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Leonor de Ayala Valverde–1666
Leonor de Ayala Valverde
de Ayala Valverde
Birth yes
#1 Francisco de Treviño Ayala
Source: Index to the Marriage Investigations of the Diocese of Guadalajara
Marriage Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla — View this family
#2 Ana de Tremino y Ayala
#3 Alonso Treviño y Ayala
#4 Alexo de Treviño y Ayala
#5 Diego de Ayala Treviño
Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
#6 Leonor Valverde
#7 Joseph de Ayala Treviño
Marriage of a child Miguel Sánchez Saenz — Ana de Tremino y Ayala — View this family
Source: Archivo Historico de Monterrey
Citation details: PROTOCOLOS, Vol 2 Expediente: 1, Folio: 44 NO. 24
Venta de la Hacienda de labor de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. Ana de Treviño, mujer legítima de Juan Serrano, vecinos de esta Ciudad, con licencia de su esposo vende al Capitán Alonso de Treviño "una hacienda de labor nombrada Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria... en término de esta ciudad, lo cual me dieron en dote cuando me case con el dicho Miguel Sánchez, mi primer marido, el capitán José de Treviño y Leonor de Ayala, mis padres, según escritura fecha en esta ciudad en 22 de julio de 1624, ante Lucas García, alcalde ordinario, y Pedro Velada, escribano nombrado; la cual le vendo con sus casas de vivienda y huerta, corrales y jacales... y ocho caballerías de tierra, con dos partes de agua del río de Santa Catalina y sus acequias... y cuatro bueyes de arada, mansos, y dos rejas; en precio y cuantia de dos mil pesos de oro común, que ha de pagar en plata del diezmo a la ley de siete pesos y dos tomines marco", en libranza sobre el Capitán Juan de Spínola, a pagar a Juan Serrano, en la ciudad de México, dentro de seis meses. Ante Juan de Rocha, Escribano de Su Majestad. Testigos Francisco Sánchez de la Barrera, Diego de Zarate, Francisco de Arredondo y José Martínez. vecinos y estantes de esta Ciudad.
Marriage of a child Juan Serrano … — Ana de Tremino y Ayala — View this family
Note: Ver notas de la fuente del primer matrimonio / See notes from source of the first marriage
Marriage of a child Francisco de Treviño Ayala — Bernarda de Abrego — View this family
Marriage of a child Joseph de Ayala Treviño — Ana de Benavídes — View this family
Death of a husband Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla
Marriage of a child Diego de Ayala Treviño — Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar — View this family
Death before 1666
Family with Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla - View this family
Sebastiana García
Francisco de Treviño Ayala
Ana de Tremino y Ayala
Alonso Treviño y Ayala
Juan de Treviño Ayala
Leonor Valverde
Joseph de Ayala Treviño
Alexo de Treviño y Ayala
Diego de Ayala Treviño
Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla
Baptism: March 22, 1565 28 26 — Sagrario Metropolitano, Ciudad de México, México
Death: 1651 — Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Death: before 1666 — Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Marriage: about 1603 —
Bernarda de Abrego
Birth: 1597 31 — Ciudad de México, México
Juan Serrano …
Miguel Sánchez Saenz
Death: January 10, 1671 — Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
María de las Casas Navarro
Ana de Benavídes
Joseph de Ayala Benavídes
Catalina de Ayala Benavídes
Juana de Ayala Benavídes
Juan Martin de Ayala Benavídes
Josepha de Ayala Benavídes
María de Ayala Benavídes
Francisca de Ayala Benavídes
Antonia de Ayala Benavídes
Micaela de Ayala Benavídes
Margarita de Ayala Benavídes
José Nicolas de Ayala Benavídes
Birth: Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Death: April 10, 1694 — Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
María de Arreola
Josepha Caballero de los Olivos Rodríguez
Death: México
Ana de Ovalle
Juana de Ayala Ovalle
Josefa de Ayala Ovalle
María de Ayala Ovalle
Ramona de Ayala Ovalle
Diego de Ayala Ovalle
Ana de Ayala Ovalle
Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar
Ines de Ayala y Sosa
María de Ayala Sosa
Birth: 1619 53 — Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Death: December 25, 1682 — Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla + Sebastiana García - View this family
husband’s wife
Leonor de Ayala Valverde. She died before 1666 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. She married Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla, son of José Diego Alejo de Treviño y Banuelos Alcozer and Beatríz de Quintanilla y Farías, about 1603. He was baptized on March 22, 1565 in Sagrario Metropolitano, Ciudad de México, México and died in 1651 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México at the age of 85.
Children of Leonor de Ayala Valverde and Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla:
Francisco de Treviño Ayala (1597–)
Ana de Tremino y Ayala (1606–1671)
Alonso Treviño y Ayala (1606–)
Joseph de Ayala Treviño (–1694)
Alexo de Treviño y Ayala (1617–)
Diego de Ayala Treviño (1619–1682)
Francisco de Treviño Ayala, son of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde, was born in 1597 in Ciudad de México, México. He married Bernarda de Abrego in 1626.
Ana de Tremino y Ayala, daughter of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde, was born in 1606 in Ciudad de México, México and died on January 10, 1671 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México at the age of 65. She married 2 times. The first time she married Juan Serrano … after 1624. He was born in Sevilla, Andalucia, España. The second time she married Miguel Sánchez Saenz in 1624 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. He was born in 1580 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Alonso Treviño y Ayala, son of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde, was born in 1606. He married María de las Casas Navarro (nephew-in-law’s wife’s aunt), daughter of Bernabe de las Casas … and Beatríz Navarro Rodríguez Castano Sosa,. She was born in 1604 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México and died about 1694 in Saltillo, Coahuila, México.
Juan de Treviño Ayala, son of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde.
Leonor Valverde, daughter of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde.
Joseph de Ayala Treviño, son of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde, was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México and died on April 10, 1694 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. He married Ana de Benavídes, daughter of Francisco Baez de Benavides and Isabel Martínez, in 1647. She died on June 7, 1677 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Children of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes:
Catalina de Ayala Benavídes (–1713)
Juan Martin de Ayala Benavídes (–1692)
Josepha de Ayala Benavídes (1649–)
María de Ayala Benavídes (1652–1735)
Francisca de Ayala Benavídes (1657–)
Antonia de Ayala Benavídes (1657–1687)
Micaela de Ayala Benavídes (1664–)
Margarita de Ayala Benavídes (1667–)
José Nicolas de Ayala Benavídes (1669–1741)
Alexo de Treviño y Ayala, son of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde, was born in 1617 and died in México. He married 2 times. The first time he married María de Arreola. She died on June 6, 1684 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. The second time he married Josepha Caballero de los Olivos Rodríguez (first cousin three times removed descending), daughter of Lucas Caballero de los Olivos Rodríguez and Margarita Rodríguez de Montemayor de la Garza,.
Diego de Ayala Treviño, son of Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde, was born in 1619 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México and died on December 25, 1682 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México at the age of 63. He married 2 times. The first time he married Ana de Ovalle in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The second time he married Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar on January 20, 1653 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. She was born in 1635.
Children of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Ovalle:
Ramona de Ayala Ovalle (–1681)
Children of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar:
Joseph de Ayala Benavídes , son of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes.
Catalina de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes. She died on December 7, 1713 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. She married Alonso de Treviño. He was born in 1629 in Valle de Salinas, Nuevo León, México.
Children of Catalina de Ayala Benavídes and Alonso de Treviño:
Alonso de Treviño Ayala (–1672)
Antonio de Treviño Ayala (–1676)
María de Treviño Ayala (1668–1697)
Anastacia de Treviño Ayala (–1707)
Nicolasa de Treviño Ayala (1673–)
Miguel de Treviño Ayala
Joseph de Treviño Ayala
Santiago de Treviño Ayala
Clara de Treviño Ayala (1683–1725)
Francisco de Treviño Ayala (1692–1715)
Juana de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes. She married Francisco de Ordonez y Cortez on August 6, 1679 in Sagrario Metropolitano, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Juan Martin de Ayala Benavídes , son of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes. He died on August 22, 1692 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Josepha de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes, was born in 1649 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. She married Lucas García … on February 23, 1667 in Sagrario Metropolitano, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
María de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes, was born in 1652 and died on October 16, 1735 in Saltillo, Coahuila, México at the age of 83. She married 2 times. The first time she married Geronimo Montes de Oca on October 8, 1670 in Sagrario Metropolitano, Ciudad de México, México. He died in November 1691 in Mazapil, Zacatecas, México. The second time she married Juan Aguirre … in Saltillo, Coahuila, México. He was born in México and died on May 30, 1704 in Saltillo, Coahuila, México.
Francisca de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes, was born in 1657. She married Miguel León ….
Antonia de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes, was born in 1657 and died in 1687 at the age of 30. She married Juan Nunez de Carvajal on August 18, 1675 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. He was born in 1653 and died in 1701 at the age of 48.
Micaela de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes, was born in 1664. She married Juan Ruiz on February 1, 1682 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Margarita de Ayala Benavídes , daughter of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes, was born in 1667. She married Gonzalo Treviño …. He was born in 1655 in Valle de Salinas, Nuevo León, México.
José Nicolas de Ayala Benavídes , son of Joseph de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Benavídes, was born on June 5, 1669 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México and died on April 25, 1741 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México at the age of 71. He married Agustina Treviño …. She was born on June 2, 1675 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México and died on October 18, 1694 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México at the age of 19.
Juana de Ayala Ovalle, daughter of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Ovalle.
Josefa de Ayala Ovalle, daughter of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Ovalle.
María de Ayala Ovalle, daughter of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Ovalle.
Ramona de Ayala Ovalle, daughter of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Ovalle. She died on September 30, 1681 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Diego de Ayala Ovalle, son of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Ovalle.
Ana de Ayala Ovalle, daughter of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Ana de Ovalle. She married Marcos Flores de Abrego de la Garza (father’s son-in-law’s nephew), son of Pedro Flores de Abrego and Margarita de la Garza Falcón González Hidalgo, on December 27, 1681 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
Ines de Ayala y Sosa, daughter of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar. She married Lázaro de la Garza Falcón González Hidalgo (second cousin), son of Blas María de la Garza Falcón Treviño and Beatríz González Hidalgo Navarro, on October 1, 1673 in Hacienda de San Francisco, Apodaca, Nuevo Leon. He was born in 1625 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México and died on February 22, 1694 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México at the age of 69.
María de Ayala Sosa, daughter of Diego de Ayala Treviño and Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar.
No family available
Marriage Index to the Marriage Investigations of the Diocese of Guadalajara
Family with Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla
José Diego Alejo de Treviño y Banuelos Alcozer
Beatríz de Quintanilla y Farías
Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla + Sebastiana García
Leonor de Ayala Valverde(–1666)
Joseph Diego de Treviño y Quintanilla1603
Francisco de Treviño Ayala(1597–)
Ana de Tremino y Ayala(1606–1671)
Alonso Treviño y Ayala(1606–)
Juan de Treviño Ayala(–)
Leonor Valverde(–)
Joseph de Ayala Treviño(–1694)
Alexo de Treviño y Ayala(1617–)
Diego de Ayala Treviño(1619–1682)
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精選旅遊線路
USA East Coast
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7 Days Los Angeles, Disneyland (or San Diego), Universal Studios, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon & Lake Powell
Departure: Every Wednesday, Saturday Starts from March 1 , Special Departure Date: Jan 28,2017 ; 2017 ; Feb 04,2017
Day 1: Bay Area - Los Angeles
Transfer to the largest metropolitan area in California, Los Angeles. Stop by the historical landmarks of Hollywood, as well as Hollywood Blvd., Chinese Theater, Dolby Theater complex (which is now the permanent home for the Oscars) and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Hotel: Holiday Inn Select La Mirada or Knott's Berry Farm Hotel or similar
Day 2: Universal Studios
Experience movie magic at its best. The studio theme park has attractions including Shrek and Jurassic Park, with various shows and performances throughout the day. Get an inside look at the sets and uncover the behind-the-scenes secrets of legendary films in the studio tour.
Day 3: You may choose to go to [Disneyland] or to [San Diego city tour] today
From the mind of Walt Disney, enjoy a full day in Disneyland- a theme park suitable for all ages.
We will depart from the hotel and drive south along the Pacific Ocean heading to sunny San Diego, the second largest city in California. We will first stop by the U.S. Naval compound in San Diego harbor. Docked at Navy Pier is the USS Midway, the longest-serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Naval history from 1945 to 1997. After lunch, we will go to Coronado Island and drive by Hotel Del Coronado. This world-famous luxury hotel was built in the Wooden Victorian style in the 1800s, and has since become a National Landmark. It has been in numerous films and has hosted presidents, royal families, and leaders from around the world. Next we will move on to another National Landmark, Balboa Park. Enjoy the luscious botanical gardens and Spanish architecture lining the long promenades. After, we will visit Old Town San Diego, where you will feel as if you stepped back in time as you walk among the classic Mexican Pueblos and shops offering many Latin American souvenirs and handicrafts. In the evening we will drive back to Los Angeles along the Golden Coast; if you are lucky you may catch a sunset
Day 4: Los Angeles - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, it's a city that has something to offer for everyone. The infamous Las Vegas Strip is where tourists can enjoy a walk in the warm desert evening and visit the newest and most lavish casinos from Bellagio, Venetian, MGM Grand, The Mirage, and more. Or perhaps take a stroll downtown and view a dazzling light show that spans an entire street (Optional night tour). There are special shows and performances year round that truly makes Las Vegas as a city that never sleeps. Accommodations will be at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino, named for the mythical sword of King Arthur. Immerse yourself in the castle themed resort right in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip. Choose from one of the many eateries on the property, including the Roundtable Buffet, or head down the Strip and stop by one of the other world famous hotels. Overnight stay in Las Vegas.
Hotel: Excalibur Hotel and Casino or similar
Day 5: Las Vegas - Grand Canyon National Park - Horse Shoe Bend - Page
The Grand Canyon offers one of the most spectacular examples of erosion not found anywhere in the world. Canyon National Park is a designated World Heritage Site and is unmatched in the incomparable vistas that it offers to visitors on the rim. You will be dwarfed by the size of the Grand Canyon measuring 277 miles long, 10 miles wide and 1 mile deep. Continue to Horse Shoe Bend where Colorado River makes a 270 degree turn. A short walk to edge and the view is awesome, spectacular and jaw dropping.
Hotel: Quality Inn at Lake Powell or similar
Day 6: Page - Lake Powell - Antelope Canyon - Las Vegas
Depart Page in the morning and visit Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet (30 km³) of water when full. We will continue to visit Antelope Canyon ( Optional Tour). The canyon is know as a slot canyon in which rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, as the water rushes into the narrow passageways, over time the passageways are eroded away, making the corridors deeper and into what you would experience today. We will travel back to Las Vegas in the evening. After tour drop off at Excalibur Hotel.
Day 7: Las Vegas - Bay Area
In the morning, depart Las Vegas towards San Francisco. We will travel by the world's largest solar power plant with 340,000 solar panels planted into the vast sea of sand. While crossing the Mojave Desert, you will see Edwards Air Force Base at the distance, where the sound barrier was broken for the first time in history and where US space shuttles landed on several occasions. Looking up at the sky, you might perhaps catch a glimpse of U.S. newest aircraft on training mission. Then you will pass by California's largest windmill farm on Tehachapi Mountain. In the afternoon, you will learn about California agriculture that produces more than half of nation’s total of fruits, vegetables and nuts while travelling through the fertile Central Valley. Arrive in the Bay Area in the evening.
- You can self dismiss at Las Vegas today, hotel check out time is 11 am.
- For tour passengers who would like to have a transfer service from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, service fee is $35 per person.
Bus Pickup Schedule and Locations
Lassen Tours Office San Francisco 07:30am
Red Roof Inn SFO Red Roof Inn SFO 08:00am
Angel Feet Reflexology Oakland 08:15am
Marina Food Supermarket Cupertino 09:00am
Aberdeen Cafe Fremont 09:10am
Izzo Restaurant San Jose 09:20am
Ulferts Center Milpitas 09:30am
Date(s)Double Occupancy3rd Person4th PersonSingle RoomChildInfant2017: From Mar 01
Special Departure Date: Jan 28,2017 ; Feb 04,2017
(No Show Penalty for the 3rd person: $280.00)69805981068Same as Adult25/day2017: Mar 01-Dec 27
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Tour Fare Includes:
* National Parks admissions
* Horse Shoe Bend
* Hotels
* Transportation with Liability Insurance
Tour Fare Excludes:
* Optional tours(Mandatory admissions must purchase from Lassentours)
* Meals
* Gratuities
Optional Tours:
* Disneyland : Prices are subject to the official website.
* Universal Studios ticket: Prices are subject to the official website.
* San Diego city tour - Adult $68, Child (2-12) $58
* Las Vegas night tour - Adult $35, Child (2-12) $25
* Antelope Canyon - Adult $58, Child (2-12) $48
* Lake Powell Cruise - Adult $48, Child (2-12) $35
* I-Max at Grand Canyon South - $13 per person
* South Rim Grand Canyon Helicopter Ride - $220 per person
* Hotel rooms are typically designed and equipped for two travelers. They usually feature a queen- or king-sized bed or two double beds, which are meant to provide adequate comfort for two travelers.
* 3rd person, 4th person or child must share with the 1st & 2nd travelers in the same room (2 double beds). Extra beds, extra items and services (such as extra toiletries and towels) will not be provided.
* Hotels limit occupancy based on local or state fire codes, no more than 4 people to occupy a hotel room, regardless of the ages of the occupants.
* Child fare: for children 2 years of age and above, occupying the same room with 2 adults.
* Children under 2 years old will be charged $25 per day for mandatory General Liability Insurance. It is also to guarantee a seat for the child. If the parents prefer to hold the child, it is considered as forfeiting the seat, but the $25 Per day General Liability Insurance will still be charged.
Cancellations and Policies, please refer to: Terms of Service
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Anusasana Parva
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 02 Apr 2010 10:29 and updated at 02 Apr 2010 10:29
MAHABHARATA, BOOK 13: ANUSASANA PARVA
LXVIII Yudhishthira said, Do thou discourse to me once again, O grandsire, upon the merits attaching to gifts of sesame and of lamps for lighting darkness, as also of food and robes' Bhishma said, In this connection, O Yudhishthira, is recited the narrative of the discourse that took place in ancient times between a Brahmana and Yama.
In the country lying between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, at the foot of the hills called Yamuna, there was a large town inhabited by Brahmanas. The town was celebrated under the name of Parnasala and was very delightful in appearance, O king. A large number of learned Brahmanas lived in it. One day, Yama, the ruler of the dead, commanded a messenger of his, who was clad in black, endued with blood-red eyes and hair standing erect, and possessed of feet, eyes, and nose all of which resembled those of a crow, saying, Go thou to the town inhabited by Brahmanas and bring hither the person known by the name of Sarmin and belonging by birth to the race of Agastya. He is intent on mental tranquillity and possessed of learning. He is a preceptor engaged in teaching the Vedas and his practices are well-known. Do not bring me another person belonging to the same race and living in the same neighbourhood. This other man is equal unto him I want, in virtues, study, and birth. With respect to children and conduct, this other resembles the intelligent Sarmin. Do thou bring the individual I have in view.
He should be worshipped with respect instead of being dragged hither with irreverence' The messenger having come to the place, did the very reverse of what he had been bidden to do. Attacking that person, he brought him who had been forbidden by Yama to be brought. Possessed of great energy, Yama rose up at the sight of the Brahmana and worshipped him duly. The king of the dead then commanded his messenger, saying, Let this one be taken back, and let the other one be brought to me' When the great judge of the dead said these words, that Brahmana addressed him and said, I have completed my study of the Vedas and am no longer attached to the world. Whatever period may yet remain of my mortal existence, I wish to pass, dwelling even here, O thou of unfading glory Yama said, I cannot ascertain the exact period, ordained by Time, of one's life, and hence, unurged by Time, I cannot allow one to take up one's residence here. I take note of the acts of righteousness or otherwise that one does in the world. Do thou, O learned Brahmana of great splendour return immediately to thy abode.
I ell me what also is in thy mind and what I can do for thee, O thou of unfading glory' The Brahmana said, Do thou tell me what those acts are by accomplishing which one may earn great merit. O best of all beings, thou art the foremost of authorities on the subject even in the three worlds' Yama said, Do thou hear, O regenerate Rishi, the excellent ordinances regarding gifts. The gift of sesame seeds is a very superior one. It produces everlasting merit. O foremost of regenerate ones, one should make gifts of as much sesame as one can. By making gifts of sesame every day, one is sure to attain the fruition of one's every wish. The gift of sesame at Sraddhas is applauded. Verily the gift of sesame is a very superior one.
Do thou make gifts of sesame unto the Brahmanas according to the rites ordained in the scriptures. One should on the day of the full moon of the month of Vaisakha, make gilts of sesame unto the Brahmanas. They should also be made to eat and to touch sesame on every occasion that one can afford. They that are desirous of achieving what is beneficial to them should, with their whole souls, do this in their houses Without doubt, men should similarly make gifts of water and establish resting places for the distribution of drinking water One should cause tanks and lakes and wells to be excavated. Such acts are rare in the world, O best of regenerate persons! Do thou always make gifts of water. This act is fraught with great merit. O best of regenerate persons, thou shouldst establish resting places along the roads for the distribution of water.
After one has eaten, the gift unto one should especially be made of water for drink' Bhishma continued, After Yama had said these words unto him, the messenger who had borne him from his abode conveyed him back to it. The Brahmana, on his return, obeyed the instructions he had received. Having thus conveyed him back to his abode the messenger of Yama fetched Sarmin who had really been sought by Yama. Taking Sarmin unto him, he informed his master. Possessed of great energy, the judge of the dead worshipped that righteous Brahmana, and having conversed with him a while dismissed him for being taken back to his abode. Unto him also Yama gave the same instructions. Sarmin, too, coming back into the world of men, did all that Yama had said. Like the gift of water, Yama, from a desire of doing good to the Pitris, applauds the gift of lamps to light dark places. Hence, the giver of a lamp for lighting a dark place is regarded as benefiting the Pitris.
Hence, O best of the Bharatas, one should always give lamps for lighting dark spots. The giving of lamps enhances the visual power of the deities, the Pitris, and one's own self It has been said, O king, that the gift of gems is a very superior gift. The Brahmana, who, having accepted a gift of gems, sells the same for performing a sacrifice, incurs no fault. The Brahmana, who, having accepted a gift of gems makes a gift of them unto Brahmanas. acquires inexhaustible merit himself and confers inexhaustible merit upon him from whom he had originally received them. Conversant with every duty Manu himself has said that he, who, observant of proper restraints, earns makes a gift of gems unto a Brahmana observant of proper restraints earns inexhaustible merit himself and confers inexhaustible merit upon the recipient. The man who is content with his own wedded wife and who makes a gift of robes, earns an excellent complexion and excellent vestments for himself. I have told thee, O foremost of men, what the merits are that attach to gifts of kine, of gold, and the sesame agreeably to deserve precepts of the Vedas and the scriptures One should marry and raise offspring upon one's wedded wives. Of all acquisitions, O son of Kuru's race, that of male issue is regarded as the foremost
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YALE COLLEGE ART MAJOR
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Lisa Kereszi
Yale College, the undergraduate division of Yale University, offers a Bachelor of Arts degree program with a major in art. Undergraduate applicants wishing to major in art at Yale must apply to Yale College directly. Please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, PO Box 208234, 38 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven CT 06520-8234, 203.432.9300 (www.yalecollege.yale.edu).
The program in art offers courses that, through work in a variety of media, provide an experience in the visual arts as part of a liberal education as well as preparation for graduate study and professional work. Courses at the 100 level stress the fundamental aspects of visual formulation and articulation. Courses numbered 200 through 499 offer increasingly intensive study leading to greater specialization in one or more of the visual disciplines such as graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, and sculpture.
The prerequisites for acceptance into the major are a Sophomore Review, which is an evaluation of work from studio courses taken at Yale School of Art, and five terms of introductory (100-level) courses. Four must be completed at the time of the Sophomore Review. Visual Thinking (Art 111a or b) and Basic Drawing (Art 114a or b) are mandatory. In exceptional cases, arrangements for a special review during the junior year may be made with the director of undergraduate studies in art.
For graduation as an art major, a total of fourteen (14) course credits in the major field is required. These fourteen course credits must include the following: (1) five prerequisite courses at the 100 level (including Visual Thinking and Basic Drawing); (2) four 200-level and above courses; (3) the Junior Major Seminar (Art 395a) or Critical Theory in the Studio (Art 201b); (4) the Senior Project (Art 495 and 496); and (5) two courses in the History of Art. Suggested program guidelines and specific requirements for the various areas of concentration are available from the director of undergraduate studies. A suggested program guideline is as follows:
Freshman year Studio courses, two terms Sophomore year Studio courses, three terms Art history, one term Junior year Studio courses, three terms including the Junior Major Seminar and/or Critical Theory Art history, one term Senior year Studio courses, four terms including the Senior Project
Undergraduate studio courses open to students in Yale College
Art 001a Studies in Visual Biography
Art 002b Paper
Art 111a or b Visual Thinking
Art 114a or b, Basic Drawing
Art 116b Color
Art 120a Introductory Sculpture: Working with Wood
Art 121b Introductory Sculpture: Working with Metal
Art 122a Mold Making and Casting
Art 130a or b Painting Basics
Art 132a or b Introductory Graphic Design
Art 136a or b Introductory B&W Photography
Art 138a or b Introductory Digital Photography
Art 141a and 142b The Language of Film Workshop
Art 145a or b Introduction to Digital Video
Art 201b Critical Theory in the Studio
Art 210a and 211b Sculpture as Object
Art 223a and 224b Figure Drawing
Art 230a and 231b Introductory Painting
Art 237a Intermediate Analog Photography
Art 243a Letterform Design
Art 245a Digital Drawing
Art 264a Typography I
Art 265b Typography II
Art 330a and 331b Painting Studio I
Art 338a Intermediate Digital Photography
Art 341a or b Intermediate Fiction Film Workshop
Art 342b, Intermediate Documentary Film Workshop
Art 345b Intermediate Sculpture
Art 355b Silkscreen Printing
Art 356a Printmaking
Art 359b Lithography
Art 367a and 368b Intermediate Graphic Design
Art 379b Photographic Techniques
Art 395a Junior Seminar
Art 401b Advanced Photography Project Seminar
Art 430a and 431b Painting Studio II
Art 442 Advanced Fiction Film Workshop
Art 445b Advanced Sculpture
Art 468a and 469b Advanced Graphic Design
Art 471a and 472b Individual Projects
Art 495b Senior Project
Permission of instructor required in all art courses.
A student may repeat an art course with the permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
Graduate courses may be elected by advanced undergraduate art majors who have completed all undergraduate courses in a particular area of study and who have permission of the director of undergraduate studies as well as the course instructor.
Undergraduates are normally limited to credit for four terms of graduate- or professional-level courses (courses numbered 500 and above). Please refer to the section on Academic Regulations in Yale College Programs of Study for further pertinent details.
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GOALS OF THE MAJOR
Students in this major will:
· Develop an understanding of the visual arts through a studio-based curriculum
· Apply fundamentals of art across a variety of media and disciplines
· Relate the practice of making art to the fields of art history and theory
· Gain a high level of mastery of at least one artistic discipline
Undergraduate studio courses are numbered 100 – 499 and can be found at http://art.yale.edu/Courses.
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APPLYING TO STUDIO ART COURSES
Please do not pre-register for studio art courses in which the permission of the instructor is required. Students MUST attend the very first class meeting, in most cases, to be considered for admission to a given class, as art courses are often over-subscribed, especially at the introductory level. Space is limited, and faculty make selections based on individual criteria after course cards are filled out.
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INDEPENDENT PROJECT GUIDELINES
Art majors or serious art students wishing to enroll in Art 471/472 must read the following guidelines before embarking on an Independent Project in Art. The course is a Pass/Fail, one credit, self-designed, one-on-one semester of independent work that could not ordinarily be accomplished within existing courses offered. If there is an advanced-level course in the area of interest that could accommodate the student’s project, he/she/they should enroll in that course instead. The project should be designed by the student in conjunction with the participation of a School of Art faculty member. The student is responsible for approaching faculty with ample notice, writing the proposal, and securing the signatures. Please note that not all faculty will be able to agree to this extra advising outside of their regular responsibilities, especially in the Spring semester, when many of them are advising seniors on their thesis projects. Art majors are preferred for these types of projects. A course proposal must be submitted on the appropriate form (obtained in room 122 or by emailing art.dus@yale.edu) for approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies only after the faculty advisor has already agreed and signed off. Form should be turned back in to rm 122 by the end of the shopping period with both signatures, and only afterwards, the student should register for the course online with his/her/their regular schedule. Expectations of the course include regular meetings, end-of-term critique, and a written evaluation. A reading list and written assignments may be necessary, depending on the nature of the research. The course counts towards the major, and may be re-taken for credit at the discretion of the DUS. Since the course is P/F, it does not count in the calculation for Distinction in the Major.
MANAGING COURSE COSTS
Many students on financial aid have available funds at the beginning of the year, but they must take action to access these funds. Students may email scott.wallace-juedes@yale.edu in Financial Aid for advice on what funds they may have which could be applied toward these costs.
Many Art courses carry a course fee. Course fees are listed in the course descriptions at https://courses.yale.edu/ Creative and Performing Arts funds may NOT be used to cover course fees. The university considers art course fees in the same category as textbook costs in other fields. These costs are considered when Yale calculates a student’s financial aid. This is a curricular expense and low-income students may apply for safety net assistance. Not all students will receive assistance, but these applications help document how many students are affected by these fees.
Art Course materials In some cases, there are costs above and beyond the course fee, including materials costs.
Students who are interested in exhibiting their course work at the end of the semester in a college gallery may apply for Creative and Performing Arts Awards (CPA) to cover materials costs associated with an art course. CPA awards are only available to support work to be exhibited. Most CPA application requests are granted. Low-income students who do not wish to exhibit their work may apply for safety net assistance. Not all students will receive assistance, but these applications help document how many students are affected by these fees.
Creative and Performing Arts Awards and Safety Net funds are NOT available to support any camera purchases, but there are limited cameras available for loan to students enrolled in film/video/photography courses.
SEE ALSO: YALE COLLEGE YALE COLLEGE ART MAJOR COMPUTING AND THE ARTS MAJOR UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
APPLYING TO YALE COLLEGE WITH SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS IN ART
Yale College, the undergraduate division of Yale University, offers a Bachelor of Arts degree program with a major in art. Undergraduate applicants wishing to major in art at Yale must apply to Yale College directly. Please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, PO Box 208234, 38 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven CT 06520-8234, 203.432.9300 (www.yale.edu). Please direct all inquiries and questions to the Admissions office directly, not to the art school.
Whether or not you wish to major in art as an undergraduate, if you are an advanced visual artist you may consider submitting an art portfolio as part of your application to Yale. In deciding whether or not to do this, please bear in mind that it is Yale School of Art faculty members who will review selected portfolios, not admissions officers. You should only consider submitting work if your artwork is a strong and important part of your application and demonstrates a high level of ability for a high school artist. You should limit the work submitted to between 5 and 8 pieces, which should include at least one drawing.
If you wish to submit images of your artwork as a supplement to your application, you must do so online through the Common Application by the appropriate application deadline (November 1 for Single-Choice Early Action candidates; December 31 for Regular Decision candidates; March 1 for transfer candidates). Please do not contact faculty or art department directly to request portfolio reviews. You should submit a supplement through the Common Application SlideRoom program.
How to Submit Supplementary Materials If you are going to submit supplementary materials, please check the appropriate box on the Yale Supplement to the Common Application, Section VI, titled “Supplementary Materials.” Supplementary materials other than art or music or film may be attached to the Common Application as Additional Information or mailed to our office, clearly labeled with your full legal name as it appears on your admissions application, your date of birth, the name and state or country of your high school, and the subject of the materials. Please see the sections below for more specific information about submitting art, music, academic work, and web supplements. While we cannot accept videotapes or DVDs of performances, applicants may include a link to a website or brief YouTube video in the space indicated on the Yale Supplement to the Common Application. In all cases, applicants should review the specific instructions below to ensure that materials submitted are appropriate.
If you wish to submit images of your artwork as a supplement to your application, you must do so online by the appropriate application deadline (November 1 for Single-Choice Early Action candidates; December 31 for Regular Decision candidates; March 1 for transfer candidates).
For complete information, please visit: http://admissions.yale.edu/supplementary#art
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS/VISITORS: STUDENT-LED TOURS
Please contact the Office of the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art at art.dus@yale.edu or (203) 432-2600 to arrange in advance for an informative student-led tour of the art school at regular business hours during the school year. We will not be able to accommodate every request, but will make every effort to do so when you visit campus, with ample notice. We apologize, but faculty will not necessarily be able to meet with prospective students. Catalog available upon request, or downloadable as a PDF below. More questions? Visit: http://admissions.yale.edu/supplementary#art
SEE ALSO: YALE COLLEGE
2014 Undergraduate Art Catalog
2017-18 Yale College Viewbook
SENIOR ART MAJORS – CLASS OF 2020
Marianne Ayala
Monique Baltzer
Christina Carrafiell
Eleni Christakis
Sadie Cornette Cook
Ronan Day-Lewis
Sebastian Galvan
Rebecca Humphreys
Miles Kim
Jessica Oki
Molly Ono
Hazal Özgür
Matthew Reiner
Harrison Smith
Soledad Tejada
Alice Tirard
Chase Westover
Computing and the Arts
Itai Almor
Kalen Beacham
Julia Shi
TanTan Wang
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JUNIOR ART MAJORS – CLASS OF 2021
Merritt Barnwell
Ekow Buadu
Ethan Carpenter
Veronica Chen
Gregory Dellis
Lauren Gatta
Kitty Kan
Melissa Leone
Katharine Li
Asher Liftin
Sunnie Liu
Valerie Navarrete
Anya Pertel
Sarah Saltzman
Sol Thompson
Alondra Vazquez Lopez
Vera Villanueva
Jack Adam
Xavier Ruiz
Noah Shapiro
Emily Slaughter
Jieun Yu
SEE ALSO: CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE ARTS AND MEDIA THE ARTS AT YALE
STUDENT GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS:
SAFETY NET FOR ACADEMIC AND ART SUPPLIES
The Yale College Safety Net is designed for currently enrolled undergraduate students who experience emergency and unexpected financial hardship. It can help with, among other things, paying for books and materials for art and other classes. Visit the link below, and select “Academic Supplies” if making a request for help with your materials for an art course. Deadline: ongoing
Information available here: SafetyNet
CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS FUNDING
Undergraduate art students may apply for funding to help pay for an art exhibition made outside of coursework. Deadline: early each semester
Information available here: CPA
ARTS APPRENTICESHIP/DOMESTIC SUMMER AWARD
Undergraduate students on financial aid may apply for a DSA to support a summer artist apprenticeship or internship with a non-profit arts organization. Jobs may be found at OCS/Office of Career Strategy, or created and designed by students with the cooperation of a specific employer. Awards are $4000 for an 8 week position with a minimum number of weekly hours worked.
Information available here: DSA
HOTCHKISS TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP
The Mary Hotchkiss Williams Travel Fellowship for the Visual Arts, awarded by the Yale University Art Gallery, supports travel abroad for qualified Yale undergraduates engaged in making visual art. This year, up to four fellowships will be awarded to students who demonstrate superior performance in their respective fields of artistic practice and present a proposal for travel that will provide enriching experiences to the developing artist. The fellowship carries a grant of $5,500. Preference is given to studio-art majors but students majoring in other fields at Yale College are invited to apply.
Application Deadline: February 16th, 2019, 1:00pm
For more information, see the Student Grants Database at https://yale.communityforce.com/Funds/Search.aspx
Application Requirements: Brief Biography: Tell us about yourself.
Statement of Intent: Describe your travel plans and tell us how they are related to your art practice.
Budget: The price of tickets, lodging, etc.
Examples of Work:Provide 10 examples of your art in electronic form (PDF / JPG preferred).
Yale Transcript: Submit your unofficial transcript.
Recommendations: Submit two letters of recommendation from members of the Yale faculty.
All materials must be uploaded to this website by this date. Applicants will be notified of a decision in April.
For questions about this application, please contact Katharine Luce at katharine.luce@yale.edu
MORTIMER HAYS BRANDEIS TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
The Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship provides support to students in the visual and fine arts, including art history, conservation, studio art and photography, for travel and living expenses outside the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii in accordance with a program of study or other activities approved by the fellowship selection committee.
The $19,000 fellowships are funded by income from the Mortimer and Sara Hays Endowment at Brandeis University.
http://www.brandeis.edu/mhb/ and https://yale.communityforce.com/Funds/Search.aspx
2018-2019 RECIPIENTS
Ruier Ma Yale University ’17
Symba Nuruddin Yale University ’16
Margareta Viznerova Columbia University ’18
JOHN BOIT MORSE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
The John Boit Morse Memorial Fellowship supports summer independent study and research in the fine arts, with preference given to an art student. This fellowship is intended for students conducting research the summer after their junior year. This fellowship is administered by the Yale College Office of Fellowship Programs (OFP). Interested applicants may schedule an appointment with an OFP Fellowship Adviser; however, meeting with an adviser is not mandatory.
The John Boit Morse Memorial Fellowship is one of the Yale College Research Fellowships. All fellowships in this category are administered by the Office of Fellowship Programs and share a common application form and deadline. Please click here for the application requirements, forms, and other important information about applying to fellowships in this category. Special Eligibility Requirements International students are not normally given grants for projects conducted in their home countries. If there is a question, see an OFP adviser. Recipients of this fellowship who receive need-based financial aid during the spring semester may be eligible for the Summer Income Contribution (SIC) grant portion of the International Summer Award (ISA) Program. Only projects carried out abroad qualify. Click here for more information on the ISA-SIC.
Yale University policy requires that certain types of research projects involving human subjects be reviewed by an institutional review board (IRB) prior to the start of the study to ensure that the project meets University requirements and any applicable regulations. Click here to see if your project needs to be reviewed, for advice on working with human subjects, and for more information about the process and requirements.
Restrictions to Use of Award All interested applicants must review the Yale University International Travel Policy. Projects in specific countries within approved regions listed below may not be eligible for funding based on current MedEx threat ratings, State Department Warnings, and the Yale University International Travel Policy.
Required materials that you must provide: (no requirements entered for this grant) The following restrictions apply: Eligible Purposes: Research Eligible Disciplines: Art (Yale College Humanities) Eligible Years of Study: Junior DEADLINE: in February
BLAIR DICKINSON MEMORIAL PRIZE
The Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize shall be awarded at Commencement by the Yale School of Art to an undergraduate or graduate woman who has pursued studio art courses in the School including: graphic design, drawing, painting, photography, film-making, printmaking, sculpture, and video. The prize is open to graduating MFA students and art major BA students. The prize seeks to encourage the woman whose whole person demonstrates a developing consciousness, a personal vision, and a spirit of search, regardless of whether she has evolved a concrete realization of that vision; a woman who shows promise of fulfilling Blair Dickinson’s (Yale College Class of 1974) concept of an artist as suggested by this passage from her journal: “Ability to find spiritually rich occurrences in the world. Observer. Critic. Isolator. One who points to a moment and reveals its importance. Ability to cross over between areas of thought and to ascend and descend.”
THE LOHMANN AND VAN SINDEREN PRIZES FOR UNDERGRADUATE PRINTING AND DESIGN
The Lohmann & Van Sinderen Prizes for Excellence in Undergraduate Printing and Design aim to recognize and celebrate the broad range of interest in planning, craft, and invention that gives undergraduate design and printing at Yale its singular character. The judges are eager to see printed work of all kinds in order to reward skill, discipline, and imagination. These prizes were established in 1967 in honor of Carl C. Lohmann, Class of 1910, founding member of the honorable company of college printers, lifelong typophile, and secretary of the University from 1927 to 1953. Since 2015, they have been supported by the Adrian Van Sinderen Book Collecting Prize fund.
Eligible pieces must have been planned and executed in the past academic year by a current Yale undergraduate. They may include publications and ephemera, class assignments, and self-initiated publishing projects. Professional studio work will not be considered, nor will printmaking projects, per se. Entries can be made by both digital and traditional methods, although final renditions cannot be screen-based.
For more information, including submission instructions and images of past entries, visit https://lohmann.yale.edu/
POST-GRAD AND SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES:
Please page down past thesis shows for resources about art opportunities outside of Yale.
THESIS SHOW ARCHIVE
2018 Thesis Show catalog PDF
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2017 Thesis show catalog draft PDF
Class of 2014 copyright Lisa Kereszi
2016 Undergraduate Art at Yale Catalog: Sweet Sixteen
2015 Undergraduate Art at Yale Catalog
2013 Undergraduate Art at Yale Catalog: Practice
SEE ALSO: ORDER YOUR HARD COPY OF “PRACTICE”. THE YALE UNDERGRADUATE 2013 CATALOGUE
SEE ALSO: CLASS OF 2009 SENIOR PROJECT CATALOG
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INTERNSHIPS AND STUDY ABROAD:
CAREER SERVICES IN ART AT YALE
Please visit http://ucs.yalecollege.yale.edu/content/artindustry for more info on arts-related opportunities via Yale’s Career Services office, which has opened a new dept. geared specifically towards the arts. Info on internships/fwllowships and resources geared specifically to the visual and fine arts can be found here: http://ucs.yalecollege.yale.edu/content/fine-and-visual-arts For a current listing of study abroad opportunities for art students, visit: https://cie.yale.edu/index.cfm?Program_Type_ID=O&Program_Name=art&pt=%7F&pi=%7F&pc=%7F&pr=%7F&FuseAction=Programs.SearchResults&SimpleSearch=1 There is also a notebook in room 122 of Green Hall that contains a wealth of information on MFA programs, artist residencies and more.
SEE ALSO: STUDY ABROAD
ARTIST RESIDENCIES THAT ACCEPT UNDERGRADUATES:
SEE ALSO: OXBOW VERMONT STUDIO CENTER CHAUTAUQUA ART CENTER SKOWHEGAN (MUST BE 21) WHITNEY ISP INDEPENDENT STUDIES PROGRAM BURREN COLLEGE OF ART IN IRELAND CENTRE POMPADOUR SIENA ART INSTITUTE ANDERSON RANCH WEEK-LONG WORKSHOPS – INQUIRE W/ DUS ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS
ARTIST RESIDENCY MASTER LISTS:
SEE ALSO: HTTP://LENSCRATCH.COM/RESOURCES/ARTIST-RESIDENCIES/
SEE ALSO: HTTPS://WWW.ARTSY.NET/ARTICLE/ARTSY EDITORIAL 11 OF THE WORLD S MOST UNUSUAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES
POST-GRAD FELLOWSHIPS AND COMPETITIONS:
FIFTH YEAR FELLOWSHIP IN STUDIO ART AT TRINITY COLLEGE
Announcement of the Hilla Rebay Postbaccalaureate Fellowship Program (formerly the Fifth-Year Fellowship Program) for 2016-2017 Academic Year Studio Arts Program Trinity College Hartford CT 06106
The Hilla Rebay Postbaccalaureate Fellowship of the Studio Arts Program at Trinity College is designed to provide space to work, time, and a supportive arts community so talented individuals who studied studio arts at a university, art school or liberal arts college can have the extra resources they need to prepare the strongest possible portfolio in support of applications to graduate school in art.
The program allows a recent college graduate to spend a fifth year at Trinity working as an assistant for the Studio Arts Program and preparing to apply to graduate school. Fellowship recipients work a minimum of 20 hours per week. Ten hours are spent working as a general assistant for the Studio Arts Program. Beyond that, the Fellow is expected to spend another ten hours (minimum) working in the studio on his/her personal work for the graduate school admissions portfolio. This is an academic year appointment thus the work schedule coincides with the schedule of classes. Fellows receive a stipend of $8,000 and are provided a studio space on campus. Fellows must make their own living arrangements. Health benefits are included and Fellows may take one course per semester at Trinity or the consortium schools for free.
Duties and Expectations
➢ Oversight of the Senior Studio facility—the Fellow’s studio will be located here as well. Includes monitoring safety and maintenance issues, keeping track of stocked supplies, and reporting any needs or concerns on a regular basis to the program technician.
➢ Manage the events scheduled in the student gallery, oversee maintenance issues for the gallery, monitor stock of installation supplies and report regularly any needs to the program technician, and act in an advisory capacity for student shows there.
➢ Assist the program technician with installations in the Widener Gallery.
➢ Initiate and organize extracurricular events—field trips, open critique sessions, etc.
➢ In general, act as a resource and mentor to studio arts majors and all students enrolled in studio arts classes.
➢ Produce and mount an exhibition showing the Hilla Rebay Postbaccalaureate Fellow’s work created during the academic year. Exhibition takes place in the student gallery, generally after all the senior thesis exhibitions have been held.
It is not necessary to be a Trinity graduate or a studio arts major to apply for this fellowship. Any student with the appropriate level of experience and interest is eligible.
The need to pursue part-time employment in another position does not disqualify candidates so long as they are able to follow through with the commitments of the fellowship.
To apply please submit the following:
➢ A one-page application letter explaining why you are a good candidate for the fellowship and outlining your plans for graduate study.
➢ A one-page artist’s statement addressing your work and its influences.
➢ A link to an online Flickr gallery containing 15-20 images of your work (include the link in your application letter and in your artist’s statement.) Make sure your images are clear, sharp, and without glare.
➢ A list of studio arts courses and art history courses you have taken.
➢ A C.V. detailing your college experience including study abroad and any other significant formative experiences.
These materials should be submitted by March 31, 2016 (email or paper copy) to:
Tracy Quigley Administrative Assistant, Studio Arts Program Trinity College, Hallden Hall 300 Summit Street Hartford, CT 06106 tracy.quigley@trincoll.edu
SEE ALSO: ART GRANT DATABASE ONLINE
SEE ALSO: ALUMNI MAY ALSO SUBMIT AN EVENT OR EXHIBITION TO THE MAIN YALE ARTS CALENDAR HERE
SEE ALSO: FREE GUIDE ON CREATING YOUR ARTIST STUDIO ARCHIVE
ARTIST INTERVIEWS ON YALE RADIO
http://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/category/artists/
SEE ALSO: CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS GRADUATE COURSES CALENDARS
END OF YEAR: VACATING CLASSROOMS & STUDIOS
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Appendix DDirect Marketing AdvertisingDMASA
1. Definition of direct marketing
Direct Marketing is a set of business practices designed to plan for and present an organisation's products or services in ways that build effective customer relationships.
2.1 Intent of the Code
This Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice applies to DMASA member organisations regardless of business sector, sub-discipline or direct marketing medium employed.
Its intention is to identify the ethical principles and best practices that members of the DMASA consider essential to the conduct of direct marketing and direct marketing communications activity in South Africa.
This Code does not purport to replace legal advice or provide legal guidance. Marketers should inform themselves about rele-vant laws that apply in their jurisdiction including, but not limited to, the South African Constitution and Bill of Rights, and consumer and privacy laws in South Africa. The laws that affect direct marketing in SA as identified as at May 2011 are:
The Constitution and Bill of Rights Act 108 of 1996
The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000
The Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002
Electoral Act of 1998
Identification Act of 1997
Unfair Discrimination and Promotion of Equality Act of 2000
Unfair Businesses Act of 1988
The Lotteries Act 57 of 1997
National Credit Act 34 of 2005
Protection of Personal Information Bill
2.2 Consumer Marketing
This Code applies in its entirety to consumer marketing.
2.3 Business-to-Business Marketing
This Code generally applies to business-to-business marketing, with specific exemptions for those practices identified as ex-clusively relating to consumer marketing.
2.4 Not-for-Profit Organisations
This Code applies in its entirety to direct marketing activities conducted by charitable or not-for-profit organisations. The terms "consumers” or "businesses” referenced throughout this Code should be regarded as interchangeable with the more common not-for-profit sector descriptors for "donors” or supporters”. Please refer to the Consumer Protection Act for definitions www.thedti.oov.za
2.5 Organisations Marketing Internationally
Organisations selling abroad are governed by this Code unless doing so contravenes the laws of foreign jurisdictions.
2.6 Other Codes and Regulations
The DMASA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice are intended to stand alongside codes and standards of other South African marketing, advertising and sector-specific organisations.
Marketers are also encouraged to review those guidelines refer-enced throughout the DMASA Code of Ethics.
3. Responsibility for direct marketing communications
Marketers are responsible for the content of their direct marketing communications and the practices of their suppliers and advertising agencies when in the course of executing direct marketing com-munications on their behalf. This responsibility extends to suppliers which are not DMASA members. For responsibilities of service pro-viders, please refer to Section 13 of this Code.
4. "Must” vs "should”
Throughout this Code, use of the word "must” indicates that a clause is compulsory for marketers. Use of the word "should” indicates that the clause is not compulsory but strongly encouraged as a best practice.
5. Demonstration of commitment
5.1 Annual Confirmation
DMASA members must confirm their compliance with this Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice annually.
Each member organisation has a designated Voting Member, who must sign the compliance clause on their membership application and annual renewal:
"My company/organisation agrees to comply with the DMASA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, to participate in DMASA's Complaint Resolution programme, and, for the pur-poses of marketing to consumers, to participate in the DMASA Do Not Contact Service”.
5.2 Supporting the Code
To demonstrate support for this Code and to actively promote widespread awareness of its principles, ethical practices and obligations, member organisations should:
ensure that employees engaged in the marketing process are familiar with its content;
prominently display their DMASA Membership plaque in their place of business; and
Include the Association logo in their marketing com-munications (see also DMASA's Guide to the Use of the DMASA Logo).
6. Overarching ethical principles
6.1 Personal Information Practices
Marketers must promote responsible and transparent personal information management practices in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Elect-ronic Documents Act and/or applicable provincial legislation and the 8 privacy principles detailed in Section 10 of this Code.
6.2 Truthfulness
Marketing communications must be clear and truthful. Marketers must not knowingly make a representation to a consumer or business that is false or misleading.
6.3 Campaign Limitations
Marketers must not participate in any campaign involving the disparagement or exploitation of any person or group on the grounds of race, colour, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or age. Refer to Unfair Discrimination and Promotion of Equality Act of 2000.
Marketers must not participate in the dissemination of unsolicited material that is sexually explicit, vulgar or indecent in nature, except where required to do so by law, such as a common carrier.
Marketers must not participate in the dissemination of any material that unduly, gratuitously and without merit ex¬ploits sex, horror, mutilation, torture, cruelty, violence or hate, except where required to do so by law, such as a common carrier.
Marketers must not knowingly exploit the credulity, lack of knowledge or inexperience of any consumer, taking particular care when dealing with vulnerable consumers. The term "vulnerable consumer” includes, but is not limited to children, teenagers, people with disabilities, the elderly and those for whom English or Afrikaans is not their first language and subject to provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.
7. Universal marketing practices
These practices apply regardless of industry sector, sub-discipline or marketing medium employed.
7.1 Accuracy of Representation
Marketers must not misrepresent a product, service or marketing programme and must not mislead by statement or manner of demonstration or comparison.
Photography, artwork, type size, colour, contrast, style, placement, verbal description and audio-visual portrayal must accurately and fairly describe the product or service offered.
Marketers must ensure that the general impression of the communication does not deceive by omission or commission.
7.2 Clarity
Marketing communications must be executed in a manner that is simple and easy to understand.
7.3 Disclaimers
Disclaimers in any medium must be prominent and easily accessible, in close proximity to the representations to which they relate. Disclaimers must not be used to contradict claims but to provide additional information. Refer to Plain and Understandable language section 22 of the Consumer Protection Act.
7.4 Support for Claims
Test or survey data referred to in any marketing communication must be reliable, accurate and current and must support the specific claim being made. Marketers must be able to substantiate the basis for any performance claim or comparison and must not imply a scientific, factual or statistical basis where none exists.
7.5 Disguise (ref section 27 of Consumer Protection Act)
Marketers must not engage in marketing communications in the guise of one purpose when the intent is a different purpose.
Marketers must not claim to be carrying out a survey or research when their real purpose is to sell a product or service or to raise funds.
Marketers must not mislead or deceive consumers or businesses into believing that a marketing communication is news, information, public service or entertainment programming when its purpose is to sell products or services or to seek donations to causes or charities.
Marketers should avoid undercover or word-of-mouth marketing initiatives that encourage a consumer or busi-ness to believe that the marketers agents are acting inde-pendently and without compensation when they are not.
Marketing communications that appear to be genuine bills, invoices or government documents must not be used.
7.6 Testimonials
Testimonials and endorsements must be:
authorised by the person or organisation quoted;
genuine and related to the experience of the person or organisation quoted, both at the time made and at the time of the marketing communication;
positioned as opinion, not fact, unless supported by valid research; and
not taken out of context so as to distort the opinion or experience of the person or organisation quoted.
7.7 Timeliness
Descriptions and promises must reflect actual conditions, situations and circumstances existing at the time of the promotion.
7.8 Availability
Unless the promotional material advises the consumer or business of limited stock, marketers must ensure that quantities are sufficient to meet reasonably foreseeable demand.
7.9 Price Claims (ref section 23 of Consumer Protection Act)
Terms such as "regular price”, "suggested retail value”, "manufacturers list price”, and "fair market value”, must represent prices at which the item has been sold in the relevant marketplace in substantial quantity or for a substantial period of time.
Where price discounts are offered, qualifiers such as "up to”, and "xx off” must be presented in easily readable form, and in proximity to the prices quoted.
7.10 Use of the word "Free” (ref section 29 of Consumer Protection Act)
Products or services offered without cost or obligation on the part of the consumer or business may be described as "free”.
"Free” may also be used to describe a premium or incentive to purchase products or services, if:
any cost or obligation is identified in close proximity to the word "free”; or
the price of the original product has not been specifically inflated to cover the cost of the premium.
If not, the marketing communication must use another term, such as "bonus”.
7.11 Currency
Prices quoted in South Africa must be in South African Rand, unless otherwise clearly identified.
7.12 Comparative Advertising
Comparisons included in marketing communications must be factual, verifiable and not misleading. They must compare similar aspects of the products or services being assessed. Marketing communications should not stress insignificant differences designed to lead the consumer or business to draw a false conclusion.
7.13 Disparagement
Marketers must not use inaccurate information to attack, degrade, discredit or damage the reputation of competitors' products, services, advertisements or organisations.
7.14 Disclosures
Prior to a consumer buying opportunity, marketing offers must provide all the information necessary for a reasonable consumer or business to make an informed purchase decision. Marketers must take reasonable steps to ensure that a consumer or business agreement to enter a contract is fully informed and intentional. Precise disclosures will vary by product or service being marketed, but must include the:
exact nature of what is being offered;
price, including all additional charges such as delivery or handling costs;
terms of payment;
consumers or business' commitment and any ongoing obligation in placing an order; and
delivery arrangements including shipping terms and delivery times.
The following additional disclosures must be made either with the offer, or, provided the customer or business can return goods or refuse services, with the shipment:
other order-related charges (such as handling charges, services charges, surcharges, etc.);
late payment penalties;
return and cancellation policies and procedures;
substitution policies;
guarantees and warranties; and
marketer contact information.
For business-to-business transactions, all information necessary for a reasonable business to make an informed purchase decision, including the disclosures described in 9.14.1 must be presented at the time of the original offer and agreement. In the case of an ongoing relationship, the information must be presented again only when there is a material change.
A material change to an agreement requires new consent.
Disclosures of offers must be clear, comprehensive and prominent. They must present all items material to a purchase decision and be available in a form which permits a consumer or business to access a hard copy of the information.
Full and fair disclosure of the terms of the offer includes not just wording, but the manner of presentation of the price, terms and conditions and customer commitments and obligations. Information that, by the use of photo-graphy, artwork, type size, colour, contrast, placement, verbal description, audio-visual portrayal or other means, materially distorts the clarity of the offer or exceptions to it must not be used.
7.15 Fulfilment Practices
Specific requirements concerning shipment timing, delays, back-orders, substitutions, cancellation provisions, complaint handling, refund practices and written confirmations are dependent on the nature of the agreement as defined in relevant consumer protection and other laws. In addition to legal compliance, marketers should adopt practices of maximum transparency in notifying consumers and businesses about their order status and delivery timing.
Shipment: Goods offered must be shipped within 30 days of the receipt of a properly completed order or within any shorter period that may be prescribed by applicable law or within the time limit stated in the original agreement.
Delay: If delivery will be delayed, the consumer or business must be advised within 30 days of the receipt of the order or within any shorter period that may be prescribed by an applicable law or within the time limit stated in the original agreement.
Order Cancellation: Marketers must give consumers or businesses the right to cancel an order for goods which cannot be delivered within 30 days or any shorter period that may be prescribed by an applicable law or within the time stated in the original agreement, without cost or obligation to the consumer or business.
Substitution: Any substitution of goods to those originally offered and ordered must be disclosed to the consumer or business and must be of the same or better quality, or be approved by the consumer or business before shipment.
Guarantees and Warranties: Any guarantee provided with the provision of goods or services must clearly identify the name and address of the guarantor and duration of such guarantee. Any valid request under the terms of a guarantee for repair, replacement, refund or other remedy must be honoured promptly.
7.16 Automatically Billed Products or Services
Automatically billed products or services plans - in which the consumer or business agrees to receive and be billed for products or services on a continuing basis - are permitted. The marketer must clearly inform the consumer or business of all material terms and obligations in the original marketing communication, including whether there is a right to cancel.
Any material change in the products or services offered to a consumer or business that has previously consented to be automatically billed for those products or services must require the marketer to obtain new consent. Such new consent may be inferred from the consumer or business's acceptance or use of the products or services, provided that the consumer or business has a meaningful opportunity to decline the services without incurring cost or further obligation.
7.17 Unordered Products and Services
Marketers must not send unsolicited products or services to a consumer or business for which they invoice, bill or otherwise demand payment. Consumers or businesses have no obligation in respect of the use or disposal of unordered products or services.
7.18 Complaints
Marketers must establish and communicate fair, effective and timely procedures to handle complaints from consumers or businesses.
8. Protection of personal privacy
The Nine Privacy Principles as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Draft Bill 2006:
Accountability: An organisation is responsible for personal information under its control and accountable for the compliance of the principles.
Processing limitation: The collection of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary, adequate, relevant and not excessive for the purposes identified by the organisation. Information shall be collected by fair and lawful means. The information must be collected directly from the data subject and the knowledge and consent of the individual are required for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, except where inappropriate. The data subject has the right to object to usage of information.
Purpose specification: The specific, explicitly defined and legitimate purposes for which personal information is collected shall be made clear to the data subject at the time the information is collected. The personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes
Further processing limitation: Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law.
Information quality: Personal information shall be as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is being used.
Openness: The organisations must notify the Commissioner of its gathering of personal information activities, and they will be entered into a register. The organisation shall make readily available to individuals specific information about its policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
Safety safeguards: Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information and integrity of personal information. Breach of security must be reported.
Individual participations: Upon request, an individual shall be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of his or her personal information and shall be given access to that information. An individual shall be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate.
Transborder transfers: personal information must not be transferred to any foreign country, unless the country ensures an adequate level of protection in relation to the processing of personal information.
For guidance in the implementation of these principles and the key tenents of PPI marketers are encouraged to consult DMASA's Privacy Legislation Guide and DMASA Opt-Out Consent Guidelines.
8.2 Privacy and Business-to-Business
Business-to-business marketing also need to apply the PPI 8 Privacy Principles above when the collection, use or disclosure of contact information is limited to name, and/or title/position, and/or business address(es), and/or business phone number(s). If any other personal information is collected, used or disclosed then the provisions of this section apply.
8.3 Use of DMASA's Do Not Contact Service
Marketers must use DMASA's Do Not Contact Service when conducting a consumer mail campaign. In the absence of a government-mandated, national Do Not Call List, marketers must also use the DMASA's Do Not Contact Service when conducting marketing by way of a consumer telephone call, cell phone call or SMS, e-mail or fax. The service must be used regardless of whether the campaign is being conducted in-house or through the use of an agency and/or communications provider.
This does not apply to current customers who subscribed to communications prior to 01 April 2011, and who have separately requested that they be included on an organisation's internal Do Not Contact list.
8.4 Opt-Out Opportunity
Recognising that a consumer can opt-out of receiving marketing communications at anytime, marketers must present consumers, including current customers, an easy-to-see, easy-to-understand and easy-to-execute opportunity to decline further marketing, the use of their name or other information, at least once every three years. Marketers must always inform the consumers of the charge of opting out. The consumer cannot be charged more than the cost of transmission of the opting out after network charges.
See also Sections 12.4.9 and 12.6.5 of this Code, "Fax Marketing Opt-Out” and "E-mail Marketing Opt-Out”.
8.5 Source of Personal Information
Marketers must provide consumers with the source of their personal information, upon request. Please refer to the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act No. 25 of 2002.
8.6 List Rental Practices
Marketers must only rent or transfer their lists where they have a contractual guarantee that list users will abide by the relevant privacy laws in South Africa. Further, marketers should adopt a list rental and data transfer policy that limits rental of information only to organisations that agree to comply with Section 10.3 of this Code, "Use of DMASA Do Not Contact Service”.
9. Marketing to children and minors
By definition, Section 11 of this Code applies to consumer marketers only. In addition to the rest of this Code, and to specific legal requirements of the relevant jurisdiction(s), when marketing to children and minors, marketers must adhere to the following requirements.
9.1 Age and Application
For purposes of this Code, the term "child” refers to someone who has not reached his or her 18th birthday, and the term minor” refers to someone who has not reached his or her 21st birthday and/or is otherwise classified as a minor under South African law.
9.2 Responsibility
Marketing to children and minors imposes a special responsibility on marketers. Marketers must recognise that children and minors are not adults and that not all marketing techniques are appropriate for them.
Marketers will use discretion and sensitivity in marketing to children and minors, to address the age, knowledge, sophistication and maturity levels of their intended audience. Marketers should exercise caution that they do not take advantage of or exploit children and minors, particularly:
Marketers must not portray sexual behaviour or violence that is inconsistent with community or industry standards.
Marketers must respect the parent/guardian-child relationship and must not encourage the child or minor to exclude parents or guardians from a purchase decision.
Marketers must not solicit, collect or knowingly use per-sonal information from children and minors as a means of acquiring further household information.
9.3 Consent
Marketing interactions with children and minors are governed by the following guidelines concerning consent:
Except as provided for below in Section 11.4 of this Code, "Contests Directed to Children”, all marketing interactions directed to children that include the collection, transfer and requests for personal information require the express consent of the child's parent or guardian.
Where the child, parent or guardian withdraws or declines permission to collect, use or disclose a child's information, marketers must immediately delete all such information from their database.
Marketers must obtain the express consent from a minor for the collection and use of their personal and/or contact information. See Glossary of Terms of this Code for a definition of "contact information”.
Marketers must obtain the express consent of the parent or guardian prior to the disclosure of a child's or minors contact information to a third party.
Where the minor, parent or guardian withdraws or declines permission to collect, use or disclose a minors information, marketers must immediately delete all such information from their database.
9.4 Contests Directed to Children
Subject to applicable laws, marketers may collect personal infor-mation from children for the purposes of contests without ob-taining the parent or guardian's express consent, only if the marketer:
collects a minimal amount of personal information, suffi-cient only to determine the winner(s);
deals only with the winner(s)' parent or guardian and does not contact the winner(s);
does not retain the personal information following the conclusion of the contest or sweepstakes;
makes no use of the personal information other than to determine the contest or sweepstakes winner(s); and
does not transfer or make available the personal information to any other individual or organisation.
9.5 Credulity
Marketing to children and minors must not exploit their credulity, lack of experience or sense of loyalty.
Marketing communications to children and minors should not understate the degree of skill or age level generally required to use or enjoy the product or service.
Special care should be taken to ensure that direct marketing communications do not mislead children and minors as to the true size, value, nature, durability and performance of the product or service:
If extra items are needed to use it (e.g. batteries) or to produce the result shown or described (e.g. paint), this should be made clear.
A product or service that is part of a series should be clearly indicated, as should the method of acquiring the series.
Where results of the product or service usage are shown or described, it should represent what is reasonably attainable by the average child or minor in the age range for which the product or service is intended.
Marketing to children and minors must not unduly exploit their impressionability, or susceptibility to peer or social pressures. Marketers must not imply that possession or use of a product or service will make its owner superior to others or that without it the individual will be open to ridicule or contempt.
Price indication should not be such as to lead children and minors to an unreal perception of the true value of the product, for instance by using the word ‘only'. Nothing should imply that the product or service is immediately within reach of every family budget.
9.6 Age-appropriate Language
When marketing to children, marketing communications must be age appropriate and presented in simple language, easily under¬stood by children. Refer to Consumer Protection Act section 22.
9.7 Commercial Transactions
Marketers must not knowingly accept an order from a child or minor without a parent or guardian's express consent. Marketers must not pressure a child or minor to urge their parents or guardians to purchase a product or service.
Marketers must be aware that transactions with minors may not be legally enforceable against the minor, or his or her parent or guardian.
10. Sub-disciplines and specific marketing practices
In addition to the rest of this Code, marketers must adhere to the following requirements when employing specific marketing strategies and techniques.
