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Al Qaeda's air force
"Syria's President Speaks: A Conversation With Bashar al-Assad" (in Foreign Affairs!!!):
"But the Israelis have been very careful since the war began to not get involved except when they felt their interests were directly threatened.
That’s not true, because they’ve been attacking Syria now for nearly two years, without any reason.
But in each case, they say it’s because Hezbollah was being given weapons from Iran through Syria.
They attacked army positions. What is the relation between Hezbollah and the army?
Those were cases where the army accidentally shelled ...
Those are false allegations.
So what do you think Israel’s agenda is?
They are supporting the rebels in Syria. It’s very clear. Because whenever we make advances in some place, they make an attack in order to undermine the army. It’s very clear. That’s why some in Syria joke: “How can you say that al Qaeda doesn’t have an air force? They have the Israeli air force.”"
"A logical and cogent suicide thesis for Alberto Nisman" I don't for one second believe it was suicide, but the fact that the investigation is pointing that way is fairly strong evidence that the actual murder was conducted by Argentine intelligence services, the same group which was feeding Nisman the Zionist lies, and, of course, the same group which controls the investigation. The ultimate goal is a return to extreme right-wing government in Argentina.
"Alberto Nisman shooting: Journalist Damian Pachter flees Argentina in fear for his life after breaking the story":
"Argentina suspects rogue agents from its own intelligence services were behind Mr Nisman's death. The government said last week it believed Mr Nisman's allegations and his death were linked to a power struggle at Argentina's intelligence agency and agents who had recently been fired."
'Rogue' is the way to let the matter die without getting into a full-fledged battle with the out-of-control intelligence services.
"Israel’s False Flags over Argentina" Tying the 1994 bombing to domestic Israeli politics at the time.
"US Special Forces in Mariupol?" ""Out Of My Face Please" - Why Are US Soldiers In Mariupol?" The good news is that Americans are just as ineffective in Ukraine as they are everywhere else, and the freedom fighters continue to prevail.
"Occupier’s justice: heads and tails you lose" by Jonathan Cook. An excellent example of the legal shenanigans which every honest person in the world identifies as 'Jewish'. See also Lawfare, various land-stealing tricks used by the Jewish National Fund, tax trickery in Canada and the US, Dersh's life work, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc . . .
"WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government" Letter to Google. No shock at all when you realize that Google is no more and no less than a branch office of the Pentagon.
The main problem with conspiracy theory these days is that it does not go far enough - things are much, much, much more radically fucked than anyone is capable of believing. The Highlands Forum is just a taste (note the fact that false-flag terrorism is an official part of American special operations, and, as usual, the central role of Rumsfeld):
"Official corroboration that this strategy is now operational came with the leak of a 2008 US Army special operations field manual. The US military, the manual said, can conduct irregular and unconventional warfare by using surrogate non-state groups such as “paramilitary forces, individuals, businesses, foreign political organizations, resistant or insurgent organizations, expatriates, transnational terrorism adversaries, disillusioned transnational terrorism members, black marketers, and other social or political ‘undesirables.’” Shockingly, the manual specifically acknowledged that US special operations can involve both counterterrorism and “Terrorism,” as well as: “Transnational criminal activities, including narco-trafficking, illicit arms-dealing, and illegal financial transactions.” The purpose of such covert operations is, essentially, population control — they are “specifically focused on leveraging some portion of the indigenous population to accept the status quo,” or to accept “whatever political outcome” is being imposed or negotiated.
By this twisted logic, terrorism can in some cases be defined as a legitimate tool of US statecraft by which to influence populations into accepting a particular “political outcome” — all in the name fighting terrorism.
Is this what the Pentagon was doing by coordinating the nearly $1 billion of funding from Gulf regimes to anti-Assad rebels, most of which according to the CIA’s own classified assessments ended up in the coffers of violent Islamist extremists linked to al-Qaeda, who went on to spawn the ‘Islamic State’?
The rationale for the new strategy was first officially set out in an August 2002 briefing for the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board, which advocated the creation of a ‘Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group’ (P2OG) within the National Security Council. P2OG, the Board proposed, must conduct clandestine operations to infiltrate and “stimulate reactions” among terrorist networks to provoke them into action, and thus facilitate targeting them.
The Defense Science Board is, like other Pentagon agencies, intimately related with the Highlands Forum, whose work feeds into the Board’s research, which in turn is regularly presented at the Forum.
According to the US intelligence sources who spoke to Hersh, Rumsfeld had ensured that the new brand of black operations would be conducted entirely under Pentagon jurisdiction, firewalled off from the CIA and regional US military commanders, and executed by its own secret special operations command. That chain of command would include, apart from the defense secretary himself, two of his deputies including the undersecretary of defense for intelligence: the position overseeing the Highlands Forum."
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Who's awake?
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Atta-esque
We should always assume false flag, first
Does this look like a child molester to you?
How to meet the Queen
Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of Robert Maxwell!...
Abu Anas al Libi
2015 already better than 2014
Sneak a quick coup in over the New Year
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Greatest Jazz Songs of All Time
Jazz Song
100 Greatest Jazz Songs of All Time
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No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. It first appeared on the album Giant Steps and is notable for its use of a variety of rich chords. There's no Glenn Miller on this list! Questions must be on-topic, written with proper grammar usage, and understandable to a wide audience.
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It was the first jazz instrumental to sell a million copies. Brilliant Jazz Albums Artist. First, battery booster blackberry I really love jazz music.
If you made it you still would disappoint some people. The album topped both the soul and jazz albums chart and peaked at number ten on the pop chart. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. This song marked a transition in jazz music, bringing in more elements of funk.
Sophisticated Swing, Cannonball Enroute. The Last Great Trumpet Innovator. Smooth jazz that was anything but smooth. This is where Coltrane started to come into his own, composition-wise.
Jazz knows no limits and no boundaries. Jazz is much better then the pop stuff they play over and over again on the radio this is why I have an ipod. It appear on the album Tequila, a mostly Latin-flavored album. This is also Hubbard's eighteenth overall album.
Gone way before his time, this cut is a prime example of the way Grover Washington, Jr. So glad you included Django and Jaco.
Many near and dear to my heart. But everybody is a critic. It was one of the greatest lineups in jazz history. Please, can anybody tell me what is the real name of this song?
To provide a better website experience, spinditty. Clearly there have been some dissenting voices, but as a newcomer I thank you for opening my ears to some really great stuff.
Found your hub on the web searching for jazz titles! How do I get my albums on Pandora? Lady Day poured her heart, soul, and every fabric of her being into this cut. This cut molded jazz into something different.
Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. This song marked the height of Weather Report's commercial success. Thank you for the added video clips. It turned me on to some new music.
This is a phenomenally complex arrangement. Bravo for putting out this brilliant list which attempts the impossible. Straight life is over minutes long.
It's one of the most powerful, transcendent songs ever. Take five is an awesome song. This is the only song on the album that Cannonball Adderley sits out. Coltrane used to play for the Davis band.
And he influenced them all. The song is set in the Dorian mode. HubPages and Hubbers authors may earn revenue on this page based on affiliate relationships and advertisements with partners including Amazon, Google, and others. Coltrane Thirty-two-and-a-half minutes of pure, freeform bliss.
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Boston Bruins' Charlie McAvoy, right, celebrates his goal against the St. Louis Blues with Marcus Johansson, left, during the second period in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Monday, May 27, 2019, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Latest: Bruins knot Cup opener vs Blues at 2-2
BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the Stanley Cup Final (all times local):
The St. Louis Blues finally paid for their parade to the penalty box.
Defenseman Charlie McAvoy scored a power-play goal for the Boston Bruins 12:41 into the second period to tie the score at 2. Oskar Sundqvist was in the box for St. Louis with the team's fourth penalty of the game.
Boston's power play ranks first in the playoffs, and Blues players stressed the need to be disciplined in the days leading up to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
In the audience was New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who received a loud ovation.
It was the latest public appearance by Kraft, who is currently embroiled in a Florida case in which he is facing a misdemeanor charge for allegedly soliciting a prostitute at a massage parlor.
Despite the charge, Kraft has remained visible at Boston sports events. It included him being regular during the Boston Celtics' playoff run.
Two quick goals in the second period of the Stanley Cup Final opener in Boston between the Bruins and the St. Louis Blues.
Just 76 seconds after Vladimir Tarasenko gave the Blues a two-goal lead, rookie defenseman Connor Clifton scored to cut the Boston deficit to 2-1.
A bad turnover by Boston's David Pastrnak set up Tarasenko to beat Tuukka Rask for his ninth playoff goal. It was the second goal already in the game for the Blues' red-hot first line of Jaden Schwartz, Braden Schenn and Tarasenko.
Clifton then streaked toward the net and scored his second of the playoffs off a feed from Sean Kuraly.
The St. Louis Blues take a 1-0 lead into the second period of the Stanley Cup Final opener in Boston.
Brayden Schenn's goal 7:23 into the game was the Blues' first score in a Cup final since 1970.
The Blues scored first for the 14th time in 20 playoff games and are 10-3 so far when doing so. They're also 6-1 when leading after the first period.
Discipline continues to be an issue for St. Louis, which took two penalties and put Boston's playoff-best power play to work. With goaltender Jordan Binnington not looking at all nervous, the Blues killed off each penalty and had one of the shots ring off the post.
The St. Louis Blues have scored first in the Stanley Cup Final.
Brayden Schenn fired a wrist shot past Boston goaltender Tuuka Rask 7:23 into Game 1 for his third goal of the playoffs and the team's first in a Cup final since 1970.
Task made an initial save and a second shot went wide, but Schenn wound up with the puck and plenty of room in front to stake in for a blast over Rask's blocker.
The chess match between Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy and Blues coach Craig Berube started immediately.
After Berube chose to start Game 1 with his fourth line of Alex Steen, Oskar Sundqvist and Ivan Barbashev, Cassidy responded in kind — starting his fourth line of Joakim Nordstrom, Sean Kuraly and Noel Acciari.
Cassidy has already said Boston's top line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak will go up against St. Louis' top line of Jaden Schwartz, Schenn and Vladimir Tarasenko.
The Stanley Cup Final is underway between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins.
The Bruins leaned on two past championship teams in the lead-up to Game 1 on home ice. Bobby Orr scoring his famous 1970 Stanley Cup-winning overtime goal against the Blues was the final clip show on the video screens before members of the 2011 title-winning team fired up the crowd at TD Garden.
The Blues haven't been back to the final since that 1970 series. They have reached the final three previous times and been swept each time.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the league will not hold exhibition games in China prior to next season. Daly cited the inability for the league to book what's necessary for those games because of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of the rise of communism there.
The NHL staged two preseason games in China in each of the past two years. The Boston Bruins, who open the Stanley Cup Final against the St. Louis Blues, went to China before this season.
Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league has not changed its stance on Olympic participation. The NHL sent players to five Olympics from 1998-2014 but did not for Pyeongchang in 2018, and the issue is expected to be discussed as part of collective bargaining talks.
Beijing is set to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will consider expanded video review after a couple of high-profile missed calls during the playoffs.
During his annual state of the NHL speech prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, Bettman says general managers will discuss potential expansion of video review at their meeting in June. Bettman says the league is "very" concerned about slowing down games with extra reviews.
With Vegas leading 3-0 in Game 7 in the first round, Cody Eakin was assessed a major penalty for a hit on San Jose's Joe Pavelski that the league told the Golden Knights was not the right call. The Sharks scored four times on the ensuing major penalty and won 5-4 in overtime.
San Jose also won Game 3 of the Western Conference final after on-ice officials missed a hand pass immediately before the overtime winner. That is not subject to review.
Currently, only goals can be reviewed — either by the situation room in Toronto or by coach's challenge for offside or goaltender interference. Bettman did say the NHL likely won't reduce what can be reviewed.
Vince Dunn is making progress to return to the St. Louis Blues' lineup after taking a puck to the face in Game 3 of the Western Conference final.
Dunn practiced Monday for the third consecutive day and shed the full face shield he skated with over the weekend in favor of a regular visor. Coach Craig Berube says Dunn won't play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final in Boston but is getting closer to being ready for game action.
The 22-year-old defenseman missed the last three games of the West final after taking a puck off his left cheek. Asked if Dunn was talking better, captain Alex Pietrangelo joked, "Yeah, his teeth are coming in."
Dunn has seven points in 16 playoff games.
Brad Marchand is expected to play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final despite leaving the Boston Bruins' morning skate early.
Coach Bruce Cassidy says Marchand is good to go for the series opener against the St. Louis Blues, and Boston's leading scorer in the playoffs did not have anything visible on his left hand when speaking with reporters. Marchand jammed the hand during a scrimmage Thursday night and skipped practice Sunday for maintenance.
Cassidy expects to match up the first line of Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak against the Blues' top trio of Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn and Vladimir Tarasenko. They've been on fire in the eight games since coach Craig Berube reunited them.
Berube said banged-up forward Robert Thomas is good to play Monday night. Vince Dunn will miss his fourth consecutive game with an upper-body injury, though Berube said the 22-year-old defensemen is getting closer to returning.
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FILE - In this Friday, April 26, 2019, file photo, National Rifle Association President Col. Oliver North speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Former NRA President North says in court filings that he was thwarted at every step as he tried to raise alarm bells about alleged misspending at the gun lobbying group. He denied that he had tried to stage a coup to oust NRA’s longtime top executive. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Oliver North says NRA is smearing him to avoid scrutiny
Oliver North, the retired Marine who was pushed out as president of the National Rifle Association in a dispute within the gun-rights group, said in court documents filed Thursday that he was thwarted when he tried to raise alarm bells about alleged misspending and denied that he tried to oust the...
FILE - In this April 9, 2008 file photo, then French chairman and CEO of France telecom Group Didier Lombard poses at the MIPTV (International Television Programme Market), in Cannes, southern France. A trial in which French mobile phone company Orange, its former CEO Didier Lombard and others have been accused of moral harassment linked to a spate of suicides between 2006 and 2009, is ending Thursday July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
French trial accusing Orange of moral harassment wraps
PARIS (AP) — A trial in which French mobile phone company Orange, its former CEO Didier Lombard and others have been accused of moral harassment linked to a spate of suicides between 2006 and 2009, ended Thursday. The company, formerly France Telecom, is accused of using methods to "destabilize"...
FILE - In this June 23, 2019 file photo Eddie Haskell, right, with jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard, win the third race during the last day of the winter/spring meet at the Santa Anita Park race track in Arcadia, Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law, Wednesday June 26,2019 that would give the California Horsing Racing Board the authority to immediately suspend the license of Santa Anita. Thirty horses have died at the track in recent months. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Breeders' Cup to add to safety measures at Santa Anita
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Breeders' Cup will increase the number of veterinarians on site during its world championships this fall at Santa Anita, where 30 horses died during the racing meet that recently concluded. That's according to Craig Fravel, president and chief executive of the Breeders' Cup,...
File---Picture taken March 20, 2019 shows CEO of the German car manufacturer BMW, Harald Krueger, attending the earnings press conference in Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — BMW CEO Harald Krueger is stepping down after a four-year tenure in which the automaker lost its lead in luxury car sales and saw an early head start in electric vehicles evaporate. The Germany company said Friday that Krueger, 53, would not seek an extension of his...
FILE - In this March 28, 1990, file photo, Chrysler Corporation Chairman Lee Iacocca sits in a 1990 Dodge Viper sports car as the Chrysler in the 90's six city tour makes a visit to New York. Former Chrysler CEO Iacocca, who became a folk hero for rescuing the company in the '80s, has died, former colleagues said Tuesday, July 2, 2019. He was 94. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda, File)
Lee Iacocca, engineer of Chrysler's turnaround, dies at 94
DETROIT (AP) — Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford's lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, California. He was 94. Two former Chrysler executives who worked with him, Bud...
Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has died at age 94
President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is photographed on an Apple iPad in New York, Thursday, June 27, 2019. Trump’s next tweet might come with a warning label. Starting Thursday tweets that Twitter deems in the public interest, but which violate the service’s rules, will be obscured by a warning explaining the violation. Users will have to tap through the warning to see the underlying message. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Politicians' tweets could get slapped with warning labels
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Presidents and other world leaders and political figures who use Twitter to threaten or abuse others could find their tweets slapped with warning labels. The new policy , announced by the company on Thursday, comes amid complaints from activists and others that President Donald...
FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2019 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and chief design officer Jonathan Ive look at the Mac Pro in the display room at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. On Thursday, June 27, 2019, Apple said that Ive, chief design officer, will be leaving after more than two decades at the company to start his own firm. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Jony Ive, the designer behind the iPhone, is leaving Apple
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man behind the iconic designs of the iPhone, iMac and iPad is leaving Apple. Chief Design Officer Jony Ive is departing after more than two decades at Apple to start his own design firm, the company said Thursday. But he's not completely severing ties with the company he...
FILE - In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. Zuckerberg says the company is evaluating how it should handle “deepfake” videos created with artificial intelligence and high-tech tools to yield false but realistic clips. He said in an interview Wednesday, June 26, 2019 that it may make sense to treat such videos differently from other misinformation such as false news. Facebook has long held that it should not decide what is and isn’t true, leaving such calls instead to outside fact-checkers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Zuckerberg says company 'evaluating' deepfake video policy
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is evaluating how it should handle "deepfake" videos created with artificial intelligence and high-tech tools to yield false but realistic clips. In an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said...
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Is Ben Simmons Worth All That Money?
Nick Bhasin
Views Editor
Ben Simmons is set to become the highest paid Australian athlete of all time, having been offered a $240.4 million five-year contract extension -– even though he can’t and/or won’t shoot a basketball.
That’s an exaggeration. He’ll shoot from within 10 feet, anywhere around the paint. Outside of that, though, his shot attempt chart is an absolute wasteland. It's like Mad Max out there.
Now, anyone -- multimillionaire pro athlete or otherwise -- is worth whatever the market will pay. That's how capitalism works. And NBA teams are notorious for wildly overpaying free agents. So it's not exactly his fault if his team wants to throw money at him. What's he supposed to do? Say no? He's worth it to them.
Simmons' shot attempt chart last season.
Except this is basketball, where you have to shoot the ball into the basket.
And he can't.
He could be Magic Johnson or LeBron James. That's how much potential he has. If he learned how to shoot.
But he won't.
The phenomenon is incredibly weird, somewhat appalling and it will only get more pronounced the more he’s paid because with more money, comes greater expectations. And Philadelphia fans are not known for their patience.
READ MORE: Ben Simmons Not Happy, As Philadelphia Turns Against Him
In the first round of the 2018-2019 NBA Playoffs, Jared Dudley of the Brooklyn Nets (full disclosure -- I am a Nets fan) was asked how he and his team would deal with the athletic juggernaut that is Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers.
I mean, my God, how WOULD they handle him? Ben Simmons is approximately nine feet tall, extremely strong and astonishingly quick, especially for someone his size. He’s a menace around the basket, a triple-double machine and dunks with entertaining ferocity.
“Ben Simmons is a great player in transition,” Dudley said. “And once you get him into half court, he’s average.”
READ MORE: Ben Simmons Offered Richest Deal In Aussie Sports History
Dudley, who's now a below average player, was roasted for insulting a superstar. But it was also widely acknowledged that he was right. Ben Simmons is dazzling in transition, running the ball up and down the court, passing or throwing it down. It’s a lot of fun to watch and it made him the number one pick coming out of college, Rookie of the Year in 2018 and an All-Star.
Dazzling in transition, but he can't shoot. (Image: Getty)
But he is something else in the half court, when the game slows down and the ability to make a jump shot becomes even more valuable than it already is. Players defending Simmons will back WAY off of him. He is always open. Cartoonishly open. Open to the extent that it’s unclear what exactly is happening on the court. You’ll start thinking to yourself, “Did someone call timeout? Is the game over? What sport are we playing?”
Why? I’ll tell you why. It’s because he can’t shoot.
His teammates and coach want him to shoot.
But he won’t shoot.
Just watch how LeBron James, who at this point in his career is not interested in playing defense anyway, is able to guard Simmons:
Simmons’ lack of a jumper has made him a liability in clutch situations and at various points in the playoffs, the Sixers turned floorleader duties over to Jimmy Butler and had Simmons get out of the way. This happens all the time to certain kinds of limited players -- but not to max contract superstars.
Of course, by now all of this has been unpacked. The numbers have been crunched. He admits that he's never had to shoot before so he didn't learn that particularly fundamental basketball skill. But he's apparently working on his shot with his brother Liam. And he insists the jumpshot is "very important" (REALLY?).
Look, I am not a sports insider or even someone who knows that much about NBA strategy. And I don't know Ben Simmons' life. He, like a lot of NBA superstars, lives on a different planet from me and I would never presume to tell them what to do or to know what would fix their problems.
But how about practicing some shooting, Ben Simmons?
And whatever this is doesn’t count:
Of course, Simmons is 22 years old and he’s only been in the league for two years, so he can certainly learn to shoot. That is possible. But based on his lack of enthusiasm -- and the fact that he can make an unholy amount of money without doing it -- that’s not looking likely.
And I suppose you could argue that on a team with Tobias Harris, Al Horford and Joel Embiid, all of whom can actually shoot, he doesn’t need to (as some have suggested).
It should also be pointed out that the Sixers came within a few bounces of reaching the Eastern Conference Finals and possibly the Finals. And if they win a championship within the next couple of years everyone will change their minds and I'll deny that I ever said any of this (as long as Simmons plays a key role and isn't told to stand in the corner on offense).
But there should still be concerns for his longevity in the league. The NBA has been moving away from longer range two-pointers, the kind that Simmons refuses to take -- and it's RUNNING towards three-pointers, which he definitely doesn't take.
