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SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
by Rebecca Gordon
"We’ve been going backwards on abortion access for decades. Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has denied abortion services to women who get their health care through the federal Medicaid program, or indeed to anyone whose health insurance is federally funded."
SOURCE: Nursing Clio
The Anti-Abortion Politics of White Women
by Jacqueline Mercier Allain
The reality is that women—white women in particular—are among today’s anti-choice movers and shakers.
Women Have Fought to Legalize Reproductive Rights for Nearly Two Centuries
by Lauren MacIvor Thompson
The efforts of the second-wave feminist movement transformed older ideas of voluntary motherhood, which asserted that women both didn’t have to have sex or be pregnant, into the more radical notion that women could enjoy sex without fear of becoming pregnant.
SOURCE: Salon
Historians call Clarence Thomas’ anti-abortion argument, "A gross misuse of historical facts"
“Linking the pro-choice movement to racism . . . He’s a bad man,” Georgia State law professor Eric Segall says
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
Open Forum: Are public schools ‘inclusive’? Not for those who oppose abortion
by Jonathan Zimmerman
Children need to learn how to discuss abortion — and other controversial political questions — in a fair and mutually respectful way. And that won’t happen if the adults in the room tell them the right answers, right off the bat.
SOURCE: The Atlantic
Adam Cohen: Clarence Thomas Knows Nothing of My Work
by Adam Cohen
The justice used my book to tie abortion to eugenics. But his rendition of the history is incorrect.
What the Fugitive Slave Law Can Teach Us About Anti-Abortion Legislation
by Ed Simon
As the Fugitive Slave Act was motivated by an inhuman racism, so are these new laws mandating forced pregnancy defined by hideous misogyny.
How Democrats can win the abortion war: Talk about Roe's restrictions as well as rights
Republicans are lying when they paint us as the party of death and infanticide. Fight back by championing both the right to abortion and limits on it.
SOURCE: Time
We Don't Have to Imagine the Consequences of Abortion Bans. We Just Have to Look to the Past
by Leslie J. Reagan
Making abortion illegal never meant abortion didn’t happen. For the entire century of criminalized abortion, women of every class, marital status, religion and race still obtained them.
What Abortion Was Like In The U.S. Before Roe V. Wade
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karissa Haugeberg, assistant professor of history at Tulane University, about what it was like to get an abortion before Roe v. Wade.
Trump says he’s an antiabortion champion like Reagan. History says: Not quite.
Reagan’s legacy on abortion is far more complicated, and antiabortion advocates have long considered his actions a disappointment.
It’s time to stop viewing pregnant women as threats to their babies
by Kathleen Crowther
How Georgia is continuing a centuries-long tradition, and why it must stop.
Once a center of antiabortion extremism, Kansas’s protections are now stronger than ever
The month and a half in 1991 that radically changed the politics of abortion in Kansas.
How the Supreme Court fractured the nation over slavery — and how it threatens to do so again
by H. W. Brands
The issue: abortion. Those who would outlaw abortion today are as convinced of the morality of their position as the abolitionists were of the morality of theirs.
SOURCE: NY Review of Books
10-31-18 (accessed)
How Republicans Became Anti-Choice
by Sue Halpern
The documentary, "Reversing Roe," does an admirable job of teasing apart how the Republican Party used control of women’s bodies as political capital to shift the balance of power their way.
Remembering an Era Before Roe, When New York Had the "Most Liberal" Abortion Law in the Nation
Three years before Roe v. Wade established a constitutional right to abortion, New York legalized the procedure in 1970, turning the state into a magnet for women who wanted to terminate their pregnancies.
SOURCE: Time Magazine
Massachusetts Passes Repeal of 173-Year-Old Abortion Ban Amid Fears for Future of Roe v. Wade
It will make Massachusetts the first state to respond to the possibility that Roe v. Wade could be repealed or significantly weakened following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Indiana Authorities Said Their Abortion Law Was Designed to Protect Women
by Scott W. Stern
Given the state’s history, it’s clear the law was actually about controlling women.
When (and Why) Did Supreme Court Nomination Battles Become All about Roe v. Wade?
by Daniel K. Williams
For the first twenty years after Roe, Senate confirmation hearings were not polarizing conflicts over abortion rights. Here’s how that changed.
SOURCE: The Boston Globe
Race, not abortion, was the founding issue of the religious right
Though opposition to abortion is what many think fueled the powerful conservative white evangelical right, 81 percent of whom voted for Donald Trump, it was really school integration.
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20 Bizarre Pieces Of Marriage Advice That Victorian-Era Women Were Compelled To Follow
By Ken Macdonald
Image: Stanzman
The Victorian era saw the publication of a positive deluge of advice books aimed at the young bride-to-be and the newly married woman. Much of the material confirms the stereotype we have of the Victorians, especially the upper classes. Judging by these books, they do seem to be a straitlaced lot when it came to sexual matters. But most shocking of all to modern sensibilities are the casual assumptions of male superiority. Read on and prepare to be outraged!
Image: The Bridgeman Art Library
20. At least a rudimentary knowledge of biology
It was assumed that most of the young women that the Victorian guides on marriage were aimed at would be from the upper-middle or middle classes. And from that supposition sprung the quite reasonable idea that these young women’s knowledge of basic biology was scant if it existed at all.
Image: George Hayter
And what awaited a young woman on her wedding night was likely to be even more of a mystery, perhaps a rather terrifying one. Walter Gallichan, writing in his 1918 The Psychology of Marriage advised that, “It is necessary that the virgin should not enter the married state without even theoretical knowledge of sex.” Alarmingly, he went on to say in relation to the wedding night, “Now and then one reads a painful report of suicide at this crisis in a girl’s life.”
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20 Royal Baby Rules That Meghan Markle Is Supposed To Follow
By Sarah Jones
Image: Phil Noble – Pool/Getty Images
Britain’s royal family shared some happy news recently: Meghan Markle is pregnant! The baby, the first child of Prince Harry and his American wife, will be seventh in line to the throne when he or she is born. But they will also enter a world full of curious, occasionally rather stifling royal rules. The question is: will Harry and Meghan choose to follow them all?
Image: THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE/AFP/Getty Images
20. Royal babies should have several names
One middle name isn’t nearly enough for a royal! Just ask Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, or Prince Charles Philip Arthur George. And yes, as you can no doubt tell, royals reuse names a lot. For example, Princess Charlotte’s full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana – Elizabeth in honor of Queen Elizabeth, and Diana in tribute to Princess Diana.
Image: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
19. The baby’s sex isn’t disclosed until after the birth
No gender reveal parties for royals. This is a longstanding tradition – no one must know the sex of the baby until the birth itself. Sometimes even the parents don’t know, apparently. When Prince George was born in June 2013, it was reported by the BBC that Prince William and Kate Middleton had decided not to learn whether their new arrival was a boy or a girl.
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Iran Says Can Produce Highly Enriched Uranium in Days if U.S. Quits Deal
August 22, 2017, 2 years ago
Iran can resume production of highly enriched uranium within five days if the nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 is revoked, Iran's atomic chief was quoted by state media as saying on Tuesday.
LONDON, Aug 22 – Iran can resume production of highly enriched uranium within five days if the nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 is revoked, Iran’s atomic chief was quoted by state media as saying on Tuesday.
The deal that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani championed with the United States, Russia, China and three European powers led to the lifting of most sanctions against Tehran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.
Rouhani has intensified efforts to protect the deal, also known by its acronym JCPOA, against Washington’s return to an aggressive Iran policy, after U.S. President Donald Trump approved new sanctions on Tehran.
Rouhani warned last week that Iran could abandon the nuclear agreement “within hours” if the United States imposes any more new sanctions.
“The president’s warning was not baseless,” Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday.
“If we decide, we can reach 20 percent (uranium) enrichment within five days in Fordow (underground nuclear plant),” he added.
However, Salehi who was reappointed this month as vice president and the head of the Atomic Energy Organization, said his main priority would be to protect the JCPOA.
Following the nuclear deal, Iran drastically reduced the number of centrifuges – machines that enrich uranium – installed at Fordow, and kept just over 1,000 there for research purposes.
The JCPOA states that no enrichment is permitted at Fordow for 15 years.
Uranium enriched to a high level can be used to make an atomic bomb. Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on six Iranian firms in late July for their role in the development of a ballistic missile program after Tehran launched a rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit.
Trump also signed in August a U.S. Senate bill that imposed sanctions on Iran, Russia, and North Korea.
Iran says new U.S. sanctions breach the JCPOA but the United States says they were unrelated to the deal.
During his election campaign Trump called the deal a “disaster” and “the worst deal ever negotiated”. This month he said he did not believe Iran was living up to the deal’s spirit.
[Donald Trump], [iran], [nuclear deal], [Trump], [uranium]
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Temples Tombs and Hieroglyphs A Brief History of Ancient Egypt
Author: Barbara Mertz
Genre: History
Have you ever wondered what it was like in the Valley of the Kings? To unlock the mysteries of the pyramids? Or sail down the Nile on Cleopatra's Barge? In her fascinating new introduction to the wonders of ancient Egypt expert Barbara Mertz tells the extraordinary history from the first stone age settlements to the age of Cleopatra and the Roman Emperors. It offers not just insights into the glories of the Pharaohs, but also intriguing glimpses of everyday life, folklore and culture.
Temples Tombs Hieroglyphs
ISBN: OCLC:1089717814
Genre: Egypt
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Author: Margaret Bunson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
An A-Z reference providing concise and accessible information on Ancient Egypt from its predynastic cultures to the suicide of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony in the face of the Roman conquest. Annotation. Bunson (an author of reference works) has revised her 1991 reference (which is appropriate for high school and public libraries) to span Egypt's history from the predynastic period to the Roman conquest. The encyclopedia includes entries for people, sites, events, and concepts as well as featuring lengthy entries or inset boxes on major topics such as deities, animals, and the military. A plan and photograph are included for each of the major architectural sites.
The Pharaoh s Court
Author: Kathryn Hinds
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
"Describes the daily life of the upper classes during the New Kingdom period of ancient Egypt, from about 1550 BCE to about 1070 BCE, including the structure of society, the differing roles of men and women, and what it was like to be a child in that era"--Provided by publisher.
Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt
Author: Christopher Dunn
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments • Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum • Reveals that highly refined tools and mega-machines were used in ancient Egypt From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and nine field study journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a stunning stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times. Using modern digital photography, computer-aided design software, and metrology instruments, Dunn exposes the extreme precision of these monuments and the type of advanced manufacturing expertise necessary to produce them. His computer analysis of the statues of Ramses II reveals that the left and right sides of the faces are precise mirror images of each other, and his examination of the mysterious underground tunnels of the Serapeum illuminates the finest examples of precision engineering on the planet. Providing never-before-seen evidence in the form of more than 280 photographs, Dunn’s research shows that while absent from the archaeological record, highly refined tools, techniques, and even mega-machines must have been used in ancient Egypt.
Great Ancient EGYPT Projects
Author: Carmella Van Vleet
Publisher: Nomad Press
From reed boats, papyrus, and amulets, to pyramids, pharaohs, and mummies, Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the fascinating lives of ancient Egyptians through more than 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers today a chance to experience how the ancient Egyptians lived, cooked, worked, worshipped, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors through building projects that use common household supplies. Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project are combined with historical facts and anecdotes, biographies, and trivia for the real-life models of each project. Together they give kids a first-hand look at daily life in ancient Egypt.
Temples Tombs and Hieroglyphs
Genre: Egyptology
The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits
Author: Mike Ashley
Mystery and murder from the Sands of Time; This anthology covers two periods in history - the time of 'Ancient Egypt' which stretches from the First Dynasty in 4000 BC to the time of the Roman Empire, and the time of the Discoveries, which covers the Napoleonic and Victorian periods of excavation. The anthology will be a collection of new stories and rare reprints, including contributions from Lynda Robinson, featuring Lord Meren, Lauren Haney and a Lieutenant Bak mystery, plus stories from Gillian Linscott, Kate Ellis, Marilyn Todd, Paul Doherty, Suzanne Franke, Amy Myers, Michael Pearce, Elizabeth Peters and many more. So from the famed Cleopatra to Howard Carter and the Curse of the Pharaohs, here are 25 stories to enthral and enchant devotees of the genre.
Red Land Black Land
Publisher: Harper Collins
A fascinating, erudite, and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt—this acclaimed classic work is now revised and updated for a new generation Displaying the unparalleled descriptive power, unerring eye for fascinating detail, keen insight, and trenchant wit that have made the novels she writes (as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels) perennial New York Times bestsellers, internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz brings a long-buried civilization to vivid life. In Red Land, Black Land, she transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights, aromas, and sounds of day-to-day living in the legendary desert realm that was ancient Egypt. Who were these people whose civilization has inspired myriad films, books, artwork, myths, and dreams, and who built astonishing monuments that still stagger the imagination five thousand years later? What did average Egyptians eat, drink, wear, gossip about, and aspire to? What were their amusements, their beliefs, their attitudes concerning religion, childrearing, nudity, premarital sex? Mertz ushers us into their homes, workplaces, temples, and palaces to give us an intimate view of the everyday worlds of the royal and commoner alike. We observe priests and painters, scribes and pyramid builders, slaves, housewives, and queens—and receive fascinating tips on how to perform tasks essential to ancient Egyptian living, from mummification to making papyrus. An eye-opening and endlessly entertaining companion volume to Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, Mertz's extraordinary history of ancient Egypt, Red Land, Black Land offers readers a brilliant display of rich description and fascinating edification. It brings us closer than ever before to the people of a great lost culture that was so different from—yet so surprisingly similar to—our own.
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Capstone
Introduces the world of the ancient Egyptians, exploring how they lived their daily lives, their religion, and how they were ruled.
Die Prophezeiung des Nfr tj
Author: Wolfgang Helck
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Ancient Egyptian Culture
Author: Leigh Rockwood
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Ancient Egypt is known in the popular imagination for its hieroglyphics, jewelry, and dazzling treasure-filled tombs. Readers will learn how these products were made through engaging, accessible text. In addition, this book explores the rich culture that produced these objects and will explain how Egypts religion helped shape its art and politics.
Author: David P. Silverman
A collection of essays based on the latest historical research and archeological discoveries surveys the culture and religion of ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt Before Writing
Author: Alicia Meza
An investigation is made here of a marking and counting system used in Ancient Egypt similar to the one existing in Mesopotamia, during the fourth millennium BCE. Th e archaeological model indicates that, this development was crucial to the invention of writing and to social stratifi cation in both Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Th is fact was corroborated by archaeological analysis of the areas, indicating a very early state formation at the beginning of the Middle Uruk Period in Mesopotamia, which corresponded to the Predynastic Period in Egypt. A correlation is made here of proto-signs from both areas, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, which was probably used for longrange trade between both regions.
Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Bob Brier
Explore day-to-day living in ancient Egypt in this exciting new revised edition.
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Venezuelan People on the Street Defending Nicolas Maduro
— Jun 6, 2017
Another protest was planned for Miami, home to a large community of Venezuelans who have fled the country's economy crisis, on Thursday.
The New York-based investment bank came under fire from Venezuelan politicians and protesters in New York opposed to Maduro, who said the deal provided the cash-strapped government hundreds of millions of dollars in badly-needed hard currency.
Nomura Securities said it also bought about $100m worth of the bonds last week, according to Reuters reports.
Although Goldman didn't buy directly from the government, experts say the immediate increase in Venezuela's reserves indicates Goldman's money went straight to Maduro's coffers. This resulted in a major clash which saw some 60 people getting killed in Caracas and other cities.
The text backs mediation efforts by many countries in the region and calls on the EU's High Representative for foreign policy to explore actively with global and regional organisations "other measures that would enable the European Union to restore full democracy to Venezuela".
It affirmed that the government of the South American nation can not use growing aggression as a justification for denying unrestricted guarantees of the human rights of all people.
On Tuesday, Reuters reports, the National Assembly voted to request that the US investigate the deal, and protesters gathered outside Goldman's headquarters in New York City.
"We recognise that the situation is complex and evolving and Venezuela is in crisis".
Maduro has faced nearly two months of public protests while cutting imports of food and medicine to conserve cash and continue bond payments.
Grieving Johnson loses at French Open
Muguruza will next face either Shelby Rogers of the United States or 13th-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France. The brutality of Nadal's destruction of the Georgian on the Roland Garros main showcourt was withering.
The statement did not include the price of the bonds or the amount purchased.
"No matter how hard they try, Goldman Sachs and his top executives can not embellish this deal, which is immoral for Venezuelans", Julio Borges, president of the Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, told El Nacional.
Even though critics have described the constituent assembly as an attempt by the president to confuse voters expectant of regional elections, as well as override the opposition-led National Assembly, Maduro still has substantial support.
"As hard as it may try, Goldman Sachs ... can not put lipstick on this pig of a deal for Venezuelans", Borges said.
Goldman didn't comment on Borges' letter.
The letter adds that Congress will open an investigation into the transaction and that he will recommend "to any future democratic government of Venezuela not to recognize or pay these bonds".
The OAS meeting at the group's headquarters in Washington, however, was suspended because members could not agree on how to handle the Venezuelan crisis - a development that Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez celebrated as a victory.
The Venezuelan government hasn't made an worldwide public bond offering in several years since capital markets are essentially closed to it as its economy has shrunk 27% in four years, its oil production has declined rapidly and investors have become increasingly anxious about the growing likelihood of default.
"Little by little", Martínez Yabrudi said, "the countries of the OAS, the countries of the world have realized that they can not be accomplices" to repression.
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Apple said that makes the Mac a great platform for development virtual-reality "experiences". Apple ( AAPL ) finally has a horse in one of the hottest consumer tech categories out there.
Watch Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers live on TV, Online
Thompson played a mixed role in Game 1, watching Irving and at times defending against LeBron James , Kevin Love and JR Smith . After struggling a bit in a four-game sweep of in in the first round, Cleveland turned it on against Toronto and Boston.
Trump poised to pull US from Paris Climate deal
She says no one government can stop the momentum toward tackling climate change, adding that Canada will continue "marching on". He said the US could try to re-enter the deal under more favorable terms or work to establish "an entirely new transaction".
CNN Asks Spelling Champ To Spell 'Covfefe'
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Mickelson to miss US Open for daughter's graduation
Open is the only major Mickelson has not won. "I'm always holding out hope". "Yeah, I go back and every year at the U.S. Now, he'll mostly likely be watching on television. "I don't know what will happen, but it doesn't look very good".
Thailand Open: Saina Nehwal bows out, Sai Praneeth enters final
In the decider, Nehwal took an early lead and eventually managed to run away with the game without much fuss, 21-11. By then, Saina had found her rhythm and her range as she started calling the shots to race to a 11-8 advantage.
United States pulls out of Paris Agreement
He is shirking USA responsibilities, severely undermining US interests, and putting USA companies at a competitive disadvantage. Fanta Coulibaly, 65, who sells vegetables in Mali's capital, Bamako, remembers when there was enough rain this time of year.
Police run for Special Olympics
The Law Enforcement Torch Run raises money for Special Olympics of Western New York. Last year's Torch Run raised more than $2 million for Special Olympics.
Newcastle 'secure Chelsea loan deal for record-breaker Tammy Abraham'
Abraham rightly received plenty of plaudits last season for his excellent season whilst on loan at Ashton Gate . The deal would have been helped along by Benitez visiting Abraham personally at St George's Park.
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner should have security clearance reviewed
An ongoing, permanent back-channel for communications was never discussed, only a one-time call, the source added. It was their first opportunity to question Spicer about a Washington Post report published late last week.
Britain may be heading for hung Parliament
The pollster said the approach was used during the European Union referendum and consistently showed voters backed Leave. Sterling dropped last week , rounding off the worst week this year.
Philippine forces make gains in southern city under siege
The militants had killed at least 19 civilians, while 20 security forces and 65 gunmen had died, according to the military. "Our ground commanders have assured that the end is nearly there", military spokesman Restituto Padilla told reporters .
Putin: Russian state has never been involved in hacking
Putin said that in any case hackers can not possibly sway election outcomes because the electorate is not so easily manipulated.
Wall Street stocks retreat from records
The energy sector's .SPNY 1.31 percent fall made it the worst performer among the major S&P 500 sectors . U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday as investors were digesting the latest economic data from the country.
England v Bangladesh: Everything you need to know
The Tigers hit 342 against Pakistan prior to that collapse against India , with Tamim Iqbal hitting 102 runs off 93 deliveries. England hauled in Bangladesh's 305-6 by scoring 308-2 with 16 balls to spare in a brilliant start to the eighth championship.
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Use the Doane University Sexual Assault and Rape Policy for campus definitions and greivance procedures.
Dating Violence
Dating violence is a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse, to control his or her dating partner. Dating violence can include any person, regardless of gender, who is in an intimate relationship with another person primarily characterized by the expectation of affectionate involvement whether casual, serious, or long-term.
- Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
National Statistics
43% of dating college women reported experiencing abusive behaviors from their partner
A 2013 study found 26% of teens in relationships were victims of cyber dating abuse. Females were twice as likely to be victims as males
4% of teens agreed that it’s okay for someone to hit their partner if they really did something wrong or embarrassing
25-35% of teens equate jealousy, possessiveness and violence with love
57% of teens know someone who has been physically, sexually, or verbally abusive in a dating relationship
Only 33% of teens who were in an abusive relationship ever told anyone about the abuse
Doane Statistics
Emotional Abuse: 7.6%
Physical Abuse: 1.9%
Sexual Abuse (as a form of relationship violence): 6.2%
We define domestic violence as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone.
- Office on Violence Against Women
Accounts for 15% of all violent crime
Most common among women between the ages of 18-24
19% involves of a weapon
The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500%
72% of all murder-suicides involved an intimate partner
94% of the victims are female
Cuts across socio-economic barriers
An average of 20 people are physically abused every minute by their partner
More than 10 million abuse victims annually
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been physically abused by their partner
1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men have been severely physically abused by their partner
DV hotlines receive ~20,800 calls/day
Nebraska Statistics
Ranks 39th in Hotline call volume
173 victims were counted on a single day in September 2014 for needing emergency shelters or transitional housing
228 victims on a single day in September 2014 received other services from domestic violence programs (advocacy, counseling, support groups)
Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape.
Sexual assault is forced, manipulated or coerced sexual contact. It includes rape, child sexual abuse, same-sex assault, acquaintance rape, harassment and marital rape. The perpetrator uses sex to inflict physical and emotional violence and humiliation on the victim, or to exert power and control over the victim. Men almost always perpetrate sexual assaults – even when the victims are other men or boys.
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).
About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
The majority of sexual assault victims experience their first assault before their eighteenth birthday.
Some people experience on-going sexual abuse during their childhood, a dating relationship or marriage. Other people experience multiple assaults at the hands of various assailants throughout their lives.
46.4% lesbians, 74.9% bisexual women and 43.3% heterosexual women reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes, while 40.2% gay men, 47.4% bisexual men and 20.8% heterosexual men reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes.
91% of the victims of rape and sexual assault are female, and 9% are male.
In eight out of 10 cases of rape, the victim knew the person who sexually assaulted them.
Prevalence in Intimate Relationships
7.7% of U.S. women reported that they had been raped by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
76% of the women who were raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 were assaulted by a current or former husband, cohabitating partner, or date.
45.9% of the battered women who reported abuse also reported being forced into sex by their intimate partners.
In one study, over half of martial rape survivors surveyed experienced more than one sexual assault in a 6-month reference period before the survey.
Approximately half (51.2%) of the women raped by an intimate partner said they were victimized multiple times by the same partner. Overall, female rape victims averaged 4.5 rapes by the same partner.
Although sexual assault is perhaps the most understudied topic of same-sex violence, clinical work and advocacy efforts show that lesbians and gay men endure the same types of abuse that heterosexual women suffer, including sexual assault.
Prevalence for College Aged Students (18-24)
11.2% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation (among all graduate and undergraduate students).
Among graduate and professional students, 8.8% of females and 2.2% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.
Among undergraduate students, 23.1% of females and 5.4% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.
Male college-aged students (18-24) are 78% more likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.
Female college-aged students (18-24) are 20% less likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.
More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault.
Rape is the most under-reported crime; 63% of sexual assaults are not reported to police. Only 12% of child sexual abuse is reported to the authorities.
The prevalence of false reporting is between 2% and 10%. For example, a study of eight U.S. communities, which included 2,059 cases of sexual assault, found a 7.1% rate of false reports. A study of 136 sexual assault cases in Boston found a 5.9% rate of false reports. Researchers studied 812 reports of sexual assault from 2000-03 and found a 2.1% rate of false reports.
21% of females, 10% of males reporting having unwanted sexual contact since they began their career at Doane
3-4% of females sought out confidential services, 0% of males sought out confidential services
0% of either male, female, or other sought out formal reporting options
Stalking is a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact, or any other course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.
Stalking can include:
Repeated, unwanted, intrusive, and frightening communications from the perpetrator by phone, mail, and/or email.
Repeatedly leaving or sending victim unwanted items, presents, or flowers.
Following or laying in wait for the victim at places such as home, school, work, or recreation place.
Making direct or indirect threats to harm the victim, the victim’s children, relatives, friends, or pets.
Damaging or threatening to damage the victim’s property.
Harassing victim through the internet.
Posting information or spreading rumors about the victim on the internet, in a public place, or by word of mouth.
Obtaining personal information about the victim by accessing public records, using internet search services, hiring private investigators, going through the victim’s garbage, following the victim, contacting victim’s friends, family work, or neighbors, etc.
Office on Violence Against Women
7.5 million people are stalked in one year in the United States.
15% of women and 6% of men have experienced stalking victimization at some point during their lifetime in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.
Over 85% of stalking victims are stalked by someone they know.
61% of female victims and 44% of male victims of stalking are stalked by a current or former intimate partner.
25% of female victims and 32% of male victims of stalking are stalked by an acquaintance.
About 1 in 5 of stalking victims are stalked by a stranger.
Persons aged 18-24 years experience the highest rate of stalking.
11% of stalking victims have been stalked for 5 years or more.
46% of stalking victims experience at least one unwanted contact per week.
Impact on Victims
46% of stalking victims fear not knowing what will happen next.
29% of stalking victims fear the stalking will never stop.
1 in 8 employed stalking victims lose time from work as a result of their victimization and more than half lose 5 days of work or more.
1 in 7 stalking victims move as a result of their victimization.
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This project is supported by Grant No. 2016-WA-AX-0013 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, US Department of Justice. The Opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
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Snapshot: May 26, 2015
Feeling: Pretty good – yay! This early morning walking has really been making a difference. I love it, and I feel so energized for much of the day. Mind you, I end up going to bed earlier than normal, but that’s a good thing, since it’s something I’ve been trying to accomplish for a while now.
Eating: I’ve got spinach and ricotta sausages in the oven. Will pair them with stir fried cabbage and stir fried spinach.
Drinking: Water! Loving my water. But also looking forward to my nightly glass of Malbec.
Reading: Lots of things! I’ve been peckishly bookish all day—ever have that, when you find yourself jumping from book to book? So I’ve basically read a little bit of everything I’ve got going.
Sped through the first part of Andrew Pyper’s The Damned this afternoon. Very readable, although things kind of slowed down a bit towards the end of part I. I’ll probably finish this one fairly quickly, as long as it picks up speed again.
I’m also reading Disclaimer, by Renée Knight, for a book tour scheduled for next week. The story is compelling. The writing? Not so much. Still quite readable though.
Listening: I finished Jurassic Park in audio last week, so I moved on to Lost World this week. Unfortunately, I fell asleep while listening to it the other night, so a whole lot of rewinding is in order. My falling asleep while listening to it shouldn’t be held against it—I was just really, really tired that night (all that walking, right?) So far, though, it’s as interesting as I remembered.
Writing: Well, I’ve been thinking about it, so that counts, right?
Working: Finished off an indexing deadline last night, and have four articles to write this week and next, but otherwise the deadlines are light. Which is great because it gives me time to work on the book marketing stuff for Booktrope. And I still have to create a website and Twitter account for that particular hat.
Exercise: I’ve now gone for my early morning walk five days in a row! I’m really really excited and pleased and happy about this new routine. The best part is, I’m even sneaking in some running!
I don’t love running enough to wake up in the morning eager to go for a run, but walking’s a totally different thing. So what I’ve been doing is running just a little bit when I start my walk—and when I say a little, I mean a little! Like, maybe two minutes! Okay, I might be up to three minutes by now. What I’m doing is going just a tiny bit further every day. Building up my stamina bit by bit. Eventually I’d love to be running for half of my walking hour, but I’m quite willing to take it slow.
This entry was posted in Life and tagged Andrew Pyper, exercise, Michael Crichton, Reading, Renée Knight, running, Snapshot, walking, work, writing on May 26, 2015 by Belle Wong.
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4 thoughts on “Snapshot: May 26, 2015”
bermudaonion (Kathy) May 26, 2015 at 8:30 pm
Yay for early morning walks!
Athira May 26, 2015 at 9:31 pm
I love bookish days. I have such days sometimes. Not today though – work was crazy busy today and am so not looking forward to continuing it tomorrow.
Heidenkind May 26, 2015 at 11:45 pm
You know, I heard that walking first thing in the morning after eating a high protein breakfast will really boost your spirits and energy! I’ve thought about it, but by the time I finish breakfast it’s like noon, so.
Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library May 27, 2015 at 10:34 am
That’s great about the early morning walks! I love the idea of it for myself but haven’t been quite committed enough to actually do it. I’m curious about The Damned. Sounds interesting and I’ve had a hard time staying focused on any book lately. It’s starting to drive me crazy.
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Football focuses can be scored from multiple points of view, including getting an ignore the objective line, conveying the ball over the objective line, handling a football player in his very own end zone, or a kicker kicking the football through the goal lines on the rival side. The football crew with the most elevated score when the game is over is the group that wins. American football is likewise played in different nations outside the United States. Their are National football classes that are in Sweden, Isreal, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom just as Mexico, and a not many that are in Pacific Island countries. The NFL had a formative class in Europe from 91-92 and 95-06.
American football history can be found in the early forms of soccer and rugby. The two kinds of diversions have causes in various sorts of football that was played in the UK from the mid nineteenth century, in which the ball was kept running over a line or the ball was kicked at the objective. American football just as soccer is played with 22 players on the field that they play on. A few terms from player positions from soccer are utilized today in American football, for example, fullback and halfback.
Rugby and American football do have a couple of real contrasts, a portion of the standard changes were begun by Walter Camp who individuals would call the Father of American Football. A portion of the Major changes that Walter Camp made were down and separation and line of scrimmage just as the standard of down and remove. School mentors like Glen Pop Warner, Amos Alonzo Stagg and Knute Rockne in the late nineteenth and twentieth hundreds of years changed the ongoing interaction by intoducing the forward pass. School football developed in ubiquity and was the predominant adaptation of football for the initial segment of the twentieth century. School football had a colossal national crowds with the football Bowl amusements. School football had enormous competitions as it does today in the United States.
From the year 1892 the birthplace of expert football can be followed back to, with a $500 contract to play football William “Pudge Heffelfinger played football for the Allegheny Athletic Association playing against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. bahis analiz The american Professional Football began in 1920. The principal football match-up was played in 1920 in Dayton, Ohio on the third of October with the Triangles winning by a score of 14-10 against the Columbus Panhandles. After two years the football group changed the name to National Football League which is known as the NFL and would turn into the real association of American football. Proficient football inevitably turned into a national marvel in the wake of beginning the game in the US modern towns and Midwestern towns. Football after it’s NFL Championship Game in 1958 developed in prevalence, the game that was known as the “Best Game Ever Played. The American Football League otherwise called the AFL began in 1960 an opponent football association to the National Football League, with the weight it put between the two football groups before the merger of the two classes is the manner by which the beginning of the Super Bowl game started. The Super Bowl ended up being the most sat in front of the TV occasion every single year in the United States.
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Softball closes season with series loss to UC Santa Barbara
Kyle Har, Naythan Bryant
Diego Rivera | Mustang News
Cal Poly Softball only picked up one win in the three game series against UC Santa Barbara at Bob Janssen Field from May 11-12.
The Mustangs (11-40, 5-16 Big West) finished in seventh place in the Big West Conference while the Gauchos (10-42, 4-17) finished in last place.
The Mustangs opened the first game of the doubleheader with a close 6-5 loss to the Gauchos on Friday, May 11.
Cal Poly took a 1-0 lead after the first inning thanks to a solo home run by freshman left fielder Lily Amos.
After both teams recorded only one hit in the second inning, the Mustangs extended their lead to 3-0 in the third inning. Junior first baseman Hailey Martin hit a two-RBI down the left field line to score senior third baseman Noa Yakir and sophomore second baseman Sarah Wulff.
After only allowing two hits in the first four innings, junior starting pitcher Steffi Best and the Mustangs gave up three runs to the Gauchos in the fourth inning. The Gauchos got their first run when left fielder Sammy Fabian hit an RBI single to score right fielder Rayna Cohen. Successive Mustang errors in the next two at-bats then allowed the Gauchos to score twice to tie the game at 3-3.
The Gauchos scored the go-ahead and game-winning runs in the seventh inning as a third Mustang error helped load the bases for the Gauchos. With two outs, first baseman Devan Sperry hit a three-RBI double to for a 6-3 lead.
The Mustangs, however, fought back in the bottom of the seventh inning. Lily Amos doubled to center field to score Wulff. With two outs, senior catcher Makenna Young singled to center field to score freshman pinch runner Krystyna Allman. However, the Gauchos secured the 6-5 win as senior right fielder Crimson Kaiser lined out.
The Mustangs recorded three errors, which proved to be detrimental as UC Santa Barbara scored five unearned runs.
The Mustangs tied the series up at 1-1 after a 5-3 win in the second game of the doubleheader.
“I think after losing game one, our hopes were high and we really wanted to win the second game and come back,” Yakir said. “It almost made us more hungry to come back in the second game and get the win.”
Freshman righthander Dakota Casper allowed zero hits from the fourth to the sixth inning. Diego Rivera | Mustang News
Similar to the first game, the Mustangs were the first to score. Sophomore center fielder Noellah Ramos hit a single and freshman shortstop Maddie Amos scored from third on a fielding error by the Gauchos. In the following at-bat, Wulff hit an RBI single up the middle to score Ramos. Wulff also matched a career-high three hits.
“[Wulff] is probably the hardest worker on the team,” Young said. “So she definitely deserves all the positives things happening to her right now.”
However, the Gauchos answered right back in the third inning with two runs of their own. The Gauchos recorded their first run of the game when Ally Nodohara hit an RBI single to score Kayla Krantz. In the following at-bat, Teah Thies hit an RBI groundout.
The Mustangs reclaimed their lead in the bottom half of the third inning. Young’s RBI-double to scored Lily Amos. Then, Maddie Amos hit an RBI-single to score Young from second base to make the lead 4-2.
From the fourth inning to the sixth inning, sophomore starting pitcher Dakota Casper allowed zero hits.
“[Casper] hit her spots pretty much every pitch and she went after every batter,” Young said.
Cal Poly secured one more run in the fifth inning thanks to Kaiser’s RBI-double scoring Young.
The 5-2 lead proved to be enough to outlast the Gauchos, who only scored one more run in the final inning. After an RBI-single by the Gauchos’ Kayla Krantz, Allman came in to pitch for Casper. Allman got the final two outs on a double play to secure the 5-3 victory.
The Mustangs only had one error in the second game.
“We had one error, but it did not hurt us as much as the three in the first game,” Yakir said.
Game Three
Cal Poly’s season ended in a 9-1 defeat to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, May 11. The Gauchos were granted the victory in the fifth inning due to NCAA Softball’s 8-run rule. With the defeat, the Mustangs finished seventh in the Big West Conference.
“We didn’t play well,” associate head coach Gina Vecchione said. “I love how we competed in the last inning, but we needed to come out more than that.”
UC Santa Barbara opened the scoring with three hits in the top of the first inning. After the Gauchos registered two singles, first-baseman Devan Sperry doubled down the right field line for a 2-0 lead.
Lily Amos singled up the middle with two outs in the bottom of the same inning. However, she was left on base as the Gauchos retired the final batter. The Mustangs registered just two more hits in the remainder of the game.
Sophomore second baseman Sarah Wulff recorded three runs and four hits throughout the series. Diego Rivera | Mustang News
The Gauchos stayed consistent and tripled their lead in the second inning with five hits for four runs. UC Santa Barbara’s left fielder Sammy Fabian and Sperry each contributed a 2 RBI hit in the frame before the Mustangs notched the final out with two runners left on base.
UC Santa Barbara completed their win with a dominant fifth inning in which the Gauchos totaled five hits for three runs.
With a 9-0 deficit heading into the bottom of the inning, the Mustangs needed to score at least two runs for the game to continue. Ramos kept the Mustangs’ hopes alive with a single down the left field line before Yakir followed up with another single two batters later.
Yakir’s single allowed Wulff to cross home plate on a Gaucho throwing error for the Mustang’s lone run of the game. Yakir was left on base as Lily Amos grounded out to conclude to match at 9-1.
“This is the closest team that I’ve ever played with,” Yakir said. “Even though we didn’t get the outcome we wanted, we were all really close and I’m never going to forget them.”
Saturday marked Yakir and four other seniors’ last match as Mustangs.
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"Blonde Roots"
Bernardine Evaristo was born in London to a Nigerian father and an English mother. Her first novel, Lara, won the EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards) Best Book Award in 1999. A former Poet in Residence at the Museum of London, she won an Arts Council of Britain Writers' Award in 2000.
She applied the Page 69 Test to Blonde Roots, her first prose novel, and reported the following:
Blonde Roots is a novel about a world where Africans are the masters and Europeans are their slaves. It’s a satirical reversion of the transatlantic slave trade that also comments on how modern-day racism is rooted in the racist ideology that was developed to justify the slave trade.
My white, English protagonist Doris has been kidnapped as a child into slavery, and the novel opens in Londolo, the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Ambossa where, as an adult, she is owned by an African (Ambossan) chief and slave owner. The novel charts her desire and attempts to escape back to the Motherland: England.
I have also altered the geography of the world so that on my map Africa is located where Europe is and vice versa.
On page 69, Doris is trying to escape Londolo, having just been transported underneath the city on the Underground Railroad, the disused subway system. Dropping in on this page a reader won’t understand that Doris is white, but they will see that she is in a state of crisis, perhaps escaping someone and most definitely afraid of some thing. What is clear is that she’s disadvantaged, vulnerable, panicking, wild and famished. Ezinwene is a young woman sent by the Resistance to help her escape. It might also become clear that I am playing with time frames too. The novel is set in the past, but at times it feels very contemporary. Perfume bottle shaped like a woman, gold crowns, cocoa butter and pointed teeth? The novel is actually littered with more obvious anachronisms, although less so on this page.
Here’s the extract:
We mounted a few steps to a landing where I could see a shimmer of light through a slit in the wall. I soon discovered it was a door because when he unbolted it a vicious blast of midday sun and noise exploded upon us like the roar of a furnace flame. I recoiled as if burnt, ready to scamper back into the safety of the tunnel, but he turned around to face me, his willowy outline silhouetted against the bright daylight.
‘Wait,’ he said, and left.
I never saw him again. He had said all of two words to me.
Before I had time to bolt the door and panic my next helper arrived bearing a package of food in banana leaves.
‘Hi’ she said cheerily, popping her head around the door as if I were an old friend she was just dropping by to visit. ‘You can call me Ezinwene!’
I recognised the smell of Ylang Ylang perfume, from the fragrant isle of Madagascar. It came in a bottle shaped like a voluptuous woman and it was Madama Comfort’s favourite. Whiffs of her sickly-sweet scent usually turned a corner long before she did, giving us time to walk double-quick in the opposite direction.
I must have looked wild and famished because the young woman immediately handed the package over and watched with bemused fascination as my eyes watered and my hands tore into a dish of chicken in coconut sauce on a pile of tepid semolina.
When I finished I licked my fingers dry, one by one.
Ezinwene was young and came from a family of means, that much was obvious from the two gold crowns on her front teeth. (A rich Ambossan made damned sure everyone knew it.) Her lips were huge and soft and stained ruby from tobacco flowers. Her cinnamon skin glowed with the combination of a healthy diet and expensive moisturisers like cocoa butter and shea oil. Her teeth were fashionably sharpened to a point.
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Panama City has a number of neighborhoods where foreigners will feel welcome and at home. They include Miami-style ocean front condo sectors, posh suburban homes and condos in Costa del Este, restored historic homes in Casco Viejo and former Canal Zone homes nestled against rainforests. For more information you can visit our Real Estate section.
Former Canal Zone Area
10 minutes from downtown Panama City. the former Canal Zone stands out for beautiful vegetation and excellent infrastructure. The homes, formerly for US military families are plain but can be remodeled into beautiful tropic homes. Residents enjoy community tennis courts, swimming pools and multiple parks.The neighborhood associations are effective in preserving the parks, green areas and preventing over building The US Embassy has a large complex here.
The Historic Sector: Casco Viejo
This Spanish colonial gem is set on scenic Panama Bay and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Casco Viejo is one of the most popular places for real estate investment and for foreigners to live. The area features restored historic buildings remolded into hotels, condos, shops and restaurants.
Arthur Frommer of the Frommer's guides writes that Casco Viejo is "beginning to leave Old San Juan and Old HAvana in authenticity and beauty". For Casco Viejo restored and unrestored properties and commercial buildings contact Arco Properties.
Ocean View Neighborhoods: Punta Pacifica, Punta Paitilla and Balboa Avenue.
These are the most upscale sectors for apartments, Most have beautiful views of Panama Bay. They are also close to the "Cinta Costera", a beltway along the bay with scenic walking, running and bicycle paths..
Established Neighborhoods: San Francisco, Marbella, El Cangrejo, and La Cresta.
Price are much less than the bay front neighborhoods. There's a mixture of new and old apartment and condo buildings. Some buildings have city, ocean or park views. Supermarkets and shops for almost anything are close by .
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Costa del Este is a new sector of Panama City with all the major services, many apartment buildings and largest gated community with homes between $300,000 and over a million. It"s just 15 minutes from the international airport and 15 minutes from downtown Panama City.
Right next to Costa del Este there is a private residential golf community being built, Santa María Golf and Country Club. The Nicklaus designed golf course will offer players a premier golf experience. Home and condo owners enjoy amenities, including a country club with top athletic facilities.
Across the Bridge of the America;s you have the Tucan Country Club and Resort with a scenic golf course. There is also Panama Pacifico, the master planned city being built in the former Howard Air-force Base. This new community is home to numeros corporate headquarters, new residential communities, offices, logistics facilities. International businesses who put their mention many tax incentives for businesses.
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The travel-savvy folks at Fodor’s have announced winners of the first-ever worldwide Fodor’s Top 100 Hotel Awards and one Palm Beach property, The Breakers, made the cut.
The 100 hotels and resorts selected by the writers and editors at Fodor’s are listed according to one of eight categories: New and Noteworthy, Grande Dame, Casual Chic, Design, Local Flavor, Clubby Atmosphere, Luxurious Retreat and Trusted Brand.
The Breakers is one of the Grande Dames, and is described by Fodor’s as “more than an opulent hotel,” but a “modern resort packed with amenities.”
The Breakers, according to Fodor’s, “cossets guests in the Palm Beach mystique.”
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What can genetics do for fisheries and aquaculture?
Take part in ICES new training course to discover how genetics can address existing management and policy needs from capture and aquaculture fisheries.
For the first time, ICES Training Programme offers 3-day course on genetics in support of fisheries and aquaculture management. The course takes place 17-19 September at the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal.
Gary Carvalho, a member of ICES Working Group on Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Aquaculture (WGAGFA) and one of the course instructors, gives an overview of the topic and its importance.
What is the course about? How does genetics support fisheries and aquaculture management?
Applications of genetics and genomics to aquatic resource management is a topical and rapidly growing field of life sciences, and is possibly most familiar through its high profile application in human medicine and disease. The progressive deciphering of our own genomes enables a more targeted approach to tackling diseases and developing therapies, especially those shown to have a strong inherited or genetic component. In the field of fisheries and aquaculture, genetics is already enabling new genomic approaches to tackling key challenges relating to sustainable exploitation, food security, welfare, and governance of our oceans.
There are two primary levels that genetics have particular application: the first is to provide a source of tools that can be used to designate and monitor individuals, populations/stocks, species and communities, together with elucidating associated biological interactions such as the nature and intensity of predation. The fact that DNA can be retrieved from whole fish through to highly processed products means that it is possible to trace products and individuals accurately. Such features, for example enable more effective design of pedigrees in aquaculture, the selection of favourable traits, as well as assigning individuals, stocks and species with unprecedented precision for use in applications from stock assessment through to tackling illegal fishing and promoting eco-certification.
The second is the rather more prosaic, but fundamental role that population diversity (“genetic resources”) plays in the resilience, response and recovery of exploited populations to environmental change. It is only through the judicious identification and monitoring of population units or biological stocks, especially those features determined genetically, that it becomes possible to develop strategies to maximize and conserve genetic resources for adaptation to environmental change. Prominent applications of such thinking include, the identification of species and stock entities for assessment and monitoring purposes, the shift and decline of fish populations due to climate change and overharvesting, impacts of farmed species on wild conspecifics, optimal designs for captive propagation and stock enhancement, and the achievement of management goals such as Maximum Sustainable Yield, to name just a few.
Despite recognition that such approaches can provide valuable support to the development and implementation of management and conservation strategies, the effective integration of genetic and genomic approaches into fisheries and aquaculture management is patchy, sometimes ineffectual, and underdeveloped. The course aims to narrow the science–policy divide by focusing on the need to render such applications more responsive and relevant to management needs, as supported by recent conceptual and technical advances, and these will be placed within the context of salient policy frameworks.
Who should participate?
The course is designed to target a broad community, including those with some experience in genetics/genomics, as well as those who are less familiar. Importantly, the training strategy will be highly interactive, thereby benefiting from a diversity of experience and expertise. We aim at people with a keen interest in how and when to apply evolutionary and genetic principles and tools to management issues, within the context of sustainability. We target students, fisheries/aquaculture scientists, fisheries/aquaculture managers and stakeholders involved in fisheries genetics and those more directly engaged in aquaculture management and policy decision-making. Strategies to facilitate impact and uptake of available knowledge and tools will be prioritized.
The course will comprise a mix of informal seminars, discussion groups and some hands on analysis and interpretation of data sets. Activities will be based on a series of topical policy-driven questions, encompassing a consideration of, but not restricted to, introductory concepts in fisheries and aquaculture genomics, a consideration of stock structure identification and dynamics, the genetics of farmed seafood to enhance aquaculture, population abundance estimates, integration of genomics with established quantitative fisheries science and modelling, traceability, genomics for monitoring control and enforcement, and an introduction to population genomic analysis. Strategies of for promoting integration of approaches, including the role of reference data bases, standardization, maximizing cost-effectiveness and accessibility to outputs, the deployment of devices in the field, and setting clear relevant targets, through illustrative case studies, will enhance understanding and relevance.
Why is this course important?
Acquiring skills in the application of genetics to fisheries and aquaculture is increasingly important for both practical and strategic reasons. Practically, applications are especially amenable to high-throughput analysis, standardization of global databases, and increased cost-effectiveness, as well as integration with existing approaches in management, such as population and oceanographic modelling, demographic data and use of tagging and satellite- based monitoring. Strategically, the close association and interdependence of shifts in the abundance and distribution of aquatic resources (quantitative change) and genetic structure (qualitative change) means that core fisheries data such as population size, distribution of age classes, dispersal and recruitment, will in many cases be population or stock-specific. Capturing such heterogeneity, and promoting linkages between existing management and biologically defined units, is central to our efforts in both predicting as well as conserving aquatic species and communities in the face of environmental change.
The course has five instructors: Gary Carvalho (Bangor University, UK), Jann Martinsohn and Ernesto Jardim (Joint Research Centre, European Commission), Einar Eg Nielsen (DTU Aqua, Denmark), and Kerry Naish (University of Washington, USA). They are ready to demonstrate the principles and practical application of genetics in fisheries and aquaculture and explore case studies that illustrate how genetics can help to address existing management and policy needs from capture and aquaculture fisheries.
This course takes place 17–19 September 2019 in the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Portugal.
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ICES Working Group on Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Aquaculture (WGAGFA) promotes the inclusion of genetics and evolutionary concepts and methods as important elements in the management of fisheries and aquaculture.
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Energy definition.
A system possesses energy if it has the ability to do work.
Work shifts energy from one system to another.
Energy quiz.
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1. What is energy?
The ability of a system to move.
Incorrect! Incorrect!
The ability of a system to do work.
Correct! Incorrect!
A kind of drink.
2. What is a joule?
A unit of energy.
A unit of work.
A shiny thing.
3. What is a Watt?
A joule per second.
A measure of displacement.
Watt?
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Power and energy efficiency.
Temperature in outer space.
We can explain this phenomenon in terms of energy and matter. Energy does work when it forces something to move. As the particles move faster, the temperature increases. Well, if there's nothing there to move, no work can be done, even if energy is available. Outer space is void of matter. Therefore, the energy from the Sun doesn't have anything to warm up.
Law of conservation of energy.
Energy conversion quiz.
1. What is the law of conservation of energy?
Energy can not be destroyed, only changed from one form to another.
Energy can only be destroyed when changed into a new form.
Energy must be protected.
2. What kind of energy conversion happens in a car crash?
It reverses the direction of the energy.
It converts mechanical energy into deformation energy.
It creates big sparks.
Stacked Ball Drop.
Chemical energy converting to light and heat.
Marble Machine, converting energy to make music.
Heat energy transfer types.
Forms of energy.
Energy has a number of different forms, all of which measure the ability of an object or system to do work on another object or system.
Kinetic and potential energy quiz.
1. What is Thermal energy?
2. What is radiant energy?
3. What is chemical energy?
4. What is elastic energy?
Kinetic energy definition.
An object can posses kinetic energy due to its motion. The kinetic energy is equal to the work needed to accelerate the object from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during its acceleration, the object maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes. The same amount of work is done by the body in decelerating from its current speed to a state of rest.
Kinetic energy is expressed in J (joules).
How to calculate the kinetic energy of a 400kg roller coaster car moving at a speed of 20 m/s:
Formula: E = 0.5 × 400 × 20² (E = 0.5 x 400 x 400)
Answer: The Kinetic Energy = 80000 Joules or 0.8 x 10^5 Joules
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Car crash.
A dramatic example of motion energy is a car crash, when the car comes to a total stop and releases all its motion energy at once in an uncontrolled instant.
Wind power.
It has been projected that by 2050 one third of the world's electricity may come from wind.
Potential energy definition.
An object can store potential energy as the result of its position (eg a weight an en elevated position). If the object is raised then it gains potential energy. If the object is lowered, it loses potential energy.
Potential energy is expressed in J (joules).
Mechanical energy
Mechanical energy definition.
Energy in an object due to its motion or position, or both. According to the principle of conservation of mechanical energy, the mechanical energy of an isolated system remains constant in time, as long as the system is free of friction and other non-conservative forces. In any real situation, frictional forces and other non-conservative forces are present, but in many cases their effects on the system are so small that the principle of conservation of mechanical energy can be used as a fair approximation.
Mass of the ball.
1. What is the mass of the ball from the example above? Calculate it using the formula for potential energy E = mgh, g=9.81 m/s²
Congrats, you’ve been awarded the Mechanical Energy Master award!
Thermal energy definition.
Thermal energy is possessed by an object or system due to the movement of particles within it. This movement means it is a type of kinetic energy.
Thermal energy results in something having an internal temperature, which can be measured. The faster the particles move, the higher the temperature.
Application of thermal energy.
Let's take a look at a simple example of thermal energy. A heated element on a stove contains thermal energy, and the more you turn up the stove, the more internal energy the stove contains. At a basic level, this thermal energy is the movement of the molecules that make up the metal of the stove's element. The faster the molecules, the more internal thermal energy they contain.
Now let's place a pot of water on top of the heated element. What happens? The stove works, right? Well, not as we would typically think of it. Here, 'work' is referring to 'the movement of something when a force is applied.' Specifically, the thermal energy of the stove causes the particles of the pot and eventually the water to move faster. The internal energy of the heated element is transferred to the pot and ultimately the water within the pot. This transfer of thermal energy from the stove to the pot and to the water is referred to as heat. It is important to keep these terms straight. In this context, heat is the term we use to refer to the transfer of thermal energy from one object or a system to another. The thermal energy is the energy possessed within the object or within the system due to movement of particles. They're different - heat and thermal energy.
You can feel the heat if you hold your hand above the stove. The heat, in turn, speeds up the molecules within the pot and the water. If you place a thermometer in the water, as the water heats up you can watch the temperature rise. Again, an increase in internal energy will result in an increase in temperature.
Energy changes in a system involving heating.
Hot air balloon.
Hot air balloons get their buoyancy from hot air created by a propane burner at the base of the balloon. Hot air is less dense than cold air that surrounding the balloon and so weighs less. When the cold air that is displaced weighs more than the balloon, the balloon will rise. The balloons weight is controlled by turning the burner on and off when needed.
The principle behind this lift is called Archimedes' principle, which states that any object (regardless of its shape) that is suspended in a fluid, is acted upon by an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. So an object floating in water stays buoyant using the same principle as a hot air balloon.
Geothermal energy.
Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. The geothermal energy of the Earth's crust originates from the original formation of the planet (20%) and from radioactive decay of materials (80%). The geothermal gradient, which is the difference in temperature between the core of the planet and its surface, drives a continuous conduction of thermal energy in the form of heat from the core to the surface.
Read more about geothermal energy here:
How geothermal energy works
Radiant energy
Radiant energy definition.
Radiant energy includes visible light, x-rays, gamma rays and radio waves. Solar energy is an example of radiant energy. It is a form of energy that can travel through space. The sun's heat is not transmitted through any solid medium, but through a vacuum. This is possible by electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic spectrum.
There are different kinds of electromagnetic waves and all of them have different wavelengths, properties, frequencies and power, and all interact with matter differently. The entire wave system from the lowest frequency to the highest frequency is known as the electromagnetic spectrum. The shorter the wavelength, the higher its frequency and vice versa. White light for example, is a form of radiant energy, and its frequency forms a tiny bit of the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
Microwave oven.
When radiant energy comes into contact with matter, it changes the properties of that matter. For example, when micro-waves are set off in a microwave oven, the water molecules in the food are charged and caused to vibrate billions of times per second, generating heat, that causes the food to cook.
Solar energy.
Solar energy is the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source available.
The total solar energy absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year. In 2002, this was more energy in one hour than the world used in one year.
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Batteries and How They Work.
Electrical energy definition.
Electrical energy is the moving electrical charges from one point to another in a conductor. Electrical energy also can be transformed into another form of energy.
Forms of energy quiz.
1. What kind of energy is present in hot air?
Thermal (kinetic) energy.
Radiant energy.
Political energy.
Visible energy.
The energy of electromagnetic waves.
Happy energy.
3. What kind of energy does a microwave use?
Thermal energy.
Hot stuff.
4. Mechanical energy is the sum of:
Potential energy and kinetic energy
Kinetic energy and heat energy.
Magnetic energy
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Sound energy
Sound definition.
Sound is the movement of energy through substances in longitudinal (compression/rarefaction) waves. Sound is produced when a force causes an object or substance to vibrate.
Chemical energy
Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions.
Chemical reactions often involve changes in energy due to the breaking and formation of bonds.
Reactions in which energy is released are exothermic reactions, while those that take in heat energy are endothermic.
Due to the absorption of energy when chemical bonds are broken, and the release of energy when chemical bonds are formed, chemical reactions almost always involve a change in energy between products and reactants. By the Law of Conservation of Energy, however, we know that the total energy of a system must remain unchanged, and that often a chemical reaction will absorb or release energy in the form of heat, light, or both. The energy change in a chemical reaction is due to the difference in the amounts of stored chemical energy between the products and the reactants. This stored chemical energy, or heat content, of the system is known as its enthalpy.
Exothermic reaction.
Exothermic reactions release heat and light into their surroundings. For example, combustion reactions are usually exothermic. In exothermic reactions, the products have less enthalpy than the reactants, and as a result, an exothermic reaction is said to have a negative enthalpy of reaction. This means that the energy required to break the bonds in the reactants is less than the energy released when new bonds form in the products. Excess energy from the reaction is released as heat and light.
Endothermic reaction.
Endothermic reactions absorb heat and/or light from their surroundings. For example, decomposition reactions are usually endothermic. In endothermic reactions, the products have more enthalpy than the reactants. Thus, an endothermic reaction is said to have a positive enthalpy of reaction. This means that the energy required to break the bonds in the reactants is more than the energy released when new bonds form in the products; in other words, the reaction requires energy to proceed.
Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions.
Enthalpy.
Quiz: Chemical reactions energy
1. Chemical reactions where heat energy is given out are described as...
Endothermic reactions.
Exothermic reactions.
Enthalpy reactions.
2. Chemical reactions where heat energy is taken in are described as...
Cooked reactions.
3. A calorimeter is a device used to measure temperature change, which can be used to show energy change (delta H)?
A calorimeter shows how many calories you may eat in order to lose weight.
4. In an exothermic reaction...
The heat energy is being taken in, therefore energy is gained.
The heat energy is being given out, therefore energy is lost.
The heat energy is being given out, therefore energy is gained.
5. Endothermic reactions can be shown as...
delta H.
+delta H.
6. The making of bonds is...
Exothermic.
Endothermic.
7. The breaking of bonds is...
Violence.
Congrats, you’ve been awarded the Chemical Energy Master award!
Elastic energy
Elastic energy definition.
The energy stored in a spring depends on the distance the spring is deformed (stretched or compressed) and the spring constant, which defines the amount of force required to deform a spring by a certain length (the work done on the spring). The ability to get energy out depends on the material's elasticity.
Elastic potential energy - Energy Education
Gravitational energy
Gravitational energy definition.
Gravitational potential energy is the energy possessed by masses according to their spatial arrangement and the gravitational force that pulls them towards one another.
Since Earth is so large compared to the objects on it, it's easy to watch these objects being pulled (falling) towards the center of the planet, not the planet being pulled towards the object. The direction of Earth's gravitational pull is just called "down".
Gravitational potential energy - Energy Education
Nuclear energy definition.
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactors to release nuclear energy, and thereby generate electricity. The term includes nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion. Presently, the nuclear fission of elements in the actinide series of the periodic table produce the vast majority of nuclear energy.
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Re: Interesting Ronnie Article (Tour info included
Reply #25 - Dec 19th, 2009 at 2:29pm
Deathgod wrote on Dec 19th, 2009 at 12:14am:
i get a feeling that if he is sacked - the demise will be even quicker.
Just hope our boys and get it together.
I didnt know Keith and Ron had a falling out ...
was it over how he treated Jo ?
Hard to say, as the band havent done anything in public together for so long (cant imagine it helped, however - Jo has (justifiably) been highly regarded in the Stones camp as she's been so good for Ronnie), but Keith & Ronnie's relationship hasnt really been the same since the start of the Licks tour. Apparently Ronnie's then-sobriety and reluctance to party like he used to was a source of frustration for his 'big brother'...
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Silence is golden, Duct
tape is silver
...but Keith & Ronnie's relationship hasnt really been the same since the start of the Licks tour. Apparently Ronnie's then-sobriety and reluctance to party like he used to was a source of frustration for his 'big brother'... Roll Eyes
weren't they both heavy on the sauce when the cocoanut incident happend?
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
SemiahmooDude
Rocks Off Rules You Bastards
Ronnie and Keith cooled about six ro so years ago when Wood was being very open about being on the wagon and Keith lost his drink n drug buddy. (I believe Keith was still enjoying coke regularly back then)
Then with Ronnie's poor treatment of Joe - who it has been said Keith liked, that pushed Keith away even further.
Now we have Mick attempting to police between the two, and appearing to have grown much closer to Charlie (and I hear Bill) in recent years.
If the money wasn't so good, and the chance for teh ego-feeding tens of thousands of screaming fans during the performance, Mick would have dumped this drama years ago.
He might do that yet...
I Have No Life!
Omaha , NE
" ...... hope for Ronnie is that he makes peace with his family before he dies and that they don't blame themselves when he does. "
< ------ Your negativity upsets me and causes great pain . Did you mean for young Joey to scream ?
Man , you SAID it Lil' Fella ( Lil' Fijikins ...... oh , Little Fiji )
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open-g wrote on Dec 19th, 2009 at 2:52pm:
Yep. Maybe with hindsight things are a lot safer when they dont talk or hang out together!
Exiled from IORR
Ronnie could be one of those personalities that doesn't care he's throwing it all away. He had it, he basked in it, now fuck it, it's all gone, it was a good run. He may delight in the fact that people can't believe he's throwing it away.
Sometimes things, especially art, is more important to the observer then it is the artist.
Doesn't have a point of view
knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
FotiniD
ROCC & RO..ll...
Zack wrote on Dec 18th, 2009 at 10:50pm:
People destroy themselves because they feel unworthy. Look at Brian Wilson.
The Stones will not replace Ronnie. My read is if he's not in shape to tour, there won't be one. Hate to be negative, but it's too late to change the front line or Charlie.
My friend Zack, I agree 100%. I can't see any such big change in the Stones at this point of time.
However, I have this feeling 2010 is going to see Woody getting a quick rehab again and trying to pull himself together... Better be serious this time Ronnie
'Quick' rehabs are no fucking good. They just delay the inevitable trainwreck that invariably follows a few months later. And a rehab mightn't be enough to convince any investor in a tour that hes worth the risk from an insurance perspective.
How many rehabs has he had now? Seven? Eight?
And they usually last a couple of weeks - he treats them as if its a holiday in Butlins.
That suggests a man who either isn't serious about sorting his problems out or is in total denial.
Maybe the realisation that on this occasion he's TOTALLY fucked his life up - no loyal long-suffering wife to run back to, a family who are mostly estranged from him and no band if he doesnt change the habits of a lifetime - will be what he does next different this time.
This cat's running out of lives, unfortunately. How he reacts to this will either kill him or cure him IMO.
The ball's in his court.
Dump Wood, Get Jeff Beck, and if Keith only plays rhythm and Jeff handles all the leads, the Stones could enter a new Golden Age.
Mel Belli
Reply #34 - Dec 20th, 2009 at 8:47am
Holden wrote on Dec 19th, 2009 at 5:03pm:
I agree ... Even if Ronnie gets his act together for his own sake -- I hope he does -- I still think they need to make a change musically. Fact is, he's simply not a competent guitar player anymore.
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Neither is Keith. He poses more then Paris Hilton walking into a club.
Teiz
Almere, Amsterdams ugly twin
Roster changes at this stage? I don't know. Up until very recently I said I would not check it out if they tour with anyone other than Ronnie on guitar and I know better: of course I'll see the show. But I don't think a different dude on lead would bring any ground breaking differences. It's too late in the game, though it would be cool if they'd bring back Fat Mick for a gig or two (and I know it is not very likely).
When I saw them in 07 I was pretty certain that it was my last ever Stones gig and I'm cool with that. Of course, one always hopes for more...but the quality isn't going up. Not even with Beck added to the fold.
Reply #37 - Dec 20th, 2009 at 10:05am
" Neither is Keith. He poses more then Paris Hilton walking into a club. "
< ------- Christ , that is postin' on loan from GOD right there !!!!!!!!
LadyJane
Stones Purist
I'm in the "it's too late in the game for a lineup change" camp.
Won't happen.
What I do see is a reconciliation between Ronnie and Jo; another stint in Rehab and out on the road with Jo (with Mick's blessing) as his "minder".
I'm not ready to say goodbye; I don't think I'll ever be.
LJ.
LadyJane wrote on Dec 20th, 2009 at 10:15am:
The line up change 'wont happen' in the same sense that it didnt happen with Bill. One member left, and wasnt replaced.
The decision in this case, may end up being taken out of the band's hands. They have plans to tour in the near future (certainly within the next 9 months). One band member's ability to get medical insurance to do so is a matter of concern. Its a huge deal when youre embarking on a multi-million dollar undertaking where sponsors and promoters will want some security on their huge guarantees.
If Ronnie can't get past this hurdle, then the Stones are left with only two options. Either they tour without him, or they don't tour at all. If he's deemed medically uninsureable, then they CANT tour with him even if they want to - well, they could I suppose, but it would be incredibly foolish to tour without medical cover and they'd stand to lose millions if something happened.
Its quite bizarre and pretty ridiculous when you think about it that the touring future of the band may depend on whether or not Jo Wood agrees to go back on her earlier and quite logical decision to move on with her life and deciding instead to forgive and forget.
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"The line up change 'wont happen' in the same sense that it didnt happen with Bill. One member left, and wasnt replaced."
A LOT has changed since Bill's departure.
I just don't see them bringing in a new guitar player at this point.
I hate to think or even type this but my bet is No Ronnie, No Tour.
But really wtf do I know???
Hope for the best, I guess.
And "the best" is for Ronnie to get his friggin act together before we are posting in his Obit thread.
gimmekeef
gotdablouse wrote on Dec 19th, 2009 at 10:42am:
gimmekeef wrote on Dec 19th, 2009 at 8:44am:
Such a pathetically sad story. Imagine what any of us would give up to have the talent and opportunities in life Ronnie has had? The future is hard to see as far as the band is concerned but maybe Ronnie can rally himself for one last triumph over his deamons. They won't replace him with anyone who would show Keith's evident decline either though Jeff Beck seems so right for the job now.
A bit too high-profile, Waddy Wachtel would be easier to blend in I think, he'd probably be playing from the back though so he doesn't scare off the front rows...a haircut might help too.
Hell if Keith doesnt scare the front rows nobody would...lmaooo
"Runnin Like A Cat In A Thunderstorm"
Reply #42 - Dec 20th, 2009 at 12:33pm
The main difference since 1992 is that theyve become more focussed than ever on being a corporation that on being a band.
Bearing that in mind, every decision the Stones take is based primarily with profits in mind. Even on the last tour, on the two occasions where they gave fans a free or cheap show to go to (Copacabana and the Beacon), the motive was financial in the long run because the shows were being filmed for commercial release.
In the last few years, even Keith has gone back on previous statements about being down to the last four core members now by stating that as far as he's concerned, only he and Mick are irreplaceable.
The bottom line is that, as far as they're concerned, any 'weak link' in the chain that gets in their way of maximising profit is expendable. Even it doesn't look right to everyone else and even if it detracts from their musical legacy.
Agree with your last point. We can only hope the poor guy can see sense and sort his health and his life out. I don't think Mick and Keith's patience is inexhaustible however.