10.1 Direct Mail/Catalogue Marketing:
As the collection, use and disclosure of personal information are closely linked to direct marketing, marketers must be aware of the principles detailed in Section 10 of this Code, "Protection of Personal Privacy”.
Renting Lists: Marketers and list owners or their repre-sentatives must define the parameters of the intended use of the list prior to the deployment of a marketing communication. Unless otherwise agreed to and specified in the list or data transfer contract:
A list or data transaction permits one-time use only.
Marketers may not transfer personal information from rented lists to their own marketing or customer files.
Consistent with the definition of current customer, marketers may continue to contact those consumers or businesses that respond to direct marketing or to catalogue solicitations.
Accessibility of the Marketer: All direct marketing and catalogue marketing communications must identify the marketer's name and a complete mailing address or tele-phone number.
Pre-notification Membership Plans or Clubs: A pre-notification subscription membership plan or club is a contractual plan offered by marketers to consumers. Under these plans, the seller pre-notifies the member of a selection that will be sent to the member and billed for unless the member instructs the seller, in a method provided by the seller, not to provide the selection.
Advertising and promotional material for a pre-noti-fication membership plan must clearly and conspicuously disclose material terms before soliciting a contract from a consumer. Material terms include: number of selections in a 12-month period; number of days to instruct the seller not to ship; and any minimum purchase or membership term. A consumer must provide explicit consent to join.
Continuity Programmes/Advance Consent Marketing Plans: Programmes where the consumer or business gives consent to receive and pay for products or services on a continuing or periodic basis until the recipient cancels the plan are subject to the requirements laid out in Section 9.16 of this Code, "Automatically Billed Products and Services”.
E-commerce: Marketers selling products and services online must:
provide a clear order confirmation process that allows the consumer to confirm his or her interest in buying, see all the relevant details of his or her order, confirm the accuracy of the details and print the details of the order as submitted;
send a separate confirmation e-mail as soon as possible after the online portion of a transaction has been completed; and
Provide an online "click-through” mechanism for consumers to contact the marketer.
Protection of Personal Information: Considering the fundamental importance of customer and prospect databases in direct marketing and cataloguing, marketers should give particular attention to the requirements in Section 10 of this Code, "Protection of Personal Privacy”. Marketers are also encouraged to consult DMASA's Privacy Legislation Guide and DMASA Opt-Out Consent Guidelines. Book training with the DMASA.
Security: All electronic transfer of data should be password protected and encrypted.
10.2 Sales Promotion
Lotteries and Contests: The use of contests or prizes in the promotion of goods or services must conform to the laws of South Africa. These marketing practices are highly regulated by law and marketers should obtain guidance from legal experts and/or professional contest administrators.
Marketers must present all terms and conditions of a con-test in a manner that is clear, visible, easy to find, easy to read and easy to understand.
See also Section 11.4 of this Code, "Contests Directed to Children”.
Field Marketing: Field marketing is the face-to-face prom¬otion or sale of products or services to consumers. It includes merchandising, sampling, demonstrations and events.
Marketers must ensure that information provided directly to consumers by field personnel is not misleading and does not employ unreasonably aggressive sales tactics. See also Section 9.5.4 of this Code regarding undercover or word-of-mouth marketing initiatives. Field demonstrations must be carried out safely by trained personnel.
Sampling: In certain industry sectors (e.g. pharmaceuticals, food, alcohol), this marketing practice is highly regulated and marketers should obtain guidance from legal experts and/or sampling specialists.
Marketers must take reasonable steps to ensure that samples are not distributed inappropriately to children or minors.
10.3 Direct Response Broadcasting
Marketers and their agencies should for detailed guidance about the development and clearance of commercials, infomercials and public service announcements.
Misrepresentation: Marketers must not employ presentations likely to mislead reasonable consumers or businesses that the presentation is news, information, public service or entertainment programming. (Product placement within entertainment programming is acceptable.)
Endorsement: Except where the endorser is identified as an expert or is a generally recognised celebrity (whose sole connection with the marketer is the payment of a fee for the endorsement), any material connection between the endorser and the marketer must be disclosed.
Results, experiences or findings of the endorser must be generally representative of the results to be expected by the average consumer or business. Alternatively, the marketer must clearly and conspicuously explain that the experiences or findings are not typical of the experiences of the average consumer or business.
Direct Response Television: Commercials that solicit orders must clearly disclose the price, purchase terms, shipping costs and currency if other than South African.
Infomercials and Transparency: Infomercials (direct response commercials over 12 continuous minutes in length) must be preceded and followed by a clear or prominent video and oral announcement that the presentation is a paid commercial message. This announcement must identify the product or service being offered and the marketers identity. The video announcement must also be presented prior to each ordering opportunity. For those infomercials intended for adults only, the opening disclaimer must notify viewers that it contains content intended for adults. This notification must be provided in both audio and video.
Direct Response Radio: As a local medium that reflects community standards, marketers should take the local environment into consideration, including the programming environment, the station's format and the composition of the station's audience.
10.4 Telephone/fax Marketing
These standards of practice apply to all forms of commercial solicitation relating to the purchase of products or services, or requests for charitable donation conveyed by telephone and/or cell phone (also known as telemarketing), including the presentation of offers by means of telephone facsimile (also known as fax).
Calling and Faxing Hours: Marketers must limit the hours of outbound telemarketing or faxing to the hours of 08:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. weekdays and 09:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturdays. Restrictions refer to the time zone of the called party. Calling or faxing must not be undertaken on statutory holidays.
Use of DMASA Do Not Contact Service: In the absence of a government mandated, national Do Not Call List, marketers must use DMASA's Do Not Contact Service when conducting a consumer telemarketing or fax campaign.
Internal Do Not Contact List: At the request of either a current customer or a consumer or business, marketers must promptly add telephone or fax numbers to an internal Do Not Contact list and cease marketing to the current customer, consumer or business at that telephone or fax number. Telephone and fax numbers must be re-tained on the internal Do Not Contact list for three years.
Unlisted Numbers: Marketers must not knowingly call any consumer or business who has an unlisted or un-published telephone number, except where the telephone number was furnished by the consumer or business to that marketer, or by a third party with the consumers consent.
Sequential Dialling: Marketers must not engage in sequential dialling.
Random Dialling: Marketers must not engage in random dialling other than to a list or public directory where it is possible to remove telephone and/or fax numbers that are on the DMASA Do Not Contact list (in the absence of a government mandated, national Do Not Call List) and/or on a marketers internal Do Not Contact list.
Unsolicited Fax Marketing: Marketers must not knowingly send unsolicited marketing communications by fax to consumers or businesses, except where the consumer or business is a current customer or has consented to receive such communications.
Fax Marketing Identification and Contact Information: Marketers must identify the marketer on behalf of whom the fax is being sent, including the telephone number, fax number and name and address of a responsible person to whom the faxed party can write. Marketers must display the originating faxing number or an alternate number where the sender can be reached, except where number display is unavailable for technical reasons.
Fax Marketing Opt-Out: Marketers must provide an easy-to-see, easy-to-understand and easy-to-execute opt-out opportunity within each fax advertisement.
Telephone Identification and Contact Information: Marketers must identify themselves, the business or organisation represented and the purposes of the call promptly at the beginning of each outbound telemarketing call. Upon request, the marketer must provide the marketers telephone number and the name and address of a responsible party to whom the called party can write. Marketers must not block Caller ID information, unless there is a significant technological impediment to pro¬viding this information to the consumer. Should there be a technological block, the tele-marketer must provide all the details when requested as per above.
Voice Recording: Marketers must obey the laws con-cerning voice recording and they must advise consumers when recording a goods or services transaction.
Frequency: Marketers must not knowingly contact a consumer who is not already a current customer more frequently than once per month for the same product or service unless they have received consent to do so. Business-to-business marketing is exempt from this requirement, as prospect development often requires more frequent contact, calling a business office is less intrusive than calling a consumer at home, and B2B marketing often involves contacting multiple individuals within the same company.
Use of Predictive Dialling Technology: Marketers using predictive dialling technology should ensure that abandoned or "hang up” calls be kept as close to 0% as possible, and must in no case exceed 5% of dialled calls for any given outbound telemarketing campaign.
10.5 Cell Phone Text/SMS/MMS Marketing
Unsolicited Text Messages: Marketers must not knowingly send unsolicited voice and/or text and/or multimedia messages to wireless devices of either consumers or businesses before consulting the national Do Not Contact database.
Internal Do Not Contact List: At the request of a current customer or a consumer or business, marketers must pro¬mptly add cell phone numbers to an internal Do Not Contact list and cease marketing to the current customer, consumer or business at that number. Cell phone numbers must be retained on the internal Do Not Contact list for three years.
10.6 lnternet/E-mail Marketing
Collection of E-mail Addresses: Marketers must identify the purpose for which an e-mail address is being requested prior to or at the time the e-mail address is collected. The e-mail address that has been collected can be used only for those purposes identified, subject to 12.6.3.
Published Business E-mail Addresses: Published business e-mail addresses should only be used for marketing communications relevant to the business of the e-mail recipient.
E-mail Consent: Marketers must not send e-mail marketing communications without the consent of the recipient, except where there is an existing business relationship. In cases where a consumer has provided his or her e-mail address to a marketer, the marketer has implied consent to e-mail that consumer.
Internal Do Not Contact List: At the request of a consumer or business, including a current customer, marketers must promptly add e-mail addresses to an internal Do Not Contact list and cease marketing to that e-mail address.
E-mail addresses must be retained on the internal Do Not Contact list for three years.
E-mail Marketing Opt-Out: Every e-mail message must clearly identify the marketer and source of the e-mail, and provide the recipient with a simple and easy-to-use click-through means to opt-out from receiving further e-mail marketing communications from the marketer.
E-mail Disclosure: Marketers must not misrepresent the source of any message or use false or misleading "subject” lines in e-mail marketing communications. The subject line and body text in e-mail marketing communications must accurately reflect the content, origin and purpose of the communications.
Privacy Policy: Marketers must clearly display a privacy policy on their website that articulates the Organisation's policy with respect to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information that might be gathered from con¬sumers. The privacy policy must advise consumers what personal information is being collected, used and disclosed. Access to the privacy policy must be provided in every location, site or page from which the marketer is collecting such data.
11. Responsibilities of service providers
In their role as suppliers to marketers and as key contributors to the marketing industry, service providers are responsible for upholding the highest standards of professionalism and business conduct as set out in this Code and in particular this section.
11.1 Confidentiality
Service providers must protect the confidentiality of their clients' proprietary information by not disclosing it without express consent from the client, unless required by law.
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2017 Chevrolet Spark Redesign, Release and Changes
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2017 Chevrolet Spark Redesign, Release and Changes – After a long awaited finally Chevrolet will release a new car. We of Bestautorelease.com will share the latest information about the release of the car 2017 Chevrolet Spark times as detailed as possible. Chevrolet car is one brand that is famous all over the world, every car that was released has always brought great changes and awesome. This car will be released in 2017, we will also review about the price, interior, exterior and engine 2017 Chevrolet Spark. So happy reading, and enjoy it.
The 2017 Chevrolet Spark is perfect for first-time buyers and city dwellers. It’s inexpensive, easy to maneuver and offers plenty of amenities and safety equipment. If that sounds great to you, keep reading to learn more about Chevy’s high-tech, low-cost hatchback.
The Chevrolet Spark is the smallest Chevy ever made, a relatively tall box on a tiny footprint and a champion at parking and zipping around the city.All Spark models come with a 1.4-liter four-cylinder gas engine.There are no electric or hybrid versions in the 2017 Chevrolet Spark lineup.
In a world with very low gas prices and inexpensive mid-size sedans, the 2017 Chevrolet Spark runs counter to just about every prevailing trend. It’s in its second year in a new body, and the Spark still intrigues us for doing a very good job at a couple of things: parking and zipping around urban frontiers. The Spark is the tiniest Chevy you can buy, and that means it’s almost overlooked in the Chevy lineup of trucks, SUVs and crossovers.
Spark was designed for global sales.It started out with good timing, selling well in North America during its first three years from 2013-2015.But now, in the second year of its second generation, its road in the U.S.gets steeper against affordable gasoline and reasonably priced midsize sedans.
If you are looking for an affordable but well equipped and frugal subcompact car, look no further than the new 2017 Chevrolet Spark. The Spark looks more enticing than ever courtesy of a host of upgrades which includes a more stylish exterior look, a revised cabin and an upgraded drive-train. The model also features a new architecture. With the upgrades, Chevrolet has taken the battle straight to the doorstep of its rivals.
A year after its introduction the 2017 Chevrolet Spark receives five new colors and a new variant called the Spark Activ. Compared to the standard Spark hatchback, the Spark Activ has lower body cladding, a slightly higher ride height, round fog lights, roof rails, and 15-inch alloy wheels.
2017 Chevrolet Spark Price
Our prices can range from $13,000 – $17,425 to get the 2017 Chevrolet Spark is based on the current dollar exchange rate. Car prices are subject to change at any time. If there are changes in prices for the 2017 Chevrolet Spark we will do an update on this article, so keep reading and following our blog Bestautorelease.Com.
2017 Chevrolet Spark Specs
Below we have summarized some of the reviews about the features of the car exterior and interior 2017 Chevrolet Spark. The car is expected to be a comfortable car for the ride by the community.
The 2017 Chevy Spark’s layout consists of seating for four and a small space for groceries and gear behind the two rear seats. Those seats can be folded to expand cargo capacity from roughly 11 cubic feet to over 27. That’s more than enough to hold a few suitcases, but not quite as much as the 1st-generation Spark. Blame the lower roofline and shorter length. Rear-seat legroom has also shrunk, but other aspects, like hip and shoulder room, have grown. All Spark models include a 7-inch color touch screen in the center stack and logically arranged climate-control dials.
The 2017 Chevrolet Spark minicar continues to compete well with the likes of the Mitsubishi Mirage, Fiat 500 and Smart Fortwo. Although the electric version is dropped this year, the Spark’s 41 mpg and peppy 1.4-liter engine make it the perfect miserly commuter car. From a technology standpoint, the affordable Spark minicar for 2017 offers a 7-inch touch-screen audio system with built-in Wi-Fi, a rearview camera and both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay compatibility. The Chevy Spark is also up to date on the latest safety equipment, with options including forward-collision alert (but not prevention) and lane-departure warning. Though no long distance cruiser, the Spark is ideal for quick around-town runs and the occasional 2-person road trip.
Technologies have also been revamped and the model will feature an upgraded infotainment system, up-to-date connectivity features like the GM sourced 4GLTE Wi-Fi connectivity, Android Auto, and Apple CarPlay. Other features include steering-wheel-mounted audio controls and a sunroof. I think the Spark is the most equipped subcompact car in the market today. It can rival many cars with a higher price tag.
The 2017 Spark primarily stands out for its technology-forward cabin at an affordable price. Each Spark comes standard with a rearview camera, a 4G LTE hotspot (via General Motors’ OnStar service) and a 7-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration. On the Spark 2LT, you can also order an optional package to get lane departure warning and forward collision alert, two safety features not commonly found in this class of car.
The outgoing Spark was not as impressive as I had expected of Chevrolet. However, I gave the automaker the benefit of doubt since the outgoing model was the subcompact car’s first generation. I was not thus much surprised when I saw the new Spark looking all stylish and mature.
The 2017 Chevrolet Spark is a four-door, four-passenger, subcompact hatchback offered in three trims: LS, 1LT and 2LT. In addition to the safety features listed in the Safety section below, standard features on the LS trim include 15-inch steel wheels, automatic headlamps, a rear spoiler, a rearview camera, air-conditioning, a 60/40-split folding rear seat, a height-adjustable driver seat, a tilt steering wheel, a trip computer, outside temperature display, carpeted floor mats, Chevy’s OnStar telematics system with 4G LTE WiFi hotspot, and the MyLink infotainment system.
MyLink includes a 7-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, a USB port, smartphone app integration, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration and a four-speaker audio system with an auxiliary jack. Opting for the 1LT trim adds 15-inch alloy wheels, foglights, heated, power-adjustable mirrors, cruise control, remote keyless entry, power windows and door locks, steering-wheel-mounted audio and phone controls, a theft-deterrent system, satellite radio and a six-speaker audio system.
Due to the reduced exterior dimensions, the second row space has reduced by 3 cubic feet to 35 cubic feet. Cargo space with the seats folded has reduced by 4 cubic feet to 27 cubic feet but remains unchanged when the seats are up. Although the height was reduced, the automaker accordingly reduced the H point on the seats to preserve the model’s headroom.
However, the automaker caught me off guard with the reduced dimensions of the new Spark. For compact cars, you only expect the size to be expanded but Chevrolet did quite the opposite. The new model is shorter than the outgoing Spark. The Spark ‘s length has reduced by 1.6 inches, width by 0.1 inches and its height has reduced by 0.4 inches but its wheelbase has increased by 0.4 inches.
2017 Chevrolet Spark Engine
Under the hood, the Spark is offered in a choice of two drive-trains i.e. a conventional and an electric engine. The conventional engine is a 1.4 L, 4-cylinder mill which is rated at 98 hp at 6200 rpm and 94 lb-ft of torque at 4400 rpm. The engine is mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox as standard but one can opt for a CVT system.
This engine is pretty frugal as it returns 29 mpg in city and 38 mpg on highway for models with a manual gearbox and 30 mpg city and 38 mpg on highway drives for models paired with an automatic transmission.
Powering all variants of the 2017 Spark is a 1.4-liter I-4 with 98 hp and 94 lb-ft of torque paired to a five-speed manual transmission or a CVT. For the standard Spark, fuel economy is rated at 29/38 mpg city/highway with the manual and 30/38 mpg with the CVT. The Spark Activ is rated at 29/37 mpg with the manual and 30/37 mpg with the CVT.
The front-wheel-drive 2017 Chevrolet Spark uses a 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine rated at 98 horsepower and 94 pound-feet of torque. It comes with either a standard five-speed manual transmission or an optional CVT. This CVT features a unique design that can regulate engine power through one of two settings, rather than the single output design of most CVTs. One setting simulates lower gears when the driver demands quicker acceleration, while the other mimics higher gears for open-road cruising.
1.4-liter inline-4
98 horsepower @ 6,200 rpm
94 lb-ft of torque @ 4,400 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 30/41 mpg (manual), 31/41 mpg (automatic)
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ProfSrlojohn 2019-07-15 12:08:08 UTC #184
New character, if that's allowed.
name: Juliana (Jewel-E-ana)
faction: Nuetral (with autobot leanings)
Appearance: In robot mode,
somewhere between Nautica,
and windblade.
Alt mode: a Bugatti Atalante
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Weapons & such: not much, but just before she boarded the Salvation she had gattling guns that flip out from the sides added.
Personality: Very charming, and extremely attractive by transformer standards, but extremely shy and reserved. Think Olivia from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Bio: Juliana was created by Human named Craig Philips {for the record, mostly random name}. Craig loved his car, He waxed her every week, made weekly tune-ups, and kept her running like a dream. Only if she could talk back. This gave Craig an Idea, over several years, he manged to change his beloved Juliana into a transforming robot, but she had no life, no spark that would make Juliana into a living thing being. So he traveled to Cybertron. He smuggled Juliana onto a cargo ship and they both rode it to the planet. He then snuck into vector sigma's chamber. There he begged Vector Sigma to give Juliana life. He got no response. He stayed there for 4 days and nights, asking the omniscient super computer to allow Juliana to live. Then, it spoke. It told him that it would awaken Juliana on one condition. He would have to leave the chamber. This troubled Craig. He wanted to be the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes, but if he didn't she would never know and experience life. He though about it for several hours. He mad his decision, he left the room. As soon as Vector Sigma allowed him he raced into the room to see Juliana. She was beautiful, and he told her so. "Oh, your just saying that." she responded. She was a shrinking violet, just like he envisioned. He thanked vector sigma and left the chamber.
They spent a good 20 years together on earth until Craig passed away, as all living things do in the end. she then decided to join the Salvation. She now works as an entertainer at Antillian Sunrise.
Chromeharpoon 2019-07-15 15:51:18 UTC #185
ProfSrlojohn:
For now, I'll keep accepting new characters.
Anywho, I like Juliana's concept. It's a very neat and original backstory. There's just one problem, though.
He smuggled Juliana onto a cargo ship and they both rode it to the planet. He then snuck into vector sigma's chamber. There he begged Vector Sigma to give Juliana life
Unfortunately, this universe's Vector Sigma is inaccessible at this point in the timeline, and has been for a very long time. However, the backstory could still work if this Craig fellow instead took a spark from a Hot Spot somewhere.
Chromeharpoon:
Hot Spot somewhere.
what in the name of Mata Nui is a Hot Spot,
and did you get who Craig Philips is referencing?
Sorry, I forgot this is Prime. I only ever watched the original tv show plus the first 3 Headmaster episodes. I didn't know that it was any different.
I'm glad you like the back story, I wrote it in about 10 minutes, I took heavily from Pygmalion from greek mythology.
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eRacism | Conflicts of Difference
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Something strange has happened in the United States. It happened slowly; so slowly in fact that we can excuse ourselves for having missed it. In the late 1950s blacks stop asking ‘are we there yet’ and gave up seats in the back of the bus to start a march towards civil rights. The strange thing […]
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Something strange has happened in the United States. It happened slowly; so slowly in fact that we can excuse ourselves for having missed it. In the late 1950s blacks stop asking ‘are we there yet’ and gave up seats in the back of the bus to start a march towards civil rights. The strange thing that has happened since began in the late 1980s as large groups of white people got up and claimed seats in the back of the bus.
Throughout the 1990s these ‘whites’ began to ask “are we there yet” as a way of indicating how tired they were with colored people’s struggle for equality and rights. At the turn of the century they accented their “are we there yet” rant with a cry of wolf in the face of what they understood to be reverse discrimination otherwise known as social progress. It is against this backdrop that articles like the one below by Lance Morrow made headway as both common sense and conventional wisdom among ‘white moderates’ and social conservatives.
When the parents, grandparents and great grandparents of these ‘white moderates’ and social conservatives were in the driver’s seat or just along for the ride, they were in no hurry to get “there”. When the revered, God fearing and freedom loving ‘founding fathers’ were in the driver’s seat at the writing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 they were in no hurry to get “there”.
As a matter of historical fact, the ‘founding fathers’ decided to delay the trip “there” by 20 years when they allowed for the continuation of the slave-trade until 1808. During this delay they managed to craft the first ten amendments to the constitution that reserved seats at the front of the bus for ‘whites only’ until a tired old black women took the bus home one-hundred and sixty-seven years later.
When President Abraham Lincoln had a chance to take the whole country “there” in 1863 he decided to free slaves in territories where he had no authority and allow slavery to continue in territories where he had a monopoly of violence. In other words, he stopped the bus in front of blacks but did not let any get on, preferring instead to show them the places they would eventually occupy at the back of the bus. In 1865 with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment the bus made its second stop but the doors did not open. It pulled off leaving former slaves to enjoy their ‘freedom’ as share-renters and sharecroppers.
“On Aug. 22, 1862, President Lincoln wrote a letter to the New York Tribune that included the following passage: “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.”” Five myths about why the South seceded, By James W. Loewen, Saturday, February 26 – The Washington Post
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As the ruins of Reconstruction turned into the rot of Jim Crow the bus made a few stops and blacks began to take their assigned seats at the back of the bus. The first few of them that asked “are we there yet” found themselves hanging from trees and the center pieces of barn fires. The next brave souls that ventured to ask “are we there yet” did so as they were getting off of the bus. No sooner had their feet hit the ground than they were driven back by water hoses and night-sticks.
Taking the fight to the United States Supreme Court in Brown V. Board of Education Thrugood Marshall and his team of lawyers were told by the highest court in the land that we will get there with “all deliberate speed”. Much to his dismay and to ours today, “all deliberate speed” meant and means ‘slow’. In the mean time, we will just have to watch as ‘white moderates’ and ‘social conservatives‘ get over our social, economic and political problems faster than we do.
The Cure For Racism
By Lance Morrow – Times Magazine – Monday December 5, 1994
In 1966, Vermont’s Senator George Aiken proposed that the U.S. disentangle itself from Vietnam by declaring victory and withdrawing. America should think < about a variation on the Aiken scenario in order to begin leaving behind its fatal domestic quagmire of race. The nation should decide that, in order to rescue everyone’s honor — above all, that of African Americans — it is time to withdraw from an untenable dynamic, from the racial equivalent of what the French generals in Indochina called “bad country.”
American Born Chinese
“A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he’s the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny’s life with his yearly visits. ”
In Tapes Nixon Rails About Blacks and Jews (1973)
by Adam Nagourney – New York Times – December 11, 2010
Richard M. Nixon made disparaging remarks about Jews, blacks, Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans in a series of extended conversations with top aides and his personal secretary, recorded in the Oval Office 16 months before he resigned as president.
Lets Rescue the Race Debate
by Charles M. Blow – New York Times – November 19, 2010
“There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. … Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs … There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don’t want the patient to get well.”
Attack on Michelle Obama shows Palin’s ignorance of history
By Richard Cohen –Tuesday, November 23, 2010
When I was 11, my father thought it was time to show my sister and me the nation’s capital. I have only vague memories of that trip – the heat, the expanse of the White House’s grounds, the Jefferson Memorial. I do remember we took Route 1 through Baltimore (no I-95 yet) and it was there that I saw my first sign with the word “colored” on it – a rooming house, I think. This was 1952, and the United States was an apartheid nation.
How voter ID laws are being used to disenfranchise minorities and the poor.
But if you don’t have the means to get a driver’s license, or if you cannot afford the time and money it takes to get certain other forms of government ID, you are out of luck? What a great country this is.
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If – Rudyard Kipling
But make allowance for their doubting too;
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think -- and not make thoughts your aim;
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
Or walk with kings -- nor lose the common touch,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run --
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And -- which is more -- you'll be a Man, my son!
Tom L. States PhD Candidate
Fields of Interest: Political Theory, International Relations, Marxist Political Economy
Research Topic: eRacism - Conflicts of Difference
Education History: Williams College, BA Political Science; New York University, MA Politics; York University PhD Candidate
Hometown: Greenwood, Mississippi
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Fanon, Frantz. Black Skin White Masks. Trans. Charles Lam Markmann. New York: Grove Press. 1967.
Cancian, Francesca M. Gender Politics: Love and Power in the Private and Public Spheres. Gender and the Life Course. Ed. Alice S. Rossi. New York: Aldine, 1985.
Sand, Shlomo. The Invention of the Jewish People. New York: Verso, 2009.
Lay, Shawn. The Invisible Empire In The West: Toward a New Historical Appraisal of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2004.
Carothers, Thomas. Think Again: Civil Society. Foreign Policy Date, (Winter: 1999-2000).
Ober, Josiah. The original meaning of "democracy": Capacity to do things, not majority rule. Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics. American Political Science Association meetings, Philadelphia, (2006).
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Issue: Mar, 1955
10 Comments on do you know this man? (Mar, 1955)
do you know this man? (Mar, 1955)
do you know this man?
Here’s his dossier: Graduate Engineer, in his thirties. Lost in a large engineering group. Married, has good paying job but no future. Could go far with right opportunity for creative engineering work.
If you know this man, tell him to communicate with J. M. Hollyday, Dept. S-3, The Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore 3, Maryland.
Subject: Exciting new long range developments at Martin which have created many exceptional opportunities in the engineering field on projects of the highest priority and promise.
P.S. He may be you.
BALTIMORE • MARYLAND
What’s it like to be a Boeing engineer? (Sep, 1952)
Ad: EXCITING FILMS (Apr, 1947)
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What makes an engineer HAPPY? (Mar, 1956)
Tracy B says: November 24, 20092:59 pm
Until the U.S. government cuts the funds to the program.
It is interesting to note that the last Martin airplanes were built in the ’50’s.
Aerospace has always been at the whims of the presidency and elected congress.
Rick Auricchio says: November 25, 20092:27 pm
And any sharp engineer understands that “Dept S-3” means the reply came from Scientific American, month 3.
Toronto says: November 25, 200911:07 pm
“Martin” still exists in merged form as Lockheed Martin, don’t they? Maker of the F22?
Firebrand38 says: November 26, 200912:59 am
Toronto: Correct, and the F-35 and a lot of other things http://www.lockheedmart…
C-130J too, along with the F-16 Fighting Falcon. (Lockheed)
Martin also made the titan II and III rockets.
I’m pretty sure the Herc predates the Lockheed Martin merger/takeover/whatever, and was pure Lockheed.
Firebrand38 says: November 27, 20091:10 am
Toronto: Yeah and the F-16 was designed and initially supplied by General Dynamics, but they are all manufactured by Lockheed Martin now. (Gimme a break first flight of the C-130 was 1954).
The C-130J however had it’s first flight after the merger. It’s pure Lockheed Martin.
Interesting because GD left aviation/aerospace for a while to concentrate on subs and tanks– now they own Gulfstream. In 1985 GD bought the Cessna company but later sold it along the the Convair units to Lockheed, during the industry consolidation post cold war/Bill Clinton presidency.
You could probably do a master’s thesis on the consolidation of the defense/aerospace industry in the last 20 years; it makes for interesting “strange bedfellows management/working stiff relations.”
Chuck Berger says: January 6, 201011:47 pm
P.P.S. If you didn’t already figure that out before the end of the ad, maybe you should keep your current job.
Firebrand38 says: January 7, 20101:12 am
Chuck Berger: I’m sure that you have your own insights into writing ad copy.
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Home August 2017 Understanding Research on Minimum Wages
Frank Atkins
Understanding Research on Minimum Wages
It is very difficult for the average individual to understand published academic research, and published economic studies are no different. This came to the forefront recently, as there has been a renewed interest in the economic effects of raising the minimum wage. As provinces in Canada and some U.S. states have recently begun aggressive increases in the minimum wage, there has been a recent flurry of activity and new data available – starting with Seattle in 2014 – studying the effects of the increase in minimum wage. Here in Alberta we should be watching these studies very closely, as we are currently undertaking a similar policy move.
Unfortunately, the studies based on the effects of the Seattle changes have produced contradictory results. The first study came from Berkeley, California, and it concluded the Seattle minimum wage changes had exactly the desired policy effect: minimum wage workers earned more money, and there was no change in employment. This conclusion was contradicted by the results of a recent study from the University of Washington. These researchers concluded the 2016 Seattle increase to $13 per hour caused employment amongst minimum wage workers to decrease by nine per cent. The Washington authors actually calculated a response parameter (which economists call elasticity): for every $1 worth of increased wages, there will be $3 worth of lost employment opportunities.
One wonders how two groups of researchers can study data from what is essentially a real-world laboratory experiment, and come to two opposing conclusions. Some of this contradiction arises because the two sets of researchers did not actually have the same set of data. The authors of the Washington study had access to the number of hours worked by those receiving minimum wage, while this data was not available to the Berkeley authors.
The different data sets notwithstanding, as an economist, these types of contradictory results are embarrassingly familiar. Some economic research is becoming similar to climate change research: the authors have a preconceived idea of what is “correct” and then proceed to confirm their original opinion. You can see some of this in the reaction from some economists to the results of the Washington study. The Economic Policy Institute, which is a U.S. left-wing think tank, issued a statement that said, “There is a large body of research that shows that modest increases in the minimum wage boost wages for low income workers without causing job loss, and nothing in the UW study suggests we should revise those conclusions.”
It is possible that both sides of this controversy missed an important possible conclusion from the Washington study. Perhaps some minimum wage workers, when faced with an increase in their hourly wage, actually chose to work fewer hours. Interestingly, this possibility is predicted by economic theory. The conclusion here would be that some minimum wage workers are earning enough income already. This conclusion would clearly infuriate the left-wing economists.
Frank Atkins is a senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.
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Maintain An Even Strain.
I was in interation meetings today. On the whole it's a lot of fun. I enjoy seeing the demos of completed features, the estimating (well, sometimes), and the customer's selection of stories.
In the course of a discussion there was a recollection. I don't know if it was original or whether our friend Na'im was quoting someone else when he said that Agile didn't reduce the pain of software development, it just spread it evenly. True enough. Developers work hard, while the decision-making pain is spread to the customer. Each iteration's expected velocity is the prior iteration's actual velocity, so each iteration is as hard as the one before it. The feedback loop is so much shorter, so that problems arising from the use of the system (including the pain of having a bad or insufficient requirement as well as the pain of change when a tool's existance demands a new process) are experienced sooner by the customer, and continually. All of the disruption from building, releasing, and deploying a program is felt every time. There is a general restriction against overtime so that the amount of work you can do is kept a bit more constant. There is also the continuing pressure to produce and to make/keep the code base clean. Estimation, measurement, all commences and continues. The process is small and iterative, and the pace is smooth in its way.
I asked one slightly sneaky question, in order to determine whether the customer felt that they were really in control of the process, or whether they felt that it was something that happened around/to them. I was delighted with the answer, which indicated that they very much felt that the project was in their control. It was a good moment as well.
In the movie The Right Stuff I recall repeatedly hearing the phrase "maintain an even strain." I think it's a good analogy for what Agile is doing. The strain is spread out across time, and across the participants.
As I learn more about the techniques and principles, I start to remember my meager acquaintance with Deming's methods. I remember that the first step is never to optimize, but to measure and assess. You get a more even strain. Once you have basic measurement of your products and process, then you can make deliberate and measured changes. It's funny how the idea of "software factory" has found its real expression in the agile processes.
I was also remembering a friend named Ray who was involved with QA. He once told me (long before XP first twinkled in its first eye) that the thing necessary to move software quality forward was "executable specifications". We lived through the whole CASE fiasco, and here in agile methods we find ATs and UTs are the very thing that Ray had hoped for at least a decade ago. I hate to load up on advocacy here (nobody comes here unless they're at least partly indoctrinated), but I have to think that we're heading in the right direction. We're following what so many of the best and brightest really intended or wished for a long time ago.
Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:30:43, Gurkan Nisanci, Concentration
As I see from my experiences, when I want something, I work hard to make it real. By applying XP practices into my work, I never feel the pain of working that hard. But once it is over, I feel it with all my body. Since XP practices brings a lot of fun into development stages, during the normal process, I am addicted to work and every day I try to do my best. So I never understand how much I get tired of work until it gets completed. I think Beck saw that too and as a result continuous overtime is not recommended. In my current project, the team worked overtime continuosly for 3 weeks and people feel exhausted at the end.I understood once again that, overtime can never be a solution for time commitments. You do extra work at night but next day your energy is always belower than your average work day performance. You loose your joy, become less careful and start feeling the pain and it gets bigger as overtime goes on:)
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:20:12, Pete, rss
I tried subscribing to your feed but the Description is in wiki format
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:13:06, Tim Ottinger, Aww, darn.
Yeah, it is. I guess we need a little more work on our fitnesse feed. It seems fine when you are just getting the headlines with something like firefox's Live Bookmarks, but I've not tried it yet in akregator or the like. Maybe I can be a better tester by giving it a shot. Send me an email at tottinge@objectmentor.com and tell me what you're using, please. Tks a lot.
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NPA on Mayor Sara’s peace offer: NDF still the negotiating entity
Mar. 02, 2017 MART D. SAMBALUD
The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao Region says it would gladly discuss any matter that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte would like to take up with the revolutionary movement. (davaotoday.com file photos)
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao emphasized that although it welcomed the talks with Mayor Sara Duterte, it stands by the national leadership of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines as the negotiating entity in the peace process.
NPA Southern Mindanao Spokesperson Rigoberto Sanchez issued a statement Wednesday to draw a clear line of its upcoming talks with the city’s local chief executive.
This as Sanchez slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Davao region for requesting an augmentation force that will be deployed in Davao City.
“To make certain its all-out war is sustained, the AFP in the region has already beefed up its infantry. Their arrival mocked the public statement made by GRP Mayor Sara Duterte to talk with the NPA in the wake of the tactical offensives in Calinan last week,” he said.
Sachez said the NPA’s tactical offensives against state security forces in Davao region has resulted to 20 fatalities. He added that the communist fighters have also foiled a score of military assaults in Davao Oriental, Davao del Norte, Davao City and North Cotabato, respectively.
“By its own account after two day-engagement, the AFP launched massive airstrikes and artillery bombardment in the two separate incidents. More than a total of 500 families in Bansalan and Asuncion towns have been displaced due to the AFP’s indiscriminate shelling,” Sanchez said.
Meantime, the NPA said that it would “abide by their duty to defend the masses and the revolutionary movement by launching punitive actions against the AFP, PNP and their paramilitaries who are deaf to the call for peace by carrying on with a futile all-out war.” (davaotoday.com)
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MVD Entertainment GroupA new documentary and concert film about the making of the 1982 US Festival, the three-day musical extravaganza put on by Apple computer company co-founder Steve Wozniak, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray this Friday, August 10.
The US Festival: 1982 The US Generation mixes performance highlights with new and archival interviews with Wozniak, some of the artists who played at the concerts, and various other people involved in the event.
The festival took place September 3-5, 1982, at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, California, and was attended by about 400,000 people. Among the many artists who performed at the festival and are featured in the film: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Police, Fleetwood Mac, Santana, The B-52s, The Cars, The Talking Heads and The Ramones.
The flick includes exclusive conversations with Wozniak, Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood, Eddie Money, The Ramones’ Marky Ramone, The B-52s’ Kate Pierson, The Police’s Stewart Copeland and The Grateful Dead‘s Mickey Hart, among others. It also features archival appearances by Johnny and Joey Ramone, Carlos Santana, Sting, The Cars’ Ric Ocasek and The B-52s’ Fred Schneider.
Wozniak, who’d become wealthy thanks to Apple’s success, decided he wanted to spend some of that money on a massive rock festival that would promote a sense of community through music and technology. Famed concert promoter Bill Graham helped organize the event, which lost $12 million.
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Tommy Morrison Died Tragically of Denial
Morrison's wild ride ended by denial
By Tom Friend | ESPN.com
Tommy Morrison died Sunday night of an undisclosed illness. But for all intents and purposes, he died of denial.
In 1996, Morrison was diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In 1997, he told me he was still having unprotected sex with his first wife.
"I'll trust an attorney before I'll trust a doctor," he said.
I'm not sure how many wives he ended up with (I lost count after the fourth), but nothing ever changed. His last wife, Trisha, recently told ESPN.com's Elizabeth Merrill that they, too, had had unprotected sex. As far as Tommy was concerned, his HIV never existed. He searched high and low for rogue doctors who would assure him he was fine, who would clear him to go back to boxing. He was nothing without boxing, nothing without sex -- so he looked the other way.
He tried AZT for a month and threw it in the trash; he thought the HIV therapy drug taken by most HIV patients was propoganda. His family staged an intervention to get him back on meds, but he cursed at them and said, "I will lay down and die before I take any drugs." Magic Johnson tried to reach out to him in 1996 -- the same Magic Johnson who is thriving 22 years after his own HIV diagnosis -- and Tommy Morrison plum ignored him.
"I remember talking to Magic the day I announced I had HIV," Morrison told me in 1998. "He was preaching, 'Do what your doctor tells you.' Well, I didn't have a doctor then, so I got down on my knees and I prayed. Every day, I was like, 'God, what do I do?' Hell, I saw myself dying. And then I started getting all these books in the mail, and they all said, 'Don't worry about it. Just live your life.' So that's what I did."
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Rethinking AIDS Denialism: Former Boxing Champ Tommy Morrison
Tommy Morrison's
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In a house on the edge of a dead-end road, an old woman waits for her son to die. The call will come any day now, she says, and when it does, she wants her youngest boy to be buried in Sulphur Springs, Ark., with the rest of the family. She dreads and hopes for this call, if that makes any sense. Only none of it makes sense.
Diana Morrison crushes a Pall Mall, lights another and dissects her son's fate. She's matter-of-fact about it, barely emotional, perhaps because Tommy Morrison, former World Boxing Organization champion, former HIV cautionary tale, has stared at death before. But this time it's different.
Morrison with David Syner,
Producer of AIDS Denialist
film "House of Numbers"
She says he has full-blown AIDS. She believes he's in his final days. His skin is jaundiced; his liver is failing. "He's too far gone," she says, flashing an incredulous look when asked whether he could recover. "He's in the end stages. That's it." She says Morrison has been bedridden for a year, can't speak and is being kept alive with the help of a feeding tube and a ventilator.
Tommy Morrison passed away Sept. 2 2013
AIDS Denier Clark Baker Needs a Real Job
HIV Denialist’s Suit Against Blogger Should Be Tossed, Sperlein Says
By Rhett Pardon, SAN FRANCISCO
Adult industry attorney Gill Sperleinfiled court papers Friday on behalf of Todd DeShong, a blogger accused of trademark infringement and defamation relating to his criticism of notorious AIDS denialist Clark Baker and his organization the Office of Medical and Scientific Justice (OMSJ).
Baker believes the pharmaceutical industry promotes faulty HIV tests in order to sell HIV-suppressing drugs; DeShong, meanwhile, believes early HIV testing and treatment saves lives.
But the importance of accurate testing is well known in the adult entertainment industry, Sperlein said.
According to court documents, Baker first attempted to shut down DeShong’s website HIVInnocenceGroupTruth.com by filing a UDRP complaint, accusing DeShong of infringing the trademark “HIV Innocence Group.”
The UDRP arbitrator disagreed, ruling that OMSJ was actually guilty of reverse domain name high jacking because OMSJ clearly knew DeShong was legitimately using the mark when it filed its complaint, Sperlein said.
Undeterred, Baker and OMSJ sued DeShong in federal court for trademark infringement, defamation, and business disparagement.
But Sperlein and a team of attorneys came to DeShong’s defense filing two separate motions to dismiss Friday, arguing that the trademark claims should be dismissed because DeShong’s use of the mark was fair use and the defamation related claims should be dismissed because DeShong’s statements were either opinion or factually accurate.
Sperlein also argued that the claims were brought after the statute of limitations had passed.
DeShong’s pro bono defense team also includes another industry attorney, Gary Krupkin, who serves as local counsel; Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen; and Neal A. Hoffman of the Houston firm Bush & Ramirez.
David Rasnick for the Defense: How AIDS Denialists Help Prove You Are Insane
"HIV predator" must remain behind bars
Updated: Friday, 28 Jun 2013, 6:41 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 28 Jun 2013, 7:14 AM EDT
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A New York drug dealer imprisoned in the 1990s amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV lost his bid for freedom Friday despite having completed his sentence more than two years ago.
A jury in western New York found that Nushawn Williams, 36, suffers from a mental abnormality that makes him subject to "civil management" and will either be confined to a secure treatment facility or kept under strict supervision, according to the attorney general's office.
"With this determination, Mr. Williams will get the treatment he needs and the citizens of New York will be safer," said Melissa Grace, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
The Chautauqua County jury deliberated for just over an hour. A hearing will be held to determine Williams' level of management.
Williams, who now goes by the name Shyteek Johnson, completed a 12-year sentence for statutory rape and reckless endangerment in 2010.
But state officials sought his continued imprisonment and described him as a mentally disturbed, sex-obsessed drug user likely to infect more women if set free. A psychologist's report said Williams targeted vulnerable young women who were underage and/or drug addicted and "used charm and coercion to secure sexual contact."
Before the trial's start, Williams' lawyer John Nuchereno claimed that a new test showed that Williams isn't HIV positive. Nuchereno argued that without HIV, Williams is not a danger and should be freed.
Something Stinks in Buffalo: AIDS Denialism and The Case of Nushawn Williams
HIV test, justness of law likely to color Williams’ trial
David Rasnick
By Jay Tokasz | The Buffalo News
Nushawn Williams, the Jamestown man who gained national notoriety when accused of spreading the virus that causes AIDS, remains behind bars more than 15 years after his criminal offenses in Chautauqua County.
But when a 20-year-old Buffalo man admitted in 2011 to having unprotected sex with four young women and a 15-year-old girl while knowing he was infected with HIV, he was sentenced to a year in jail for his crimes.
“It was similar enough to say, ‘My God, the treatment was so different,’ ” said John R. Nuchereno, defense attorney for Williams.
Williams, now 36, was supposed to be freed in 2010, upon completing a 12-year sentence for a statutory rape and reckless endangerment conviction.
Yet, three years later, he remains in Wende State Correctional Facility because the state attorney general contends Williams is a sexual predator likely to infect others with HIV.
The trial, while not open to the public, is expected to draw plenty of interest, both from civil liberties groups troubled by the state’s civil confinement policy and from various HIV and AIDS organizations intrigued by the potential legal impacts of the case.
Nuchereno already has made the stunning claim in a pretrial hearing that Williams does not have HIV, based on a recent electron microscope analysis of his blood by the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.
The contention appears likely to be a crux of Williams’ defense, which is being aided by the Office of Medical and Scientific Justice, a nonprofit organization based in Studio City, Calif.
The group runs the HIV Innocence Project and has used electron microscopy results in military trials to help defend soldiers accused of transmitting the virus to sexual partners.
G. Baron Coleman, an Alabama lawyer connected with the Office of Medical and Scientific Justice who has represented several soldiers, is expected to assist Nuchereno in at least a portion of his defense of Williams.
Lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office questioned the legitimacy of the electron microscope test and asked State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski to allow them to do their own analysis of Williams’ blood.
Rules of law prohibited Michalski from agreeing to the request.
But several medical professionals and HIV experts contacted by The News said the electron microscope was not an accepted method for finding HIV or for monitoring a patient infected with the virus.
“Electron microscopy is not, never has been and never will be an appropriate, relevant or approved way to detect HIV in the blood. Indeed, it’s beyond silly suggesting it could, would or should be used for this purpose,” said John Moore, professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
‘A little bit out of left field’
Williams’ blood was analyzed in April by Gregory M. Hendricks, manager of the Core Electron Microscopy Facility at the UMass Medical School, who found “no evidence” of HIV, according to a letter he sent to the Office of Medical and Scientific Justice.
Dr. Joseph S. Cervia, clinical professor of medicine and pediatrics at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, noted that blood tests screening for the presence of HIV antibodies have been used reliably for years to determine whether someone has HIV.
HIV, AIDS ‘denialists’
Seth Kalichman, an HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment researcher, expressed concern that the startling legal strategy in the Williams case will mislead people about accepted science with regard to diagnosing and treating HIV.
The Office of Medical and Scientific Justice and its executive director, Clark Baker, are HIV and AIDS denialists, Kalichman said.
And he said their efforts are potentially damaging to public health.
“They have no credibility. They’re not really scientists at all,” Kalichman said.
The organization has become adept at trying to manipulate juries in court-martial cases by raising suspicions about HIV tests and the influence of big pharmaceutical companies, he said.
And that’s potentially destructive, because some people who test HIV positive can’t deal with the reality and will seek out the misinformation put out by AIDS denialists as a source of comfort, said Kalichman.
“These guys provide them with a way out,” he said. “There have been people who have died because they listened to these people.”
The Legal System Turned Upside Down: Defining, Diagnosing, and Denying HIV
Nushawn Williams. Remember him? In 1999 Williams was convicted as a sexual predator in New York State; Guilty of rape and reckless endangerment. Williams is HIV infected and he infected his victims, including a 13 year old.
It looks like Clark Baker and his AIDS Denialist crew of medical mischief and pseudoscientific scams have come to rescue Nushawn Williams, who now claims that he is not HIV infected. Williams may have tested HIV positive, but the tests were, of course, invalid.
New tests ordered by the defense, with what appears to be consultation from Clark Baker, uses an AIDS denialist favorite scheme -- electron micrographs.
For an AIDS Denialist, the only proof that HIV exists would be an image of the ‘pure virus’. AIDS Deniers refute science that relies on combinations of antibody/antigen/PCR testing to diagnose HIV. They also, by the way, refute images of HIV because they are not ‘pure virus’.
While in prison, Williams had been receiving treatment for his HIV infection. Successful treatment leads to viral suppression, making it very hard to get an image of the virus.
This is the new tactic of AIDS Deniers Clark Baker and David Rasnick. They have been using services of The Core Electron Microscopy Facility at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. A cell biologist named Gregory Hendricks has been running these tests in cases that employ Baker and Rasnick.
Labels: AIDS Denial, AIDS Denialism, HIV infection, Nushawn Williams, OMSJ, Rethinking AIDS
Conspiracy Theories, AIDS Denialism, Holocaust Denial, and Dr. Nancy Banks
Just as we were getting bored with the same old (elderly white male) AIDS Deniers, enter Dr. Nancy Banks. Claiming to have a medical degree from Harvard, Dr. Banks has been recruited into Clark Baker’s AIDS denialism legal team. She is one of his star witnesses for his Office of Medical and Scientific Justice. Banks is an ‘expert’ witness in Military cases, where Clark Baker has actually found an attorney dim enough to employ his services.
What I like most about Nancy Banks is that she illustrates something we have known for years… AIDS Denialists and Holocaust Deniers are nuts in the same shell. In the case of Nancy Banks, she is one nut that has it all – conspiracy theories, AIDS denial, and Holocaust denial. Below is an essay that sheds light on Nancy Banks. I have agreed not to name of the author to evade Clark Baker’s harassment.
Celia Farber's Day in Court: Dismissed with Unavailing Contentions
Supreme Court Decision in
Celia Farber, Plaintiff-Appellant,
Richard Jefferys et al.,
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered November 9, 2011, which granted defendant Richard Jefferys' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against him, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Supreme Court properly determined that plaintiff was a limited public figure because, through her publication of countless articles, she voluntarily injected herself into the controversial debate on whether HIV causes AIDS with a view toward influencing the debate (see Krauss v Globe Intl., 251 AD2d 191, 192 [1st Dept 1998]), and "project[ed] [her] name and personality before . . . readers of nationally distributed magazines . . . to establish [her] reputation as a leading authority" in this area (Maule v NYM Corp., 54 NY2d 880, 882-883 [1981]). The court also properly concluded that the subjects of HIV/AIDS, plaintiff's journalism, and her receipt of an award for her journalism fell "within the sphere of legitimate public concern" (Chapadeau v Utica Observer-Dispatch, 38 NY2d 196, 199 [1975]). Indeed, the record established that plaintiff was a contentious figure within the traditional HIV/AIDS community.
Crazy Is as Crazy Does: Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Science
Recursive fury: Conspiracist ideation in the blogosphere in response to research on conspiracist ideation
Published in Frontiers in Personality Science and Individual Differences, 2013
by Stephan Lewandowsky et al.
Conspiracist ideation has been repeatedly implicated in the rejection of scientific propositions, although empirical evidence to date has been sparse. A recent study involving visitors to climate blogs found that conspiracist ideation was associated with the rejection of climate science and the rejection of other scientific propositions such as the link between lung cancer and smoking, and between HIV and AIDS (Lewandowsky, Oberauer, & Gignac, in press; LOG12 from here on). This article analyzes the response of the climate blogosphere to the publication of LOG12. We identify and trace the hypotheses that emerged in response to LOG12 and that questioned the validity of the paper's conclusions. Using established criteria to identify conspiracist ideation, we show that many of the hypotheses exhibited conspiratorial content and counterfactual thinking. For example, whereas hypotheses were initially narrowly focused on LOG12, some ultimately grew in scope to include actors beyond the authors of LOG12, such as university executives, a media organization, and the Australian government. The overall pattern of the blogosphere's response to LOG12 illustrates the possible role of conspiracist ideation in the rejection of science, although alternative scholarly interpretations may be advanced in the future.
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AIDS Denier Henry Bauer is Unlikely to be Appointed to Journal of Cryptozoology Editorial Board
Monster Hunting 2.0 by Dan Cossins for ScienceNews
So long as the standards are kept high, then I think it will demonstrate that cryptozoology isn’t just full of crackpots chasing Nessy. —Darren Naish, University of Southampton, U.K.
Since the demise of the journal Cryptozoology in 1996, there has been no peer-reviewed English-language periodical for the controversial field, which studies animals known from anecdote, folklore, or fragmentary physical evidence, but not yet authenticated with actual specimens. So when the U.K.–based Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) approached popular cryptozoology writer Karl Shuker about launching a new journal, he was happy to oblige.
“I felt it imperative that a journal of this nature should exist again as a platform for formal scientific cryptozoological research and reviews of past cases that mainstream journals may not be willing to consider,” says Shuker, who has a PhD in zoology and comparative physiology from the University of Birmingham, U.K. Having assembled a panel of reviewers who then pored over the first batch of submissions, the CFZ and Shuker published the first issue of The Journal of Cryptozoology in October 2012. Editor-in-chief Shuker insists that all articles are subjected to the “same level of rigorous peer-review evaluations as [in] any mainstream journal.”
A Hard Nut to Crack: Why AIDS Denialism Won't Die Easy
False beliefs persist, even after instant online corrections
By Jeff Grabmeier
AIDS Denier David Crowe
It seems like a great idea: Provide instant corrections to web-surfers when they run across obviously false information on the Internet. But a new study suggests that this type of tool may not be a panacea for dispelling inaccurate beliefs, particularly among people who already want to believe the falsehood.
“Real-time corrections do have some positive effect, but it is mostly with people who were predisposed to reject the false claim anyway,” said R. Kelly Garrett, lead author of the study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State University.
The Price of Investing in AIDS Denial Scams
Scam suspect claims he's paying back $200,000
By John Tedesco
San Antonio Express News
Accused of bilking nearly $200,000 from a partly paralyzed doctor, Douglas McClain Sr. said Friday he was no scam artist and intends to pay back Dr. Charles Arnold.
McClain, 61, said he's already paid back $15,800 — which was news to Arnold.
“That would be nice,” said Arnold, a 73-year-old neuropsychiatrist who was paralyzed in a motorcycle wreck several years ago. “But it isn't true.”
The criminal case is the latest legal headache for McClain, who owns a 3,600-square-foot home in Fair Oaks Ranch appraised by the county at nearly $410,000.
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digital humanities asia @ stanford university
DHAsia Postdoc Application Now Open
Position, Digital Humanities Asia Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University
The Digital Humanities Asia (DHAsia) program at Stanford University invites applications for a 12-month Postdoctoral position during the 2017-2018 academic year. This position is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar program, with further support provided by Stanford University. The successful applicant is expected to begin on or by October 1, 2017.
Stanford University is a globally recognized leader in the fields of Digital Humanities, GIS, text analysis, social network analysis, Text Technologies, and natural language processing. The Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), the Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research (CIDR), the Literary Lab, and more attract scholars from around the world who are eager to learn from our experiences and implement our methods. Flagship projects, such as Mapping the Republic of Letters, the Çatalhöyük Living Archive, Kindred Britain, the ORBIS Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World have all begun to reshape not just the methods that we as Humanists bring to bear on our questions, but the very questions we ask.
At home within this rich DH ecology at Stanford, Digital Humanities Asia (DHAsia) seeks to advance a new era in Non-Western Digital Humanities, with a focus on East, South, Southeast, and Inner-Central Asia. We seek energetic and creative applicants who demonstrate innovative thinking and a proactive approach to the questions that digital humanities methods, approaches, tools, and theories raise in their academic disciplines.
STIPEND & BENEFITS
• Stipend & Benefits: The 12-month stipend for this position is $51,600, including full benefits
• Office Space/Workstations: The DHAsia Postdoctoral Associate will enjoy two (2) dedicated workstations, one in the History department and one in the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA)
• Undergraduate RA Support: the Postdoctoral Fellow will assist in the hiring of a Stanford undergraduate Research Assistant, who will work under their research direction for up to 5 hours per week during the Fall, Winter, and Spring terms; and then on a full-time basis during the Summer term
• Career Development Assistance: The Postdoctoral fellow will have access to Stanford’s extensive repertoire of career development workshops, to help assist in the candidate’s broader job search process, as relevant
The Postdoctoral Fellow will be affiliated with the Department of History, mentored by Professor Thomas S. Mullaney. Applicants need not hold a PhD in History, however. The Fellow should expect to focus on her/his own research, but also to be well-integrated into the Stanford community and engaging with interested faculty, students, archivists, librarians, and digital technologists. Responsibilities include:
• Pursuit of independent research project within Asian Digital Humanities
• Participation in the intellectual life of DHAsia@Stanford, the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, and the 2017-18 Mellon-funded Seminar Series on Asian Digital Humanities [Note: This seminar will bring to Stanford campus many of the world’s leading scholars of DH working on East, South, Southeast, and Inner/Central Asia.]
• Co-development of DHAsia White Paper, assessing needs, current capacity, and future uses of Asian Digital Humanities
• Interaction with visiting technologists from Silicon Valley and beyond, to help provide input on the development of next-generation DH tools tailored for the particular requirements of Asian Studies research ELIGIBILITY
• Applicants must provide evidence of successful completion of their PhD degree by June 30, 2017, and may not be more than three years beyond the receipt of their PhD at the start of the fellowship. Stanford University doctoral degree recipients are not eligible for this fellowship
• Applicants must have experience in conducting original academic research in Digital Humanities
• Applicants must have relevant/advanced language experience in a Non-Western/Asian language
• Fellow is expected to be in residence at Stanford University during the term of their appointment
Applicants will be asked to submit the following material electronically (faxed or emailed application materials cannot be considered):
• Cover Letter (2 pages max) describing your research interests to an interdisciplinary search committee • Dissertation Abstract (3 pages max)
• Research Plan for Fellowship Period (5 pages max)
• CV (5 pages max)
• Sample of Written Work (article length/40 pages max)
• Two Confidential Letters of Recommendation (from faculty members or other appropriate sources)
Applications should be submitted via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8685 by 11:59 pm EST on Friday, February 17, 2017.
Only complete applications submitted through the online system will be considered. All applications will be acknowledged. Finalists may be interviewed. Questions about the application process should be directed to DHAsia Director, Thomas S. Mullaney (tsmullaney@stanford.edu) with the email subject line ‘DHAsia PostDoc Inquiry’.
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Movers & Shakers with Dr. Stu Elby, Infinera
By Ronald Gruia, Director Emerging Telecoms, Frost & Sullivan
We were honored to have a chat with Dr. Stu Elby, SVP for Cloud Network Strategy and Technology at Infinera. Dr. Elby has over 30 year experience in the telecoms, video and data center domains. Prior to Infinera, he had a long tenure at Verizon, where he served as the VP and Chief Technologist of Verizon Labs, where he was responsible for developing Verizon's technology vision and target network architecture to support emerging products and service.
Ronald Gruia: Dr. Elby, thank you for chatting with us today – we have a full agenda of questions that we hear from our clients as we go through some transformations such as SDN and network traffic keeps on growing by leaps and bounds. To kick things off, when do you think we will hit an inflection point for 100G metro optical buildouts worldwide for telco operators, MSOs and Web2.0/cloud providers? Are carriers typically having fewer routing nodes in their metro networks than in the past and are they increasingly leveraging optical transport and switching capabilities whenever and wherever they can?
Dr. Stu Elby: I believe that for most carriers and MSOs, 2016 will be an early inflection point, marking the start of the ramp-up, and 2017 we will see an even higher uptake. Service providers that build FTTH solutions are early adopters of the higher capacity Metros. The 10G wave is most prevalent in the metro environment for now. Having a large wireless network also drives a lot of this buildout activity, but I don’t think this is a universal drive. There are two different architectural approaches: one in which you centralize a lot more of the traffic and the other using a number of appliances running software in the cloud (the so-called “smart edge routers”). The latter one is the NFV/SDN use case at the edge, providing services that way, solving the same problem. The bandwidth increase requirements will be high, with broadband access and a lot of services to go with that, so edge routing can get quite expensive, hence NFV to the rescue… We started seeing some 100G metro optical activity at the end of 2014 with initial deployments, with the ramp starting in 2015. The industry projects this to take off in 2016, with telcos, MSOs, Web 2.0 and cloud providers being engaged.
Ronald Gruia: Stu, based on your Verizon experience, how do most carriers plan out their rollouts for metro and long haul? Are these typically independently funded? How can we model the carrier CAPEX spend – is it associated with end customer demand and traffic load patterns in their networks?
Dr. Stu Elby: Well, for a large operator, typically, the metro capacity management is separate from capacity management for long haul. The 100G metro and long haul rollouts are independently funded. The CAPEX is pegged mainly to the next few years’ growth rates in end customer demand, and the traffic loading patterns in the network – it’s a granular model.
The buildout will take a while, more like 3 years and depend on end customer demand for metro optical services. The backbone network modeling is all about capacity while the metro is about capacity growth, but also delivering services. A large operator like Verizon has business customers asking for Ethernet services and such… coupling that with other demands on its metro network - such as 4G traffic backhaul - will make it necessary to have 100G optical transport speeds in metro regions, which aligns with its 100G long haul optical network.
Ronald Gruia: Will 4G backhaul traffic make it necessary to have 100G optical transport speeds in the metro regions?
Dr. Stu Elby: We are in the middle of the 4G rollout cycle right now, so it will take a while… If you are looking at North America, there is not really that much coming up in terms of spectrum auctions. The LTE tower traffic is growing, and there is still a lot of 10G out there. Things such as social networking, video, bandwidth-intensive applications and sharing of user-generated content that is going to your laptop – it’s a lot of small pieces that will drive up the requirements. Also, don’t forget about small cells, and eventually 5G, which will be another step-function coming up starting around the 2020 timeframe.
Ronald Gruia: What is the role that SDN will play in these rollouts? Is the technology mature, particularly when it comes to orchestration, or do we need to see some more progress?
Dr. Stu Elby: It’s definitely mature enough to be rolled out. Infinera did this back in March with a large carrier, delivering Layer 1 packet services (Telstra’s Pacnet deployment). This deployment has been live since then, and offers high-performance, self-provisioned, dynamic network services across the points of presence of the old Pacnet footprint. It’s a globally connected, on-demand networking SDN-enabled platform.
The business model allows customers using their datacenters to pay for bandwidth at the packet or optical layer – no contract needed. Let’s say you need 50G from Hong Kong to Sydney for an event – you pay for this one-time network-on-demand without needing a contract, so it’s quite unique. We helped set up an automated, multi-vendor network with centralized management and control. This is the essence of SDN.
The setup also involved a self-service web portal that their customers use to make the request (i.e., when they want it to start and when they want it to end, etc.). The orchestration layer is fundamental – for it enables a new business model: bandwidth on demand, or pay for use, like the voice minute in the old POTS network. This without having to lay down a circuit, which leads to more sharing of the resources, higher utilization or better resource efficiency, giving the customers the capability to order a service on-demand. This is one example of SDN in action, but there are many other business models that are possible.
Ronald Gruia: Related to this question is the notion of orchestration, automation, network management… are these very distinct topics or do we have some sort of overlap among the three of them?
Dr. Stu Elby: SDN and network management are two separate topics – they can overlap, but if you look at the whole topic of network management, it involves all sorts of things such as fault management, configuration, etc. When you look at what the ONF (Open Networking Foundation) focus is… it’s mainly about configuration management - that’s what they are trying to solve.
Based on my experience, only about 20 percent of an operator’s time is spent doing fault management, and 80 percent of the time is just for provisioning… that’s the 80/20 rule of operations. This rule is an industry-wide number that keeps getting mentioned at various conferences.
With SDN, you are taking functions that are perhaps in silos across the layers of a network, or across vendor-specific infrastructure, and bringing them together via a centralized view. You are providing automation for provisioning tasks such as adding new nodes, capacity or services.
SDN is all about configuration management in an automated fashion. More automation means fewer hands-on, manual processes. Then you also have the topic of OSS/BSS, which can get very complex. The promise of SDN is that it can also create a next-gen OSS/BSS that is more automated and self-learning. We could be solving a big problem here.
Ronald Gruia: What is the market opportunity within the orchestration or the control plane, considering Ciena’s purchase of Cyan for approximately $488 million? Do we look at those two TAMs separately?
Dr. Stu Elby: Well, that is a subset of the overall OSS/BSS market, which is huge. Most large infrastructure vendors have their own solutions, while other players rely on partners. It is a big area, no doubt, and perhaps it’s a number that can be a multiple of a few times that figure. But it is also a very complex problem to solve. From a carrier’s perspective, you can view orchestration as your own business layer, and that is unique to every operator, whether you are talking about a hyperscale Web 2.0 player like Google or a carrier like Verizon or AT&T. Often, you might also need to bring in professional services, in order to help the carriers’ IT departments. But to create orchestration, you need to have someone integrate it into the business layer. So it’s no longer a “shrink wrap” product, and you need to bring in talents from different arenas – for instance, Accenture for integration and professional services and Mirantis for OpenStack.
Ronald Gruia: Consequently, given the recent focus on SDN and NFV are players like Infinera and Ciena moving “up the stack” transforming themselves from optical vendors to packet optical vendors and then augmenting their offerings with SDN/NFV (witness the Ciena acquisition of Cyan)?
Dr. Stu Elby: This is certainly the trend. That said quite a few previous attempts of following this strategy have failed. For instance, Nortel buying Bay Networks – they did have the vision about the “right angle turn” but in the end did not quite execute. Ciena also did this a while ago, buying World Wide Packet in order to deliver Ethernet-based carrier services.
If you buy a small company and bring them in, you have to do a good job integrating it… particularly if their expertise in the software domain. But the combination can be a good one. For instance, for the
packet switching card that we have, adding services (such as IP VPN) requires a lot of software expertise and traditionally the optical engineers did not have that.
With SDN, which separates the control layer from the hardware, you can spin up a team that writes the software – the packet logic for the hardware. SDN lowers the hurdle to make this blend of talents a successful one. Also, software is a lower cost business to be in, with people writing code rather than doing ASICs, which entail a multi-year investment. You take less risk with software…
Ronald Gruia: Who do you expect Infinera to run into the most within the context of SDN? What about multi-service domain orchestration? Would it be a different set of competitors?