In fact, last February, an attempted three-pointer was practically a media event.
If you watch this compilation of Simmons shooting outside shots, you might understand why...
So what happens when he's over 30 and he can’t fly around the court like he does? What’s he going to do?
Well, he'll probably laugh himself to sleep on his bed of cash in his gold house filled with well-wishing celebrities.
Fine. But what about AFTER that?
He won’t be on an NBA team, unless the game suddenly evolves into the kind of sport where you can just stand there and do absolutely nothing. But that would make it baseball. And if that happens, we'll have bigger problems than Ben Simmons’ lack of a jump shot.
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Basketball Is Fair Dunkem Becoming Australia's Next Big Sport
Sam Duncan
While our football codes continue to battle it out in their fight to be the top dog of Australian sport, another round ball game might just overtake them all.
An Aussie Basketballer Just Made History By Breaking A Record Last Set By Michael Jordan
Megan Hustwaite
It was the day an Aussie basketballer made international history.
Sorry Michael Jordan But LeBron Is The GOAT
Wade Shipard
The conversation can never be closed for most sports. But it can for basketball.
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An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller,
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Genre: Crime, Drama,
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.
Country: USA, France
A SIMPLE FAVOR, directed by Paul Feig, centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery,
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Country: USA, Japan, Spain
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Debbie Ocean gathers a crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime,
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Following Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders. But Red Mist leads his own group of evil supervillains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass and destroy everything he stands for.
FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in Hong Kong he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly...
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama,
Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Backdraft
Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don't get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.
The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Illinois for a Mexican drug cartel.
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Is the gap on access to university closing faster in Scotland than the rest of the UK?
[Spoiler: not so as to be worth trying to hang an argument on, if at all.]
In an interview yesterday on The Sunday Politics, referring to university entry rates between the most and least deprived, the Cabinet Secretary Angela Constance MSP said twice that “we are closing the gap at a faster rate than our English counterparts” (linked here). The First Minister tweeted a similar sentiment from a piece in the TES last week (more on that below). In its search for a killer fact on access which can successfully see off questions about why it is allowing student debt to pile up disproportionately at the lowest incomes, the Scottish Government evidently feels it has found something.
Entry rates
The SG appears to be looking at the UCAS data on entry rates by background (for 18 year olds). The most recent set of these figures runs from 2006 to 2014 and is found in tables 71 and 72 here. I’ve not tried to summarise the position year-by-year (it would make for a very unfriendly-looking table and I have yet to work out how to insert graphs here). But taking the first and last year, here’s how it looks since 2006 (ratios and percentages derived by me from the figures) – Q1 are the 20% most deprived, Q5 the 20% least. 0.0638 means that in 2006 6.38% of 18 year olds in the 20% most deprived group went into HE through UCAS.
Q1 Q5 Ratio Q5:Q1 England:
Q1 Q5 Ratio Q5:Q1
2006 0.0638 0.349 5.5 0.113 0.431 3.8
% change 49% -4% -35% 61% 6% -34%
Since 2006, the gap has narrowed by 35% in Scotland and 34% in England, so Scotland has a marginal edge. The percentage increase was actually higher for the Q1 group in England over the period, but there has also been a small increase in Q5. By contrast, Scotland’s gap has closed marginally more, but not because it has increased entry rates faster for the most disadvantaged, but because – slightly surprisingly – over the period the entry rate has dropped a little for the top 20%.
Looking only at the most recent years, since student support changes in Scotland took effect in 2013, measured from 2012 England does better than Scotland, but that is substantially because 2012 was a dip year for entry there – so I won’t use that. The percentage change below is measured just for the last year available, from 2013 to 2014.
Over the past year the entry rate rose more quickly in Scotland for Q1, but – as before – there has also been a fall in Q5 in Scotland (-3% in one year), while in England, both groups rose. The gap did close more quickly, by 14 % in Scotland as against 8% in England, but the drop in Q5 in Scotland accounted for half the difference. It’s not something on which to hang too much political claiming: also, at this sort of level UCAS figures can be quite volatile between years. The next report could see Scotland pulling further ahead (in which case we will hear a lot about it, as this statistic suddenly becomes the go to access fact). Or it might not, in which we won’t hear so much.
Q1 Q5 Ratio Q5:Q1 Q1 Q5 Ratio Q5:Q1
2013 0.0836 0.345 4.1 0.164 0.45 2.7
% change 2013 to 2014 0.14 -0.03 -0.14 0.11 0.02 -0.08
The TES piece and FM tweet
This post discussed a recent TES report of an analysis of access to HE in Scotland.
TES reported that:
Mr Forth, founder of Leeds-based company Imactivate, finds that the chances of pupils from Scotland’s more deprived areas going to university have more than doubled in the past 10 years.
He concludes that “current criticism of [Scotland’s] higher education system is unfounded”. …
Mr Forth highlights Ucas data showing that the proportion of 18-year-olds from Scotland’s most disadvantaged areas getting into university has risen to 15 per cent in 2014 from 7.2 per cent in 2004. But that still leaves Scotland behind Northern Ireland (25.7 per cent), England (20.7 per cent) and Wales (18.2 per cent).
“Scotland’s inequality of access does seem to be the highest of any UK nation, but over the past decade it has come down the most,” writes Mr Forth. “This looks like success, not failure, to me.””
This quote picked out by the FM in a much-favourited and retweeted tweet of the article:
“Over the past decade, it [Scotland’s inequality of access to uni] has come down the most. This looks like success”
But there’s a problem with this analysis and its reporting. The original analysis (a) was not looking at entry rates and (b) was boosted by a substantial improvement in the figures which pre-dates the current Scottish government.
As ever, Forth makes his data source very clear and easy to identify – see here. They are clearly for the social background gap in application rates, not for actual entry. That has value as a measure of demand, but not actual access. Indeed, acceptances rates for Scottish students have fallen in recent years – a higher proportion of Scottish applicants end up unplaced than in the UK as a whole.
Moreover, what gives Scotland a strong story to tell about applications over the period covered is a particularly large in 2005 tightening of the ratio in 2005 – this is made absolutely clear from the graph. That matters, because the issue under discussion is the impact of HE policy under the current government, which only entered office in 2007, promising free tuition.
Just taking the numbers from 2006, in that year those in the top 20% in Scotland were 4.4 times more likely to apply through UCAS than those in the bottom 20%: by 2014 that had fallen to 2.9 times. In England the equivalent change was from 4.0 to 2.5. So over the relevant period, both fell by 1.5, which for England was a slightly larger percentage, though not by much. The two countries are pretty much the same.
As with the material discussed in my earlier post, it is surprising that TES did not spot the type of data being used (the table is clearly headed) and the timing point, and thus notice that the quote was over-stated in the context of a specific examination of the possible effects of free tuition on actual access. It wasn’t perhaps the task of TES then to go and look at the actual entry data. But it should have been clear about what the figures it was reporting.
I have worked with this data in the past and I cover it on this site because claims about access are used so routinely to parry any criticism of the way poorer students in Scotland have been adversely affected by grant cuts. I am not however a particular expert on access data (and Tom Forth admits the same for himself). There are though people in Scotland who have spent years trying to make sense of the complex and sometimes contradictory mass of UCAS, HESA and SFC figures from across the UK: I very much hope that when journalists find interesting pieces from people who are self-professed newcomers to the statistical minefield which is inter-country comparisons on access, they think about getting in touch with one of the people who know these numbers painfully well. Although I think Forth over-claimed for current policy from his UCAS data, those figures were not the presented in his piece as its main focus, but to explain why he had found them an inadequate source to answer his questions properly. They were presented by way of a quick introduction to his own detailed analysis of participation rates as against child poverty.
Properly understood, the claim of the access gap narrowing fastest in Scotland between the least and most deprived can’t at present bear much political weight. Yet the general idea that Scotland is closing the gap fasteer than other parts of the UK (especially England) will now be lodging as a fact. We will almost certainly hear it again and it will be hard, if not impossible, to persuade people who want to believe it, that it is not true or at least not very meaningfully so. That’s how these things work.
This post is a small attempt to prevent this new claim establishing itself as another reason to avoid discussing the impact of the Scottish Government’s decision to reduce grants and skew student debt towards the poorest. On that we have some very unambiguous numbers. All we need now is for Ministers to start talking about those.
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Quelle Chris – “Calm Before” f. Cavalier & Suzi Analog (Video)
blame it on Patrick Glynn January 6, 2017
After being a month late to his last release (“Buddies“), I’m on top of Quelle Chris’ next song, “Calm Before.” It’s the first single from his upcoming album and early contender for album title of the year, Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often.
“Calm Before” features Cavalier and Suzi Analog and came along with a video, too, which features Chris and Cavalier calmly jiving to their own words of self assurance and confidence. At one point, Chris is rapping with a snake wrapped around him and an alligator in his hands at another time.
Watch the video, directed by Tammy Mercure, below, and pre-order Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often on iTunes.
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Charlotte Temple | America’s First Bestseller
July 15, 2012 October 15, 2015 ~ Kathryn
Charlotte Temple (1791) by Susanna Rowson
In my self-created Presidential Reading Project, I’ve decided to expand the reading of presidential biographies (in chronological order) to include reading a work of popular fiction from each time period of said president’s term in in office. Hence, I recently found myself reading this long-forgotten, once-upon-a-time best-seller.
Charlotte Temple was published when George Washington was leader of the brand new United States, and the book would hold the record as the best-selling American novel until a little old book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin came around in 1852. It’s amazing to think that the most popular novel in America for nearly half a century (there were over 200 editions) is now nearly forgotten. Until, that is, you read it.
Charlotte Temple is a cautionary tale of the highest order; the tragic story of a young English girl seduced by a British lieutenant named Montraville who whisks her from the shelter of boarding school to a ship bound for the American colonies on the eve of revolution. Once there, Montraville abandons Charlotte and marries another. Poor Charlotte is left alone, friendless and (gasp) pregnant, far from home, family and friends. Her plight is not a happy one.
Nor is her story a very complex one, absent a raft of colorful characters, subplots, or rich description of setting that typify classic 19-century literature. It’s simple and effective but hardly memorable, and surprisingly, though set against the exciting backdrop of the American Revolution, the conflict is never once mentioned.
Charlotte Temple was written for an audience of young women and at various points in Charlotte’s unhappy story, author Susanna Rowson speaks directly to the reader with words of warning and lessons in morality.
Then once more read over the sorrows of poor Mrs. Temple, and remember, the mother whom you so dearly love and venerate will feel the same, when you, forgetful of the respect due to your maker and yourself, forsake the paths of virtue for those of vice and folly.
This excerpt demonstrates that, though written in the formal parlance of the day, Charlotte Temple is surprisingly readable and briskly moves along. (The book is slim, just over 100 pages.) And while it doesn’t contain the most cleverly plotted story, you feel for Charlotte and her child and want the best for them in the end. There’s also an evil French teacher who figures prominently in Charlotte’s downfall, which adds a bit of juicy melodrama. As a glimpse into this period of history through literature, Charlotte Temple makes for an enjoyable and interesting afternoon read.
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published: Feb 2019
publisher: Knopf Canada
imprint: Vintage Canada
Sofie & Cecilia
by Katherine Ashenburg
historical, literary, contemporary women
A surprising, rich and beautiful first novel about women's friendship for readers of Paula McLain and Elena Ferrante, by a bestselling non-fiction author who has brilliantly turned her hand to fiction.
In Sofie & Cecilia, beloved non-fiction author and journalist Katherine Ashenburg draws upon her formidable skill and maturity as a writer to craft an extraordinary and splendid debut novel. This is the story of a lifelong female friendship, set in the fascinating art world of Sweden between 1900 and 1940, just as modern art and the beginnings of the Scandinavian mid-century modern design movement were inspiring a creative revolution across northern Europe. Loosely based on the lives of celebrated artists Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn ("Nils Olsson" and "Lars Vogt" in the novel), Ashenburg transports us behind both the public and domestic scenes--and canvasses--of these larger-than-life men to reveal the lesser-known but equally astounding and rich stories of the women who married them: restlessly creative artist-in-her-own-right Sofie Olsson, and fiercely private and intelligent curator Cecilia Vogt.
Here is a gorgeous gem of a book: surprising, unique, layered with insight into the nuances of female friendship as it stretches, changes, and deepens in unexpected ways over a lifetime. Woven effortlessly through this tapestry, like a beautiful motif, is absorbing detail about Scandinavian painting, design, and textile work; European history and sexual politics; the country life, city salons, vibrant art, and folklore of Sweden; and the secrets and challenges of bright, talented women juggling marriage, career, individual aspirations, and family life inside an artist's household in the early twentieth century.
Katherine Ashenburg
Contributor Notes
KATHERINE ASHENBURG is the author of three books and many magazine and newspaper articles. She has written for The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and Toronto Life, among other publications. Her books include The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die, and The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History, which was published in 12 countries and six languages. In former incarnations, she was a producer at CBC Radio and was The Globe and Mail's Arts and Books editor. In 2012, she won a Gold Medal at the National Magazine Awards for her article on old age.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Sofie and Cecilia is magnificent. The characters are so tenderly and deeply explored, I couldn't put it down . . . A joyful experience . . . One of the best things I've read in years.” —Sarah Polley
“A wonderful book, full of exquisite moments, that cleverly reminds us how partial our understanding of every life-event is. I love Ashenburg’s wisdom about women, about the evolution of a marriage, about how we reach a certain age and accumulate so much experience and yet life remains mysterious, even thrilling. A remarkable achievement.” —Rosemary Sullivan
“Closely and beautifully observed. . . . As readers, we experience both the affirmation of women’s friendships, and the challenge of devoting oneself to a life of artistic creation.” —Jane Urquhart
“Sofie & Cecilia paints a marvelously detailed, slyly witty portrait of two women of talent married to successful painters in early twentieth-century Sweden—when girls might dabble in drawing lessons, but must put aside any artistic ambitions after marriage. Their growing independence is fueled by their friendship, sustained over the length of their lives. Fans of Elena Ferrante (not to mention Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf, whose books are a bonding point) will revel in this wise and intensely moving story of two women navigating a world that expected women to weave, knit and embroider in the shadow of the real artists, their husbands. Nevertheless, they persisted.” —Marni Jackson
“Katherine Ashenburg slips her needle delicately beneath the skin to reveal the anatomy of an artist. This is the best kind of writing about art that is an art itself. So many pleasures here for the reader: delights of dress and décor and food and furnishings, all of the made things that make life better. Through the graceful procession of the years, strong strands of friendship tie these women together: their love of art, and books, and intelligent observation of the tangled knot of marriage.” —Marina Endicott, Giller shortlisted author of Good to a Fault
“Against the luscious backdrop of the early twentieth-century Swedish art world, Sofie & Cecilia offers a fascinating, intimate look at the many variations of female love: maternal love, marital love, love of industry and craft, love of beauty. Most of all it is a celebration of the love that can exist between women friends. An intelligent, tender, highly pleasurable novel.” —Barbara Gowdy, author of Little Sister and The Romantic
“Sofie & Cecilia is a coming of age novel in the very best sense of the expression. The story is about two women, the wives of celebrated Swedish artists, who need to survive their marriages (both of which were satisfying and distressing) in order to become the women and the artists (of the brush and the pen) they were meant to be. That is an encouraging and rich theme. And speaking of rich, the novel rewards the reader with the pleasures we (or at least I) normally associate with biography and history because it has so many detailed and informative descriptions not only of painting, arts and crafts, but the complexity of women’s domestic lives in the first third of the twentieth century.” —Sandra Martin, writer and Globe & Mail journalist
“Elegantly constructed . . . [Sofie & Cecilia] is rich in meticulous and often fascinating detail about Swedish life and art.” —Quill & Quire
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Other Titles by Katherine Ashenburg
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
The Mourner's Dance
What We Do When People Die
also available: Paperback
tagged : death, grief, bereavement, death & dying
All the Dirt
A History of Getting Clean
also available: Hardcover eBook
tagged : personal hygiene, customs, traditions, anthropology
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Congress flails after Trump’s deportation ultimatum
Central American migrants wait on the top of a parked train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico. | Moises Castillo/AP Photo
Lawmakers are struggling to pass emergency funding for the border and are avoiding asylum changes demanded by Trump.
By HEATHER CAYGLE and BURGESS EVERETT
Lawmakers are stumbling in their efforts to address the border crisis before bolting for the holiday recess, dimming long-shot hopes that Congress can meet President Donald Trump’s two-week deadline to stave off his threatened mass deportations.
House Democratic leaders spent Monday night fighting off a last-minute liberal rebellion to tank their $4.5 billion emergency spending package. Across the Capitol, Senate leaders were moving forward on a funding bill but largely dismissing Trump’s aggressive timeline on changing asylum laws.
Senior lawmakers say the idea that Congress could come together to overhaul thorny immigration laws in two weeks — as Trump demanded over the weekend — is a pipe dream, especially with members out of town next week for July 4th.
“It’s unrealistic and right now we’re focused on the border supplemental. That should be our priority,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.). “The president can tweet or say whatever he wants.”
“It’s going to take weeks,” said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the lead Democratic negotiator on asylum laws. “He did the same thing on DACA, we came up with a bill. He didn’t like it. You know, I’ve seen this movie. I know how it ends.”
Durbin is working with Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on an asylum package, but they hadn’t spoken about it since Wednesday of last week, as of Monday night.
The congressional stalemate puts Trump in a precarious position if Congress fails, leaving him again with the choice of following through with raids to deport “millions” of undocumented immigrants or backing down.
Trump has issued hard-line threats before only to pull back after winning some concessions. He recently avoided imposing broad tariffs on Mexico by claiming victory after Mexico announced it would send thousands of troops to the border to try to stem the surge of Central American migrants.
Some Republicans applauded Trump’s latest move, saying the lingering threat of widespread immigration raids and deportations could finally convince Democrats to negotiate on long-stalled immigration talks.
“If it brings Democrats to the table I think that’s a pretty shrewd move,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “They seem to be totally impervious to any sort of persuasion or pressure, but I think it’s worth a try. At least he will have demonstrated his good faith.”
Democrats were quick to dismiss Trump’s red line, saying it’s just the latest in a string of immigration-related provocations that the president has floated only to retreat from at the last moment.
“Look at the things he’s gone through: Tariffs, close the border, issue after issue. He makes threats and then backs off because none of them make any sense, none of them have been thought through,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday.
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And if he were serious about wanting to change asylum laws, Trump would have brought it up before a weekend tweet, Democrats say.
Trump did not raise the issue during a 12-minute call with Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday night in which she asked him to call off the ICE raids, according to a source familiar with the call. Furthermore, Trump made his two-week deadline just days before a scheduled break, with no one predicting the recess will be cancelled to deal with an immigration debate.
Meanwhile Democratic leaders were struggling to contain an 11th hour revolt by some progressives and Hispanic members to derail the supplemental spending measure.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-Cortez (D-N.Y.) voiced her opposition to the bill on a weekend call with other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
She and other progressive freshmen, including Democratic Reps. Ayanna Presley, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, were whipping in opposition to the legislation on Monday, according to multiple sources.
But supporters of the bill pushed back hard behind the scenes, arguing that if Democrats sink their own legislation, they’ll end up with the Senate plan which doesn’t contain language to block Trump from using the funds for his border wall or to increase deportations.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-Cortez (D-N.Y.) voiced her opposition to the bill on a weekend call with other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
Pelosi was set to huddle with members of the CHC and Congressional Progressive Caucus and top appropriators on Monday night to work out differences before the scheduled floor vote on Tuesday.
Among the key differences between each version of the legislation is a provision in the House bill that requires the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in development aid to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
The House bill also leaves out $65 million included in the Senate legislation to cover Immigration and Customs Enforcement pay shortfalls and overtime costs, according to a House Democratic summary.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who leads the DHS spending panel in the Senate, said she was working closely with House Democratic leaders to produce something that can become law.
“We’re working well together and I’m hoping we can iron out those differences,” she said. The House has “a different thought, particularly in the ICE area, and I think we’re going to have to dig down on those.”
Capito said she hoped a compromise between Senate Republicans and House Democrats could be struck this week. But reconciling two competing bills by Thursday or Friday may prove too tough a task.
In addition, the House legislation stipulates that care for unaccompanied minors by the Health and Human Services department must include additional safeguards for children, including guaranteed access to legal representation, as well as food, clothing and appropriate activities.
Shocking reports of unsanitary conditions for detained children are trickling out, with HHS Secretary Alex Azar conceding they are “not good conditions for kids to be in.”
And though Trump has made the border spending bill a priority, he’s been more focused publicly on the more difficult task of overhauling asylum law.
Graham, who was in touch with Trump over the weekend, shelved his partisan asylum bill last week as it became clear it had no path to becoming law.
But he and Durbin have big challenges ahead of them as they try to add new immigration judges and encourage asylum seekers to make their requests in Mexico or their home country to avoid putting added stresses on the border.
As point man for congressional Democrats, Durbin is resisting reforms to the definition of asylum and weakening protections for unaccompanied minors. Any bipartisan deal is likely to tick off restrictionist Republicans and outside groups pushing for tougher border policies.
It also could be exceedingly difficult for liberals like Durbin to find common ground with a president who has already thwarted bipartisan immigration action in the Senate.
“I think people finally convinced him what a disaster this would be,” Durbin said of Trump’s proposed mass deportations. “How about kids coming home to an empty house? Cruelty. Open cruelty involving families across this country instead of prioritizing those who may be a danger to us.”
Ted Hesson and Gabby Orr contributed to this report.
