, though I am disappointed by the lack of shmups and beat-em-ups. Those genres were in vogue during the 16-bit era, and the SNES had some great ones.
soapland
Turtles in Time would be amazing for the collection.
I think the reason it's not in there is because of Konami.
That's my guess, too. I considered including TMNT 4. I had it, and have fond memories of playing it both with friends and solo. As a huge TMNT fan, though, Turtles in Time paled in comparison to other beat-em-ups on SNES--namely Batman Returns--and especially the original TMNT arcade game, aka TMNT 2 on NES. Growing up, I hoped that Konami would port the arcade game to SNES. Same graphics as the coin-op version, with the NES version's longer stages and extra levels.
They have Contra III: The Alien Wars on there, surely they can reach some sort of deal if they try.
Super Castlevania IV is also on there, both are Konami titles.
Yes, but I meant it in the same way as why Chrono Trigger is missing. Nintendo had hit the cap on what they were willing to pay each dev and still sell the thing for $80. Also, they'd need to get the TMNT license back.
Heh yeah they could have tossed Gradius 3 in there somewhere.
greenbergMD
This is why I wish there was some way to expand the library on these things. :(
not legal but someone haxor the NES classic and loaded every NES games on there, might happen with this too.
AluminumMallard
Great choices, David!
TabsAZ
UN Squadron should be there too
r_picmip 5
Pilot Wings was such a dumb game.
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Harper Lee and Me
By Fran Rizer
Okay, the picture on the left is not current. It's my very first author photo used by Berkley Prime Crime in 2007. It's even my natural hair color which is rare because I began experimenting with solutions to get away from being red-haired when I took the city bus downtown and bought my first package of hair dye from Silver's Dime Store at age ten.
Between then and my current "platinum blonde," a product of age and getting tired of touch-ups every few weeks, I've had brunette, auburn,
strawberry blonde, honey blonde, platinum blonde and even a pinkish mauve. No, I wasn't ahead of the times. That pink was a big mistake--the result of attempting an at-home color job.
What's the point of telling you all this? Or to be blunt about it, what the heck does anyone care how many countless times I've changed my hair color? I'm trying to show you that I've always embraced change. That is until I signed the contract to release Kudzu River.
My readers were accustomed to the cozyesque Callie Parrish mysteries, and I feared I would offend some of them with Kudzu River, but it was a story I'd felt compelled to tell for years. It was also a story that Bella Rosa Books, my most recent publisher, would not print because they only publish "family-friendly" writing. When Odyssey South Publishing, a new southern company, accepted it, I grabbed the chance regardless of the reactions I might receive, but I feared those reactions..
The above quote from Harper Lee sums up what I felt I'd need when Kudzu River was released. I was positive that my usual readers would not like its grittiness and those who liked Kudzu would all be a different population from Callie's fans.
Speaking of Harper Lee (and who isn't this week?) it ticks me off that this woman, who wrote a classic of our times and has had her one and only book required reading for students for years, has taken more than her share of flak through those years. Regularly, some critic claimed that Lee's friend Truman Capote must have written To Kill a Mockingbird because anyone who writes that well would have written another one. Now, "another one" is being released in July. Reports are that though this book takes place from Scout's pov twenty years later than Mockingbird, it was written first. The commentator stated that readers will probably be disappointed because Lee had not yet developed her skills when this was written. I wanted to reach into NPR through my car radio and snatch that man right into the seat beside me so I could demand to know if he's read the coming release. I'm sure this book will be a smashing success financially, but I don't know how Lee could need the money with the royalties she must receive every year from all those students having to buy Mockingbird. However, if the coming book is "bad," why, at age eighty-eight, would she want it published?
This is purely speculation, but perhaps Harper Lee is like so many of us writers less successful than she. Maybe she just wants to see her first born in print. Or, thinking like the mystery writer I am at heart, could it be that the manuscript has not been lost all these years as news reports claim? Did Harper Lee not want this published but was manipulated into it at her advanced age? I'm hoping to see an interview with her. If any of you have seen a recent interview with Ms. Lee, please send me a link.
Back to my first born, Kudzu River was begun before the first Callie Parrish mystery, and it has gone through three name changes. Teacher, Teacher became Red Flag which is now Kudzu River. An established writer who has been on the N Y Times Best Seller list told me years ago (when Teacher Teacher received its first rejection) that nobody's first book sells. Just count it as "practice." Instead of shoving it into a drawer and forgetting about it, I've spent years "practicing" on this book.
So far, Kudzu River has four reviews on Amazon, and I love and appreciate every one of them, but here are two from FaceBook that were posted with their full names. I repeat these because they are from regular Callie readers:
From Brenda: Fran Rizer . . . My book review of Kudzu River . . . loved it. It was my kind of book. Mystery, murder, and love all entwined together. I couldn't put it down. You need to write a Book II.
From Watson: Just finished reading Fran Rizer's Kudzu River Can books keep you on the edge of your seat? This one did==all the way through. I've read a lot of books--probably thousands. This is one of the best.
The reviews on Amazon are longer. I invite you to check them out at Fran Rizer, Kudzu River, Amazon.com. Also, if you're not familiar with kudzu, check out Youtube, Phil Ruff, "Kudzu video." He tells all about kudzu in a song that he has authorized us to use in the trailer for Kudzu River.
Until we meet again, take care of . . . you.
Continuing to embrace change, my next book is horror, and I'm currently writing a children's book.
Posted by Fran Rizer at 00:01 13 comments
Labels: Fran Rizer, Harper Lee, Kudzu River, To Kill a Mockingbird
Meet Shug
"I'm sorry, so sorry. I should have told you. Let me go. No one will ever know. You'll never see me again. I'm begging you: please, please let me go!"
The fearful pleading had no effect on Shug, nor did the sheer terror on Carly's face. Shug no longer wanted to be parked in a tiny sports car with Carly--much less during a horrific storm--but his maniacal rage was directed as much at life as it was toward Carly and the weather. Shug closed his eyes and slapped himself frantically, repeatedly pounding his hands against his face, wide-spread fingers beating against ears that couldn't stand hearing Carly's words.
Lightning streaked through the darkness and into the car, illuminating Carly's anguished face and naked body. Screaming unidentifiable words, Shug pulled a .38 from under the driver's seat.
"No! Oh, God, no!" Carly shouted and grabbed at the door handle, but it wouldn't work. Tried the window control. Still no way out. Hammered at the glass with clenched fists--desperate to escape.
"Bye, bitch," Shug said and pulled the trigger.
Once. Keerack! Twice. Keerack! Three times. Keerack! The harsh stench of gunpowder filled the air. Torrents of crimson gushed from the crater in the back of Carly's head. Gobbets of bloody tissue spattered on the shattered glass.
"Dead as hell."
Those words echoed in Shug's mind as his trembling hands clenched the steering wheel, trying to hold the battered old Ford on the road. Wind whipped against the vehicle and rocked it from side to side. Worn wipers battled against rain sheeting the windshield. He gave up on reaching his destination--a wooded area on the other side of town--and stomped the brakes. The car slid across the empty street before skidding to a stop beside the gutter.
"Damned sure dead as hell," Shug whispered while looking into the rear at Carly's naked remains."Not she . . . it. That dead body is an it," the killer thought. Its arms ended in bloody stumps, and the smooth legs bent awkwardly, obscenely. Shug stepped out into the rain and opened the back door. Streaming water splashed the corpse as he struggled to pull it from the Ford. His muscles burned from the strain. Carly's body felt heavier than when he'd moved it from the sports car to Carly's battered old Ford. The carcass plopped in the gutter.
Just as well. The front of the head was a big mess of bloody tissue and bone--leaving no clue to what the victim had looked like. This pleased Shug and brought more shrill laughter from his lips. No face, no clothes, no hands. The appearance had lied just as much as the garments had. Carly didn't deserve to be identified.
The .38 lay on the front seat. Shug reached across for it and dropped the gun onto the pavement before sliding back into the car. Soaked to the bone, he shivered. The full quotation returned to his mind as he drove away from the abandoned remains and weapon.
"The guy was dead as hell."
They were the opening words of an old Mickey Spillane novel that Shug had sneaked out of Father's private bookcase and read as a child. A recent issue of one of Shug's literary magazine subscriptions had stated that Charles Dickens's "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" in A Tale of Two Cities was the finest opening sentence ever written. Screw that. "The guy was dead as hell" was much better.
Meet Katie Wray
"Darn! Darn! Darn!" Rain pounded the windshield so brutally that Katie Wray couldn't see the lines on the superhighway, even when lightning brightened the night sky. She'd almost run off the road when she exited I-26 onto I-95. Now she could barely distinguish the exit to Walterboro. Best get off the road and find a room for the night.
As she swerved onto the exit lane, the car hydroplaned into a spin. Katie forgot everything she'd ever known about handling skids and screamed as she lost control of the vehicle.
Miraculously, the movement stopped with the passenger side of the car slammed against a retaining wall. Katie patted herself to see if anything were broken or bleeding. She'd probably have some bruises from the seat belts, but the air bags hadn't inflated. She shook herself and lost some of the anger she'd been carrying against the rental agent for not having a compact available and forcing her into their most expensive rental--though possibly one of the safest--a Mercedes.
The loss of that fury made room for Katie's rage at her sister Maggie. A long day of delayed flights had left Katie worn out and eager to be off the plane when it landed after eleven o'clock that night. All summer long, her sister Maggie had used Katie's apartment and new Fusion free of charge--while promising to meet her at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport when Katie returned to South Carolina.
Katie realized she should have planned to come home for a few days between her summer tutoring out west and returning to work at Tanner Elementary School. "Weary." It was an old-fashioned word, but it described how Katie felt--totally exhausted. She'd looked forward to sleeping during the three-hour drive to her hometown, Tanner, South Carolina. Instead, she was battling a terrible rainstorm in a rental car at three in the morning because her sister Maggie had let her down as usual. Katie didn't even consider that Maggie might have forgotten. They'd spoken by phone right before Katie boarded the plane. Like so many times before, Maggie had chosen to do something else instead of meeting responsibility.
As she walked around the car to look at the damage, Katie stumbled. No tires had blown, and nothing seemed to be seriously bent though there was definitely some cosmetic damage. The Mercedes appeared driveable.
Whoosh! An old Ford came out of nowhere and nearly hit her. Katie hadn't seen it before it sped around her. She felt assaulted.
If you're still with me (and I hope you are), you've just met two of the main characters in Kudzu River as they appear in the first chapter. I'm already being asked, "Why'd you quit cozies?" The answer is that I haven't quit cozies; I've added thrillers and a horror that is scheduled for publication in 2015. There's another cozy (but it's not a Callie) half-done on my computer and another horror haunting my mind.
The questions about genre lead me to a question for fellow SleuthSayers and readers today:
Why do you write? Though some writers become wealthy, there are millions more who don't. What makes us write? My answer: To me, writing is similar to playing dolls when I was a child. I create an environment and characters and then I'm free to manipulate them however I please. The difference is that my doll characters are not all Barbies, but I'm still having fun controlling them. Does that mean that psychologically I have "control issues"or does it mean, in Madonna's words: "Girls just wannna have fun"?
It's time to share----------Why do you write?
Kudzu River is a novel of abuse, murder, and retribution. It's a tale of a serial killer and how his actions entangle the lives of three women. Odyssey South Publishing is releasing it January 6, 2015.
Until we meet again, take care of . . . you!
Labels: Fran Rizer, Katie Wray, Kudzu River, Odyssey South Publishing, Shug
Genre-Jump
Back in the '60s (when I was young, dumb, and having fun), youth of America followed Holden Caulfield's early '50s search for life's meaning and found themselves in fields of flowers and hippies. Now that I'm in a different kind of '60s, I seem to be seeking myself in other ways.
Some of you (hopefully most of you) are familiar with my six Callie Parrish cozeysque novels. Fewer people have read my first two books. Aeden's Two Homes is a children's picture book, and Familiar Faces & Curious Characters is a collection of dramatic monologues for intermediate-age drama students. Both are out-of-print, but a new regional publisher has agreed to take a look at them.
What does this have to do with my search for self now that I'm entitled to the senior citizen discount where I shop? I'm changing genres. (Not genders, genres!) I will now reference a few of the many others who have done this:
Lawrence Block - Crime fiction author, including Matt Scudder novels and the Bernie Rhodenbarr novels. Quite successful in this genre, but back in the '60s and '70s, he wrote more than a hundred books of soft-core erotica, including seven "sensitive evocations of lesbianism" written as Jill Emerson.
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (aka Willie Wonka), Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The BFG (Stephen Spielberg is filming this favorite of mine for release in 2015.) are examples of his fantastically successful children's books. "Lamb to the Slaughter" (woman beats her husband to death with a frozen leg of lamb, then cooks the murder weapon and serves it to the policemen who investigate the killing) is an example of his classic crime stories. Macabre stories in Kiss, Kiss and salacious ones in Switch Bitch and the novel My Uncle Oswald (about "the greatest fornicator of all time") illustrate Dahl's versatility and comfort in many genres.
Ian Fleming - Author of both the James Bond spy series and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - nothing else needs to be said.
Stephen King - Best known as a writer of horror and sci fi, King's recognition as MWA's Grandmaster in 2007 was based on his crime fiction, including "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" and The Green Mile.
A. A. Milne - Creator of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, he also wrote The Red House Mystery, proclaimed by critic Alexander Woolcott as "one of the three best mystery stories of all time." This classic English country house "locked room" tale of murder has been in print continuously since its first publication.
Philip Roth - Portnoy's Complaint and two dozen other literary novels won him numerous awards. In 2004, he took his first stab at the branch of sci fi called "alternate history," about the fictional results of anti-Semitic American hero Charles Lindbergh being elected president.
E.B. White - Successful and memorable for an unusual combination: Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, both widely beloved children's books, and the classic reference work on the subject of clear writing - The Elements of Style. Written by William Strunk, Jr., one of White's college professors, this style guide was edited and revised by White. His publisher released it as by "Strunk and White." E.B. White is as well known for this handbook of grammar and style as he is for that spider and pig.
Please note that I listed these gentlemen in alphabetical order. (I promise I'm not compulsive, but I tend to alphabetize all lists except for groceries. I think it's my way of not showing favoritism as well as a hold-over from my days in the classroom.) I am not comparing myself or my writing to any of those writers, but they do demonstrate that authors aren't limited to one genre, and I am using them as an introduction to my own genre-jump.
Joanne Fluke, author of more than twenty highly successful Hannah Swenson cozy mysteries about a lady baker, has had five suspense novels released by her publisher, which happens to be Kensington. I've long admired Ms. Fluke as having reached my idea of the height of accomplishment. Though I've had the pleasure of book talks, readings, and signings in Borders, BAM, B&N, and Indies as well as libraries and book clubs, Callie never achieved my goal. Those Hannah Swenson books get displayed right there on the book racks I yearn to occupy: Publix and BiLo.
When I bought Fluke's The Other Child, I found "A Letter from Joanne Fluke" explaining her venture into this new genre on the very first page. (My apologies for putting that heading in quotes but not printing it exactly as it is in the book: All caps.) At the risk of being called a copy cat (I've been called worse), I borrowed that idea, and the very first page of my soon-to-be-released new book appears below:
A Note from Fran Rizer
A very special thanks to all the readers of my previous books, the Callie Parrish mysteries, which are cozyesque---not quite cozies, but no overt sex, profanity, or described brutality. For this reason, Callie has had some youthful readers, whom I appreciate.
KUDZU RIVER is different.
It’s a much grittier book about three women whose lives become entangled as a serial killer leaves a trail of murdered teachers up and down the coast of South Carolina. At times the writing goes beyond gritty to raw. It is not meant for children. This is a tale that could not be told in cozy style, but it’s a story that I feel compelled to share.
I cannot think of better words to describe the differences between Callie’s books and KUDZU RIVER than these:
KUDZU RIVER is to cozies what a great white shark is to a guppy.
-------Richard D. Laudenslager
Author of Wounded
I'll be back in two weeks and tell you more about KUDZU RIVER. Meanwhile, if you have the time and are interested in reading and reviewing this for SSers, email me.
Until we meet again, take care of … you.
Posted by Fran Rizer at 00:01 9 comments
Labels: A.A. Milne, E.B. White, Fran Rizer, Ian Fleming, Joanne Fluke, Kudzu River, Lawrence Block, Philip Roth, Raold Dahl, Stephen King
Location: Columbia, SC, USA
Introducing Callie Parrish
Last Monday, Jan Grape wrote about the Meet My Character Blog Tour. Tagged authors write about their main characters by answering questions on their blogs. The writers then invite one to five other authors to join. Jan tagged me, so here goes:
1. What is the name of your character? Is he or she fictional or a historic person?
At the launch for TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR,
THERE'S A BODY IN THE CAR, these Callie fans showed
up dressed as Callie on the left and Jane on the right. They
definitely matched the way I see these characters as I write
about them although Callie is known to dye her hair
frequently so is occasionally blond.
The main character of my first six books is fictional Callie Parrish. Her full name is Calamine Lotion Parrish. When her mother died giving birth to their sixth child, Callie's father got drunk--really drunk. This was his first daughter and the only thing female he could think of was the color pink. The only pink that came to mind was Calamine Lotion. Callie frequently thanks heaven that Pa didn't think of Pepto Bismol. If you don't recognize the particular shade of pink in front of me in the above picture, it's a Victoria's Secret pink bag which contained a gift from Jane.
2. When and where is the story set?
Callie's adventures are set in contemporary times and primarily in the fictional town of St. Mary located near coastal Beaufort, SC. In the series, Callie and her BFF, visually handicapped Jane Baker, have encountered murders in other places such as a bluegrass festival on Surcie Island and a casket manufacturer in North Carolina.
4. What should we know about him/her?
Callie works as a cosmetician/Girl Friday at Middleton's Mortuary for her twin bosses, Otis and Odell Middleton. After graduating from St. Mary High School, she left St. Mary to attend the university in Columbia, SC, where she married and worked for several years as a kindergarten teacher. After her husband "did what he did" to make her divorce him, she returned to St. Mary where she spends time with Jane, her daddy, her five brothers, and whoever she's dating. She likes working at the funeral home better than teaching kindergarten because the people she works with at Middleton's lie still instead of jumping around all the time, don't yell or cry, and don't have to tee-tee every five minutes.
Callie's time teaching five-year-olds led her to stop using some of the language she grew up with living in a house with only her father and five older brothers. Instead, she "kindergarten cusses," which consists of "Dalmation!" when she's irritated and "Shih tzu!" when she's extremely annoyed. She has a Harlequin Great Dane dog who's named Big Boy though he acts more like a girl dog. Callie is a talented banjo player and vocalist, but she's not perfect. She can't cook, and she's flat-chested which led her to wear inflatable bras because she's scared of breast-augmentation surgery.
5. What is the personal goal of this character?
In the first books, Callie's goals (besides solving murders and her own personal survival as well as Jane's) were to convince Jane to stop shoplifting and to comfort families by providing peaceful memory pictures of their deceased relatives. She also wanted a closer relationship with her redneck father and to meet a romantic interest as unlike her ex-husband as possible. She achieved these goals except finding the right romantic interest, but she's still looking.
6. Can we read about this character yet?
The top three Callies were published by Berkley Prime Crime, and the
first three on the bottom row were published by Bella Rosa Books.
Kudzu River is not a Callie Parrish mystery. In fact, it's as far from cozy
as possible. Kudzu River is a novel of abuse, murder, and retribution
that's scheduled for release by Odyssey South Publishing in November.
The six Callie Parrish mysteries are all available electronically. The first three are out-of-print, but used copies can sometimes be found on Amazon. Callie books four through six are available in print and electronically from Bella Rosa Books and on Amazon.
7. Who do you tag?
I've tagged Janice Law, and her Character Blog will appear right here on Monday, September 22, 2014. A surprise Character Blog is scheduled for my first Monday in November. If you're interested in participating in the Meet Your Character Blog Tour, let me know.
Labels: Bella Rosa Books, Berkley Prime Crime, Callie Parrish, Fran Rizer, Janice Law, Kudzu River, Odyssey South Publishing
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Localized: Dine Krew
By Kia McGinnis [kiaginny@gmail.com]
Posted April 2, 2015 in Localized, Issue 316 - April 2015 Download issue as pdf
Tags: Dine Krew, SLUG Localized
If hip-hop in Salt Lake is something you’ve never experienced, look no further than April’s Localized, sponsored by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. This month’s lineup is solid through and through, starting with Swell Merchants and the Dine Krew, who will lay some groovy tracks down to get you hyped for Better Taste Bureau. You might just find yourself jumping up and down to their fresh flow. As always, $5 gets you in, so load up the van and get down to Urban Lounge, Saturday, April 18 at 10 p.m.
It’s not unusual for a group of teenagers to spend long stretches of time in their parents’ basement, eating ramen noodles and staring at some sort of a screen while vaguely recognizable jams bump in the background. Generally, these hangouts don’t equate to much other than high scores on Mario Kart, but Dine Krew took their adolescent experiments and ideas and painted that shit gold, so to speak. At some point during their high school years, they discovered the infinite creative possibilities of making music on a computer and started collaborating on beats. They’ve been cranking them out ever since, adding words and flow about their experiences in the Saltiest City.
“It kind of slowly developed and came to be from nights where we were all just hanging out. We were actually making a MySpace page when it came together as a real thing,” says Shelby Washington, laughing and adding, “We’re a good group of friends who just happen to make hip-hop.” Harrison Montgomery chimes in to say, “and if we didn’t make hip-hop, we’d just be a good group of friends.”
The Krew write songs collaboratively, but they have no hesitation in crediting Andrew Piccolo for the bulk of their beats and the true meat of their music. Inspired by J Dilla, world music and reggae, Piccolo digs funky, relaxed melodies and is skilled at weaving together his own creations—though he jokingly admits that he also draws from, “Mariah Carey, Shania Twain and Babymetal.” The other members will throw some flow on top of what Piccolo lays down when the inspiration strikes, but it’s a low-pressure, revolving-door dynamic. Their tracks have a subtle jazzy underbelly and a slow-dripping honey pace with enough variety in sample use and tension-building to make listening easy and enjoyable. Lyrically, the Krew deliver words that are culturally relevant to their hometown without being bland or in bad taste. As Montgomery says, “I rap because it makes me crazy if I don’t.”
For Dine Krew, nearly all the aspects of their current musical status seemed to fall into place without much predetermining thought or action. As mentioned, making music in the first place was an arbitrary way to pass time together that eventually grew into a full-time group hobby. Hip-hop, as a genre, lent itself to their laid-back approach to creating and collaborating, but more than that, it was simply what they were listening to at the time. When they began putting themselves together and playing shows, it didn’t seem far removed from nights where they kicked back on the front porch and tried out some freestyles for fun. Perhaps the most intriguing and motivating factor for Dine Krew in becoming a group was the community that it fosters.
“You only get out of Dine if you die or join the military,” says Stefan Shelton, and though they all have a hearty laugh about that, Washington goes on to describe how anyone who has even been a part of Dine will always remain so, whether it be close friends, fans from shows or random people on the Internet who listen to their work. These folks are fondly dubbed,“Dine Fam,” and the Krew hopes that by continuing to create, the Dine Fam will grow stronger. Montgomery describes the brotherhood he has with his bandmates another way by saying, “We’re like a symbiotic organism, and we plan to live happily ever after.”
While there is a level of sentiment acting as a catalyst for their hip-hop, there is an equally present force driving them—to have a good time. The Krew thrive off of a crowd that will get rowdy when they throw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from the stage or that eggs them on as they perform a “Dine and Dash,” in which they run onto another band’s set in masks and briefly take over. “We have performed sets before where Harrison and I will set up big, comfy armchairs at the bar and just mellow flowed back and forth,” says Washington. No matter which way they choose to go about it, their intention is to elicit laughs and camaraderie.
It’s been about a year since their last EP release, We-E.T.’s, but rest assured that the Krew are kicking around ideas for the next one. Their process dictates roping in all ideas from all members and working it into a unanimous piece. “It’s a mess,” proclaims Piccolo as Washington adds that, “It’ll slide into where it needs to go.” Given their past, it’s fair to say that they’ll come up with something that will catch attention one way or another.