Dr. Stu Elby: Our competitors have historically been in the optical domain – so you can think of a player like Ciena, with which we split the market in North America. Then there are quite a few newer competitors such as Huawei (not in North America, but in many other parts of the world), but they are multi-faceted network equipment vendors.
The packet players are definitely taking a very keen interest on SDN and also augmenting their capabilities elsewhere, so you can think of a Cisco, which also bought Tail-f. Then more networking focused vendors such as Arista, with which we have a partnership. SDN still is an emerging market, and there is no “shrink wrap” SDN. If you look at what Telstra did with Pacnet, they had to create an ecosystem and simply could not go to a single vendor. Because of the nature of SDN, we will not see a single, all encompassing package put together, but you will see a bunch of vendors, each focusing on a separate piece of the puzzle and contributing something to the overall solution.
The market is wide open right now, so you should not try to build everything but instead see what the problems are with the customer base that you have and focus on solving them. Our own approach is to do it in an open fashion without vendor “lock-in”, so if a carrier wants to use someone else’s controller, that’s fine. This was the philosophy behind our relationship with Arista, as we complement each other well.
Ronald Gruia: What about the datacenter optical – i.e., the interconnection of web-scale datacenters at 40/100G throughputs? Is that opportunity beginning to be realized now? Are those Web 2.0/Cloud/SaaS datacenters running ~100k servers per data center beginning to deploy optical interconnects between datacenters?
Dr. Stu Elby: Earlier this year, we launched a 100G optical platform for datacenter and carrier network interconnects, part of our Cloud Xpress datacenter interconnect family of products. We’re very pleased with our early traction and we believe we’re still the only company with a purpose-built solution that is on the market today. We’re still at the early stages but in a great position to succeed as ICPs continue to deploy new datacenters and built their DC infrastructures in a way that will require state of the art DC interconnect solutions to handle traffic demands.
Ramp-ups in 100G metro, long haul, and datacenter interconnect will continue to be the story in 2016, with an inflection point happening. Our datacenter business unit at Infinera is seeing that, and the web-scale players are going to push the envelope – companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft - it’s a pretty broad category in which we have strong customer traction.
Ronald Gruia: Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology – can you explain it in a bit more detail? How is Infinera positioned in this particular area with its 500G PIC-based optical systems?
Dr. Stu Elby: We already are on our third generation, and our first one went commercial back in 2005. Some people get hung up on the name. ICs allow multiple functions to be integrated onto a small form factor, and Moore’s Law says you will get a big jump in performance every 18 months, so we applied that to photonics. The latest generation is from 2012.
We have the DTN-X, our multi-terabit optical transport platform, which leverages the 500G super-channel PIC on a line card. The same PIC is used in the Cloud Xpress. The advantage of ICs: power, reliability… you control the solution out of the box – the system is incredibly reliable… the Cloud Xpress draws 1W per Gig – that’s the entire box – the chassis, the power supply, the interfaces to the routers, etc. That cannot happen without photonic integrated circuits.
By producing our own PICs, we are able to reduce our cost per wafer as demand grows. That’s a true differentiator that is evident from our increasing gross margins. As I said, we have the third generation chip and have been using it since 2012. We also have a roadmap where we will be going to terabit and multiple terabits and we have that sustainable roadmap thanks to integrated circuits. Going forward, PIC technology is the key building block for the scaling of bandwidth. And PICs will be a must have in order to get the cost points and the densities that carriers like a Verizon are after.
Ronald Gruia: Moving forward to the future, when do you think a carrier like Verizon will be interested in 200G and 400G upgrades for metro and long haul? Is there a desire by operators to optimize their fiber usage with the maximum optical transport capacity that is technologically and operationally possible?
Dr. Stu Elby: Verizon is already doing 100G today. They have 200G in the long-haul environment, and will likely be doing it in the metro environment. Also, you have to consider two things: the capacity of the fiber and the speed on the channel. Infinera is already at 500G speed on the channel…
Obviously, carriers want to optimize their fiber usage with the maximum optical transport capacity that is technologically and operationally possible. There are a lot of schemes out there – BPSK, QPSK, 8-QAM, 16-QAM… the idea is to get more bits per Hertz – more fiber capacity.
We are achieving the 10 terabit range now, but next you go to 20 terabit range. But you still can’t take a 16-QAM over several hundreds of kilometers. What’s really needed in the longer run is a flexible modulation scheme so that as you turn up, say, 16-QAM and when needed for longer reach, you drop it down to 8-QAM. That’s something that doesn’t exist yet, but I think that’s something that could happen. The other piece is fiber, with a whole bunch of wavelength ranges (bands). You have C-band, S-band, L-band - with more frequencies that could be used on top of what is being used by fiber today.
Ronald Gruia: Related to that but on the datacenter side of things, when will Infinera have a Terabit scale datacenter optical offering?
Dr. Stu Elby: We published some material on our portal including white papers, a video demo, etc.[1] on the industry’s first single-card terabit PIC field trial. This was done last year with Dante on GÉANT’s production network between Budapest, Hungary and Bratislava, Slovak Republic. This was a single-card, single-chip super-channel and large-scale PIC technology makes that a practical reality. Of course, we cannot reveal our going forward plans – but you can certainly expect terabit optical boxes in the future that will improve on the cost basis of existing boxes.
Stu, on behalf of Frost & Sullivan, I wanted to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us today. Your insights are really appreciated and it was extremely useful to hear your views from both the demand and supply side. Special thanks also to Reno Ybarra from Engage PR to help set this up. Again, our gratitude for your input and we look forward to continuing our dialogue going forward.
Ronald Gruia is the Director for Emerging Telecoms at Frost & Sullivan. He can be reached at rgruia@frost.com
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Tag Archives: School Prayers
Worrying report shows religious zealots undermining Scottish education
A comprehensive report by Prof Paul Braterman demonstrates the worrying penetration of the Scottish school system by religious zealots with profoundly unscientific views of evolution. It can be viewed at;
https://paulbraterman.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/creationism-in-scottish-schools-final-submission-to-scottish-parliament/
Additional relevant research by ESS entitled ‘Evidence of evangelical organisations targeting and accessing ‘non-denominational’ schools in Scotland’ (including specific Edinburgh information) can be accessed at;
http://edinburghsecularsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ESS-Evidence-of-Christians-Targeting-and-Accessing-Scottish-Schools-Sept-2013pdf.pdf
Posted in: General update , Tagged: creationism, education, school chaplains, school prayers, Scottish education commitees
Scottish state schools must have prayers! (religious observance). Westminster laws inherited in 1999 by Scottish Parliament still prevail.
ESS Communications Officer, Neil Barber, explains in the Scotsman (14 June) the difference between Religious and Moral Education and religious observance;
RME teacher Isdale Anderson accurately describes the important need for religious education: “To remove religious education from schools would be to leave pupils ignorant of the beliefs of millions of the world’s population” (letters 13th June). However, her description of her work as “ teaching religious and moral education (RME) in state non-denominational secondary schools” underscores an ongoing concern.
In addition to RME, so-called “non-denominational” schools are statutorily obliged to have regular Religious Observance (RO) which is often led by evangelising outsiders who might be less concerned than Ms Anderson to “encourage pupils to think for themselves.” RO is quite different from RME and, depending on the ethos of the school and the personal beliefs of the head teacher, may become exactly the “force-feeding” which she rightly condemns.
Let us not blur the distinction between RO and the work done by conscientious RME teachers like Ms Anderson.
The laws that govern religious observance in Scottish schools were determined by the UK Westminster Parliament before devolution and are similar to those that apply in England. They have never been reviewed by the Scottish Parliament in the fifteen years of its existence. Is it not about time that it used the powers that it has?
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Thanks for the post
Mike, thanks for the post. I will be following the Conway City Council activities in the weeks to come.
I hope that the fears of the residents of Wild Wing will turn out to be unfounded, and the re-opening of the Vulcan plant will not be the
nuisance those protesting residents are wary of.
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Yesterday's City Council Meeting
Here is a report on yesterday's meeting of the Conway City Council.
The Opposition is not satisfied, so I suppose they will continue when Vulcan applies to get their permits to construct the plant.
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-stran...ard/1218704292
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Thank you for posting this update. Maybe Vulcan should have proposed it as a "Green, sustainable aggregate recycling facility to reduce the requirements to mine raw materials from the Earth." No one probably would have showed up in opposition at the meeting...
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Originally Posted by ShortlinesUSA
Touche on that one, Mike!
One of my photos from last year's visit. Has it really been that long? Amazing. But here is an example of what y'all can do if you steal a few hours away on a family vacation, as I did here.
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Thanks for posting the phot, Mike. The Facebook crowd reports a lot of gondola cars in the Lowes and Atlantic Center for Business and Industry recently.
Also, I was wondering if anyone here reads Railroad & Railfan magazine, which one Facebook poster said had an article on the possibility of RJCorman running an excursion train between Conway and Myrtle Beach, which seems highly unlikely for a long time to come, considering, that if things don't get stopped by the Wild Wing homeowner opposition, and Vulcan does get approval for its plans to reopen its crushed stone facility
outside of Conway, is predicted to be near the end of this year before the long unit trains return to that site.
Railroad & Railfan magazine seems to be hard to find, and the magazine article is said to have been prompted by a WPDE15 news report, which I was unable to find with searches on both Yahoo and Google.
Hope there is someone here who could fill us in on the details.
I had to wrack my brain, but I knew I had heard something of this story. Local politicos are a bit ahead of RJ Corman on this one. Still much work to do. But I will say at least there is some chance of the company being receptive, as they operate the "My Old Kentucky Dinner Train" on their flagship line in the Bluegrass State.
https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/rai...9b32b4c08.html
Looks like RJ Corman received some grant money from the NCDOT to help this facility become a reality. At least, that's all I can figure "an industrial park near Whiteville" would be.
https://www.progressiverailroading.c...-grants--55558
Originally Posted by TheOldMan
Did anybody here know that RJCorman had bought the Georgia Pacific plant (is it between Chadbourn and Whiteville?) from Columbus County for something like 2 & 1/2 million dollars?
There was some news about a company that does something with railroad ties at or near that location, with a load of ties arriving there.
Here we are looking at yet another catastrophic weather scenario for the line, as it looks like the brunt of Florence will strike the general area of the RJ Corman Carolina Lines. Hopefully this is not the third required rebuild.
My thoughts and prayers are with those of you in the storm's path. Be safe!
Thanks for the well wishes, Mike. I think considering how bad the storm could have been, I am very thankful it wasn't worse than it was.
Of course, now we have this horrible flooding, which is going to disrupt my own life, because I have some out of town work in Mullins, SC, which I obviously cannot do, until the flood waters go down.
And, I am also hoping the damage to the railroad won't be as bad as it could have been, although with both Mullins and Nichols flooded, and of course, Conway, with more flooding
on the way, it won't be good for the railroad.
Looks like the flooding has been bad, but I guess subsiding at this point? I did go to Charleston to visit with my family, and read the paper there every day, and flooding seemed to be completely centered on the RJCS in Nichols and Conway at a minimum.
Any updates on how the railroad has fared in all of this? I really feel for all of the families losing homes and possessions, so please don't misinterpret that question. That's just a portion of the stories of misery the media is not covering at this point.
I had written a rather detailed reply earlier in the day but must have pushed the wrong button.
Mullins has come thru the flooding, although Conway and Nichols have still got a wait ahead of them.
I have seen some video taken by a drone and the Waccamaw River drawbridge, in the open for boats position, is flooded very high up onto the operators house. The depot in Conwayy is also flooded, after Ken Pippin reported on Facebook that he had moved things in the buildig to the highest levels there.
I think the Waccamaw level has come down about 2 feet the last I heard.
I had read reeports that Chadburn was flooded, but not now. There was some video posted of some lumber cars there, with 2 or 3 locomotives, moving those cars into the wye.
Glad to know that the track and rolling stock at that location are in operating condition.
OK, this is good to hear, and thank you for the update. I am glad you are doing OK. Sounds like it will be a long road to recovery once the waters recede for many folks in that region.
Vulcan Plant near Conway, SC
Over on the RJCarolinas Facebook message board, which has the most dedicated and consecrated observers of that line southeast of the Waccamaw River, who contastantly post videos of train movements, along with still photos, word is that plans are going forward with Vulcan's reopening of their crushed stone plant outside of Conway. What is being reported on that Facebook page is rather vague and conflictiing, but I plan to keep following the story and will keepe the Railpictures board members up to date.
Derailment
Friday of last week, one loaded lumber flat car derailed before the train got to Mullins, SC. No one was injured. Cause of the derailment was said to be a broken rail that had gone undetected.
New Rails for RJCarolinas line
It's been reported that near Chadburn, some new, welded rails have been put in place.
And, that early next year, trains with modern heavy duty rails will be bringing in more rails to be welded together.
No details yet on exactly where the rail replacements are going to be, or the total length of track replacements, but I'm sure will will find out later on.
I know early in this thread, it was pointed out that the line had bolted, and not welded rails, and also that the roadbed was not in good condition. Over on Facebook, the improvement of welded rails has been discussed, and also, the condition of the roadbed, said to be weakend by the recent excess rain was also mentioned.
The updates are greatly appreciated! Yes, many spots along the line (particularly between Fair Bluff and Nichols) run through swampy areas with ROW maintenance challenges. The best rails, ties, and ballast can't overcome an unstable substructure...
Within the past week, a rail train has arrived in Mullins, SC, and is backed up on RJC's track to where the Marion County railroad starts.
Also, along the track there are a lot of piles of ties.
Documents presented to the Horry County Council's Transportation Committee, show that plans to put in heavy, welded rails will extend to Nichols SC, and heavy tie replacements will be done thru MP 339, 11.?? miles before the end of the line at Oak Street in Myrtle Beach.
MP 339 is in the vicinity of the Atlantic Center For Business and Industry outside of Conway, where the heaviest traffic, supposedly including that to the Vulcan plant would go.
Nothing yet in Myrtle Beach, except some construction at the Depot there, said to be booked for all kinds of events well into 2019. There have been some claims that RJC's contingent lease east of the waterway is not finalized, and I have not seen any RJC maintenance vehicles in Myrtle Beach, but under that lease (which excludes the sabotaged Pine Island Drawbridge), RJC is obligated to keep the track free of weeds, which has been done recently.
Anything new to report? Vacation is coming up in a couple of weeks.
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Been somre written reports from people working near Yeager Avene between the Atlantic Center for Business and Industry, and the Wild Wing Golf course and residential section, that Vulcan's Rock crushing facility should be opening in October of this year, on that road. Reports that gondola cars carrying ties for siding construction are in the area, and there has been work including electrical system connections being done at the plant site. So far, no one has posted any photos, my getting this news from the JRCorman site on Facebook.
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THE LIFE-SAVERS AND THEIR APPARATUS
Russell Doubleday
Forming the outside boundary of Great South Bay, Long Island, a long row of sand-dunes faces the ocean. In summer groups of laughing bathers splash in the gentle surf at the foot of the low sand-hills, while the sun shines benignly over all. The irregular points of vessels' sails notch the horizon as they are swept along by the gentle summer breezes. Old Ocean is in a playful mood, and even children sport in his waters.
After the last summer visitor has gone, and the little craft that sail over the shallow bay have been hauled up high and dry, the pavilions deserted and the bathing-houses boarded up, the beaches take on a new aspect. The sun shines with a cold gleam, and the surf has an angry snarl to it as it surges up the sandy slopes and then recedes, dragging the pebbles after it with a rattling sound. The outer line of sand-bars, which in summer breaks the blue sea into sunny ripples and flashing whitecaps, then churns the water into fury and grips with a mighty hold the keel of any vessel that is unlucky enough to be driven on them. When the keen winter winds whip through the beach grasses on the dunes and throw spiteful handfuls of cutting sand and spray; when the great waves pound the beach and the crested tops are blown off into vapour, then the life-saver patrolling the beach must be most vigilant.
All along the coast, from Maine to Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and the Pacific, these men patrol the beach as a policeman walks his beat. When the winds blow hardest and sleet adds cutting force to the gale, then the surfmen, whose business it is to save life regardless of their own comfort or safety, are most alert.
All day the wind whistled through the grasses and moaned round the corners of the life-saving station; the gusts were cold, damp, and penetrating. With the setting of the sun there was a lull, but when the patrols started out at eight o'clock, on their four-hours' tour of duty, the wind had risen again and was blowing with renewed force. Separating at the station, one surf man went east and the other west, following the line of the surf-beaten beach, each carrying on his back a recording clock in a leather case, and also several candle-like Coston lights and a wooden handle.
“Wind's blowing some,” said one of the men, raising his voice above the howl of the blast.
“Hope nothing hits the bar to-night,” the other answered. Then both trudged off in opposite directions.
With pea-coats buttoned tightly and sou'westers tied down securely, the surfmen fought the gale on their watch-tour of duty. At the end of his beat each man stopped to take a key attached to a post, and, inserting it in the clock, record the time of his visit at that spot, for by this means is an actual record kept of the movements of the patrol at all times.
With head bent low in deference to the force of the blast, and eyes narrowed to slits, the surfman searched the seething sea for the shadowy outlines of a vessel in trouble.
Perchance as he looked his eye caught the dark bulk of a ship in a sea of foam, or the faint lines of spars and rigging through the spume and frozen haze—the unmistakable signs of a vessel in distress. An instant's concentrated gaze to make sure, then, taking a Coston signal from his pocket and fitting it to the handle, he struck the end on the sole of his boot. Like a parlour match it caught fire and flared out a brilliant red light. This served to warn the crew of the vessel of their danger, or notified them that their distress was observed and that help was soon forthcoming; it also served, if the surfman was near enough to the station, to notify the lookout there of the ship in distress. If the distance was too great or the weather too thick, the patrol raced back with all possible speed to the station and reported what he had seen. The patrol, through his long vigils under all kinds of weather conditions, learns every foot of his beat thoroughly, and is able to tell exactly how and where a stranded vessel lies, and whether she is likely to be forced over on to the beach or whether she will stick on the outer bar far beyond the reach of a line shot from shore.
In a few words spoken quickly and exactly to the point—for upon the accuracy of his report much depends—he tells the situation. For different conditions different apparatus is needed. The vessel reported one stormy winter's night struck on the shoal that runs parallel to the outer Long Island beach, far beyond the reach of a line from shore. Deep water lies on both sides of the bar, and after the shoal is passed the broken water settles down a little and gathers speed for its rush for the beach. These conditions were favourable for surf-boat work, and as the surfman told his tale the keeper or captain of the crew decided what to do.
The crew ran the ever-ready surf-boat through the double doors of its house down the inclined plane to the beach. Resting in a carriage provided with a pair of broad-tired wheels, the light craft was hauled by its sturdy crew through the clinging sand and into the very teeth of the storm to the point nearest the wreck.
The surf rolled in with a roar that shook the ground; fringed with foam that showed even through that dense midnight darkness, the waves were hungry for their prey. Each breaker curved high above the heads of the men, and, receding, the undertow sucked at their feet and tried to drag them under. It did not seem possible that a boat could be launched in such a sea. With scarcely a word of command, however, every man, knowing from long practice his position and specific duties, took his station on either side of the buoyant craft and, rushing into the surf, launched her; climbing aboard, every man took his appointed place, while the keeper, a long steering-oar in his hands, stood at the stern. All pulled steadily, while the steersman, with a sweep of his oar, kept her head to the seas and with consummate skill and judgment avoided the most dangerous crests, until the first watery rampart was passed. Adapting their stroke to the rough water, the six sturdy rowers propelled their twenty-five-foot unsinkable boat at good speed, though it seemed infinitely slow when they thought of the crew of the stranded vessel off in the darkness, helpless and hopeless. Each man wore a cork jacket, but in spite of their encumbrances they were marvellously active.
As is sometimes the case, before the surf-boat reached the distressed vessel she lurched over the bar and went driving for the beach.
The crew in the boat could do nothing, and the men aboard the ship were helpless. Climbing up into the rigging, the sailors waited for the vessel to strike the beach, and the life-savers put for shore again to get the apparatus needed for the new situation. To load the surf-boat with the wrecked, half-frozen crew of the stranded vessel, when there was none too much room for the oarsmen, and then encounter the fearful surf, was a method to be pursued only in case of dire need. To reach the wreck from shore was a much safer and surer method of saving life, not only for those on the vessel, but also for the surfmen.
The beach apparatus has received the greatest attention from inventors, since that part of the life-savers' outfit is depended upon to rescue the greatest number.
With a rush the surf-boat rolled in on a giant wave amid a smother of foam, and no sooner had her keel grated on the sand than her crew were out knee-deep in the swirling water and were dragging her up high and dry.
A minute later the entire crew, some pulling, some steering, dragged out the beach wagon. A light framework supported by two broad-tired wheels carried all the apparatus for rescue work from the beach. Each member of the crew had his appointed place and definite duties, according to printed instructions which each had learned by heart, and when the command was given every man jumped to his place as a well-trained man-of-war's-man takes his position at his gun.
Over hummocks of sand and wreckage, across little inlets made by the waves, in the face of blinding sleet and staggering wind, the life-savers dragged the beach wagon on the run.
Through the mist and shrouding white of the storm the outlines of the stranded vessel could just be distinguished.
Bringing the wagon to the nearest point, the crew unloaded their appliances.
Two men then unloaded a sand-anchor—an immense cross—and immediately set to work with shovels to dig a hole in the sand and bury it. While this was being done two others were busy placing a bronze cannon (two and one-half-inch bore) in position; another got out boxes containing small rope wound criss-cross fashion on wooden pins set upright in the bottom. The pins merely held the rope in its coils until ready for use, when board and pegs were removed. The free end of the line was attached to a ring in the end of the long projectile which the captain carried, together with a box of ammunition slung over his shoulders. The cylindrical projectile was fourteen and one-half inches long and weighed seventeen pounds. All these operations were carried on at once and with utmost speed in spite of the great difficulties and the darkness.
While the surf boomed and the wind roared, the captain sighted the gun—aided by Nos. 1 and 2 of the crew—aiming for the outstretched arms of the yards of the wrecked vessel. With the wind blowing at an almost hurricane rate, it was a difficult shot, but long practice under all kinds of difficulties had taught the captain just how to aim. As he pulled the lanyard, the little bronze cannon spit out fire viciously, and the long projectile, to which had been attached the end of the coiled line, sailed off on its errand of mercy. With a whir the line spun out of the box coil after coil, while the crew peered out over the breaking seas to see if the keeper's aim was true. At last the line stopped uncoiling and the life-savers knew that the shot had landed somewhere. For a time nothing happened, the slender rope reached out into the boiling waves, but no answering tugs conveyed messages to the waiting surfmen from the wrecked seamen.
At length the line began to slip through the fingers of the keeper who held it and moved seaward, so those on shore knew that the rope had been found and its use understood. The line carried out by the projectile served merely to drag out a heavy rope on which was run a sort of trolley carrying a breeches-buoy or sling.
The men on the wreck understood the use of the apparatus, or read the instructions printed in several languages with which the heavy rope was tagged. They made the end of the strong line fast to the mast well above the reach of the hungry seas, and the surfmen secured their end to the deeply buried sand-anchor, an inverted V-shaped crotch placed under the rope holding it above the water on the shore end. When this had been done, as much of the slack was taken up as possible, and the wreck was connected with the beach with a kind of suspension bridge.
All this occupied much time, for the hands of the sailors were numb with cold, the ropes stiff with ice, while the wild and angry wind snatched at the tackle and tore at the clinging figures.
In a trice the willing arms on shore hauled out the buoy by means of an endless line reaching out to the wreck and back to shore. Then with a joy that comes only to those who are saving a fellow-creature from death, the life-savers saw a man climb into the stout canvas breeches of the hanging buoy, and felt the tug on the whip-line that told them that the rescue had begun. With a will they pulled on the line, and the buoy, carrying its precious burden, rolled along the hawser, swinging in the wind, and now and then dipping the half-frozen man in the crests of the waves. It seemed a perilous journey, but as long as the wreck held together and the mast remained firmly upright the passengers on this improvised aerial railway were safe.
One after the other the crew were taken ashore in this way, the life-savers hauling the breeches-buoy forward and back, working like madmen to complete their work before the wreck should break up. None too soon the last man was landed, for he had hardly been dragged ashore when the sturdy mast, being able to stand the buffeting of the waves no longer, toppled over and floated ashore.
The life-savers' work is not over when the crew of a vessel is saved, for the apparatus must be packed on the beach wagon and returned to the station, while the shipwrecked crew is provided with dry clothing, fed, and cared for. The patrol continues on his beat throughout the night without regard to the hardships that have already been undergone.
The success of the surfmen in saving lives depends not only on their courage and strength, supplemented by continuous training which has been proved time and again, but the wonderful record of the life-saving service is due as well to the efficient appliances that make the work of the men effective.
Besides the apparatus already described, each station is provided with a kind of boat-car which has a capacity for six or seven persons, and is built so that its passengers are entirely enclosed, the hatch by which they enter being clamped down from the inside. When there are a great many people to be saved, this car is used in place of the breeches-buoy. It is hung on the hawser by rings at either end and pulled back and forth by the whip-line; or, if the masts of the vessel are carried away and there is nothing to which the heavy rope can be attached so that it will stretch clear above the wave-crests, in such an emergency the life-car floats directly on the water, and the whip-line is used to pull it to the shore with wrecked passengers and back to the wreck for more.
Everything that would help to save life under any condition is provided, and a number of appliances are duplicated in case one or more should be lost or damaged at a critical time. Signal flags are supplied, and the surfmen are taught their use as a means of communicating with people aboard a vessel in distress. Telephones connect the stations, so that in case of any special difficulty two or even three crews may be combined. When wireless telegraphy comes into general use aboard ship the stations will doubtless be equipped with this apparatus also, so that ships may be warned of danger.
The 10,000 miles of the United States ocean, gulf, and Great Lakes coasts, exclusive of Alaska and the island possessions, are guarded by 265 stations and houses of refuge at this writing, and new ones are added every year. Practically all of this immense coast-line is patrolled or watched over during eight or nine stormy months, and those that “go down to the sea in ships” may be sure of a helping hand in time of trouble.
The dangerous coasts are more thickly studded with stations, and the sections that are comparatively free from life-endangering reefs are provided with refuge houses where supplies are stored and where wrecked survivors may find shelter.
The Atlantic coast, being the most dangerous to shipping, is guarded by more than 175 stations; the Great Lakes require fifty or more to care for the survivors of the vessels that are yearly wrecked on their harbourless shores. For the Gulf of Mexico eight are considered sufficient, and the long Pacific coast also requires but eight.
The Life-Saving Service, formerly under the Treasury Department, now an important part of the Department of Commerce and Labour, was organised by Sumner I. Kimball, who was put at its head in 1871, and the great success and glory it has won is largely due to his energy and efficient enthusiasm.
The Life-Saving Service publishes a report of work accomplished through the year. It is a dry recital of facts and figures, but if the reader has a little imagination he can see the record of great deeds of heroism and self-sacrifice written between the lines.
As vessels labour through the wintry seas along our coasts, and the on-shore winds roar through the rigging, while the fog, mist or snow hangs like a curtain all around, it is surely a comfort to those at sea to know that all along the dangerous coast men specially trained, and equipped with the most efficient apparatus known, are always ready to stretch out a helping hand.
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The government’s working style is distinctive. They have firm conviction that their way of functioning is correct. They devise plans, set them in motion, and hold back the information about their progress. Most of their time and energy is spend on adverts, supposedly after the completion of all the projects. The government has spent more than 11 billion rupees to buy space for advertisement, which might be troubling for the party supporters who never shy away from calling the media bikau (sold-out). Anyway this information is obtained from government papers and there is no doubt about its authenticity. The government, which is already on back foot owing to unfavorable demonetization data, may face the heat of this expose, though it is too much to expect a hard-hitting attack from the opposition.
Be that as it may, Modi government has spent more than 11 billion rupees on its propaganda. Rambir Tanwar, an RTI crusader, in order to know Modi Government’s expenditure on advertisement from its inception to August 2016, he started his investigation from 29 August 2016. To his astonishment he found that the government has spent 11 billion rupees on advertising. He shared that information with me, and after authenticating his information I am sharing it with you.
Here are some of the facts related to government’s spending on advertisement or promotional campaign, which includes money given to broadcast, community radio, the Internet, Doordarshan, digital cinema, production, telecast, SMS and some other media. Following are the break-up of expenses: On SMS rupees 9.07 crores were spent in 2014, rupees 5.15 crore in 2015 and rupees 3.86 crores spent till August 2016. On the internet rupees 6.6 crore were spent in 2014, rupees 14.13 crore were spent in 2015 and rupees 1.99 crore till August 2016. On broadcast rupees 64.39 crore were spent in 2014, rupees 94.54 crore in 2015 and rupees 40.63 crore until August 2016. On community radio rupees 88.4 lakh were spend in 2014, rupees 2.27 crore in 2015 and 81.45 lakhs until August 2016. On digital cinema rupees 77 crore were spent in 2014, rupees 1 billion in 2015 and rupees 6.23 crore were spent unit August 2016. On telecast, rupees 2.36 billion were spent in 2014, rupees 2.45 billion in 2015 and rupees 38.71 crore till August 2016. On production rupees 8.20 crore were spent in 2014, rupees 13.90 crore in 2015 and rupees 1.29 crore till August 2016. If we look at the year-wise figures, then we will find out that from 1 June 2014 to 31 March 2015, rupees 4.48 billion were spent; from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016, rupees 5.42 billion were spent; while from 1 April 2016 to 11 August 2016, rupees 1.20 billion rupees spent.
The government claims that most of its senior leaders pay the bill of their tea and snacks from their own pockets. Now the question bobs up, if this information is correct, and to me there is no doubt about its authenticity, then it would not have accede 5 to 10 crore of rupees. But spending rupees 1100 crore on advertisement is annoying, and demands audit as to in what stage the work of the advertised schemes are? As of now no television or newspapers look into it. If in two and half years, the expenditure on advertising is rupees 1100 crores, then the total estimated expenditure for advertisement in five years would be somewhere near rupees 3000 crore.
Compare government spending on advertisement with that of the campaign of newly elected American president Donald Trump. He high-tech campaign cost Rs 800 crores. If a central government spends so much money in our country, then it is a matter of concern. Now I am putting this fact in front of you because andh-bhakt will not understand, but desh-bhakt will do and these are worrying facts. Because the Prime Minister himself has said that those who criticize are people who are spreading despair. He went on the extent that inflation is not new; prices kept increasing. If the growth rate falls, let it be. Had it not fall earlier? He also said that the growth rate has dropped five times. The question arises as to how can you tell that you are better than others?
The fruition of your schemes is not being seen by common people, which is a matter of concern. All we have to say is that people whom you accused of spreading despair are not spreading despair; they simply bring facts which the government has been ignoring. Our Prime Minister and the Finance Minister have few days earlier emphatically denied that the pace of our economy has weakened or we are on the verge of recession. Growth rate has decreased. Both of them had said that our growth rate had increased, though at that time we had written and said that analyzing our data, the whole world is saying that there is slowdown, and our growth rate may fall. But in high-pitched tone the government maintained the growth rate will not fall at all. According to them growth rate has increased, people are lying. Now the Prime Minister himself is conceding the fact that the growth rate has come down, with the rider: has it fallen for the first time? He is trying to prove himself right by calling the criticism pessimism of the frustrated people.
As for slump in growth rate, of course it often comes down, but you need to be at guard, lest you should not have to say that recession is commonplace. Of course the world has experience recession earlier? But, politicians do not run the country; the country is run by officials. They will be asked after this government is gone that in what mess they have let the country to plunge in?
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Dave Wallace:
After last issue's fantastic prologue, I can't deny that I was expecting a little more from the first issue of "Return of the King". Wilson Fisk's return to Hell's Kitchen is surprisingly low-key — especially given the manner in which he was forced to return — and although Ed Brubaker writes the character well, there's a slight sense of anticlimax to the Kingpin's reappearance here.
Perhaps I'm being a little too hard on the book, as there are certainly elements to enjoy in this issue. The Kingpin's rapport with Turk and the new location of Josie's bar establish strong links with the Miller era of Daredevil, and the character design for Wilson Fisk makes him feel more like the genuinely dangerous street criminal that we saw in the later issues of Bendis' run than the more removed white-suited businessman that we know from the character's earlier appearances. The scenes between Matt and Dakota are also well-played, and the return of Milla's parents ensures that the events of the arc will put as much pressure on Matt Murdock as on Daredevil. We're even given another chance to check in with Master Izo, who I'm keen to see developed as a major part of Daredevil's world. The trouble is, none of these scenes really takes the story anywhere new, and they feel more like a recap of the story so far than anything else.
The issue's artwork helps to make up for the deficit in plot, as Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano and Matt Hollingsworth shake things up a little on a visual level, employing more vivid colours than usual and providing a couple of fairly stark sequences that stand out against the dark grittiness that the book usually provides. The sequence that sees Matt practice his martial arts against a bright red background feels like something out of Kill Bill, and the moment at which he confronts the photographer who took photos of his tryst with Dakota is given extra emphasis by the flash of bright primary colour that accentuates Daredevil's appearance. Elsewhere, there's more of the same atmospheric noir-ish quality that has become one of the most important parts of the book in recent years, helping to build the tension for the confrontation between Matt and Fisk that closes the issue.
This issue of Daredevil is the first to be released since Marvel announced the news that Ed Brubaker will be leaving the book in a few issues' time. Perhaps that has overshadowed my enjoyment of the issue a little, as it's inevitable that the knowledge that these will be the last few issues of his run has exacerbated the sense that the plot is moving a little too slowly, and that not very much has happened to push the story forward here. The final few pages are the most interesting, setting up a new wrinkle in the relationship between the Kingpin and Daredevil — but it's the one interesting development in an otherwise fairly static issue. Having said that, a middling issue of Daredevil is still better than most superhero books on the stands at the moment. I just hope that things pick up a little bit over the next couple of chapters, so that Brubaker can leave the book on a high.
I'll admit that I had kind of lost interest in Daredevil. I dropped the book a few months back during the first appearance of Lady Bullseye. There was no one individual factor that led to my decision; it was more of a combination of economic hardship and the fact I just wasn't as invested in the book anymore.
But then along came Daredevil #116. The Kingpin was back! The word was that the issue was great, a real return to form for the series. All of the above was true. It was a great individual issue, focusing almost completely on the Kingpin and his attempt at starting afresh in Europe. Of course, a man with such a violent history cannot turn his back on it completely. Instead it came and sought him out, hurting the surrogate family he had made for himself. So the scene is set for this issue and Kingpin's return to New York.
This issue's first scene is one of those classic scenes we see every so often when a character returns and every head in the joint (in this case an underground bar, literally) turns in shock. Throughout the book it is snowing in New York and it
really does add to the atmosphere of the book. There's a great scene of a couple of Hand ninjas running across the rooftops whilst the snow continues to fall. It's a great visual rendered nicely by Michael Lark. A mention for Matt Hollingsworth as well as he does good work once again with the colours. He is as synonymous with the character as Brubaker, Lark and Aja are in my opinion. He has provided a great consistency for the series over the course of this run.
As always, the best scenes involve both Daredevil and the Kingpin. A final scene between the two provides not only the cliff-hanger for the issue but a glimpse into the Kingpin's revenge-driven mindset. There's a now classic quote from the buy guy himself: "And I – I have shown him … that a man without hope is a man without fear."
After the events of the last issue and everything else the Kingpin has been through, the above quote is now a fairly accurate description of Wilson Fisk himself. It's a nice turnaround, and I love the relationship between Murdock and Fisk and how it has evolved over the years.
So, why the average 3 bullet score? The strength of the previous issue has something to do with it as Daredevil #116 is a great character piece, a change in art and a great prologue that builds up anticipation for what's to come. This issue though is one of transition, moving the players where they need to be in preparation. This is still good comics though with strong writing and art and the arc promises to be a memorable one. Also going on the recent news that Andy Diggle is taking over the book this summer, this story arc has the potential to be a great send off for Brubaker.
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Inside My Mother by Ali Cobby Eckermann
Giramondo Publishing, 2015
Celebrated South Australian writer Ali Cobby Eckermann’s fourth volume of poetry, Inside My Mother, is her most substantial and diverse collection to date. Although the book includes a handful of reworked earlier pieces, most of the seventy-three poems are new. Across four sections, these poems enrich and intensify the politically urgent subject matter that Cobby Eckermann’s oeuvre has, over the past decade or so, addressed so effectively. As an Aboriginal descended from the Yankunytjatjara language group, Cobby Eckermann’s chief concern is to express what she sees as the untold truth of Aboriginal people, both in terms of vital aspects of their culture, as well as regarding the (ongoing) detrimental impact of European colonisation. In this new work, Cobby Eckermann’s personal story provides a strong substructure in relation to which these larger issues are artfully explored.
One of the major strengths of the volume is the skill with which Cobby Eckermann employs a varying array of personas, voices and styles to convey her material. With respect to the autobiographical pieces, it is largely through first person lyrical verse and third person narrative that we learn of her struggle for identity, and its resolution in her (re)connection to her Aboriginal birth family (adopted out under questionable circumstances, she was raised to adulthood by a white family). Overall, the notion of family is a key motif, and cycling through the work is what this idea means in Aboriginal spirituality: family is a broad but vital network involving both the living and the dead, and, importantly, their interrelatedness with the environment. Thus, in ‘Tjukurrpa’, Cobby Eckermann writes: ‘my father is the sand dune / that rock is my mother’. The book’s title poem, a high point, illustrates this interrelatedness with a potent image of her mother’s death:
my mother the dying
throws sand in her face, tasting the grit
in her mouth and wailing louder throws herself
forward, pushing her breasts into the softness
of the earth, her mother
and I walk away leaving her there
in that cradle, safely nestled in the roots
of that tree, safe in her country
our solace her grave
The maternal, a much-debated Western concept since the emergence of feminism, is approached quite differently here: the theme of mother opens out to a set of challenging, non-European inflections that multiply its possibilities.
In the same way, elements of the natural world are transformed in these poems: sun, moon, sky, birds, trees, sand, water, shells (and more) appear again and again, in various states, almost as characters playing as central a part as the human figures. There is a constant sense of movement between and within these elements, a circulation that calls to mind Stuart Cooke’s linkage of contemporary Aboriginal poetry to the poetics of traditional Aboriginal songpoetry. The songpoem, as Cooke notes, is an ‘assemblage of various human and nonhuman actors’, and, in the telling, ‘the emphasis on any particular subjectivity recedes amid multiple subjectivities’ (91-92). Such a dispersal of priority also occurs in relation to time. Amongst the poems, past and present experiences intermingle: a poem set in the present in an Aboriginal city camp, for example, in the voice of an Aboriginal man (the highly aural ‘Marry Up’), sits alongside one concerning a young girl, set forty odd years ago in an Aboriginal mission (‘The Letter’). Likewise, a contemporary lyric in which Cobby Eckermann expresses her communion with animal life (‘Heartbeat’ – ‘boobook owls permeate / their call transmutes me’) leads into a narrative set in a time prior to Western impact (‘Innermost’, wherein a woman mourns her husband killed on a hunt). Such placements are both affectively resonant in their abuttal, and perform the cultural belief that the past, especially as a spiritual modality, remains very much alive in the present.
Cobby Eckermann has said that Aboriginal writing is necessarily political, and this collection is openly so in its drawing attention to Australia’s historical maltreatment of Aboriginals, and to the social injustices that abound today. Poems mourn, lament, protest, and rage against a host of violations, and some, such as ‘Unearth’, constitute a metaphorical call to arms:
let’s dig up the soil and excavate the past
breathe life into the bodies of our ancestors
the sound of rising warriors echo
there is blood on the truth
Several poems point to the importance of the survival of Aboriginal languages (language is another variation of mother). Not only is poetic impact heightened by the scattering of Aboriginal language words and the periodic pidgin English voice, but these function to subvert the dominance of English. The poetry is in the main rhythmically strong which, together with frequent repetitions, achieves – again – a songlike quality. I contend too (cautiously, given my ‘white’ consciousness) that an Aboriginal sensibility is detectable at a syntactic level. The lack of punctuation connotes an informality, and the many poems made of spare couplets or tercets invite a measured reading, allowing for reverberation and silence. This overlaps with the Aboriginal way of listening to one another and to the land, as expressed in ‘Kulila’:
sit down sorry camp
might be one week might
be long long time
sit down here real quiet way
It is evident here, and in structural decisions more generally, that Cobby Eckermann is adept at matching form and content.
There are, however, a few syntactical blemishes that stand in contrast. Occasionally, there is awkward phrasing or a diction that jars; this tends to occur in more abstract or complex passages. A few such pieces are rather overloaded and here, less would be more (as in “Kaleidoscope”). But working at the linguistic crossroads of two cultures – in English but from an Aboriginal perspective – Cobby Eckermann is perhaps entitled to the odd entanglement. Had I more room, I would go on to detail more of the collection’s powerful imagery (Cobby Eckermann’s training as a visual artist is palpable). As a final comment, though, it must be said that this volume continues to advance the significance of Cobby Eckermann’s writing in the context not only of Australian, but also world, literature. Its poetic achievements are considerable, and the ethico-political value of a text such as this is immense. What remains, as the collection itself frets over, is the challenge of integrating the thrust of this work into our social reality.
Cooke, Stuart. ‘From Songpoetry to Contemporary Aboriginal Poetry.’ A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature. Ed. Belinda Wheeler. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2013.
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Anne-Marie Newton is a Perth writer whose poetry and prose has appeared in several Australian-based journals (including Island, Westerly, Southern Review), and has been broadcast on Australian national radio. Her poetry has also won prizes in Australian competitions. She holds degrees and post-graduate qualifications in several disciplines, and has recently completed a PhD (Cultural Studies/Philosophy) exploring the thought of continental philosophers, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
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Volume 8 - Issue 2 - Spring 1982
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Reflections on the Arkansas Creation Trial
Joel Cracraft
Kosmoceras: Evolutionary Jumps and Sedimentary Breaks
David M. Raup, Rex E. Crick
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2015, pp. 90-100
Brinkmann (1929) argued that phyletic evolution in the Jurassic ammonite Kosmoceras is sufficiently linear that the amount of time missing at diastems can be estimated by the magnitude of morphologic jumps at those horizons. Brinkmann's unpublished raw data have been re-analyzed in order to evaluate the association between evolutionary jumps and physical breaks. All horizons in Brinkmann's 1400 centimeter stratigraphic section have been tested for morphological jumps. Up to 40 statistically significant morphological jumps exist in the section, the actual number depending on the sample interval used. A few of these correspond to the jumps found by Brinkmann and a few coincide with diastems. However, the correspondence between morphological jumps and physical breaks is not as consistent as was thought by Brinkmann. Furthermore, it is argued that the association between physical and biological discontinuities is not dependent on linear evolution but rather is the expected condition wherever phyletic evolution occurs. Due to the irregularity and unpredictability of evolutionary change in Kosmoceras, morphologic jumps cannot be used to assess the amount of time missing at diastems.
A Turn in the Right Direction: Simulation of Erect Spiral Growth in the Bryozoans Archimedes and Bugula
Frank K. McKinney, David M. Raup
Colonies of the fossil bryozoan Archimedes and erect, spiralled species of the living bryozoan Bugula consist of wedge-shaped systems of radially diverging, bifurcated branches that extend from a helical axial margin. Morphology of these colonies may be simulated using few growth rules. These include 1) radius of the central helical margin (RAD), 2) rate of climb of central helical margin (ELEV), 3) radial angle between successive branches that originate from the central helical margin (ANG), 4) radial growth of all branches, 5) angle between branches and axis of central helical margin (BWANG), 6) distance between three adjacent, radially diverging branches at which the central branch bifurcates into two branches equally spaced between the two side branches (XMIN), and 7) placement of a spacing bar at base of newly bifurcated branches. In addition, size constraints on the simulations must be stipulated.
Simulations are begun at a proximal point along the central helix where a radial branch originates and are “grown” in repetitive steps by extending the central helical margin a distance distally, determined by ANG, then censusing established branches for XMIN in order to bifurcate appropriate branches and extend others in several short growth increments, etc. Growth of branches ceases at stipulated maximum width, and growth of the entire simulation ceases at stipulated maximum height.
The presence of a helical inner margin marked by uniformly spaced bifurcations generates the spiralled shape, i.e. ELEV must be a positive number. Values of RAD, ELEV (not zero), ANG and BWANG determine form of the spiral; the other growth rules apply to bifurcated unilaminate branch systems in general.
The range of observed colony forms and hypothetical morphospace of Archimedes may be simulated by varying BWANG, XMIN, and ELEV. RAD was kept constant, as its variation would be redundant with XMIN and ELEV. Variation in ANG affects near-helix morphology, but its influence is undetectable beyond this zone. Variability within colonies may be simulated by assigning to each variable a standard deviation with mean-centered randomly chosen values for each decision.
The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection: A Hierarchical Expansion
Anthony J. Arnold, Kurt Fristrup
Alleles, individuals, and species are all examples of entities possessing variation in the properties that underlie natural selection: branching (reproduction), persistence (survivorship), and heritability of characters. This suggests that the logic embodied in the theory of natural selection can be abstracted from its usual application to the level of individuals to encompass selection operating among any biological entities for which these essential properties can be meaningfully defined. This approach leads to a unified perspective of adaptation, selection, and fitness at all levels. Expanded versions of the Price covariance selection equations provide a convenient and useful conceptual vehicle for this discussion. The advantages of a hierarchical approach are twofold: it permits exploration of concepts and ideas across levels by analogy, and it focuses attention upon the mechanisms that account for different evolutionary dynamics at each level rather than obscuring these biologically unique properties with argument by extension from a single “special” level.
We point out that the choice of a single measure of evolutionary change restricts the context in which “other level” processes will be perceived. We illustrate the limited forms in which higher and lower level selection can be recognized from the unique perspective provided by any given level through extensions of Price's formula.
An exploration of the implications of such an approach leads us to the assertion that the development of a unified theory of evolution demands the recognition and incorporation of hierarchical structure as a conceptual foundation.
Heterochrony and Phylogenetic Trends
Kenneth J. McNamara
A model is proposed, based on examples that have been interpreted as phylogenetic trends, to explain how directional morphological evolution at the species level can arise by heterochrony. The examples illustrated are of Tertiary to Recent rhynchonellide brachiopods, Cambrian olenellid trilobites, living spatangoid echinoids, Tertiary to Recent schizasterid echinoids, Cenomanian ammonites and Silurian monograptids. Morphological discontinuities between species along morphological gradients (which can be recognised both spatially and/or temporally), and temporal morphological stasis within species, are both consistent with the punctuated equilibria model of macroevolution. It is argued that morphological discontinuities have arisen by selection of morphological novelties produced by heterochronic processes. These novelties are preadaptations which allow ecological and, consequently, genetic isolation from ancestral species. Establishment of a heterochronic morphological gradient is only possible given a suitable environmental gradient. The terms “paedomorphocline” and “peramorphocline” are proposed for these heterochronic morphological gradients. Paedomorphoclines and peramorphoclines each comprise a number of species occupying a series of adaptive peaks, which have evolved sequentially through time by selection along an environmental gradient.
On the Distribution of Species Occurrence
Martin A. Buzas, Carl F. Koch, Stephen J. Culver, Norman F. Sohl
The distribution of species abundance (number of individuals per species) is well documented. The distribution of species occurrence (number of localities per species), however, has received little attention. This study investigates the distribution of species occurrence for five large data sets. For modern benthic foraminifera, species occurrence is examined from the Atlantic continental margin of North America, where 875 species were recorded 10,017 times at 542 localities, the Gulf of Mexico, where 848 species were recorded 18,007 times at 426 localities, and the Caribbean, where 1149 species were recorded 6684 times at 268 localities. For Late Cretaceous molluscs, species occurrence is examined from the Gulf Coast where 716 species were recorded 6236 times at 166 localities and a subset of this data consisting of 643 species recorded 3851 times at 86 localities.
Logseries and lognormal distributions were fitted to these data sets. In most instances the logseries best predicts the distribution of species occurrence. The lognormal, however, also fits the data fairly well, and, in one instance, better. The use of these distributions allows the prediction of the number of species occurring once, twice, …, n times.
Species abundance data are also available for the molluscan data sets. They indicate that the most abundant species (greatest number of individuals) usually occur most frequently. In all data sets approximately half the species occur four or less times. The probability of noting the presence of rarely occurring species is small, and, consequently, such species must be used with extreme caution in studies requiring knowledge of the distribution of species in space and time.
Age (Mortality) Profiles as a Means of Distinguishing Hunted Species from Scavenged Ones in Stone Age Archeological Sites
Richard G. Klein
Some ungulate species at Upper Pleistocene and Holocene archeological sites in South Africa exhibit catastrophic mortality profiles, while others exhibit attritional ones. The awareness by Stone Age people that some species are especially amenable to driving or snaring probably accounts for the catastrophic profiles. Natural catastrophic death immediately followed by human scavenging is a much less likely explanation because the species samples comprise material lumped from deposits that accumulated more or less continuously over hundreds or even thousands of years during which period there is no reason to suppose the repeated occurrence of natural catastrophes nearby.
The inability of Stone Age people to obtain prime-age adults in species that are not particularly amenable to driving or snaring presumably accounts for the attritional mortality profiles. Although the species that display attritional profiles conceivably were scavenged, the high proportion of very young individuals in the profiles suggests active hunting. Very young individuals are much less abundant in attritional profiles from local non-archeological sites, probably because their carcasses were removed from the record before burial, primarily by carnivore or scavenger feeding. Scavenging would account for the abundance of very young individuals in the archeological sites only in the unlikely event that people could regularly locate carcasses before other predators did.
In general, geomorphic/sedimentologic context is probably the best criterion for determining whether a species characterized by a catastrophic profile in an archeological site was hunted or scavenged. At the majority of known sites, active hunting is suggested. In the case of a species characterized by an attritional profile in an archeological site, the proportion of very young individuals in the sample probably provides the best criterion for distinguishing hunting from scavenging. A relatively high proportion of very young individuals suggests active hunting.
Population Dynamics of the Three-Toed Horse Neohipparion from the Late Miocene of Florida
Richard C. Hulbert
A late Miocene population of Neohipparion cf. leptode from the Love Bone Bed of Florida was found to have 13 discrete annual age classes based on eruption sequences and tooth wear. The large sample size of individuals (minimum number = 229) allowed the estimation of standard population parameters, including age-specific mortality rates. The average age of death for a newborn was 3.5 years, but those individuals that survived the 64% juvenile mortality occurring during the first two years lived an average of 8.0 years. The potential longevity of this species of Neohipparion had not increased beyond that of known samples of Merychippus, despite increased crown height. The paleoenvironment of the collecting site was a wooded grassland savanna with annual wet and dry seasons. The Neohipparion population migrated into the area during the dry season but left in the wet season to give birth away from the collecting site.
Evolutionary Theory—On the Threshold of Something Big and New? - Evolution Today: Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology. Geoffrey G. E. Scudder and James L. Reveal (eds.). Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University; Pittsburgh. 1981. iv + 486 pp. $18.00.
Michael J. D. White
Bone Accumulations in Australopithecine Caves - The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy. C. K. Brain University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 1981. x + 365 pp. $35.00.
PAB volume 8 issue 2 Cover and Front matter
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PAB volume 8 issue 2 Cover and Back matter
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Donald Trump’s Shadow War
Thread: Donald Trump’s Shadow War
Stephen Tankel is a US academic and sometime USG adviser. The link is to a recent article which is sub-titled:
The administration has quietly expanded how the U.S. uses military force around the world. The consequences are grave. Why is no one paying attention?
There are several telling phrases:
But where capacity can be built, political will cannot be. This was especially true in Pakistan and Yemen.(Later) In the meantime, drone strikes have also escalated considerably in Yemen—jumping from 37 in 2016 to over 127 in 2017 according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism—and increased in Somalia as well.
(Ends with) Trump has swung the pendulum too far in the other direction: removing policy constraints and reducing oversight of lethal action while pursing a military-centric approach to counterterrorism where operations are divorced from the political-strategic environment in which they are occurring. History tells us this will prove counterproductive and unsustainable.
The article is based on his new book 'With Us and Against Us: How America's Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror', so far minus any reviews as it is released on May 22nd (in the USA).
Link to book:https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...dow-war-218327
Link to Politico article:https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/09/donald-trumps-shadow-war-218327
There is a separate thread on Niger and the recent US SOF deaths there. This WoTR article fits here and there.
Link:https://warontherocks.com/2018/05/th...ther-than-war/
International CT: a terrific place to start.
Hat tip to WoTR for a multi-authored reviw of Stephen Tankel's book. It ends with:
Although none of these authors offer a silver bullet — or assert that any are available — policymakers and citizens alike will benefit from thinking about the post-9/11 counter-terrorism challenge, soon entering its third decade, with a clearer analytical framework and a dispassionate understanding of recent history. And in this respect, Tankel’s With Us or Against Us, and the essays it inspired in this roundtable, are a terrific place to start.
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Premier League week 3 Betting Tips
EPL By: Ambrose Udeme | 25/08/2017
Bournemouth v Man City
Bournemouth club captain Simon Francis remains out with the hamstring strain he suffered on the opening day. Jermain Defoe could make his his first Premier League start for the Cherries but Callum Wilson and Junior Stanislas are still long-term absentees.
Manchester City's summer signing Danilo could deputise for Kyle Walker, who is banned after his red card on Monday. Raheem Sterling will hope to start after scoring as a substitute against Everton in City's last game. Left-back Benjamin Mendy will travel with the squad, although the game may come too soon for him following his recovery from a thigh problem. The visitors will be without midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, who will look to improve his fitness by playing for City's development side on Friday.
Bournemouth have never beaten Manchester City in 10 previous meetings (D2, L8). The Cherries have also failed to score in all five of their home league games against City. They have also lost all four Premier League meetings with Manchester City, conceding 15 goals and scoring just one in reply.
While Bournemouth have opened all three of their Premier League seasons with two defeats, Manchester City have just lost one of their last 10 Premier League away games (W6, D3), a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in April. Bournemouth have made a poor start, losing both of their first two games, and their confidence in my opinion won't be great when they take on Manchester City had a little hiccup against Everton, following the home draw at the Etihad. I'm tipping both sides to get on the score sheet.
Bournemouth 1-3 Manchester City
Crystal Palace v Swansea City
Crystal Palace will be without midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who is suffering from a groin problem. Defender Jairo Riedewald should shake off a knock to start but Wilfried Zaha remains out with a knee injury.
Swansea could hand a debut to midfielder Sam Clucas, a midweek signing from Hull City, while Leon Britton is available after a back strain. However, forward Fernando Llorente is still recovering from a broken arm. Centre-back Kyle Bartley is also out with medial ligament damage sustained in the EFL Cup win at MK Dons.
Crystal Palace have won just one of their last 12 league meetings with Swansea City (D5, L6), a 1-0 home win in May 2015. Swansea beat Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park in January, with head coach Paul Clement watching from the stands before taking over. This was the highest scoring fixture in the top flight last season, with 12 goals scored over the two games. However, both teams are yet to score in the Premier League this season. Following Crystal Palace's display at Anfield last weekend and the Swans' lack of bite up front when they entertained high flying Mancehster United at the Liverty stadium, I believe De Boer's men should hit the ground running on Saturday at Selhurst Park with a comfortable win.
Crystal Palace 2-0 Swansea City
Huddersfield v Southampton
Huddersfield's new signings Abdelhamid Sabiri and Florent Hadergjonaj will not be considered for selection so soon after joining the club. Jonathan Hogg, Nahki Wells, Jon Gorenc Stankovic and Martin Cranie remain sidelined. Southampton will make a late decision on whether to hand a start to Wesley Hoedt following his move from Lazio. Fellow centre back Virgil Van Dijk will not be included as he continues to be linked with a move away from St Mary's.
Huddersfield last hosted Southampton in League One in 2010, winning 2-0. They have not played out a draw since 1965 in the old Second Division, a run of 12 games featuring six wins apiece.
The two sides last met in the top flight in 1971 when Southampton won 2-0 at Huddersfield. That season the home side finished bottom of Division One.
The Terriers last won their first three matches of a top-flight season in 1924-25, on their way to the second of three consecutive league titles. Huddersfield could keep four consecutive top-flight clean sheets for the first time since a club-record run of five in a row from March to April 1923 but I don't see them stopping the Saints who have taken four points from their first two games, having won only one of their final eight league matches last season from finding the back of the net. My prediction is a score draw but with a X2 bet.
Huddersfield 1-1 Southampton
Newcastle United v West Ham United
Newcastle midfielder Jonjo Shelvey serves the final game of a three-match ban while defenders DeAndre Yedlin and Florian Lejeune are still sidelined. Dwight Gayle returns but Rolando Aarons faces a late fitness test. Fit-again Manuel Lanzini is included in the West Ham squad for the first time this season but Marko Arnautovic is suspended and Winston Reid remains out. Cheikhou Kouyate is back in contention after a cameo in Wednesday's win against Cheltenham. Andy Carroll is also back in training after his latest lay-off with a thigh problem and will be assessed.
Newcastle have suffered just one defeat in their last 13 home matches against West Ham (W7, D5). The Magpies are looking for their first back-to-back wins over the Hammers for 15 years. This will be the 50th top-flight meeting of these sides. West Ham have registered only seven wins so far, while Newcastle are one short of 50 victories.
The Magpies are winless so far in the league and got beaten 3-2 at home in the EFL Cup by Championship side Nottingham Forest. I think West Ham will get at least a point.
Newcastle United 1-1 West Ham United
Watford v Brighton
Watford's latest signing Andre Carrillo could make his debut after the Benfica winger joined on a season-long loan. Left-back Jose Holebas is suspended following his midweek red card, so 19-year-old Brandon Mason may deputise. Younes Kaboul, Daryl Janmaat and Roberto Pereyra are out with muscular injuries, while Mauro Zarate continues his rehabilitation from a knee problem. Brighton's record signing, winger Jose Izquierdo, has been given international clearance and is available. Izzy Brown is still out with a hamstring injury while Beram Kayal and Sam Baldock remain long-term absentees.
Watford have lost just one of their last 10 meetings with Brighton (W5, D4). The last top-flight meeting between the sides finished 1-1 on New Year's Day in 1983. Watford sealed promotion to the Premier League by beating Brighton 2-0 on the south coast in April 2015. Watford's victory at Bournemouth last weekend ended a run of seven Premier League games without a win (D6, L1), meaning they now have four points from their opening two fixtures of the new season. Brighton have had a nasty welcome to the Premier League, losing both of their two first games and against the new look Watford under boss Marco Silva, I don't see them standing in the way of the Hornets to maximum points.
Watford 2-0 Brighton
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OSCA - Odessa Sister Cities PSK Award Series
The Odessa Sister Cities PSK Award Series (OSCA) was devised by the Odessa Section (Ukraine) of the European PSK Club (EPC) on 6th April 2009. This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards for contacts with amateur radio stations from various Odessa Sister Cities (Twin Towns) throughout the World including Odessa City itself. Sister cities, also known as town twinning, is an agreement between towns, cities and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties. Odessa City and its 26 sister cities are listed below under their official English names.
Odessa Sister Cities List
(Updated 22.09.2009)
Longitude Latitude EU Area
4Z Haifa State of Israel 32° 49′ N 34° 59′ E N/A
5B4 Nicosia Republic of Cyprus 35° 10′ N 33° 22′ E N/A
9A Split Republic of Croatia 43° 30′ N 16° 26′ E CR15
BY4 Qingdao People's Republic of China 36° 05′ N 120° 20′ E N/A
DL Regensburg Federal Republic of Germany 49° 01′ N 12° 05′ E GM30
EA5 Valencia Kingdom of Spain 39° 28′ N 00° 22′ W SN39
EK6 Yerevan Republic of Armenia 40° 11′ N 44° 31′ E N/A
ER1 Chişinău1 Republic of Moldova 47° 00′ N 28° 52′ E MD03
F Marseille French Republic 43° 18′ N 05° 22′ E FR13
HA8 Szeged Republic of Hungary 46° 15′ N 20° 08′ E HG34
I1 Genoa Italian Republic 44° 24′ N 08° 55′ E IT05
JA1 Yokohama Japan 35° 27′ N 139° 38′ E N/A
K3 Baltimore United States of America 39° 17′ N 76° 37′ W N/A
LZ2 Varna Republic of Bulgaria 43° 13′ N 27° 55′ E BU25
M Liverpool United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 53° 24′ N 03° 00′ W EN39
OH8 Oulu Republic of Finland 65° 01′ N 25° 28′ E FL14
OD5 Sidon Republic of Lebanon 33° 33′ N 35° 24′ E N/A
SP2 Gdańsk2 Republic of Poland 54° 22′ N 18° 38′ E PL03
SP7 Łódź3 Republic of Poland 51° 47′ N 19° 28′ E PL11
SU1 Alexandria Arab Republic of Egypt 30° 02′ N 31° 13′ E N/A
SV1 Piraeus Hellenic Republic 37° 57′ N 23° 38′ E GR02
TA1 Istanbul6 Republic of Turkey 41° 01′ N 28° 58′ E ET03
UR5F Odessa Ukraine 46° 28′ N 30° 44′ E UR11
VE7 Vancouver Canada 49° 15′ N 123° 06′ W N/A
VU2 Kolkata Republic of India 22° 34′ N 88° 22′ E N/A
YO4 Constanţa4 Romania 44° 10′ N 28° 38′ E RO08
YO4 Galaţi5 Romania 45° 25′ N 28° 02′ E RO09
1 «Chişinău» should be as «Chisinau» in the ADIF log.
2 «Gdańsk» should be as «Gdansk» in the ADIF log.
3 «Łódź» should be as «Lodz» in the ADIF log.
4 «Constanţa» should be as «Constanta» in the ADIF log.
5 «Galaţi» should be as «Galati» in the ADIF log.
6 Indicated «ET03» EU Area is only for the European part of Istanbul City.
OSCA 15, OSCA 20, and OSCA 25 awards may be claimed by any EPC member (either licensed radio amateur, club station, or DMS/SWL) eligible under EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted or monitored amateur radio stations from 15, 20, and 25 cities (listed above) respectively at the time of application on B(Q)PSK31, B(Q)PSK63, and B(Q)PSK125 modes. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz. Each city counts only once. Contacts are valid on or after 10th June 2006.
Please make sure that the «QTH» field in your ADIF log contains the contacted station's city. It must be a clear English name of the city as listed in the table above without any abbreviations or additions. This is a mandatory requirement to make able the manager's software to check your application correctly.
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New York Times Reports on June 16 Protests in Japan Against Ooi Nuke Plant Restart, Not a Word About June 15
New York Times, regarded as "newspaper of record", joins the Japanese colleagues in reporting only the June 16 demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo. Not a word about the June 15 protest.
To further diffuse the issue, New York Times mentions thousands of protesters "in Tokyo and elsewhere" on Saturday (June 16).
On Friday June 15, 11,000 people gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo, alone.
The writer, Martin Fackler, is the Tokyo bureau chief of New York Times.
From New York Times (6/16/2012; emphasis is mine):
Japan’s Prime Minister Orders Restart of Two Nuclear Reactors
By MARTIN FACKLER
TOKYO — Brushing aside widespread public opposition to avoid feared electric power shortages, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the reactivation of two nuclear reactors at a plant in western Japan on Saturday, making it the nation’s first plant to go back online since the crisis last year in Fukushima.
The decision to restart the Ohi nuclear plant ends the temporary freeze of Japan’s nuclear power industry, when all 50 of the country’s functional reactors were idled after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Despite the prime minister’s vows to strengthen the Ohi plant against the same sort of huge earthquake and tsunami that knocked out the Fukushima plant in March 2011, the Japanese people have remained deeply divided on the safety of nuclear power.
Even after the prime minister made a rare appeal on June 8 on national television, opinion polls showed that more Japanese opposed restarting the Ohi plant than supported it. Mr. Noda urged the nation to return to nuclear power to avoid electricity shortages that could cause blackouts and cripple industry at a time of rising competition with China and the rest of Asia. Instead, he has supported a slow phasing out of nuclear plants over several decades, as energy alternatives are found.
Saturday’s decision was seen here as a victory for the still-powerful nuclear industry and its backers in the business world, whose political support has been crucial to the otherwise unpopular Mr. Noda. It remains to be seen how the broader public will react to the restart order. Many Japanese already believe that Mr. Noda has rushed to proclaim the Ohi plant safe despite the fact that a new earthquake-resistant control center and other safety measures at the plant are years from completion.
According to polls, two-thirds of Japanese express deep concern about the safety of nuclear plants after last year’s accident, which contaminated food with radiation and shattered the myth of Japan’s infallible nuclear technology. The day before Mr. Noda gave the order, his government was visited by an antinuclear group led by the Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe, which presented what it said were the signatures of 7.5 million people calling for the abolition of nuclear power.
On Saturday, thousands of protesters turned out in the rain in Tokyo and elsewhere with placards criticizing the prime minister’s assertion that the Ohi plant was safe.