Edith Grove
Disco STILL sucks!
Gazza wrote on Dec 20th, 2009 at 12:33pm:
I think I would have remembered hearing Keith talking like this. When did he say this?
As for Ronnie, I think I could go see a Stones show without him, but we're also talking about Charlie here, and I can't believe Keith would consider Charlie expendable.
“What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there,” he says. “All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.” - Keef
Stones Inc does appear to be falling apart after many many great years.
If they are able to cobble together another tour - it's gonna be the last time.
All of this talk of Wood's health and no talk of Keith? He may in fact be in the poorest health of the bunch! Certainly his playing is of the most diminished quality - and it pains me to say so but that is the irrefutable fact.
And does Charlie want another world tour? I think not. There will be much negotiation between he and Mick regarding the size and scope of the next outing - if it takes place at all.
There appears to be initial planning for something taking place in the coming year - but what, if anything transpires from that is at present impossible to say at the moment as the Stones themselves likely have little idea, to say nothing of the people around them.
Edith Grove wrote on Dec 20th, 2009 at 1:04pm:
Interview in either Mojo or Uncut before the last tour. The context was when he was asked what would have happened had Charlie's cancer been fatal.
Was pretty stunned to read it too, but he definitely said it.
captainglassback
Welcoming back Mick Taylor is not such a big change. I don't believe that there is any rush anyway. No way is MJ thick enough to plan a Tour in 2010....a year that will see the real economic punishment of the banking failures hit all of our pockets with collapsing global markets. I truly hope that I am wrong on the economic front but am desperate to buy a ticket to see the real Mick n Keef!!
dadrob
my guess is that they wil never do anything again...just leave it..keith barely played for the last few tours, ronnie is outta hand etc....Why diminish the legacy with an ugly tour?
SemiahmooDude wrote on Dec 20th, 2009 at 1:31pm:
The thing is, that if they're deemed fit to tour, then their performance capabilities are only relevant if you and I choose whether to buy a ticket or not because of it.
Keith's health is something we don't know about simply because unlike Woody he's generally chosen to not be tabloid fodder for the last 18 months. You could theoretically say the same about the other two. I'd imagine that we'd never have known in August 2004 that Charlie had throat cancer unless someone at the Sunday People had got a tip off that he was going radiotherapy sessions.
The fact is that Keith doesnt need to go into rehab every couple of years to get medical clearance to tour. Ronnie does. You could surmise from that that while Keith's intake is possibly enough to kill a small horse, it hasn't affected his body to the degree that Ronnie's has affected his. His diminishing chops are probably as much to do with arthritis and having to take anti-seizure medication which was the case for the final year of the last tour.
I really hope that Charlie's influence in the scale and scope of the next tour is as significant as you're hoping for. I genuinely dont think they have another long tour in them.
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dadrob wrote on Dec 20th, 2009 at 1:43pm:
They will do what they have to do for another $day.
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Africa, the arrival of Europeans and the transatlantic slave trade
The Island of Monserrat from the Road before the Town
Thomas Hearne (1744-1817), 1775-1776
Watercolour and bodycolour over pen and ink on paper
Object number D.1994.10
Purchased, 1994
See this object at The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester This object may not always be on display. Please check with the venue before visiting.
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This watercolour view of Montserrat was taken from a ship anchored off the main town of Plymouth. Montserrat is one of the Leeward Islands in the West Indies, which were British sugar colonies in the 1700s, sustained by the institution of slave labour and the power of the Royal Navy. The fort at Plymouth is clearly visible, as is another on the right at Old Fort Point.
The eleven windmills, visible on estates around the island, were for processing sugar cane. This apparently innocent tropical scene belies the slave economy that underpinned sugar cultivation, which was an extremely labour intensive crop.
This information was provided by curators from The Whitworth Art Gallery.
Supplies for European demands
Slavery in Africa and Europe
Racism and rights for Africans
Slave shackle
Triangular trade and multiple profits
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Salafy Ink Publications
Fiqh and Fataawa
Aqeedah and Minhaj
Students of Knowledge
Women & Family Matters
Q & A with the Noble Shaykh Alee Naasir al-Faqeehi (hafithahullah)
Shaykh Alee Naasir al-Faqeehi
Questions posed and translated by Abu Yusuf Khaleefah NYC USA, 9th of Jumaada al-Awwal 1435/ March 10th 2014
Abu Yusuf Khaleefah
This is a Q & A session that I had with the Noble Shaykh Alee Naasir al-Faqeehi (may Allaah preserve him) on the 11th of Dhul-Hijjah, 1434 in Minaa during Hajj last year. May Allaah reward the Shaykh for his kindness and allowing me to enter into his sleeping quarters to ask these questions and then have lunch with him. I benefited tremendously from the mannerisms and knowledge of the Shaykh. This Q & A Session was in the presence of one of the Shaykh's sons who was on Hajj with him and Shaykh Fayhaan al-Mutayyiree (one of the Shuyookh of Shaykh Sulaymaan ar-Ruhaylee) who was in the same sleeping area of Shaykh Alee Naasir.
Q1. You have from amongst the people those who have become apostates from the Deen of Islaam in America. You find this apostate saying that he has found that the Deen of Islaam is not the true religion. From that which he uses as a proof is the Prophet's (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) marriage to 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) when she was young in age.
A1. Firstly, the Messenger never made a mistake (when making ijtihaad) in a matter except that Allaah clarified to him that which is correct regarding that matter. Allaah has never approved of any mistake made by the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam). As an example, Allaah stated:
قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ
Allaah has indeed heard the statement of the woman who pleads with you concerning her husband and carries her complaint to Allaah. [al-Mujaadilah: 1]
Allaah directed the Prophet to that which was correct regarding the issue of Khawlah bint Tha'labah with her husband. When she complained to the Prophet against her husband (Aws ibn as-Saamit) that he said to her that she's to him like the back of his mother, the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) told her to fear Allaah regarding the right of her husband. Then Allaah sent down the revelation regarding her affair.
The second example is that of the battle of Badr regarding the prisoners of war. The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) sought the advice of Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) regarding the prisoners of war. Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) advised the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) to release them. He sought the advice from Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) and Umar advised the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) to execute them. The Messenger of Allaah ransomed them off and Allaah revealed:
مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُ أَسْرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يُثْخِنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ
It's not befitting that the Prophet should have prisoners of war until he has thoroughly subdued the land. [al-Anfaal: 67]
Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) married his daughter Aaishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) to him (the Prophet). If the Prophet's (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) marriage to Aaishah was a mistake, Allaah would have corrected the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam). His enemies from the Quraysh didn't mention this matter (as a point of criticism) against him although they were the ones who had the greatest enmity towards him. Therefore this matter is not an evidence for that which this apostate has stated. Rather the one who questions the Prophet's integrity, then that individual's integrity is in question!
Q2. What are the duties and responsibilities that are obligatory upon the Imaams of the Masaajid in America?
A2. That which is upon the Imaams is that they fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of the Imaam. From these responsibilities: the preservation of the five daily prayers (in the Masjid), teaching the people the Qur'aan and the Sunnah and that he is an example for the people, a person of good character. The obligations of Islaam that are in Saudi are the same obligations of Islaam in America. That's because Islaam is Islaam in any place.
Q3. We have amongst us in America a person who ascribes to Ahlus-Sunnah, however he goes to the Masaajid of Ahlul-Bid'ah to give Da'wah according to his claim. These people from Ahlul-Bid'ah capitalize off of the presence of this Salafi, Sunni caller. They say that they are upon the truth because this individual comes to them and works with them. What is your statement regarding this matter?
A3. If this person is being influenced by the people and at the same time these people of innovation are using the presence of this caller (to prove that they are on the truth) and they don't accept when he corrects the mistakes that are with them, he should not go. However the person of knowledge, one of good character who fortifies himself from their errors, the one who is not influenced by them, it's permissible for him to go amongst them to clarify the truth. The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) went amongst the polytheist and called them to Islaam. Therefore it's a must that we call the people of innovation to the Sunnah. However, this is for the person of knowledge who is grounded and strong (upon the knowledge). He's not influenced by them. So the one who goes amongst must look and see whether or not they are benefiting from his Da'wah or not? He must look to see if they are accepting from him or not?
Q4.We find from some of the students of knowledge who say: He doesn't have a problem with going amongst the Hizbees, The Ikhwaan al-Muslimeen as long as they will pay him to come give a lecture or a class. What is your statement regarding this?
A4.This is not befitting that he goes amongst for them purpose of attaining money.
Q5.As you know, we have many family problems amongst our communities in America. One of the reasons for that is many people who have accepted Islaam were not cultivated upon the importance of family life and family structure (prior to Islaam). What is the correct way to cultivate these individuals upon the importance of family life and family structure? Also what is the best book that you advise the Imaams to study regarding these family matters, in order that they educate the people regarding these issues?
A5. I advise them with reading Riyaadus-Saaliheen of Imaam an-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy upon him) with the explanation of Imaam Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy upon him). The reason is due to the chapters that are present (within the book) which deal with the purification of the soul, the rights of the people and other than that from the affairs of Fiqh. (Shaykh Fayhaan al-Mutayyiree was the one who mentioned the book first and then Shaykh Alee Naasir added to what he said).
Q6. The last matter. We have some differences taking place amongst the Imaams and callers in America. What is your advice to me specifically and for the callers, Imaams and students of knowledge in general regarding the differences that are taking place amongst us in America?
A6.It is not befitting for you all to be differing. It's a must that your word is one word. If you differ regarding a matter, you should sit amongst yourselves and discuss the affair which is taking place amongst you. Do not involve the common folk into these affairs and do not inform them of them. Also is not befitting for one to go and call a scholar without the others. It's a must that they call together while they are all present in order that the scholar can hear from both sides and bring about rectification
This was the end of the Q and A session with the Shaykh. I then had lunch with the Shaykh and the others that were present. Then Shaykh Saalih as-Suhaymee (may Allaah preserve him)came to the tent, for he also was staying in those quarters. I asked the Shaykh for advice for the students of knowledge here in America. The Shaykh's advice was short and to the point:
"Fear Allaah, seek knowledge, teach the people their religion and do not busy yourselves with the affairs of differing that's taking place."
May Allaah have mercy upon all of the Mashaayikh of Ahlus-Sunnah, those who have died amongst them as well as those who are alive. May He preserve our living scholars upon goodness and allow us to be from those who benefit from their knowledge, Ameen.
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GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY TALKS JOBS WITH EASTERN SHORE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
CAMBRIDGE, MD (January 7, 2010) – Governor Martin O’Malley stopped by an Eastern Shore poultry business before hosting a roundtable discussion with local business leaders in Cambridge today. The Governor highlighted recently-announced initiatives to strengthen small businesses in Maryland, create jobs, and fuel innovation to drive economic progress through Maryland.
“Small and family-owned businesses are the heart and soul of our State and the key to how we’re going to turn the corner from recession to recovery to prosperity,” said Governor O’Malley. “Nearly three in five jobs in our State come from businesses with fewer than 100 employees. These businesses are vital to strengthening our economy, helping us grow and strengthen our middle class, fuel innovation, and create jobs in Maryland.”
Governor O’Malley visited AviHome, a Cambridge poultry industry plant that manufactures vapor barriers and flooring to replace woodchips and dirt in poultry houses, where CEO’s Rafael Correra showed the Governor some of the innovative industry tools developed at the Cambridge facility. Later, the Governor joined about thirty area business leaders for a discussion about the challenges and opportunities during these tough economic times, recently-announced initiatives to create jobs in Maryland, and partnership opportunities to fuel innovation and drive economic progress.
“I’m excited about the potential of AviHome’s technology as it positively affects the most important industry in our community and the important role it plays,” said AviHome CEO Rafael Correa.
“We are very pleased and appreciative that Governor O’Malley is visiting the Eastern Shore and our companies to see first-hand the innovative products that are made by the many small businesses that dominate the Shore,” said Richard Bernstein, President & CEO of LWRC International, LLC, an affiliated company with AviHome. “Small business has been the backbone of the job creation over the past decade and with strong leadership provided by Governor O’Malley, will continue to lead the state and nation out of the current recession.”
Recently, Governor O’Malley announced an economic agenda that includes an expansion of small business loan guarantees to expand access to credit for Maryland small businesses; a job creation tax credit for businesses who hire unemployed workers; and immediate tax relief for small businesses who are facing steep increases in unemployment insurance taxes due to rising unemployment over the last year.
“Maryland is fortunate to have the insight and involvement of a diverse and diversified business community,” said DBED Secretary Christian Johansson. “Today’s convening of Cambridge and mid-shore based business owners and leaders continues a robust dialog between small business and the Governor focused on concrete actions we can take to strengthen our economy like the recent recommendations put forward by the Small Business Task Force and adopted by the O’Malley-Brown administration.”
Governor O’Malley has held similar small business roundtable discussions throughout the state over the past several months. These small business “check-in” discussions allow small business owners an opportunity to meet informally with Governor O’Malley and members of the Administration to discuss relevant topics, including the impact of the national recession on local small businesses, the need for health care reform so employees of small businesses can have access to affordable, quality health care, and the many resources and services available to Maryland companies looking to grow.
Over the last several months, the Governor has aggressively pursued a strategy to strengthen small businesses and expand opportunity, including the creation of the Small Business Task Force, the release of a ten-point strategy to strengthen small business in Maryland, development of MBE University to encourage women- and minority-owned firms to grow and do business with the state, and encouragement of the Maryland Congressional delegation to target TARP funds to expanding access to capital for small businesses.
Maryland remains one of only seven states in the nation to defend a Triple A bond rating, and the state’s unemployment rate remains consistently well-below the national average. Maryland is home to a strong competitive advantage with the nation’s best public school system, according to Education Week Magazine, and therefore one of the strongest workforces in the country.
A day late and a dollar short. I closed my business today.
Aren't LWRC and AviHome both owned by a company in Brazil?
Interesting he would choose to visit them.
Hey, that's great; the governor visited a plant that makes products for new poultry houses! Too bad the State of Maryland won't allow any new poultry houses to be built, though. What an idiot.
Too bad they import most of the workers from CHILE AND PAY THEM NOTHING
So, if O'Guv knows that small business is the source of so many jobs, why is this state so business-hostile?
Or are these facts just something he's reading from a sheet of paper written for this photo-op?
Well now , I see a boat load of bull $hit in this.
Turn off the bubble machine Marty!
All he does is Talk.
Yeah, defend that triple A bond rating by exploiting the State of Md employees. And no wonder the public school system is so good, they haven't taken a budget cut like all the other State employees, in fact, the union is already behind O'Malley (smart move to avoid budget cuts).
No mention of all the State Job cuts either.
Can't wait to vote this joker out of office.
What a loser and joker. Why post this crap, Joe?
It's got to be comic relief.
SOS Calling the E. man!
BOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both companies are owned by American Citizens
Many Americans work there and are paid very good hourly wages
To top it off I hear from multiple sorces they are secretly planning another salary reduction for state emplyees and in the process writing a 12 percent increase for lawmakers... Bastards! Joe please keep an eye on this. Every Marylander should be screaming from their rooftops...
7:02:
Are you dreaming?!
These owners also own MaTech in Salisbury.
its funny the amount of BS that people take as fact casue they read it on a blog, I'm still laughing about the brazil comment, they are localy owned, by Americans, and Good ones at that. when the cambridge plastic plant moved to a border town in Texas, the plant was bought and reserected by LOCAL business man, and now the facility has over 60+ highly trained skilled workers that. it went from a vacant building to a working facility that is grow, and growing fast, and all you people can do is crap on that, Get a life...
60+ employees where? In what company?
Did you know that thanks to our governor, by the end of the month, our roads department will be broke? I heard this today. The doors will be closing!!! Why hasn't this been on the news? Joe, do you know anything about this?
Hmm...Corea and Bernstein have one of the largest business empires on the shore. If O'Gubner really wanted to visit a small business, he could have chosen much better.
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Facebook Photo's Remarkable Growth - Did iPhone App Play a Role?
According to ComScore (and via TechCrunch), Facebook Photos is running away from the nearest competitors: Photobucket, Flickr and Picasa (in that order).
Facebook has been the space's leader for over a year, but the gap has widened and really started to open in September 2008. TechCrunch suggests that it is due to the profile redesign:
"But the tagging feature has been part of Facebook Photos for a long time. What happened in September to accelerate growth? That is when a Facebook redesign went into effect which added a Photos tab on everyone’s personal homepage."
How about two other additions to why the marked growth is occurring (although I totally agree that the timing is due to the profile redesign):
1. The iPhone App is one of the most popular and addictive. And it makes photo taking / sharing dead easy. In fact, it is easier to upload a photo than to enter your 'status update.' Based on my network's feed - photo usage via the App has grown significantly.
2. Switching cost: once you begin to upload photos onto Facebook, it becomes difficult to move them elsewhere or start uploading elsewhere. The switching costs are high and there are network effects. As Facebook grows (and it is everywhere now), there is less of a reason to share via print sites like oFoto / Kodak, Picasa, Shutterfly and so forth.
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Tom Cullerton looks to increase tollway work zone safety
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 02:03 PM
CHICAGO—The Illinois Tollway and State Senator Tom Cullerton are working together to keep Illinois work zones safe by imposing stricter penalties for reckless driving in Illinois work zones.
Cullerton’s proposed legislation would increases the fine for hitting a construction worker in a work zone from $10,000 to $25,000 and would create a new encroachment violation that would impose a fine for going around cones and barrels.
“Driving recklessly through construction zones to shave off a few minutes of your arrival time can be the difference between life and death,” Cullerton said. “Our road construction workers are working day and night to improve our state’s infrastructure. It’s our job to drive responsibly and respectfully to prevent tragedies.”
This legislation comes in light of an accident in which Bartlett resident Frank Caputo, a flagger, was struck and killed in an Illinois Tollway work zone.
Officials say there are 4,800 work zone crashes in Illinois each year. In 2017, fatalities were reported in 29 of them.
“We will work to honor Frank Caputo by finding ways to keep his fellow workers safe,” Cullerton said. “Tragedies like this stress the need to drive carefully, if not for your own life but for those sharing the road with us.”
Cullerton is working to file legislation that can be taken up as early as November during Veto Session.
Tom Cullerton continues to lead on Legionnaires’ fixes
Published: Friday, May 11, 2018 09:36 AM
SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) passed House Bill 4278, which requires an Illinois veterans Home to notify facility residents and their emergency contacts within 24 hours if two or more residents in the home have been diagnosed with an infectious disease in period of one month or less.
“This is a commonsense measure that puts the health of our veterans ahead of bureaucracy,” Cullerton said. “In 2015, the families of the servicemen and women residing the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy should have been notified of the Legionnaires’ disease epidemic, but Gov. Rauner’s administration left them and their loved ones in the dark. This is simply unacceptable and we can’t let it happen again.”
House Bill 4278 also requires veterans homes to post notification of the incidence of the infectious disease in a visible place near the facility’s main entrance. Once those requirements have been met, they must notify the Departments of Veterans’ Affairs and Public Health of the incidence of the infectious disease.
Tom Cullerton takes aim at excessive tax payouts to fired public officials
Published: Thursday, May 03, 2018 09:38 AM
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Tom Cullerton is working with the Better Government Association to put a stop to bloated golden parachutes for failed state employees.
Senate Bill 3604 eliminates severance packages for employees that have been fired for misconduct and limits government-paid severance packages to an amount no greater than 20 weeks of compensation. Cullerton expects it to be heard by the full Senate this week.
“Giving out golden parachutes to poorly-behaved public officials isn’t just bad policy, it’s theft,” Cullerton said. “This is a commonsense reform that protects the public from bailing out bad actors. It is plain and simple – if you betray the trust of DuPage County taxpayers, you will not be rewarded with taxpayer money.”
The BGA and Cullerton have been working together to fight the misuse of taxpayer dollars.
"For too long, taxpayers have had to foot six-figure severance deals to make public executives go away,” said Madeleine Doubek, the BGA's Policy and Civic Engagement Director. “Being asked to leave, often under questionable circumstances, shouldn't be like hitting a lottery jackpot. With Sen. Cullerton's leadership, the Government Severance Pay Act will bring a fair, commonsense approach to ending golden parachutes."
Tom Cullerton's measure to protect high-risk veterans passes
Published: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 09:40 AM
SPRINGFIELD – The State of Illinois currently does not have a procedure in place to alert police and emergency professionals of missing veterans, but State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) is working to change that.
Cullerton advanced House Bill 4212, which expands the use of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory system—also known as Silver Alert – to veterans who are believed to have physical or mental conditions related to their service.
Similar to the circumstances that lead to employment of an Amber alert, the public would be notified when a high-risk veteran goes missing in an effort to quickly locate them.
“Our nation’s heroes have put their lives on the line to protect our democratic values and freedoms. When they return home, it's our duty to find ways to look out for them,” Cullerton said. “This new measure will help us save lives. Every life we save is priceless.”
In 2013, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs released a study that covered suicides from 1999 to 2010, which showed that roughly 22 veterans were dying by suicide per day, or one every 65 minutes.
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Salvatore Alescio holds a Master degree in Petroleum Engineering and a Master in Marketing & Sales and has over 20 years experience in Oil&Gas industry, spanning in Quality & Safety, Engineering, Project Coordination and Project Management.
He started his career with Halliburton as QHSE Coordinator, afterwards as Field/Sales Engineer for Cementing and Production Enhancement departments; moreover, he has been Coil Tubing, Nitrogen and Special Services Coordinator managing, several Italian and international Oil&Gas projects.
He has been also Key-user, developer and instructor for SAP/R3, within Halliburton HALCO 21 worldwide project.
He was assigned by Halliburton Libya as Senior Engineer for Cementing and Production Enhancement, afterward as Coordinator for Production Enhancement services, furthermore, he was responsible for the Project Management of ENI’s Sabratha offshore project
He has worked as consultant for: ENI in KPO Kazakhstan as Field Team Leader and Well Service Superintendent, responsible for planning and managing high profile well intervention activities; CAIRN ENERGY India as Lead WSS, in the well service department.
He is also author of several technical papers and publications (SPE Papers), and also was awarded from BG group in London for an innovative Reduced Emission Project.
Antonio Argenton holds a degree in Geology from the university of Padova – Italy.
He has a long industry experience covering several position of responsibility.
He joined AGIP as wellsite geologist in connection with exploration projects in Italy and then as Chief District Exploration Geologist with IEOC Co. Inc. in Egypt, dealing with geological interpretation of IEOC’s Concessions in the Gulf of Suez.
Antonio has been Technical Leader for ENI Domestic Exploration Department and Exploration Manager Agip (Malaysia) Ltd, managing operated and non-operated exploration activities in Exploration Licenses offshore and onshore Sarawak (East Malaysia) and as Project Leader Exploration New Ventures – C.I.S. & China (onshore) AGIP, Exploration Team Leader NorskAGIP, Exploration New Ventures and Divestment Coordinator – ENI Indonesia.
He has been Global Exploration Advisor & PROE (Regional Studies and New Opportunities Selection) Exploration Project leader dealing with Exploration Projects Quality Assurance, G&G Evaluation of the residual potential of the Central North Sea (UKCS), Basin analysis and as Geological Advisor for ENI China Beijing Offices – New Ventures (Bid) Evaluations South China Sea (from technical data room to EMV).
Antonio Argenton also has long training experience as Lecturer at Milan and Pavia Universities (G&G Methods & Prospect Evaluation in Hydrocarbon Exploration, shale gas overview, ENI In-house exploration courses, Co-organiser and lecturer of ENI’s in-house seminar on “Creativity in Exploration”, Co-Author Proceedings of IPA’s International Geoscience Conference on Deepwater and Frontier Exploration in Asia & Australasia, 2004: Vice Chairman IPA’s (Indonesia Petroleum Association) International Geoscience Conference on Deepwater and Frontier Exploration in Asia & Australasia.
Adelio Boccaccia is a Senior Well Engineer working as independent consultant for various Companies and in worldwide projects.
He started up his industry career with ENI S.p.A. Drilling Engineer in Italy and West Africa – drawing drilling programs and advising during field activities. He has been involved in the first UBD project in Italy as “Project Focal Point”.
In 2000, he started up an independent drilling consultant career and he has provided advice and support to many oil and energy companies including NAE Port Harcourt, Groove Energy, BG Gas Int. BV Italy, ENEL Green Power, SNPC Congo, GLENCORE EXPL., NAM Netherland in connection with drilling operations, and liaising with all matters concerning well planning, well engineering issues and companies KPI.
He has been involved in several training projects where has provided support to the training activities for AGIP KCO – Kazakhstan, and other Oil Companies.
As senior well engineer has been also in charge of the preparation of well drilling & completion programs for Vega Oil/Petroceltic and Total Gabon (Anguille Field re-development project) including DOM (Drilling Operational Manual) for REPSOLYPF/SONATRACH
Alessandro Brunelli is a chartered engineer graduated from the Politecnico University of Milan – Italy – where holds a degree in Industrial Technology.
Alessandro is an well-recognized expert in the subject of Instruments and Measurements.
He started his career with EMIT (a Technical Institution in the area of Instrument and Measurement) where he covered the position of manager of the LAS Division (Laboratories Automation & Instrumentation).
Alessandro has been a lecturer at Politecnico University of Milan – Italy – for the subject: Mechanical and Thermal Measurements.
Then, he has started a consultant career in the area of measurement and process control for several industrial firms.
Alessandro has provided his expertise in connection with several training projects, and he is author of publications and books in the subject of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Process Control, and Instruments Calibration.
Corrado Bruni holds a Master of Science in Geology, from the University of Milan, Italy and he is a Senior Petrophysicist, with more then 25 years of industry experience working with different operating Oil and Gas operating companies in exploration and field development.
He started his career with Agip as geologist and then as petrophysicist where he was dedicated to develop internal Agip TLA software and procedures and he has been involved in Thin Layer Analysis pilot study (Adriatic Sea).
As Petrophysicist, he has worked in Italy (petrophysical and FMS and FMI image log interpretation on Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs) and in Congo to provide petrophysical support in development and reservoir study of KITINA field.
Returning to Italy, as Senior Petrophysicist, he has supervised Geosteering planning, Data acquisition campaign, and real time interpretation in a remote location and has gained robust operative experiences in logging acquisition using Coil Tubing and TLC technologies in underbalance fractured wells.
In Kazakhstan, he was responsible for Petrophysics in Karachaganak carbonate field development and managing wire line logging contract and technical liaison with logging contractors.
For BG Group, he has provided expertise: in Tunisia, where he managed all the Petrophysical activities for BG Tunisia asset with focus on Geosteering in high temperature and depleted carbonate fields; in UK at BG Group headquarters as responsible for developing the potential of the Image Logs and for petrophysical interpretation of carbonate reservoirs within BG Advance; In Egypt as responsible for all petrophysical activities within BG Egypt asset, in particular with Ultra HPHT wells.
Recently, he has worked for NIS – Gazpromneft (Gazprom) in Novi Sad (Serbia) holding the position of Head of Petrophysics Interpretation Unit at NIS Scientific Centre.
Corrado is also author of several oil industry publications.
Roberto Carpi holds a Ph. D. in Geology, from the University of Milan and has an extensive experience in Seismic Interpretation, Exploration/Reservoir Geoscience in different Petroleum Basins in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Roberto started the industry career with Seismic Processing in ENI then developed as interpreter in reservoir and Exploration for International and Domestic Projects.
He continued his industry career with Edison Gas, as Exploration Coordinator and then Exploration Manager in Iran, with OMV-Petrom he has been Exploration Manager in Kazakhstan and Romania.
Currently, he is a Consultant in Geophysics and Petroleum Exploration and has a notable experience in advising and supervising Seismic Acquisition and Processing, 2D and 3D seismic interpretation with Petrel, Landmark and IESX, Velocity modelling and Depth Conversion, Depth Mapping, Seismic Inversion, Synthetics and VSPs.
Roberto is currently involved in several technical training projects in the area of competence: Petroleum Geology, Geophysics and Seismic Interpretation.
Vito Caruso holds a H.B Economy and has a long Oil&Gas industry experience with ENI , reaching high level managerial positions in Italy and abroad. Main work experiences include:
Eni Vice President for Middle East based in Doha (Qatar): Business Development in the Middle East Areas where Oil &Gas agreements have been finalized and implemented with Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia.
General Manager and Managing Director of Agip Tunisie, where many agreements have been signed with the Governmental Authorities.
Member of the Operator’s Management Committee and project Director in Agip Gas BV Libyan Branch and Member of the Board of Directors of Agip Gas BV for definition of project schemes and contract strategy for ”Western Libya Gas Project”, production and export.
Lybia Geographic Unit Director based in Milan:
– Chairman of Agip (N.A.M.E.) (North Africa and Middle East)
– Member of the Owner’s Management Committee of Agip Oil Company
– Member of Agip Oil Company and of Agip Gas BV
Deputy Managing Director and Technical Manager in Agip (N.A.M.E.) negotiations and finalizations of strategic Agreements.
Negotiation Manager for Angola and Egypt Geographic Units
Projects General Manager in Petrobel, Egypt.
Previous experiences: Montedison, S.I.R. Project Manager.
Ferdinando Cazzini holds a degree in Geology and is currently teacher of Petroleum Geology at the University of Pavia (Italy) and lecturer in several industry seminars.
He has several decades of industry experience with ENI S.p.A. where he has held several and different positions of responsibility in the area of exploration.
He started up his industry career as Geophysicist in West Africa, moving to Chief Geophysicist in North Africa and Regional Exploration Manager for the Mediterranean and North Sea area.
For several years, he has held the position of Manager of the Worldwide Exploration Projects and has been Director of ENI’s Representative Offices in North and South America.
He has been responsible of the Exploration Prospects and Projects Evaluation for the generation of prospects for drilling as well as the risk assessment and budget preparation.
Roberto Colombo holds a BSc. in Geochemistry and is an experienced industry professional in the area of Reservoir Engineering, O&G Upstream Projects and Planning Management, holding several positions of responsibility both in Italy and, almost for half of his career, in overseas assignments.
He joined ENI and was assigned to the Reservoir Dept. as a Reservoir Geologist and then after a three year assignment in Egypt as a Reservoir Team Coordinator in charge of modeling and simulation of ENI assets mainly in Egypt and China.
He moved to USA where he has been involved in Integrated Reservoir Studies and economic evaluations, unitization and sales of the ENI onshore assets in the North America and in a Company acquisition in the GOM.
As Engineering Manager, he has been in charge of Norsk Agip Engineering Dpt in Stavanger (Norway) for Reservoir, Production, Project and Drilling Dpts. He represented Norsk Agip in development Technical Committees for the Ekofisk re-development Project and for the Development of Norne and Haltenbanken.
Since then, he has covered several Managerial positions: NOP Assets JV Manager – for the Non Operated Assets in UK, North Sea Region Manager – Responsible for North Sea activities in UK, Norway, Ireland & Faros, Business Planning Manager in Eni UK. Back in Italy he was appointed as Finance Systems Expert, Kararacagianack Liason Manager, Regional Business Analysis Manager for the Central Asia, Far East & Pacific Regions, Senior Business & Planning Manager responsible for Budget & Forecast consolidation of 5 Business units in North Africa and Project Control of the North Africa & Middle East Assets.
As Serintel consultant, he tough Reservoir Management & Optimization Courses, Global Oil Economics and International Petroleum Management courses.
Lucio Di Biase is a chartered electro technical engineer of the Italian National Association of Corrosion Engineers and an highly respected expert in the area of corrosion, corrosion control and management.
Lucio has started his professional career with SNAM in 1971 – Italy’s leading company in the transport and dispatching of natural gas – where he has covered several positions of responsibility.
As corrosion engineer, he has carried out Cathodic Protection for third party Companies (such as Saipem, Snamprogetti , etc.) for the Design, Commissioning, Maintenance, Development of new technologies, on various structures such as pipelines and compressor stations in Italy and overseas (Algeria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Tanzania, Zambia ).
He has been responsible of SNAM Development Division Unit of Cathodic Protection, dealing with studies and researches on new methodologies for coating fault location, devices for polarization measurements, micro-processor devices, remote control systems and measurement.
Lucio has been Coordinator of research groups on MIC, a.c. corrosion, stress corrosion cracking carrying out studies on the Hydrogen Embrittlement, Microbial Corrosion, Stress Corrosion Cracking, detectability of corrosion under disbonded coatings and mechanical damages of pipelines.
As Responsible of SNAM Cathodic Protection Unit he has created definition of criteria and standards within the Company for the design, construction, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Cathodic Protection and Remote Control Systems.
In the last period Lucio Di Biase has been the President of Sector A of Ceocor (Cathodic Protection and Corrosion) from 2003 to 2009; later on he has been the President of Ceocor (2009 – 2015).
Currently, Lucio is an international consultant providing his expertise to various activities related to Cathodic Protection Systems. He has a long experience in training and development and ha has been also course coordinator for HAWARD Technologies Middle East.
Livio Felici is a very well experienced Well Services, Completion and Workover engineer with 36 year of industry experience.
He started his career with ENI S.p.A. as workover operation supervisor in Libya and in the following years, he has been involved in several international projects supervising sub sea work over, completion and well testing operations Nigeria, Angola, Egypt and Malaysia.
From 1999, he covered the position of Well Service, Completion & Workover Superintendent in Kazakhstan and Nigeria, where he was responsible of Company’s project supervision.
From 2010, he has been Well Construction Manager in connection with ZFOD project – Iraq.
Experience as teacher for Completion, Workover and Coiled tubing courses.
Gianbattista Galli started his extensive industry career as Fluid Engineer with IMCO Services, and then he moved to GEO-Vann where he worked as Completion Engineer, involved in several projects in Italy, Tunisia, Egypt, Oman, U.S.A., U.K., Norway, Holland.
He then joined Agip, where he has been appointed as Completion and Well Testing Supervisor in connection with Company’s operations in Italy and North Sea.
He served Geoservices s.a. as deputy base manager in Ortona (Italy), Base Manager in Ravenna (Italy) and Technical Manager in Tripoli (Libya).
Currently, he is an independent consultant in the area of completion and workover, providing expertize in connection with several major worldwide projects such as technical support to drilling and completion operations (ENI Kazakhstan- Kashagan project) – QA/QC inspector of completion tools (Murphy Oil Malaysia).
Experience as teacher in Well Area Courses ( Completion, Workover, Wireline, Well Testing).
Diego Giacca graduated in Chemistry from the University of Trieste and joined eni e&p in 1969. He was first assigned to the Drilling Fluids & Rock Mechanics Laboratory and, then, in 1972, to the newly constituted Drilling Engineering & Technology Department, where he worked for 14 years. During this time he spent periods in the Operational Departments, both in Italy and abroad (Libya, Nigeria, Congo). Then he worked as Manager of the Well Area Laboratories, which dealt with topics, such as: drilling fluids, cementing operations, production optimization, rock mechanics and environment.
During his career, he was involved in well planning, casing design, overpressure detection (co-author of the Sigmalog method for overpressure detection and quantification, overburden and fracture gradient calculation from seismics, drilling parameters and sonic log processing), drilling fluids optimization, rheology and hydraulics, wellbore stability, subsidence, environmental issues, not only from the support-to-operations standpoint, but also from the research side. He was member of the “Blow-out Intervention Team”, which worked on the blow-outs of the well Oniku South 1 (Nigeria) and well Loango 626 (Congo).
From 1990 to 2004, he was Member of the eni e&p Committee for the evaluation of the Research & Technological Development Projects and from 2001-2004 he was Member of the Work Group on Application of the Kyoto Protocol within the Company. In the period 2002-2004, he was Programme Manager of two eni strategic projects: “Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide” and “Sulphur Management During Exploration and Production Activities”.
From 2005 to 2016 he was instructor in position of consultant in numerous courses, from 2005 to 2015, organized by eni e&p, Saipem, Stogit, Serintel, Proenergy, Geolog on drilling muds, cements and cementing operations, drilling engineering, overpressures detection and evaluation, directional drilling, rheology and hydraulics, produced water management, environmental issues. In 2009-2010, he held, as Professor, the course on “Drilling Engineering” at the Politecnico di Torino.
He wrote about 20 technical papers and several manuals on different topics, such as casing and tubing design, overpressures, directional drilling, drilling engineering, well cementing, drilling fluids engineering, well design. He is also co-author of the eni publication “Hydrocarbons: Origin, Exploration and Production” (2005) and of the Chapter “Drilling of Directional and Horizontal Wells” (2009) of the Treccani Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons.
Nazzareno Giovagnoli is an experienced Maintenance Management Engineer in the oil and gas industry and has an international work experience with ENI in several geographic areas.
He is currently an Asset Integrity System Team Leader for ADCO-Rome/Abu Dhabi
He started up his career as instrument and maintenance intructor for chemical Industry and then as section supervisor and coordinator in Congo for the overall activities at off shore field and the commissioning activities of DCS system and TIE in of new platforms in the Loango field.
In Nigeria and Libya, he covered the position of Maintenance Superintendent where he has been responsible for Maintenance activities of main plant facility of Oil & Gas Plants located at Land area (Ebocha-Obiafu) and Coordination of the Operations Major Maintenance activities (Integrated Operations and Budgetary Plan) for desert area field (A-Bu Attifel) and Off-shore area field (Bouri).
Nazzereno also covered the position of maintenance manager in Kazakhstan ENI-KPO – Karachaganak – for the management of all the Operations Maintenance activities.
Recently, he has worked as Engineering team Maintenance Manager Advisor in connection with Consulting for Maintenance Engineering aspects included in Iraq Zubair O&G field project and as Asset Integrity Management Team leader for ADCO in Rome and Abu Dhabi.
Nazzareno has a considerable experience in training activities particularly devoted to assess the real competency, to verify the skill-education gaps, consequently defining correct training plan for competency development growing up – including Master courses for maintenance engineers and technicians.
Amato Gusmeroli is a Senior Well Completion and Services Engineer with decades of worldwide industry experience with several oil Companies.
He started up his career with ENI S.p.A. – Exploration & Production division – where he was assigned to different projects as Completion and Workover Supervisor (Lybia and Egypt) in connection with field operations in Bouri field, Bu-Attifel field and Belaym field.
Then he has spent some year at the ENI headquarters in Italy where he was in charge of completion design, AFE’s, tendering and bidding evaluation for Company’s international projects.
He also covered the position of Production Area Manager for the operations of the Agbara Oil Field (Nigeria).
As Service Manager he spent seven years in a top side and sub-sea valve’s manufacturer company for oil & gas industry.
As independent consultant, he was seconded from ENI S.p.A. to Iran, Tunis and Kazakhstan as Completion and Production Advisor.
Lately, he has provided advice and support to OMV where he has covered the position of Manager of Completion & Workover Department.
Experience as teacher in Well Area courses.
Fabio Martini holds a BSc. in Chemistry and has an extensive energy industry experience mostly with ENI S.p.A. where he has covered several positions as Project Manager and lately as Planning Engineer at NIP (New Initiative and Projects) department and SIPI (IT Planning Systems) unit.
He is an expert on fiscal and contractual rules and computer implications, and has dedicated his work to the analysis of Oil Contracts and to manage study projects (BMS – Business Management System) to make economic evaluations of oil development projects, to certify the Hydrocarbon reserves and to perform “Ceiling Test”.
He has been in charge of complex technical solutions and models development for the analysis of contract, tax rules, accounting standards
He has a wide experience as teacher for strategic planning and global oil economics managerial courses.
Paolo Martini holds a BSc. in Geology and has more than 25 years of industry experience in the Geoscience area.
Paolo Martini has covered technical and managerial positions in exploration, wellsite operations and reservoir characterization.
He started his industry career with ENI S.p.A. as wellsite geologist, then moving to operational geologist and supervisor for Italian and international projects and as petrophysicist has consistent experience in log analysis, integrated petrophysical interpretation, complex lithology evaluation.
As Senior Petrophysicist and Reservoir Geologist he has been working on several ENI E&P projects, spanning from Australia to Pakistan, Nigeria and Kazakhstan.
Recently, he has been Principal Geologist for Northern Petroleum Plc. where he was responsible for exploration licenses administration, acreage applications, relationships and presentations to the Italian competent ministry, and petrophysical interpretation for the whole company portfolio.
Currently he is a consultant geologist providing expertise to international oil companies: Northern Petroleum, Ouro Preto Resources, Apennine Energy, Italmin Exploration and Sound Energy Morocco, where he is currently Petroleum Operations Manager – in connection with geological operations, petrophysical analysis, new business screening, license and Farm out campaign assistance, and training in Reservoir Geology.
Elio Nappi holds a BSc. Degree in Chemical Engineering and he is Commissioning Manager at Cv Service group.
During his extensive industry career, he has provided expertise and advice to several energy Companies in connection with many worldwide projects.
He started his industry career as Project Engineer, having the opportunity to provide expertise for Petrochemical Plant Projects
With Technipetrol (now Technip) he started to work on Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activities dealing with Gas Treatment and Refinery units in IRAQ and Aden.
Then, he joined significant Agip / Saipem projects as responsible of Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning activities (Tiffany on North Sea + Bouri Lybia, Bu-Attifel Lybia).
With SBM/Saipem, he worked as FPSO Operations Manager in Nigeria and then in (Kazakhstan) within KPO Organization as Senior Field Operation Engineer for the study and production optimization and training and as Commissioning Manager with Saipem/Ersai for for Jack Up Drilling and Precommissioning and Commissioning activities.
He is currently consultant for oil and gas project design and training.
Angelo Pala holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and can boast an extensive career in the area of electrical and instrumentation in the oil industry.
He started as electrical and instrument supervisor in connection with several projects in Italy and abroad: Algerie – Sonatrach –Hassi R’mel – Gas Re-Injection Plant (C.E.I /S.W.A.C. Stone Wepster Atlantic Corporation), Sudan- El Rahad-Irrigation Project (G.I.E. INTERANTIONAL).
For Enigroup, he has spent several years as electrical & instrument trainer in Nigeria, organizing and holding of several theoretical, practical and OJT courses for Instrument Engineers.
Then he worked as E&I supervisor in Italy in connection with maintenance activities for Instrumentation equipment & supervisory control system, Electrical Plants and MV/LV switchboards for ENICHEM, OXON, AGIP Petroli.
Currently, he is employed as instructor and mentor in connection with Electrical and Instrument Maintenance Courses, including On-the-Job Training for Electrical and instrument Maintenance Technicians in the Gas Industry.
Maurizio Pizzamiglio is a chemical engineer with a long industry professional career in the area of drilling and completion engineering.
He joined AGIP as drilling supervisor, responsible of well site operations in several projects. He has a gained a considerable experience in Well Control procedures and operations, providing his expertise in connection with AGIP projects in UK, Kazakhstan, China, Pakistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt ,Algeria ,Libya, Tunisia, Congo, Angola, Nigeria, Venezuela, USA, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq.
Maurizio has been involved into the development of New Drilling Technologies (SDD Straighthole Drilling Device – Vertitrack).
On behalf of ENI, he has been component of the Drilling Emergency Group of Assomineraria (the Italian Petroleum and Mining Industry Association), and component of ENI Well Emergency Team – a dedicated work group whose objective is to provide specialized support to blow out control interventions.
He is a lecturer in the Petroleum Engineering Master Course – University of Torino and instructor for ENI drilling and IWCF training courses.
Pierluigi Puntri holds a Ph.D. in Mining Engineering / Petroleum Engineering from the University of Bologna,
Italy) and he has many years of experience in the Oil Industry.
He started up with Agip; (ENI), serving both in Italy, and abroad (Egypt, Libya, Congo, Nigeria, Kazakhstan) in the area of Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir & Petroleum Engineering, and Integrated Fields Development & Exploitation.
Later Pier Luigi has been a consultant, and co-founder of a consulting firm (Orion Energy srl), giving services in the areas of Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir & Petroleum Engineering, and Integrated Fields Development & Exploitation, again in Italy and abroad (in Kazakhstan, Georgia). With SERPRO (Socotec group) he has been a Technical Advisor for Petroleum Engineering in Sonatrach field Hassi Messaoud in Algeria,and then a Reservoir Engineering Manager in Tbilisi (Georgia) for Frontera Resources.
Pier Luigi has covered the position of Technical Advisor, with Teknica, for Field Development Plans in Pemex, Mexico (El Paraiso).
He can boast a solid work experience in reservoir management, Wells productivity optimization, Reservoir engineering studies with 3D models, Unitization activities, feasibility studies.
During his professional activities he has been required to provide his professional abilities in the area of Training & Tutoring of personnel in reservoir and petroleum engineering, design of training courses material and coordination of training programs.
Roberto Quagliaroli holds a degree in Geology and has a long industry career record in the area of wellsite and operational geology.
He started his career with Agip where he covered the position of well site geologist and then operational geologist in Italy and Libya.
As Head Operational Geologist in Gabon and Egypt, he has been responsible of the Agip subsurface activities in the countries, in charge of the geological operations for the onshore and off-shore Nile Delta, for the Gulf of Suez and for the Western Desert exploration permits, also liaising with local Authorities.
Roberto has been a Project and Technical Leader for Surface Logging Technologies in Milan Italy, for ENI, Agip Division, focusing in Research and Development Studies in Geological Well Site interpretations and in Surface Logging/Mud Logging applications. He has been assigned by ENI in UK and Tehran as Head Operational Geologist in charge of geological operations for the appraisal and development of the offshore South Pars Field, and for the appraisal and development phases of the land Darquain oil Field.
He has worked as Consultant Operations Geologist for Repsol YPF for Well Planning and Geological operations in Algeria, Spain and British Guyana.
He is currently a reputed Consultant Geologist for Gas and Oil Development Projects and as teacher for operational Geology Courses.
Giacomo Sarzi Sartori holds a BSc. in Petroleum Engineering and was a petroleum consultant for reservoir management with Murphy Oil and instructor for ENI Corporate University in the area of competence.
He joined ENI in 1981 as Reservoir Engineer dealing with field studies (North Sea and North Africa).
He has covered the position of Reservoir Department Head in Egypt and Reservoir Team Leader for a wide range of reservoir studies, spanning from the Mediterranean area to Caspian Sea where he has also covered the position of Petroleum and Reservoir Manager, dealing with detailed planning, integration and implementation of reservoir engineering studies to focus the critical characteristics aimed at optimization of field development.
With Murphy Oil he was responsible of Reservoir Management Optimization carrying out reservoir studies, numerical simulation, and development scenarios.
Experience as teacher in reservoir characterization, modeling and simulation.
Mauro Tambini holds a BSc. in Chemical Engineering and has 38 years of industry experience working with ENI as Production Optimization Senior Professional.
He is currently working as oil and gas industry consultant and university lecturer.
Since he joined ENI, he has worked on national and international projects focusing on chemical treatments, matrix stimulation, hydraulic fracturing, coiled tubing operations, production logging, water management, well performance and well problem analysis.
He has been manager of the Production Optimization Development Technologies and Production Chemical Laboratories.
Lately, he was appointed as coordinator for the development of Company’s unconventional assets.
He has served on international committees and boards such as Europec, Formation Damage, ATCE, Italia SPE section, International Forum and Workshops.
He has published several technical papers and publications and books including “Production Optimization Treatment”.
He has a wide industry and university teaching experience in the area of competence.
Patrizio Torrese is currently Assistant Professor in Applied Geophysics at University of Pavia, Italy. He holds a MSc. Degree in Geology and a PhD from the University of Chieti – Pescara – Italy.
Patrizio has covered several positions within different universities, research institutes and can boast a technical-scientific and professional consulting activity.
He has participated to several Funded Research Projects – on behalf of MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research) – such as Improvement and Development of Geophysical Methods for Soil Seismic Characterization, Subsoil geological exploration in unstable slope areas and dynamic parameterization of soils using geophysical methods, Improvement and Development of Geophysical Methods and Numerical Modeling Aimed at the Study of Unstable Slopes in High Seismic Hazard Areas.
During his Technical-Scientifical and Professional Consulting Activity, Patrizio has been a consultant of several Engineering Corporations within “Plan Maestro de Agua Potable de San Pedro Sula-Honduras” Project, Senior Data Processing Geophysicist of ACTS (Advanced Construction Technology Services) team (GGM S.r.l.) within IDRIS (Inner Doha Resewearge Implementation Strategies) Doha, Qatar.
Within universities, he has taught several programs such as: Applied Geophysics, Subsoil Geological Exploration, Light Geognostic and Geophysical Surveys, Applied Geophysics and Underground Surveys, Terrestrial Physics and Geophysics.
He has been involved as Serintel consultant in training materials elaboration and course holding on Microseismicity and Surface monitoring Stations and seismic interpretation.
Giuseppe Trabucchi holds a BSc. Degree in Physics and is currently an independent oil and gas industry consultant in the area of Production/Maintenance engineering.
After graduation, he joined ENI (formerly AGIP S.p.A.) in 1977 as Production Engineer and then Production expert in connection with several gas projects in Italy.
He was appointed as Field Superintendent for the operational management of Villafortuna/Trecate and Gaggiano fields (important ENI/Agip oil assets) in Italy and then he was the Surface Facilities Expert at Crema Operational District, where he was in charge of feasibility studies of new projects, technical, economical and managing aspects, operating procedures of commissioning-start up facilities.
Then, he was appointed as Deputy Field Manager and Production General Manager for Ashrafi field (Red Sea) – Egypt – accounting for planning, coordinating, and supervising all aspect of Production activities, setting up wells team and responsible for all well operations, optimization and production follow up.
He also covered the position of Production Manager for ENI Iran where he was accountable for commissioning of the Darquain plant activity, and Operation Manager for ENI Algeria.
Experience as teacher for production and maintenance courses and for gap analysis design.
Pietro Valente is an Electrotecnical Engineer having a long experience in Drilling / Well Operations and Training.
He started his career with AGIP working as drilling supervisor both onshore and offshore in Italy, Nigeria, Tunisia, Yemen and Somalia on land rig, platform, jack-up and semi-sub installations.
He then spent 3 years in Tunisia working as Drilling Engineer / Drilling Superintendent for onshore and offshore drilling activity.
Returned to Italy, he was appointed as Senior Drilling Engineer in ENI-AGIP Headquarters in Milan for international Projects and has been responsible for Drilling Engineering and becoming an Expert of Ultra-Deep HP-HT wells.
He ended up his career with ENI-AGIP as Drilling Optimization Team Leader, Expert of Ultra-Deep HP/HT wells, Drilling Technical Leader, New Technology, Project Manager and as Drilling Instructor.
He is currently working as Consultant for Drilling & Well Operations for several Oil & Gas Companies and is providing his experience and expertise in connection with several training projects.
He is also author of many papers on Innovative Drilling Technologies in cooperation with University of Bologna and ENI’s R&D Department.
Angelo Zuffetti is an electro-technical engineer and has a long petroleum industry experience in the area of project management.
Angelo worked with Agip as electrical engineer and spent many years working in Africa and Middle East carrying out supervisory activity to several projects related to maintenance of power station plants: Buattifel in Libya, El Borma in Tunisia, Brass terminal in Nigeria, Loango in Congo, Nar and Kangan in Iran, Halfaya in Iraq.
As project Manager, he has been in charge of the construction of the facilities, reservoir study and wells drilling relevant to the underground storage field of Cortemaggiore, Italy, construction of the Abu Madi LPG/NGL in Egypt, construction of the Petreco oil centre at Abu Rudeis .
At ENI Headquarter, Angelo has been Project Manager with a dedicated task force for the development of onshore/offshore projects in the Egypt, Middle East, and the Adriatic offshore projects.
With EDISON, Angelo has covered the position of Technical Manager to follow the Joint Ventures in Egypt ( Rosetta and West Delta Deep Marine offshore Concessions, IDKU LNG plant), Manager of Authorization and Expediting department to obtain the EIA decrees for the offshore LNG regasification plant. Angelo as Senior Project Manager managed the replacement of two FSO for the Vega and Rospo offshore field in Italy with the conversion of two crude oil tankers.
With PROGER S.p.A. as Offshore and Floaters Director at the Milano branch offices has carried out project management and coordination of engineering activities for onshore and offshore projects.
During his long professional career, Angelo has been involved in several training projects such as Training on the job of Project Management techniques, preparation of documentation and manuals, planning, wbs, budget, cost control, work progress, reporting, ecc, and technical training for the operators of the power stations and electrical engineers for domestic and abroad electrical facilities.
Maurizio Di Iorio Maurizio Di lorio is a mechanical engineer specialized in the area of well completion.
Maurizio has spent most of his professional career working for top oil services Companies on international oil and gas projects.
He started his career as tool operator for Stepier Drilling Equipment. He joined Baker Oil Tools and Baker Sand Control where he covered the supervisor position in connection with ali completion activities related to worldwide project in Europe and Africa. Later, he joined Otis Engineering where he was in charge of job preparation, personnel management and coordination. In 1994 he moved further his professional career with Halliburton where he was appointed as Completion Manager, dealing
with the design and developrnent of single and dual completions, multiple grave I pack jobs in cased and open holes, safety valves, slickline jobs, standard and HPHT environment .
With Halliburton, he has been also a Senior Account Leader following ENI activities worldwide studying and developing new projects and new technologies, he has also covered the role of Technical Advisor for Chevron Malongo (Angola) for two years.
Starting Jan 2014 he joined Adrialpetro (South America service company) as Manager Director for South America and Spain.
Mr Di lorio has been co-author of 3# SPEpublication:
1° SPE 28868 Thru Tubing Sand Control CirculatlngTechnique
2° SPE60693 Coiled Tubing for SlimHole Cementing and Completing.
3° SPE135537 Capillary Deliquification Maintaining Well Safety Requirements
He has a long international training experience: in Iraq, in connection with ZFOD Well Area Operation Training Program dedicated to drilling and completion engineers and in Ecuador and Colombia for well completion supervisor.
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Unconventional Gas in Ukraine
Informational project on the perspectives of non-traditional gas extraction in Ukraine
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UEF 2014: Key Priorities of State Energy Policy
The 5th Adam Smith Ukrainian Energy Forum was opened in Kyiv on the 24 of June. During the first session the main attention was focused on national priorities in reforming energy sector and on gas sector reforms in particular.
Oleksandr Todiychuk, Deputy Head of National Joint Company “Naftogas of Ukraine”, opened the session and stated, that as never before the safety of Ukraine depends on its energy security. According to Mr. Todiychuk, Ukraine while preparing for the next winter season considers three different scenarios: supply of natural gas from Russia under agreed price, ensuring only transit transportation of natural gas to European countries and complete stoppage of gas supply from Russia.
Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Vadym Ulyda also underlined, that today Ukraine is forced to work under emergency conditions of military, information and energy war.
Vadym Ulyda
Vadym Ulyda outlined 5 key directions of state energy policy for the coming years:
Reforms of electricity market, natural gas market and coal industry;
Modernization of the equipment and development of modern innovative technologies;
Strengthening energy security via diversification of energy supply and increase of domestic energy production, mainly due to increase of domestic natural gas extraction (including unconventional gas production) as well as nuclear fuel supply diversification;
Integration into European energy system (natural gas market and electricity market);
Energy efficiency improvements.
The Head of Shell in Ukraine Graham Tiley stated, that notwithstanding the hard times for Ukraine our country has all chances to implement energy sector reforms. Graham Tiley emphasized the importance of ensuring the reliable and competitive energy supply, as well as environmental and health protection and new jobs creation.
Graham Tiley
In the opinion of Shell, natural gas in the forthcoming future will play the main role in ensuring reliable, competitive, affordable and sustainable energy supply not only in Ukraine, but worldwide. Increase of national natural gas production in Ukraine will demand investment, technology and experience of both Ukrainian and international oil and gas companies, as well as clear regulatory base, which will satisfy the needs of investors and society. Graham Tiley positively estimated the initial steps in reforming Ukrainian legislative base and stated that they are looking forward for the updated versions of Subsoil Code off Ukraine, Rules on Oil and Gas Fields Development, amendments to the land legislation and liberalization of geologic information export procedures.
Peter Clark. Photo credit @Amelie Wright
The Head of Chevron in Ukraine Peter Clark underlined, that the PSA signed for the development of Oleska area is very important for the company as it provides stability and predictability for long term investment of financial resources, technologies and human resources. However, Peter Clark stated that Chevron still continues negotiations with the Government of Ukraine and LLC Nadra Oleska on operational agreement, which will allow the commencement of the project on Oleska area.
Director General and Head of the Board of DTEK Maksym Tymchenko, commenting on the perspectives of gas sector development stressed the importance of domestic natural production growth and reduction of natural gas consumption due to introduction of modern technologies. Maksym Tymchenko provided the example of Naftohazvydobuvannia company (DTEK’s subsidiary), which obtained some good results on intensification of natural gas production in Poltava region. According to DTEK’s estimation, the use of comparatively low cost methods of natural gas production intensification could lead to the growth of national natural gas extraction in Ukraine by 4-4.5 billion cubic meters in just two years, and could afford to cover the whole natural gas demand by domestic supply in the mid-term perspective not waiting for shale gas revolution in Ukraine.
The participants of the conference noting the very difficult current situation in gas supply sector of Ukraine were positive about future perspectives of natural gas production growth both from conventional and unconventional sources.
UEF 2014: unconventional gas production perspectives in Ukraine
UEF 2014: 7 key messages on the development of gas sector in Ukraine
Chevron Shell DTEK legislation
Ukraine Should Urgently Approve Waste Permitting Procedures
Experts call for the improvement of environmental permitting procedures
Wells and Plays Map
Natural Gas Price In Ukraine Will Be Increased For All Categories Of Consumers
Main deposits of oil and gas on Black Sea shelf
Shale gas reserves and major fields of Ukraine
Natural Gas Price in Ukraine in 2015
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Poster Reveal #1: "Catch Me If You Can"!
It’s Time to Share!
We are so excited to finally share our 2015-16 Spokane Civic Theatre poster artwork! Over the next ten days, we’ll be revealing these fantastic designs, show by show, as created by Design Spike!
We’ll have a brief synopsis, show dates, and audition dates with each of these posts as well!
So without further ado…. let’s get started with our first regional premier of the season!
Reveal #1: Catch Me If You Can, the Musical
Seeking fame and fortune, precocious teenager Frank Abignale, Jr. runs away from home to begin an unforgettable adventure. With nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination, and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer – living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams. But when Frank’s lies catch the attention of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, Carl pursues him across the country to make him pay for his crimes. Based on the hit film and incredible true story.
“Super-slick! The score evokes cocktail lounges, glitzy floorshows, Rat Pack suaveness, mellow jazz and energized go-go, all wrapped up in silky-smooth ’60s-styled orchestrations.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
Run Dates
Catch Me If You Can, the Musical is directed by Civic’s Artistic Director Keith Dixon and opens September 18, 2015 with our season kickoff gala, and runs through October 18, 2015.
Delta Airlines with Spokane International Airport
Audition Dates
VOCAL AUDITIONS (by appointment only):
Saturday, June 13, 10AM – 6PM
Sunday, June 14, 6PM – 9PM
DANCE AUDITIONS: Monday, June 15, 6:30PM
CALL BACKS: Tuesday, June 16, 6:30PM
The link to sign up for your appointment will be coming soon! Keep an eye on our website for more information. We’ve also created a Facebook event for you to mark your calendar ahead of time!
FRANK ABAGNALE, JR. Our story’s conniving protagonist, he is a handsome and youthful con artist. Grew up learning to disappear into another skin to avoid his problems. He eventually falls in love with Brenda and desperately tries to change his ways.
Male, 20-30 yrs old
Range: G2 – C5
CARL HANRATTY An FBI agent leading the investigation and search for Frank Jr. A knowledgeable and habitual workaholic who idolizes the moment he catches his perp. Lives a private life of loneliness and depression.
Range: G2 – G4
BRENDA STRONG A young nurse and Frank Jr.’s eventual love interest. Hard-working and initially insecure, she meets Frank Jr. after running away from a wedding. Comes to trust him but his true identity clouds her feelings.
Female, 20-30 yrs old
Range: G3 – A5
CAROL STRONG Brenda’s traditional mother. She is talkative and boisterous.
Range: Bb3 – A5
FRANK ABAGNALE, SR. Frank Jr.’s father. He is an inspiration when it comes to swindling. Upbeat and fast-talking, he undergoes a series of progressive failures that leaves him a miserable drunk.
Range: F2 – G#4
PAULA ABAGNALE Frank Jr.’s gorgeous mother. She met Frank Sr. in France, during the war, but has fallen out of love. Caring and loving, with an underlying resentment toward her husband and son.
Range: A3 – C5
ROGER STRONG Brenda’s conservative father. He is stern and interrogatory, but reveals himself to be deeply romantic.
Range: A2 – A4
ENSEMBLE: COMMUTERS; ASSISTANTS; STEWARDESSES (MINDY, CINDY, LINDY, JANE, KELLIE, SHELLIE); PILOTS; AGENTS; TARGETS; PARTY-GOERS; DOCTORS; NURSES; INTERNS
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Springfield Sharks Travel Program
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Springfield Babe Ruth is offering the opportunity for advanced players to participate in the Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League (NVTBL).
Springfield Babe Ruth's Home Field at Hooes Road Park
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Springfield Babe Ruth has been involved from its inception with the creation of the Hooes Road Park Baseball field under a cooperative agreement with the Fairfax County Park Authority. Groundbreaking began in 2003 with clearing of what used to be a soccer practice field.
Parents of players in Springfield Babe Ruth, Volunteers are necessary to keep our league running smoothly. We have no paid positions. If you have a skill that can help us manage the league more efficiently, and some time to spare, we want to hear from you.
Springfield Babe Ruth knows that for many reasons players like to play with friends and coaches they have played with before and coaches like working with players they have coached before. For these reasons it is now possible for players to stay on teams they have played on the previous season. This has been a very successful policy in our senior league for many years and we have now extendeded it to the 13-15 age division. This policy also extends to teams coming out of Little League that would like to sta
Implementation of USABat Standard
USA Baseball, the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the U.S., in conjunction with participating national member organizations (NMOs) announced the decision to adopt a new method for measuring bat performance in the testing of youth bats. Informed by the research of leading scientists on the USA Baseball Bat Study Committee, and supported by its NMOs, -- including the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC), Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), Babe Ruth Baseball/Cal Ripken Baseball, Dixie Y
WE WELCOME BACK HARD TIMES CAFE
Recreational baseball for Springfield teens Is there anything more exciting than going to a baseball game and watching a Derek Jeter or Steven Strasberg hit or pitch? One thing comes to mind: watching your own child play ball. Each of us has kids or has neighbors and friends with kids, and many of them love baseball. They can play it, first at the Little League level and then as they start to grow into teenagers, at the Babe Ruth league level. For 13 to 18 year old kids who want t
HOLIDAY SHOPPING FOR A NEW BAT?
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weekend horoscoop* for December 5-7, 2008
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March 21 - April 19 Aries
The Roches started out as a duo (Maggie and Terre) who backed Paul Simon on There Goes Rhymin’ Simon after Maggie, then 19, brazenly introduced herself to him in a building lobby at NYU. Simon later produced a track on Maggie and Terre’s first album, Seductive Reasoning, in 1975. Disenchanted with the music biz circa mid-seventies (and who could blame them), the two sisters moved to Hammond, Louisiana, becoming waitresses for a time (which later inspired their signature track The Hammond Song). Long story short, after moving back to New York, sister Suzzy joined the group, they became a Greenwich Village club scene favorite, were signed to Warner Bros. in 1978 and Robert Fripp produced their 1979 debut, The Roches, proclaimed Best Album of the Year by The New York Times. They disbanded in 1997, but still perform occasionally, usually around the holidays, like now. They’re playing tonight (Friday, Dec. 5) at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, at the Christmas Tree lighting in Battery Park Wed. December 10, and on Thurs. Dec. 11 at Tarrytown Music Hall with Loudon Wainwright. Tap into that famous Aries initiative and go, go, go if you can. And if you can’t, do yourself a favor and go to iTunes and download My Sick Mind and Factory Girl, both from their 1980 album Nurds: Factory Girl (the stunning lump-in-yer-throat reworking of a traditional Irish song) and My Sick Mind (a Terre Roche original and my favorite of all their songs). Watch a clip of them performing My Sick Mind here (Nobody knows, nobody knows, not even your best friend knows the bind you’re in). Oh hey, don’t forget their magnificent version of the Hallelujah Chorus. Visit their website and their MySpace page.April 20 - May 20 Taurus
Swing on by to WFMU Free Form Radio tomorrow (on your radio dial at 91.1 or online), when Terre T hosts Fleshtone Peter Zaremba and co. for some egg-noggin’, stocking-jamming holiday festivities live in the WFMU Studios Saturday, December 6th, between 3 and 6 PM on Cherry Blossom Clinic! They’ll be playings tunes from their new Yep Roc CD “Stocking Stuffer” and rocking around the Xmas tree. Being a Taurus myself I know how much you love your Christmas cheer and your garage rock. And Hitsburg U.S.A.’s Fleshtones serve it up like nobody’s business. Their new CD is the perfect gift for music fans who hate run-of-the mill Christmas music, because, hey, The Fleshtones just want to rock and they’re not about to let peace on earth or good will towards men get in the way. Check out these sound samples on amazon. I don’t know about you, but I need to hear Christmas with Bazooka Joe right now.
May 21 - June 20 Gemini
Speaking of Egg Nog, put Ruth and Esther’s Egg Nog Revue on your calendar now for next Sunday December 14: Everybody’s favorite southern belles return to Ars Nova at 54th St. and 10th Ave. in NYC to spread some Bulls Gap, Tennessee holiday cheer. Scandalous single gal Ruth (Marya Grandy) and retired schoolteacher Esther (Mark Blankenship) will share their signature blend of neighborhood gossip, candid advice, and estimable dance moves. If things get wild enough, Esther might just reveal her secret egg nog recipe. Bring both your good and bad Gemini twin selves and be there or be square on December 14 at 7pm. Ruth and Esther sold out the house in August so don’t delay, get your tickets now.
June 21 - July 22 Cancer
I tell you this now because I know yon moonchild loves to plan ahead. So if you’re in Gotham on Dec. 26 and 27, save those dates for the Fab Faux. Never seen ‘em? OK, I know what you’re saying – Beatles tribute band, no thanks. But it’s not like that. Believe me; you can’t be more of a skeptic than me. Give me JPG&R or nothing. And then I saw them. This gang of top-notch TV-show-band musicians from both The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien quite obviously worship at the foot of the four-headed godhead that was the Beatles. They are note for note perfect and not in an obsequious way. They are – simply put – marvelous. I went as a skeptic and ended up wiping tears of joy and amazement from my eyes. Now I try never to miss them as they weave their sonic magic with the best music in the world. At New York’s Terminal 5 on Dec. 26 they’ll perform Abbey Road and Let It Be from beginning to end in their entirety, and Dec. 27 they take on the formidable White Album. And yes, they do Revolution No. 9. You’ll dig a pony, I guarantee you.