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What would be the best time of year to visit Bolivia and Peru (and do an Inca trail)?
about 7 years ago about Peru
Asked by KDr. via Ask a Nomad iPad app
The Inca Trail closes for one week in February every year for maintenance. That coincides with peru's summer - and the very wet season in the Andes, so it's not the ideal time to go.
Lots of people say May is best - after the wet season but before the hordes of tourists descend on the place. June to August is peak tourist season.
here're some safety tips you might find useful.
http://journals.worldnomads.com/safetyhub/story/73382/Peru/Safety-on-Perus-Inca-Trail
Phil from the safety hub. about 7 years ago
Answered by Ask Phil via WorldNomads.com
Yes, the Inca Trail is closed Feb and the rainy season comes to an end in March. But you cannot travel across the Salt Flats in Bolivia until April and then May.
Then it becomes cold, although it is mostly dry. June, July, August are when the tourists come from the northern hemisphere.
April, May are the best. about 7 years ago
Answered by jacquiewhitt via WorldNomads.com
I'm going to South America and wanted to know if it was possible to learn to surf down there. If so where is good?
over 10 years ago about Peru
what is a good cheap tour
about 10 years ago about Ica, Peru
How do you arrange to visit Machu Picchu by car?
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Recommendations for cheap flights from Los Angeles to Lima (Peru)?
almost 10 years ago about Peru
(Aside from Machu Picchu...) best adventures in Peru?
over 9 years ago about Machu Picchu, Peru
Map of Peru
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Settlement, opportunity, respect and creativity.
Posted in Uncategorized with tags australia, creativity, gangs, multiculturalism, Punchbowl, settlement, Syria on September 9, 2014 by Andrew Jakubowicz
Forum “Critical Value of Settlement for Australia”
Settlement Council of Australia
Originally delivered AGM Monday 18th November 2013
Revised and redated September 2014
Location: Parliament House, Senate Alcove
My first involvement in settlement as a process of social change took place for me in 1969, through the volunteer framework of the Good Neighbour Council, in the back streets of Redfern. By then it was already very clear that Australia was an immigration nation, a country whose whole mode of being in the world draws on continuing inflows of people. This means that the successful settlement of newcomers is crucial for every part of our society – not only for the immigrants themselves. Settlement has taken on new meanings though where we now have hundreds of thousands of long term residents who are not settlers, but whose “settlement needs” are never the less very real – including TPVs once more, 457s and their families, and international students.
In its exploration of settlement released in March this year the Joint Parliamentary Inquiry into Migration and Multiculturalism (Chap 9) identified the following issues: English language acquisition, Cultural competency in Service delivery, Access to Housing, “CALD Women”, Youth, Racism and discrimination, Government funding of services. All of these contribute to either undermining or enhancing equal opportunity. The Report deals with them in sufficient detail so I will focus on some other aspects.
Malcolm Fraser recognised the importance of settlement as a human rights process when he spoke, in 1981 at the inauguration of the Australian Institute for Multicultural Affairs, of a three-part dynamic through which newcomers are integrated into Australian society. The first of these is economic opportunity: nothing works if immigrants cannot find useful work. Secondly respect for self and other is crucial: immigrants cannot engage if they are socially excluded and culturally denigrated; but also the “hosts” cannot engage if they feel alienated or threatened from the newcomers. Thirdly the energy that comes from interaction produces a synergy that magnifies the capacities of both newcomers and established residents. Rupert Murdoch suggested much the same thing when he spoke a fortnight ago about Australia as a migration nation.
Settlement then underpins our capacity to face the future with confidence. A century ago in another immigration country and in its most dynamic migrant city, Robert Park of Chicago University charted the process of settlement (though he called it assimilation which is less politically correct today). Park argued that settlement was a four stage process, beginning with contact (and the shock of that moment), followed by conflict, then competition, then accommodation. With accommodation comes the possibility of longer term integration, specialisation, and reciprocal benefits.
Three years ago a rather decent public servant Andrew Metcalfe fled from the bureaucracy, hounded for speaking truth to power. Metcalfe had said, to paraphrase him, that Australia was storing up troubles as it fed thousands of wretched people into immiseration and trauma as “non persons”, asylum seekers condemned to a limbo of meaningless lives. Last year a senior police officer in NSW spoke to me of the unknown distortions of human lives building in the suburbs of Sydney among immigrants without jobs or expectation of meaningful work, of racisms that shatter human hope and drive young men in particular to choose outlaw lives. We know the violence that shivers below the surface in neighbourhoods where trust is frozen, where respect has become a distorted currency fed by threat and anger.
Fraser helps us locate this first issue of equal opportunity:
No society can long retain the commitment and involvement of groups that are denied these [basic human] rights. If particular groups feel that they and their children are condemned whether through legal or other arrangements to occupy the worst jobs and housing, to suffer the poorest health and education, then the societies in which they live are bent on a path which will cost them dearly.
Let me then explore some of the work issues involved in settlement. I am drawn to the story of Luv-a-Duck, Nhill, the Karen, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Luv-a-Duck is a family business based in Melbourne, which along with its major competitor Pepe’s Ducks, has grown from a backyard enterprise a few decades ago to became a major employer and a producer of tens of thousands of ducks (and the focus of animal welfare investigations). AMES in Melbourne was trying to help a group of Karen refugees find work and self respect. Nhill, a small town in western Victoria, a key Luv-a-duck processing centre, needed workers and residents, housing was cheap. The Karen moved there and Luv-a-Duck employed them. The community has grown and this year the company received a settlement award from the Migration Council of Australia (about the same time it got a bullocking from the ACCC for misleadingly advertising that its ducks as open range). The Karen story in Nhill is almost an archetype of the Robert Park model – with many of the points of conflict and difficulty in Melbourne allayed by the move to the rural region. The situation in Melbourne was conflictual, with few opportunities, and a real difficulty in competing fairly with acceptable outcomes (their social capital was not recognised as valuable). They moved out into a situation where their skills and attitudes (their social capital) gave them an advantage, one which a settlement service believed might work.
Fraser continued:
The less constructively a society responds to its own diversity the less capable it becomes of doing so. Its reluctance to respond, fuelled by the fear of encouraging division, becomes a self fulfilling prophesy—the erosion of national cohesion is a result not of the fact of diversity but of its denial and suppression.
In July 2014 SBS broadcast the first of four episodes of Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl exploring the Lebanese stories of Sydney, successor to …Cabramatta and the Vietnamese. Puncbowl presents us with two narratives of settlement that exemplify Fraser’s analysis. On the one side we see the Middle East Crime Squad, Brothers for Life gang members, drive-by shootings, the inheritors of the madness of Cronulla 2005, and a vast criminal infrastructure of drugs, extortion, robbery, car re-birthing, and murder, tempered only by images of Sixth Pillar local jihadists charging off to fight for Al Qaeda in Syria. On the other side we see Punchbowl Boys High, once a breeding ground for violence and a nursery for drug gangs, now one of the most successful working class schools in the state, with good HSC scores and strong civic culture. Under the guidance of a tough love Lebanese Muslim headmaster, the School has replaced denigration and learning to fail with self-affirmation and the celebration of success. One narrative displays the dystopic consequences of failing to acknowledge the truths of Fraser’s reflections of thirty years ago (soon after he admitted tens of thousands of Christian and Muslim Lebanese refugees). The other narrative demonstrates the value of affirming people within their own cultural framework. Hard policy, but seriously effective.
The third dimension of why settlement is so important is contained by another project now in its pilot phase. In conjunction with the NSW Powerhouse Museum I am developing a project on cultural synergy. We are researching exemplars of creativity in settlement, looking for cases where someone from a non-Anglo society who is creative in the broad Design sense (from pottery to clothing design to scientific technology) and has a creative history from “before”, comes here and discovers a new expressive profile impossible in their country of origin, yet inconceivable without them in Australia. This, the beginning of a roadmap of contemporary Australian creative design (within the Powerhouse remit), shows how the components can be laid out, and then drawn together, stressing the interaction of cultures in producing a common and valuable outcome.
People create themselves every day of their lives, drawing on whatever palette they have to hand or through reservoirs of emotion such as extended family. Effective settlement re-energises the newcomer, re-kindles hope, and enlivens the networks of the everyday. Unfortunately we are moving into a period of increased tension around cultural difference – driven by the intensification of the constraints being applied to asylum seekers, including their renaming as “illegals”; and the push to license hate speech through reducing protection under the Racial Discrimination Act. Together these moves contribute to a potential undermining of civility that seriously damages the settlement process for those touched by these issues. Mr Metcalfe’s sensible insight will be sorely missed in the years ahead.
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LibreOffice stats: 400 total contributors, thousands of code commits every month
The Document Foundation has published statistics that illustrate the growth …
Ryan Paul - Feb 4, 2012 12:40 am UTC
The Document Foundation (TDF), which launched in 2010 to develop LibreOffice, has published statistics that illustrate the project's rapid growth. Approximately 400 total developers have contributed code to the project. The number of contributors who are active each month generally ranges from 50 to over 100.
LibreOffice is a community-driven fork of the OpenOffice.org (OOo) office suite. The project started after Oracle's acquisition of Sun with the aim of offering a better governance model and a more inclusive environment than OOo. LibreOffice quickly attracted the support of the major Linux distributors and a large number of independent developers.
The statistics released today show that the LibreOffice community is healthy and diverse. Red Hat and SUSE each account for a large chunk of development, but the volunteers collectively have a higher volume of commits than any of the corporate contributors. The total number of monthly commits tends to range from 1500-3000.
The statistics also show the extent of the LibreOffice project's bugfixing and code cleanup efforts, which have been extensive.
LibreOffice is gaining lots of momentum among users, too. Last year, TDF estimated that the number of users who have tried the open source office suite is approximately 10 million. LibreOffice 3.5, a major update with lots of improvements, is expected to arrive next week.
Ryan Paul Ryan is an Ars editor emeritus in the field of open source, and and still contributes regularly. He manages developer relations at Montage Studio.
Email segphault@arstechnica.com // Twitter @segphault
AppropriatelyReserved Smack-Fu Master, in training
LibreOffice is alive and well.
In your FACE, Oracle!
ahmerali Ars Tribunus Militum
I am having a very hard time contextualizing this article in my mind. What is the frame of reference here? Are these numbers "good"? Does this establish anything about the quality and/or credibility of LibreOffice vs. MS Office, the defacto standard? Does it tell us anything about marketshare?
Some external positioning would be appreciated please.
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seablade Ars Scholae Palatinae
This article has nothing to do with MS Office or marketshare, so nothing to say on those fronts really. It is entirely about the amount of work being done on Libreoffice since it forked from Open Office and out of Oracle control. That is all.
Chamrin Smack-Fu Master, in training
Glad to see this going somewhere, I never thought I'd say this, but I'm actually interested in trying out an office suite, whenever they release 3.5 next week.
coder543 Ars Praetorian
Now that it isn't under the control of Sun or Oracle, it seems to be making lots of progress. Glad to see this.. though I'm still a big proponent of Google Docs.
TheGreenMonkey Ars Scholae Palatinae
Used OOo for years, then got employed at a college where everything is MS Office. When I built my new computer I needed an office suite so I got LibreOffice, and have been quite please with the current improvements over OOo, and the planned future improvements. Really impressed with all the support it is getting and I hope to see it grow even more. OOo, while quite nice while I used it, really needed some major updates.
mrnomnoms Ars Tribunus Militum
seablade wrote:
1) There are those who claim without some sort of rich benefactor like Oracle/IBM that the whole project would crash and burn as contributors would leave but the article shows that simply isn't the case - in fact it shows once you get rid of the bureaucratic red tape that comes with the likes of Oracle/IBM the rate of improvement grows exponentially.
2) There is a link between development and marketshare - if end users (both new and previous users who left after finding issues weren't begin fixed) are seeing real visible improvements then marketshare will increase. I know many people who left OpenOffice.org simply because bugs from 10+ years ago were being ignored and contributions from outside the project such as Ximian's enhancements were being ignored by the NIH syndrome that infected most of the OpenOffice.org Sun Engineers minds, "since I didn't create the enhancement myself I'm going to fight tooth and nail to ensure it never gets into the main tree".
3) If you're going to reply to ahmerali then use the reply button to quote the person whom you're replying to - I and many here are not mind readers so without quoting the reply you end up just looking like a man mad standing on a street corner screaming about the end of the world whilst selling pencils.
deet Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
Glad to see the bloat shrinking, and the continual UI enhancements are welcome.
I hope it one day takes off in its own right and leaves behind all the bad decisions originally copied somewhat slavishly from Office 97. It always struck me as a waste to completely reimplement in open source everything that sucks about commercial software. I'd love for something to do to LO what Canonical did to ...well, the entire linux desktop.
Chuckaluphagus Ars Praefectus
I found and submitted a previously undiscovered bug back in November. I was contacted promptly by a developer, corresponded with him and another gentleman, uploaded example files, they were able to reproduce the bug, and a fix was committed for 3.5. It was a very pleasant and efficient process, and I felt oddly proud to have helped out a little bit.
hubick Ars Scholae Palatinae
This serves as a great warning sign to the corporate benefactors behind many open source projects, that if you really do piss off the community off enough, a successful fork *can* deal you out of the equation.
I sure wouldn't mind seeing this happen with Java.
mrnomnoms wrote:
That actually helps quite tremendously, thank you. Makes much more sense in light of the apparent disinterest by Oracle in the project.
Wheels Of Confusion Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor
While that's true, some data for the development under the Sun/Oracle years would have been nice as a comparison. It certainly seems that LO is pushing improvements out quicker than OO.o used to, but that's just my subjective impression.
foolishgrunt Ars Centurion
Chuckaluphagus wrote:
Nothing odd about it.
pixelstuff Ars Praetorian
I'm glad this office suite seems to finally be updating faster. In OpenOffice it seemed to be glacial. The real question though is when will we start seeing unique features that the world has never seen? Features that Microsoft wishes they had invented first to put into their office suite.
robrob Ars Praefectus
pixelstuff wrote:
From a "required to work with Office 8 hours a day" perspective, there's some good additions that I want to try out, like the multiline input bar. And I actually like the look of some of it, which is a first for an opensource program for me, like the autofilter popup (the better look helps functionality).
It's little stuff, but it goes a long ways towards actually make me think about switching. The biggest problem with office suites in that MS Office simply isn't expensive enough to trigger an active push (not compared to some software licenses in my office that get used much less).
Astlor Ars Tribunus Militum
Have to say, 80% of my client base is on LO, as well as my own company. 0 complaints so far Comparatively, OOo was nothing but headaches, and Office 2007/2010 is a damned support nightmare until you install ubitmenu.
LO works out of the box. It is on Ninite. And my clients adore it. 100% anecdotal, but good enough for me! I'll keep on using it until there's a good reason to switch to something else.
I know Libre Office is getting the press lately but I can't help wondering how much of that is due to the stasis OO.o is in due to the transfer to the Apache Foundation. The project isn't even up and running yet, so of course there's not a lot of work going into improving it right now; what I mainly wondered is how the progress on LO today compared to the progress of OO.o under Sun/Oracle. Faster? About the same? A little less?
For the time being it hardly matters since OO.o is frozen in carbonite until they can get the project migrated and the governance sorted out, so between the two of them LO is the only game in town. For now. After that I have to wonder if there's any point to a separate, Apache-licensed OO.o, and I'm thinking that depends on how many people are willing to work on it + how many people want to take the Apache version and spin it off into a salable product. LibreOffice will have a head start, and code contributions between the two will have licensing problems on Apache's end unless the person writing the patch contributes to both projects separately.
segphault Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
what I mainly wondered is how the progress on LO today compared to the progress of OO.o under Sun/Oracle. Faster? About the same? A little less?
Michael Meeks writing about OOo contributorship in 2008:
"The statistics show a picture of slow disengagement by Sun, combined with a spectacular lack of growth in the developer community." http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/o ... -2008.html
He was always a vocal critic of Sun's stewardship of the project and was influential in starting LibreOffice. He's obviously not a neutral observer and there are likely people who would dispute his analysis, but his perspective is representative of the sentiment that led to the fork.
Wrt OOo under Apache, I think it's unlikely that they will get any meaningful community engagement. Considering the licensing and IBM's priorities, I suspect that Apache OOo will eventually give up on making a user-facing product and focus mainly on making OOo an embeddable document editing engine that is friendly for use in commercial applications.
segphault wrote:
Yeesh, that's worse than I thought. It looks like they've got 1/5th as many active developers towards the end of that timeline than LO has today. And I see how how his two big suggestions to improve participation are basically what they did in the move to LO.
Kinda suspected it would head that way. I knew IBM was pretty much the only 3rd party corporate backer left, and that's probably for the sake of their Lotus Symphony product. I didn't know if there were any differences in direction between the two base projects that would cause them to diverge, just the licensing (since OO.o can't accept LO code anymore, but the opposite isn't true).
sporkme Ars Tribunus Militum
Now if only they could add a ribbon.
And Clippy.
siuol11 Seniorius Lurkius
Hummm. Hopefully they can do something about OO being a huge, shitty mess?
I am continually appalled no one can make an intuitive office suite anymore. MS Office takes months to master, and OO is even worse. They both suck, and even though OO is free, I find the extra time it takes to learn how to do something that should be very basic makes the whole effort worthless.
Lanz Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
I hope they never add a ribbon! I'll be forced to switch to OOo or Calligra Suite if they do.
beebee Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Clippy must die!
I have Open Office on my windows box and Libre office on my opensuse box. I don't stress either program enough that I can tell the difference. I will get around to switching the windows box to Libre.
Note MS office has VB hooks. That is what keeps it going. I still keep a copy of MS office when I need an optimizer.
fab1an Seniorius Lurkius
Do they have a working Updater yet? Success-critical feature, IMHO.
armandh2 Ars Scholae Palatinae
I'm a great fan of Ubuntu or Mint on all my rehabbed older computers
and I dual boot Linux where one must run win only apps like quick books,
there both boots get OOo now Lo. For those who think either is hard to learn,
try migrating from a seldom used MsO 2003 to 2010
MySchizoBuddy Seniorius Lurkius
IBM too has donated Symphony to Apache. Hopefully OO.o will adopt the Symphony UI.
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ColinABQ Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
TDF estimated that the number of users who have tried the open source office suite is approximately 10 million
Tried it? That's a meaningless number unless you're just curious about how many people have even heard of it. The number of active users would be a meaningful stat, this is not. For all we know, 9.999 million dropped it, as I did. I put it on several systems recently, both at home and at work. I obviously wanted to like it, or I wouldn't have bothered with it at all. If they aren't working on start-up times and resource footprints, then they are dead to me and, I suspect, to a large number of potential users.
karadoc Ars Scholae Palatinae
I thought this was kind of funny. One certainly doesn't need to be a mind-reader to work out which of the two posts he was replying to...
noshellswill Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Using OO-3.2, I have several manuscripts in various stages of rewrite under UBUNTU_10.04 LTS; the program has performed without issue; hundreds of thousands of words. I have **no wish** to change from OO to anything except a 100% compatible new version of OO-3.x ... who owns/controls/disputes this software ... IBM/pigmy cannibal zobez, Mother Teresa or M$ is of less-than-zero concern. Just don't fuck with my completed work!
Let the ego-trolls in Office-Leap-and-pray (Libray ??) re-roll their work back into OO_3.x presenting me with an automagic upgrade path, requiring no change from my current text structure and zero threat or effort. Just hit the feckin-A UPDATE button!
The User Ars Scholae Palatinae
ColinABQ wrote:
Remember, this article isn't saying that LO has "arrived" (as in feature complete and the new killer app), but that it's moving fast. I don't know what their roadmap is, but it is infinitely more likely that they are looking into whatever you are wishing for than OOo under Sun/Oracle. If they aren't yet, then they will be more responsive when the community asks.
groovestar Ars Scholae Palatinae
noshellswill wrote:
Yeah... so the people you should be ranting at are the OOo folks at Oracle (who continued Sun's screwing up of development) and not the developers of LibreOffice. After all, the LibreOffice developers left because they weren't able to roll their work into OOo.
Although to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure why either group should really care? You didn't pay them, and you're apparently unwilling to put in any effort to see if LO meets your needs as is.
afanen01 Ars Praetorian
I assume those charts were made in LibreOffice? That alone is a noticeable improvement over OO from the very recent past. Any regular user of OO/LO knows that it has not been historically as easy to make good looking documents as it is in MS Office.
alexcox Smack-Fu Master, in training
"The real question though is when will we start seeing unique features that the world has never seen?"
Why on earth do we need these features? LibreOffice is an office suite - all most people will ever use it (or Office) for is typing and making spreadsheets. The rest (especially unique features as yet unknown) is bloat.
Demani Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
It has been good enough for us to use to reduce our large Office purchases-by keeping Office on only the machines that actually need it (and some do for compatibility and reliability) I've managed to reduce our licensing costs for Office by 70%. LibreOffice works just fine for the rest of the office (mostly document viewing, and very little complicated editing when that is required). And I use it myself for about half my stuff just to keep familiar. Once you are in it for a bit the differences between it and MSOffice are apparent, but nothing has been so difficult for me as to make me prefer one over the other.
All in all, it's good progress, and I hope they manage to continue to make more progress. Yes, I'd like to see a resource reduction release (just keep the features as is and optimize the hell out of it for three months) but all in all it's been pretty excellent for us.
alexcox wrote:
And currently Office does things with the utmost of efficiency and user interface clarity? There is always room for improvement- it may not need to do more, but it can always do what it does already better.
The big contribution is still extant: a proper name.
YetAnotherAnonymousAppellation Ars Scholae Palatinae
coder543 wrote:
...I'm still a big proponent of Google Docs.