(Full article at the link)
Reuters, whose English article on the Ooi restart mentioned 10,000 people protesting on Friday (June 15), is totally quiet about any protest, June 15 or 16, in the Japanese article. The Japanese article is not the translation of the English article, and it was written by different reporters.
Labels: NYT, Ooi Nuclear Power Plant
The demonstrations are very important to remind Noda of the anger and frustration of the people. I hope we can keep doing them every Friday until Japan officially renounces nuclear power.
It would be nice to have the media attention, but it is more important to let Noda know that we are watching his actions and that we disapprove.
It is also important to give people a place to go where they can vent their anger at Noda.
It is also a recruiting place - where people who don't yet know how to get involved in acting against nuclear power can meet other people and get connected to the movement.
We need the Friday demonstrations, even if there is no media there.
However, if we also want media attention, the 11,000 will need to do something more newsworthy. We'll need to get creative. Some ideas:
- Flash mob the DPJ headquarters office someday at lunch hour.
- Is Noda's mother still alive? Maybe the mothers among the 11,000 could visit her and bring photos of their children to show Noda's mother. All visit at the same time of course, but each explains their concerns for their children one by one, and ask Noda's mother to speak to her son about his behavior. (Some of you might be thinking that his mother should be off limits, but Noda's policies are killing Japan's children - in such a case, getting to Noda through his mother is fair game). When she stops seeing people, each mother should at least leave a short note asking for her intervention on behalf of Japan's children.
- Is Noda's mother dead? Maybe the mothers among the 11,000 could visit Noda's mother's memorial and show the children's photos to the memorial?
- File 11,000 small claims court cases against TEPCO for emotional/mental stress-related damages caused by their misinformation campaign after the nuclear releases.
- Take to 11,000 cars and drive around Nagatacho. By simple volume, create a permanent gridlock in Nagatacho. Start on a Monday; see how many days it takes for the government to figure out a solution. Oh, and use your car horns when necessary for safety.
- Better yet, bring those 11,000 cars to Fukui and protest on the one small road that leads to the nuclear plant. And be sure to bring vehicles that are not in need of repair. Would be terrible if one or two of the cars broke down on that road and needed towed. Worse yet if a hundred faulty cars broke down and needed towed. Might take several days to clear away so many.
- Demonstrate at the imperial palace to demand an audience with the emperor. The emperor needs to get more involved. He needs to speak out. The emperor understands the historical context of what "Japanese" means. Noda, the DPJ and the business interests get "Japan" confused with "Japan Inc." The emperor needs to join the fight against nuclear power in order to preserve the essence of Japan culture and society. Japan has endured for thousands of years without nuclear power, but the TEPCO disaster makes it clear that Japan cannot live WITH nuclear power.
Give it some thought. Stay legal. Civil disobedience gets more attention when it is creative and new. It gets more attention when it overwhelms infrastructure beyond the infrastructure's design.
While 11,000 people on a sidewalk across the street from the PM's residence shouting at him every Friday evening is very unusual for Japan, it has a hard time competing for media attention with other news stories.
We need to keep demonstrating on Friday evenings - these gatherings serve a vital purpose - but we might also need to add some more creative actions if we want to keep the media engaged.
Beppe said...
Anonymous@2:51 Brilliant contribution, better than using buses! If we choose to drive in Nagatacho or Ginza or Aoyama let's not think green for a change: drive there alone or with a friend; if you are four people using two cars will be more comfortable.
As to Friday evenings, I keep thinking that doing the same in Omotesando or Ginza or Marunouchi would be a better in terms of both recruiting and visibility than Kantei, squeezed against the wall, nicely aligned for the police to take pictures.
Anon 2:51 and Beppe, can I translate your suggestions for my Japanese blog readers?
laprimavera -
Are you kidding? I would be thrilled if you would translate and share everything I write. Thank you.
Oh and feel free to edit as you see fit. We're all in this fight together. If you can improve on a discussion I start, please do.
Primavera, sure, feel free to translate.
By the way, 7.5 million signatures is exactly 10 times what is required in Italy to request a referendum on a specific topic. Italians voted twice about nuclear energy and said a resounding NO both times. I suppose it helped a little that the first poll happened to be right after Chernobyl and the second right after Fukushima (both times by chance).
ところで7500万署名って凄いですよ。イタリアにはその１０分の1で国民投票を国に申し込める。イタリアには原子力発電についての国民投票が二回行われて、二回とも原発が要らないとの結果になった。具然に一回目Chernobylの直後、二回目福島の直後だったので、投票のタイミングはよかった。悲劇の中で、日本も今チャンスを与えられている。
You mean ７５０万
失礼しました。日本で行われた署名は750万件でした。イタリアの国民投票には750,000件の署名が必要なので、確かに10分の1です。恥ずかしいな。。。
I'd like to ask that you share something else with your Japanese readers:
http://peacephilosophy.blogspot.jp/2011/06/nuclear-power-requires-perfection.html
This is an essay that makes it clear that improved safety measures, a better regulatory board, or newer nuclear technologies are not sufficient resolutions to this problem. This essay makes it clear that the only acceptable resolution is society's abandonment of nuclear power. It's simply not an option that mankind can control. This essay might help the media better understand that we are not demonstrating because we are worried about safety precautions. I, at least, am demonstrating and writing because I believe that nuclear power cannot be made safe and is far too dangerous for mankind to be using as an energy source.
When do my protests end - either when I'm dead or when Japan abandons all nuclear power. I hope it is the same for your readers and for each of the 11,000 people who turned out in Tokyo on 15-JUN and the 4,000 people who turned out in Fukui.
The Friday demonstrations should not end until Japan renounces nuclear power and shuts down all its nuclear power plants.
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Where the Sagebrush Grows: A History of USU Homecoming: The Alumni Association
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Where the Sagebrush Grows: A History of USU Homecoming
Homecoming at USU
The Alumni Association
The Planning of Homecoming
A Town and Gown Event
The Year Without a Homecoming: 1943
The Homecoming Parade
Grand Marshals
The Home of the Utah Aggies
Aggie Football Greats
Football Programs
Once an Aggie, Always an Aggie
Pageantry
The Block A
Homecoming Dances
Cheerleaders and Songleaders
Greek Life at Homecoming
Rhythm Rhapsodies
A Homecoming Beacon
Homecoming Today
Founded March 8, 1888 as the Agricultural College of Utah (ACU)*, USU held its first graduation ceremony on May 31, 1894. Five commencements later, on June 13, 1899, graduates returned to campus to establish the ACU Alumni Association. For nearly 120 years, the Association has maintained the connection between former students and their alma mater. They have hosted class reunions, recognized their peers for their accomplishments after their time at USU, and offered valuable support and mentorship to Aggies past and present.[1] It was through their efforts that Homecoming at USU originally came to be.
Alumni were invited to return to campus for the first Homecoming with this announcement in the Alumni Quarterly publication, sent to all registered alumni of USU, 1930.
These tickets were distributed each year to alumni attending Homecoming, and ensured that they would be able to participate in all of the excitement. [click the image to enlarge, click again to view all pages in document]
Lewis Alford Merrill of Richmond, Utah; Anna Beers Petty of Ogden, Utah; and Arthur Patterson Stover of Portland, Oregon, served as the first officers of the ACU Alumni Association in 1899.[2]
In 1953, the Alumni Association arranged for alumni to gather together for networking and socializing at an event called "Old and New Alumni". Events such as these highlight the important connections between Aggies of all ages.
* The university has changed names several times. Refer to this list for an explanation of naming conventions 1888-1929: Agricultural College of Utah (UAC or ACU) 1929-1957: Utah State Agricultural College (USAC) 1957-Present: Utah State University (USU)
[1] Parson, 15-16.
[2] ACU Graduate, 1909. University Archives Record Group 25.5/7. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library Special Collections and Archives. Logan, Utah.
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The Planning of Homecoming →
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Robin Hood Coop Forums
What shall we call it?
Sherwood - the open source forest
Tere 2016-05-02 15:28:07 UTC #1
With the new system, the shares of the coop will be issued as cryptographic tokens on the blockchain.
The shares are booked and paid for in a simple interface; in fact, from the user’s perspective it will be much more simple and easier than the current system.
But we really have engineered into existence a new financial animal: when the “coop share” becomes digital it gains all kind of new powers and capabilities, it starts to do new things, like it became alive, and mutated into a new kind of creature! We are thinking that it is no longer just a “share” but, in fact, your first own economic pet.
Ultimately, when all the ne features are rolled out, it can:
manage your assets, and get fatter, or more numerous
chip away portions of itself as money, can turn into money
participate in projects you have chosen
follow your instructions in sending money to suitable projects
represent you, act as collateral
communicate with its sisters and brothers
join with other pets into a pack that can jointly “hunt together”
can start a project, pool and allocate resources
patiently keep on, working your money, with no fatigue
can be retrained
can multiply, with or without mutations
But what should we call it?! Something so special requires its own name.
In terms of finance, we are talking about a first generation Collateralized Equity Note: an equity note, because it is issued to represent a claim, and collateralized, because it is backed by the portfolio of stocks of the best companies in the world. Or we could say that it is an Asset-Backed Crypto-Equity: crypto-equity, because it is registered and managed as a cryptographic smart contract, and asset-backed, because it is backed by the common assets in our dynamic portfolio.
Last year, in the various stages of mulling about the idea, names such as HoodNote (‘Hoodie’) and RobinHoodCoin were floated. HoodNote has the advantage that in “note” it is explicitly connected to the long history of issuing notes, from the Dutch East Indian Company onwards. And of course, we love the Hood, which is the place where things happen and where our new financial creatures live. On the other hand, RobinHoodCoin points by “coin” towards the shared DNA with cryptocoins. The shares to be issued on the blockchain are not a currency, but their technical architecture as tokens on a blockchain is similar to cryptocoins.
Hoodie? HoodNote? HoodieGotchi? RobinHoodCoin? Robin Hood Asset Management Cooperative’s Asset-Backed Crypto-Equity? RHAMCABCE?
Andy 2016-05-02 23:05:49 UTC #2
Exciting times. (The features were easier to read on the newsletter
It is late but how about something along the lines of
eg RobinHood Noteworth Assets or something containing noteworthy
or more like “does what it says on the tin”
eg RobinHood Crypto Assets or RobinHood Crypto Notes
turexD 2016-05-03 04:15:40 UTC #3
Hello All, I would be afraid to experiment with its name. In old times the given name had to keep the character of named individual. As well should be simple, I would name it ROBIN !
steven 2016-05-03 06:15:32 UTC #4
I also like Robin.
However, if the core team wants something with Hood, I prefer Hoodnote over Hoodcoin. Coin already leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth…another coin. Don’t have this feeling with note.
dddddd 2016-05-06 15:41:11 UTC #5
I was pretty surprised in reading the newsletter, I don’t think using “hood” detached to its “robin” context (hood, hoodnote, hoodcoin) it’s a good idea at all. In many countries (especially US) to use African American Vernacular language outside its own culture it’s racially loaded and plain appropriation.
I know the intention is to remind the original Robin Hood but the word “hood” is so widely spread that there’s no doubt people will think about the ghetto association and, coming from a mostly white European project, it would definitely result insensitive to the american audience.
I, as white, simply wouldn’t say around that “I’m investing in Hoodcoins”
danhassan 2016-05-06 23:13:02 UTC #6
Thanks so much for raising this. You are absolutely right that the use of the word Hood has been to try and tie in the legacy of the Robin Hood narrative and legacy - that being said, you are also correct that we haven’t spent a bunch of time assessing other implications of the language.
Truth be told, in this way we lean quite heavily on the wider membership of our cooperative. These forums were indeed set up as a means to access the wisdom and diverse knowledges and experiences that make up the nearly 1000 members - so, thank you for bringing this up!
It is certainly imperative that we fold this into the future naming.
So… whilst we have you attention - do you have some suggestions for names?
To be clear I made that remark because I care about Robin Hood and want to keep investing, it wasn’t just a rant.
I haven’t thought much about names but I like the idea of sticking it to the Robin Hood universe, it could even be a subtle reference, a detail, another person’s name, or an element’s name (the way you used Sherwood in the forum).
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UEFA (EUFA) Euro 2016
Re: UEFA (EUFA) Euro 2016
by Kes » Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:49 pm
You got to hand it to the Icelandics.
Two attacks, two goals. Half time: England 1 - 2 Iceland
What is left of your dream?
Just the words on your stone.
A man who learnt how to teach,
But forgot how to learn.
by action » Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:26 pm
i dont get it
did the english team vote to leave the game too?
Why stand on a silent platform?
by JLP » Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:52 pm
That must be the worst I have ever seen England play. Fucking disgrace.
Looks like it.
Everyone knew they could defend, England didn't know they had such a reasonable strike rate. Two goals from three attacks.
Congratulations to Iceland. Fingers crossed it'll be a very interesting Wales - Iceland final.
JLP wrote: That must be the worst I have ever seen England play. Fucking disgrace.
Don't know but it's up there with the worst.
All through this championship, on-target shooting hasn't been anything to write home about. No good dominating games if you can't fucking score.
Supporting Tottenham, it's nice to see five players in the starting squad, except when they perform like that.
they should get rid of "rooney the looney" and put that substitute in the base. if they had a coach that doesn't have the charisma of a wet rag, that is
Roy quits.
I am reading a book at the moment called Fifty Years of Hurt. About the England team since 1966. Looks like a few more painful years for us.
Too embarrassed to even do interviews.
by Tarkus » Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:02 am
Bloody hell- I know Iceland is supposed to be cheap, but Joe Hart saved fuck all. Come on Wales...
by Kes » Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:20 am
I dunno, it would have been 4-1 if a lesser keeper had been there.
We had a dream start and defended the lead for less than 90 seconds. After that second one creeped in, I think all the England team could see were today's headlines, and they went to pieces.
If they'd been facing Germany, at least they would have probably expected they'd be chasing the game, but I guess it's a bit like Man Utd after taking the lead, suddenly being 2-1 down to Bognor Regis in the FA Cup. The shock just got to them.
These players have got to pull themselves together after that embarresment, and learn how to shoot on target again. Better finishing, and they'd have easily gone in at half time 4-2 up. You can't say the same for Iceland, they only had two chances in the first half, and scored with both of them.
I guess it just proves that 11 superstars on crazy money, don't necessarily "make a team", and that being able to play "as a team" comes before superior individual talent.
Wales have that cohesion, and that's why with the exception of Gareth Bale, seem to be able to punch above their weight.
by JLP » Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:44 am
Who will be manager now? South gate is favourite but I am not sure.
by kurgan » Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:18 am
https://www.youtube.com/user/kurgan46/videos
by Kes » Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:32 am
Used to work with a load of Icelandics.
Very fucking dry sense of humour.
They used to wind up English girls by telling them the various ways their mothers used to cook penguins, and how delicious they were.
Poor ladies never really clicked that Britain's about a thousand miles closer to where penguins come from, than Iceland is. ie The South Pole, not the North.
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: June, 1979--35 Years Ago This Month...
Some say comics were on the rocks back in 1979, but you couldn't tell it at the spinner rack! Yeah, Charlton was in full-reprint mode, but Harvey, Gold Key, and Archie were still producing tons o'comics, DC was still giving us our old fave super-heroes along with plenty of mystery, war, and western titles, and Marvel was still Marvel with tons of super-heroes plus Conan and the other licensed mags. If I posted the covers of all the mags published this month, that's be nearly 150 covers! Ol' Groove loves ya, baby, but that's even too much for moi! Instead, I'll share a bunch of personal faves (with, as usual, a big ol' shout-out to the Grand Comics Database for the far-out scans) and hope ya dig it!
Labels: 1970s comic books, avengers, batman, bob layton, dc, Frank Miller, grooviest covers of all time, iron man, joe kubert, john byrne, Jonah Hex, marvel, michael golden, Mike Grell, mike kaluta, warren, x-men
Edo Bosnar June 20, 2014 at 3:34 AM
Yep, 1979 was a real big year in my comics reading - I was 11 and really devouring this stuff. Of the covers posted here, I counted 21 that I recall having.
Among my favorites: the issues of X-men (duh), Iron Man, Avengers, Marvel 2-in-1 (oh, yeah! Project Pegasus!), Marvel Team-up (the conclusion an awesome 4-parter!), and the Archie Super-hero Digest (which I've since reacquired). But all of it was good, I mean how can you go wrong with Miller's Daredevil, that ongoing space opera in Fantastic Four, or all of the goodies in Adventure Comics?
Thanks for posting this, Groove; as usual, it brought back some great comics-reading memories.
Bob June 20, 2014 at 11:06 AM
Good God, I was so happy in 1979....
I was 14 in '79, and already crestfallen at how schlocky most mainstream comics titles looked, especially with the gaudy color choices and the horrible printing on plastic plates (interior art particularly suffered). At that point I already had about 1,000 comics from prior years, all the way back to the early Golden Age, so I could easily compare and see how the page count went down, the price point went up, and the printing quality went down. There were a few hidden gems here and there, though. That Kaluta cover on SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE I'd not seen before now. By and large, though, my faves had already left mainstream comics: Frazetta (in '64), Steranko, Wrightson, Neal Adams, Jeff Jones, Barry (Windsor-)Smith. The crummy printing prohibited artists like Alfredo Alcala from shining like he once did (his early '70s DC horror comics work had remarkable atmosphere)....so I was mostly reading the Warren mags (CREEPY, EERIE, etc.), but even these had already begun the downward slide in quality, so it was off to HEAVY METAL for me, and the occasional NATIONAL LAMPOON story or drawing by some of the aforementioned artists, and, in 1980, on to EPIC magazine. That, and buying back issues---silver age Marvel titles were still pretty inexpensive and so much fun to read and collect. I also had over 100 issues of MAD magazine, but even that title was on the downturn (classic cover artist Norman Mingo seldom worked after 1976 which was a great loss). I was watching the whole DC implosion of '78 firsthand as well. It looked like the whole medium might fold up. I mentioned this in another, earlier post, but it's amazing to see how much better the cover colors and printing looked only six years earlier. It seems 1974 was a turning point year in many ways. Comics were so much fun in the early '70s!
Defending the books that I grew up with...
After reading your comment Chris, and I do understand where you are coming from that earlier in the 70's the formats of both DC and Marvel had there own unique style and format but in no way does that diminish the work of others. I was all but 8 to 9 years of age when most of these books came out.
I think we all, of those of us who do truly love comics still have an appreciation for the comics that we grew up with and our memories of readings these books first hand brings back simple memories of days gone by and look back at them with fondness. I know I sure do. I still have some original books from when I was kid from this time and still hold on to them even as tattered as they are they are in essence where my love for collecting comics comes from. They are books that I will never part with.
I'm in no way am I looking for an argument just wanted to share my thoughts after reading your comment.
Shane G.
That's fine, Shane. What I was saying was that I literally put those comics SIDE BY SIDE in the '70s---the early, the mid, and the late '70s stuff---and I clearly saw a downward progression in page count, in quality coloring, and in quality printing which ultimately did such a disservice to the art that a classic like Wrightson's SWAMP THING #1 - 10 (1972-74) turned to absolute MUD when reprinted in 1978.
It's like living long enough to remember the old Milky Way candy bars, and seeing what they've now become. Or, get this---Pelikan ink used to be the best for comics artists in the early '80s. Now it's horribly diluted at best. An old friend found a 33 year old bottle of Pelikan which, once opened, still worked like brand new and the ink was JET BLACK. We're seeing the cheapening of many, many products over the years. Now we're living to see the elimination of much that is physical product so that there is only digital media (but that's another story!).
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Wave Corrector Users • View topic - "Lost" end-of-track boundaries
Wave Corrector Users
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"Lost" end-of-track boundaries
Please post your support queries here.
Moderator: Derek
by bmbguy » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:09 pm
I've seen this problem before, but now I think I've finally figured out how to make it happen.
Testing the new beta 1, but I believe the problem existed in prior versions.
Every now and then, I would find that my track boundaries would get 'lost'. In other words, as I was trying to use the toolbar button to go to 'next track boundary', I would find that the program would no longer stop at the end boundary of some tracks and instead go right to the beginning of the next track. And I would look in the corrections list, and I would see "Start of Track 3" followed by "Start of Track 3", instead of "End of Track 2" and "Start of Track 3". I never knew how I got in that situation, and I couldn't get out of it unless I rescanned for tracks -- which was a real pain because I already had my gaps and fades set the way I wanted.
Well, I think I've finally figured out how to duplicate the problem.
I am working near the end of a track, with the 'track end' and next 'track beginning' markers set quite close together. I then select a portion of the waveform at the end of the current track and a bit of the beginning of the next track, thus INCLUDING THOSE TWO TRACK MARKERS in the selection area. Then I right-click on the selected area, and 're-scan' that area for corrections (I often re-scan the very end of the track at level 5 to get most of the noise out). When the re-scan is done, the end marker of that first track still looks like it's there, but it's really 'gone'. The corrections list now says "start of track x' twice, indicating where the next track starts, but the end of the track I was working on is now gone. And if I use the toolbar to move to 'next' and 'previous' track boundaries, the program will no longer stop at the end boundary of that track I was working on.
Seems like something that should/could (possibly) be corrected before the next release? Hopefully, Derek, you'll be able to reproduce the problem. If not, let me know.
bmbguy
Location: Central Texas, USA
by Derek » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:20 pm
Hi Randy
Yes, this is definitely something that should be fixed. As you say, I don't think it's restricted to the beta.
I'll let you know how I get on.
Location: Coleshill, United Kingdom
by bmbguy » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:51 pm
Honestly, I was quite pleased to finally discover how I was making it happen. Maybe now, at least, I can avoid doing it by keeping the rescan area inside the track boundaries. As I said, it had happened to me a number of times, but I knew it wouldn't be of much help to tell you about it without some idea of what might cause it.
by Derek » Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:36 am
Yes, I had noticed this very occasionally myself but never managed to get it repeatable. So thanks again for your help with this.
I have now found and fixed a bug but before I release the fix, I need to clarify the problem. You said the problem occurs when the track end and track beginning markers are 'set quite close together'. I could only make the problem occur if the track end and track beginning markers coincide (this happens for example when you use the 'Split Track' command. The bug I found only occurs in this special situation.
Do you think I have found the bug you reported, or is there another one lurking somewhere?
by bmbguy » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:26 pm
I think you're right, though I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the track markers 'coinciding' -- or at least what the program thinks.
I only use the Split Track function when the program misses a track break, but I do (in most cases) move the end and beginning track markers together until they 'bump' into each other -- that's just me being fanatical and trying to preserve the inter-track timing (the 'feel') of the original vinyl.
So I'm not sure what has to happen to make the track markers 'coincide' in your view, but in the test case I was using, the track markers were indeed VERY close together -- as in, they look joined on the screen, and the 'End of Track 2' and 'Start of Track 3' labels were consecutive in the corrections list. Since I don't know how the markers are represented internally, I can't say for certain that they were 'coincident'. But probably so, from your point of view.
To test your theory, I separated the track markers a bit, and you are right, the problem did NOT occur. I just don't know where that threshold is -- whether or not the problem would still occur if the boundaries were actually separated in samples/time, but didn't have any corrections in between them. When I did the little test by separating the markers, the track markers then had not only time between them, but there were corrections between them in the list as well.
My best guess is that the problem you've found and corrected is likely the same one I was seeing.
by Derek » Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:34 pm
Yes, sorry, I wasn't very clear. When the markers bump into each other, the actual stored positions do coincide. This gives you a zero length gap, the same as you get when set to gapless.
by Glenn » Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:31 pm
I experienced this once or twice, but since I've been using gapless track boundaries the issue is very rare.
While we're on the subject of track breaks, what does happen quite frequently is when selecting a block (either for scanning or cut/splice) the block will disappear if one moves across a track boundary. I've since learned to drop cue markers before hand if the block boundaries are critical, but the markers are not visible in track view.
This is an old issue unrelated to the beta. Sorry if I've taken this thread out of context.
I just checked and you're right, the problem doesn't occur if you're in gapless mode. I'm not quite sure why though!
I don't quite follow you're disappearing block description. Can you elaborate?
Also, track markers are visible in track view, or should be. So again, can you elaborate?
Derek, if one selects a block that spans a track break, then zooms in to fine tune the block boundaries, in moving between them the programme switches to track view, whereupon the block is no longer visible. I will use cue markers when the selection boundaries are critical, but these are not visible in track view. This itself is no big deal but it is preferrable to avoid track view when setting block boundaries.
I still couldn't figure out what you meant. But then the penny dropped. The problem occurs if you use the scroll bar or scroll arrow when a block is selected. As you pass a track boundary, the program snaps to it and changes to track boundary view, deselecting the block in the process. Yes, I think I should be able to fix this behavior. Thanks for reporting it.
As long as we're talking wave/track view here... I just have a question.
When the program is in 'track boundary' view (the track view with the boundary/fade setting capabilities), the user is unable to switch back to 'wave' view without first moving away from the track boundaries.
I'm just curious as to why that is. After I get done setting the boundaries, I always switch back to 'wave' view -- but I always have to double click on an area away from the boundaries before the 'wave' button will take me there.
Is there a reason for this? It's not really a problem (so I'm not suggesting that it be changed), as long as one knows that's the way it works. Although it did confuse me a bit at first, long ago, as I couldn't figure out how to get the program to let me get back to 'wave' mode...
On the other subject, I guess that I use 'gap' boundaries to simulate gapless (end/start boundaries 'bumped' together). I'd probably use gapless more often, but that takes away the ability to do fades in/out (except at the beginning and end of the file, I've found!!). And with the session file name now preserved, it'll be fairly easy to 'mix' gapless and non-gapless processing by using multiple session files on the same wav file!
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by Derek » Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:51 am
Yes, this is a little confusing. The behaviour is inherited from early versions of wave corrector that just had wave view and track boundary view, both of which had very limited zoom capabilities. The program snapped to track boundary view when a track boundary was at or near the centre of the screen; and snapped to wave view when you were anywhere else. In current versions, which can zoom to an unlimited extent and which also have 'track view', this behaviour is somewhat anomalous.
Beta3 is now out. it fixes these problems.
by bmbguy » Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:06 pm
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Board index ‹ Islam ‹ Muhammad
Explaining Muhammad to Children
His life, his examples and his psychology
by Val » Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:25 pm
How honest are you with your kids? Maybe the better question should be "How honest should you be with kids about evil?" Today's generation of super soft, conflict-averse parents appears likely to result in young people who simply do not have accurate information upon which to form opinions of their own. How bad is it for a child to grow up knowing that conflict is sometimes unavoidable? Would they cry? Is it too scary to tell kids that 1 in 6 people in the world are in a religion that teaches them to cut off the heads of anyone who rejects their insane false religion?
I favor starting at an early age explaining the type of conflict found in sports. There's winners and there's losers but no real violence. At some point you go into further detail about "bigger" conflicts and begin to introduce the concept of fraud, perpetrators, and fraud victims - it's a simple jump from the concept of cheating in sports. Help kids understand that some people will do anything, including comitting murder, rape, and robbery to get what they want. These are all steps towards eventually explaining evil and it's most celebrated perveyors - people like Muhammad, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, and Stalin who were all guilty of mass murder and genocide. Of course there is the question of "degrees of evil" wherin it's important to explain that Muhammad, even though he is dead and burning in the 7th level of Hell, he was unquestionably responsible for more deaths than Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot combined.
I think kids deserve to know who was the most evil person who ever lived according to the body count. Give them the historically calculated and documented numbers:
Muhammad: 270 Million deaths
Hitler: 60 Million deaths
Stalin: 60-80 million deaths
Mao: Over 100 million deaths
Can we just be honest with the kids on this one?
Re: Explaining Muhammad to Children
by manfred » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:00 am
This is one of the crazy things we find in our days. If, as a teacher, you discuss Mohammed as anything other than as the Islamic fictional person whose main characteristic being kind to widows and orphans, and to taken people "back to the original religion of all mankind", then you are a bigot, an "islamophobe", and a racist. A school teacher who even mentions Aisha would very likely be dismissed in disgrace. Even mentioning that Islam has been spread by the sword will result in disciplinary actions. Of all religions only Islam cannot be truthfully and openly discussed in schools.
Political "correctness" has allowed the kind of censorship of history that insists that schools and universities must be "nurturing, comfortable and safe" places. Real education in any subject is quite the opposite as it challenges assumptions and makes you rethink ideas. It is anything but cosy. In fact education can occasionally be frightening.
So we all have a dilemma. Mohammed and Islam SHOULD be explained to and discussed with children. They have a right to be properly educated. If we allow a willing conquest of Islam in the West our children will not thank us. When they realise what Islam is all about and remember what we told them, they will hate us if we lied to them.
It is our duty to ignore the Muslim lobby and make public what people need to know, adults and children alike. You cannot simply stay silent. It is supporting the false image many Muslims paint on Islam and Mohammed.
Muslims themselves are generally unaware of many things about Mohammed or have, like SAM, a sanitised image of Mohammed, deliberately ignoring all uncomfortable facts.
by sum » Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:16 pm
How would one describe Hitler? Would you limit yourself to saying that he liked children, dogs and art? This would give a totally false image of a man who was one of the monsters of history. Do you tell the full story? There would be very little opposition to this in contrast to what would happen if the true picture of Muhammad was taught to children.
At best, muslims would not allow their children to be taught the true nature of Muhammad and at worst there would be riots and massive civil unrest. I would predict that this would be the start of civil war. It should be taught but as the UK is already bowing to Sharia it will not go ahead. Our politicians are more frightened of Islam that Islam is of the UK.
Regarding Islam our politicians are frightened of Islam and out of their depth in knowing how to address the reality of Islam.
by Garudaman » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:51 am
sure, when deceiving considered honest.
any Atheist will not be able to explain, how the air coincidentally can be used by bird to evolve fly & fly more easily (QS. 16:79)!
even if the universe has intelligence, & thus which designing evolution, what the purpose of evolution if not to improve the presentation to God?
Garudaman
by Val » Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:39 am
Lying to children about Muhammad's behavior should be a crime. If it was a crime then the mainstream media would be guilty. Watching pure young hearts descecrated by lies is such a shame. Indoctrination with lies has become the primary objective for educators. They will not even begin to speak the truth. I advocate immediate firing of educators who indoctrinate with lies.
Today I'm more concerned with how parents are answering kids' questions at home. Dhimmitude is rampant with western parents. The enlightened answer is to confront evil directly and consistently. Yes, it causes stress and conflict. How weak minded are kids these days? Answer: no more so than any other generation......until the indoctrination takes hold.
I have been amazed at kids ability to very bravely embrace truth and throw it in the face of the deluded. Something about the purity of young minds is refreshing. They have no fear when they know they have truth. May we please not seek the destruction of bravery in truth? I think kids are actually more objective than adults - so incredibly quick to point out lies and injustice when they have truth.
yeah, teaches prophet behavior contradict to his holy book/scripture surely is deception.
by sum » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:39 pm
Hello Garudaman
Your quote -
Where is the deceiving and who is deceiving?
Muhammad`s words and deeds did not contradict the Koran. Show us where that is the case.
by sum » Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:58 pm
Will you please stop running away from threads where you are involved but choose to avoid difficult questions.
by Garudaman » Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:58 am
sum wrote: Hello Garudaman
TS said Prophet Muhammad kill people as Hitler kill people, kill without right reason, the Quran forbid it in QS. 4:88-92, QS. 4:75, QS. 2:190-194, QS. 22:39.
& you dont have any difficult question at all, unless the question is already answered, but you repeated continuously.
by manfred » Sat Mar 25, 2017 12:58 pm
by panis » Sat Mar 25, 2017 4:44 pm
Hello sum
3 examples :
- The Koran still does not prohibit the meat of the domestic donkey and it was halal until 628 (Khaybar). Muhammad has forbidden it since 628
- The most horrible thing: The Quran requires a period of 'Idda (viduity) of 4 months, but Muhammad had sexual intercourse with Saffya without respecting this time (and after his soldiers killed her husband and her father)
- The Qur'an authorizes 4 women, but Muhammad has prevented Ali from taking a second wife
by manfred » Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:15 pm
It seems that Allah often liked to make exceptions for Mohammed....
I think what sum means is that the message of the Qur'an about non-Muslims and the way Mohammed acted are not contradictory. In other areas... as you say, there are quite a few things, specially in sexual matters.
The donkey thing, that really is quite odd... Apparently Muslim can eat a "wild" donkey, but not a domesticated one. They can also eat horses. Mules, no idea.
There is no rhyme and reason in that at all.
What about a donkey who was born on a farm but ran away? How long until he is "wild"? And what about the offspring of such a donkey, are they "wild" or not?
I think the order about the donkeys after the Khyber incident was that the donkeys were needed to carry off the loot. And Allah over-zealously forbade the eating of donkeys for evermore, to make sure that Mohammed never has any trouble carrying off what he has stolen.
manfred wrote: Apparently Muslim can eat a "wild" donkey, but not a domesticated one. They can also eat horses. Mules, no idea.
Yes only domesticated donkey is haram.
He didn't explain why because on the day he decided he was angry, he knocked down the pots where the meat was cooked
by Fernando » Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:48 pm
It seems wild donkeys are an endangered species. Maybe for that reason?
‘Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs and literary traditions. They neither intermarry nor eat together, and indeed they belong to two different civilisations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions.’ Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Started By Thunderhawks, Apr 26, 2019 09:20 PM, 1 reply to this topic
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Team trophies:
The Prince of Glawing Trophy, Awarded to the Eastern Conference season champion.
New Hartford Whalers
The Granberg Bowl, Awarded to the Western Conference season champion.
Prince Rupert Regals
The GPHM Trophy, Awarded to the club finishing the regular season with the best overall record.
The Buzzer Cup, Awarded to the league playoff champion.
Eastern Conference, Luzerne Highland Cavaliers
Western Conference, Nipawin Thunderhawks
Individual trophies and awards:
The Fishbowl Trophy, Awarded to the "player judged most valuable to his team".
Sergey Lavrentyev, Prince Rupert Regals
The Mitts Trophy, Awarded to the player who exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.
Michel Borgström, Pettisville Steelers
The Biscuit Trophy, Awarded to the league's top goaltender.
Vladislav Belousov, Prince Rupert Regals
The Clapper Trophy, Awarded to the league's most outstanding rookie player.
Not awarded for season one, will start with the season 1 draft.
*Must play 9 games to qualify for the award. (8/80 is 10%)
The Howitzer Trophy, Awarded to the player who leads the league in total points at the end of the regular season.
Nima Westerberg, New Hartford Whalers
The Tripod Trophy, Awarded to the defenseman who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position.
The Dangles Trophy, Awarded to the top goal scorer in the regular season.
Jeffrey Doucet, Cape Girardeau Craze
The Lumber Trophy, Awarded to the most valuable player for his team in the playoffs.
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Stone Asura on causeway near South Gate of Angkor Thom in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Beautiful sunset over ancient moat in background. Mysterious Angkor Thom is a popular tourist attraction.
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Odetha Deus remembers trembling earlier this year when hospital staff told her they’d need to perform an emergency C-section on her, and for good reason.
Most of the global population lacks access to safe surgical care, and according to the World Health Organization, a woman dies each minute from pregnancy-related complications. Little wonder that back in Deus’ village in Tanzania, her neighbors believed you didn’t go into an operation and live to see the other side. But doctors treating Deus, 27, at the Nyakahanga Designated District Hospital, in the northwestern district of Karagwe, had been trained by experts from the Safe Surgery 2020 partnership. Hours later, according to the local paper, she was sitting by the bedside of her newborn twins.
Safe Surgery 2020 is a partnership between Jhpiego (pronounced ja-pie-go), a Baltimore-based nonprofit affiliated with Johns Hopkins University; Assist International; the Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change; Dalberg; and the G4 Alliance, as well as ministries of health, regional health bureaus, and local professional associations and universities. Launched in 2015 and funded in part by the GE Foundation, GE’s philanthropic arm, the partnership focuses on making essential and emergency surgical care available in remote areas in Africa.
Having trained more than 1,200 surgical workers across Tanzania and Ethiopia to perform safer operations and save lives in the process, Safe Surgery 2020 is now coming to Southeast Asia. Starting in Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the partnership will be rolling out the final tranche of the GE Foundation’s three-year, $25 million funding commitment — the largest coordinated private-sector fund for surgery for developing countries — to local surgical staff.
The idea is to “train trainers,” who can pass on better surgical practices to other medical professionals throughout the region. A training hub run by Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the nearby University of Health Sciences will host Safe Surgery 2020 representatives. They’ll teach local health professionals how to manage surgical teams, run safer procedures around anesthesia and C-sections, and carry out proper sterilization techniques. “Safe Surgery 2020’s vision is for everyone, everywhere to have access to safe surgical care,” says GE’s senior vice president Alex Dimitrief, who signed the company’s latest funding pledge last month at the United Nations, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in attendance.
Above: The idea behind Safe Surgery 2020 is to “train trainers,” who can pass on better surgical practices to other medical professionals throughout the region. Image credit: Safe Surgery 2020/Jhpiego. Top: afe Surgery 2020 is now coming to Southeast Asia. Starting in Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the partnership will be rolling out the final tranche of the GE Foundation’s three-year, $25 million funding commitment — the largest coordinated private-sector fund for surgery for developing countries — to local surgical staff. Image credit: Getty Images.
Safe Surgery’s new focus in Cambodia will benefit from the fact that the GE Foundation has already been working in Cambodia for a decade. The foundation has provided $13 million in medical equipment and training for more than 40 hospitals. The foundation’s president, Ann R. Klee, says the early start should help the partnership achieve a “meaningful impact on millions of people across the region.”
Training is a crucial way to avoid medical mistakes during surgery that can lead to injury or even death. Safe Surgery 2020 promotes guidelines, derived from the World Health Organization’s “Safe Surgery Checklist,” that are as fundamental as the safety checks that pilots need to make before takeoff — but often missed in low-income, rural areas where doctors work from local experience. A solution can be as straightforward as training clinical staff to record the number of surgical instruments before and after an operation. In other instances, patients can still be at risk of infection or complications from surgery if staff aren’t trained to ask the right questions and keep the correct measurements — for example, the Apgar score, a quick test to assess the health of newborn babies.
The project is already having an impact in Africa. In 2016, Safe Surgery partner Jhpiego began training doctors and nurses at the Dangila clinic in the Ethiopian highlands. Approximately five months later, the clinic recorded a 50 percent rise in surgical volume, and a 75 percent drop in surgical referrals caused by infections. “We are improving the quality and service of the surgery,” says Amsalu Tiruneh, emergency surgical officer at Dangila Primary Hospital, adding that doctors now follow a checklist for every person going into an operation.
Staff at Nyakahanga District Designated Hospital, where Deus had her twins, were trained to use reassuring words with patients to help reduce their anxiety before a procedure. Staff there say they now communicate better as a team, and have started following up with patients weeks after a procedure to pinpoint any complications.
Some clinics can now perform procedures they weren’t able to do before. In the rural Ethiopian town of Mehoni, women had to travel to a hospital more than 15 miles away for a C-section; some died before getting there. But training from Safe Surgery has meant that the local primary hospital in Mehoni itself can now carry out Cesarians — staff there are up to an average of 15 per month.
“When you address safe surgery, you address so many avenues of the healthcare system and you strengthen those avenues,” says Cheri Reynolds, director of program development at Assist International. “You’re not just going to benefit the surgical patient, but you’re also going to benefit all the patients that are serviced at that hospital.”
by P.D. Olson
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Onyx: Describing Emotions on the Web of Data
J. Fernando Sánchez-Rada & Carlos A. Iglesias (2013). Onyx: Describing Emotions on the Web of Data. In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Emotion and Sentiment in Social and Expressive Media: approaches and perspectives from AI (ESSEM 2013), pages 71-82. Torino, Italy : CEUR-WS.
There are several different standardised and widespread formats to represent emotions. However, there is no standard semantic model yet. This paper presents a new ontology, called Onyx, that aims to become such a standard while adding concepts from the latest Semantic Web models. In particular, the ontology focuses on the representation of Emotion Analysis results. But the model is abstract and inherits from previous standards and formats. It can thus be used as a reference representation of emotions in any future application or ontology. To prove this, we have translated resources from EmotionML representation to Onyx. We also present several ways in which developers could benefit from using this ontology instead of an ad-hoc presentation. Our ultimate goal is to foster the use of semantic technologies for emotion Analysis while following the Linked Data ideals.
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GSIS The Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society
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Emergent Systems, Information and Society Research Group
Emergent Systems Research Group, Meeting
Founding the Emergent Systems Group
1. September 2015 Wolfgang HofkirchnerComments: 0
In 2015, the then International Society for Information Studies (now International Society for the Study of Information, IS4SI) held its Summit in Vienna, chaired by its then President, Wolfgang Hofkirchner, also head of the UTI Research Group. A track was conjointly organised by the Leibniz-Sozietät für die Wissenschaften zu Berlin e.V. (LS) and the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science BCSSS). This track ran under the title Emergent Systems, Information and Society.
Invited speakers included physicist Werner Ebeling who carried out studies on self-organisation in the then German Democratic Republic while Hermann Haken did so in the West, and a co-worker of Ebeling, Rainer Feistel. Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski, the spiritus rector of the group, drew a big picture spanning from a systems concept of information to dangerous technological developments such as drones in the military field. See here.
A result of the discussion of this track was the establishment of the group with the same title combining evolutionary systems thinkers in the tradition of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s General System Theory and computer scientists as well as sociologists of information technology. The group was established as a Working Group at the LS, as a Research Group at the BCSSS (until 2018), and as a Special Interest Group at the IS4SI.
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February 26, 2014 General Ag News and Notes, GMO Post a Comment
Farmer claims ag bill morphs into something else
Howard Green thought he was helping farmers, like himself, sell more of their products directly to customers.
Instead, the bill he offered to lawmakers has raised concerns the state Legislature may again be trying to undermine county regulations on genetically modified crops and pesticides for the second time this session.
The legislation Green, an Oahu farmer and lawyer, said he wrote changes only a few words in a section on agriculture districts in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
But the addition of “without further limitations or restrictions” in a sentence regarding allowed uses has some worried it could significantly limit the ability of counties to regulate agriculture, and pass laws, as Hawaii and Kauai counties did last year, addressing the use of modified crops and chemicals in agriculture.
Former Mayor Harry Kim, a critic of attempts by the Legislature to limit county home rule, said the companion legislation, Senate Bill 2777 and House Bill 2467, would have significant implications.
“I think a lot of people will be very surprised and maybe even stunned by it,” he said.
Sen. Russell Ruderman, D-Puna, called it a “sneaky … cynical attempt to take away home rule,” adding he has received email from constituents concerned about the legislation.
“I think the (genetically modified organism), pesticide issue is the motivation for it,” he said.
The concerns are not without merit.
Earlier this session, lawmakers introduced legislation, that appear dead, to limit the ability of counties to regulate agriculture in response to the laws Hawaii and Kauai counties passed.
But Green, owner of Green World coffee farm, said he wasn’t thinking of genetically modified crops when he wrote the legislation, introduced by Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz and Rep. Lauren Matsumoto.
“It wasn’t part of the plan,” he said. “It was only intended to deal with the limited question of farmers being able to sell agriculture products.”
Green said the legislation is aimed at eliminating hurdles at the county level for farmers selling their products directly to customers.
In 2012, lawmakers adopted Act 113 to make it easier for farmers to conduct retail activities on their property, he said. Such efforts can still be limited by county-level regulations on the size of retail operations on farms (a problem Green said he ran into on Oahu), and he offered the bill to allow farmers to get around those local ordinances.
While arguably still a home rule issue, Green said the bill has been interpreted to have far wider implications than intended.
“I didn’t think about those additional issues,” he said, while acknowledging the legislation may not be specific enough.
“I didn’t know about them. I’m not involved in them.”
The Senate committees on Agriculture, Water and Land, and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs will each consider SB 2777 on Thursday.
If the committees vote in favor of the measure, Green said he expects it to be amended to clarify its intent.
“Some of the senators have looked at it,” he said. “(They said), ‘We have a way of writing this law to be more narrow. There wouldn’t be any misunderstanding.’”
HB 2467 has not been scheduled for a hearing.
Email Tom Callis at tcallis@hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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Written by igcompany on Saturday, 26 May 2012 08:48.
As you probably know from other games, the developing companies use the same cars/buildings or other layers like that in a recently released game, the same that will be used in a bigger title to be released soon.
EXCLUSIVE: FIFA 13 - The First Official Screenshots
Written by igcompany on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:50.
We first got some leaked screenshots of FIFA 13 which we wasn't sure if they were for real. Around an hour ago EA posted the official screenshots for FIFA 13. You can see a part here (so now it's for real those leaked screenshots are official): FIFA 13 - First Leaked Screenshots. The rest of the official screenshots you can see in the next gallery.
But for now let's talk a little about the upcoming game from EA Sports.
EXCLUSIVE: Max Payne 3 Launch Trailer
Written by igcompany on Thursday, 10 May 2012 15:38.
With less than 5 days until it's release on consoles, coming may 15th on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 and may 29th on PC Rockstar released just minute ago the launch trailer for Max Payne 3. Now you know why it's good to check out igcent.com periodically!
igcent.com is one of the first websites on the internet to post the trailer (after Rockstar of course) and present you how the final game will look like just few days before the release.
After being delayed, Max Payne 3 is finally getting close to the release date. First time the game should have been out in march but the developers announced that the game is coming out in may since they need more time to work on their technologies related to shootings, cover system and tactics.
During the Max Payne 3 Development
The developers did not only 'develop'. Rockstar also did a nice contest in which the winner had the chance to take one more person with him into a trip to New York and make the same route Max Payne had in the third installment. After sitting for several days in New York at a 5 star hotel and getting exclusive access to Max Payne 3 (or let me put it this way: being the first one who plays Max Payne 3), this guy should be playing Max Payne 3 as we speak, he will walk aboard an airplane and go all the way to Brazil ... you already know the name of the city: Sao Paulo. There will be another few days to stay at a 5 star hotel (the same hotel where the team that developed the game stayed during the development of Max Payne 3) and another exclusive access to an EA Games room.
Well enough with the contest Rockstar organized during the development of Max Payne 3 ... let's take a look at the launch trailer:
Max Payne 3 Launch Trailer
PS. Max Payne without a beard looks like that guy from Mafia II.
FIFA 13 - First Leaked Screenshots
Written by igcompany on Monday, 07 May 2012 22:07.
As we should have expected after Konami released a trailer for PES 2013 it's now EA's turn (not official) to show off some screenshots from FIFA 13. There are several rumours in which EA seems that will show off as usual their latest technologies but nobody buys that anymore.
FIFA 13 - New technologies introduced
It seems that the Player Impact Engine is much improved (they should never introduced that alpha version of the engine in FIFA 12 since it ruined the game). Other improvements are: First Touch Control, Complete Dribble, Tactical Free-Kicks and Attacking AI.
EA Sports partenered with Dimensional Imaging for the gameplay. This way Dimensional Imaging will make FIFA 13 more realistic by adding new ball physics to the game. As usual the director of EA World Wide Motion Capture Mike Harrison stated that by partenering with Dimensional Imaging they have succeeded on creating '3D faces better than they expected it is possible'.
Sony Revealed God of War: Ascension
Written by igcompany on Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:39.
God of War: Ascension Revealed
Sony Computer Entertainment ended rumours and decided to reveal the next game in the God of War series. It will be called 'Ascension' and it will be exclusively released on Playstation 3.
The release date for God of War: Ascension has been set for spring 2013. The game will be a prequel.
Until the game will be released here is the announcement trailer:
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Bombs Over Baghdad
We hear the story of the Persian Gulf war, as told by Issam Shukri, a family man from Bagdad who was drafted into Saddam's army against his will. He had to explain to his three-year-old son why those usually civilized Americans were bombing their city night after night. (14 minutes)
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Over the last few years, there’s been a flood of kids from Central America who’ve arrived in the United States by themselves.
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Pickle Jar – Community of Cinema Lovers!
by Swapna Narayanan on December 7, 2017
Pickle Jar is a Bengaluru based community of cinema lovers, who are bound by their passion for watching movies and their commitment to social issues. This community consists of members from different walks of life who, while holding full time professional roles, come together and conduct film festivals that leave a lingering taste and some happy memories long after they are over, just like a pickle!
The community was founded by Vasanthi Hariprakash, a well-known Radio and TV personality in Bengaluru. Known for her vibrant enthusiasm and her passion for all things social, she says she thought of this group after reading an article by the well-known actress Shabana Azmi on her contemporary actress Smita Patil. While the article initially seeded only a thought to catch up on a Smita Patil movie, it eventually – on prodding by a friend – transformed into a bigger vision, why not get some more folks and see the movie together?
And, that led to creation of Pickle Jar, a community that converses, co-creates and curates cinema.
Their journey began in 2016 with a Smita Patil Film Festival, the first of its kind in Bengaluru in Ma y last year that was inaugurated by Shyam Benegal, and it was a huge success. It managed to enliven back Smita Patil into our lives and showcased her as a classic actress to the newer generation who had only heard about her. What made the festival different though was the conversations that made people reflect and think deeper, and of course left a lingering taste and memory long after it was over, much to their liking!
Charged with the response they received, in November last year, they hosted the Hrishikesh Mukherjee Film Festival that had renowned actor Amol Palekar conversing and sharing many unknown nuggets on the one of the best film makers known for his simplicity. Much before Steve Jobs coined the phrase, Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Hrishikesh Mukherjee had lived it while making his films!
Since its inception, the group has been progressing ahead and getting some nods, pats and applauds by some greats of Indian cinema like Shyam Benegal, Mahesh Bhatt, Amol Palekar TS Nagabharana, and some younger directors like Vikas Bahl, Raam Reddy and Suman Kittur.
The next on the card for them is Travel Talkies, a film festival scheduled to be held later this month in Chennai (16 and 17 Dec), where they will feature some travel related feature films, must-watch documentaries and, short films from across the country. As always with Pickle Jar, the festival will be unique in quite a few ways. It intends to show 7 feature films in 5 Indian languages to show case the beautiful multilingual diversity of India. This time around, they are also planning to show some short films to showcase new talent. These travel-based short films will be judged by a renowned jury. And, most importantly will encourage and inspire women to travel solo and see the world! Entry to the show that is being held at Wandering Artist, Chennai is free.
So, if you happen to be in Chennai for that weekend and are a travel and movie buff, you know where to go!
Meanwhile I am so glad that my city Bengaluru, largely known as a Startup city in the IT industry, is transforming itself to be art, culture and literary hub too, with such fledgling initiatives like Pickle Jar.
Love you, Bengaluru!
Swapna Narayanan is an author of short stories and poems currently based in Bengaluru, India.
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Pi-to-JAMMA
After researching a few mini-PCs last year to play MAME in a JAMMA cab, I ended up with a Raspberry Pi 3. While the PCs were at least several hundred dollars, required Windows, and a power source, the Pi was $35, has no paid licensing, and gets 5v off the JAMMA harness. With growing momentum around Linux game emulation, the Pi seemed well worth experimenting with.
I’ve used MAME since the early 2000s, first on a PC and then a Mac, but the Mac experience is clearly second class, sometimes forcing you into some frustrating workarounds and Windows virtualization as a last resort. While it’s ideal to keep an old PC around for emulation/ROM burning/Steam, it’s still entirely possible to throw SDLMAME and some ROMs on a 27″ iMac and have fun. Even simpler, OpenEmu. But when my iMac’s screen died and I moved to a MacBook Pro, playing games became less exciting on a 15″ LCD, especially compared to sitting at a cab.
Connecting the Pi to JAMMA requires a bit of hardware, so I tried out the ARpiCADE, a Pi-to-JAMMA adapter and Raspbian build with 240p output, no scaling or hardware lag, a bumpy but improving menu system, and incredibly dedicated support from its Australian developer “dee2eR” who tirelessly answers questions at KLOV and Aussie Arcade. ARpiCADE is really the hub which pulls together various open source efforts, from the frontend Attract-Mode to a range of emulators like MAME 0.192 and 0.172, AdvanceMAME, MAME4all, RetroArch, and Daphne (Dragon’s Lair!).
Emulator support is decent, though I’m far from current on this stuff. I’d like to say in general if you were happy enough with MAME on your PC, you’ll likely be satisfied with the Pi, but your mileage will vary –I’ve not explored all that many games at this point. Certainly the more familiar you are with a game the more flaws you’ll notice, Pi or otherwise. Running a granular comparison across a few games on a average PC vs the Pi3 would be interesting. One game I know pretty well, Donpachi, doesn’t play on the Pi like the original PCB–I’m unsure how it fairs on a PC. DoDonPachi, released two years later and also on Cave’s first gen 68000 hardware, seems to play accurately from what I’ve seen and heard from others. Truxton II looks and plays great to me, but I don’t have the PCB to compare it to.
Whether the games emulate well enough, they do tend to look pretty great, at least on my Nanao MS8. On the MS9 that’s in my Egret II they’re not quite as sharp and vibrant, but it probably has more wear than the MS8. I do think the MS9, while somewhat smoother, just doesn’t resolve images as nicely.
As of v3.811 setup is now simple enough: download the ARpiCADE disk image, flash onto an SD card (I use ApplePi-Baker), copy game ROMs onto the SD, and insert into the Pi. It’s now so straight forward that I really wonder what the hell I was messing with for all those hours many months back. But then I remember all the ways it needed help, like modifying scripts to force 240p over its 480i default (now a menu option), and spending far too much time getting wifi and ssh working (now both on by default). Very recently I noticed a mention at the bottom of the v3.7 documentation explaining how we finally got wifi working by modifying the blacklist.conf file, a solution that should really be credited to “ktb” on the Pi forums. And even easier than tweaking files through ssh was having the Pi appear in Finder as a shared device. But in the end, dealing with permissions and the slow speed of copying ROMs this way wasn’t really worth it. Though tweaking config files on the fly and sudo reboot is certainly quicker than shuttling the SD card between the Pi and a computer.
Other than maintaining a vertical and horizontal build of working ROMs across two SD cards (at least for now–there must be a one-build solution), the biggest issue that remains after flashing a new disk image is resizing the boot partition in Ubuntu (which seems to fail for me half the time). If the ARpiCADE disk image is smaller than the SD card, you’ll need to resize the partitions in order to take advantage of the extra space. Raspi-config alone will not resize the boot partition. If you’re working on a casual build it may just be easier to use the same size SD card and not expect to be able to load entire libraries of games. If you know of a simpler method please leave a comment.
At times this project nearly drove me to the point of throwing it out the window, but it’s also been interesting to work with the Pi, Linux, and a bit of Ubuntu. It’s kind of amazing to see what a $35 computer can do. I’ve also been testing out a Raspberry Pi Zero ($5) and Zero W (wifi, $10) in hopes of programming a Python script which can blink Atari cone LEDs when credited, effectively replicating Atari’s logic which was built into most of their early 1980s games. If you’re a programmer or know one willing to help, send them my way!
A more detailed walk through can be found in my ARpiCADE notes, which are pretty up to date as of v3.811, and my ROM compatibility list which is not so up to date (also see the official ARpiCADE ROM compatibility list).
Categories: arcade, emulation, gaming
Vacuum Fluorescent Emulation
Joining Internet Archive’s Arcade collection in your browser–over 600 games and growing–they now have a handheld game section:
“This collection of emulated handheld games, tabletop machines, and even board games stretch from the 1970s well into the 1990s. They are attempts to make portable, digital versions of the LCD, VFD and LED-based machines that sold, often cheaply, at toy stores and booths over the decades.”
The effort involved in recreating these vacuum displays as vector art is a notable achievement indeed, even if it meant losing one of each along the way. A few that I remember:
Donkey Kong, Coleco, 1982
I wanted one of these so bad! There was something about a miniature “replica” of a fancy, coin-operated box of mystery that mesmerized me. Even the joystick seemed cool. Looking at it now though I’m kinda glad we were poor.
Speak & Spell, Texas Instruments, 1979
When I saw these in grade-school classrooms I could care less about spelling. I just wanted to hear its synthesized voice.
Simon, Milton Bradley, 1978
Another iconic learning device that I’d only played with at friend’s houses. Notable for having been co-designed by Ralph Baer.
Merlin, Parker Brothers, 1978
Finally, a game we had, though I rarely played, probably because I didn’t have the focus to read the manual.
Championship Football, Tandy, 1980
I inherited this from my step-dad, but had zero interest in how football is played.
Categories: 1980s, arcade, gaming, handheld
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End of Year Wrap Up: My Favourite Books in 2018
To celebrate the end of 2018, I’ve decided to compile a list of all the books that I gave 10/10 to this year. These are the books that I loved the most, out of anything I read.
Thank you to the publishers for continuing to send me review copies in 2018, and thanks to my readers for continuing to visit my blog.
The Three Secret Cities by Matthew Reilly
HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE FOUR KINGDOMS SCORNED.
THE HUNT FOR JACK WEST JR HAS BEGUN.
A SHADOW WORLD BEHIND THE REAL WORLD
When Jack West Jr won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. Now these dark forces are coming after Jack … in ruthless fashion.
With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend.
It’s an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while he is being hunted …
You can read my review HERE
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
If you were told the date of your death, how would it shape your present?
It’s 1969 in New York City’s Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes.
Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in ’80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11, hoping to control fate; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality.
Rebel Voices by Louise Kay Stewart and Eve Lloyd Knight
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the brave campaigners who fought for women’s right to vote.
Discover that it was never illegal for women to vote in Ecuador, or how 40,000 Russian women marched through St Petersburg demanding their rights. Find out how one Canadian woman changed opinions with a play, and Kuwaiti women protested via text message. And learn that women climbed mountains, walked a lion through the streets of Paris, and starved themselves, all in the name of having a voice.
Tracing its history from New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, follow this empowering movement as it spread from Oceania to Europe and the Americas, then Africa and Asia up to the present day. Meet the women who rioted, rallied and refused to give up. Stunningly illustrated by Eve Lloyd Knight, this book celebrates the women who refused to behave, rebelling against convention to give women everywhere a voice.
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep.
Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice – save the woman he loves, or everyone else? – while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she’s capable of.
As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel’s near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with the thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead?
BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS
Cicada by Shaun Tan
The story of a cicada who works in an office, and all the people who don’t appreciate him. The new picture book from multi-award-winner Shaun Tan, author of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and Rules of Summer.
A story for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, overlooked or overworked, from Australia’s most acclaimed picture book creator.
Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City, she was a regular girl growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut. How did she turn into one of the most-read social observers of our generation?
The Carrie Diaries opens up in Carrie’s senior year of high school. She and her best friends — Walt, Lali, Maggie, and the Mouse — are inseparable, amid the sea of Jens, Jocks and Jets.
And then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture. Sebastian is a bad boy-older, intriguing, and unpredictable. Carrie falls into the relationship that she was always supposed to have in high school-until a friend’s betrayal makes her question everything. With her high school days coming to a close, Carrie will realize it’s finally time to go after everything she ever wanted.
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WINKLEBLACK ARTHUR B
PRINCETON SOUTH CORPORATE PARK
500 CHARLES EWING BOULEVARD
EWING NJ 08628
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ [ CHD ] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Common Stock 05/06/2019 S 17,916 D $73.0473(1) 49,213 D
Common Stock 05/06/2019 S 6,800 D $73.8018(2) 42,413 D
Common Stock 05/06/2019 S 23,284 D $73.128(3) 19,129 D
1. The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually paid in this transaction range from $72.66 to $73.65. Detailed information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided by upon request by the Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer.
2. The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually paid in this transaction range from $73.68 to $73.975. Detailed information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided upon request by the Commission staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer.
/s/ Cristina Paradiso, attorney-in-fact for Arthur B. Winkleblack 05/07/2019
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Patrick D. de Maynadier, La Fleur Browne and Cristina Paradiso, and
each of them, each with full power to act without the other, his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution
and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign all reports pursuant to Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including all reports on Forms 3, 4
and 5 (each a ?Report?), relating to securities of Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
(the ?Company?), and to sign any and all amendments to said Reports, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York
Stock Exchange, any other national securities exchange on which securities
of the Company may be from time to time listed, and/or the NASDAQ, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and
(1) execute Reports for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned?s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Reports, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact?s discretion.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Reports with respect to the
undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 31st day of October 2018.
_____/s/ Arthur B. Winkleblack______
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2016 NFL Power Rankings - Week 16
ESPN and Sports Illustrated can eat it - these are the only pro football rankings anybody needs.
@Jimbo___X
"This is the End, Friend"
New England Patriots (13-2)
Season Point Differential: +170
In the wake of a 41-3 beatdown of the Jets, the only thing standing in the way of the Pats and home field advantage throughout the playoffs is surging Miami, who, as fate would have it, are hosting the Patriots this Sunday afternoon. A win there - or a Raiders loss - guarantees the road to Super Bowl 51 will go through Foxboro ... well, for one game, at least.
Dallas Cowboys (13-2)
Dak Prescott and pals made the Lions look anything but playoff worthy on Monday night, beating the current NFC North frontrunners 42-21. Ezekiel Elliot had two rushing touchdowns (80 yards on 12 carries) while Prescott lobbed the rock for 212 yards and three touchdowns. Hell, Detroit's defense sucked so much, even Dez Bryant got an opportunity to chuck the pigskin for six on the board.
Atlanta Falcons (10-5)
With their 33-16 win over the Panthers and the Bucs losing the same day, Atlanta officially locks up the NFC South title. They're going to need some help, but if they can win out against New Orleans this Sunday (no small task, mind you), hey, what do you know, guess who just secured themselves a first round playoffs bye?
Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4)
It was a brutal, down and dirty, back and forth struggle, but the Steeler nonetheless managed to top their divisional foes Baltimore Sunday, 31-27. Not only did the win give Pittsburgh the AFC North title (and thusly, the third overall seed in the playoffs), but it also officially eliminated the Ravens from playoff contention ... something I am sure the Baltimore faithful won't remember at the beginning of next season.
Kansas City Chiefs (11-4)
The Chiefs pulverized the defending Super Bowl champions last Sunday night, clobbering the Broncos 33-10. Alex Smith wrapped up the game 25 for 35 for 244 yards and a one-to-one TD-INT ratio while the K.C. run game outpaced the Broncos' rushing attack 238 yards to 63. Oh, and they also let Dontari Poe throw the fattest touchdown pass in NFL history, just because.
Seattle Seahawks (9-5-1)
The Seahawks, who have had the NFC West locked up for several weeks now, ended up losing Saturday's shindig against the Cardinals 34-31. Now, is this is an example of a team on "sleep mode" until the postseason begins, or is their inability to bounce back against lesser competition an indication this team ain't quite ready for do-or-die, January-time football?
Oakland Raiders (12-3)
Saying that the Raiders suffered a major postseason setback when Derek Carr sustained a broken fibula late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 33-25 win over the Colts is kinda' like saying JFK's assassination really hurt his chances for reelection. With Matt McGloin now under center, the Raiders have an opportunity to secure a crucial first round bye if the Scranton Strangler can lead his team to victory over the Broncos this Sunday, but if they are unsuccessful at vanquishing Denver and K.C. manages to beat S.D., all of a sudden Oakland drops from the No. 2 seed all the way down to the fifth seed overall.
The Bills playoffs drought continues, with their heartbreaking 34-31 O.T. loss to Miami cancelling any postseason plans they may have had that didn't entail watching the shit at home on TV. And whatever happens in '17, rest assured it will be without the aide of one Rex Ryan - indeed, the notorious foot fetishist was given his walking papers with one game to go on the schedule.
Bad snaps and some boneheaded throws ended up sinking the Ravens Sunday, as they fell to the Steelers 31-27 in a back-and-forth barroom brawl of a football game. Even worse for Baltimore, the defeat officially keeps them from participating in the 2016-17 postseason - surely, they won't have any hard feelings against the Steelers next fall, will they?
Aaron Rodgers' four touchdown passes paved the way for the Packers to bump off arch rivals Minnesota 38-25 on Sunday. Up next for Green Bay? The de facto NFC North Championship hootenanny against Detroit - win, and G.B. is in and if they lose? Well, they're going to be praying Washington and Tampa Bay hunch the pooch in their respective games this weekend, for sure.
Washington Redskins (8-6-1)
The Skins' 41-21 win over the Bears last weekend keeps their playoff dreams a' goin. Indeed, if Washington can beat the Giants at home this Sunday, they are pretty much guaranteed a slot in the playoffs - well, just as long as the Lions/Packers game later that evening doesn't result in a tie, anyway.
It really don't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things, but the Eagles - at the beginning of the season, touted as a potential Super Bowl candidate - certainly gained some measure of satisfaction from their 24-19 win over the Giants last Thursday. Granted, the team is still going to wrap up the year with a losing record, but hey - a late season divisional win is still a late season divisional win, ain't it?
The Saints' 31-24 win over the Bucs didn't do diddly to change the fact they aren't going to be in the playoffs this year, but it did give Drew Brees ample room to inflate his seasonal yardage. And hey, these guys very well could defeat the Falcons this Sunday ... you know, not that it does anything about the pesky postseason problem or nothing.
Following their 33-10 loss to the Chiefs, the Denver Broncos - yes, the defending Super Bowl champs - are officially eliminated from playoff contention. There's a lot of blame to go around for the latest loss, but Trevor Siemian's god-awful play can't be overlooked - the dude went 17 for 43 for just 183 yards, no TDs and one INT.