July 23 - August 22 Leo
I know how you Leos like your viral videos; funny, topical, and sarcastic, and with Jack Black if at all possible. Submitted for your approval, Prop 8 – The Musical (a Funny or Die exclusive). Says The New York Times, the comedic song-and-dance diatribe about the California ballot initiative to define marriage as existing only between a man and a woman stars a cast of dozens, including John C. Reilly, Neil Patrick Harris, Maya Rudolph, and Jack Black as Jesus Christ. Of course anything with Maya Rudolph is a must see. Composer Marc Shaiman (composer of Hairspray) told the newspaper of record: In my credit, it says,“Written (six weeks too late) by Marc Shaiman.” I mean, yeah, it’s totally bittersweet . . . We were thinking of how to film it, and I said, “Well, maybe that first section should be all of us on a hill, with poppies, and it snows and we’re put to sleep, and then the Proposition 8 people are looking through the crystal ball, like the Wicked Witch of the West in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’” Because that’s what happened. We stupidly allowed ourselves to be lulled into a sense of, everything’s fantastic now, look – everything’s changing. And this couldn’t possibly be voted into law. This is just like some little peskything that we’re swatting at, and it will go away immediately. All I can say is; don’t miss this one.
August 23 - September 22 Virgo
Our Virgo brothers and sisters will no doubt enjoy a visit to The Hungarian Pastry Shop. Conveniently located across the street (1030 Amsterdam Ave. between 110th and 111th Streets) from the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, this cozy café serves up pastries, tea and coffee all day long. At one table you’ll find Columbia students reading textbooks and writing papers, at another table you’ll hear a gaggle of upper west side liberal hippies discussing Obama’s latest cabinet choices, and at yet another table you’ll see youngsters a-cuddlin’. The walls are covered with original artwork and you’ll feel like you’re either in Europe or perhaps the Greenwich Village of the Fifties. How many great ideas were born in this very room? Order your coffee, and discuss.
September 23 - October 22 Libra
Thanks to mediabistro’s galleycat column, I found this tasty item about indie bookstores: Random House sales rep Ann Kingman offers 11 reasons indie bookstores should consider blogging as a way to improve their business, from increased visibility on Google and community engagement to promoting in-store events and showing off employees’ authoritative passion for books….We’ve seen a few indie bookstore blogs, from Powell’s in Portland, Oregon, to Riverrun in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but we’re always on the lookout for more—feel free to mention your favorites in the comments section.(And booksellers may want to keep an eye on Kingman’s blog for additional advice…) Pull up a chair, Librans, and let’s talk about independent bookstores and how we need them in this country. Chain stores are for coffee and clothing……not books!
October 23 - November 21 Scorpio
‘Tis the season, am I right Scorpio? I mean the season for getting sick, for people coughing on you in buses and trains and germs taking up residence in and on you. Thanks to Rafat Ali’s paidcontent email newsletter, I learned this week of Johar Joshanda, a magical energizing and healing Pakistani black tea potion. Ali extolled its virtues on The Daily Beast: Johar Joshanda, a Pakistani black tea concoction, is the best natural energizer you will ever have. It works like magic on your cold and flu, and also great after a long tiring day or flight. Time Asia has called it “chicken soup for the Pakistani soul.” …Try any Pakistani neighborhood store in London, or New York. Note to self: find this stuff and drink it down.
November 22 - December 21 Sagittarius
I know how Sagittarians love to plan ahead. So I’m telling you now to make sure and get MOJO’s special 1969 tribute issue, coming out in early 2009. The redoubtable Harvey Kubernik has contributed both feature articles to this issue as well as interviews with Graham Nash, Robby Krieger, Kim Fowley, and Merry Clayton. And speaking of Harvey the K, he’ll be a featured interview subject in the nine week episodic series, Pacific Coast Sound, for the U.K.’s Smooth Radio network starting in March 2009. The series is produced by Vince Hunt for the indie production company Smooth Operations, which also creates music-related content for BBC radio and television. Among other musicians and authors to be heard on the hour-long weekly shows will be Van Dyke Parks, Hal Blaine, Jefferson Airplane’s Jack Casady, Luis “Louie” Perez from Los Lobos, Canned Heat’s Fito de la Parra, Carol Kaye, Chris Darrow, Alec Palao, Joel Selvin, Charles Cross, and Don Wilson of the Ventures. Alas, only our English friends can hear Smooth Radio, so fingers crossed the series gets distributed elsewhere also.
December 22 - January 19 Capricorn
Later this month, the most popular Capricorn of all time celebrates his birthday. To quote Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice in Jesus Christ Superstar: Hosanna Hey Sanna, Sanna Sanna Ho, Sanna Hey, Sanna Hosanna. How about a holiday trip to Christmas, Florida located east of Orlando - the town is basically an area on Highway 50 known chiefly for a very big post office and the largest alligator-shaped building (200 feet) in the world. The alligator building is the home of Jungle Adventures, the largest gator farm in Florida. Frozen alligator meat is available in the gift shop. And nothing says Christmas like barbequed alligator, n’est-ce pas? You can also visit Fort Christmas, built in 1837 during the Second Seminole Indian War. Tangentially speaking of Florida, check this out: Miami’s favorite son, Jim Osterberg (AKA Iggy Pop), becomes a CNN commentator for the series My City_My Life. Watch the trailer here and check it out this weekend on CNN.
January 20 - February 18 Aquarius
For most of 2008, I’ve checked the website of the Huffington Post several times a day. It began early this year when I became obsessed with the soap opera-American Idol democratic primary race (who could have predicted that it would end up with HRC as the next Condoleeza? Certainly not me). And when politics get too boring, I check out the Entertainment section to see what famous person did something stupid, or go to the Living section where there’s always something interesting. Like Gretchen Rubin’s piece 12 Surprising and Productive Brain Exercises. Rubin, whose own Happiness Project is also worth a visit, writes here of Dorothea Brande’s 1936 book Wake Up and Live. The book contains 12 mental exercises meant to make you keener and more flexible. Fascinating stuff that Aquarians will enjoy. Here’s one: Think for 30 minutes a day about one subject exclusively. Start with five minutes.
February 19 - March 20 Pisces
I don’t mean to be unkind, but the biggest lushes I know are Pisces-born. So therefore I offer you a hangover cure in these holiday times, courtesy of Divine Caroline. Divine Caroline is an oasis on the wonderful world wide web providing counsel on relationships, food, parenting, travel, style, careers, et al. Stories on their home page today include How to Save $500 in a Month; Milk - Does it Really Do A Body Good?; and a recipe for Chocolate Goat Cheese Truffles (um, sign me up). Divine Caroline is the flagship site of Real Girls Media, a digital network created by women for women.
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Museum & Trail
The Museum & Trail
A dedicated core of former and current residents meet regularly at the museum during its Saturday hours to share memories and speak with visitors, finding common ground with them over coffee and snacks. The museum is alive with oral history as well as artifacts and exhibits.
Exhibits include biographies of coal operators, profiles of ethnic groups, statistics on mines operating in Scotts Run, histories of schools, churches and communities, and information on mine disasters and glass workers living in the area.
A story is told on the walls of the museum, and continues through the community of Osage on interpretive signs. These show what the town was like in the 30s, tell stories about the musical heritage, and the importance of community gardens. A geocaching trail offers ore snippets of history on some of the former sites of a mine, ferry and other landmarks.
The museum is open Saturdays from 10-2, and for classes and meetings. For a personal tour or presentation, call Mary Jane Coulter, Executive Director, at 304-299-9615.
Intergenerational and interracial friendships are the everyday norm at the museum, and why it and Osage are so special.
Osage Community Garden
Come see what's happening at the location of the old Evans Theatre. Its now a community garden and changing every day.
Coffee Shop & Geocaching Trail
Enjoy a drink at the coffee shop or walk the geocaching trail, which offers snippets of history on some of the former sites of a mine, ferry and other landmarks.
Service Trip to Uganda
Patty, Butch, Miss Sarah, John, Wanda and Beth are back from their trip to Uganda. Al and Friends raised over $17,000 to put a roof on an orphanage and dig a well for. Many of you helped. This is a tour to share in the love.
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2018 Street Fair
Its been a whirlwind Street Fair. We had a great one, complete with new participants like the High Street Jazz Band that led our parade, a raft of new t-shirts silkscreened live at the fair, the Greater Morgantown Interfaith Association that had henna designs and an interactive FAQ wheel, the Lions Club, and more.
Ageless Friends Movie
This award-winning documentary tells the story of Maarten Vossen and WWII Scott's Run downed pilot James Wickline, and their intertwined lives.
If you have lived in Scotts Run or had a special experience there, we want to hear from you! We are always looking to learn new stories about the community.
If you have a story or memory you want to tell, please fill out the form below.
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Denver & Rio Grande Western 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" Locomotives in the USA
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad bought ten 4-6-6-4s from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1937 to speed up its freight trains. These locomotives were designated Class L-105 and were given road numbers 3700 through 3709. They had four 23 x 32 cylinders, 70" drivers, a boiler pressure of 280 psi, a tractive effort of 105,000 lbs and weighed 641,000 pounds.
Five additional Class L-105 "Challengers" arrived from Baldwin in 1942. These were similar to the Class L-105s bought in 1938 and were assigned road numbers 3710 through 3714.
In need of more locomotives to handle war-time traffic, the D&RGW ordered six more "Challengers". The War Production Board allowed six ALCO-built 4-6-6-4s to be delivered in 1943. The D&RGW did not like them, and leased them instead of buying them. These locomotives were designated Class L-97 and had four 21 x 32 cylinders, 69" drivers, a boiler pressure of 280 psi, a tractive effort of 97,350 lbs and weighed 627,000 pounds. In 1947, diesels were replacing many of the D&RGW's steam locomotives and the six Class L-97 "Challengers" were transferred to the Clinchfield Railroad.
There are no surviving D&RGW "Challengers".
Road Number
L-105 10 3700-3709 1938 Baldwin Numbers 3700-3709 scrapped between 1951 and 1956
L-105 5 3710-3714 1942 Baldwin Numbers 3710-3714 scrapped between 1951 and 1956
L-97 6 3800-3805 1943 ALCO Numbers 3800-3805 sold to the Clinchfield in 1947. Became Clinchfield Class E-1 and assigned road numbers 670-675. Clinchfield numbers 670-675 scrapped in 1953.
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class L-105 (Locobase 339)
Data from D&GRW 1 - 1952 Locomotive Diagram supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also "New Motive Power for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad," Baldwin Locomotives, Volume 16, No 4 (April 1938), pp. 3-9. Works numbers ran 62139-62148 in 1938.
Firebox had 200 sq ft (18.58 sq m) of heating surface in three thermic syphons and arch tubes. These were built for dual-service operation over the Continental Divide. The BL article said that the L-105 would confront grades of up to 3%, curves as tight as 16 deg (although the design could handle 22 degrees). A very detailed account of the components and materials can only be sampled. Metallurgical research resulted in a silicon manganese steel boiler. The 15-ft (4.57 m) long grate ended at a firebrick wall behind which was a cinder hopper, which, Locobase guesses, provided an alternative landing point for cinders that might otherwise clog the tubes or flues. Nine of the ten engines used Elesco feed water heaters; the tenth settled for the Worthington SA. 14" (356 mm) piston valves supplied each of the cylinders.
Of course, the bed was case as a single piece. A General Steel Castings front truck's wheels turned in roller bearings and enjoyed a swing of 6" (152 mm) to either side. Under the firebox, a Delta-type truck with 8" (203 mm) swing also used roller bearings.
An eastbound L-105 running the 64 miles (103 kph) from Salt Lake City to Thistle hauled 2,750 tons at 38 mph (61 kph), then over the Solider Summit on a consistent 2% adverse grade and using a helper at 18 mph (29 kph), then back up to 37.5 mph (60 kph) from Helper to Grand Junction.
Five more were supplied in 1942 with different tube and flue counts; see Locobase 1345.
Class L-105 (Locobase 1345)
Data from D&RGW 1 - 1952 Locomotive Diagram supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 64178-64182 in November 1941.
This second group of five engines from Eddystone had smaller heating surfaces and consequently different ratios from the ten shown in Locobase 339. The engines were not exactly starved for quality heat, however, the firebox had 200 sq ft (18.58 sq m) of heating surface in three thermic syphons and arch tubes as well as 206 sq ft (19.14 sq m) in the combustion chamber. 3713's boiler sacrificed the syphons to accommodate Security circulators that contributed 138 sq ft (12.82 sq m) to a total direct heating surface area of 538 sq ft (49.98 sq m).
Elesco's Type T-501 exhaust steam injector preheated the boiler water, a Standard Type B automatic stoker delivered coal to the Hulson grate, and an American Throttle Company multiple throttle smoothed steam supply
A third group of six (3800-3805) L-97s were leased from the UP during World War II; see Locobase 16358.
Class L-97 (Locobase 16358)
Data from D&RGW 1 - 1954 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 70163-70168 in 1943.
In the midst of a large Union Pacific order for high-end Challengers (Locobase 341), the Rio Grande (or possibly the War Production Board) persuaded the UP to lease six of its order to the Colorado railroad. Other than a few tweaks to the heating surface areas, the design duplicated the UP engines.
After World War Two ended, the D&RGW returned the sextet to the UP. A year later in July 1947, the UP (or, technically, the Defense Plant Corporation) sold the set to the Clinchfield, which redesignated them as E-3s and renumbered them 670-675.
All were retired in August 1953 as part of an overall dieselization.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Locobase ID
339 1345 16,358
Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)
4-6-6-4 4-6-6-4 4-6-6-4
Number in Class
Road Numbers
Std Std Std
Baldwin Baldwin Alco-Schenectady
Walschaert Walschaert Walschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
12.17 / 3.71 12.17 / 3.71 12.17 / 3.71
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
61.50 / 18.75 61.50 / 18.75 60.34 / 18.39
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
108 / 32.92 106.67 / 32.51
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
73,669 74,721 / 33,893
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)
437,939 / 198,674 435,472 / 197,527 404,200 / 183,342
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
394,000 393,630 / 178,548 437,000 / 198,220
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
1,035,900 1,035,330 / 469,619 1,064,000 / 482,623
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
20,000 / 75.76 20,000 / 75.76 25,000 / 94.70
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / ML/MT)
26 / 23.60 26 / 23.60 28 / 25.50
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)
122 / 61 121 / 60.50 112 / 56
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)
70 / 1778 70 / 1778 69 / 1753
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)
255 / 17.60 255 / 17.60 280 / 19.30
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)
23" x 32" / 584x813 (4) 23" x 32" / 584x813 (4) 21" x 32" / 533x813 (4)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)
104,833 / 47551.51 104,833 / 47551.51 97,352 / 44158.18
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)
136.50 / 12.69 136.50 / 12.68 132.20 / 12.28
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
6341 / 589.31 5730 / 532.33 4795 / 445.47
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation
Same as above plus superheater percentage
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
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OUR FURRY FRIENDS
The culture of Street Culture would not be complete without our furry friends. Over the years, dogs in our spaces have proved to calm crises and agitated youth, de-escalate situations and improve emotional health for the youth we serve. Victims of trauma and crime, youth dealing with school stresses, family or home challenges, or those dealing with depression or loneliness, have all benefited from the therapy of Street Culture dogs. Much like our youth, our furry friends are diverse and we’ve opened our doors to cats and rabbits, as they are just as much fun to cuddle and pet, and bring the same company and comfort needed for our spaces. According to St John Ambulance’s Therapy Dog Program, “Studies have shown that holding or petting an animal helps lower blood pressure, release strains and tension, as well as ease feelings of loneliness and depression. A dog can give comfort that sometimes no words can offer. They provide more than just a warm furry body; many dogs instinctively understand when some needs comfort and offer it unconditionally – without judgment and without obligation. Dogs are completely accepting of people; they do not make judgments about a person’s looks, nor are they offended by what people might say to them. They offer unconditional affection.”
Utah is a two and half year old rescue dog from CCrezQ’s. He was a foster puppy of Alyssa Marinos our RCY Coordinator. Mike Gerrand our Director of Operations immediately fell in love with him and adopted him. He was named for Keanu Reeves character in the movie Point Break and loves playing fetch and snuggling. Utah is a staple at Glinn and can usually be found hiding from skateboards (his nemesis) or sleeping under Mike’s desk. Utah is a very sensitive dog and can also be found with youth who are struggling giving them comfort even though he is typically a shy dog around
new people.
Juno is a loveable German Shepherd cross who has satellite dishes for ears. Mom, Alyssa rescued Juno 7 years ago and she has since been her shadow wherever she goes. If she could, Juno would be a PART of her, as she can never get as close to her as she would like. She is borderline codependent, often thinks she’s ‘people’, is an A+ little spoon and can win a gold medal in ‘shaking a paw’. She will give you her paw a million times over or for as long as you let her and attempt to make you believe her mom doesn’t feed her or give her attention. Juno loves treats, her mom, going for hikes and barking wildly at the next door neighbours dog and squirrels. Did I mention she has gigantic ears?
Merle is Charlie’s younger brother, and it’s evident that Charlie trained him well. Merle has a special power of stealing everyone’s hearts and stealing the show wherever he goes. His calm demeanour and expressive eyes melt hearts and he does very well at convincing people to give him a snack or treat. There is never a shortage of dog kisses with Merle around, and he is quick to sit beside you and lick your hand if you’re feeling sad. Don’t let the bad things they say about pit bulls fool you; Merle is a perfect example of how loving they truly are as he is nothing short of a big baby who likes snuggles and to be swaddled. In his spare time, Merle likes to sleep, eat
and repeat.
Meet 11 year old, Layla! The veterinarian says she is half Saint Bernard and the other half is a mix between Rottweiler and German Shepherd- and maybe some other doggy DNA in there too. Layla has been with her mama, Maeg since she adopted her from the Regina Humane Society about ten years ago. The reasons Miss Layla ended up at the Humane Society was because she escaped wherever it was that she was staying and ran across Taylor Field while the Saskatchewan Roughriders were playing! Despite her mischievous ways, Layla is a gentle giant who loves hugs, to be pet, treats and of course, belly rubs. Although Layla used to have the energy to escape everywhere she stayed, now that she has turned eleven, she prefers to nap instead-for most of the day. If you ever see her around Street Culture and she hasn’t already greeted you at the door, feel free to give her some love!
Casey is a 6 year old Australian Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix and is the definition of “anxious”. She is also a rescue and the perfect step-sister to Juno. Casey is one of the softest, cutest thing you’ll ever see but is as elusive as a unicorn, due to her social anxiety. Everyone who sees her wants to pet/cuddle her, including her mom, Alyssa; but she is very selective in who gets to pet her and will only grant few people the opportunity to get close to her. Because she’s not much of a cuddler, her mom shows Casey affection by holding her against her and whispering “I love you” repeatedly while she struggles to break free. Despite her insecurities, Casey has an adorable, quirky personality, an unparalleled ability to gently remove her mom’s earrings without swallowing them (they call it the earring game and it’s her favourite way they bond) and has the best ups we’ve ever seen when jumping to catch tennis balls.
Buffy the Mouse Slayer was a three-month-old kitten when in April 2016 Branimir adopted her from the Regina Humane Society, having lived on the street before she was rescued. Every Saturday Branimir takes Buffy to work at Jensen’s Place, where she spends her day hanging out with the youth who just love having animals around. Buffy is very playful and can be affectionate once she gets to know you well, but she is also one of those cats who prefer not to be picked up or pet and wants her personal space to be respected.
Introducing Jupiter! This 1 year old rabbit makes her appearance at Downtown Browne’s Emergency Shelter about once a month on Wednesday nights. She loves to lick people and loves snuggles but she will sure let you know when she’s not in the mood to be held! The youth treat her exceptionally well and always surprised and excited to see a rabbit show up at the Shelter.
THE DOG FATHER
Charlie spent most of his life spreading love, joy and comfort not only to his family but innumerable Street Culture youth as well. As one of the first dogs to roam the halls of Street Culture, Charlie became the reason many more have been welcomed in. Charlie defines the term “Therapy Dog”, as it soon became apparent that he could feel other’s anxiety and pain, and was quick to provide affection and comfort to those in need. He spent 12 years creating loving relationships with youth and staff alike, and also watching over and training the young Street Culture dogs to provide the same comfort and love he perfected; thus being dubbed the “DogFather”. In April of 2017, his life was celebrated with his family, Street Culture staff and youth. Charlie spent his last few days with those he loved and those who loved him, and eating his favourite foods: chips, steak and ice cream. He will forever be in our memories and our hearts.
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Games like Red Dead Redemption 2
Clearly one of the most anticipated video game releases in years, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Rockstar have been enjoying rave reviews from critics and gamers alike. With RDR2 already being accepted as one of best single-player narrative storytelling experiences in gaming, the multiplayer component is not too far off. Rumored to be known as …
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5 Building and Management Games like Factorio
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7 Space Exploration and Survival Games Like No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky is an upcoming sci-fi space adventure game, which hopes to provide an unprecedented planetary exploration and survival experience. This sandbox game will let you survey an infinite procedurally generated universe like no other and travel the vast outer space filled with many unique planets and different alien lifeforms. Hello Games, the developer of the upcoming No …
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With all the controversy and hype surrounding Overwatch, if you haven’t played or heard of it, you must be living under a rock. Blizzard’s new competitive multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) rose straight to the top on all gaming sites, YouTube and Twitch after its release. Most other games on Steam suffered a slight loss of …
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SCI-TECH | New catalyst may help turn water into fuel: study
Jing Garcia September 27, 2018 0
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Researchers at the University of Illinois (UI) have developed a new catalyst that may have cleared the obstacles of abundance, stability in acid conditions and efficiency in generating hydrogen in a sustainable way.
The catalyst is an electrocatalytic material made from mixing metal compounds with substance called perchloric acid.
The researchers first experimented with the procedure for making this new material by using different acids and heating temperatures to increase the rate of the water-splitting reaction.
The researchers found that when they used perchloric acid as a catalyst and let the mixture react under heat, the physical nature of the yttrium ruthenate product changed.
“The material became more porous and also had a new crystalline structure, different from all the solid catalysts we made before,” said Jaemin Kim, the lead author and a postdoctoral researcher. The new porous material the team developed, a pyrochlore oxide of yttrium ruthenate, can split water molecules at a higher rate than the current industry standard.
The researchers looked at the structure of the new material with an electron microscope and found that it is four times more porous than the original yttrium ruthenate they developed in a previous study, and three times that of the iridium and ruthenium oxides used commercially.
“It was surprising to find that the acid we chose as a catalyst for this reaction turned out to improve the structure of the material used for the electrodes,” said Hong Yang, co-author and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois.
In the next step, the researchers will fabricate a laboratory-scale device for further testing and to continue to improve the porous electrode stability in acidic environments.
“Stability of the electrodes in acid will always be a problem, but we feel that we have come up with something new and different when compared with other work in this area,” Yang said. “This type of research will be quite impactful regarding hydrogen generation for sustainable energy in the future.”
The study has been published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
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Texas bucks U.S. trend on standardized scoring
It will tally multiracial students but not report their scores separately
By JENNIFER RADCLIFFE | HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Multiracial students are being tallied for the first time in Texas history, but their standardized test scores won't appear as a separate group when accountability ratings are released Friday.
As it grapples with increasing diversity, Texas has opted not to measure the scores of the state's 78,419 multiracial, non-Hispanic students as an ethnic subgroup whose performance matters in determining whether a school made "adequate yearly progress."
Instead, they'll join the ranks of the 180,000 Asian students lumped in with their schools' entire student body for accountability purposes.
Texas continues to only hold three racial subgroups accountable: whites, blacks and Hispanics. Other states have expanded their systems to measure as many as eight ethnic and racial groups.
"I don't know why Texas would go back, while the rest of the country is going forward," said Susan Graham, a founder of Project RACE, a California-based group that advocates for multiracial students.
Racial and ethnic categories are important not only to students' sense of identity, but also to the researchers and educators who depend on accurate data on high-stakes tests to determine campus rankings and bonus pay, among other decisions. Schools can face sanctions as serious as being closed based on the performance of students in one ethnic subgroup.
A 2007 federal mandate now requires all states to ask student whether they are Hispanic or not Hispanic, and then whether they are white, black, Asian, American Indian or one of two new categories — Native Hawaiian or two or more races.
While Hispanic students may identify themselves as multiracial, the federal government has ruled that they won't be included in that tally. They want accurate results, but they don't want to gather cumbersome amounts of data.
"Through this system, there will be no double reporting of persons identifying with multiple races," according to a U.S. Department of Education document on the decision.
It's up to each state, however, to decide which racial groups to measure separately in its ratings. The Texas Education Agency has said a racial group should make up at least 10 percent of the state's student population to trigger inclusion.
African Americans, the smallest group in Texas, slipped to 13 percent in 2010, down 1 percentage point with the introduction of the multiracial category.
About 1.6 percent of Texas students identify themselves as "two or more races." (The percentage jumps to 3.4 when you exclude the 2.5 million Hispanic students who are ineligible under the federal guidelines.)
While Texas is sticking to its three racial categories, California - where 1.8 percent of student are multiracial - is among those expanding to include the group. Any California school with more than 100 multiracial students will be measured on those students' performance. State officials weren't sure how many campuses, if any, had a high enough concentration to be included in the ratings, which will be released there in August.
Some scores moved
As Texas transitions to the new categories this year, state officials have opted to return some multiracial students' scores to their previous category, if records indicate that the student was originally listed as white or African American. Their scores will only count in that previous category if they improve the school's rating.
State officials said they're aware of the concerns that could be created this year by allowing students to be moved between categories. The TEA will analyze data from districts and campuses with significant discrepancies in the percentages of multiracial students between fall 2010 and spring 2011, spokeswoman DeEtta Culbertson said.
Houston-area officials said they aren't sure what the new categories will mean to their ratings. Many districts have small numbers of multiracial students - Galena Park reported 110 - so chances are they would be inconsequential this year.
But the category is expected to grow quickly. Texas had 679,001 people self-identify as "two or more races" in the 2010 Census, up 32 percent from 2000.
'Part of both of us'
Advocates worry that the new guidelines don't allow students to accurately and specifically report their race and ethnicity. Many Hispanics, for instance, feel discounted because they cannot be considered multiracial, Graham said.
West Orange-Cove ISD parent Evelyn Smith is glad she no longer has to decide whether she should mark her mixed-race children as white or African-American. While they may look more like their father, Smith said she didn't like being cut out of the genetic equation.
"They're part of both of us," she said.
But the additional category is a hurdle for researchers attempting to track trends over time, said Bob Sanborn, CEO of Children at Risk, a Houston-based advocacy group.
"If you're trying to understand school performance under a microscope, mixed race is not really helpful," he said. "Multiracial doesn't act in a particular way."
Educators could, however, use the category to hide children whose performance could hurt another subgroup, he said.
"I like the idea of a mixed race category. I think it's a reflection of reality," Sanborn said. "It's a good thing for society. Researchers are going to have to adjust."
NEW NUMBERS
The latest standardized tests in Texas add two subgroups.
2010-11 enrollment
• Hispanic: 2,480,000
• White: 1,538,409
• Black: 637,722
• Asian: 169,338
• 2 or More Races: 78,419
• American Indian: 23,602
• Native Hawaiian: 6,127
• Native American: 18,984
• Asian / Pacific Islander: 180,008
Different mixes
2010 breakdown for Texas' non-Hispanic "2 or more race" students
• 29,770 were Black/African American and white
• 14,980 were white and Asian
• 14,810 were American Indian/Alaska Native and white
• Remainder were distributed among 23 other combinations
jennifer.radcliffe@chron.com
Posted by Dr. Patricia D. López at 12:46 PM
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Thompson Print & Mailing Solutions, Inc. was founded by Jim Thompson in 1964. At that time, the company was known as Thompson Business Forms, and was respected in the industry as a premier provider of business forms management and printing to the San Antonio area and South Texas. In 1977, Jim retired. Thompson Business Forms became Thompson Print & Mailing Solutions, and David Thompson, Jim’s son, took over as President. Today, we provide a complete commercial printing package that offers full support for your business. Our mission is to provide efficient quality management of all your printing, while maintaining cost efficiency and service.
We have expanded our “solutions” banner to encompass much more than just paper-based printing. In the last few years, we have added divisions that produce signage and vinyl banners, vehicle wraps, embroidery, promotional direct-to-product printing and silkscreen services. If you have a problem, Thompson can provide the solution.
Acquired Digital Banners Plus
February 2014: we acquired Digital Banners Plus, giving us a dedicated location for large format banners and signs.
Mailing Solutions
Opened our 13,000 sq ft Lanark Street location dedicated to mail piece production, mailing lists, sorting and mail fulfillment.
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Moved to Rocky Point Drive
Moved our permanent headquarters to a location just off IH-10 to improve accessibility to customers and increase efficiency in shipping and logistics.
Jim retires, David becomes President
1997: We see the handoff to the next generation of Thompsons and a greater focus on print production services.
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Home Environment & Weather Newly Designed Beachfront, Entrances Welcome Labor Day Visitors to Ortley Beach
Newly Designed Beachfront, Entrances Welcome Labor Day Visitors to Ortley Beach
“It’s a stairway to heaven,” exclaimed one toddler, to the laughter of adults nearby, as he headed up the boardwalk in Ortley Beach late Saturday afternoon. Another beachgoer who had just climbed the dunes in the opposite direction had a slight different opinion: “it’s a workout, for sure.”
While dune accessibility is still in the works, sunbathers in Ortley were greeted by new beach entrances and a newly-expanded and engineered shoreline this Labor Day weekend. The consensus – from young to old – was the same: this beach is huge!
Beachgoers enter the newly-designed beachfront in Ortley Beach, Sept. 1, 2018. (Photo: Daniel Nee)
Crews from Weeks Marine, the federal government’s contractor in the ongoing, island-wide beach replenishment project, had moved north toward the site of the former Surf Club property by the weekend, meaning beaches to the south were reopened.
The original boardwalk remains, but a new sloped, diagonally-angled entrance with dune areas in front of, and behind, the walkway – has been built. The dune grass that will eventually anchor the dune and protect the shoreline’s integrity will be planted during the fall growing season. Eventually, workers will put down hard-packed sand which can replace the matting now present on the walk down to the beach.
Beach closures remain in place at 7th and 8th avenues in Ortley Beach. Crews are expected to complete the area in November.
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PMG Chapter 1855
Chapter 1855: A Good Harvest
The destructive strength hadn’t dispersed yet. The crowd was staring at the battle stage in astonishment.
Qin Yao’s strength was incredible, she had used amazing strength to fight against Lin Feng. The very sky had turned into Hell. At the same time, she had used three Hellfires to surrounded Lin Feng.
Lin Feng was too strong, though. They didn’t really understand how Lin Feng had attacked, but it had worked!
Lin Feng had sealed the atmosphere with deployment strength, and at the same time, he had released immortal energies and will to punch her. He had also attacked the first Hellfire with immortal, death, lightning, and earth cosmic energies, four kinds of cosmic energies!
The second fire was destroyed by his Setting Sun Meteorite, which contained fire, earth, wind, and death cosmic energies as well as sword strength coupled with fire and wind cosmic energies, that was a total of six!
The third fire was destroyed by a gigantic purple tank with an incredible destructive strength, which also contained many sorts of cosmic energies.
In the end, Qin Yao and Lin Feng’s fists had collided, but his punch was far more powerful and he blew her away. She even coughed up blood.
Lin Feng was truly strong. His Deva-Mara Kalpa strength and his powerful physical strength were amazing!
When the Qi dispersed, the crowd saw Lin Feng still standing there, his black hair fluttering in the wind. He was motionless.
Nobody can prevent me from winning a hundred times. The crowd still remembered Lin Feng’s statement as he stood there proudly. Even Princess Qin Yao, the daughter of a Minister, hadn’t managed to defeat him!
At that moment, Qin Yao was still in the air, staring unhappily at Lin Feng with her beautiful eyes. She had lost, and felt a bit humiliated.
She didn’t feel as confident as before!
“You lost,” said Lin Feng helpfully. “You lost, so please go back.”
“The battle is not over!” said Qin Yao. She didn’t smile anymore. She released even more flames.
“The battle is already over. If you insist and want to continue fighting, I can’t guarantee it’ll be safe for you,” said Lin Feng calmly. The crowd was astonished. Was Lin Feng threatening her?
Lin Feng actually meant that he had been merciful, he had controlled himself. Otherwise, Qin Yao wouldn’t have looked like a human being anymore.
“The young will be redoubtable in the years to come!” said Minister Uptala, smiling broadly. Lin Feng was a passionate cultivator and he could see that. If someone raised that young boy correctly, he’d become a great emperor someday. He was very talented, he would definitely be able to become a Minister someday and be at the head of an army.
When Qin Yao heard Lin Feng, she stared at him icily. Lin Feng surprisingly dared say he had been merciful? She had used her full strength, Lin Feng hadn’t?
She continued releasing more and more energies, but at that moment, someone intervened. “Qin Yao, that’s enough.”
It was her father, Minister Kalasutra. Qin Yao slowly turned around and looked back at him.
“Alright, come back,” said Minister Kalasutra with a nod. Qin Yao remained silent for a few seconds, but when she saw her father’s expression, she recalled her Qi and nodded obediently before heading back to him.
Her arm still felt extremely sore…
“There are many extremely strong cultivators here on the battle stages. Someday, when you join the government, you’ll be a dazzling cultivator,” smiled Minister Kalasutra. Even though Lin Feng had defeated his daughter, he wasn’t angry. After all, Lin Feng and Qin Yao had battled according to the rules on the official battle stage of the city. Qin Yao had even provoked Lin Feng. Even though he had a high social status, he had no reason to be angry at Lin Feng. Besides, he was a Minister, and he was a Celestial Emperor in Hell. He had to control himself.
Even though Lin Feng had injured Qin Yao, the injuries weren’t too bad. Lin Feng had taught her a good lesson. Surprisingly, an unknown young man was so strong!
Of course, Minister Kalasutra was still a bit annoyed because he lost face to Minister Uptala.
“Qing Qing, this Hellfire is a gift to you from Uncle Kalasutra,” said Minister Kalasutra to Qing Qing while transmitting Hellfire to her with a gesture. However, it didn’t explode, it just moved slowly towards her.
The Ministers had made a bet, so Qing Qing didn’t refuse the Hellfire. She smiled thinly and nodded to accept it.
Qing Qing looked at the fire in her hand and smiled at her father. “Unfortunately, I am not a fire cultivator. Otherwise, that Hellfire would make me much stronger.”
“Even if you’re not a fire cultivator, you can transform it and use it for your own interest!” smiled Minister Uptala. He stretched his hand out, and the strength of the ten thousand things of creation appeared as a Blue Uptala Lotus manifested.
Minister Uptala looked at Lin Feng and smiled, “Young man, this for you. I promised it, you won a hundred battles, please take it.”
The Blue Uptala Lotus floated towards Lin Feng.
Lin Feng stretched his hand out and grabbed the lotus, feeling its mysterious strength. It contained the strength of the ten thousand things of creation!
“Thank you very much for your great gift, Minister!” smiled Lin Feng, bowing deeply. Lin Feng was very grateful. This Blue Uptala Lotus might be very useful for him!
“I see that you controlled fire cosmic energies, and your death cosmic energies are powerful. This Hellfire can be very useful for you too, so I’m giving it to you!” Qing Qing smiled softly, sounding very sweet. She threw Hellfire at Lin Feng.
The crowd was astonished. Lin Feng was really lucky! He had obtained the Blue Uptala Lotus and the Hellfire!
However, he deserved it too! If he hadn’t been strong, he wouldn’t have won a hundred times, and he wouldn’t have obtained anything.
“Princess, it’s a gift you received, I feel like I’m stealing something from you,” replied Lin Feng. Qing Qing had obtained the Hellfire from Minister Kalasutra, and now she was giving it to him. He was touched.
“I don’t need that fire. You will become much stronger quickly with it. Uncle Kalasutra won’t be mad at me,” said Qing Qing smiled back at him.
As expected, Minister Kalasutra said, “Lin Feng, Qing Qing is willing to give it to you, just take it.”
“Thank you, my lady!” said Lin Feng happily and politely. He had received the Blue Uptala Lotus and Hellfire!
At that moment, a silhouette rose up into the air and landed on the battle stage. The official was bearing medal, it had Song written on it. He presented it to Lin Feng and said solemnly, “You won a hundred times, this is your medal. You can join the government and become a member of the army now.”
“Thank you, sir!” answered Lin Feng, accepting the medal of the Great Imperial Song City.
“Put your godly awareness into it,” said the official. The owners of the medals put their godly awareness into them so that after their death, people couldn’t counterfeit them or use them. If Lin Feng died, the medal would just break apart.
Lin Feng did what he was told, and the person said, “Lin Feng, you have won a hundred battles. Now, you can also join those who have accomplished the same as you. If you defeat nine other winners, you will gain privileges. Would you like to benefit from that program?”
“I do want to participate!” agreed Lin Feng, nodding without hesitation. This was another opportunity, he couldn’t let it slip past him.
“Alright, since you do, please join them in the pavilions and take a rest. When all the battles are over, you can start fighting again,” smiled the official. Lin Feng looked at the cultivators in the pavilions, understanding that those people had also won a hundred battles. He hadn’t known that before. He headed over to a pavilion.
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zamurai88 •
The next chapter link goes to chapter 1800. Please fix the problem admin. I can go to chapter 1856 by going to chapter list the admin posted.
Bob •
I’m very surprised that after the girl lost LF didn’t immidiately get attacked by a dozen celestial emperors from her clan for humiliating her. Although that still might happen in the future for all i know.
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Timeless Season 2: 4 Episode Challenge
Drama, intrigue, romance, and the pesky rules of time travel
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Timeless’ first season had us rooting for the Time Team to save history from Flynn, and now Rittenhouse is taking drastic action by planting sleeper agents in time!
The Show: Timeless
The Network: NBC
The Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Time Travel
The Challenge: Give a show four episodes with which to draw you in, impress you, challenge you, make you feel something deeply. Four episodes for the chance to find out if you care what happens to the characters you’re watching enough to become invested in the story. If after all that, it does none of those things for you? Then no biggie. You gave it a good shot and you can move on. But if you love it, you’ll be glad you stuck around.
The Premise: Timeless is a time travel drama where Connor Mason’s (Paterson Joseph) time machine was stolen by terrorist Garcia Flynn (Goran Višnjić). Connor turns to the government for help and Agent Denise Christopher (Sakina Jaffrey) recruits historian Lucy Preston (Abigail Spencer) and soldier Wyatt Logan (Matt Lanter) to accompany pilot Rufus Carlin (Malcolm Barrett) to stop Flynn from changing history. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus, aka the Time Team, stopped Flynn in season one, only for a larger threat to emerge in season two– Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse is a secret organization intent on shaping history in their favor, which would likely look more like tyranny than democracy. And even worse, Lucy’s mother Carol Preston (Susanna Thompson) revealed that she is a part of Rittenhouse!
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Season two raises the stakes on drama and we quickly find out that Rittenhouse’s plans for history are much worse than what Flynn did to history. Season two goes bigger and better each episode and that has viewers wanting more. And to think, we almost didn’t get a season two! NBC briefly canceled Timeless after just one season, and the fandom spoke out! NBC and Sony changed their mind three days later to renew for a 10 episode season two. After that season one cliffhanger, the fandom couldn’t be more thrilled that their favorite show was returning. The Timeless writers are making the most of their ten episodes and are introducing plot twists by the third episode– that would normally be closer to a season finale. You think that it would be too fast paced with trying to jam pack ten episodes with content, but so far it’s working!
The audience is rooting for the underdog– the Time Team
The Time Team is truly the heart of Timeless. We’ve grown to love the characters throughout season one from them learning to work together and trust each other, to their perseverance at stopping Flynn, and their noble goal of keeping history intact. The Time Team working together provides consistency in their ever-changing world of time travel. They constantly need to trust each other to navigate their missions and minimize drastic changes to history. Every episode is a new time period with new challenges they must face together. The sets are so realistic and it’s easy for the audience to believe they’re actually in the time period in each episode. The Timeless crew creates incredibly immersive sets that transport the audience to the past.
The Time Team is the epitome of the good guys. They’re intent on minimizing changes to history while Rittenhouse wants to shape history to lead to their ideal present. Timeless sets up characters that are complex, relatable, and pretty badass. Lucy, played by Spencer, is the team’s voice of reason while on mission. She reminds Wyatt and Rufus of potential problems that would alter history too much. She’s also their leader who calls the shots on the missions, which is a refreshing change to see a woman in charge, and she does it well! She’s well versed in the history and can determine what might, or might not, alter their present too drastically.
Another strong leader is Denise, played by Jaffrey. Denise is the fierce protector, or mama bear, to the team. She’s intelligent and uses her experience in the government to manage multiple threats to the team and which ones need to take priority. She has to make tough decisions, like forcing the team to hide out in a secret bunker for their protection against Rittenhouse. She unapologetically makes decisions that will protect her team, rather than make her well liked. The team wouldn’t be as successful in their missions if it weren’t for Lucy and Denise. Timeless places strong female characters as crucial roles within the team and we can never have enough strong female leads on television! Lucy and Denise are both passionate about their careers and protecting their newfound family. Their drive and passion resonates with the audience and we can’t help but love them.
“Creating an entirely new, historically accurate period every single week is incredibly painful. So that part’s been hard…. But I think the audience is the beneficiary. I think because we’re really setting a very high bar of production quality…. We’re trying to really bring people into a visceral, dusty reality of what those times were like, and that level of detail takes an incredible amount of effort.” – Eric Kripke (executive producer)
Wyatt, played by Lanter, is the team’s soldier who is willing to do anything to protect his team. As an operative in the U.S. Army Delta Force, he knows what it takes to get the mission done, but also recognizes that he can’t just shoot first when dealing with their time travel missions. Lanter perfectly exhibits the conflicted emotions of Wyatt with the pained glances and small hesitations. But he’s not just a soldier. He’s experienced grief in the loss of his wife and the loss of his team in Afghanistan. His wife returns to their timeline in 2×03 and you can see the mix of emotions across his face– shock, relief, and a little bit of guilt because he just started a relationship with Lucy while they were on a mission. His reactions resonate with the audience and we’re heartbroken right alongside Wyatt and Lucy who just couldn’t get their timing right.
The team’s pilot and expert on hotwiring cars amongst other mechanical and electrical knowledge is Rufus, played by Barrett. Rufus is their expert programmer and engineer who can MacGyver his way out of nearly any problem. He makes an impressive fix to the Lifeboat after sustaining serious damage from Rittenhouse’s attack on Mason Industries in the first episode of the season. Even more impressive is their ancient technology and lack of resources, but he can still use his ingenuity to solve any problems that arise. Rufus is smart and articulate while keeping the mood lighthearted. He often jokes and makes pop culture references as that’s his way of coping with their complicated, and often dangerous, job to protect the past.
The complexity of these characters is beautifully done by the writers. The characters have multiple layers and we’ve enjoyed watching them navigate the new challenges this season. While we can’t relate to the aspect of time travel, the characters and how they face these challenges is what keeps us coming back. We want to know more about the team, how Flynn got Lucy’s journal, and how they’re able to take out Rittenhouse for good. Plus, the production sets take us on a realistic trip to the past each week which just adds to the mystery– where and when will Rittenhouse target next? Every episode draws the audience in and makes us want to know more.
The Time Team goes up against a secret organization intent on bending history to fit their ideal society
If you thought Flynn was a dangerous villain, just wait until you see what Rittenhouse is planning! Flynn stole the Mothership in season one to allegedly stop Rittenhouse from doing more damage to history. An added complexity to Flynn was that a future version of Lucy gives him a journal that details their missions and tells him that one day they would work together to stop Rittenhouse. We would never have thought a friendship between Flynn and Lucy was possible, but Timeless proves us wrong in the second season when Lucy leads the charge to break Flynn out of prison.
This season, Rittenhouse attempts to change the past by eliminating civil rights and preventing prominent figures from accomplishing what history has already written for them. Rittenhouse’s ideal present day is one where they control the government and reduce the rights of citizens so they can’t speak out against the injustice. It’s a clear and moral choice for the Time Team to protect equal rights and stop Rittenhouse because what person would want to set the United States back fifty years? Apparently, Rittenhouse!
The Time Team is at a disadvantage this season because Rittenhouse already planted multiple agents in time, and they only have one-time machine to keep up. The sleeper agents could change history, and the team wouldn’t even realize that it happened. One thing Flynn and Rittenhouse have in common is their motives keep the audience guessing and we anticipate each new piece of information that could clue us into the bigger picture. They both play convincing villains and by the end of season one, we saw Flynn start to redeem himself by working with Lucy and the rest of the team. Flynn and Rittenhouse are complex villains that draw the audience in with their mysterious plans and we can’t wait to tune in each week to find out what’s next.
“Lucy’s mom is really going to be one of the big bads in season two. Rittenhouse does have their hands on the time machine, so that’s way worse than Garcia (Visnjic) having his hands on the time machine.” – Eric Kripke (executive producer)
Rittenhouse’s plans are strategic and allow for them to change history at multiple critical points all at once. If the Time Team is in the present when sleeper agents alter history, their memories would change without any recollection of the prior timeline. And if that were to happen, Rittenhouse could change history and be the only ones to know what changed. Carol and Emma (Annie Wersching) kidnap Carol’s grandfather from 1918 who inspired Rittenhouse’s plans to change history. With his guidance, they devise a plan to shape history in their favor. They play complex villains and it’s yet to be seen why they’re planning to change history and what they could gain. But they have us on the edge of our seats to see what bold move they’ll make next.
Rittenhouse has dangerous plans to change the past and transform the present into tyranny with fewer free speech rights or equal rights. Despite all odds, the audience is still rooting for the Time Team to prevail because they’re on the right side of history. Timeless questions your morality and what you would do given the opportunity to time travel– do you try to improve history, or do you alter it for your benefit at the risk of others? While we don’t know the reason behind Rittenhouse’s plans for history, changing it into something unrecognizable and detrimental to the U.S. citizens could never be a good thing. We can only hope that the Time Team stops Rittenhouse this season– or at least prevent history from changing too much.
Rittenhouse doesn’t let the Time Team (or us) know the full extent of their plans, which is a smart move from the writers. We slowly find out bits and pieces of their plans and we want to see what they’re planning and how they want to change history. When the Time Team finds out that Rittenhouse jumps in the Mothership, they theorize about possible events or people they could affect. It’s thought-provoking to realize how one event could change so many aspects of our present day. To think if history went a different way, our present might look very different! Rittenhouse is dangerous and one thing is for sure, they’re willing to risk everyone and everything to accomplish their goals.
Have you seen the diversity on Timeless?
Timeless has a diverse cast list from their series regulars, like Rufus, Jiya (Claudia Doumit), Connor, and Denise, to their guests each episode in the time periods they travel to. American history tends to lean towards the accomplishments of white men– but Timeless recognizes that there’s so much more to history. Have you ever heard of Hedy Lamarr? What about Wendell Scott? Timeless does a fantastic job of giving lesser-known historical figures a platform to tell their stories. Thanks to Timeless, the audience was able to see Hedy as the intelligence behind the technology used to create Wi-Fi and Wendell as the first African-American to win in NASCAR’s highest level and stand up against racial prejudice.
Season one was all about preserving history, even with all the mistreatment of women and minorities. When faced with difficult decisions, like letting Abraham Lincoln die right in front of you, the team lets history happen the way it should. In season two, the Time Team is questioning their preconceptions regarding keeping history intact and are actually changing history for the better– at least for the people they interact with. It’s refreshing to see their change in perspective, and we’re loving the change in their narrative. It makes the characters even more relatable and gives them another layer of complexity. The Time Team knows the difficulties ahead for minorities– racism, persecution, or even death! The diversity on Timeless is also a reminder that racism and sexism are still issues today. Strides have been made over the years, but equality isn’t a given in the present when talking about being singled out based on race or equal pay in the workplace.
“The thing that we really found this year, that we really love about the show is we really, like, are very proud that we were able to tell these very positive, really inclusive stories about history, stories about women and stories about minorities and stories about gay people — that everyone contributes to the history of this country… History is for everybody, and America is for everybody.” – Eric Kripke (executive producer)
It’s difficult to say what you would do in that scenario of time travel, and we’d like to think that we would change history for the better as well. Because given the chance, why wouldn’t you take the opportunity to improve someone’s life? Especially if you know the struggles and persecution they would face or even death like in the Salem Witch Trials. Timeless poses a thought-provoking question to its viewers– what would you do if given a time machine? Would you preserve history like the Time Team, or would you use it to your advantage at the expense of others? Although time travel is not without consequence.
Timeless shows the real impact of time travel, like Lucy losing her sister in season one, or the sudden reappearance of someone that Wyatt thought was dead for years. But the Time Team doesn’t stop changing history in life or death situations. Rufus gave Hedy business advice which led her to become a billionaire rather than letting her patent expire and seeing no profit. Those changes to history may not have made a big impact on America at large, but they sure made a world of difference to those individuals.
We’re thrilled to see the Time Team taking risks in the past, even though it might change their present. This captivating modification in story resonates with the audience and we cannot wait to see how the Time Team will improve upon other people’s lives in the rest of season two. Their change in perspective on altering history resonates with the audience because the team wants to help people in the past rather than use the past to their advantage. It’s difficult for their expert historian Lucy to theorize how history might change by changing events to help minorities, but they still take that risk of not recognizing the present– perhaps for the better!
We have to talk about that plot twist– Rittenhouse brought Wyatt’s wife back from the dead!
Over the course of season one, the audience finds out that Wyatt’s wife Jessica (Tonya Glanz) died and he blames himself. Wyatt makes multiple attempts at saving his wife, from sending her a telegram like in Back To The Future to taking out her alleged murderer. But he couldn’t save Jessica. It’s a long road to acceptance for Wyatt, but he eventually makes his peace with not being able to save his wife and opens himself up to the possibility of a new romance with Lucy.
Unfortunately for the Lyatt (Wyatt and Lucy) shippers, Jessica seemingly returns from the dead the very same episode that Wyatt and Lucy give in to their feelings and get together. In episode 4, Rufus and Lucy find out that Wyatt’s wife Jessica is alive. From a quick search, Rufus discovers that Rittenhouse took the Mothership to 1980 San Diego for an hour while they were on another mission, which likely eliminated Jessica’s murderer.
It’s a risky move from the writers perspective; they just delivered on a popular ship (Lyatt) and seemingly take that chance away from Wyatt and Lucy with Jessica’s return in the very same episode! However, there’s something to be said for the choice Wyatt now faces– work on his marriage, or continue his relationship with Lucy? Prior to Jessica’s return from the dead, Lucy was his only option. We hope that Wyatt thinks over the choice and that he is absolutely certain in who he wants to be with. And we’re definitely hoping he picks Lucy! The actors have an undeniable chemistry and the characters have faced larger challenges than most of the audience have ever faced, with life or death consequences.
Wyatt: “Lucy, I’m so sorry.”
Lucy: “Wyatt, I’m thrilled for you.”
Wyatt: “Yeah, but you and me.”
Lucy: “She’s your wife and you love her. I mean this is everything that you’ve wanted, everything you’ve been hoping for. This is– this is a good thing.”
Jessica disrupts the Time Team when Wyatt brings her to the bunker as he’s determined not to keep any secrets from her. The writers created a likable character in Jessica. From what we’ve seen of Jessica, it’s very difficult to dislike her. She has a history with Wyatt and had the stressful life of a soldier’s wife. She’s dealt with the difficulties of their marriage and considers divorce. She is comprehending Wyatt’s work the best she can considering she just found out time travel is real and until recently her husband thought she was dead for the last six years.
It’s hard to comprehend multiple timelines and alternate versions of her reality, but she takes it in stride. As much as Lyatt shippers love Lucy and Wyatt together, Jessica is his wife and he wants the chance with Jessica that was taken from them. Jessica’s reappearance is suspicious at best, especially at Rittenhouse’s hand. Why would Rittenhouse want to bring Jessica back? Is it solely for the purpose of distracting Wyatt so that Lucy and Rufus are down a soldier? Or will they attempt to use Jessica as leverage against Wyatt? It’s possible they could go to Jessica for information. There are also some fan theories going around that Jessica herself is Rittenhouse! That puts the team at risk in case Jessica reveals information regarding the team or their location. Only time will tell what will happen with Jessica, and what her return means for the blossoming relationship between Wyatt and Lucy.
Final Verdict: Timeless season two is captivating and witty, and we cannot wait to see what’s next for the Time Team!
Timeless barely got a season two after NBC originally canceled the series, but we’re so thankful they renewed! Season two builds upon the foundation of season one and starts off with a bang from the very first episode– pun intended. The writers are making the most of this season and deliver on diversity, the ships, drama, and a bigger evil, all while keeping it lighthearted with jokes and pop culture references. Every episode portrays the difficulties minorities faced in history, whether it’s women or people of color, and the Time Team intends to help them in some way in addition to stopping Rittenhouse.
It’s a tall order, but the Time Team makes it work the best way they can. The writers also delivered on the Lyatt (Wyatt and Lucy) ship as well as Riya (Rufus and Jiya). Although Jessica’s return could not come at a worse time for Lyatt! They were just starting their relationship when Rittenhouse had to throw a wrench into that. It’s hard to be mad at Wyatt because Jessica is his wife and he went to great lengths to try to save her life in season one. Riya is staying strong this season, with the added complexity of Jiya’s vision. Her visions are mostly of Rufus, and she’s trying to understand what they mean and if they’re the future or only one possibility of the future. If she tells him what she sees in her premonitions, can he prevent the events or is it a self-fulfilling prophecy? We keep getting glimpses of Rittenhouse’s plans for history, but we’re not privy to the full picture. Rittenhouse is the overarching antagonist this season and not even Lucy can convince her mother to switch sides to be on the right side of history.
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We cannot get enough of Timeless. This season truly delivers on creating immersive time periods each week that takes the audience on an entertaining history lesson. Timeless continues to portray the struggles of minorities and now the Time Team is looking to improve the lives of the people they interact with. The chemistry between the actors makes their friendships and relationships even more believable. Timeless even has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes!
If you aren’t already watching Timeless, what are you waiting for? Watch a few episodes and you’ll be hooked. Join the fandom, affectionately termed “Clockblockers,” as we tune in for the rest of season two.
Timeless airs Sundays at 10/9c on NBC
Timeless is intriguing, smart, and takes us on an entertaining trip through history.
Can’t get enough of Timeless? We’ve got you covered. Check out our weekly roundtables, live-tweeting, and make sure to come back to TV After Dark for the season two review!
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Heather Getsie
Quality control scientist and writer. I love finding new shows to binge watch, the occasional gaming, and cuddling with my puppy. Current obsessions are: Timeless, Stranger Things, Riverdale, Stitchers, and Arrow. Find me on Twitter (@xoheatherkw).
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An Uber driver has been charged with kidnapping and groping a woman after she fell asleep in his car
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An Uber driver was charged on Tuesday with kidnapping a woman in New York, changing her ride destination, and groping her as she slept.
Prosecutors say driver Habir Parmar, 24, picked up his unnamed victim in Manhattan in February 2018 and attacked her once she had fallen asleep.
A legal complaint says the woman was taken further than her home just outside New York City before she was groped, then dumped on the I-95 in Connecticut.
The complaint says that the woman was also charged more than $1,000 for the journey.
Parmar has been charged with one count of kidnapping, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. He has also been charged with wire fraud.
An Uber driver has been charged with kidnapping and groping a woman who fell asleep in his cab, then leaving her on the side of the road miles from home.
Harbir Parmar, 24, was charged by prosecutors in New York with one count of kidnapping the woman after picking her up in February this year, according to legal documents published on Tuesday.
The complaint says that Parmar picked up his victim in Manhattan not long before midnight, and that she fell asleep during the trip.
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The Celtic Supporters Association
The Celtic Supporters Association was the idea of Willie Fanning whose dream became a reality back in September 1944.
These were dark days on and off the pitch with the Second World War still raging and in comparison to those horrors rather more trivialy Celtic were not providing much joy to its supporters and defeat was a regular experience. Indeed the idea of a supporters association came to 27-year-old Willie while watching the Bhoys get thrashed 6-2 at Hamilton.
Willie decided to write to the Daily Record calling on fellow Celtic fans interested in establishing a supporters club to get in touch. A total of 14 people replied. Consequently a meeting was arranged at St Mark's and St Paul's Hall, Chester Street in Shettleston. The meeting proved to be a success - a provisional committee was installed and Willie was elected as President.
By the time of the second meeting at the A.O.H. Hall in Alexandria Parade in Townhead the word had spread. The hall was packed and car loads of supporters from across Glasgow and beyond eager to attend created a traffic jam along the parade.
A constitution was drawn up which allowed the new organosation to become an amalgamation of supporters clubs. Within 12 months membership had rocketed to 700 and the association had won the official endorsement of Celtic FC who handed over the responsibility of distributing match tickets to affiliated branches of the CSA.
The CSA remains a strong and influential body. Apart from following Celtic in massive numbers it has a social club in Glasgow and its annual Supporters Rally is a highlight in the Celtic calendar.
True to the traditions of Celtic FC the CSA also has a proud and continued ethos of raising funds for charity.
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Annular flow
Zeigarnik, Yuri Albertovich
DOI: 10.1615/AtoZ.a.annular_flow
Annular flow is a flow regime of two-phase gas-liquid flow (see gas-liquid flow). It is characterized by the presence of a liquid film flowing on the channel wall (in a round channel this film is annulus-shaped which gives the name to this type of flow) and with the gas flowing in the gas core. The flow core can contain entrained liquid droplets. In this case, the region is often referred to as annular-dispersed flow, where the entrained fraction may vary from zero (a pure annular flow) to a value close to unity (a dispersed flow). Often both types of flow, pure annular and annular-dispersed, are known under the general term of annular flow.
In vertical and inclined channels, the near-wall liquid film and the gas core may be both concurrent and countercurrent. The true volumetric gas concentration (void fraction) of the annular flow εG, determined as a fraction of the cross section occupied by the gas phase, is high and, as a rule, exceeds 75-80%. In horizontal channels the film thickness is non-uniform around the channel perimeter due to gravity. Both adiabatic annular flows and diabatic annular flows occur in industrial applications: e.g., in steam generators, evaporators, condensers and boiling water reactors. In the latter case, a phase transition (evaporation, condensation) is observed at the liquid film-gas core interface. The phase change may also occur in the liquid film when vapor bubbles appear on the heated channel wall (nucleate boiling).
In the case of high wall superheats a regime of film boiling sets in when a vapor film flows along the wall and a liquid core flows in the middle of the channel. In this case, we are concerned with an inverse annular flow.
A general diagram of annular flow is presented in Figure 1 in which , , and are the flow rates of the gas (vapor) phase, the liquid in the wall film, and liquid entrained in the core respectively. The velocity profile in a gas core, as in the case in the flow of single-phase fluid, obeys the logarithmic law. However, as grows, it becomes more peaked which is related to both the increasing number of droplets in the core and a rougher film-core interface.
Figure 1. Parameters of annular flow.
The thickness δ of the liquid film is determined by the ratio of to (the appropriate Reynolds numbers ReL and ReG) and by the shear stress τi on the interface (related to the pressure gradient in a two-phase flow dpf/dx). The relation between δ, and dpf/dx is known as a triangular relationship. Given any two of the parameters, we can determine the unknown one making use of a model of shear stress distribution in the film (for fairly thin films the assumption τ = const is justified). Various forms of the triangular relationship are discussed by Hewitt and Hall-Taylor (1970) and by Hewitt (1982).
In order to determine εG in a pipe of diameter D for low ratios of working pressure to critical pressure the empirical correlation of Armand may be used
is the mass flux of the liquid, A the channel cross section, ρL and ρG are the densities, respectively, of the liquid and the gaseous phase, and ηL the dynamic viscosity of the liquid phase. The mean thickness δ of the film is related to εG by an obvious relation
The above formulas pertain to the case of concurrent phase motion. If we deal with a liquid film flowing down the channel wall and with the gas counterflow, then the moment comes, as the gas velocity increase, when on the film surface there are generated large waves which are carried unward by the gas stream, i.e., liquid transfer is observed upward of the place of its injection. This is known as flooding. As the gas velocity increases, the fluid flow reverses and the annular flow becomes concurrent, i.e., upward.
The film surface may be covered with an intricate wave system. The waves arise on a fairly thick film and make interface rough. Two types of waves are distinguished, viz. small-scale waves or ripples and large-scale or disturbance waves whose amplitude is five- or sixfold higher than the mean thickness of the film. The spacing between the disturbance wave crests is a function of a film thickness alone and does not depend on flow velocity. Experimental findings show that the disturbance waves are extremely nonuniform both axially and circumferentially. It is the disturbance waves, from the crests of which liquid breaks away, which are responsible for droplet entrainment to the core. Droplet entrainment may also occur as a result of bubbles bursbury from the film, giving rise a range of drop sizes.
The range of droplet sizes in the flow core is fairly broad. Their maximum size is determined by the critical value of the Weber number We = ρu2rDd/ζ2σ, where ur is the relative droplet velocity in the carrier vapor flow and Dd the droplet diameter. During acceleration of a droplet broken away from the surface it may be broken up. The final size distribution of the droplets depends on their initial size and the path traveled along the channel.
The droplets in the flow core deposits on the film surface. The deposition rate per unit peripheral as depends on a combined action of buoyancy, inertial, and Magnus forces. The behavior of the finest droplets depends on turbulent diffusion.
For estimating Hewitt and Hall-Taylor (1970) suggested the formula
is the mass concentration of droplets in the flow core. The deposition coefficient kD has the dimensions of a velocity and is a function of fluid physical properties and flow rates. It also appears to depend on concentration of droplets at high concentrations. Correlations for kD and for the rate of liquid entrainment in E are discussed by Hewitt and Govan (1990a and 1990b).
The relationship between and quality, x, is illustrated in Figure 2. Straight line 1 shows the total mass of liquid which decreases linearly with increasing vapor quality x. Curve 2 describes entrainment in a long, adiabatic channel in which deposition and entrainment reach equality ( ). Thus, at a quality denoted by C, the entrained droplet flow (MLE) is represented by CB and the liquid film flow (MLF) is represented by BA. Curve 3 describes entrainment in a channel with heating. In this case, the hydrodynamically equilibrium state is not attained. Here, the wall film is additionally depleted as a result of evaporation. With an allowance for the factor indicated above an overall mass balance is described by
where hLG is the latent heat of vaporization and the heat flux on the wall. It should be pointed out that, due to the presence of radial vapor flow from the film surface may be somewhat lower than under adiabatic conditions. Conversely, because vapor bubbles burst from the liquid film may increase compared to its value for adiabatic flow.
Figure 2. Entrained liquid flow rate in adiabatic equilibrium (Curve 3) and diabatic (heated) flow (Curve 1).
A complete analytical description of annular flow is beyond current capabilities. Most often, annular flow is calculated using one-dimensional approximation. In this case, the continuity equation becomes:
The momentum equation is:
and the energy equation is:
In the above equations uG, uLE, and uLF are the mean velocities of gas phase, droplets, and liquid film, respectively; εG, εLE, and εLF are the fractions of the channel cross section occupied by an appropriate phase ( εG + εLE + εLF = 1 ). h0 = h + (u2/2) is the stagnation enthalpy, z the axial distance, and θ the angle of inclination of the channel from the horizontal. dp/dz is the total pressure gradient and dpF/dz is the frictional pressure gradient. These parameters are related to vapor quality of the flow
and the fraction of liquid phase entrained as droplets is given by
Other obvious relations are , ρLuLEεLE = m(1-x)ψ , ρLuLFεLF = m(1 - x)(1 - ψ) where in is the lot. It should be borne in mind that the velocity of droplets uLE differs slightly from uG and substantially exceeds uLF.
Equations (6) and (7) take into account mass and energy transfer between phases, external input of heat, change of phase fraction, and change of physical properties with pressure. The equations need to be supplemented by the relevant relations for physical properties and flow parameters.
It is obvious that in order to use Eqs. (5)-(7) we must know the values εG, εLF, ψL and dpF/dz. Their authentic description can be obtained mainly from experimental data. In view of extremely diverse experimental conditions (geometrical, regime, kind of fluid), universal relations are not available to date while those available should be used with caution. The value εG can be estimated using Armand’s correlation (1). Alternatively, the liquid film thickness (and hence εG) can be determined from the liquid film flow rate and from the pressure gradient (the “triangular relationship - see Hewitt and Hall-Taylor, 1970 and Hewitt, 1982). Values of ψ may be estimated using the relationships of Hewitt and Govan (1990a, 1990b). The frictional pressure gradient dpF/dz can be calculated from a relationship suggested by Wallis (1969) which takes account of the additional interfacial shear exerted by the gas in the liquid film as a result of interfacial waves:
where fa is the friction factor for gas flow alone in the tube and in the gas mass flux (kg/m2 s calculated to the fuel correction. Heat transfer in annular flows may occur both with and without phase change.
Annular flow heat transfer with phase change (evaporation or condensation), is encountered in a wide range of industrial plant. Heat transfer in evaporation in the annular flow regime is noteworthy for high heat transfer coefficients. The mechanism of heat transfer may be nucleate boiling dominated, forced convection boiling dominated (i.e., without nucleation) or be a combination.
At given combinations of , p, x, and the wall liquid film is exhausted, the wall is dried out, and “dryout” or “burnout” sets in (see Burnout-forced Convection). This is accompanied with a rapid rise in wall temperature if the wall heat flux is fixed.
Hewitt, G. F. and Hall-Taylor, N. S. (1972) Annular Two-Phase Flow. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
Hewitt, G. F. (1982) Chapter 2 of Handbook of Multiphase System. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Wallis, G. B. (1969) One-Dimensional Two-Phase Flow. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
Hewitt, G. F. and Govan, A. H. (1990a) Phenomenological modelling of non-equilibrium flows with phase change. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 133: 229-249. DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(90)90094-B
Hewitt, G. F. and Govan, A. H. (1990b) Phenomena and prediction in annular two-phase flow. Invited Lecture, Symposium on Advances in Gas-Liquid Flow, ASME Winter Annular Meeting, Dallas, November 1990 (Published ASME Vol. 99/HTD Vol. 157, pp. 41-46).