Even after the announced changes to the TOS/privacy policy?
tatose Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
YetAnotherAnonymousAppellation wrote:
Note: I am subscribed to the paid version of Google Apps.
Google Docs has many killer features:
1) Multi-users and real time collaboration on the same documents.
2) Ability to "Google Doc" on most Internet capable devices regardless of the operating system.
3) With offline Google Doc, good enough to be a poor man's Abiword working on a DropBox'ed document.
4) Could import PDF, possibility to do OCR (or just skip OCR-ing and just archive the whole doc).
5) Kinda decent integration with Google Search's quickview, could be better though.
6) Kinda decent integration with Gmail, could be better though.
Øsse Seniorius Lurkius
This is why, when push comes to shove, plain text files are king.
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Courtesy of M1 CONTACT
Binary at M1 CONTACT 2019: Breaking all the rules with “Stigma” and “Dan-su”
By Chloe Chotrani
(1,130 words, 6-minute read)
The 10th anniversary edition of Binary – International Artist Showcase presented two returning artists to the festival. Last performed here in 2013, Stigma is a dark and enigmatic solo by highly acclaimed Danish artist Kitt Johnson; while Shintaro Oue presents『談ス』(Dan-su), the Singapore premiere of an adventurous and uncertain full-length dialogue as performance, performed by Shintaro Oue, Mirai Moriyama and Daisuke Omiya.
Johnson emerges from the audience. Her face is wrinkled and marked with a netted pattern, she wears an oversized grey coat – a harrowing introduction as she interrogates the audience with a confronting stare. She backs her way onto the stage, falling under a narrow light, her movements are of a grotesque, swift, and limping creature. Her eyes fall into the shadows, dark and circular, witnessing her wrinkled features from a distance. The overbearing grey coat reveals her agile and strong body.
She stalks back into the shadows. She rolls the coat onto her back. She crawls while balancing the bundle on her back. She walks on her knuckles, on four legs, like an animal hunting in the middle of the night. As she finds stillness, she creates subtle, mesmerising and intricate gestures that bring our attention to the minute muscles on her back. The soundscapes heighten and she shifts farther into the stage with her back facing the audience, and rapidly flaps her arms like they are wings. Throughout the piece, she transforms from one hybrid creature to another. Her universe of distorted and whimsical forms are peculiar and deeply intriguing. She closes the piece with a striking and memorable image; what looks like gold dust falls from the centre point of the ceiling, onto her forehead and pouring all over her body. We learn later on that the last image was inspired by a Mexican cleansing ceremony practiced in many cultures.
Stigma was created in 1999. It continues to tour today and could be even more relevant than when it was created 20 years ago. In contemporary society where identity politics can be a defining narrative of one’s place in the world based on colour and class; stigmatisation is an internal battle that every human faces. Bringing these challenges into choreographic thinking with the body expands the conversation beyond a place in time and space — the meaning of the piece grows as the environmental landscape changes.
In a separate workshop titled The Sustainable Body held on June 22, Johnson shared some of the physical foundation techniques ranging from improvisation, authentic movement, and running that she adopts to maintain longevity in her practice. Witnessing Johnson as she finds pleasure in her growing and changing body shatters any stigma surrounding dance as a practice best experienced in youth. As the body ages, there is a deep maturity that one can only experience if there is a healthy and holistic sustained foundational practice as a way of life. One that Johnson exemplifies not only in her solo performances but in her being.
Dan-su means “dialogue” in Japanese, and is also how the locals refer to “dance”. Dan-su works beyond the common boundaries in dance making. It is a deliberate choice to be imperfect, dancing with the dialogue of humour, chaos, contact, and uncertain spontaneity.
The stage is set with a large circle drawn with white chalk on the floor. There is a screen and a camera on stage. Moriyama stands uncomfortably with pain in his stomach. He falls and something emerges from his mouth, a little male figurine which he places in front of the camera.
Comedically, Omiya emerges from the left with his knee in pain. Moriyama and Omiya slowly build a contact improvisation duet while alternatively chanting the words one – two, black – white, oil – water, man – woman; highlighting common binaries while dancing. The synergy between the two dancers are deeply felt with a heightened awareness of their bodies in relation to each other. They have enough trust to throw themselves onto each other and the floor, knowing how to catch themselves and carry their weight. Oue then emerges from the audience, finding his place within this duality. He intentionally struggles to fit himself within this binary, and is rejected by the two. Eventually, by force, they merge into a trio.
They start to draw words outside the circle such as “dream”, “kiss” and “wherever, whenever”. They build structures with little figurines in front of the camera and together they dance re-creating the forms of the figurine structures, keeping an underlying sense of silliness while being physically rigorous. There is interdependence amongst the three performers as they have an almost acrobatic approach to the discipline of contact improvisation throughout the piece.
The camera shifts from one place on stage to another, following the words, giving the audience the choice to either watch the live performance or the screen. The camera is then attached to a central rope that drops from the ceiling and is brought up to provide a bird’s eye view of the performance space, as the floor transforms into a large drawing board. The performers start to draw the anatomy of a human around the stage. Moriyama and Omiya then walk us through the different body parts, singing as they go along, making rhythms and accompanying them with dance movements. There is laughter, fascination, destruction, playfulness, and mostly, confusion! They leave the stage in utter chaos with dust chalk shattered all over, dripping in sweat, at the point of exhaustion.
The pursuit of art, in this case, contemporary performance, is precarious in nature and tends to resist what society may deem as “normal”. Its underlying purpose is to question and respond to society. The performance industry continues to be saturated even as it struggles to build support systems and infrastructure. Those who truly love what they do, will survive, and eventually thrive. Oue seems to be almost mocking these fantasies of artists by laying them on stage as passion, dreams, and drawings; laughing at the seriousness of life. While the execution may seem chaotic, each moment is deliberately chosen, working within the disciplined approach to the form of contact improvisation. Watching these three men as they play, one gets to know their personalities, nuances, and tendencies as people in this performance dialogue. It is rare to see performers in space performing and playing, as themselves. It reveals their nature without any dictated character or imposed narrative.
Binary has become a marker for providing a glance into the international scene and how it develops throughout the years. The curatorial choices that Binary has cultivated over the past ten years bring anticipation, surprise, and a witnessing of differences – exemplified this year in the depth and provocation of ageing as pleasurable in Stigma, and the lighthearted play and organised chaos within the rigour of contact improvisation in Dan-su.
Binary – International Artist Showcase ran from June 21 to 22 at Esplanade Theatre Studio as part of M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival.
Chloe Chotrani is a Manila-born and Singapore-based movement artist, writer, and gardener. She co-creates interdisciplinary projects and performances that weave nature, art, and spirit. http://chloechotrani.com
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Get thee to a library: what’s on at the Morgan?
Gavin McGown, CC’13
The Morgan Library and Museum stands tucked away from the noise and crowd of Midtown. Like its cousin, the Frick, Morgan takes its name, original building, and collection from a 19th-century American financial baron with impeccable taste and the funds to suit it. The Morgan is also the latest museum to participate in the Arts Initiative’s Passport to NY, with free admission available to current students.
And it’s worth the trip to 36th and Madison. Step into Pierpont Morgan’s library—complete with a steel-enforced literary panic room for the really good stuff—to admire the Museum’s three (three!) Gutenberg bibles, signed manuscript copy of Whitman’s “O Captain, My Captain,” or original edition of Byron’s Fugitive Pieces. The 2006 addition by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, which expands the exhibition space of Pierpont Morgan’s McKim-designed brownstone and library, elegantly complements the initial structures with its coolly lit atrium and small, well-used galleries.
The Museum’s original curation currently casts a light on the experimental painting of Josef Albers, the Bauhaus artist and Black Mountain College professor best known for his monumental abstract works Homage to the Square. “Josef Albers in America: Painting on Paper” features sixty studies of oil on blotting paper that Albers painted leading up to his Homages, a testament to the artist’s meticulous experiments with colour, line, and perspective. Cranberry bands run across subtly distinguished rectangles of blue, grey, and green; dull ochres and golds layer against each other in a captivating series of permutations; vivid illusions leap out from the paper as shapes seem now to project, now to recess, and white boxes drawn through nested squares trick the eye into seeing more shades than are present. Albers wrote of his own work, “Every colour, every form should speak with its own voice”; the Morgan’s curation lets these little paintings sing.
In another gallery, the Morgan is screening the 1976 minimalist opera Einstein on the Beach, with score by Philip Glass and direction by Robert Wilson. Black lights bathe the small room, allowing the spectator to view the original storyboard and score for the opera, which flank the footage on left and right. The juxtaposition reveals close parallels between direction and music, as the visual grace of Glass’s minimalist score plays against the musical development and exposition that the storyboards suggest.
The Morgan’s library is more museum than reading room: you can browse but not handle the piled shelves of books, and the institution offers no place to sit and read on your own. But the fine curation and bibliophilic treasures make this trip to Midtown worth the time, especially with Passport to NY at your back. What are you waiting for? Get thee to the library.
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PAX East 2016 Preview : A Wealth of Innovative Gaming Experiences Await At The Indie MEGABOOTH & On The Show Floor
News by Brett Nolan on April 21, 2016
The Indie MEGABOOTH is always one of my favorite areas of the PAX East show, offering the biggest band for the buck, with a large concentration of innovative and fun independent games to experience. The developers there are always excited and eager to tell you all about their games and to give aspiring new developers…
iBlast Moki Sale Redux – Just $0.99 (For A Limited Time)
Sale by Brett Nolan on October 7, 2009
In case you missed the sale on iBlast Moki last weekend, Godzilab has just informed me that they’ve decided to put their AMAZING physic’s-based puzzle game on sale again for $0.99 in celebration of their #2 metacritic score on jmobil, which is currently 9.5/10 which makes it the 2nd best game ever on iPhone, just after Zen Bound.
Pentanimals – A Fun Kid’s Puzzle Game
Reviews by Brett Nolan on October 4, 2009
What kid doesn’t love puzzles with cute colorful animals and fun, catchy music? Pentanimals is an entertaining and challenging puzzle game by Little White Bear Studios. Using up to twelve colorful oddly-shaped animal themed pieces, you must find a way to arrange the pieces so that they all fit into the game board without overlapping. You can tap on a piece to flip or rotate it to get it to fit. There are 72 puzzles to solve which are divided into 3 different age categories, 5-6, 7-8 and 9+. So there is a nice range of difficulty levels and a built in hint system to get things started, if you have absolutely no idea where to begin.
Weekend Sale for iBlast Moki $0.99 (50% OFF)
News by Brett Nolan on October 2, 2009
We’ve just exechanged a few emails from Thomas from Godzilab Games and he asked us to let our readers know that their AMAZING physic’s-based puzzle game will be on sale for $0.99 (50% OFF) this weekend.
BMW Sauber F1 Team Racing 09
News by Brett Nolan on September 22, 2009
Do you have what it takes to be a Champion? Join the BMW Sauber F1 Team for their 2009 season.and dompete around the world as the team’s race drivers on 8 challenging tracks under both clear and rainy skies.
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CHER - SING FOR A SUPPER (SONG)
With Love, Cher Liberty
12358 Album
Cher Cher: Discography / Become a fan
CHER IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
I Found Someone 03/07/1988 17 5
After All (Cher & Peter Cetera) 11/06/1989 50 1
If I Could Turn Back Time 17/09/1989 1 23
Just Like Jesse James 03/12/1989 14 13
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) 03/03/1991 4 22
Love And Understanding 14/07/1991 23 12
Believe 29/11/1998 1 19
Strong Enough 11/04/1999 11 17
Dov'è l'amore 28/11/1999 49 1
The Music's No Good Without You 02/12/2001 23 3
Cher [1987] 03/07/1988 32 4
Heart Of Stone 17/09/1989 1 32
Love Hurts 14/07/1991 15 14
Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965 - 1992 20/12/1992 48 2
Believe 10/01/1999 13 35
The Greatest Hits 28/11/1999 5 20
The Very Best Of [2003] 28/09/2003 12 20
Live - The Farewell Tour 27/03/2005 43 1
Burlesque (Soundtrack / Cher / Christina Aguilera) 30/01/2011 2 13
Closer To The Truth 06/10/2013 17 6
Dancing Queen 14/10/2018 2 5
SONGS BY CHER
(Just Enough To Keep Me) Hanging On
(The Fall) Kurt's Blues
500 Miles (Sonny & Cher)
88 Degrees (Black Rose)
A Beautiful Story (Sonny & Cher)
A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done (Sonny & Cher)
A Different Kind Of Love Song
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Every Day) (Nilsson & Cher)
A Woman's Story
A World Without Heroes
A Young Girl
After All (Cher & Peter Cetera)
All I Ever Need Is You (Sonny & Cher)
All I Really Want To Do
Am I Blue
Angels Running
Apples Don't Fall Far From The Tree
Baby Don't Go (Sonny & Cher)
Baby I'm Yours
Baby, I Love You
Back On The Street Again
Bambini miei
Bang Bang (Sonny & Cher)
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Bang-Bang [1987]
Behind The Door
Bell Bottom Blues
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered (Rod Stewart with Cher)
Body To Body, Heart To Heart
Born With The Hunger
Borrowed Time
Bring It On Home To Me (Sonny & Cher)
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Sonny & Cher)
But I Can't Love You No More
But You're Mine (Sonny & Cher)
By Love I Mean (Sonny & Cher)
Can You Fool (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
Can You Fool (Allman And Woman)
Carousel Man
Chastity Sun
Chastity's Song
Cheryl's Goin Home (Sonny & Cher)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Cher & Rosie O'Donnell)
Circus (Sonny & Cher)
Classified 1-A
Come To Your Window
Could've Been You
Cruel War
Cry Like A Baby
Cry Myself To Sleep
Crystal Clear/Muddy Waters (Sonny & Cher)
Dangerous Times
Dark Lady
Disaster Cake
Dixie Girl
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
Do What You Gotta Do (Allman And Woman)
Do You Believe In Magic?
Do You Want To Dance (Caesar & Cleo)
Do You What You Gotta Do (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore?
Don't Come Around Tonite
Don't Come Cryin' To Me
Don't Ever Try To Close A Rose
Don't Hide Your Love
Don't Put It On Me
Don't Talk To Strangers (Sonny & Cher)
Dov'è l'amore
Dream Baby (Cherilyn)
Early Morning Strangers
Elusive Butterfly
Emotional Fire
Fast Company (Black Rose)
Favorite Scars
Fernando (Cher & Andy Garcia)
Fire & Rain
Fire Down Below
Fires Of Eden
Geronimo's Cadillac
Girl Don't Come
Git Down (Guitar Groupie)
Give Our Love A Fightin' Chance
Good Combination (Sonny & Cher)
Good Times (Sonny & Cher)
Groovy Kind Of Love (Sonny & Cher)
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
Half-Breed
Happy Was The Day We Met
Hard Enough Getting Over You
Have I Stayed Too Long (Sonny & Cher)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
He Thinks I Still Care
He Was Beautiful
Heart Of Stone
He'll Never Know
Hello (Sonny & Cher)
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling (Sonny & Cher)
Hey Joe
Holdin' Out For Love
Holy Smoke!
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
How Long Has This Been Going On
I Believe In You (Sonny & Cher)
I Can See Clearly Now (Sonny & Cher)
I Don't Have To Sleep To Dream
I Feel Something In The Air (Magic In The Air)
I Found Someone
I Found You, Love (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
I Found You, Love (Allman And Woman)
I Go To Sleep
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher)
I Got You Babe (Cher with Beavis And Butt-Head)
I Hate To Sleep Alone
I Hope You Find It
I Know (You Don't Love Me)
I Look For You (Sonny & Cher)
I Love Makin' Love To Do (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
I Love Makin' Love To You (Allman And Woman)
I Love What You Did With The Love I Gave You (Sonny & Cher)
I Paralyze
I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife
I Threw It All Away
I Walk Alone
I Walk On Guilded Splinters
I Wasn't Ready
I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
I'd Rather Believe In You
If I Could Turn Back Time
Il cammino di ogni speranza (Sonny & Cher)
I'll Never Stop Loving You
I'm Blowin' Away
I'm Gonna Love You (Sonny & Cher)
I'm Gonna Love You
I'm In The Middle
I'm Leaving It All Up To You (Sonny & Cher)
In For The Night (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
In For The Night (Allman And Woman)
Island (Allman And Woman)
Island (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
It Ain't Necessarily So
It All Adds Up Now
It Might As Well Stay Monday (From Now On)
It Never Rains In Southern California (Sonny & Cher)
It's A Cryin' Shame
It's A Man's Man's Man's World
It's Gonna Rain (Sonny & Cher)
It's Not Unusual
It's The Little Things (Sonny & Cher)
It's Too Late To Love Me Now
Je m'en balance, car je t'aime (Sonny & Cher)
Jolson Medley: Sonny Boy, My Mammy, Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
Julie (Black Rose)
Just A Name (Sonny & Cher)
Just Like Jesse James
Just This One Time
Just What I've Been Lookin' For
Just You (Sonny & Cher)
Kiss To Kiss
L.A. Plane
Lay Baby Lay
Leave Me Be (Sonny & Cher)
Let It Be Me (Sonny & Cher)
Let Me Down Easy
Let The Good Times Roll (Caesar & Cleo)
Let This Be A Lesson To You
Listen To The Music (Sonny & Cher)
Little Man (Sonny & Cher)
Living For You (Sonny & Cher)
Living In A House Divided
Long Distance Love Affair
Love & Pain
Love And Understanding
Love Can Build A Bridge (Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton)
Love Don't Come (Sonny & Cher)
Love Enough
Love Hurts [1991]
Love Is A Lonely Place Without You
Love Is Strange (Caesar & Cleo)
Love Is The Groove
Love Me (Allman And Woman)
Love Me (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
Love So High
Love The Devil Out Of Ya
Lovers Forever
L'umanità (Sonny & Cher)
Ma piano (per non svegliarmi)
Magic In The Air
Main Man
Make The Man Love Me
Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)
Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer, Papa Used To Write All Her Songs (Sonny & Cher)
Many Rivers To Cross
Masters Of War
Missy Subway Of 1952
Misty Roses (Sonny & Cher)
Monday (Sonny & Cher)
More Today Than Yesterday (Sonny & Cher)
Move Me (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
Move Me (Allman And Woman)
My Love [2013]
My Song (Too Far Gone)
Nel mio cielo ci sei tu
Never Been To Spain
Never Should've Started (Black Rose)
Not Enough Love In The World
Oh No Not My Baby
Ol' Man River
One Honest Man
Our Day Will Come
Our Lady Of San Francisco
Paradise Is Here
Petit homme (Sonny & Cher)
Più che puoi (Eros Ramazzotti & Cher)
Plastic Man (Sonny & Cher)
Podunk (Sonny & Cher)
Rain, Rain
Real People (Sonny & Cher)
Rhythm Of My Heartbeat (Sonny & Cher)
Ringo, I Love You (Bonnie Jo Mason)
Rock And Roll Doctor
Save Up All Your Tears
See See Blues
See See Rider
Send The Man Over
Set Me Free (Sonny & Cher)
Shadow Dream Song (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
Shadow Dream Song (Allman And Woman)
Shape Of Things To Come
She Loves To Hear The Music
She's No Better Than Me
Shoppin'
Silver Wings & Golden Rings
Sing c'est la vie (Sonny & Cher)
Sing For A Supper
So Fine (Sonny & Cher)
Some Guys
Somebody (Sonny & Cher)
Something (Sonny & Cher)
Song Called Children
Song For The Lonely
Song For You
Spring Fever (Caesar & Cleo)
Stand By Me (Sonny & Cher)
Still In Love With You
Strong Enough
Summertime (Sonny & Cher)
Take It From The Boys (Black Rose)
Take It Like A Man
Take Me For A Little While
Takin' Back My Heart
Tell Him (Sonny & Cher)
The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher)
The Bigger They Come The Harder They Fall
The Book Of Love
The Click Song Number One
The Greatest Show On Earth (Sonny & Cher)
The Greatest Song I Ever Heard
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
The Letter (Sonny & Cher)
The Letter (Caesar & Cleo)
The Man That Got Away
The Music's No Good Without You
The Same Mistake
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
The Thought Of Loving You
The Times They Are Changing
The Twelfth Of Never
The Way Of Love
Then He Kissed Me (Sonny & Cher)
There But For Fortune
This God-Forsaken Day
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
Tougher Than The Rest
Trail Of Broken Hearts
Train Of Thought
Trust Me (Sonny & Cher)
Turn Around (Sonny & Cher)
Two People Clinging To A Thread
Unchained Melody (Sonny & Cher)
United We Stand (Sonny & Cher)
Until It's Time For You To Go
Walkin' The Quetzal (Sonny & Cher)
Walking In Memphis
War Paint And Soft Feathers
Wasn't It Good
We All Fly Home (Black Rose)
We All Sleep Alone
Welcome To Burlesque
We'll Sing In The Sunshine (Sonny & Cher)
We'll Watch The Sun Coming Up (Shining Down On Our Love) (Sonny & Cher)
We're Gonna Make It (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
We're Gonna Make It (Allman And Woman)
What About The Moonlight
What Now My Love (Sonny & Cher)
What'll I Do
When Love Calls Your Name
When Lovers Become Strangers
When The Love Is Gone
When The Money's Gone
When You Find Out Where You're Goin' Let Me Know
When You Say Love (Sonny & Cher)
When You Walk Away
Whenever You're Near
Who You Gonna Believe
Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love (Sonny & Cher)
Why Was I Born
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Will You Wait For Me
Wrong Number (Sonny & Cher)
You And Me (Sonny & Cher)
You Baby (Sonny & Cher)
You Better Sit Down Kids
You Don't Love Me (Sonny & Cher)
You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me
You Know Darn Well (Sonny & Cher)
You Know It (Black Rose)
You Take It All
You Wouldn't Know Love
Young And Pretty (Black Rose)
You're Not Right For Me (Sonny & Cher)
Yours Until Tomorrow
You've Made Me So Very Happy
You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Sonny & Cher)
You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Allman And Woman)
You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
ALBUMS BY CHER
16 Original World Hits
2 For 1: Heart Of Stone + Love Hurts
3614 Jackson Highway
All I Really Want To Do / The Sonny Side Of Cher
Backstage / Golden Greats
Bang, Bang: The Early Years
Bittersweet - The Love Songs Collection
Bittersweet White Light
Black Rose (Black Rose)
Burlesque (Soundtrack / Cher / Christina Aguilera)
Chér
Cher / With Love, Cher
Cher [1987]
Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965 - 1992
Closer To The Truth
Foxy Lady
Golden Greats
Good Times (Soundtrack / Sonny & Cher)
Greatest Hits (Sonny & Cher)
Greatest Hits [1989]
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - 25 Great Songs
Her 20 Greatest Hits
If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher's Greatest Hits
In Case You're In Love (Sonny & Cher)
It's A Man's World
Live (Sonny & Cher)
Live - The Farewell Tour
Live In Las Vegas Vol. 2 (Sonny & Cher)
Look At Us (Sonny & Cher)
Look At Us / The Wondrous World Of / In Case You're In Love (Sonny & Cher)
Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer Papa Used To Write All Her Songs (Sonny & Cher)
Not.Com.Mercial
Original Hits
Reflections Of Life (Black Rose)
Sonny & Cher's Greatest Hits (Sonny & Cher)
Star-Collection: Greatest Hits (Sonny & Cher)
Take Me Home / Prisoner
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The Best Of Cher
The Best Of Cher - The Imperial Recordings 1965-1968
The Best Of Cher [1987]
The Best Of Sonny & Cher (Sonny & Cher)
The Casablanca Years
The Cher Show (Musical / Cher)
The Collection (Sonny & Cher)
The Hit Single Collection (Sonny & Cher)
The Hits Of Sonny & Cher (Sonny & Cher)
The Magic Collection
The Original (Sonny & Cher)
The Singles+ (Sonny & Cher)
The Sonny Side Of Chér
The Triple Album Collection
The Ultimative Collection
The Very Best Of [2003]
The Very Best Of Sonny & Cher (Sonny & Cher)
The Wondrous World Of Sonny & Cher (Sonny & Cher)
Turn On The Night (Black Rose)
Turning Back Time
Two The Hard Way (Allman And Woman)
Two The Hard Way (Allman And Woman (Cher + Gregg Allman))
VH-1 Divas Live 99 (Whitney / Cher / Tina / Brandy)
With Love, Cher
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Cocktail Lists, People
Yeah your list is seasonal, but sometimes it pays to hold off a change writes Jono Carr
Before we opened Door Knock, Natalie Ng (owner and boss lady) and I had every intention of changing the list every month, week, day as we have a Quick Copy printer service right upstairs from our subterranean den of cocktails and love. Yet that was not the case. It took us six months to do so. Here’s why, and a look into intricacies of a new venue and how staying consistent with an offering can sometimes mean a solid list is more important than being ‘on trend’ or ‘seasonal’.