Arizona Cardinals (6-8-1)
David Johnson had three touchdown runs in the Cardinals' upset win over the Seahawks Sunday. Long out of the playoffs discussion, maybe Arizona can use this 34-31 victory as kindling for a comeback next season?
New York Giants (10-5)
The G-Men are guaranteed a slot in the playoffs no matter what, so maybe we shouldn't freak out about their 24-19 loss to the Eagles last Thursday night. Now, if they lose to the Redskins on the road THIS Sunday, however...
The Colts' 33-25 loss to the Raiders Saturday eliminated Andrew Luck and pals from any postseason considerations. And don't let that final score fool you into thinking this was anything even remotely resembling a close contest, neither - indeed, the score was 33-14 Oakland up until Derek Carr went down early in the fourth, with everything Indy posted on the board afterwards being the definition of garbage time points.
Miami Dolphins (10-5)
Season Point Differential: +4
The Dolphins needed some extra time, but they nonetheless managed to best Buffalo 34-31 in an O.T. thriller. Officially playoffs bound, one has to wonder: is the golden trifecta of Matt Moore, Jay Ayaji and Jarvis Landry really capable of going toe-to-toe with the likes of Big Ben and Tom Brady, or are they just a flash-in-the-pan act that got hot down the stretch against lesser competition?
San Diego Chargers (5-10)
Season Point Differential: -3
I reckon the Bolts were feeling mighty generous with it being the holidays and all, so they went out there and gifted the Cleveland Brown their first win of the year last Sunday. And if that don't prove to you these Chargers are some decent chaps, they even let the Browns outrun 'em by a 124 to 34 yard margin in the 20-17 loss!
Adding injury to insult, not only did the Titans lose 38-17 to the Jags Sunday, they also lost starting QB Marcus Mariota for a long time due to a broken fibula. And yes, if all that shit wasn't bad enough, it also happened to officially eliminate Tennessee from the playoffs, too.
Following a very bad 42-21 Monday night loss to the Cowboys, the Lions now find themselves in a do-or-die regular season finale against the Packers. A win and the Lions take home the NFC North crown and - depending on how the rest of the NFC playoffs teams perform on Sunday - quite possibly even a first round bye in the postseason. But if they lose? Green Bay clinches the division and the Lions will be roadbound through the entirety of January.
Cincinnati Bengals (5-9-1)
If you want to watch the kind of NFL games they show in hell in ultra low-definition, Cincinnati's 12-10 loss to the Texans gives you a ghastly glimpse into the pro football afterlife. Still, Andy Dalton managed to put up some impressive figures in the showing - 268 yards and a one-to-one TD-to-INT ratio on 28 completions.
The Vikings' 38-25 loss to Green Bay ensures Minnesota will finish the year no better than .500. Hey, remember earlier this season, when the Vikes started off 5-0 and we all thought they were going to run roughshod over the rest of the NFC North? Well, Pepperidge Farms remembers...
The Bucs dropping last Sunday's game against the Saints 31-24 did a LOT to jeopardize Tampa Bay's playoffs aspirations. That said, T.B. can still earn a playoff berth this weekend if they beat the Panthers. And the Colts beat the Jags. And the Cowboys beat the Eagles. And the Lions beat the Eagles. And the Titans beat the Texans. And the 49ers beat the Seahawks. And the Redskins and Giants tie.
Dropping Sunday's game against the Falcons 33-16 more than put an end to whatever unrealistic playoffs hopes the Panthers may have had - indeed, Matt Ryan and pals pretty much pissed all over their proverbial postseason graves. Still, it's a talent-rich team that has potential to get back on track next year ... or become an even bigger mess than they were in 2016. I'd say it's about a 50-50 shot at this point.
Sunday's 12-10 win over the Bengals - in tandem with the Titans and Colts both losing - officially gives Houston the AFC South title. Still, it's pretty much the group consensus that this is the worst team in this year's playoffs dozen - as evident by QB Tom Savage's statistics: 18 for 29 for 176 yards and no scores (and that's just 155 yards if you count the 21 yards lost to the four times he got sacked.)
Jacksonville Jaguars (3-12)
The Jags pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the week Sunday when they pummeled the Titans 38-17. Blake Bortles, in particular, had a hell of a game, going 26 for 38 and lobbing the rock for 325 yards and a solo TD strike.
Chicago Bears (3-12)
Chicago's 41-21 loss to the Redskins was - well, I guess the word would be "lowlighted" - by Matt Barkley's five interceptions. With Chicago on track for a first five pick in the draft, methinks their first course of action will probably be getting themselves a new QB.
Los Angeles Rams (4-11)
Season Point Differential: -132
The Rams somehow managed to let the Niners rack up 15 points late in the fourth quarter, thus producing a 22-21 come from behind loss for L.A. Jared Goff's numbers are just miserable: 11 for 24 for 90 yards, one TD and two interceptions (and that yardage count can be dialed on down to 78, if you count the real estate he lost from being sacked four times.)
New York Jets (4-11)
The Jets symbolically crashed and burned with a 41-3 ass-raping at the hands of the Patriots last weekend. And if that score sounds bad, just remember - New York didn't even get a field goal on the board until six minutes to go in the fourth quarter.
San Francisco 49ers (2-13)
The Niners only have two wins all season, and what do you know, they're both at the expense of the Los Angeles Rams. In Sunday's 22-21 comeback win, Colin K. quit hating America long enough to go 28 for 38 for 266 yards and two touchdowns - y'know, despite getting sacked four times in the same contest.
Cleveland Browns (1-14)
Alright, '08 Lions, time to pop the corks - the Browns finally won a game in 2016. So, does the 20-17 victory over San Diego herald the first step of the long suffering franchise's return to glory, or did they just get lucky in a game against a team that didn't have nothing to play for with two weeks to go in the regular season? As they oft say, only time will tell.
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Church loses polling station for keeping Black Lives Matter sign up!
A church in Fresno, California, says it was removed as a polling place over “Black Lives Matter” banners displayed on its property. Now it’s taking the county to court...
by Joy Smith June 14, 2019 101 Views
A church in Fresno, California, says it was removed as a polling place over “Black Lives Matter” banners displayed on its property. Now it’s taking the county to court over it.
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno this week, accusing Fresno County Clerk and Registrar of Voters Brandi Orth and her office of violating the church’s free speech rights.
Leaders at Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno said it was asked to remove its Black Lives Matter banners after complaints from a local resident. (KSEE 24 / video screenshot)
The church was to have served as a voting location in the November 2018 elections but was stripped of the designation following a complaint over the Black Lives Matter banners. Orth reportedly ordered the polling site moved to another church, claiming the banners prevented Unitarian Universalist from being a “safe and neutral” polling place.
“The records show that she took this illegal, retaliatory action based on one person’s racist complaints,” said Mollie Lee, senior attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Northern California. “Local registrars are at the front lines of democracy [and] have a critical responsibility in conducting elections fairly.
“It’s important for them to fulfill that responsibility in a way that is not influenced by implicit or explicit bias,” she added.
Under California law, materials related to a candidate or a campaign must be at least 100 feet from a designated polling site. The ACLU’s filing argues that banners supporting the social justice movement are 200 feet from the church building and weren’t electioneering because “they didn’t advocate for or against any candidate or measure on the ballot.”
The complaint notes that the church served as a polling site in June 2018, where voter turnout there was 16.46 percent — well above the overall county average of 10.93 percent.
Fresno representatives asked the church to cover up or remove the banners on Election Day after Orth’s office received a complaint from a resident who described BLM as a “known domestic terror group,” the complaint alleges.
Church officials refused, after which Orth moved the neighborhood polling site one mile north to CrossCity Christian Church.
“The church will not take the ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign down,” Orth allegedly wrote in a memo, according the suit. “Rossy – please don’t use this location
for November. Put these voters somewhere else, nearby. Thanks.”
Unitarian Universalist was informed of the change Sept. 5, 2018.
Leaders of the house of worship said they erected the banners after the white nationalist-led “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 to express their belief in “the inherent dignity and worth of every person.” They’ve been up since then.
“We refused to cover our banners because they are a theological, civil rights statement and we were practicing our First Amendment right to free speech,” said the Rev. Tim Kutzmark, who heads the church. “The sad part is that banners that simply affirmed the worth and dignity of black people made someone uncomfortable.”
Their lawsuit is seeking an order for the church’s polling place designation to be restored, without a precondition that their BLM signs be taken down. According to the ACLU, the next election for which the church could serve as a voting site would be the California primaries in March 2020.
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Critical essays on my last duchess
birth to their son, but after the death of Elizabeth, Robert moved back to London and it was here that he died in 1889. "Browning's Duke as Theatrical Producer." Victorian Newsletter 29 (Spring 1966 18-22. I call That piece a wonder, now: Fr Pandolf's hand Worked busily a day, and there she stands. The snobbish Duke must have taken the agent around the house and on reaching the art gallery he must have shown the portrait of his last Duchess. . tags: Shakespeare and Robert Browning Powerful Essays 1414 words (4 pages) Preview - A dramatic monologue is defined as a poem in which a single character is speaking to a person or persons- usually about an important topic. A woman shows her control over her lover by seducing him to get attention, moving him to a position she likes and treating him like she is the boss of him and his possessions. The portrait of the late Duchess of Ferrara is a wall painting, which is a type of work painted directly on a plaster wall in watercolors. There she stands As if alive. Both poems, "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" have similarities and differences. In other words, in the same way that a cell biologist can ask questions about the physics, biochemistry, genetics, and physiology of a cell and receive differing results, so, too, can a student of literary approach a text in different ways without making the study.
Critics typically discuss the ways that Browning brilliantly layers complex hidden. Readers of Browning s My Last Duchess have seldom failed to notice that. Confront the problems on which critics have been divided over the years: namely. The poem My Last Duchess (complete text) is termed a dramatic.
These lines leave us with the suspicion that the Duchess is no longer alive, but at this point were are not totally sure. He believes he is revealing his taste when in fact he is revealing the traditional masculine pathology that requires a man's wife be entirely subservient to his will. The Duke intends to impress the Count's envoy with his power to command complete and total subservience, that he is no mere princeling, but a genuine autocrat. Christabel's own belief that she has sinned is based on how a woman of her time was supposed to behave. One of the many poems that he wrote, My Last Duchess, is about a man whose wife just died and he is looking into a new woman to marry. Thus, the Duke implies that the envoy should apply his "history" or "object lesson" (the fate of the unruly former duchess) to the female "object" of the transaction. tags: English Literature Good Essays 805 words (2.3 pages) Preview - Hitcher, Education For Leisure, My Last Duchess, and The Lab "Hitcher" By Simon Armitage, "Education For Leisure" By Carol Anne Duffy, "My Last Duchess" and "The Lab" by Robert Browning are all poems.
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Sell Me A Story
Years ago I went to see Tim O'Brien , the author of The Things They Carried and many other fine books, speak about writing and read from one of his novels. When asked the inevitable "how did you become a writer?" question, Tim responded by saying "I have a job were I make up stories and people buy them. How could I not take a job like that? Let me tell you about one summer in the sixties..."
He goes on to tell about a fellow named Tim O'Brien growing up in a northern state, who has plans and dreams and one day he gets a draft notice telling him to report for duty. He tells of a trip to a wilderness lake, one that borders Canada and of that young man there with a canoe and the draft notice in his pocket and thoughts in his head about the choices we make and the lives that we live. Leaving that canoe on one side of the lake or the other would make difference on that day and all the days that follow...
"Wow," Tim says, glancing at his watch, "it's getting pretty late. Are there any other questions?" The reading room at Elliott Bay Books erupts in a chaotic chorus all asking the same question "What did you decide on the shore of that lake? Did you go to Canada or Viet Nam?"
Tim smiles broadly at this room full of people who buy his stories, "I have a job where I make up stories and people buy them..."
I have a job where I sell and repair bicycles. Unlike Mr. O'Brien, I don't only sell a story. At the end of the day the thing that I say will roll and shift and stop on command has to actually roll and shift and stop on command or I will lose customers, credibility and sales. I stay in the bike business by doing my very best to make sure the stories I tell about the bicycles are true.
It is also very true that the most important thing I sell is a story where the customer is happy on their bicycle. What makes my job easy and fun is that I honestly believe that bicycles are easy and fun and good. To make sure that the customer comes to that same conclusion, I work from one basic principle: the most important character in the story is not the bicycle and it certainly isn't me. The most important character in the story is the customer. And that character isn't just a character, that person is the real person who will make this story real.
The two most important things I do with a customer are ask questions and listen to answers. I know a bit about bikes, but I know very little about the person who just walked into my shop. Asking the right questions is something of an art. For example "What kind of bike are you looking for?" isn't nearly as good a question as "what kind of riding do you see yourself doing?" The former question elicits a one or two word response, while the second question reveals much more.
Any dialog is more than questions and answers and anyone who knows me will tell you that I am a guy who tells a lot of stories. I think we all do this, stories are how we make sense of our lives. Stories are one important way that we relate to each other. Together the questions and the answers and the people in the conversation tell a story and our lives are shaped and changed by the stories we tell and live.
A while back a pretty big guy came into the shop and we got to talking. "I don't suppose you have any bikes for a guy my size..." he said. "Me personally? Nope," I said, "I'm a scrawny little guy. But they're making some pretty beefy bikes these days, not just feather-weight race machines. Let me tell you about my friend Scott..." And I proceeded to tell him about my friend Scott, who weighed 500 pounds when he decided to start biking and who had to stop and rest multiple times just to get around the block. But Scott kept riding and these days he weighs about 170 pounds.
And now the story goes a little further because now this guy who is smaller than Scott was and bigger than Scott is has gotten himself a bicycle and is out there riding. Because stories can and do make a difference.
In my days working for the Bicycle Alliance of Washington I learned not to waste my time trying to convince people who don't want to ride in the rain and dark that it can be fun to ride in the rain and dark. Instead when somebody would say "I'd like to bike commute but I don't want to ride in the dark," I'd say "Don't do it!" But then I'd point out that the days are long in the summer so maybe they just want to try bike commuting on summer days. If they wanted to avoid the rain, I'd suggest watching the forecast skipping the rides on the damp days. If their commute was too far to bike, maybe they'd want to try using the bus for part of the trip. The key thing was listening to the objection and not dismissing it. Some times these people never became bike commuters, some became part-time bike commuters but a surprising number after taking that first step find they enjoyed biking to work. And then they realized they might not need to stop riding to work just because of some rain or some darkness. They'd come back, sometimes months later and ask about lights or rain gear. When you start a story, sometimes it goes on longer than you think it will.
Let me tell you another story. Years ago, when I worked at Sammamish Valley Cycle, a fellow comes in and answers my "what kind of riding do you see yourself doing?" question by saying that he's going to be riding across the United States and he's looking for a bike. He's a small guy (and by that I mean he's a bit shorter than me). We don't have a touring bike in stock that will fit him and while I do tell him about the Marinonis we can order, I also tell him about the Adventure Cycling Association, Rivendell, things he should look for in a bike and various used bike possibilities included older non-suspended mountain bikes or older touring frames. I mention Bike Works and I can't now recall if he nodded and said he knew about them or if I was giving him new info, but I also told him that at his size I thought a 26" wheeled Rivendell Atlantis would be a great bike to look at and the Bob Freeman had them in stock in Seattle at Elliott Bay Bicycles. We wind up talking for well over an hour and eventually this guy, whose name is Bill, goes on his way.
Later, I get a call at the shop. It's Bill. He's at Elliott Bay and he's test ridden the Atlantis. He likes it. "Do you think I should buy it?" he asks.
"If you like it and it fits you and you can afford it, sure. It's a good bike," I reply.
"But I feel guilty, you spent so much time with me..." Bill explains.
"Look," I say, "Bob's got a good bike there. Buy it and don't worry. If you want you can come back here and I'll be happy to sell you a whole bunch of touring bags and other stuff for your trip."
And that's how I met Bill Lippe. Bill did buy the bike from Bob at Elliott Bay and some bags from me and took his trip across the U.S. He also got quite involved in bicycling in the Seattle area and over the years various people came into Sammamish Valley Cycle, bought bikes and said "Bill Lippe sent me." Quite a few years later I wound up sending my resume and application for an interesting job at Bike Works, the funky little non-profit in the Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle. I'd done some volunteer work at Bike Works before and I knew a lot of the staff through some joint projects they'd done with the Bicycle Alliance of Washington. I'm pretty sure I wound up getting the job through my merits, but I also know that I probably got the interview because I had a strong recommendation from the Bike Works Board President, a fellow named Bill Lippe.
When you start a story, sometimes it goes on longer than you think it will.
I have a job where I tell stories about people and bicycles. People buy the bicycles, ride them and are happy. How could I not take a job like that?
Cars Are Hazardous
(Courtesy of Bentley Motors)
It has come to the attention of the good people at Bentley Motors that their "Winged B" hood ornament could injure a pedestrian in the event of a crash. The spring mount of the ornament is designed to retract in the case of such an unfortunate event, but alas the mechanism may corrode, leading to failure and thus Bentley has issued a preventative recall. I, for one, applaud Bentley's application of conscience in this matter and look forward to the logical consequence of this precedent, namely that auto manufacturers and the public at large will recognize that placing several tons of metal in motion is hazardous to human life and we will recall vast numbers of these dangerous machines. Until that day, I will continue to point people towards resources that will allow them to reduce their dependence on these hazardous devices and increase their chances at avoiding unfortunate encounters with machines of excessive momentum. In that spirit, I invite everyone to spend a few minutes looking at Michael Bluejay's excellent site: How Not To Get Hit By Cars.
While my own preferences have lead me to construct a life in which I avoid interactions with personal motor vehicles as much as possible, many people successfully use their cars or trucks to transport their bikes. People do this successfully every day, but I work in a bike shop and at least a few times a year I get to see what happens when the car+bike story ends as tragically as the scorpion+frog story.
Image and sad story via theZeph
If you do carry your bike on a roof rack, always, always, always remember it is there. Because if you don't and you drive home into your garage or through a bank drive-thru or into a parking garage, you may get that loud, sickening reminder like theZeph did. I know some folks stuff their garage remote into an old cycling glove to help them remember. I think if I were in a position to be piloting such a big rig, I'd remember the cautionary fable sung by C.W. McCall in which he recounts a sign saying "clearance to the twelve-foot line, but the chickens was stacked to thirteen-nine."
Rear racks are not without their own perils, however. I know several people who have had their bikes smashed when their cars were rear ended, a few that have had their bikes fall off their racks and just this past Sunday I sold a new tire to a fellow whose bike tire had been toasted by a too hot tailpipe.
Since I'm not a car-driver, I have no sage advice other than this: cars are hazardous. Remember that.
One Watt Tail Lights Compared: Planet Bike Super Flash Turbo vs. PDW RADBOT 1000
My wife will tell you that I have something of an obsession with bicycle lights. I don't stop riding when it gets dark and I'm a big fan of things that light up and reflect. LED technology keeps evolving and the lights of today get far more light from a pair of batteries than the lights of just a few years ago. Since there is still no free lunch in the physical world, lighting designers have to make trade-offs between battery life and brightness. I personally use several different tail lights on my bikes, some simple ones where the batteries seem to last forever and some lights in the "blindingly bright" category that are quite visible even in daylight but whose battery life never matches the optimistic claims that decorate their packaging.
Several years ago Planet Bike introduced the Superflash, a dazzling tail light that used a half-Watt LED and a couple of smaller LEDs. The Superflash quickly became quite popular with randonneurs, commuters and anyone looking for a very bright tail light.
When Dan and Erik left Planet Bike to start their own company, Portland Design Works, one of their products, the RADBOT 1000, pushed tail light brightness even further. The RADBOT 1000 uses a one-Watt LED, has a built-in reflector and was noticeably brighter than the Superflash. PDW also makes a half-Watt version of the RADBOT, the RADBOT 500. While the RADBOT 500 was basically directly competing with the Superflash in terms of runtime and brightness and was the light that Dan and Erik both use on their own commuting bikes, the RADBOT 1000 far outshone the RADBOT 500 both in brightness and sales. The market seemed to say, in terms of brightness, more is better.
The folks at Planet Bike don't stay on the top of the bike lighting game by sitting on their hands, so this spring they are releasing a one-Watt version of the Superflash, the Superflash Turbo. It's not in stores yet, so I don't have a link where you can buy one, but the good folks at Planet Bike did send me one of their lights so I could review it. And by the way, the people I've dealt with at both Planet Bike and Portland Design Works are good folks. Both companies are staffed by genuine bike geeks and both contribute a portion of their profits to bicycle advocacy.
The Planet Bike Superflash Turbo is the same size as the original Superflash and it has the same switch mechanism and mounting hardware. The switch toggles the light between off, flashing and steady modes. As you can see in the above photos, the RADBOT 1000 is a bit bigger than the Superflash Turbo, but both lights use basically identical mounting hardware and can interchange in their brackets. BTW, the RADBOT lights come with one more bracket that the Planet Bike lights, a handy bracket for mounting the light on a rear rack.
I didn't take photos of both lights with fresh batteries but the lights are basically identically eye-searingly bright with fresh batteries. Think painful. Think about not staring directly at these lights. Think about Nazis opening the Ark of the Covenant in that Indiana Jones movie. That's about how bright these lights are. They overwhelmed my camera's settings, so I gave up taking pictures of the lights with fresh batteries.
I do know that marketing claims of "up to 100 hours on 2 AAA batteries" are basically fiction. Maybe in flashing mode with lithium batteries or something (and even then I'm very doubtful), but I figured I'd test these in something close to a fair "apples to apples" comparison. I loaded each light with freshly charged Rayovac rechargeable AAA cells. Now to be fair to the lights tested, these are pretty low capacity rechargeable batteries. Read the battery review here.
Jun Nogami ran an interesting test on battery life comparing the Radbot 1000 to the original Superflash. Now that I had both lights in hand, I set out with my lights and my batteries to recreate his test. I don't have a test bench or even a very good camera but I did record some results the old fashioned way. I turned the lights on to their solid mode and checked them every half hour or so. Here's what I found.
At 4.5 hours, the PDW Radbot 1000 was noticeably dimming. The Planet Bike Superflash Turbo still was going strong.
At 5.0 hours, both lights were visibly dimming. The Planet Bike Superflash Turbo was about twice as bright as the Radbot 1000 at this point in the test.
At about 6.0 hours, the Planet Bike Superflash Turbo shut itself off. The Radbot 1000 was still glowing dimly. Less than half an hour later, the Radbot 1000 also shut down.
These results are consistent with Jun's findings. Letting the lights "rest" for a bit and turning them back on, they'd light for a bit (ten minutes or so) and then shut down. This doesn't mean these are bad lights, but it does show that bright lights draw a lot of power. And that you shouldn't believe the packaging.
My own approach to lighting is redundancy. I'll use a very bright light like the Superflash Turbo or a RADBOT 1000 but after every ride I check the brightness of the lights and change batteries as needed. I carry spare batteries with me. I also use lights that use lower power LEDs to get more useful light out of a set of batteries. And, as someone is sure to comment, a generator hub is one of the best, most reliable ways to ensure you have lights that will run all night.
Keep 'em rolling. And, if you ride at night, keep 'em lit.
A fellow who goes by the name @VeloDoc posted this on Twitter:
"We're not bikers! Bikers ride Harley's. We are cyclists!!"
I understand for many people that the term "Biker" may conjure an image of Marlon Brando in The Wild One, I for one, am unwilling to grant exclusive use of the term "biker" to those whose two-wheeled machines are motorized. While I know that in a world where we drive on parkways and park on driveways that this may be a losing battle, it is a battle I have fought for years and will continue to fight as long as I have the strength to speak, type or turn a pedal. I have been, and always shall be, a biker.
The machine I ride, I call a bike. I go on bike rides. I work in a bike shop. I sometimes ride with a bike club. In the woods I go mountain biking.
I don't grab my cycle and go cycling. I don't belong to a cycle club. Maybe you do and if so, great. I'm sure that works fine for you. But don't tell me I have to go cycling.
I'm grabbing my bike and going biking.
Because I'm a biker.
Small Is Beautiful
Sarah Chan is stylish and practical on her Dahon D3.
While there isn't a single wheel size that is perfect for every bicycle, owning various small-wheeled bikes over the years has given me an opportunity to get acquainted with the virtues of having a petite machine. While my 29er Octocog is a machine well-suited for the high, rocky wilderness, tiny wheels let my Dahon D3 go many places that my 29er cannot. The city, the train station and the crowded coffee shop all remind me that small is beautiful.
On her blog Sarah Chan tells this story:
"...we ran into some guys who were ogling the bike and having a smoke while I unfolded the Dahon back into it's fully functional form.
A few minutes passed with chit chat about the thing, and I offered for one of the guys to test ride it up and down the block since he was so curious about whether it was fast at all. This is where his friend told him that the only important thing was knowing it was faster than walking. I never heard somebody put it that way before but... that's a good way of looking at it!"
While it is true that small wheels don't hold their speed the way a bigger wheel does, that lack of momentum when rolling means that the wheels also have less inertia when stopped. A little wheeled bike rolls up to speed rapidly and the bike is very maneuverable. The way I tend to describe it is by saying that the little wheels may not be fast, but they are quick. In stop and go city riding, my Dahon tends to be my fastest bike.
People also seem to have a hard time grasping that gear ratios can let a small wheel cover a decent bit of distance for a given pedal stroke. I've ridden a full super-randonneur brevet series as well as Paris-Brest-Paris and London-Edinburgh-London on a 20 inch wheeled Bike Friday and I lost track of how many times I've been asked "don't you have to pedal a lot more to make those little wheels go?" Eventually I just gave up trying to explain the gearing and instead decided to look very serious and say "Yes, it is much, much harder. Fortunately, I'm much tougher than all those other fellows!" And, for the record, Matteo Luzzana is even tougher than I am. He rode LEL on a Brompton T3.
My first folding bike was a Bridgestone Picnica, the machine that made a horrible commute wonderful. At the time (about 26 years ago), Christine and I were living in Bridgeport, CT, she was a brand-new stay-at-home mom and I was working in White Plains, NY. The drive along I-95 was miserable, but I found a van-pool that went from Stratford CT to Purchase NY. So instead of fighting traffic everyday in a car and pouring a lot of gas in a tank, I paid my way into the van-pool. In the morning, I'd ride my bike to Stratford and fold the bike. The bike and I rode in the van to Purchase where I unfolded the bike and rode to White Plains. In the evenings, the process was reversed. I saved money, time and a lot of aggravation. I could read on the van instead of fume at traffic. I got exercise everyday riding my bike. My folding bike and the van-pool made bike commuting possible, even in an "impossible" situation.
While the classic folding bike scenario is a multi-modal journey involving a van or a train or a bus or a plane, having a compact bicycle has many other rewards. Lynette Chang, author of "The Handsomest Man in Cuba " and inventor of the Traffic Cone Bag, rides a Bike Friday because, as she says, "it fits her five-foot-nothing self." Folding bikes are a great option for shorter people looking to get a quality bike. While it can often be hard to find a good conventional bike that fits a person of short stature, folding bikes tend to size down well. This fact can make them great bikes for growing kids, a fact not lost on Anne's daughter over at Car Free Days. Apparently this mothers and daughters sharing bikes thing still holds when the mother and daughter are both adults as well, as evidenced by Melanie and her Mom.
Some folding bikes also fit taller folks. While I personally love my little Dahon Curve D3, it's not a bike I'd recommend to someone over six feet tall. The five-foot tall Sarah Chan does say that her six-foot-four husband sometimes rides her D3 but "Admittedly, it's comical." Actually, that comic effect holds true for darn near anybody on a folding bike, we really do look kind of goofy. And maybe it's my imagination, but it seems to me that drivers are less aggressive when I'm on the Dahon instead of one of my more conventional-looking bikes. I know I'm less aggressive. As I've said before, it is impossible to imagine that you are Lance Armstrong while riding a tiny folding bike.
But tall fellows, like Lazy Rando Vik, can and do log many happy miles on folding bikes. Vik points out another great virtue of a small folding bike in his Bike Locking Case #4. As Vik notes, the best way to lock your bike is to not have to lock your bike by keeping it with you. Tikets, Dahons and Bromptons all fit easily under cafe tables and pack into small corners of small apartments. If you have a car, a folding bike can be quickly and securely stowed in the trunk.
As someone who lives car free in a second story apartment, I can tell you that one reason my Dahon gets used so often is that it is an easy bike to carry up and down stairs. My smallest bike happens to be my lightest bike and my easiest bike to maneuver in tight spots.
Many folks think a cargo bike has to be some massive machine with loads of hauling capacity but in several decades of car free living, I've only found a few occasions where I needed to lug big things around. So, for me, owning a "cargo bike" has never been a priority. Almost every day I do wind up hauling some cargo, but in some sense every bike is a cargo bike. It just depends on how much cargo you are interested in hauling. Melanie's little pink Dahon is the cutest cargo bike ever. If you want to haul more gear but still stick with something compact and foldable, Burley makes a wonderful folding trailer. As the photo of Sarah on the top of this blog illustrates, with the small front wheel there is a lot of room to hang a bag from the handlebars on a folding bike.
Todd from Clever Cycles in Portland wonderfully illustrated just how versatile and fun a folding bike can be by riding his Brompton down the Pacific Coast last August. As Todd described the "perma-grin" that set in on the fifth day of that tour I knew exactly what he meant when he said that he "touched the wire that powers everything." Todd knows that a small machine can connect you with a big, wonderful world. Todd recently reminded me of one of the more interesting aspects of having a small little bike: the social side of things. As Todd says "folding bikes are almost as effective as dogs at breaking social ice. They give strangers something to ask about." If you want to meet people, get a folding bike.
While I'm sure there are many reasons someone might want a folding bike or find one useful, the single best reason I have for owning my little red bike is the big grin it puts on my face pretty much every time I ride it. That, more than anything else, is why I keep those little wheels rolling.
Drive Fast
It's not very often that I dispense automotive advice. Today, I am. It is Sunday and I'm going to preach a little. My advice is two words, and those two words are "Drive Fast," but I hope you stick with me long enough to hear why that's my advice.
Like pretty much every American, I live in a world designed for driving. My home, like yours I suspect, has a space specifically made for my automobile. My workplace, naturally, has plenty of parking. My bank features a drive-thru teller window, as do most of the coffee shops and fast food places. These fast places are mostly along the wide road, the one just off the swooping freeway exits. In the past hundred years we've put a lot of effort into making it easy to go from here to there quickly and while sometimes we can, too often we can't, so we've invented things like traffic reports, and books on tape to help us cope. And even when we do get from here to there and back again without incident or aggravation, the here and there are not quite like we dreamed. The dreams, the world shown us in the car commercials, is the driver on the open road, a lone car driving beneath blue skies, along a rocky coast or twisting through a green forest. In truth, we build rivers of concrete through our cities. We really do pave paradise to put up parking lots. Every day we chop down trees to make thousands of greasy bags to hold the millions of french fries we scarf down on our important trips to important places.
Far too often, our desires and dreams of rapid mobility are thwarted by all those idiots clogging our damn roads. Where the hell are all these bozos going? I need to be moving, of course, but what's up with the clown in the Honda? Of course, if we stop and breathe and think, we realize that we are all the clown in the Honda, so to speak, and while his errand may, in fact, be more or less important than mine at this moment, his task, to him, is what he needs to be doing.
Hmm, stop and breathe and think. There's an idea. It's an idea that came to me decades ago, when I was stuck in traffic. I wouldn't give up my car, not forever anyway, but maybe I'd take a break, briefly. I decided to drive fast.
Not fast as in zoom, zoom but fast as in take a break. Some people fast for reasons of religion or health, deciding, for example, to abstain from eating meat. I decided to fast from driving, for a while, for my health. Mostly for my mental health.
I think it was easier for me than for many because I really never enjoyed driving. The disconnect between the dream and the reality was always too much for me. Pressing a gas pedal never thrilled me the way turning a bike pedal does. But maybe that's just me.
I do know that my driving fast worked for me. I liked not driving. I liked seeing where I was dependent on having a car, seeing that as a problem and working on that problem. The easiest way to work on the problem was to work on myself and my circumstance. My fast grew from a day without driving to something bigger. I don't hate cars, but I love much of the world that we've been destroying to make way for them. I allied myself with simpler forms of locomotion, like walking and cycling. But I also allied myself with big complex systems like trains and buses. Motor vehicles have their place, but for me I found that place didn't have to be my own parking place with my own car.
Christine and I have lived happily without owning an automobile for just under a quarter of century. We've raised two sons who are now both grown men and who have somehow never bothered to become licensed drivers. This is just the reality of our lives but somehow this has been thought of as news and we wind up giving talks to people who want to know our "secret". The secret is making choices. Everyone makes choices every day and I know my choices will not be yours.
But I do have this advice. Try giving something up. Briefly. It's easy if it's something you don't enjoy or some part of your life that you suspect is not really giving you what you need. Maybe today is the day you drive fast. And by that I mean that maybe today is the day you don't drive. Try it, for a day. Look at your city and your life from the standpoint of a pedestrian or from the seat of a bicycle. You might like some of what you see and you probably won't like some of what you see. But I think you'll find it interesting.
Drive Fast. That's my advice.
The Simple Pleasure of a Bike Ride
"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." ~ John F. Kennedy
Fans of epic ride reports will do well to skip this post, for there is no drama here. No adversity was overcome to bring you these words, no weather endured unless you count enduring a sunny day in February some sort of hardship. There were no close calls with cars and all canine encounters were most cordial. My machine fell victim to no mechanical maladies and I encountered no obvious injustice to make me righteously rage against the world.
I ride my bicycle and since the day is sunny and my immediate obligations are slight, I ride the long way to the city. The direct route uses the floating bridge and the clever tunnel but the long route follows the shores of lakes and rivers. What was once a native path became the rail line and now that the age of steam is mostly a rusting memory, this route is mostly trails once again.
The sky and the lake are blue, the air is crisp and my clothing is warm enough for the day.
Many of the homes along the trail have privacy fences and one home owner along the route makes and sells pictures for the fences. I always think this one would look more at home in a coffee shop.
There are hundreds of geese at Marymoor Park.
Marymoor Park is also home to a velodrome.
Much of Marymoor park is the old Willowmoor Farm site. The windmill is over one hundred years old.
I have a huge collection of "my bike next to things" pictures. Here's my bike next to the "naked woman sitting on nothing" statue.
It is still early in the ride, but I suspect this will be the oddest photograph of the day.
There is a bunch of salmon-themed art along the trail. This is the Salmon-Moon sculpture in Woodinville.
I pause to browse and grab some lunch at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park and then continue on my way.
The Burke-Gilman Trail is in the Rail Trail Hall of Fame. On sunny days in the summer, it's packed with people. On a sunny day in February, it's not as crowded.
Despite the "it rains all the time" reputation, blue sky days are amazing in Seattle. This is Lake Washington as viewed from Matthews Beach Park.
Yet another picture of my bike next to public art. This is the UW Husky.
One of my favorite bits of home-brew public art.
Yet another view of Lake Washington, looking east towards the Cascades.
The switch-backed road leads back down to the water.
The boats at Leschi with Mount Rainier in the distance.
My favorite road sign on Lake Washington Boulevard.
Looking back at the Seattle skyline from Seward Park.
Mount Rainier as seen from the southern edge of Seward Park
I roll onward to Renton, the land of airplanes. These are some of the little ones.
The Cedar River Trail loops back towards home.
I try to be courteous on the roads and trails, but I suspect I am not the only one who may occasionally exceed this limit. I'd much rather see a sign that says "Don't ride like a jerk!"
The sun is getting low as I turn off the trail. The Cedar Grove Road leads to the Issaquah-Hobart Road which leads me home.
Just a day in the sun, on a bike. A simple day to remember the simple pleasure of a bike ride.
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Kyrgyz ‘anti-propaganda’ bill on verge of becoming law
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Last week, the Kyrgyz Parliament’s Human Rights Committee approved the anti-LGBT ‘propaganda’ bill. The decision brings the bill closer to a parliamentary vote, which might already take place this week or next.
Closely resembling similar existing laws in Russia, the bill seeks to outlaw the dissemination of information “aimed at forming positive attitudes toward non-traditional sexual relations.” Persons found guilty under this law face up to one year imprisonment.
It was only in 1998 that homosexual acts between consenting adult men were decriminalised, and in 2004 that also sexual acts between two consenting women were no longer a sexual offence in the Penal Code.
The bill was condemned by the two rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe responsible for relations with Kyrgyzstan and for LGBT issues, Andreas Gross and Robert Biedroń.
Ulrike Lunacek MEP, Co-President of the LGBT Intergroup, reacted: “In a country where LGBT people experience blatant discrimination, severe violence – not the least by police forces – and have no access to their human rights, this bill will only further worsen their situation by curtailing their right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
“I expect the EU to raise this at the highest levels with Kyrgyz authorities, to make sure that LGBT people will stop being scapegoated and ensure that human rights of all Kyrgyz citizens are protected.”
Sophie in ‘t Veld MEP, Vice-President of the LGBT Intergoup, continued: “It is unacceptable that people might again be put in jail for being who they are, or even for sharing objective information about different sexual orientations.”
“We urge Kyrgyz law makers not to follow the example of countries like Russia or Uganda, and take their country back to the stone age, but rather join the growing number of European countries where all citizens are equal, free and safe.”
Read more articles on ‘anti-propaganda’ laws
Categories: Press releases, Recent news Tags: freedom of expression, kyrgyzstan, propaganda law
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We meet ZIMMER in the record store where he advises young buyers about the real rock and roll, before their time. He knows it all, and imparts his storehouse of knowledge while relating his experiences growing up: the expectations, his family, the friends who freaked out, the expectations, where he was when Kennedy died, his Bar Mitzvah, his girlfriend, and maybe a few more expectations. Always there is the music to tie it together, and tide him over.
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A man sits peacefully reading in the sunlight in Central Park. There enters a second man. He is a young, unkempt and undisciplined vagrant where the first is neat, ordered, well-to-do and conventional. The vagrant is a soul in torture and rebellion. He longs to communicate so fiercely that he frightens and repels his listener. He is a man drained of all hope who, in his passion for company, seeks to drain his companion. With provocative humour and unrelenting suspense, the young savage slowly, but relentlessly, brings his victim down to his own atavistic level as he relates a story about his visit to the zoo. Now part of the full length play At Home at the Zoo, THE ZOO STORY may continue to be performed independently.
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Waiting for the revolution that she feels certain is near at hand, Cuba, a supporter of Fidel Castro, has set up camp in New York's Central Park. Having become something of a tourist attraction, she is interviewed by a reporter from the New York Times—who shudders apprehensively as Cuba shoots down the series of "spies" who approach her bastion, and harangues a watching crowd through a bullhorn. Inevitably the interview becomes a confrontation between her left-wing views and his right-wing reactions, with the end result an uneasy standoff. As he leaves the reporter remarks that she has given him no real story to file, as a story must have a beginning, a middle and an end. "But I have indeed given you a beginning," replies Cuba, "and I may yet give you a middle—and perhaps," she adds ominously, "an end as well."
Presented by New York's renowned ANTA Matinee Series, this timely and provocative fantasy makes an amusing, yet disturbing, statement on the nature of revolution. "Bitingly original a chilling comment on the inhumanity of war." —NY Times. "A perfect gem." —Village Voice.
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Freely translated as "Where are you from?" the title of the play refers to the increasing tide of illegal aliens who flee north to the United States from the economically and politically oppressed countries of Latin America. Seeking jobs and freedom from persecution, the refugees are, more often than not, met with indifference and even hostility, regardless of their circumstances, and deported back to their home countries—which can often mean certain death. In a series of sharply drawn scenes and monologues, with thirteen actors portraying more than forty characters, the author explores the individual stories of a cross section of refugees and those with whom they come in contact: overworked and increasingly cynical lawyers who try to win amnesty for them; a group of Catholic nuns who risk imprisonment to provide sanctuary; judges and immigration officials who must enforce often antiquated and even inhuman laws; and U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent who are torn between allegiance to their new country and compassion for those fleeing persecution and poverty in their old. A moving plea for understanding and forbearance, the play also becomes, in the end, a searing indictment of this nation's immigration policies and a disturbing reminder of the terrible toll which these can exact, whether intentionally or not.
Comprised of a panoramic series of short scenes and monologues, with thirteen actors playing some forty-three characters, this powerful, moving play examines the plight of illegal aliens fleeing poverty and oppression in Latin America—only to run afoul of hostility and bureaucratic rigidity on the U.S. side of the border. Winner of the Rosenthal New Play Prize in its initial production by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. "…powerful and articulate…ideal fare for colleges and regional groups looking to fill intimate second stages with innovative new writing." —Variety. "…visceral theater…should have a special appeal to other institutional theaters equally interested in provoking audiences into political awareness." —NY Times.
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Developer pulls plug on Key Food plan
The space where developers were planning to open a Key Food, at 1764 Grand Ave., has been empty for more than a year.
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It’s absolutely detrimental to the Baldwin community whenever a large anchor tenant withdraws their development or leasing plans.”
Erik Mahler, Chamber president
By Bridget Downes
While residents have been vocal about the need for a supermarket in North Baldwin, a developer pulled out of plans to open a Key Food where Pathmark used to be.
The space, at 1764 Grand Ave., which has been empty for more than a year, is zoned as a commercial property and spans roughly 171,000 square feet.
Town of Hempstead officials said the developer of the proposed supermarket filed an application in August 2018 to renovate the interior and convert the old Pathmark into a Key Food. The application was approved, and the town issued a permit a month later.
The developer, Pick Quick Baldwin LLC, had fulfilled all of the requirements to make the renovations and open the store. But on behalf of the developers, the architect for the site told the town recently that the company would not move forward with the opening because of “economics and a change in the business model,” town spokesman Mike Fricchione said.
“It was very disappointing to hear that the anticipated opening of a Key Food in Baldwin will not be going forward,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen and Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney wrote in a joint statement. “We are committed to economic development in Baldwin, and remain focused on moving quickly with the overlay zone project, and doing all we can to revitalize downtown Baldwin and remove any roadblocks that prevent developers from investing in the area.”
Residents and town officials alike have discussed the proposed revitalization of Grand Avenue and other areas of Baldwin. The Town Board’s plan would rezone parts of Grand Avenue, and roads such as Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road, to allow for new buildings, with retail on the ground floor and apartments on the upper ones, to be constructed without the need for variances from the town’s Board of Appeals.
In the past, required approvals have caused developments to fall through and hindered attempts to revive the downtown area. Similar efforts, officials said, have succeeded in the Village of Farmingdale and downtown Patchogue, both of which now have bustling main streets.
Officials said the initiatives to attract new businesses to the area have failed in recent years — in a downtown that has suffered economically for decades. The overlay zone aims to address the previous redevelopment challenges.
King Sweeney, a Wantagh Republican, announced the formation of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Rethinking Building and Zoning Codes last week. The panel was formed, officials said in a news release, in response to recent reports that New York state and Long Island have experienced an “exodus” of young people who are seeking more affordable housing elsewhere.
The panel was scheduled to meet on Monday, according to Gillen and King Sweeney. “The goal of the panel is to address the immediate need to modernize the town’s approach to zoning and building codes and to better serve our residents,” they said in the statement.
Additionally, King Sweeney was set to join the Baldwin Civic Association in hosting a Baldwin Community Town Hall on Monday at Baldwin Park, at 3232 South Grand Ave., although town officials were unsure what was to be discussed as the Herald went to press on Monday.
Gillen will also host a Community Town Hall at the Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., on June 25 at 7 p.m., so residents can learn how the town is working to improve the local neighborhood. The presentation will include updates on several key initiatives, including road and infrastructure projects, economic development, environmental protection, quality of life and town services, officials said in a news release.
“It’s absolutely detrimental to the Baldwin community whenever a large anchor tenant withdraws their development or leasing plans,” said Erik Mahler, Baldwin Chamber of Commerce president.
Residents took to social media to share their concerns, including asking where they will shop for groceries.
“Why purchase that property and pretend to build a Key Food only to stop the project just short of completion?” asked local resident Kathleen Desio. “Where are people up north going to shop?”
The developer did not immediately return a call requesting comment.
Anthony O’Reilly contributed to this story.
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Medicaid Expansion Explodes
Monday November 21, 2016
From the WALL STREET JOURNAL, 11/17/16
New enrollments vastly exceed estimates, and states are on the hook.
"On Donald Trump’s victory Republicans in Congress are primed for an ambitious agenda, and not a moment too soon. One immediate problem is ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid, which has seen enrollment at least twice as high as advertised.
"Most of the insurance coverage gains from the law come from opening Medicaid eligibility beyond its original goal of helping the poor and disabled to include prime-age, able-bodied, childless adults. The Supreme Court made this expansion optional in 2012, and Governors claimed not joining would leave “free money” on the table because the feds would pick up 100% of the costs of new beneficiaries.
"In a new report this week for the Foundation for Government Accountability, Jonathan Ingram and Nicholas Horton tracked down the original enrollment projections by actuaries in 24 states that expanded and have since disclosed at least a year of data on the results. Some 11.5 million people now belong to ObamaCare’s new class of able-bodied enrollees, or 110% higher than the projections.
"Analysts in California expected only 910,000 people to sign up, but instead 3.84 million have, 322% off the projections. The situation is nearly as dire in New York, where enrollment is 276% higher than expected, and Illinois, which is up 90%. This liberal state triumvirate is particularly notable because they already ran generous welfare states long before ObamaCare.
"The data are also an embarrassment to Kentucky (134% over) and Ohio (60% over) because the legislatures in those states rejected expanding. They were unilaterally overruled by Democratic Governor Steve Beshear and Republican John Kasich. Arkansas’s compromise Medicaid expansion was hailed as a “private option,” but 51% more people have signed up for this public option than voters were told at the time.
"The Foundation for Government Accountability numbers exclude states that expanded recently like Alaska and Louisiana, where it is too soon to draw conclusions. The study also omits Delaware, Massachusetts and Vermont, which obtained Medicaid expansion waivers prior to ObamaCare.
"New or enlarged entitlements always overwhelm projections, because of so-called “woodwork effects” where added benefits draw out people the budget gnomes weren’t expecting. But there’s enough experience now where these effects should have been built into the models. Governors ignored all this to make expanding seem less costly than it would be when the bill came due.
"The state spending share of new Medicaid enrollment will rise to 5% next year and then to 10% by 2020, up from 0% today. The enrollment overruns mean these states will have less to spend than they planned for every other priority, especially the least fortunate. The Governors who didn’t expand and withstood a hail of political and hospital censure are looking prescient."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/medicaid-explodes-1479426939
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Rosina revelle
Rosina revelle. Nature knows best: The Big Book of Breasts. TASCHEN Books 2019-04-12
Rosina revelle Rating: 8,8/10 1794 reviews
ROSINA REVELLE PINUP YEAR 1958 Premier Kodak Glossy Photo Print 8x10 N 14
She was known for her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. Can be viewed on your computer. Any error in shipping will be refunded. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rosina Revelle 1940 Birth location Measurements 46-26-38 inch 5 ft 3 in 1.
Rosina only made one film appearance, in the 8mm glamour film Daddy Likes 'Em Buxom. The photo, you will receive, will be Watermark-Free. If still alive she would now be in her late 60s. However, it was reported that she was 18 at the time of the shootings. In The Little Big Book of Breasts, explores the origins of mammary madness through three decades of natural big-breasted nudes.
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She also used the modeling names Flo Langley and Brigitte La Rue. The photo print that you will receive, will be of identical quality to the image shown in this listing, except that will be watermark-free. The quality of the printing process and the paper used are optimal, of the highest level in the industry. Her career came to a halt in 1959, when her parents found out about her career.
She was 19 at the time. This new downsized edition contains all the same beautiful and provocative photos of these iconic women, plus the nine original interviews, including rare conversations with Tempest Storm and Uschi Digard, and the last with Candy Barr before her untimely death in 2005. Rosina Revelle was a topless British model of the late 1950s. Some call it the American obsession, but men everywhere recognize the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. Born circa in , England, the daughter of a Maltese shopkeeper, Rosina had appeared in several local beauty contests while still in her early teens.
Her photos are prized today by collectors and interest in her has continued into the Internet era. Rosina appeared in a number of beauty contests in her early teens. This one, however, before I yet open it, is close to my heart and I am most touched that Benedikt sensitively remembered the everlasting object of my geographic passions, past, present and future. She also used the modeling names Flo Langley and Brigitte La Rue.
By the time she was 16 her measurements were 46-26-38 and her place in history was assured. Model is 18+ Years Old This photo is sold from collector to collector without any copyright transferred. She began posing early in local beauty contests, at the age of 14. Rosina Revelle was born in 1940, in Warwickshire, England.
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High Quality Premier Kodak Glossy Photo Print 8x10 Professionally Printed in a Photo LabKodak Professional Endura Premier Glossy paper usedBold, bright colors that lastDelivers exceptional clarity with natural skin tones Due to the conditions and age of the original photo before being scanned for digitization, please carefully review the image shown in this listing, before making your purchase. They were stapled and sold in a book of 5 photos. No information about her post-modeling life is known, though her pictures have been reprinted throughout the decades. Born sometime around 1940 in Warwickshire, England, the daughter of a Maltese shopkeeper, Rosina had appeared in several local beauty contests while still in her early teens. Before modeling, she worked as a ballet dancer, a cinema usherette and a shop assistant.
Nature knows best: The Big Book of Breasts. TASCHEN Books
If still alive she would now be in her late 60s. They were scanned at 75 dpi and will yield a great 4 x 5 photo if you choose to print. I had previously sold off this fine collection which originated from England. However her career came to abrupt close in 1959, when her parents discovered about her glamour career and forced her to stop modeling.
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All scanned images are true to the original photo,so images will contain discoloration spots and staple holes. . Any larger size print may not yield a great clear photo. . . .
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Hot Topics April 2010
MID MERSEY LOCAL MEDICAL COMMITTEE
The Gables Cowley Hill Lane St Helens Merseyside WA10 2AP
Tel: 01744 28588 Fax: 01744 453689 e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• LOCAL ISSUES
• IT STRATEGY
Summary Care Records and EPS documents are currently under review with the LMC under the IT Sub Group.
Recently, due to intense lobbying from the GPC, the Government have suspended the accelerated Summary Care roll out. The BMA have expressed concern about the roll out taking place in areas where PIPs (Public Information Programmes) have not yet begun.
• PLCP (PROCEDURES OF LIMITED CLINICAL PRIORITY)
The LMC today discussed the merits and the processes for identifying procedures of limited clinical priority. It was felt that this would need further discussion. We will keep you abreast of proceedings or any changes.
• PREMISES DISPUTE PROTOCOL
We would like to bring to the attention of Practices in Warrington a document on the LMC website, www.mmlmc.org.uk, which gives in detail a protocol for local dispute resolution for determination of current market rent. The LMC believes this to be an excellent and comprehensive document and would help in future negotiations with the PCT. If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Wick at the LMC office.
HALTON & ST HELENS
• ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
The LMC have recently undertaken a survey of Acute Psychiatric Services. To date, the LMC have received a good response to the survey. We would like to take this opportunity to remind colleagues in Halton & St Helens to help with the survey and we will hopefully have a clear idea of the needs and various concerns with Acute Psychiatric Services which we hope to address in a supportive and informative way with the PCT, who are broadly in agreement with the main principles that outline the survey.
• TRAVAX
NHS Halton & St Helens pay for a subscription for all GPs and Practice Nurses to access a travel medicine database called TRAVAX, which is excellent. Their website is http://www.travax.nhs.uk, user name homas81072, password 413-703.
• MEDICINES MANAGEMENT PRESCRIBING INCENTIVE SCHEME/QOF
This document was discussed and broadly agreed by the LMC and hopefully will soon be implemented in Knowsley.
• INFORMATION
• TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY SERVICES
The LMC has drawn up guidance for Transforming Community Services, copy of which can be accessed via the LMC Office or the LMC website, www.mmlmc.org.uk
• PRACTICES RISK HEFTY FINES FOR DATA BREACHES
GPs and Practices face hefty fines under new powers to curb personal data security breaches. A maximum of £500,000 can now be levied against Organisations guilty of serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. The Information Commission Officer (ICO) has been granted new powers by the Government which come into effect in April. The ICO can now hand down fines known as Civil Monetary Penalties in cases where data has been lost, either deliberately or negligently, and the breach is likely to cause damage or distress to the person involved.
• 2010/11 CONTRACT CHANGES
New Directed Enhanced Services Directions for 2010/11 and the associated SFE amendment are now available on the Department of Health website. These came into effect on 1 April 2010.
• EXTENDED HOURS ACCESS SCHEME DES 2010
The GPC and NHS Employers have agreed that the Extended Hours Access Scheme will continue for a further year from 1 April 2010. The main change from the existing arrangements will be that Practices will be required to indicate by 30 June 2010 whether they are proposing to participate in the new Extended Hours Access Scheme (or equivalent local arrangements) in 2010/11, so that PCTs are clear early in the financial year which Practices will be involved.
PCTs must, before 30 April 2010, offer all existing GMS and PMS contractors in their areas the opportunity to enter into arrangements for Extended Hours Access under the DES Directions. Contractors that wish to participate in these arrangements must submit a written proposal to the PCT within 28 days of the PCT’s offer to enter into arrangements under the DES Directions.
Where possible, PCTs must enter into these arrangements with Practices before 1 July 2010. PCTs will not normally be obligated to enter into Extended Hours Access arrangements after 30 June 2010 (exceptions are set out in the Directions). However, PCTs retain the discretion to do this if they wish.
Any agreement made under these DES Directions will last until 31 March 2011.
Once PCTs have established which practices will be involved in the scheme, they are expected to commission alternative arrangements for patients whose Practices are not involved in the DES or equivalent local arrangements. PCTs will be advised to use the balance of the funding available for extended opening to commission these services from:
• other GP practices already participating in this initiative
• GP health centres
• out-of-hours providers
• LOCUM GP PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS
The GPC is aware of anecdotal evidence of PCOs increasingly enforcing the rule whereby locum GPs engaged by GP Practices have a ‘10-week window’ in which to pension their income. Practices not paying locum GPs within this timeframe can lead to locum GPs missing this contribution deadline. This is a reminder of the importance of practices paying locum GPs for their work as quickly as possible, thus enabling them to pension their income.
• OVERSEAS DOCTORS
The GPC believes that Doctors who have not completed their vocational training in the UK should be required to demonstrate that they are suitable to work as unsupervised GPs in the UK. Suitability includes being fluent in English and an understanding of NHS general practice.
At present, the GMC is required to register any Doctor who meets the qualification requirements of being a GP; no further tests are used. We are working with the BMA's International Committee to ascertain whether the Medical Act can be amended to allow the GMC to require any further testing as may be required. PCOs, on the other hand, are able to require a Doctor to demonstrate that they have the relevant skills to work as a GP before granting entry to their Performers List. As a result, many PCOs require overseas Doctors to undertake language testing and/or a period of induction in order to have full list inclusion. However, at present there is no uniformity between PCOs, although this will hopefully be addressed through the current review of the Performers List Regulations that is currently underway.
In the meantime, we encourage all Practices to ensure that the Doctors they engage with are on a PCO Performers List, are on the GMC's GP Register, and that they are competent to undertake the work.
• BMA EMPLOYER ADVISORY SERVICE
The BMA Employer Advisory Service provides GP Partners with free comprehensive, impartial and authoritative advice on a range of employer-related matters. The service was designed to facilitate the BMA in representing both sides in a dispute between Salaried and Partner GPs.
Advisers will be able to deal with your queries on issues such as recruiting and employing staff, contracts and terms and conditions of service, appraisals and performance management, disciplinary procedures and dismissals. They are also well versed in current employment legislation, discrimination, the development of appropriate HR policies, and how to implement best practice. Advisers have excellent knowledge of local issues and well-established contacts with Local and Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and Local Medical Committees.
For free comprehensive, impartial, authoritative advice you can trust call the BMA Employer Advisory Service on 0300 123 123 3 anytime between 8.30 am and 6 pm (Monday to Friday, except UK-wide bank holidays) and you'll be connected directly to one of our expert advisers. Or you can email your query to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To access the service, at least one Partner needs to be a BMA member, although we would recommend all Doctors to be members of the BMA.
• IN-PRACTICE FELLOWSHIPS
Are you a GP with an academic interest? The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has recently launched in-practice fellowships which aim to offer academic training to fully qualified General Practitioners and General Dental Practitioners who may have already spent some time in NHS practice and who have had little formal academic training at this point in their careers. For further information visit the NIHR website.
• SUMMARY CARE RECORD (SCR)
The GPC today received an assurance from the Department of Health that the upload of the Summary Care Record in PCTs subject to accelerated roll-out will be suspended. The Department of Health informed the GPC that records will not be uploaded in PCTs subject to accelerated roll-out until there is greater public and professional awareness.
The Committee is very pleased that Connecting for Health has listened to its concerns and welcomes the decision to suspend uploads. We will be working with the Department of Health in future to ensure that GPC’s concerns about the Summary Care Record continue to be listened to and addressed.
• PRACTICE BOUNDARIES
Following the announcement by the Secretary of State last year that all boundaries would be removed from general practice, the Department of Health has now released a consultation on how this could be done. The GPC debated the proposals and passed a motion stating that:
‘GPC has carefully considered the current proposals for the removal of practice boundaries and has concluded that:
• they put the quality of patient care and patient safety at risk
• they will undermine continuity of care
• they will disrupt practice based commissioning
• they will increase NHS costs and introduce inefficient and ineffective
demands on resources
GPC therefore rejects the proposals.’
This position will be incorporated into the GPC’s response to the consultation. We will also put forward solutions which we consider to be preferable as detailed in the position paper we published in January.
• H1N1 VACCINES FOR TRAVEL USE
Professor Salisbury, Director of Immunisation at the Department of Health has sent a letter to all GPs informing of provision of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine for protection of travellers to Southern Hemisphere countries. Practices can use their existing stocks of H1N1 vaccine as a travel vaccine for members of the public intending to travel to the Southern Hemisphere during their influenza season. GPs are able to charge patients for administration of the vaccine and GPs can set their own rates for this service.
Note the paragraphs in the appendix which state that:
Whilst GPs can generally charge patients for administering an H1N1 vaccine in connection with travel abroad, if the contractor is participating in the Swine Flu Directed Enhanced Service or any Local Enhanced Service that provides for a payment in relation to an H1N1 vaccination, no charge can be made to:
• patients in the priority groups defined in the Swine Flu Directed Enhanced Service; or
• patients who are in a group covered by any local scheme under which the contractor is
paid for administering the H1N1 vaccine.
Patients in these groups should receive the vaccination free of charge in accordance with the Directed Enhanced Service or in accordance with the local agreement even if their request is related to travel abroad.
The letter can be found on the DH website at the following link:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_114372.pdf
• FIT FOR THE FUTURE
The GPC has published a 50-point plan for the future of general practice in the UK. Fit for the Future: The Evolution of General Practice sets out the Committee's current thinking on a number of policy areas, including out-of-hours care, quality and outcomes framework, workforce and IT. The full document and the executive summary, as well as a podcast from Laurence Buckman, can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.bma.org.uk/healthcare_policy/fitforfuture.jsp
• NEW GP AND PHARMACY GUIDES PUBLISHED
NHS Employers, the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) have produced two guides to support GPs and Community Pharmacists in developing more effective working relationships.
The Guide to Pharmacy for GPs is designed to increase awareness of the work of Community Pharmacies and to encourage joint working. You may also find it beneficial in educating trainee GPs about community pharmacy. The second guide provides an overview on General Practice for Community Pharmacists.
The guides, on the work of Community Pharmacists and GPs, cover the following areas:
• the funding and contractual arrangements for Pharmacists and GPs
• the range of clinical and administrative functions that each profession
• various staff roles and responsibilities
• training and qualifications
• the key national bodies
• where to get more information on each profession.
The two guides are available on-line only at the following link, along with a letter to GPs (attached) from NHS Employers, the PSNC and GPC, introducing the guides:
http://www.nhsemployers.org/PayAndContracts/CommunityPharmacyContract/Pages/
professional-relationships-guides.aspx
• FIT NOTES
As of 6 April 2010, the Med 3 and Med 5 medical statements have been replaced with the new Statement of Fitness for Work. The DWP has produced a short guide on these changes, which can be accessed here:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/fitnote
Dr I A Camphor
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Total turnabout regarding controversial chemical plant
Following last year's contentious and out of the blue "announcement" and sod-turning ceremony by the Garden Route District Municipality to celebrate the speedy construction of an R1 billion chemical plant next to PetroSA that would supply at least 3 000 jobs within a year, a complete turnabout has now been made.
In the latest GRDM media release, the planned chemical plant proposed by Ikusasa Processing Engineering Consultants has been put on the back-burner pending the finalization of plans and an environmental impact study, etc.
During the official sod-turning ceremony in October last year was from left Lee Norman, chairperson of Ikusasa Process Engineering Consultants, André Theunissen, a director of Ikusasa, Memory Booysen, mayor of Garden Route District Municipality, Harry Levendal, mayor of Mossel Bay and Shadrack Tshikalange, port manager at Mossel Bay TNPA.
The latest media release is in stark contrast with what the mayor of the GRDM, Memory Booysen, said during the official sod-turning ceremony in October last year when he announced that this time, the law will be "used to let things happen and speed things up . . . "
http://www.mosselbayontheline.co.za/index.php/lifestyle/briewe-letters/183-chemiese-aanleg-vir-mosselbaai-wat-nou
According to the media release, the development of the regional waste management facility on the same 205-hectare property as the proposed chemical plant will be prioritized to be finalized by the end of 2019.
Booysen's premature announcement about the chemical plant and the hasty manner in which it was to be implemented, caused a public outcry as no information whatsoever was made available and no legal processes were followed.
Residents and affected parties were supposed to submit their written comments or objections to the proposed plans on or before December 7, 2018, whilst no details about the proposed chemical plant were known.
Meanwhile, another application has been received to lease 10 hectares of the same property, which forms part of Erf 419, adjacent to PetroSA, for the construction of a petroleum product storage facilities. In the long term, the company intends to expand their business into a lubricant oil or a lube oil blending plant.
Regional Waste facility
Foremost is the development of the regional waste management facility on Farm 419, Mossel Bay that is said to be finalized by the end of 2019.
The facility will occupy +-70% of the 205-hectare property (approximate size of 143.5 hectares) belonging to GRDM. A private partner was selected by GRDM and a Public Private Partnership agreement will soon be entered into between the District Council and the company. Constructing and operating the facility for a period of ten years will be the responsibility of the appointed company.
Bitou, Knysna, George, and Mossel Bay Municipalities will make use of the Waste Management Facility which will deal with domestic and hazardous waste disposal. Mobile chipping and crushing facilities will be included to assist the four Local Municipalities with Green Waste Management.
In addition to the Regional Landfill Facility, the following two proposals were received and are subject to all applicable legislation, application requirements, and approvals. One proposal was received from Ikusasa Processing Engineering Consultants (PTY) Ltd and the other from Moumakoe-Geza Joint Venture. Sufficient land (+-30% of the 205 hectares of land) is available on Farm 419 for these developments.
Ikusasa Processing Engineering Consultants
The Garden Route Investment Conference, which was held in March 2018, stimulated the interest of two multi-national companies to invest in the Garden Route. One of the two, which is known as Ikusasa Processing Engineering Consultants (PTY) LTD, approached GRDM with a proposal stating their intent to erect a chemical plant that will support the wide variety of sectors in the region and outside portion of Farm 419 in Mossel Bay.
The size will be determined once the necessary plans are finalized and presented to the Garden Route District Municipality and approved by Mossel Bay Municipality. Necessary studies i.e. EIA's will also have to be undertaken for this proposed development.
Moumakoe-Geza joint venture
Moumakoe-Geza joint venture has recently requested to lease 10 hectares of GRDM land, which forms part of Erf 419, adjacent to PetroSA for the construction of a petroleum product storage facilities. In the long term, the company intends to expand their business into a lubricant oil or a lube oil blending plant. The plant will have the capacity of producing 20 800 000 liters of blended products per annum. Studies have revealed that South Africa has a lubricant demand of 2 million barrels per annum.
This project is, therefore, a win-win solution for the Garden Route in terms of social and economic development. Necessary studies such as environmental impact assessments will also have to be undertaken for this proposed development.
Apparently, Mr Ludwe Geza indicated that the first order of business for the Moumakoe-Geza joint venture would, in fact, be storage facilities similar to what PetroSA operates in Voorbaai. He was adamant that the lubricant and/or lube oil blending plant is not an immediate priority but instead mooted as a long term goal for their endeavor.
Also, read our previous related articles:
http://www.mosselbayontheline.co.za/index.php/news/breaking-news/165-moselbaai-se-mooi-vir-hoe-lank-nog-as-politici-doen-net-wat-hulle-wil
http://www.mosselbayontheline.co.za/index.php/news/breaking-news/167-gevaarligte-flikker-as-wette-gebruik-word-om-dinge-te-laat-gebeur
http://www.mosselbayontheline.co.za/index.php/news/breaking-news/174-mosselbaai-munisipaliteit-al-lank-onder-beleg
Mosselbaai se mooi . . . vir hoe lank nog as politici doen net wat hulle wil ?
Spesiale ekonomiese sone - gaan Mosselbaai dit oorleef? Gevaarligte flikker as 'wette gebruik word om dinge te máák gebeur ' . . .
Chemiese aanleg vir Mosselbaai - wat nou?