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Geology and paleontology of the Jurassic and Cretaceous beds of southern Tanganyika
Aitken, William G (1959) Geology and paleontology of the Jurassic and Cretaceous beds of southern Tanganyika. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
Part I of the thesis describes the geology of an area of about 400 square miles in the hinterland of Kiswere in the coastal region of southern Tanganyika. More detail is available of the Mandawa-Mahokondo region, where the sequence is most complete, than of the remainder. The greater part of the area is occupied by Mesozoic rocks with marine Paleogene sediments in the extreme east. The exposure of Jurassic and Lover Cretaceous strata is due largely to the erosion of once continuous plateau-forming bus of Upper Aptian age or younger. Unconsolidated continental Neogene sands cap the plateaux and Neogene gravels appear on some of the lower watersheds. The Neogene sediments have not been napped in detail. All stages of the Middle and Upper Jurassic and of the Cretaceous are represented, though the succession is not contimous. The Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous strata (the Mandawa Mahokondo and the Tendagura Series) are largely of littoral or neritic facies and estuarine and continental rooks are present towards the vest. Below the oldest exposed Jurassic bads (the Pindiro Shales), which contain massive gypsum at surface, drilling has proved a thick evaporite series including halite deposits. Thare is a notable easterly thickening of almost all of the individual units of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sedimentary columm. The Tendaguru Beds, which in their type area are only about 400 feet thick, total over 2,500 feet in the north of the Mandawa-Mahokondo area (including about 600 feet of Lower Cretaceous strata) and the total thickness of the Jurassic above the Pladlro shales there approaches 5,000 feet. The marine Upper Aptian occurs in two facies, dominantly calcareous (Kiturika Beds) along the east of the Ngarama Plateau and mixed arenaceous/argillaceous/calcareous to the east of the Mandawa Mahokondo area. The marine Upper Aptian occurs in the west of the area mapped, and the continental Makonde Beds, which have previously been described as equivalent to the Kiturika Beds, cannot be demonstrated to be other than younger than them in the area concerned. The Albion-Senonian sequence forms a series of overstepping, dominantly argillaceous subdivisions, still in part at least of fairly shallow water origin, nowhere extending west of the Upper Aptian limestone outcrop. Below the Callovian, fossils are not abundant or diagnostic but rich fossil horizons occur in the sequence between the Callovian and the Lower Aptian. There is generally a clear palaeontological distinction between the marine horisons of the Jurassic and the Lowor Cretaceous, and palaeontological evidence on the basis of Trigoniids is advanced for correlations within the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian strata. Otherwise, local correlations are in part on lithological grounds. There are two outstanding structures in the area, the Mandawa-Mahokondo and the Makangaga-Ruawa anticlines en echelon, both in part diapiric, of which the axes lie approximately NNW-SSE. To erosion of these is due the exposure of the older Jurassic strata. The former has two distinct culminations. Outside the vicinity of these structures dips generally low. The greater part of the movement, which was to some extent independent in the two structures, was completed by the end of the Jurassic but, locally, faulting and some minor uplift affected Upper Aptian beds. A number of unconformities occur; some are due to local diapiric uplift in the anticlinal areas, but those below the Upper Neocomian and below the Upper Aptian appear to be of widespread significance. The geological history of the axes is outlined and a brief comparison is made of some of the faunas present with others in the Ethiopian Province and elsewhere. Part II of the thesis gives an account of Trigoniids collected during the survey of the Kiswere Hinterland. A total of 11 new species have been named and described and at least a further 5, of which only poor material is available, are also regarded as new. The genera Linotrigonia, Laevitrigonia (as emended by Cox, 1952) and Opisthotrigonia, and the subgenus Pleurotrigonia are reported for the first time from East Africa. of these opisthotrigonia was previously regarded as monotypic. Biometric analysis of variation in communities of Indotrigonia from successive horizons in the Middle Kimmeridgian-Tithonian sequence has been attempted.
Adviser: G M Stockley
Geology, Paleontology
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What is and What is Not Islamic Education
It makes sense to understand “Islamic Education” as an ever evolving phenomena not belonging exclusively to any period in time or moment of enlightenment. Much of what we now know Islamic Education to be began with the divine command ‘to read’. Now one can apply a range of epistemologies when deconstructing what that command may have meant or indeed means. We have the knowledge of the giver of the revelation, Allah (SWT) Himself and what was indeed intended by the command to His servant to read. There is also the receiver of the Revelation itself, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), and his understanding both at the point of first contact and at a later stage as to what that command may have meant; and at the same time not ignoring his pre-revelation state. That is, if we do value the notion that Allah is involved in the shaping of our lives before scriptural guidance. Then there are we, the timeless reader and the perspectives we acquire through received knowledge and personal understanding over time as to the meaning, purpose and significance of that command – to read. Now all of these perceptions combined: the inaction of necessarily knowing or act acquiring knowledge and or evolving understanding all encompasses the meaning of education itself. Won’t you agree?
I often wondered what Prophet Muhammad did think, knowing that he was illiterate at the point of being urged on by the Angel Gabriel, ‘to read.’ Did he think that he was being asked the impossible – to read – or did he assume that the reading of a text was involved? Did Gabriel appear with scrolls in hand that led him to believe that he had to read them? Or was he simply being asked to recite that which Gabriel was about to read to him? But why according to hadith reports was so much strain and tension placed upon the Prophet ‘to read’ when it could have been much easier for Gabriel to state what he wanted him to recite and then command him to follow in recitation? This begs another question: what was the point of the command itself? What I did conclude from the many questions which were raised in attempting to understand the meaning and essence of education from within the bounds of the first utterances of revelation itself was much simpler; that the Prophet was being commanded to read the narrative of his life, past, the present and future from within a new discourse and way of viewing the world, one which was based upon Tawheed.
“Read in the name of your Lord who created. Created mankind from a clot of congealed blood. Read, for your Lord is most Generous. He is the one, who taught the use of the pen. Taught humans that which they knew not.” 1-5:96
This, in the broadest of senses underpins what was meant to be ‘Islamic’ about Education and what set into motion the evolution of Islamic Education as distinct from other forms of Education, ways of knowing and imagining the world and beyond. The correct understanding of this command enshrines the purpose and legacy of Islamic Education, which remains constant throughout the annuls of time, the linking of humans with their Creator. Islamic Education therefore espouses a unique approach towards reading the narrative of life on earth.
In a research paper by Douglas and Shaikh (2004) a typology of what the phrase ‘Islamic Education’ may mean, explored four angles:
1- Education of Muslims, which they argued, accurately meant “Muslim Education.” (page 8) An activity which takes place in local mosques or community centres after school or at weekends to compensate for the lack of Islamic instruction in schools.
2- Education for Muslims, which though perceived by Muslims as “Islamic schools’ are better coined “Muslim schools.” (p.8) The education of Muslims within a Western education secular framework.
3- Education about Islam, which is usually an outsiders view of what others perceive Islam to be (ps.9-12), as in an orientalist view of Islam, but not exclusively so, for this too can entail a romanticised view of Islam by Muslims construed for Western or non-Muslim consumption.
4- Lastly, education in an Islamic spirit and tradition, which Douglas and Shaikh identifies as ‘the first meaning readers attribute to the phrase, Islamic Education,’ and usually the target of negative speculation by outsiders. To believers on the other hand Islam is seen as ‘a universal ideal of human knowledge,’ and with ‘no barrier between the “religious” and “secular.’’’
So what constitutes Islamic knowledge or Islamic Education? As Muslims we are taught that all knowledge by its very nature emanates from Allah (God) and therefore is Islamic. The coinage ‘Islamic’ does not mean knowledge bounded to the views of the followers of Islam – as viewed by those who demarcate between the search for spiritual truths and scientific enquiry. Islamic Education is not a subject to be taught alongside other subjects in the school curriculum, instead it is a pedagogy of instruction, learning and enquiry about the world founded on the basis of ‘revealed’ truths and should be embedded into the whole school curriculum. The first principle of these truths is that all truth itself emanates from ‘Allah,’ the Omniscient, to whom all knowledge belongs. Therefore, the study of Mathematics is Islamic and so are the range of Arts (Funoon), Humanities (Aadaab) and Sciences (Uloom al-‘aqliyyah) when founded upon an Islamic pedagogy that educates the whole individual.
The Holy Prophet (saw) once said: ‘The best of you is he or she who learns (masters) the Holy Quran and teaches it to others.” It is then not possible for one who has mastered a field of learning, scientist or humanist to articulate through their learning the truths of the universe as revealed by Allah? Did not the Prophet (saw) achieve this in his gift of moral conduct, when his wife, Aisha, was asked as about his manner behind closed doors and she replied: ‘His conduct was that of the Holy Quran?’ You too, can be an Islamic Educator. You too, can be a master of the Quran.
See: http://www.tc.edu/cice/Issues/07.01/71douglas_shaikh.pdf
Posted on May 12, 2012 Author Malick EliasCategories Allah, Definition, Education, Islamic, Islamic Education, Prophet, Theory
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Netflix UK TV review: Designated Survivor Season 3
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Netflix's resurrected political thriller finds renewed conviction in its timely study of modern morals.
Ivan Radford | On 16, Jun 2019
“Ladies and gentlemen, politics do not have to be this dirty and on election day you have the power to prove it.” That’s the sound of TV’s most earnest politician returning to our screens in Designated Survivor, and as the show hits its third season, Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) is more earnest and politiciany than ever.
Season 3 of Netflix’s White House drama almost didn’t happen at all, after the show (which started at ABC) was cancelled following an uneven second season. Cycling through multiple showrunners with a plot that couldn’t choose between 24 and The West Wing, Designated Survivor struggled to find its tone and, as a result, its audience. With Netflix stepping in to revive the programme, a number of the show’s problems have been fixed, if not all of them.
We begin with Kirkman preparing to enter the campaign trail, as he fights for re-election against former ally Cornelius Moss. It’s a compelling hook: Geoff Pierson always played the once President Moss with a sinister air, and he’s a natural fit for the out-and-out villain, as he plays low-down and nasty on the election trial. Conspiracy theories involving Russians and Kirkman’s dead wife, personal insults, and anything else the Republicans can think of are thrown at Kirkman’s stubbornly independent figure – which gives Sutherland lots of chances for impassioned speeches about the nobility of disrupting the bipartisan system and not putting himself, or his party’s needs, before that of the country.
Designated Survivor has always been endearingly heartfelt in its appeals for respect, equality and cooperation, cries for rational thought and human decency that feel increasingly pertinent in the current political climate. Framing the whole season around an election, then, is a smart play, giving the series a chance to offer wish fulfilment for some viewers while doubling down on its anti-Trump rhetoric. And even after you’ve heard it 50 times, Sutherland does anti-Trump rhetoric very well.
The campaign plot also gives the show a chance to shuffle around its cast, and make room for new faces. ER veteran Anthony Edwards sinks his teeth into the role of Mars Harper, Kirkman’s new Chief of Staff, a man with an intimidating stare and a personal vendetta against big pharma, both qualities that double down on the show’s West Wing tendencies. Adan Canto’s Aaron Shore, meanwhile, steps into the role of running mate for Kirkman, a more natural fit for him than in previous seasons – bolstered by the excellent Elena Tovar as Isabel Pardo, White House Director of Social Innovation and a running mate of another kind for Aaron. Together, they form a compelling window onto racial prejudice and immigration, as well as a relationship that we can properly root for – a welcome way to fill the romance void left by Kirkman’s loss of his wife.
An equally promising new addition is Benjamin Watson as Dontae Evans, a digital whizz snapped up by Kirkman’s team, who also has his own romance on the cards. Combine that with the beefed-up part of Seth (the always brilliant Kal Penn), and the result is a more diverse cast than seasons past, with each character written with depth and a satisfying arc – Seth’s unexpected family drama this season is particularly rewarding. (The removal of Lyor, Season 2’s quirky addition, makes for a smoother balance of humour and drama, as well as giving each main player more time to be explored.)
But it’s telling that the real meat of the season isn’t whether Kirkman will win or not, or even how his supporting ensemble will resolve their dilemmas, but whether Kirkman will be able to stay committed to his morals no matter what. That inner conflict is added to by the presence of Lorraine Zimmer (a lip-smacking performance by Julie White), his new campaign manager, who has a ruthless streak that promises to drag him to cynical lows – and the constant idealism of Emily Rhodes (Italia Ricci, better than ever this season). That becomes the barometer by which we assess each new plot twist, from voter suppression to politicians shifting right with the electorate.
While Designated Survivor’s firing on all political cylinders, though, that doesn’t resolve the issue of the show’s split focus: a significant chunk of screentime is still given over to Hannah Wells (Maggie Q), who jumps over to the CIA to tackle a bio-terror threat. Maggie Q remains convincingly bad-ass, but she feels as disconnected from the main narrative as ever – even the addition of Chukwudi Iwuji as Dr. Eli Mays, her medical sidekick, doesn’t do anything to help bring the two strands together. The more time we spend on that subplot, the more bogged down the whole show becomes, and the addition of ideas such as “smart dust” (said with a straight face) only make it more disposable.
Fortunately, the reduced episode count (10, down from 23) helps to balance out the script’s more wayward tendencies, so the pace doesn’t let up too much. The central Kirkman-related drama, meanwhile, is compelling to the end, thanks to Sutherland’s committed performance, and two likeable turns from Mckenna Grace as Tom’s daughter, Penny, and Jamie Clayton as Tom’s sister-in-law, Sasha. The result is a stirring call for a different type of politics, a timely study of what it takes to succeed in modern society, and a promising reminder of what made Designated Survivor worth saving – you just wish the bits that were chosen to survive were a bit more, well, designated. The final cliffhanger promises more of a focus on elections than espionage; here’s hoping Season 4, if it happens, doesn’t break that pledge.
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Major vows legal action if Parliament suspended
Published:Thursday | July 11, 2019 | 12:23 AM
Britain’s former Prime Minister John Major.
LONDON (AP):
A former British prime minister threatened on Wednesday to take Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson to court if he tries to suspend Parliament to deliver a UK departure from the European Union (EU) without a deal.
John Major told the BBC it would be unacceptable and against tradition to shut down Parliament, and he would seek a court ruling to overturn it if it happened. Major’s suggestion is important because Parliament has repeatedly signalled its opposition to a no-deal Brexit, but has no obvious way of stopping it. A legal challenge offers a potential new route.
“You cannot and should not bypass Parliament in this fashion,” Major said. “I cannot imagine how anyone could conceivably think that is right.”
Major’s comments follow a televised debate between Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, the two men seeking to replace Theresa May as Conservative leader and prime minister.
Johnson, who has said leaving the EU by the scheduled date of October 31 is a “do or die” matter, refused to rule out bypassing Parliament to prevent lawmakers from blocking a no-deal departure.
“I’m not going to take anything off the table, any more than I’m going to take no-deal off the table,” Johnson said. “I think it’s absolutely bizarre at this stage in the negotiations for the UK – yet again – to be weakening its own position.”
Hunt flatly rejected the idea and suggested it was dangerous.
“When that has happened in the past, when Parliament has been shut down against its will, we actually had a civil war,” Hunt said, referring to the 17th-century showdown between royalists and Parliament over how the country would be governed. Parliament won. King Charles I was tried and executed.
A move to send lawmakers home early – known as proroguing Parliament – would require the formal approval of Queen Elizabeth II. Major said such a request would drag the usually neutral monarch into a constitutional controversy.
“There is no conceivable justification, wherever we are, in closing down Parliament to bypass its sovereignty,” Major said. “I seem to recall that the Brexiteers, led by Mr Johnson, actually campaigned in the referendum for the sovereignty of Parliament... They can’t be concerned for the sovereignty of Parliament except when it is inconvenient to Mr Johnson.”
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Thomas Mapp, the oldest of 10 siblings, was born in Georgia in 1884 and moved with his family to Wilikie, Oklahoma, where he worked on his father’s corn farm.
When Thomas married Misouri Brooks in 1906, he left his family to start one of his own: Thomas and Misouri left for their new home in Kansas, where they had three children: Veola, Genieva, and Ferris. In 1912, the family relocated temporarily to Edmonton, where Thomas worked on construction for the Macdonald Hotel. Although they did not stay long in Edmonton, Thomas and Misouri had yet another child there, a daughter they named Eva, before moving out to a homestead in Amber Valley later that same year.
While living in Amber Valley, Thomas Mapp formed a partnership in the freighting business with Amber Valley resident, Willis Bowen. Mapp and Bowen travelled east to Athabasca to move goods from there to Lac La Biche, Fort McMurray, and Fort Chipewyan. Thomas, with his horse team Topsy and Shorty, won several pulling contests at the Amber Valley picnics. He was also active in the community as a school board trustee and member of the local Pioneer Club.
The Mapps cleared and farmed their homestead, using machinery that Thomas shared with Willis Bowen. The Mapp family eventually had four more children: Raphael, O.C., Lester, and Carl. Unfortunately, tragedy struck in 1919, when the whole family got sick with influenza. O.C. never recovered and died the same year; the following year, Misouri also succumbed to influenza.
Thereafter, the oldest sisters took care of the homestead and the younger children. Eventually, Veola married Boadie Bowen and moved away. Genieva also moved away after marrying David Medlock. Their brother Ferris left to work in Edmonton; their 15-year-old sister Eva was left to take care of the youngest children, Lester and Carl. Eva married Obadiah Bowen in 1936 and moved to his homestead. Raphael and Carl moved to Edmonton, leaving Lester to take responsibility of the house, a job that caused him to quit school. He continued his domestic work until his father Thomas took Rebecca June as his second wife.
Lester Mapp loved to hunt and play sports. At the age of 16, he joined the famous Amber Valley Baseball Team, where he played from 1935 until 1942, when he quit to enlist in the army. His brother Carl also enlisted, and the baseball team disbanded. In 1944, Lester returned to Amber Valley and married Margaret Saunders. Lester’s father Thomas gave them a team of horses as a wedding gift; this surely served them well in their life of farming on Thomas’s homestead.
Lester and Margaret had four children: Thomas Leslie, Wesley Orville, Ronald Dennis, and Paulette Maxine Hope. By the 1950s, the Mapps had a tractor and were doing modern farming. In 1964, at the age of 80, Thomas broke his hip and was forced to retire to Edmonton. Lester continued to farm. In 1973, Margaret and Lester bought David Saunders’s homestead in Amber Valley. Thomas died the following year.
Lester Mapp’s children all moved out of Amber Valley. His son Thomas took a trade in asbestos and moved to Fort McMurray. Paulette became a secretary at the University of Alberta before moving to Vancouver to supervise exports and imports. Orville married Arlene Kulsa and had one child. Ronald married Geraldine Spierling and had one child. Ronald became a drilling engineer and a professional baseball player, playing for the Iowa Ghosts team in the United States' Negro Baseball League.
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Panel rejects herbicide for Morses Pond
admin June 26, 2005 January 16, 2013
By Lisa Keen, Globe Correspondent
Will Wellesley’s next generation know it as Morses Pond or Morses Marsh?
That’s the multimillion-dollar question the town faces now that it has removed the cheapest solution — herbicide — from its arsenal of weapons to battle the weeds that have invaded the 103-acre pond.
Wellesley has been struggling for 40 years to figure out a way to prevent weeds, algae, and sediment from destroying the pond, which was created with small dams only a century ago.
”When all the hot air has been dissipated, we still have only two options: fluridone and dredging,” said resident Arnold Reif at a public hearing June 16.
Following that hearing, which drew a large number of residents opposed to the use of herbicides in the town’s primary source of drinking water, the Wellesley Natural Resources Commission voted 4 to 1 against relaxing its policy to allow the consideration of fluridone.
The cost of completely dredging the lake has been estimated at more than $5 million. That’s an expense that may not sit well with voters, who last month rejected a tax hike to spend $470,000 to teach Spanish to elementary school students and $66,000 to maintain two branch libraries.
”Before we spend millions of dollars, I think we need to ask whether this is the best way to spend that money in terms of cost-benefit analysis,” Sean Milano said at the June 16 hearing. ”It’s a lot of money to benefit a small minority of people.”
Neighbors and residents who go to Morses Pond for recreation are distraught over how quickly weeds are taking over the lake, making it impossible for sailing, difficult for paddling, and unpleasant if not dangerous for swimming.]
”Someone has to speak up for the pond,” said Christina Medici, who added that she and like-minded neighbors feel they are not only advocates for themselves but also custodians of the pond.
”We see blue herons that come there, the three families of muskrats, the buildup of mussel shells, the swans, and so much,” said Medici. She said ”an affluent community” should spend the money ”to take care of something so wonderful.”
Fluridone would have cost only about $400,000 over the course of 20 years. But speakers at the June 16 hearing overwhelmingly opposed taking a chance on the herbicide, even though it has been approved for use in drinking water sources at concentrations much higher than Wellesley was likely to need.
Reif, a former president of the Boston Cancer Research Association, led the charge against the chemical.
While acknowledging ”there’s no evidence that I know of that fluridone causes cancer,” he noted that federal agencies ”continually update their limits on all substances.” He said there was only about 10 years’ worth of data on fluridone.
Fluridone and two other herbicides are used, with state approval, to treat the 35-acre Nonesuch Pond in Weston. The swimming and boating pond was restored from being a ”meadow,” says Jean Estes, a member of the Nonesuch Pond Improvement Association, which has been active in cleanup efforts. The chemical treatments are paid for by the private Rivers School, which uses the pond for its summer camp.
If no action is taken, Ken Wagner, Wellesley’s environmental consultant, the north basin of Morses Pond could become wetlands within 20 years.
That would not pose a threat to the town’s water supply, according to Joe Duggan, superintendent for Wellesley Water and Sewer. Duggan said the town doesn’t get its water directly from the pond, but from wells drilled underneath it. Morses Pond could become a meadow and still provide drinking water, he said, pointing to the example of Rosemary Meadow, another source of town water.
If the pond does become wetlands — which vary from swamps and marshes to bogs and fens — federal and state regulations would make it more difficult to reclaim areas for swimming and boating.
When the Morses Pond Ad Hoc Committee meets tomorrow, it will give Wagner his marching orders for developing recommendations for the pond. Wagner is expected to report back in August, after which another round of public hearings will be held. A final proposal for the pond could go before Town Meeting next spring.
For the budget year that ends Thursday, the Recreation Department will have spent $42,000 for biological treatment and monitoring of the pond. The town’s Department of Public Works has been spending $20,000 to $25,000 a year to harvest the weeds and do other cleanup work around the swimming beach, says its director, Michael Pakstis. But the town’s harvesting equipment has outlived its usefulness.
Even if the town bought a new machine at an estimated cost of $250,000 and assigned two employees to operate it full time, the weeds could still end up winning the war, Wagner said.
In the long run, the consultant said, the town’s best chance of saving the pond will involve a combination of techniques along with a campaign to persuade residents to curtail use of fertilizers and other materials that contain phosphorus.
Through runoff, the treatments used to beautify lawns wind up promoting ugly growth in the pond, he said.
The Morses Pond Ad Hoc Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Department of Public Works Administrative Building at 455 Worcester St.
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Season 1 Episode 8 : Season 1, Episode 8 - Death and the identity of the real culprit runaway twins! A new murder
W no Higeki
"W no Higeki" is an adaptation of a novel by Natsuki Shizuko, which was first published in 1982. It was turned into a theatrical movie in 1984, and has seen numerous adaptions into TV drama in 1983, 1986, 2001 and 2010 respectively....
Actor: Emi Takei, Kenta Kiritani, Ayame Gouriki, Saki Fukuda, Yuki Matsushita, Ayame Gôriki,
Directors: Hisashi Ueda, Osamu Takayama, Osamu Katayama
Countries: JP
Languages: ja, Japanese,
Networks: TV Asahi,
Keywords: #Japan
Trailer: W no Higeki
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Escape for the Summer
Today I'm reviewing Escape for the Summer by the lovely Ruth Saberton. I was very excited to read Ruth's new book! First of all I would like to thank Ruth for sending me a copy in exchange of a honest review. Also remind you that you can win a copy of this fab summer read on my Giveaway so don't miss this fantastic oportunity.
Publication: May 22nd 2014 by Notting Hill Press
Can Andi Evans find the strength to start again?
Betrayed and broken-hearted, redundancy is one shock too many for Andi. Suddenly single and in debt, a working holiday in the Cornish seaside town of Rock appears the perfect solution. Determined never to trust again, will a chance meeting with a stranger change her mind?
Disillusioned with useless boyfriends, Angel is set on finding a man who will keep her in style. Heading to Rock, summer playground of the rich and the royals, seems an inspired move until a case of mistaken identity threatens a romance that has started to mean more than she expected...
Actress Gemma is no stranger to diets and disappointments. When the future of her career hangs in the balance, she prays moving to Rock solves her problems. With a new reality TV show being filmed in the idyllic seaside town, surely she can avoid pasties and ice creams for long enough to win a role?
Arriving in beautiful Cornwall, all three girls are hoping for a holiday season to remember. But will this be for the right reasons? Or, as emotions run higher than the tide, will the summer escape turn their lives upside down?
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Review: Escape for the Summer is a book you don't want to miss this summer. Full of adventures, laughs, sun and love and brilliantly written. It tells the story of three different girls who are living in London but after a series of unlucky situations, unfair tricks and some cheating find themselves without a penny, a job nor a man on their lives. That's when they decide to spend the summer in Rock, the hot holiday destination in Cornwall, to try and improve their lives (manwise for one, jobwise for the other and famewise for the third one).
Angel is self-centered and image-obesessed. She thinks that good looks are everything that matters and her mission in Rock is clear: find a rich man who can garantee her the luxury life she was born for. Although at first I didn't like Angel, I soon realised that there was more under her fake tan and blond extensions: a big heart and sharp intelligence. She was the perfect spark for the book, she made everything crazier and funnier and it was hilarious to read about all her ideas. Funny how it turned out for her!
Andi is Angel's big sister but they are complete oposites. Andi is a hard-worker who believes in true love and hopes to find her charming prince some day. But after being made redundant at her job and cheated and robbed but her boyfriend... she isn't in the mood for fun parties and love in Rock. I instantly warmed to Andi. She deserved positive things to happen for her!
Finally, Gemma is Angel's flatmate and an aspiring actress. But her agent has told her that she needs to lose weight (a lot) if she wants to fullfill her dreams. She is the one who decides to go to Rock because an ex football star is filming a TV show in which he tries to lose weight. Her perfect oportunity: she can get on the show, get thin and beautiful and appear on TV at the same time. Gemma is so lovable, she is struggling with accepting her image and bakes when she feels down which doesn't help her diet. What she doesn't realise is that she is gorgeous the way she is and that she bakes like a pro.
So the three girls arrive at Rock with very different expectations and needs. From that point they start living the adventure of a lifetime. The book is so packed with action and twists that you just want to keep reading to find out more and more. I could never suspect what was going to happen and had a lot of laughs with Angel's crazy ideas! I really enjoyed how the girls grew to be better persons and how their friendship made them stronger.
But what makes this book so brilliant are the side characters and the stunning setting. During the story the girls meet a series of characters, from the cat food impire heir to the Russian "godfather" that all add a bit of craziness to this hilarious story. And the beaches of Rock are the perfect setting for the girls' advetures. I am, in fact, trying to convince my friends to go to Cornwall this summer! So don't miss this summer must read and enjoy this crazy story that will leave you with a huge smile on your face!
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Librarian Lavender 29 May 2014 at 14:44
I loved this book and enjoyed reading every single page of it! Such a wonderful read! Great review!
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Posts Tagged ‘model:GT’
All New Ford GT Goes on Sale
The rumors surrounding Ford’s new approach to sales for their GT is true. Following in the foot steps of Ferrari, Ford will open up an online application process for prospective owners of the all new GT. From there, Ford will select the worthy customer and give them the privilege of owning the GT.
As a new owner of a Ford GT, you will get to customize and personalize many aspects of your car. For those who can’t fork over the briefcase full of cash, there’s always the online configurator to tide you over as you dream about your GT. As of now, no official specs for the engine has been released. What we do know is that pricing will start around $450,000 and power estimates should be north of 630hp.
Ford Booth Tour – SEMA 2015
Center stage at the Ford booth here at the 2015 SEMA Show was the Ford GT Le Mans race car, unveiled this summer, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Ford’s 1966 overall victory. The new race car is based on the all-new Ford GT supercar unveiled last January in Detroit and features the most powerful production EcoBoost engine, a twin-turbo V6.
As with last year, there were numerous Mustangs, Focus, and F-150s with mild to radical modifications. The Ford booth at SEMA is always a fun booth to walk through as there is usually something different to check out. In fact, for 2015 the Ford Mustang won the SEMA Show’s Hottest Car award which is based on how many tuners/exhibitors had a Mustang on display. There were some pretty crazy Mustangs at SEMA, but my favorite one was actually in the Ford booth this year. You can check it out in the gallery below, it’s the white widebody with blue wheels built by Ice Nine Group.
Check it, and the other vehicles in the Ford SEMA 2015 booth.
A Closer Look at the Ford GT
Shhhhhhh, no words. Just click through to check out the massive gallery below.
All-New Ford GT Makes Its Highly Anticipated Debut
Ford debuted their all-new Ford GT to replace the aging current Ford GT supercar. Opting to go with twin turbochargers in the new GT, instead of the supercharged V8 in the original, Ford packs the most powerful EcoBoost engine ever under the hood. They are not releasing any specific performance figures but we are told it will deliver more than 600 horsepower to the rear wheels. The engine will be paired with a seven-speed DCT transmission. Really, the Ford GT needs no introduction. In fact during the unveil, Ford saved all the fanfare for the GT350R and just let the GT do all the talking.
“The GT is the ultimate execution of an enthusiast supercar,” said Raj Nair, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. “GT includes innovations and technologies that can be applied broadly across Ford’s future product portfolio – another proof point that Ford continues raising the performance bar while ultimately improving vehicles for all of our customers. While we hope enthusiasts rejoice about this all-new GT, all Ford customers will benefit from the ultimate performance Ford and its new-generation innovations,”
While the new Ford GT is wide up front, the lines of the body taper inwards creating a narrower cabin to aid in reducing aerodynamic drag while directing airflow to the mid-mounted engine. An active rear wing that adjusts its height and angle based on speed and driver input further control the air flow to balance maximum aero efficiency and handling. It rides on a set of 20″ wheels wrapped with Michelin Pilot Super Sport Cup 2 tires that cover a set of carbon-ceramic brakes on all four corners.
Continue Reading: More Info and Lots of Pictures!
Get a taste of Ford GT ownership from Dust Devils
It seems that the automotive world might be right on the cusp of getting some kind of follow-up to the Ford GT. It might not be called the GT or even use the coupe’s retro look, but rumours point to such a beast being on the way. If the future halo model can inspire as much adoration among fans …
Chip Foose tastefully enhances his personal Ford GT
Typically, we’d expect a vehicle from 2006 to fall well short of a more modern vehicle, both in terms of performance and style. Of course, the Ford GT is not your average offering from the Bush era. That’s doubly true when the 2006 GT in question belongs to one Chip Foose.
Purchased by his…
Kia GT five-door approved, will tackle A7, Panamera
Kia might finally be entering the four-door coupe market in the near future with a production version of its GT Concept from the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. According to Edmunds, Kia execs at that Paris Motor Show confirmed that the swoopy model finally has been given the green light to go on…
Ford GT to be revived, Le Mans battle upcoming
Ford dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1966 to 1969, scoring four consecutive wins. Wouldn’t it be great if the Blue Oval could go back to France for the 50th anniversary of that performance and show it can still compete in international endurance racing? Actually, the latest rumors…
Man arrested for stealing part of Paul Walker Porsche wreck [w/video]
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XCAR stages epic drag race between Ford GT40, GT70 and GT
XCAR has put together what it believes is a first – a drag race between Ford’s legendary, Le Mans-winning GT40, the more recent GT supercar it inspired and the little-known GT70 rally car. The three mid-engined monsters were all built for very different purposes, and not surprisingly, they …
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BIOTEC researchers receive NRCT Invention Awards 2013
On 24 January 2013, the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) made an announcement on the NRCT Invention Award 2013. Three inventions from BIOTEC were among the 29 award recipients this year.
“ENZbleach: An alkaline-tolerant enzyme for pulp bleaching process” by Dr. Thidarat Nimchua and colleagues from Bioresources Technology Unit was recognized in the engineering and industry category. In a conventional chemical bleaching process, a large scale of chemicals is used, releasing pollution into the environment and causing numerous harmful disturbances to ecosystem. The new biobleaching process using enzymes leads to a significant reduction of chlorine and chlorine-based compounds. The xylanase attacks hemicellulose and alters the interface between the cellulose and lignin, thereby facilitates the chemical extraction of lignin from pulp. ENZbleach has been developed and optimized for pulp biobleaching without the need of pH adjustment of the pulp, which will make the large-scale operations more simple and cost effective. Moreover, ENZbleach is cellulase-free, thus does not destroy the structure of cellulose and diminish pulp quality.
“Diagnostic tests for detection of bacterial fruit blotch in cucurbits” received the award in the agricultural science and biology category. Dr. Oraprapai Gajanandana and her team developed diagnostic tests in the forms of ELISA and immunochromatographic strip test based on mouse monoclonal antibodies against Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli, a bacterium causing the fruit blotch disease. Fruit blotch disease is the most crucial problem for the plants in cucurbit family (cantaloupe, cucumber, watermelon, gourd, squash, and pumpkin). This test provides seed exporters and growers a tool to cost-effectively, conveniently, accurately, and rapidly (in 5 to 10 minutes) detect the disease. The test also enables epidemiological studies, disease management and quality control for export disease-free seeds.
“Serotyping-NS1-ELISA: A method for detection of dengue NS1 protein and serotyping of dengue virus simultaneously” was recognized in the medical science category. It was the work of BIOTEC team, led by Dr. Chunya Puttikhunt, and collaborators from Faculty of Science Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol and Chiang Mai Universities. Dengue is caused by four closely related viruses, dengue serotypes 1 – 4. Determination of dengue serotypes in current and previous epidemics is crucial for predicting of the severity of the current epidemics and also in detection of switch in predominant serotype, which could serve as a warning to dengue outbreak. The new assay “serotyping-NS1-ELISA” was developed to detect the NS1 protein and identify dengue serotypes simultaneously. This new method offers much simpler and faster diagnosis, compared to the conventional practice which requires laborious virus isolation followed by immunofluorescent assay and sophisticated RT-PCR.
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March 11th-Shibata and Nishida battle for surpemacy
The boxing year has been slow to get going, not just in Asia but worldwide. Thankfully that has started to change and on March 11th we see the 2016 Champion Carnival kick off with what appears to be a genuinely notable Japanese domestic card.
The champions Carnival bout, which is the main event of the show, will see Japanese and OPBF Middleweight champion Akio Shibata (27-8-1, 13) face off against the criminally under-rated Hikaru Nishida (14-7-1, 6), with both of Shibata's titles on the line. The veteran champion is well known as the debut opponent of Ryota Murata, where he was stopped in 2 rounds by the 2012 Olympic champion, but since then he has been reeling off wins at the top of the Japanese domestic scene. The only man in recent times to really push Shibata close was Nishida, when the two men met in 2014, and we expect another very competitive bout here. Of the two men Shibata is the better boxer, in fact he's a very technically capable boxer-mover, however Nishida is a strong, tough pressure fighter who will be in Shibata's face and try to break down the champion. This really could be an excellent way to kick off the Champion Carnival.
As well as the main event we also get a trio of notable supporting bouts. One of those features former world title challenger Daiki Kaneko (21-5-3, 14) who makes a move to Lightweight to face Kazuya Soma (7-8-2, 6). The 27 year old Kaneko impressed us in 2013, when he gave Takashi Uchiyama a very tough bout, however two losses last year, including a defeat to Masao Nakamura in a FOTY contender, has left him in need of a win. Soma is limited but is a naturally bigger fighter than Kaneko and could try to use that to his advantage against the former Japanese Super Featherweight champion.
Talking of former Japanese champions, former Middleweight champion Tomohiro Ebisu (14-4, 14) returns to the ring to face Toshihiro Kai (5-7-2, 1). This looks to be a mismatch however Ebisu is a “stop of be stopped” fighter and even the light punching Kai has a chance, if he can see out the first few rounds of Ebisu's assault. The former champion has never been the distance and he will be hoping to record his 15th stoppage win here, but he has shown fragility in the past.
The third bout of note sees recently OPBF Lightweight title challenger Accel Sumiyoshi (5-4-2, 1) battle Tatsuya Yanagi (11-3-1, 4) in, a rematch between the two men who fought to a draw last year. Coming in to this one the records suggest Yanagi should be favoured however Sumiyoshi is much better than his record indicates and he has been matched ridiculously hard since his debut in 2012, in fact he has fought the reigning Japanese and OPBF Lightweight champions and other title contenders. Whilst Sumiyoshi is better than the numbers suggest Yanagi is in a bit of a rut with a 1-3-1 record in his last 5. This is a bout neither man can really afford to lose.
We have also been made aware that there will be a show in Laos.
The main event of this card will see Thai veteran Terdsak Kokietgym (59-5-1, 39) [เทอดศักดิ์ สีซุปเปอร์เทคยิม] in a regional title bout whilst another bout on this card will see Laos teenager Nampetch Kwanjaisrikod (8-1, 3) [น้ำเพชร ก่อเกียรติยิม] continue her career. Sad we're unsure who Nampetch and Terdsak will be up against.
June 12th-Action in the Philippines and Thailand!
This coming Friday isn't packed with action but there are some notable names in action.
Negros Occidental, Philippines
In the Philippines fans get a relatively good looking show with several notable fighters in action.
The main event, a WBC Youth Super Featherweight title fight, will see Argie Toquero (8-3-1, 6) defending his belt against unbeaten puncher Ardie Boyose (15-0-1, 11). On paper this is a really tricky defense for Toquero however the bout is also a step up for Boyose who has been matched softly so far.
Arguably the most interesting bout, on paper, will see Jerry Nardo (20-6, 11) battle against Jason Egera (21-13, 10). This bouts pits two flawed fighters against each other and could end up being a very interesting match up, even if it's not likely to a really highly skilled affair.
The biggest name fighter here is former WBO Minimumweight champion Merlito Sabillo (23-2-1, 12) who fights for the first time since his shock loss to Faris Nenggo last November. Sabillo, who has gone 0-2-1 in his last 3 bouts, will be expected to pick up a straight forward win here against Powell Balaba (8-13-1, 5) though it really is a must win for Sabillo who has been stopped in his last 2 bouts.
Pathum Thani, Thailand
In Thailand fans will be getting a televised show featuring several notable names.
The most notable is Terdsak Kokietgym (56-5-1, 36) who looks to continue his long career as he battles once beaten Filipino Roldan Aldea (9-1-1, 3). Up for grabs here will be the WBO Oriental Super Featherweight title with Terdsak looking to earn himself one more shot at a world title. Unfortunately for the 33 year old Thai he is getting on and it would appear like that his last shot at the top level was his September 2014 FOTY contender with Orlando Salido.
In one of the supporting bouts we'll see the unbeaten Petchmanee Kokietgym (7-0, 2) take on Indonesian visitor Rofiq Aditaya (2-1-1, 2). Aditaya will be fighting in Thailand for the second time, and this one comes less than a month after his defeat to Jirapan Nakorluang, a 3rd round KO.
The second supporting bout of note will see former world title challenger Pigmy Kokietgym (56-7-2, 22) battle against Indonesian foe Ardi Tefa (6-4, 4). Tefa comes in to this bout 0-4 outside of his homeland and it's very hard to see him changing that against someone with Pigmy's experience.
In Germany we'll get the chance to see two Asian fighters in action.
One of those is Kazakh Cruiserweight hopeful Isa Akerbayev (15-0-0-1, 11) take on Brazilian puncher Julio Cesar Dos Santos (27-4, 24). This should be a straight forward win for Akerbayev, however given the fact Dos Santos can punch we may see the Kazakh take his time and fight cautiously against the 37 year old South American.
The other fighter in action here is Filipino tough guy Rey Labao (27-6, 18) who takes on once German Rico Mueller (18-1-1, 13). This is Labao's third successive bout on the road and although he'll be the under-dog he is very live, as seen last time out when he shocked former OPBF champion Masao Nakamura. The one big problem for Labao here will be the weight with the bout having been made at Welterweight rather than his more natural Lightweight or even Light Welterweight.
March 18th-Yokthong and Petchchorhae look for title wins, Terdsak back in action
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Thai fans get another televised show this Wednesday as channel 3 show a small but notable show that sees the lightly regarded EPBC getting some attention.
Firstly lets start with the EPBC who have two of their titles on the line. They are the Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council who appear to be affiliated with the WBC and were, looking at the details on their website, founded last year. From what we understand they will be yet another regional organisation looking to have their fingers in the Asia pie alongside the PABA, WBA Asia, OPBF, WBC Boxing Council, and IBF Asia, among others. We really do wonder just how many organisations are wanted, or needed in the area though it appears we've not seen them all yet.
In a bout for the vacant EPBC Light Flyweight title fans will see Yokthong KKP (17-4, 11) battle against Indonesian foe Frans Damur Palue (10-7-2, 5). Yokthong is best known for losing every time he steps up with notable stoppage losses to Ryuji Hara (KO2) and Zou Shiming (TKO7). Palue however isn't at that level and is himself 0-3 outside of Indonesian including an 8th round TKO loss to Petchbarngborn Kokietgym earlier this month. Interestingly Yokthong was ranked #5 in the recent EPCB rankings whilst Palue was #9.
The other EPBC title fight will see the unbeaten, and genuinely promising, Petchchorhae Kokietgym (11-0, 7) battle against Indonesia's Oscar Raknafa (12-8, 5) in a bout for the Flyweight title. The unbeaten Thai has shown some glimpses of real talent though this hardly seems like a step forward for him. Notably Raknafa has lost his life 5 bouts, including a loss to the then debuting Kosei Tanaka, and we expect that run will continue here in what appears to be another mismatch against the Indonesian. In terms of the rankings for this bout, the Thai is ranked #3 whilst Raknafa is #12.
Another mismatch on this card will see former world title challenger Terdsak Kokietgym (54-5-1, 34) back in the ring for his second bout since his thrilling 11th round loss to Orlando Salido last September. Terdsak will be up against Yakobus Heluka (8-9, 1), who has lost 5 of his last 6, including a 3rd round KO to Thong Sithluangphophun last August. This is one of those horrible match ups that is simply used to keep a guy like Terdsak ticking over.
One other bout on this card will see the unbeaten Mai Lookboonmee (1-0, 1) battle against the win-less Singsomdech Kwanjaisrikot (0-2). This, on paper, looks the most even match up on the show though we still suspect it could be 1-sided in the ring.
November 15th-Pinoy Pride 28 headlines a great day of action!
Cebu, Phillipines
The biggest show of the weekend this Saturday comes from the Philippines as ALA Promotions put on the 28th show in their "Pinoy Pride" series and, we've got to be honest here, it looks like a great one even if the main event is likely to feel like a let down, thankfully however there are 4 or 5 other interesting bouts on the card and several notable names.
The aforementioned main event will see WBO Light Flyweight champion Donnie Nietes (33-1-3, 9) return to the ring in an attempt to record the 5th defense of his title. We say attempt though he shouldn't really struggle as he takes on the exciting but limited Carlos Velarde (26-3-1, 14). We don't think Nietes will be given a real test here but we do suspect the fight will be fun to watch as Velarde always brings action to the ring, as he did prior to getting stopped by Ryo Miyazak in a WBA Minimumweight title bout last year.
Whilst the main event looks somewhat predictable the two main support bouts both look interesting to say the least.
One of those will see former world title challenger Milan Melindo (31-1, 12) drop down to Light Flyweight to take on Mexico's Saul Juarez (20-3, 11) in an IBF world title eliminator. The bout was put together after Juarez missed out on the world title shot that Velarde has and we suspect that Melindo will be given a good work out here even if he does make it look relatively easy. The other major support bout will see the unbeaten Albert Pagara (21-0, 15) battle against tough Mexican Raul Hirales (22-3-1, 11). This will be Pagara's first defense of the IBF Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight title and appears to be a great step up for the Filipino who has blitzed his last 3 foes in a combined 5 rounds. It's a big step up but Hirales has looked very ordinary in his 3 losses and we suspect Pagara will manage to make him look poor as well.
In the most interesting of 3 bouts scheduled for 10 rounds we will see unified Minimumweight champion Francisco Rodriguez Jr (16-2, 11) battle against Jomar Fajardo (14-5-1, 7). Rodriguez will be fighting for the first time since he unified the IBF and WBO titles with his stellar victory over Katsunari Takayama this year in a FOTY contender and we suspect that this will be his last bout before making a permanent move to the Light Flyweight division, which appears to be set for a memorable 2015.
Another of the 10 rounders will see former Rodriguez foe Merlito Sabillo (23-1-1, 12) battle against the limited Faris Nenggo (8-6-3, 2). This will be Sabillo's first bout since being stopped by Rodriguez in March whilst for Nenggo it'll be his first bout since back-to-back defeats to Ryuji Hara and Paipharob Kokietgym. It should be an easy win for Sabillo but it's hard to judge what his confidence will be like after the battering he suffered at the hands of Rodriguez.
The third 10 rounder will see former world title contender AJ Banal (31-2-1, 22) battle against recent OPBF Featherweight title challenger Maxsaisai Sithsaithong (15-5, 4). We assume this could be fun to watch but Banal, for all his talent, appears to have a knack of letting us down. We wouldn't be shocked for him to take out his Thai foe early nor would we be shocked to see him struggle to a relatively limp and unexciting decision win.
Lower down the card in an 8 rounder we will see Mark Magsayo (8-0, 6), one of out favourite Filipino prospects, battle against South Korean visitor Moon-Sun Jung (2-3-3). We imagine Magsayo will see off Jung though hopefully he'll get some rounds in the bank before closing the show.
Nakhon Nayok, Thailand
Whilst the Filipino show is clearly the most important of the day we do have shows across Asia with one of them taking place in Thailand.
This show will be headlined by a regional title bout between unbeaten fighters as Petchchorhae Kokietgym (8-0, 5) attempts to make the first defense of his WBC Asian Boxing Council silver Flyweight title. The man trying to stop the Thai is unbeaten Indonesian Rizky Pratama (2-0) who we really don't know about. Hopefully this will be competitive though we suspect the Indonesian will be blown away relatively quickly in a mismatch.
In a clear mismatch fans will get the chance to see former world title challenger Terdsak Kokietgym (53-5-1, 33) take on Indonesia's Yacob Ton (4-10, 2). This is a mismatch and few will defend it however it will be Terdsak's first bout since his thrilling encounter with Orlando Salido a few months ago and hopefully Terdsak won't damaged good following that fight which was extremely damaging for the Thai.
A third bout on this card will see Petchnamchai KKP (1-0, 1) risking his unbeaten record against the debuting Ricardo Sithsaithong (0-0) in what looks like an even match up on paper though is unlikely to be even at all given what we know about boxing in Thailand.
A small show in Japan, featuring 9 bouts in total, looks to be a forgettable one with only 2 bouts even worth mentioning.
The main event, an 8 rounder, will see Keita Nakano (11-9-3, 2) fight against Takaaki Ishikawa (10-5, 5) in what appears to be a competitive match up though a sub-domestic level one that won't get fans, even domestic ones, excited in the slightest. Although not a great bout both men do need a win and will likely put it all on the line to take home a W. The only other bout worth noting is a 6 rounder that will see Ryuto Araya (6-2-1) taking on Tsubasa Mochizuki (6-4, 2) in a bout we suspect will go the distance considering neither guy has much power on their shots.
In South Korea we get another domestic level card though one that features 2 relatively weak looking title fights.
At Super Middleweight we will see Eun-Chang Lee (7-4, 3) attempt to defend the Korean Super Middleweight title for the first time since winning the title in March. Lee, who lost in Macau to Esquiva Falcao last time out, will be battling against Young-Kyoon Lee (1-13-1) who really shouldn't be in any sort of a title fight given that he has won just 1 of 15 professional bouts.
Sadly the other title bout on the show, a South Korean Super Featherweight bout, is almost as bad as Ik Soo Han (6-3, 1) takes on Jong-Won Won (7-13-1, 3) for the vacant belt. Han last fought 19 months ago, losing a 6th round TKO to Junta Sekimoto in Japan whilst Won hasn't won a bout since July 2009! We understand that titles can interest fans but this is farcical for a title bout.
A third bout on this card will see former female world title challenger Hye-Soo Park (3-7-1, 1) fighting against win-less Thai Dorkmaipah Kiatpompetch (0-3) in what should be a clear mismatch, despite the fact Park isn't a great fighter herself.
In South Africa we will see two Russian's in action in interesting looking bouts.
At Light Heavyweight we will get the chance to see Denis Grachev (13-4-1, 8) take on the unbeaten, and freakishly tall, Thomas Oosthuizen (22-0-2, 13). It's fair to say the loser here will have to forget any dreams of being a world champion whilst a win will likely help them move into contention for a belt. With the stakes so high this could a very good bout however both men have looked poor in recent contests and they may again fail to inspire here.
The other bout will see the heavy handed Roman Belaev (14-0, 10) fighting former world title challenger Ali Funeka (35-4-3, 29) in a bout for the IBO Welterweight title. Belaev has generally impressed us with his power, aggression and style and we suspect he'll show those same traits here against the 36 year old Funeka who we thing could be ready for his first stoppage loss.
(Image courtesy of ALA Promotions)
September 20th-Title fights, come get your title fights!
Some days are busy with great fights, other with mismatches. Today however we get a day of title fights with 3 world titles and various other regional titles on the line
Baja California, Mexico
The most notable bout of the day is in Mexico where Thai veteran Terdsak Kokietgym (53-4-1, 33) battles Mexican veteran Orlando Salido (41-12-2-1, 28) in a really interesting bout for the interim WBO Featherweight title. The bout might only be for an "interim" belt but the two two men will know that a win here will really boost their profile and their chances of fighting for the proper WBO title next year. It's sadly a bout that Terdsak will not be expected to win, though in the past he has shown his ability to be competitive in high profile bouts, most notably his world title bout with Takahiro Ao. This is a tough ask but looks to be a great bout.
It's not just in Mexico that we get a world title bout and in fact we get a brace of them in Osaka, albeit female world title bouts.
The first of those will see veteran Nao Ikeyama (14-3-1, 4) defending her WBO Atomweight title against former foe Masae Akitaya (9-4-3, 2) in what looks to be a competitive contest between two fighters who have already fought in a competitive bout. For Ikeyama this will be a chance to defend her belt and at 44 years old she'll be all too aware that a loss could send her into retirement. For Akitaya this bout isn't just about the title and realising a dream of being a world champion but also about revenge for the fact she lost the first meeting between the two women back in 2010.
The second world title bout on this show will see Kumiko Seeser Ikehara (5-1-1, 3) battle Filipino visitor Gretchen Abaniel (15-5, 6) for the vacant WBO female Minimumweight title that was given up a few weeks ago by Mako Yamada who decided to retire from boxing to focus on other things. We'll be honest, we think Yamada would dominate both of these fighters, likely on the same night, though against each other they should make for interesting contest. Neither is great though neither is awful and at 105lbs we expect to see a more impressive Abaniel than we saw against Ayaka Miyao last November. This could be a really decent fight.
A third contest on this show will be another female contest as Kai Johnson (5-5-3, 2), fresh off the back of her win over Tomomi Takano, takes on Tamao Ozawa (6-2, 2) in a second meeting between the two women who fought this past March. In the first meeting between the two Johnson scored a 2nd round KO over Ozawa and we'd not be hugely shocked to see Johnson score her third successive stoppage victory here.
In Uzbekistan we expect to see yet another title fight as Sherali Mamadjanov (10-1, 5) climbs in to the ring to take on domestic rival Hokim Karimov (3-1, 2) in a bout for the Uzbekistan Middleweight title. The bout is an inaugural title fight and although it's a low profile one it is the main event on a small domestic card in the Uzbek capital city. Knowing that Uzbekistan has a strong amateur line up we hope that shows like this can lure some of the amateurs over to the professional game. Sadly it's not looking likely to happen too much, though we can hope.
In the US we get the chance to see the promising Russian prospect And Konstantin Ponomarev (24-0, 12) battle against Mexican veteran Cosme Rivera (37-18-3-1, 25). This looks to be a good step forward for Ponomarev who will develop a lot from just fighting in the US in bouts like this. Although Rivera isn't the fighter he once was he should still have enough to test the unbeaten Russian.
(Image courtesy of Notifight)
August 3rd-The debut of Ken Shiro highlights a busy day
On Sunday all the action seems to be in Japan as the country gets an insanely busy day with 5 shows in total and a combination of experienced fights, novices and some great bouts
In Osaka there will be 2 shows at the IMP Hall. The first of those shows will be the lesser of the shows and will be headlined by a bout between former Japanese Super Featherweight title challenger Ryota Kajiki (22-9, 14) and the once beaten Shota Yamaguchi (12-1, 8). This is a genuinely exciting bout between two talented fighters who are looking to establish themselves on the title scene. For Kajiki, who lost to Daiki Kaneko, this is a make or break fight having lost 3 of his last 5 whilst Yamaguchi will be trying to build on his victory over Tetsuya Nishinaga and move towards a major fight later this year.
A second bout of significance on this first show at the IMP Hall will see the Japanese ranked Akiyoshi Kanazawa (11-2-4, 5) battle against Shunji Nagata (9-11-2, 3). Kanazawa is unbeaten in 7 fights and although he lacks a major win he is approaching a title opportunity and will know that he risks that chances if he loses here to Nagata.
The second show at the IMP Hall is by far the more interesting one.
Part of the reason that this show is so interesting is the fact that it will feature the debut of youngster Ken Shiro (0-0). Ken Shiro, born Kenshiro Teraji, is a second generation fighter who is tipped very highly and has chosen to test himself on debut by taking on Indonesia's very experienced Heri Amol (34-17-4, 14). Amol is a former OPBF title challenger and a former PABA champion who is, sadly, best known for his tragic fight with Yo-Sam Choi. Amol may be on the slide in his career but this is still a great test for the young Ken Shiro who is being put in the same "super prospect" bracket as the Inoue brothers and Kosei Tanaka.
Another of this shows interesting bouts will see ranked fighters colliding as the unbeaten Shohei Okuda (10-0, 4) battles against Shohei Kanemoto (9-7-1, 3). Both men are ranked in the top 15 domestically at Light Welterweight and the winner of this bout will likely jump up the line in regards to getting a national title fight in the next year or two.
The main event of this show will see former world title challenger Terdsak Kokietgym (53-4-1, 33) fighting against the very heavy handed Tosho Makoto Aoki (17-12-2, 14). Kokietgym was a relatively late replacement for Indonesia's Roy Mukhlis though should still have more than enough to see off the Japanese fighter.*
A third Osaka show will take place at the Sumiyoshi Ward Center and will feature a genuinely brilliant main event as Hirofumi Mukai (9-3-2, 1) battles against Filipino tough guy Marjohn Yap (19-10, 10). Mukai, who lost in a world title fight last year to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, will be looking to get back to winning ways after back-to-back setbacks. Yap is a fighter who is very under-rated due to his record though he has given good tests to good fights such as Ryosuke Iwasa, who was taken 10 rounds by Yap, and Naoto Uebayashi who was given 8 good rounds by Yap. Although Mukai should win this is likely to be a solid test for him especially when you consider his current form.
The most notable of the under-card bouts will see the Japanese and OPBF ranked Kota Tokunaga (12-2, 8) battling against Tatsuya Yoneo (6-4, 1). The bout should be an easy win for Tokunaga but Yoneo has proven his toughness and will be expected to extend the ranked fighter the full distance.
A 4th Japanese card takes place in Aichi. Sadly this show is the least interesting despite having 9 bouts on the show.
The main event on this card will see Shinichi Tsukahara (8-6-2, 3) fighting against Yuji Iwata (6-5-1, 2) in a very weak main event. The bout, although uninteresting on paper, is a rematch from last December that Tsukahara won via a decision.
Although the main event is disappointing we are intrigued by the co-feature which will see Kazuya Maruki (16-2, 10) fighting against Indonesia's Wellem Reyk (17-9-3, 5). Reyk, who was stopped in a round by Jimrex Jaca last year, hasn't got a great record outside of his native Indonesia though Maruki hasn't looked great in bouts where he's not been able to score an early blow out. If Reyk can last more than 3 or 4 rounds this could be an interesting contest.
*We have since been informed that Terdsak has been replaced for this bout with another Thai though we've not yet recieved the
January 10th-PABA title double header and a Dangan show!
Courtesy of Boxrec
It may still be "the new year" but boxing is back in to the swing of things already with fans having already had a chance to see the first world title fight and the first female world title fight of 2014. This Friday sees Asian boxing getting back up and running properly with the first PABA title fights and the first "Dangan" show of the year.
Thailand-Pathum Thani
The first PABA action of the new year is set to take place in Thailand courtesy of Kokiet Group Promotions. The group, one of the biggest promotional companies in Thailand, appear to have a PABA double header (according to boxrec.com) as Thai fighters take on Filipino opposition.
The most notable of the bouts sees former world title challenger Terdsak Kokietgym (51-4-1, 33) defending his PABA Super Featherweight title against the limited, but tough, Mark Sales (20-35-3, 6). Terdsak, who has been in with Juan Manuel Marquez, Joan Guzman, Steve Luevano and Takahiro Ao is certainly the favourite and will be eying up another world title fight later this year if he can get past Sales though the Filipino has proven to be sterner foe than his record shows and does hold a notable victory over Bernabe Concepcion.
We believe, at least according to boxrec.com, that the second PABA title fight will see Samartlek Chaiyonggym (14-4, 5) tackling the experienced Donny Mabao (21-20-1, 4) for the vacant PABA Light Flyweight title. Whilst Mabao, like Sales in the other bout, has a weak looking record it's worth noting he is on an impressive 4 fight winning run with victories over Florante Condes and Mateo Handig. Samartlek will, like Terdsak, be favoured here though we expect this to be much more competitive than the records of the two men suggest.
Unfortunately outside of those two bouts we don't know any other details about the show, other than the fact it will be televised on Thai Channel 7.
Japan-Tokyo
Whilst Thailand's show may have the PABA title fights it's hard to ignore that the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will also be having an interesting show. This show, which currently isn't listed on boxrec, will be "Dangan 91" a C-Class tournament final show which features 11 bouts, all scheduled for 4 rounds.
The bouts here take place between a contracted 48.5KG (106.9lbs) and Light Welterweight with the stand out clashes being Shoma Koga (3-0, 3) against Masahiro Kobayashi (2-1-1, 1) at Lightweight and Ryusei Ishii (1-0, 1) taking on Ippei Azuma (2-0-1, 1) in an interesting Bantamweight bout.
Although Koga is completely unknown outside of Japan he has been scything through opponents, taking just 7 rounds to dispatch his first 3 opponents, who were all unbeaten. Although Kobayashi was beaten last time out he has never been stopped and should prove to be a credible test for Koga who may not hit as hard as his record indicates.
For us the Ishii fight has our attention due to some of the comments we've heard about Ishii. The 17 year old Bantamweight, who debuted last October, is seen as a very promising "under-the-radar" prospect and we're expecting to see him tested here against fellow unbeaten Azuma.
Staying on this show just a moment longer, we'd also advise keeping an eye out for the result of Andy Hiraoka's (1-0, 1) bout with Yoshikuni Hashiguchi (2-3, 1). Aged 17 Hiraoka has been very highly touted since he was 15 and is thought to be one of those youngsters with real long term upside.
USA-Washington
As well as the action in Asia there is also a bout of Asian interest in the US. This will see Mongolian Bayan Jargal (17-4-3, 11) taking on American Zahir Raheem (34-3, 21) in what looks like a genuinely interesting bout. Although Raheem is the more experience fighter he is also 37 and several years beyond his prime so there is a slight chance at what would be a notable upset for Jargal.
We had also hoped that Arash Usmanee would be in action though unfortunately an injury has ruled him out of the show
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Storytelling and MCH: A Conversation with Andy Goodman
AMCHP and March of Dimes Partner on the Second Annual March for Babies
Professional Coaching: An Innovative and Promising Leadership Development Approach for MCH Professionals
View From Washington
AMCHP Staff
AMCHP Strategic Plan
Data and Trends
AMCHP Annual Conference 2011 Highlights
Home Visiting - One Year Later
Prevention and Public Health Fund
Innovation Center Established to Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Costs
Pulse Home
The Community Guide Provides Important Resource on Evidence-Based Practices
The Importance of Sharing Emerging, Promising and Best Practices with the MCH Community
Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Dr. Frieden Charges National and Local CDC Grantees to Help Reduce Teen Births
The Office of Adolescent Health’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program: Partnering to Make an Impact
State Transition Results for Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Promoting Innovations in Adolescent Health Care
Real Life Story
Children’s Safety Network Finds More States Are Selecting Injury-Related Priority Needs and Performance Measures
Meeting the Promise of ACA: How Bright Futures Is Being Used by State MCH Programs
NICHQ Joins the Collaborate for Healthy Weight Initiative to Combat Childhood Obesity
AMCHP Crowd Scan: Top Child Health Priorities
Developing the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Updated State Plan
Pew Study Details State Investments in Home Visiting
HHS Convenes Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Evaluation
The AMCHP Policy Framework: Roles for State Title V Programs in Building Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Regional Consortiums: Marching Forward Toward Better Systems of Care for Everyone
Opportunities and Challenges in Building Systems for CYSHCN
Social Media and Technology: How Our Roles are Changing #infantmortality
HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality Reconvenes
Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality Shares Lessons Learned
CDC Holds SUID Case Registry Pilot Program: Grantees Share Success Stories
SUID and SIDS Prevention Efforts: Families at the Center
A Tale of Two Moms: Family-Centered Care in Pediatric Pulmonary Centers
Family-to-Family Health Information Centers: Connecting Families and Professionals to Resources
Parent to Parent USA – A Partner in Family Involvement: An Interview with Nancy DiVenere
Family Involvement and Family Delegates at AMCHP
AMCHP Working for You: State Efforts to Promote Preconception Health
Interview with Dr. David Lakey, MD, Commissioner of Health, Texas Department of State Health Services on the ASTHO Healthy Babies Presidential Challenge
November is Prematurity Awareness Month
Title X: Promoting Preconception Health through Family Planning
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AMCHP Innovation Station: The Innovation Station is AMCHP’s searchable database of emerging, promising and best practices in maternal and child health. This database allows you to learn more about maternal and child health programs across the United States and to benefit from the lessons learned by your peers.
Highlight your work and submit to AMCHP’s Best Practices today. To submit a best practice, click here.
To learn more about best practices, watch AMCHP’s webinar, “Best Practices 101: AMCHP’s Approach to Collecting, Highlighting and Disseminating Effective Programs in MCH.” Or listen to the audio file.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: For over a decade, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention, has systematically reviewed and recommended clinical preventive services. These recommendations are updated annually and compiled into a pocket guide. Recommendations can be searched by gender and age group.
The AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange: The AHRQ Innovations Exchange is a searchable database of success stories. Major subject areas include clinical settings, stages of care, organizational processes, patient care, and quality improvement, among others. The database offers quality tools, practical tools, learning opportunities, and networking opportunities to meet the innovators.
The Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) Best Practices Project: The ASTDD Best Practices Project features a free online collection of best practice approaches for state, territorial and community oral health programs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Guide, Guide to Preventive Services: The CDC has created a free online database of evidence-based programs and policies. Topic areas covered in the Community Guide range from adolescent health to obesity and the social environment. A total of 19 health topics are addressed. Uses of the community guide include informing policy, programs and services planning, funding opportunities, and general awareness around these topics.
Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University: The MCH Library at Georgetown University offers a combination of MCH information compiled by library staff and pathways to the best MCH information available on other websites, from organizations and in libraries. The following are a couple of evidence-based practices resources:
· Effective Program Practices: A bibliography of materials that highlight evidence-based services, best practices, and evaluated and innovative programs in maternal and child health.
· Effective Community Programs: A list of organizations that provide information on model programs, best practices, and other resources for those interested in evidence-based practices.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Model Practice Database: NACCHO’s Model Practice Database is an online, searchable collection of innovative best practices that address various public health issues. Both maternal and child health and adolescent health best practices are represented in the database.
The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs to Be Replicated: The OAH has reviewed and recommended almost 30 teen pregnancy prevention programs to be implemented in states. Though most are school-based, some teen pregnancy prevention best practices have also been recommended for community-based and clinical settings. The site offers links to the evidence for the program, as well as guidance for implementation.
The Promising Practices Network: This website, operated by the RAND corporation, provides a one-stop shop for promising and best practices in mental health, teen pregnancy prevention, and other maternal and child health-related topics.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP): NREPP is a free online registry of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse interventions.
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Roach scores 21 to lead Texas past Xavier 78-76 in OT
Texas guard Kerwin Roach II (12) drives against Xavier guard Paul Scruggs (1) during an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the NIT on Sunday, March 24, 2019, in Austin, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kerwin Roach II had 21 points, eight rebounds and six assists as Texas narrowly beat Xavier 78-76 in overtime in the second round of the NIT on Sunday.
Roach was fouled on a drive with 20.2 seconds left in overtime and hit 1 of 2 free throws before getting two more attempts after an offensive rebound. He missed both at 16.8 and Xavier had three good looks at tying it but Tyrique Jones’ put-back attempt, and Naji Marshall’s layup, rolled off.
At the end of regulation, Xavier guard Quentin Goodin got his defender in the air to get to the free-throw line with 2.7 seconds left. He made 1 of 2 free throws and Zach Hankins’ put-back attempt at the buzzer was blocked by Jericho Sims.
Courtney Ramey and Jase Febres each added 17 points for Texas (18-16). Sims had 11 points and seven rebounds.
Roach was 7 of 15 at the line as Texas made just 15 of 25, but the Longhorns sank 11 of 24 3-pointers — with five from Febres.
Jones scored a career-high 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting and had 11 rebounds for the Musketeers (19-16). Marshall added 19 points and eight rebounds. Goodin had 14 points.
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Tunapuna Fire Station – 1.9 km
La Hoya (Gym, Pool, Squash) – 1.2 km
Centre of Excellence (Gym, Pool) – 3.2 km
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Grand Bazaar – 4.2 km
Valpark Shopping Complex – 3.3 km
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INTEREST AREA: CREATIVE EDGE ORGANIZATIONS
By Kathy McGuire, June 12, 2008 12:40 pm
Interest Areas: Seven Places To Start Practice Groups !!!