For our first offering we came up with a strong list that wasn’t too hard for guests to ‘get’ while throwing Sherries and fortified’s at them while using chef like techniques and batching to get the drinks to them swiftly. Prep-heavy and consistency were high on the agenda while offering a touch of theatre, which we know make people happy and stay intrigued.
We asked for feedback from hospo friends and took notes while receiving a solid thumbs up. Happy days. A month passed swiftly, we didn’t even realised it had gone by. Sales were beyond what we had imagined, roughly 80 percent cocktails. Not bad for a (hidden) small bar with a great wine list, five beers on tap and a considered back bar. We were fucking busy.
Opening right as summer hit and when punters come out to play was very helpful. Two months flew by, then another. “Damn, we’ve made a bunch of these drinks now, surely it’s time for an update?” We had our new drinks ready to go.
But then Qantas called for a feature, and Amex knocked on our door. Both of these giant companies wanted to showcase our drinks on a six month campaign. Maybe hold up on a new list until then, hey?
We could have swapped out the drinks that weren’t featured but those happened to be the ones our repeat guests came back for; just the mention of new cocktails was met with sadness. We even trialled new drinks as features to no avail; the people spoke with their drink orders. It was a good chance to teach techniques and consistency to the young guns in the team.
This wasn’t helped by the longest summer in my memory, meaning our fun summer drinks still made sense. When Queensland mangoes started to become less juicy, Mexican ones became available. Honestly, if you want to debate global warming I’ll tell you how people still wanted summer drinks in May.
The happy ending to this story (not like that) is that we have a new list that just landed as “winter” has hit and as we are underground with a (fake) fireplace, we are ready.
The next list won’t take nearly as long to get out, I feel like actual winter is coming just like GOT is, and we have some bangers lined up. Till then just remember that the best laid plans by mice and wo(men) often go awry, but if it’s working for your business then it’s okay to update your list when it makes sense to.
Australian Bartender September 4, 2018
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Microwave synthesizer using an on-chip Brillouin oscillator
Li, Jiang and Lee, Hansuek and Vahala, Kerry J. (2013) Microwave synthesizer using an on-chip Brillouin oscillator. Nature Communications, 2013 (4). Art. No. 2097. ISSN 2041-1723. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130916-155446100
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PDF (Supplementary Figure S1 and Supplementary Notes 1-2) - Supplemental Material
Low-phase-noise microwave oscillators are important to a wide range of subjects, including communications, radar and metrology. Photonic-based microwave-wave sources now provide record, close-to-carrier phase-noise performance, and compact sources using microcavities are available commercially. Photonics-based solutions address a challenging scaling problem in electronics, increasing attenuation with frequency. A second scaling challenge, however, is to maintain low phase noise in reduced form factor and even integrated systems. On this second front, there has been remarkable progress in the area of microcavity devices with large storage time (high optical quality factor). Here we report generation of highly coherent microwaves using a chip-based device that derives stability from high optical quality factor. The device has a record low electronic white-phase-noise floor for a microcavity-based oscillator and is used as the optical, voltage-controlled oscillator in the first demonstration of a photonic-based, microwave frequency synthesizer. The synthesizer performance is comparable to mid-range commercial devices.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3097 DOI Article
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130628/ncomms3097/full/ncomms3097.html Publisher Article
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© 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. To view a copy of this licence visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Received 20 March 2013; Accepted 04 June 2013; Published 28 June 2013. We would like to thank Dave Howe, Scott Diddams, Scott Papp (NIST, Boulder CO) and Lute Maleki (OEWaves) for their helpful discussions and comments on this manuscript. This work was sponsored by the DARPA Orchid program. We also acknowledge the support from the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center with support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Kavli Nanoscience Institute. Author contributions: J.L. and K.J.V. conceived and designed the experiment. J.L. performed the measurements and data analysis with supervision by K.J.V. H.L. fabricated the devices, with assistance from J.L. All authors helped to write the paper.
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Review: I Am Me, by Ram Sundaram
Posted on March 18, 2012 by backlisted
>>Published: December 2011
>>Finally got around to it: March 2012
The door behind him opened and I saw Amelia enter the room again. I turned around expectantly, but there was no Amelia in my room. I listened to her asking him to be ready for his cue in two minutes. He nodded, and she wished him good luck with a kiss that told me their relationship was different than the one I shared with her. When she left the room again, he turned back to the mirror and looked at me… yes, directly at me.
“You’re it,” he told me, but did not explain what he meant. When he left, closing the door behind him, my eyes fell on his dresser. This time there was no bottle of gin on it, empty or full. A part of me wanted to turn around to see what I would find on my own dresser. But I no longer had the luxury of observing two realities. For somehow in the past half hour, I had stopped being the magician and the performer; instead I had become the man in the mirror, a reflection.
Ram Sundaram’s modestly experimental book of short fiction, I Am Me is less a collection of twenty split narratives bookended by additional mirrored prologues and epilogues, and more a mosaic of the author’s personal philosophical journey. The aggressive overarching conceit—that twin flames and parallel selves exist across universes and realities (or states thereof)—is further complicated by the book’s physical structure: ten stories read from one end, ten stories read from the other (by flipping the book and starting from the rear… whichever end you deem that to be), with the twin epilogues of “Absolution” meeting in the middle. Whether or not this structural decision works to the book’s benefit is up to the individual. Personally, I found it needlessly cumbersome and wished for an alternative. This was primarily due to my desire to flip back and forth between stories in one half of the book and their conceptual parallel in the other. However, the decision to produce the book in this fashion doesn’t mar the content within. It’s merely a small frustration I wanted to address.
The stories themselves are an interesting mix of voices, ethnicities, and upbringings. As previously mentioned, the two halves of the book (divided by the twin prologues “Dreamless” and “Dreamer”) consist each of ten stories sharing the same selection of titles, but offering mirror images and alternate realities of one another. From the Author’s Note that opens the text: “The purpose of this ‘two-way’ arrangement though, ultimately, is to challenge the segregation of ‘fact’ and ‘fiction.’ These two labels are not as mutually exclusive as we deem; for the world of fiction borrows heavily (if not entirely) from existing fact, while the factual reality we perceive in our daily life is tainted with lies, fantasies and the artful brush strokes of an entire population’s imagination.”
Though ambitious, Sundaram’s stories have difficulty finding and maintaining any true sense of weight or social significance. I was reminded a lot of Paul Coelho’s The Alchemist—not in a narrative or qualitative sense, but in the book’s more philosophical bend. The interrogative is used to a dangerous degree in Sundaram’s stories. He asks more questions than he endeavours to answer. The questions themselves are about man’s nature, his relationship to the world, himself, and those around him; about one’s upbringing and whether or not that determines their quality as a human being. These are all valid questions to explore, but it is through his overt posing of such questions that the book loses its impact.
The scenarios presented aren’t given enough voice to be relied upon for presenting the questions, and possibly the answers as well, through their narratives and his character’s actions. Too often he asks directly, as if expecting the underlying of his stories to be too easily lost on the reader. In other instances, too many answers are given, points hammered home; “An Apple Branch” is a perfect example of this. In the “Dreamless” half of the book (which I took to be the more faithful and less reliant on magical realism to enforce its purpose), this is a tale of two neighbours, Maurice and Anwar, and the apple tree between their properties and the friendship it helps forge between them. This friendship, however, is twisted and destroyed one day, as the cultural views of a nation turn against Anwar and others of his ethnic background. This is all fine, but Sundaram, instead of incorporating imagery or a sense of foreboding into his tale that might relate indirectly or directly to the cause of this sudden shift, feels the need to end the story with the perfunctory paragraph: Maurice and Anwar parted ways that afternoon, forever. And the 200-year old apple tree was cut down in anger that very evening. The evening of September 11, 2001.
This example is endemic of the book’s most obvious problems: Sundaram always takes that extra step too far and explains his point, rather than allowing the reader to discover it for themselves. For this reason, I found the “Dreamer” tales to be the more engaging of the two halves. Though still overcooked in this manner, it is not to nearly the same degree, and their surrealism is given province over Sundaram’s need to explain.
This is not to say the book is without enjoyment. Far from it. “At First Sight” is the strongest title in the collection, and the only one that is strong in both halves of the book. For the remaining standouts, usually one of the pair is far stronger in voice than the other: “Fifty Cents” in the “Dreamless” portion of the book feels ham-fisted and too direct, while its “Dreamer” counterpart is charming, innocent, and leaves much to the imagination. Apart from the prologues and epilogues, which felt like unnecessary monologues from the author’s own philosophical avatar, Ishvar, the only story that did not work for me in either reality is the final tale, “Immortal in Death.”
Sundaram’s voices are well developed, and his use of imagery is sound. I admire the intent of this book, but in the end I wish more restraint had been given—to both the design of the book, and to the author’s overly direct need to pose and answer his own questions. Simply not enough agency and trust is given to the reader.
Review: Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge
>>Published: May 2006
This will be shorter than most reviews I post because, in perfect honesty, this is the first book I’ve given up on in several years. 250 pages in I gave up the fight and scanned through to the epilogue. I tried. I really wanted to love this book and its protagonist Robert Gu, a world-renowned poet who at age seventy-five was given treatment that not only reversed his Alzheimer’s, but gave him the body of a twenty-five year old in the process. It’s a novel about connecting with a lapsed generation and also generations of family long neglected. There are also global conspiracies, library riots and Fahrenheit 451-style book cleansings, and far too much needless HTML-based artifice—the silent messaging between characters is distracting and not woven well into the book:
Miri –> Juan, Lena, Xiu: <sm>Okay, I think Robert sees them.
Lena –> Juan, Miri, Xiu: <sm>I see them! Can you, Xiu?
Xiu –> Juan, Lena, Miri: <sm>no yet i must—
Miri –> Juan, Lena, Xiu: <sm>Don’t try to message back, Dr. Xiang. You’re not fast enough yet; Robert will get suspicious. Just talk out loud, as if to him and Juan.<sm>
Though the purpose of this artifice is clear, it grinds certain sections of the book to a halt. In the end, however, the greatest crime of this book is simply that while it is written well enough, its characters, setting, and plot are unengaged and uninteresting. There’s no colour or imagery to this world beyond the barest of descriptors, and none of it triggered an emotional response. I wanted to love more than the idea behind Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End. I wanted to, but I couldn’t, and I didn’t.
Review: Heartsnatcher, by Boris Vian
Posted on March 4, 2012 by backlisted
>>Published (in French): 1953
>>Published (in English): 1968
At the sound of the word shame Timortis took a step back—and then felt ashamed of himself for having done so.
‘I’ve got a home,’ said the man who, having noticed Timortis’s movement, gave a sour little smile. ‘I get my food. And they give me gold. Loads of it. But I haven’t got the right to spend it. Nobody wants to—and nobody will—sell me anything. I’ve got a house and I’ve got loads of gold—but I have to swallow the shame of the whole village for them. They pay me to feel their remorse for them. Remorse for everything wicked and evil that they do. For every one of their vices. And every one of their crimes. For the Old Folks Fair. For the tortured animals. For the apprentices. And for all the film and scum.’
He stopped for a moment.
‘But all this can’t be very interesting for you,’ he went on again. ‘You don’t mean to stay here, do you?’
There was a long pause.
And then, ‘Yes. I do,’ said Timortis, decisively. ‘I do mean to stay here.’
‘Then you’ll grow like all the others,’ said the man. ‘You’ll learn to live with a clear conscience and you’ll load the weight of your shame on to me. And you’ll give me gold. And sell me nothing for it in return.
Drawn to a strange and surreal village by the cries of a woman named Clementine as she prepares to give birth to triplets Noel, Joel, and Alfa Romeo, the psychiatrist Timortis (who wants only to “psychiatrize” at every available opportunity) finds himself surrounded by fairs that auction off the elderly like cattle, a priest with transcendent performance skills, and a man named Glory Hallelujah, who spends his days fishing the skeletons of the dead (and from people’s closets) out of a scarlet stream, using only his teeth.
Boris Vian’s Heartsnatcher, the last novel completed before his death in 1959, is a book about obsession, manipulation, and shame. Timortis, a travelling avatar for the audience, is both inquisitor and subject. Through Clementine and her oppressive desire to protect her children by removing them from the world with increasing severity, Timortis witnesses the idiosyncratic extremes of the villagers. They are caricatures, two-dimensional embodiments of greed, sexual depravity, ignorance, cruelty, and control. Together they construct a Rorschach of proclivities and desires—of wanting everything, all the time, as swiftly and simply as possible; of complete and total control over one’s life, offspring, and exterior threats to self. As days turn into months and years, Timortis is engulfed by the village, quickly falling prey to its strange yet enticing ways.
Vian’s view of society is… dismal, at best. Through Clementine, Glory Hallelujah, and the vicar, he’s crafted three pillars of love and devotion so entirely corrupted by the nature of those around them that all hope is abandoned. Clementine, so eager to shelter her children (prone to quite literal flights of fancy) that she would rather trap them in cages for the rest of their lives; Glory Hallelujah, so giving of himself and ambivalent towards life that he accepts his role as universal village scapegoat, destined, somewhat nobly, to live and die for the sins of others; and the vicar, who views God as a luxury item, a privilege—not a right afforded equally to all men and women—performing for his parish as a means of placating them, convincing them of his power, of his direct line to God.
Heartsnatcher is more than the sum of its parts. Vian’s characters pull together to create a smartly conceived tapestry that never falls too far to the whims of deliberate absurdity or contrived occurrences. Through Timortis and the months and years that bleed together (quite literally, in some cases—Novembruary, Aprigust, Octoptember), Vian presents a series of black and white archetypes with little room for personal emotional embellishment, yet manages to evoke pathos all the same.
Review: Machine Man, by Max Barry
>>Published: August 2011
>>Finally got around to it: February 2012
After I escorted Lola back aboveground, I returned to Lab 4 and sat on the floor beside my leg. I had thought Lola might like my leg, but you never knew. Her reaction exceeded all my expectations.
Then I felt depressed. It was the opposite of a logical reaction but there it was. I always felt like this at the end of a project. I would be frantic and determined and excited then sad because it was over and there was nothing left to improve. I stared at the leg. It occurred to me that I hadn’t escaped my bottlenecks. I had only pushed them back. I had made a leg that could walk by itself, which was okay, but I could see now that this was about as far as it could go. All improvement from here would be incremental, because the bottleneck was my body.
It was late. My lab assistants had left. I looked at my leg, the good one. Well. I don’t mean “good.” I mean the one I’d had since birth. I rolled up my pants and turned it this way and that. It was fat and weak and ordinary. The more I looked at it, the more it bugged me.
Charles Neumann is a scientist, first and foremost. Practical. Detached. Unemotional, to an extreme degree. When he loses one of his legs in Machine Man’s opening chapter, it isn’t the ordeal one might imagine. Oh, sure, it’s tremendously painful, but whatever physical pain Charles experiences is diminished by the opportunity for creation his sudden handicap has afforded him. When a charming prosthetist named Lola Shanks attempts to fit Charles with what she deems an advanced, unparalleled prosthetic limb, Charles sees only room for improvement. And through improvement, further cause for the artificial expansion of the human body. When Charles’ employers, the Better Future research and technological development institute, learn of his work, creating stronger, more capable artificial limbs, they see power and potential military contracts.
Machine Man is Max Barry’s deadpan send-up of science fiction cyborg culture. Charles, in his practical-to-a-fault mindset, plays fast and loose with what it means to be a human—specifically, with what proportion of organic material does a human stop being a human and become a machine. And to similar effect: does the issue of humanity being defined as a certain percentage of flesh and blood preclude the possibility of expansion into artificial realms, should the opportunity present itself, while maintaining the rights and respect intrinsic to human society?
Heady topics to be sure, but handled with a subtle, sarcastic hand. Barry doesn’t delve too deeply into the social mechanics of artificial versus organic; his approach is individualistic, for each person to define based on their desires and perceived limitations. There’s merit to Charles’ work, but insofar as it remains an individual pursuit. The speed at which it changes and becomes something larger, social, and business oriented is the larger story at play in Machine Man.
Charles is not a typical protagonist. He’s a brick wall of sorts—an unengaged narrator with an entirely self-serving reason for being. Best I can describe, he’s a science-first extrapolation of the artist Stelarc, who has been experimenting with the concept of the cyborg—of literally expanding beyond the flesh and blood self to varying degrees of sophistication—for his own purposes. However, where Stelarc is interested in the expansion of the existing organic template—using technology to improve upon what’s there, to facilitate the improvement of our already present bodily functions and capabilities—Charles seeks to remove and replace the organic with cold, purely mechanical architecture, reflecting the emotional barriers he has spent an isolated lifetime perfecting. Even his interest in Lola is, at first, one of rigidly defined benefit, as she exhibits terrific interest in his growing artificial desires. Though a stronger emotional core does evolve between the two, the extent to which they love one another as genuine individuals is never clear. The element of mechanical lust and the fetishization of bodily expansion is always present, always in question.
I enjoyed Machine Man. It offers a smart, satirical tale of self-obsession masked as self-improvement. It approaches bodily harm and self-mutilation in a more inquisitive and less exploitative manner than Brian Evenson’s Last Days, which presented a cult-like search for spiritual enlightenment through the removal of one’s limbs. But where Last Days capitalized on its grotesque, shock-for-the-sake-of-shock approach, Machine Man achieves a greater level of introspection and social commentary with a much quieter hand.
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Serie A appearance list: Totti in third position
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Francesco Totti - AS Roma
In the derby that Roma played on Sunday, Francesco Totti added another record to his marvelous career.
The AS Roma captain moved into third on the list of all-time leading Serie A appearance makers.
Francesco Totti broke another personal record thanks to his 616th league appearance on Sunday at the Stadio Olimpico. The King of Rome moved ahead of former Inter Milan Argentine star Javier Zanetti (615) in the overall standings.
Photo by ASRoma.com
As revealed by the Official AS Roma website, Il Capitano sits just one appearance behind Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon while AC Milan icon Paolo Maldini leads the way with 647 Serie A appearances.
Totti is also second on the all-time Serie A goalscorers list, with 250 goals to his name so far.
Pallotta: “Proud to be the AS Roma president. I hate to lose.”
Roma-Monchi press conference: Do you believe I came here not to win?