The Krew’s music can be found at piccolo.bandcamp.com, and while you’re at it, swing by bettertastebureau.com to stay educated on all things good in Salt Lake hip-hop. Dine Krew and Better Taste Bureau will be ready with some original 801 flow at SLUG’s Localized, April 18 at Urban Lounge.
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Don't need the Army, a few of y'all got a couple of weeks?
Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by ghostrider, Sep 17, 2005.
ghostrider Resident Poltergeist Founding Member
Chavez: U.S. Plans to Invade Venezuela Sat Sep 17, 7:24 AM ET
WASHINGTON - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has documentary evidence that the United States plans to invade his country.
Chavez, interviewed on ABC's "Nightline," said the plan is called "Balboa" and involves aircraft carriers and planes. A transcript of the interview was made available by "Nightline."
He said U.S. soldiers recently went to Curacao, an island off Venezuela's northwest coast. He described as a "lie" the official U.S. explanation that they visited Curacao for rest and recreation.
"They were doing movements. They were doing maneuvers," Chavez said, speaking through a translator.
He added: "We are coming up with the counter-Balboa plan. That is to say if the government of the United States attempts to commit the foolhardy enterprise of attacking us, it would be embarked on a 100-year war. We are prepared."
Chavez has been attending the summit of world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week. On Thursday, he denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq and told other leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States.
To prove U.S. intentions to invade Venezuela, Chavez offered to send "Nightline" host Ted Koppel maps and other documentation.
"What I can't tell you is how we got it, to protect the sources, how we got it through military intelligence," he said.
In the event of a U.S. invasion, Chavez said the United States can "just forget" about receiving any more oil from his country.
Never argue with an idiot, people can't tell you apart.
ghostrider, Sep 17, 2005
Valkman Knifemaker Moderator Emeritus Founding Member
ghostrider said:
Now there is some irrefutable evidence!
Valkman, Sep 18, 2005
Ok, lets invade. If it gets the UN off our soil, I am in.
poacher Monkey+++ Founding Member
This is a bad thing??? Lets see we get oil, coffee real cheap and we get the UN out of here so whats the down side.??
Take care Be safe Poacher.
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poacher, Sep 22, 2005
sniper-66 Monkey+++ Moderator Emeritus Founding Member
The down side is that some poor soldier will have to pick up the pieces of Mr. Chavez carcass and shove them into a body bag. Or else body guard him as they bring him to the U.S. so that he can share a cell with Noriega!
"From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered; we few, we happy few, we band of brothers, for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, and the gentleman now a bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhood cheap" -- Henry V
sniper-66, Sep 22, 2005
Now do you really think that a bunch of us good old boys from the south don't know how to make sure there is no body?
monkeyman Monkey+++ Moderator Emeritus Founding Member
Just takes a stop at the auto parts. lol
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect aplause, he noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self made laws....
The 3 boxes of freedom;the soap box, the ballot box and the ammo box
monkeyman, Sep 23, 2005
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All Sixth Form pupils, whether day or boarding, are members of one of the School’s three boarding houses, in which they come under the daily, dedicated and professional care of the Housemaster/Housemistress and Resident House Assistants. A caring ear is therefore never far away.
Overseas pupils will also have a UK-based guardian from the point at which they begin their studies until the point at which they leave the School.
All pupils in Years 8-10 belong to one of three day houses, which are named after the boarding houses, Bishopshall, St Rule and Ollerenshaw. Each house is associated with a colour, which is worn with pride by its members and associated staff members at inter-house competitions and events. Tremendous camaraderie is fostered by regular house meetings and inter-house competitions, enabling pupils to feel part of a strong team.
In addition, Sixth Form pupils support younger pupils as Prefects and Senior Prefects, as well as the Head Girl, Head Boy and their Deputies.
Junior School pupils are 'sorted' into four houses, which they will remain in throughout Years 1-7. The Junior houses are named after four Scottish islands - Mull, Harris, Lewis and Skye. House Captains are elected in Year 7 to lead their house and provide support to younger pupils.
The School’s experienced Medical Centre staff provide expert care whenever needed and we also have a confidential Independent Listener and a chaplaincy team.
Seamless journey from Junior School to Senior School
The Junior and Senior Schools at St Leonards are closely integrated and, as you would expect in a straight-through school, the transition is seamless.
On a practical level our Junior pupils will already be familiar with Senior School pupils and members of the Senior School teaching staff. That’s because Sixth Form students get involved helping Junior School pupils with the likes of language studies, sports coaching and dance, and because the Junior pupils will already have received some lessons from Senior School teachers.
In addition, towards the end of their Junior School days, pupils in Year 7 spend a full, timetabled week at the Senior School, and stay for a sleepover in one of the boarding houses. It’s great preparation before they take the step up for real.
A self sustaining environment
The ethos of respect, good behaviour, tolerance and good humour has its own momentum at St Leonards. High expectations for pupils' work, attendance and behaviour are a natural part of the school culture and this supports high quality learning and community wellbeing.
St Leonards is a school that delights in celebrating pupil achievements and enjoying and sharing their successes.
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Jamaica: Man allegedly blinds babymother for reporting him to police
By Jamaica Observer
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) – A Kingston man who reportedly got upset at his lover for reporting him to the police following a dispute, hitting her in her right eye with a ‘banger’ phone and blinding her, was denied bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last week.
“Gyal a police you call pon me,” the 32-year-old accused, Allan Williams, reportedly told the complainant before hitting her in her eye, the court heard.
The prosecutor told the court on Thursday, when the matter was mentioned, that on November 19 of last year Williams attacked the complainant at her home, damaged her dresser, and smashed her phone against a wall.
She went to report the matter and, on her return, Williams reportedly used a phone to hit her in the eye.
The complainant, who is no longer in a relationship with the accused, told the court that she was hospitalised for four days and has since lost sight in the damaged eye.
Williams was subsequently charged with malicious destruction of property and assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.
But Williams’ attorney, Cristal Brown, told Parish Judge Vaughn Smith that her client was innocent of the charges and did not intentionally hit the complainant in her eye.
Brown, during her bail application, said that her client and the complainant were wrestling for the phone when it caught her in the eye.
She also told the court her client went to the complainant’s home to visit their child when the complainant, who had a male visitor there, became fearful and called the police.
But the prosecutor told the judge that the complainant made a report about her damaged phone and Williams got upset and blinded her.
He also told the court that the complainant was fearful of the accused and his family, whom she said had been making death threats against her on Facebook.
Judge Smith, after listening to both sides, said that he was not minded to grant Williams bail at this time and he was remanded.
Williams is scheduled to return to court on April 16.
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Firing 'attractive' assistant is legal: Iowa court reaffirms
This undated photo provided by Ms Melissa Nelson shows her in clothes she wore to work as a dental assistant in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Ms Nelson had argued she would not have been fired if she were a man, and her attorney, Ms Paige Fiedler, argued in seeking a second hearing that their decision was a setback for gender equality in the workplace. -- FILE PHOTO: AP
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DES MOINES (REUTERS) - An Iowa dentist did not discriminate against a female assistant he fired for being "too attractive", the Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday in its second decision in the case.
In December, the all-male court ruled that Dr James Knight did not discriminate in firing dental hygienist Melissa Nelson after more than 10 years' service because he found her too attractive and his wife saw her as a threat.
Ms Nelson had argued she would not have been fired if she were a man, and her attorney, Ms Paige Fiedler, argued in seeking a second hearing that their decision was a setback for gender equality in the workplace.
In late June, the justices decided to reconsider the case.
"We ultimately conclude the conduct does not amount to unlawful sex discrimination in violation of the Iowa Civil Rights Act," Justice Edward Mansfield wrote.
Mr Knight had hired Ms Nelson in 1999 and on several occasions in the 18 months before he fired her in early 2010, he complained that her clothing was too tight, revealing and distracting, the decision said. She denied wearing anything inappropriate.
Ms Nelson and Mr Knight began texting each other in 2009, the opinion said. Most messages were work-related or otherwise innocuous, but some were more suggestive, including one in which Mr Knight asked Ms Nelson how often she had an orgasm, the opinion said. Nelson did not answer that text.
"The fact of the matter is Nelson was terminated because of the activities of her consensual personal relationship with her employer, not because of her gender," Chief Justice Mark Cady wrote in a separate special concurrence.
In late 2009, Mr Knight's wife, Ms Jeanne Knight, learned that her husband had been texting with Ms Nelson while he was on an out-of-state vacation with their children and she insisted he fire her, saying "she was a big threat to our marriage," the opinion said.
Mr Knight read Ms Nelson a statement when he fired her that said in part that their relationship had become a detriment to both of their families.
Ms Nelson's attorney, Ms Fiedler, said Friday she was "beyond distressed at the lack of awareness and understanding this decision demonstrates.
"Women already have to balance on the very fine line of being respected, professional and well-liked in the workplace without having their perceived charm or attractiveness garner unwanted sexual advances, harassment and discrimination," Ms Fiedler said in a statement.
Mr Todd Pettys, associate dean for faculty in the University of Iowa College of Law, said it was unclear why the court decided to rehear the case, given that the justices did not change their positions from December to July.
"It appears to me what they really wanted to do was take another shot at explaining why they were reaching the conclusion that they did, understanding that they had come under some criticism for that conclusion."
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The Chesterton-Belloc Collection
The department houses a collection of over 1,200 first and fine editions of the works of the English Catholic writers Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) and G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), plus manuscript materials and ephemera.
The Chesterton-Belloc Collection originated in a gift of slightly more than 200 Belloc volumes, which came to the library in 1984, the gift of Special Collections Librarian Emeritus James D. Kellen. In 1991, St. Thomas Executive Vice President for External Affairs, Quentin J. Hietpas, class of 1953, raised funds that allowed the purchase of one the finest collections of Chesterton material remaining in private hands in North America, some 1,726 items in all. The Chesterton portion of the Chesterton-Belloc Collection includes copies of nearly every book, pamphlet, periodical article, and preface or introduction written by Chesterton, plus numerous newspaper cuttings.
The department also owns twenty-nine Belloc autograph letters, twenty-one of which were a gift to the library from Dr. Jacob Schmitt, a retired member of the St. Thomas Education Department. These letters were written by Belloc to Schmitt's father, the American Catholic artist and intellectual Carl Schmitt.
Chesterton and Belloc were brilliant, often humorous, rear-guard defenders of Christian orthodoxy against the prevailing materialist philosophies of their and the present day. Their works have enduring value to anyone interested in an unsullied and all-encompassing Christian worldview.
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» Latin Poetry
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ARMA VIRVMQVE CANO TROIAE QVI PRIMVS AB ORIS ITALIAM FATO PROFVGVS LAVINIAQVE VENIT LITORA MVLTVM ILLE ET TERRIS IACTATVS ET ALTO
It is little wonder that ancient readers always read aloud. The act of articulation would have helped them recognize the divisions (words, clauses, and sentences) that had to be made before a text could be understood.
The upper limit of what could be put on one roll was about 18,000 words (40 or so pages like this one); a longer roll would have been too cumbersome to use. Most works of Roman literature were, of course, much longer and so had to be accommodated on two or more rolls. This led to longer poems and prose works being composed in (that is, split up
*Sometimes, as in the Gallus fragment mentioned below, word division was indicated by a centerline dot. This practice also occurs in inscriptions.
into) sections, each of which was contained within one roll. The Latin term that we translate by book (liber) refers to a single papyrus roll. A longer literary work contained as many books as the rolls necessary to record it; Vergil's Aeneid was in 12 books and so required 12 rolls. Shorter works could have been combined on a single roll (for example, Horace's Ars poética, which ran to 476 lines), but no one roll comprised what we today would consider a book of normal length (say, 200 to 300 pages).
There is not a single classical Latin work for which we have the original author's copy, but fragments of papyrus rolls have survived from Hercu-laneum and elsewhere. One of the most interesting contains lines from a poem by Cornelius Gallus, a contemporary of Vergil, and may have been written during the poet's lifetime (see also page 190).
The papyrus roll was not a user-friendly production. It was awkward to read and cumbersome to consult. Whereas today we simply flip through a book's pages for a reference or to check the accuracy of a quotation, an ancient scholar was obliged to work through a roll until the necessary passage appeared; there was no equivalent to pagination. The limited amount of material that a roll could contain was also a serious disadvantage.
In the first century of the Christian era, a new type of book was beginning to appear, the codex. An earlier form had already existed for several centuries and consisted of a small number of thin wooden boards (tabellae*) smeared on each side with wax and held together by a leather thong that was threaded through holes along one edge of each board, similar to modern spiral binding. This allowed the user to turn the boards over and inscribe a message into the wax on either side with a sharp-pointed stylus. Tabellae were not intended for anything approaching the amount of text that even a papyrus roll could hold. They were for letters, messages, note taking, and the like, and could be reused simply by applying a new coating of wax to the boards, j-
When papyrus was substituted for wood in making tabellae, recycling became more difficult, but the modern form of the book was born. Sheets of papyrus were folded in two and a number of such foldings were held together by stitching along the spine, just as in better-quality books today. The front, back, and spine were protected by what we now call the binding. With this new form of book, readers had something that was consid-
*The singular tabella is the term for one board; the plural tabellae is the term for a joined set of boards and can be used for one notebook of this sort or many, fin 1973, archaeological excavations at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Hadrians Wall in northern England, produced a number of original tabellae from around a.d. 100. These contain letters and military documents, many of which display features not previously known.
Roman statue of the grammarian Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus holding a papyrus roll in his left hand.
erably easier to use, more convenient to consult when a particular reference or passage was required, and capable of holding the contents of many rolls. By the end of the first century a.d., the codex had begun to be used for literary works, but the transition from roll to codex lasted several hundred years. It was assisted by the substitution of parchment for papyrus. Parchment (also called vellum) was made from animal skins and was not only thin and white but also extremely strong and durable. It was ideal for the codex—and for preserving works of literature.
Martial was the first classical writer to speak of the transition from rolls to books with pages. He was obviously impressed with the compactness of the new book form:
Quam brevis inmensum cepit membrana Maronem!
How small a parchment has packaged the vast Maro (i.e., Vergil)/
Epigrammata 14.186.1
He also described a paginated copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses:
Haec tibi multiplici quae structa est massa tabella, carmina Nasonis quinque decemque gerit.
This large object, which has been put together for you from many pages, contains the 15 books ofNaso. Epigrammata 14.192
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Cambridge Analytica, the UK-based data firm responsible for harvesting user data from Facebook, was planning to develop its own cryptocurrency for the purpose of storing and selling personal data. Facebook recently confirmed that it has identified 87 million accounts whose profile information had been scraped by Cambridge Analytica. It seems the data analytics firm had a larger goal beyond political advertising to incentivize the data for cryptocurrency.
Reuters and The New York Times first reported it, explaining that the Cambridge Analytica intended to raise funds through an initial coin offering, also that the digital coin would have helped people store online personal data and even sell it, former Cambridge Analytica employee Brittany Kaiser told the Times.
Cambridge Analytica, which obtained the data of 87 million Facebook users, was hoping to raise as much as $30 million through the venture, anonymous sources told Reuters. Cambridge Analytica confirmed to Reuters that it had previously explored blockchain technology, but did not confirm the coin offering and didn’t say whether efforts are still underway.
Cambridge Analytica’s plans were detailed by Brittany Kaiser, the former employee of the firm, in her testimony to the UK Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee. Kaiser also confirmed that she was in charge of the coin offering at Cambridge Analytica. She told the committee that the data firm’s idea is to pay people in far-flung which it has started in parts Mexico , payment are made in form of cryptocurrency as a reward for filling out the surveys.
The company is also reportedly attempted to promoting another digital currency behind the scenes. It recently arranged for potential investors to take a vacation trip to Macau in support of Dragon Coin, a cryptocurrency aimed at casino players. Dragon Coin has been supported by a Macau gangster Wan Kuok-koi, nicknamed Broken Tooth, according to documents obtained by the Times.
ICOs have become an easy and dubious way for funds raising, even rivaling early stage venture capital funding in effectiveness for some companies. Companies like Kodak and Telegram have pivoted to launch their own ICOs and reaped financial rewards. But even as they emerged as a new way for companies to rapidly gain funding, ICOs have increasingly fallen under the SEC’s eye as securities that need to be regulated.
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Apple quietly launches new Mac Pro
By Chris Smith 2012-06-11T21:17:00.162Z Apple
No on-stage announcement for new desktop titan
When the Apple Store returned following WWDC it was shipping new Mac Pro desktop PCs
The new Apple product announcements didn't end with the WWDC keynote. The company has also rolled out a new Mac Pro desktop computer.
And you can see why Apple chose note to dedicate precious minutes during the lengthy, which included new MacBook Air models, MacBook Pro models and a Retina Display next generation MacBook Pro.
The new desktop titans remain mightily impressive, but it's only a minor spec bump. The basic model now features a 3.2GHz quad-core Xoen processor, 6GB RAM and a 1TB hard-drive.
Further up the scale, the processor is upped to a pair of 2.4GHz six-core processors, which comes with a whopping 12GB RAM and the same 1TB hard-drive.
If you want to go for the Mac Pro Server edition, you'll get s 3.2GHz quad-core Xeon chip with 8GB RAM and two 1TB hard-drives.
Slight spec bump
So what we really have is a speed increase and very little else.
The new Mac Pro family will set you back £2,049, £3,099 and £2,449 respectively and they're available to buy now.
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New Moon Water Source Discovered
Since man first made his first step in 1969 on the moon, water, or the possibility of lunar liquids, has been a driving force behind the analysis of the earth’s satellite for many years. Recent water molecules brought back to earth from the final Apollo missions have yielded results of a water precursor, hydroxyl, and its indicators of origin point to the influences of the sun’s energy.
Moon water from the Sun?
Scientific analysis taking place at the University of Tennessee has been studying soil samples from the Lunar Highlands and has discovered traces of water molecules, not in a pure liquid form as we know it, which have matching characteristics of solar winds. Our sun has a distinct lack of deuterium in comparison to other heavenly bodies in the solar system. It was formed, over 4.5 billion years ago, when gas particles reacted to form helium and through this reaction, eliminated the deuterium. The analysis of the moon water molecules has indicated that they were formed through a reaction between solar winds and the lunar soil, confirmed through the lack of deuterium in the moon water composition when viewed under infrared spectroscopy. All of this has been recently accepted into the Nature Geoscience Journal.
In 2009, scientists discovered crystals of moon water at the South Lunar Pole which indicated that the moon was not always the completely arid, desolate landscape that we see today. Now with the discovery of the water molecules in soil, focus can be made on the secondary influence of water on the moon which has come from the unlikely energy source of the Milky Way. Scientist have theorised that solar winds formed a reaction with the lunar surface soil, regolith, when the waves of solar winds impact the moon’s surface at around 1.6 million kilometres per hour. How the water molecules and hydroxyl is formed by the reaction between the hydrogen in the solar winds and the clusters in the regolith to form H2O is unclear at present.
Other sources of lunar water
Before this amazing discovery by Yang Liu and the team at the University of Tennessee, NASA and other scientists believed that the only external source of water on heavenly bodies was from comets and other space projectiles. The residue from these moving bodies crashing into the planets bodies would account for the molecules found on the surface; however this new factor could lead a new path for discovery. Scientists are looking at the moon water, and contemplating if corroborating evidence could be found on missions to Mercury and other planets in the solar system.
Paul Robinson is an astrology enthusiast that often will gather his colleagues in the office together around the water cooler rental unit to discuss fascinating stories about aliens, planets and Star Trek. When he isnt busy reading tarot cards and having a bit of fun messing with his friends, Paul attempts to write about the marvels of the universe and the implications for mankind in the next few decades.
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Bahrain complains to Iran over name switch with Syria
Bahrain has demanded an apology from Iran after its name was substituted for Syria in a state television translation of a speech by Egypt’s president that backed the rebellion against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Photo: AP
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3:35PM BST 02 Sep 2012
In Thursday’s address to the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran, Mohammed Morsi embarrassed his Iranian hosts by saying Mr Assad, Iran’s close ally, had lost his legitimacy and comparing the forces fighting him to the Palestinians.
“The Palestinian and Syrian people are fighting for freedom, justice and dignity,” he said.
But in the simultaneous Farsi translation provided for the live transmission by Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, the word Syrian was replaced by Bahraini. The mistranslation reflected Tehran’s sympathy for Mr Assad and for a mainly Shia-led rebellion last year against Bahrain’s ruling Sunni monarchy, which was suppressed in a brutal crackdown aided by Saudi Arabia.
The Bahraini foreign ministry reacted furiously, summoning Iran’s charge d’affaires to lodge a formal protest and accusing Tehran of “interference in Bahrain’s domestic affairs”.
The translation also drew criticism from Egypt’s foreign ministry, which denied that Mr Morsi had mentioned Bahrain and referred reporters to the official version of his speech on its website.
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Ezzatollah Zarghami, the head of IRIB, acknowledged one “shortcoming” in translation but insisted there were no other errors.
However, the Iranian website, Tabnak, cited additional inaccuracies, including the omission of the word Syria from other parts of Mr Morsi’s address and altering the meaning to make it appear that he favoured Mr Assad’s political survival. His use of the term “Arab Spring” was replaced by the Iranian regime’s preferred term, “Islamic Awakening”.
Mr Morsi, an Islamist elected in June, was the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iranian officials initially hailed his appearance as heralding a strategic realignment in the Middle East. But his speech was fiercely criticised by regime insiders and the conference’s final protocol made no reference to Syria.
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The Beverley Arms
Beverley, Yorkshire, England
The Beverley Arms offers 38 stylish rooms, a lively bar and restaurant and a location slap bang in the middle of one of Yorkshire's most historic market towns. It's a popular choice with locals and out-of-towners.
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This 17th-century coaching inn is set in the middle of the pretty, historic town of Beverley – with its cobbled streets, market square and burgeoning independent café and restaurant scene – right opposite the Grade I listed St Mary's Church, a late Medieval stunner half a mile up the road from the equally impressive Beverley Minster, one of the Britain's biggest parish churches. Hull, a former Capital of Culture, is 13 miles south.
The Beverley Arms has reopened after a £6.5 million makeover, under the ownership of Thwaites hoteliers and brewers. The restoration is smart and sympathetic: open fireplaces, gun metal grey walls in the bar and a big glass atrium roof and open kitchen in the bright, modern restaurant. The front lounge, with gilt-framed prints and tan leather wingback chairs, has the feel of a country drawing room.
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The 68-seater restaurant opens for brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, as well as cakes and sandwiches throughout the day. The long, silver-topped bar functions as a meeting point for both locals and guests and two stylish private dining rooms, one with an exposed brick wall, seat 14 and 26 people respectively.
Outside, there's a fire pit on the spacious decked terrace. Young local staff were friendly, if a bit harried, and it took a while for breakfast to arrive on one of the two mornings I stayed, although this could have been due to teething problems.
The hotel's 38 rooms are reached via a warren of thick-carpeted corridors over two floors. Statement wallpapers in greys and taupes and heavy floor-to-ceiling curtains lend a sumptuous feel. There are three room categories: Standard, with a king-sized bed; Character (three of which are dog friendly, four with a free-standing oval bath) with a separate sitting area; and Feature, with big bay windows and slate-tiled bathrooms.
All have tea- and coffee-making facilities, complimentary bottled water, homemade biscuits and fresh milk. Some rooms overlook St Mary’s Church; others the hotel courtyard.
Food and drink is served throughout the day, starting with brunch in the restaurant. The menu (à la carte, sharing platters, burgers and 'classics') changes seasonally and most produce is sourced in Yorkshire and Lancashire. A starter of goat's cheese and beetroot salad with walnut, followed by juniper-crusted duck breast, confit duck leg, charred sweetcorn puree, and Swiss chard were tasty and well-presented. There's a strong wine list, with hand-pulled ales from Thwaites, the nearby Great Newsome Brewery and Atom Beers, as well as local guest beers and eight house cocktails – the Salted Caramel Espresso Martini went down a treat.
For breakfast, a good-sized buffet of cereals, fruits, yogurts, porridge and pastries was accompanied by to-order dishes of eggs Florentine, full English (or Yorkshire, in this case), bacon and sausage sandwiches.