The Interest Areas under “Is This You” at The Creative Edge Focusing website (www.cefocusing.com ) give the First Ten Steps you might take to bring the model of Listening/Focusing into seven whole different areas of living: Organizations, Support Groups and Communities, Relationships, Parenting, Education, Spiritual Communities, and Helping Professions (psychotherapy, counselling, medicine, body work, etc.).
In the next e-newsletters, I will introduce you to each of these Interest Areas and possible First Steps so that you might start a Listening/Focusing practice group in any of these areas.
Below you will find the Introduction to bringing Creative Edge Focusing into businesses, corporations, non-profits, volunteer organizations, any place that has meetings. From www.cefocusing.com with active links to website descriptions of core concepts:
Core Principles of Creating At The Edge
The Creative Edge Organization Method ensures maximum creativity and motivation at every level by encouraging Intuitive Focusing by individuals and Coordinated Collaboration in groups and teams
Maximum motivation arises when people are encouraged to create their lives and solutions to problems from their own Creative Edge.
When organizational structures lose touch with The Creative Edge of individuals, apathy is created.
True change, at any level, from personal to global, happens by engaging The Creative Edge El Borde Creativo of individual human beings. There is no lasting way to impose change from the outside. Lasting change is empowered from the individual entering into collaborative action with other individuals.
The Core Skills of Focused Listening and Intuitive Focusing provide the basic method for individuals, alone, in pairs, or in groups, to access The Creative Edge of thinking and experiencing from which totally new ideas and solutions can arise. They increase creativity and deepen communication and support in any volunteer organization or for-profit corporation.
The Creative Edge Pyramid
The seven methods of The Creative Edge Pyramid insure the application of the Core Skills at every level of organization:
Focusing Alone allows an individual to access the Creative Edge, anytime, anywhere.
Focusing Partnership provides a structure where pairs of individuals can help each other to articulate from The Creative Edge.
Interpersonal Focusing can be used to find The Creative Edge inherent in interpersonal conflicts.
Focusing Groups/Teams support continued Creative Edge exploration.
Collaborative Edge Decision Making provides structures for access to the Creative Edge during group and team meetings, creating innovative, win/win decisions.
Focusing Communities use Listening/Focusing skills to welcome diversity and overcome conflict.
Creative Edge Organization, including The One Small Thing component, insures motivation and “buy-in” from the bottom up, The Creative Edge of each individual.
Focusing and Group Decision Making
The fast-paced, argumentative, competitive nature of much group decision making discussion makes it impossible for anyone to pay attention to and speak from The Creative Edge, the right-brain, “intuitive feel” which can contain the newest, freshest, most innovative solutions. Given the energy expended on simply trying to interrupt and get a turn, participants cannot really listen to the contributions of others.
Under Instant “Ahah!” Collaborative Thinking, you’ll find the simple “How To’s” for groups which Dr. McGuire discovered when she undertook research to describe the difference between aggressive, competitive, and “listening” task-oriented groups. More on Focusing and Group Decision Making.
Win/Win Decision-Making
The most creative solutions, either in individual or in group decision-making, arise when the individual or the group is able to sit with polarized oppositions and wait until a newly-created “third way” can arise. We call this a “win/win” decision : instead of a painful compromise where each side really gives up more than they are willing to, and, later, finds reasons not to carry out the decision, a “win/win” decision, a totally new option, really does contain enough aspects from both sides to produce satisfaction, and thus motivation.
Pure consensual decision making can be extremely time-consuming, since no action can be taken until every member agrees to go along with it. The Collaborative Edge Decision Making (CEDM) method includes the use of Coordinated Collaboration as a method for brainstorming from the bottom/up without having decision-making bog down. More on Win/Win Decision Making.
Bite-sized Projects
The Creative Edge Organization method, with The One Small Thing component, continually breaks down projects to the level where as many individuals as possible can be actively involved in problem solving and decision-making from The Creative Edge and in carrying out projects.
This gives participants a feeling of “ownership” of the group’s work and also the benefits to community building of working together on a joint goal. Although top/down hierarchical structures can also be used for aspects of the work, The One Small Thing component works from the bottom/up to involve every person actively in action and decision-making where that is possible. More on Bite-Sized Projects.
See Instant “Ahah!” Empowerment Organization for a Focusing exercise to find “The One Small Thing.”
CLICK HERE AND SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE WITH “THE FIRST TEN STEPS FOR BRINGING LISTENING/FOCUSING INTO AN ORGANIZATIONS YOU BELONG TO”
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CREATIVITY: FINDING YOUR UNIQUE “TOUCHSTONE”
By Kathy McGuire, February 27, 2008 2:00 pm
See previous blog Creating At The Edge: Culture of Creativity for introduction.
INTUITIVE FOCUSING EXERCISE: THE “TOUCHSTONE MISSION”
So, let’s modify the “One Small Thing” Focusing Exercise a little and use the Intuitive Focusing skill to find the unique “Touchstone Mission” which engages and motivates each of us in our work and living. In groups, teams, or organizations, it is also possible to go further by sharing and nurturing these “Touchstone Missions” in each individual person, while meeting the over-all goals of an organization.
Finding A Talisman Object Symbolizing Your Work
Each individual will use Focusing to find words and images for their unique mission, in their individual work and/or within an organization, the unique contribution which would matter enough TO THEM as an individual to keep them motivated. Then, the individual will use Intuitive Focusing to come up with a symbol and an actual object which could stand as a personal Talisman for this Touchstone Mission, a reminder to return to this source for energy and inspiration.
The symbolic object could be kept on their desk or worn as a lapel button or jewelry, as a reminder to the individual to stay in touch with their Creative Edge and also a way of easily communicating to others this core motivating factor.
For example, for me, the symbol of my Touchstone Mission is a prism: conveying the idea to as many people as possible that finding the “new” comes from using Intuitive Focusing to allow ideas and solutions to arise from the “pause,” from intuitive, right-brain knowing. So, I could wear a prism as a reminder to myself and to others about what matters to me, what motivates me or keep one on my desk. A kaleidoscope serves as a similar talisman for me: a reminder that, through Intuitive Focusing, the entire Gestalt changes, and new ideas and action possibilities arise.
For another person, the motivating factor might be interconnections throughout the globe, and they might wear a globe as their symbol.
For an engineer, it might be perfectly elegant designs, and a symbol of this.
For a human resources person, it might be something about the perfect match between person and job, or low turn-over….whatever it is, a simple symbol of that motivating factor.
Sharing Your Talisman and Touchstone Mission With Others
If deciding to share this exercise with others in a group or team or organization, individuals could share about their symbol and talisman after the Focusing exercise, or a game could be devised throughout an organization, with people visiting colleagues, discovering the talisman object, and learning th Touchstone Mission of the others. A prize at the end for whoever learns the most talismans and missions! Or some such version as an icebreaker at an organizational gathering.
Focusing Instructions: “What is my unique Touchstone Mission, the motivation that can keep my work fresh and alive? What could be a symbol representing this to myself and to others?” 20 minutes
As a group or individually, sit down and get comfortable Click e-newsletter archive for complete Focusing Exercise
Download Dr. McGuire’s article Collaborative Edge Decision Making Method en espanol
The site of new insights and creative solutions is at the edge of what is already known. This edge, The Creative Edge, holds implicit within it all past and future knowing about the problem, more than could ever be put into words in a linear way
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CREATING AT THE EDGE: THE CULTURE OF CREATIVITY
(To catch up with this topic, see Week One Empowerment Organization , Week Two Examples of “The One Small Thing”)
Motivation is a bottom-up, not top-down thing. Each unique individual must be in touch with their own Creative Edge, their own “felt experience” of aliveness and creativity.
Below you find an explanation of why taking the time to “sit with,” pay attention to the “intuitive feel,” the “something more than words” leads to maximum motivation as well as maximum creativity and innovation:
“Core Creativity Cultura De Creatividad
Every individual is born with a unique blueprint. Personal growth is the unfolding of this blueprint
Every problem holds within itself the exact next steps needed for solution
The Creative Edge is a right-brain phenomenon and is physically experienced as the murky, intuitive “feel” of the whole issue
Intuitive Focusing
Creating at the Edge involves a back-and-forth nonlinear process between left-brain “symbolizations” and right brain “felt experiencing”
The Intuitive Focusing skill teaches specific steps which make problem-solving at The Creative Edge and “Ah, hah!” insights a predictable process
Central to Intuitive Focusing is learning to silently “sit with” the murky, intuitive, preverbal “felt sense” underlying an issue before attempting to find words, gestures, or images as “symbolizations
Focused Listening
The Focused Listening skill is a powerful tool for helping another person to create symbolizations out of The Creative Edge and especially in finding the “intuitive feel” for each person in interpersonal situations, turning conflict into creativity
Focused Listening also allows for empathic understanding of the Other and the possibility for conflict resolution which comes from empathic understanding.
Creative Edge Organizations
Individuals are motivated when they are engaged at their Creative Edge. When organizational structures lose touch with The Creative Edge of individuals, apathy is created.
True change, at any level, from personal to global, can only happen by engaging The Creative Edge of individual human beings. There is no lasting way to impose change from the outside.
Lasting change is empowered from the individual entering into collaborative action with other individuals.
Paradigms are fixed perceptual schemata, or Gestalts, which determine beliefs, emotional reactions, and behaviors
Paradigm shifts are the source of true creativity, innovation, and change
Intuitive Focusing results in shifts at the level of paradigms. The kaleidoscope turns, a new Gestalt is created, and new thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are able to arise
Paradigm shifts at The Creative Edge release blocked energy as well as creating new solutions”
Read on at this link or en espanol for the full model of how the use of Listening/Focusing turns within organizations insures motivation rather than apathy and creativity rather than stultification.
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EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION : “One Small Thing” Examples — Corporate, Non-Profit, Grass Roots
Kathy’s Experience: “One Small Thing” Focusing Exercise
(see Week One Empowerment Organization for Introduction)
I did the “One Small Thing” Focusing Exercise included below on my own problem/goal: Getting Listening/Focusing Partnership skills incorporated into existing support groups, such as 12-Step, divorce/bereavement, cancer/other medical conditions, etc.
Here’s what came up! Certainly a novel idea I had never thought of before. I’m not sure I will implement, need to talk with others, but here it is: “Offer a free copy of the Focusing In Community manual to audiences filled with support group facilitators (magazines, e-discussion groups, websites) as a PDF file to support group facilitators signing up for the e-newsletter and/or Creative Edge Practice e-group — or something like that — assume, once they have seen the manual, they will buy the supporting audio/visual materials — or, at least, the word will get out and some will try the skill-training out.
I hope you try out the Exercise on a project important to you. Here are examples for a variety of corporate, non-profit, and grass-roots endeavors, all where “empowerment organization = motivating from the bottom up” was being sought (taken from Instant “Ahah!” #6 in Mini-Manual):
Example One: Achieving Corporate Buy-In
At Old Navy (Business Week, June,19, 2006), Innovation Champion Ivy Ross, catching the MySpace-type lifestyle of today, used a Facebook-style CD in an effort to bind old and new employees into one new group. Every employee filmed three minutes of “something so personal it would take years to discover it.” Ross had new and old employees hungrily viewing the CD. They quickly became bonded into one, new group, “infused — with a close tightness essential for innovation.” Ross had found the “One Small Thing.”
Example Two: Revitalizing the PTO at a public school
The PTO of a public school was languishing. A handful of parents were doing all the work. A new property tax bill dramatically cut funding to the public schools, wiping out PE teachers, art, music, librarians, nurses — The parents suddenly had to raise a whole lot of money from a population of middle to low income parents.
The small group of committed parents started selling Grocery Store Gift Certificates. The PTO could purchase the “scrip” at a 5% discount, resell it to parents to use to buy groceries, and make a 5% profit on something parents had to buy anyway. Everyone had to buy groceries! They sold “scrip” in the front hallway before school and at school events and PTO meetings.
Suddenly, everyone was buying “scrip” – grandparents, neighbors, as well as parents and teachers. People were coming into the school to purchase “scrip” and staying to paint walls or help with reading. The only people who were unhappy were parents who were on food stamps – they were furious that they couldn’t contribute!!!! The PTO had found the One Small Thing that allowed everyone to become involved.
Now, parents had a “stake” in how the money would be spent. Attendance at PTO meetings grew to thirty, making decisions about how to distribute the funds, how to enlarge the “scrip” program. Teachers came to present proposals for funding.
In the first year, the PTO raised $11,000 (at the 5% net profit, gross sales of $220,000!) to hire a part-time PE teacher who would teach the other teachers how to run PE classes. The “scrip” program spread to other public schools and, ten years later, a large banner in front of the town high school reads “Buy Grocery Scrip”.
But, more importantly, the entire school was revitalized. The parents had to establish a “volunteer lounge” at the school to accommodate all the volunteers!
Hypothetical Example: Global Warming
You are Al Gore. You want to get every day citizens involved in the issue of Global Warming. But most people feel apathetic: “Oh, there is nothing that one person can do — it is up to governments.”
Well, maybe it is up to governments — but non-apathetic, engaged citizens are the ones to put pressure on governments. So, you are looking for that “one small thing.” “What is one small thing that masses of people would be willing to do and which would act as a first step toward full engagement?”
Here’s a possibility: Purportedly, “idling” your car greatly increases the output of pollutants. Yet, everyone, without giving it a thought, “idles” at drive-up banks, fast food take-outs, school pick ups. What about a “Stop Idling! Stop Greenhouse Gases” campaign? With bumper stickers, flyers on car windows or handed out at drive-up locations — the double-entendre “Don’t idle and don’t be idle!” —
If you can get people, all over the world, to “Stop Idling!”, you will have them engaged in thinking about global warming every day — and primed to engage in other actions which you initiate.
Empowerment Organization = Motivating From The Bottom Up
You want to find “One Small Thing” that every person in the community or organization can become involved in with minimal effort but maximum sense of satisfaction in contributing something to the larger mission. If the first step of involvement is too big, too difficult, then most people won’t be willing to do it.
So, you have to keep looking until you find something so small that everyone can do it, easily, willingly, yet so important that it will feel like a real contribution, a first step of commitment to the larger cause. Then, you can invite these involved, engaged people into further Collaborative Decision Making about the project.
If your “One Small Thing” project is not having the desired effect, then the step is too big, requires too much motivation or commitment. If that is the case, then you need to look for a smaller step until you find the one that works.
INTUITIVE FOCUSING ON “WHAT IS THE ONE SMALL THING—?”
So, let’s use the Intuitive Focusing skill to find the “one small thing” to engage and motivate your target audience, be it consumers, citizens, volunteers, or employees. Click here for the full Focusing Exercise
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EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION: MOTIVATING FROM THE BOTTOM UP
Motivation = Engagement : Apathy Is The Enemy!
You are charged with finding that “one small thing” which will get every employee or volunteer or citizen fully engaged in your larger projects. No apathy allowed in a Creative Edge Organization!
You want to become alert to noticing apathy, people at any level who are not caring, not involved, and then work at involvement. You want every person actively involved at The Creative Edge, the lively, creative, energized “intuitive feel” of being a living, thinking, involved Co-Creator or Collaborator.
Finding “One Small Thing”
In the ongoing life of your Creative Edge community or organization, the weekly exchange of Listening/Focusing turns in Focusing Partnerships and Focusing Groups or Teams will keep individuals involved at their own personal, unique Creative Edge. However, in addition, or perhaps first or independently, you can use the “One Small Thing” method to find one over-arching project that will get everyone involved.
So, let’s use the Intuitive Focusing skill to find the “one small thing” to engage and motivate your target audience, be it consumers, citizens, volunteers, or employees. This could be the most important decision you make, so, one small session may not be enough, but it will start you thinking about Creative Edge engagement. It will put the pot on the burner so that creative insights can arise now or later. Try out the One Small Thing Focusing Exercise here
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COORDINATED COLLABORATION: THE BEST OF HIERARCHICAL AND CONSENSUAL METHODS OF DECISION MAKING
By Kathy McGuire, January 31, 2008 6:02 pm
COLLABORATION WITHIN HIERARCHICAL SITUATIONS
Here is how I introduce these topics in my article explaining the Collaborative Edge Decision Making method (Metodo de Toma de Decisiones del Borde de Colaboracion ) and, particularly, the Coordinated Collaboration component for allowing collaborative decision making within time-limited and hierarchical settings:
“COMBINING HIERARCHY AND COLLABORATION
Hierarchical and collaborative models of decision making both have strengths and weaknesses. Hierarchical models can breed apathy and alienation, and the absenteeism, low productivity, and carelessness which can result. Collaborative models can lead to an inability to reach conclusions and to carry out effective action and can degenerate into power struggles over leadership. The Collaborative Edge Decision Making Method combines the benefits of both collaboration and hierarchy:
1. Benefits of Collaboration
Collaboration, where people work together as equal colleagues toward a common goal, has the following benefits compared to strict, hierarchical, top-down decision making:
(a) The equal hearing of every viewpoint and the contribution of each person’s unique expert knowledge can lead to win/win decisions which are more inclusive and creative;
(b) Egalitarian expression of disagreement can address weaknesses, producing decisions that are objectively higher in quality;
(c) When participants have a say in decisions affecting them, even when they do not get all of what they want, they experience greater “ownership” of decisions and become more willing and motivated to carry the decisions out;
(d) Working together toward a common goal also produces feelings of friendship and collegiality which lead to greater enjoyment in working together and greater commitment to the group and the organization itself.
2. Benefits of Hierarchy
In most business settings, clear, hierarchical lines of authority and responsibility insure that:
(a) Decisions can be made within prescribed time limits;
(b) Specialized expertise of individuals can be utilized effectively;
(c) An overview of the entire organization’s objectives and projects can be developed by executives, in communication with any advisory Boards and shareholders. This overview can be communicated to managers, who can organize the efforts of work groups toward accomplishing these over-all objectives.
(d) “The buck stops here.” Clear lines of responsibility, and the accompanying power and authority needed to take responsibility, are established.
3. Coordinated Collaboration Component
In pure consensual decision making, a decision is not made until everyone in the group feels able to go along with it. At the very least, dissenting group members have to be willing to say, “I’m not willing to participate in the project that way, but it’s okay with me if you three want to carry it out, “or, “I think there’s a better way to be found, but I’m willing to go along as long as we review the outcome in a month” or some such qualified assent.
If someone is not able to agree in any way, it is assumed that the decision is flawed, some piece of information needed for problem-solving is missing, or not yet articulated, and the group will benefit from spending more time sitting with the decision until an acceptable solution arises. Committees can be formed to gather more information, and group members can spend time individually or in pairs using Intuitive Focusing to look for innovative solutions.
However, in many situations within an organization, decisions have to be made on a timetable and passed along to other collaborative teams or up the hierarchy. Using the Coordinated Collaboration approach of the Collaborative Edge Decision Making method, a Coordinator or Project Manager can set time limits for Collaborative Decision Making and be empowered to make final decisions when the time limits are up and take these to other levels. Coordinated Collaboration allows the benefits of collaboration within the time limits and structured responsibility of hierarchical organization, capitalizing upon the best of both models.”
Actual Steps of Coordinated Collaboration Procedure
Read on to discover the actual steps of the Coordinated Collaboration procedure.
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COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING MEETINGS: HAVING CREATIVE, EFFICIENT MEETINGS
EVERYONE PARTICIPATES IN MEETINGS!
LET’S MAKE THEM PRODUCTIVE AND PLEASANT
If you are in a business or academic setting, you may have decision making meetings many times a week, even several times a day. They may be in a twosome, a small group or team, or a larger group.
There are meetings of religious community committees and non-profit organizations we belong to. And, we have decision making meetings with our significant others, our partners, children, or whole family every day!
Below you will find a link to the simple “How To’s For Groups” which arose from my dissertation research, Listening and Interruptions in Task-Oriented Groups, University of Chicago, 1977, with Eugene Gendlin, creator of Focusing (Focusing, Bantam, 1981, 1984, 2007) as advisor.
You will also be able to download articles explaining the theory and practice around incorporating Focused Listening and Intuitive Focusing into task-oriented meetings.
Main point: creativity and innovation happen when people are allowed enough of a “pause” to check in with their whole intuitive knowledge about an issue or situation. Intuitive Focusing, with Focused Listening, allows space for articulating completely new ideas, not simply recycle old, polarized arguments.
Free Downloads:
Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual
Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages)
“Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual
Over the next four weeks, we will look at incorporating the Collaborative Thinking procedures into groups that you belong to.
You can begin learning now by thinking about the groups you belong to, the meetings you attend:
What are the plusses and minuses of these meetings?
What is the “whole body feel” of being at these meetings?
Do people interrupt each other?
Are conflicts polarized and never changing?
Do people feel free to share their negative feelings about a decision?
Does a minority do all the talking?
Is there a chance to pause to formulate a new but vague idea?
For a complete explanation of the theory behind access to The Creative Edge and innovative decision making, you can download Dr. McGuire’s comprehensive article,
“Collaborative Edge Decision Making Method, ” As a bonus, the Appendix of this article includes Handouts you can use at actual meetings, one for each role in Shared Leadership.
The PRISMS/S Problem Solving Method, with its Core Skills of Intuitive Focusing and Focusing Listening, and the seven methods from The Creative Edge Pyramid for incorporating PRISMS/S at every level of organization, can be explored in the Core Concepts area at Creative Edge Focusing’s website, and the many Free and Purchased resources found there. Articles en espanol
Read the simple How To’s for Collaborative Thinking at Creative Edge Focusing’s website.
Download Dr. McGuire’s article “Collaborative Edge Decision Making” en espanol
Metodo de Toma de Decisiones del Borde de Colaboracion
Read theory connecting Pauses for Intuitive Focusing with Quality of Decisions in an excerpt from Dr. McGuire’s research, “Listening and Interruptions In Task-Oriented Groups”
Learn more about Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening and Creative Edge Organizations at Creative Edge Focusing’s website, filled with free downloads on creativity, spirituality, collaborative thinking, parenting, innovation in business, and many other aspects of application of Focusing and Listening skills at home, at work, in your community, and globally.
Download our Instant “Ahah!”s Mini-Manual (”Ajas” Instantaneos en espanol) for ten exercises bringing Listening and Focusing into your everyday life starting today.
Download our complete Intuitive Focusing Instructions to start practicing Relaxation, Getting a Felt Sense, and Intuitive Focusing today!
See actual demonstrations of Listening/Focusing in our Self-Help package, a manual in English or Spanish, four CDs of Focusing Instructions, and a DVD with four demonstrations of actual listening/focusing sessions — everything you need to start your own Listening/Focusing Partnership or Support Group or to incorporate these basic self-help skills into existing support groups.
In the side bar at Creative Edge Focusing, subscribe to our free e-newsletter for weekly reminders to practice Relaxation and Focusing exercises and join our free yahoo group, Creative Edge Practice, for ongoing demonstrations, practice, and support.
Find classes/workshops/phone coaching in our Listings section or Coaching/Classes/Consulting with Dr. McGuire in the Store.
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Watching Telly: DOND On Tour
By Brig Bother | October 24, 2016
Well we all know what Deal Or No Deal is so I won’t furnish you with those details. You’re probably aware that the show has been axed but it’s being allowed a two-week farewell tour series to cap the show off.
Now in the show’s 11-year history I never got to the Dream Factory to see an episode being filmed live, so when I heard last week that they were filming an episode in London at Alexandra Palace I leapt at the chance. In a joke on Facebook I compared going to see it at this late stage the TV equivalent of going to see Hear’Say after one of them had left but I’m really glad I went. The whole thing feels like the sort of thing they should have done years ago, especially as the live ones did so well.
It sounds like the idea behind this is that the game is so simple you can take the game anywhere, and so far I gather that they’ve filmed an episode in a biodome at The Eden Project, the Trafford Centre, on board The Flying Scotsman and coming soon in an apparent television first (except a gameshow in mid-air has actually been done before) during a flight on a Boeing 747.
As such the sets are rather more minimalist – each box opener gets a perspex plinth to rest their box on. The board is hysterically low tech – the cash amounts are written on paddles which a member of the audience collared into doing it spins round to remove them, looking not unlike a sort of jackpot game you used to get on quiz TV channels. Atop that is a large-ish monitor for close ups of the contestant’s photos and the like, it would have been nice if it showed the boxes being opened but never mind.
The contestants on this tour are people who were waiting on the wings the last time the show was filmed 18 months ago. They bring along friends and family to open the boxes, a few of the boxes are given over to people who work at the place Deal has decended upon.
The game is Classic DOND – no button, no Box 23. We always thought Box 23 was rubbish anyway. The show is all about finding a contestant’s pain point and watching them agonising over a decision (this was a great game today incidentally, gripping stuff), Box 23 rarely provided this.
The audience were in the round. There were about 400 people packed in the Palm Court.
Today’s recording was about three hours and for most of us we were standing throughout. They did put a limited number of seats in for the older folk (of which there were many), I did wonder if we were going to have a Pensioner Rebellion when the audience guy announced it was going to be a standing show (they probably should have made this clearer on the application). There wasn’t much stopping once they started. I have newfound respect for contestants who were filming three or four episodes a day back in the day, that’s a lot of time on your feet!
Mark Olver’s a really good warm-up. To be honest it’s quite nice going to see a warm-up and not know exactly what jokes are about to come out.
Props to the sound guy who spent the first twenty minutes of the recording panicking behind me when he couldn’t get some clip mics on the pre-selected board turners working properly only for Noel to go and choose somebody completely different and already stood near the board anyway. Who probably hadn’t yet signed a release form.
Noel’s brilliant. Regardless of some of his nuttier opinions in real life, there really are few people who can sell a show like this, who can build up the drama and just react and go along with wherever the game happens to go. I’d be fascinated to know how much is pre-prepared, the contestant today picked her brother who suggested he could do a better job than Noel. So Noel lets him do it for about five minutes whilst coaching him, but after the break makes him wear a Noel-esque wig that just happened to be in his suit. I want to believe someone on the production was quick thinking enough to arrange that during a break.
Anyway I think the show’s definitely going out with a bang. Doing the show in unusual never-been-done-before places is such a Noel Edmonds way of going about it, as such the campaign for the titles for these shows to be a shot for shot recreation of The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow begins here:
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26 thoughts on “Watching Telly: DOND On Tour”
Brig Bother Post author October 24, 2016
Oh, and they made a gag that they hoped the quarter mill wouldn’t be won as there was no confetti cannon. Noel did follow it up with “we do have a contingency, though.”
Mister Al October 24, 2016
As somebody who sat in the Bristol audience for 322 games, I find this statement ironic.
Oh dear! I’ve only seen him a handful of times before (certainly compared to the regular London ones whose jokes I can list). It’s mainly shouting at people but he does it with a certain charm.
I wasn’t having a go at Mr Olver there. I even enjoyed it when I was the person he was shouting at. He was always the best of the warm-ups I saw in Bristol, but when he’s standing in front of ten different audiences every week he’s going to repeat the odd routine now and then. Like calling me a sad nerd, for example (in a friendly way, of course).
I’m not sure I can imagine him being *actually* nasty about someone.
Although he’s the only warm-up I’ve seen to actively tell people off if they’ve got their phone out. They just leave that to security at The London Studios.
Simon October 24, 2016
DOND always told audiences their phones had to be switched off before filming (because it interfered with their cameras).
Every show says this.
Unless you’re Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit. I’ve largely suspected it to be rubbish and they just don’t want the set design to get out.
Actually another thing I noticed that I didn’t know was usual or not, each box had an LED strip light underneath the number. Has this always been the case?
Daniel H October 24, 2016
The boxes on the show are lit by lights in the desk so maybe to mimic that but if you mean they’re stuck to the box then I think that’s new.
I presume they box openers didn’t operate the lights at all as they do have lights on the front of the desks these days to indicate whether the wingers would have dealt.
Yes, stuck to the box. Some of them weren’t working. I can’t imagine them being strong enough as uplights by the looks of them but I’m not a cameraman.
No Deal buttons today, although Noel did do a sweep down the wings like it was 2005. All we were missing was a speed round.
John R October 24, 2016
How did they decide on which ten of the remaining ‘wingers’ got to play the On Tour shows?
Similarly whether there’s something special planned for the other contestants on the very last show I don’t know.
Tom H October 25, 2016
I suspect they may be doing 10 specials so they all get a go – as Brig mentioned, Noel mentioned about four or five filming locations and the blurb in the press release when the tour was announced talked about taking the show the length and breadth of the country.
I’m not sure the numbers work unless they fiddle something, they’d still be 21 people on the wings at the end of the last recording session.
I should add this in the main body but I’m in bed now: the contestant has a free pick of all 22 boxes. It looks like the box openers still draw to see which boxes they get. Swaps still offered.
John R November 3, 2016
How long do SRO generally take to get back to you? Applied for a ticket for Blackpool yesterday evening and not heard anything yet (Show is on Monday so not much of a window!)
Brig Bother Post author November 3, 2016
Depends how subscribed they are. You may yet hear back this evening, but a day or two sounds about right.
In my experience re: Ally Pally: applied Wednesday afternoon, got ticket drop through Thursday at 1am, but I also had a priority note on my file. I would imagine if you don’t hear by tomorrow afternoon you’ve been unlucky.
According to my email client, the ticket came through at 3:54am so there you go
Simon November 4, 2016
Same here. Just trying to work how early I need to be there before the time they say they will be there from (I don’t have a priority ticket).
Mind you if I get there too early, there are certainly more boring places to be hanging around that Blackpool promenade.
We will still be there from 2.15pm but the studio doors will now open at 4.15pm and close at 4.45pm. We expect the recording to finish by 8.00pm.
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…That’s annoying really, as it is cutting my last train a bit fine! Although I suppose it is Blackpool so worst case scenario is you can get a bed for the night for about 99p anyway
Just on the way back from Blackpool
The pilgrims sat in the ballroom (about 600!) but all the actual gameplay was taking place at the top of the tower in a very narrow space so we got a video link and Mark Olver. Noel did pop down to say hello!
Other than that it was basically just standard Deal, lots of retakes as it is very hard to move around Noel the contestant and a camera at the top of Blackpool Tower!
Anyway the plan is the ballroom pilgrims get asked for advice on the offers so Mark Olver may be about to make a rare Deal on screen appearance
Sadly I had to leave just before 2 box due to last train constraints so even I’m a bit in the dark until December / January
Interesting! At least you got to sit down.
How could I miss the most important bit – one of the advantages to being in the Tower ballroom was the well placed bar (and toilets) at the back, sadly the beer wasn’t paid for courtesy of The Banker but apparently the teas and coffees might have been on the house
Also I now have a stick of Deal rock to munch on as The Banker did one of his little ‘games’ in the first round. I can’t help wondering what would have happened to all the rock otherwise though?!
The funniest part of the whole thing was *minor spoiler warning* after the contestant dealt for the proveout he went straight for the box he said they were keeping until the end cue Noel having to explain the whole ‘play on as if you were in live play’ crazy how after 11 years a contestant doesn’t grasp that idea!
Apparently they had rigged the lights up on the actual tower so they turned red or blue depending on each box contents, be nice to see that on the actual TV. Some very funny banter with Noel and The Banker too, it really does work quite well outside of Bristol but is quite a pain to set up and record, unlike the well oiled machine of 3 shows a day in the dream factory!
I did up my count of missing my train because a DOND filming overran to 2 (the first was Dale’s £100k win). Thankfully I had an inkling that a 30 minute gap between the stated end of filming and my last train was cutting it a bit fine, so had stuck a few overnight things in my bag) – plus if you can’t find a spare hotel room in Blackpool on a Monday night the day after the Illuminations finish, you’re not really looking.
Chris M. Dickson December 3, 2016
For the sake of organisation, I’ll scroll back to the last DoND-themed post…
Today I went for a birthday dinner featuring, as another guest, a prominent University Challenger and a current collaborator of the estimable Mr. B. We discussed said guest’s quiz show involvement in his university quiz days. He was on one of the first dozen or so episodes of The Weakest Link and said that, when they were auditioning long before the show began, he asked the production staff who the host would be. They said “At the moment we think it might be Noel Edmonds”.
A thought-experiment we pondered: what would a world be like where Noel Edmonds “got” The Weakest Link… and Anne Robinson hosted Deal or No Deal?
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Artist: Edward Berge (1876 - 1924)
Active: Maryland
Title: At the Water's Edge
Category: Sculpture
Signature: In mold, on base
Style: Realism
Subject: Figure
Seller's Notes/Description: This edition was cast from Berge's original terra cotta model by Szymanski Gallery of Beverly Hills in the 1980s in Los Angeles. This high quality domestic bronze was designed to be used in a fountain. If the piece were drilled and plumbed as intended by Berge, the fish on the base will be squirting streams of water on to the seated model. Certificate of Authenticity will be included.
Click on the image above for a full size view.
The following biography is from the archives of askART.
A Baltimore, Maryland sculptor Edward Henry Berge was known for his bronze monumental works and figures. He studied at the Maryland Institute and the Rinehart School in Baltimore and the Academie Julian in Paris.
In the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, his work was briefly described by art historian Sheldon Cheney in his 'Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition'. "Perhaps the best way is to start first to familiarize oneself with the smaller bronzes of the purely lyric type, the charming garden figures, sun-dials, and miniature fountains, that make up such an attractive part of the collection. Note how often the names of Edward Berge, Janet Scudder and Anna Coleman Ladd recur in connection with this graceful, intimately appealing sort of sculptureOn another day take the intermediate group, that is dignified but less austere in theme - such works as Sherry Fry's 'Peace,' and Berge's 'Muse Finding the Head of Orpheus.' Studied systematically, there is in this series of statues a broad education in the appreciation of sculpture."
http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/Art_Lovers_Guide_to_Expo/Art_Lovers_Guide_Chap_12.html
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
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Promo Tour and Book Giveaway: Stronger by Suzanne Jenkins
STRONGER by Suzanne Jenkins
Karen Pruitt and friends came to New York on a long weekend holiday sponsored by the airlines she’d worked for, meeting FBI Special Agent Michael Calder at a bar in Greenwich Village. “I couldn’t help hearing your accent,” he’d said, a lame pick up line at best but truthful.
“We’re from England,” she replied, smiling, sweeping him off his feet.
His love for her took him by complete surprise. Not looking for a relationship, Michael was twice her age and a confirmed bachelor, which he later realized he should have stayed. Grumpy, crotchety, irritable were words used to describe him around the office. Everyone noticed the difference on Monday; he was glowing.
“Isn’t it the woman who is supposed to shine from within?” His boss, Jeremy Fisher asked, the other agents laughing at Michael’s expense.
“I don’t know, but I can tell you, whatever this is, I like it.”
But after eleven years, and three children later, Karen never adapted to life in New York, and she fled back to England without Michael. Broken-hearted, Michael isn’t alone for long, dating a woman young enough to be his daughter, who is obsessed by walking in New York Fashion Week.
When his team puts a mobster behind bars, no one in Michael’s circle of colleagues and family will be safe. Will Karen be able to forgive him when his job threatens her life?
Leaving her three children home alone as usual, she’d get in an early morning run. The sun was just below the horizon, a thin line of brilliant magenta fading to purple then to black overhead. Seeing the beginning of a beautiful morning was worth losing the sleep. It was about an hour earlier than her usual run. She had so much work to do that day that when her bladder woke her, she would take advantage of it and get an early start. Rain was in the air; she could smell it, a mossy, metallic scent, and the little bit of light at that hour lit a boiling sea, the whitecaps rolling in from as far as the eye could see.
“Maggie,” she whispered to her fourteen-year-old daughter, the oldest, “I’m going to go out for a run. I’ll be back in an hour.”
“What time is it?” Maggie moaned, her arm thrown over her forehead.
“Just six. I’ll be back in an hour,” she repeated.
Kissing her on the cheek, Karen Calder tiptoed out of the bedroom, out of the house, and into the frozen mist. Close to Cherry Lane, which lay between the house and a waist-high stone wall separating it from the Atlantic Ocean, she paused at the opening to a path that wound down the dune to the beach. She’d taken the path a hundred times, a thousand times, but at that hour the tide was still up a little far for a run.
The lane dead-ended just beyond the last cottage, so traffic was rarely a problem outside of the few year-round residents. A lone car, a dark, nondescript sedan, was parked down a bit behind her, but the lights flicked on, and it drove past Cozy Cottage. Even from a distance, the driver looked like a caricature, an Elvis impersonator, with a thick head of hair and dark glasses—odd for dawn. A cloud of exhaust in the cold trailed behind the car. Karen pulled her scarf up higher, laughing.
“People are so funny,” she muttered before stepping back onto the cobblestones.
Pacing her steps along the dusty lane, the air was cold enough that she could see her breath. The way stretched out ahead of her. It took a full mile to warm up, each step torture even for Karen, who was in excellent physical condition, and she longed to return home to her warm bed. She fought the battle to keep going until her muscles finally warmed up. Her breath matched her pace: ha in, na out, ha na, ha na, ha.
Running in the morning forced order upon her life—first caring for body and mind made her a better woman, leading to a better mother, friend, and colleague. Singleness was growing on her after two years, and she had no desire to integrate a man into her life with her three children. They were thriving, too.
The warm-up almost complete, no matter how many years she ran for health, that mile mark lurked ahead of her, and when she passed it, it was like magic. Legs limber, her body temperature comfortable in spite of the cold, Karen increased her speed, breaking into a sprint that she’d maintain for the next five miles.
Her scarf was up over her mouth, and it was soon saturated with condensation, so she pulled it down again, the cold air hitting her wet chin. In that maneuver, she was distracted, and he came at her from behind, grabbing onto her arm, knocking her to the ground with a blow to her head, and before she could scream, her mouth made contact with the pavement, teeth jarring, the taste of blood, and within seconds, she was out cold.
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We See Fireworks
A one off light and visual experience called We See Fireworks will take place at Brunel’s Old Station this weekend.
This unusual exhibition plays on light, sounds and darkness to create a haunting experience that will live long in the memory.
We See Fireworks involves hundreds of voices that gently unfold in the darkness with funny, vivid stories of incredible performances gathered from around the world. This is a real spectacle for all the family and includes everything from big dance numbers to ghost trains which will touch your heart and change your view of theatre forever.
Critiquing the performance, Real Time, Australia said: “We See Fireworks is as simple as it is brilliant, exemplifying the opening possibilities of a new form: no stage, no performers, but a deeply meaningful experience.”
We See Fireworks takes place at Brunel’s Old Station near Bristol Temple Meads Station between 11am and 6.30pm. Join us to experience this one off audio-visual feast!
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One Day Meeting: 50 years of Dilution Refrigerators
16th September 2015, University of Manchester Organised by the History of Physics and Low Temperature Groups of the Institute of Physics The principle of cooling below 0.3K by dissolving the isotope 3He in liquid 4He was proposed by Heinz London in the early 1950s. It was realised in 1964 in Leiden (0.22K), in 1965 in Manchester (0.065K), in 1966 in [...]
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Playing God Film Series 2015
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How do we anticipate and comprehend worlds just beyond our grasp? How do we find ways of understanding and portraying the interplay between science and religion on film? As part of the Wellcome Trust funded Playing God Project the Science Entertainment Lab at the University of Manchester will host a film series in the spring [...]
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CFP Stories About Science: Exploring Science Communication and Entertainment Media, University of Manchester, 4-5 June 2015
We are now in a golden age for science in entertainment. Academy Award winning films such as Gravity and television ratings titans like The Big Bang Theory have proven that science–based entertainment products can be both critically acclaimed and financially successful. In fact, many high profile scientific organizations including the US National Academy of Sciences [...]
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Hill: Nuclear talks to restart soon
North Korea's negotiator for the six-party talks Kim Kye-gwan arrives at Beijing's airport January 22, 2007. North Korea has agreed to resume six-country talks aimed at winding up its nuclear arms program soon. [Reuters]
BEIJING -- The US envoy to talks on North Korea's nuclear program said Monday he believed there was potential for progress in the next round of negotiations and that China would soon announce a start date.
The comments follow pledges by the key players, Washington and Pyongyang, to strive for progress in the slow-moving negotiations.
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The Chinese-organized international talks took on added urgency after North Korea alarmed its neighbors in October by exploding a nuclear bomb. But the latest round ended in December in Beijing with no breakthroughs.
US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told reporters that Washington was disappointed with the lack of progress in the December round but that he believed there was "a basis for making progress" when negotiators meet again, without giving details.
Meanwhile, South Korean media reported that North Korea has agreed to discuss the disarmament of its nuclear weapons when talks resume, which would mark a shift in the North's stance.
North Korea agreed to directly address moves to disarm when Hill and the North's chief nuclear envoy, Kim Kye Gwan, met in Berlin last week, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing unidentified diplomatic sources.
Previously, Pyongyang said it would not discuss nuclear disarmament unless the United States first lifted financial restrictions imposed for the North's alleged counterfeiting and money laundering.
Separate talks between the US and North Korea on the financial sanctions issue were also expected to resume soon, but no date or location had been fixed yet, Hill said.
"I think they will be very soon, probably the same time or before the six party talks," he said.
Hill said that in talks Sunday with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, the two sides agreed the high-level negotiations should start again "as soon as possible."
"We hope that the Chinese government will be able to announce soon the start up of the talks," he said. China, the host of the negotiations, is expected to arrange a date for the talks with the parties to the talks, including North Korea, Japan, South Korea, and Russia, Hill said.
North Korea's Kim arrived in Beijing Monday for talks with the Chinese side, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, without giving specifics.
South Korea's nuclear envoy, Chun Yung-woo, also arrived in Beijing for talks and a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said on customary condition of anonymity that he was to meet China's Wu.
Hill was due to return to Washington Monday after a tour to brief Japan, South Korea and China about his meeting in Berlin with Kim. The two sides agreed then to restart talks as soon as possible and strive for concrete progress.
Report: Nuclear freeze for aid
North Korea and the United States came close to agreement last week that North Korea freeze its nuclear activity and allow international monitoring in exchange for aid, a news report said Monday.
The potential movement toward a breakthrough came during talks in Berlin last week between the North's nuclear envoy, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, and his US counterpart, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported, citing unidentified officials in Seoul and Beijing.
Kim offered to halt the operation of the five-megawatt reactor at the North's main nuclear complex and other nuclear activity while allowing monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency as first steps toward dismantling its nuclear programs, the paper said.
In return, Kim demanded that the United States provide the impoverished North with economic and energy aid and show "sincerity" in efforts to resolve a dispute over Washington's imposition of financial restrictions against Pyongyang, the report said.
Hill responded positively to Kim's request for aid, the paper said.
It did not say how the US diplomat reacted to the North's request over the financial dispute, but said the US is expected to negotiate how to relax the restrictions in financial talks with the North expected this week.
South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon declined to confirm the report, but said the Berlin talks broadly touched upon the financial issue.
Song also told YTN television that the US and the North have the willingness to resolve the row in a way that "fulfills each other's needs." He didn't elaborate.
The financial row was the main sticking point that deadlocked last month's six-party nuclear talks involving China, Japan, Russia, the United States and the two Koreas, the first such session since the North's nuclear test in October.
A date has not been set for the resumption of the international nuclear talks, but Hill said after the Berlin meetings that the sides agreed to meet as soon as possible.
South Korea's nuclear envoy, Chun Yung-woo, left Monday for Beijing on a two-day trip for talks with his Chinese counterpart. Chun plans to meet Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei later Monday, according to a Foreign Ministry official who spoke on customary condition of anonymity citing policy.
Song, the South's foreign minister, said Chun's discussion with Wu will be about when to resume the nuclear negotiations and how to make progress when they reopen.
Song also indicated that Chun could meet his North Korean counterpart Kim, who reportedly arrived in Beijing Monday for talks with the Chinese side.
"Chief envoys to the six-party talks can meet at anytime and anywhere if they deem it necessary," he said.
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By Zhuan Ti | China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-02 08:14
Residents and tourists take a break at a park in Xiamen, Fujian province. [Photo by ZHU QINGFU/CHINA DAILY]
As the historical starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, Fujian province's universities are exploring opportunities to expand their ties with and presence in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
The institutions have founded new programs and centers, drawing academic communities from various countries closer together.
Xiamen University has established its first overseas branch in Malaysia. It is said to be the first of its kind to be entirely funded by a Chinese university and is an independent campus. Construction started in October 2014, with the branch welcoming its first batch of students in February 2016.
Zhu Chongshi, president of Xiamen University, said most of the students at the new branch are from Malaysia, China and other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Its goal is to become a comprehensive international university, according to Zhu.
"It is definitely not an easy job to set up an overseas branch," he said.
Malaysia is an Islamic country with multi-ethnic groups and a diversified culture, he explained. It is also different from China in terms of its political systems and laws.
"This reminds us to keep our eyes open all the time," he said. "Whatever decisions we make, we have to abide by Chinese laws as well as Malaysian laws."
The cultural and custom differences require teachers to adjust their teaching methods and take religious factors into consideration.
Zhang Bing, a teacher from Fujian Police College, said the school has trained nearly 400 policemen and law enforcement officers from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America since 2010.
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has held nearly 100 training sessions covering traditional Chinese medical knowledge, such as acupuncture, for foreign medical staff members from more than 10 countries since 1986.
Huaqiao University has run a Mandarin language training class for officials from Thailand for more than 10 years.
More than 600 officials have participated in the classes, including officials from many important government departments in Thailand.
More countries have planned to join similar language programs run by the university.
Zeng Lu, vice-president of Huaqiao University, said more and more institutions are motivated by the Belt and Road Initiative to go abroad. However, universities should seek an area, which is suitable for them to seek international cooperation, he said. For instance, not all the universities are qualified to provide language training.
"Many universities are promoting similar language training, which has caused cutthroat competition," he said.
Ye Yang, an official from the Department of Education in Fujian, said that in order to attract students from countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, the provincial government has earmarked a special fund to set up a special scholarship for students from these countries.
Statistics from the Fujian provincial education department showed that by August this year, there were 8,836 foreign students studying in the province with the help of Chinese government scholarships.
This year, Fujian province set aside 10 million yuan ($1.52 million) in funding for foreign students. A large part of the funding will go to students from countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. So far, 369 students from Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos and Singapore have benefited from the fund.
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By Hervé St-Louis
Jan 11, 2003 - 15:46
The new Ultimate Captain America action figure from Diamond Select is a mixed pleasure. Diamond, America's largest comic book distributor has licenced several Marvel characters so they could release deluxe action figures. They are available exclusively in comic book shop and the direct market.
Diamond's aims seemed to be to create a DC Direct alternative for Marvel characters, usually made by the latter's Toy Biz division. Diamond has also been involved in the development of exclusive action figures for other popular animation and comic book properties such as the Battle of the Planets and Astro City. Nonetheless, Toy Biz produced the figures for Diamond.
Marvel's Toy Biz has been introducing several deluxe action figures of their characters in their Legends series that seems to compete with DC Direct's 6 inches line. However, a quick glance at the Marvel's Legends figures and Diamond's offering lets any regular action figure fan see the differences. The Legends' figures are more articulated and much cheaper.
In absolute business terms, one wonders why Diamond would license Marvel characters that it then sells to the same people buying Marvels regular offering. It must make business sense for them. Just looking at the Diamond line can tell us why. Diamond markets its figures closely with specific comic books' stories or events. Marvel's Legends figures are more timeless.
The Captain America action figure is the first Diamond Select release of 2003. Just before the Christmas holidays, Diamond treated fans with the Elektra figure. Just like the Elektra figure, the Ultimate Captain America comes with a complete diorama set. His' being a brick wall and a stand filled with World War Two German military objects.
Like all Diamond Select figures, the Captain is a seven-inch figure. This reviewer would have preferred six inch figures. Diamond's figures do not look right next to six inches figures such as DC Direct. Even large figures, such as The Martian Manhunter and Vandal Savage look like dwarves next to the Captain. However, other Diamond Select figures match each other's scales
The Captain America figure contains the same robust plastic found in other Select offering. It won't break apart or leak that gooey oil found in the articulations of many other action figures. The elements of the diorama consist of solid rubber. They assemble at the base. Without his stand, the Captain can stand upright but he doesn't seem very sturdy.
The Captain comes with a crest-shaped shield with handles, a styled grunt's helmet with non attachable bands, a harness and an American flag that he holds in his right hand. A hand gun would have been more appropriate for the World War Two Captain.
Captain America's sculpt matches the comic book designs created by Brian Hitch in the Ultimates' comic book. The woven fabrics of his clothes are visible. Each button and leather crack appears on the costume. The harness contains its share of details and the designs on the shield are sculpted. Similar details can be found when removing the Captain's helmet.
The paint job suffers somewhat. The red bars on the Captain's shirt bleed on the white ones. The white star in the middle of the shirt shows the original blue plastic. The Gold paint on the flag pole is full of errors. However, the paint in the character's face, his harness and other areas have some pleasant dirt shades. With the woven fabric style, it looks interesting.
The articulation on the Captain is poor. Diamond clearly favours sculpting and looks. The neck is ball jointed. The Captain's head can nod in the front, the back and sideways. This allows for cool posing. The shoulders are also ball jointed. The harms, the wrists, and the waist can twist but there are no joints at the elbows. Bellow the waist, the Captain is stiff. Perhaps that's why the packaging describes him as a statue.
The packaging for the figure is fragile at best and voluminous. Several packages at the comic shop were already opened. For the cost of the figure, this is a serious flaw. Diamond Select figures cost more than equivalent DC Direct action figures.
Overall, this figure is a mixed blessing.
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Supreme Court Requests Answer Regarding Van Houten Parole Reversal
Posted on November 8, 2016 by cielodrive.com
Nov. 8 – The California Supreme Court has requested the Attorney General provide evidence that Leslie Van Houten is currently an unreasonable risk for parole.
In April, the California Board of Parole Hearings, noting decades of favorable psychological evaluations and an exemplary prison record, recommended the 66 year-old Van Houten for release.
“After these 46 years, we looked for even a singular issue to demonstrate an indicia of evidence that creates a nexus to current dangerousness,” Commissioner Ali Zarrinnam told Van Houten in April. “There just isn’t one anymore.”
The decision outraged many and led to a campaign that culminated in victims’ family members hand delivering Governor Jerry Brown, upwards of a hundred thousand signatures from people opposing Van Houten’s release.
In July, Brown weighed in and reversed the decision, stating, “I have considered the evidence in the record that is relevant to whether Van Houten is currently dangerous. When considered as a whole, I find the evidence shows that she currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison.”
In response, Leslie Van Houten’s attorney, Richard Pfeiffer, filed a writ of Habeas Corpus in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The fifty page writ outlined a history of inconsistent positions made by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office; claimed the office withheld exculpatory evidence in denying access to the Tex Watson tapes; and challenged that the Governor’s decision to reverse Van Houten’s parole was not supported by the record. According to Pfeiffer, “The real reason for the Governor’s reversal is the name Manson.”
In October, Superior Court Judge William Ryan denied Pfeiffer’s writ, stating that there was “some evidence” to support Brown’s decision because of Van Houten’s lack of insight. Pfeiffer promptly filed another writ in the Appellate Court where it was also denied.
The issue is now before the state Supreme Court, who informed the Attorney General that the “petitioner has established a prima facie case for relief, such that this court should grant the petition for review, and transfer the matter to the Court of Appeal with instructions to issue an order to show cause.”
The Attorney General will have until November 23 to file an answer and the court will make a ruling on or before December 30.
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70 Responses to Supreme Court Requests Answer Regarding Van Houten Parole Reversal
Hillary Mack says:
This is great. Manson, Van Houten two separate people. Hope she is released.
Dotcommie says:
Good. She’s done enough time, and has a perfect 45 yr prison behavior record. I. Sure she would have given blood if she was asked to. Possibly the victims themselves may even ageee. No I’m not sure of that, but you never know with human nature…
No, she killed along with the family members. She was given Life and should never be able to be released from Prison.
Great news. Free Lulu. She has paid her dues and is in no way whatsever of being a danger. Hang your head in shame Governor Brownca
Black Heart says:
Leslie met all the requirements for release according to the parole board. This case shows that California has a faulty parole appeals process. By sending decisions of the board to the governor takes judgements from the law and places them into the hands of slimy politicians like Moonbeam.
What is concerning here is the integrity of the law, not sympathy for Leslie. The law is not supposed to bend with what is popular but rather remain faithful to what the people wrote into the code. That code says that Leslie earned release.
The AG is out of bullets. He,she, it, cannot show reasonable cause for keeping Van Houten locked up. Now we’ll see if the California supreme court has any integrity. The parole boards know inmates inside and out and make judgements on their records. What the hell does a politician know about the case details?
By the way, the court should order LA County to show cause as to why they haven’t released the Watson tapes. It’s unlikely that LASO has an ongoing investigation. My guess is there is something on those tapes that is highly embarrassing to LA County law enforcement.
My guess is that LASO had an informant next to Manson at Spahn’s and received a hot tip on or about 7 August that something big was cooking. LE didn’t act and could have. If this be the case, they may keep this to themselves to protect the informant’s life even today.
Janet Palirano says:
Manson and Van Houten were both in the LaBianca home the same night- SAME CRIME, same murder. If it was your home they broke into last night you would not be separating her from Manson in your opinion- you would be stabbed 41 times like Rosemary LaBianca was!!
Prison is for punishment, not just for rehab. She belongs there.
Tony Nathanson says:
Anyone who supports releasing this dirtbag should be required to put her up at THEIR house.
The only thing that went wrong was that these animals were not put to death. To let them back into society for any reason would be wrong and life in prison simply should mean life especially when it is given in the place of death.
Robin Ridenour says:
All of these monsters were originally given the Death penalty. It was the commuted to Life. She should be thankful they still get to breathe. The victims sure do not. Keep her in prison. Whoever wants her release can let her room with them. Just keep your eyes open, and get rid of any electrical chords and pillow cases. She has habit of using them for her own gain.
Suzanne Sutherland says:
Doesn’t matter whether she sadistically murdered 47 years ago or last week – she must live out the rest of her life in jail. Releasing her just sets a precedent for more scum of society to be let out. And so what that she has led an exemplary life behind bars. Who cares? She should be glad she is even breathing. Can’t say that about her victims.
Cybele Moon says:
unfortunately this is the law in California and maybe other states. I never understood how a something as final as a death penalty could be then changed to life “with the chance of parole every 7 years.” That never made sense. If she does get out she probably won’t be a danger at her age. However, her life has been ruined by the crime in which she participated. She has spent it behind bars, never having the full life most of us take for granted. How she will adjust to life outside a prison at 68 years old will be interesting. Even freed from prison she is never free from the terrible crime. No matter how long ago that is a mark on the mind and soul never goes away.
I agree- how can she be separated from the name Manson. She was part of the gang.
it is a faulty system. How can a death penalty become life with the chance of parole in 7 years? Pretty easy on murderers I’d say. To me that is not justice either.
Leslie Van Houten (and all of the perpetrators) should never be released. The heinous nature of the victims deaths is more than enough reason for them to remain in prison for life! They received death and it was commuted to life thanks to Supreme Court keep them in prison for their entire LIFE!
Life means Life. PERIOD. There shouldn’t be any time off because she was ‘good’. Tough luck for her. She didn’t give the La Bianca’s any choice the night she killed them in cold blood. Neither has she shown remorse for her crime. She needs to stay put where she belongs.
People should stop referring to her and the others as “animals”. Animals normally don’t kill indiscriminately. There is a purpose: food or protecting their pack/young. None of these low life scum killed for either reason other than pure amusement and with malice. She, Charlie Manson and the others need to spend every moment of their useless lives exactly where they are and count their blessings that for whatever reasons, their lives were spared even though they didn’t deserve it.
Keep the scum off of the streets and locked up where they belong-LIFE IN PRISON.
Shannon G. says:
she is right where she belongs. She deserves to rot in prison.
It’s a LIFE sentence. She helped murder innocent people. I titally agree with your comments.
Of course I meant ‘totally’.
creepy karpis says:
other than the box, she couldn’t be in a better place. LEAVE HER LOCKED UP FOR LIFE.
norske60 says:
I believe the brief suspension of the death penalty by the Supreme Court had something to do with it.
Karen Klinck says:
If they let her out, she will go on welfare and/or SSI,since she has no work history and will be considered ‘aged’. I say keep her in prison where she belongs and people won’t need to worry about sleeping at night! Sure, her record is impeccable. She’s learned exactly what to say and when. That doesn’t mean her indoctrination by Charlie has disapated; that’s exactly what he’d tell her to do until she got out. There is precident.
Of course she kept her nose clean, she is in there with women who could and would hurt her worse then anything she ever dreamed of… If they didn’t just stick a knife in her ribs! In there she doesn’t have her “Family” to keep her and tell her what to do. If they were not going to exicute her then why give her the death penalty? Same with life in prison… Why give it when they are not going to keep them in there for LIFE? If released it should be mandatory that she remain in California, if they want to be stupid enough to release someone who has Not Once displayed true remorse then they should have to deal with her.
Gino Tortelli says:
This is precisely why we still need the death penalty. There are always some bleeding hearts that will give killers at least some of their lives back after years of incarceration. There is no way to give the victims ANY of their lives back. The death penalty is final. Life sentences are not. This case just goes to prove it.
Robin Lipman says:
Are you kidding me? How old r u and how much do u know about this case. They were given death! And they deserved to die for what they did to these innocent 7 people. Read up on the case before u open ur big uninformed mouth!
I agree with the latter! She should remain in prison. I am SURE she is just being good so that she has a chance to get out. Of COURSE she doesn’t want to be in prison and will do anything to get out! Don’t fall for her narcissistic bullshit! Keep all of them in prison for LIFE or bring back the death penalty. What they did was TERRIBLE. End of story!
Thunderspreck says:
Manson was NOT present. Tex Watson was.
So, she walked up into a home in the middle of the night, helped terrorize & mentally torture two people before assisting in ending their lives and she has served enough time? You done vet a second chance after partipating in such horror. Just because it happened over 45 years ago doesn’t make any difference. Just because LVH is a matronly looking, eldery flowerchild, doesn’t mean she didn’t want to murder. She stays put!
Hey Thunderd*ck, Manson entered the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, used his leather thongs to tie them up, then went back to the car to his disciples of Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkle and LESLIE VAN HOUTEN espousing how the Tate murders were messy. Don’t let these victims know they are about to be slaughtered, and then the instructions were to hitchhike back to Spahn Ranch.
As for this latest venture of Van Houten once again trying to obtain freedom, all I can say it is amazing how repentant she is…19 times is it? She’s been in prison yet gets her chance to get out by being a good little prison bot? Give me a freaking break! All expenses paid, all education paid, all legal paid, food, clothing, you name it…and Joe American is supposed to be impressed by weighing how wonderful she has been in prison to the slaughter of two innocent people?
Yes, MANSON will and always will be tied to her sorry self. He and she made a pact and they completed it with smiles, laughter and especially, mercilessly.
Let her ROT.
Cindy Jaquith says:
The article above says the Attorney General must show due cause; isn’t a lack of remorse enough reason alone to make her serve the life sentence she was granted over the Death Penalty? And her close association with Manson? She’s a manipulator who will use her idle time as a free citizen reverting to her old ways if granted parole. Nothing good will come of it.
Guardraill says:
Two separate people? Manson wasn’t in the Tate home. Van Houten was. Sharron Tate was pregnant, they cut her baby out of her womb while she was alive. Begging Van Houten and the others, no doubt, for her unborn babies life. So you think it is great that they are separate people? Van Houten, Manson, and all the rest are just as guilty of the santanic torture of innocent people. More importantly, an innocent baby. She has not, no where near, served enough time. She must accept responsibility, and do her damn time. She does not belong free.
Carole Talaway says:
I lived in Hollywood at the time of the murders. They were brutal and sadistic. None of the people involved should be paroled. Van Houten was a follower, a willin participant and an expert at obeying orders given by Charles Manson. She has proven her ability to continue to follow orders and keep her nose clean for 45 years but that’s how she operates. Keep her where she is.
Manson WAS present at one of the houses. He broke into the LaBianca’s house, tied them up, so they couldn’t defend themselves, and left. He was there!
She deserved to be free since the 80s. Parole boards just made excuses every time. She never killed anyone, just participated.
Bianca says:
Fourteen stab sounds…..yeah, she participated.
She was given the death penalty, then the voters (people of California repealed the death penalty in the 70’s.). Her sentence was changed to life with possibility of parole, which means under the law–In re Lawrence a denial of parole must be rationally related to a finding of “current dangerousness.”
The Govenor doesn’t have the “balls” to follow the law, so he issue a reversal of the board’s decision.
The Governor did follow the law:
https://www.wklaw.com/governor-can-deny-parole-in-california/
The California Code of Regulations governs a prisoner’s suitability for parole, listing a variety of factors to be considered in evaluating a prisoner’s suitability for parole, including:
The heinousness of the crime;
Disciplinary record in prison;
Programming and rehabilitation;
Psychological evaluations;
Current risk of danger to public safety; and
Plans for future release (for example, a place to live, a job offer, family and community support)
Release her. Many, many, many individuals have done much more heinous crimes and have been released and it’s time she is as well. The mystique of the “Manson Murders” is the only reason most individuals want her to remain.
MARTIN MCNALLY says:
READING ALL THESE COMMENTS I MUST SAY I NEED TO RESPOND. I SPENT 37 YEARS FLAT IN FEDERAL MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS NATIONWIDE. 37 TEARS.. RELEASED JAN. 2010 ON LIFE PAROLE. DURING SEPTEMBER 2016 THE FEDERAL PAROLE COMMISSION VOTED TO — TERMINATE SUPERVISION — !!! POINT HERE: I NEVER KILLED ANYBODY !! THERE ARE SOME CRIMES THAT JUSTIFY KEEPING A PERSON IN PRISON UNTIL THEY ARE DEAD. REGARDLESS OF HOW NICE THEY ARE IN PRISON. SHE SHOULD STAY IN PRISON UNTIL SHE IS DEAD.
C word says:
I agree she should remain in prison due to the heinousness and her true lack of remorse, but the prison she and Krenwinkle are in is CIW, nicknamed “CIWONDERFUL” it’s club med for women
leslie admitted during a televised interview that she knew there would be murders that night and basically begged Manson to go along . she has heart of darkness.
Norman says:
This debate can be solved very easily, ask Abigail, Wojciech, Leno, Rosemary, Jay, Donald or Sharon! Oh, I forgot, they can answer because they were murdered!!! She, and or anyone else that was locked up for this crime should never take on breath of free air! Life means life, and she should die in prison!
She & the other PURE VICIOUS EVIL COLDBLOODED MURDERS OUGHT NOT TO BE LET OUT OF PRISION EVER ‼️? IF THEY ARE RELEASED, THEN WHAT PENALTY IS THERE TO DENY EQUAL OR MORE HANOUS CRIMES ⁉️? THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN JAILED WITHOUT PAROLE. WHERE ARE THE RIGHTS FOR THOSE BRUTALLY MURDERED BY THEIR BLOOD COVERED HANDS⁉️⁉️⁉️? THE SHARON TATE UNBORN BABY BOY WHO WAS CARVED OUT ALIVE OF HIS MOTHER’S WOMB ⁉️? Have you in CALIFORNIA & AROUND THE WORLD LOST YOUR FUCKING MINDS ⁉️⁉️⁉️?
PERHAPS THOSE OF YOU SUPPORTING THIS POS OUGHT TO SUFFER THE SAME FATE SHE & THE OTHER MANSON MURDERERS INFLICTED ON THESE POOR VICTIMS. SHAME ON ANYONE , & BE CURSED INTO HELL WHOMEVER SUPPORTS THESE MURDERERS. THEY OUGHT TO ROT UNTIL DEATH IN PRISON. .
Zadfrack says:
Guardraill-
Van Houten was not at the Tate murders. You don’t know the basic facts of the TLB murders.
JeriLynn Wilson says:
I couldn’t agree more……..All are lucky to even be breathing and should be grateful for that. The fact that they feel they should be Paroled tells me they have not taken full responsibility for their crimes.
Very seldom do we hear from someone who has spent many years in Prison, it’s good to hear an opinion from that prospective. Thank you and I wish you the best in your new life.
Vikki Gilliland says:
Guardrail, Before spouting off, perhaps you should acquaint yourself with at least some basic facts of the case. Leslie Van Houten was not even present the night of the Cielo Drive murders. I don’t know where you found your “information”, but the fetus was never cut out of Sharon Tate’s womb.It never happened and certainly not by Leslie, as she wasn’t even there. She participated in the deaths of the LaBiancas the following night. She stabbed Rosemary in the lower back, after she was dead, or assumed to be dead. She has paid dearly for her crime and if it were not for the notoriety of this case, she more than likely would have been released years ago.
People who commit heinous crimes like she did and were sentenced to death only to have their sentence commuted to life, SHOULD STAY BEHIND BARS. There is a reason she was sentenced to death and then Life. She was deemed a danger to society. Just because she has spent 47 years in jail is not reason enough to parole her. Her death sentence was commuted to life, that should be sufficient. Keep her in jail along with the rest of the remaining Manson family members who are still alive.
Martin McNally, I agree with you 100%
NOYB says:
If a certified parole board states she is to be paroled, that should suffice. This has nothing to do with Leslie Vanhoutten and EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE LAWS THAT THE PEOPLE VOTED IN. Same with the other guy who has been approved FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. What if one of YOUR family member: a sister, brother, mother, father, daughter, or son was in prison for ANYTHING, even a victimless crime like narcotics- what if they kept getting awarded parole and Gov. Moonslime kept vetoing it? 1-2-3-4-5 times in a row? Forget about the fact they have a perfect record, or that they were forced to stab a dead body or even that they paroled a member of the same “cult” in 1987 and that ex member never had any legal issues since- it has NOTHING to do with that, even though that should be enough. Like I said, it has everything to do with the written law and how if they do not abide by the parole boards decision they are breaking the law and should be liable.
I hope she wins the Supreme Courts decision and sues the state. Hah.
AND BY THE WAY: LESLIE NEVER RECIEVED THE DEATH PENALTY. SHE RECIEVED A DIFFERENT SENTANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT HER ATTORNEY PASSED AWAY DURING THE ORIGINAL TRIAL HENCE HER RECIEVING A NEW TRIAL WITCH RESULTED IN A HUNG JURY AND THE NEXT TRIAL RESULTED IN LWP ( LIFE WITH PAROLE) A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VERDICT THAN ALL OF HER CO DEFENDANTS.
Wow. Talk about someone who knows nothing about the case.
I strongly suggest you read before you write.
You really are ignorant when it comes to the facts.
You say Leslie was at the Tate house, lol and that is only ONE thing you got wrong….