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Home > Operations & Technology > Other News - 07/30/2008
LTU brand will disappear after more than 50 years in the aviation industry. Founded in 1955, the Dusseldorf-based carrier was acquired by Air Berlin last year (ATWOnline, Aug. 9, 2007). "It is easier to concentrate on a single brand, Air Berlin," CEO Joachim Hunold told German magazine Wirtschaftswoche. The change will not be immediate as some bilateral agreements, like those with Mexico and Thailand, still require aircraft to wear the LTU livery.
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LTU brand will disappear after more than 50 years in the aviation industry. Founded in 1955, the Dusseldorf-based carrier was acquired by Air Berlin last year (ATWOnline, Aug. 9, 2007). "It is easier to concentrate on a single brand, Air Berlin," CEO Joachim Hunold told German magazine Wirtschaftswoche. The change will not be immediate as some bilateral agreements, like those with Mexico and Thailand, still require aircraft to wear the LTU livery. "But in the near time future, there will be ...
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France June 2019: Renault Clio V just misses out on first Top 10, Twingo at highest in 8 years in market down -8.4%
The Renault Clio V ranks #11 at home in June. Picture largus.fr.
This article has been updated with the Top 40 brands, Top 270 models and Top 10 private sales.
New car sales in France skid down -8.4% year-on-year in June to 230.965 units (the third highest June result below 2018 and 1998), over a particularly high comparison in June 2018 which remains a June record, the largest month this decade and third largest overall in history. The number of selling days also didn’t help at 19 vs. 21 and local body the CCFA insists that the selling rate is actually up 1.2% year-on-year. Private sales continue to freefall at just 43.3% share, company sales hold 21% of total sales and dealership demo sales hit a record 19.6% in June, revealing a very unhealthy French market indeed.
As it has been the case for the most part of the past decade, Renault (-13.2%) only needs an artificially boosted end-of-quarter at 22.4% share to remain in the brands lead at home even though Peugeot (-14.7%), down to 15.8% in June, topped the monthly charts 3 times out of 6. Renault also returns to #1 brand with private buyers at 15.5% share above Peugeot (14.2%) after falling to a paltry 4th place last month, and is ultra-dominant in the company sales channel at a whopping 34.6% share above Peugeot at 19.9%.
The Renault Twingo is pushed up to #4 by its facelift.
All recoveries come to an end: for the first time in over a year (since May 2018), Citroen (-6.3%) is down year-on-year, tilting below the symbolic 10% share mark. Volkswagen (+0.5%) nudges past Dacia (-7.4%) to #4, with Audi (+17.5%) and Mercedes (+13.1%) both posting splendid scores at the tail end of the Top 10 just as Ford (+8%) and Toyota (+5.4%) are also very solid but Fiat (-17%) sinks. Further down, Tesla (+642.2%), Alpine (+98.3%), Lexus (+19.3%), DS (+12.6%), Mitsubishi (+12.5%), Seat (+12.3%) and Porsche (+11%) shine but Nissan (-37.9%), Smart (-29.3%), BMW (-26.5%), Mini (-21.6%) and Opel (-14.5%) freefall.
The VW T-Cross breaks into the Top 30…
In the models ranking, we continue to witness the transition between two generations of Renault Clio, with the Peugeot 208 II about to make its appearance in the French charts. As a result and for the 2nd month running the Peugeot 208 I (-12.2%) is the best-selling vehicle at home, this time distancing the Renault Captur (-8.6%) up to #2 for the first time since December 2017 and the Renault Clio IV (-48.7%) now bowing out. The Renault Twingo (+32.1%) takes full advantage of its facelift and hits its first Top 5 finish in over 4 years (since ranking #5 in February 2015) and its highest ranking for the 3rd generation at #4. As for the Twingo nameplate overall, the last time it ranked as high was in December 2011. All remaining Top 10 models are in decline, with the Dacia Duster (-0.6%) and Sandero (-7.2%) resisting best but the Citroen C3 (-20.4%), Peugeot 3008 (-17.5%), 2008 (-17.3%) and Renault Megane (-12%) the hardest hit.
…and the DS 3 Crossback breaks into the Top 40.
As for new launches, the Renault Clio V amps up the pressure, up 4 spots on May to end June just 71 sales from a first Top 10 finish. After promisingly breaking into the Top 10 in April, the Citroen C5 Aircross continues to slide down the charts at #18, whereas the VW T-Cross shoots up 34 spots on last month to break into the Top 50 and Top 30 at once to #30. Two additional new launches crack the French Top 50 for the first time this month: the DS 3 Crossback is up 21 ranks on May to #38 and the Toyota Corolla up 27 to #45. As for the Tesla Model 3, it slices its May ranking in two from #111 to #56 in June, but can’t quite match the #42 it hit last March. Other notable evolutions include the Mercedes A-Class (+222.3%), Peugeot 508 (+205.1%), Ford Focus (+159.3%), Audi Q3 (+136.3%), Volvo XC40 (+106.5%), Jeep Renegade (+105.4%), Fiat 500X (+50.1%), Toyota RAV4 (+41.3%) and Hyundai Kona (+41.1%). In the private sales channel, the Dacia Sandero (-5.9%) reigns supreme at 5.9% share ahead of the Peugeot 208 (-4%), Renault Clio IV/V (-2.1%), Twingo, Citroen C3 (-16.7%) and Renault Captur (-16.9%) with the Toyota Yaris (-1.2%) #1 foreigner at #8.
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Welcome to The Basingstoke Canal Society
As the guardian of the Basingstoke Canal, the Society promotes and campaigns for the sustainable future of the Canal as a navigation. Through the John Pinkerton Canal Cruises operation, it also raises money which is used to fund maintenance and improvement works undertaken by Society voluntary work parties.
The Society’s 50-seater trip boat, the John Pinkerton II, under way in Hampshire
The Society was originally formed in 1966 to save the privately owned waterway, and campaigned for its restoration under public ownership. This was achieved in the early 1970s when Hampshire and Surrey County Councils purchased the then derelict canal. In partnership with the local authorities, the Society organised voluntary working parties, managed work training schemes and employed a full-time team to restore the Canal. After nearly 20 years effort, thirty two miles of the waterway, from the Wey Navigation junction to the Greywell Tunnel, were formally reopened in May 1991 by HRH The Duke of Kent.
The Canal is now managed by the Basingstoke Canal Authority, and is financed by the two county council owners and neighbouring borough and district authorities, with a significant contribution of both cash and value-in-kind from the Society.
The Basingstoke Canal Society was awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service which was presented by HRH The Duke of Kent on a return visit to the Canal in November 2018.
Last updated by Martin Leech on 28 April, 2019
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Eco-Systems
Coins & Tokens
Home In Depth Blockchain Could Get Vital Info To Refugees
Blockchain Could Get Vital Info To Refugees
Waves of asylum seekers emerging from conflict zones in Myanmar, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere are expected to add more than one million people to global resettlement needs this year.
These refugees face a world of closing doors, but they also offer economic opportunities and cultural enrichment to countries that welcome them. While some refugees are integrating well in regional Australia, others still face significant challenges in the capital cities.
As concerned researchers, we are interested in how information technologies could help refugees resettle. Our work with organisations assisting refugees has shown that having access to timely information about Australian life is essential.
We’re in the early stages of building an ecosystem of digital services that aggregates and delivers this kind of information to refugees – and to the organisations involved in supporting, employing, educating and caring for them. To guide our work, and avoid reinventing the wheel, we’ve looked at comparable experiences in Germany, which has a high intake of refugees.
Information Chaos
In Germany, there are a number of national and international agencies that provide assistance for refugees, each with regulations and responsibilities that differ from region to region. Accessing basic services, such as the internet, money transfer, health care and schooling, presents a new challenge to already traumatised people.
The information refugees need is distributed among asylum counsellors, social assistance offices, youth welfare offices, local non-government organisations, volunteers and more. In some cases, this information is quickly outdated.
Getting access to the right information in a timely manner is difficult given the multitude of information sources, language barriers and geographical complications. This situation encourages new refugees to seek information from those who have arrived earlier, leading to the spread of outdated or misinterpreted information.
Going Mobile
One difference between this refugee crisis compared to earlier ones is the ubiquity of information technology. Because the overwhelming majority of refugees have access to smartphones, a number of mobile initiatives have emerged to provide support.
Hackathon volunteers in Germany built a mobile guide for refugees called Moin, as well as a tool that helps refugees with administrative processes called “bureaucrazy”. Unfortunately, these apps required volunteers to keep the information up to date, which was challenging over an extended period.
Still, some initiatives have produced sustainable outcomes by eliminating the need for third-party updates. Instead, these apps allow information providers to update information themselves.
For example, the Integreat project is a mobile application for refugees living in a particular German municipality. It provides information on the asylum process, local points of contact and aspects of daily life. The municipality and local NGOs maintain Integreat’s information through a content management system accessible via web browsers.
The platform’s design means it can easily be extended to other municipalities, which can mirror existing content and reuse translations into different languages. This further reduces the effort required to gather and maintain relevant information, providing a helpful addition to asylum programs.
Housing and Employment Matchmaking
While applications such as Integreat can help refugees during their first few months in the host country, things get more complicated when refugees try to relocate to permanent housing.
In Germany, language barriers, high demand for apartments among locals and resistance from some property owners who don’t want to rent to refugees has made finding accommodation a significant problem. Some German municipalities invested a substantial effort to house refugees by contacting landlords directly.
In some cases property owners would like to support refugees, but they do not know how to approach them. A digital platform that connects property owners and refugees, such as the Berlin-based digital platform Flüchtlinge-Willkommen (Refugees Welcome), could help alleviate such problems.
Similar matchmaking services have been built to match German employers who have difficulty finding qualified employees with refugees who are looking for work. Workeer is available in Germany, and refugeetalent is a similar initiative operating in Australia.
But matchmaking is only one side of the story. German and Australian labour regulations limit the options for refugees, who might not be legally eligible to work straight away or hold qualifications that aren’t recognised in their new homeland. So digital platforms should also offer information for employers and refugees on labour regulations, vocational training and how to transfer qualifications.
What Else Can Be Done?
Everyone can help contribute to refugee resettlement solutions. Our work suggests the following actions would be helpful:
Governments should allocate more funding for IT projects that support the resettlement of refugees
Researchers, organisations and volunteers should collaborate to create an ecosystem of digital services that connect and improve current solutions
Information systems researchers should evaluate the impact of proposed solutions. The benefits of new technologies such as blockchain or machine learning, for example, could be evaluated with little risk
Universities should engage with nonprofit refugee organisations to create opportunities for refugees who want to further their studies or skills
Companies – particularly those in the IT industry – should engage in IT projects that support refugees, such as the Handbook Germany, which was initiated by German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom.
We take inspiration from stories like what happened in Eltham. In this Melbourne suburb, residents welcomed the arrival of Syrian refugees and supported them in settling into a different culture, getting a job and learning English.
In doing so, Eltham’s residents created a positive experience for both the refugees and the Eltham community. There is room for hope in our humanitarian responses and we believe we can and should do more.
Walter Daniel Fernandez is Professor of Information Systems, UNSW; Manuel Wiesche is Postdoctoral research associate, Technical University of Munich; and Maximilian Schreieck is PhD student, Technical University of Munich. This article was first published on The Conversation.
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Sammy Hagar parties like a rock star
By Joey Guerra on August 31, 2008 at 2:47 AM
Bill Olive: For the Chronicle
The red rocker strummed up some fun.
Sammy Hagar likes to do things big. His headlining set Saturday night at Rock the Bayou was exactly that — a full-on rock spectacle and the first performance so far that seemed worth its own admission price.
Extended video played before Hagar’s appearance, mostly advertising his Cabo Wabo chain of nightclubs/restaurants. It was overlong, indulgent and complete in tune with the show’s mood.
A red curtain dropped to reveal Hagar and his band. People screamed and played air guitar and stood on seats. The crowd suddenly seemed bigger. It was easy to be swept up in the vibrant mood.
“Here we are again in Houston,” Hagar said. “I am happy to be back in this town for about the 100th time in my life.”
He also had a party — literally — happening on the mostly red stage. A huge throng of fans stood on risers just behind the band, clicking cameras and sipping yard margaritas. They looked like some sort of drunk choir.
Girls in bikinis stood just to the side, gyrating near a grass hut. One walked onstage and brought Hagar a large blue drink.
It was like a PG-13 Kenny Chesney or Jimmy Buffett concert — only a lot less annoying.
Hagar initially seemed an odd choice for RTB. There’s the Van Halen connection, but he’s not really glammy or gimmicky. But it worked. Every song — I Can’t Drive 55, I’ll Fall in Love Again, Straight to the Top — incited a full-on sing-along. Hagar’s own scratchy screech of a voice was a nice fit for Led Zeppelin’s Black Dog.
It was, despite my better judgment, fun.
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Not yet truly a quantum computer
I just re-iterated my claim that we have no quantum computer showing a quantum speedup, and now Scott Aaronson comments on the latest hype:
As many of you will have seen by now, on Monday a team at Google put out a major paper reporting new experiments on the D-Wave 2X machine. (See also Hartmut Neven’s blog post about this.) The predictable popularized version of the results—see for example here and here—is that the D-Wave 2X has now demonstrated a factor-of-100-million speedup over standard classical chips, thereby conclusively putting to rest the question of whether the device is “truly a quantum computer.” ...
Thus, while there’s been genuine, interesting progress, it remains uncertain whether D-Wave’s approach will lead to speedups over the best known classical algorithms, ...
But to repeat: even if D-Wave makes all four of these improvements, we still have no idea whether they’ll see a true, asymptotic, Selby-resistant, encoding-resistant quantum speedup. We just can’t say for sure that they won’t see one. ...
I still have no idea when and if we’ll have a practical, universal, fault-tolerant QC, capable of factoring 10,000-digit numbers and so on. But it’s now looking like only a matter of years until Gil Kalai, and the other quantum computing skeptics, will be forced to admit they were wrong — which was always the main application I cared about anyway!
It is funny how he is perfectly happy spending his life on quantum computer complexity theory, when there is no proof that there is any such thing as a quantum computer. But when someone like me argues that quantum computers are impossible, then suddenly he wants research to prove me wrong.
It is almost as if he wants to work on something of no practical value, but he does not want anyone saying that it has no practical value.
CFT December 10, 2015 at 2:23 PM
The explanation is quite simple really. He is merely following his funding and will contort himself into any shape necessary to make certain it continues.
Now, if he actually HAD to produce any results to stay employed...like most normally employed people outside of government funding.. well, that would be an actual motivation to arrive at some kind of conclusion.
Scarcity is the actual true mother of invention, and fat cats don't chase too many mice. The perpetual motion machine of government funding does not encourage coming to a conclusion, only continuance.
Without all the government funding, he would be stuck asking: "You want cream cheese with that bagel?"
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Tech 101: Preparing a Mac For a New Owner
Friday, January 12th, 2018 | Author: Steve Sande
There comes a time in the life of just about every Mac where its usefulness has become limited or it will be too expensive to repair or update, so you decide it’s time to sell it or give it away. Your Mac might be just right for a person who just wants to check email and browse the web, so while it may have limited utility for you, it can be the perfect computer for someone else. In today’s article, we’ll show you how to prepare your Mac for a new owner while protecting yourself and your data.
1) Back Up Your Data
Chances are very good that your old Mac contains data that could be useful to you in the future, so it’s always advisable to make a complete backup. For those who have been using Time Machine to make backups on a continual basis or who use other applications like Carbon Copy Cloner to make up-to-date bootable backups, this critical step may be already complete.
Many people occasionally upgrade to a new Mac, in which case the backup is useful for transferring the data; if you’re not replacing the Mac (moving to an iPad Pro, for example), you might consider purchasing a low-cost hard disk drive like the OWC Mercury On-The-Go to make a backup for archival purposes.
2) Sign Out of iTunes
It might surprise you to know that iTunes can only be authorized on a certain number of computers. As a result, you should sign out of and deauthorize iTunes on any Mac you’ll be getting rid of. To do this, launch iTunes on the Mac, then select Account > Authorizations > Deauthorize this computer. During this process, you are prompted to enter your Apple ID and password, then click the Deauthorize button.
There’s an Apple support page describing the deauthorization process in detail if you need to know more about happens or how to deauthorize or reauthorize all computers tied to a specific Apple ID.
3) Sign Out of iCloud
For those who have more than one Apple device, iCloud is a critical part of the Apple ecosystem that keeps data synchronized on both Mac and iOS devices. A Mac that is going to a new owner should be signed out of iCloud to prevent others from gaining access to your information. Apple suggests archiving or copying the iCloud data from your Mac as a precaution, and there is a detailed support article on the Apple website all about how to back up data from iCloud Drive, Photos, Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Safari, Notes and iTunes Store purchases.
Once that is complete, launch System Preferences from the Mac Dock or Apple Menu > System Preferences, click on the iCloud button, and then uncheck the Find My Mac checkbox (highlighted in red in the screenshot below). This is important — if you do not erase the Mac drive and reinstall the operating system as described later, the recipient of your computer might not be too happy to know that you’re able to track its movements!
(Be sure to uncheck the Find My Mac check box.)
Next, sign completely out of iCloud in System Preferences by clicking on the Sign Out button in the lower left of the iCloud pane (see image above). When you sign out, a dialog asks if you wish to remove iCloud data from the Mac. It’s recommended that you do remove the data from any Mac that will no longer be in your direct control.
4) Remove the Mac from Apple Support Registration
Your Mac may have been registered with Apple Support at some point, so it’s important that you take it off of your list of registered devices before relinquishing ownership. Sign into appleid.apple.com with your Apple ID to see information associated with your account, as well as a list of devices that you’re currently signed into (see screenshot below).
(The list of devices currently signed into with an Apple ID.)
It’s a good idea to look at this list occasionally even if you’re not getting rid of a Mac! I found two Macs on this list (one a virtual machine, the other a Mac mini) that are no longer under my control. To remove a Mac or other device that you no longer own, click on the button for that device to reveal details. To remove a Mac, click the Remove button (see image below) and verify that you wish to remove it from being linked to your Apple ID.
(Removing a Mac from an Apple ID account.)
5) Sign Out of Messages
If the Mac is running OS X 10.8 “Mountain Lion” or later, take the time to sign out of Messages while preparing the Mac for repurposing. Launch Messages from the Mac Dock, then select Messages > Preferences > Accounts. Click the Sign Out button (indicated by the red arrow in the screenshot below).
(Signing out of Messages on a Mac.)
6) Erase the Mac and Reinstall macOS
In this step, we’ll go through the actions necessary to erase a Mac and reinstall the operating system on it. Note that these instructions are specific to a Mac running a recent version of the Mac operating system; for much older devices that are still running on old versions of OS X that were originally installed from a DVD, it’s recommended that you use that media to reload the original operating system (the final step of this section).
• Start by making sure that the Mac is connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or an Ethernet connection.
• Restart the Mac by going to Apple Menu > Restart…, then hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys simultaneously. This starts the Mac from the Recovery partition, and a screen similar to the one seen below appears (note that this is from a Mac that was running OS X 10.9 Mavericks):
(OS X Utilities, loaded from the Recovery partition.)
• From the Recovery window shown above, select Disk Utility, then click the Continue button.
• Select the indented volume name of your startup disk from the left sidebar of the Disk Utility window seen below. In this example, the volume name is Macintosh HD while the physical disk name is Fusion Drive. We wish to erase Macintosh HD.
(Disk Utility, showing the Erase button highlighted in red.)
• Click the Erase button seen in the center of the top toolbar of Disk Utility (outlined in red in the screenshot above). If you’ve booted from the startup disk rather than the Recovery partition, the Erase button is grayed out and cannot be pressed. In this case, reboot and hold down Command (⌘) – R again to boot into the Recovery partition.
• Erase provides several methods of overwriting the data on the Mac drive in what is called a “secure erase”. If the Mac has had financial or other private information on it, it’s a very good idea to do a secure erase. Click Security Option, elect the erase method desired (up to seven passes of overwriting the disk with ones and zeroes), then click OK. The most secure method can take days to erase a large capacity drive, so be prepared to just let the Mac sit and do the job.
• Before the erasure begins, you’re asked to select a disk format. From the Format pop-up menu, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for devices with hard drives or Fusion drives. If you’re on a Mac running macOS High Sierra that uses a solid state drive (SSD), you’ll be given the option to format the drive in Apple’s new Apple File System (APFS) format. Enter the name of the disk (the default is Macintosh HD), and click the Erase button.
• When the drive erasure has completed, close the Disk Utility window, which will take you back to the Recovery window.
• If the Mac is no longer connected to the Internet, be sure to select a network from the Wi-Fi menu in the right side of the Mac menu bar, or make sure that your Ethernet connection is live.
• The Recovery window includes an option to “Reinstall OS X” or “Reinstall macOS”. Click this to select it, then click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions to reinstall the Mac operating system. Note that you will be asked to enter an Apple ID and password in order to download the installation files; this does not link this device to your Apple ID.
7) What To Do Once macOS is Reinstalled
Once the operating system has been reinstalled, the Mac restarts to a Welcome screen that asks you to select a country or region from a list. To give the new owner an “out of the box” experience similar to the one you get with a factory-fresh Mac, do not continue with the setup of the Mac. Instead, press Command (⌘) – Q to shut down the Mac. When the new owner plugs in the Mac and turns it on, the Setup Assistant begins to run again and the user can set up the Mac as if it were brand new.
That’s it! Now you can hand over the Mac to a new owner and let them begin customizing it to their needs, knowing that your private data and cloud connections are completely off of the device.
TAGS: Apple ID, clean reinstall, Disk Utility, erasing, iCloud, iTunes, MacOS, Messages, Recovery Partition, Tech 101, Tech Tips
Emmit Brooks @ 4:09 am on December 18, 2018
Priceless information. Thanks for presenting this much needed information.