Double rooms from £99, year-round. Breakfast is included. Free Wi-Fi.
Three rooms have been fully adapted and there is a disabled loo in the restaurant.
There are two family rooms and a children's menu.
25 North Bar Within, Beverley, HU17 8DD, England.
01482 296999 beverleyarms.co.uk
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Most anticipated new TV shows in November: ‘Homecoming,’ ‘Narcos’
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There are more television options than ever before, and that means it’s tough to watch everything we want to. But that doesn’t mean we still can’t look forward to what’s coming — and think about what to watch ahead of time.
Every month, Business Insider will provide the most anticipated new shows thanks to data from television-tracking app TV Time based on its 13 million global users.
In November, the latest iteration of “Narcos” comes to Netflix, and Julia Roberts’ new Amazon drama premieres.
Below are the five most anticipated new shows premiering in November, according to TV Time:
5. “My Brilliant Friend” — HBO, November 18
Description: “‘My Brilliant Friend’ tells the story of Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman who discovers the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo, seems to have disappeared without a trace. A writer, immersed in a house full of books, Greco turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their tempestuous friendship, starting from the point when Elena met Lila their first year of primary school in 1950.
Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives as she tries to describe the mystery of Lila, Elena’s brilliant friend and — in a way — her best friend, and worst enemy.”
4. “Baby” — Netflix, November 30
Description: “Inspired by a true story, this series follows a group of Roman teenagers as they defy society in their search for identity and independence.”
3. “Origin” — YouTube Premium, November 14
Description: “In ‘Origin,’ a chilling new original series from the producers of ‘The Crown’ & ‘Lost,’ we meet a group of troubled passengers as they wake up on a damaged spaceship abandoned in deep space. Each having left behind a dark past in search of a fresh start on a newly colonized planet, they’re desperate to survive at all costs. But as their terrifying situation spirals into paranoia, they come to realize that the greatest threat to their dream of starting over – and indeed their lives – might actually be within their midst…”
2. “Narcos: Mexico” — Netflix, November 16
Description: “See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico.”
1. “Homecoming” — Amazon Prime, November 2
Description: “Good intentions. Erratic bosses. Mounting paranoia. Unforeseen consequences spiraling out of control. Heidi (Julia Roberts) works at Homecoming, a facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. Years later she has started a new life, when the Department of Defense questions why she left Homecoming. Heidi realizes there’s a whole other story behind the one she’s been telling herself.”
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Tenzushi Kyomachi
天寿し京町店
The most elusive sushi seat in Japan is found in the city of Kokura on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. Gourmands from around the world jostle for one of just five seats at Tenzushi, which serves unparalleled cuisine described by the chef as “sushi by addition”. Inheriting the style forged by his father, the chef honors those flavors while constantly experimenting to take it to the next level. Behind his somewhat foreboding appearance, Chef Amano has a warm heart, greeting every customer and satiating their appetites for his unbelievable sushi.
Jump on a bullet train headed north from Hakata Station in Kyushu, and alight just 15 minutes later in a town called Kokura. A three-minute walk from the station and you will already notice the distinct lack of bars and eateries. Then suddenly Tenzushi appears. It began in 1939 as a street stall, but in the post-war period with increasingly strict health standards, Chef Amano the senior was forced to move his sushi business indoors, opening his first restaurant in 1949. It was just 15 years ago that the younger Chef Amano left the institution created by his father to establish is own.
A line of chairs by the entrance signifies the chef’s kindness – he would never want guests to wait outside. Passing through a beautiful draped noren adorning the entrance, your attention is drawn to the gentle sound of trickling water. As you are led to your seat, you are certain to be shocked by the scale of Tenzushi. Taking your place at one of just five counter seats is rather intimidating, but the chef’s smile sets you entirely at ease.
Sushi is best enjoyed with your hands, so beneath the two-tiered solid hinoki counter is running water with which to wash your hands and ready for the meal. The trickling sound combined with the Sarah Brightman soundtrack makes for a strangely comfortable ambience. Behind the chef, the black slate wall is accented by the characters for Tenzushi, which have been carved into a stately wooden signboard and filled with glistening gold leaf. Combined with a sparkling silver seaweed case, the grill, chopping boards, pots of salt and kabosu green citrus orbs, the scene looks like a still-life painting by Pissarro or Cézanne. It’s time to escape reality for moment and immerse yourself in that scene.
One and Only.
Also referred to as Kyushumae, the Tenzushi style is a world away from the Edomae sushi style invented in the region of Tokyo (formerly Edo) that most gourmands are accustomed to. Edomae has evolved from its origins as a method for preserving delicious fish flavors and textures for longer, applying various techniques to fish varieties that spoiled easily. In contrast, Kokura is blessed with its location in the middle of three seas and year-round access to deliciously fresh seafood. Thus the local style is about showcasing that freshness with touches and toppings that accentuate it. In Amano’s words, if Edomae is about subtraction, the Kyushu style is all about addition. There is not an ounce of conceit in his tone; he has utmost respect for the Edomae style and knows that the development of Kyushumae sushi would not have been possible had it not been for the groundbreaking Edomae style.
Amano’s father blazed the trail for Kyushumae sushi with years of experimentation, forging a style which is now being taken to the next level by Amano: aging isn’t really on his agenda, he very lightly marinates in vinegar if at all, and his super fresh, locally-caught seafood is accented by the simple flavors of Kyushu-grown salt and kabosu, rather than the rich flavor of a soy sauce reduction favored by Edomae chefs. Like topping fish with just a dab of pickled plum, his recipes are formulated through careful calculation of how flavors combine and evolve on the palate with methods than can only be described as culinary addition.
Take for example Tenzushi’s signature dish of akaika red squid nigiri: the exquisite red squid is topped with velvety sea urchin (usually a star on its own!), flying fish eggs, the baby shoots of sansho Japanese pepper, and a sprinkling of multicolored sesame seeds. The shrimp are lusciously sweet having been ever so briefly blanched to rare perfection. Marinated chutoro tuna is typically soaked in a bonito stock, but in search of a way to enhance the tuna’s innate sweetness, Amano marinates it in a dashi made from tuna flakes. Not only do the flavors burst forth, the marinade gives the tuna an extremely appetizing luster.
Baby aji horse mackerel is beautifully accented by the deep pink hues of myoga Japanese ginger, tiny green onions and kombu kelp from the tiny fishing village of Rausu on the picturesque peninsula of Shiretoko on the vast north island of Hokkaido. The more mature version of aji horse mackerel is served fresh with ginger and sesame, and in a genius twist, flecks of freeze-dried soy sauce powder, which slowly melt to release their flavor in your mouth. Kohada gizzard shad is very lightly pressed so as not to interfere with its extremely fresh flavors. You can also enjoy plump local Toyomae anago eel, and luxuriously fatty otoro tuna accented only by a sprinkling of salt. And while pickled ginger is the only palate cleanser traditionally found at sushi eateries, Tenzushi also provides deliciously refreshing salt-pressed cucumber.
Chef Amano is totally devoted to local Kyushu produce, from seafood to vegetables and everything in between: organic rice from Oita Prefecture, Amagusa salt, and a wealth of seafood from brokers at central Kokura’s Tanga Ichiba, secured through relationships established in Amano’s father’s time. For some truly outstanding items, Amano deals directly with the fishermen, including a certain Mr. Toiyama in Yamaguchi and Mr. Ryoha in Ainoshima, off the north coast of Kokura.
Isao Amano
Isao Amano is a man filled with warmth, love and a strong sense of obligation. He has nothing but respect for his late father and the Kyushumae sushi he created, and he works tirelessly every day to take it higher and make his father proud. The youngest of four children, Chef Amano is now 62 years old. From as early as he can remember, he was fascinated by sushi far more than his siblings, heading straight to his father’s restaurant as soon as school let out to help and earn some pocket money. In an elementary school essay he wrote of his dream to one day become the best sushi chef in Japan.
He threw himself into volleyball during high school, but as soon as he graduated all his thoughts turned to sushi. With an eye to first learning sushi fundamentals he joined a sushi restaurant focused on the Edomae style. But it felt too far from his father’s style and after just six months he left to start from scratch again under his father’s tutelage. From that day onwards they worked together for 42 years, separated 15 years ago upon his father’s death. The restaurant where they had stood together all those years was taken over by Amano’s older brother, so he took the opportunity to go out on his own.
In line with his father’s philosophy, Amano laments the decrease of nigiri in favor of appetizer dishes in sushi courses and makes sure to maintain a large proportion of nigiri in his cuisine. Now with his profoundly successful restaurant where the phone virtually rings off the hook, Amano never loses his kindly, hospitable style, employing extreme care with every customer.
Amano is clear that the key is not in making something new, but in making the best from what you have before you. He certainly doesn’t believe that his work as a sushi craftsman is complete or that there are no new discoveries to be made; he is constantly trying new varieties of salt and topping combinations to create ever better flavor profiles. In his own unique terms, Amano says he wishes “to clarify further”, and humbly declares that although he doesn’t believe perfection is possible, that he at least wants to try to get close. In that pursuit, it is not simply about flavor – Amano is determined to wield his skills to give his guests the most satisfying dining experience possible from the time they pass through the Tenzushi draped noren until they turn to head home, bid farewell by the bowing heads of the Tenzushi team.
Tenzushi Omakase course
OAD Top 100+ Asia (4th/100)
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Announcing TheatreSquared Season 6
NWA's Regional Theatre Announces 2011/12 Lineup
THEATRESQUARED SEASON 6
Four-Play Subscription Series Now On Sale
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS—April 13, 2011—TheatreSquared (T2) Artistic Director Robert Ford and Managing Director Martin Miller today announced TheatreSquared Season 6, the 2011/12 lineup of intimate, professional works at Northwest Arkansas’s regional theatre. The four-play season includes 2008 Tony Award-winner Boeing-Boeing, Marc Camoletti’s "non-stop comedy;" a new adaptation of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life created for the stage by TheatreSquared artists; Kim Rosenstock’s Tigers Be Still, a wry suburban comedy critically acclaimed in its 2010 off-Broadway debut; and the Arkansas premiere of Robert Ford’s The Fall of the House, recently nominated for the 2011 Edgar Award for Best New Play. Subscriptions, starting at just $74, are on sale beginning today at the Walton Arts Center Box Office (479.443.5600).
“Season selection is comparable to alchemy,” said Ford. “It’s not really a science, and there’s certainly no formula. But every so often, you finish the process, and you realize you’re looking at gold. We’re thrilled by this season lineup, and we can’t stop talking about these plays. It is truly exciting to be able to say—okay, let’s share them with 10,000 of our closest friends.”
For the second consecutive year, TheatreSquared’s audience has more than doubled during the current season. “After three extensions this year,” said Miller, “we’re expanding to offer 95 performances next season—an increase of 30—while keeping our lowest subscription and single ticket prices the same. And, keeping it local, we’re thrilled to announce a new ‘garden-to-table’ T2 Sunday Dinner Series in partnership with BHK Kafé.”
The 2011/12 season will launch with BOEING-BOEING, Marc Camoletti’s fast-paced comedy set in 1960s Paris. The play’s recent Broadway production, translated from the French by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans, won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Revival amidst widespread critical acclaim from the national press. In Boeing-Boeing, Bernard, a successful architect living abroad, has mastered the art of juggling his three flight attendant fiancées—who are quite unaware of each other—on their international “layovers.” When a new jet shortens travel times, Bernard’s careful scheduling is thrown into disarray—and all three show up at once. The Arkansas premiere of Boeing-Boeing will run September 1–25, 2011 (recommended rating: “PG,” for adult humor).
In time for the holiday season, TheatreSquared is creating an entirely new stage adaptation of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, named by the American Film Institute the most inspirational film ever made. After a life of sacrifices, George Bailey finds himself drunk and despondent on Christmas Eve, 1946, staring into the swirling waters off a highway bridge. What follows is a remarkable tale of redemption and old-fashioned holiday magic, reminding even the cynics among us that there’s much to be treasured in life. T2 artists will re-imagine Capra’s classic with theatrical invention, while holding true to the story that has brought audiences together for generations. It’s a Wonderful Life, in a World Premiere stage adaptation, runs December 8, 2011–January 1, 2012 and is recommended for all audiences.
“This is the story of how I stopped being a total disaster,” announces the heroine of TIGERS BE STILL, the darkly funny and moving new comedy opening at TheatreSquared in February 2012. Sherry Wickman, who had expected the perfect life to fall into place after earning her degree, instead finds herself underemployed, overwhelmed and back home in her twin-sized childhood bed. Her mother refuses to emerge from the bedroom, her sister claims drunken sovereignty over the couch, and a tiger has escaped from the local zoo. With the 2010 off-Broadway hit that The New York Times called “piercing, ferocious and devastatingly hilarious,” TheatreSquared brings a bold new work by an emerging playwright to Northwest Arkansas. Tigers Be Still will run February 9–March 4, 2012 (recommended rating: PG-13, for occasional adult language).
The 2011/12 subscription season will conclude with THE FALL OF THE HOUSE, a new theatrical mystery in which T2 Artistic Director Robert Ford (‘Twas the Night, My Father’s War) explores the desperate bargains we make for love. Nominated for the 2011 Edgar Award for Best New Play, The Fall of the House premiered in a critically acclaimed production at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in 2010, and was previewed for Northwest Arkansas audiences at the 2010 Arkansas New Play Fest. In this “haunting dreamscape of a play” (Theatre Montgomery), an escaped slave risks her freedom for an illegal rendezvous with Edgar Allen Poe, and—two centuries later—a celebrated architect, standing trial for a fatal beach house fire, finds she possesses an undiscovered manuscript of Poe’s final work. The Arkansas premiere of The Fall of the House will run April 12–May 6, 2012 (recommended rating: PG-13, for occasional adult language).
Offered separately from the theatre's subscription season, TheatreSquared will present the fourth annual ARKANSAS NEW PLAY FEST in June of 2012, with dates and titles for the celebration of new works to be announced early that year. The Festival will unite promising voices in American playwriting in a three-day celebration of dramatic storytelling, both at T2’s home theatre in Fayetteville and on tour to the Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock.
Subscriptions for TheatreSquared’s four-play season are available in five packages. Performances run Thursdays through Sundays of each week, with all evening performances scheduled for 7:30pm (Sundays at 7pm), and matinees for 2pm. Subscriptions start at $74 for the new T2 Preview Saver Series, including a general admission ticket to the final Thursday evening dress rehearsal of each new production. T2’s popular Opening Night Series, including prime reserved seats for the Friday night opening, a catered reception with cast members after the show, and an intermission champagne toast, is priced at $110. The T2 Prime Weekend Series, with reserved seating for either Friday and Saturday evening performances (excluding Opening), is available for $92. The T2 Weeknight/Matinee Series, in which subscribers can choose seats for either Thursday or Sunday evenings, or Saturday and Sunday afternoons, is priced at $82. Click to download subscription pricing overview >
The new T2 Sunday Dinner Series will include: complimentary parking at BHK Kafé; prime seats at the new Sunday evening performance of each TheatreSquared production; and a three-course, seasonal dinner—with opener, entrée, dessert and beverage—prepared by Chef David Lewis using locally-produced “garden-to-table” ingredients. Dinner is served at BHK Kafé 5:30pm, and the performance begins at Walton Arts Center’s Nadine Baum Studios at 7:00pm. The full package, available in limited quantity, is priced at just $168.
T2 subscriptions are packaged with an array of benefits, including a 15% discount off of single ticket prices, prime reserved seating, free unlimited exchanges, and pre-show dining discounts at T2 Partner Restaurants (subscribers only). T2 Restaurant Partners include: BHK Kafé, 25% off full menu; Bordinos, $20 3-course meal with wine pairing; Ella's Restaurant, 30% off full menu; Greenhouse Grille, 25% off full menu; The Wine Cellar, 25% off full menu. Current subscribers who renew by May 30 will be entered for a chance to win a $300 gift card at Bordinos Restaurant.
Subscriptions are on sale beginning today at the Walton Arts Center Box Office, and can be reserved by calling (479) 443-5600. TheatreSquared is Northwest Arkansas’s regional theatre, dedicated to creating exceptional theatrical works and innovative educational programs. For further information, contact TheatreSquared at 479.445.6333 or visit the Theatre's website at theatre2.org/subscribe.
Major funding for the TheatreSquared Season 6 is provided by The Walton Family Foundation, Inc., and the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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What’s on this week: 28 June to 4 July
Brussels International Film Festival back for second year
Prestigious Europalia arts festival to showcase the culture of Romania from autumn
Loud and clear: New Brussels party night Rien à Voir is all about the sound
What’s on this week: 24-30 May
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What’s on this week: 14-20 December
Our top picks of cultural events and activities in and around Brussels
A brand new arts festival is in town: Connexion BXL was launched by various cultural players in the capital to illustrate its connection to other people and places in the world. Focusing on performers from Africa and the Middle East, as well as Belgians with roots in these countries, the festival showcases music, theatre and dance, including many premieres. “The world today is already part of Brussels,” says the festival’s chair, Jan Goossens (the previous director of KVS). He thinks that sharing culture can help bind people to each other. “Connexion BXL is an international festival for an international city.” 14-22 December, across Brussels
Take to Muziekpublique for your weekly drowning-your-Brexit-sorrows, where the Welsh trio Alaw (Welsh for ‘melody’) take to the stage. After a rousing concert at Brosella this summer, violinist Oli Wilson, guitarist Dylan Fowler and accordion player Jamie Smith are back with their unique brand of Celtic folk. 15 December 20.00, Molière Theatre, Square du Bastion 3 (Ixelles)
The Belgian National Orchestra’s Christmas Concert is a rousing rendition of Maurice Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilès (The Child and the Spells). Good for the whole family (6+), it’s the timeless tale of a boy who is mean to animals and the objects in his bedroom, which suddenly come to life to take their revenge. But it all ends well, as you probably concluded. The orchestra is accompanied by opera singers from both home and abroad. (In French with surtitles in French and Dutch) 21-22 December 18.00, Bozar, Rue Ravenstein 23
Just in time for Christmas, Brussels-based artisans of all stripes throw open their doors for Experience Days. The free event allows visitors behind the scenes and puts on special events. Taste several varieties of coffee, for instance, at Corica or learn to make speculoos at Dandoy. L’Antichambre lets you create your own personalised fragrance, while La Maison Carine Gilson does the same with (~ blush ~) lingerie. There are nearly 40 stops, with a shuttle bus dropping visitors off and picking them up all day long. 15-16 December 11.00-18.30, across Brussels
All the talk around the revolution of ’68 got Brussels-based playwright Sanja Mitrovic thinking: How does a global revolution spread and does it have any effect on the young people of today? The production My Revolution is Better than Yours covers much territory, from these questions to historical amnesia and the brand marketing of social movements. (In multiple languages with surtitles in English, French and Dutch) 14-15 December, KVS, Quai aux Pierres de Taille 7
Studio Brussel’s massive year-end fundraising event De Warmste Week includes a short run that can be jogged, walked or wheelchaired. The Warmathon takes place in different cities on different nights, and it’s in Brussels on Thursday. Pay €15 to tool around the Atomium and D’Osseghem Park. The money goes to charity, and a festival atmosphere is guaranteed. 20 December, start anytime between 14.00 and 19.30 at Atomium, Square de l’Atomium
If you’re more Scrooge oriented this time of year, you might just be able to get into Valley of Love, a sort of anti-Christmas Christmas concert. Billed as “a bright winter voyage in the era of global warming,” it features world music that celebrates love and community without all the cutesy-cute. An release event for ‘the other Christmas album’ of the same name, you’ll hear original numbers by musicians from home and abroad recounting their best – and their worst – memories of the holidays. Artists include Belgian worldfolk musician Jawhar, Belgian rock guitarist Rudy Trouve and Finnish jazz-pop singer Anu Junnonen. 19 December 20.00, Théâtre Marni, Rue de Vergnies 25 (Ixelles)
The neighbourhood group Voisins D’Eliza invite you to Midwinternacht to celebrate the longest night of the year. Poetry, music, warm drinks and more in the open-air of Elisabeth Park. 21 December 15.00-22.00, Elisabeth Park (Koekelberg)
Catch some adventure during the European Outdoor Film Tour, a group of short films following the exploits of people who do insane things like climb snow-covered mountains, turn somersaults on mountain bikes and ‘roller-ski’. Whether you would ever do this stuff or not, it’s great fun to watch. 18 December 20.00, La Madeleine, 14 Rue Duquesnoy
Have you wandered over to ‘The Dome’ at the Christmas market that you’ve heard so much about only to discover that you needed a ticket, which requires (*shudder*) advance planning? Let us make it easy on you. First: You can just buy a ticket at the door to see the films, whether it’s the selection of shorts that make up the Discovery programme or the feature films. You can’t book in advance even if you want to, so no stress. If you want to catch a performance, click here, where you will find a description of all performances and a big button that says ‘buy now’. There are performances every weekend in the evening. Until 6 January, Boulevard Anspach between Place de Brouckère and Rue de l’Évêque
OUTSIDE BRUSSELS
The work of French artist Francois Curlet, who has long resided in Brussels, is focused, an Antwerp museum once said, on ‘thingliness’. His objects and images question what are considered mundane or common objects and imageries in our daily lives. In acts of constant deconstruction and reconstruction, he studies – and criticises – the meaning instilled in goods and brands. The exhibition Crésus & Crusoé puts much of this interesting – and often hilarious – stuff on show. Until 10 March, Mac’s, Grand-Hornu, Rue Sainte-Louise 82, Boussu (Hainaut)
The ever-cool theatre group FC Bergman has teamed up with the Vlaamse Opera to utterly shake up Georges Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers). Not content to tackle a piece that was already cutting edge, they chose a classic in the opera genre, the story of a love triangle that was popular the moment it premiered in 1863. As directors, the team of FC Bergman scaled back the traditionally exotic set, letting the bare bones of the painful emotional conflict fill the stage instead. Catch it if you can. (In the original French with Dutch surtitles) 14-31 December, Antwerp Opera; 12-24 January, Ghent Opera
Photos: Connexion/Vladimir Dziomba, Valley of Love/J Van Belle/Wallonia-Brussels International
Written by Lisa Bradshaw
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Men's basketball overtakes Monarchs in 105-92 game
Behind a 50 percent shooting performance, the Santa Monica College Corsairs men's basketball team defeated the Los Angeles Valley College Monarchs 105-92, Saturday. Santa Monica could not miss from the field in the first half. Freshman guard Derrien King put on a show as he went 5-6 from the perimeter and had 21 points at halftime.
The three headed monster of King, sophmore guard Jerry Shevlin, and freshman guard Brandon Baker were giving the monarchs fits of frustration all game. Baker would attack and Shevlin and King were able to knock down jumpers. At the half the Corsairs had a 54-38 lead and looked they were going to run away with the game.
However, at the half, the blue and white's defense caught a case of the itis.
SMC saw a 20-point lead slip to only 5 as freshman guard Jordan Brown for the Monarchs caused havoc. Brown led the Monarchs and only missed 2 shots in the second half and finished the game with 45 points.
However, Shevlin responded as King cooled off, turing the final minuets of the game into a duel between Brown and the versatile Shevlin.
"I think [Brown] is a very good basketball player, but one player can’t beat you,” SMC head coach Jerome Jenkins
The Corsairs team defense came up big late in the game. Admassu Williams was key as he grabbed rebounds and blocked shots to help anchor the Corsairs defense. Shevlin and Baker pushed the Corsairs to a double-digit lead to help spark the Corsairs to a big home victory.
"On defense I did not like as many points as we gave up.” Jenkins said. “We still are not as tough as I want us to be defensively. We got a long way to go defensively."
King finished the game with 27 points on 10-14 from the field and 5-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Shevlin ended up with 23 points, 5 assists, and shot 9-15 from the field and 4-5 from the perimeter. Baker finished with 17 points, shot 50% from the perimeter and had 3 steals. Williams pulled scored 13 points and 11 rebounds and 2 block shots. Damon Harvin added 8 points off the bench on 4-9 shooting.