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Home \ Rally \ WRC \ Clean run to fourth for Hayden Paddon in Sardinia
Clean run to fourth for Hayden Paddon in Sardinia
Relish Communications 12:47 pm June 11, 2018
Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon and co-driver Seb Marshall put together a consistent, clean run to bring their Hyundai i20 WRC coupe home in fourth place at Rally Italia Sardegna, 7-10 June.
It’s the best result of their 2018 World Rally Championship season so far, being their third event with Hyundai Motorsport. It’s also Paddon’s highest finish in Sardinia since he and John Kennard scored a then career-best second place in 2015.
Paddon said he’d hoped for more, but that things hadn’t clicked as he’d hoped this weekend. Importantly, Paddon put together a clean run to finish the event, and now takes confidence from a strong result to push on for the rest of the season.
Rally Italia Sardegna formally got underway on Thursday evening with the 2km Ittiri arena super special stage where drivers went head to head. Paddon set the fifth quickest time of 2.04.3 against stage winner Sebastien Ogier’s time of 2.02.7.
Unseasonal rain created tricky conditions for all on Friday with the key challenge being how to pick the most effective combination of soft and hard Michelin tyres for rain-drenched roads, so unlike the expected hot and dusty Sardinian gravel stages. Friday’s running order is defined by current drivers’ championship position, so Paddon ran 11th on the road for the day’s scheduled 126.18km and eight stages.
With the stages getting more difficult and often slippery with every passing car, Paddon had his work cut out for him, finishing the morning loop of four stages down in ninth overall in a close battle with those surrounding him on the leader-board. Standing water on the early afternoon stages saw most times slower than the morning runs. Despite an overshoot on SS5, Paddon and Marshall managed the fifth quickest time to inch up to eighth overall. The demise of Ott Tänak and Teemu Suninen on SS9 allowed Paddon to move up into sixth overall, just over a minute behind rally leader Sebastien Ogier and only 3.2 seconds behind Mads Ostberg in fifth.
Following Friday’s action, Paddon said: “We can’t be happy with our performance or results today. Whatever we have tried just hasn’t worked. Nothing has been clicking. We took a bit of a gamble this morning with the tyre choice, expecting it to dry out more than it eventually did. Tyres aside, we haven’t had the rhythm we need, nor the confidence to push. We have had little choice but to play the sensible game and get to the end of the day without having any issues. We are in the top-six but that is little consolation. We need to let the times come more naturally, and there are some things you can’t shake a magic wand at. We’ll sleep on it tonight and start again on Saturday morning.”
Saturday’s conditions were much more typical of the Mediterranean Island with sunshine and red dust. Running third on the road, Paddon enjoyed a clean, relatively issue-free run with some top five stage times to show for his efforts.
Paddon finished the seven-stage day standings in fifth place, having delivered a consistent performance and netting a one-step improvement up the leader-board by taking fifth place after a close battle with Mads Ostberg. Dramas late in the day for third-placed Jari-Matti Latvala, whose car stopped on the way back to the final service, promoted Paddon into the fourth spot with just four stages to run on Sunday.
Speaking following the conclusion of Saturday’s stages but before Latvala was forced to retire, Paddon said: “We have definitely enjoyed the conditions today more than we did on Friday. There has been a little bit of sweeping required, but nothing too detrimental. The grip was good on the morning loop and we recovered some of the positive feeling we had in shakedown. Rally Italia Sardegna certainly throws up a fair few surprises, as we’ve seen again today, so we played it smart and concentrated on clean runs. We tried to keep the pressure on Mads throughout the day, and it’s going to be a close-run final morning. There are important manufacturer points up for grabs, so we won’t be doing anything foolish but fourth is there for the taking, so we’ll do our best to defend it.”
The final day of action on Sunday comprised four special stages and 42km of action on the coast north of rally headquarters in Alghero. Paddon’s stage results reflected his goals of defending fourth position from a chasing Mads Ostberg and reaching the end to help Hyundai Motorsport with the best possible manufacturers’ championship points. He achieved both goals while Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville pulled off a stunning win from Sebastian Ogier by just 0.7 seconds on the very last stage of the rally. The third Hyundai driver Andreas Mikkelsen was 18th after transmission trouble forced him out of the event on Friday.
Paddon said: “A difficult weekend for us, but a positive end to the rally for the team. We wanted more from this rally, but to take fourth place gives us important confidence for the coming events. Things didn’t really click from the first stages, and we weren’t able to replicate the positive feeling we had from shakedown. Still, it’s nice to finish this event for the first time in three years, and to score important points for the team in the manufacturers’ championship. We will look to build from here, and to try and take a few more risks. Congratulations to Thierry, Nicolas and the whole team for a fantastic victory.”
Paddon also paid thanks to the team and co-driver Seb Marshall “…who did amazing job as usual and also to all the doctors and Formula Medicine who helped me for the rehab and prep to even get me to the start of this event.”
The result moves Paddon from 15th in the WRC drivers’ championship to 13th. He and Marshall continue their WRC campaign at the next round Rally Finland at the end of July.
Paddon and Hayden Paddon RallySport Global (HPRG) Ltd appreciate the support of their exclusive partners, Hyundai New Zealand, Pak’nSave, Winmax Brake Pads and Z Energy.
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Neuville snatches thrilling WRC Sardegna win, Paddon finishes fourth
Podium goals for Paddon in Finland
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RBI introduces Rs. 20 banknote in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series
Mumbai, April 26, 2019
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today said it would shortly issue Rs. 20 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing the signature of its Governor Shaktikanta Das.
The new denomination has the motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse. The base colour of the note is greenish yellow. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse, a press release from the central bank said.
All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs. 20 issued by the Reserve Bank in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender, it said.
The image and salient features of Rs. 20 denomination banknote in the Mahatma Gandhi (New)
Series are as under:
i. Image
Obverse (Front)
Reverse (Back)
ii. Salient Features
1. See through register with denominational numeral 20
2. Denominational numeral 20 in Devnagari
3. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
4. Micro letters 'RBI', 'Bharat' (in Devnagari), ‘INDIA' and '20'
5. Windowed demetalised security thread with inscriptions ‘Bharat’ (in Devnagari) and RBI
6. Guarantee Clause, Governor's signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait
7. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
8. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (20) watermarks
9. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side.
10. Year of printing of the note on the left
11. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
12. Language panel
13. Motif of Ellora Caves
14. Denominational numeral 20 in Devnagari.
The dimensions of the banknote will be 63 mm x 129 mm, the release added.
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Board index R&D Server Tournament Reports
20.06.2015 Bristol BABW 1/24? Colours other than Yellow.
Postby mendax » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:23 am
Sets legal: Up to and including Chrome City
Going into this tournament, my goal was to top 4. I knew that that was entirely possible, and once in the cut anything was possible, but I felt a little inexperienced in my corp deck (a feeling which changed over the course of the day). This is the first time I've written a report, so any comments are more than welcome.
Runner Deck:
Hail to the Queen
(Humanity's Shadow)
2x (Cyber Exodus)
2x (Honor and Profit)
2x (Creation and Control) ••••
Resource (10)
3x (Opening Moves)
1x (All That Remains)
1x (Core Set) ••
3x (Core Set) •••
2x (Core Set) ••••
15 influence spent (max 15)
Cards up to All That Remains
This is just Andysucker turned up to 11. There's nothing much interesting to say – it's more parasite heavy than most but that's the only vaguely interesting feature, and it's a very old, tested archtype. With only 1 card (Rex) released after H&P, it's clearly not the most inspired of deck choices, but I'm really comfortable with it right now.
Corp Deck:
Bootcamp Glacier
(Up and Over)
1x (First Contact)
2x (Double Time)
3x (Chrome City)
1x (The Source) •
3x (Opening Moves) •••
2x (What Lies Ahead) ••••
2x (Mala Tempora)
3x (A Study in Static)
3x (True Colors)
2x (Breaker Bay)
Code Gate (7)
1x (Upstalk) •
1x (Order and Chaos)
1x (Upstalk)
20 agenda points (between 20 and 21)
Cards up to Chrome City
Very similar to the deck that aandries won a US regional with, I netdecked that about a week before the event an played probably around 10 games with it online, changing an NAPD to an Oaktown. Having played Astrobiotics for a long time, and NBN in general since Future Proof was released, it was a little daunting for me to change so radically, but I knew that Astrobiotics was just too risky to play now due to clot. ITD only really got going in one game, but in that game it opened a large enough window for me to get to 6 – 0 pretty much unopposed.
Round 1 vs James Nowecki
James was running NEH and Quetzal, which was slightly worrying to me as Quetzal + e3 makes OAI a lot more risky, and I don't have clot. On top of this, we've played before and I've dropped games to him, so it wasn't the pairing I really wanted round 1.
Runner game:
An early access showed me a Biotic, which meant that he wasn't running butchershop and probably wasn't running grail. Knowing early that it was an astrobiotics deck allowed me to be much more aggressive, and there's nothing my Andy deck likes more than being aggressive. A few bad draws for him allowed me to steal a couple of astro's early, the second from a well-timed legwork,and with the train completely derailed it was a matter of time before R&D gave up the winning points.
Corp game:
I got my adonis bouncing going which gave me all the money I needed, and this was important because quetzal & David were stopping my oversight shenanigans. His early facechecking earned him a lot of lost credits from Tollbooth and Datapike, and I think that I may have gained from a Cad a couple of times as well. I removed his first david from the game with a chronos, which helped a lot, and his e3 only appeared late in the game also. Eater + cutlery were applying pressure, but once I found a crisium to put on R&D I felt fairly secure, and removing his Kati with a Snatch & Grab really won this game for me. Eventually, a server involving ash and tollbooth was enough to grind it out. I wasn't too comfortable through the game, mostly because of Quetzal's ability being constantly scary, but certainly wasn't really panicking at any point either.
2 – 0, 4 prestige
Round 2 vs Mark Withers
Mark was playing ETF glacier and Nasir, which was the first time I'd faced Nasir out of Blue Sun (not as bad as I'd feared, Ash is more than enough to make up for the ID being awkward).
Whilst I usually have a good matchup against ETF, Mark's deck was much more of a glacier than most, and the inclusion of ELP really hurts me given that I rely on sec testing for econ. On top of this, Andy didn't show me a desperado, or parasite, or enough breakers or econ – I drew pretty much all my run events without being able to do much with them. A few lucky accesses made it seem more of a game that it was, but really Mark was standing well for most of the game and closed it out well.
I hadn't ever played against Nasir with this deck, and this inexperience meant that I wasn't able to take advantage as much as I should have done – I didn't think until about half-way through that pre-rezzing ice with EBC was really something to be doing in this matchip. Having said that, Nasir's ability always keeping him poor meant that tollbooth was a big pain, and I got an ITD up to 6 or 7 behind it. Whilst Mark was trying to take the ITD out, I managed to roll through an Oaktown and 2 NAPDS, meaning that all I needed was to sneak an atlas through for the win. Mark did eventually kill ITD with an atman at 5 and a datasucker going, but it really cost him too much and I was able to stay in control to sneak through an Atlas to take the game.
3 – 1, 6 Prestige.
Round 3 vs Andy Parsons
At this point of the tournament, Andy was the sole leader on 7, with a lot of us on 6. I was glad to get the upfloat partly because it meant that catching Andy was now in my control, and also because I have a very good record against him both in tournaments and friendly games. He was playing Noise and ETF, a departure from his normal Gabe.
His first 4 mills were 3 agendas and my ITD. The only ice I could find for archives was a wormhole, which did nothing until he ran somewhere else. I have no more to say about this game.
We were both struggling for econ – he drew a lot of ice which drained his resources, but at the same time the combination of that and his ELP really hurt my run econ. However, the agendas appeared before he really stabilised, and that cleared out the ELPs and allowed me some measure of board control. Repeatedly running through architect whilst he had no assets in archives sped the game up, and I suspect that it was him finding his ice quickly from this that really defined the dynamics of the game.
Round 4 vs Marcus
Marcus was playing Blue Sun and Reina, and having seen earlier in the day that he was playing the 6 agenda deck I was really worried about going to time in this round.
Bootcamping for adonis early meant that I had enough money to not get headlocked, but his siphoning and crescentus play meant that I didn't have enough money to actually get on with it. Wormhole and tollbooth on the scoring remote meant that he could never get in with yog, but it was a long time and a slow grind of a game because I needed to take money by clicking for credits, and so couldn't draw up to find the agendas. Whilst in some sense it was very smooth, it was also not at all easy.
The first game went long, about 40 minutes, and whilst 25 minutes is usually enough time for an Andysucker game, I was worried about time because of how slow decks like his can be. As it was, I managed to get my econ up very quickly, keeping ahead of him all game, and once a curtain wall got hit by shutdown I was pretty certain I was going to win, subject only to time limits. He was also feeling time pressure, and pushed for a 5/3 where there wasn't really a window, and with a couple of minutes to spare I managed to pull the takeover to seal it. I think fatigue was setting in for him in this game, as he said that it was his first tournament and both games were fairly draining.
6 – 2, 12 Prestige
Round 5 vs Mark Mottram
I was feeling fairly confident going into this round, as I'd worked out that a split would almost certainly get me into the cut. Mark was playing Making News and Kate, which meant Scorch and ppvp realistically.
He was agenda flooded, and this allowed me to get up to 5 pretty quickly. Unfortunately, I was missing some econ, and so getting to 5 left me with some obscene number of tags from an MSR. Liberal siphoning bought me a couple more turns, but in the end it came down to me have 3 shots at a 2/5 to win, otherwise he won. I found one of the agendas on run 2. In hindsight, I should probably have been more careful earlier to to make sure that I avoided the MSR.
It was my turn to be agenda flooded, and I went down pretty quickly. I don't think much of note really happened this game.
After the swiss, the cut was:
1 Dave H – Blue Sun & Leela
2 Tim F – NEH & Kate
3 Me – Blue Sun & Andy
4 Mark M – Making News & Kate
I believe that Dave and I were the only 2 crims, with Tim and Mark being the only 2 Kates, but I could be wrong on that.
I've played Tim a lot of times, at least in casual games, and I wasn't very confident in my matchups against him. As it happpened, he chose to corp, and so it was Andysucker vs NEH grail.
Cut game 1:
I believe that this was the game where I saw 2 NAPDs in archives early (I chose to steal one of them), and then very soon after had a choice between trashing Crisium or stealing NAPD from HQ (I chose Crisium). Grail really lives and dies on how quickly the runner can get a breaker suite up, and so the fact that I found 3 faeries, 2 clone chips, Rex, corroder and a sucker early meant that I was able to aplly a lot of pressure early, and as soon as I ran out of faeries I had shutdown to close of the 2 lancelots that were on the table. I can't remember how it ended, but that's certainly the best setup I've had vs Tim in that matchup (though most of our games are close).
Meanwhile, Dave beat Mark, which is perhaps unsurprising since Dave helped Mark build his decks. So, that left me playing Dave for the guaranteed qualification place, and since Dave also ran in the first game of the cut it was a random choice, and I ended up running again.
I thought that Dave was playing Bootcamp Glacier too, and an early access of an NAPD all but confirmed this, but I played around tags for a long time anyway, discarding John M for example, just in case. The early game was all mine – Dave lacked the money to rez big enough ice to keep me out on all the centrals, as he needed to build up the money and then spend a turn to purge my suckers to stop me just insta-parasiting my way back in, which allowed me enough accesses to grab enough agendas to put me on match point. As I spent a large part of the early game on 1 or 2 credits, I could facecheck Datapike and Tollbooth without losing any reall tempo from doing so. Parasiting hitting Hive and Datapike helped, as it meant that the suckers were ticking over and 5 suckers was a dangerous number for his Tollbooth. It certainly wasn't smooth sailing though – a setup of HQ Curtain Wall & Crisium, R&D Tollbooth, Archives Wormhole was enough to lock me out of the centrals after a purge, meaning that I had no sec testing targets and no way to generate sucker tokens, and it was precisely this sort of setup that made me concerned about the matchup going into the game. Drawing up found me an inside job and SoT, with a shutdown already in the heap, so some quick maths meant that if I got to 18 credits I could IJ into HQ, trash Crisium, run HQ, SoT shutdown Curtain Wall. The pressure I'd applied early game on the centrals had meant that Dave had been unable to build a scoring remote for quite a while, and Jackson had been used liberally meaning that there were a lot of agendas in HQ and R&D. So, having generated a very small window for accesses, I went to it, and managed to pick up the winning agenda shortly afterwards.
After the game I found out that the asset sat in a protected remote was ITD, so if I hadn't managed to get the last agenda in the next turn or so I probably would have been completely locked out – though it's still entirely possible that I could have got through on time that's certainly not the ideal way to progress.
This guaranteed me the qualification place to the final in London, and also gave me a bit of a break, which I happily spent eating some Sainsbury's muffins and watching Tim get slowly ground down by Dave's Blue Sun deck. This meant that I was playing Dave again in the final, and as I'd run in both of my other cut games I was going to be playing as corp in this game. I was much more confident in this matchup than I was playing as runner, and knowing that I effectively had 2 chances went a long way towards relaxing me.
Cut Final:
A round of facechecking from Dave earnt him a lot of lost money from Tollbooths and Datapikes, but two Emergency Shutdowns on my tollbooths hurt. I topdecked an Oaktown, and despite knowing that I didn't have enough money to protect it dropped it into my server with ash (and an unrezzable piece of ice) and double advanced it, gaining me some money and forcing Dave to go in and beat Ash's trace 4 to steal. Bouncing Ash back protected it for a while, and seeing a Hedge fun quickly followed by an OAI Curtain Wall set my econ back on track, and gave me enough to bootcamp for an adonis as I could now protect it enough to make it extremely taxing to trash. Dave was getting accesses, but since I was able to rez the R&D tollbooth and drop and ash into R&D it was very difficult for Dave to run repeatedly, though with RDI he didn't need to run that often to still be really pressuring, and Crisium on HQ behind Meru Mati was also doing good work. The agendas slowly trickled through, for both of us, with the score reaching 5 – 6 in Dave's favour, and Leela's ability meant that I often had to discard cards that I'd have preferred to keep. This was especially true since the 3rd agenda Dave scored delayed my Pri Req score for a turn, as he bounced the double advanced card. Fortunately, all my important ice was already rezzed, so the ability wasn't too dangerous late game. An endless Adonis and 3 or 4 successful OAI curtain walls meant that I had 50+ credits by the end, and topdecking an interns to replace the ash on R&D as soon as it got trashed probably sealed the game. I'd been bouncing adonis back to hand every turn in order to clear the server in case an agenda showed up, and eventually an Atlas did – perfect because on match point I didn't need the token, and the install looked like I was just re-installing Adonis as I had done for quite a few turns previously. Dave moneyed up preparing for another poke at R&D, and I scored out for the win.
As an aside, I am definitely counting this as a 2-0 over Dave in a tournament.
I was incredibly happy with this result, and it's the first time in quite a while that I've won a tournament bigger than a GNK event, so it was a big deal for me. On top of this, by the time of the final I was feeling comfortable with my corp, completely, and since clot I haven't been able to say that (having been a long-time Astrobiotics player), so there's a lot I can take from this moving forwards as well.
My thanks go to Andy Parsons, for organising the event and providing snacks, to Masterair for organising BABW, and to all my opponents for being generally nice people. I look forward to seeing you all at another event soon.
Vinegarymink
Re: 20.06.2015 Bristol BABW 1/24? Colours other than Yellow.
Postby Vinegarymink » Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:05 pm
Nice report and congrats on the win! I tried Boot Camp Glacier and it seems like a really interesting, challenging deck to play. I'm going to keep playing with it I think, since it seems like one of the most skill testing Corp decks around at the moment.
Who eats muffins during their break though. I got no respect for that
Postby mendax » Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:08 pm
Not gonna lie, I included the muffin line with you in mind.
Postby Vinegarymink » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:15 am
What kind of muffins were they
Postby mendax » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:17 am
Double choc chip.
Next time I make a cut I'm going to snack on lard and golden syrup.
Postby pruneface » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:13 am
Postby Sixtyten » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:28 pm
Postby mendax » Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:51 pm
I only ran into CVS in a couple of games, it's not that great because it doesn't trigger if you security test it, so once it's sat in archives you can still get all the testing money and tokens and John cards that could possibly want.
More generally, I think that if you want to play a run-economy Andysucker you need heavy parasite support, because otherwise it's too easy to get locked out.
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Fortuna Silver Focused on Growth, Targeting 12M Silver Eq. by 2017
By: Peter Spina, Founder GoldSeek.com
-- Published: Tuesday, 6 October 2015 | Print | Disqus
Silver prices are testing even the most proven and experienced operators, but despite the challenges Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM, TSX: FVI) has managed to remain a profitable producer by cutting costs and maximizing efficiencies.
But while low-cost operations are paramount, the company hasn�t abandoned its long-term vision, and continues to devote capital to expanding future mine and mill production. Thanks to past and current investments, the company expects to be producing 12 million silver equivalent ounces, silver and gold only, by 2017.
The company�s stock and profits have been battered along with the rest of the silver producers, but the company has proven it can weather the storm and has positioned itself to be ready to take advantage of any rebound in precious metal prices.
Finding profits
In the second quarter this year Fortuna produced 1.67 million oz. silver and 9,032 oz. gold from its San Jose gold-silver mine in Mexico and its Caylloma silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Peru. That was a 3% increase in silver production and 6% increase in gold, as the company realizes the benefits of a mill expansion at San Jose.
For the year Fortuna says it�s on track to meet it�s guidance of 6.5 million oz. silver and 35,300 oz. gold for the year.
And while the margins are thin, Fortuna Silver is still managing to eek out a profit. In the second quarter the company pulled in net income of $200,000 on sales of C$38.9 million. That�s down from a net income of $2.9 million in the same quarter last year, due largely to a 17% decrease in the realized silver price.
The first quarter of this year was a fair bit better with earnings of $3.9 million, thanks in part to lower charges on share-based compensation and lower corporate expenses, though that was still down from earnings of $4.9 million the same quarter the year before.
Source: Corporate Presentation
But despite the unavoidable drop in profits due to metal prices, Fortuna is still generating strong cash flow, with $6.8 million in the second quarter and $5.3 million in the first quarter.
Fortuna is plugging much of its cash flow back into operations at it looks to further increase production, and expand mill capacity at its San Jose mine from the 2,000 tonnes per day achieved last year to 3,000 tonnes per day by mid-2016.
Source: Fortuna Silver�s San Jose Expansion
After the $30-million expansion is completed the company will be in a position to produce an estimated 6.7 million oz. silver and 52,000 oz. gold from the mine in 2017, compared to expected production of 4.6 million oz. silver and 33,300 oz. gold this year, and a long way from the half million oz. silver and 4,500 oz. gold the mine was producing in 2011.
The company is also investing in the long-term infrastructure around San Jose by switching to dry stack tailings to be commissioned by yearend. The upfront cost of $32 million for the drying facility and related infrastructure is sizable, but it will allow continued expansion of the tailings facility, and it will also reduce concern about potential environmental contamination.
At the older Caylloma mine there is less slated for capital projects, but the company is still trying to squeeze every ounce of productivity out of the mine. Fortuna is spending $4.5 million to upgrade the processing plant, moving from cyclones to high frequency screens and increasing the flotation capacity. The investment is expected to yield a 2-4% increase in silver recoveries and a 10% increase in throughput.
And while Fortuna is going ahead with its capital programs, it won�t be diluting shares beyond the 129 million outstanding. The company had $110 million in cash at the end of the second quarter, including $40 million in a drawn-down bank term loan, that provides additional financial And just in case the company has another $20 million untapped credit facility if necessary.
Cutting costs
While the company is investing in increased production, it�s also been working to get costs down.
The company, like much of the industry, has already made significant cuts to all aspects of the operations. Over the last two and a half years the company has reduced corporate staff by 52%, trimmed mine staff by 7%, made cuts to exploration budgets, and optimized its mine plans for the new price environment.
The company has looked wherever it can at cost cuts, like delivering its zinc concentrate from Caylloma to a closer port facility, shaving close to 700 km off the transportation distance.
San Jose�s mining costs are now at $58 per tonne, down from $64 per tonne in the second quarter of 2014, thanks to the higher throughput, a 19% devaluation of the Mexican peso, and lower energy costs.
At Caylloma mining costs came in at US$88 per tonne, a 3% drop from the year before thanks in part to lower head count, lower transportation costs, and a 14% devaluation of the Peruvian nuevo sol.
In the quarter consolidated all-in sustaining cash costs dropped to US$14.47 per oz. Ag, compared with US$17.41 last year.
The costs are well below guidance of $16.61 per oz. for 2015, but that advantage will be short-lived as the company expects to ramp up capital spending in the latter half of the year to between $25 million and $30 million per quarter, with the dry tailings and mill expansion, and sustaining cash costs will come more in line with annual guidance.
But once the capital programs are off the books and the company starts to reap the performance rewards, all-in sustaining capital costs are expected to drop to $10.93 per oz. in 2016 and $10.22 per oz. for 2017.
Expanding Resources
As the company ramps up throughput at San Jose it has also been busy ensuring there�s enough future mill feed to justify the expansion, with a variety of exploration programs on their 64,408 hectares of concessions in the area.
Fortuna has concentrated efforts on the high-grade Trinidad zone that extends north from the main mine, exploring from four underground drill pads.
The most recent results, released in August, included 0.4 meters grading 1,070 g/t Ag and 3.25 g/t Au; 0.3 meters averaging 1,740 g/t Ag and 6.72 g/t Au; and 0.4 meters carrying 1,045 g/t Ag and 23.80 g/t Au as part of a number of narrow, high-grade results.
The company says that the new drill results confirm that the Bonanza and Trinidad veins, and the structurally and spatially related Trinidad North Stockwork Zone, all remain open to the north and to depth along the strike and plunge of the ore shoots. In August Forutna announced that it has identified a new structure, the Ocotlan Vein. It converges with the Trinidad Vein just like the Bonanza Vein converges with Trinidad resulting in the Trinidad deposit. The lateral and depth projections of Ocotlan�s potential structure are currently being drill tested.
Besides the main Trinidad zone the company has also been exploring a mirror system less than 2km west known as the La Noria vein system. The northwest-trending sub-parallel La Noria vein system is connected by several extensional veins to Trinidad. Aura Silver and Intrepid Mines put six holes into the target in 2007, with the best intercept being 0.6 metres grading 66 g/t Ag and 3.49 g/t Au.
Fortuna says the previous drill results were mixed, but in their experience exploring San Jose�s epithermal systems the mixed results can lead to the ore shoots, like the ones that have proven to be rich at Trinidad. The company is working on mapping and plans to drill the area once surface access and environmental permits are secured.
The company also wants to test the Trinidad North vein further NNW, but the company is still working on securing a surface access agreement with community of Magdalena.
The politics with the local community have been strained at times, and with an election coming Fortuna sees further delays at Madgalena, but it remains a promising prospect for future exploration. But Fortuna can continue exploration from underground drill stations albeit at a slower pace due to development work. Once surface access is secured it will allow for discovery drilling to speed up. The Noria system falls under a different community, so the company expects permitting to be easier.
A little further afield the company has been conducting surface trenching on the Tlacolula prospect, roughly 25 km northeast of the San Jose mine, with some encouraging results on from the outcropping, untested low sulfidation epithermal vein system.
The G�ila Vein at Tlacolula returned a channel sample of 6.3 meters grading 2,056 g/t Ag Eq, while the parallel Tlacolula vein, sitting some 500 meters east, showed a 9.6-meter sample grading 301 g/t Ag Eq, and 7.1 meters averaging 151 g/t Ag Eq.
The company is working on permitting for initial drill testing on the Tlacolula prospect, which it is earning a 60% interest in from Radius Gold.
At Caylloma, Fortuna has a more limited exploration budget, but the company did bump estimated spending from $700,000 to $1.7 million this year as it plans more work on high-grade targets identified on the northern part of the Caylloma vein system. The company says the targeted areas are close to operations and would be easy to incorporate into mine plans, and could help with grade issues at the mine.
With Fortuna investing in a variety of exploration programs the company is confident it can continue to increase resources and reserves.
Currently the company�s San Jose mine contains reserves of 3.8 million tonnes grading 233 g/t Ag and 1.81 g/t Au for 28.3 million oz. silver and 220,000 oz. gold. Inferred resources at San Jose stand at 7.1 million tonnes grading 257 g/t Ag and 1.75 g/t Au for a further 59 million oz. silver and 401,000 oz. gold.
At Caylloma reserves stand at 3 million tonnes grading 134 g/t Ag, 0.33 g/t Au, 2.24% Pb, and 3.13% Zn, for 13 million oz. silver and 32,300 oz. gold. Inferred resources include 4.4 million tonnes grading 133 g/t Ag, and 0.59 g/t Au for 18.6 million oz. silver and 83,100 oz. gold.
Times are tough for silver producers, but Fortuna has been a playbook example of what to do in times like these: cut costs, focus on core assets and prepare for the rebound. The management team has succeeded keeping the company out of the red and so is very well-positioned to ride out the lower silver prices.
2016 will see excess cash being generated to an already strong balance sheet. Fortuna�s President and CEO, Jorge Ganoza stated that the best return of capital remains in organic growth but open to any opportunities which meet their investment criteria. As more value emerges in the silver mining space, Fortuna is in a prime position to acquire assets. That is of course, if an acquisition will �improve the existing asset base�, states Mr. Ganoza. That is a high threshold to meet considering what San Jose brings to the table.
With production and capacity increases underway, Fortuna will emerge stronger than ever during one of the most difficult periods for silver-gold miners. This is a testament to the Fortuna team as it continues to establish itself as an industry outperformer. Fortuna�s efforts will again reflect itself in its share value when the sector reversal arrives. Until then, silver investors are in a buyer�s market and can accumulate positions at a fraction of the stock price from last year. At these levels the stock remains a low-risk call option.
- Peter Spina, President of SilverSeek.com
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The Joy Channel on the air on WGXC 90.7
map by Glenn Gear
Emmanuel Madan and I are doing a little residency at the free103point9.org Wave Farm in Greene County, New York this week, and as part of our stay we’ll be doing a broadcast this afternoon on WGXC, a full-power community radio station supported by free103, serving Greene and Columbia counties in New York state.
TUNE IN 16h-18h EST (-5 GMT) today, January 21, 2012, or check the station archives.
We’ll be talking about our ongoing project The Joy Channel, and playing some excerpts of old and new material related to the project. Here’s a description to give you a taste:
The Joy Channel is an experimental radio work by Anna Friz and Emmanuel Madan. The piece proposes that the radio of the future will no longer be characterized as a primarily sonic medium, but rather as a means of transmitting emotional or empathic communication. The piece explores tensions between empathic realization and the neurological manipulation of emotions, the interaction between the listeners as active or passive subjects, and the renewed struggle over access to the airwaves. In the year 2147, after nearly 150 years of business as usual (government corruption and privatization, toxic resource extraction and industrial practices, bad weather, civil uprising, earthquakes and pandemic), the nation states of Canada and U.S.A. no longer exist. Approximately 40 million people remain in North America, mainly concentrated on the west and east coasts, and in thinner communities inland. The technique of transmitting emotions over radio frequencies is originally developed as a psychiatric home tele-treatment procedure for long-term depression patients. However, by 2147 corporate broadcasters are also exploiting the technology for its entertainment and behavioural control potential.
This sudden domination of the EM (formerly FM) radio spectrum encroaches upon another, more arcane radiophonic pratice: radio-empathic communion. Wandering in the relative silence of wasted urban and ex-urban spaces in the central continent, small communities of empaths had begun to form and to reach out to one another. They discovered that the FM radio spectrum, largely abandoned during the upheavals that accompanied the population collapse of the late 21st century, was open ground for a type of communication not yet experienced in human history: tele-empathy. These neo-nomads developed the sensitivity to feel one another across greater and greater distances without the use of transmitters or receivers. Their process is rudely interrupted when Hi-Zenith’s standardized emotional broadcasts go live to air from coast to coast.
We’ll be doing some more radio late Sunday night/Monday morning, just in time for the lunar new year! Tune in for the zero hour January 23, midnight EST (-5 GMT), on WGXC.
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Going out west with a suitcase full of tapes…
photo: Gavin Young, Calgary Herald
I’m currently in ice cold Calgary with the rest of the 300 Tapes gang for the double premiere of 300 Tapes at Alberta Theatre Projects’ playRites Festival. We run from Feb 17-March 6, 2011. In case you’re wondering, there really are 300 tapes in this show. My sound design is predictably all on tape too… and I brought some nice Califone decks to play them back on (thank you Florida public school board).
Here’s what it’s all about:
“Imagine recording your memories on 300 analog tapes. Record. Rewind. Play. Listen. Stop. This intimate mash-up of fact and fiction explores how our memories and identity are shaped (and warped) by time, our own ideas of ourselves and the eyes and ears of others. Featuring a ground-breaking sound design and the curious choreography of our everyday twitches, this bold experiment in storytelling playfully provokes questions about authenticity.”
Developed in residency at The Theatre Centre, Toronto, and co-produced by Public Recordings, with The Theatre Centre and Alberta Theatre Projects.
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And it’s winter time again….
When not mucking around in the snow with a microphone, I’m toiling away deep in the Nice Little Static Laboratories (possibly in my work pajamas, though rumours are unconfirmed) to produce some sounds for spring. Most pressing: dissertation chapters! And CD projects, including completing one with Eric Leonardson that we began about 2 years ago and which will include the complete suite Dancing Walls Stir the Prairies (band names also up for consideration, if y’all have good ideas), as well as putting the finishing touches on Short Horizon, which I hope to launch in March.
Meanwhile, here’s a little shot of the old antenna far above the house….. just because it’s pretty.
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Progressive Rock/Metal album "Fringe Kitchen" features John Macaluso (James Labrie, Ark, TNT) on drums, mixed/mastered by Tommy Newton (Guano Apes, Ark). Driven. Tarnished. Strangely beautiful. Stylistically similar to Riverside, Muse, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead. Unwritten Pages. The name certainly has a tone to it. And something to live up to. At least, that's how the people behind each release like to approach their musical collaboration first and foremost. Always pushing themselves beyond their own and everyone else's expectations - in every single sense of the word.
As a music journalist once fittingly stated, Unwritten Pages "... is not designed for the ADD crowd of today by any means."
Frederic Epe: vocals/keyboards/guitar
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Twelve buses arched around the school front. Ferris slipped between the cracks of #14 and #23. Hopping onto the curb, he joined the remaining students who have yet to load their buses. His eyes bounced from face to face, looking for the girl with tortoise shell horn rimmed glasses.
“What bus does Ralphie ride?” he asked himself below his breath.
Ferris met the lines end when the first bus departed. He sprinted towards the front of the pack. He pushed passed a string of sixth grade boys working their card cutting abilities for uninterested eighth graders. He barely missed the lips of a seventh grade couple while sliding through the precious seconds that led to their goodbye kiss. He hopped over a fellow fifth grader. He stopped, his frame perfectly still, heart pounding, at the sound of his name from a soft voice.
It was Ms. Thirsby.
He turned slowly in her direction. He focused on Charlie’s plan; Ms. Thirsby believed him to have been at the nurse’s office since lunch. In this situation, one might start and end every sentence with a cough. One might cut their words with sniffle or a sneeze. Ferris was a poor liar.
“Mr. Kemp, I do hope you’re feeling better.”
It took a moment for him to respond. He placed his right hand on his stomach. “I wish I could’ve been in class.”
“It’s probably for the best that you received the medical attention you needed,” she said. “Did Nurse Strom take care of you?”
Ferris covered his mouth using his left hand and coughed, “As best she could.”
The second bus departed. Ferris cocked his head.
“I’m not keeping you, am I?” Ms. Thirsby asked.
“No ma’am, I’m walking home today,” he said.
“Do you think that’s wise in your condition?” she asked, drawing the conversation.
A woman in similar age to Ferris’ substitute teacher joined them.
“Um, today I do,” he said, stumbling through his words.
Ms. Thirsby briefly stood silent before rummaging through her purse. “I handed these out to the other students today.”
Ferris took the form she was holding. It began, “Dear Parents of Walton-Henry Fifth Grader.” His heart sank. Charlie’s story didn’t work, she’d seen through it. He was found out. He was going to get detention. He was going to miss his date. He was going to miss B. Harpeth.
Ms. Thirsby spoke, “It’s for the square dance.”
Ferris scanned the left over students as the third and fourth buses turned out from the premises. “Thank you,” he said, taking the parental form.
“I’ll be assisting Mr. Johannan for the next few weeks, until the dance craze is through.”
Ferris forced a smile while trying to spot B. with his peripheral vision.
“Oh,” Ms. Thirsby half-shouted. “Where are my manners? Ferris Kemp, this is my dear friend, Ms. Julie Moline. Julie, this is Ferris Kemp.”
“Nice to meet you. I’d shake your hand, but I’d hate to get you sick,” Ferris said, addressing the young woman.
“You two haven’t met before?” Ms. Thirsby asked.
“We have not,” Ms. Moline grinned.
Ferris stood bewildered. This was his second encounter with Ms. Thirsby’s odd line of questioning. He couldn’t help but be curious as to why Ms. Thirsby had asked him about the clothing choices of a rabbit earlier in the day. He tried to keep his wandering eyes from being obvious to his substitute teacher. Relieved, he saw B. Harpeth nearing.
“There you are, Ferris,” B. said with a wide smile. “Hello, Ms. Thirsby. Hello, Nurse Moline.”
“Nurse?” Ferris’ voice cracked with the question.
“Like Mrs. Casteth, Nurse Strom was on leave today; Julie was her sub.” Ms. Thirsby slugged her purse over her shoulder. “Hmm, strange you didn’t notice, Mr. Kemp.”
Ferris, still holding his stomach, furrowed his brow, “Yeah... strange.”
“Strange,” Ms. Thirsby echoed. “Well, I will see you two next week.”
Ms. Thirsby and Ms. Moline returned to the school, leaving the students to themselves.
“I believe she’s on bus duty. Why is she leaving before the buses are gone?” B. asked.
Ferris had gotten away with skipping class because Ms. Thirsby let him get away with skipping class; he was thankful. “She’s odd.”
“Remarkably odd,” B. added.
The final three buses passed behind B.’s back. Ferris noticed two boys with their noses pressed against a window in the front half of the middle bus. They were both giving thumbs up. It was Charlie Lincoln and Alvin Aberth.
Their makeshift plan had worked.
Francis’ Fountain was eight blocks away from Walton-Henry Middle School. Despite B.’s asking, Ferris wouldn’t tell her where he’d gone after lunch. He’d almost let slip while passing Nelson’s house, but quickly caught himself. B. didn’t seem to mind that he was keeping tight lipped.
She reenacted the show that went on after lunch for Ferris. When Ms. Thirsby had asked why Ferris didn’t return to class with the other students, Charlie, not wasting a second, jumped to his desktop to recreate the forged event of Ferris’ falsified injury.
“I can’t believe she didn’t kick him out,” he said.
“I think she liked it,” B. admitted. “Whatever you pulled off, you boys are evil geniuses.”
“For B...” his mouth barely made the buh sound before he cut himself off. “Charlie’s the one with the plan.”
“You’re the one with the courage?”
The 11-year-old held the door to Francis’ Fountain open for his date.
The small building was sandwiched between a hardware store and a pharmacy. The shoppe was little more than a hallway, a tight fit space holding a vintage counter top and a line of art deco barstools to match. Elliston Francis had taken over the shoppe from his father in 1977, since then he’d been waiting for either of his neighbors to outgrow their lot. Elliston wanted to expand his shoppe’s space and it didn’t matter in which direction. His neighbors weren’t moving. He could move if not for being so stubborn.
The shoppe’s slim strip of checker board tile was relatively scant, uncommon for a Friday afternoon. There were only a handful of the usual old timers. Had it been summertime, July or August, there would barely be enough room to extend a payment or accept a soda. Today there was room to breathe, even if the sweet shoppe air was tinged with the scent of the medicated elderly.
Elliston Francis’ red and white striped shirt blended into the wall paper behind him. He cleaned a large metal mixing cup with a multi-flavor stained rag. Ferris and B. looked over the menu written on the peppermint wall.
“What happened to the Three Fifty Shake?” B. asked.
Elliston kept cleaning. “It’s the Four Dollar Shake now.”
“The Four Dollar Shake?”
“The Four Dollar Shake,” he said, setting down the shining mixing cup.
“That’s a bit of a bump,” she said.
Elliston shrugged, “Times get tough.”
“But times also get better,” she countered. “When times get better, do prices as well?”
“She has a point,” Ferris chimed, clenching the money in his pocket.
Elliston rustled underneath the counter changing out an empty tray of strawberries. “You’ll have to talk to the manager.”
“You’re the owner,” Ferris pointed.
“Yeah and I said you’ll have to talk to the manager,” Elliston batted with the faintest hint of playfulness.
“You’re that too!” Ferris burst.
“Last year the Three Fifty Shake was the Three Dollar Shake,” B. started.
Elliston set down a green banana bushel. “I can’t get anything passed you kids.”
B. continued, “If you keep raising the prices the way you are, in two years you’ll be selling the Five Dollar Shake. Your shake is pretty darn good, but I don’t know if it’s worth $5.00.”
“Hmm.” Elliston knelt down eye level across the counter, “I tell you what, if, if, I ever sell the Five Dollar Shake, I will only charge you, Ms. Harpeth, and you, Mr. Kemp, $3.50.”
“We’ll take two Five Dollar shakes,” Ferris grinned, laying out his $19.12.
“Dealer’s choice,” B. added.
A spark lit in Elliston Francis’ eye; his greatest pleasure, next to making a buck, was creating new shakes and sodas. He went to work.
“How was the rest of the afternoon in Ms. Thirsby’s?” Ferris asked.
“Fascinating,” B. said with a spurt of excitement. “She shared the most beautiful and bizarre poetry.”
“Like from poets?” he asked clumsily.
She shook her head with a smile, “Of course; where else?”
Ferris cheeks were flush with awe, not embarrassment. “Good point. What was your favorite?”
“All of them,” she said almost immediately, as if she’d anticipated the question.
“All of them were your favorite?”
Elliston Francis set his creations in front of the kids and let them to their conversation.
“In a way,” she answered.
Ferris sipped on his shake. “In a way?”
Her finger traced the lip of her cup. “Well, I believe that every poet, and person for that matter, has an idea etched into their bones. It’s an idea that they’re always scraping or tearing at themselves for. It’s an idea that they’ll never truly reach.” She stirred her glass. “But that they scrape for it, make the attempt, that’s beautiful.”
Ferris stayed silent for a moment. “You talk older than we are.”
“Is that a bad thing?” she asked.
“I can’t say it is,” Ferris said after a sip.
The crack of a firework exploding burst from outside of Francis’ Fountain.
“What the hell?” Elliston muttered. “Will you two hold down the fort?” he asked Ferris and B. “Don’t let these old timers behind the counter; they’re quicker than you’d think.” he whispered before exiting.
Ferris craned his neck, trying to look through the shoppe’s frosted glass window.
“Hey!” B. snapped at an older man reaching for a dish of mint patties next to the register. “Ferris, join me.”
The two stood guard behind the counter. They were surrounded by trays of fruits, both canned and fresh, bottles of flavored syrups, including several different types of chocolate, and plenty of gummy bears, worms, sharks, and penguins. The fountain’s options seemed infinite; they caught a glimpse into Elliston and to how one could lose their self to new creations.
The door opened. Ferris demeanor dropped.
“Sevies,” he said lowering his voice. “I hate these guys.”
Elliston Francis wrangled in three seventh graders from the sidewalk, Shane Winestock, Nole Lipston, and Kennedy Davies; the boys playing with fireworks.
“You stay put, the three of you,” Elliston said, huffing. “I’ll get the mop and bucket. You’re lucky I’m giving you that. I should send you out with toothbrushes to scrub off that rocket residue.”
The three seventh graders snickered.
“Quiet,” Elliston demanded as he walked into the broom closet.
It was rare to see the shoppe’s owner in such a poor mood. Ferris kept a light eye on the older boys.
B.’s voice was airy, “Distracted?”
“Distracted?” Nole Lipston mimicked in a high pitched register.
Elliston sloshed the mop bucket in front of the boys, water spilling on their shoes. “I thought I said quiet. Now go take care of your fun. This is your one chance, your one freebie. Don’t mess it up.”
The seventh graders, even upon discipline, were raucous as they went to work.
With the boys gone, Ferris took B.’s hand. “Thanks for the shakes, Mr. Francis. We should be going.”
Elliston stood from setting a towel over the water that had spilled. “You two look good behind there. Heck, I was starting to think I could retire; the shoppe would be in capable hands.”
“When would we have time to practice for our square dance?” B. said lightly.
“Criminy! They’re still doing that? This town,” Elliston said in disbelief.
“Traditions,” B. shrugged.
“Traditions indeed, Ms. Harpeth.”
Ferris guided B. from the counter to the back door of the slim shoppe. Elliston stopped him before he could leave.
“Yes, Mr. Francis?” he asked.
“Could I get a hand in the cooler before you go?”
B.’s gentle grip released Ferris.
What little there was for a storage cooler was filled with a surplus of sweeties. There was hardly enough space for one person to fit comfortably; with two people, the cooler wasn’t much more than a sardine tin.
“What help could you need in here?” Ferris asked.
“None, actually.” Elliston fidgeted a small handful of playful explosives out of his rear pocket. “I took these from those boys. I want you to have them.”
Ferris couldn’t believe his eyes. “I...don’t think you should be giving me those.”
“You won’t be foolish with them,” Elliston said confidently.
“I won’t?” the boy questioned.
Elliston Francis placed the small batch of fireworks in Ferris’ hand. “I don’t think you will.”
A small twitch ran across Ferris’ shoulders. He didn’t know if it was from the cold air of the cooler or from the excitement of the fireworks.
“Hey!” B. Harpeth’s voice snapped from behind the counter.
Ferris and Elliston ran out from the cooler to see B. snatching a mint patty from the would-be-thieving old timer sitting by the register.
“Come on, Carl! They’re three cents,” Elliston cried. “Three cents.”
B. grabbed Ferris’ hand, dashing him out of the store. She took them off in a full sprint down Old Main Street.
“Why are we running?” he asked.
She didn’t answer; she kept his hand tight.
Old Main played route to the majority of Walton-Henry’s small businesses. Ferris and B. passed all the best the town had to offer. They squeezed through the alley between Damson Dentistry and Damson Barber, both owned by the Damsons. Coming out from the passage, they momentarily divided a family trying to enter Orchid Creamery, a farmer’s diner; B. whispered an apology.
Ten yards ahead of them was a rundown train track.
“If a train was coming,” B. started, “would you jump on?”
“Where is it going?” Ferris asked, running out of breath.
“Knowing spoils the adventure. Would you jump?”
“If you’re going, yes.”
“And if I wasn’t?” she asked, slowing their run.
Ferris put his hands on his head, expanding his lungs. “Then it wouldn’t be an adventure.”
The fifth graders took a moment at the defunct tracks to catch their breath. Ferris knew the date was nearing its end; it was a quarter to five and the sun had mostly set. Nerves hit him; he grew up knowing kisses followed dates, but at 11-years-old, he’d never kissed anyone, let alone B. Harpeth, before. He felt a small heat trace his hairline.
B. kissed his cheek; she always seemed two-steps ahead of him. “You could walk me home.”
Ferris dusted the track soot off of his jeans and extended his hand. “Mhmm,” he said.
In several blocks, they reached the entrance of Mavenwood Circle, the cul-de-sac where both Ferris and B. lived. They passed Ferris’ house on the way to the B.’s; hers was dead center.
Ferris stopped at her driveway. “So... are we--”
B. put her index finger over his lips. “Knowing spoils the adventure.”
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Adam Bookend #670 designed in 2009
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The Bookend: The Adam is the archtype human, and it is destined to hold all your books in one place. The black part - the shadow (or the red part as you might choose has to be under the books to hold them.).
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Blueprints of Adam Bookend in 1:1 Scale, this is only the general table and detailed technical drawings of this Bookend are available with request to architects and higher education institutions such as universities and technical schools.
Honeydog Bookend #401 designed in 2009
The Bookend: Well it actually looks like a dog made of honey, but actually it is a sweet bookend to carry all that little books!.
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Possible Materials: The designer noted the following materials could be used in production: Plastic, Glass, Metal.
Dimensions and Packaging: The enclosing box for a single Honeydog Bookend is 309 mm x 154 mm x 123 mm, each box contains a single Honeydog Bookend and the bounding box dimensions for the package is 359 mm x 204 mm x 173 mm, roughly 2856 pieces fit into 20' standard container and 5880 pieces fit into the larger 40' standard container..
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Ok Bookend #313 designed in 2008
The Bookend: This is a heavy bookend that is primarily designed to be used on top of the table. However it is good at blending to your bookshelf as well, this is a very easy to produce item..
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The Bookend: The reverse A means, All. To carry all that knowledge here is the Allbooks bookend..
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Nawaz Sharif greeted Modi On the occasion of 66th Republic Day of India
Pakistan's concern is China's concern: Meng Jianzhu
Pakistan most important neighbour and iron brother: China
Sacrifices rendered by the students of APS will eradicate terrorism: Bilour
Black warrants for the execution of two militants issued
Load shedding would be decreased to 6 hours in urban areas: Khawaja Asif
Govt should mend its ways instead of making lame excuses: Khurshid Shah
Shahbaz Sharif agreed to convert govt schools to solar energy
Obama's visit to South Asia will help reduce tension in the region: Sartaj Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday greeted his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi On the occasion of 66th Republic Day of India.
The Pakistani Prime Minister not only wished people of India prosperity but also sought friendly ties between the two neighbours. “Pakistan remains committed to developing friendly relations with India on the basis of sovereign equality, mutual respect and commonality of interests,” Sharif said in a message to PM Modi while greeting India on its 66th Republic Day. Sharif further said in the message, “On behalf of the people and the Government of Pakistan, and on my own behalf, I would like to convey our warm felicitations to you, your Government, and the people of India, on the happy occasion of India’s 66th Republic Day.”
“In wishing the people of India progress and prosperity, it is our sincere wish to forge friendly and cooperative relations between our two countries. We believe that our two Governments can work together towards the development of our countries, the well being of our people, and achieving our common goal of peaceful and prosperous South Asia,” he added. “I avail myself of this opportunity to convey my best wishes to you, and for the happiness and prosperity of the people of India,” Sharif said. India and Pakistan have been involved in a war of words following New Delhi’s cancellation of the foreign secretary-level meeting in August last year.
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cathriona white 10/6/2015
Report: Cathriona White Was Married When She DiedHer medical information listed a husband as a next of kin.
politics 6/16/2015
The Tea-Party Suicide That Has the Right ReelingThe aftershocks of Mark Mayfield’s death in Mississippi.
strange deaths 1/7/2014
Queens Man Commits Suicide by Homemade ExplosiveDefinitely unusual.
things that are awful 8/27/2013
Bullied Harlem Boy’s Family Sues Over His SuicideThey say the school didn’t discipline his bullies.
stand clear of the closing doors 6/2/2013
MTA Says Suicide Is Leading Cause of Subway DeathsSad.
terrible things 12/13/2012
Kate Middleton’s Nurse Was Found Hanged, Police ConfirmShe left three notes.
Australian Radio Station Donates Ad Profits From Middleton Prank CallTo nurse Jacintha Saldanha’s family.
Video: D.J.’s Behind Middleton Prank Call Give First InterviewLots of tears.
architecture 8/19/2012
NYU Installs Anti-Suicide Screens in Bobst LibraryThree students have jumped to their deaths since 2003.
Yesterday’s Food Trends Are Still Hot in Philly; Can Fish Oil PreventPlus: The federal government steps in to help out with feeding flood victims; and now scientists are saying red wine does not stave off aging, all in our morning news roundup.
bachmann ambition overdrive 7/26/2011
Michele Bachmann’s Home District Is a Nexus for Teen SuicideGay kids, or kids perceived to be gay, are having a really hard time there.
made-off 2/10/2011
Ruth Madoff Turned Away From Son’s Memorial ServiceThe consequences of standing by your man.
sad things 1/24/2011
From the Department of Depressing StatisticsMore American troops killed themselves this year than were killed by the enemy in combat.
max b. miller 1/20/2011
HFPA Member Max B. Miller Commits SuicideOne day after the Golden Globes.
terrible things 12/3/2010
Violence Spree Continues in the Happiest Town on EarthA violent standoff between police and a resident of Celebration, Florida, ends in death.
casualties of war 9/30/2010
Military Warns of Expected Increase in Soldier SuicidesSuicide rates are already high among returning soldiers.
Beef 9/29/2010
Ripert Rips Into Ramsay Over ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ Suicide?Plus, a “secret girlfriend” emerges.
school daze 9/29/2010
Report: Student Who Was Secretly Filmed Having Sex Commits SuicideThis is pretty ugly.
scary things 9/28/2010
Gunman at University of Texas Library Kills SelfHe was brandishing an AK-47.
bad news 9/16/2010
Man Hears Bad News About Mother, Shoots Doctor, Mother, HimselfThe doctor is expected to survive.
isabella blow 8/23/2010
Isabella Blow’s Husband Wrote a Book About Her Life and DepressionRead an excerpt!
behind the screen 8/18/2010
Chinese iPad and iPhone Manufacturer Rallies On, Despite Worker SuicidesFoxconn slated to hire 400,000 this year.
craigslist killer 8/15/2010
‘Craigslist Killer’ Reportedly Committed Suicide in JailHe was awaiting trial for murder.
crazytown 5/20/2010
Cops, Tasers Can’t Stop Naked Man From Jumping From Brooklyn BridgeThis story is a doozy.
Guy Caught in Subway Tunnel With Cyanide Not a Threat, SurprisinglyThis is actually very sad.
awful things 3/16/2010
Cornellians Actually Are Using the Ithaca Gorges for Suicides These DaysAs opposed to the phenomenon being relegated to creepy campus folklore.
NYU Professor Leaps to DeathSam Roweis was 37.
joy and pang 1/12/2010
Danny Pang’s Death Ruled a SuicideAccused of fraud, the financier decided it was better to burn out than to fade away.
neighborhood news 11/6/2009
Cops Prevent Suicide on Upper East SideA woman on 85th Street was halfway out the window before cops convinced her to come back inside.
sad things 11/3/2009
NYU Student Leaps to Death at Bobst LibraryEarly this morning, another tragedy befell the student body on the downtown campus.
ballsy crime 10/13/2009
Buy Sam Israel’s Getaway WheelsAnother piece of financial-fraud history is yours for the taking.
CEO Dead in Apparent SuicideJames McDonald, the head of New York–based investment-advisory firm Rockefeller & Co, committed suicide this weekend.
Freddie Mac CFO Found Dead, Suspected SuicideDavid Kellermann, who was appointed in late 2008 after the government takeover of the lending powerhouse, appears to have taken his own life.
Aspiring Model Commits Suicide After Posting Intentions on FacebookPaul Zolezzi’s body was found in Prospect Park this morning.
Dalton Student’s Apparent Suicide: More NewsThe ‘Daily News’ has a lot more details about yesterday’s tragedy.
it just happened 2/18/2009
Dalton Student Falls to Death Outside SchoolThe school has no comment yet, but police are investigating.
ballsy crimes 12/12/2008
Madoff MadnessAll of Greenwich is on suicide watch because of Bernie Madoff, according to the ‘Post.’
quote machine 8/1/2008
Bow Wow Stuns Himself Sometimes, He Can’t Even FrontPlus: James Franco expresses his admiration for Helen Mirren’s bod.
white men without money 7/29/2008
Judge Orders Samuel Israel to Hand Over His ToysDeems them a distraction.
Emergency Workers Rescue Man Trapped Under Train at 86th StreetOur reporter was on hand as a man leaped onto the tracks and was pinned alive underneath a subway car.
in other news 6/30/2008
Fox News Says They Made an ‘Error’ by Showing Pics of Dead ModelBut what kind of error, exactly?
Beth Israel Doctor Dies After Seventeen-Story FallIn what police are calling a suicide, Douglas Meyer, 44, was found dead this morning.
it just happened 5/1/2008
Jump Pad Inflated Outside Halfway House in Boerum Hill (Updated)Someone is threatening to jump off of the roof of a halfway house there, and police have been quick to respond.
ESB Suicide Discovered When Leg Found on 33rd StreetThis just in from the Associated Press, and more than a bit disconcerting: NEW YORK (AP) — A man jumped to his death Friday out the window of a 69th-floor law office in the Empire State Building. Police responded to the New York City landmark shortly before 3 p.m. after a 911 caller reported seeing a severed leg — covered in a gray sock — on the street below. The rest of the body was recovered from a setback on the 30th floor. Apparently more than 30 people have jumped to their deaths from the 76-year-old tower. The AP does not report how many dismembered themselves in the process. Man Jumps to Death From Empire State Building [AP via NYT]
the morning line 11/13/2006
Remembering 587 • A new memorial to American 587’s crash, the second-deadliest air disaster in U.S. history, was dedicated Sunday in Belle Harbor. It’s a curved granite wall with the victims’ names and a line from a poem in Spanish (most of the 265 victims were Dominicans heading to Santo Domingo). On the crash site itself, residential construction is in full swing. [NYT] • If you lived through the transit strike last year, you kind of hated union boss Roger Toussaint. And that was before you knew he had a secret deal with the MTA while the strike was still going on, as the Daily News reveals today. What a guy. [NYDN] • A high-powered Manhattan lawyer was found dead near his abandoned BMW in an upstate bird sanctuary — an apparent suicide; the man was out on $225,000 bail on a rape charge he vehemently denied. [NYP] • The flap over Charlie Rangel’s already-infamous “Who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?” continues, with local newspapers there alternately asking the feisty congressman to come visit their fair state and heaving invective on New York. [Gotham Gazette] • And what’s the Post’s headline of the day? There are plenty of contenders, from “Mick Jagger Rocks On in Grief” to “Bearied!” but we’ll go with Egg Foo Gun, about a handgun smuggled into a hospital in a Chinese-food carton. Well done, Post. [NYP]
in other news 11/8/2006
This Week, It’s Jim Jones Versus Jim Jones There’s a new documentary out on the Jonestown massacre called Jonestown: The Life and Death of People’s Temple, and it’s at the Quad on West 13th Street this week. At the same time, there’s also a new album, released yesterday, from the unfortunately monikered Harlem rapper Jim Jones. One Jim Jones led the biggest mass suicide in history. The other Jim Jones has his track “We Fly High” — with its ubiquitous call to arms, “Ballin’!” — blasting out of nearly every car stereo in the city. Is the new Jones overtaking the old one? We consider …
intel 11/3/2006
New York Lawyer, Charged With Rape, Found Dead“It’s bizarre, unfortunate,” Steve Coleman, an Atlanta police officer, was saying about New York attorney Andrew Gardner. Gardner, 39, was a litigation partner at Fried Frank. He had been an undergrad at Harvard and had gone to NYU for law school. He lived in Armonk with his wife and three kids. And he was found dead, a presumed suicide, on Monday.
the morning line 11/3/2006
Suicide, Fire, Not a Hero • Indie actress, director, and screenwriter Adrienne Shelly, just seen with Matt Dillon in Factotum, was found hanged in her Village apartment. There’s no suicide note, and cops are checking up on unidentified sneaker prints in the apartment, but suicide is cited as the likeliest scenario. [NYP] • A blaze broke out in a Bronx apartment in the wee hours of the morning, killing a 5-year-old girl and sending three other people to Jacobi Medical Center. The survivors can thank the girl’s 13-year-old brother, who woke everyone up. The cause of the fire is being investigated. [WNBC] • Major karmic points are apparently not enough for Robert G. Seckers, the mate of a tugboat that aided the Staten Island ferry during the infamous 2003 crash. Seckers wants more tangible compensation for his good deed ($2 million to be exact) under an ancient unwritten law called “pure marine salvage.” “I don’t need to be a hero,” said Seckers in an interview. It appears you just took care of that part, sir. [NYT] • Hitler Kid, post-collegiate edition: A 23-year-old Greenpoint city employee (probably a hipster who applied for the job ironically) penned an essay in the Haverford alumni mag calling the Polish “vermin” and the nabe “even uglier than the morons who work there.” The piece is clearly Borat-style satire (the author dreams of a Greenpoint of “lawyers and investment bankers”), but — shock — subtleties of dry sarcasm are not a Parks Department specialty. [NYDN] • Three, two, one, stop. The city is testing out streetlight timers at intersections, visibly counting down fifteen seconds until the light turns red. Now, finally, the pedestrians will have something other than the road to look at! [amNY]
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Alaska by Float Plane
Pilot a float plane through the Alaskan landscape. Photo: Courtesy of Rust’s Flying Service
No state has more trackless wilderness than Alaska, perhaps accounting for the fact that the state also claims the most pilots per capita. Explore the backcountry that rings the gateway city of Anchorage by hopping a De Havilland Beaver or Cessna 206 from the Lake Hood Seaplane Base at Ted Stevens airport (dot.alaska.gov/anc), the world’s busiest for float planes (i.e., low-flying, two-to-ten-seater aircrafts in which pontoons sub for landing gear). From there, set your own route with Rust’s Flying Service’s “Pilot for a Day” program (from $4,000 for six hours and up to four passengers; flyrusts.com), launching this May. Suggested itineraries include glacier-and-volcano viewing near Mount McKinley or picnicking and whale watching on Prince William Sound. Alternatively, hop a 70-minute Era flight (flyera.com) from Anchorage to Kodiak Island, where you’ll check into the four-cabin, all-inclusive Kodiak Brown Bear Center (from $3,499 per person for three nights; kodiakbearcenter.com). Guides at the plush resort lead twice-daily outings by skiff to see indigenous Kodiak, as well as foxes and bald eagles, amid the pristine 1.9-million-acre Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Evenings are best spent sweating in the resort’s wood-stoked banya or listening to loons from beside a crackling fire pit.
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Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Delhi
Regarded as one of the holiest Sikh shrines in the city and one of the prettiest Gurudwara (Sikh temple) in the country, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, lined with tons of evocative pearlesque-white marble and surmounted by striking gold domes, was originally the regal mansion of Mirza Raja Jai Singh I, the Rajput king of Jaipur (then known as Amber). In fact, it derives its name too from the word “Bangla”, the Hindi/Punjabi translation of “mansion”, even though it has been transformed into a magnificent shrine and today draws thousands of visitors, including hundreds of foreign tourists, from the city and outside everyday. Dedicated to the memory of Guru Harkrishan, the eighth of ten Sikh spiritual leaders, who, upon being summoned to Delhi by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (ruled AD 1657-1707) and following the invitation of Raja Jai Singh I, briefly stayed in this mansion before his untimely demise at the age of eight caused from getting inflicted with smallpox while serving patients of the disease who flocked to his assembly everyday in the hope of solace and treatment.
In Guru's memory - Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
Much to the unabated chagrin of his elder brother Ram Rai who had him summoned to the royal court, Guru Harkrishan was reasonably declared the Sikh spiritual leader by their father Guru Har Rai at the tender age of five and proved his religious understanding and spiritual and mystical capabilities through several inconceivable episodes that occurred during his short lifetime before succumbing to the disease. Ram Rai himself was disowned by their father on account of his hobnobbing to the Mughal Emperor who was a declared political and religious enemy of the Sikhs. It is said that when the Guru first arrived at Raja Jai Singh’s mansion, the latter’s queen, intent on ascertaining the Guru’s mystical powers dressed herself as a handmaid and hid amongst her servants whom she had lavishly attired and adorned with jewelry, but was astonished when the Guru immediately recognized her as queen and thanked her for the hospitality extended by her household. The gorgeous mansion was converted into the prominent Gurudwara following the Sikh warlord Banda Bahadur’s invasion of Delhi (AD 1783) and was one of the nine mesmerizing Gurudwaras he raised; it was renovated and given this present magnificent appearance few years post-1947 when India achieved independence from British colonial rule. It is extremely difficult to believe that such a massive and unbelievably gorgeous structure was once a mere mansion, that too of a vassal sovereign of a small territory!
The Gurudwara is entered via a tall arched gateway surmounted by five onion chattris (domes raised on pillars) and faced with painstakingly polished, glistening white marble inset with colorful stones embedded in numerous floral patterns and Sikh religious motifs. The area around the Gurudwara bears a rushed, crowded look throughout the day since the shrine is extremely popular, especially amongst locals who come from near and far to pay their respects and also to marvel at the majestic regal architecture. The first thing that catches one’s eye, even before the long streaming queues of devotees waiting to enter, are the stunning pointed domes of the structure – the three gold-plated onions surmounting the building and the single superbly crafted marble onion on either side of the entrance. Other prominent architectural features include chattris, pavilions with curved tops lining the roof and exquisitely crafted, multi-arched hanging windows (“jharokhas”). The courtyard surrounding the central building, accessible from the road level by a flight of stairs, is vast and afterwards most devotees prefer to sit along the sides, especially if the purpose for visiting is photography.
A touch of gold!