Isn Morris @ 4:58 pm on December 14, 2018
moseso @ 3:26 pm on June 15, 2018
the Mac I am sanitizing has two internal drives. “System SSD” and “Internal HDD.” The erase function in Disk Utility does not offer the security options when erasing the SSD. Does a simple erase properly obliterate the data on a SSD?
Thomas F. @ 2:12 pm on June 15, 2018
Just went through this yesterday on an old iMac. HOWEVER, when it came to reinstalling using the Recovery Partition (local or web) to reinstall 10.11, it insisted I provide my login to App Store. As this machine was going to a new person, I was not happy about this. Thankfully I previously had made a USB Install of 10.11 and I switched to using it! In the past, Apple has never asked me to login. This is new! And it needs to have a disclaimer telling the user if by doing so, that install of the OS will remain under “my account”.
Gerald Baes @ 2:48 pm on March 17, 2018
I tried doing this with my mid 2010 MacBook I purchased used from OWC and when I click on the Install “LION’ and put in my password for my app store account it constantly comes back saying that Lion is temporarily unavailable to come back at a later time. I have been trying everything I know how to do and it just won’t work. My laptop is dead. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Gerald Baes
MaX @ 6:57 am on January 23, 2018
Concerning disks sanitization, is there an application to format disk, dopy large monolithic file like movie, duplicate it until disk is filled and then do the same with smaller file and so on until 0 byres are left?
I meant “copy large monolithic file”. It would be great if editing was allowed in this forum.
Howard Kagan @ 3:28 pm on January 19, 2018
What if I want to include a few applications on this “new” Mac? How do I add some of the apps from the original setup?
Best bet, include them on a Thumb drive for the new person to install or Target Disk Mode and copy the installers on.
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E-könyv megtekintése
The Oxford Solid State Basics
Steven H. Simon
OUP Oxford, 2013. jún. 20. - 290 oldal
The study of solids is one of the richest, most exciting, and most successful branches of physics. While the subject of solid state physics is often viewed as dry and tedious this new book presents the topic instead as an exciting exposition of fundamental principles and great intellectual breakthroughs. Beginning with a discussion of how the study of heat capacity of solids ushered in the quantum revolution, the author presents the key ideas of the field while emphasizing the deep underlying concepts. The book begins with a discussion of the Einstein/Debye model of specific heat, and the Drude/Sommerfeld theories of electrons in solids, which can all be understood without reference to any underlying crystal structure. The failures of these theories force a more serious investigation of microscopics. Many of the key ideas about waves in solids are then introduced using one dimensional models in order to convey concepts without getting bogged down with details. Only then does the book turn to consider real materials. Chemical bonding is introduced and then atoms can be bonded together to crystal structures and reciprocal space results. Diffraction experiments, as the central application of these ideas, are discussed in great detail. From there, the connection is made to electron wave diffraction in solids and how it results in electronic band structure. The natural culmination of this thread is the triumph of semiconductor physics and devices. The final section of the book considers magnetism in order to discuss a range of deeper concepts. The failures of band theory due to electron interaction, spontaneous magnetic orders, and mean field theories are presented well. Finally, the book gives a brief exposition of the Hubbard model that undergraduates can understand. The book presents all of this material in a clear fashion, dense with explanatory or just plain entertaining footnotes. This may be the best introductory book for learning solid state physics. It is certainly the most fun to read.
1 About Condensed Matter Physics
The Early Days of Solid State
Part II Structure of Materials
Part III Toy Models of Solids in One Dimension
Part IV Geometry of Solids
Part V Neutron and XRay Diffraction
Part VI Electrons in Solids
Part VII Magnetism and Mean Field Theories
A Sample Exam and Solutions
B List of Other Good Books
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aligned antiferromagnetic assume atomic orbital band gap bonding Brillouin zone Brillouin zone boundary calculate chain chapter chemical potential conduction band consider conventional unit cell crystal momentum cubic lattice Debye defined density diamagnetism diffraction dimensions direction dispersion domain wall Drude theory effective mass eigenstates excitation Exercise factor fcc lattice Fermi surface ferromagnet filled free electron frequency function given Hamiltonian heat capacity hole hopping Hund’s hydrogen insulator integers interaction known lattice constant lattice planes lattice points magnetic field material mean field theory metals molecules n-doped neighbors neutrons Note nucleus number of electrons one-dimensional paramagnetism particle Pauli periodic potential phonons position primitive lattice vectors quantum reciprocal lattice vector result scattering Schroedinger equation Section semiconductor shell shown in Fig solid structure temperature term thermal tight binding tight binding model tion unit cell valence band velocity wave wavefunction wavevector Wigner–Seitz X-rays zero zone scheme
Steven H. Simon, Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.
Professor Steven Simon earned a BSc degree from Brown in Physics & Mathematics in 1989 and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Harvard in 1995. Following a two-year post-doc at MIT, he joined Bell Labs, where he was a director of research for nine years. He is currently Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.
His research is in the area of condensed matter physics and communication, including subjects ranging from microwave propagation to high temperature superconductivity. He is interested in quantum effects and how they are manifested in phases of matter. He has recently been studying phases of matter known as "topological phases" that are invariant under smooth deformations of space-time. He is also interested in whether such phases of matter can be used for quantum information processing and quantum computation.
Cím The Oxford Solid State Basics
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History of Art and Design Blog
School of Humanities University of Brighton
How my dissertation on Alison Settle, editor of British Vogue, became an article in Fashion Theory
Posted on March 17, 2018 by Harriet Atkinson Standard
History of Design and Material Culture MA graduate (2014) Ilaria Coser on being published in academic journal Fashion Theory
Alison Settle, Editor of Vogue, early 1930s. Handwritten note at the back of the photograph states: “Alison at her desk, Editor’s room, Vogue, with dolls house in background”. (courtesy of Alison Settle Archive, University of Brighton Design Archives).
A few months ago my article on the diaries of Alison Settle was published in Fashion Theory. It felt like a great accomplishment, fulfilling an aspiration I had held since the completion of my dissertation on the great British journalist and editor of British Vogue. Today, Alison Settle is virtually unknown outside fashion circles, with no auto/biography or other literature about her life and her achievements in fashion journalism. Settle reported on “women’s topics” for over 50 years, mostly in British magazines and newspapers. She was an advisor to the British textile and retail industries, and was a member of government bodies tasked with improving post-war British design. For nearly a decade between the Wars, Settle was also the editor of British Vogue, a position which required her to be actively involved with the smart set of London Society.
“Alison Off on a Jaunt,” 1915. Private photograph from the Charles Wakefield Private Archive. Permission obtained from Charles Wakefield.
My dissertation focused on the personal diaries written by Settle in the early 1930s, during the last four years of her Vogue editorship. The diaries had been preserved and cared for by Settle’s descendants, particularly by her grandson Charles, who lives in Canada. Charles was incredibly supportive and generous in sharing material and information, and I corresponded frequently with him and established a friendly collaboration. I also drew on material held in Settle’s collection at the University of Brighton Design Archives. As my research progressed, I grew increasingly invested in making Alison Settle’s name more widely known in the public domain – not only because her stature deserves recognition, but also because this would mean a lot to her family.
Fashion Theory’s theoretical and critical approach to fashion has made it my favourite academic journal throughout my studies in dress history. When my tutor, Professor Lou Taylor, mentioned that my MA dissertation had the potential to be published, Fashion Theory was my first choice. I knew that my research was a good fit for the journal, as it focused on Settle’s bodily presence as a key to access the knowledge required of her to be the editor of Vogue.
The process for publication was straightforward. Firstly, I searched online the requirements for submission. Fashion Theory is now published by Taylor & Francis, and their website hosts a very clear section for authors, detailing all the key steps. Having gathered all the practical information – word count, referencing style, recommended font, and so on – I identified a few published articles with similar characteristics to my research. Reading them provided a compass to establish which parts should be kept and which should be discarded, given that my dissertation would have to be reduced to a third of its original word count.
Alison Settle with husband Alfred and daughter Maggie, 1921. Private photograph from the Charles Wakefield Private Archive. Permission obtained from Charles Wakefield.
The re-writing of my text took longer than I expected. I had done a huge amount of detailed research on Settle’s life and I had been very selective on which parts should be included in my dissertation; for the article, I had to focus even more on the theoretical and critical aspects. Once I felt satisfied with the final draft, Professor Lou Taylor was kind enough to read it and confirm it was ready, as well as following up my submission by writing to Valerie Steele (the editor-in-chief of Fashion Theory) to introduce me and my research.
Articles are subject to peer review, and I was surprised at how quickly I received feedback. I made most of the changes recommended by the reviewer and submitted my new draft, together with a point-by-point explanation of the suggestions I had implemented and those I had opted not to apply. For example, the reviewer had suggested cutting out Settle’s biography. However, I strongly believed that it would be important to keep it, because of the complete lack of information published on her life. So, although reduced, the chapter remained.
The article was approved for publication, which happened very quickly. I was contacted by a team who supervised the proofreading and editing, requiring me to revise the text in detail and authorise further changes – changes related to syntax and grammar rather than content. And a couple of days after approving the final proof, I received confirmation that the article was published, with tips on how to broadcast the information as widely as possible.
Overall, I feel that an essential aspect of getting published was the support I received from my tutor – first hearing that my work was worthy of publication, and then her advocacy on my behalf when I submitted it to the journal. It is very satisfying to know that now there is research published on Alison Settle. Through the laborious task of transcribing her journals, I had looked into names and places and events that made it possible for me to understand the complex web of relationships in her life, and through those, her personality and values. Of course I retain my research notes and findings, and the idea of one day writing, or contributing to the writing of her biography remains my ambition.
Link to article: Ilaria Coser (2017) ‘Alison Settle, Editor of British Vogue (1926–1935): Habitus and the Acquisition of Cultural, Social, and Symbolic Capital in the Private Diaries of Alison Settle’, Fashion Theory, DOI: 10.1080/1362704X.2017.1371982
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June 25, 2014 Duke University Libraries 1 Comment
Image from “Revolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New Egypt,” by Swedish photographer Mia Gröndahl (AUC Press, 2013). Gröndahl visited Duke and discussed her work last fall.
The questions we get in Perkins Research Services range from the fatuous to the far-fetched to the fascinating. This is one of a series on our most interesting research questions, and how we go about answering them. (Some details have been changed to protect our users’ privacy.)
We have heard a lot about the use of social media to coordinate the Arab Spring protests. Taking the grassroots question back to earth, a student recently wondered what role graffiti might have played. Perhaps she was inspired by a speaker here at Duke last fall, Mia Grondahl. “Adira” approached the Perkins Research Desk one evening this spring when Stephanie, our late-night librarian, was there.
Stephanie used the library catalog to identify a book on the topic and sent Adira to get it. Adira returned very excited that she also had found some similar books by browsing nearby. That might have been the end of the interaction, but Stephanie kept working on the question after Adira left, determined to find some good journal articles as well to email to her.
What she found was fascinating. It seems that graffiti did not incite protests, but flowered immediately after the Arab Spring, once people felt more empowered and free. As eL Seed, an artist who calls his work “caligraffiti” says in an interview from PRI’s The World, “I hear a lot that artists create revolution, but I believe in Tunisia is the contrary, revolution has created artists.”
The barricades put up in the wake of the uprisings were converted from their original obstructive purpose and became canvasses for uniting people with their spontaneous messages. In addition, they served as memorial spaces dedicated to those killed during the confrontations, as discussed in an article from Theory Culture & Society. In another article, Stephanie found the claim that the graffiti reflected further unification of the people, with Muslim and Christian symbols side by side. Meanwhile in Cairo the government gave up whitewashing the pervasive graffiti because it reappeared almost immediately, according to Al-Arab.
Research librarians learn something new every day thanks to questions like this. Doesn’t it inspire you to find out how graffiti’s role has evolved in the four years since the Arab Spring? Or at least to go out and express yourself, as the students in POLISCI 222 did this spring?
Arab Spring graffiti inspired by issues in the Middle East, underneath the Campus Drive bridge at Duke (photo by Edward Chen).
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Features of complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with coronary artery disease in Beijing: a cross-sectional study
Fu-Yong Chu1Email author,
Xue Yan2,
Ze Zhang3,
Xing-Jiang Xiong4,
Jie Wang4 and
Hong-Xu Liu1Email author
© Chu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used in China for the management of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, few studies have been conducted to investigate the prevalence, perceived effectiveness, types, and reasons of CAM use in patients diagnosed with CAD.
A cross-sectional study design was adopted. Questionnaires were distributed at the outpatient cardiac clinics of four tertiary-level teaching general hospitals in Beijing. Quantitative data were analyzed using Student’s t-test. Categorical data were analyzed using chi-square test. Logistic regression was employed to explore factors associated with the use of CAM as well as CAM use features in Chinese medicine (CM) hospitals when significant differences were found upon comparisons.
From May to July, 2009, a total of 600 questionnaires were distributed, and 546 patients with a diagnosis of CAD responded with valid values and were included in the present study. CAM was used by 69.1% of the patients with CAD; the majority (75.9%) of these CAM users believes that CAM is effective. “Few side effects” (49.6%) was the main reason of CAM use; whereas “doubt of effect” (61.5%) was the main reason for non-use. Patent herbal medicine (90.7%) was the most commonly used CAM type. Compared with non-CAM users, CAM users tended to be older (p < 0.01), have a longer disease duration (p = 0.02) and better current health status. In addition, CAM users had significant lower odds for emergency admission and hospitalization within the past one year. Patients with CAD from CM and WM hospitals differ in CAM use frequency, types, perceived effectiveness, as well as reasons for CAM use or non-CAM use.
The present study suggested a group of significant factors which could influence the use of CAM in patients with CAD. CAM use patterns differ in patients from CM and WM hospitals.
CAM use
Cross sectional study
Patent herbal medicine
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the inflammatory result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the coronary arteries which supply the heart with oxygen and nutrients[1]. Manifestations of CAD may include asymptomatic CAD, stable angina, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction (MI), and sudden death. With the transition of people’s life style and prevalence of westernized diet, coronary artery disease (CAD) has become one of the most prevalent health problems worldwide[2]. CAD is the leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause of cardiovascular death in China[3, 4]. In both countries which have the world’s largest economies, the prevalence and impact of CAD are expected to grow[3–5]. Management of CAD typically consists of smoking cessation, blood pressure control, lipid management, physical activity, weight management, and treatment of concomitant disorders[2]. However, even with the most up-to-date management including interventional or surgical techniques which have largely decreased the mortality of CAD, quality of life of these patients needs to be further addressed[5–7]. In addition, the direct care and significant mortality, disability, and loss of productivity of the disease impose enormous economic burden on families, societies, and the public health system of countries[8, 9].
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) which is defined as health care practices or interventions which are not taught in conventional biomedical schools is commonly used by the general population all over the worlds[10]. Based on epidemiological studies, an increasing trend in CAM use exists in the United States[10], England[11], Canada[12–14], Australia[15], Israel[16], and South Africa[17]. Recent studies also confirmed the use of CAM in patients with CAD. Decker et al.[18] reported that 19% patients with acute coronary syndrome used CAM, and higher proportions of patients who used CAM were non-Caucasian, uninsured, economically burdened, and had depression. Prasad et al.[19] reported that 75.4% patients with cardiovascular disease used dietary supplements, 31.5% chiropractic therapy, 23.9% mind-body therapies, and 19.2% massage; however, only 14.4% had discussed the use of CAM treatments with their physicians. Grant et al.[20] summarized 27 studies regarding CAM use by patients with cardiovascular disease and found that CAM use in cardiac patients ranged from 4% - 61% with biologically-based therapies usage ranging from 22% to 68% and herbal medicines ranging between 2% and 46%. The heterogeneity of the results in those studies indicates that CAM use in patients varies in different countries, cities, ethnicities, specific CAM modalities, and patients’ economic status.
CAM therapies are commonly categorized into the following categories: whole medical systems, mind-body medicine, biologically based practices, manipulative and body-based therapies and energy medicine[21]. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which includes herbal medicine, acupuncture, qigong, and tai chi originated from China. Components of TCM may fit into one or several of CAM categories, for example, qigong may be regarded as an energy medical therapy, and Chinese herbal medicine may be perceived as the whole medical systems. As a requirement by Chinese government policies, acupuncture and herbal medicine are offered in the Departments of Acupuncture and/or Chinese Medicine (CM) inside almost every western medicine (WM) hospitals. Meanwhile, a large number of CM hospitals where almost all patients receive CM therapy exist in China. TCM has been used in China for the management of CAD for more than two thousand years. However, few studies have been conducted to investigate the prevalence, perceived effectiveness, types, and reasons of CAM use in patients diagnosed with CAD in China. In addition, to our best knowledge, no studies have been performed to explore the differences of CAM use between patients visiting CM and WM hospitals. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to: (1) determine the prevalence, perceived effectiveness, types, and reasons of CAM use in patients diagnosed with CAD in Beijing; (2) investigate the possible differences between CAM users and non-CAM users; (3) explore possible different CAM use features between CM and WM hospitals.
Study design and setting
After approval from the Human Research Committees at Guang An Men Hospital, An Zhen Hospital, Xi Yuan Hospital, and Xuan Wu Hospital, the present cross-sectional study was performed at the outpatient cardiac clinics of these four tertiary-level teaching general hospitals in Beijing, north China. The method of verbal informed consent only was approved by the hospital ethics committees. Although the Chinese population is exposed to the same Chinese culture, the majority of patients may be more likely to go to CM hospitals for CAM treatments. As the goal of the study is to capture the characteristics of CAM use in patients with CAD and compare the possible differences in CAM use between CM and WM hospitals, surveys were distributed simultaneously at two out of five tertiary-level CM hospitals and two out of 30 tertiary-level WM hospitals in Beijing. The two CM hospitals of Guang An Men Hospital and Xi Yuan Hospital are well-known by local Chinese for their CM treatment of CAD; whereas the two WM hospital of An Zhen Hospital and Xuan Wu Hospital are well-known by local Chinese for their WM treatment of CAD. At the outpatient cardiac clinic in each of the four hospitals, 150 CAD consecutive patients were approached and a verbal informed consent was gained from patients prior to participation. Patients were then instructed to complete the questionnaire at the clinic. Patients who filled the questionnaire before and patients who were illiterate were excluded at the site of survey. In addition, patients who used CAM for other purposes besides the management of CAD were also excluded.
Diagnostic criteria of CAD
In the present study, CAD was defined as stable angina (SA), unstable angina (UA) and myocardial infarction (MI, including non-ST-elevation MI, ST-elevation MI, and old MI). The diagnostic criteria were based on the recommendations of the latest guidelines of American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA)[22–24]. All the patients were over 18 years old without any language or neurological disorders that may prevent them from voluntary participation in the study.
Contents of the questionnaire
The questionnaire composed of two parts with 21 questions in total. Part One recorded the following three domains: (1) demographic characteristics of the patients (gender, age, place of residence, education level, and monthly household income); (2) CAD-related information (CAD types, duration, concomitant disorders, emergency admission or hospitalization within the past one year), and (3) CAM use characteristics (types, frequency, perceived effectiveness, reasons for use or non-use). Part Two recorded patients’ current health status via the Chinese version of Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ), which had a good reliability and validity in Chinese patients[25]. Translation of Questions in Part One of the questionnaire includes:
What is the pattern (type) of your CAD? (done by the researchers as per patient reports and acquisition of patients’ medical history when necessary)
How long have you had CAD?
Do you have any concomitant disorders? If yes, what are they?
Have you ever had any emergency admission or hospitalization due to CAD within the past one year?
Have you ever used any types of CAM (such as patent herbal medicine, nutrient supplements, exercise, herbal decoction, acupuncture, and others) to treat your CAD? If yes, what are they?
How often did you use CAM to treat your CAD, continuous use, intermittent use, or used once?
After the treatment of CAM for CAD, do you think it is effective? Yes or No
Why do you take CAM to treat your CAD? (done by CAM users) Fewer side effects; effective and mild action; treating root cause; economic; health preserving effect; without invasive examination; others (please mark the one/s that best describe your condition).
Why don’t you take CAM to treat your CAD? (done by non-CAM users) Terrible taste; slower effectual procedure; afraid of fake CAM products; doubt of effect; inconvenient; afraid of acupuncture; others (please mark the one/s that best describe your condition).
Which types of CAM (e.g. patent herbal medicine, nutrient supplements, exercise, herbal decoction, acupuncture, and others) do you prefer, if you plan to use it in the future for the management of CAD? (done by non-CAM users) Note: Exercise refers to walking, jogging, or other physical activities longer than half an hour daily. Others refer to chiropractor therapy, yoga, massage, meditation, etc.
Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 13.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) for windows. Quantitative data were expressed with mean ± standard deviation (SD) and were analyzed using Student’s t-test. Categorical data were described and analyzed using chi-square test. Logistic regression was employed to explore factors associated with the use of CAM as well as CAM use features in Chinese medicine (CM) hospitals when significant differences were found upon comparisons. A two tailed P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Demographic characteristics were described with actual number and percentages.
Demographic characteristics of the patients
From May to July, 2009, a total of 600 questionnaires were distributed at the outpatient cardiac clinics of the four hospitals, and 546 patients with a diagnosis of CAD responded with valid values and were included in the present study. Characteristics of the included participants are detailed in Table 1. Fifty-four patients returned questionnaires which had no valid information or were non-legible and thus were excluded. In the sampled population, 308 (56.4%) patients were male, 238 (43.6%) patients were female; the age was 61.3 ± 9.2 years and the disease duration was 9.6 ± 6.3 years. Regarding specific diagnosis of CAD, 33.9% were diagnosed with SA, 61.2% were diagnosed with UA, and 4.9% were diagnosed with MI. The majority of the patients were urban citizens (74.2%). A greater portion of patients reported a monthly household income higher than 4,000 RMB (54.5%, one USD equaled 7 RMB at that time) and ≥ 2 concomitant diseases (55.9%), and had less than college education (76.2%).