"I think we got a lot of weapons. We got to share the ball, love each other a little bit more we will be hard to guard.”
The next game is Wednesday at West Los Angeles College.
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Show notes for the 323rd Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast featuring music by performers from or in Malta:
Skimmed – Ronnie
Skimmed are finally releasing their first full length album Summer Lovers on the 23rd of February 2013 at the intimate British Legion Theatre in Valletta. To hold us over until then, or perhaps simply to promote this launch event, they’ve released a single from the album, which is a tribute to 1960s pop icon Ronnie Spector. Although the band has produced a string of impressive single releases over the past couple of years or so, I must say that this is one their most impressive tracks to date. If there’s more of this sort of thing in store on the album, I’m sure it’ll prove to be one the first significant debut albums to be released in 2013.
Clandestines – Try Too Hard
I lifted this track of the split cassette release Summer Camp for Pale Young Boys, which Clandestines share with Hey Sus, for two reasons. The first of these is the fact that I need to follow up on an M3P exploration with band member Daniel Abdilla, but more importantly to have a good excuse to provide a link for the MMI 2012 Listeners’ Picks Poll, which is open until Monday 31 December on Facebook. The split album is obviously nominated on this year’s MMI poll.
Mel Xkejfa – Storyteller
Former Chasing Pandora singer Melissa Portelli returns as a solo performer called Mel Xkejfa. She has just released this track to promote her debut solo album supported by a number of collaborators from her time with Chasing Pandora. There will be a video to promote this song in the coming days (you can see it here when it’s out) and a live show planned for 25th January 2013 at the St James Cavalier Music Room in Valletta. The album Who Me Mel Xkejfa? was officially released on 3 December 2012, so it’ll have to wait until next year to be nominated in the MMI Listeners’ Picks poll.
Xiola – Half A Day
I’ve made no secret of my admiration for Maltese singer-songwriter Adolf Formosa over the years. His songs have been featured on several editions of the MMI podcast. This year he has been collaborating with a couple of fellow kindred spirits operating under the name Xiola and recorded an album comprising 13 tracks called Bay of Pigs. This is certainly no commercial release and my only criticism is that I’d really love to hear Adolf do some songs in Maltese one day. Meanwhile, this new collection from Xiola will be among my treasured 2012 recordings from Malta, even through I failed to included in the list of nominations for the MMI 2012 Listeners’ Picks poll.
Ħolma Qattusa feat. Robert Farrugia Flores – Talba
Although not as sophisticated as I’d have liked it to be, this Maltese-language collaboration between Ħolma Qattusa and PDM frontman Robert Farrugia Flores is still quite a pleasing song. The video that accompanies it is not very imaginative, but you could argue that at least there’s a video for the song making it more palatable to spread through YouTube. If there are other similar collaborations in the pipeline, things can really only get better…so let’s hope that that’s what’s in store for 2013.
Mikiel Haber – Franco Waqqa’ l-Gvern
Following up on last year’s Diska Vili, which is among the nominations for Top Online Release in MMI 2012 Listeners’ Picks Poll, Mikiel Haber returns with yet another timely reworking of a classic song (The Beatles’ All Together Now from Yellow Submarine) to comment on a socio-political situation currently gripping the Maltese islands. This time it’s Franco Debono’s rebel rousing actions, which have brought the Gonzi government to an administrative cul de sac after many months of delaying the inevitable.
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Rahn Musikpreis
Rahn Musikpreis 2020 piano
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Rahn Preisträgerkonzert
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Rahn Concert Più
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The Rahn Kulturfonds was founded to promote and award outstanding students of swiss music conservatoires and academies.
Rahn Musikpreis 2016 for piano
The Rahn Musikpreis competition 2016 took place from 16-20 January 2016 at the ZKO-Haus in Zurich. 42 students applied, mainly from Russia but also from Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Switzerland, Spain, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Turkey, Ukraine and Hungary. Three female and five male students qualified for the final audition. The jury awarded a first prize to Chiara Opalio from Italy and Benedek Horváth from Hungary (CHF 12’000 each). The third prize (CHF 4’000) was won by Alexandra Sikorskaya from Russia.
Rahn Musikpreis 2014 for strings
The Rahn Musikpreis competition 2014 for string instruments took place from 19-21 January 2014 at the ZKO-Haus. Approximately 100 students participated, among them seven from Switzerland, as well as from various European countries and from Russia. 17 students qualified for the final audition. The members of the jury were: Ada Pesch, Karen Forster, Sol Gabetta and Frank Sanderell. They awarded the cellist Miriam Prandi with a first prize (CHF 12’000). A second prize (CHF 8’000) went to the violinist Rustem Monasypov, the cellist Beatriz Blanco and Vanessa Hunt Russell. Third prizes went to (CHF 4’000) the violinist Simon Wiener, the violist Grigory Maximenko and the double bassists Witold Moniewski and Zhi Xiong Liu.
The Rahn Musikpreis competition 2012 for piano took place from 20-22 January 2012 at the ZKO-Haus in Zurich. 25 students from Switzerland and abroad competed, four of them from Switzerland, the others mainly from Japan, Russia and Ukraine. Six students qualified for the final audition. The jury awarded a first prize (CHF 12’000 each) to Asaki Ino from Japan and Maki Wiederkehr from Switzerland. A third prize (CHF 4’000) went to Mari Tada from Japan.
The Rahn Musikpreis competition for string instruments 2010 took place from 19-22 January at St. Peter’s church in Zurich. 41 students from Switzerland and abroad applied: 19 violinists, 11 violists, 8 cellists and 3 double bassists. Students from Switzerland, other European countries, Asia, Australia and the USA participated. 13 candidates qualified for the final audition. The jury awarded a first prize (CHF 10’000) to the violinist Vladyslava Luchenko from Ukraine and the Chinese cellist, Mi Zhou, as well as to the double bassist Wies de Boevé from Belgium. A second prize (CHF 8’000) went to Konstantin Manaev, Cellist from Russia. Third prizes (CHF 4’000) went to the violinist Malwina Sosnowski from Switzerland and the two cellists Gunta Abele from Latvia and Marie Waldmannova from Czech Republic. None of the violists was awarded.
The Rahn Musikpreis competition 2008 took place from 15-18 January 2008. The jury comprised of Howard Griffiths as president, Klaus Linder, Dominique Merlet and Ricardo Castro. The jury awarded prizes of a total of CHF 30’000. The first prize was won by Giulietta Koch, the second prize by Christoph Scheffelt.
The Rahn Musikpreis competition 2006 for string instruments took place from 16-20 January 2006. The jury comprised of Gérard Caussé (viola, Paris) as president, Bohuslav Matousek (violin, Prague), Yvan Chiffoleau (violoncello, Paris), Frank Sanderell (double bass, Zurich) and Ricardo Castro (piano, Bahia).
The jury awarded prizes of a total of CHF 50’000. First prize winners were Mayuko Kamio (Violin), Alexander Grytsayenko (violin), Lionel Cottet (violoncello) and Benjamin Nyffenegger (violoncello). Second prize winners were Veit Hertenstein (viola) and Samuel Alcántara (double bass). Third prizes went to Noémie Rufer (violin) and Xu Luo (double bass).
The competition 2020 for piano will take place at ZKO-Haus in Zurich from Tuesday, January 14 until Friday, January 17, 2020. Further information and application >
Rahn Concert Continuo 2019
On 8 March 2019 the VI Rahn Concert Continuo took place in the large concert hall of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Impressions of the concert and press reviews can be found here: Impressions Press...
The VI Rahn Concert Continuo takes place for the first time in the large concert hall of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK). Prize winners and selected scholarship holders of the Rahn Kulturfonds will perform works by F. Schubert, N. Paganini, H. Wolf, O....
Rahn concert Più – Impressions
Rahn Kulturfonds has organized its first ever Rahn Concert PIÙ. The concert is aimed at music lovers of all ages and took place on November 10, 2018 at Kaufleuten Festsaal in Zurich. Winners of the Rahn Musikpreis and scholarship holders played pieces by H....
On 29 November 2018, five prizewinners and scholarship holders are performing in Zurich. The concert is organized by Swiss International Club, a partner of the Rahn Kulturfonds....
Rahn Kulturfonds organizes its first ever Rahn Concert PIÙ. Winners of the Rahn Musikpreis and scholarship holders will perform at the Kaufleuten Festsaal in Zurich. The concert is aimed at music lovers of all ages. Children of all ages are very welcome. A play corner...
Rahn Scholarship – Audition 2018
Rahn Kulturfonds awards scholarships worth between 4,000 and 7,000 Swiss francs since 2011 and also loans instruments to outstanding music students. The next audition takes place on September 3, 2018 in Zurich. Conditions and application... Closing date is August 23,...
Live Recording Rahn Prize Winner Concert 2018
The live-recording of the Rahn Preisträgerkonzert for strings 2018 at Tonhalle Maag is online! The recordings are made by Marcel Babazadeh, Atelier Klang und Raum in Zurich. More...
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Rediff.com » Business » How India can become a hub of software products
How India can become a hub of software products
March 01, 2019 19:48 IST
Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups.
Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
The Cabinet on Thursday cleared a policy to make India a software product centre by 2025. In a series of decisions, it approved the second phase of the FAME India scheme to boost electric vehicle for public transport, and an ordinance to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar number as a Know Your Customer (KYC) mechanism.
National Policy on Software Products, 2019
The policy lays out a five-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 million jobs and promoting 10,000 startups with an initial budget of Rs 1,500 crore.
The policy aims “to encourage innovation, startups and creation of Intellectual Property (IP) by developing greater collaboration between the government, industry, academia and other stakeholders".
An initial outlay of Rs 1,500 crore for seven years has been made to implement the programmes planned under the policy.
The policy has a five missions - leading a ten-fold increase in India's share of global software market by 2025, nurturing 10,000 technology startups in software product industry, including 1,000 in tier-2 and tier-3 towns, generating direct and indirect employment for 3.5 million people by 2025, creating a talent pool by improving skills of 1 million IT professionals, 100,000 school and college students, and training 10,000 professionals for leadership roles.
It also seeks to develop 20 sectoral and strategically located software product development clusters, and include participation from academia, industry and government.
FAME India Scheme
The total outlay for the scheme will be Rs 10,000 crore, spanning over three years.
“The main objective of the scheme is to encourage faster adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles by way of offering upfront incentive on purchase of electric vehicles and also by way of establishing a necessary charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
"The scheme will help address the issue of environmental pollution and fuel security,” Jaitley said.
The scheme primarily targets public transport vehicles.
“Through the scheme, it plans to support 1 million electric two-wheelers, 500,000 three-wheelers and 55,000 four-wheelers and 7,000 buses,” the government said.
It will, however, be applicable only for vehicles fitted with batteries necessary for electric vehicles.
The amendments approved are the same as those in the Bill proposed in January, which suggested changes in the Telegraph Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Under the amendments, an Aadhaar holder can opt for offline verification through QR code and will not require to share his or her actual Aadhaar number.
It also gives the Unique identification Authority of India, the agency that administers Aadhaar, the power to give directions as it may consider necessary to any entity in the Aadhaar ecosystem.
Soft loans for sugar mills
With sugarcane dues spiralling to over Rs 20,000 crore due to falling prices, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a proposal to grant a soft loan of Rs 8,000-10,000 crore to sugar mills that would be paid directly to farmers.
The loans will be provided at a subsidised interest rate of 7-10 per cent for one year, for which government will bear an interest subsidy burden of Rs 553-1,054 crore.
This loan will be transferred directly into farmers’ bank accounts.
Subsequent balance, if any, will then be credited into the mill’s account, an official statement said.
The loans will be available to those mills who have cleared at least 25 per cent of their outstanding cane arrears for the 2018-19 sugar season.
Air India Subsidiary
The four subsidiaries, which have been transferred to the SPV, are Air India Air Transport Services (AIATSL), Airline Allied Services (AASL), Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) and Hotel Corporation of India (HCI).
Also, non-core assets - painting and artefacts, and other non-operational assets of the national carrier too will be transferred to the SPV.
National Mineral Policy
The policy will give status of industry to mining activity to boost financing for the sector. It will also harmonise taxes, levies and royalty with world benchmarks to help the sector.
It will also have the long term import export policy for mineral that will help private sector in better planning and stability in business.
The policy also rationalizes reserved areas given to PSUs which have not been used and to put these areas to auction.
This will give more opportunity to private sector for participation.
Purchase of RBI equity in NHB by government
For this purpose, Cabinet approves Rs 1,450 crore, to be met from gross budgetary support for 2018-19.
The government will buy the entire cent per cent stake of RBI in NHB.
The change in ownership from RBI to the government will also segregate RBI's role as banking regulator and as owner of NHB.
Other major proposals
Strategic sale of government stake in Kamarajar Port Limited to Chennai Port Trust
Allowing those not having Aadhaar linked to their bank accounts to avail the benefits of PM Kisan Yojana in April
Ordinance to amend Special Economic Zones Act to allow trusts to set up units in these zones
Institutional framework for monetisation of identified non-core assets of public sector enterprises under strategic divestment and assets relating to immovable enemy property
Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana for providing financial support to integrated bio-ethanol projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstock
Construction of four-lane bridge, including approaches over river Brahmaputra between Dhubri on North Bank (Assam) and Phulbari on South Bank in Meghalaya
Govt warns social media portals
Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Thursday asked social media portals to be on the lookout for videos, tweets or posts on Facebook that might spread misinformation.
With rising border tensions, he said social media portals should take immediate action against posts which might incite violence.
Social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter are taking extra precautions to ensure the flow of fake news, posts that might incite violence are taken down.
Neha Alawadhi, Arindam Majumder & Sanjeeb Mukherjee in New Delhi
E-commerce policy draft may bring cheer to the realty sector
India-Pakistan tensions may not impact insurance covers
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Red Sand Cottage
Woodland Conservation & Restoration
We have now sold and moved on, but this is an historical account of the work we carried out at Red Sand Cottage.
Possibly the most significant part of Red Sand Cottage for us, and that which we fell in love with immediately (even more than the proximity to the beach!) was the woodland. We had a big list of 'essentials' on our list of attributes in looking for a property to purchase, but I clearly remember walking through the woods and thinking that none of it mattered as long as we could live here in these woods.
What a joy and a privilege it is to be able to spend time in the woods throughout the seasons, yet with that comes a responsibility to care for and protect these woods that we love so much. We had started learning about the Acadian Forest some years ago when we first came to the island, and were sad to learn that, in common with so many places, all was not well with the forest.
The Acadian Forest - an Endangered Forest
The Acadian Forest Red Sand Cottage is situated in the Acadian Forest area in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. The Acadian Forest stretches from Northern New England and includes Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and areas of Southern Quebec. It is a transitional mixed forest zone between the deciduous trees in the south and coniferous trees of the north. Our climate has cold winters but warm summers and this enables the mix of species to flourish. In the natural Acadian forest, most of the tree species grow up under the canopy of older trees as they are fairly shade-tolerant. Young trees take advantage of small gaps in the canopy that open up when older and larger individual or small groups of trees die, or blow down. This causes the many layers of trees of the Acadian forest – with seedlings, saplings, mature trees and dead wood all existing in the same stand. All of these trees play an important role in keeping our Acadian forest healthy. More about the Acadian Forest on Prince Edward Island
Unfortunately the Acadian forest has been listed as one of six endangered forests in North America for various reasons including clearcutting, plantations & use of herbicides. Peter Salonius outlines the main problems in his report Silvicultural Discipline to Maintain Acadian Forest Resilience, e.g. problems of clearcutting:
decreased structural complexity
genetically superior trees eliminated
removes mature-forest floor vegetation
creates hot and dry postharvest microclimates
encourages regeneration with short-lived, exposure-tolerant, boreal tree species (believed to be less able to adapt to the climate warming expected during the next forest rotation).
Our Woodlands Now - and our Plans
Here is an example of 'old field spruce' from our woodlands here at Red Sand Cottage in an area towards the very back of the property. The white spruce here are growing very close together and would have benefitted from thinning, although it's too late for the ones in the picture.
So we have a stand here of all similar age and height and have sprung up naturally from old farm land. In some areas there is little species diversity and they are in competition so grow tall and spindly and the canopy blocks out any light to the understory, where there is virtually no understory vegetation.
This type of forest growth is fairly typical on the island, where abandoned farmland regenerates with early successional Acadian forest species and bears more resemblance to the Boreal Forests of the north than to the original Acadian forest.
For some time we've been reading the advice about forest restoration from the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project. They describe the current state of the Island's forests:
"According to the State of the Island's Forests report in 2002, only 9,000 hectares of this hardwood dominant shade tolerant forest remains in scattered patches throughout the island. By 1900, the population of PEI had drastically increased to 100,000 and only about 30% of the land was left in forests. During those 100 years, much of the best forested land went under the axe or was burned to make room for agriculture. Many species of mammals were extripated from the island forests, such as bears, fish, marten and piliated woodpeckers. Of those remaining forests, many had been disturbed by cuttings, fires, and cattle grazing. Another big problem was the introduction of diseases that has devastated the American Beech and American Elm on PEI as well as other areas. Within the woodlot of the Macphail Woods in Orwell, PEI, there is a small area by the Orwell River that contains elements of what once was the Acadian Forest on PEI. You can still see the towering White Pines that Bald eagles currently use for nesting. Yellow birch that rise for meters tower over the stream. Eastern hemlocks along the south slope of the stream are over 2 meters around in circumference. Owls can be seen perching and Flying squirrels are found here."
This suggests that only 2% of the island which was once entirely covered with trees, remains as Acadian Forest. There have been many calls for Acadian Forest Restoration and, since we have found ourselves being fortunate to live in the forest, we are committed to playing our small part by being good forest stewards and attempt to facilitate the regeneration of the 20-odd acres of woodland currently in our care.
There are generally acknowledged to be 32 tree species in the Acadian Forest. Sugar maple, ash, cedar and yellow birch can reach ages of over 200 years. Red spruce and white pine can grow to be 400 years old. Eastern hemlock is our oldest living species, sometimes living to the age of 800 years. Also Red Oak (the provincial tree of PEI), Beech , Black Spruce, Larch, Red Maple, White Spruce, Elm, White Ash, White and Grey Birch and Eastern White Cedar are common.
Here at Red Sand Cottage, we will adopt an approach of Integrated Resource Management (IRM), where the many benefits from the forest will be renwable for future generations:
Improve the woodlands for personal recreation (mainly walking and show-shoeing)
Make an annual income from the woodlot
Obtain fuel sustainably for heating, hot water and cooking.
Increase wildlife and biodiversity
Make accessible for some community use and enjoyment, enable people to connect with the natural landscape.
Facilitate Acadian Forest regeneration, either by natural succession or accelerated succession by planting
We are part of the Provincial Forest Enhancement Program (FEP) and under that scheme we have employed a consultant to carry out a survey of the woodlands and to prepare a Forest Management plan with a recommended set of remedial works to enhance the woodlot. The full plan will be copied here at some point, but the key features are:
Create cavity trees where there are none by girdling
Brush piles and deadwood for habitats
Conduct a series of 'patch cuts'
Allow wildlife hardwood species to regenerate in the patch cuts
Plant a greater mix of species for diversity and resilience
Encourage a greater mix of ages of trees
Thin to allow sufficient growing space
Avoid soil compaction, tree wounding & making ruts in the ground during operations
Create areas of regeneration
Leave some areas completely natural and untouched
Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry Forest Enhancement Program
Prince Edward Island Forest Policy Discussion Document Creating a Vision for the Future
Public Forest council Report Woodlands Hold the Island together
Canadian Forest Service Defining Old-Growth Forests in the Acadian Forest Region
Prince Edward Island Forest Policy (Moving to Restore a Balance in Island Forests)
Coppicing
Coppicing is the cutting down of (mainly) hardwoods and allowing regeneration of growth from the stump for various uses. We have started coppicing several stands of alder for fence posts, poplar for future firewood and willow for craft materials. All will be on a short, 3-5 year rotation coppice.
We would love to interplant the poplar with sweet chestnut as maidens to grow on as standards in the coppice as coppicing with standards protects regenerating coppice and doesn't take too much light away from the coppice if no greater than 40% of the canopy space. Although the calorific value of poplar is low, the speed of growth is so high that this more than compensates and coppiced poplar could produce 2 cords per acre per year. If this proves to be the case here, we would need less than 1 acre of coppice to meet our needs for cooking, heating and hot water, supplemented with thinnings, prunings and clearing to produce a more diverse fuel mix.
We are coppicing mainly hardwoods, but experimenting a little with the coppicing of softwoods. By coppicing we would encourage biodiversity by the creation of new habitats, prolong the life of the trees and create a sustainable source of future craft materials, posts or firewood. After initial cutting, there is no need to thin the large number of shoots per stool as self-thinning takes place over the following years (except for softwoods which do need a little thinning).
Generally there is a larger number of shoots in the first year. Growth is fastest in the second year and tails off by the third. Coppice is cut during the winter to ensure that shoots are frost hardy and to avoid disturbing foliage during spring nesting or trampling plants underfoot. Branches and logs cut during the winter last longer than that cut when the sap is higher.
Coppicing causes light and warmth to reach part of the woodland floor, creating more diverse plant growth and creating wildlife habitats around those plants, e.g. insects, birds & mammals. Nectar rich flowers attract butterflies and moths. Dense coppice growth provides cover for migrant songbirds and small mammals.
'Rides' are roadways through the woodlands, open access areas where there is sufficient gap in the canopy to allow light to reach the ground. If these are in an East West direction it minimises any wind tunnel effects, but these effects can also be minimised by having meandering rides with narrow ends and by cutting 'scallops' into the sides. We have an existing North/South 'ride'. In order to mitigate some of the wind effects that this might cause we have added 'scallops' into the side of the ride to create warmer wildlife areas out of the wind. Another strategy might be to narrow down the openings at the two ends of the ride 20m from the woodland edge. Within the scallop, insects, small mammals and birds can feed, shelter and thrive in the warmer environment where dog-roses and native shrubs like dogwood thrive. This is a benefit to us providing rose hips and dogwood craft stems.
A major benefit of the scallops (and the patch cuts) is that they allow blueberries to grow. It is our aim to leave or create 'pinch points' (where the tree canopy touches across the ride or is no more than 1.5m apart) at approximately every 100m along the ride for mammals like squirrels that do not always like to travel over the ground over open spaces. Thinning the woodland either side of the ride gives greater benefit, a graduated edge is the optimum for maximum wildlife diversity.
Glades can be created where rides cross (box junction). The edge of the glade can be wavy to increase edge and allow shrubs to grow. Dead wood is a crucial habitat - high up (standing snags) for nesting sites (woodpeckers, bats, birds), brush piles for shelter, fallen trees for insects lichens fungi and mosses (and the species which feed on them).
On the Northern side of the woodlands, we are grading the edge with shrubs leading to smaller trees and then larger trees to help slow the progress of the damaging northerly winds, thus avoiding tree damage. This also helps to warm up the wind, protecting wildlife. Rabbits in small numbers help if they create bare patches of earth where snakes and lizards can thrive. However, in larger numbers they damage the flora of the rides and eat shoots of regenerating coppice.
Update Spring 2011
Part of our Forest Management Plan is to carry out small patch cuts in the white spruce 'monoculture' in order to enhance biodiversity. This is a picnic glade we've cleared, one picnic table is in place, another to follow (no easy task!). Already new species are springing up and looking strong and healthy: balsam fir, mountain ash, eastern cedar and white birch are appearing where once there was only the one species (white spruce).
If we had left well alone for nature to take it's course, the spruce were of an age where they would start to fall in about 4-5 years time. When light hit the forest floor, new seedlings would appear (just like we are encouraging here), but they could easily be crowded out by spruce seedlings. This is what happened originally when this farmland was left to regenerate. In other, newer areas of the woods, we can see this happening. At first there are a number of different seedlings, but the older the woodland, the more these get crowded out by the spruce.
The above picture shows a section of the woodland walk. Here you can see clearly how only the tops of the spruces are green, everything else appears dead and there is no vegetation on the woodland floor. The spruce are too close together, but it's too late at this stage to thin them, the best course of action being the patch cuts advised by the forestry consultant.