Where do these commenters come from? I bet you also believe in Rosey Tate Polanski hahahahaha
“They cut the baby out of Sharon’s stomach”
Please educate yourself on the facts before spew out faulcities.
Martin McNally is that you, the one that hijacked a plane or something like that? Didn’t you also escape prison too?
flip says:
re: “This has nothing to do with Leslie Vanhoutten and EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE LAWS THAT THE PEOPLE VOTED IN.”
–I really wonder whether or not the order to temporarily rescind the death penalty in California back in the early ’70s was actually voted on in a general election? Seems more likely that it came about from a California Supreme Court decision based on unconstitutionality, or uneven justice, or some such argument…which would, of course, completely by-pass the will of the voting public.
Too bad it was life with the chance of parole which I found very strange seeing they had been given the death penalty. Their acts were terrorist in nature and were very brutal. They petition for their freedom though they denied life to others. All the tears and regrets and good behaviour since then will never change that.
On March 29, 1971, Van Houten was found guilty and sentenced to death. It was later commuted to life with the rest of them.
April negra says:
I think u guys are all ignorant . look up the word IGNORANT!!! Nobody complains bout the many other murderers who been released . I think all u people jumped on the ban wagon and are really making me laugh because if ur really in fear for ur life of a 66 year old woman u guys really need some help . lol I find it hysterical if u people r in fear for ur lives. How about get a life and stop worrying bout whether or not this last is getting released. I know her personally. She can’t even kill a fly. Trust me she. Will forever pay the price for her mistakes. But who the he’ll are you people to pass judgment. Are u GOD!!!
She’s responsible for the deaths of how many people? how brutal were these deaths? she was given the death penalty which turned into life without parole…why should she be given consideration to having a life when she’s responsible for taking lives and preventing one from even having a chance at it?
I suppose this is no different than jumping on Leslie’s bandwagon and making her out to be some kind of long suffering martyr to the justice system! I think each crime does need to be looked at individually and many murderers are let out who never should be.
You’re a idiot. In 1978 she was given life with the chance of parole…the death penalty was over turned on appeal and she was let out on bail
James Fulmer says:
The petition was denied on December 21. She’s not getting out.
Rodney Hatley says:
As James Fulmer has correctly noted, the California Supreme Court has denied her appeal. I’m satisfied that justice has been done.
She, watson, krenwinkle and atkins, all expect for manson should have and would have been released a long time ago if it wasnt for sharon tate being one of the victims.
they were all brainwashed by manson, let them go
They were all lazy drug addicts who didn’t want to work for a living. Now they don’t ever have to support themselves. They were not angels when they met up with Charlie. They will all die in prison like Susan Atkins did.
Fayez Abedaziz says:
Whether one agrees with others being released that have been convicted of 1 and 2 murders or not, then, to be honest, one must agree that Leslie is being singled out for extra time.
That is unequal justice.
Those lifers were freed after serving less than 20 years.
Others that have murdered 2 people on a street, or, in a business or in the victims home
have been released after 30 years.
Leslie has been in prison for 45 years.
Come on.
Stephen Craig says:
Regarding your comment, Fayez, I look at it this way: The “problem” isn’t that LVH has been incarcerated for 45 years, but that those who have committed similar crimes were released after serving only 30 years. And, of course, that there is never a “release/parole” for their victims. Death is permanent.
Bluzulu says:
Slimy politicians like Moonbeam? I am no fan of Jerry Brown at all, but these creatures should never be released from prison for what they did. Never!
MD says:
I would take her into my home anytime. The Bible says we should forgive. And Jesus told the group that wanted to stone the woman. ” let he who is without sin cast the first stone”.
“To err is human, to forgive is divine”, that’s for all the holier than thou, self righteous, judgementalk people. None of whom were there, nobody truly knows exactly what happened the night of August 9, 1969. There was a lot of other leads and possible suspects. I’m not denying that “the family” didn’t do it or was involved in some way but there was more to it than Bugliosi’s theory which is what the convictions were based on. Vincent Bugliosi is a proven liar and had an agenda of his own.Don’t believe me, do the research yourselves. Bugliosi was just as evil as Manson in a different way.
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Ophelie Rondeau is a fashion photographer based in Berlin and shooting exclusively with analog equipment.
Her ongoing project #ophelieandthegirls has caught the attention of many publications and brands around the world. As a result, Ophelie has been listed as one of Berlin's Brightest Fashion Photography Talents by Sleek magazine, and her signature style will be seen on billboards across Europe and Japan in the coming fall.
"I'm working hard to introduce my aesthetics to the commercial world" she says. "I feel so grateful that major brands trust me to shoot their campaign entirely on 35mm film. For the latest one I did, the stylist respected my style by selecting matching outfits for the girls, and the client even wanted me to recreate two of my photos I had taken before. It was a very flattering request and I was honored to be given the freedom to do exactly what I wanted to do on such a big project."
Ophelie's first solo show will take place in Berlin later this year and will exhibit a selection of her best works since 2015.
This series is part of #ophelieandthegirls and features a group of real life friends. "I love working with girls who know each other, there is always a complicity that can't be seen with strangers and it goes perfectly in line with my work. Also, it was the first time I shot with my pink backdrop and all I wanted to do is recreate some of my favorite poses."
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Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II
Go to: « Kay's Originals Vol. 1 « Kay's Originals Vol. 2 « Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time « Edinburgh Past and Present « Old and New Edinburgh Vol. I Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II Title and Plates Ch 21: The High Street (continued from Volume I) Ch 22: The High Street (continued) Ch 23: The High Street (continued) Ch 24: The High Street (continued) Ch 25: The High Street (continued) Ch 26: The High Street (continued) Ch 27: The High Street (continued) Ch 28: The High Street (continued) Ch 29: The High Street (continued) Ch 30: The High Street (continued) Ch 31: Alleys of the High Street (continued) Ch 32: Alleys of the High Street (continued) Ch 33: Alleys of the High Street (concluded) Ch 34: New Streets Within the Area of the Flodden Wall Ch 35: Some of the New Streets Within the Area of the Flodden Wall (concluded) Ch 36: St.Mary's Wynd Ch 37: Leith Wynd Ch 38: The West Bow Ch 39: The West Bow (concluded) Ch 40: Edinburgh in 1745 Ch 41: Edinburgh in 1745 (concluded) Ch 42: The North Bridge Ch 43: East Side of the North Bridge Ch 44: East Side of the North Bridge (continued) Ch 45: East Side of the North Bridge (continued) Ch 46: East Side of the North Bridge (concluded) Ch 47: Moultray's Hill - Her Majesty's General Register House Ch 48: The South Bridge Ch 49: The Pleasance and St.Leonards Contents List of Illustrations » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V » Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI
OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. 1st. teona& 384 bat in St. Leonard?s Hill, and upon the 23rd the said Robert was put in ward in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh. In the meantime of his being in ward, he hung me cloak without the window of the Iron House, and another within the window there, and saying that he was sick, and might not see the light, he had acquafortis continually seething at the iron window, while (till) at last the iron was eaten through.? Then, one morning, he desired his apprentice- boy to watch when the town guard should be dismissed, and to give him a sign thereof by waving his handkerchief. This was done, and tying ?? ane tow,? or rope, to the window, he was about to lower himself into the street; but the guard ? spied the wave of the handcurch, and sae the said Robert was disappointit of his intention and device.? On the 10th of April he was conveyed down to the Market Cross, and there beheaded on the scaffold, by the Maiden probably. In 1650, when Cromwell?s army was repulsed by the Scottish under Leslie, he made an attempt to turn the flank of the latter at this point. ?Encircling Arthur?s Seat, a strong column of infantry, a brigade of cavalry, and two pieces of cannon attempted to enter the city by the southern road that led from the Pleasance. On this Campbell of Lawers brought his regiment of musketeers at dou5le-quick march up the glen by the base of Salisbury Craigs to the ruins of St. Leonard?s chapel, and taking an alignment behind the hedges and walls of the King?s Park, poured from thence a deadly fire, which drove back the infantry in disorder. They threw aside their muskets, pikes, and col lars of bandoliers, and fled, abandoning their cannon, which were brought off by the horse brigade.? St. Leonard?s Hill corresponds somewhat in pdsition, but not in contour, with the locality of Davie Deans? story in Sir Walter Scott?s ? Heart 01 Midlothian,? and an ancient cottage is actually indicated as being his in the Post-office maps. Eastward of this, the ridge of the hill bears the name of Kaim Head, indicating that of old a camp had been there. St. Leonard?s coal depBt and railway station have destroyed all the old and picturesque amenities of the locality. The station was erected here on the formation of a railway from Edinburgh to Dalkeith in 1826, but the traffic did not begin until 1831. It is still in existence, but has undergone great changes. . To see the train start by successive carriages for Dalkeith was then one of ?the sights? of Edinburgh. ?Towards the close of its ?horsy? days,? says Brenlner (in his ? Industries of Scotland ?), ?? when railways worked by locomotives became common, this railway, with its lumbering carriages, slow-paced steeds, and noisy officials, was laughed at as an old-fashioned thing; but many persons have pleasant recollections of holiday trips made over the line. Then, as now, people took advantage of the fast days to spend a few hours outside the city, and it was no uncommon thing for the Dalkeith railway to bear away four or five thousand pleasure-seekers on such occasions.?? No accident ever having occurred on this line, it bears the name of the ?? Innocent Railway,? under which title it appears in one of Robert Chambers?s pleasant essays. St. Leonard?s Hill and all its locality are inseparably connected with the boyhood of the celebrated philosopher and phrenologist, George Combe, who spent the summer months of his earlier years with his aunt, Mrs. Margaret Sinclair, whose husband was proprietor of a brewery, a garden, and other ground there. At the junction of the Pleasance with St. Leonards, an old street, known as the East Cross Causeway branches north-westward. Here was to be found the latest example of the legendary doorhead so peculiar to Edinburgh :-? 1701 GOD?S PROVIDENCE? It was over the door of a house in which Lady Jane Douglas, wife of Sir John Stewart, of Grandtully, is said to have resided during some of the years of her long-contested peerage case with the Duke of Hamilton ; and where she-the sister of the last duke of the grand old Douglas line-was in circumstances so reduced that.she was compelled to work at the wash-tub while rocking with her foot the cradle wherein lay her son, who became Lord Douglas of Douglas in 1790. In this quarter of the city there was founded in West Richmond Street, in 1776, the first public dispensary in Edinburgh, chiefly througb the exertions of Andrew Duncan, M.D., whose portrait, painted by Raeburn, now hangs in the hall. The good doctor lived long enough to see his generous labours crowned with complete success. CAssmL & COMPANY, LIMITED, BELLXI SAUVAGE WORKS, LONDON, E.C.
CONTENTS. PAGE INTROEUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J CHAPTER I. P R E H I S T O R I C EDINBURGH. The Site before the Houses-Traces of Early Inhabitants-The Caledonian Tribes-Agricola's Invasion-Subjection of the Scottish Lowlands -The Rorrao Way-Edinburgh never occupied permanently-Various Roman Remains : Urns, Coins, Busts ; Swords, Spears, ahd other Weapons-Ancient Coffins-The Camus, or Cath-st,neOrigin of the name " Edinburgh"-Dinas-Eiddyn-The Battle of Catraeth 9 CHAPTER 11. THE CASTLE OF EDINBURGH. Of its Origin and remoter History-The Legends concerning it-Ebranke-St. Monena-Def& of the Sawons by King Bridei-King Edwin-King Grime-The Story of Grime and Bertha of Badlieu-The Starting paint of authentic Edinburgh History-Sr Margaret -Het Piety and amiable Disposition-Her Chapel-Her Death-Restoration of her Oratory-Her Burial-Donald Bane-King David 1.-The Royal Gardens, afterwards the Nonh Loch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I4 CHAPTER 111. CASTLE OF EDINBURGH (continued). The Legend of the White Hart-Holyrocd Abbey founded--The Monks of the Castrum Puellarum-David I.% numerous Endowments-His Death-Fergus. Lord of Galloway, dies there-William the Lion-Castle Garrisoned by the English for Twelve Yean-The Castle a Royal Residence-The War of the Scottish Succession-The ( h t l e in the hands of Edward 1.-Frank's Escalade-The Lbrtres Dismantled-Again in the hands of the English-Bullock's Stratagem for its Re-caprurr-David's Tower . . . . . . 21 CHAPTER IV. CASTLE OF EDINBURGH (confinucd). Progress of the City-Ambassidor of Charles VI.-Edinburgh burned-Henry IV, baffled-Albmy's Prophecy-Laws lrgvdiog the Building - of Houses-Sumptuary Laws, 1457-Murder of James I.-Coronationof JarncsI1.-Court Intrigues-Lard Chancellor C r i c h t o n - ~ g ~ c e of the Earl of Douglas-Faction WaR--l'he Castle Resieged--"The Black Dinner"-Edmburgh Walled-Its Strength -Bale-fires . 26 CHAPTER V. EDINBURGH CASTLE (continued). James 111. and his haughty Nobilib-Plots of the Duke of Albany and Earl of Mar-Mysterious Death of Mar-Capture and Escape of the Duke of Altuny-Captivity of James 111.-Richard of Gloucester at Edinburgh-The "Golden Charter" of the City-"The Blue Blanket"-Accession of James 1V.-Tournamen%" The Seven Sisters of Bothwick "-The " Fldden Wall"-The Reign of Jarnes V. -" Cleahse the Causeway !"-Edinburgh under the Factions of Nobles-Hertford Attacks the CastltDeath of Mary of Guise- Queen Mary's Apartments in the CaStle-BLth of James VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 CHAPTER VI. EDINBURGH CASTLE (continued). The Siege of r573-The City Bombarded from the Castle-Elizabeth's Spy-D~ry's Dispositions for the Siege-Execution of Kirkddy- Repar of the Ruins-Execution of Mortan-Visit of Charles 1.-Procession to Holymod-Comnation of Charles 1.-The Struggle against Epiico-Siege of 1640-The Spectre Drummn-Besieged by Cmmwell-Under the Protector-The Restantion-The Argyles-The Accession of James VI1.-Sentence of the Earl of Argyle-His. clever Escape-Imprisoned lour yms later-The Last Sleep of ArgylcHis Death-Tolture of Covenaoters-Proclamation of W d l i and Maq-The Siege of [email protected] between Gordon and Dundee-The Cas le invested-Rdiant Defeuce-Capitulation of the Duke of Cordon-The Spectre of Claverhouse . 47
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Henry Stanley
Visual Strategies: A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists and Engineers
By Felice C. Frankel and Angela H. DePace
Design by Sagmeister Inc. with CHIPS
Yale University Press, £25, $35
Data is the currency of science. The days of butterflies pinned to a board are largely over: many sciences have moved to a more quantitative mode, spurred on by advances in computing power. The huge amount of raw information being produced by modern scientific experiments is useless without proper interpretation, and visualisations are ways in which signal can be teased from the noise. Yet, though it is crucial to the discipline, and visualisation is at the root of many forms of statistical analysis (arguably the core of biology), scientists are rarely taught how to present their work graphically.
Visual Strategies, far from being a coffee table collection of attractive figures from scientific papers, is a manual of data design. It showcases before and after studies of diagrams and images, redesigned to be more intuitive and parsimonious, condensing the most meaning into the fewest visual elements to allow scientifically versed readers to quickly extract the information they need.
The book was written and conceived by systems biologist Angela DePace and biologist and visual communicator Felice Frankel. Stefan Sagmeister, whose studio led the design of the book, professes in a short interview with the authors that he had little interest in science when he was younger but became fascinated by recent advances in biology while watching recorded TED talks.
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"Keep away from me, you common cow-hands," said Sponsilier, as a group
of us waited for him at the foot of the court-house stairs. But Dave's
gravity soon turned to a smile as he continued: "Did you fellows notice
The Rebel and me sitting inside the rail among all the big augers?
Paul, was it a dream, or did we sleep in a bed last night and have a
sure-enough pillow under our heads? My memory is kind of hazy to-day,
but I remember the drinks and the cigars all right, and saying to some
one that this luck was too good to last. And here we are turned out in
the cold world again, our fun all over, and now must go back to those
measly cattle. But it's just what I expected."
The crowd dispersed quietly, though the sheriff took the precaution to
accompany the plaintiffs and Tolleston back to their hotel. The absence
of the two deputies whom we had met the day before was explained by the
testimony of the one-armed cowman. When the two drovers came downstairs,
they were talking very confidentially together, and on my employer
noticing the large number of his men present, he gave orders for them to
meet him at once at the White Elephant saloon. Those who had horses at
hand mounted and dashed down the street, while the rest of us took it
leisurely around to the appointed rendezvous, some three blocks distant.
While on the way, I learned from The Rebel that the cattle on which the
attachment was to be made that afternoon were then being held well up
the North Fork. Sheriff Phillips joined us shortly after we entered the
saloon, and informed my employer and Mr. Reed that the firm of Field,
Radcliff & Co. had declared war. They had even denounced him and the
sheriff's office as being in collusion against them, and had dispatched
Tolleston with orders to refuse service.
"Let them get on the prod all they want to," said Don Lovell to Reed and
the sheriff. "I've got ninety men here, and you fellows are welcome to
half of them, even if I have to go out and stand a watch on night-herd
myself. Reed, we can't afford to have our business ruined by such a set
of scoundrels, and we might as well fight it out here and now. Look at
the situation I'm in. A hundred thousand dollars wouldn't indemnify me
in having my cattle refused as late as the middle of September at Fort
Buford. And believing that I will be turned down, under my contract, so
Sutton says, I must tender my beeves on the appointed day of delivery,
which will absolve my bondsmen and me from all liability. A man can't
trifle with the government--the cattle must be there. Now in my case,
Jim, what would you do?"
"That's a hard question, Don. You see we're strangers up in this
Northwest country. Now, if it was home in Texas, there would be only one
thing to do. Of course I'm no longer handy with a shotgun, but you've
got two good arms."
"Well, gentlemen," said the sheriff, "you must excuse me for
interrupting, but if my deputies are to take possession of that herd
this afternoon, I must saddle up and go to the front. If Honest John and
associates try to stand up any bluffs on my office, they'll only run on
the rope once. I'm much obliged to you, Mr. Lovell, for the assurance of
any help I may need, for it's quite likely that I may have to call upon
you. If a ring of government speculators can come out here and refuse
service, or dictate to my office, then old Keith County is certainly on
the verge of decadence. Now, I'll be all ready to start for the North
Fork in fifteen minutes, and I'd admire to have you all go along."
Lovell and Reed both expressed a willingness to accompany the sheriff.
Phillips thanked them and nodded to the force behind the mahogany, who
dexterously slid the glasses up and down the bar, and politely inquired
of the double row confronting them as to their tastes. As this was the
third round since entering the place, I was anxious to get away, and
summoning Forrest, we started for our horses. We had left them at a barn
on a back street, but before reaching the livery, Quince concluded that
he needed a few more cartridges. I had ordered a hundred the day before
for my own personal use, but they had been sent out with the supplies
and were then in camp. My own belt was filled with ammunition, but on
Forrest buying fifty, I took an equal number, and after starting out of
the store, both turned back and doubled our purchases. On arriving at
the stable, whom should I meet but the Wyoming cowman who had left us at
Grinnell. During the few minutes in which I was compelled to listen to
his troubles, he informed me that on his arrival at Ogalalla, all the
surplus cow-hands had been engaged by a man named Tolleston for the
Yellowstone country. He had sent to his ranch, however, for an outfit
who would arrive that evening, and he expected to start his herd the
next morning. But without wasting any words, Forrest and I swung into
our saddles, waved a farewell to the wayfaring acquaintance, and rode
around to the White Elephant. The sheriff and quite a cavalcade of our
boys had already started, and on reaching the street which terminated
in the only road leading to the North Fork, we were halted by Flood to
await the arrival of the others. Jim Reed and my employer were still
behind, and some little time was lost before they came up, sufficient to
give the sheriff a full half-mile start. But under the leadership of
the two drovers, we shook out our horses, and the advance cavalcade were
soon overtaken.
"Well, Mr. Sheriff," said old man Don, as he reined in beside Phillips,
"how do you like the looks of this for a posse? I'll vouch that they're
all good cow-hands, and if you want to deputize the whole works, why,
just work your rabbit's foot. You might leave Reed and me out, but I
think there's some forty odd without us. Jim and I are getting a little
too old, but we'll hang around and run errands and do the clerking. I'm
perfectly willing to waste a week, and remember that we've got the chuck
and nearly a thousand saddle horses right over here on the North Fork.
You can move your office out to one of my wagons if you wish, and
whatever's mine is yours, just so long as Honest John and his friends
pay the fiddler. If he and his associates are going to make one hundred
thousand dollars on the Buford contract, one thing is certain--I'll lose
plenty of money on this year's drive. If he refuses service and you take
possession, your office will be perfectly justified in putting a good
force of men with the herd. And at ten dollars a day for a man and
horse, they'll soon get sick and Reed will get his pay. If I have to
hold the sack in the end, I don't want any company."
The location of the beeves was about twelve miles from town and but a
short distance above the herds of The Rebel and Bob Quirk. It was nearly
four o'clock when we left the hamlet, and by striking a free gait, we
covered the intervening distance in less than an hour and a half. The
mesa between the two rivers was covered with through cattle, and as we
neared the herd in question, we were met by the larger one of the two
chief deputies. The undersheriff was on his way to town, but on sighting
his superior among us, he halted and a conference ensued. Sponsilier and
Priest made a great ado over the big deputy on meeting, and after a
few inquiries were exchanged, the latter turned to Sheriff Phillips and
said:
"Well, we served the papers and I left the other two boys in temporary
possession of the cattle. It's a badly mixed-up affair. The Texas
foreman is still in charge, and he seems like a reasonable fellow. The
terms of the sale were to be half cash here and the balance at the point
of delivery. But the buyers only paid forty thousand down, and the trail
boss refuses to start until they make good their agreement. From what
I could gather from the foreman, the buyers simply buffaloed the young
fellow out of his beeves, and are now hanging back for more favorable
terms. He accepted service all right and assured me that our men would
be welcome at his wagon until further notice, so I left matters just as
I found them. But as I was on the point of leaving, that segundo of the
buyers arrived and tried to stir up a little trouble. We all sat down
on him rather hard, and as I left he and the Texas foreman were holding
quite a big pow-wow."
"That's Tolleston all right," said old man Don, "and you can depend on
him stirring up a muss if there's any show. It's a mystery to me how I
tolerated that fellow as long as I did. If some of you boys will corner
and hold him for me, I'd enjoy reading his title to him in a few plain
words. It's due him, and I want to pay everything I owe. What's the
programme, Mr. Sheriff?"
"The only safe thing to do is to get full possession of the cattle,"
replied Phillips. "My deputies are all right, but they don't thoroughly
understand the situation. Mr. Lovell, if you can lend me ten men, I'll
take charge of the herd at once and move them back down the river about
seven miles. They're entirely too near the west line of the county to
suit me, and once they're in our custody the money will be forthcoming,
or the expenses will mount up rapidly. Let's ride."
The under-sheriff turned back with us. A swell of the mesa cut off a
view of the herd, but under the leadership of the deputy we rode to
its summit, and there before and under us were both camp and cattle.
Arriving at the wagon, Phillips very politely informed the Texas foreman
that he would have to take full possession of his beeves for a few days,
or until the present difficulties were adjusted. The trail boss was
a young fellow of possibly thirty, and met the sheriff's demand with
several questions, but, on being assured that his employer's equity in
the herd would be fully protected without expense, he offered no serious
objection. It developed that Reed had some slight acquaintance with the
seller of the cattle, and lost no time in informing the trail boss
of the record of the parties with whom his employer was dealing.
The one-armed drover's language was plain, the foreman knew Reed by
reputation, and when Lovell assured the young man that he would be
welcome at any of his wagons, and would be perfectly at liberty to see
that his herd was properly cared for, he yielded without a word. My
sympathies were with the foreman, for he seemed an honest fellow, and
deliberately to take his herd from him, to my impulsive reasoning
looked like an injustice. But the sheriff and those two old cowmen were
determined, and the young fellow probably acted for the best in making a
graceful surrender.
Meanwhile the two deputies in charge failed to materialize, and on
inquiry they were reported as out at the herd with Tolleston. The
foreman accompanied us to the cattle, and while on the way he informed
the sheriff that he wished to count the beeves over to him and take a
receipt for the same. Phillips hesitated, as he was no cowman, but Reed
spoke up and insisted that it was fair and just, saying: "Of course,
you'll count the cattle and give him a receipt in numbers, ages, and
brands. It's not this young man's fault that his herd must undergo all
this trouble, and when he turns them over to an officer of the law he
ought to have something to show for it. Any of Lovell's foremen here
will count them to a hair for you, and Don and I will witness the
receipt, which will make it good among cowmen."
Without loss of time the herd was started east. Tolleston kept well
out of reach of my employer, and besought every one to know what this
movement meant. But when the trail boss and Jim Flood rode out to a
swell of ground ahead, and the point-men began filing the column through
between the two foremen, Archie was sagacious enough to know that the
count meant something serious. In the mean time Bob Quirk had favored
Tolleston with his company, and when the count was nearly half over,
my brother quietly informed him that the sheriff was taking possession.
Once the atmosphere cleared, Archie grew uneasy and restless, and as the
last few hundred beeves were passing the counters, he suddenly concluded
to return to Ogalalla. But my brother urged him not to think of going
until he had met his former employer, assuring Tolleston that the old
man had made inquiry about and was anxious to meet him. The latter,
however, could not remember anything of urgent importance between them,
and pleaded the lateness of the hour and the necessity of his immediate
return to town. The more urgent Bob Quirk became, the more fidgety
grew Archie. The last of the cattle were passing the count as Tolleston
turned away from my brother's entreaty, and giving his horse the rowel,
started off on a gallop. But there was a scattering field of horsemen
to pass, and before the parting guest could clear it, a half-dozen ropes
circled in the air and deftly settled over his horse's neck and himself,
one of which pinioned his arms. The boys were expecting something of
this nature, and fully half the men in Lovell's employ galloped up and
formed a circle around the captive, now livid with rage. Archie was
cursing by both note and rhyme, and had managed to unearth a knife and
was trying to cut the lassos which fettered himself and horse, when
Dorg Seay rode in and rapped him over the knuckles with a six-shooter,
saying, "Don't do that, sweetheart; those ropes cost thirty-five cents
apiece."
Fortunately the knife was knocked from Tolleston's hand and his
six-shooter secured, rendering him powerless to inflict injury to any
one. The cattle count had ended, and escorted by a cordon of mounted
men, both horse and captive were led over to where a contingent
had gathered around to hear the result of the count. I was merely a
delighted spectator, and as the other men turned from the cattle and
met us, Lovell languidly threw one leg over his horse's neck, and,
suppressing a smile, greeted his old foreman.
"Hello, Archie," said he; "it's been some little time since last we met.
I've been hearing some bad reports about you, and was anxious to meet up
and talk matters over. Boys, take those ropes off his horse and give him
back his irons; I raised this man and made him the cow-hand he is, and
there's nothing so serious between us that we should remain strangers.
Now, Archie, I want you to know that you are in the employ of my
enemies, who are as big a set of scoundrels as ever missed a halter.
You and Flood, here, were the only two men in my employ who knew all
the facts in regard to the Buford contract. And just because I wouldn't
favor you over a blind horse, you must hunt up the very men who
are trying to undermine me on this drive. No wonder they gave you
employment, for you're a valuable man to them; but it's at a serious
loss,--the loss of your honor. You can't go home to Texas and again
be respected among men. This outfit you are with will promise you the
earth, but the moment that they're through with you, you won't cut any
more figure than a last year's bird's nest. They'll throw you aside like
an old boot, and you'll fall so hard that you'll hear the clock tick in
China. Now, Archie, it hurts me to see a young fellow like you go wrong,
and I'm willing to forgive the past and stretch out a hand to save you.
If you'll quit those people, you can have Flood's cattle from here to
the Rosebud Agency, or I'll buy you a ticket home and you can help with
the fall work at the ranch. You may have a day or two to think this
matter over, and whatever you decide on will be final. You have shown
little gratitude for the opportunities that I've given you, but we'll
break the old slate and start all over with a new one. Now, that's all
I wanted to say to you, except to do your own thinking. If you're going
back to town, I'll ride a short distance with you."
The two rode away together, but halted within sight for a short
conference, after which Lovell returned. The cattle were being drifted
east by the deputies and several of our boys, the trail boss having
called off his men on an agreement of the count. The herd had tallied
out thirty-six hundred and ten head, but in making out the receipt, the
fact was developed that there were some six hundred beeves not in the
regular road brand. These had been purchased extra from another source,
and had been paid for in full by the buyers, the seller of the main herd
agreeing to deliver them along with his own. This was fortunate, as
it increased the equity of the buyers in the cattle, and more than
established a sufficient interest to satisfy the judgment and all
expenses.
Darkness was approaching, which hastened our actions. Two men from each
outfit present were detailed to hold the cattle that night, and were
sent on ahead to Priest's camp to secure their suppers and a change of
mounts. The deposed trail boss accepted an invitation to accompany us
and spend the night at one of our wagons, and we rode away to overtake
the drifting herd. The different outfits one by one dropped out and rode
for their camps; but as mine lay east and across the river, the course
of the herd was carrying me home. After passing The Rebel's wagon fully
a half mile, we rounded in the herd, which soon lay down to rest on the
bedground. In the gathering twilight, the camp-fires of nearly a
dozen trail wagons were gleaming up and down the river, and while we
speculated with Sponsilier's boys which one was ours, the guard arrived
and took the bedded herd. The two old cowmen and the trail boss had
dropped out opposite my brother's camp, leaving something like ten men
with the attached beeves; but on being relieved by the first watch,
Flood invited Sheriff Phillips and his deputies across the river to
spend the night with him.
"Like to, mighty well, but can't do it," replied Phillips. "The
sheriff's office is supposed to be in town, and not over on the North
Fork, but I'll leave two of these deputies with you. Some of you had
better ride in to-morrow, for there may be overtures made looking
towards a settlement; and treat those beeves well, so that there can be
no charge of damage to the cattle. Good-night, everybody."
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ABB FNT collaborate on best in class DCIM products in Asia
on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 9:00:18 am
FNT Software, a global software player for IT management, data centre and telecom infrastructure management, said it has started a new business alliance with ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri), the leading power and automation technology group globally and will extend their relationship into Asia.
The strategic collaboration between FNT and ABB in Asia will cover joint identification of customers, marketing, implementation and these efforts will be supported by the global headquarters of both companies. Currently, ABB and FNT have started discussing potential opportunities with data centres and telecommunications companies in Singapore and Malaysia.
The collaboration between ABB and FNT in marketing data centre information management solutions will cascade into Asia through the Singapore operations of both companies.
FNT CEO Nikolaus Albrecht said: “Our customers will benefit from the joint, integrated solutions which pave the way to the industrial data centre of the future. FNT and ABB are leaders in their sectors. We are looking forward to working together with ABB on joint projects and to developing new ideas. Driven by the innovative strength and global footprint of our two companies, we are well positioned to boost innovation and success for our customers around the globe.”
Ilpo Ruohonen, Managing Director of ABB’s Control Technologies business unit said: “FNT software combined with ABB Decathlon for Data Centers will give our customers an advanced, seamless DCIM solution for their data center management, providing them a comprehensive view of their data center operations and enabling them to boost their agility and productivity.
“This offering strengthens our portfolio for this rapidly growing industry segment,” he said.
FNT Singapore-based Regional Sales Manager Manfred Goh said: “Within a span of a few years, Singapore has emerged as a frontrunner for housing data centres for business operating across Asia and the world. “With the rising complexity in data centre operations accompanied by technological advances, FNT’s DCIM solution empowers businesses to document, plan, and manage entire data center infrastructure inclusive of building infrastructure, IT assets and cable networks via an integrated system that offers end-to-end visibility of IT services.”
Decathlon for Data Centers, based on the ABB System 800xA process control platform, is ABB’s industrial data center solution for monitoring, managing and controlling enterprise, co-location and cloud data centers. It collects data from IT, power, cooling and building systems, and its open environment integrates data center toolsets faster, including uploading assets into tracking tools.
Decathlon provides the visibility, decision support and automation technologies on an open platform supporting secure, bi-directional communications with mechanical, electrical and IT systems. Data is routed through the system in real-time to application modules that enable the user to comprehensively manage and optimize the 3 Cs: cost, capacity and control.
With FNT’s 2D and 3D white space floor planning tool FNT Command, the visualization of the inventory and operations at enterprise-, facility-, data hall-, rack-, and system-levels can be easily done in order to identify white space utilization (WSU) and rack space utilization (RSU) to track improvements.
The integration of these two DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) products – ABB Decathlon for Data Centers and FNT command -creates one comprehensive data center management solution. Customers can now reduce time spent locating assets and enable their IT and facilities staff to collaborate to the highest degree possible.
The shared data set supports capacity planning and improves space utilization to defer capital expenditures. Having the systems pre integrated means that customers can deploy the combined solution with minimal effort, making them more productive more quickly.
Additionally, FNT’s workflow tools to support moves-adds-changes functionality for more efficient data center operations complement ABB’s secure real-time power and environmental monitoring and alarming, ensuring up-to-the-second data is always in the hands of those who need it.
With this cooperation, customers can rely on ABB’s extensive experience and technology leadership in power and automation technologies combined with the innovative solutions of the owner-run company FNT.
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This article has appeared previously with Equestrian Life. To see what's in the current issue, please click here.
Ken Faulkner preparing for his cowboy dressage test on Smoke.
By Ken Faulkner
The appeal of Cowboy Dressage spans both classical and Western disciplines and brings riders and competitors together with a style of horsemanship and a philosophy that is good for the souls of both horse and rider.
This exciting new style of horsemanship draws on the best philosophies of classical dressage and the style of the early vaquero bridled horses and their riders. The vaquero, or early Californian cowboy horses, display a similar style of shape and movement to the classic traits of their Spanish ancestors. Enter Israeli-born Eitan Beth-Halachemy, a deep thinker and rider who has walked both horsemanship styles in his life and worked to combine the best philosphies and moralities of both styles, creating what is now known as Cowboy Dressage.
It was while studying pre-veterinary medicine in Vienna that Eitan grew to admire what he saw at the Spanish Riding School and, on moving to California to further his studies, he felt at home among the vaquero, the Spanish-Mexican heritage behind the North American cowboy herders and the forerunners of Western riding.
Eitan Beth-Halachemy.
Probably the signature statement of Cowboy Dressage is “soft feel”, a holistic display of a horse and rider both responding to soft hands, legs, energy and rhythm. A participant in a Cowboy Dressage clinic would learn about achieving shape and softness through the release of pressure. To hold soft feel in your hands and with your legs is the most amazing sensation. It’s using your hands and legs to hold a deep conversation with your horse.
The aim of Cowboy Dressage is to have soft and light communication between horse and rider, with the horse developing self-carriage and balance through the reward of “soft feel” by release of the reins. This method of training and lightness of rein allows the horse and rider to become a partnership and appear to be moving effortlessly together through various manoeuvres with freedom and balance.
Cowboy Dressage tests are designed to cater for all levels of riding ability and all breeds of horses, and the tests create a framework to progress both the horse and rider to higher levels. The tests of the Cowboy Dressage competition should display straightness of lines, true flexion of the circle whilst showing good gaits with rhythm and stride, while the intricacies of some of the tests reflect the higher learning of both horse and rider.
The tests range from in-hand and walk patterns, to higher level lope and freestyle patterns that include both Western and classical dressage manoeuvres. As well as the basic court, there is also a challenge court where tests are performed using a range of cones and poles to test the horse and rider’s communication and precision.
If you’re accustomed to English Dressage, the Cowboy Dressage court (arena) will feel familiar. It’s a little smaller at 20x40 metres, and divided into equal measurements of five and 10-metre increments, with each five-metre increment marked by a letter. The grid on this new court is designed to help the rider with precision and execution.
The dressage arena for Cowboy dressage is very different to the usual dressage arena we are used to seeing.
Cowboy Dressage is judged with points being awarded for each part of the test, with lightness of rein and the horse’s demeanour and willingness being rewarded. Partnership as well as the demonstration of “soft feel” are important components, with the Soft Feel score multiplied by three.
The creation of Cowboy Dressage has been a labour of love for both Eitan and his wife, Deb Beth-Halachmy, now based in California and spreading the word of Cowboy dressage worldwide. Eitan is a world-renowned horseman who in partnership with his famous horses, Holiday Compadre and Santa Fe, has won many World Championships and performed shows across the world, including the opening and closing ceremonies in both the 2006 and 2010 World Equestrian Games.
Cowboy Dressage competitions are attracting huge crowds of competitors and spectators across the world and has finally arrived in Australia in an official capacity. In May this year Eitan and Deb asked Kathy and myself to lead the Cowboy Dressage movement here in Australia, which we are delighted to do. In November this year, we are bringing out one of Eitan and Deb’s business partners, Lyn Ringrose Moe, who will be conducting the first official clinics, judges’ boot camp and shows to be held in locations in Queensland and in Victoria. Check out the Facebook page for Cowboy Dressage World Australia for details on upcoming events.
The famous Cowboy handshake.
It’s not only about the horsemanship, Cowboy Dressage also promotes an attitude of encouragement and camaraderie. It’s free to join the Cowboy Dressage World community with the only requirement being that you agree to the “Cowboy’s Handshake” on the Cowboy Dressage World website www.cowboydressageworld.com
I think you’ll agree it’s a sentiment that makes the world a better place.
THE COWBOY’S HANDSHAKE
With your handshake and your word, you pledge “to try” to:
• Become the person others can trust with a handshake and your word.
• Exemplify the Cowboy Dressage way of life and find the courage to chase your dreams.
• Not allow defeat when faced with setbacks in your life and your horsemanship.
• Treat all horses and people with integrity and kindness.
• Look for “the try” in your horses and always reward them.
• Look for “the try” in people as you travel down your horsemanship path.
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India / Players / Chandu Borde
Chandu Borde
Full name Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde
Born July 21, 1934, Poona (now Pune), Maharashtra
Major teams India, Baroda, Maharashtra
Bowling style Legbreak
Relation Brother - RG Borde
Tests 55 97 11 3061 177* 35.59 5 18 37 0
First-class 251 370 57 12805 207* 40.91 30 72 160 0
Tests 55 54 5695 2417 52 5/88 6/132 46.48 2.54 109.5 2 1 0
First-class 251 20304 9044 331 8/52 27.32 2.67 61.3 14 3
Test debut India v West Indies at Mumbai (BS), Nov 28-Dec 3, 1958 scorecard
Last Test India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Nov 4-9, 1969 scorecard
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First-class span 1952/53 - 1972/73
He started out in the late fifties as India's most promising young batsman. In the early sixties, he was one of the country's leading allrounders. And from the mid to the late sixties, he was the bulwark of the Indian batting. So for just over a decade, Borde was very much in the thick of it all. The fact that he was the only Indian in the Rest of the World team that played Barbados in a commemoration match in 1967 speaks of the high regard that the cricketing world had for Borde's ubiquitous skills. As a batsman, he was capable of every stroke in the book. He modelled his batting after Vijay Hazare, but was a shade more adventurous. He was also a more than able legspinner, capable of winning matches for India, till a shoulder injury in 1964 curbed his bowling. As a fielder, Borde was one of the very best, initially excelling in the outfield and later doing fine work in close in positions.
Borde's career had a storybook start when in his first Test series he scored 109 and 96 against the all conquering West Indian side in 1958-59. For the next few years, he displayed his allround skills in abundant measure. With Salim Durrani, he played a leading role in India winning the rubber against England in 1961-62. One of the best players of fast bowling, Borde made runs consistently and handsomely against McKenzie, Hall and Griffith. He probably reached his peak when he got two centuries in three Tests against West Indies in 1966-67. He failed on the tour of England that followed and had mixed luck on the Australasia trip in 1967-68. By the end of the decade, his reflexes had considerably slowed down and with the selectors plumping for youth, Borde was one of the first casualties. Happily however he has stayed with the game as manager of touring teams, where his considerable expertise has proved invaluable and as chairman of the selection committee.
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Prince George's County officer shot, killed while protecting woman threatened in a domestic dispute
Prince George's County Police investigate after officer shot and killed in Brandywine
Man suspected of shooting Prince George's County officer had history of violence
Prince George's County officer shot, killed
VIDEO: Officer shot, killed in Prince George's County, sources confirm
Posted Feb 21 2018 10:56AM EST
Video Posted Feb 21 2018 11:08PM EST
Updated Feb 22 2018 01:53AM EST
(L) Fallen officer Cpl. Mujahid Ramzziddin, (R) Glenn Tyndell
Police swarm a shooting scene in Brandywine on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
Police respond to a scene in Brandywine on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
Prince George's Co. fallen officer remembered
BRANDYWINE, Md. - A Prince George's County police officer was shot and killed in Brandywine on Wednesday, authorities have confirmed.
The Prince George's County Police Department confirmed one of its officers was killed, stating the officer was "shot while stepping in to protect a woman threatened in a domestic situation."
Authorities later identified the officer as 51-year-old Cpl. Mujahid Ramzziddin, a 14-year veteran of their force and a father of four children. He served in PGPD's Special Operations Division's Harbor Unit.
Police say Cpl. Ramzziddin, who was off-duty and was in plain clothes, spoke to a neighbor who requested his help for a situation with her estranged husband outside of her home on Chadsey Lane.
According Prince George's County police Chief Hank Stawinski, Cpl. Ramzziddin spoke to his neighbor on Tuesday, who had some concerns about her estranged husband. On Wednesday morning, Chief Stawinski said the officer saw his neighbor outside and spoke to her asking her if she needed help again. Two other people were at the home at the time of the situation, according to Chief Stawinski.
He said the officer and the neighbor were outside when they were reportedly approached by the suspect, who fired at the officer with a shotgun.
Chief Stawinski says based on a video he saw, Tyndall fired on five times. "Our officer, I want to be very clear about this, was grievously wounded and lost his life in this confrontation."
The woman at the home wasn't hurt, according to police.
Officials identified the suspect as 37-year-old Glenn Tyndell and said he had three open warrants for his arrest for assault.
Police say both Tyndell's ex-wife and estranged current wife had taken had sought protections because of his history of violence.
Police say Tyndell took the officer's gun and then led police on a chase that concluded in the area of Route 210 and Old Fort Road. Officers followed the suspect in his SUV, until he fled on foot on Indian Head Highway near Old Fort Road.
Police say there was an exchange of gunfire, which lead to Tyndell being shot and killed by officers.
The Prince George's County Police Department said Route 210 at Palmer Road was closed in both directions due to their investigation and urged drivers to avoid the area. It was opened again just before for 9 p.m. Wednesday night.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tweeted that special agents from its Hyattsville field office were at the scene and assisting Prince George's County police.
"Corporal Ramzziddin -- hero, mentor, father, son, husband. By all account, this man was doing everything in life right," said John Telectchea, President of the Prince George's County Fraternal Order of Police.
Ramzziddin's neighbor, Earline Harris is a retired officer herself, and she said she spoke with one his sons.
"Hopefully [the son] will be guided and supported with all the police's love and support," she said to FOX 5's Lauren DeMarco.
"It takes a special kind of person to do police work, it really does. And his heart was in the right place -- his heart and his mind was in the right place. My heart goes out to him and his family because he was doing what God called him to do and that's what he wanted to do and he did it well."
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan directed flags around the state to fly at half-staff and released the following statement:
"The murder of Prince George's County police officer Corporal Mujahid Ramzziddin in the line of duty today is an unspeakable tragedy. The First Lady and I are praying for his family, loved ones, and the department during this difficult time. Corporal Ramzziddin was a military veteran and a distinguished law enforcement officer who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of his neighbors and community. His memory and service will never be forgotten. I have extended my full support to County Executive Rushern Baker, Police Chief Hank Stawinski, and all of the dedicated men and women of the Prince George's County Police Department as they mourn their fallen fellow officer. The state is standing by to offer any assistance needed to Prince George's County as they investigate this terrible and senseless crime."
Police say Cpl. Ramzziddin had assignments with PGPD Districts III and IV, the WAVE Unit, as well as the Gang Unit, before taking his final assignment with the Harbor Unit.
The Imam at Nation's Mosque says a funeral for Cpl. Ramzziddin will be on Friday at the Diyanet Center of America in Lanham, Md. Time is to be determined.
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Search continues for missing pregnant Maryland teacher
By Anjali Hemphill, FOX 5 DC
Posted Sep 07 2017 10:27PM EDT
Video Posted Sep 07 2017 10:38PM EDT
Updated Sep 08 2017 08:31AM EDT
Laura Wallen
Police searching for missing pregnant Md. teacher
OLNEY, Md. - A pregnant school teacher from Montgomery County remains missing as police continue to search for her.
Laura Wallen was last heard from on Monday when police say she sent a troubling text to a family member. Police would not go into what the text said or what it was about.
The 31-year-old is a beloved social studies teacher at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, but she never showed up to her first day of school on Tuesday. It was a day she was looking forward to.
There has been an outpouring of support for Wallen online by her students and the Wilde Lake community. Students have been tweeting about her using the hashtag #bringwallenhome and leaving notes of support on her classroom door at school.
Wallen is described as 5'5" tall and weighs 200 pounds. She has blond hair, blue eyes and is around four months pregnant.
A pregnant school teacher from Montgomery County remains missing as police continue the search. Captain Paul Starks, director of public information for Montgomery County Police, joined us with the latest.
The Olney woman’s family has asked for privacy at this time, but they are working closely with a team of Montgomery County police detectives assigned to investigate her disappearance.
At this time, police say they do not want to rule anything out or assume anything in this case, but they are troubled by her sudden disappearance.
“By all appearances, she seems to be just a solid and committed person who would not behave this way,” said Montgomery County Police Capt. Paul Starks. “She has been given awards as a teacher in the past. I think she enjoys a close relationship, not only with her sister, but with her parents. They all still live very close to one another in the Olney area, see each other frequently and communicate even more frequently by phone.
“The lack of contact, the no communication since Monday is completely out of character, and that has what has family and police concerned.”
Wallen’s car is also missing. It is described as black 2011 Ford Escape with Maryland tag M522473.
If you have any information about Wallen, you are asked to call police at 301-279-8000.
ICE explores opening new detention center in Baltimore-area
U.S. immigration officials are considering opening a detention center in Maryland that could house hundreds of men and women.
The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement advertised on a federal contracts forum to seek potential locations. A new facility would join ICE detention centers already operating in Worcester, Frederick and Howard counties.
The new facility would house 600 to 800 men and women.
Firefighter injured battling blaze at bus garage in Northeast DC
A firefighter was injured battling a blaze at a bus garage in Northeast, D.C.
The fire was reported around 7:30 a.m. in the 3300 block of New York Avenue. Officials say a bus inside of the garage and other materials inside the building were on fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Officials: Firebird roller coaster stuck at Six Flags America, passengers 'safely escorted' off
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2 May '16
European Space Agency chooses Flemish company as tech partner
by Senne Starckx,
Recent articles: Flemish specialist wants to put pain on every doctor’s agenda, Invisible bacteria keep the office clean while you sleep, Q&A: Fewer university students contest exam results
To co-ordinate its ambitious Technology Transfer Program, the ESA has chosen to work with Verhaert of Kruibeke in a contract worth millions
Instant renown
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract worth millions of euros to a company in East Flanders, to co-ordinate its new Technology Transfer Program.
Verhaert, based in Kruibeke, will co-ordinate the elaborate programme, which should lead to a higher return on investment for the billions the ESA spends every year. “Thanks to this contract, we will be propelled instantly to become one of the leading players in Europe with respect to technology transfer and incubation of technological starters,” CEO Koen Verhaert said when the contract award was announced last week.
R&D in space technology often leads to pioneering breakthroughs and surprising applications in everyday life. Less noisy wind turbines and quick blood and urine tests are two examples of innovations that have arisen from European space research programmes. The ESA believes European industry can still benefit much more from such research
Verhaert will use a specific approach and programme, called TechXfer. This differs from the classical method of technology valorisation in two ways: by diverging from a technology “push model” to a user-focused “pull model”, and through an integration of the complete chain – from opportunity creation to feasibility research, to the development and construction of demonstrators and prototypes.
The company is one of the pillars of Flanders’ space-flight engineering sector and is known for its construction of a series of microsatellites used by ESA for Earth observation, known as the Proba family.
Photo courtesy European Space Agency
QinetiQ Space develops oil experiment for Space Agency
East Flanders’ aerospace research and development firm has developed an experiment, currently in orbit, that will shed light on gravity’s role in separating fluids
Q&A: New initiative brings universities and space sector closer together
The space industry has undergone major shifts in recent years, and a new initiative wants to open students’ eyes to the career opportunities it offers today
QinetiQ technology passes European spacecraft IXV test flight
In a first for the European Space Agency, a test spacecraft has orbited Earth and returned on its own, thanks to technology developed by Flemish company QinetiQ Space
Mobility minister Ben Weyts has approved a new set of regulations for taxi companies and drivers meant to simplify procedures and create competitive pricingFull story
‘A New Career in Nursing’ to help ease shortage in care sector
An innovative public-private partnership will train adults looking for a career change in nursing to try to bring an end to nursing’s stubbornly bottleneck statusFull story
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‹ Lawful rebellion
Soldier Sectioned
by musashi » Fri May 09, 2014 12:44 pm
A British soldier has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for six months for shwoing his captain the common law convictiobns of the queen on matters of child trafficking. Google the lionk here for the story.
http://itccs.org/tag/st-georges-hospital/
Captain Murrell (ph: 44 07909686198) and Doctors Khan and Sem
the mental care unit of St. George’s Hospital in Stafford (ph: 44 01785 25788
Musashi.
It's still fucked, isn't it?
Re: Soldier Sectioned
by musashi » Sat May 10, 2014 1:59 pm
ITCCS Urgent Appeal: British soldier persecuted, institutionalized for discussing common law arrest warrants against Elizabeth Windsor
Stafford, England, May 7, 2014, 4 pm GMT
Vivian Cunningham, a serving soldier in the Irish Guards Regiment in Aldershot, Hampshire, has been detained, institutionalized and drugged against his will for mentioning to a senior officer the Common Law arrest warrants against convicted felon Elizabeth Windsor (aka “Queen Elizabeth”).
Guardsman Cunningham is presently being detained without his consent for six months at the mental care unit of St. George’s Hospital in Stafford (ph: 44 01785 25788). He has been injected with olanzapine, an atypical anti-psychotic drug, under the orders of a Captain Murrell (ph: 44 07909686198) and Doctors Khan and Sema.
Recently, Guardsman Cunningham reported to Captain Murrell the existence of the standing arrest warrant against Windsor, and her lawful conviction for crimes against humanity. According to Cunningham, Capt. Murrell responded by saying “Yes I believe the evidence you have shown me, but is it ok if you attend a medical assessment to make sure you are ok?”. Cunningham agreed, and was then committed with a diagnosis of having suffered an “acute psychotic episode”.
Clearly, Cunningham has been committed under the notorious “Fixated Threat” law, which criminalizes opinion in England, and classifies the criticism of any political figure as a mental disorder.
The ITCCS Executive states categorically that Guardsman Vivian Cunningham has been targeted by the British Crown for his circulating of evidence of Elizabeth Windsor’s guilt under the law. Cunningham’s persecution is directly related to the present Common Law Court’s investigation of the British Crown and members of the “royal family” for child trafficking and murder.
The ITCCS Executive therefore calls upon all of its global affiliates and British members to protest at St. George’s hospital in Stafford, and phone the facility and Capt. Murrell to demand an explanation for Cunningham’s incarceration. Protests and occupations will commence at British embassies and businesses around the world, and will continue until Vivian Cunnigham is released unconditionally.
Vivian Cunningham is hereby declared a prisoner of conscience in England by the ITCCS.
Issued by ITCCS Central
Enforcement of Annulment Orders against the Church of Rome and of England will commence in July – Training of Common Law Officers and Sheriffs to begin May 19
Breaking Public Announcement issued by The Public Information Agency of The International Common Law Court of Justice (ICLCJ)
May 1, 2014 – 5 pm GMT
Brussels:
The Easter Maastricht Proclamation of the Court that nullified the laws and authority of the Church of Rome and its corporate subsidiaries will be actively enforced by duly sworn and trained Common Law Officers commencing in the first week of July, 2014.
Assisted by the community, the Officers will enforce the lawful annulment of these corporate bodies in at least nine countries by undertaking:
1. The arrest and imprisonment of the convicted fiduciary officers of the Church of Rome and of England, along with their accomplices and other criminals;
2. The seizure and public expropriation of the property and assets of these churches, and their re-establishment as public space serving the community, and
3. The re-consecration of these former churches as entirely congregational, self-governing bodies under public, common law authority.
Beginning on Monday, May 19, 2014, the ICLCJ and its sponsoring Tribunal will commence a rigorous three week training program for professional peace officers, sheriffs and marshals who will be deputized to enforce this Annulment against these criminal church bodies. The program will be held at private sessions in Canada, the United States, Ireland, England, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Italy.
To apply for participation in the Common Law Officers’ Training Program, contact the Secretariat at itccscentral@gmail.com , and consult the Common Law Training Manual at www.itccs.org .
Issued by The ICLCJ Public Information Agency, Brussels
www.itccs.org / www.iclcj.com
Posted in Chuch of England, Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican | Tagged Catholic Church, Church of England, Church of Rome, Easter Proclamation, International Common Law Court of Justice, ITCCS, Maastricht Proclamation, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican
by Freeman Stephen » Sat May 10, 2014 3:45 pm
Passed it on. Hmmm. Things are moving.
by pitano1 » Sat May 10, 2014 7:56 pm
please forgive me,but i could not resist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-zMZnY76Qk
if i need to explain my reasoning,i`am quite happy to do so.
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
ALL UNALIENABLE RIGHTS RESERVED -AB INITIO - Without Recourse - Non-Assumpsit
pitano1
Location: on the land
by musashi » Sun May 11, 2014 10:55 am
pitano1 wrote: please forgive me,but i could not resist.
A very old joke, that one.
by musashi » Wed May 14, 2014 2:20 pm
--------- Original Message ----------
From: R Austin <raustin@dignityalliance.com>
To: tom.tunnicliffe@sssft.nhs.uk
Date: 13 May 2014 at 16:39
Subject: Grenadier Vivian Cunningham
Mr Tunnicliffe
I am an Advocate from the Dignity Alliance and I have been advised that a serving soldier has been sectioned at St George's Hospital for questioning the status of the Queen. Can you please confirm the actual status of this man and under what authority and legislation he has been detained?
We published the brief details on this story a few days ago and we have been inundated with messages from our members and ex-servicemen asking us to look into this matter. Would there be any reasonable objection to myself and one of our trained press officers (both former serving soldiers) interviewing Vivian that we can report his side of the story as we believe an injustice has occurred that is in the public interest to report?
If there are visiting times I would very much appreciate it if you would provide details of those and if there are any restrictions on visiting this man?
R Austin
Dignity Alliance
Boltonn
BL1 9WE
Email: raustin@dignityalliance.com
by DirkL » Fri Apr 05, 2019 1:05 am
Similar story: https://youtu.be/CEXZ_N51MZ0
Man verses Beast
DirkL
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South Africa’s Taste Holdings appoints Dylan Pienaar as new CEO
May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 Food Business Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Taste Holdings, South Africa’s licensed operator of Starbucks Coffee and Domino’s Pizza, has appointed its chief operating officer, Dylan Pienaar, as chief executive officer effective.
Dylan will replace Tyrone Moodley who stepped down and has been reappointed as a non-executive member of the company, reports Reuters.
Tyrone Moodley, the former chief executive, took over the position after the resignation of the co-founder and CEO Carlo Gonzaga.
The company claims Moodley fulfilled his duties to restructure the business and support the new management team on its strategic alignment adding that this is consistent with its transition plans.
Pienaar, who has experience in global quick service restaurants brands in South Africa, is set to help the firm recover its balance sheets and execute its expansion plan.
In January this year, Taste announced that it will resume rolling out more coffee shops and fast food outlets following a US$9.51 million cash injection by its shareholders.
According to Grant Pattison, Chairman of the firm, the group was set to have the necessary capital it needs to continue with its expansion as soon as the rights offer is processed.
Pattison said the rights offer, which sparked fears of a likelihood delisting the firm, is not part of a stealth delisting of the group, and though the board has debated the issue, it has decided that the company is best left listed.
The group has also accessed a US$14.41 million loan facility provided by Riskowitz Value Fund (RVF) following Sean Riskowitz’s, who controls 66% stake in the firm, support in the funding.
In November 2018, during the release of its financial results for the half-year to end-August, Taste announced the decision to withhold its expansion plan on the food outlets as a way to preserve cash.
According to the results, the group had incurred an operating loss of US$6.27 million and generated a negative cash flow of US$2.44 million from operating activity despite getting US$28.68 million from a rights offer in February 2018.
Taste is set to release results this week and it’s still not going to be pretty: the company expects to make a headline loss of between 24.8c and 26.4c a share, against the loss of 41.8c reported last year.
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Spraying forests does not get anything
10 April 2017 9 April 2017 Isaac
Insect pests are a major threat to many forests worldwide, from boreal to tropical forest ecosystems. Some pests exhibit periodical outbreaks, after which their populations often crash as a result of natural biological control. In this study, authors assessed the performance of aerial spraying of insecticides on pine woodland stands to control pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (PPM) outbreaks in southern Spain.
Herbivorous insects are integral components of forest dynamics, in which they play important roles. However, populations may occasionally grow rapidly into damaging proportions. Such sporadic outbreaks can have catastrophic impacts on forests and trees, leading to the complete destruction of large areas of natural and/or planted forests, and considerable economic losses in some cases. One such pest is the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa).
READ ALSO: The growth before death: a better understanding of tree mortality using tree ring data
In the last few decades, the area affected by processionary outbreaks in Europe has expanded northwards and upwards in the mountains, and the pest is now affecting higher altitude and latitude areas where it used to be absent. This has resulted in high attack rates in areas hardly affected by this insect in the past. Thus, the application of control methods for aggressive pests such as PPM is a key issue in Mediterranean forestry.
To control processionary outbreaks, several management techniques have been used to date, including manual cutting and burning of nests, pheromone traps/mating disruption systems, and lethal mixtures of chemical and biological insecticides. Of these, aerial spraying of pine forests with insecticides is the most widely used option in most Mediterranean countries and has proved successful in preventing the pest multiplying, with apparently limited environmental effects (Sanchis et al., 1990; Battisti et al., 1998; Demolin and Martin, 1998;Dajoz, 2000). These insecticides target larval stages and are thus applied in late summer or early autumn provided that an outbreak of PPM has been detected during the previous winter.
Application of insecticides is however implemented at a time when the moth’s population is expected to crash as a result of natural biological control (predators–parasitoids, host plant, or both). It follows to question whether processionary decline following aerial spraying of insecticides is a result of management practices or a natural consequence of the insect’s population cycle.
The study area is the region of Andalusia (southern Spain). This area covers around 87,300 km2 (ca. the size of Austria) and includes a wide variety of habitats, from lowlands and meadows on the western side to tall mountains (well above 3000 m.a.s.l.) in the east. Five main pine species, black (Pinus nigra), Aleppo (P. halepensis), maritime (P.pinaster), stone (P.pinea), and Scots (P.sylvestris), represent the bulk of pine woodlands.
In this study, insecticide spraying performance was evaluated by comparing the response of heavily infested carriers that were treated (with insecticides) or untreated. The hypothesis is that, if the outbreak is effectively controlled by biological agents, there would be no difference in the response of heavily infested forests subjected to aerial spraying and untreated forests.
READ ALSO: Forest-biodiversity-loss harms us all!
The results help us to understand it
The percentage of woodland stands that were strongly defoliated by processionary (degree of infestation ≥3) increased progressively between 2002 and 2004 from 9.5% to 11.7% respectively, suffering an abrupt decline to 6.0% in 2005 (Table 1). A similar pattern was detected for forest cover. Total treated forest area also decreased progressively from 2002 to 2004 but increased slightly in 2005, indicating that fewer but larger woodland stands were treated in this year. Over 90% of the treatments throughout the study period consisted in the aerial application of insecticides (i.e. spraying), being almost 100% during 2004 and 2005.
Traditional t-tests applied to both unpaired and paired sampling designs showed no significant differences between sprayed and non-sprayed stands for all four pine species (Table 2).
The authors attributed lack of difference between treated and untreated samples to natural declines of the pest populations due to exhaustion of resources and an increase of natural enemies (predators, parasitoids, etc.). Indeed, most potential pests are likely to be under natural biologi- cal control in forest and agro-ecosystems (van Lenteren, 2006), but this is rarely taken into account in forest management plans.
Fig. 1 shows no clear differences between the decrease in the degree of infestation after an out- break of PPM (degree of incidence ≥ 3 in the first year) in sprayed and non-sprayed pine stands regardless of sampling design and species.
Our results can have both economic and ecological implications for forest management practices. The profitability of aerial treatments can be questioned if the benefits obtained are not significant enough to offset such costs (Aimi et al., 2006). The management and control of insect pests entails substantial monetary investments.
The solution against the processionary is to find other alternatives
With respect to PPM, between € 1.0 and € 1.5 million are spent annually on aerial spraying to control processionary outbreaks in our study region. In addition, because aerial spraying is conducted in the winter following strong, heavy or massive defoliation, treatments are unlikely to limit growth losses or prevent further damage to trees by other organisms. In this context, authors advocate for more rigorous tests to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of pest control practices, combined with economic assessments, instead of applying a routinary and unnecessary spraying protocol. Insecticide spraying cannot be considered a prevention for outbreaks if it is applied once the outbreak explodes.
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This does not imply renouncing to control processionary when necessary. Other forest management practices implemented at different scales can also help control PPM outbreaks. First, promoting spatial heterogeneity at the landscape level. Second, fostering biodiversity in pine plantations by, for instance, increasing the proportion of broadleaved trees and shrubs in forest stands (particularly at the stand borders), would increase the resilience of these systems to pest outbreaks. This is particularly relevant in this study region, where the recuperation of woody species diversity is being considered as part of forest management plans targeting the next 50 years, forest logging is no longer a profitable activity, and forest values other than timber are gaining importance.
Spraying can be especially important in pine masses located close to or within populated areas. In such areas, aerial spraying is unpractical, but pheromone traps, hand removal, or application of high insecticide concentrations using truck or back-pack methods is justified given the risks of PPM larvae for human health (EPPO/CABI, 1997). Forest managers should shift from static to adaptive planning based on scientific evidence, monitoring systems and protocols.
Source: Cayuela, L., Hódarb J.A., Zamora R.. Is insecticide spraying a viable and cost-efficient management practice to control pine processionary moth in Mediterranean woodlands? EcoLab, Departamento de Ecología, Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Granada y Grupo de Ecología Terrestre, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada.
Main photo credit: Isaac Sanz
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Holly Beasley-Garrigan
Holly is a Choreographer, Theatre-Maker, Performer and Movement Director with a background spanning Theatre, Dance, Music and Live Art. She is best known for her award winning work with Fine Chisel and The Flanagan Collective.
Concerned with re-evaluating the spaces we inhabit - as a gay, working class, female artist - she likes making anarchic work for unusual spaces and audiences; specialising in devised, site-specific, immersive and inter-disciplinary performance. Previous acclaim includes a Scotsman Fringe First Award & MTN Innovation Award for Fine Chisel’s Dumbstruck (2013); ThreeWeeks Editors' Award for Fine Chisel’s Edinburgh Season (2012); Best Collective Award for The Flanagan Collective’s Adelaide Season (2016); Vault Festival Outstanding Contribution Award for The Guild of Misrule’s The Great Gatsby (2017).
Holly is currently developing OPAL FRUITS; a solo performance about working class women and the trouble with 90's nostalgia. She co-runs Woman SRSLY, a new performance platform championing female-led work. She co-created, choreographed and performs as Jordan Baker in The Guild of Misrule's Immersive Great Gatsby, which is currently the longest-running immersive show in the UK. .
Image © Samuel Donnelly
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Strong GGR in VIP, mass might deliver growth in May: brokers
May 15, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck
Two weeks into the month and the forecasts for year-on-year growth in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in Macau for the entirety of May vary from stagnation to a moderate increase.
In updates published on Tuesday, brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd forecast between 2 percent and 4 percent year-on-year growth in GGR this month, while Nomura’s Instinet LLC sees flat GGR growth. Both brokerages said they have seen stronger revenues from the VIP and mass gaming segments so far this month compared to April.
The stockbrokers issued their latest forecasts based on indications of Macau casino GGR in the eight days ended May 13.
In its note, Sanford Bernstein analysts Vitaly Umansky, Eunice Lee and Kelsey Zhu said they could see a potential improvement in the VIP gaming segment over the longer term.
“Potential high-end GGR stabilisation and renewed strength may come from a recovering credit cycle in China, which may support VIP recovery in the second half,” the analysts wrote.
“The recent heightened tension in U.S.-China trade relations, however, casts uncertainty over the GGR recovery. If the trade war sustains over an extended period, it will likely pose a headwind to China’s economy and gaming spend from China’s high-net-worth individuals in Macau.”
Sanford Bernstein said its channel checks indicated that Macau casino GGR flowed in at the rate of MOP775 million (US$95.9 million) a day, on average, between May 6 and May 13, slowing after four days of holidays at the beginning of the month in mainland China, the main source of gamblers to Macau casinos.
The stockbroker thinks the hold rate in the VIP gaming market has normalised, having been higher than usual in the preceding two months, and it estimates that volume in the mass-market and VIP market alike was at least 10 percent greater than a month earlier.
The Instinet stockbroking arm of the Nomura banking group said Macau casino GGR will be between MOP25 billion and MOP26 billion in May, about the same as a year earlier.
Nomura estimates that Macau casino GGR came in at an average rate of about MOP750 million a day between May 6 and May 13, more slowly than during the holiday period in mainland China.
Analysts Harry Curtis, Daniel Adam and Brian Dobson said average daily volume in the VIP market for gaming was tracking about 30 percent higher than a month earlier; the VIP hold percentage was about 3 percent, at the high end of the expected range of 2.7 percent to 3 percent; and that daily GGR in the mass market was between 12 percent and 15 percent greater than the average in April.
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Jewish World Review Sept. 2, 2010 23 Elul, 5770
The New Old World Order
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The post-Cold War new world order is rapidly breaking apart. Nations are returning to the ancient passions, rivalries and differences of past centuries.
Take Europe. The decades-old vision of a united pan-continental Europe without borders is dissolving. The cradle-to-grave welfare dream proved too expensive for Europe's shrinking and aging population.