The interiors are spellbinding – immediately upon stepping within, one is exposed to a large, mesmerizing shrine built entirely from gold and ornamented with a plethora of floral and religious motifs embossed into the gold work; especially intricate are the peacock figurines and the rounded vases from which emerge numerous convoluting, blossoming vines rising vertically upwards; Sikh symbolism, in the form of the recognizable motif of a vertical spear crossed over a pair of curved swords, lines the marble walls and decorates the patterns in gold; the thick rectangular pillars, each covered in layers of gold and also ornamented with the endearing vases overflowing with a vertical expansion of vines and floral blossoms, are especially admirable; lastly, the golden roof, polished to mirror-like perfection and bathed in a orange-gold glow by a large chandelier, reflects all the visitors, but proves frustratingly difficult to photograph. At the end of the elongated area on either side of which sit devotees, underneath an immensely intricately sculpted curved gold shrine is placed a copy of Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture; elderly musicians seated next to the canopied shrine sing melodious sermons and invocations referring to God and the Gurus while a priest continuously fans the hallowed text. The affluent, orange-hued gold extravaganza, rows of flower vases, expensive carpets and the rich canopy overhanging the shrine impart an unbelievably fascinating visual existence that is hard to replicate in photographs and even harder to contemplate in words – it is a sight and an experience that can only be registered on an emotional and visual level – of course, the irrepressible pushing and shoving by other devotees striving unnecessarily urgently to reach the shrine spoils the experience to an extent, but it is nonetheless worth being there.
Music for exhausted souls
A large “langar khana” (“food hall”) behind the Gurudwara accommodates visitors on the floor irrespective of any distinction of economic, social or religious status and daily serves 10,000 meals of simple vegetarian fare free of cost to everyone. Enormous quantities of food, including roti (Indian bread), lentils and vegetables is voluntarily prepared by several devotees themselves as a philanthropic measure from the raw materials charitably contributed by more affluent devotees – the entire idea is that of a large community kitchen where everyone can mingle together with dignity and companionship and partake food free of cost irrespective of any distinction, differences or bitterness. The “karha prasad” (a thick pudding cooked from wheat flour, clarified butter and sugar) served at the gateway of the shrine is blissfully delicious (though my personal favorite remains that served at Gurudwara Sisganj Sahib, Chandni Chowk, refer Pixelated Memories - Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib). Across the expansive courtyard extra servings of the savory prasad can also be purchased from a counter near the entrance gateway – a receipt will be generated at the counter which, upon being produced before the person serving the prasad, will be exchanged for a quantity of it – interestingly, after filling up a disposable bowl for a visitor and handing it over, the person serving will retract a small quantity of it and mix it back in the larger vessel as symbolic of a person sharing from his own plate – this, surprising for me since I had seen it for the first time, made me get a second helping since the first proved less than what I desired to have; I also had some packed separately to take home for my cousins with whom I was staying then. From one side of the courtyard, stairs lead downstairs to another courtyard flanked on all sides by Gurudwara managing committee offices and hostels – here, a massive well, canopied by a wide octagonal roof and an onion dome, is especially revered. Legend is that Guru Harkrishan dipped his feet in its water and ordered his followers to give the water to the diseased and pox-inflicted as a cure for their troubles. He earned the title of “Baal Peer” (“Child saint”) due to his ability to cure the sick and the destitute. Even today, the well is manned by numerous devotees who draw the water into large bowls and offer it to hundreds of faithfuls who believe in Guru Harkrishan’s magical and spiritual sanctity and come to the Gurudwara for a sip of the hallowed water. The only difference between then and now being today water is drawn through taps and not pails! The Gurudwara’s charitable acts do not end here – a hospital, a library and a girl’s school are also run in the buildings adjacent which also house a museum and an art gallery.
Sacred water - The canopied well associated with Guru Harkrishan's healing powers
It is the other side of the Gurudwara that is the most famous – a massive “Sarovar” (water tank) with clear blue water and large, colorful fishes exists on this side and reflects a perfect reflection of the Gurudwara building and its golden domes and colonnades. This frame is perhaps the most famous visual composition when photographing the Gurudwara despite the fact that photography from here is prohibited and requires special permission. The caretakers and cleaners of the Gurudwara keep patrolling around the tank, stopping people from clicking and asking swimmers to step out if they have been in too long. A small rectangular changing room for women exists along one of the corners of the tank too. Colonnades surround the courtyard around the water tank and the corners are domed to appear externally like diminutive towers (“burj”).
It is best to visit the Gurudwara at night when it is lit up beautifully and the lights reflect in the black waters of the tank to generate a mesmerizing image imprinted on the overall darkness of the surroundings. The place also wears a festive look on Guru purab, Diwali and Guru Harkrishan’s birth anniversary.
Advisory – Men and women are required to leave their footwear at the shoe counter located outside the Gurudwara complex before entering within and also cover their heads with handkerchiefs or dupattas (long scarves). Being a religious shrine, it is advisable to dress modestly.
Nighttime beauty!
Location: Jaisinghpura, Connaught Place
Nearest metro station: Patel Chowk (1.1 km away)
How to reach: Walk/avail an auto/e-rickshaw from the metro station to the Gurudwara
Open: All days, sunrise to midnight
Photography charges: Nil (Permission has to be solicited for clicking around the tank level, but everybody clicks anyway). Videos prohibited.
Relevant Link -
Pixelated Memories - Connaught Place
Pixelated Memories - Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib
Sgpc.net - Guru Har Krishan Sahib
Sikhiwiki.org - Gurdwara Bangla Sahib
Sikhs.org - The Eighth Master Guru Harkrishan (1656 - 1664)
Travel.cnn.com - Article "Feed the world – or as much of it as you can at Bangla Sahib Gurdwara" (dated Sep 2, 2009) by Caroline Rowe
Wikipedia.org - Jai Singh I
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Labels: Banda Bahadur, Connaught Place, Delhi, Domes, Guru Harkrishan, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, History, Interiors, Invasion, Mansion, Night photographs, Patel Chowk, Raja Jai Singh I, Sacred well, Sarovar, Sikhism, Smallpox
The Gandhi mural and Abdul Nabi's mosque, ITO Crossing, Delhi
Invisible to the steady stream of pedestrians and motorists alike who whirl around it in uncoordinated patterns, an almost unheard of little gem that retains inappreciably little of its original characteristics to reveal its enviable antiquity and modest beauty to the undiscerning is tucked in at the intersection of two of the busiest roads in Delhi and close to one of the most important landmarks in the city’s geography. Ignored by heritage and history enthusiasts who seem to have irrevocably forgotten of its modest existence, Sheikh Abdul Nabi’s mosque, located at the indisputably well-known ITO intersection and shadowed by the towering buildings that house the headquarters of Delhi Police, Income Tax Department and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), was commissioned and christened as his namesake in AD 1575-76 by the "Diwan" (“Supervisor of Accounts”) in the court of Emperor Akbar (ruled AD 1556-1605). The gorgeous mosque, seated with its back to the traffic intersection that is famed for its traffic jams as well as for being a geographical link between different medieval cities of Delhi, has been transformed into one of the prettiest oases that could ever exist in such close vicinity to the bustling intersection indescribably dominated by pollution, noise and an unabated deluge of humanity by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind ("Organization of Indian Islamic scholars"), one of the oldest and most peaceful Muslim organizations in the country, headquartered in the splendid structure.
Courtyard view, Abdul Nabi's mosque
In the history of Indian freedom struggle, the Jamiat, established in 1919 by some of the most influential Islamic scholars of the subcontinent, was the only Muslim organization that did not align itself with the Muslim League and its unrelenting demand for a separate nation for the Muslim population of the country (later recognized as Pakistan) – following independence too, the Jamiat propounded the theory that by signing the Constitution of India, Muslim elected representatives have entered an agreement (“mu’ahadah”) with the majority Hindu population of the country to establish a secular state and it is the responsibility of all Muslims in the country to honor the agreement. The simplistic, rubble-built mosque of Abdul Nabi, consisting of a large rectangular structure surmounted by a single, plastered over, unproportionally large dome rising from a sixteen-sided drum (base), has been expanded into a massive structure by the Jamiat who have added three wings of triple-floor hostel-like accommodations in front of the mosque creating an enclosed courtyard space in the center. The courtyard, superbly landscaped into a small garden area complete with numerous potted plants, grass-lined cobblestone walkways and fountains brimming with clear water, can be accessed by a flight of stairs emanating from the mosque’s huge front edifice. A gigantic, strikingly handsome screen, composed of stone lattice work (“jaali”) and vibrantly colorful tiles, with three huge arched openings mirroring the considerably smaller arched entrances of the mosque, exists in front of the latter as a modern extension; two sets of thick, towering pillars exist near the older structure supporting the immensely high roof that encompasses the area between the older mosque’s exterior walls and the majestic screens; seminary offices exist along the ground floor.
Unbelievable tranquility in the throbbing heart of the city
The numerous rooms in the wings around the courtyard are sparse and accommodate bespectacled religious scholars with flowing white beards and cataract-veiled eyes – eager to welcome in visitors, they must be at least in their sixties and yet retain jovial smiles, generous talkative attitudes and twinkling eyes. The interiors of the mosque are exceedingly simplistic compared to the modernized exteriors and, except for the marble wall claddings along the base, are close to what Abdul Nabi would have envisioned them as – the large prayer chamber, painted white throughout, has been partitioned into three interconnected sections by means of walls pierced by large arched openings; the central chamber displays squinches along the roof (architectural bridging elements spanning a square chamber’s top corners so as to convert it into an octagonal entity capable of supporting the mass of a giant dome) while the side chambers still retain small, meager floral medallions composed of colorful glazed tiles which, despite their brilliance, appear to be half-hearted attempts at beautification of an otherwise bare structure; a bare line of ornamental arched niches each embedded in shallow individualized rectangular depressions also runs just below the squinches in the central chamber while the squinches themselves are adorned with meager arched patterns and small six-pointed star embossments crafted from stucco.
Clash of eras - The mosque and (background) the headquarters of Delhi Police and CPWD
Abdul Nabi enjoyed Emperor Akbar’s confidence and was sent by him to Mecca in AD 1584-85 to distribute the Emperor’s charity among the poor there, but upon his return he failed to account for the money properly and was imprisoned and executed on charges of corruption and embezzlement of state funds. It struck me interesting that in an unanticipated and unintended artistic decision which would perhaps have been darkly humorous had the correlation between Mahatma Gandhi, the “Messiah of Truthfulness”, and a medieval administrative officer executed for corruption not been subjected to the collective amnesia suffered by citizens of a city that has altogether relegated its intricate history and unsurpassable architectural heritage to a forgotten corner, the recently concluded 2014 Street Art Delhi Festival saw the Delhi Police Headquarters, located immediately opposite and overshadowing the mosque, etched with an impressive, realistic mural of Gandhi, the icon of truth, honesty, non-violence and peaceful coexistence between peoples of different nationalities, religions, creeds, genders and economic realities.
Impressive, right?! All I could say was "Wow"!
The 150 feet high X 38 feet wide imposing mural, dedicated to the city by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung who inaugurated it, was completed in mere 5 days by Indian graffiti artist Anpu Varkey and German artist ECB Hendrik Beikirch and has since been lauded as a remarkable exemplar of art and a brilliant addition to the city’s streetscape which saw numerous vibrantly-colored and creatively-conceived graffiti patterns and textual messages being painted and splattered in numerous locations, most notably the urban villages of Shahpur Jat, Hauz Khas and Khirki (see links in the end), besides the inconceivably poignant notes blossoming on the walls of the dreaded Tihar jail!
For me, the day wasn’t really going well – a dear friend I just met revealed her plans to shift to Russia permanently and besides the disappointment I did not have a plan on how to spend the rest of the day except roam around in the streets and look at people, buildings and monuments without very much photographing anything in particular – the mosque, with its joyous old men, and the colossal mural opposite, does help uplift the spirits once one decides to just sit down on the stairs and let all worries go and simply adore the artwork and the efforts that must have gone into completing it. For a change, the juxtaposition of the modern and the medieval and the intermingling of the two doesn’t appall me but makes me love this beautiful city just a little more, if that is even possible.
Location: ITO Crossing
Nearest Metro station: Pragati Maidan
Nearest Bus stop: ITO Crossing/Lala R.C. Agarwal Chowk
Nearest Railway station: Tilak Bridge
How to reach: Buses and trains are available from different parts of the city – the bus and train stations are just a stone's throw away from the mosque and Delhi Police headquarters. If coming by metro, one can avail a bus/auto plying towards ITO.
Photography/Video charges: Nil. It is advisable to take permission first before photographing the mosque interiors since it is a seminary's headquarters.
Other graffitis in the city -
Pixelated Memories - Hauz Khas complex
Pixelated Memories - Khirki Mosque and village
Pixelated Memories - Tihar Jail – Graffiti and Haat
Blogs.wsj.com - Article "How Gandhi Made It to Police HQ" (dated Feb 13, 2014) by Aditi Malhotra
Civilsocietyonline.com - Article "Splash of street art" (dated March 2014) by Shayak Majumder
Rediff.com - Article "Why did the Pak Maulana visit Deoband?" (dated July 18, 2003) by Ehtasham Khan
Wikipedia.org - Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
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Labels: Abdul Nabi, Akbar, Anpu Varkey, Architecture, Corruption, Delhi Police Headquarters, Gandhi mural, Garden, Graffiti, Hendrik Beikirch, History, ITO Crossing, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Monument, Mosque, Street Art
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Series: Return To Avalore
Author: Elianne Adams
Series Summary:
Scorching hot romance in a paranormal world where normal is anything but, and danger lurks in every darkened corner. Sexy as sin dragon, phoenix, and gryphon shifters make your heart melt, and put some sizzle into your romance.
Return To Avalore is Elianne Adam’s debut series, comprised of five books. The book, Return to Avalore, collects books 0 through 3 of the series.
Titles in the series:
For years, Rhia Atkinson has been on the run. The same vicious creatures that killed her mother are on the hunt, and she’s the prey. With the monsters hot on her heels, she doesn’t know how much longer she can keep running.
On the brink of extinction, the people of Avalore are desperate to find their long lost queen. When Drake Sperwell finally finds her, all he has to do is keep Rhia safe, and bring her home. But his dragon wants more—it wants her.
“I love the intricate world Elianne has woven in Avalore. The magic and people are so unique, yet familiar. I can’t wait to read more.”— K.Dunst
“I loved this story! All the characters were awesome and the story line was awesome. I don’t know what else to say. I don’t want to leave any spoilers so I am saying if you like dragons, shifters of any kind, hot hero’s, beautiful heroines and countries that need help plus lot’s of action then this book is for you. Good job Ms. Adams!”— Kindle Customer
Shattered by bitter rejection, Brienne Roberts flees Avalore. Taken in by the Erritols, she’s stunned at the kindness displayed by her supposed sworn enemies. The curse that surrounds her new family torments them, and she is determined to end it, no matter the cost.
Evan Mayfield, her named mate, will stop at nothing to eliminate all threats to his people. Discovering Brienne living with the man-beasts disgusts and infuriates him, but he must do his duty—to bring her back to face justice with her people, and himself.
Brienne’s pride cannot smother the undeniable love she has for Evan. And despite Brienne’s treachery, keeping her at arm’s length will be the hardest thing Evan has ever done.
“A GREAT book by Elianne Adams!!! I am new to her books!! This is a great series!!!” — Lisa Myers
“I am so in love with this series! Every book controls my attention to the point I can’t put them down. This novella was no exception.” — Natasha H.
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Chantelle Warren is just biding her time until after the Christmas celebration she’s planning. Then she’ll ask the Elders to name her mate, because after months of Sebastian’s flirty smiles and almost innocent touches, she’s ready for more and confident he’s the one.
Sebastian Robins wants nothing more than to find his raven-haired beauty wrapped in nothing but a bow beneath the Christmas tree. But with feelings already running deep, he has to stand firm. His dragon doesn’t like his resolve, and keeps pushing him toward Chantelle’s phoenix, but Sebastian can’t risk losing his heart if Chantelle isn’t his fated mate.
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“Omg! What an absolute spectacular book! Have your tissues ready. I laughed, I cried. I LOVE all of Elianne Adams books but this one is my favorite so far!” — Crystal’s Quirky Reviews~
From the moment she set eyes on Aiken Mayfield, Mari was certain of one thing—he was her predestined mate. On a quest to find the answers to why the people of Avalore can no longer shift, Mari unwittingly unleashes powers within her she never knew she had. But without proper training, that very power drains her energy, threatening to kill her.
Willing to do anything to save Mari, Aiken embarks on a journey with her to find a lost the lost settlement of mages beyond their borders. They hold the answers to restore her to full health, but when the solution puts her in the arms of another man, can Aiken do what’s right and step aside?
A hunter for their people, Rogan, a jaguar shifter, never imagined finding his mate, much less have it be an Avalorian female, but mates are rare, and he’ll stop at nothing to keep her.
More than two decades after Queen Angelique’s death, Barbara Morgan struggles to find the will to go on without the queen’s light. The darkness invading her soul threatens not only her, but all of Avalore.
The dragon deep within her spirit has gone dormant, refusing to face the hopelessness plaguing their people. Desperate for a break from the endless misery, she turns to Clay, igniting the passion sizzling between them for one glorious night. When the Elders announce the reigning queen still lives, Barbara faces the biggest decision of her life. Turn her back on Clay to join with her predestined mate, or condemn their entire race to extinction.
Clayton Matthews has wanted Barbara for as long as he can remember. Each day she slips farther and farther from his grasp. Stubborn gryphon that he is, he refuses to let her go, so when she turns to him for comfort he can’t deny her. He doesn’t want to. Their one night of passion isn’t enough, and he wants so much more. He’d do anything to keep her safe, but can he step aside and watch the only woman he’s ever loved be joined with another man?
“Great fantasy story the first book I have read in a bundle of different writers and hooked me to this land of Avalore so that I want to read moore about the people that lived there and I have buy this bundle and I loved it and can’t wait for moore books.” — Liesbeth De Groot
This special edition collects Books 0 – 3 of the Return To Avalore series
Flickering Light ~ Darkness eats at Barbara’s soul. Clayton has kept her from succumbing to the evil plaguing their people, but even with his strength, she can’t face the bleakness of her existence anymore. When hope for their people means she’ll not only have to hang on, but be mated, Barbara has to choose between her love for Clay, and the survival of their people.
Call of the Dragon ~ Drake has finally found the lost queen of Avalore. With the enemy nipping at their heels, all he has to do is bring her home, but his dragon wants more—it wants her.
Rise of the Phoenix ~ Heart shattered, Brienne flees Avalore and takes refuge with her supposed sworn enemies. With a curse to break, she can’t go home. Evan, head of the Coalition, will stop at nothing to keep Avalore safe. To do that, he has to bring the beasts—and his mate—to justice.
Once Upon a Fiery Christmas ~ Hoping to cheer her homesick friend, Chantelle throws together Avalore’s first Christmas celebration. She enlists Sebastian’s help to pull it off, but when things don’t go according to plan, will their first Christmas be their last?
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Cooking snails. The restored cloister in Seu Vella. SANTI IGLESIAS BOLDÚ ARCHIVE.
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In 1940, Francesc Vinyoles and Sebastià Garrofer did their military service in Lleida, stationed in the cathedral-turned-barracks, the Seu Vella. The centuries-old building had been a concentration camp and the recruits slept above the cloister in tiny quarters as cold as the stone they were cut from. The two men, one from Sils (La Selva) and the other from Portella (Segrià), remained friends for the rest of their lives, and closely followed the long and careful process of restoration that turned the old cathedral into arguably the city’s most important landmark and a prime destination for tourists and visitors.
Yet, beyond the draw of the iconic building that towers over the city, or even the Aplec del Caragol, the famous snail festival that is held every spring in the capital of Segrià county, Lleida has multiple atractions to offer the visitor.
Despite having to controversially return some of its treasures to the Sigena monastery, Lleida Museum is still worth a visit. The venue has almost a thousand items in its collection, including archaeological remains, paintings, sculptures, tapestries and furniture, which explain the history and heritage of this part of Catalonia from prehistoric times to the 20th century.
From here, we could take a trip to the Castle of the King, popularly known as the Suda, built on the site of an Andalusian fortress from the 9th century, stopping to rest at bar La Sibil·la, where in spring and summer especially there are magnificent views. Another option is to visit La Paeria, Lleida’s city hall, and check out the cell used to hold prisoners condemned to death known as La Morra, and read the graffiti left on its walls by prisoners in the 16th and 17th centuries.
There is more history to enjoy at the Arc del Pont, the ancient entryway into the city, to pay homage at the statue of Indíbil and Mandoni, the Iberian chiefs of the Ilergetes and Ausetani tribes who led a revolt against the Roman occupiers in the third century BC.
Leaving heritage to one side, Lleida also has plenty of natural spots to enjoy in the open air, with parks such as the Camps Elisis, the Parc Fluvial del Segre or La Mitjana, which are green spaces where the visitor will find gardens set out in the French or Romantic English styles, not to mention the works of art, wetlands, and plenty of water.
A blend of cuisines
Lleida’s food is a mix of the Mediterranean and mountain cuisines, providing a blend of flavours and textures. No visit is complete without trying the local snails, which are served in many ways. So close to the mountains, the visitor can also find Pyrenean beef, wild mushrooms, strong cheeses and, in the winter months especially, the stew known as olla barrejada.
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The reason there are so many Irish jokes is because the Irish have a quaint way with words.
· Like the Irish patient who hobbled into the Surgery's' waiting room."I hope to God the doctor finds something wrong with me because I'd hate to feel like this if I was well!"
· Murphy dropped dead the moment he arrived home from a vacation in the tropics.He was laid out in the coffin for friends and neighbours to pay their last respects."He's got a great tan," Mrs Doolan from next door mused. "The holiday did him the world of good.""And he looks so calm and serene," said Mrs McGuiness."That's because he died in his sleep." explained Mrs Murphy, "and he doesn't know he's dead yet, but when he wakes up, the shock will kill him!"
· "Your glass is empty O'Flaherty, will you be having another?""And why would I be wanting two empty glasses?" replied O'Flaherty.
· Murphy arrived home late from the pub, well oiled and ready for trouble."Is that you Murphy?" called his wife."Byjasis! It damned well better be!"
· Two tough union men were working on a building site when Murphy fell from the second floor scaffolding."Are ya dead?" cried Gallagher from above."To be sure I am," replied Murphy."You are such a liar Murphy that I don't know whether to believe you or not!" Called Gallagher."That proves I'm dead," said Murphy's voice from the rubble below, "because if I was alive you wouldn't be game to call me a liar!"
· Dublin's contestant in an international quiz was waiting for his first question."First, what's your name and occupation?" The compere asked."Pass", came the reply.
· PADDY... "If you can guess how many chooks I have in my bag, you can have both of them.""Three?"... Suggested Shaun.
· Paddy was coming through the customs at the airport carrying a large bottle."What have you there?" said a suspicious customs officer."Tis Lourdes holy water. I am bringing it home with me", said Paddy."The officer took the bottle and tried some." Why it's Irish whiskey!" he spluttered."Lord bless me!" said Paddy, "another bloomin`miracle."
· On his way home one night, Paddy dropped into the pub.The barman poured him a beer and asked if he wanted to be in a raffle."What's it for?" asked Paddy."It's for a poor widow with 13 kids." said the barman.Paddy shook his head, "No good for me. I'd never be able to keep them
.thanks Gordon Hamilton
A man died and was sent to hell.
A few seconds after his arrival, the Devil appeared in a cloud of smoke and said
“Why hello, welcome to Hell!
You’re just in time for dinner, please follow me.”
The man followed the Devil rather nervously, wondering what was going to happen,
and was surprized to find a table piled high with delicious food waiting for him.
Assuming this was his last good meal before hell started, he dug in.
When he was finished the Devil said, “Now allow me to show you to your quarters.”
The man sighed and reluctantly followed the Devil down a long hallway.
He could hear terrible blood-curdling screams coming from behind a door at the end of the hall. “Well,” he thought, “this is it.”
But to his surprize the Devil turned left at the the door,
and led him down another hallway and outside towards a magnificent beachhouse
with a Porsche in front.
When they got there the Devil handed the befuddeled man the keys to house and car,
wished him a nice stay and turned to leave.
The man couldn’t take it any longer.
He said to the Devil
“Excuse me, but I don’t understand. This is hell, and I’m being treated like a king!
What was behind the door we went past on the way here?
Is that what’s really in store for me?”
The Devil smiled and said,
“Why no, the room we went by is reserved for the Catholics.
They seem to want it that way.”
A couple just got married and on the night of their honeymoon before making passionate love, the wife tells the husband,
"Please be gentile, I'm still a virgin."
The husband being shocked, replied,
"How's this possible? You've been married three times before."
The wife responds,
"Well, my first husband was a gynaecologist and all he wanted to do was look at it.
My second husband was a psychiatrist and all he wanted to do was talk about it.
Finally, my third husband was a stamp collector and all he wanted to do was.
..oh, do I miss him!"
Why Heather Mills wants all that money!!!!
Barry wonders if having sex on the Sabbath
is a sin because he is not sure if sex is work or play.
So Barry first of all goes to a catholic priest and asks for his opinion on this question.
After consulting the Bible, the priest says,
"My son, after an exhaustive search, I am positive that sex is work
and is therefore not permitted on Sundays."
Barry thinks: "What does a priest know about sex?"
So he goes to a protestant minister,
who after all is a married man and experienced in this matter.
Barry queries the minister and receives the same reply.
"Sex is work and therefore not for the Sabbath."
Not pleased with the replies, Barry then seeks out the ultimate authority:
a man of thousands of years’ tradition and knowledge.
In other words, he goes to a rabbi.
The rabbi ponders the question, then states,
"My son, sex is definitely play."
Barry replies,
"Thank goodness but rabbi, how can you be so sure
when so many others tell me sex is work?"
The rabbi softly speaks,
"If sex were work, my wife would have the maid do it
Cool Advert for concrete
Two gentlemen are using the facilities at Grand Central Station in New York.
One gentleman says to the other,
"Are you from Borough Park?"
The other gentleman exclaims,
"Yeah, how did you know that?"
The first gentleman says,
"Do you belong to Temple Beth El?"
The second gentleman exclaims,
"Is Rabbi Yablonobovitz, the mohel, still there?"
The second gentleman exclaims
The first gentleman answers,
"Because he always cuts on a slant,
and you're peeing on my shoe!"
Still more signs
I think this should read...Chilled Beer
Best ever Business card
looks almost like Stevie boys card!!!!!
Today's clip was recorded in 1986
If you like Rock n Roll
Then you'll love this
It will give you goosebumps
Ray Charles, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis
Not much to comment on today, except that the Footy season is under way
and the Eagles won their first game
High Speed Police chase
Make sure you watch it all the way thru
Easter has come and gone
Read this on Big Shot Bob From Texas
ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE
I LEARNED FROM THE EASTER BUNNY
Don't put all of your eggs in one basket
Walk softly and carry a big carrot
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears
There's no such thing as too much candy
All work and no play can make you a basket case
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day
Some body parts should be floppy
Keep your paws off other people's jellybeans
Good things come in small sugarcoated packages
The grass is always greener in someone else's basket
An Easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare
To show your true colors you have to come out of your shell
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey.
Two blondes decided to rob a bank together.
The first blonde, Judy plans the robbery and goes over the plan with the second blonde,
Buffy, in great detail.
The robbery begins...
Judy drives up in front of the bank, stops the car and says to Buffy,
"I want to make absolutely sure you understand the plan.
You are supposed to be in and out of the bank in no more than three minutes with the cash.
Do you understand the plan?"
"Perfectly," said Buffy.
Buffy goes in the bank while Judy waits in the getaway car.
One minute passes... Two minutes pass... Seven minutes pass...
and Judy is really stressing out.
Finally, the bank doors burst open!
And here comes Buffy.
She's got a safe wrapped up in rope and is dragging it to the car.
About the time she gets the safe in the trunk of the car,
the bank doors burst open again with the security guard coming out.
The guard's pants and underwear are down around his ankles while he is firing his weapon.
As the gals are getting away, Judy says
"You are such a blonde! I thought you understood the plan!"
Buffy said, "I did... I did exactly what you said!"
"No, you idiot," said Judy.
"You got it all mixed up.
I said tie up the GUARD and blow the SAFE!"
COMPUTER CARTOONS
Two Jewish sisters-in-law meet on the street.
Ruth says to Golda,
"Such news I got for you, Golda! My Irving is finally getting married.
He tells me he is engaged to this vonderful Jewish girl,
but he thinks the poor darling may have some strange illness called herpes."
After offering congratulations, Golda says to Ruth,
"So, Ruthie, do you have any idea vat is this herpes, and can our Irving catch it?"
Ruth answers, "God forbid!
But his Papa and I are just so happy to hear about his engagement.
You know how ve've all vorried about him.
It's past time he's settled vith a nice girl.
As far as the herpes goes, who knows?"
"Vell...," Golda says,
"I have a very fine medical dictionary, you know, Ruthie.
I'll just run home right now and look it up and call you."
So, Golda goes home, looks it up, and calls Ruth excitedly,
"Ruth! Ruth! Thank goodness, I found it.
Not to vorry!
It says herpes is a disease affecting the gentiles."
At the end of a tiny deserted bar sits a drunken Irishman
He’s having a few beers when a gay man walks in and sits beside him.
After three or four beers,
the gay fellow finally plucks up the courage to say something to the Irishman.
Leaning over towards him, he whispers,
"Do you want a blow job?"
At this the Irishman leaps up with fire in his eyes and smacks the crap out of him,
knocking him swiftly off his stool.
He proceeds to beat him all the way out of the bar before leaving him bruised
and battered in the parking lot and returns to his seat.
Amazed, the bartender quickly brings over another beer to the Irishman
. "I’ve never seen you react like that," he says.
"Just what did he say to you?"
"I don’t know," the Irishman replied.
"Something about a job."
Five Englishmen in an Audi Quattro arrived at an Irish border checkpoint.
Paddy the officer stops them and tells them:
“It is illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro, Quattro means four”.
“Quattro is just the name of the automobile,” the Englishman retorts disbelievingly.
“Look at the papers, this car is designed to carry five persons.”
You cannot pull that one on me,” replies Paddy
“Quattro means four. You have five people in your car and you are therefore breaking the law.
“The Englishmen replies angrily,
“You idiot! Call your supervisor over I want to speak to someone with more intelligence!”
“Sorry,” responds Paddy,
“Murphy is busy with 2 guys in a Fiat Uno.”
A famous Viking explorer returned home after many months at sea.
He discovered his name had been removed from the town register.
So he complained to local officials.
Upon learning of the mistake, one official apologized profusely.
He said,
“I must have taken Leif off my census.”
Yet more signs............
In the early seventies Jud Strunk composed a simple, but beautiful love song
'A Daisy a Day'
Following are two videos
The first is Jud singing his hit song
After watching the first, watch the second clip
This is a creative video of the same song
This is a very clever clip about the song
In between Ihave included the lyrics in case you want to have a sing a long
Jud Strunk..A Daisy a Day
Daisy a Day Words and music by Jud Strunk)
He remembers the first time he met her.
He remembers the first thing she said.
He remembers the first time he held her,
And the night that she came to his bed.
He remembers her sweet way of saying,
"Honey, has something gone wrong?"
He remembers the fun and the teasing,
And the reason he wrote her this song:
"I'll give you a daisy a day, dear.
I'll give you a daisy a day.
I'll love you until the rivers run still
And the four winds we know blow away.
"They would walk down the street in the evening,
And for years I would see them go by.
And their love that was more than the clothes that they wore,
Could be seen in the gleam of their eyes.
As a kid, they would take me for candy,
And I loved to go tagging along.
We'd hold hands while we walked to the corner,
And the old man would sing her his song:
"Now he walks down the street in the evening,
And he stops by the old candy store.
And I somehow believe he's believing
He's holding her hand like before.
For he feels all her love walking with him,
And he smiles at the things she might say.
Then the old man walks up to the hilltop
And gives her a daisy a day
."I'll give you a daisy a day, dear.
And the four winds we know blow away."
Jud Strunk (11 June 1936 - 5 October 1981)
was an American singer, songwriter, and comedian.
Born Justin Strunk, Jr. in Jamestown, New York,
he was raised in Buffalo, New York
where as a small boy his showmanship became evident.
After he learned to play the banjo,
Strunk began entertaining locals and went on to wide recognition after
appearances on national television network shows such as Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
In 1973, he wrote and recorded the song "Daisy A Day"
that made it into Billboard's Top Twenty on both the country and pop music charts.
He had three more humorous songs that made it into the country music charts
and toured with the Andy Williams Road Show.
Strunk became a folk hero of sorts in Maine and in 1970
he narrowly lost the election for a Senate seat in the state legislature.
He was also a private pilot and purchased a 1941 Fairchild M62-A.
Unfortunately, on 5 October 1981,
he suffered a heart attack while taking off in the aircraft
at the Carrabassett Valley Airport in Maine
and was killed instantly along with his passenger.
He was 45 years old.
G'day one and All
Happy Easter to you
If you are having the whole Easter weekend off, then good luck to you
Its Easter Sunday , here in the West
Grandkids everywhere [as well as chocolate galore]
Easter Bunny Boogie
Dear Friends and readers,
I am happy to inform you all that I have completed my MBA Degree.
I am sorry if you got surprised by knowing,
about my part time MBA (Operations), all of a sudden.
I was a bit embarrassed about telling this to all of you.
Actually I was trying for it since long time.
I used to work very hard for it late nights.
I’m glad that finally it all turned out well.
I plan to pursue my studies in this regard further.
I have scanned the certificate and pasted below so that you can have a look.
Need all your wishes for my further studies.
Thank you my friends…
Throughout the ages, men have been trying to unlock the mystery
as to why their wives who accepted them as they were before they got married,
subtly and with determination began the quest to change their behaviour
and life-style once their vows were exchanged.
Finally, the riddle was solved.
A social-scientist arrived at a simple and logical conclusion.
When the bride, accompanied by her father, starts to walk slowly down the long aisle,
she sees the altar at the end and hears the choir singing a hymn.
Walking down the aisle, the conditioning process where the brain absorbs these three stimuli: aisle, altar, hymn, begins.
She becomes mesmerized as she continually reinforces these perceptions:
aisle, altar, hymn. . .
aisle, altar, hymn. .
and finally, as she stops beside the groom,
the conditioning process is completed.
She looks up at him lovingly, smiling sweetly and thinks
‘I’ll alter him
Todays Cartoons
Two drunks are walking along.
One drunk says to the other, "What a beautiful night... look at the moon."
The other drunk stops and looks at his drunk friend.
"That's not the moon,” he says, “that's the sun."
They started arguing for a while when they came upon another drunk,
so they stopped him.
"Sir, could you please help settle our argument?
Tell us what that thing is up in the sky that's shining.
Is it the moon or the sun?"
The third drunk looked at the sky and then looked at them and said,
"Sorry, I don't live around here."
Bears not into Psycholgy
A woman from New York was driving through a remote part of Arizona
when her car broke down.
An American Indian on horseback came along and offered her a ride to a nearby town.
She climbed up behind him on the horse and they rode off.
The ride was uneventful,
except that every few minutes the Indian would let out a “Ye-e-e-e-h-a-a-a-a”
so loud that it echoed from the surrounding hills.
When they arrived in town, he let her off at the local service station,
yelled one final “Ye-e-e-e-h-a-a-a-a!” and rode off.
“What did you do to get that Indian so excited?” asked the service-station attendant.
“Nothing,” the woman answered.
“I merely sat behind him on the horse, put my arms around his waist,
and held onto the saddle horn so I wouldn’t fall off.”
“Lady,” the attendant said , “Indians don’t use saddles…….!!!!”
Again with the Funny Signs
A guy's sitting in a bar having a drink.
All of a sudden an alien sits down next to him, licks its finger and sticks it in the guys ear.
He's a little annoyed, but doesn't say anything.
The next thing he knows, the alien does it again.
This time the guy tells him to quit.
Five minutes later, it happens again.
This time he yells at him to stop.
Ten minutes later, he finds a finger in his ear.
Finally, he jumps up and screams,
" If you don't quit I'm gonna rip your balls off!".
The alien thinks about it for a second, and does it again.
The guy jumps up, pulls its pants down,
but there was nothing there!
In frustration he asks, "How do you screw?!!"
The alien smiles and sticks his finger in the guys ear.
Sunset from Space
A married couple was on holiday in Jamaica .
They were touring around the marketplace looking at the goods
and such when they passed this small sandal shop.
From inside they heard the shopkeeper with a Jamaican accent say
, "You foreigners!
Come in. Come into my humble shop!"
So they walked in, and the Jamaican said,
"I have some special sandals I tink you would be interested in...
Dey make you wild at sex.
The wife got really interested in buying the sandals,
but the husband felt he really didn't need them, being the sex god he was.
The husband asked the shopkeeper,
"How could sandals make you into a sexfreak?
The Jamaican replied, "Just try dem on, Mon.
You doan haff to do nutting cept try dem on.
" So the husband, after some badgering from his wife,
finally gave in, and tried them on.
As soon as he slipped them onto his feet,
he got this wild look in his eyes, something his wife hadn't seen in many years!
In the blink of an eye, the husband grabbed the Jamaican,
bent him violently over a table, yanked down his pants, ripped down his own pants,
and grabbed a firm hold of the Jamaican's hips.
The Jamaican then began screaming,
"You got dem on da wrong feet! Mon, you got dem on da wrong feet!"...
thanks Gordon Hamilton
This should keep you amused for hours
Do you know your arse from your elbow?
Click here: Arse or Elbow?
Today's Video Clip
is Chet Atkins version of the Johnny Cash classic
Chet Atkins....Orange Blossom Special
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Fredenburg , et al. February 27, 2007
Processor isolation technique for integrated multi-processor systems
A processor isolation technique enhances debug capability in a multiprocessor circuit. A bypass register has a bit location which may indicate that a processor is to be bypassed. A code entry point is selected to permit a downstream processor to do the work of the bypassed processor. The processors may be arrayed in a pipeline.
Inventors: Fredenburg; William (Apex, NC), Key; Kenneth Michael (Raleigh, NC), Wright; Michael L. (Raleigh, NC), Marshall; John William (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
09432526 Nov., 1999 6681341
Current U.S. Class: 714/10 ; 714/11; 714/E11.176
Current International Class: G06F 11/00 (20060101)
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Primary Examiner: Beausoliel, Jr.; Robert W
Assistant Examiner: Urick; Matthew
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Cesari and McKenna LLP
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/432,526, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,681,341, which was filed on Nov. 3, 1999, by William Fredenburg et al.
1. Apparatus for enhancing debug capability in a multiprocessor circuit, comprising: a plurality of processors arranged so that data advances from processor to processor during normal operation, each processor being a part of a processor complex that includes a first context memory for data to be processed, and a second context memory for data that has been processed; an advancement circuit, the advancement circuit configured to advance data among the processors in the event of failure of a processor; and a data bypass circuit configured to pass the data through the processor complex with the failed one of the processors, by moving the data from the first context memory to the second context memory of that processor complex absent processing.
2. The apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said data bypass circuit further comprises: a bypass register.
3. The apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising: said plurality of processors arranged to process data as a pipeline.
4. The apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising: said plurality of processors arranged to process data as a pipeline; and a bypass register, said bypass register having a bit location for each processor of the pipeline, each bit location capable of storing an override signal.
5. The apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising: a memory, said memory storing computer code, said computer code having a code entry point selected by said data bypass circuit to enable a downstream processor to do the work of the failed processor.
6. A method for enhancing debug capability in a multiprocessor circuit, comprising: advancing data among a plurality of processors during normal operation in response to completion signals from each of the processors; advancing data among the processors in the event of failure of a processor in response to an override signal; and passing the data through a processor complex including the failed one of the processors by moving data from a first context memory to a second context memory of the processor complex absent processing.
7. The method apparatus as in claim 6, further comprising: indicating that a processor is to be bypassed by a bypass register.
8. The method as in claim 6, further comprising: arranging said plurality of processors to process data as a pipeline.
9. The method as in claim 6, further comprising: arranging said plurality of processors to process data as a pipeline; and storing the override signal in a bit location of a bypass register.
10. The method as in claim 6, further comprising: storing computer code in a memory, said computer code having a code entry point selected by said data bypass circuit to enable a downstream processor to do the work of the failed processor.
11. Apparatus for enhancing debug capability in a multiprocessor circuit, comprising: means for advancing data among a plurality of processors, during normal operation in response to completion signals from each of the processors; means for advancing data among the processors in the event of failure of a processor in response to an override signal; and means for passing the data through a processor complex including the failed one of the processors by moving data from a first context memory to a second context memory of the processor complex absent processing.
12. The apparatus as in claim 11, further comprising: means for indicating that a processor is to be bypassed.
13. The apparatus as in claim 11, further comprising: means for arranging said plurality of processors to process data as a pipeline.
14. The apparatus as in claim 11, further comprising: means for arranging said plurality of processors to process data as a pipeline; and means for storing an override signal in a bit location of a bypass register.
15. The apparatus as in claim 11, further comprising: means for storing computer code, said computer code having a code entry point selected to enable a downstream processor to do the work of a failed processor.
16. Logic encoded on one or more tangible computer readable media for execution, and when executed, operable to: advance data among a plurality of processors during normal operation in response to completion signals from each of the processors; advance data among the processors in the event of failure of a processor in response to an override signal; and pass data through a processor complex including the failed one of the processors by moving data from a first context memory to a second context memory of the processor complex absent processing.
The present invention relates generally to a programmable arrayed processing engine of a network switch and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for debugging failures of processors within a programmable arrayed processing engine.
Computer architecture generally defines the functional operation, including the flow of information and control, among individual hardware units of a computer. One such hardware unit is a processing engine that contains arithmetic and logic processing circuits organized as a set of data paths. In some implementations, the data path circuits may be configured as a processor having operations that are defined by a set of instructions. The instructions are typically stored in an instruction memory and specify a set of hardware functions that are available on the processor. When implementing these functions, the processor generally processes "transient" data residing in a data memory in accordance with the instructions.
A high-performance processing engine may be realized by using a number of identical processors to perform certain tasks in parallel. For a purely parallel multiprocessor architecture, each processor may have shared or private access to non-transient data, such as program instructions (e.g., algorithms) stored in a memory coupled to the processor. Access to an external memory is generally inefficient because the execution capability of each processor is substantially faster than its external interface capability; as a result, the processor often idles while waiting for the accessed data. Moreover, scheduling of external accesses to a shared memory is cumbersome because the processors may be executing different portions of the program.
In an alternative implementation, the data paths may be configured as a pipeline having a plurality of processor stages. This configuration conserves internal memory space since each processor executes only a small portion of the program algorithm. A drawback, however, is the difficulty in apportioning the algorithm into many different stages of equivalent duration. Another drawback of the typical pipeline is the overhead incurred in transferring transient "context" data from one processor to the next in a high-bandwidth application.
One example of such a high-bandwidth application involves the area of data communications and, in particular, the use of a parallel, multiprocessor architecture as the processing engine for an intermediate network station. The intermediate station interconnects communication links and subnetworks of a computer network to enable the exchange of data between two or more software entities executing on hardware platforms, such as end stations. The stations typically communicate by exchanging discrete packets or frames of data according to predefined protocols, such as the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (FCP/IP), the Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol, the AppleTalk protocol or the DECNet protocol. In this context, a protocol consists of a set of rules defining how the stations interact with each other.
A router is an intermediate station that implements network services such as route processing, path determination and path switching functions. The route processing function determines the type of routing needed for a packet, whereas the path switching function allows a router to accept a frame on one interface and forward it on a second interface. The path determination, or forwarding decision, function selects the most appropriate interface for forwarding the frame. A switch is also an intermediate station that provides the basic functions of a bridge including filtering of data traffic by medium access control (MAC) address, "learning" of a MAC address based upon a source MAC address of a frame and forwarding of the frame based upon a destination MAC address. Modern switches further provide the path switching and forwarding decision capabilities of a router. Each station includes high-speed media interfaces for a wide range of communication links and subnetworks.
Increases in the frame/packet transfer speed of an intermediate station are typically achieved through hardware enhancements for implementing well-defined algorithms, such as bridging, switching and routing algorithms associated with the predefined protocols. Hardware implementation of such an algorithm is typically faster than software because operations can execute in parallel more efficiently. In contrast, software implementation of the algorithm on a general-purpose processor generally performs the tasks sequentially because there is only one execution path. Parallel processing of conventional data communications algorithms is not easily implemented with such a processor, so hardware processing engines are typically developed and implemented in application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) to perform various tasks of an operation at the same time. These ASIC solutions distinguish themselves by speed and the incorporation of additional requirements beyond those of the basic algorithm functions. However, the development process for such an engine is time consuming and expensive and, if the requirements change, inefficient since a typical solution to a changing requirement is to develop a new ASIC.
Such an ASIC solution may comprise an arrayed processing engine having a plurality of processor pipelines. Each element of the processor pipeline comprises a processor complex that includes, among other things, an instruction random access memory (IRAM) for storing executable program code routines and a central processing unit (CPU) that is programmable with respect to execution of the code. Each processor complex of a pipeline performs different processing on (packet) data propagating through various "stages" of the pipeline in accordance with a programmed code segment or routine. A code entry point for a particular routine is provided by an upstream CPU of each processor complex for each downstream CPU in the pipeline, thereby rendering the program code executed by each processor dependent on other processors in the engine.
Because of the size and complexity of such a highly integrated ASIC, it is rather difficult to build entirely functioning processor complexes, especially in the early yield learning of advanced semiconductor processes. As a result, a processor complex of a pipline may fail during production of the ASIC causing failure of the entire pipeline because data is unable to be passed among the processor complexes of the pipeline. Since the code executed by a downstream processor complex is dependent upon the "work" previously performed by an upstream processor complex, a software developer that is developing code for the downstream processor of a pipeline depends upon and expects certain operations to have been performed in order to provide the correct scenario for the code. Failure of an upstream processor complex may impact such program code development.
Data bypassing capabilities are generally not required for processor stages of a conventional pipeline processor because each processor stage is typically "hardware assisted" in that there are specific circuits associated with the function performed by the stage on data passing through the pipeline. Therefore, a subsequent processor stage generally cannot be programmed to perform the function of a previous stage, completion of which is typically required prior to performance of the subsequent stage function.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for isolating a processor complex of an arrayed processing engine.
Another object of the invention is to provide a mechanism for supplying an independent code entry point for a programmable processor of an isolated processor complex.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for advancing code execution of a processor complex within a pipeline of the arrayed processing engine having an isolated processor complex without running code on the isolated processor.
The present invention provides a processor isolation technique for enhancing debug capability in a highly integrated multiprocessor circuit containing a programmable arrayed processing engine for efficiently processing transient data within an intermediate network station of a computer network. The processing engine generally comprises an array of processor complex elements embedded among input and output buffer units. Each processor complex comprises a microcontroller (TMC) core coupled to an instruction memory and a memory manager circuit. The instruction memory allows, inter alia, programming of the array to process the transient data as stages of baseline or extended pipelines operating in parallel.
In the illustrative embodiment, the processor complexes are arrayed as rows and columns. That is, the processor complexes of each row are configured as stages of a pipeline that sequentially execute operations on the transient data, whereas the processor complexes of each column operate in parallel to perform substantially the same operation on that data, but with a shifted phase. The processor complexes of each row are connected by a data path that serially passes data and control "context" among the stages of the pipelines. This arrangement enables data processing to occur as a series of high-level pipelines that sequentially execute operations on the transient data.
In an aspect of the inventive isolation technique, a mechanism is provided for programming a code entry point for each TMC utilizing a register set that is accessible via an out-of-band bus coupled to a remote processor (RP) of the processing engine. This programmable entry point mechanism provides the flexibility of programming a TMC of a particular processor complex for code execution notwithstanding the states of other processor complexes in the pipeline. According to the invention, the programmable entry point mechanism may operate in conjunction with a bypass capability that passes transient data through a processor complex that is not functional, not running or otherwise unable to process data. Another aspect of the debug technique involves the ability to override completion control signals provided by each processor complex in order to advance a pipeline of the processing engine. This latter aspect of the invention involves a pipeline advancement mechanism that is programmable via the out-of-band RP bus and device.
In accordance with the present invention, the pipeline advancement and entry point mechanisms comprise programmable control circuitry contained within the input buffer unit and each processor complex of the processing engine. Specifically, a first circuit comprising a programmable register coupled to logic circuitry enables overriding of processor complex completion signals to advance execution of a pipeline in the event of failure of a processor complex within the pipeline. In addition, a second circuit comprising a programmable register set and associated multiplexing circuitry allows real-time control over the code entry point for each TMC of a processor complex, independent of code executing in other TMCs. A bypass feature of the memory manager circuit further allows data to flow through an isolated processor complex without requiring operation of the TMC within that processor complex.
Advantageously, the novel isolation technique allows easier, faster debug of complex multiprocessor linked code. In addition, the inventive debug capability allows use of a highly integrated circuit having a plurality of processor pipelines despite the presence of certain defects within stages of the pipeline, such as non-functioning instruction memories and TMCs. The enhanced debug capability described herein enables isolation of a single processor complex, a column of the processor complexes or a row of processor complexes in the arrayed processor engine.
The above and further advantages of the invention may be better understood by referring to the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like reference numbers indicate identical or functionally similar elements:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer network comprising a collection of interconnected communication media and subnetworks attached to a plurality of stations;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of intermediate station, such as a network switch, that may be advantageously used with the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a programmable arrayed processing engine having a plurality of processor complex elements;
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a processor complex element in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an input header buffer (IHB) of the programmable arrayed processing engine;
FIG. 6. is a schematic block diagram of a row synchronization logic circuit of the IHB;
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a programmable pipeline advancement circuit for implementing a programmable pipeline advancement aspect of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a portion of programmable entry point circuit for implementing a programmable entry point aspect of the present invention; and
FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an output header buffer of the programmable arrayed processing engine.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer network 100 comprising a collection of interconnected communication media and subnetworks attached to a plurality of stations. The stations are typically computers comprising end stations 102, 112 and intermediate station 200. The intermediate station 200 may be a router or a network switch, whereas the end stations 102, 112 may include personal computers or workstations. The subnetworks generally comprise local area networks (LANs) 110 and 120, although the invention may work advantageously with other communication media configurations such as point-to-point network links. Communication among the stations of the network is typically effected by exchanging discrete data frames or packets between the communicating nodes according to a predefined protocol. For the illustrative embodiment described herein, the predefined protocol is the Internet protocol (IP), although the invention could be implemented with other protocols, such as the Internet Packet Exchange protocol, AppleTalk protocol or DECNet protocol.
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of intermediate station 200 that, in the illustrative embodiment, is preferably a network switch. The switch generally performs layer 2 processing functions, such as "cut-through" operations wherein an entire frame does not have to be stored before transfer to a destination; in addition, switch 200 may implement layer 3 forwarding operations. It should be noted, however, that the intermediate station may also be configured as a router to perform layer 3 route processing. A feature of the inventive architecture described herein is the ability to program the station for execution of either layer 2 and layer 3 operations. To that end, operation of the switch will be described with respect to IP switching of packets, although the switch may be programmed for other applications, such as data encryption.
The switch 200 comprises a plurality of interconnected components including an arrayed processing engine 300, various memories, queueing logic 210 and network port interface cards 240. Operations of these components are preferably synchronously controlled by a clock module 270 although the arrayed elements of the processing engine may be operatively configured to function asynchronously. In the illustrative embodiment, the clock module 270 generates clock signals at a frequency of 200 megahertz (i.e., 5 nanosecond clock cycles) and globally distributes them via clock lines to the components of the switch.
The memories generally comprise random access memory (RAM) storage locations addressable by the processing engine and logic for storing software programs and data structures accessed by the components. An operating system, portions of which are typically resident in memory and executed by the engine, functionally organizes the switch by, inter alia, invoking network operations in support of software processes executing on the switch. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other memory means, including various computer readable media, may be used for storing and executing program instructions pertaining to the operation of the switch.
The arrayed processing engine 300 is coupled to a memory partitioned into a plurality of external memory (Ext Mem) resources 280. A buffer and queuing unit (BQU) 210 is connected to a packet memory 220 for storing packets and a queue memory 230 for storing network layer headers of the packets on data structures, such as linked lists, organized as queues 235. The BQU 210 further comprises data interface circuitry for interconnecting the processing engine with a plurality of line cards 240 via a selector circuit 250 having an arbiter 255. The line cards 240 may comprise, e.g., OC12, OC48 and Fast Ethernet (FE) ports, each of which includes conventional interface circuitry that incorporates the signal, electrical and mechanical characteristics, and interchange circuits, needed to interface with the physical media and protocols running over that media. A typical configuration of the switch may include many input/output channels on these interfaces, each of which is associated with at least one queue 235 in the queue memory 230. The processing engine 300 generally functions as a switching processor that modifies packets and/or headers in sequence as the BQU 210 implements queuing operations.
A routing processor 260 executes conventional routing protocols for communication directly with the processing engine 300. The routing protocols generally comprise topological information exchanges between intermediate stations to determine optimal paths through the network based on, e.g., destination IP addresses. These protocols provide information used by the processor 260 to create and maintain routing tables. The tables are loaded into the external partitioned memories 280 as forwarding information base (FIB) tables used by the processing engine to perform forwarding operations. When processing a header in accordance with IP switching, the engine 300 determines where to send the packet by indexing into the FIB using an IP address of the header. Execution of the forwarding operations results in destination media access control (MAC) addresses of the headers being rewritten by the processing engine to identify output ports for the packets.
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the programmable processing engine 300 which generally comprises an array of processing elements embedded between input and output header buffers with a plurality of interfaces 310 from the array to partitions of an external memory. The external memory stores non-transient data organized within data structures for use in processing the transient data. The non-transient data typically includes "table" data contained in forwarding and routing tables, statistics, access filters, encryption keys and/or queuing information. Transient data enters and exits the engine via 100 MHz 64-bit input and output data interfaces of the BQU 210. Each processing element contains an instruction memory that allows programming of the array to process the transient data as baseline or extended pipelines operating in parallel. A remote processor interface (I/F) 320 provides information, such as instructions and data, from a remote processor (RP) to the PEs and header buffers over a 32-bit maintenance bus 325 having multiplexed address/data lines.
The processing engine 300 comprises a plurality of symmetrically arrayed processing elements (PE) 400. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the processing engine comprises four (4) rows and four (4) columns symmetrically arrayed in a 4.times.4 configuration between an input header buffer (IHB) 500 and an output header buffer (OHB) 900. However it should be noted that other configurations, such as a 6.times.6 arrayed configuration or similar rectangularly arrayed configurations, may be advantageously used with the present invention. A 64-bit feedback path 350 couples the OHB 900 to the IHB 500 and provides a data path for recycling data through the PE stages of the processing engine. The PEs of each row are configured as stages connected in series by a 100 MHz 64-bit direct memory access (DMA) data path 340 that synchronously transfers data and control "context" from one PE to the next. Specifically, the processing elements of each row are configured as stages of a pipeline that sequentially execute operations on the transient data loaded by the IHB 500, whereas the processing elements of each column operate in parallel to perform substantially the same operation on the transient data, but with a shifted phase. An example of an arrayed processing engine and network switch suitable for use with the present invention is described in copending and commonly-owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/106,478, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,513,108, titled Programmable Arrayed Processing Engine Architecture for a Network Switch.
As described further herein, sequencing circuitry of the IHB 500 controls the processing element stages of each pipeline by ensuring that each stage completes processing of current transient data prior to loading new transient data into the pipeline stages at a new phase. In general, a new phase of processing is started, i.e., a context switch is performed, when all of the PE stages finish processing their current context and new, incoming context is completely received by the IHB. An example of a system for controlling phase processing that is suitable for use with the present invention is described in copending and commonly-owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/106,246 titled Synchronization and Control System for an Arrayed Processing Engine, which application is hereby incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
Because they perform similar functions, the columned PEs require similar non-transient "table" data. Therefore, the external memory is partitioned into a plurality of external memory (Ext Mem) resources 280, each of which is dedicated to a respective column of PEs and further configured with non-transient table data needed to support the similar function performed by the columned processor elements. Each column of PEs is coupled to a 200 MHz 32-bit external memory interface data path (Ext Mem I/F) 310 for accessing the non-transient data.
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a PE 400. The PE is a processor complex comprising a processor 410 coupled to an instruction memory (IRAM) 420 and a memory manager (MM) circuit 430. The MM 430 contains a pair of context data memory (Cntxt Mem) structures 435 that store transient data, such as frame/packet headers and/or data, for processing by the processor in accordance with instructions stored in the IRAM 420. The processor 410 is preferably a customized microcontroller (TMC) core having a dense structure which enables implementation of similar cores on an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). It will be apparent to those skilled in the art, however, that other processor cores may be advantageously used with the processor complex architecture described herein.
The TMC core 410 is preferably a pipelined processor that includes a plurality of arithmetic logic units (ALUs), a register file having a plurality of 32-bit internal registers and an instruction fetch and decode unit organized as a set of data paths. The internal registers generally store intermediate result information processed by the ALUs, whereas the instruction fetch and decode unit decodes instructions fetched from the IRAM. The intermediate results are passed among PE stages 400 of the engine 300 over a consistent data path channel 340 provided by a data mover circuit 440 coupled to the MM 430. The TMC also supports fast task context switching to enable software pipelining across multiple cores.
Each context memory 435 stores transient "context" data (e.g., packet data) flowing through the PE 400 that is unique to a specific process. One context memory (CMA) is associated with a phase A context and the other memory (CMB) is associated with a phase B context. During a current pipeline phase, the TMC accesses data from its current context, which may be alternately stored in CMA and CMB. Any modification of context data is written to the current context memory as well as to the downstream complex's next context memory (e.g., current context memory CMA and downstream context memory CMB). Management of the context sensitive memories 435 is provided by the MM 430.
Specifically, the MM 430 comprises data path and control logic for cooperating with the context memories 435 to efficiently pass data among the PE stages of the processing engine via the data mover 440 and for interfacing to a local bus 425. The local bus 425 is preferably a 64-bit bus comprising a read bus portion 424 and a write bus portion 426 that interconnects the TMC core with the context memories 435, a local memory 450 and a level zero (L0) cache 460 coupled to an external memory I/F 310. The local memory 450 is configured to store, inter alia, pointers that reference data structures and tables stored in external memory 280 for use by the TMC core 410.
The MM 430 further contains a state machine (not shown) that determines the current phase (A or B) to which all TMCs of the processing engine are synchronized; as noted, the current phase specifies from which context memory (CMA or CMB) the TMC processes data. The MM 430 broadcasts the current phase to each TMC via a level-sensitive control signal switch_reg_file over line 428. Each TMC core 410 responds to the level-sensitive signal by selecting a set of context switchable registers for its use during the next phase. For example if the register file signal is "0", the TMC may be instructed to use the CMA context memory whereas if the signal is an asserted "1", the TMC may be instructed to operate on the CMB memory.
The data mover circuit 440 cooperates with the context memories 435 and MM 430 to efficiently pass data among the PE stages of the processing engine. To that end, the data mover 440 generally comprises an address incrementor and interface logic, such as a multiplexer, that retrieves context data from a current context memory and loads it into a context memory of an adjacent "downstream" processor complex of the pipeline. For example, in phase A, the TMC fetches data from CMA while the data mover moves data from CMA to a downstream CMB. Data that the TMC has processed from CMA is written back into CMA and into the downstream CMB. In the illustrative embodiment, data transfers between context memories take place over the data path 340.
Notably, the TMC 410 may operate on the transient data substantially simultaneously with the passing of that data by the data mover 440. After data in the current context memory (e.g., CMA) is processed by the TMC 410, the TMC writes the processed data to the downstream context memory (CMB); meanwhile, the data mover 440 transparently passes the data from CMA to the downstream CMB. At the end of the current phase, the context memories are switched so that the TMC operates on the data in CMB. In the event of write collisions between the TMC and data mover to a same context location, the MM 430 ensures that the TMC takes precedence and exclusively accesses the data item.
As noted the structure of the TMC core (and its respective PE) enables implementation of similar cores and complexes on an ASIC. Because of the size and complexity of such a highly integrated ASIC, though, it is difficult to build entirely functioning PEs, especially in the early yield learning of advanced semiconductor processes. As a result, a PE of a pipeline may fail during production of the ASIC causing failure of the entire pipeline because data is unable to be passed among the TMC cores and PEs of the pipeline. The present invention provides a processor isolation technique for enhancing debug capability in such a highly integrated multiprocessor circuit.
In an aspect of the inventive isolation technique, a mechanism is provided for programming a code entry point for each TMC utilizing a register set that is accessible via an out-of-band bus (i.e., the maintenance bus 325) coupled to the RP I/F 320 of the processing engine 300. The programmable entry point mechanism provides the flexibility of programming a TMC core 410 for code execution notwithstanding the states of other PEs in the pipeline. This mechanism may further operate in conjunction with a bypass capability that passes transient data through a PE that is not functional, not running or otherwise unable to process data. Moreover another aspect of the debug technique allows overriding of completion control signals provided by each PE in order to advance the data among the PEs of a pipeline of the engine 300.
As described herein, the pipeline advancement and entry point mechanisms comprise programmable control circuitry contained within each PE 400 and the IHB 500 of the processing engine 300. FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the IHB 500 which functions as a sequencer to control the PE stages of the processing engine such that the columned PEs may perform their operations at staggered, shifted phases with respect to each other. A new phase for each row is started by the IHB when all of the PE stages finish processing their current context and either new, incoming context is completely received for that row from the data interface or feedback path or a configurable minimum number of cycles has elapsed since the previous row shifted its phase. The IHB 500 receives data context from either the data interface of the BQU 210 or from the feedback path 350 and provides the context to each pipeline in succession with feedback data context generally having priority over incoming data context. The data interface preferably includes a path 290 comprising a data portion 292 and a control portion 294 for transferring predetermined control signals that manage the flow of data to (and from) the engine. Broadly stated, the IHB advances a pipeline row and begins moving a new packet header or context to a first stage of a next row in response to completion signals from all stages of that row.
The IHB 500 comprises a plurality of buffer pairs (BUF 510), similar to the context memories 435 of a processor complex element 400, with each pair associated with a pipeline row. As transient data enters the engine, it is sequentially loaded into one of the paired buffers 510 for a particular row before being dispatched to a first stage of that row. The IHB presents a context-in/context-out interface (row I/F logic 520) that provides write enable, data and address signals to and from the buffers and context memories; preferably, the logic 520 is substantially identical to the data mover 440 of each PE 400. This enables the processing engine to scale efficiently, thereby allowing the pipelines to be as "deep" as desired.
The IHB also includes an input logic block (ILB 550) comprising a receive (Rx) state machine 552 coupled to an input control logic circuit 554 and an input buffer 556. The input buffer is preferably organized as a first-in, first-out (Rx FIFO) buffer that sequentially receives and transmits data forwarded to the engine by the BQU 210. The Rx state machine receives the predetermined control signals over path 294 and cooperates with the logic 554 to control the transfer of data from FIFO 556. In addition, the logic circuit 554 controls a multiplexer 560 having inputs coupled to an output of the FIFO and the feedback path 350. The logic 554 enables the multiplexer to select one of its inputs in response to a control signal (feedback_enable) provided by the last PE stages of the pipelines. Furthermore, the logic 554 generates write enable signals (in response to a control signal provided by row synchronization logic 600 and buffer addresses that enable the row I/F logic 520 to transfer the contents of the buffers 510. A programmable pipeline advancement mechanism 700 contains circuitry that is programmable by a device (e.g., the RP) via the RP I/F 320 coupled to the maintenance bus 325.
FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of row synchronization logic (RSL) 600 that controls the pipelines by ensuring that each PE stage completes its processing of current context prior to loading new context at a new phase. To that end, the RSL comprises logic circuitry associated with each pipeline row of the arrayed processing engine. For ease of depiction, circuitry associated with one row will be described, although it will be understood to those skilled in the art that the circuitry associated with the other rows are substantially similar.
The RSL 600 receives processing completion status from each PE stage prior to advancing the pipelines. Specifically as each PE 400 finishes its task, it asserts a global pipeline completion signal (proc_done) over lines 482 that is collected by a logic circuit, schematically shown as an AND gate 610. Other completion signals (done) are provided as inputs to the gate from the control logic 554, 954. In response to assertion of all completion signals, the gate 610 generates a beginning of next phase signal (start_phase) over line 484. The start_phase signal informs each PE stage that there is valid context data in its context memory that its TMC core can begin processing. In addition, start_phase signal is transformed by an incrementor circuit 620 into incremented row number, while being analyzed by a state sequencer circuit 650 prior to being fed to the input control logic 554.
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a multi-level, programmable pipeline advancement (PPA) circuit 700 contained within the IHB 500 for implementing a programmable pipeline advancement aspect of the present invention. A PPA register 710 is provided for each pipelined row of the processing engine; the register includes a bit location 712 for each PE 400 of the pipeline. Each proc_done completion signal 482 returned by a TMC 410 upon completion of its task is collected by a first level logic circuit, schematically shown as an OR gate 730, which also receives a corresponding bit 712 of the register 710. The output of each first level OR gate is then collected by a second level logic circuit, shown as OR gate 750 having an output that advances the pipeline in accordance with an advance_pipe signal 754.