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British F3: Enaam Ahmed Extends Championship Lead with Spa Double
Ryan Ashenhurst
It was Carlin driver Enaam Ahmed who left Spa-Francorchamps with the lion share of points after climbing the order to claim victory in race two of the weekend and follow it up with another top-spot finish after a close battle with Championship rival Toby Sowery.
British F3 is approaching the business end of the season with only nine races to go and Ahmed was able to extend his lead in the standings with a seventh and eighth victory at Spa. The young Brit had a strong weekend in the Ardenne, amassing close to maximum points and making the trip to the podium three times over the weekend. After a close fight with Sowery in race three, Ahmed said,
“Toby was much quicker than me at the start of the race and was taking slightly different lines, as I think track conditions changed after the British GT race. He seemed to adapt to it quicker than I did but I was able to catch him slowly and he was running lower downforce so it was hard to get him on the straight, so I had to maximize sector two. But once I was able to get a good exit from turn one I was able to just about catch him and then pass him.
The team did a mega job this weekend because we were slow after Silverstone and were struggling at long high speed tracks. We found a solution and they did a mega job to get me out and give me a competitive car for this weekend. It’s been a fantastic weekend for the championship and I couldn’t have asked for better!”
– Enaam Ahmed
Toby Sowery picked up two podiums over the weekend and strengthened his own position in the standings. He was on for the race three victory but pressure from behind and the length of the straights prevented a third victory of the season.
“When you’re in the lead, you’re so vulnerable to the car behind when you’re on the Kemmel straight. We were struggling with the car in right handers specifically, which obviously doesn’t help but that’s not an excuse.
I thought I might be able to keep Enaam behind me but I made a small mistake at Stavelot and he managed to get close enough and drag past. I don’t think if there was a straight he would have got past me, but it’s such a long straight for us that any opportunity you get, you pretty much take.”
– Toby Sowery
Fortec’s Ben Hingeley also had another strong weekend, with a victory in race one and a third place finish in race three. He closes in slightly on James Pull in the driver standings, the pair currently in a battle for third place.
Heading to Brands Hatch, the question remains: Can anyone catch Enaam Ahmed? He has matched the rest of the field on race wins with eight so far, and it’s starting to look like he has the pace to claim the title. But with strong competition like Sowery, Pull and Hingeley and the general unpredictability that is part of Motorsport, it will be an all-out dogfight until the final chequered flag is waved.
Ryan Ashenhurst
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Outstanding New Zealand, Staying in Hotel 3 star
13 day North to South Lord of the Rings Explorer, Staying in Hotel 3 star
Outstanding New Zealand, Staying in Motels
Tolkiens New Zealand
Day 1 - Welcome to Auckland
Personal meet and greet, and private transfer to your accommodation
On arrival you will be met by one of our team and driven to your Auckland accommodation.
Your accommodation: Heritage Hotel Auckland
The Heritage Auckland Hotel commands an elevated position in the centre of the city. With two distinctive accommodation wings - The Hotel reflects the traditional style of the building's famous past, while The Tower is a contemporary design.
Day 2 - Auckland to Waitomo Caves to Rotorua
Auckland to Rotorua including Waitomo and Rotorua Experience with GreatSights
This full day tour has it all! From the magical glowworms and world-famous limestone formations of Waitomo to the rich cultural heritage and geothermal bounty of Rotorua. Includes a visit to the glowworm caves, a Māori cultural performance, a visit to the Agrodome and bubbling mud pools and geysers.
Your accommodation: Millennium Hotel Rotorua
Millennium Hotel is Rotorua's largest 4-star deluxe hotel. Perfectly situated in the heart of the city overlooking Lake Rotorua. Five levels of accommodation offer guests a wide variety of scenic views.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3 - Hobbiton day tour from Rotorua, Maori Village tour and dinner this evening
Hobbiton Movie Set Tour from Rotorua
Discover the real Middle-earth when you take this two hour guided tour of Hobbiton. Beginning with a drive through a picturesque 1,250 acre sheep farm, you'll experience stunning views over the Kaimai Ranges. You'll then be escorted through the 12 acre movie set learning memorable anecdotes about the shooting of the films. Visit Hobbit Holes, the Green Dragon Inn, the Mill and the Party Tree, as well as learning how this piece of Waikato farmland was turned into the Shire.
Mitai Maori Village
An evening at Mitai will give you an awe-inspiring introduction to the indigenous Maori culture. Marvel at the beautiful bush setting and see warriors in traditional dress who paddle an ancient warrior canoe (waka) down the Wai-o-whiro stream while trout and eels swim beneath the surface. Enjoy a traditionally cooked hangi meal and round your evening off with a spectacular cultural performance that tells the story of the Maori people, their past, carvings, and ta Moko -Tattoo art. Be captivated by the displays of weaponry and combat and be amazed by the spine tingling Haka finale. Truly an experience to remember.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4 - Today fly Rotorua to Christchurch
Rotorua Accommodation to Rotorua Airport
You will be collected from your accommodation and transferred to Rotorua Airport.
Please note that this is a shared transfer, there may be 2-3 extra stops along the way.
Air New Zealand flight Rotorua to Christchurch
Private transfer Christchurch airport to your accommodation
On arrival you will be met by a private driver and delivered to your Christchurch accommodation.
Explore Christchurch City
Following the 2011 earthquake that razed its centre and much of the outlying suburbs, Christchurch is well into a billion-dollar makeover. In the middle of the Canterbury Plains, bordering the pacific ocean, New Zealand’s newest city is an ideal gateway to exploring the middle of the South.
Go punting on the Avon River, take a historic tram ride, catch the gondola to the rim of an extinct volcano or do all three! See the world's only Cardboard Cathedral and for nature enthusiasts - wander the renowned Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
Drive an hour in any direction to ski, mountain bike, wine taste, whale-watch, bungy jump or play golf. Visit the International Antarctic Centre or take a day to go on safari at Orana Wildlife Park. Take the winding Port Hills road to the French settlement of Akaroa and tour the vines in Waipara for a authentic New Zealand wine-tasting experience.
Your accommodation: Heartland Hotel Cotswold
The Heartland Hotel Cotswold is just a few minutes walk to boutique shopping at Merivale and Hagley Park. The distinctive architecture of the Heartland Hotel Cotswold reflects Christchurch's image as the most English of cities outside of England.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 5 - Lord of the Rings Edoras tour - a full day adventure
Lord of the Rings Edoras Tour
Journey to the remote and beautiful Mt Potts high country station, home of Mt Sunday. See how this spectacular mountain was transformed into Edoras - the capital city of the Rohan people from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Marvel at its rugged unspoiled beauty and breathe in the clear mountain air, while you indulge in a gourmet sparkling wine picnic.
Day 6 - Christchurch to Mt Cook National Park. This afternoon embark on a glacier lake adventure
Christchurch to Mount Cook with GreatSights
Depart Christchurch in the morning and travel through the Canterbury Plains to Lake Tekapo, where you can see the iconic Church of the Good Shepherd as it stands in solitude next to the vibrant blue waters. Leaving Tekapo, continue into the Southern Alps towards Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, home to New Zealand's tallest mountain.
The tour concludes on arrival at Mount Cook Village, where you can explore and soak up the views of Aoraki / Mount Cook.
Glacier Explorers Mt. Cook
Experience 500 year old icebergs up-close on the Mt Cook terminal lake. The Glacier Explorers tour is the only one of its kind in New Zealand - and one of only three in the world! Very few glaciers terminate into lakes and even fewer of them are accessible. See towering ice cliffs and floating icebergs from the safety of a specially designed boat. These boats provide a safe way to view unseen and inaccessible areas of New Zealand's largest glacier - The Tasman.
Your accommodation: Hermitage Hotel Room Mount Cook View
The Hermitage Hotel ringed by magnificent snow-capped peaks of the Southern Alps, is a world-renowned tourist destination and has been an icon of superior accommodation and dining since 1884.
Day 7 - Mt. Cook National Park to Queenstown
Mount Cook to Queenstown with GreatSights
Depart Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in the afternoon and head south through the Mackenzie Country. You pass the Mackenzie Basin and head into Central Otago before approaching Queenstown, where the impressive Remarkables mountain range and beautiful Lake Wakatipu come into view.
Tour concludes this evening on arrival into Queenstown.
Your accommodation: Heartland Hotel Queenstown
The Heartland Hotel Queenstown is the ideal place to stay if you want to be close to all the action of Queenstown's main centre, yet be elevated enough to take advantage of the spectacular views over Lake Wakatipu to the mountains.
Day 8 - A full day to relax in the resort of Queenstown
Enjoy a second day in Queenstown
With such an abundance of activities on offer, one day in Queenstown is never enough! Today you’ll have some spare time for those things you didn’t get to do yesterday. For more thrills you can choose from jet boating, luging, bungy jumping or a canyon swing. If golf is your game, the exceptional Millbrook Golf Course is the place for you. Explore a little further afield - nearby historic gold mining township Arrowtown, is a popular destination and features many original buildings and features. At the head of Lake Wakatipu sits Glenorchy, the scenic drive here is worth the trip alone, however arriving into this peaceful township you could easily rest the day away. Nearby is the start of the Routeburn Track, one of New Zealand’s Great Walks. You can enjoy a section of this track as a day walk or for the ultimate wilderness adventure choose the 3 day all-inclusive fully guided option. To really appreciate the natural beauty that surrounds this area, a scenic flight or hot air balloon ride will take your breath away. For a slightly more grounded experience, the Skyline Gondola offers fantastic views of Queenstown and the Remarkables.
Day 9 - Full day tour to Milford Sound including a nature cruise
Milford Sound Nature Cruise with return luxury coach transfers from Queenstown
Return luxury coach transport from Queenstown to Milford Sound, with an extended two hour Nature Cruise along the full length of the fiord. On board a Real Journeys luxury glass-roofed coach in Queenstown, you will enjoy a relaxing trip along the shores of Lake Wakatipu and through the rolling countryside to Te Anau. The coach driver provides an informative commentary. After a morning tea break in Te Anau, where you have the option of purchasing refreshments, the coach continues along the spectacular Milford Road. There is time for photo stops and short walks along the way. On reaching Milford Sound, you board the Milford Mariner for a leisurely extended cruise of the fiord. The cruise provides excellent viewing opportunities and plenty of time is available to enjoy waterfalls, rain forest, mountains and wildlife with extensive commentary by the onboard nature guide. Includes picnic boxed lunch.
Day 10 - Nomad Safari of the Scenes morning tour, free time to explore this afternoon
Safari of the Scenes Glenorchy Tour
For those keen on Lord Of The Rings - this is the tour for you. Go on a scenic adventure through some of the iconic locations used in the filming. Although none of the sets are left behind, the landscapes will be instantly recognisable. Follow the shores of Lake Wakatipu to the small town of Glenorchy and enjoy the spectacular views of the Remarkables Range as you drive. From Glenorchy you'll head into the beech forests of Paradise - located on the outskirts of Mount Aspiring National Park - before heading up the dart valley and back. Film locations you'll see include Isengard, Lothlorien, Ithilien Camp and the Seat of Seeing.
Explore Queenstown and surrounds
Although celebrated as New Zealand's ‘adventure capital’ Queenstown offers far more than a fast paced action-packed holiday. Settled on the shores of Lake Wakatipu beneath a soaring panorama of the Remarkables Mountain Range, this alpine town is surrounded by a plethora of historic, gastronomic and scenic wonders.
Head down the Gibbston valley wine trail to sample some of the region’s best Pinot or catch a ride on the 100 year old Steamship - the TSS Earnslaw - to Walter Peak Station for dinner and a farm tour. Browse the waterfront cafes and have lunch at Michelin star chef Josh Emett's ‘Rata.’ Check out nearby historic Arrowtown and enhance your experience with a four wheel drive trip to Macetown.
Take a leisurely lakeside stroll or ride the gondola for breathtaking views. Venture further afield into the Fiordland National Park or head over the Crown Range to Wanaka. Drive through Lord Of The Rings country - or for the really fanatic, jump aboard one of many dedicated LOTR tours. And after all of that - if you do really want the adrenaline rush Queenstown is known for, take your pick from the Shotover Jet, Nevis Bungy, Canyon Swing, Zipline, Luge or Heli-ski.
Day 11 - Queenstown to Glacier Country
Queenstown to Fox Glacier with GreatSights
See the majestic Southern Alps, picturesque lakes and rivers and the wild beauty of the West Coast on this journey from Queenstown to Fox Glacier. Pass man-made Lake Dunstan outside Cromwell, beautiful Lake Wanaka and its neighbouring Lake Hawea. Journey through the Haast Pass, the southernmost pass between the South Island's two coasts, enjoying views of native beech forest, waterfalls and glacier-fed rivers. Arriving on the West Coast, you enter an awe-inspiring landscape of vast rainforests, crystal clear waterfalls and rugged mountain tops.
Your journey concludes as you reach the small village of Fox Glacier.
Your accommodation: Heartland Hotel Fox Glacier
The Heartland Hotel Fox Glacier is nestled at the base of the majestic Southern Alps, in the Westland World Heritage Park. Originally built in 1928 it has been refurbished to retain its charming atmosphere.
Day 12 - Fox Glacier to Greymouth, then take the Tranz Alpine Scenic Train to Christchurch
Fox Glacier to Greymouth Train Station with GreatSights
This morning travel north through the small townships of Whataroa and Harihari. Pass through the township of Ross, which in the late 1800s was the centre of one of New Zealand's richest alluvial goldfields. On arrival into Hokitika there is a 35-minute break in your journey. This allows time to purchase lunch, explore the town centre and relax. Your coach concludes at the Greymouth Train Station.
TranzAlpine Scenic Train: Greymouth to Christchurch
Considered one of the world's great train journeys, the TranzAlpine Scenic Train takes you from Greymouth to Christchurch. You'll travel across the South Island from the west to the east coast through Arthur's Pass National Park. From the comfort of your carriage see lush beech forest, deep river valleys and the spectacular peaks of the Southern Alps. Descend to the windswept Canterbury Plains before arriving in the city of Christchurch.
Private Transfer Christchurch Train Station to your accommodation
On arrival into the Christchurch train station you will be met by a private transfer driver and taken to your accommodation.
Day 13 - Depart Christchurch today
Private transfer to Christchurch Airport
A private transfer will collect you from your accommodation and transfer you to Christchurch Airport in time for your departing flight.
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The Infantrywomen of “Bullet Catchers” Are a Strong Brigade | Village Voice
The Infantrywomen of “Bullet Catchers” Are a Strong Brigade
by David Cote
There is a grace and grit to the movements of "Bullet Catchers." Erin Herrick
Only around .4 percent of all Americans currently serve in the military; it’s a fraction of the population that endures more physical and mental stress than most of us do in a lifetime. The earnest and searching Bullet Catchers drills down to study an even smaller slice of our armed forces: infantrywomen deployed to combat zones. Yoking together — not always tidily — elements of workplace drama, movement theater, and mystic allegory, the ensemble-devised piece gets a decent amount of mileage from its appealing, hardworking cast.
Some bring a unique skill set to scenes of basic training and sweeping for hostiles: Three of the eight actors are veterans of the Navy, Air Force, or Army — including the fiery Sandra W. Lee, injured while on tour in Iraq. Lee establishes the show’s mytho-feminist frame in which Até, daughter of War, travels to Earth to prove to Daddy that women can be fighters. She chooses as her champion Lt. Col. Maya De Los Santos (Jessica L. Vera), who supervises an F.I.T., or Female Integration Training program, a mixed-gender platoon. (The program is fictitious, but since 2015, women have been allowed to serve in front-line combat roles.) De Los Santos recently married Jordan (Lee again), but she’s less concerned with domestic bliss than proving her unit can hold its own in the field.
We’re guided through basic training and deployment to southeastern Turkey, with the narrative and thematic points you expect from the genre: courage, rivalry, tested loyalty. Overachiever Lieutenant Anouk Eshara (Victoria Nassif, luminous) cannot afford mission failure. Reservist Joan Boudica (Emma C. Walton) resents being thrown into combat, a lack of esprit de corps that awakens the righteous anger of gung-ho alpha Sergeant Athena (Rebecca Hirota). (Character names are not-too-subtly borrowed from goddesses and she-warriors.) Male soldiers are represented by nice-guy medic Lampido (Jay Myers) and easygoing Private Reo (Damion J. Williams). Refreshingly, the group portrait that emerges is that of likable, sane professionals; a lesser playwright might impose sexual harassment or anti-Arab bigotry to stir the pot of drama.
On the downside, the sketchy script doesn’t give our heroes in fatigues much texture or nuance, just glimpses of private life between movement sequences as the grunts hasten to intercept an arms shipment bound for insurgents. Despite its collage structure and supernatural gloss, Bullet Catchers is your standard soldier’s tale, only this time it’s women who prove their mettle on the battlefield. Pacifists, GWOT skeptics, even gender-studies undergrads will find little sustained engagement here. On a practical level, the space is the enemy: Performers struggle to be heard in Judson Memorial Church’s sprawling, reverberant sanctuary. Still, director Julia Sears (who co-conceived the worthy project with Maggie Moore) fuses her troops into a cohesive force, executing dance interludes with muscular grace and grit. It would be wrong not to thank them for their service.
Bullet Catchers
55 Washington Square Park South
bulletcatcherstheplay.com
Through August 5
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Three Ways to Utilize Demographics Analytics for Your Amazon Ad Campaign
Home | Blog | Three Ways to Utilize Demographics Analytics for Your Amazon Ad Campaign
As we’ve noted before in our ultimate wishlist for Amazon marketing features, Amazon is a powerful ad platform for eCommerce sellers; however, the company still has a long way to go until its product rivals the likes of Google and Facebook.
While Amazon has a lot of catching up to do in the marketing features department, the company is doing just that. As part of an initiative to provide third-party sellers with more information, the company rolled out the new Brand Analytics feature, which Amazon describes as a “…feature that contains valuable insights to empower Brand Owners to make informed, strategic decisions about their product portfolio and marketing/advertising activities.”
This new integration with Seller Central offers merchants access to Search Term Reports and Search Frequency Rank data. While initially restricted to those “who own a brand or who serve as an agent, representative, or manufacturer of a brand,” third-party sellers can also access the new feature.
However, what might be the most exciting development is that Amazon recently announced an addition to Brand Analytics: Demographics data.
Amazon Brand Analytics Expands
While it has only been a few months since Brand Analytics was rolled out to a specific subset of Amazon sellers, the company has since broadened the scope of those who can access the feature, as well as augmenting Brand Analytics with two new features.
For those who are unfamiliar, Brand Analytics offers free analytics reports through Seller Central to assist sellers in becoming more competitive. For instance, through Brand Analytics’ Amazon Search Tools function, sellers can view the leading one million keywords searched through the platform. Moreover, merchants can see the three most-clicked ASINs for each term.
In addition to this new level of transparency, Amazon is now providing its retailers with the supplemental features of Item Comparison and Demographics reports.
The new aggregate demographics data gives sellers access to insights about their audience such as age, income, gender and other details (more on these momentarily). This information can help serve as a springboard for bolstering sales and Amazon rankings. Moreover, such data can aid retailers in growing their customer base outside of Amazon as well.
By providing merchants with knowledge on its consumers, Amazon is actively alleviating one of the biggest frustrations for third-party sellers, which is restricted access to customer data. While brands that utilized Vendor Central have had the option to pay for demographics data through the Amazon Retail Analytics Premium subscription service (which, rumor has it, costs around $30,000 annually), sellers have historically been unable to access consumer-related data.
As a result, sellers can have a difficult time marketing to potential customers who utilize Amazon’s marketplace. Now, however, the new demographic insights can help aid retailers in refining their marketing strategies both on and off Amazon.
With that, let’s take a closer look at what demographic information is provided and explore how Amazon sellers can leverage this data to enhance their brand’s impact on online audiences.
Amazon Demographics Analytics: A Closer Look
No matter the industry or niche, intimately understanding one’s audience is crucial to earning more sales. With Amazon’s new demographics analytics information, retailers can finally gain the perspective they need to enhance their performance on Amazon.
Amazon’s demographics feature provides sellers with data regarding:
Gender: Data on if a seller’s products appeal more to men or women.
Education: This category ranges from “Less than High School” to those who possess a master’s degree or above.
Marital Status: While other factors hint at this data point, marital status informs sellers on what percent of customers are single versus married.
Sales Per Household Income: Covers the income range of less than $50,000 to over $250,000.
Sales Per Age Group: Includes the sales totals of six groups ranging from 18-24 up to 65 and over.
Possessing this data enables merchants to better their Amazon PPC effectiveness in a variety of ways.
How to Leverage Amazon Demographics Data
Using the above characteristics, there are several ways in which merchants can utilize the data to increase their traffic, sales and overall marketing effectiveness.
Crafting Customer Personas
Using the information outlined above, retailers can organize the data points into persona profiles. For the uninitiated, HubSpot defines buyer personas as:
“A semi-fictional representation of your ideal customer based on market research and real data about your existing customers… A detailed buyer persona will help you determine where to focus your time, guide product development, and allow for alignment across the organization. As a result, you will be able to attract the most valuable visitors, leads, and customers to your business.”
By crafting customer personas from the demographic information provided by Amazon, third-party sellers can better speak to their audience and convert them into customers. This can be achieved via targeted visuals, resonant writing styles and direct wording to better optimize product listings and tailor advertising efforts to suit potential buyers specifically.
Create More Targeted Ads
When retailers understand whom they are selling to, such information enables them to craft more effective ads that tout more refined messaging that better resonates with shoppers.
Given the hyper-competitive nature of Amazon’s marketplace, merchants are continually seeking out any possible advantage. By utilizing Amazon’s demographic information, retailers can generate campaigns that are more capable of earning a significant ROI.
For instance, if a retailer finds out that single women with bachelor’s degrees are their primary audience, it is likely that they would employ a difference in language and product colors than if married men were the prime movers of merchandise.
Funnel Traffic from External Platforms
While buyer personas and refined ad messaging can support efforts on Amazon, the same demographic information can aid retailers in sending potential customers from other popular platforms to product pages on Amazon.
By taking the demographic information provided by Amazon and applying those characteristics to lookalike audiences on Facebook, sellers can target similar customers to those who have already purchased their products. This tactic enables retailers to get their merchandise in front of new shoppers who are likely to click-through and convert, thereby upping the merchant’s product page traffic and sales.
Additionally, Instagram and YouTube provide viable advertising options for Amazon sellers to consider. Alternatively, retailers might opt to use the demographics data to reach consumers via Google Ads. No matter which route is selected, using customer information to drive ad creative and targeting means that merchants are highly likely to garner increased sales.
Through the increased sales velocity, products are likely to rank higher in the Amazon SERPs than they could before.
Therefore, the overarching advantage to gaining this demographics data from Amazon is the ability to accurately target consumers inside and outside of the Amazon marketplace to generate more sales on the platform.
Amazon’s ad platform still has a long way to go until it catches up to the likes of Facebook and Google. However, it is encouraging to see the company begin releasing new insights for sellers to utilize to drive increased revenue.
Use the new demographics data to help better understand your target audience and craft more refined and resonant ads that are increasingly likely to drive clicks and conversions.
However, if you need help in digging through the data and generating alluring new adverts, Visiture’s Amazon PPC management team can assist in building out new campaigns that speak directly to your most interested audience.
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Residence Inn by Marriott Kalamazoo East
With a stay at Residence Inn by Marriott Kalamazoo East in Kalamazoo, you'll be near the airport, within a 15-minute drive of Western Michigan University and Milham Park Golf Club. This hotel is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Air Zoo and 1.9 mi (3 km) from Portage Creek Bicentennial Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 83 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops. Your bed comes with premium bedding, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, shopping on site, and a fireplace in the lobby.
Grab a bite from the grocery/convenience store serving guests of Residence Inn by Marriott Kalamazoo East. Meet other guests and eat at the complimentary reception. A complimentary full breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and express check-in. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
Residence Inn by Marriott Kalamazoo East welcomes pets at their pet friendly accommodation. The pet fee is $75 per accommodation, per stay.