Cultural, linguistic and economic divides between Germany and Greece, or Holland and Bulgaria, remain too wide to be bridged by fumbling bureaucrats in Brussels. NATO has devolved into a euphemism for American expeditionary forces.
Nationalism is returning, based on stronger common ties of language, history, religion and culture. We are even seeing the return of a two-century-old European "problem": a powerful Germany that logically seeks greater political influence commensurate with its undeniable economic superiority.
The tired Israeli-Palestinian fight over the future of the West Bank is no longer the nexus of Middle East tensions. The Muslim Arab world is now more terrified by the re-emergence of a bloc of old familiar non-Arabic, Islamic fundamentalist rivals.
With nuclear weapons, theocratic Iran wants to offer strategic protection to radical allies such as Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas, and at the same time restore Persian glory. While diverse, this rogue bunch shares contempt for the squabbling Sunni Arab world of rich but defenseless Gulf petro-sheikdoms and geriatric state authoritarians.
Turkey is flipping back to its pre-20th-century past. Its departure from NATO is not a question of if, but when. The European Union used to not want Turkey; now Turkey does not want the shaky EU.
Turkish revisionism now glorifies the old Ottoman sultanate. Turkey wants to recharge that reactionary model as the unifier and protector of Islam -- not the modern, vastly reduced secular state of Kemal Ataturk. Weak neighbors Armenia, Cyprus, Greece and Kurdistan have historical reasons to tremble.
Japan's economy is still stalled. Its affluent population is shrinking and aging. Elsewhere in the region, the Japanese see an expanding China and a lunatic nuclear North Korea. Yet Japan is not sure whether the inward-looking United States is still credible in its old promise of protection against any and all enemies.
One of two rather bleak Asian futures seems likely. Either an ascendant China will dictate the foreign policies of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, or lots of new freelancing nuclear powers will appear to deter China since it cannot count on an insolvent U.S. for protection.
Oil-rich Russia -- deprived of its communist-era empire -- seems to find lost imperial prestige and influence by being for everything that the U.S. is against. That translates into selling nuclear expertise and material to Iran, providing weapons to provocative states such as Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, and bullying neighbors over energy supplies.
Closer to home, Mexico has become a strange sort of friend. It devolves daily into a more corrupt and violent place than Iraq or Pakistan. The fossilized leadership in Mexico City shows no interest in reforming, either by opening its economy or liberalizing its political institutions.
Instead, Mexico's very survival for now rests on cynically exporting annually a million of its impoverished and unhappy citizens to America. More interested in money than its own people, the Mexican government counts on the more than $20 billion in remittances that return to the country each year.
But American citizens are tired of picking up the tab to subsidize nearly 15 million poor illegal aliens. The growing hostility between the two countries is reminiscent of 19th-century tensions across the Rio Grande.
How is America reacting to these back-to-the-future changes?
Politically divided, committed to two wars, in a deep recession, insolvent and still stunned by the financial meltdown of 2008, our government seems paralyzed. As European socialism implodes, for some reason a new statist U.S. government wants to copy failure by taking over ever more of the economy and borrowing trillions more dollars to provide additional entitlements.
As panicky old allies look for American protection, we talk of slashing our defense budget. In apologetic fashion, we spend more time appeasing confident enemies than buttressing worried friends.
Instead of finishing our border fence and closing the southern border, we are suing a state that is trying to enforce immigration laws that the federal government will not apply. And as sectarianism spreads abroad, we at home still pursue the failed salad bowl and caricature the once-successful American melting pot.
But just as old problems return, so do equally old solutions. Once-stodgy ideas like a free-market economy, strong defense, secure borders and national unity are suddenly appearing fresh and wise.
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Event: An Evening with Pampanga Mayor Ed Pamintuan, World Mayor 2012 nominee
I will forever remember the first time I saw a financial report posted in the center of Angeles City Pampanga last year when I attended the Kuliat Festival. It was quite a memorable experience seeing a city filled with antiquities and preserved culture that may actually be the best model to boost nationalism in our country. I had the privelege to join an evening with Angeles Pampanga Mayor Ed Pamintuan celebrating his nomination as World Mayor 2012 at Anabel's Tomas Morato, Quezon City last Tuesday.
The World Mayor Project since 2004 aimed to show what outstanding mayors can achieve and raise their profiles nationally and internationally and Mayor Ed Pamintuan is the only Filipino among the roster of nominees. It was no wonder he'd be nominated not only in the World Mayor but in other recognizing bodies all over the world because of his outstanding achievements without having to blow horns of showing his face on every tarp and streets in Angeles City. From being known all over the world for prostitution in the past with Fields Avenue, he was able to transform Angeles to a rich historical and developing city. From the rubble of Mt. Pinatubo tragedy, he was instrumental in transforming the ashes to sculptures to promote livelihood products and help raise funds to uplift the city to greater heights. It was no wonder that Angeleños continue to provide testimonials of his greatest achievements because of his outstanding projects that helped too many concerning community, public health, quality and affordable education. Mayor Ed Pamintuan was remarkably passionate establishing the first Renal Care Unit (RCU) in the city offering affordable medication for people suffering from renal diseases. Angeleños like all the other Kapampangans love salty food and since the common diseases hit the kidneys, it was a monumental success putting up 19 dialysis machines and a total of 2,427 treatments served since its formal operation in less than a year.
Like what his wife Mrs. Herminia De Guzman-Pamintuan had said, his love and passion for food reflected in Kuliat Festival yearly held to promote Angeles City Tourism was also the reason why he completely understands the need to uplift the quality of health care among Angeleños. I still remember how he was able to influence me to eat that sweet camote with carabao's milk last year and his stories.
It was no wonder the Angeleños had discovered the reason of their pride. If we have always perceived the Kapampangans to be proud, they are now showing the reasons to be proud. With so many things to be proud about, having the best-tasting food, the pride over Sisig and other authentic culinary feats the word awes about, Camaro, Batute, Morcon, etc, rich language with their very own alphabet and language distinct from all the other regions, rich history that spans the historical landmarks the country is yet to recognize, rich landscapes worth promoting for the world to enjoy, the city of Angeles is one destination that Mayor Ed Pamintuan is so happy to share and improve for all of us. It was no wonder that through Mayor Ed's efforts, Angeles City received prestigious awards like Good Housekeeping Practices. He is hopeful and actively encouraging various sectors of the city to participate in the sustenance of the environmental resources of Angeles through Task Force: One Million Trees and Sagip Sapang Belen.
Having met Mayor Ed Pamintuan again after last year's Fiestang Kuliat reminded me of how cities in other regions of the country truly neglect the most important factor to get the citizens to move - attitude. It takes a leader to be passionate of his own rich culture to lead the rest to love the same food, love the same history and bank on the assets and not on their losses and circumstances. Despite the struggles the city is faced with, Mayor Ed Pamintuan is an optimistic leader deserving not just a recognition as World Mayor 2012, but all the other recognizing bodies to help create more funds to uplift the city. Angeles City is not a sleeping tiger with Mayor Ed Pamintuan roaring like a lion on good governance the rest will soon follow.
Do vote for our very own Mayor Ed Pamintuan in World Mayor 2012 here - http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2012/word-mayor-nominations-2012.html. Have a taste and a feel of Angeles City and see what I'm talking about. For more information, visit www.angelescitytourism.com.ph, email angelesmuseo.kfi@yahoo.com or call 6345-5574703/639154216606.
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Week in Pop: Shark?, Snow Angel, Yassou Benedict
Sjimon Gompers
Angelic flowers, and Gabby La La's Snow Angel, photographed by Ashleigh Castro.
With the spring festival buzz descending upon us, Week in Pop brings you a roundup of the latest from the newsroom feeds: First, you can now scope out the Coachella schedules and more; this week Boston Mayor Marty Walsh declared April 9 “Riot Grrrl Day”; Frank Ocean announced a new album in the making; Sky Ferreira confirmed the title of her new album; Tyler, the Creator launched his own app with Gold Media, and announced that the new album, Cherry Bomb will be available April 13; Frances Bean Cobain talked about her pop Kurt; Flying Lotus interviewed Kendrick Lamar; Towkio x Chance the Rapper collaboration; Conor Oberst’s Desaparecidos announced a new album; Kanye West has made up with the photographer, Daniel Ramos, who was involved in the infamous LAX incident; Tanlights’ Netflix-ish looking satire site; Marilyn Manson’s diner rough up in Canada; we mourn the loss of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s drummer, Robert Burns, along with Hippos In Tanks co-founder/CEO, Barron Machat.
As the world continues to turn, we celebrate the following exclusives and interviews with Shark?, Snow Angel, Yassou Benedict, Andrei Rublev, Dear Blanca, Ghostt Bllonde, Mittenfields, Negative Gemini, n. Lannon, OIM Records, Red Pill, Them Things, guest selections by Iji, and more—in no particular order.
Gabby La La’s group Snow Angel prepares to bring the world more electric sitar, fun with the recorder, and more with the upcoming So Sick So Cool 7″ available April 22. Heralding from the Bay Area, Gabby has worked with some of the brightest stars in the game, from Bernie Worrell, The Coup, Grace Potter, Les Claypool, Prince Paul, P-Funk, Snoop Lion, established Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra, and more, now premieres the Nanako Fukui video for Snow Angel’s Boots Riley produced jam, “We Are Stars”. Like the life and self embracing/affirming attitudes and jubilant antics of “So Sick So Cool”; “We Are Stars” continues that Sly & the Family Stone-“Everybody is a Star” ethic into a quest to “make the most of this life,” featuring a music video film short about animal masked-thrill-seeking marauders that features Gabby herself with Pamela Parker, Cadence Myles, Ashleigh Castro, Judy Wu, Claire West, Ran Wei, Nara Michael Ha, and Ryan Reeser.
Nanako Fukui and Yuito Kimura’s video for “We Are Stars” goes between performance footage of Snow Angel playing at a club, while following the antics of an outlaw duo on a heist rampage about the Bay. Masquerading behind cat and bunny masks, they shake up a liquor store for cash, messing up the merchandise with a bat, gagging and binding the clerk, counting their purloined bills, before attending the show. The video caters to the over-abundant confidence of egos out of control that covers the thematic terrains of Thelma & Louise, by way of Bonnie & Clyde. Snow Angel’s performance gig in the “Stars” video stands as the centerpiece, where all in attendance are seen struck in individual manners of acknowledging their own self-evident capabilities and powers. Following the video debut, we had a chance to talk with Gabby all about the new Snow Angel 7″, behind the scenes looks, along with her own exclusive spring/summer guide for 2015.
Tell us about how Snow Angel first began, and how you struck up a collaborative bond with Japanther’s Ian Vanek, and the great Boots Riley?
I started Snow Angel after writing a new collection of songs inspired by a new chapter of my life. I had accidentally fallen in love with a guy who I’d known for over 10 years, but had never thought of as a romantic option. He was just from a different planet, and I was trying to focus on being single, but I guess that doesn’t work when you’re talking about Boots Riley. We wrote a song together for The Coup- “The Magic Clap”- and I also played accordion on it. Afterwards, I started writing love songs for the first time in my life. Then I got pregnant and that shook up my creative juices big time. The music and lyrics were just flowing, and they didn’t really make sense as Gabby La La as I had existed before, so I created Snow Angel. At first Snow Angel was a duo, but now it’s grown to almost 10! So many voices-it’s just what the songs call for!
I met Ian Vanek when Japanther and The Coup played a show in San Francisco. Later on, when I was trying to figure out how to spice up “So Sick So Cool”, I thought of Ian. He said yes, and I did a little dance in the living room.
Tell us about the power of the recorder, and how it’s nostalgic, primitive, and preliminary presence brought a memory wave city sense of cool to “So Sick So Cool”.
I think recorder was my second instrument. We all got one in elementary school and I remember sitting with all my classmates in a room filled with horrible squeaking. Once you figure out how to blow gently, and make the notes sound right, it’s fun to play along with any song you know, but until then, it can be a bit painful for everyone involved.
I have studied many instruments including Piano, Guitar, Accordion and Sitar, but Recorder is one that I love because it’s I don’t have to tune it, it’s lightweight, and it still annoys people even if you’re good at it. As an older sibling, this brings me great joy.
I am not the most advanced recording engineer and I like to do things myself, so I use what I have and what I know. For the song, “So Sick So Cool” I recorded, the vocals, claps and recorders at my house using Garage Band. I wanted to keep it simple and the recorder was sitting there, so I grabbed it and it made sense-especially after I added a few layers. I hope that this song will make the recorder cool to the world. I always keep one tucked into my gear for impromptu acoustic jams!
What was your experience like working with Andrew Pezzulo, Nanako Fukui and company on the masked-mischief/performance visuals for “We Are Stars” and how do you feel the video connects with the song?
We connected with Andrew and his crew through a music video class at Art Academy that my friend Mark Kohr teaches. The cinematographer, Yuito Kimura chose the song and called upon director Nanako Fukui to make the project come to life. I love working with students because they are excited about their craft and hungry to work and create (like me). Initially, Yuito and Nanako came to me with the story and concept and I didn’t connect with it at all, but after reviewing it and some deeper consideration, I saw that it actually touched quite meaningfully on the most important aspects the song’s message. “We Are Stars” was written about my baby (who’s now almost 3),our relationship and how relationships grow, change and hopefully get stronger over time. It was hard for me to associate such a personal and intimate song with girls robbing a liquor store and going to a show, but a song is not only about the original story, it’s takes on new meanings and a life of its own once you share it. The song is essentially about friendship, reaching for your dreams, and giving the people you love the space to transform and become themselves. The video really captures the friendship between girls. We all have passion and it is expressed uniquely in each situation. These girls were willing to do anything to have their ideal night together, and you can see the determination, toughness, and joy as you follow the story in the video.
We used a Cinemagraph technique that isolates a single part of the shot and creates a beautiful and striking image. The video is dark and moody and much different than anything I’ve done before, but it communicates the emotion of the song and captures this time in our lives with intention and attitude. I love this video and I can’t wait to see how it is received.
What sorts of supernatural, and sensational experiences informed the making of this new single?
The concept for “So Sick So Cool” blossomed out of a ridiculous conversation with an 8 year old boy. If you know any 8 year olds (this may actually apply to any young man) you know about Minecraft. It’s addictive. It’s pixelated. It can take over your mind. Anyways, this young man could think and speak of nothing but Mincraft. When he wasn’t playing, he was watching videos of people playing, and when he wasn’t doing either of those activities, he was talking incessantly about every aspect of the game or drawing it on paper. I asked him, “Do you know what obsessed means?” He said that he didn’t. I told him that it’s when you can only think, do, or talk about one thing. Then he said, ‘Oh. I’m obsessed with Minecraft’ and went right back to his game.
As someone who is known for collaborating with so many big folks like, Macy Gray, Snoop, Les Claypool, etc, who will you (or are you already) work with next?
Supporting other artists is something I really enjoy, plus, I love playing on huge stages and at festivals and I rarely get to do that on my own. I don’t really know what’s in my future but I would love to play with Bjork and The Flaming Lips. They are my favorite artists. Oh, and I want to make a music video with my favorite director, Wes Anderson.
Gabby La La’s spring and summer guide / must hear / must see / must experience tips?
Bjork has an exhibit at MOMA in New York! Bjork has such a strong and ever evolving sound and look. As a person obsessed with creating videos and otherworldly fashion, I can’t help being a super fan. She’s oozes more magic and genuine emotion than anyone I’ve ever heard-no one compares.
St. Vincent is playing Outside Lands this year! I saw her at The Fox in Oakland earlier this year and it was much more than a music show- it was theatrical, weird, and inspiring. I love seeing women musicians kill on their instruments.
Go eat vegan donuts at Pepples Donut Farm in Oakland! They are delicious and so is the hippy food-and I’m not even a vegetarian. My favorite is Candy Cap Mushroom donut.
Best Bubble Tea is from Purple Kow in Berkeley. It’s much more amazing than any bubble or boba you’ve ever tried before- the cup will not fit in any cup holder! I get mine with custard and grass jelly:) http://www.purplekow.com/Index.html#
Watch The Ukulady’s 3 minute cartoon on Awesomeness TV! Follow the trials and tribulations of Astrid Strudelman, the Unicorn Whisperer, as she navigates life at Butterbrickle Charter School and of course, all things unicorn! Watch it here:
Franki Love is releasing a new album, OTIAS! One of the most loving and genuine under-discovered voices in music, Franki Love is always the most uplifting person online and in real life. Check out her new single “Walking Wounded” -it’s been on repeat in my head ever since the first time I heard it!
I’d like to get away from my phone for a day — I think it’s a “must experience” for the season. Did you see the episode of Broad City where they leave their phones at home? I think that I might loose my mind slightly too, but it’s just for a little while, right?
Lastly, I recommend spending time with the people you love and telling them you love them! Enjoy living together. I think too much time is spent looking at a screen. If eye contact is too intense, maybe start with the ocean. I like Baker Beach even though it feels like you have to drive to the other side of the earth to get there from Oakland.
Thank you for your music, time, talents, and visions, Gabby!
You are very welcome! I’m so hyped to be featured — the new record is my favorite music I’ve ever made so it feels even more exciting than ever to share it with everyone!
Snow Angel’s So Sick So Cool 7″ will be available April 22 via Bandcamp.
Shark?
Furry, fuzzy, and the fury of Shark?, photographed throughout by Gustavo Ponce.
Continuing our obsession with the cult of Shark?, we are proud to help announce the forthcoming of the Becky and Debbie EP, the Brooklyn band’s follow up to the album, Savior, and Summer Ale cassette, available on digital April 21, and June 2 from Old Flame Records. The crew of Kevin Diamond, Andy Kinsey, Andy Swerdlow and recent guitarist Jared Hiller (who stepped in permanently for Chris “Muggs” Mulligan) return with a sound that is louder, angrier, aggressive—yet conscious and aware, like amplified utterances caught in the earth and sky-quake of an electrical storm. Becky and Debbie trades, “California Grrls” for the dangerous, “Hate Crime Girl”, identity issues and existentialism on, “Wanna B Nothing”, taking on Status Quo’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men”, to exploring the hate and love continuum on the brash and brutal, “Hangnail”.
On the debut of “Hangnail”, Shark? takes on the voice of a hardened misogynist angry at the world, taking his feelings of being ‘unloved’ out on the world. Kevin delivers the cautionary character’s tone in a grizzled sneer that couples the humor of the absurd, with the serious weight of hate. “You’ll never catch me, because I’m a slippery fish, I’m drinking Pepsi, I’m eating Cookie Crisp,” to the more intense warning shot aggression of, “I got a six pack, I got a bb gun, I got misogyny, I’m going to get shit done.” On “Hangnail”, Shark? stirs a vortex of maddened riffs, rocked by heavy doses of distortion to add to the heated element of depicting the anti-hero antagonist character that rails and rages at the song’s center core. All together, Shark? creates a dizzying experience to debunk the machismo angry-American male archetype into a satirical parody create on account of blind, pigheadedness. To learn more about the inspirations behind “Hangnail”, and the forthcoming Becky and Debbie EP; we had an opportunity to talk to Kevin Diamond of Shark? in our interview the immediately follows the premiere.
Tell us about how Jared Hiller’s guitar work has impacted Shark?, filling the shoes of the the former chord ripper, Chris Mulligan.
Muggs was integral to the development of the Shark? sound — before he joined, we were just a sort of flimsy power-pop band with no real direction — but since he left and Jared stepped in, I think we’ve been able to define our sound in a way we never were able to before. Jared’s style is more focused, more specific, and just basically louder. Muggs could be gnarly, but Jared’s use of pedals has allowed us to add atmospherics, or just straight-up noise, in a way that we couldn’t before. The dude also invents and sells his own pedals, so he knows what he’s doing in that regard (check out L0-Rez Pedals, based out of the Silent Barn)
Tell us about how the style and sound of the band has developed, being harsher, angrier, grittier, louder, better, badder, and this more self-described ‘direct’ songwriting method that you all have adopted.
I think we’ve all decided to stop trying to write songs that sound like other bands, and to just write songs that sound like us. The addition of Jared is part of that, but also, myself, Andy Kinsey (bass) and Andy Swerdlow (drums) have been playing together now for over five years, and I think we just sort of trust each other in a way that is only possible when you’ve grown together the way we have. There’s no time for bullshit anymore, we just want to write songs that we like to listen to. I can honestly say this EP is the best music we’ve ever released, and it’s the only stuff of ours I can actually still listen to.
How are Shark?’s songs written, practiced, fleshed out, and then recorded?
This has changed a lot too. In the past, the dynamic was simple — I would write and record demos and we’d play them together and sort of mold them into songs as a group. We’ve shifted a lot more to writing in the practice space, allowing everyone to throw ideas in the pot and see what rises to the top. Honestly the iPhone is the greatest thing to ever happen to band practice. You set that thing on voice memo, and you have a recording of every little idea anyone had while playing, then you can listen back and pick that one little hook out and start developing it into a great idea. Songs like “Swerdlow didn’t fix the Couch”, and, “Hate Crime Girl”, could not have been written without that aspect.
Describe more about the group’s dynamics in the song composition process.
We’re equal partners at this point. I think we all have different likes and dislikes, and we all get veto power, so it helps to filter out the shit. There was a song we were writing that Kinsey, Jared and I really loved, and Swerdlow couldn’t stand it. Turns out it reminded him too much of that song “Closing Time” by Semisonic and he has a complete and utter distaste for that song, so we abandoned it. Probably for the best.
Give us the story on the making of the Becky and Debbie EP.
We did the best thing ever, which is spend two days at Gravesend Studios with Julian and Carlos (from Ava Luna). It’s hard to imagine making a Shark? record without them involved at this point. Every band in Brooklyn who is self-recording right now needs to get a couple hundred bucks together and give it to Julian and Carlos and tell them to make them sound good — it’s that simple.
We had six songs ready and decided, ‘fuck it, let’s record these, they sound good and they sound like us.’ We didn’t know if we’d record more and make it a full LP or what, but in the end, these songs together are exactly what this record should be. It’s a document of the new Shark? sound, and a hint of what’s to come.
Please tell us more about the things, stories, incidents, accidents, anecdotes, and what have yous about the scuzz city of, “Hangnail”, being about ‘the life of a woefully ignorant misogynist and the women he leaves behind.’
I wanted to write a song that was sort of tongue-in-cheek exploration of the Men’s Rights bullshit that you hear about on the internet all the time. I also sort of hate this new explosion of ‘garage rock” bands that just write about partying all the time and don’t have any substance to their songs. I won’t name names, but everyone can think of a band like that.
When we released “California Grrls” and it was on GTA V, we got a massive amount of YouTube followers and commenters and most of them are amazing, but some were basically like, ‘yeah, I fucking hate California girls too!’ and I realized, ‘oh shit, they don’t get the joke. It’s not about actually hating people.’ But it’s too difficult to worry about how your art is going to be interpreted, you just have to make it and people can decide for themselves what it means and you kind of have to be OK with that. So hopefully people get that when it comes to this song, but who knows.
Other inspirational tales you can share that you have found that been informing your music, and lives lately?
There have been some relationship issues within the band, people splitting up, people finding new people, all that kind of jazz. I think it’s driven us all to focus on this band as something really positive that we can always turn to no matter what the rest of our lives are like at the moment. It’s really important to have that, for me. I have a good job and I have a good circle of friends, but I also need this band or I’ll go out of my mind. I just know that about myself.
I also really like Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Does that count?
What releases, new or old lately have blown your minds?
Viet Cong, Krill, Pile, Kendrick, and Jimmy Whispers. And Krill.
Also I bought the Nancy and Lee record (Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra) on vinyl recently and it’s the best thing ever.
What are you all looking forward to the most on your upcoming west coast trip?
In-N-Out burger, eight hour drives, drinking in the van before the show, being with my best friends for 10 days straight. Playing with LA Font. I’ve also never been to Montana before.
Other Brooklyn artists and bands that you think the world should hear now?
Every time I see Haybaby they’re better than the last time I saw them. And then of course Ava Luna, Big Ups, Baked. I’m really excited to be playing with Holy Tunic, Pill and Zula for our record release on May 9 at Palisades.
Shark?’s Becky and Debbie EP will be available on digital April 21, and June 2 from Old Flame Records.
Catch Shark? on the following tour dates:
24 Los Angeles, CA at Silverlake Lounge
25 Oakland, CA at Nightlight
27 Salt Lake City, UT at Urban Lounge
28 Boise, ID at Neurolux
29 Missoula, MT at Stage 112
30 Seattle, WA at Victory Lounge
01 Portland, OR at Habesha Lounge
02 San Francisco, CA at Hemlock
03 Los Angeles, CA at Origami Vinyl (2:30 PM)
09 Brooklyn, NY at Palisades
Yassou Benedict
Yassou Benedict, photographed by Odell Hussey.
Upstate New York by way of San Francisco’s Yassou Benedict premieres a listen to their single, “YoungBlood”, available today from new Oakland based label, OIM Records (Oaktown Indie Mayhem). The heartbeat electric haunted hymns lead by Lilie Bytheway, with James Jackson, A.J. Krumholz, Patrick Aguirre, and Theo Quimby also appears on the forthcoming comp, OIM: Vol 1, available June 23, providing a snapshot of Bay Area bands showcased by the budding imprint all produced by the label’s own, Jeff Saltzman. But now hold tight as Yassou Benedict brings about scenarios of late, late nights, and long, long walks for wild at heart lovers on the debut of, “YoungBlood”.
The band captures a psychic essence gleamed like the jumbled connections of telephone wires, cell phone towers that connect the lands, and states between their jump from the east coast to the west. “YoungBlood” finds the group of multi-instrumentalists channeling electrified assemblages of music making modules to convey the full personal experiences and recalled effects, and feelings felt during cryptic, and intimate moments passed. Yassou Benedict begins the song’s entrance into the aloof and elusive mist of night with Lilie’s setting of the scene by reciting the title with the heavy heart as she expresses, “young blood, pumping in my heart, in the parking lot, is all I got now…” A song of star crossed lovers makes an escape into the forest, attempting to outrun a hostile and weird world around them, heard in the mix’s emotive impressionism to further illustrate the action, and breathless experience of adventure. Synths are employed to lead the way through the plot of “YoungBlood” where things become more mysterious, as companions and former companions fade into the track’s pensive mood of overwhelmed and overexcited minds infatuated with ideas and concepts of new found affection. Yassou Benedict’s Lilie Bytheway joins us following the premiere, for an insightful view into the heart of “YoungBlood”, and more.
How did Yassou Benedict first begin, how did you all meet, and what’s the story behind the name?
All of the original members attended a small high school together in Upstate New York. We mostly bonded over Radiohead and singing together in chorus class. When I had the idea to start a band they were the only people that came to mind. We have changed lineups slightly since then, but the overall understanding and core concepts between members remains the same: to understand, utilize and maximize our responsibilities as artists and share that with as many people as possible.
The name came from a friend of ours who was living with us and at the same time entering into and struggling with adolescent psychosis. Part of that was creating a multitude of fictitious names for himself. One of them was Yassou Benedict.
How do you all go about writing, and fleshing out your songs?
A lot of the ideas for the new songs we are working on came from lying in bed late at night trying to sleep hovering between reality and dream. Whole songs would start playing in my head and If there was something I liked I would capture the beat, or melody as a voice memo and return to it in the morning. Overall we do not work from a formula. The more freedom there is the more likely you are to stumble upon something refreshing and instinctual, thus capturing your real emotion which will then be translated more clearly to the listener.
Give us the story on the specters and histories and more that haunt, “YoungBlood”.
“YoungBlood” is very haunted in that it comes from a true story of a very, very, long late night walk as a teenager to be with the person I was madly in love with. The rest can be filled in with your own relationship to the lyrics, tones, and textures. Nice use of specter, it is noted and appreciated.
What do you all feel is the state of the Bay Area scenes?
I think it is a very under appreciated scene. We cross genres, age and inspirations effortlessly. If you are striving and making good art there is support for you without having to be labeled, or separated into a clique that reflects the product you are making. We all respect quality and intentions and are able to support that even if its not personally your favorite type of music or style. The ability to achieve this benefits all artists in the Bay Area and ultimately makes our products more defined and successful.
Favorite under-sung artists that you all want to give a shout out to?
All of the film and visual artists (Gary Yost, Amy Harrity, Peter Mcmccollough and more) who are donating a great deal of time, energy, and skill to the project we are currently working on. It is humbling and inspiring to have them believe in us enough to move beyond words and thought and into action. It is refreshing to be around people who wish to produce instead of only consuming, a problem that in my opinion is plaguing our generation.
Yassou Benedict’s single is available now from OIM Records, and will be featured on OIM: Vol 1, available June 23.
OIM Records
Oaktown Indie Mayhem, aka OIM Records is preparing their compilation, OIM: Vol 1 for release on June 23 to bring you everything new from the independent sectors and Oakland scenes. An imprint operated by booker/promoter Sarah Sexton, musician Angelica Tavella, and producer Jeff Saltzman (who produced everyone on the OIM comp, adding to a portfolio of recordng/producing/mixing works from Department of Eagles, The Kllers, Stephen Malkmus, etc); their label stands as further testament to the proliferation of arts that continue to flourish in the East Bay. With the compilation’s Yassou Benedict contribution still fresh in our mind, we had a roundtable conference with Angelica, Jeff, and Sarah to get know the new imprint a little bit better.
Tell us a bit about how the imprint, Oaktown Indie Mayhem (OIM) started out.
Sarah: Oaktown Indie Mayhem originally developed in 2009 as a platform for emerging artists of all mediums to present their art. Over the years, it morphed into a music booking and promotions company. Mostly because musicians were and still are searching for industry here. People who live in the bay, love the bay, and want to stay in the bay…so naturally they’re looking for an alternative to heading south to LA or NY to be able to make it as an artist. Thus, OIM was born, kicking ass and taking names in the bay area music scene ever since. Then last year, Jeff recorded Angelica’s totally delicious ep, under her moniker Nyx, and decided they wanted to keep going, so they invited me on board to do a compilation. By the end of the compilation, the music was so rad, we decided to turn it the whole project into a label.
Jeff: I was recording Angelica’s band Nyx and she was starting Oakland Drops Beats and knew lots of cool bands, so we thought it’d be fun to do a comp. Then Sarahappeared and took the bull by the horns.
Angelica: S and J covered it.
Struggles for indie imprints in the post-millennial age?
Sarah: I think that indie labels are seeing both sides of the coin these days. They are at once able to (nearly) compete with major labels due to digital distribution, marketing, and general accessibility by the public, that was once very limited. While simultaneously it can be difficult to not be drown out by the staggering amount of new music that is readily available and to some extent being shoved down peoples throats. We like to think that if the music is good, people will dig.
Jeff: It’s a lot less of a struggle than it used to be since distribution isn’t just limited to major labels anymore and spending money on radio, which is the other thing majors could offer, is pretty meaningless at this point. Basically indies have as good a shot as majors now.
Angelica: The biggest struggle is that it’s always a gamble, and always dependent on how innovative you can be. There’s no formula for indie labels, and between the huge influx of platforms for music consumption, the vast sea of new bands and music, yet the continuing influence of antiquated industry standards, it feels a bit like the Wild West.
Give us the scoop on the OIM: Vol 1 compilation, and how you went about selection who and what.
Sarah: Angelica and I spent some time compiling a wish list of artists from around the bay, mostly in Oakland, that we were both dazzled by, but also felt that reflected a solid faction of the scene here. Then we spent some time figuring out whom from that list would really work well with Jeff’s style as a producer, which narrowed it down a bit more. There also were other factors of course, such as schedule availability and interest in the project. A couple artists were simultaneously approached by bandcamp, who was working on an Oakland Compilation at the time as well, and so had already committed to that project. In the end, we felt like we came up with a solid lineup of artist that would really mesh well with our vision for the comp.
Jeff: Sarah and Angelica decided on the bands and arranged the recording sessions. We gave each band about 50 hours for each song, then got the songs to good mixers.
Jeff, what are a a few favorite anecdotes from your experiences involving some of the various artists you’ve mastered/mixed/produced/recorded etc?
State of the Bay Area DIY culture?
Sarah: This is one of the most exciting parts, because although the Bay Area in general kills it for music and culture, Oakland specifically, is totally on fire right now. The town is in currently in its stage of evolution where there is so much raw talent that the artists just can’t even seem to contain themselves. Creativity is exploding in a way where you technical skill, unabashed zealousness, and wildly rough expression are all boiling over at once. Artists seem very interested in collaborating with one another and really pushing boundaries for the sake of art, and that is unbelievably rad.
Jeff: Ask Sera!
Angelica: Oakland has been a central hub of DIY culture for a long time, both in terms of political thought and in creativity and art, which I think right now is especially vibrant.
People get down with art for the sake of art. It’s created by the people, for the people, and that causes a creative reciprocity that makes being creative a fun thing that you can share and build with your collaborators. If people want to have a show or a cypher on the street, they’ll do it. And if people want to make their own funky line of close because the Sears closed down, they’ll do it. And you know you’re going to have a community that supports you in those endeavors.
Also, there’s generally not a lot of outside pressure (for now) that effects where the art and music scene is going, which leaves space for a really weird and funky (in the most positive sense) amalgamation of art.
And this thriving history of DIY culture in Oakland is where OIM Records comes in. We are a DIY label that are doing it because we want to support DIY artists.
Jeff, was wondering if you could share a few favorite anecdotes from your experiences involving some of the various artists you’ve mastered/mixed/produced/recorded etc?
Jeff: I was working on Angelica’s song one morning when the engineer and I were trashed from the night before. We didn’t bother to check where the mics were — turned out they were patched into a completely different room where another band was recording. So Angelica was playing but the mics were recording the other band instead. That band sounded so much cooler that we just used their song rather than her’s.
Angelica: Cool story, Jeff.
Ethics, codes, and secret histories of the OIM crew?
Sarah: Make rad music. Try to play nice. Never look back.
Jeff: Ethics?! No way.
Angelica: Get shit done. But make sure the shit that you’re doing is worth it, and is something you’re passionate about.
Don’t waste your time with people or music that are not completely raw and honest.
Don’t spill liquid containers in Jeff’s studio.
Alex and Dan, of Andrei Rublev.
Brooklyn’s Alexander Margitich and Dan Drohan are Andrei Rublev, taking their name after the fourteenth century painter, and presenting the world premiere of their evocative, earnest and portion of this week’s essential listening; “I Tried So Hard”. With their new EP in the works for release later this year, the duo make musical tapestries that serve as a kind of testament to the heart, and struggles applied toward facing the numerous trials of life. Percussion jogs to the pitter-patter run timing like the footsteps of a track athlete going the distance, hurdling over obstacles, with a soundtrack of harmonizing vocals and affection, coupled with honest guitar strums.
Crooning vocals loom at the entrance of “I Tried So Hard”, where Andrei Rublev musically convey the thoughts and actions of achievements and failures, tackled as being part of the same coin. The connections that slip out from beneath the fingers of frivolity and lost grasps of matters fall down into the song’s river rapid channels, where every note conjures a feeling that is allowed to abide within what feels like a soul searching trip through a natural wildernesses. Andrei Rublev sums up the attempts of trying to hold onto past departures, with a way to look ahead toward recreating inexplicable feelings that the heart broken swear could never be possible again. Joining us after the debut of “I Tried So Hard”, we enjoyed a chat with Alex and Dan after the jump.
From meeting at Boston’s Berklee college to Brooklyn—tell us about the latest song composition dynamics between you two, and how that has developed over time.
After our mutual time at Berklee we each went off and worked on a variety of other projects. I moved back to my hometown in Northern California for a while and Dan migrated to Brooklyn. Meanwhile, we stayed in touch and by the time I moved to Brooklyn we had started working on some tracks remotely. After I wrote a bunch of new songs we started meeting and developing a process for arranging and recording together. Generally after a song is written, we start recording and re-recording over and over again until the parts speak for themselves and start to come together. In that way we really challenge and encourage each other to improve on a daily basis. Currently we get together everyday to record, rehearse, and practice.
How do you two make such heart-based beautiful sounds that have such natural, unrelenting harmonies?
As a songwriter it took some time for me to find my voice, partly because I didn’t think my songs felt genuine. This project was for me, a way of figuring out how to get past that. We both have a bit of a jazz background and I studied Composition so I think we draw heavily on those influences for harmonic and rhythmic ideas. I especially love the rich harmony of composers like Stravinsky and Ravel but I equally admire jazz players like Bill Evans. In terms of the natural quality, I think that is a product of our efforts to use minimal editing as to really develop and capture each part as a performance.
What sorts of struggles, and trying endeavors the new single, “I Tried So Hard”?
This song is mostly a break up song but also about the more general struggle to recreate a feeling that you long for, and the way you can live in denial about that even being possible.
What else can you tell us about the new songs, recordings, & forthcoming releases?
We have a big handful of songs that we’ll be releasing as singles for the next few months followed by an EP that we’re working on currently and hope to get out soon.
Other Brooklyn artists that you feel need more spotlight attention?
Spring & summer moves for Andrei Rublev?
Our main focus is finishing our new EP but we hope to get out and play a lot during the summer.
Listen to more from Andrei Rublev via Soundcloud.
Ghostt Bllonde
Raleigh, NC’s Ghostt Bllonde presents the world with the grand debut of their music video for the indulgent, and caring cadences of; “Dissonance”, taken off their split from Negative Fun. The four piece of Marc Kuzio, Chris Bennett, Ryan Phillips and Billy Barnes made a name from themselves among the local Raleigh circuits with word about notorious parties at their home called, The Mattress Fort, and their formerly adopted shambling sound. The song “Dissonance” itself moves the group further from their self appointed tags from ‘trashpop’ to ‘doom-wop,’ making music that explores the vague and grey in between areas between life’s stages, and all the phases in between the in-between stages through song.
Just as “Dissonance” begins with the sonic ambient rising wave of sound; the video too features the slow rise of stage lights that beam through the attending crowd that illuminate billows of manufactured fog, and plumes of smoke. The protagonist finds a young debutante becoming a bit bored with her own scene, before Ghostt Bllonde invites her into a world of fancy lights, loud music, and a concerted choreography array of coordinated dance sequences. And like the twinkling chord cascades found on the track “Dissonance”; the video replicates that euphoria visually with streaks of fancy lights, enchanted party-goers, and fancy-masked mysteries aplenty. Following the world music video premiere of Dissonance, read our interview with Ghostt Bllonde’s Marc, Chris, Ryan, and Billy.
We’ve heard rumors and legends of house parties at your The Mattress Fort; please share us some of everyone’s favorite memories.
Marc: On my eighteenth birthday my old band played a show with Adrian Orange of Thanksgiving. The house was packed to capacity with sweaty kids like myself and before we set up to play, a woman whom none of us knew, and was on the road with the band, unexpectedly brought inside her newborn infant and asked Chris to watch the baby while she disappeared to god knows where. I lost my shit in laughter and fear. Luckily she came back and all was well. 18 was a bad year.
Billy: Mine is definitely of this wild band Professor X where this front man took off all his clothes and was only wearing a smiley face sticker on his penis. That was it. It was excellent.
Chris: I woke up with a cat randomly on my lap. It wasn’t mine.
Ryan: We were all hanging out one night and Chris made a dookie-looking protein shake. We smeared it over our faces and kept saying, ‘Got shit?’ like the milk commercials.
How did Ghostt Bllonde form, and what’s up the extra consonants in the moniker?
Reading from the book of Bllonde: What many people don’t know, was that Chris Bennett once held the undisputed title for strongest man in the world. The forgotten son of Ray Mysterio, he traveled the globe unsuspectingly crushing all competition and opposition. Able to pull trains with the just the beckoning motion of his index finger, Chris learned all his abilities from his master coach, Billy Barnes. When the duo retired in ’98 they were driving back from a body building convention in Venice Beach where they came across, Marc Kuzio, a lanky and haggard young fellow running a fireworks stand on the border in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. He conned them into a ride back to Raleigh and during the road trip they formed an acapella Prince tribute group called Choral Pleasure. Realizing later that they were more talented playing physical instruments they went down to swamp of Hades to find a compatible guitarist. While passing through the business district they came across a homeless, Ryan Phillips. Lending an ear to Ryan’s woes he asked the gang not for spare change, but to accept his LinkedIn networking request. Upon doing so an everlasting bond of friendship and musical bromance was formed. Choral Pleasure changed their name to a suitable title of Ghostt Bllonde and the extra consonants kept them warm forever after.
What was the experience like recording your Dissonance single and split for Negative Fun.
Recording Dissonance was our first attempt at cleaning up our production and darkening our songwriting. It was a bit chaotic, but I absolutely love the process of recording and producing so it was a blast to do and experiment with. Recording is such a different experience than actually playing the song live and I love being able to “live” in the piece while its being composed/recorded. For “Dissonance”, we started tracking everything onto a shitty broken Dell laptop running windows XP and used only a single instrument mic. The drums were recorded in the living room Mattress Fort and the rest was layered on in my mom’s dining room which I completely took over while she was off being a secret agent and I was “house sitting”. I wrote a lot of it while we were tracking which I kind of enjoy doing because it doesn’t leave a lot of time to over-think or criticize a part and feels a bit more natural for the song. However this always makes me get carried away with overkill, so I kept adding layer upon layer of fuzzy lines and harmonies and suffered the consequences of sorting through the mess of extra parts. Mixing was the hardest step as the shitty laptop didn’t have enough ram to power any kind of software so every single change made to the recording, such as simply adjusting the volume of a track, took about an hour and a half to render and sample. Luckily during this time North Carolina was shut down in the middle of a snowpocalypse so while we were snowed in, between rendering breaks, my roommate and I watched a lot of Mystery Science Theater 300 and got pretty solid at super mario world. It was a good experience.
Also tell us about the making of the hedonistic, colorful, adventurous DIY video for “Dissonance”.
Making the video was a riot of a time that took several months to complete because of all the scheduling needed. Walt Lilly and Corey Reid were the masterminds behind it all and interpreted the song into the story of, ‘A young woman, bored with her party scene, summoning a band of cenobites to open the door to their rock and roll realm.’ Our friend Yvonne actually choreographed the dance routine for us and was incredibly patient and an excellent instructor who saved us from dancing like Van Halen in the “Hot For Teacher” video. We were also lucky to have support from a lot of wicked friends who helped out with venues and came out to party at Chris’s house where we filmed a really odd dance scene full of blood capsule witches and baby-birding couples. Our friends at Kings let us stage a show at their club while we borrowed crazy lights from our buddy Josh to transform a local house show spot called the Kosher Hut, (Run by some of our friends Joe and Thomas) into a fogged out den of mystery. It was an awesome experience for our first video that involved a lot of Dirty Dancing style dance move attempts and overall weirdness and good vibes.
Give us the latest and greatest on what’s happening in indie Raleigh, NC.
Raleigh, or just the Triangle in general, is a fantastic and exciting scene to be a part of right now. Very busy and communal. You have three different cities with three different cultures all within a 20 minute drive, so creativity is booming. We are also fortunate enough to have strong venues like Kings in Raleigh, Cats Cradle in Carrboro, and MotorCo/Dpac in Durham that bring in every artist you would want to see. We also host the best weekend of the year for Hopscotch Music Festival! Basically Raleigh is a very welcoming creative city that I feel is starting to come out from under the radar.
Favorite Raleigh artists that the entire world should hear?
Naked Naps, Less Western, Hammer No More The Fingers, Whatever Brains, Blanko Basnet, See Gulls, Dad and Dad.
Next releases and recordings for Ghostt Bllonde?
We are very excited to finish writing our next full length and start the recording process this year. We’ve got a lot in the pipeline and plan to never make the same thing twice! ZERO plans of slowing down!
Ghostt Bllonde’s “Dissonance” single split is available on Bandcamp and from Negative Fun.
n. Lannon
Nyles Lannon, aka n. Lannon, photographed by Julie Butler.
Nyles Lannon, known under his solo handle of n. Lannon brings continued streams of dreams for the post-post-modern eras of now (and the ones to someday follow), on his new album, Falling Inside, available June 23 from Badman Recording Co. One of San Francisco’s busiest bodies, Lannon’s solo work arrives out of a rigorous schedule from his duties in Film School, Sacred Caves, The Great Fires, Total Brightness, and a bunch of others that we really don’t know about. Among Nyles’s vast array of contributions to the Bay Area’s ever evolving cultural/musical/political/social landscapes that all portrays an extensive variety of talents—his more confessional and interpersonal works are reserved for his own solitary acoustic/electric guitar sketches, mixed with a healthy dose of 808s, coupled by an arrangement of dusty vinyl groove samples. Following up his previous two solo releases, Chemical Friends and Pressure; Falling Inside depicts an inward descent into the self where the insular experiences of the unconscious meet the new technocratic changes and challenges that reflects an understated—but deep understanding of the new shifts in reality that each passing day brings.
Presenting the world premiere of n. Lannon’s Christopher Coats directed video for, “Kill All These Machines”, off the forthcoming album; we are privy to a cautionary tale on the ruinous side effects of how technology can initiate a communication breakdown toward even the most passionate lovers. In Coats video we see a couple that are gradually drawn toward a more insular space on accounts of mobile diversions of convenience, rather than being drawn toward each other. Cross-sections of modern deco settings with nods toward contemporary futurism are brought into the frame and space between Nyles, his disaffected opposite, and the flashing jukebox-light glow are cut across images of awkward moments together (yet detached, and untogether), at their chic styled home, or by the beach—all met with diversions. As Lannon’s chords become increasingly consumed by the electronic based production, the strangeness between the two are seen with with bear and bunny heads that adds some oddness to the sentimental separations. As all ends well with a living room round of ballroom dancing, we were delighted to catch up with one of the Bay’s local heroes in our interview with Nyles Lannon that immediately follows the video debut of, “Kill All These Machines”.
Walk us through the making of your new album, Falling Inside, and the progression from your previous albums, Chemical Friends and Pressure.
Every album ends up having its own challenges. They have all been different in their own ways. Chemical Friends was essentially a break-up record that evolved into a finding-new-love record, it was cathartic during a difficult and beautiful time. Pressure was totally different — it was after Film School had been doing a lot of touring, and I was feeling really restless and having a bit of an identity crisis with my music. In some ways, it was a typical sophomore album — trying to figure out where to take my songwriting, exploring other lyrical topics, trying to prove myself. It was very challenging, some of it worked and some of it didn’t, and there are things about Pressure that I wish I could do over. But, looking back, I think the experience of that album was an important one for me.
Right after Pressure came out, everything started to change. My wife and I had a son, then we moved, I built a new studio, we had a daughter… the list goes on…I needed to figure a lot of things out and I needed to grow up a little bit. Falling Inside basically follows me through this time of change. It’s been a long time since Pressure, and I’m in a totally different place creatively and emotionally. I don’t really question what I’m trying to do anymore, I don’t have that ‘luxury’ really! But the album feels right, like it needs to be exactly what it is, and it captures so much of these last few years: the anxieties, the ups and downs, the beauty, the tedium. Not just in relation to being a dad; its about so many different aspects of my life. I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to put it out there.
How do you find your solo work has been affected by your work in Sacred Caves, and Film School?
Over these last few years, I’ve learned the best thing for me with writing is to keep moving forward and not get too precious about anything, especially if you are trying to make a living in this nutty industry. I try to just keep writing stuff and then figure out the right context for it after the fact, and sometimes I don’t even know where it will land when I am working on it. Having different projects allows for a lot more creative flow in this way. You can just let the music be what it wants to be instead of trying to make it fit into a certain cubby hole.
I’m bouncing ideas off friends all the time, and I’ve found this often leads to good things. Or it can be the death knell for an idea. And that is okay! The point is to keep moving and not get stuck. And maybe the idea find a home somewhere else down the line. I try to keep this flow going, and that leads to a lot of different projects and a lot of music being made.
My solo stuff, in my mind, has certain place and mood. Sacred Caves occupies another distinctly different energy and mood, and Film School really is more of a full band collaboration where I’m rarely writing on my own. And I have other projects: The Great Fires should have something coming out later this year (with Odessa Chen) that is more of a pop thing, and another project called Total Brightness (with Alex Kemp) falls into Beck Sea Change territory…and I have others…all these projects have been brewing for a while really and will see the light of day when they are ready. They all reflect different sides of my writing.
What feels different for you in your solo song compositions versus your work in your other groups?
I never sit down and say, ‘I’m now going to write an N.Lannon song.’ They just pop out sometimes and I realize, oh, that’s an N.Lannon song, what d’ya know. I guess the songs are more interpersonal, confessional, closer to home. It’s always something I write on the acoustic guitar, come to think of it. And things seem to have a dreamy feel in composition as well as lyric. It’s a vibe I guess!
What was it like making the vibrant video for “Kill All These Machines”, with director Christopher Coats, and how do you feel it furthers the motifs at work in the song?
The video was really fun to make with Chris. He has such a positive, ‘can do’ mentality. We had to work through a ton of obstacles in a limited amount of time, and he totally pulled it off. We had to find a different actress and new location within a day of the shoot! He just finds a way to make things work and rolls with it. We are both huge Twin Peaks/David Lynch fans so we really bonded over that and tried to bring that out in the video with these symmetrical sets and a lot of backwards film—think of the famous dream scene with the little man backwards-talking and dancing in Twin Peaks. The song is really about what technology is doing to us, how it is affecting our relationships to each other and to the earth. We see a couple no longer relating to each other, feeling lost in a world they no longer recognize, nostalgic for the time before cell phones and constant distraction took hold. We had fun translating that into a pretty strange and light-hearted video.
How has San Francisco affected your approaches to song composition and sounds?
Ah, San Francisco. I don’t even know where to begin. I love the hybrid of folk and psychedelic music, its so deeply organic and cathartic. Growing up around here and playing music, I feel like it was the norm to appreciate psychedelic music as a part of our musical heritage. It will always be a part of me, even if my music isn’t overtly psychedelic. It’s more subtle usually in my music of course. But I like to always keep one foot in the dreamy in all my music.
And I still love the Grateful Dead no matter what people say! American Beauty is a classic album and its been around me since I was about four years old. I also just find the story of SF, the folklore, so fascinating — not just the music scene of the late 60s and Ken Kesey, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, and all that, but Jim Jones, Manson, Hells Angels, the assassination of Moscone, and Milk, on and on. It was so extreme. Colorful, scary, sad, idealistic, completely nuts. Its crazy to think how different SF is now.
Favorite SF/Bay Artists you want to give a shout out to?
Certain bands/friends are just so supportive. It always comes down to that. My friends in Halou (and also their other incarnation Stripmall Architecture) are just so amazing. Sister Crayon — Terra Lopez is incredible. Also the cover art by Laura Plageman, design by her husband Ammon Haggerty…both friends of mine, devoting their art and time. Count, who lives in Oakland, helped me mix and so did Alex Kemp (he’s in LA), both good buddies. And there are so many others that push me along. So grateful to have these friends, it just means everything.
What’s next in the works for you this spring, and summer?
First is to play some shows to support this album, then Film School has an EP coming out, after a long hiatus! And I hope to follow that with more this year… just keep going, going, going.
n. Lannon’s Falling Inside will be available June 23 from Badman Recording Co.
Lindsey French, aka Negative Gemini released her Real Virtual Unison EP this week, and joined us for a conversation about her latest electro pop experimentation productions. The call for an IRL virtual reality united by URL binary codes begins the opening title track, spilling r n’ b blips of beats before hitting you square on the head with the tomorrow crushing, “Forget Your Future”. Valentines are sent via drum and base variations on, “Red Rose”, leaving you with the digital wave coast embrace, “Hold U”. Join us after the jump, for our interview with Lindsey on all her latest happenings.
Tell us about how the move from Richmond, VA to Queens affected you musically, creatively, and personally.
It was a life changing thing for me. I’ve lived in VA most of my life. At first it was a devastating feeling to start over here as a musician. I felt intimidated and inadequate but after a while I realized that was wrong. We don’t have too many venues where I’m from, and not really any that specifically cater to electronic/dance/house music, so I am in heaven here. You can find things on the internet no matter where you live, but being in the thick of something is different, it’s much more real and so it validates what I want to do.
Give us the story on how Negative Gemini began for you.
I was actually in a rap group before this, with my friends. They taught me how to use Logic. We had a lot of fun but things didn’t work out and I think I ended up being the only one super stoked on playing shows and stuff. I really missed singing and I wanted my next thing to be genuine and less of a jokey party thing. So I started making all these emotional songs kind of unloading all the stuff that had actually happened for the past few years. It was nice to have control over everything, I’m bad.
“Forget Your Future” still has feeling absolutely shelled and devastated in this alternate, anxious dystopian future kind of way. Tell us about what the experience of making Real Virtual Unison was like for you.
That is such a funny and perfect way to describe my first album (Forget Your Future). So making the new EP was fun because I was going through some terrifying but positive changes and it got to reflect in my whole musical vibe. Also, I’m just learning about production as I go and this was my first attempt at creating a more clear and diverse sound than before. I usually have to go crazy and over-design something before I can start over for real and end up with something succinct. So hopefully this is me moving in that direction.
What else in the works for Lindsey French and Negative Gemini, any collaborations, big moves in the cards?
I’ve already got the next EP almost ready to go. I have so much music! I’m just excited to put out a lot of releases this year. I’m trying to play as many shows as I can.
The most under-appreciated NYC artist right now in your opinion?
Mirror Kisses, ESPRIT 空想.
Real Virtual Unison is available now.
Dear Blanca
Dylan Dickerson’s band, Dear Blanca followed up their 2013 album, Talker, with Pobrecito for Post-Echo, and we got a chance today to catch up with a Dylan for an interview round. A group Dickerson named dearly to honor the memory of his grandmother; Dear Blanca’s Pobrecito was a 2014 sleeper album of catchy and personal vignettes that captured the DIY spirit of the south. Songs like “Showplace” are like shop windows of the heart, “what are you doing to me” ballads on, “Noma”, the laidback, “Huff”, the punky poetics on, “Priscilla”, the curtain raising anthem of the title track, dueting and swaying along in, “On The Dime”, to the organ and drum lead closer, “Cadmus”. The single and video for “Boulders” directed by Adam Siler and starring Steven Anthony Lawrence has grabbed ears and eyes to the soapbox steamroller world of Dear Blanca, and you can read our interview with Dylan, right after the following video.
Tell us how Dear Blanca started back in 2011.
Marc (our drummer) and I have been playing together since tenth grade. Our first band dissolved shortly after we moved to Columbia, SC for college. I spent some time playing as a one-man-band with guitar, kick drum and hi-hat but soon got back together with Marc and started prepping the songs for Talker.
What was the making of Pobrecito like, and how did you find it different from 2013’s Talker?
Both Talker and Pobrecito were recorded by our friend Bo White of Charlotte, NC. DB evolved quite a bit between both records though. When we recorded Talker, we were a two-piece with Bo serving as the unofficial third member by writing horn/string arrangements and playing some piano, organ, guitar, and several of the bass parts. When we went in to record Pobrecito, we had solidified the lineup as a four piece and Bo was able to focus more on engineering with less of a hands-on approach. All the keyboards on Pobrecito were played by Bo though. Everything else was played by Cam, Marc, Dayne and myself aside from the musical saw on “Noma” and lap steel on “On The Dime”.
Give us a view into some of the song writing methods of Dear Blanca.
I tend to write the skeleton of the songs before showing them to the rest of the band. Just guitar and vocals mostly. I rarely come to them with many ideas in mind for what they should play. I think of them as the perfect musicians to accompany these songs and love hearing how the songs grow with their contributions.
What’s the story behind the album name, Pobrecito?
Pobrecito essentially means ‘poor little thing.’ It’s something my grandmother (Blanca) used to call me. It seemed like a fitting title considering some of the lyrical themes on the album.
There has been much talk already about the lead single-video for, “Boulders”, directed by Adam Siler, featuring Steven Anthony Lawrence breaking things. What’s the story behind the song, “Boulders”, and how did the video adaptation come about?
“Boulders” is about trying to reclaim the childlike enthusiasm that can get lost as the hurdles of adulthood leave us jaded. I asked Steven Anthony Lawrence to star in the video on a whim. To my surprise he was really responsive and just an extremely nice person. Our drummer Marc came up with a loose plot for the video and Adam expanded on the idea and just absolutely blew us away once we saw the finished product. Adam was the first new friend I made when I moved to Columbia, SC. Now he’s doing incredible work in film out in California. This was the first opportunity the two of us had to collaborate creatively in a long time, and I’m really glad we were able to make it work.
What do you all have planned for your spring and summer tours?
We will be in Durham, NC next month recording a new album with Scott Solter who has recorded St. Vincent, Spoon, The Mountain Goats and a lot of other great acts. Bo White actually turned us on to him and we’re really excited to camp out in his studio and hammer out these songs. We plan to tour as heavily as possible as soon as we get out of the studio.
Other S. Carolina indie artists and groups that you feel the entire world needs to hear?
There are quite a few that I feel that way about but I’ll try to make a concise list. ET Anderson is one of my favorite groups right now. We did a short tour with them in January and they are about to do some east coast dates with Ava Luna (Brooklyn, NY). The first ET show ever was with Dear Blanca, Ava Luna and Celestial Shore at a house here in Columbia. Another SC artist that I admire is Trey Mumz — a close friend that recently moved to Asheville, NC and released his newest record Southern Gossip. Trey actually wrote the last verse of “A-HA” from Talker and a few lines in the title track from Pobrecito. We swap ideas with each other a lot and his writing consistently inspires me.
Dear Blanca’s album Pobrecito is available now from Post-Echo.
Detroit’s Red Pill dropped the album, Look What This World Did To Us via Mello Music Group, sharing some exclusive words with us, offering an inside listen. The boredom and ennui is observerd on the sleepy-eyed opener, “Meh”, the morning cut, “That’s Okay”, pondering what and who the world is meant for, k’vetching about on, “Rap Game Cranky”, the sunny day swirling production of hope, “Windows”, thoughts on growing up on, “Kids”, and exhaling, “Smoke Rings”. Giving you real stories from the D, dissapointments break all delusions on, “Leonard Letdown”, e-cig late night feelings and vapors via, “Blus”, the push to break out of broke situations on, “Rum & Coke”, words of warning that make up, “Drown”, the title track and testament, before closing the blinds on the finale, “10 Year Party”. Check out Red Pill’s exclusive thoughts on the new album, following the listen.
Look What This World Did To Us by RED PILL
My approach has always been to say something profound in the simplest terms. Lyricism in hip hop has become synonymous with over the top technical abilities; multi-syllabic rhymes, hidden wordplay, innovative patterns and schemes. I’m a fan of those qualities and pride myself on my ability to utilize them as well, but being “lyrical” can be reduced to simply expressing emotion in an imaginative way. So with “Look What This World Did to Us”, that was my only goal. I wanted to to be as minimalistic, as raw and as straightforward as possible in conveying my story. People talked about Charles Bukowski, one of the album’s influences, as being a writer who “didn’t have time for metaphor”. He wrote plainly, but that was where he found style. What was compelling about him, and what I also try to do, is that he cut to the chase in his writing. He wrote things as they were, or at least how he saw them. He made writing look easy. He made the reader wish they had thought of writing down the obvious observations about life, work, society and relationships that he made. And that’s the genius of it. So when working on “Look What This World Did to Us”, I tried to borrow from that ability to skip the glossing over of life and cut down to the very personal, vulnerable part of who I am and what I think. And in terms of Detroit, I think there’s a parallel between raw, straightforward writing and the city. It’s a no frills town. There’s nothing glamorous about Detroit, we don’t have many celebrities, the sun only shines half the year, but there’s an incredible story here. Not having the distractions of a city like LA, or New York, having been hit harder than almost any area by the recession, these things make it easy to focus on the simplicity of life. And that’s impossible to ignore as a writer from the area. This isn’t a Detroit album, but it’s a story of someone from Detroit.
Helping to break the boredom of your day to day malaise; peep Red Pill’s video for the Jay Brown directed video for “Rap Game Cranky”.
Red Pill’s Look What This World Did To Us is available now from Mello Music Group
Mittenfields
Power rock your way into the new solstice, and embrace the changing of the season with some chunky power chords from Mittenfields, as they shred the away in the video for “Optimists”, off their upcoming album available April 28. The band’s own Dave Mann sent us a few following words about the optimistic inspirations behind, “Optimism”, the video, and their upcoming album debut:
The album had a different title lined up that didn’t really resonate well with the band as a whole. Donald Seale suggested that we just name the album Optimists (after the song that is now the title track) and after he pitched that, it was a no-brainer. With the exception of the best looking guy in the band, Brian, we are a band made up of white, old guys. We have been in and out of the studio for the last three years. The first session we booked when we started the recording process for the LP had some tracks that aren’t even on the record. We scrapped them in hopes of getting our sound tighter and having a more developed sound than what we had on our EP. I’d like to think we achieved that. When the odds are against you in a world that is always trying to reinvent the wheel, musically speaking, being optimists is the safest bet.
Regarding the video — there was no rhyme or reason behind that. Ryan and Brendan (the directors) was in control of the helm at all times. #prosonly
Them Things
UK’s Them Things provided a listen to their psyched out single, “Astronauts” ahead of it’s L.O.O.S.E. Music / Manimal Group release. With an album available later this summer that follow’s their Good Weird EP, the lads make music that feel like wading through smoky-fog marshes in the twilight as a full moon’s light slowly beams down upon the populous. Beware of the two minute point, where the entire atmosphere changes into something completely un-caged and unchained and ominous. Them Things’ Louis Adams discussed a bit about the space exploring experimentation that informed, “Astronauts”, giving us some notes on the making of their upcoming album:
The experimentation lies mainly around the structure. As a band who normally made conventional pop structured songs we ended up throwing that out the window here. It came from a sample Ilya made with imperfections you sometimes hear in music. It’s all accounted for the ‘glitchy’ sounding beat that rolls into a full on mortar fire of drumming towards the end. The track has ended up being a symbolic bastard that’s broken the leash of what’s considered ‘usual’ songwriting. For us anyway.
Our hero Oddisee delivered the Brandon Black and Zack Schamberg video for “Counter-Clockwise”, turning a reverse walk through NYC, transforming day into night, and night into day. Oddisee’s new joint, The Good Fight will be available May 5 from Mello Music Group. Oddisee’s production and verses together push ahead, with an ear to the past titans of arrangement and poetics to create a timeless feel.
Our friends from Providence, Rhode Island Malportado Kids, aka Victoria Ruiz and Joey La Neve DeFrancesco from Downtown Boys (who are preparing the release of their album, Full Communism), take their mantra of misbehaving to switching up everything you knew about South American dance customs on the cosmic witch revolution of, “Bruja Cosmic”, off the forthcoming, Total Cultura available in June from Dead Labour. Experience more of Victoria and Joey’s amazing taste in everything with their recent exclusive Week in Pop guest curation.
From Young Fathers’ Big Dada album, White Men Are Black Men Too; watch the Jeremy Cole video that follows Joshua Hubbard along a dangerous, self-destructive road to the tune of the Fathers’ spirit inspiring track, “Shame”.
From the smooth cool sounds of Turn To Crime; hear the title track, “Actions,” taken off the forthcoming album of the same name available April 28 from Mugg & Bopp. The sound of your favorite melodramatic moments from various vintage modernist cinema asks and slyly demands for that one thing that speaks louder, and greater than the empty vessels of words by themselves.
Get down with all the econo-techno-ish biz with your boy, Dinner who gives you a night out on the town in after-hours Berlin with “Going Out”, off the Three EPs, 2012-2014 available April 14 from Captured Tracks.
The latest from Raleigh, NC’s Boulevards; here the quick firing zap of synths and a funk that is designed according to the lesser known and heralded method of r n’ b and techno’s rarest, and most revered fusions. The future in the world of Boulevards is uncovering a forgotten cultural-aesthetic past revisited through tomorrow’s nu-tek means.
Take a holy weekend off or two, with Jenny Hval’s sabbatical of sound, “Sabbath”, from her forthcoming, Apocalypse, girl, album available June 9 from Sacred Bones and Su Tissue in Norway. Jenny creates her own temple dedicated to anything and everything she so desires in the world, and the worlds beyond.
Get some synth club vibes and beach yearning production on, “Coastal Love” off HONNE’s upcoming Coastal Love, available May 4, via their own label Tatemae.
Ben Browning of Cut Copy releases his solo LP debut, Turns later this summer, and until then he invites you to kick back, take ten, take it easy, go easy on yourself, easy like Sunday morning on the bright bouncing pop treat, “Make It Easy”. The world suddenly feels a little nicer, and all of a sudden all problems feel not so daunting, and life is a little easier once again.
Music for sunrises, breakfasts, brunches, and best of friends; CAPPA brings out the big bright sun-pop guns on the track that is titled like the essence it best resembles on the single off her upcoming May slated EP — “In The Morning”.
Presenting a cover of “Astronomy Domine” (originally from Syd Barrett’s o.g. Pink Floyd); Memory In Plant takes on the great heavy psych wonder, where portions and sections will strike you with a heaviness unfound on the original. Listen, buy the ticket, and take the operation-interstellar overdrive ride.
From Frank Nitt’s Frankie Rothstein available May 26 from Fat Beats Records, check out the slapper, “Slippin'”, featuring his Yancey Boys bro, Illa J with some of that J. Rocc production. Dropping a soliloquy, Nitt drops some tight knit verses about some loose folks over a hypnotic mix of vibes and subdued beats.
Zuli, aka Ryan Camenzuli, formerly from Wild International gave us good time wishing nod toward greater and better times with, “Better All The Time” from the forthcoming, Supernatural Voodoo EP available May 5. A soup of synths give way to a rocking horse chair rocker that rocks back and forth like the pendulum between the best times, and the greatest of times.
Directed by Ghost, and produced by The Colleagues; peep Woop’s video for, “Drugs”, featuring YG Ivy, bringing some visions and vibes from the hedonistic side of West Orlando.
In case you missed it, hear TAPES’ remix of Joy’s “Stone” that melts the pebbles, boulders, and cobblestones into rhythmic/alchemy gold.
White Reaper declared the forthcoming new album, White Reaper Does It Again, available July 17 from Polyvinyl, and you can get an early listen with the quick paced, rollicking death wish delight of, “Make Me Wanna Die”.
Catch the Parisian breeze from Onra’s joyriding fancy free single, “We Ridin'” that features Daz Dillinger and Oliver Daysoul, from the forthcoming album, Fundamentals, available May 15 from the Dublin imprint, All City Records.
From Vows’ Soon Enough Love album available May 29 from Section Sign Records; hear the big ear treats of some fresh, Burlington, Vermont bop on the dulcet sweet pop of, “Candy”.