The PPA register 710 is preferably a 32-bit register that is accessible via the maintenance bus 325 coupled to the RP I/F 320. As noted, the maintenance bus 325 is preferably a 32-bit bus having multiplexed address/data lines. That is, the data lines are used to load and retrieve the contents of the register 710 when writing and reading data. The address lines of the bus 325 are used in connection with IHB select signals transported over IHB select lines 726 to enable selection of a PPA register for a particular row.
In order to bypass (ignore) a particular PE 400, an asserted bit (e.g., "1") may be loaded into a respective bit location 712 of the register via a respective data line of the maintenance bus 325. The state of the respective bit location 712 is transformed into an asserted override signal 715 that effectively overrides the proc_done signal 482 typically returned by that particular PE. This technique allows programming of the register (by the RP) to ignore a particular PE for as many phases as required; that is, the contents of the register do not have to be re-written after every phase of execution in the pipeline.
Another aspect of the present invention is directed to a mechanism for programming a code entry point for each TMC 410. Referring again to FIG. 4, each IRAM 420 of a PE 400 includes a data structure organized as a program counter (PC) table 810 having a plurality of PC entries 812. Each entry 812 preferably contains a PC value that points to (i.e., references) a particular program/routine from which the downstream TMC fetches instructions (from the IRAM 420) for execution. Prior to a context switch, the system forces this PC value into an appropriate register of the downstream TMC of the pipeline to facilitate processing by the downstream TMC in accordance with instructions stored in the IRAM. Instead of providing an actual PC value to a downstream TMC, an upstream TMC core 410 provides a PC index 805 over a PC index bus 802 to the downstream TMC. The PC index 805 is preferably a 3-bit value used to address (select) one of the PC entries, each of which contains an actual PC value, e.g., PC0 7.
Specifically as an upstream TMC completes execution of its program segment/routine, it executes a last instruction requiring it to supply a PC index 805 to the downstream TMC. The PC index selects a particular PC entry containing a program counter value that references an entry point to a routine for execution by the downstream TMC. If the upstream TMC is not functioning (because it has failed or is otherwise "isolated"), it transmits either a default value or no value at all as the PC index 805.
In the illustrative embodiment, the programmable entry point (PEP) mechanism comprises a PEP multiplexer 850 coupled to the PC index bus 802 that interconnects adjacent pipelined PEs 410 of the processing engine 300. One input to the multiplexer 850 is coupled to the PC index bus 802 while the other input is coupled to a set of addressable registers 860 in accordance with the invention. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a portion of the PEP circuitry 800 contained within the IHB 500 and accessible over the maintenance bus 325. The set of addressable registers 860 is provided on a per column basis such that each register 862 includes a PC index value similar to that provided by an upstream TMC to a downstream TMC over the PC index bus 802.
For example, assume there are eight (8) entries 862 in the register set 860 and each entry contains an index value ranging from 0 (000) to 7 (111). The content of one of the addressable registers 862 may be substituted for the PC index 805 provided by an upstream TMC as an appropriate value for addressing a PC table entry 812. The state of the respective bit location 712 of the PPA register 710 (i.e., the override signal) is used as a multiplexer (mux) control signal 852 for controlling selection of the inputs to the multiplexer 850. In response to bypassing a particular PE 400, the asserted mux control signal 852 selects the input coupled to the register set 860 to thereby provide a programmed PC index value to the particular PE.
In the illustrative embodiment, each multiplexer 850 is located at an input of each PE 400 to enable branching into any portion of a program/routine regardless of the action/inaction of an upstream processor. An IRAM decoder circuit 880 is coupled to and cooperates with each PC table 810 to transform the states of the PC index bits 805 to an address suitable for accessing an entry 812 in the PC table. In addition, a register set decoder circuit 865 is coupled to and cooperates with the set of registers 860 to transform the states of the (i) address signals on bus 325 and IHB select signals on lines 726 into signals for accessing the registers 862 and (ii) data signals on bus 325 to PC indexes loaded into the registers.
Once a TMC processor 410 has completed execution of its program/routine and it has received an advance_pipe signal 754 from the IHB, the TMC processes a new PC value based on the PC index 805 supplied by the multiplexer 850. This PC value provides an entry point into a next routine for execution by the TMC core 410. Therefore, the circuitry described above for the IHB and processor complex stages enables advancement of the processor pipeline even if a particular processor complex is not operational. The circuitry 800 further enables overriding of a default signal provided by a faulty upstream PE 300 as the PC index 805 for the downstream TMC processor 410 of a pipeline.
As noted, data bypassing capabilities are generally not required for processor stages of a conventional pipeline processor because each processor stage is typically "hardware assisted" in that there are specific circuits associated with the function performed by each stage on data passing through the pipeline. Therefore, a subsequent processor stage generally cannot be programmed to perform the function of a previous stage, completion of which is typically required prior to performance of the subsequent stage function.
In contrast, each PE 400 of the arrayed processor engine 300 is identical and programmable such that the function performed by each processor complex may include the function performed by another processor complex of the pipeline. Thus if a particular PE stage of a pipeline is not functional, a subsequent PE stage can be programmed to perform its function in addition to the function of that particular PE stage. Accordingly, bypassing of stages within a pipeline of the processor engine can be performed and still enable the processor engine 300 to function properly, as opposed to prior systems.
In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a data bypass technique involves use of the data mover 440 and the context memories 435 within each PE 400 of the processing engine 300. Since the manufacturing defects are mostly associated with the IRAM 420 and TMC processor core 410 of each PE, the context memories 435 are not as susceptible to defects and may in fact be operational even if the other elements of the PE are defective. Moreover, the data mover 440 is an independent entity (i.e., independent of the TMC core 410) that may be placed in a copy mode to essentially copy the data from one context memory (e.g, CMA) to another (e.g, CMB) as previously described.
FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of the OHB 900 whose internals are substantially similar as those of the IHB 500. That is, the OHB comprises a plurality of buffer pairs (BUF 910), each of which is associated with a pipeline row for receiving data processed by the row. Row I/F logic 920 provides write enable, data and address signals to and from the buffers and context memories of the PEs. In addition, the OHB includes an output logic block (OLB 950) comprising a transmit (Tx) state machine 952 coupled to an output control logic circuit 954 and an output buffer organized as a Tx FIFO 956 that sequentially transfers data from the engine to the BQU 210.
An advantage provided by the novel isolation technique described herein is the ability to debug, in an easy and fast manner, complex multiprocessor linked code. In addition, the inventive debug capability allows use of a highly integrated circuit having a plurality of processor pipelines despite the presence of certain defects within stages of the pipeline, such as non-functioning IRAMs and TMCs. The enhanced debug mechanisms further enable isolation of a single processor complex, a column of the processor complexes or a row of processor complexes in the arrayed processor engine.
While there has been shown and described an illustrative embodiment for enhancing debug capability in a highly-integrated multiprocessor circuit containing a programmable arrayed processing engine, it is to be understood that various other adaptations and modifications may be made within the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, the data bypassing aspect of the present invention may include a bypass data multiplexer located at the input of each processor complex. As with the previous circuitry described above, the mux_cntrol signal 852 from the IHB 500 can be used to control the bypass data multiplexer. A drawback to this particular approach is the overhead associated with all of the data lines coupled to the inputs (e.g., two inputs) of each bypass multiplexer. That is, the 64-bit data path 340 must be provided to both inputs of the multiplexer, thereby substantially increasing the circuitry and wires associated with each subsequent stage of the pipeline.
The foregoing description has been directed to specific embodiments of this invention. It will be apparent, however, that other variations and modifications may be made to the described embodiments, with the attainment of some or all of their advantages. Therefore, it is the object of the appended claims to cover all such variations and modifications as come within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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In addition to previously serving as Partner-in-Charge of the Firm’s Philadelphia office, David H. Glusman is also a member of the National Healthcare Industry group. He also provides various consulting services in the areas of forensic accounting, litigation support, health care fraud and high net worth estates, trusts and tax issues.
Mr. Glusman has extensive experience in medical-related billing and managerial issues involving fraud and abuse, physician compensation models, fair market value analysis and information systems. As a federal judge noted, he provided “credible and persuasive” key testimony for a major legal malpractice case.
Mr. Glusman frequently presents to medical schools, universities and professional associations and leads continuing legal education seminars. He has authored more than 100 articles, co-authored Accountants’ Roles and Responsibilities in Estates and Trusts, and contributed to Fraud Casebook-Lessons from the Bad Side of Business. In addition, he has served on the editorial board for several leading trade publications.
Mr. Glusman has more than 48 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm, he was a Partner at a leading professional services firm and headed the Forensic and Litigation departments for its Philadelphia office.
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
Institute of Business Appraisers
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
American Board of Forensic Accountants, Advisory Board
American Health Lawyers Association
Medical Group Management Association
Delaware Valley Healthcare Council
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, Audit Committee, Board of Chancellors
Physician/Healthcare Consulting
Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Issues
Business Dissolutions & Internal Disputes
Professional Malpractice Matters
Loss/Profits Analysis
Bachelor of Science, Accounting
Distinguished Public Service Award, 2001, PICPA
Who's Who, 1990-2003
Campaign Award, 1993, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Accreditations & Designations
Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Accountants
Certified Fraud Specialist
Certified Forensic Accountant
Certified in Financial Forensics
Trending in Healthcare - April 2019
Corporate Integrity Agreements
As healthcare has continued to expand as a portion of the U.S. economy, the degree of fraud and other inappropriate actions seems to be increasing, ....
Trending in Healthcare - October 2018
What Does Fair Market Value Mean in Healthcare?
In most of the business world, fair market value is an established term indicating what value a willing buyer and a willing seller in a ....
Trending in Healthcare - December 2017
A recent headline caught our attention: local nursing homes agreed to pay up to $6.9 million to settle kickback and fraud allegations under the Medicare ....
The Legal Intelligencer published an article by Advisory Partner David Glusman, on Medicare fraud and abuse prevention.
These new cases demonstrate the ingrained and persistent nature of certain problematic coding and billing practices.
Trending in Healthcare - August 2016
There are many new things happening with regard to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966 (HIPAA), not least of which is a ....
CMS Announces New Bundled Payment Models
In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) significantly expanded its payment reform efforts by proposing bundled payment episodes for cardiovascular and orthopedic ....
Article by Advisory Partner David Glusman for The Legal Intelligencer discusses new physician compensation arrangements.
It is no secret that CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and private payers are determined to replace health care's volume-oriented fee-for-service payment system ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner and Thomas Reinke, Advisory Services Manager, "Federal Government Expands Health Care Anti-Fraud Efforts," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
The federal government is expanding its health care fraud efforts on both the criminal and civil sides, signaling a much more aggressive effort to pursue ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "What to Expect in the Future with the Supreme Court's Decisions Regarding Same-Sex Marriage," Featured in CPA Now
The decisions in Obergefell v. Hodges and United States v. Windsor have now set the stage for a multitude of changes in actions, options, and ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Innocent Spouse Tax Relief: Facts and Circumstances Will Prevail," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
One of the more challenging issues an accountant or attorney will face is when a client receives a notice from the Internal Revenue Service ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Tax-Planning Tips for Married Same-Sex Couples," Featured in The Philadelphia Gay News
The LGBT community is anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court decision, expected imminently, that may finally establish same-sex marriage as a civil right in all 50 ....
Valuation & Litigation Advisor - May 2015
Statistical Analysis in Commercial Litigation
Like life, the world of litigation gets ever more complex. The Hadley v Baxendale days of one party contracting directly with another to provide ....
Regional Updates
Article by Janis Cowhey, Co-Leader of the LGBT Practice Group and David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "'Innocent Spouse' Tax Relief in Same-Sex Married Couples," Featured in New York Law Journal
When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducts audits of joint tax returns, whether for same-sex couples or traditional heterosexual couples, the starting assumption of the ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Featured in The Huffington Post Article, "Here Are 11 LGBT Tax Planning Tips, Courtesy of Marcum's David Glusman."
Whether you're ahead of the game or procrastinate until the last minute, filing your income taxes is rarely a gratifying experience, even in the best ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Rolling the Dice with Monte Carlo Simulations," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
Just the phrase "Monte Carlo" invites images of glamorous women and debonair men gathered around a baccarat table - ah, the glories of James Bond. ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Featured in SmartCEO Article, "It's Not All About the Money."
Growth planning plays a vital role in the success of your business. But before you can sit down and say, "This is how we want ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner and Michael Molder, Advisory Services Senior Manager, "Not Even Taxes Are Certain in Valuation of Pass-Through Entities," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
As Benjamin Franklin famously observed, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Obviously, Franklin wasn't referring to business ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner and Michael Molder, Advisory Services Senior Manager, "Memo to File: Protecting Attorney-Expert Communications," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
As litigators, you are experts in trying cases. You intuitively know the difference between a motion to dismiss and one for summary judgment. You understand ....
Jeffrey Zudeck, Partner-in-Charge of Philadelphia Office, Featured in Inside Public Accounting Article, "Marcum Adds Investment Bank CFO as Philly OMP"
Jeffrey Zudeck, CFO for investment banking firm Fundamental Holdings Ltd., has joined New York-based Marcum (FY13 net revenue of $350.2 million) as PIC of its ....
Jeffrey Zudeck, Partner-in-Charge of the Philadelphia Office, Featured in Philadelphia Business Journal Article, "Marcum Adds Investment Bank CFO as Philly Office Managing Partner."
Jeffrey D. Zudeck, chief financial officer for investment banking firm Fundamental Holdings Ltd., has joined Marcum as partner-in-charge of its Philadelphia regional offices. He will ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Co-Management: A Win-Win Model for Hospital and Physician Relationships," Featured in Philadelphia Business Journal
A recent announcement by Independence Blue Cross (IBC) emphasizes the importance of hospitals and doctors continuing to develop win-win mechanisms for working together in response ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner and Michael Molder, Advisory Services Senior Manager, "Financial Oversight and the Institutional Investor," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
In early May, the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) announced that it would vote against four of the five directors on Bank of America's ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Interviewed on Business Spotlight on the Executive Leaders Radio Program
This installment of Executive Leaders Radio was broadcast on June 24, 2014
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in Bloomberg BNA Article, "Recent Developments Affect Tax Filing For Same-Sex Couples in Certain States."
Same-sex couples can now get married in Pennsylvania, Oregon and Illinois and that has important implications for their 2014 state income tax returns.
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Tax Advice for Pennsylvania's LGBT Spouses-to-Be," Featured in Philadelphia Business Journal
Now that the federal courts have ruled that Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, and Governor Corbett has announced that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in CPA Practice Advisor Article, "Tax Pro Says Pennsylvania Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Creates Tax Advantages for LGBT Families"
Experts from the Philadelphia LGBT practice of Marcum LLP advise that Tuesday's court ruling overturning the ban on same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania opens up important ....
Same-Sex Marriage in Pennsylvania Creates Important Tax Advantages for LGBT Families, Marcum Experts Say
Experts from the Philadelphia LGBT practice of Marcum LLP, the first national accounting firm with a practice dedicated to tax and estate planning for same-sex ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner and Michael Molder, Advisory Services Senior Manager, "Reading the Semaphore of the Red Flags of Fraud," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
For centuries, ships have signaled messages of distress to each other through colored flags arranged in specific positions. Your business may be sending you signals ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "What's My Business Worth?" Featured in Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce News
At the end of the day, any business is worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. Generally, two valuation approaches dictate the ....
Reminder to Taxpayers to Beware of Scams!
Now that we are in the midst of a busy tax season, Marcum LLP would like to remind all readers to beware of callers demanding ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Forensic Accounting Considerations in Med Mal Litigation," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
Medical malpractice claims raise a variety of economic issues. In addition to fully understanding the medical and liability issues involved in the prospective matter, counsel ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Featured in Yahoo Finance Article, "Do I Need to Files Taxes if I'm Claimed as a 'Dependent'?"
I only made $2,787 this year working 4 months at a retail store. Am I required to file my taxes? Not only that, but my ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Featured in NJBIZ Article, "Playing the Numbers."
From finding fraud to calculating damage, forensic accountants are in great demand.
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in Scranton Times-Tribune Article, "Same-Sex Couple File Jointly on Federal Return."
In addition to the joys of the ceremony, the honeymoon and setting up a household, some gay and lesbian couples in Pennsylvania will share another ....
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Supreme Court's Daubert Guidance is Alive and Well," Featured in The Legal Intelligencer
One would expect that, in the more than 20 years since the U.S. Supreme Court's seminal decision regarding admissibility of expert witness testimony, the parameters ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in Region's Business Article "Innovator Of The Year Awards Celebrates Philly"
Six Philadelphia companies in four industry sectors were named winners at the inaugural Marcum Innovator of the Year Awards last Thursday, November 14. ....
Six Philadelphia Companies Win Marcum Innovator of the Year Awards
Six Philadelphia companies in four industry sectors were named winners at the inaugural Marcum Innovator of the Year Awards tonight. The new annual program was ....
The following are upcoming air dates/times:
Sunday, November 10th , from 3:00-4:00 pm on WCHE/1520AM
Former Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker to Keynote Marcum Innovator of the Year Awards
Finalists Announced for Inaugural Marcum Innovator of the Year Awards
Article by David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, "Striving For Innovation Is Never A Wasted Effort" Featured in Region's Business
Innovation is defined as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, inarticulate needs, or existing market needs. That’s what Wikipedia says. When looking ....
Marcum LLP and Region's Business Land PNC as Top Tier Sponsor for Marcum Innovator of the Year Awards
Stop on Same-Sex Marriage Licenses in PA Highlights Tax Mess for Legally Married Same-Sex Couples
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Interviewed in NBC10 Segment "Tax Implications for Same-Sex Married Couples in Pennsylvania"
Many taxpayers are aware of the existence of the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit, but are not fully versed in its scope. In fact, ....
Marcum LLP and Region's Business Announce Inaugural Marcum Innovator of the Year Awards in Philadelphia
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner & Frank Rudewicz, New England Regional Leader, Forensics Practice Group, Interviewed in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel "To Catch A Thief: Forensic Experts Weigh in on the Fraudster Profile
Editor: What are the types of corporate fraud that exist, and which are the most common?
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in the Philadelphia Business Journal Article "CPAs to Congress: Take Care of it!"
We asked accountants how they felt about Congress' handling of the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling and sequestration.
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Featured on Critical Mass for Business Podcast Critical Mass Coast to Coast
Mr. Glusman discussed the difference between suing someone vs suing with the expectation of a return and shares his insights on what businesses can do ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in Accounting Web Article "NASBA Opposes AICPA's Proposed FRF for SMEs"
The long-running debate over who's responsible for developing a framework for standards for financial reporting by privately held, small and midsized US businesses is far ....
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in Philadelphia Business Journal Article "Renaissance Growing as ACO Provider"
Marc Malloy, after being invited to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, called up his dad earlier this year to brag a little.
David Glusman, Advisory Services Partner, Quoted in "On Topic" Special Feature in the Philadelphia Business Journal
Marcum Philadelphia has recently added several experienced staff, and we are currently looking to fill a few more open positions.
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Vertical Entertainment Acquires U.S. Rights to ‘Slumber’
Written by Jasper on May 19 2017
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all US rights to supernatural thriller Slumber, starring Maggie Q (Divergent).
Director Jonathan Hopkins’ movie is being lined up for a theatrical release in the US in Q4, 2017.
Richard Hobley and Hopkins’ screenplay charts the story of Alice (Maggie Q), a rationally minded sleep doctor, who is forced to abandon scientific reason and accept a family is being terrorised by a parasitic demon which paralyses victims as they sleep.
The film is produced by The Tea Shop & Film Company’s Mark Lane and James Harris and by Pascal Degove for Goldcrest Films, which handles sales on the project.
Goldcrest MD Degove said: “The cast and crew have done an amazing job in bringing this thrilling story to life…I’m excited now about joining forces with the team at Vertical Entertainment and getting this film to American audiences.”
Rich Goldberg, co-president of Vertical Entertainment continued: “We’re very excited to be partnering with Goldcrest Films and the whole Slumber team to bring this gripping thriller to audiences all over the US.”
Source: Screen
Maggie Q Named One of PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Celebrities
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A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the line of succession.
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Needham Public Schools » Equity » Policies and Practices In Support of Equity
The district has established goals and is taking steps to ensure that our Policies and Practices are supporting all our students. For example, on April 10, 2019, the Superintendent provided a protocol to principals and school administrators for responding to acts of bias and hate crimes in the Needham Public Schools. This protocol outlined specific steps to ensure safety, investigate, communicate, involve others, support impacted or marginalized students and staff, and promote healing. As a general rule, we will share essential and appropriate information, updates and resources without amplifying the biased and hateful voices or actions of those who violate school rules, school norms, commit crimes, or jeopardize the safety and wellbeing of members of the school community.
Please see below for the goals and action steps being carried out to address all district Policies and Practices.
Review policies and practices through the lens of equity and inclusion and recommend revisions where necessary; collaborate with the School Committee to ensure transparency and accountability.
Develop a system-wide process for implementation, enforcement, and reporting of disciplinary matters.
Review the District Curriculum Accommodation Plan (DCAP) through the lens of equity and make any necessary revisions.
Action Steps:
Update student placement procedures in student handbooks to ensure consistency.
Review student attendance, discipline, special education referrals, and related areas of concern to ensure inclusive and supportive policies and practices.
Guidelines for Responding to Hate and Bias - completed (see link to protocol in first paragraph above)
Guidelines for class placement and course selection - draft completed and shared with principals for feedback
Special education enrollment disaggregated by sub-group: ELL, race, socio-economic status and the next step is to analyze and identify trends (i.e., disproportionality of students identified into special education)
Tiered Focus Monitoring Self Assessment completed and submitted to DESE for review
Draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Police Chief and Superintendent that includes language around training (e.g., cultural proficiency training) for the School Resource Officer and interaction with all students on and off campus
The School Committee revised our policies pertaining to civil rights in March 2018, including policies on Non-Discrimination and Harassment, Equal Educational Opportunities, and Bullying Prevention. Please see current policies.
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You are here: Home › The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The Sunni extremist group recently declared a caliphate – or Islamic State - covering parts of Syria and Iraq. Shop owners in Mosul said they had been told to co
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Muslims Walk Into Clothing Store, And Force The Owner To Put Hijabs On The Mannequins
By Ted on July 22, 2014 in Featured, General
By Theodore Shoebat Muslims in Mosul, Iraq, all members of ISIS, entered the clothing stores and forced the owners to put hijabs on the mannequins. A report tells us: ISIS has ordered shopkeepers in the Iraqi city of Mosul to cover the faces of mannequins, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The Sunni extremist group recently […]
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What really made 'em tick?
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By Ruth A. Symes
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Understand family photos better
Learn more about the size and shape of your family in the past and how they might have interacted
Enjoy great tips for solving family history mysteries - Who was the father? Could mothers limit the size of their families? Why were children given those names? Did pecking order matter? Why didn't father marry aunty? Was great-grandmother really as old as she said she was? Who were the family's neighbours and friends? ..... And much more....
National Archives Staff Review of 'It Runs in the Family'
It Runs In The Family
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Staff Review by Stella Sass from the National Archives:
'It runs in the family' is an easy to read, straightforward account of how we can interpret information from documents, photographs, artefacts and heirlooms to discover our ancestors' characters and social standing. Each topic is interspersed with interesting illustrations. The book covers personal appearances and what can be discovered from studying stature, eyes, teeth, hairstyles, beards, distinguishing features and tattoos. It also explores other aspects of life including pets, fashion, perfume and clothing, even down to what we can discover from buttons! Ruth A. Symes provides an insight into how life was in the past which helps us understand more about our ancestors as products of their time and how fashions and times influenced their lifestyle regardless of social class. In order to extend knowledge and understanding the author provides further reading lists and website addresses at the end of each chapter. After reading this book we realise the importance of giving prominence to those small matters previously overlooked that help to look at our family in a new light, uncovering information that was there but for the need of interpretation. If you want to get to know the ancestors in your tree as individual personalities then you should find plenty of hints and information to achieve your aim. Maybe you will discover an aspect where 'it runs in the family'.
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The Bronte Cabinet
This is a really great read:
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Jostling for Space
Jostling for space?
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Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents – these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women’s emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family in the past were subtly different to those of today and continually transforming.
This book is both a social history of the period 1800-1950 and a practical guide on how to set about tracing and better understanding the relationships between members of your own family. What did it mean to be a father in this period, but also, how might you discover the father of an ancestor if his name is not mentioned on the birth certificate? What common ideas were held about the role of wives and mothers, but also, how were multiple births, stillbirths, abortions and infanticides dealt with in the records? What factors might have influenced the size of your ancestor’s family, but also why were its children named as they were? Did pecking order in a family matter, but also, was it legal to marry a cousin, or the sister of a deceased wife? How long could people expect to live, but also what records can tell you more about the circumstances of your ancestors’ last years? A final chapter considers relationships with neighbours, friends and club associates.
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Women’s Tour: Britain’s Lizzie Deignan seals overall victory
Lizzie Deignan says winning the Women’s Tour was beyond her wildest expectations
Britain’s Lizzie Deignan has been crowned 2019 Women’s Tour champion to become the first cyclist to win the event twice.
Deignan, 30, finished safely in the pack as the Netherlands’ Amy Pieters won the sixth and final stage from Carmarthen to Pembrey Country Park.
She won the event by just two seconds from Poland’s Kasia Niewiadoma.
It is Deignan’s first title since giving birth to her daughter, Orla, nine months ago.
“I’ve won some big races in my career but this is extra special because I took a risk in terms of leaving professional sport to have my daughter,” Deignan told BBC Sport Wales.
“It’s been a whirlwind time since we had her, it’s been very special obviously, but it means it is possible to do both and I’m just so happy that I made that decision.”
She added: “I never expected coming into this race that I would win it overall, so I’m really happy.
“It was completely beyond my expectations, I really thought that I would struggle, it’s my first stage race in a very long time. I guess my old lady strength came in at the end.”
The Trek-Segafredo rider, who last won the Women’s Tour in 2016, only returned from maternity leave in April and her winning margin ahead of 2017 champion Niewiadoma is the smallest in the event’s history.
Deignan – the 2015 road race world champion – out-sprinted stage four winner Niewiadoma and Elisa Longo Borghini to win stage five on Friday to lead the general classification by just one second going into the final day.
But her eighth-place finish on Saturday, along with a bonus second in an intermediate sprint, saw her extend that lead by a further second.
Team Sunweb’s Leah Kirchmann finished second behind Boels-Dolmans’ stage winner Pieters, with Movistar rider Roxane Fournier third.
Deignan is the first two-time winner of the Women’s Tour
Stage six result
1. Amy Pieters (Ned/Boels-Dolmans) 3 hours 27 minutes 02 seconds
2. Leah Kirchmann (Can/Team Sunweb) same time
3. Roxane Fournier (Fra/Movistar)
4. Demi Vollering (Ned/Parkhotel Vollering)
5. Christine Majerus (Lux/Boels-Dolmans)
6. Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa/Movistar)
7. Lisa Brennauer (Ger/Wnt-Rotor Pro)
8. Lizzie Deignan (GB/Trek-Segafredo)
9. Marta Cavalli (Ita/Valcar Cylance)
10. Alexandra Manly (Aus/Mitchelton-Scott)
Final general classification
1. Lizzie Deignan (GB/Trek-Segafredo) 21 hours 9 minutes 25 seconds
2. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol/Canyon-SMAR Racing) +2secs
3. Amy Pieters (Ned/Boels-Dolmans) +23secs
4. Christine Majerus (Lux/Boels-Dolmans) +49secs
5. Demi Vollering (Ned/Parkhotel Vollering) +51secs
6. Leah Kirchmann (Can/Team Sunweb) +54secs
7. Lizzy Banks (GB/Bigla) +58secs
8. Leah Thomas (US/Bigla) same time
9. Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol/Movistar) +59secs
10. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/Trek-Segafredo) +1min 1sec
Man Utd’s Pogba, Lingard filmed in apparent row
Cabal, Farah win grueling, physical doubles final
Will Wimbledon women’s semifinals produce a Serena-Halep final?
Formula E season finale: A season of exciting racing nears conclusion
British Grand Prix: Valtteri Bottas on pole position, Lewis Hamilton second
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Analysis. History. Perspective.
Sports Then and Now
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Posted on July 04, 2019 by Dean Hybl
Imagine if one of the most iconic athletes of the current era suddenly retired, announced he had an incurable disease and within two years was dead. That is exactly what happened in 1939 when iconic New York Yankees star Lou Gehrig pulled himself out of the lineup after 2,130 consecutive games and then 80 years ago, on July 4, 1939, said goodbye to New York fans with his famous “luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech.
For 13 years, Gehrig was baseball’s most durable player as he famously was in the lineup every day. But durability wasn’t his only strength, he was also the best first baseman of his generation and was a run-producing machine.
Only Gehrig could push the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth, into the number three spot in the batting order. He drove in 140 or more runs nine times during his career, including 185 RBI during the 1931 season. In 1934 he claimed the triple crown as he hit .363 with 49 home runs and 166 RBI.
Tags: 1939 BaseballLou GehrigNew York Yankees
Category Baseball, General, Sports History
Lou Gehrig said goodbye to his fans on July 4, 1939.
Interestingly, likely because the Yankees did not reach the World Series that season, he finished only fifth in the MVP voting as Mickey Cochrane earned the award. Read the rest of this entry →
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Category Baseball, Great Moments, Sports History
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Posted on September 22, 2011 by Jena Ellis
Reggie Jackson's play in the post season earned him the nickname "Mr. October."
You can debate whether or not there’s such a thing as “clutch” hitting. Scoring runs in the first inning is just as important as scoring runs in the ninth inning, right? Does the process of securing a hit change dramatically as the situation changes dramatically? Should we completely ignore the human elements of emotion, concentration and focus, each of which may fluctuate depending on the person in the batter’s box?
The following players (five hitters, five pitchers), for whatever reason, hit and pitched extremely well during the postseason, a period of time when the margin for error — and patience for under performing — is at a minimum.
1. Babe Ruth
He’s the greatest for a reason. As a pitcher in the postseason, Ruth boasts a microscopic 0.87 ERA in 31 innings pitched, a shutout and a 3-0 record. His best performance came in a 14-inning, complete game win in Game 2 of the 1916 World Series. In both World Series in which he pitched, the Red Sox won (1916 over the Brooklyn Robins and 1918 over the Chicago Cubs). As a hitter, he amassed 15 home runs in 167 plate appearances, accumulating an impressive 1.211 OPS. In 1928, he hit .625 in a four-game sweep of the Cardinals, notably mashing three home runs in the series-clinching game.
2. Reggie Jackson
Mr. October kindly disagrees with the idea that clutch hitting doesn’t exist. He was the first player to win World Series MVP with two different teams (Athletics and Yankees), and was just the second player to hit three homeruns in a World Series game — that, as you probably know, came in the series-clinching Game 6 of the 1977 World Series versus the Dodgers. During the six games, he hit five home runs with a .450 average and 1.792 OPS. A year later, he led the Yankees to a repeat in a rematch, hitting a meager two home runs with a .391 average and 1.196 OPS. He hit 18 home runs during his postseason career. Read the rest of this entry →
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Lou Gehrig's speech was one of the most memorable 4th of July moments in sports history.
The Fourth of July is known for fireworks, patriotism, and family outings, but it’s also a day that has been filled with some great moments in the sports world.
No July 4th moment has been bigger than the day, 71 years ago, when Lou Gehrig stood on the field at Yankee Stadium and proclaimed himself, “The luckiest man on the face of the earth.”
The sudden transformation of Gehrig from the “Iron Horse” to a man for whom a disease would soon be named after was punctuated that day, when the baseball world said goodbye to one of the all-time greats.
Gehrig died less than two years later, but his legacy is still alive today and will be honored in special ceremonies all across the baseball world on Saturday.
Yankee Stadium was the site for another memorable July 4th moment, 44 years later. On July 4, 1983 New York Yankees left-hander Dave Righetti hurled a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.
The “no-no” by Righetti, who would go on to earn his greatest distinction as a relief pitcher, was the first by a Yankee since Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
More than any other sport though, tennis and the Fourth of July have had a very special history.
The premier tennis tournament in the world, Wimbledon, is contested each year in late June and early July and often crowns a champion on a day that isn’t recognized as fondly in England as it is in the former colonies. Read the rest of this entry →
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Category General, Sports History
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Lou Gehrig's famous farewell address on July 4, 1939
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Object and Color Search Transforms Film Search Engine!
August 13, 2018 By Diane Jakacki
Project: Film Search Engine
Faculty: John Hunter, Comparative & Digital Humanities
Students: Sarah Eckermann (Computer Engineering ’20)
DP&S Liaison: Diane Jakacki
This John Hunter received a L&IT 2018 Summer Research Project grant to expand the functionality of his Film Search Engine. Working with him was his Sarah Eckermann, who is also his Presidential Fellow. Here is an update on their progress:
The Film/Search Engine’s ongoing projects this summer focused around integrating the three main modules that can be used to search/analyze the films in the database with the new front end: those modules are (1) a text-string search that looks for search strings in the closed caption files of the films; (2) an object search that uses neural net processing to find objects from a pre-determined list in the films (e.g. a search for all of the bicycles or American flags in the films); and (3) a color search that allows users to enter a sample still image and return stills from the films that match one or more of the colors in the image.
The first task of the summer was to supervise the transfer of all of the database files from Bluehost to Amazon Web Services. Once this was done, the problem that we set out to solve at the outset of the summer was how to integrate the four modules of the Engine given that they were written in three different programming languages (JavaScript for the front end; NodeJS for the object search and text search; and Python for the color search) and had been composed over a period of three plus years by two senior design teams and four individual programmers! Senior design teams only work for one year and student researchers graduate (much to their faculty supervisor’s regret :-), so this will be an ongoing condition of the project, especially as it grows in size and complexity. A new medium term goal for the project is thus to come up with a workable plan that will permit each new programmer (or team) to build upon a stable foundation such that their differences and new approaches will be an asset rather than a new complication.
The color search proved to be an especially difficult module to integrate with the front end; even the transfer from one student programmer’s computer to another caused bugs that took a while to detect and correct. The good news is that all four modules work well in themselves and that all but the color search have been integrated with the front new end. The other main task for this summer was to co-write and present a scholarly paper at the Keystone Digital Humanities Conference at Penn State University on July 16 – 18. Professor John Hunter discussed the theoretical and conceptual bases for the project and Sarah Eckermann ( ’20) did an excellent job of lucidly explaining the programming and design challenges; she also demonstrated the object search and color search in action and handed audience questions. Three years ago at the same conference in Philadelphia, Hunter and Sarah’s predecessor Justin Eyster (’16) had introduced an earlier version of the Film Search Engine and described the object and color searches as future goals. It was thus very satisfying the mark the progress that we have made on the project – especially when two members of the audience told us that they remembered the first talk and could see how far we have come.
Other than rationalizing the coding structure for the Engine, the next challenge that we plan to take up is how to more efficiently scan films into the database. Those will be the goals for AY 2018-19.
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Latinx Twitter
December 12, 2017 By Jeff Tolbert
Project: Latinx Twitter
Faculty: Elena Machado
Students: Tucker Leighty-Phillips
DP&S Liaison: Emily Sherwood
Date: Fall 2017
In the summer and fall of 2017, DP&S worked with Professor Elena Machado and Tucker Leighty-Phillips (English ’18) on a project that compared the social media use of 43 Latinx writers and artists. In the late spring, Machado and Leighty-Phillips used TAGS–a free Twitter archiving tool–to generateTwitter archives for the identified writers. In mid-June they opted to focus their analysis on the top 18 Twitter users. Later, the archives were downloaded, cleaned, and brought into Voyant as a corpus for analysis. Leighty-Phillips focused his analysis on the use of the word Love across 6 writers. Machado focused her work on a comparison of Lin Manuel Miranda’s use of Twitter as a space for affective labor and connecting with his followers as compared to the activism of other writers.
Disaster Preparedness & Transportation Resilience
Project: Disaster Preparedness & Transportation Resilience
Faculty: Corrie Walton-Macaulay
Students: Patrick Yang, Assumpta Gasana
DP&S Liaison: Janine Glathar
Prof. Walton-Macaulay is supervising two research students, Patrick Yang and Assumpta Gasana, working on projects that employ GIS methodologies to model transportation resilience. Patrick Yang is focusing on the use of pre & post event LiDAR data in modeling impacts of disaster on transportation networks and analyzing redundancy and resilience. Assumpta Gasana is focused on adapting HAZUS, a software tool created by the USGS for modeling and analyzing the impact of natural disasters, for use in Rwanda.
Kittiwake Foraging, Microclimate & Reproductive Success
Project: Kittiwake Foraging, Microclimate & Reproductive Success
Faculty: Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks
Student: Mae Lacey
Prof. Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks and her student researcher, Mae Lacey, spent summer 2017 researching the foraging and reproductive habits of Kittiwake birds nesting in a research tower on Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Prof. Benowitz-Fredericks contacted DPS with an interest in visualizing GPX (or ‘tracking’ data) she collected to show the foraging patterns of birds in her study. By comparing the distance and duration of foraging trips for the Kittiwake birds in the study, Prof. Benowitz-Frecericks hopes to learn more about the impact of climate change on this species of birds. Her research student Mae Lacy is doing a senior honors thesis on the microclimates & reproductive success of Kittiwakes at the research station, based on their different nesting locations on the tower. DPS is helping her visualize the data to determine whether the microclimate associated with each bird’s nesting location on the tower might impact its reproductive success.
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Valte is a flibbertigibbet! CROSSROADS Jonathan De la Cruz 06/11/2012
Valte is a flibbertigibbet!
Jonathan De la Cruz
An old respected teacher of mine who read my column “Syndicated hypocrisy” last Monday, June 4, wrote me a note advising that indeed it is the height of hypocrisy for administration officials, especially those within P-Noy’s inner circle to suddenly develop amnesia and start issuing out all kinds of excuses to shield them from the growing clamor for proper and responsible ‘”transparency and accountability” in public service. No less than P-Noy himself has been asked to abide by his campaign pledge to disclose his assets and issue an unconditional waiver for the Ombudsman and related agencies to look into his bank accounts.
“This volte face, “my teacher insisted, “is not only in complete disregard of P-Noy’s daang matuwid platform but a shameful demonstration of the administration’s tendency to flip flop on matters of critical concerns. It is disheartening and certainly does not augur well for the “new beginnings” which P-Noy and his crew have been trumpeting since day one of this administration.
A gentleman of the old school who has spent most of his years in the academe is especially critical of P-Noy’s spokesmen who have been issuing all kinds of excuses and half baked statements not only about this latest turn around but on such subjects as the imminent increase in power rates as well as the “sin tax” bill..... MORE
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Save Our State > Communities and Quality of Life > Communities in Crisis
California: The Road Warrior Is Here
Communities in Crisis California cities, towns, and counties suffering under corruption, crime, foreign influence or economic loss
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The author is a 5 generation California Farmer and College Professor.
Where’s Mel Gibson When You Need Him?
George Miller’s 1981 post-apocalyptic film The Road Warrior envisioned an impoverished world of the future. Tribal groups fought over what remained of a destroyed Western world of law, technology, and mass production. Survival went to the fittest — or at least those who could best scrounge together the artifacts of a long gone society somewhat resembling the present West.
In the case of the Australian film, the culprit for the detribalization of the Outback was some sort of global war or perhaps nuclear holocaust that had destroyed the social fabric. Survivors were left with a memory of modern appetites but without the ability to reproduce the means to satisfy them: in short, a sort of Procopius’s description of Gothic Italy circa AD 540.
Our Version
Sometimes, and in some places, in California I think we have nearly descended into Miller’s dark vision — especially the juxtaposition of occasional high technology with premodern notions of law and security. The state deficit is at $16 billion. Stockton went bankrupt; Fresno is rumored to be next. Unemployment stays over 10% and in the Central Valley is more like 15%. Seven out of the last eleven new Californians went on Medicaid, which is about broke. A third of the nation’s welfare recipients are in California. In many areas, 40% of Central Valley high school students do not graduate — and do not work, if the latest crisis in finding $10 an hour agricultural workers is any indication. And so on.
Our culprit out here was not the Bomb (and remember, Hiroshima looks a lot better today than does Detroit, despite the inverse in 1945). The condition is instead brought on by a perfect storm of events that have shred the veneer of sophisticated civilization. Add up the causes. One was the destruction of the California rural middle class. Manufacturing jobs, small family farms, and new businesses disappeared due to globalization, high taxes, and new regulations. A pyramidal society followed of a few absentee land barons and corporate grandees, and a mass of those on entitlements or working for government or employed at low-skilled service jobs. The guy with a viable 60 acres of almonds ceased to exist.
Illegal immigration did its share. No society can successfully absorb some 6-7 million illegal aliens, in less than two decades, the vast majority without English, legality, or education from the poorer provinces of Mexico, the arrivals subsidized by state entitlements while sending billions in remittances back to Mexico — all in a politicized climate where dissent is demonized as racism. This state of affairs is especially true when the host has given up on assimilation, integration, the melting pot, and basic requirements of lawful citizenship.
Terrible governance was also a culprit, in the sense that the state worked like a lottery: those lucky enough by hook or by crook to get a state job thereby landed a bonanza of high wages, good benefits, no accountability, and rich pensions that eventually almost broke the larger and less well-compensated general society. When I see hordes of Highway Patrolmen writing tickets in a way they did not before 2008, I assume that these are revenue-based, not safety-based, protocols — a little added fiscal insurance that pensions and benefits will not be cut.
A coarsening of popular culture — a nationwide phenomenon — was intensified, as it always is, in California. The internet, video games, and modern pop culture translated into a generation of youth that did not know the value of hard work or a weekend hike in the Sierra. They didn’t learn how to open a good history book or poem, much less acquire even basic skills such as mowing the lawn or hammering a nail. But California’s Generation X did know that they were “somebody” whom teachers and officials dared not reprimand, punish, prosecute, or otherwise pass judgment on for their anti-social behavior. Add all that up with a whiny, pampered, influential elite on the coast that was more worried about wind power, gay marriage, ending plastic bags in the grocery stores — and, well, you get the present-day Road Warrior culture of California.
Pre- and Post-Modern
I am writing tonight in Palo Alto after walking among nondescript 1,500 square-foot cottages of seventy-year vintage that sell for about $1.5-2 million and would go in a similar tree-shaded district in Fresno or Merced for about $100,000. Apparently, these coastal Californians want to be near Stanford and big money in Silicon Valley. They also must like the fact that they are safe to jog or ride bikes in skimpy attire and the general notion that there is “culture” here amid mild weather. I suppose when a car pulls out in front of you and hits your bumper on University Avenue, the driver has a license, registration, and insurance — and this is worth the extra million to live here. My young fellow apartment residents like to jog in swimming suits; they would last one nanosecond doing that on De Wolf Avenue outside Selma.
Survival?
Meanwhile, 200 miles and a world away, here are some of the concerns recently in the Valley. There is now an epidemic of theft from tarped homes undergoing fumigation. Apparently as professionals tent over homes infested with termites, gangs move into the temporarily abandoned houses to burrow under the tarps and loot the premises — convinced that the dangers of lingering poisonous gas are outweighed by the chance of easy loot. Who sues whom when the gangbanger prying into the closet is found gassed ? When I get termites, I spot treat myself with drill and canisters; even the professional services warn that they can kill off natural pests, but not keep out human ones.
No one in the Central Valley believes that they can stop the epidemic of looting copper wire. I know the local Masonic Hall is not the Parthenon, but you get the picture of our modern Turks prying off the lead seals of the building clamps of classical temples.
Protection is found only in self-help. To stop the Road Warriors from stripping the copper cable from your pump or the community’s street lights, civilization is encouraged to put in a video camera, more lighting, more encasement, a wire protective mesh — all based on the premise that the authorities cannot stop the thieves and your livelihood is predicated on the ingenuity of your own counter-terrorism protocols. But the thief is always the wiser: he calculates the cost of anti-theft measures, as well as the state’s bill in arresting, trying, and rehabilitating him, and so wagers that it is cheaper for all of us to let him be and just clean up his mess.
Reactionary Dreaming
In around 1960, rural California embraced modern civilization. By that I mean both in the trivial and fundamental sense. Rural dogs were usually vaccinated and licensed — and so monitored. Homes were subject to building codes and zoning laws; gone were the privies and lean-tos. Streets were not just paved, but well-paved. My own avenue was in far better shape in 1965 than it is now. Mosquito abatement districts regularly sprayed stagnant water ponds to ensure infectious disease remained a thing of our early-20th-century past. Now they merely warn us with West Nile Virus alerts. Ubiquitous “dumps” dotted the landscape, some of them private, ensuring, along with the general code of shame, that city-dwellers did not cast out their old mattresses or baby carriages along the side of the road. It seems the more environmental regulations, the scarcer the dumps and the more trash that litters roads and private property.
I walk each night around the farm. What is the weirdest find? A nearby alleyway has become a dumping place for the rotting corpses of fighting dogs. Each evening or so, a dead dog (pit bulls, Queensland terriers) with a rope and plenty of wounds is thrown up on the high bank. The coyotes make short work of the remains. Scattered about are several skeletons with ropes still around their necks. I suppose that at about 2 a.m. the organizers of dog fights drive in and cast out the evenings’ losers. I have never seen such a thing in 58 years (although finding plastic bags with dead kittens in the trash outside my vineyard was a close second). Where is PETA when you need them? Is not the epidemic of dog- and cock-fighting in central California a concern of theirs? (Is berating in Berkeley a corporation over meat-packing a bit more glamorous than running an education awareness program about animal fights in Parlier?)
Education, Education, Education…
The public schools were once the key to California’s ascendance. Universal education turned out well-prepared citizens who were responsible for California’s rosy future — one based on an excellent tripartite higher education system of junior colleges, state colleges, and universities; sophisticated dams and irrigation systems; and a network of modern freeways and roads. In the private sphere, the culture of shame still prevailed, at least in the sense that no one wanted his 16-year-old son identified in the papers (with his home address no less) as arrested for breaking and entering. And such crime was rare. Rural California was a checkerboard of 40- and 80-acre farms, with families that were viable economic units and with children who worked until dark after school. It is hard to steal when you must disc ten acres after baseball practice.
I think it is a fair assessment to say that all of the above is long past. Since about 1992, on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) testing, California ranks between 41 and 48 in math and science, depending on the year and the particular grade that is assessed. About half of the incoming freshmen at the California State University system — the largest public university in the world — are not qualified to take college courses, and must first complete “remediation” to attain a level of competence that was assumed forty years ago in the senior year of high school. The students I taught at CSU Fresno were far better prepared in 1984 than those in 2004 are; the more money, administrators, “learning centers,” and counselors, the worse became the class work.
I finally threw out my old syllabi last month: the 1985 Greek Literature in Translation course at CSU Fresno seemed to read like a Harvard class in comparison to my 2003 version with half the reading, half the writing, and all sorts of directions on how to make up missed work and flunked exams. It wasn’t just that I lost my standards, but that I lost my students who could read.
Life in the Whatever Lane
Does any of that matter? Well, yes. Those who are not educated soon inherit the reins of public responsibility. In practical terms, the symptoms are everywhere. I now expect that my county property tax returns will have common errors, from the spelling of my name or address to the particular acreage assessed.
When entering the bank, I expect people not just to not speak English, but occasionally not to write any language, and thus put a mark down, in Old West fashion, to cash their checks.
When I deal with a public agency, I assume the person on the opposite end of the counter or phone will not to be able to transact the requested service, or at least not be able to transact any other service other than the narrow one trained for. Calling any public agency is to receive a recording and then an incoherent order to press numerous buttons that lead to more recordings. Woe to the poor fool who walks into a Department of Motor Vehicles office on an average day, seeking to obtain a copy of his pink slip or find a registration form. The response is “get a number,” “make an appointment,” “get in line,” “wait,” or “see a supervisor.”
I quit not just riding a bike on the rural avenues where I grew up, but walking upon them as well. Why? There is a good chance (twice now) of being bitten not just by a loose dog without vaccination, but by one whose owner is either unable to communicate or vanishes when hunted down. And then there are the official agencies whose de facto policy is that our ancestors did such a good job eradicating rabies that we can more or less coast on their fumes.
Forty years ago I assumed rightly that cars parked along the side of the road were out of gas or needed repair. Now? I expect that the cars are much more reliable, but the owner of any car parked outside my house is either stealing fruit, casing the joint, using drugs, or inebriated. Last week I explained to a passer-by why he could not steal the peaches from my trees; he honestly thought not only that he could, but that he almost was obligated to.
What makes The Road Warrior so chilling a metaphor is the combination of the premodern and postmodern. While utter chaos reigns in rural California, utter absurdity reigns inside the barricades, so to speak, on the coast. So, for example, San Franciscans will vote on whether to blow up the brilliantly engineered Hetch Hetchy water project (I bet they won’t vote yes), more or less the sole source of water for the San Francisco Bay Area. The National Park Service debates blowing up historic stone bridges over the Merced River in Yosemite Valley — as hyper-environmentalists assume that they have so much readily available power and water from prior generations at their fingertips that they have the luxury of dreaming of returning to a preindustrial California. Of course, they have no clue that their romance is already reified outside Madera, Fresno, or Bakersfield.
High-Speed Madness
Take the new high-speed rail project, whose first link is designated to zoom not far from my house. An empiricist would note there is already an Amtrak (money-losing) line from Fresno to Corcoran (home of Charles Manson). There is now no demand to use another lateral (getting nowhere more quickly?). There is no proof that California public agencies — from universities to the DMV — can fulfill their present responsibilities in such a way that we would have confidence that new unionized state workers could run such a dangerous thing as high-speed rail (e.g., if we can’t keep sofas and washing machines out of the local irrigation ponds, why do we think we could keep them off high-speed rail tracks? Do we think we are French?).
If one were to drive on the 99, the main interior north-south “highway” from the Grapevine to Sacramento, one would find places, like south of Kingsburg, where two poorly paved, potholed, and crowded lanes ensure lots of weekly accidents. Can a state that has not improved its ancestors’ highway in 50 years be entrusted to build high-speed mass transit? Can a state presently $16 billion in arrears be expected to finance a $100 billion new project? Can a state that ranks 48th in math field the necessary personnel to build and operate such a postmodern link?
We Are Scary
One of the strangest things about Road Warrior was the ubiquity of tattooed, skin-pierced tribal people with shaved heads and strange clothes. At least the cast and sets seemed shocking some thirty years ago. If I now sound like a reactionary then so be it: but when I go to the store, I expect to see not just the clientele, but often some of the workers, with “sleeves” — a sort of throwback to red-figure Athenian vase painting where the ink provides the background and the few patches of natural skin denote the silhouetted image. And stranger still is the aging Road Warrior: these are folks in their forties who years ago got pierced and tattooed and aged with their sagging tribal insignia, some of them now denoting defunct gangs and obsolete popular icons.
I am not naïve enough (as Horace’s laudator temporis acti ) to wish to return to the world of my grandfather (my aunt was crippled for life with polio, my grandmother hobbled with the scars and adhesions from an unoperated-on, ruptured appendix, my grandfather battled glaucoma each morning with vials of eye drops), when around 1960, in tie and straw hat, he escorted me to the barber. The latter trimmed my hair in his white smock and bowtie, calling me at eight years old Mr. Hanson.
Like Road Warrior, again, what frightens is this mish-mash of violence with foppish culture, of official platitudes and real-life chaos: the illiterate and supposedly impoverished nonetheless fishing through the discounted video game barrel at Wal-Mart; the much-heralded free public transit bus zooming around on electrical or natural gas power absolutely empty of riders, as the impoverished prefer their Camrys and Civics; ads encouraging new food stamp users as local fast-food franchises have lines of cars blocking traffic on the days when government cards are electronically recharged; the politician assuring us that California is preeminent as he hurries home to his Bay Area cocoon.
I find myself insidiously adopting the Road Warrior survival code. Without any systematic design, I notice that in the last two years I have put a hand pump on my grandfather’s abandoned well in the yard and can pump fresh water without electricity. I put in an outdoor kitchen, tied into a 300-gallon propane tank, that can fuel a year of cooking. I am getting more dogs (all vaccinated and caged); for the first time in my life I inventoried all my ancestors’ guns in all the closets and found shotguns, deer rifles, .22s etc.
I have an extra used pickup I chose not to sell always gassed in the garage. For all sorts of scrapes and minor injuries, sprains, simple finger fractures, etc., I self-treat — anything to avoid going into the local emergency room (reader, you will too, when Obamacare kicks in). And the more I talk to neighbors, the more I notice that those who stayed around are sort of ready for our Road Warrior world. At night if I happen to hear Barack Obama on the news or read the latest communiqué from Jerry Brown, the world they pontificate about in no way resembles the world I see: not the freeways, not the medical system, not the educational establishment, not law enforcement, not the “diversity,” not anything.
Hope and Change
Yet I am confident of better days to come. Sometimes I dream of the booming agricultural export market. Sometimes hopes arise with reports of gargantuan new finds of gas and oil in California. At other times, it is news of closing borders, and some progress in the assimilation of our various tribes. Sometimes a lone brave teacher makes the news for insisting that her students read Shakespeare. On occasion, I think the people silently seethe and resent their kingdom of lies, and so may prove their anger at the polls, perhaps this November.
One looks for hope where one can find it.
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Singapore Airlines profit sinks on fuel costs, Virgin Australia losses
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines Ltd reported an 81 percent plunge in second-quarter earnings, hurt by higher fuel prices, lower airfares and non-cash losses at its part-owned Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd.
The airline said bookings in the coming months were expected to be stronger year-on-year.
“However, headwinds continue to persist in the form of cost pressures arising from significantly elevated fuel prices compared to a year ago, as well as keen competition in key operating markets,” Singapore Airlines said in a statement.
The carrier, a benchmark for Asia’s premium airline industry, posted a net profit of S$56 million ($40.5 million) for the quarter ended Sept. 30, down from S$293 million a year earlier. The prior-year figure was restated due to accounting changes.
Excluding the S$116 million loss relating to its 20 percent stake in Virgin Australia, the company reported an adjusted net profit of S$172 million, down 41 percent from a year earlier.
Group revenue rose 5.4 percent to S$4.06 billion during the quarter as the airline added capacity and filled a higher proportion of seats.
However, yields, a proxy for ticket prices, fell 2.2 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, failing to help offset the impact of a 24 percent rise in fuel prices.
That yield decline was less steep than a first-quarter decrease of 3.2 percent but bucks a broader global industry trend toward rising fares, including at regional rivals like Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd.
Singapore Airlines is in the second year of a three-year transformation plan designed to cut costs and boost revenue. It plans to merge regional arm SilkAir into its main brand after 2020.
Its low-cost carrier Scoot, which raised fares by around 5 percent from Sept. 1 in reaction to higher oil prices, swung to an S$11 million operating loss during the second quarter from a S$2 million profit a year earlier as fuel and expansion costs outpaced revenue growth.
Singapore Airlines’ management team will hold a detailed briefing for investors and media on Wednesday.
The airline’s shares, which fell 1.8 percent on Tuesday, have fallen by 11.7 percent since January.
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Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed – Adam Hester
Music Director – Rebecca Lowrey
Harpist – Danielle Cordray
Costume Design – Alexander Eddins
Set Design – Gary Varner
Properties – Donna Hester
Sound Designer – Kathryn Marbry
Lighting Designer – Alex Bigus
El Gallo – Wyn Delano
Matt – Jonathon Steffins
Luisa – Nicole Neely
Hucklebee – Russell Vaden
Bellomy – David Tinney
Henry – Gordon Fox
Mortimer – Michael Stafford
Mute – Shannon Walsh
Reviewed by Scott W. Davis , Associate Critic for John Garcia's THE COLUMN
The Fantasticks has been around for a long time. Firehouse theatre brings its rendition of the show to the DFW area for all to enjoy. The show was written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt in 1960 and ran off Broadway for an astonishing 42 years straight making it the longest running musical ever. The show can be set in any time period but most settle for the mid 1800’s prior to electricity. The story follows two main characters Matt and Luisa’s journey through love with of course a few pitfalls for them to triumph over. Usually done with a minimal set and band The Fantasticks tends to be a favorite for many community theatres around the country.
The Firehouse’s production definitely reminded me of the days of living in New York with very little cash needing something to do that evening. There’s always The Fantasticks to go to, and we did many times. This was one of the best times at a theatre that I’ve had in a long time. Director Adam Hester put together a wonderful team to recreate this gem of a show with help of course from Rebecca Lowrey. Design team aside Mr. Hester’s casting is just as good with several DFW veterans including Gordon Fox, David Tinney, Shannon Walsh, Russell Vaden, and Nicole Neely. Then the addition of DFW new comers Wyn Delano, Michael Stafford, and Jonathon Steffins he builds a truly all star cast. The show flows nicely from scene to scene with little to no breaks. Mr. Hester has blocked the show in a way that the action stays center through most of the show but utilizes the scaffolding nicely to break up the monotony. I was glad to see that Mr. Hester used the alternative abduction scene rather than the rape scene for this production, the rape scene may have been appropriate in the 60’s but I do rather agree more with the abduction scene instead.
The set was designed by Gary Varner and really made good use of space in the theatre. While being very traditional to the show there was scaffolding up stage center with a platform jetting out from under it. The band was placed off stage right far enough to not get in the way of the show but were still visible from the audience. The ramps coming off of the center platform were designed in non specific geometric shapes which made it fun to look at but I always worried when the cast started to dance on it because of the odd cuts. The scaffolding was actually useable which, was a nice touch to give the actors another area to work with.
The musical direction was wonderful. Rebecca Lowrey was on piano and Danielle Cordray was the harpist. I was wondering if Ms. Lowrey was going to add the harpist or just do piano accompaniment, great decision to add the harp. The two musicians played wonderfully together and the harp was actually prominent during the show. I couldn’t tell from where I was sitting if it was going through the sound system or not but even sitting all the way across the room I could hear them both.
When you see this show you will have to agree with me on this one statement. The costumes were brilliant. Alexander Eddins costumes the show with tons of color and style. Bellomy’s pink and orange suit was just fitting for David Tinney to wear. Luisa’s dresses were just as fitting for the character. Really the only color on the set came from the costumes which all were fabulous. You can never go wrong with pink, orange, Indians, and a uni-suit.
The places in the show that fell subpar were sound and lights. Sound designer Kathryn Marbry had microphones on everyone but from where we were sitting there were several characters that couldn’t be heard over the other singers or the piano. With that said I will say that we never once had any feedback through the entire show which is never easy when your theatre is built in a big brick room. Lighting designer Alex Bigus took on the challenge of lighting the show and for the most part the show was lit well. The colors used in the show complimented the costumes extremely well. For some reason Mr. Bigus used a lot of zero count fades which became very distracting during the show.
Props designer Donna Hester came up with a lot of great props for the show. The wooden swords were a great choice that I’ve never seen used before but it made the fight scene a heck of a lot funnier. I mean who dies from a wooden sword? When the need for the real thing comes up doesn’t worry Ms. Hester has that covered with a couple of real rapiers instead. My favorite prop though was the chest that everything comes out of, including actors!
Shannon Walsh plays the mute but does double duty as the choreographer for the production. The choreography was well done for the acting area that she had to work with. Ms. Walsh’s use of every inch of the stage during full numbers was extremely well done so every audience member got a view of what was going on. As far as her performance goes it was just as good. It’s not easy to stay on stage for almost the entire show and never say a word. Ms. Walsh uses her body to say what she’s thinking. I loved the way she moved her appendages in swift fluid movements mesmerizing the audience. One of the best characters in the show I do believe.
El Gallo the villain is one of the first characters on stage in this show. The minute he started to sing I was hooked on the voice. Wyn Delano’s baritone vocals were boisterous and full through the entire show. Mr. Delano backs up the vocals with one of the most active roles in the show having to dance on ladders and jump around through much of the show. Even with the extra movement his vocals never wavered and were a pleasant surprise to see.
Jonathon Steffins and Nicole Neely play the love interests Matt and Luisa. Both of them had their high points in the show. Mr. Steffins really shines through all the numbers he’s in but I couldn’t stop laughing through the number round and round. He plays so well off of Gordon Fox through the number. His ability to play off of others shows well with Ms. Neely. The couple together has a sort of magic that makes them seem like they’ve known each other for years. Honestly though Ms. Neely doesn’t need anyone to make her presence known. The singing does it on its own. I’ve heard a lot of sopranos in my life and I would rate her among some of the best. Every note was crisp and clear enough to tell what she was singing and it just blended well during the full numbers.
Hucklebee and Bellomy are the fathers to Matt and Luisa. They live next door to each other and tend to get along most of the time. Hucklebee is portrayed by Russell Vaden and Bellomy is played by David Tinney. Some of the best chemistry in this production comes from these two actors. They both banter extremely well off of each other during the majority of scenes. A huge thing to me is facial expressions especially in a show where the audience is that close to the stage and I couldn’t stop laughing at Mr. Vaden or Mr. Tinney during the back yard fight scene. I mean it was brilliantly funny to watch these two play off of each other.
Henry and Mortimer are the last two characters in the show. Henry, an old time actor, and Mortimer, a young actor apprentice steal this show. Part of what made this so extremely funny to me was the fact that the last time I saw Gordon Fox on stage was 1776 at Lyric Stage so when I saw Caesar Rodney climbing out of a trunk I nearly lost it. What a pleasure it was to see the comedic side of this veteran actor. His side kick Michael Stafford does extremely well keeping up the comedy though. When you see this show make sure to watch all the deaths happen then compare it to Mr. Stafford’s. None will compare.
I love this show and I loved The Firehouses production of it. It’s a silly show that gives an audience the chance to forget about bills, not worry about health issues, or stress about anything for a couple of hours. It’s a fun family friendly show and is a great introduction to theatre for those who have never gone before. So pick up the family and swing by Farmers Branch for a couple of hours this weekend.
2535 Valley View Lane
Farmers Branch, Texas 75234
E-mail: office@thefirehousetheatre.com
This show runs June 2, 2016 to June 19, 2016 at the Firehouse Theatre. Tickets run from $18 to $22.
For more information go to www.thefirehousetheatre.com
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WHO names Ebola response chief
February 3, 2015 The Pioneer News Health
Geneva: The World Health Organization said Tuesday it had appointed its assistant director-general Bruce Aylward to head its overall response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.
It also said an independent commission was being created to assess WHO´s widely criticised response to the epidemic, after the UN agency admitted last month it had been caught napping on Ebola and pledged reforms to avoid similar mistakes in the future.
WHO chief Margaret Chan “appointed Dr. Bruce Aylward as the Special Representative for the Ebola Response with immediate effect and for the duration of the outbreak,” spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told reporters.
Aylward, she said, will be responsible for coordinating all the different aspects of the agency´s response to the devastating outbreak, which has killed nearly 9,000 people, almost all of them in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The Canadian national will also work closely with other UN agencies, the African Union and others “to support the Ebola affected countries (in their efforts) to control the epidemic,” Chaib said.
The assessment commission will present an interim report in May and conduct a full review of WHO´s handling of the epidemic once the outbreak is over, she said.
This “will help to guide future work in emergencies and outbreaks,” Chaib said.
The UN health agency, which only declared a “health emergency of international concern” in September — 10 months after the virus emerged — has faced blistering criticism that its response has been slow and shoddy.
The outbreak appears to be waning, with the WHO last week announcing that the number of laboratory-confirmed Ebola infections had dropped below 100 new cases a week for the first time in more than half a year.
The agency said it has shifted its efforts from slowing the spread to stamping it out completely.
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Lion King, The PG
From Disney Live Action, director Jon Favreau's all-new -The Lion King- journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother -and former heir to the throne- has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
DetailsAnimation , Action/Adventure
Rated PG for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elementsCastDonald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre WoodardDirectorJon FavreauWriterJeff Nathanson
Advance Showings Thursday (7/18) at 7pm and 9:30pm
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This week the Travel Channel's hit new show Food Wars visits the Big Easy in search of the city's best shrimp po' boy. Camille Ford will pit Parkway Bakery against Domilese's for a winner-take-all in a Third Coast battle royal.
According to Parkway's web site they are, "a New Orleans tradition located at the corner of Hagan and Toulouse overlooking Bayou St. John. Our restaurant is the New Orleans po-boy destination in a nostalgic setting. Enjoy dining at Parkway. We take phone orders. Hope to see you soon!"
Brett Anderson of the Times-Picayune says of Domilese's, "Dot Domilise, the matron of New Orleans' quintessential po-boy operation, plies her trade in an open kitchen that's no bigger than an economy car and equipped like the bed of a serious tailgater's pickup, only with deep fryers. Under the glare of customers who willingly wait in a long line to grab a number for the privilege of continuing to wait in line to order, Domilise performs a stoic ballet unique to this old corner barroom, slicing the super-fresh bread (Leidenheimer delivers twice a day) to hand-load with straight-from-the-fryer seafood, which at Domilise's is "dressed" with ketchup unless you specify otherwise."
Hostess Camille Ford has a sultry look and a sexy tomboy personality that makes you think she’d be fun to watch the game with. And while Ford isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty she has a polished elegance that suggests her star is just beginning to shine. Her dreamy eyes and strong cheek bones give her an exotic look reminiscent of raven haired starlets like Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. She is joined for this episode by New Orleans Saint Super Bowl hero Tracy Porter who sealed the game with his pick-six of the Colt's Peyton Manning.
The episode airs Wednesday September 15th at 10/9 CT on the Travel Channel.
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