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Located in Mentor, Residence Inn By Marriott Cleveland Mentor is within a 10-minute drive of Headlands Beach State Park and Lake Erie College. This hotel is 3.1 mi (5 km) from Mentor Civic Arena and 4.1 mi (6.6 km) from Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve.
Make yourself at home in one of the 96 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, and LCD televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary weekday newspapers.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including a spa tub, a fitness center, and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, a fireplace in the lobby, and a banquet hall.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli serving guests of Residence Inn By Marriott Cleveland Mentor. Meet other guests and eat at the complimentary reception. A complimentary breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
Residence Inn By Marriott Cleveland Mentor welcomes pets at their pet friendly accommodation. The pet fee is $75 per accommodation, per stay.
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Catch up TV on American Stuffers. Watch the latest and all other episodes of American Stuffers now online, broadcasted on Seven. Catch up on your favorite Seven TV show: American Stuffers. Replay tv on its best! Take a peek into the unusual. Snuggled deep in the backwoods of Romance, Arkansas is a taxidermy shop where people come far and wide to say farewell to their pets in a special way through pet preservation.
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October 18, 2013 by Tricia Goyer 330 Comments
A Grandmother’s Influence: Scavenger Hunt Stop #12
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt—fall edition! This time around, the hunt has 25 stops and runs from 10/18 (noon MDT)–10/20 (midnight MDT). It’s a great way to discover new books from some of your favorite authors (and maybe meet some new authors you haven’t yet heard of). The grand prize is an iPad Mini, plus two chances at a 25-book prize pack. AND some individual stops have an additional prize, so read each post carefully!
There will be a red clue at the bottom of each post that you’ll need to write down, and that clue will guide you to the next stop. It’s best to begin the scavenger hunt at stop #1, Lisa Bergren’s site. Then after you’ve gone through all 25 stops and collected all the clues, fill out the Rafflecopter form on Lisa’s site. Be ready to provide the completed clue quote within 24 hours of email notification from Lisa, or another will be drawn randomly. No need to email or submit it unless you’re notified on 10/21. The contest is open internationally, so everyone is welcome to participate! Let’s get started!
Meet Suzanne!
I’d like to welcome my friend and fellow Amish-fiction author Suzanne Woods Fisher to my blog today! Suzanne is an award-winning, bestselling author of Amish fiction and non-fiction. The Waiting was a finalist for a 2011 Christy Award, The Search won a 2012 Carol Award, The Choice was a finalist for a 2011 Carol Award. Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World and Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life were both finalists for the ECPA Book of the Year (2010, 2011). Find out more at her website or connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Suzanne’s latest novel, The Letters, is the first in the Inn at Eagle Hill series. Here’s a bit about the book: “Rose Schrock is a plain woman with a simple plan. Determined to find a way to support her family and pay off her late husband’s debts, she sets to work to convert the basement of her Amish farmhouse into an inn. While her family, especially her cranky mother-in-law, is unhappy with Rose’s big idea, her friend and neighbor, Galen King, supports the decision and he helps with the conversion. As Rose finalizes preparations for visitors, she prays. She asks God to bless each guest who stays at the Inn at Eagle Hill. As the first guest arrives and settles in, Rose is surprised to discover that her entire family is the one who receives the blessings, in the most unexpected ways. And she’s even more surprised when that guest decides to play matchmaker for Galen King.”
Just where did Suzanne get part of her inspiration for the novel? She spills the beans (or maybe I should say Toll House cookies!):
A Grandmother’s Influence
“You will always leave something behind. Your influence.” Amish proverb
My grandmother, Marion Woods, was a bundle of high energy. After her five children were raised, she decided to start a tearoom on the sun porch of her large country home called Eagle Hill, on Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. When my dad brought his future bride home to meet the family, my grandmother handed her a knife and a bowl of tomatoes and told her to start slicing. After all, the tearoom was booked with lunch reservations and Marion needed extra hands. My mother, who came from an oh-so-proper home, was appalled. My grandmother didn’t even blink.
The tearoom was so well received that my grandmother decided to expand Eagle Hill and build cottages that surrounded the lake. She planned to rent out the cottages to vacationing families during the warmer months. In a rare moment of reflection, she decided to first visit with her friend, Ruke Wakefield, who ran the nearby Toll House Inn, also in Plymouth County, to glean some tips about inn keeping.
The name of Ruth Wakefield may not be familiar to you, but I can guarantee you have benefited from her influence in the kitchen. Ruth had a delicious family cookie recipe, Butter Drop Cookies, with melted chocolate stirred into the cookie batter. One day, Ruth was out of baker’s chocolate so she substituted broken pieces of Nestle’s semi-sweet chocolate, expecting the chocolate to melt and absorb into the dough. (I’d like to think that might have been the very day my grandmother paid a call, but I think that’s just the fiction writer in me.) Ruth chopped up the semi-sweet chocolate and tossed the diced pieces into the batter instead of melting them first. When she removed the pan from the oven, Ruth was surprised to discover the chocolate pieces hadn’t melted but were intact, soft, and creamy. Accidentally, she had invented the world’s first “chocolate chip cookie.”
At the time, Ruth called her creation “Toll House Crunch Cookies.” As the popularity of Toll House Crunch Cookies increased, sales of Nestle’s semi-sweet chocolate bars also spiked. Soon, Nestle started to sell chocolate chips as a product. Nestle and Ruth Wakefield came up with an agreement: Nestle would print the “Toll House Cookie” recipe on its package and Ruth would be given a lifetime supply of Nestle chocolate. The Toll House Cookie is still the most popular cookie in America. Talk about a woman’s influence!
Back to the meeting between my grandmother and Ruth Wakefield. My grandmother left Ruth filled with encouragement and enthusiasm and ideas about how to expand Eagle Hill as an inn, which she promptly did. The 17-acre farm transitioned into a delightful, sought after destination. Fifty years later, I wrote a three-book series, starting with The Letters, about a strong, determined woman who started an inn called Eagle Hill.
My grandmother passed away when I was very young, but her “can do” influence remained. It’s encouraging to realize your example as a parent or grandparent goes deep into your children’s development. Such awareness is a motivation, too, to be our best self at all times. Be it cookies or innkeeping, you have a lasting impact on the next generation.
You can purchase Suzanne’s novel, The Letters, at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CBD, or your local bookstore.
The Scavenger Hunt Skinny
Before you go, write down stop #12 clue: TO AMISH.
Your next stop is Suzanne’s own blog! Make sure you make the rounds to all 25 stops and then enter the Rafflecopter form at stop #26 back at Lisa Bergren’s site to be in the running for all the big prizes!
Bonus Prizes!
I’ll also be giving away FIVE sets of The Big Sky series! Use the widget below to enter!
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Amy R. S. says
Thanks for the story about the first ever chocolate chip cookie. Very interesting. Thanks also for the hunt.
My grandparents influenced me by spending some special time with my brother and I. They were not always able to do that, but with my 6 kids now I try to actively spend special time with each of them.
Meagan Williford says
My parents have been great influences in my life. They have always encouraged me to do my best in whatever I do, to always be kind to others, to work hard, and to value education. I don’t know where I would be without them!
Sara Johns says
My grandparents have and are a big part of my life. They have always spent time with me and encouraged me to follow God and my dreams.
Anita says
Thank you for hosting. I love Amish fiction!
Emily McClure says
I am loving this Scavenger Hunt!
My grandparents helped me create memories, and I want to give that same opportunity to my children!
Jennifer Essad says
my parents are both 78-they’re not retired – they help their friends-people from their church and their community-they feed the homeless, take people to appts and shopping. I’m amazed at their love of God, people and animals. They are great role models – their spirit shines on us all
shantelle says
Aw… I love my grandparents! One thing that I really appreciate from them is the stories they tell me… of their lives, and of their parents’ and grandparents’ lives. SO fascinating. I think its important to preserve all those tales of old… could create an exciting novel some day, you never know! 🙂
Thanks for this giveaway, would love to win some books! 🙂
amyc says
How did my grandparents NOT influence me. I loved my grandparents and miss them more and more everyday. They are the reason why I love history so much.
Tricia is the best!
Elin says
Thanks for being in the hunt! Would love to win some new books.
They have been great influences in my life always being there for me know matter what.
Liz Gray says
To spend more time together and create the memories so when you grow up you always have them to remember and can pass them down to your own children. Also, so you can be a better person to yourself and value yourself more.
Teish says
My grandparents used to have us grandkids stay with them part of the summer. We learned about hard work, and ate a lot of great food! I love them so much, and I’m glad that I have so many wonderful memories!
staci murden says
My grandparents took care of me a lot before my dad and mom were married. My biological father and my mom split when I was one. He never wanted anything to do with me, so we moved to a house next door to my grandparents in another town. They watched me while my mom worked hard. They gave up their time for us! Even after mom and Dad were married, they would still come get me to go to church with them even though we all went to the same place. It was just something we did.
What a fun story! And yet again another reason to value our grandparents. Thanks for sharing!
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Debbie Mitchell says
My mom instilled the love of God in me. She was taken from this world way too soon, but now I try to instill God’s love into my own children/grandchildren.
Jan Hall says
My grandparents influenced me by their faith and their church attendance. We only went to church when living with or visiting them.
jill hoke says
My gramma had a big influence on me. I stayed with her while my mom worked during the week. She fixed me butter and lettus sandwiches and root beer floats, and she took in stray cats.
Annette Gardner says
My parents always had so much love for their family – always had the time, loads of faith, and made many memories with/for us!
JoJo Sutis says
My grandma on my moms side was such a wonderful Christian example of a prov 31 woman to me! I can remember seeing her pray by the window every afternoon. She always put family first. Me and my cousin Dixie would walk to mamaw’s house after school many times for a pancake, and she always stopped what she was doing to cook them. Laundry on the clothesline, the day she rode a bicycle because we begged her to, and taking care of stray cats…so many memories. Miss her & mom can’t wait to see them again:-)
Christie Day says
My grandmother was more of a mother to me and my brothers. She taught us so much about love and being a family and really kept my family together on my dad’s side. She also taught us a lot about God , she was very religious and although she is gone from this world I know she is in heaven and watching over us.
Gayle Pace says
I spent the majority of my childhood with my maternal grandmother. We baked on Saturdays, went shopping and worked in the garden. Those were good memories. They gave me a lot of attention and love.
Megan Wilson says
Both my grandparents and my parents raised me to be a good Christian woman with morals and values. That is unfortunately rare now-a-days.
BethRe says
My maternial grandmother was my spritual mentor
I still miss her greatly and she passed away 12 years ago
Beth Milinski says
My grandparents had a huge influence on my life…my Grandpa loved me unconditionally and did everything he could to help me in anything I wanted….he could also fix ANYTHING broken including my heart! I miss him everyday!
Carrie Larks says
One set of my grandparents absolutely loved their 21 grandchildren and created a fun and loving home and yard to visit. My other grandparents were strict and hard working. Both sets were loving and taught many different values which helped created the person I am today. Thanks for the chance to know you a bit more and win a sweet prize.
Amy Bateman says
My grandparents are my heroes. They taught me many aspects of life that have shaped my character and made me the person I am today. Now that they’re gone, I still find my thoughts turning to them as I teach my children something that they taught me, or experience something that I learned from them.
Thanks for sharing about the first chocolate chip cookie, I really never stopped to think of how it was created 🙂
Debra Neiman says
My grandmother had a huge influence on me. She was the quietly Faithful Christian in my family and her example helped shape my path. She had cooking, baking and other skills (soap making and quilting) that I watched and later learned. I miss her so much. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
Jennifer Tipton says
My Grandparents and my parents have always worked very hard and had a good work ethic.
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Gabrielle Meyer says
Amazing story! Love this little piece of historical trivia. 😉
C Irvine says
Thanks for this great opportunity!
Kim F says
Grandmothers are so full of wisdom and knowledge – I hope I am that kind of grandmother too!
Doretha says
My maternal grandparents were the only ones I was blessed to have in my life and they left such a positive influence on me for too many reasons to list. They were just average people born, raised and living in the South during some of the most controversial times in history, yet they taught me to never judge a person by the color of their skin, their station in life, or the things they owned. If I could only be half the person my grandparents were I would be a welcome addition to society.
oh, they’ve all been extremely influential in my life. i love them all dearly, talk to my mother daily, and know that they’ve all helped shape the person i am….
Samantha T says
My grandparents have influenced me by teaching me about hard work and doing my best but also and most importantly they’ve all influenced me and taught me a lot in faith and living a Christian life!
I love Amish stories, thanks for the opportunity.
We lived with my grandparents for a short time when I was young and watching them have personal time together every morning was very influential in my life.
Cindy Regnier says
My grandparents were amazing. The rich heritage of our family background, traditions and customs is what means the most to me today
donna adkins says
my grandparents taught me the honest value of a person and to not be ashamed of who I am and where I came from because that is what has made me who I am
Virginia says
My parents took me to church and they lived out their faith.
Brittany McEuen says
My mom and dad always stressed to me that you should always work things out between yourself and your spouse. Don’t go to sleep angry at each other. Work it out first.
My grandmother taught me the value of unconditional love; a haven when my teenaged angst spilled out. Also she taught me the value of a public face, of being polite and asking questions of all you meet whatever your mood and whatever their station in life.
Jackie McNutt says
I was only able to meet my fraternal grandparents but I hold the dearest memories of them in my heart. My grandmother loved having her grandchildren with her. She was in ill health for many years but she gave her time to just making each one of us feel special. I try to carry on that feeling to my grandchildren so they know that no matter what they are special to me.
Sara M says
My maternal grandma had a great influence on me. She was a kind & gentle grandma that tried to make sure each of us knew the Lord & knew her love for us. She always used to say to me, “love you, think you’re pretty!”.
Wilani Wahl says
My parents had a great influence on me. My father was a pastor. My mother used to quote lots of verses to me and instilled in me godly character. I am so grateful for my parents and my godly heritage. My grandfather was also a pastor.
Ladette says
My parents were the biggest influence on me and my walk with Christ. I have always known that they LOVED Jesus and wanted to follow them in that. They have also always served others. That’s something I will never forget.
Stephanie Wright says
I love this Scavenger Hunt!! I am enjoying all of the stories about the authors and the books but my heart is so attached to Amish fiction and non-fiction! Suzanne, I usually read your guest spots on Sherry Gore’s site and Facebook page. You are a phenomenal writer!
Paula Osborne says
Happy to see Suzanne Woods Fisher here, I have read the Big sky series and wonderful stories, I am on the amish vines series now…I think I prefer the amish ones better. glad to see so many wonderful authors that I know on the “Hunt”
Paula O
Teresa Leacock says
My granny lived with us most of the time I was growing up. She taught us caring, loving & being helpful. My grandpa on the other side taught us about hard work. Thanks for the chance to win. tjtweeter at yahoo dot com
My parents taught me to be a hard worker and give all that I can (and sometimes more)
Teresa Sheroke says
My parents taught us the value of hard work and to always be respectful and honest. My parents set a good example to us kids in their 50 years of marriage and still going strong! They have influenced me in their walk with the Lord. When ever we would ask dad if we were going to church his answer was , have you ever known me to stay home from church ? As long as the church doors were open we went to church.
MS Barb Dawson says
Great family legacy! I enjoy reading other people’s heritages/history! THANKS for a nice giveaway!
My grandparents helped me learn how important a relationship with Jesus was. To be faithful & trust him.
Wanda Barefoot says
My grandparents showed my love beyond measure. I could always count on them for anything… except spiritual guidance. I grew up in a family that belived in God but that was as far as it went. I had to find God on my own and I have never looked back. He is my strength and my source of hope.
Wanda Barefoot
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My husband’s grandmother had a huge influence on me. She passed away this year. She was the sweetest lady, with the heart of a true servant. She taught me how to live!
Halita Wilson says
My parents taught me to never give up and my grandparents taught me to look on the bright side of things. 🙂
My grandma has had and continues to have a huge influence on me. There’s a joke in my family that my grandma’s genes all passed to me because we are so alike. You can tell it runs in our blood. Except my mom was adopted so we are not related by blood at all! It’s crazy how much like my grandma I am though – my mindset towards life, my hobbies and interests. She takes full credit for my being a devouring reader – says it’s because when I was a baby she’d read to me constantly. 🙂 I have ways I’m like my mom too, but even more like my Grandma!
~ J:-)mi aka CTF Devourer
Kim N. says
My grandparents were/are an amazing example of Christian love and hospitality. They also pray for all of their kids and grandkids, great-grandkids daily, what a blessing!
Sharon Miller says
Would love to win 3 of your books! My parents taught me to live by example, share Christ, and raise kids. sharon, ca
Zac W says
My parents have taught me what it looks like to live for Christ.
MrsHill says
Interesting question..what influence my parents and grandparents had on me. My answer is more the opposite, I came to learn to forgive because of the influence they had in my life. We all do the best we can with what we have. Our lives are combinations of the influence of our environment and what we come to accept as normal in how we were raised. Somewhere along the way we grow.
Tonya Scott says
Thanks so much for the good books and the giveaways
Claudia Castenir says
My mom gave me my love of reading, books, words, and all things related. She would have loved these scavenger hunts.
castenir at bbtel dot com
Brooke Barenfanger says
Both my parents have been a huge godly influence in my life. My mom led me to Christ when I was 8 and my dad has always been the mature spiritual leader of my family. I am extremely thankful for both of them.
rawrawbeans says
My grandma was sweet, selfless, funny, adventurous, giving, beautiful, and kind. She was the most Christ like person I have ever met. She is who I strive to be more like, she Is my hero. I miss her ever day!
Bethany Brewer says
My grandparents taught me about Jesus and how to love unconditionally which:)
chalaina says
My grandparents shared their love of reading and music with me, which are very much a part of my life now.
Judith Stewart says
My grandmother lived with us for several years, and instilled in me a love of reading.
I’ve pretty much stopped reading Amish books, but I loved the first book in your series and I do so want to finish the rest of the series!
Glenn Wilson says
My parents taught me the meaning of hardwork and meaning what you say. They also raised me in church.
Marie Smith says
My grandparents showed me what true dedication was. When my grandma was sick with dementia, my grandpa took care of her until it was physically taking atoll on him and he had to place her in an assisted living home, where he faithfully visited her. He still tells their story and is always hanging new pictures of them, even four years after her death. My grandpa was a faithful man.
michelle delp says
My grandparents taught me that you don’t have to have a lot of stuff to be happy .
Kandra says
Oh, my goodness. They showed me the value of hard work, the strength of true love, and the rewards of serving God with their lives.
My parents were a great influences in my life.Thanks for this giveaway,
Bonnie Traher says
Did not really get to know my grandparents which makes me very sad. Would love to win a good read book.
tammy cordery says
My parents and grand parents both infuanced me I love them all
Beth Gillihan says
My mom was a wonderful influence on me. She was a single parent raising two girls, but always had time for us. I never was really around any of my grandparents. Thanks for a chance to win!
Beth Rumbaugh says
Mother instilled a love of God and missions.
Cheryl Baranski says
My grandparents were such an wonderful influence on me.
The decication to family and friends.
Their strong Christian beliefs.
I also learned to can, garden and bake from them.
They may be in heaven now, but their
influence still plays a major influence on my life.
Outside of the Lord, my parents have certainly had THE biggest influence on my life. I am so blessed and grateful that they are strong Christian who love, encourage and support me in so many ways.
Thank-you for participating in the scavenger hunt. It is so fun to meet new authors and their books. 🙂
My parents have greatly influenced my life. They have always encouraged me and acted as great role models.
Virginia Winfield says
All of your books look good. Nice to hear about your grandmother.
Sue W says
Have been following you on facebook for a while.
Rose Marie Kelley says
Wow! I love chocolate chip cookies. Thank you Ruth Wakefield!
Debra Smith says
I would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway!
I never really new any of my grandparents. 🙁
That meant to say knew.
Justina Wilson says
They showed me how to genuinely love another person.
My grandparents influenced me the most by their Christian walk. I remember hearing my grandmother sing hymns as she worked around the house. My grandfather never used strong language – even when he was REALLY angry. Their house was always open to anyone who needed a bed for the night (or a couple of days) and we could always squeeze one more around the table at dinner time.
Judy Pflueger says
I grew up not knowing either of my grandmothers so I am trying to be the best grandmother I can to my 1 yr. old granddaughter.
Susan P says
Whether good or bad I think all our parents and grandparents affect us somehow.
Robin in NC says
My grandma especially was the strongest influence in my spiritual walk. Some of my best childhood memories are from spending weekends on their farm, being the only kid instead just one of five! Going to church on Sunday mornings & wonderful afternoon meals…it was the best!!!
Vicky D says
My mother-in-law made a huge impact on me. She was an amazing mom and grandma. I had no doubt that she loved me! I want to be like her!
Laura Hix says
Loved the story about the first chocolate chip cookie!
My mom’s mom died when she was 24 so I never met her but she must have been something! She was a little Swedish Grandma! She must have been a coffee drinker because she passed that on to her girls! I can’t wait to meet her in heaven! My Dad’s mom was also Swedish and was very sweet but she must have had a lot of inner strength. She was a farmer’s wife with 5 very rambuncious kids (2 boys/3 girls). She loved Jesus and loved me. I found a sweet birthday card and letter she wrote me a few years ago that I just cherish. We didn’t live close like the rest of the family so I only saw her 6 or maybe 7 times but I loved her so.
Maxie Anderson says
I learned from my grandparents how to be a good loving Christian grandmother, and also from my mother, to love and give my heart to GOD, be a kind and loving person, and how to make do with little. My dad taught me that when you do something to always do it right. Not to do a so-so job. He was a well respected Carpenter. People wanted him to do things for them even after he retired. I learned the lesson and used it with my sewing.
I would love very much to be one of the lucky five to win your books. Maxie mac262(at)me(dot)com
My grandmother was the first one on my side of the family to become a Christian and because of her I was blessed with Godly parents that my children are still learning from every day. They have all been huge influences on our lives and I hope I can turn out to be as good of an example to my children and grandchildren as they continue to be.
Jackie Huffman says
My grandparents inspired me with their love and respect for each other. They showed me what a faithful marriage looks like
Susan Manchester says
That is the second time I had this happen. It said I commented when I did not. I just clicked on the box to comment, and did not get a chance to answer the question. I did not know any of my four grandparents, either paternal or maternal, but my parents had a huge influence on me. My Mom was the only one that ever loved me unconditionally, and supported me totally, even though her childhood made it difficult for her to love easily. I REALLY enjoyed Ruth Wakefield’s story, as well as Tricia’s grandmother’s story, and I am going to do reports on both of these women for our Women’s History month unit for our homeschool. I already Liked both pages on Facebook, and I am not on Twitter. I shared a link for this giveaway on Facebook, too. I would be over the moon if I won one of Tricia’s series!
Sorry! I meant Suzanne Woods Fisher’s grandmother! Keeping all this information straight is difficult for an old woman! LOL
Betti says
My folks were both born in Russia and fled to Canada during Stalin’s time, when the Mennonites were being persecuted. They met some years later and married, having 5 children, of which I am the youngest. My Dad put himself through college and received 2 degrees. My Mom became an RN. All 5 of us have a college education and we are passing along the importance of education to our children.
My mother was the best example of what a Christian should be, and I can only hope that my example teaches my daughter as much as Mom’s taught me.
Thank you, Betti, for sharing this fascinating history about Russia and the Mennonites. I am definitely going to look into this further.
Jeanine Kowalewski says
I love learning about new (to me) authors!
My parents have influenced me by showing my brothers and I how to be good people and care for each other.
Laura Pol says
Wow love what Suzanne shared! How awesome! Hmmm I would have to say their love for books!
Carol Gehringer says
My grandparents are gone now, but they they had a big influence on my life in terms of how they raised their children, my parents.
My parents and grandparents gave me an example of hard work and a love for the Lord. That is really what it is all about!!
Jen Larson says
My parents and grandparents taught me and modeled for me a hard work ethic.
Lindsey Z. says
I don’t really remember my Grandfather, on my Dad’s side or my Mom’s they both died when I was really little; but my Grandma, my Dad’s Mom, always was making something for anyone who crossed her path, lemon squares, cards…she taught me to love with the love of Christ to everyone, even if I don’t like ’em. 😉
Rhonda Gayle Nash-Hall says
My grandparents were wonderful to know. We went there every week for Sunday dinner and we played in the creek and walked the farm. My granny had me bake cakes and we took them to shut-ins and she taught me to write letters and send notes of encouragement. My parents taught me values of love and concern, and respect for elders. I am so excited that my first grandchild is on the way!!! I want to have a positive influence on them just as mine did on me!