Part Time return with news of a double album titled, Virgo’s Maze, available soon from Burger Records, sharing the slacker love sick suite, “Fallin’ 4 U”, soaked in the retro radio psychedlia you love David Loca for. Here you trip from the threshold of lost-45 groove grandeur, that dips into the deep end of what sounds like a lysergic Tex Avery cartoon.
Providing some summer rock riots for spring, check out Bonnie Bloomgarden and her band Death Valley Girls as they pile on the attitude, and search for perpetual sunshine on, “Summertime”. Find Bonnie and the gang touring from April 21 through May 25.
Available May 4 from SideOneDummy; hear/see Superheaven’s “I’ve Been Bored” that takes you on a tour through the highways, biways, ins, and outs of Pennsylvania, courtesy of Alex Henery & Lloyd Stas’s direction. Hey hey, my my; ripped denim alt. rock will never die.
In more SideOneDummy news; Timeshares busted out their pop punk alter-ego puppets on their John Komar video for, “The Bad Parts” off their upcoming album follow-up to 2011’s Bearable, Already Dead. The power, the hooks that could chime on for an infinity ring true as Jonathan “Fatman” Hernandez makes a case not to “forget the good parts, the way we do”, in a song that takes life’s good with the bad, with aspirations for possibling something better from this life.
While we await Jackson Scott to release his new solo album, Sunshine Redux, via Bloodmoss Records, available April 28; hear the frontal lobes warping-warbling wonder, “Ripe for Love”. Once again, Mr. Scott takes you through the analog warp zone into a time from long ago that you always imagined, but maybe never really existed until he dreamt it up in sound.
Hear the road trip racing single, “Black And White” from The Highway that sounds like a rebel outcast without a cause and on the run off the Brooklyn band’s upcoming album, Enter to Exit, available April 14.
Check out the visual treatment of abstract splashes of images, color, close ups, and orbs on Casey Pierce’s video for “Splinter”, from TORRES. Find this and more on their upcoming album available May 4 from Partisan Records.
From their May 12 album, Darling…It’s Too Late, available May 12 from Suicide Squeeze; get ready to get enraptured all over again with the good ol’ Guantanamo Baywatch gang, having their own nature side lau on the new-new doo-wop-popper, “Do What You Want”.
Icky Blossoms dropped the track, “Living In Fiction”, sending some snazzed up sound and dirtied up synths, and soul scanning vocals from their forthcoming album, Mask available May 12 from Saddle Creek.
Peep the dramatic Oskar Wrangö video for Pim Stones’ “We Have It All”, that takes the big stage baroque to big, high soaring, spectacular visual heights. Find this on the upcoming EP of the same name.
Watch Hayden perform “Troubled Times” live at the Toronto venue, Aunties & Uncles, from his Arts & Crafts released album, Hey Love. Acoustic strings thumb through pages of memories, while striking sentimental strings known best by the wandering troubadour.
It’s no secret that the entire Northwest is all a-buzz about the new Iji record, Whatever Will Happen, available June 2 from the indie imprint extraordinaire, Team Love Records, and we are excited to bring you the excitement of, “Hard 2 Wait”. Reminiscing and reflecting is rolled up into a fantasia of desires that have kept the indie rock world waiting patiently on the edge of their seats for.
Iji’s Week in Pop
While we anticipate the arrival of Iji’s Whatever Will Happen album from Team Love Records, we are proud to present Zach Burba’s guest curation of his own Week in Pop:
Seattle Composition Club, “Exquisite Corpse Piece”
Maybe you’ve played the drawing game, Exquisite Corpse, where you fold a sheet of paper many times and different people draw a head, body and legs. My friends and I have a composition club in Seattle where we meet once a month and decide on a prompt for some sort of musical piece to work on. This month we decided to do a musical version of Exquisite Corpse where one of us makes a 30 second piece and then sends it to the next person who adds 30 seconds to it, then sends off only their 30 seconds to the next person to add to. The order of artists on this one was Briana Marela, Me, Gordan Baker, Jacob Jaffe, Geoff Traeger.
April Meeting by beatbugs
Sick Sad World, “Orange Lazarus”
This video’s been out for a while but just this week they announced that this record “Fear and Lies” is finally coming out. Jake and Curan from Sick Sad World are both in iji these days. Get ready to loose it when you see Jake Jones ride into the room on a motorcycle and then play one of the best guitar solos ever laid to 4 track.
Badlands, “Deep Black”
Adrian Tenney makes some of the most creative and passionate homemade music out there. Badlands came through Seattle this month and just strait up blew everyone I know’s mind. They put out this new tape and Deep Black is my fav song so far.
Split Tape with Ripe Mangos/Housings by Badlands
Michael Hurley, “Open Up”
Last week I got to see Michael Hurley play at the neighborhood hang-out zone Cafe Racer. The legendary old time songwriter, illustrator and supreme goof, sat at the bar until late with a few of us and kept pretending that his beer was a ham sandwich.
Mega Bog, “Gone Banana”
Erin Birgy is one of the weirdest and most important friends I’ve ever had. We worked really hard a new Mega Bog album this year before she took off on tour. Hopefully that will be out soon! I believe she’s arriving in her new home, New York City, right now. Listen for her iconic chuckle at 3 a.m. on the Staten Island Ferry.
Shaggy Sample, “No Do”
This tape came out a handful of months ago but I’ve listened to it nearly every day since. Peep some of David Jaberi from Shaggy’s other records from the past few years too like “Front Of House” by Davey and “Safe Space” by Jaberi and Deutsch.
My Other Car Is by Shaggy Sample
“Blue” Gene Tyranny, “Next Time Might Be Your Time”
Deep and real magic. Will Murdoch who plays in iji as well as Pill Wonder and Mega Bog played me this song last year. It’s become one of the most important tunes in my recent life. Blue Gene played piano for legendary multi-media experimenter Robert Ashley. Peter Gordon (Love Of Life Orchestra, Arthur Russell and Laurie Anderson session guy) can be heard playing Sax on the track. Follow this 8 minutes through to the end. Your gonna flip out when it kicks into double-gear.
Mandarin Dynasty, “Gull”
I got the chance to produce this record “Feedback Time” for my friend Mike Sherk about 2.5 years ago. It’s been tied up in email hell ever since but is finally finished and ready for release this spring. Mike and I worked 20 hours a day for a week strait in my basement trying out every bad idea we could think of. We’re musically each others most dangerous indulgence-enablers. This is a truly weird album.
The Roches, “No Trespassing”
You can probably find this 4 song LP in a dollar bin at your local record store. When you do find it, bring it home, invite all of your friends over, turn out all the lights and turn it up loud. Jump on the couch to track 1. Sit on the floor and cry to track 2. Flip the record and repeat.
Key Losers, “Ancient Plain”
Outlet mall classic from Katy Davidson (Key Losers / Dear Nora / Lloyd and Michael). All of Katy’s music speaks to me like a burning bush. Key Losers “Adjust” tape is my #1 mini-van spin, and my #1 mini-van is a pearl 1999 Toyota Sienna named “Beautiful”.
Iji’s Whatever Will Happen will be available June 2 from Team Love Records.
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DINOWALRUS, “Kings Pharmacy (Max Mix)”
Zack Wilks
Back in April, we introduced DINOWALRUS’s new album Complexion with the weirdo 80s disco jam “Psychic Pharmacy”. Now, a member of the Brooklyn outfit has remixed and renamed the track “Kings Pharmacy (Max Mix)”—mixed by a dude named Max (whose last name wasn’t provided).
Whereas the original track layers lush vocals on top of each other and features a “Great Gig In The Sky”-esque performance from Ava Luna member Felicia Douglass, the remix is stripped of any vocals on top of the original take. The bass has transitioned from a retro bounce to a funked out slap, and the drums reach near-EDM levels of danceability (pay special attention around the 3:05 mark). That’s not to say the track isn’t laced with DINOWALRUS’s usual off-kilter sense of aestheticism; the final thirty seconds showcases a saxophone solo that’s way more in line with no-wave freak outs than jazzy harmonic exploration. Despite the the very electronica aspects of “Kings Pharmacy (Max Mix)”, DINOWALRUS is still very much DINOWALRUS.
The remix arrives just in time for Northside Festival, where DINOWALRUS will play the Frenchkiss Label Group showcase at Muchmore's on Sunday, June 15.
Complexion is out now via Personal Projects.
Tags: Ava Luna, dance, Dinowalrus, electronica, frenchkiss label group, kings pharmacy, no wave, Northside, psychic pharmacy
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Apeksha Bagchi
IWB Blogger
Meet Kajal, The First Transgender RJ Of Karnataka Who Plans To Become An Actress One Day
This is the story of Kajal, who was assigned male at birth but realised that ‘female’ is the gender she identifies with. Ridiculed, humiliated, and discouraged for expressing her truth, she refused to falter. And today, her introduction has bypassed all the derogation she suffered. Allow me to present Karnataka’s first transgender Radio Jockey, Kajal!
Many people say that we must give opportunities to transgenders and bring them into the mainstream but few practice what they preach. From facing social boycott to being shunned by their own families, they hardly lead a life one can call easy. Same is the story of Kajal, but what is different here is the fact that her story has a happy ending, which gives way to a million more beginnings.
I’ve always found that having survived the vilest atrocities, transgenders still remain the most humble, kind and determined individuals, a thought which was reinforced as my conversation with Kajal progressed. Excerpts:
The first transgender Radio Jockey of Karnataka – what does this major accomplishment feel like?
I don’t have words to portray my emotions. While my community has ample talent and many skilled people, they rarely get a chance to shine. And here I am, living my dream.
But the road to this victory wasn’t an easy one, was it?
Sadly, no. I was around eight years old when even if others regarded me as a boy, I felt myself exhibiting the behavior of a girl – sitting with girls in the class, eating with them, wearing my mother’s sarees, doing household chores with her, trying on makeup when alone. And even when my teachers scolded me for sitting among girls, I couldn’t find what was wrong with it.
Then, when I was in VII standard, I met a transgender Mahadevi. She had long beautiful hair and always wore the prettiest sarees. But when I approached her and told her my wishes, she said, “Don’t join us! You have a family, a chance at getting a life, maybe a job later in life. All you’ll get to do here is either become a sex worker or a beggar.”
Lack of employment opportunities for transgenders pushes them to these extremes. Did you join the community even after this revelation?
Oh, yes. Initially, I was demotivated by Mahadevi’s reaction but suppressing one’s identity is no piece of cake. I frequently interacted with the transgender community but I wasn’t ready to either beg or be a sex worker but to be among people who understand you, to be part of a community that is not divided on grounds of caste or religion was a different feeling for me.
At the age of 13, I finally decided to get a sex reassignment surgery to be what I felt like. After this, I went to my village for my pre-university examination and I expected my parents to disagree with my decision there. But they accepted me with open arms, seeing just their child letting go of the boundaries of gender issues. With their support, I was ready to face any difficulty.
The lack of opportunities in her village restricted her desire to have a career for herself. She shifted to Mumbai and constantly visited her village to meet her parents. In order to earn a livelihood, she started dancing in bars. Kajal then joined a circus company as a dancer, through which she got an opportunity nine years ago to go to coastal Karnataka, the place she now calls her home.
What was it that made Karnataka your permanent choice of residence?
I live in the village of Brahmavar in Uduppi. The love and respect this place has given me supersede the most expensive gem in the world. Zero judgments, Apeksha, zero! No one criticized my appearance or made comments on my gender. How can anyone leave a place that accepts you as you are?
Kajal credits MGM College lecturer Manjunath Kamath as her mentor, guide, and catalyst behind her finally getting the confidence to realise her dreams. It was him who, on knowing her desire to become a radio jockey, helped her in improving her public speaking skills. He took her to colleges to share her life story in front of an audience and enrolled her in a two-month internship in a private TV channel, following which Kajal was invited to Chennai to a transgender award function to be felicitated.
How did you get this break as an RJ and got your own show?
Well, I was giving speeches on many transgender forums and it was there that Abhishek Shetty from Radio Sarang, 107.8, a community radio channel run by St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, found me. He told me that he was impressed with my speech and asked me to come for an interview.
I thought my heart would burst with happiness when he said that I passed the interview and was now officially an RJ. It was an example that if provided the chance to shine, we don’t back down from proving our worth.
Kajal’s show ‘Shubamangala’ kicked off on November 21 and airs on the community radio every Tuesday from 5-6 pm.
Now that you’re on this wonderful platform, do you plan to raise the matter of the rights of the LGBTQ community?
That goes without saying. The life we are reduced to live, the rights we are still fighting for, the basic human needs that we have forever lacked need to be fought for. While many in my community are already fighting this injustice on a large scale, I wish to add my own contribution now. And in the light of the New Transgender Persons Bill, I think it has become even more important.
The Bill defines a transgender person as one who is partly female or male; or a combination of female and male; or neither female nor male. In addition, the person’s gender must not match the gender assigned at birth and includes trans-men, trans-women, persons with intersex variations and gender-queers.
Yes, the bill is receiving some tough opposition from transgenders. What do you think of it?
It is utterly demeaning! The Bill completely eliminates the option of identification by transgenders as either male or female and even reinforces injurious stereotypes about us being part male and part female. Also, it criminalizes enticing a transgender person to indulge in the act of begging. Do tell, when openly accepting what we are, it gives us no other option and when there is no employment reassurance provided by the government, how do they expect us to survive?
When director Raviraj of the Rangabhoomi theatre came across her, he immediately cast her as the lead in his play ‘ICU Noduve Ninna.’
Well, whether the bill is passed remains to be seen. But your role in the upcoming play is surely going to be awesome!
Oh, that too remains to be seen *laughs* Well, the preparations are in full flow, rest is all up to fate.
Radio jockey, theatre artist, what is next in your plan book?
Haha! Well, there is this dream of mine to become an actress. And with the breakthroughs I have made in life, I am very hopeful for what the future holds and equally confident of my own will to achieve the things in life which many would consider impossible for us.
This article was first published on December 21, 2017.
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HomeFinder.com launches Open Home Pro Android tablet app
Free Android app allows users to gather and follow up with open house leads
by Paul Hagey Staff Writer
Open Home Pro now has an Android tablet version, giving Android users the ability to capture and keep in touch with leads gathered at open houses using the app.
Available for iPads since 2010, bringing the tablet-focused Open Home Pro to the Android platform was one of the top priorities for Chicago-based real estate marketplace HomeFinder.com, which acquired the app from the company of the same name in late 2013. Currently, 40,000 agents use the iPad version of the app, according to HomeFinder.com.
Unlike the iPad version of the app, which goes for $14.99, the Android version will be free, said Doug Breaker, president and CEO of HomeFinder.com. The firm is looking at eliminating the iPad cost, too, he said.
The app offers a “Pro” version for $10 per month that allows users to brand their contact with consumers and connect with a lightweight customer relationship management (CRM) platform, Breaker said.
In addition to collecting open house leads, the app also helps agents determine whether a prospect is already working with another agent, allows them to set up automatic emails and notifies potential homebuyers when changes are made to a listing they’re following.
Open Home Pro will be releasing a new broker-focused version later this month with an as-yet-to-be-named launch partner, Breaker said. It will feature the ability for firms to brand the app.
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Currently, the app is geared toward tablets.
Before the HomeFinder.com acquisition, Open Home Pro scuttled an iPhone app it released in December 2012 that helped agents create listings and single-property websites on the fly. That app just didn’t realize the same traction that the iPad app saw, Breaker said.
Launched in 2009 by media giants Gannet Co. Inc., The McClatchy Co. and the Tribune Co., HomeFinder.com features more than 4 million listings that attract upward of 3.4 million unique visitors a month to a network of more than 375 news sites including the ChicagoTribune.com, Azcentral.com and MiamiHerald.com. In addition to the 130 websites operated by its owners, HomeFinder.com powers real estate search on more than 200 websites belonging to GateHouse Media through a May 2011 agreement.
HomeFinder.com also sells advertising and provides marketing services like Open Home Pro and single-property websites to a network of 60,000 real estate professionals.
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1.3 If you [register with our website, submit any material to our website or use any of our website services], we will ask you to expressly agree to these terms and conditions.
1.4 [You must be at least [18] years of age to use our website; and by using our website or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you warrant and represent to us that you are at least [18] years of age.]
1.5 [Our website uses cookies; by using our website or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our [privacy and cookies policy].]
2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).
3.1 Copyright (c) [year(s) of first publication] [full name].
3.2 Subject to the express provisions of these terms and conditions:
(a) we, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and
(b) all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are reserved.
Licence to use website
4.1 You may:
(a) view pages from our website in a web browser;
(b) download pages from our website for caching in a web browser;
(c) print pages from our website;
(d) [stream audio and video files from our website; and]
(e) [use [our website services] by means of a web browser,]
4.2 Except as expressly permitted by Section 4.1 or the other provisions of these terms and conditions, you must not download any material from our website or save any such material to your computer.
4.3 [You may only use our website for [your own personal and business purposes], and you must not use our website for any other purposes.]
4.4 Except as expressly permitted by these terms and conditions, you must not edit or otherwise modify any material on our website.
4.5 Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:
(a) republish material from our website (including republication on another website);
(b) sell, rent or sub-license material from our website;
(c) show any material from our website in public;
(d) exploit material from our website for a commercial purpose; or
(e) redistribute material from our website.
4.6 [Notwithstanding Section 4.5, you may redistribute [our newsletter] in [print and electronic form] to [any person].]
4.7 We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion; you must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our website.
5.1 You must not:
(a) use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website;
(b) use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
(c) use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
(d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent;
(e) [access or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other automated means;]
(f) [violate the directives set out in the robots.txt file for our website; or]
(g) [use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).]
5.2 [You must not use data collected from our website to contact individuals, companies or other persons or entities.]
5.3 You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our website, or in relation to our website, is [true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading].
Registration and accounts
6.1 [To be eligible for an individual account on our website under this Section 6, you must [be at least 18 years of age and resident in the United Kingdom].]
6.2 You may register for an account with our website by [completing and submitting the account registration form on our website, and clicking on the verification link in the email that the website will send to you].
6.3 You must notify us in writing immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your account.
6.4 You must not use any other person’s account to access the website[, unless you have that person’s express permission to do so].
7.1 If you register for an account with our website, [we will provide you with / you will be asked to choose] a user ID and password.
7.2 Your user ID must not be liable to mislead and must comply with the content rules set out in Section 10; you must not use your account or user ID for or in connection with the impersonation of any person.
7.3 You must keep your password confidential.
7.4 You must notify us in writing immediately if you become aware of any disclosure of your password.
7.5 You are responsible for any activity on our website arising out of any failure to keep your password confidential, and may be held liable for any losses arising out of such a failure.
Cancellation and suspension of account
8.1 We may:
(a) [suspend your account;]
(b) [cancel your account; and/or]
(c) [edit your account details,]
at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation.
8.2 You may cancel your account on our website [using your account control panel on the website].
Your content: licence
9.1 In these terms and conditions, “your content” means all works and materials (including without limitation text, graphics, images, audio material, video material, audio-visual material, scripts, software and files) that you submit to us or our website for storage or publication on, processing by, or transmission via, our website.
9.2 You grant to us a [worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence] to [use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your content in any existing or future media / reproduce, store and publish your content on and in relation to this website and any successor website / reproduce, store and, with your specific consent, publish your content on and in relation to this website].
9.3 You grant to us the right to sub-license the rights licensed under Section 9.2.
9.4 [You grant to us the right to bring an action for infringement of the rights licensed under Section 9.2.]
9.5 [You hereby waive all your moral rights in your content to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law; and you warrant and represent that all other moral rights in your content have been waived to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.]
9.6 [You may edit your content to the extent permitted using the editing functionality made available on our website.]
9.7 Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach any provision of these terms and conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these terms and conditions in any way, we may delete, unpublish or edit any or all of your content.
Your content: rules
10.1 You warrant and represent that your content will comply with these terms and conditions.
10.2 Your content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any person’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action against any person (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law).
10.3 Your content, and the use of your content by us in accordance with these terms and conditions, must not:
(a) be libellous or maliciously false;
(b) be obscene or indecent;
(c) infringe any copyright, moral right, database right, trade mark right, design right, right in passing off, or other intellectual property right;
(d) infringe any right of confidence, right of privacy or right under data protection legislation;
(e) constitute negligent advice or contain any negligent statement;
(f) constitute an incitement to commit a crime[, instructions for the commission of a crime or the promotion of criminal activity];
(g) be in contempt of any court, or in breach of any court order;
(h) be in breach of racial or religious hatred or discrimination legislation;
(i) be blasphemous;
(j) be in breach of official secrets legislation;
(k) be in breach of any contractual obligation owed to any person;
(l) [depict violence[, in an explicit, graphic or gratuitous manner];]
(m) [be pornographic[, lewd, suggestive or sexually explicit];]
(n) [be untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading;]
(o) [consist of or contain any instructions, advice or other information which may be acted upon and could, if acted upon, cause illness, injury or death, or any other loss or damage;]
(p) [constitute spam;]
(q) [be offensive, deceptive, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing, anti-social, menacing, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory; or]
(r) [cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person.]
Limited warranties
11.1 We do not warrant or represent:
(a) the completeness or accuracy of the information published on our website;
(b) that the material on the website is up to date; or
(c) that the website or any service on the website will remain available.
11.2 We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services, and to stop publishing our website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any website services, or if we stop publishing the website.
11.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 12.1, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, our website and the use of our website.
Limitations and exclusions of liability
12.1 Nothing in these terms and conditions will:
(a) limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
(b) limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
(d) exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
12.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section 12 and elsewhere in these terms and conditions:
(a) are subject to Section 12.1; and
(b) govern all liabilities arising under these terms and conditions or relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
12.3 [To the extent that our website and the information and services on our website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.]
12.4 We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.
12.5 We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
12.6 We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
12.7 We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
12.8 [You accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of our officers and employees and, having regard to that interest, you acknowledge that we are a limited liability entity; you agree that you will not bring any claim personally against our officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website or these terms and conditions (this will not, of course, limit or exclude the liability of the limited liability entity itself for the acts and omissions of our officers and employees).]
13.1 Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these terms and conditions in any way, we may:
(a) send you one or more formal warnings;
(b) temporarily suspend your access to our website;
(c) permanently prohibit you from accessing our website;
(d) block computers using your IP address from accessing our website;
(e) contact any or all your internet service providers and request that they block your access to our website;
(f) commence legal action against you, whether for breach of contract or otherwise; and/or
(g) suspend or delete your account on our website.
13.2 Where we suspend or prohibit or block your access to our website or a part of our website, you must not take any action to circumvent such suspension or prohibition or blocking (including without limitation creating and/or using a different account).
14.1 We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time.
14.2 [The revised terms and conditions shall apply to the use of our website from the date of publication of the revised terms and conditions on the website, and you hereby waive any right you may otherwise have to be notified of, or to consent to, revisions of these terms and conditions. / We will give you written notice of any revision of these terms and conditions, and the revised terms and conditions will apply to the use of our website from the date that we give you such notice; if you do not agree to the revised terms and conditions, you must stop using our website.]
14.3 [If you have given your express agreement to these terms and conditions, we will ask for your express agreement to any revision of these terms and conditions; and if you do not give your express agreement to the revised terms and conditions within such period as we may specify, we will disable or delete your account on the website, and you must stop using the website.]
15.1 You hereby agree that we may assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.
15.2 You may not without our prior written consent assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with any of your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.
16.1 If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.
16.2 If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision of these terms and conditions would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
Third party rights
17.1 These terms and conditions are for our benefit and your benefit, and these terms and conditions are not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party.
17.2 The exercise of the parties’ rights under these terms and conditions is not subject to the consent of any third party.
18.1 Subject to Section 12.1, these terms and conditions, together with [our privacy and cookies policy], shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and us in relation to your use of our website.
19.1 These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with [English law].
19.2 Any disputes relating to these terms and conditions shall be subject to the [exclusive / non-exclusive] jurisdiction of the courts of [England].
Statutory and regulatory disclosures
20.1 [We are registered in [trade register]; you can find the online version of the register at [URL], and our registration number is [number].]
20.2 [We are subject to [authorisation scheme], which is supervised by [supervisory authority].]
20.3 [We are registered as [title] with [professional body] in [the United Kingdom] and are subject to [rules], which can be found at [URL].]
20.4 [We subscribe to [code(s) of conduct], which can be consulted electronically at [URL(s)].]
20.5 [Our VAT number is [number].]
21.1 This website is owned and operated by [name].
21.2 [We are registered in [England and Wales] under registration number [number], and our registered office is at [address].]
21.3 Our principal place of business is at [address].
21.4 You can contact us by writing to the business address given above, by using our website contact form, by email to [email address] or by telephone on [telephone number].
Drafting notes for free website terms and conditions
Our website terms and conditions template has been designed for use on websites with basic interactive features, such as blogs, bulletin boards and forum-based sites. It includes, amongst other things, a licence specifying how the website may be used, a disclaimer of liability, a statutory disclosures section and rules on user-contributed content. It is an extended version of our website disclaimer document.
Section 1 – Introduction
The completed document should be easily accessible on the website, with a link from every page.
Under what circumstances will users be asked to give their express consent to the terms of this document?
Ideally, from a legal perspective, all users would be asked to expressly agree to the terms of the document. However, in practice, express consent is rarely sought from casual website visitors. On the other hand, it is easy to obtain the express consent of users who register with the website or submit any material to the website, e.g. by clicking “I accept” on an electronic version of the document. You should retain evidence of the acceptance of the document terms by each such user.
Are there any age restrictions on the use of the website?
What is the minimum age for website users?
The use of websites by minors can be legally problematic. There are a number of different legal issues. For example, under English law, contracts may be unenforceable against minors. Another issue concerns data protection. The law of data protection imposes additional burdens in relation to the processing of any personal data of a minor and personal data provided by a minor. The effects of the law of indecency may also depend upon whether a website is accessible by minors. Obviously, the inclusion of a requirement in your terms and conditions that minors refrain from using a website is no guarantee that they will do so. Where your website is directed at, or likely to be used by, minors, we recommend that you seek specialist legal advice.
Does the website use cookies (including session cookies and third party cookies)?
What is the title of the document on the website that contains cookie information?
The inclusion of this statement in your website legal documents will not in itself satisfy the requirements of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (as amended) concerning consent to the use of cookies. Guidance concerning methods of obtaining such consent is included on the Information Commissioner’s website (http://www.ico.gov.uk).
Section 3 – Copyright notice
What was the year of first publication of the relevant copyright material (or the range of years)? Who is the principal owner of copyright in the website?
Section 4 – Licence to use website
The scope of the licence to use will vary with each site. Consider carefully exactly what your users should be allowed to do with your website and material on your website.
(d) – Will audio and/or video files be published on the website?
(e) – Will the website make available any dynamic services to users? Describe the website services in question.
Consider whether to include this element in the document.
For what purposes may the website be used?
Are users permitted to redistribute any specific content from the website (e.g. newsletters)?
What types of content are redistributable? In what formats may redistributable content be redistributed? To whom may redistributable content be redistributed?
Section 5 – Acceptable use
(e) – Should all automated interactions with the website be prohibited?
(f) – Will the website incorporate a robots.txt file?
(g) – Should users be prohibited from using the website for direct marketing activity?
Should the use of data collected from the website to contact people and businesses be prohibited?
What standard of veracity etc should user-submitted content meet?
Section 6 – Registration and accounts
Do any eligibility criteria apply to account registration?
What eligibility criteria apply?
How do users register with the website?
Are users permitted to use another person’s account on the website with the permission of that other person?
Section 7 – User IDs and passwords
How will users’ login details be generated?
Section 8 – Cancellation and suspension of account
Which of these general rights over user accounts does the website operator have?
How can a user cancel his or her account on the website?
Section 9 – Your content: licence
What type of licence do users grant to the website operator? What does the licence allow the website operator to do with user content?
Should the website operator be granted a right to bring proceedings in respect of third party infringements?
Should users be asked to waive their moral rights (such as the right of paternity and the right to object to derogatory treatment) in the content they submit to the website?
Can users edit their own content after it has been posted to the website?
Section 10 – Your content: rules
Section 10.2
This very general prohibition against unlawful user content may be supplemented by rules relating to specific kinds of illegality, as well as prohibitions upon lawful but undesirable content.
(f) – Do you want to expressly prohibit the publication by users of information about how to commit crimes and the promotion of criminal activities?
(l) – Should the depiction of violence be prohibited? Should the prohibition on depicting violence be limited to explicit etc violence?
(m) – Should pornographic material be prohibited? Should the prohibition on pornographic material be supplemented with a prohibition on lewd, suggestive or sexually explicit material?
(n) – Should untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading content be prohibited?
(o) – Should potentially dangerous advice be prohibited?
(p) – Should spam be prohibited?
(q) – Should offensive etc material be prohibited?
(r) – Should annoying etc material be prohibited?
Section 12 – Limitations and exclusions of liability
Contractual limitations and exclusions of liability are regulated and controlled by law, and the courts may rule that particular limitations and exclusions of liability in contracts are unenforceable.
The courts are particularly likely to intervene where a party is seeking to rely on a limitation or exclusion of liability in its standard terms and conditions, but will also sometimes intervene where a term has been individually negotiated.
The courts may be more likely to rule that provisions excluding liability, as opposed to those merely limiting liability, are unenforceable.
If there is a risk that any particular limitation or exclusion of liability will be found to be unenforceable by the courts, that provision should be drafted as an independent term, and be numbered separately from the other provisions.
It may improve the chances of a limitation or exclusion of liability being found to be enforceable if the party seeking to rely upon it specifically drew it to the attention of the other party before the contract was entered into.
Exclusions and limitations of liability in UK contracts are primarily regulated by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (“UCTA”).
Contracts regulated by UCTA cannot exclude or restrict a party’s liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence (Section 2(1), UCTA).
Except insofar as the relevant term satisfies the requirements of reasonableness, such contracts cannot exclude or restrict liability: (i) for negligence (which includes a breach of an express or implied contractual obligation to take reasonable care or exercise reasonable skill) (Section 2(2), UCTA); or (ii) for misrepresentation (Section 3, Misrepresentation Act 1967).
In addition, if a contract is regulated by UCTA, and one of the parties is dealing on the other’s written standard terms of business, then except insofar as the relevant contractual term satisfies the requirements of reasonableness the other party cannot: (i) exclude or restrict his liability in respect of a breach of contract; or (ii) claim to be entitled to render a contractual performance substantially different from that which was reasonably expected of him; or (iii) claim to be entitled, in respect of the whole or any part of his contractual obligation, to render no contractual performance at all (see Section 3, UCTA).
UCTA includes various other restrictions, particularly in the case of contracts for the sale of goods and contracts under which possession or ownership of goods passes.
If you wish to try to limit/exclude for liability in respect of reckless, deliberate, personal and/or repudiatory breaches of contract, you should specify this in relation to the relevant provision (for example, using the following wording: “The limitations and exclusions of liability in this Clause [number] will apply whether or not the liability in question arises out of any reckless, deliberate, personal and/or repudiatory conduct or breach of contract”). In many circumstances, however, the courts will find these types of limitations and exclusions to be unenforceable.
Somewhat different rules apply to limitations of liability in contracts with consumers, and these provisions should not be used in relation to such contracts.
These guidance notes provide a very incomplete and basic overview of a complex subject. Accordingly, you should take legal advice if you may wish to rely upon a limitation or exclusion of liability.
Do not delete this provision (except upon legal advice). Without this provision, the specific limitations and exclusions of liability in the document are more likely to be unenforceable.
Do you want to attempt to exclude all liability for free services and information?
This sort of exclusion is quite common, but unlikely to be enforceable in court.
“Consequential loss” has a special meaning in English law: it means any loss that, whilst not arising naturally from the breach, was specifically in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was made.
If the website operator is a limited liability entity (e.g. a limited company), do you want to expressly exclude liability on the part of officers and employees?
Section 14 – Variation
Changes to legal documents published on a website will not generally be retrospectively effective, and variations without notice to and/or consent from relevant users may be ineffective.
Will website users be notified of changes to the document?
Will registered users be required to consent to variations?
Section 17 – Third party rights
This provision is designed to exclude any rights a third party may have under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
What other documents govern the use of the website?
Section 19 – Law and jurisdiction
The questions of which law governs a document, and where disputes relating to the document may be litigated, are two distinct questions.
Which law should govern the document?
This document has been drafted to comply with English law, and the governing law provision should not be changed without obtaining expert advice from a lawyer qualified in the appropriate jurisdiction. In some circumstances the courts will apply provisions of their local law, such as local competition law or consumer protection law, irrespective of a choice of law clause.
Should the jurisdiction granted be exclusive or non-exclusive? Choose “non-exclusive” jurisdiction if you may want to enforce the terms and conditions against users outside England and Wales. Otherwise, choose “exclusive jurisdiction”. The courts of which country or jurisdiction should adjudicate disputes under the document?
In some circumstances your jurisdiction clause may be overridden by the courts.
Section 20 – Statutory and regulatory disclosures
Do the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 apply to the website or is the website operator registered for VAT?
This section can be deleted where website operator is not registered for VAT and the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 do not apply. Generally, those Regulations will apply unless a website is entirely non-commercial, i.e. where a website does not offer any goods or services and does not involve any remuneration (which includes remuneration for carrying AdSense or other advertising).
Is the website operator registered in a trade or similar register that is available to the public?
What is the name of the trade register? At what URL can the trade register be found? What is the website operator’s registration number?
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 provide that if you are “registered in a trade or similar register available to the public”, you must provide “details of the register in which the service provider is entered and his registration number, or equivalent means of identification in that register”.
Is the website operator subject to an authorisation scheme (e.g. under financial services legislation)?
What is the name of the authorisation scheme to which the website operator is subject? What authority supervises the authorisation scheme?
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 provide that “where the provision of the service is subject to an authorisation scheme” you must provide “the particulars of the relevant supervisory authority”.
Is the service provider a member of a regulated profession (e.g. solicitors)?
What is the website operator’s professional title? Which professional body regulates the website operator? In which jurisdiction was the professional title granted? What is the name of the document containing the rules governing the profession? At what URL can the rules be found?
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 provide that if “the service provider exercises a regulated profession”, it must provide “(i) the details of any professional body or similar institution with which the service provider is registered; (ii) his professional title and the member State where that title has been granted; (iii) a reference to the professional rules applicable to the service provider in the member State of establishment and the means to access them”.
Does the website operator subscribe to any codes of conduct?
Identify the codes of conduct in question. Where can the codes be viewed?
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 provide that “a service provider shall indicate which relevant codes of conduct he subscribes to and give information on how those codes can be consulted electronically”.
Is the website operator registered for VAT?
What is the website operator’s VAT number?
Section 21 – Our details
UK companies must provide their corporate names, their registration numbers, their place of registration and their registered office address on their websites (although not necessarily in this document).
Sole traders and partnerships that carry on a business in the UK under a “business name” (i.e. a name which is not the name of the trader/names of the partners or certain other specified classes of name) must also make certain website disclosures: (i) in the case of a sole trader, the individual’s name; (ii) in the case of a partnership, the name of each member of the partnership; and (iii) in either case, in relation to each person named, an address in the UK at which service of any document relating in any way to the business will be effective. All websites covered by the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 must provide a geographic address (not a PO Box number) and an email address. All website operators covered by the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 must also provide a telephone number.
What is the name of the company, partnership, individual or other legal person or entity that owns and operates the website?
Is the website operator a company?
In what jurisdiction is the website operator registered? What is the website operator’s company registration number or equivalent? What is the website operator’s registered address?
Where is the website operator’s head office or principal place of business?
What is the website operator’s contact email address? What is the website operator’s contact telephone number?
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Lily is a huge fan of construction, she loves anything that she can sit down to and concentrate on and build. So when I got offered the Magicubes to review I just had to give them a try with Lily.
2 boxes of Magicubes which are made by Geomag, arrived at our door. The boxes were so colourful and child friendly that as soon as Lily saw them she couldn't wait for me to get them out of the box.
We were sent a Safari Pack and a Polar Animals Pack.
The safari pack comes with 14 blocks and some cards with four building ideas on. The polar animal pack comes with 8 bricks and also has some idea cards included. Some of the animal ideas you could make are Giraffe, Lion, Parrot, and Camel in the safari set and in the polar set you could make a Polar Bear Seal, Penguin or Whale.
They are so colourful and on each side of the blocks it has a different pattern which is part of an animal. The way you play with these cubes kind of reminds me of a jigsaw but in brick form, which is great. You could use the cards to build an animal that they have suggested or you could be creative and just build what ever you like as there are many different things you can make with these.
Lily just concentrated on building rather than actually making animals and the whole concept of being able to make a animal kind of went over her head. She did really enjoy building with these though as there is something that is different and special about them. These clever little bricks actually are magnetised so then they stick together with the other bricks. This is great for tower building and construction as its much easier to do and with less chance of falling down.
Lily hasn't managed to make an animal yet but she did love seeing the ones that I built and kept asking me to build more for her.
The quality of the bricks is brilliant. They are really strong and made from a really nice plastic. They look like they won't ware and tear easily and will last a while. Which is great as building is one thing that children never seem to get bored of doing.
As well as being super fun, there are so many learning factors to this toy. It encourages hand and eye co-ordination, fine motor skills and encourages the use of the imagination.
Lily really enjoyed playing with these cubes and she has kept going back to them to play with again over and over. We haven't actually tidied them away yet as she has played with them so much. But when we do, another great thing about them all sticking together is that they can be stored in her construction tub and they don't separate and get lost.
Overall i'm really impressed and happy with this toy and if your child loves construction and building then this is a really good option of something you could buy for them. It retails at £35 for the safari set and £25 for the polar animals set.
I now have a competition for you where you have the chance to win a set of Safari Magicubes for your little one. Enter on the Gleam app below -
Win a Geomag Safari MagiCube Set
Maria Rogers 6 October 2017 at 22:39
Laura Lee 6 October 2017 at 22:44
My son loves giraffes so it would be that. Great prize fingers crossed ����
katie skeoch 6 October 2017 at 23:05
My sons would definitely make a lion!
Margaret Gallagher 6 October 2017 at 23:42
Solange 7 October 2017 at 02:12
A lion.
Sidrah Ahmed 7 October 2017 at 02:55
My daughter would make a Giraffe
Tracy K Nixon 7 October 2017 at 05:06
A big tall giraffe!
mummy24 7 October 2017 at 07:45
The whale 😀
Angela Boucher 7 October 2017 at 07:53
My son would love to build the polar bear because they are his favourite animal.
My son would like most of them especially the Lion!
Kelly L
lisanorfolk 7 October 2017 at 15:35
My son would love making the Lion
Sue McCarthy 7 October 2017 at 16:43
I don't have any children but would love to win this prize for charity, to go to Romania.
helen best 7 October 2017 at 19:05
Think my granddaughter would love the polar bear
Jeanette Leighton 7 October 2017 at 19:29
My daughter Sheriah 5 loves giraffes so I'll pick that
Hannah Dowling 7 October 2017 at 20:27
My daughter would choose a lion
cath 7 October 2017 at 20:35
The whale
anthony harrington 7 October 2017 at 21:36
the Penguin, my little Grandson adores penguins!
LaurensMum 8 October 2017 at 07:58
The Penguin! Definitely!
Susan B 8 October 2017 at 12:16
I am pretty sure she would want to make the lion.
sarah Mackay 9 October 2017 at 22:41
Tony Metcalfe 10 October 2017 at 12:11
It would be a penguin.
Amy Wright 10 October 2017 at 12:20
She would make a giraffe and a penguin
Penquin.
Ursula Hunt 11 October 2017 at 11:08
A Giraffe
Sharon Freemantle 11 October 2017 at 18:56
Wally.Wonka 12 October 2017 at 11:00
My daughter would love the whale.
Kirsty Connor 13 October 2017 at 09:36
My son Leon would make a Lion
Irene Gilmour 13 October 2017 at 22:16
jade 15 October 2017 at 09:15
Kerry Taylor 15 October 2017 at 09:36
Probably the lion, but I'd like the Penguin!
he would love the whale
I think my kids would ask for the lion first
Angela Treadway 16 October 2017 at 23:39
Lion! X
Sian Buckingham 17 October 2017 at 09:46
I think my little boy would go straight to the lion!
mata777 17 October 2017 at 10:52
My daughter would probably start with the lion.
Iain Maciver 17 October 2017 at 12:13
Chris 17 October 2017 at 12:38
we would start with. . . .giraffe
joanne liddement 17 October 2017 at 16:41
Would love to make the camel.
Sharon Lou Johnson 17 October 2017 at 19:45
Waterworth Fiona 17 October 2017 at 20:09
its the giraffe
Isis1981uk 17 October 2017 at 21:13
The Penguin as my daughter loves them!
maria blythin 17 October 2017 at 22:05
john prendergast 17 October 2017 at 22:09
lynn heath 19 October 2017 at 06:24
Sophia said the fish! (She means the whale!!!)
Amanda Ward 19 October 2017 at 13:43
a polar bear i think! either that or the whale!! :)
a.e.adkins 19 October 2017 at 19:50
Penguin would be the favourite in our house following our trip to the Sealife Centre.
fjk42 19 October 2017 at 22:54
probably the whale as it is one of her favourite animals and it is also one of the simpler puzzles
Becky Yeomans 20 October 2017 at 10:03
I think my little one would make a whale!
Amy Bondoc 20 October 2017 at 11:09
probably the polar bear!
claire glace 20 October 2017 at 11:29
She would love the polar animals thank you
Ren 20 October 2017 at 11:41
I like a whale
stuart hargreaves 20 October 2017 at 12:41
A giraffe they are so interesting shape
Rachael Robinson 20 October 2017 at 14:22
Lion! :D
ldavis061212 20 October 2017 at 15:38
Charlotte Arnott 20 October 2017 at 23:09
The giraffe.
sallyc06 21 October 2017 at 11:40
A Penguin
laura banks 22 October 2017 at 16:17
Ruth Harwood 23 October 2017 at 08:22
the lion for sure!!
Holly Hagley 23 October 2017 at 22:34
Penguin is so cute !
Laura Stewart 24 October 2017 at 14:44
we like the Lion
The camel, thankyou for the competition x
Kirsty Webb 24 October 2017 at 16:16
MANDY DOHERTY 24 October 2017 at 19:27
JudeVFR400 24 October 2017 at 19:54
The whale probably, she was dolphin mad.
Janine Atkin 24 October 2017 at 21:41
mine would probably like to make the whale
Charles Fletcher 24 October 2017 at 21:48
A Giraffe.
Luke Tinkler 24 October 2017 at 22:12
Oh a giraffe
Kevin Honey 25 October 2017 at 00:11
My granddaughters love giraffes
Isabel 25 October 2017 at 17:13
I think we would probably start by making the parrot!
Alice Colling 26 October 2017 at 09:01
katrina walsh 26 October 2017 at 11:11
The parrot looks like fun to do x x
Stevie Fairbairn 26 October 2017 at 12:02
I think my nephew would like to make the Lion.
Jo Glasspool 26 October 2017 at 21:51
It would be the lion.
Rhiannon Healey 28 October 2017 at 09:23
My son would make a monkey.
Joshi Moshi Blog 28 October 2017 at 09:57
Penguin!
Jo Hutchinson 30 October 2017 at 01:57
applecider 31 October 2017 at 19:45
A Lion
HAYLEY PEMBERTON 1 November 2017 at 21:16
AlisonM 1 November 2017 at 23:19
My niece would love the penguin x
Lorraine Stone 2 November 2017 at 10:26
I think that the lion would be the one!
Rachel Butterworth 2 November 2017 at 11:20
The lion.
Michelle O'Neill 2 November 2017 at 13:28
sheridarby 2 November 2017 at 21:07
My son would make the giraffe
becki 2 November 2017 at 21:25
son would love the whale
Christopher Read 2 November 2017 at 22:14
Giraffe :)
Gemma Hendry 3 November 2017 at 18:00
Lindsey Martin 4 November 2017 at 00:36
My daughter would love making the parrot
My daughter would love making the Giraffe or the Camel :)
Kevin Cannon 4 November 2017 at 14:27
defo the giraffe
Tracy B 4 November 2017 at 17:26
I think my children would love to make a lion
Ellen Stafford 4 November 2017 at 20:51
My nephew would make the giraffe
Amy Tidd 4 November 2017 at 22:16
Penguins. My kids love them!
corina wharmby 5 November 2017 at 08:15
kayleigh Robinson 5 November 2017 at 09:03
A penguin! My daughter absolutely loves them
Rebecca Powell 5 November 2017 at 12:23
Kim Neville 5 November 2017 at 14:02
my son would make The camel
jodie A Green 5 November 2017 at 15:06
The giraffe, although i do love the parrot!!
Diary of a Mother 5 November 2017 at 16:09
lynn neal 5 November 2017 at 16:29
My grandson would want to make a lion!
Tracy Hughes 5 November 2017 at 16:40
A lion, rawr!
fiona johnstone 5 November 2017 at 18:54
I think it would be the giraffe
jacquelinec 5 November 2017 at 19:30
Mine would probably make a penguin .
Dale Dow 5 November 2017 at 19:53
I know my niece Jessica would make the giraffe, she adores giraffes!
twinlay06 5 November 2017 at 20:49
Grandson would love the giraffe, and I agree with him
Adrian Bold 5 November 2017 at 21:50
My son would enjoy making the giraffe since it's the tallest.
lastkisstoo 5 November 2017 at 22:59
Giraffe :) x
paula cheadle 5 November 2017 at 23:34
granddaughter would make the Penguin first I think
Rich Tyler 5 November 2017 at 23:55
Penguins, our fav!
Amanda Norwood 6 November 2017 at 09:51
My nephew would have the lion made first
rachael obrien 6 November 2017 at 10:20
My son loves monkeys at the moment and he has learnt "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed" this would be hugely appreciated x
Sharon Stanley 6 November 2017 at 10:20
My duaghter is big on giraffes right now so I know that would be the first animal she would want to create :)
Claire Croft 6 November 2017 at 11:02
she loves them
Duncan 6 November 2017 at 11:40
I think giraffe
LauraC2 6 November 2017 at 11:48
Polar Bear - she loves row row and the cuddle verse
nataleegosiewski 6 November 2017 at 11:51
my baby loves wolfs goes around roaring like a lion tho
Rachel White 6 November 2017 at 13:10
One would make the lion & the other would like the giraffe
Lorna Peppiatt 6 November 2017 at 13:45
Would love to make the polar bear
Rebecca Parke 6 November 2017 at 14:22
The whale. My lb loves anything to do with the sea!
Eve Ogden 6 November 2017 at 17:12
Linda Curtis 6 November 2017 at 18:10
TRACY HANSON 6 November 2017 at 18:21
A whale. Because when I went on holiday I was lucky enough to feed some seals (on a fishing rod in Eyemouth harbour) and my great-niece has been "sea mammals" mad ever since. She was most disgusted that that was the only day I didn't have my camera with me.
Kirsty Woods 6 November 2017 at 19:31
lorraine evemy 6 November 2017 at 19:33
Natalie Crossan 6 November 2017 at 19:46
The giraffe x
tammy neal 6 November 2017 at 20:24
Would love a lion xx
Diana S 6 November 2017 at 21:36
The Giraffe :)
Pauline Black 6 November 2017 at 22:23
I think jayden would love the lion
Benjamin Robb 6 November 2017 at 23:04
Jennifer Baker 6 November 2017 at 23:46
Polar bear x x x
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Home › 杭州桑拿 › Goulburn prison officers fear leaked lists circulating jail
Goulburn prison officers fear leaked lists circulating jail
Photos: Darryl Fernance, Goulburn Post.A UNION is calling on Corrective Services to fully investigate how a list of prison officers’ names found its way into Goulburn Jail’s Super Max unit.
Chair of the PSA’s Prison Officers Vocational Branch Steve McMahon said his union has placed full pressure on management to investigate and act.
“It is of major concern to us and the Department has responded by investigating. We are trying to find out how that came to be in the High Risk Management Unit.”
Mr McMahon did not have the full details on what the list contained, besides names, but he feared inmates could easily capitalise.
“Some prisoners have quite a lot of resources available to them to seek and get any further information they’re looking for,” he said.
“We deal with them every day. They are among the most dangerous criminals in NSW and it is not beyond their capacity to get the private details of prison officers … They have money behind them.”
Mr McMahon said the Public Service Association was doing everything it could to ensure officers were protected and that it didn’t happen again.
On Saturday, Assistant Commissioner for Custodial Corrections, Kevin Corcoran said he understood the list was prepared to go to the Ombudsman’s office.
“Presumably an inmate intends to lodge some sort of complaint about staff,” he said.
Mr Corcoran denied claims a staff roster had also been found in the High Risk Management Unit, or that the list included officers’ home addresses.
But on Monday a Corrective Services spokeswoman said an inmate allegedly had access to a roster sheet containing staff names only.
“It was inadvertently given to him with other documentation. The staff affected have been notified and assured of their safety,” she said.
Meantime, Mr McMahon said the Department had freed up more resources to ensure officers could fully respond to inmates’ “bad behaviour.”
On Monday the jail was back to normal operations, in contrast to the weekend lockdowns.
He confirmed Sunday’s lockdown, which lasted until 9am Monday, was sparked by “a demonstration of the very worst behaviour”.
“Gas was used to safely remove two inmates from their cell when they lit a fire inside,” the Corrective Services spokeswoman said.
“This was after one of the inmates was found in possession of a SIM card and drugs during a strip search.
“In a separate incident two inmates became violent and assaulted staff during the removal of a television from their cell. Force was used to subdue the men with no injuries to staff or inmates.”
Mr McMahon said the same inmates who had refused to muster on Friday, prompting Saturday’s lockdown, were involved.
They also flooded several cells by leaving taps on and blocking drains, he claimed.
“(They did it because) we dared to tell them that enough was enough and that they had to follow the rules,” he said.
“It’s exactly the type of recalcitrant, bad behaviour we see from these people, the very same ones that assault police on the outside. When they come into custody they refuse to follow the rules.”
Four inmates were placed in segregation as a result and another two under review. No visitors were allowed into the jail.
Hume Local Area Commander Chad Gillies said police were investigating, but no charges had yet been laid.
They had received allegations of malicious damage by fire, assault of a prison officer and possession of a prohibited drug in a cell.
On Monday talks between the union and local management resumed about added interim and long-term security measures at the jail.
Mr McMahon said while the Department had provided many additional resources, within existing capacity, officers didn’t need the added headache of alleged Super Max security breaches over the Christmas period.
Originally published as Goulburn prison officers fear private lists circulate cellsby Goulburn Post.
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Antimicrobial efficiency of film incorporated with pediocin (ALTA® 2351) on preservation of sliced ham
Tecnologia de Alimentos
Santiago-Silva, Paula; Soares, Nilda F. F.; Nóbrega, Juliana E.; Barbosa, Kiriaque B. F.; Volp, Ana Carolina P.; Zerdas, Evelyn R. M. A.; Würlitzer, Nédio J.; W. Júnior, Marcus A.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.02.006
Antimicrobial packaging, besides protecting the product from external environment, inhibits or retards microorganism growth in foods, minimizing direct addition of preservatives and satisfying the actual demand of consumers for healthier foods, containing less additives. Pediocins are antimicrobial peptides produced by Pediococcus sp. and researches have revealed their ability to inhibit the growth of some pathogenic bacteria. The objective of this work was to develop and evaluate the antimicrobial efficiency of films incorporated with pediocin on sliced ham conservation. The antimicrobial films were incorporated with pediocin (25% and 50%) in a cellulose base emulsion. The antimicrobial efficiency of the films against Listeria innocua e Salmonella sp. on sliced ham was tested by means of a challenge test, in which the slices were immersed in 0.1% peptone solution containing about 106 CFU/mL of L. innocua or Salmonella sp. The experiment was set up overlapping the slices of ham with the films (control, 25% and 50% of pediocin). These systems were packaged under vacuum and stored at 12 °C. The slices of ham were analyzed for L. innocua and Salmonella sp. counts at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 storage days. The antimicrobial films were more effective inhibiting growth of L. innocua. The 50% pediocin-film presented a reduction of 2 log cycles in relation to control treatment after 15 days of storage. The 25% and 50% pediocin-films had similar performance on Salmonella sp. inhibition, both presenting 0.5 log cycle reduction in relation to control, after 12 days of storage. Hence, the films incorporated with pediocin showed potential use as one hurdle technology added in the storage period among others good manufacturing practices for preservation of sliced ham.
Artigos Técnico-científicos na área de Tecnologia de Alimentos
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13 March 2017 - 3:41pm
Daylight saving time was inaugurated on Monday February 9th, 1942 to conserve energy for the duration of the war.
Daykight Saving Time
New Collegiate Institute Opened
On February 21st, 1927, Lt. Gov. William Donald Ross formally opened Sir Adam Beck Collegiate Institute whose staff and students had moved from the East End Collegiate to the new school on Monday January 4th, 1927.
East End Collegiate
Sir Adam Beck Collegiate Institute
William Donald Ross
Bursting at the Seams!!
140 years ago on February 11, 1877, Rev. William Stephen Rainsford (1850-1933), the Church of England revivalist preacher, drew such a large crowd at St. Paul's Church in London, Ontario that hundreds of people could not even get standing room and had to leave.
William Stephen Rainsford
What a February Thaw!!
110 years ago on February 7th, 1857 a thaw on the south branch of the Thames River caused the water to rise 11 feet above normal and wrecked Clarke's Bridge on Wellington Street.
Clarke's Bridge
Thames River
A Victorian Vignette for Valentine's Day
Love was in the air on a warm moonlit evening in Victoria Park in July 1891. Cy Warman had just walked his sweetheart, Marie Jones, back to her school, Sacred Heart Academy
Cy Warman
Myrtle Marie Jones
Sweet Marie
A Real Knockout
2 February 2017 - 11:06am
A moving picture was shown at the Grand Theatre 110 years ago on February 1-2, 1907 of the boxing match between "The Canadian Catapult" (Tommy Burns, the only Canadian-born world heavy-weight boxing champion) and "The Heavyweight Hurricane" (Jack O'Brien)
Jack O'Brien
Crystal Palace Shattered!!
90 years ago on January 30, 1927, an arsonist set fire to the Crystal Palace at the Western Fair.
Confederation Building
Western Fair
This Church Was Really Lit Up!
First Presbyterian Church became the first place of worship in London to have electric lighting 125 years ago on January 25th, 1892
First United Church
First. St. Andrew's United Church
From Royalty to Radio
150 years ago on January 25th, 1867, Lavinia Hermione Gertrude Amanda Guelph, wife of Charles Wetherbee, died at the age of 46
Charles Wetherbee
CJOE
Lavinia Hermione Gertrude Amanda Guelph
London's Miracle Baby
On January 25th, 1957, Mary Ann Elizabeth Semeuk was born three months premature, weighing just 26 ounces. She was called the "dollar bill baby" because she was the same size as a dollar bill.
Mary Ann Elizabeth Semenuk
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vitualis' Medical Rants - Collections 2003-2013 By Michael Tam
This is a collection of vitualis' writings, some which have been published previously, and some hitherto unpublished. Included are blog commentaries and rants, medical articles written for the... More > public, medical education articles written for doctors, as well as a few more scholar essays, literature reviews and research articles.< Less
Australian GP perceptions of at-risk drinking By Michael Tam
At-risk drinking is common in Australia. Validated screening tools such as the AUDIT-C have been promoted to general practitioners, but appear rarely used. Detection of at-risk drinking remains... More > low. This masters research thesis, at the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, explores and describes Australian general practitioner beliefs and attitudes on the detection and screening of at-risk drinking. It seeks to understand the low uptake of alcohol screening questionnaires in general practice, the potential role of the AUDIT-C, and the overall low detection rate of at-risk drinking.< Less
The Creation of The Medicine Box By Michael Tam & May Su
Hardcover: $20.94
This report, “The Creation of The Medicine Box” is a comprehensive documentation of the design, goals, development and construction of the website. It contains a review and analysis of... More > the state of the project after six months. It has been published in the format of a book; the report was in addition written and designed as a guidebook to the development of online medical education resources.< Less
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Search Results: 'James Dixon'
81 results for "James Dixon"
The Lay Off By Simon Dixon
James Golding leads an idyllic existence. He belongs to the exclusive new breed of supremely successful online betting exchange millionaire traders. Everything, from his top of the range auto drive... More > BMW to his faultlessly polished city brogues is perfect. His world is one of neatness, order and calm, surrounded as he is by people working night and day to satisfy his exacting standards. Indeed, the only thing he yearns for is a little more attention from his beautiful receptionist Hannah. His pleasurable, privileged world is due for a major shake-up, and unknown to James, Russian billionaire Dimitri Balinova has decided to do the shaking. With Golding’s company in his sights, Balinova opens his box of nasty little tricks via his favourite weapon of business destruction, one Geoffrey Dymock. Through the ruthless efficiency of Dymock, the wheels are set in motion, the pressure is applied and slowly but surely Golding’s comfortable world begins to implode.< Less
Gypsy Teacher: "Every Wednesday?!" The Journal of a Teacher in Search of a Classroom By Kathleen Dixon Donnelly
Author Robert Parker’s wife: “Wait—they’re going to pay you an obscene amount of money to show up once a week and teach one class on Wednesdays. And you don’t know... More > whether you should take the job?!” Parker: “Yeah, but every Wednesday…?!” On Christmas, 2002, I wrote, “As of tomorrow, I will no longer be employed full-time.” And so began a full year of blogs, posted on blogger.com from Wednesday, December 25, 2002, through Wednesday, December 24, 2003. Planned as a chronicle of an unemployed academic, it evolved to include My Irish Husband Tony, a wedding in France, two kittens, the Bahamas, family photos, and James Joyce. Taken together they chronicle a pretty interesting year. I hope you enjoy reading them. I sure enjoyed writing them. And I’d love to know what you think: kaydee@gypsyteacher.com.< Less
Bop Dead City issue 10 By James Garrett et al.
Bop Dead City on Issue 10, featuring James Garrett, Michael Gould, E.H. Brogan, S. Babin, Leah Mueller, Jackson Sabbagh, and art by Ashley Tibbetts. It's better than whatever else you're reading,... More > promise.< Less
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In “You Reap What You Sow,” your sensibilities are challenged to look beyond the norm, and to think outside the box in ways that are spontaneous, high-powered, tenacious and eye-opening. ... More > Chapter 1 introduces Mike and Linda Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. “Average” American to readers. Chapter 2 brings the central character on scene, Uncle Benjamin Bucksley. Chapter 3 delves into the inner workings of the family. Chapter 4 looks at the traditional and modern roles and responsibilities of husbands and wives. Chapter 5 is an in-depth factual analysis of the Common Core Standards Initiative. Chapter 6 is a charge to parents. In Chapter 7 defines the awful results of the Roe vs. Wade (abortion) ruling. Chapter 8 examines the Hebraic Roots Movement. Chapter 9 is a mini indoctrination into the ins and outs of ObamaCare. Chapter 10 examines the Role of the 21st Century Church.< Less
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Gant Family Genealogy - Second Edition By Mary Gant Bell
Discover the Gant family in this journey through time. The story begins with the James and Dina Gant and documents each generation through today. You will also learn about the families related to the... More > Gant clan, including the Allen, Bickers, Bix, Carmichael, Cooper, Cox, Dixon, Frank, Gade, Hadley, Halverson, Jackson, Lightfoot, Mendenhall, Miller, Moellenberndt, Newlin, Nissalka, Richards, Starr, Stewart, Wasley, White, and many others. If you are related to any Gant's or are a history buff, this book is for you! The whole family will enjoy reading this family's history through the generations. Visit http://MaryGantBell.com for more titles by this author.< Less
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New York City College of Technology (CUNY)
[FACULTY] Mathematics, Assistant Professor - Mathematics
New York University, The Courant Institute
[MATHPOSTDOC] Mathematics, Postdoctoral Research Position (Non-tenured)
[POSTDOC20] Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Math (2019/07/31)
[POSTDOCTORALRESEARCHER] Climate/Ocean Physics and Machine Learning, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate/Ocean Physics and Machine Learning in the Mathematics department at NYU Courant
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Applied and Computational Mathematics Division
[NRCPOSTDOC2] Applied and Computational Mathematics, NRC Postdoctoral Associate (2019/08/01)
National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical Sciences
[PDFY19] Mathematical Sciences, Program Director
Northeastern University, Mathematics
[AATP] Mathematics, Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor
[PTLMATH] Mathematics, Part Time Lecturer in Mathematics (deadline 2019/06/30)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mathematics Department
[PDRA] AFib, Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019/11/12)
North Carolina State University, Department of Mathematics
[AG19] Algebra, geometry, Algebra/Geometry (2019/10/15)
[FM19] Financial mathematics, Financial Mathematics (2019/10/15)
[IAM19] Interdisciplinary and/or applied mathematics, Interdisciplinary and Applied Mathematics (2019/10/15)
[MA19] Mathematical analysis, Mathematical Analysis and Its Applications (2019/10/15)
[TAP19] Mathematics, Teaching Assistant Professor (2019/10/15)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mathematics and Statistics
[VAP] Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor Positions (deadline 2019/04/02)
[VAP1875] Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor Position (deadline 2019/04/02)
University of Notre Dame, Applied and Computational Math and Statistics
[POSTDOC_LIN] Statistics, Postdoctoral Research Position, Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame
[VAPFA19] Statistics, Visiting Assistant Professor in Statistics (filled)
Northwestern University, NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology
[POSTDOC] Interface of mathematical science and developmental biology, Independent NSF-Simons Fellows in Quantitative Biology (deadline 2019/04/15)
[POSTDOC1] Interface of mathematical science and developmental biology, Postdoc NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology (2019/08/05)
[VISITINGSCHOLAR] Interface of mathematical science and developmental biology, Visiting Scholars, NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology (2019/08/05)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mathematics
[ALGGEO] Algebra or Geometry, Tenure Track Position in Algebra or Geometry (2020/03/31)
New Mexico State University, Department of Economics, Applied Statistics, and International Business
[AP1] Applied Statistics, Assistant Professor in Applied Statistics (deadline 2019/03/01)
Nazarbayev University, Mathematics
[FACULTYSCIENCEMATHEMATICS] Mathematics, Full-time positions in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (deadline 2019/03/15)
[OPENRANKPOSITIONS] Applied Mathematics, Faculty - Science – Mathematics
[POSTDOCMATHPDES] Mathematics, Postdoc position in Harmonic Analysis and PDEs (2019/10/31)
NYU Shanghai
[NTT] Mathematics, Mathematics, Non-Tenure Track
[POSTDOC1] Mathematics, Postdoctoral Fellow - Mathematical Sciences
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of Mathematics
[TT] A broad range of fields in both pure and applied mathematics as well as probability & statistics, Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Professor of Mathematics (2020/01/31)
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Mathematics and Statistics
[CP1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Chair Professor (2019/12/31)
[NTTF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Non tenure-track faculty (2019/12/31)
[PRF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Postdoctoral research fellowship (2019/12/31)
[PTF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Part-time faculty
[TF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Tenured faculty (2019/12/31)
[TTF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Tenure-track faculty
Nanyang Technological University, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences,, Division of Mathematical Sciences
[LSLM] Mathematics, Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Position in Mathematics (2019/07/21)
Naval Postgraduate School, Applied Mathematics
[TENURETRACK] Applied Mathematics, Tenure-Track Position (2019/08/15)
North Carolina State University, Industrial & Systems Engineering
[TTAP] Industrial & Systems Engineering, One or more tenure track positions; one assistant professor, other open rank subject to qualifications.
[FAC] Mathematics and/or Statistics, Faculty (Rank TBD) - Mathematics
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Vermont Workers' Compensation Newsletter
VERMONT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2017
October 3, 2017 Martha Hunt
Argentina Kearney, WC Specialist II is leaving the Department
VERMONT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Clayton v. J.C. Penny Corp, 2017 VT 87 (Sept. 22, 2017).
Reversing Commissioner’s decision that general release settlement language was void against public policy and thus relieving Claimant of the effects of the Agreement. Absent allegations of fraud or material mistake of fact, Commissioner’s authority in this matter is limited by Section 662(a) “the only consideration to be made is whether it is in the claimant’s best interests and the Commissioner is given latitude to make that determination only at the time of the initial approval of the settlement agreement.” Case remanded to determine whether claimant’s left- and right-foot injuries are causally related.
Haller v. Champlain College, 2017 VT 86 (Sept. 29, 2017).
Split decision upholds Commissioner’s determination that value of tuition free college credits earned in the 26 weeks prior to the work injury are included in Average Weekly Wage calculation for permanency benefits as a “other advantage” as set forth in the statute 21 V.S.A. §601(13). Justice Skoglund dissents: “Including in the calculation of weekly wage any fringe benefits that are not paid in lieu of wager or are not an explicit substitute for wages will create a morass that will overwhelm employers and the workers’ compensation system.” Justice Eaton also dissents citing to Lydy v. Trustaff, Inc. 2013 VT 44 which rejected including health insurance premiums paid in the Average Weekly Wage calculation as not remuneration, similar analysis would apply to free college tuition as not remuneration but rather a fringe benefit.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DECISIONS
Collette v. Hannaford Bros. Co., Opinion No. 12-17WC (Sept. 1, 2017)(ALJ Phillips).
Claimant’s treatment after September 2015 “when his previously stable low back condition acutely worsened negated his prior August 2012 medical end result determination. The course of treatment upon which he embarked thereafter was not merely palliative, but rather carried with it the expectation of significant medical improvement. It culminated in the October 25, 2016 radiofrequency ablation procedure which at the time it was contemplated
“In most cases, an injured worker attains the point of end medical result only once-he or she reaches a plateau following treatment and does not treat or become disabled again. Not every case follows this path, however. Even after reaching an end medical result, an injured worker’s condition might still worsen to the point where additional curative treatment becomes necessary, and along with it, an additional period of temporary disability.’
“[T]o the extent that Claimant was still functionally restricted from full employment as a consequence of his work injury after September 1, 2015, and until such time as he reached an end medical result, he was once again eligible for temporary total disability compensation.”
Green v. Oldcastle, Inc., Opinion No. 13-17WC (Sept. 27, 2017)(ALJ DeBernardi).
Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment denied as material issue of fact in dispute as to whether Claimant had a fixed place of employment when he was injured on his way to a construction site. Fact that Claimant paid for portion of travel time when injured not determinative of compensability as Defendant argues payment mere inducement to encourage employees to work at far flung locations.
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