Linda Marie Finn says
Woohoo ! Oh Tricia, i am so enjoying this Hunt, it is so much fun !
Love ya all so much… I have fond memories of my grandmother Fisher and Grandfather too.
It has shaped me into the country loving farmgirl I am.
Linda Finn
Faithful Acres Books
faithfulacresbooks@gmail.com
Rach Merritt says
My parents are the big reason why , despite many health issues, I have a wonderful life. They taught me that God always does what is best for us, and that life is what you make it no matter what the circumstances.
Judy Cooper says
I only had one grandmother that I knew. She lived with us for awhile. She always treated my sister and I so specially. She loved puzzles and games and that is where I got my love for both.
Cammy says
One of my earliest memories is my grandfather’s “sayings,” like “It’ll feel better when it quits hurtin'” and “Just keep flying straight ahead.” He’s been gone for quite a few years now, but I still find myself quoting him sometimes!
Heather Nicholson says
My grandparents were my heroes and role models when I was growing up! They took me to church with them every Sunday morning when my mom was working nightshift and couldn’t get me there!!!
Amada (pronounced: a.m.a.th.a) says
Sadly and honestly the influences from my grandparents…not very good. But my GREAT-grandparents were rightly named. 🙂 Especially my Grandma and Grandpa Charlie. They were strong and beautiful people! I have always tried to strive to be as strong as she was! If you don’t mind me sharing too much I’ll tell you a little about her. She owned a mule and she would get up in the morning cook breakfast for everyone, the men would leave to go to the fields, and she would stay and clean up then she would get on her mule and ride out to the fields herself. Work till right before lunch time get back on the mule and go make lunch. Then like breakfast she would clean up and go back out! 🙂
There is one other story I love! She was in labor with my grandpa, but “the doctor had to eat before he delivered the baby!” So while in labor she cooked the man dinner and he had to “hurry up and finish so he could deliver the baby.”! Even though she was this tough she still had one of the biggest hearts full of love I’ve ever known!!! There are many more stories and memories I have of her but I think I’ve shared a lot already.
Blessings, Amada
Julie Smith says
Ohhhhh, my grandparents. Sniff. I miss them so very much and can’t wait to see them in heaven! They were both wonderful people who instilled in me the principles of laughter, sobriety in spirit, learning and being brave. They toughed it out through the good and bad, loved each other through their faults, and impacted those lives that were blessed enough to have come into contact with them. Love you, Grandma and Grandpa!
Cara Putman says
I’ve been blessed to have a great relationship with my grandparents. So grateful for that.
Angela/griperang says
My parents gave me the value of a strong marriage
My parents were and are great influences for me. They took me to church and raised me in a christian home that introduced me to Jesus!!
CharleneMcD says
My grandmother was a major influence in my life. She was the stabilizing force that held our dysfunctional family together. She passed away in 2007 and I miss her more every day.
Genny says
My family has been a HUGE influence in my life. My daughter is named after my Grandfather even. My husband and I were married on both my Grandparents and my parents anniversaries.
Carol Kelley says
Our relationship led me to follow Christ instead of the world.
Mary Koester says
You are high on my listen list. Great post! Your name appears frequently with several of my Facebook author favorites.
Stephanie C. says
It was so much fun reading about your grandmother! This is one of the things I love about these hunts! Thank you for sharing and being a part of the Hunt!
Sharma Darby says
My grandparents raised me and She was my hero . Sharma Darby
This is great. Thank you!
I loved reading about the influence of grandparents.My grandmothers were both Sunday school teachers and had a great influence in my Christian life.
I couldn’t even begin to tell you the influence my parents and grandparents had on me, but one way my grandmothers and mom have influenced me is by their demonstration of being voracious readers. My grandparents and parents also gave me a long legacy of Godly heritage – that’s probably the hugest impact they had on me.
Donna Brookmyer says
Thanks for this giveaway! What would we do today without chocolate chip cookies???
brian calhoun says
My parents were great giving, loving passionatr and stern They brought me up in a christian home made me go to church each week. Laid the foundation which I stand on to this day Taught me to give respect others and have faith in god
Carol Edwards says
My mom and grandmother influenced me to become a teacher
Marianne Barkman says
It is hard to say how my parents and grandparents influenced me. I am a Christian because of them, they taught me my values and the Bible Way. Thanks for being a part of this scavenger hunt!
Stacey Daniel says
What a great story! I have been very blessed to have all but one grandparent still with us! I will always remember my grandfather who has passed telling me I was a pretty girl, which meant a lot, and being a spiritual leader and encourager. He taught me how to bait a minnow at the lake, something I’ll never forget even though I was very young. My other grandfather is a precious man, gentle and loving, and always stands for what is right. He always has a hug, smile, and kiss for me. My grandmother is hard working, very generous, and basically knows how to cook anything without a recipe…and it’s always delicious! She even came to visit us by herself so she could show me how to make some jelly…with wild grapes she picked in her back yard! : ) I could go on and on….I’m so blessed by all of my grandparents and appreciate the legacy of faith in Christ that they have modeled for me and my family.
my grandparents have influenced me by showing me to hold on to what is dear in your life…Its what i am doing now, even though it doesn’t seem to be happening the way i would have hoped it would. They left all of us grandkids some land that they had. Me, my brother and sister are trying to hold on to it and move out there. Seems every way we turn that something else comes up where it seems impossible to move out there. But with the Lords help, we are going to be out there!!!!!
Kai W. says
My grandparents helped me in just being myself. My parents are totally opposite of them. They want me to be more like their friends’ children. Somewhere I find a balance even though my parents are pushing their idealism on me.
Wendi Dusek says
My grandmother more than any other grandparent taught me the importance of doing an honest hard day’s work and the reward will be there in the end no matter what the job is. If you are offered $2.00 or $10.00 to do that job you agreed to do the job for that pay and should do it to the best of your ability. You should not worry about who is not doing their job, just do your own job and you will be rewarded. Sometimes the reward is just going home knowing you did a great job at work.
Karen Carter says
Tricia,
You are one of my favorite Facebook authors and I love Susan Woods Fisher as well. Thanks for participating in the Scavenger Hunt. 🙂
Paula Preston says
I’ll think of your story every time I eat a chocolate chip cookie! I also look forward to reading your books.
My parents’ greatest gift to me, throughout my upbringing was to teach and encourage my faith in Jesus Christ!
Wendy Newcomb says
My grandma liked to bake and when my kids were little I used to bake for them a lot, She also did a lot of needle work, tatting, crocheting, embroidery, quilting, etc. I have done all of these but would love to spend some time learning to tat better, I have done very little of that and I think it is a lost art.
wfnren(at)aol(dot)com
Rachel K. says
I spent most of my growing up years about 10 (sometimes more) miles away from my maternal grandparents. We didn’t get to see them everyday, but we got to see them quite often. They are always busy, and my grandma likes to craft. Must’ve rubbed off, because my mom and I really enjoy crafting too. 🙂 A few months before we moved five years ago (and right on my 18th birthday), my mom and I had started visiting her every Wednesday, and we’d sew (sometimes I would bead jewelry) and talk. I miss that, but it’s nice to know we can still go visit when we can.
LeAnn Mooneyham says
My Grandma Honey taught me how to bake and crochet. I am thankful for her being there always. We picked veggies from the garden and canned or freezed the food for the winter. I enjoyed being with her and my mom. I miss them both.
Linda Ortiz says
Loved my grandparents….they were wonderful people!!!
Pam Nelson says
My grandparents and parents were devout Christians and taught me that God is the most important person in my life!
Marcia Hill says
My grandmother was a teacher of 5th grade girls sunday school for over 50 years. I was so blessed that I remember how she wanted to encourage them and influence them to follow Christ, as well as her grandchildren.
My grandmother and I were born on the same day, 77 years apart. She greatly influenced how I’ve chosen to live my life. She nurtured my love of books. I would not be the person I am today had I not had her in my life. Even though she has been gone ten years, I continue to try to make her proud.
Merry says
My grandma was not a christian but she let my mom go to church. My mom became a christian. She always took my sister and I to church and we both became christians and love the Lord. When my mom died I took my grandma into our home. She kept hearing about Jesus from our family. The day before she died she accepted the Lord as her Savior.
Melanie Backus says
My parents and my grandparents as well were always such wonderful examples for me as I was brought up in church and we all attended together.
Colby Wilmoth says
Both books sound phenomenal…can’t wait to read them! Loved your story about your grandmother and her neighbor’s Toll house cookies. Who doesn’t love chocolate chip cookies 🙂
Stacey Zink says
My grandmother has had a tremendous influence on me. She is at the end of her earthly days and it is is painful to know that she will soon depart for heaven. I try to take comfort in the fact that I will see her again, but selfishly I never want her to die. She is an important part of my life and I will miss her dearly. Her strong spirit and ability to make me laugh are things that I love about her.
Kathleen L. Maher says
Your grandmother sounds like a truly great lady. Part of me wishes i could be bold enough to put certain princesses in my life to work cutting tomatoes. LOL Thanks for the chance to win!
My parents and grandparents have been a huge influence on my life and values, especially with their example of service in the church and community.
I love reading your books and Amish books
Jackie Tessnair says
My grandparents highly influenced me.My grandpa would ask everyone,are you saved.And I will always remember my grandma sitting in her favorite chair reading her Bible.jackie_tessnair@yahoo.com
Kelly Blackwell says
My grandparents influenced me by sharing their love of the outdoors. My first camping trip with with grandma and grandpa. Their love of the Lord is also the strong legacy that has followed me throughout my life.
Mippy/Sabrina says
My mom had the influence of striving to be a compassionate, loving and patient person. 🙂
My parents instilled in me a love of reading. My mother also taught me the necessity of reading as her motto was, “If you can read you can do anything”
Casey P says
My grandmother always had time to share love with me. I hope I am as great an influence on my own children and grandchildren!
DeAnn O says
I only had one grandparent still alive when I was born, so my parents were much more influential in my life. They taught me about hardwork and trusting in God. My grandmother, while she did love me, was very worldly and was more of an example of what a life of excess looked like. I LOVE that my son has all his grandparents and that they are all Christians!
Jamie Smith says
My grandmother has taught me to always trust in God and that age is just a number. She is 94 and still active and tries to stay young. Also she never thought she would be married with kids and I have also felt this way but she continues to encourage me that I will find Mr. Right one day!
My grandma influenced my faith tremendously. Some days I didn’t feel like I could push on, and she would pray with me, encourage me, and always say, “we have a big God — keep looking up!”
I didn’t know my grandparents as they were gone by early childhood. I have tried to be a big influence on my grandchildren because I realize I missed much.
Ruth Kyser says
Thanks for the chance to win these great books! God bless you!
Allison Ruvidich says
On my to-read list!
Loved your story about the 1st chocolate chip cookies! I will be adding your books to my list.
Laura AKA Loves 2 Read Romance says
Thank you so much for sharing and being part of the Scavenger Hunt! I love the story about the Toll House cookies it is so cool!
Lisa Medeiros says
I used to love cooking with my grandma 🙂 and spending time with her!
Nat Homgren says
I miss my grandma…wish I knew my others better…they died when I was younger…but my Gram…she was a hoot!
Kim H in GA says
From cooking to sewing to Jesus, my grandparents, now in Heaven, are still a sweet influence in my life.
Elaine Ellen says
My parents were the hardest working people I have ever known! They started out with a few acres to farm and raise animals and kids on. Had to carry all the water to the house from the pump down by the barn because the pump close to the house always ran dry. No indoor plumbing. But they built that farm up to a lot of acres, which are rented out now to neighbors. They worked so very hard! I am so lazy, compared to them!
Hillary says
My parents gave each of us kids (I have an older sister and 2 younger brothers) the gift of their presence in activities at home at at school and church. We never questioned going to church on Sunday. We never questioned that “Jesus Loves Me” and was there for us no matter what we did, because we felt that strong love reflected in our parents’.
Karen fossett says
When I was a little growing up was mainly by my grandmother her ethics were be strong and cook to make others happy and bless what they had in life and bless to have a roof over there heads
Robyn Conners says
My grandparents were great people and took me in for a short time when trouble was going on at home.
Loved the story about the Toll House Cookies. Thanks for the giveaway
I didn’t know my grandparents well, but they didn’t have much in the way of worldly possessions. They were farmers, worked hard the entire lives and taught my mom to be super resourceful and independent.
Mary Hart says
My grandmother , who lived just a few houses from us, was a very good influence on my life. After leaving an abusive marriage, she had very little, but was always sharing! Every kid in our small town knew that there were always cookies in her cookie jar & that she loved everyone of them.
Becki says
I grew up eating Toll House Cookies!!! Still my favorite today! I’m also a History Nerd so I loved the story behind the recipe!!!! Thanks for being a stop along the way on the Scavenger Hunt!
Brenda Ayers says
My grandmother was a very outspoken woman and very lovely woman. Her saying was “Pretty is as Pretty does.” This meaning if you do good, you will look pretty in all ways. She is in my special memories. I would love to win these new books. I enjoy reading your books.
Susan Johnson says
My parents and grandparents we Christians, which definitely influenced the was I grew up, and they inspire me to try to be a better person.
Heather Olsen says
My parents lived a godly life that was always centered on Christ. An amazing example to me. I miss them!
My grandmother and mother taught me how to bake and entertain (as one of my friends said, he knew I was PA Dutch the first time I showed up for a casual visit with homemade food), and my parents taught me the habit of going ot church every week, so that now I truly look forward to it.
Molly R. Moody says
Both my paternal and maternal grandmothers were a big influence on me as a child. I lost track of my paternal grandmother back in the mid ’50’s but was able to keep up with my maternal grandmother until she passed away in the early ’80’s. This book series looks like an interesting read.
Christy Shelinbarger says
My grandparents taught me the value of family. I grew up with both sets of grandparents in the same city as me and they were a constant in my childhood. They all held different values but I knew that they loved me and that family was bigger than all the different opinions we might hold.
What an awesome story! Grandmothers offer so much!
Kim Justice says
What a great question. Both of my Grandpaw’s passed away before I was born, but the legacy’s they both left were great. My Grandmaw Cox helped to raise me due to parents divorcing when I was around 2 yrs old. I would have to say she was the biggest influence in my life. Her first love was family, God, myself and church then friends. And yes I know most say put God first, but Grandma taught me that if you love and take care of the family that God placed you with then He in return honor my prayers for them. He is the one that I know with out a shadow of a doubt did this for her. My Grandma Muncey was not a christian but she also taught me to be ME and to not let others change who God meant for me to be. She like I said did not profess to being a christian (she gave her life to him before she died) but there was still the life lessons.
Thanks for participating in the Scavenger Hunt!
My grandmother was to me the dearest person on the planet. She was love. She was home. She was faith.
I can only hope to be a portion of that to my granddaughter.
Sarah Stewart says
My parents have taught me the ways of the Lord.
Gena Roberts says
I did not interact much with my actual grandparents. But my great aunt and great uncle filled that void. Lu and Rudy gave me a great example that I continue to lean on for living a full life without having children of our own. I’m not sure how they actually did it, but they were both fun while still instilling a sense of awe and respect in us. I treasure my memories of them both.
My parents continue to influence me every day. I value their opinions and enjoy getting to know them better all the time.
Marijo says
Well, I am who I am on account of who my parents and grandparents were (one still is). I love to read because of my parents!
Amanda Arrowood says
I miss my grandmother so much she always helped me with anything I needed and taught me a lot.
Michelle T. says
My grandmother influenced me by showing me how to live a life that looks like Christ. I miss her so much.
Sheri Salatin says
My grandmother taught me to cook. 🙂 She also taught me so much about etiquette and being a lady.
My parents have taught me what a good marriage looks like, how to love God, and how to work hard to reach my goals.
ladysaotome says
My parents & grandparents are such huge influences to me. Everything I aspire to be as a parent, I compare to their example. I research everything, always being educated, because of my dad’s influence. I throw myself into my work because of my grandfather. I try to make my daughter’s life full of full events because of the full life my mother gave me. I’m very blessed.
My parents are wonderful and I’m so thankful that they instilled a strong work ethic in me, while also being loving and supportive. They also encouraged education, which I think goes hand in hand with my love of reading. Thank you for this opportunity!
Angie Carroll says
My grandma always baked with us and made sure we acted like good people! My parents are the best and still instill in me the importance of God and being the best person that God wants me to be!
Randi L says
My grandparents have influenced me by living godly lives. In addition, they claim everyone as “family.” I think our family has doubled in size with all the “adopted” aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters, brothers, etc. My grandparents truly open their arms and their home and welcome everyone in.
Britney Adams says
I am blessed to still be able enjoy my maternal grandparents and their wonderful influence in my life, as well as in the lives of my three children!
Cheryl McDonald says
My grandparents have all been gone for a long time but they were all loving people and left me with many memories.
Sarah b Anderson says
Amish lifestyle and theology intrigue me. I don’t believe I could give up all my freedoms in Christ to convert to their lifestyle.
Polly Schneider says
Thanks for the story about the first chocolate chip cookie. Love it.
Debora Wilder says
My parents modeled a loving and lasting marriage before me. They also taught me what love for our country means. That led me to join the Air Force where I met my wonderful husband of 35 years.
MarieP. says
Thank you for sharing the story about Suzanne Woods Fisher’s grandmother and how Toll House Cookies were first made;)
Amy D says
I’d love to win a copy of your book.
Okay, so I didn’t read what we were supposed to be commenting. My parents inspired me to work hard, and my mom encouraged me to enjoy cooking, especially baking (which I plan to do in a little bit).
Karen Johnson says
My grandfathers were not alive when I was born. My paternal grandmother taught me kindness and serving others. Later in life, I learned that her parents didn’t want her and grandpa to get married. They were really nasty and vindictive about it and there were several years where she did not speak with her family. But when her mother died, she took her father in. They could not own carpeting because he chewed and spit tobacco and would miss the spittoon. My grandmother was bound and determined to let her children marry who they wished, whether she was personally comfortable with it or not. She was very nervous about the length of time that my parents courted before marriage (6 months). She did share this, but was always kind to my mom and had a good relationship with my dad. My mom did not like who I dated and the man that I dated 8 years before we got married, with a two year engagement. She was horrible and made nasty comments at our reception even. Then after our marriage she ignored my husband at get-togethers. She would not put a photo of the two of us up, despite her having them. She had many wedding pictures that we shared, yet the only one she put out was my brother and I dancing. We were terribly frightened when we announced after 2 and a half years of marriage, we were expecting for the first time. Surprisingly, she handled it like a grandmother to be should. We do not want our boys around the toxicity in that house to often, but we do want them to have a relationship with their grandparents. We see them 8 times a year, at least. My oldest will ride with them for short trips in the car and still has picked up on the disrespectfulness. When we were over once, my 30 year old brother at that time, (and who still lives at home) had a tantrum because my dad possibly slightly bumped his WII and he had to recalibrate it. His WII is hooked up to their TV in their living room. Anyway, my son did not understand that behavior. So recalibrate it, if even if you have to do it 70*7 times. It is not broken. Anyway, my grandmother is my hero, knowing what she went through.
Angela Tallent says
Honestly not much… I had to rely on myself and the strength that God gave me to get through the tough times. Can’t wait to start reading these great books from the hunt! 🙂
my grandparents were retired missionaries and they taught me the importance of prayer
jdgirl says
My grandparents have had a huge impact in my life from being an amazing example in everyday life to also passing down to my parents and then to me the importance of having a faith and relationship with God.
Helen Clouse says
I spent a great deal of time with my grandparents during the summer. I mowed their lawn every week. Grandma made the best beef and potatoes. To this day I can still taste them. Grandpa was blind for several years and I would read the newspaper or the Bible to him. Thanks for your part in this contest.
They were a huge influence in my life.. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for them.
janice sisemore says
love amish books
Barbara Thompson says
I love the story of the chocolate chip cookie. Thank you for sharing the story. My Mother has been a strong influence in my life. She’s not only done it by teaching but by example. How to treat people and doesn’t matter who they are. Her walk with God, her faith and her complete trust in the Lord has been an awesome blessing. I can remember hearing something at 3:00 am and peek in the living room and my Mom on her knees praying. I’ve been blessed with a wonderful Mother and I thank the Lord everyday for her and I never want to take her for granted. Thank you for having a giveaway.
Sharyl B. says
My great grandmother was a huge influence on me. She was a wonderful christian. Her house was filled with family antiques and the smells of homemade bread and cookies.
Hi, Tricia!
Thanks for the opportunity to win a set of your books – I haven’t read any of yours, & would love to! I am already a Pinterest, Facebook, blog, & newsletter followerl
Hi, Suzanne!
Loved reading your grandmother’s story, & learning about the Toll House! My grandparents all had such strong work ethics, they were all farmers, & I like to think that it was handed down to me!
I am already signed up for your blog, newsletter, Facebook, & Pinterst board.
Jessica W says
I was blessed to be born before my great great grandmother passed. I got to know her, my great grandmother, my grandmother and my mother (who I didn’t grow up with). Something about having five generations of women alive at one time really sunk deep into my life that every day counts and that we leave a legacy for our children/grandchildren to follow in.
Mallori says
My parents have instilled a love of travelling in me. My mom never travelled as a child but always wanted to. She made sure that my sister and I had that opportunity growing up. Those trips created a lot of family memories, and I treasure the trips my mom and I still take together.
I love this story of inspiration about the grandmother…and I liked yours too!
Thanks for being a part of this…and introducing us to new authors. 🙂
Judy Burgi says
My Grandmother was so devoted to her walk with God that I wanted to pattern my life after hers. She was a patient, loving, and kind Grandmother. I miss her so much!
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Heather Ratliff says
My parents and grandparents have taught hard work and honest living, even when others don’t see you do the right thing.
Denise S. says
I didn’t really know my grandma very well as she had 40 grandchildren. But from my parents I learned treat others well and they will in turn treat you well.
Glenda Alexander says
Thank you so much for the Scavenger Hunt, they are so much fun. I’d also like to thank you for a chance in your giveaway.
Lane Hill House says
My maternal grandfather and my paternal grandmother died before I was born. My mother died when I was five and I did not see her mother, my grandmother, again until I was 17 and visited for an afternoon from out of state. My paternal grandfather died shortly after my mother. My father remarried when I was nine and moved to the middle of the Ozarks on a farm from my fourth to sixth grade when there was a drought and we moved from the farm. Today, my husband and I live in the Ozarks, where we moved to retire. So my heritage would be these wonderful people we live with in our community and church.
Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House
Lisa Stifler says
Spent most of my childhood with my Grandparents and miss them both very much! Thanks for sharing and this chance to win! Blessings to you and your writing!
Shirley Blanchard says
I love hearing peoples history, i never knew my grandfathers and only 1 grandmother and she died when i was 11 so not many memories, but my mother taught me faith and Gods love for me. and how to be homest and treat ever one the same. i would sure love to win theses books thanks
Shirley B jcisforme@aol.com
AmySD says
My Mamaw is more like my Mom. She has always been there for me, when no one else was. She has thought me how to cook, can foods, keep house and most important she took me to church. She is 83-years-old now and has cancer, I know my time with her is limited, that’s why I cherish every moment I have had with her and continue to make new memories.
Bonny Dixon MacIsaac says
My grandparents taught be that you can be happy living a simple life. The difference between wants and needs. Great life lessons.
Cindi Altman says
My Grandmother used to take me to church camp every summer. She was the first to introduce church as being something I enjoyed.
MJ Hogan says
My grandmother raised me day to day as my mother worked… I knew Jesus from as long as I can remember… did church and still do, but denominations were never the important thing.. Knowing Jesus was.
To answer the question about the influence of parents and grandparents, first of all, my family came to America after having fled from East Germany during the time of the Communist rule. By so doing, all relatives were left behind in Germany. My family was the only ones that left. So therefore, influence of grandparents was only through letters, which at that time was really the only type of communication. No emails, texts or Skype…but there letters were always kind and encouraging throughout my life. And as a result, as a grandparent, myself, I try to play an important role in the lives of my little grands! So that being said, my parents, of course, had a great influence on me. They taught me about faith in God, Jesus and about trying to live a good Christian life. I think they did a good job. They are still close to me and live on the same street and when I have a problem, even at my age, I go to see what mom and dad have to say about it!
My parents was a fantastic influence in my We were brought up in a loving solid family true values of life.Sent us to a catholic school Always supporting us in everything we did. and always lending a hand when needed.
I am sad to say we lost Mom Sept 2012 and Dad 5months 16days later they loved each other so very much they had been married 63 years .We believe dad passed of a broken heart. I couldn’t of ask for better parents
Wilma DeCamp says
My parents influenced us in the way that they were always available to help someone in need with little thought to their own comforts. They taught us to be giving of ourselves to others and I hope that I can influence my own children in this selflessness that is very rare these days in a world that’s all about “me”. So thankful for Jesus and the influence of Him in my life…for He is the greatest example to follow.
Val Pearson says
My grandmother always taught me to pray and never ever think I am more important than God. Through her I learned God, faith and family are the most important things. Thank you so much for the contest, I can’t wait to read your books.
Rebecca Bell says
Thank you Tricia for sharing about the invention of chocolate chip cookies. My grandma taught me to stay close to your family. We would always be together every year at Thanksgiving. My mom taught me to treat others the way you want to be treated.
Glenda says
All of my grandparents and my parents were Mennonite and they instilled in me the value of hard-work and helping those in need. They also instilled in me the need to spend time with fellow believers whether in church, Sunday school, or in times of fellowship.
TammyHU says
What a great story. My mother was a great influence in my life. To sacrifice your selves for others and to be kind and help others when you can.
Amy D. says
That was very interesting about Nestle and Tollhouse cookies. 🙂
Dorie says
My grandparents have been gone for a long time but the memories I have are so precious.
Jasmine A. says
I learned a lot from my Great Grandma. She died a little over a year ago at the age of almost-94. She was an amazing woman, raising 2 kids alone, outliving 2 husbands, and spending the last 33 years a widow living in her own home until the last few months. I loved my Great Grandma and I still miss her dreadfully. She was part of the inspiration for my quilting attempts. She always encouraged my craft-work and would add to my supplies when she could with her limited finances. She gave me things like sugar and flour for my Birthday and Christmas when I was a child because she knew I loved to bake. I miss you Great Grandma.
I didn’t and don’t know my Dad’s family because they live too far away and they just didn’t approve of Christianity and homeschooling. But I do know my Mom’s parents. Grandpa is one amazing guy, so full of love for his family. He is an inspiration for loving your family because they are family. And family is what matters most. Grandma is a little different, not exactly gentle and soft but still a very special woman. She is the other inspiration for my quilting attempts. She answers my quilting and sewing questions and even stayed up late last year to finish my crinoline (for a 1950’s dress) so I could wear it to an event.
Jasmine A.
Linda D. McFarland says
My grandmother-Grandma CoraBelle-was a big influence on me with her love of needle arts. I love all forms of needlework & love any kind of yarn. Grandmothers are very special. Thanks for the opportunity to win…Linda
Deanna Koontz says
My parents and grandparents have everything to do with my faith in Christ. The best gift they could have given me.
Joan A says
I have not read any of your books so look forward to them!
Jeana Clements says
My grandparents and parents were all godly examples to lead me to Christ. That is the best thing they could have ever done for me.
Leanna Morris says
My parents brought me up to high moral standards as a Christian. My grandparents also went to the same church and their Christian lives were a big influence on me as well.
Michelle L. says
My grandparents (maternal) were substitute parents. I had a bad home life and my grandparents were my sane, safe spot. I do not think I would be here, and be sane if God hadn’t placed them in my life.
Crystal B. says
My grandparents (on my mom’s side) made me feel like a valued and special human being. They took an interest in me and made sure I knew I was loved by them. If it weren’t for them planting the seeds that I was someone special, the rest of my life at home would have been unbearable and I know I wouldn’t be the person I am today without them. I was blessed to have had Grandaddy for 27 years of my life and my Grandma for 30.
Sherry Nash says
I only had a Grandma and I dont remember much about her, but she was a nice lady
Susan Grondin says
My Moma took me to church even when we had to walk. She taught me about love even through several abusive situations. My granddaddy gave me a dime to get fudgsicles at the corner store.
Susan F. says
I enjoy reading both Tricia and Suzane’s books! If I can eat a Toll House cookie while reading one, why, that’s a perfect escape. 🙂
Whoops, now my answer. My grandfather was a physically strong man. He was also very quiet. He taught me that no matter what, you never give up.
Valeria Rome says
Oh Boy the whole series!!!! Me me me! LOL 🙂
OOOps! In my excitement I forgot to answer the question… I didn’t know my grandparents so I have a burning desire to learn about where they lived and what it might have been like during their life.
Amanda T says
My parents had a huge influence in my life. My parents are the ones that led me to Christ and taught me what it truly means to be a believer. They were quite the example giving up the “American Dream” to head to Russia to be missionaries when they were in their 40’s. So thankful for their godly example in my life.
Karen Funk says
Would love to win some books. I didn’t know my grandparents very well. they lived so far away and died when I was quite young.(I’m glad my children were able to know their grandparents much better than I was). My father was a faithful minister of the Gospel and my mother a very Godly woman, so they had a great influence on my life and I am so thankful for their testimony in my life. Thanks for the chance to share a little of my story.
trusting and believing in God; honestly; loyalty
JoElle Rau says
They taught me the value of hard work and the importance of family! Looking forward to reading some of your books!
Connie Hendryx says
My parents placed in me a great desire to read…we had books all over the house!! I remember going to the library on my Schwinn bike each week, checking out 7 books (the limit per week), reading them all in a few days, but having to wait till the next Sunday to get more books!
Rachel Crist says
My grandma and Mom have directly influenced who I am as a person, and especially who I am as a Mom. When I think of them, I think of hard work, common sense, kindness, and what it means to be a “lady.”
Lynda E. says
What a great story about your grandmother, Suzanne! My grandparents have left an legacy of love to our family, and my grandmother and I, in particular, both LOVE to craft! Thanks for participating in the scavenger hunt.
flchen1 says
I’m thankful that both my grandparents and my parents are believers and even now, my mom and dad are still setting an example of how to walk with the Lord. We’re blessed also that we live close by enough that my kids can get to know them too!
Marg Z says
My grandparents instilled work ethics, self sufficiency, love and faith. One of my grandmothers also shared her love of reading with me. Every book I read I think of her and how much she enjoyed the books she read.
I loved “The Letters” and enjoyed reading about Suzanne’s inspiration for the bed & breakfast. And the first Toll House cookie . . . little gems like this make reading so pleasurable.
My grandmother lived with us when I was growing up. She wasn’t a fancy cook, just good north Georgia mountain style of cooking that was delicious. She rarely followed a recipe and when I questioned her, it was always, “Just a little of this…if it’s too thick, do this,” etc. But when I got married, she presented me with a hand-written notebook of her favorite recipes, which I still use and treasure today.
Angieleigh @ Once Upon A Book says
Both my mother and her mother were driving forces in all that I have done in my life. My mother pushed me to do the best I could do, and my grandmother was there to cheer me on.
It’s been a hard thirteen years since my grandmother passed away…I would have loved for her to see how her great grandchildren have grown up and how us grandkids have aged. I miss her more and more each day.
Sharon Coon says
My grandparents and parents introduced me to Jesus as my Savior and loved me and prayed for me. I am very thankful for each one.
My parents have always been there for me. Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity.
Kris kowalski says
My grandparents lived thru the depression, so they were very, very conservative and lived a simple life. She made cookies with simple ingredients. We only had molasses, roll-out cookies or peanut butter. She always conserved paper, she kept envelopes and little pieces of paper to write on. There house was very functional. They didn’t have matching pieces of furniture or things in the room just for looks.
There are many Amish people near my parents’ home, and my great-grandparents were Mennonites (my Grandma was until she married my Grandpa). I am interested in learning more about their way of life. I love the simplicity.
Sarah Richmond says
Thanks for the awesome giveaway Tricia and I also enjoyed doing the hunt!
My grandparents loved to read and their house was full of books. My mom inherited that love and past it on to me. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Jody Rigle says
My grandparents taught me to love all people, regardless of what society believed. They taught me there is good in all people, you just have to get to know them well enough to help them show it.
I spent summers growing up with my father’s parents. Learned to love the countryside and reading. Thanks for the giveaway.
Kaycie says
What an amazing story of two influential women! Adding this series to my “books to read” list!!! 🙂
Oh, just saw what I was supposed to be commenting about…whoops! My grandfather just turned 80 a week ago. His musical abilities (he plays guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin and sings all without reading a note of music!) amazing and encourages me to learn more. I have loved singing with my Grandpa since I was very very small.
darci says
My nana had a big influence she used to take care of me most weekends and told me the stories of her childhood in Scotland, she was an amazing lady!
My parents have had a great influence on me. My dad has been an influence about education. He has always encouraged us to study first and get an education then everything else will fall into place. My mom has had the greatest influence on me. She’s such a caring person and so kind to others. She has shown us to be respectful toward other people and just shown us to be appreciative of what we have. I’m so thankful that my mother showed us not to be judgmental towards other because of the way they look or behave but on the contrary be kind to them.
My mother lost her father in an accident before she was born. Another accident claimed my grandmother when my mother was 7 years old. Her aunt stepped in to raise, not only my mother, but my uncle and two aunts. This woman became my grandmother and taught me so much about faith and strength without saying much at all.
What a great backstory! I have heard the story before, but to have a connection with an author of books…how cool is that!
Michelle Corning says
Looking forward to reading these, going on my list 🙂
Michele Scercy says
My father’s mother raised me and instilled Southern mannerisms in me. She was my best friend until she passed away when I was 19 years old.
I love these scavenger hunts! I learn about so many authors that I haven’t read before! I am always nervous to try a new author but this really helps you get to know them and their writing style!
My grandparents have had a hug impact on my life. I only had one set that I knew. My Grandpa passed away about 5 1/2 years ago.He always had words of wisdom, but he was also very funny! I loved spending time with him.
Brenten G says
My grandparents left a legacy of love and faithfulness.
My grandparents really valued family and worked hard to keep all those ties open. Due to their work, I have a very loving extended family in my life.
My parents left me a legacy of love and of creativity.
Skylar Holcomb says
My grandparents and parents have a huge impact on me. They have taught me so many things and always want the best for me, no matter where it may take me.
Allison T Jones says
one of my grandmothers took me to church when I was growing up. She also taught me the importance of prayer. I wish I’d paid more attention and learned even more from her!
thanks for the chance to win your books!
ANN*H says
Not alot my one grandfather and one grandmother died when I was way to little to remember . The one on my dads side I learned the joy of quilting – she was a dutchified talking little woman. The one on my moms side my grandpa I learned the love of roses he grew and coca cola that he loved to drink. He only had one eye but he taught me alot of card games which he loved . He raised beagle dogs and had a grocery store much before I could remember. They could tell some interesting stories about past times
Julie N. says
My mom is an incredible person who has had the biggest influence on me and still does. I’ve never met a more kind, selfless person in my life. <3
Nancy M. says
My grandmother left me with remembering laughter. I remember laughing a lot with her. I never knew my grandfathers.
Shineka says
My Mother is my biggest influence but, her mother, Ida Mae, as like to remember her was a total firecracker. Up until the end she was a go getter and loved to travel. In fact, she would visit all of her kids starting out with a near empty suitcase because she knew that with each child she went and visited they would buy her a little something to take away with her. She was a very smart woman. 😉
KayM says
My grandparents, especially my grandmother, had a huge influence on my life. One thing that I learned in particular was to not complain about things I couldn’t change and to enjoy my life no matter the hardships. Another thing I learned that has helped me as I became older was how to be a loving and caring grandparent.
My father instilled in me a strong work-ethic. From my mother I found my spiritual path as a follower of Jesus Christ.
Your books look wonderful I live near several Amish communities. My mother and I share Amish books and others. I think she would also love your books.
Tiffany DeOs says
My parents and grandparents have made me who I am today. I come from a line of women who are good in the kitchen and love to sew and do crafty things and it’s passed on to me. I love the heritage I have in my family.
Deb Kastner says
I was raised in an only nominally Christian home, but one thing I did get from my parents was a commitment to marriage as being a permanent commitment.
Cathy Faist says
What a wonderful story of the first Toll House Cookies!! 🙂
I am a big fan of Suzanne’s work. Thanks for the wonderful blog!
I learned so much from my grandparents, all those years I had them. <3
My Grandma, Marie, taught me her wonderful cooking skills-she was full Italian-came here when she was only 10-lived till she was 96!
My other Grandma, Mary, taught me more in her later years, as growing up I spent more time with my other Gram and my older siblings spent more time with Grandma K. As we called Grandma Mary as her last name began with K and Grandma Marie, was always Grandma C. 🙂
But from Gram K, I learned her quiet strength as she suffered so very much in her last months of life. She was only 72, but was dying of COPD and emphysema and it was a very painful ending for her. 🙁 I sat with her many, many times when she was in the nursing home. I would just hold her hand and pray for her, talk to her, tell her what the kids were all doing. She would just tap her hand against the bed rail and the sound of a big silver ring she always wore, would just echo in the room-clang, clang, clang-over and over. It was the only way she could comfort herself from the pain till her meds would work, when they did. I'll never forget that sound-I still hear it-and I'll never forget her quiet strength as she waited too GI 'Home'.
Oh and I have that very special ring now. My Mom, gave it to me after Gram passed because I Shae the love of silver she had.
Aimee Haywood says
My grandparents influenced me by always serving in their community. My Grandma’s house always smelled like yummy food and was a warm inviting place to go and rest awhile. She created a refuge in her home. She also always had 3 jars of cookies on her counter full for us to eat! They taught me abut love and hospitality and serving others.
Connie R. says
Would love to read your books. As a grandmother, I am keenly aware of the need to make beautiful memories for my grandies, as I call them.
Jamie Herda says
My grandparents have always led by example. Their “lesson” if you will, is to always be of service to others. They always were. I grew up to become a hospice nurse. My grandfather passed away in 2010 and my grandmother just turned 92.
Anita Ojeda says
What a cool story about the origins of Toll House Cookies! Thank you for sharing :).
Tina Peterson says
I never really knew my dad’s mom very well but my stepmom’s mother will be very much missed. She was a lady who was always cheerful and never complained even though surviving an abusive husband and leaving him during the 60’s had to have been hard. She had a supportive, loving family and I know that really helped – but still even though I didn’t know her during that time the effect that her cheerful attitude had on her family is visible even today. She passed away on June 14th, 2013 and will be very much missed.
Thanks! Tina
Cheri Schueller says
Unfortunately, not much. My dad was in the Army and we did not see them very often. We did, however, have “adopted” grandparents in many places we went who had a great impact in our lives!
My parents had a big influence on me. They loved us kids & spent time with us. They were also a Godly example to us that led to all 4 of their children becoming Christians & living for God. My Grandparents were an example of hard work & diligence. My Grandma loved to do arts & crafts stuff and that has been passed down to many of her grandkids.
Thanks! this is a great scavenger hunt
My parents were a good example of being there for each other – eating meals together regularly, supporting each other in things that were important to us, and always saying “I love you!”
Becky B says
My parents influenced me to adopt. 🙂
Amanda Rog says
Thanks for the scavenger hunt fun! I love hearing all the stories and bits of history that you all put into your stories! Thanks so much for sharing!
Unfortunately…. my grandparetns passed when I was young… BUT my husbands grandmother was a great woman and taught me how to make pizzelles!!!
Lisa Cowell says
My grandparents taught me how to live a simple life on the farm and many useful skills, from gardening, caring for animals, to canning and preserving what we produced.
Marlyce S. says
My parents were my biggest influence and the greatest influence they had on me was how to raise my children. My brother and I were expected to practice good manners as small children and as we grew up. We were taught to hold doors open for people and to help someone in need anytime would could. I followed in my parents footsteps with my children and the first words my kids learned after “Mommy” and “Daddy” were “thank you” and “please”. They hold doors open for people, help people who need a hand, call when they are going to be late, along with many other things. Too many times, these things are not being taught in the home anymore and unfortunately, in my opinion, it shows in today’s society. The other thing that they influenced me with is to say “I love you” every day to the special people in your life . You never know when you might not be able to give the gift of those three words to someone whom you hold dear.
Ashley Osborn says
I was blessed with two sets of grandparents who were godly influences in my life. I loved spending time with them and would sometimes spend the weekends at my grandparent’s house with my cousins. My maternal grandma taughts us lots of things….cooking, cleaning, how to laugh when we’re sad, and how to trust God even when it’s hardest. I will never forget the things she taught me.
Sheila McIntyre says
How interesting about the Toll House Crunch cookies and the Nestle connection…I love learning new things!!
Shanda says
I always remember my grandpa as a fun, kind, loving and patient man who was pretty darn near perfect. It wasn’t until after he passed that I learned that when he was younger, he struggled with his temper. He had learned to control that part of himself and become the patient, devoted man I remember, inspiring me to continue to work on improving myself as well.
Sara Tobias says
My paternal grandparents were not financially well off but I learned humility and service from them. My love of the Amish comes from going to college in the midst of them and then we were the only English in our farming neighborhood.
My maternal grandfather was blinded at 22 and had to raise 4 children which he did with a milk route that turned into a creamery and they were extremely well off eventually but only after years of hard work
Rose Blackard says
love your books
Abigail Leigh says
Thanks so much for participating in the giveaway!
Joelle S. says
My dad influenced me to work hard and never give up on a dream. My mom has taught me to love music and teaching. They introduced me to my Savior, as well. Both of their influences have been so beneficial to me!
the hop are great thanks for the giveway my grandparent were married for 25 years and they died with in 6 mo of each them and they new alot of Amish
Miss Pippi says
Thanks for being a part of the Scavenger Hunt! It was fun!
Mary Johnson says
My parents influenced me by making church attendance every week a priority. They NEVER made plans on Sunday mornings, because we had church. They also made sacrifices so that my brother and I could attend a Christian school.
Melodi says
My parents influenced my life in so many ways. They prioritized their lives to put Christ first, family second, and everything else following behind those two things. My husband and I strive to pattern our home “culture” after their example. Thanks for the Scavenger Hunt!
Lisa wilson says
My best childhood memories are of me & my grandma. I miss her & it’s been 35 years since she died.
Carolyn Valdez says
Thank you for the Scavenger Hunt. Had a lot of fun.
Cyndi Wilson says
My parents and grandparents (maternal g’mother, in particular, since she is still living) provided a godly heritage and an example of perseverance through tough times that I have benefitted from greatly… and continue to do so! And btw, I really enjoyed your Big Sky series! I enjoyed seeing how a totally different location like Montana affected the Amish characters. 🙂
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PulseTrinity debate kick starts journey to the top in Georgia
On the weekend of Sept. 15, Trinity University sent six students to a policy debate tournament at Georgia State University. Policy debate, which features teams of two arguing the intricacies of a year-long debate topic, is a fiercely competitive game; more than 30 universities across the nation were represented. That didn‘t stop sophomores Ian Dill and Ansh Khullar from making it to the double-octofinal round, placing them as one of the best-performing 32 teams at...
Meredith GoshellSeptember 27, 2017161 min
On the weekend of Sept. 15, Trinity University sent six students to a policy debate tournament at Georgia State University. Policy debate, which features teams of two arguing the intricacies of a year-long debate topic, is a fiercely competitive game; more than 30 universities across the nation were represented. That didn‘t stop sophomores Ian Dill and Ansh Khullar from making it to the double-octofinal round, placing them as one of the best-performing 32 teams at the tournament.
A policy debate tournament consists of eight preliminary debates before the elimination rounds begin; each debate lasts about two hours apiece. One topic sets the stage for debates, but each round is unique and teams trade off between affirming or negating the topic.
“This year, the topic for everyone is health care,” said Dill, an economics and environmental studies double major. “Since you have to defend both sides of the debate during the tournament, we have to research a variety of different positions on the issue. When we are affirmative, we propose a way to fix the Affordable Care Act and explain how that can help stabilize premiums for people buying health care on the individual market. When we are negative, we have to be ready to address various proposals such as single-payer [healthcare], a public option, vouchers, etc.”
After prelims, the teams are ranked, and the top 32 teams advance to the single elimination component of the tournament. Dill and his partner Khullar lost in the double-octofinals elimination round, but they will have a chance for redemption this weekend at the University of Kentucky tournament. Dill and Khullar were one of 110 teams participating in the tournament‘s varsity division.
“My role on the debate team is that I‘m part of one of the two teams that get the opportunity to consistently travel to tournaments across the nation,” said Nicholas Pereda, a first-year considering a major in political science. “I joined the debate team because debate was something I was very passionate about in high school, which has carried over, and I‘m also a recipient of the Baker Duncan scholarship for debate.”
Pereda competed with first-year Claire Carlson; the third Trinity partnership at the Georgia tournament was junior Zabdi Salazar and senior Sasha Faust. All three pairs competed in the varsity division of the tournament.
“Joining the debate team has really helped me learn more about public speaking, policy creation and current affairs,” said Sasha Faust, a human communication major and performance studies minor. “Policy debate teaches you to think quickly and analytically and to keep listening even when you don’t understand a topic or find it boring.”
Policy debates involve the proposal of a plan by the affirmative team to enact a policy, while the negative team offers reasons to reject that proposal. Students have the opportunity to cross-examine one another and argue their positions even further.
“I did debate team in high school, mostly,” Dill said. “I knew that I wanted to continue doing it in college, and the coaches [Will Mosley-Jensen and Collin Roark] made a concerted effort to get myself and Ansh to come to Trinity.”
The debate team has a full schedule ahead, traveling to up to eight tournaments this year around the country before the National Debate Tournament. The Georgia Debate tournament provided a glimpse of what is to come as the teams begin to perfect their strategies and arguments in the upcoming weeks.
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About Wayne’s
Work at Wayne’s.
The history of Wayne’s.
We tend to say that we are searching for the ultimate fika. It may sound grandiose. But we have been characterised by this search since we first opened the doors to our first coffee shop on Kungsgatan in Stockholm.
Serving coffee since 1994
NUMBER OF COFFEE SHOPS
Most of our coffee shops are located in Sweden. But did you know that we have also opened coffee shops abroad? Today, you’ll find Wayne’s Coffee in Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
That’s how much we reduce our use of chemical pesticides every year – in Sweden alone. According to our (official Organic receipt), this leads to increased biodiversity and a reduced risk of pollution.
GUESTS SERVED EVERY DAY
Every day, you’ll be in the company of enough people to fill a small city where Wayne’s is everyone’s choice. Many choose us because they want to enjoy a Swedish fika. Others visit us to pick up their morning coffee, buy breakfast, study or enjoy a healthy lunch with their colleagues.
What are the highlights in our history? Have a look at our most important moments over the years.
Our first coffee shop opened on Kungsgatan 14 in central Stockholm. Not only was it the first one in the chain; it was the first coffee shop in Sweden to serve Caffe Latte!
We invest in a franchise concept and take first step outside Stockholm. A new coffee shop was opened in Uppsala.
We left Sweden for the first time. Our expansion crossed the border into Finland, where we opened yet another coffee shop.
The Internet arrived with full force at Wayne’s. This year, we launched free Internet in all our coffee shops in Sweden.
Finland is joined by Norway, which was yet another Nordic country in the Wayne’s family. Our coffee also became Rainforest Alliance certified.
In 1994, we were the first to serve Caffe Latte in Sweden. We repeated this feat in Saudi Arabia when we launched our first coffee shop in the country.
We were the first Swedish chain of coffee shops to be KRAV labelled. And we were the first to serve organic Barista milk.
We were named “Franchise chain of the year 2017” at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The reasons included our purposeful work on increased sustainability.
This was the year when we launched the Supercino, combining the best of two worlds. Super-healthy plants and the delicious feeling of a cappuccino.
Eat, fika and enjoy organic coffee
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