Demographic characteristics of the patients (n = 546)
CAD type (%)
Places of residence (%)
MHI (%)a
< 4000 RMB
≥ 4000 RMB
Education level (%)
Disease duration (years)
Numbers of concomitant diseases (%)
Emergency admission (%)
Hospitalization (%)
CAD, Coronary artery disease; SA, Stable angina; UA, Unstable angina; MI, Myocardial infarction; MHI, Monthly household income; PS, Less than college education; CP, College and postgraduate; CAM, Complementary and alternative medicine.
aOne US dollar equaled 7 RMB at that time.
Comparisons between CAM use and non-CAM use groups
Based on whether the patient used CAM for the management of CAD or not, 546 CAD patients were divided into two groups: CAM use group (n = 377, 69%) and non-CAM use group (n = 169, 31%). No significant differences were found between CAM use and non-CAM use groups in terms of gender, places of residence, education level, and monthly household income, number of concomitant diseases, treatment satisfaction, and disease perception. Compared with the non-CAM use group, patients in the CAM use group tended to be older (P < 0.01), have a longer disease duration (P = 0.02), and better current health status as evaluated by SAQ (physical limitation: P = 0.01; angina stability: P = 0.03; angina frequency: P = 0.01). During the past one year prior to study participation, 138/377 (36.6%) participants in the CAM use group as compared to 82/169 (48.5%) participants in the non-CAM use group experienced emergency admission (p < 0.01); 201/377 (53.3%) participants in the CAM use group as compared to 106/169 (62.7%) participants in the non-CAM use group were hospitalized at least once (p = 0.04). Compared with non-CAM users, CAM users had significant lower odds for emergency admission (OR = 0.61, 95% CI = 0.42 - 0.89, P < 0.01) and hospitalization (OR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.47 - 0.98, P = 0.04) within the past one year (see Table 2).
Comparison between CAM use and non-CAM use groups
CAM use (n = 377)
Non-CAM use (n = 169)
Gender (male / female)
Places of residence (urban/rural)
MHIa
(< 4000 RMB / ≥ 4000 RMB)
(LC / CP)
Number of concomitant disease
(≤ 2 / > 2)
Emergency admission
(yes / no)
(OR = 0.61, 95% Cl = 0.42 - 0.89)
CAD-type
SAQ-physical limitation
SAQ-angina stability
SAQ-angina frequency
SAQ-treatment satisfaction
SAQ-disease perception
CAM, Complementary and alternative medicine; MHI, Monthly household income; LC, Less than college education; CP, College and postgraduate; SAQ, Seattle Angina Questionnaire.
Prevalence, perceived effectiveness, reasons, and types of CAM in CAD Management
Information of prevalence, perceived effectiveness, reasons, and types of CAM in CAD management is provided in Table 3. In the present study, 377 (69.1%) patients had used at least one CAM therapy in treating CAD. Among these 377 patients, 132 patients used it continuously; 286 patients considered CAM effective after CAM use. Patent herbal medicine (90.7%) was the most commonly used type. Patent herbal medicine refers to extracted condensed pills or solutions from herbal medicine. The main reason of CAM use was “few side effects” (49.6%); whereas “doubt of effect” (61.5%) was the main reason for non-use. The majority of non-CAM users preferred patent herbal medicine (81.1%) and nutrient supplements (66.3%) as the future options if they would use CAM to treat CAD.
CAM use information and comparisons between CM and WM hospitals
CM hospital
WM hospital
Patients analyzed
CAM users (%)
Continuous / intermittent or once
<0.01 (OR = 4.17, 95% CI = 2.41 - 7.22)
Patterns (%)
Chinese patent prescription
Nutrient supplements
Herbal decoction
Perceived effectiveness
Effective / ineffective
Reasons for CAM use (n = 377)
Fewer side effects
Effective and mild action
Treating root cause
Health preserving effect
Without invasive examination
Reasons for non-CAM use (n = 169)
Terrible taste
Slower effectual procedure
Afraid of fake CAM products
Doubt of effect
Afraid of acupuncture
CAM preferred for future (n = 169)
CM, Chinese medical; WM, western medical; CAM, complementary and alternative medicine; OR, odds ratio; Cl, confidence interval.
Differences of CAM use features between CM and WM hospitals
Among these 377 patients who used CAM in the management of their CAD, 257 (68.2%) were from CM hospitals and 120 (31.8%) were from WM hospitals. As expected, the proportion of CAM users in patients from CM hospitals was significantly higher than that in WM hospitals (91.1% vs. 45.5%, P < 0.01). In addition, significant differences were also found between CM and WM hospital CAM users in terms of CAM use frequency (P < 0.01), types (herbal decoction: P < 0.01; acupuncture: P = 0.04), perceived effectiveness (P < 0.01), as well as reasons for CAM use (effective: P < 0.01; treating the root cause: P < 0.01) and non-CAM use (doubt of effect: P < 0.01). CAM users from CM hospitals were more likely to be continuous users (p < 0.01; OR = 4.17, 95% CI = 2.41 - 7.22), use herbal decoction (p < 0.01) and acupuncture (p = 0.04), believe in the efficacy of CAM treatments (p < 0.01; OR = 4.01, 95% CI = 2.45 - 6.58) [see Table 3].
This study provides one of the first comprehensive investigations of CAM use in the Chinese population who were diagnosed with CAD. The present study confirmed the hypothesis that more patients in CM hospitals use CAM than WM hospitals. The prevalence of CAM use among Chinese patients with CAD was 69% in the present study. It is higher than 4% - 61% in patients with cadiovascular disease as shown by Grant et al.[20]. Patent herbal medicine was the most commonly used CAM type (90.7% of all CAM users) in the present study; whereas Grant et al.[20] found that herbal medicines were used by only 2% to 46% patients with cardiac diseases. Upon a close examination, the data in the meta-analysis by Grant et al.[20] were mainly based on studies performed in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Thus, the cause of differences may be due to different cultural backgrounds. The results of the present study indicate that physicians should be aware of the high prevalence of CAM use, most likely herbal medicine use, in the Chinese populations.
The present study indicates that old male patients with UA are more likely to be CAM users and CAM users are less likely to be hospitalized or experience emergency admission in the past one year. These results may be influenced by age, gender and/or disease duration. Nonetheless, as CAM users were found to be older, have a longer disease duration, and better current health status than non-CAM users, we may hypothesize that CAM may alleviate patients’ symptoms of CAD. This was confirmed with patients’ perceived effectiveness of CAM in the present study. However, evaluation of CAM effectiveness in the management of CAD is beyond the purposes of the present study and further high quality randomized control trials are needed to explore the possible therapeutic effectiveness of CAM especially herbal medicine for CAD.
In the present study, CAM users were older; whereas gender and education were not associated with CAM use. Interestingly, in western populations, CAM users were found to be more likely young, female, and with higher education[11, 13, 15–19]. The variances may be related to the cultural background. During the past thirty years, China has undergone tremendous westernization. The young generation, as compared to the old generation, has been exposed more to western culture including strong believes in western medicine and lack of connection with traditional Chinese medicine. As traditional Chinese medicine is the major type of CAM in China and the sole type of medicine in some Chinese rural areas, the old generation thus may tend to believe and use CAM more than the young generation.
The present study demonstrated that a variety of CAM therapies, including patent herbal medicine, herbal decoction, acupuncture, and exercise, are prevalent and widely used in patients with CAD from both CM and WM hospitals in Beijing. Nonetheless, the small portion of other CAM types indicates that unlike the results provided by Prasad et al.[19], chiropractor, mind-body treatment, and massage are not commonly used by the Chinese patients who were diagnosed with CAD. The reasons may be: 1) chiropractic therapy is not common in China and/or 2) Chinese patients don’t believe that these forms of CAM work for CAD. Regarding the frequency of use of specific types of CAM, the results of the present study differ from the results reported by Prasad et al.[19]. In the present study, patent herbal medicine and herbal decoctions are the two most commonly used CAM therapies; whereas dietary supplements and chiropractic therapy are the two most commonly used in the study by Prasad et al.[19]. The difference may be due to the strong cultural influence. Compared with other types of CAM therapies, the Chinese population including the Chinese physicians and Chinese patients may believe that herbal medicine is more effective for the management of CAD.
Decker et al.[18] reported that higher portions of patients with cardiovascular diseases were uninsured and economically burdened. The present study found opposite results as the majority of the patients were urban citizens and the majority of patients reported a monthly household income higher than 4,000 RMB. The possible reason for the results may be due to the location of the sampled hospitals which locate in urban Beijing. In order to test the difference of economic statuses of CAM use populations, hospitals locate in the suburb or countryside should be included. The present study also found that the majority of CAM users tend to use CAM intermittently or once. As the majority of CAM users in the present study had higher monthly house hold income, causes of intermittent use may be due to cultural believes (Chinese people may believe intermittent use may be more effective) or physician instructions or just compliance in addition to economic costs. The main cause of CAM use in the present study was patients’ belief of few side effects whereas the main cause of non-CAM use was doubt of effects. Nonetheless, modern research studies report that CAM therapies like herbal medicine does have side effects[26], and certain CAM therapy have been shown to be effective in the management of certain disorders, such as acupuncture for pain[27]. Consequently, in order to correct the misunderstandings of CAM of the general public, physicians should give the Chinese patients a more detailed introduction of CAM therapy from an evidence-based approach upon clinical treatment of CAD.
Although the study included 377 CAM users which may be sufficient for the analysis of features of CAM use in patients with CAD in Beijing, patients were collected only in the cardiac outpatient clinics of four tertiary-level hospitals out of 35 tertiary-level hospitals. Patients with CAD relying solely on other CAM therapies besides traditional Chinese medicine may not be included in the present study. Therefore, the features captured in the present study may not well characterize the features of CAM use in patients diagnosed with CAD in Beijing. Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire through recalling the use of CAM in the past years; recall bias may exist during the data collection process. In addition, the validity and reliability of Part One of the questionnaire used in the study require further examination.
The present study suggested a group of significant factors which could influence the use of CAM in Chinese patients with CAD. CAM use patterns differ in patients from CM and WM hospitals. The study may help clinicians understand the preferred options and perspectives of CAD treatments by the Chinese patients.
This study was funded by Beijing Medicine and Health Science Collaborative Research Project (No. 2003I4/SF-2009-III-20), Capital Research Foundation for Medical Development, Beijing, China.
All authors declare that they have no competing interests.
HXL and JW designed and coordinated the study. FYC, XY, ZZ, and XJX carried out the survey study. XJX performed the statistical analysis. FYC and XY drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Department of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Department of Psychology and Sleep Medicine, Guang An Men Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Department of Gerontology, Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Department of Cardiology, Guang An Men Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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GM's Ammann vacates president role to steer AV unit
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Ammann: "All the energy right now is focused on getting to the point of initial commercial deployment."
General Motors President Dan Ammann will step down from his role to become CEO of the automaker's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit.
The move -- effective Jan. 1 -- emphasizes the importance of the operations to the future of GM, which plans to launch a public self-driving ride-hailing fleet in 2019. It also places Ammann, a former Wall Street banker who joined GM as its treasurer in 2010, to potentially lead a spin-off and initial public offering of Cruise, which analysts have speculated is eventually coming.
A successor for Ammann, 46, will not be named. GM CEO Mary Barra will absorb his responsibilities over global regions and GM Financial, while CFO Dhivya Suryadevara takes responsibility of the automaker's corporate development, the automaker said in a statement today.
Cruise's current CEO and co-founder, Kyle Vogt, will become president and chief technology officer of the operations.
Ammann and Vogt will "set the strategic direction" for Cruise. Ammann on Thursday described it as a "partnership" with Vogt leading technical side of the business and Ammann focusing on "commercialization and other scaling from a corporate point of view."
Ammann, who will be based in San Francisco, declined to comment on the possibility of a spinoff or IPO.
"All the energy right now is focused on getting to the point of initial commercial deployment," Ammann told Automotive News, later saying the company could be "open-minded to other opportunities down the road."
Bloomberg reported earlier this year that GM was talking with banks and internally about its eventual options for Cruise, including a public offering, spinoff or separate stock listing.
"These appointments further demonstrate our commitment to transforming mobility through the safe deployment of self-driving technology and move us closer to our vision for a future with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion," Barra said in the statement. "As we move toward commercial deployment, adding Dan to the strong team led by Kyle is the next step."
Ammann said he is "thrilled" to be dedicating 100 per cent of his time and energy to Cruise, which is currently valued at $14.6 billion (all figures USD) following recent investments.
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From left, Cruise Automation COO Dan Kan, Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt and GM President Dan Ammann pictured last week in San Francisco.
Spearheaded by Ammann, GM acquired San Francisco-based Cruise Automation in 2016. He has since overseen its expansion from 40 employees to more than 1,000 at the GM subsidiary.
"He's demonstrated to us he's got what it takes to be a tech leader," Vogt said Thursday.
The shift follows several major announcements in recent months about GM's autonomous work, including a $2.25 billion investment by the SoftBank Vision Fund of Japan and plans for Honda Motor Co. to invest $2.75 billion in the operations.
The announcement also comes three days after Barra and Suryadevara announced a major restructuring of the company's North American production operations and plans to cut 15 per cent of the automaker's salaried workforce, including 25 per cent of its global executives.
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Tennessee Outdoorsmen Cookbook
Jimmy Holt
Buy 10-49 at $11.70 each to save 35%.
Tennessee Outdoorsmen Cookbook - Softcover
After thirty years of hosting The Tennessee Outdoorsmen television show and writing outdoor stories for the Nashville Tennessean, Jimmy Holt has teamed up with outdoor/travel writer and radio personality Vernon Summerlin to create The Tennessee Outdoorsmen Cookbook. Here readers will find hundreds of recipes for preparing fish, game, and companion dishes along with Jimmy's and Vernon's anecdotes and tips on fishing, hunting, and cooking.
The cookbook features many special ways to prepare favorite fish and game, from smoking and grilling to cooking in old-fashioned Dutch ovens and modern ovens. Some recipes are family heirlooms. Many recipes were sent in by viewers and readers, who include their own stories, adding more flavor to the mix.
From soup to desserts and all the trimmings, here is the best cookbook from the best outdoor cooks in the South.
Contributor(s)Jimmy Holt , Vernon Summerlin
About the Contributor(s) Jimmy HoltJimmy Holt, a native Nashvillian, is probably the best-known outdoor personality in Tennessee. He has hosted The Tennessee Outdoorsmen... Jimmy Holt
Jimmy Holt, a native Nashvillian, is probably the best-known outdoor personality in Tennessee. He has hosted The Tennessee Outdoorsmen television show for more than thirty years, written the outdoor pages for The Tennessean, and hosted his own radio show in Nashville. He also writes regularly for hunting and fishing magazines.
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Vernon Summerlin has written seven books, including The Compleat Tennessee Angler, and hundreds of magazine articles on travel and the outdoors. He has won more than thirty awards for his writing and photography. He also cohosts The Summerlins' Destination Outdoors radio show with his wife, Cathy. They live quietly in rural Williamson County, Tennessee. show more
PublisherThomas Nelson
Dimensions 9.69(h) x 7.44(w) x 0.48(d) inches
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Feds say Windsor building is safe even though workers evacuated
As reported on CTV News, the government agency that closed a federal building in Windsor says it was only a “precautionary measure.”
The building at 441 University Ave. W. was closed last Thursday due to unsafe conditions.
More than 300 people, most of them employees of the Canada Revenue Agency, were forced to evacuate. They have been working from home or in other government buildings.
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Public Services and Procurement Canada released a statement to CTV News, saying the building is safe.
“Two independent engineering assessments confirmed the building is safe to occupy,” said Marc-Andre Charbonneau, PSPC media relations in an email to CTV Windsor. “As always, employees’ safety is our top priority and we will ensure that they have a safe and healthy workplace.”
Charbonneau added “a new study is underway in order to fully address concerns expressed by employees. The study is expected to highlight the results of a full building inspection and will determine if any further steps need to be taken. This work is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.”
Charbonneau said the CRA and the PSPC are working together with union partners to ensure affected employees can safely return to the work space at the earliest opportunity.
The federal government building had just undergone extensive renovations that cost nearly $11 million.
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CNBLUE Lee Jungshin Gallery for Vogue Korea 2016 May Issue
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As Relaxing as A Cat
One day CNBLUE Kang Min Hyuk sit down in a couch under sunlight. He angrily entered the working room along with 2 cats he raised. His face is soften, and seems more comfortable. PHOTOGRAPHER Hwang Hye Jeong
Pictorial shooting was a bit late. He already arrived in Korea from Guangzhou, China this morning, but one of two cats he raised suddenly has a skin problem so he has to take him to hospital and he can’t estimate how long will it be and apologized. Few days before he was in Osaka and Yokohama, Japan on the concert entitled “CNBLUE Spring Live 2015” for an opening anniversary, then directly flew to China and matched the schedule and couldn’t miss any time. Two days later, on the stage of family concert “FNC Kingdom” in Jamsil, digesting all the schedule moreover on tight schedule to K-Pop Star. Final day of spring and he wanted to grab that day. Receiving a warm sunlight, he greeted us with face full of smile. “I slept on the plane, so I am okay.” Seeing a smiling youth in the late spring, seems like early summer comes faster.
Min Hyuk is CNBLUE’s drummer, through an inherent highlight, the path is far but the place is there. Elongated and slim along with his handsome face, he started grabbing audience’s attention through a 40% rating of drama series <My Husband Got a Family>. A son of a Playboy in <The Heirs> added his tidy and hot man’s charm. He wanted to lengthen his way to be an actor but he was casted in variety show <Brave Family> joining Park Myung Soo, Shim Hye Jin, and Park Joo Mi and have a life as close brother in a family and more of a reality. Last month he was chosen as MC of the newly started JTBC variety <Mom is Watching>. Unexpected things comes, a sincere youth and a steady path will show. Looked tiresome, through a drowsy pupil those words are said.
It’s a deep impression of your two cats on SNS. What makes you a father of these cats?
Since long time ago, I always wanted to raise a companion animal. I think it will be great to have an inmate-like animal to live with. Both like friends so we don’t feel lonely, finally I bought two cats 3 months ago. Both are females, but their character is like cats & dogs. Given them name and hint to get quiet Kungddadda, Umchichi like a drum sound. When people fall for cat’s character people also changing. That’s true, there are charm for sure, really spoiled. I wanted to make them pretty, I really don’t want them to come. When I raised them, don’t want to be disturbed, they become very lovely. It a short as yawn “Ya-oong”. Not “please give me food soon” but more like ‘I’m hungry’, I think that is so cute. When I entered the house from afar Ddadda yawn like asking ‘You came?’, her face covered because she is afraid, on the other way ChiChi coming until the porch to welcome me. Their personality is different, but they had lots of expression. I like Chichi more for her face but weirdly my heart went to Ddadda more.
So it’s the same as you choose a woman?
I think I am more of Ddadda style. Now we watched the newly started <Mom is Watching>.
How do you feel to be the MC?
I am nervous of course. That because I rarely doing a variety show. I am just not funny.
Do you really feel you are not funny?
Since there are no replacement in broadcast, there are lots of restrictions. I am searching on the only thing I can do the best. I like to talk and I also good at listening. But weirdly in front of camera only I don’t think I could do well. When I entered the live broadcast, the feeling is awkward. I often make mistakes. I couldn’t show it well. <Brave Family> is a variety but I can just show what it looked like the way it is. At that time, I think of appearing on broadcast and going to the beach kinda different. I am upset because repeatedly making people disappointed.
Why do you feel that way?
I don’t know. I keep on challenging being an MC but every time I did, it was very hard. I am feeling frustrated. When I am about to give up, suggestions came. As I am worrying on when will I do well I am thinking to overcome the problem at least once. I can’t just do badly every time.
How do you feel when doing it?
In the past before I talked, I have loads of preparation, I am really nervous and I forgot what I’ve prepared. Now the second time shooting, I feel more at ease. My greediness is out and I feel more confident. Forget the rule, I am thinking on how to cut my nervousness.
During the broadcast Kim Boo Sun with comment sometimes crossing the line?
Slowly I got to know about it. My throat is okay but my face and hands are shaking. I am like that since long time ago. So since I was a kid, I intentionally trying to stand in front. I really want to win.
What are you doing determinedly?
I keep on following the election as class president or vice. I am always participated in any kind of competition or competition held during school events. I am also learning flute. And choir. As number 1 representative I played in front of all students. But still the nervousness didn’t go away. Do you have attention phobia? Looks like it. Shooting a show it’s not a personal matter but I am doing it with lots of people. I have to do well and I am receiving pressure all over.
You are the type that have high standard, aren’t you?
Yes, it is. I have lot of greed.
You wanted to show the perfect one?
I want to be perfect but I know I can’t so I am lowering my own expectations. But when I meet people, I really want to do it perfectly.
“I want to be perfect but I know I can’t so I am lowering my own expectations. But when I meet people, I really want to do it perfectly. “
If you don’t follow your heart, you just continuously want to win and don’t know what your progress. How did you managed to find this work?
Since I was in elementary school I learned how to play instruments and always wanted to do music. Fascinatingly in junior high, I wanted to be an actor. First year of senior high, I heard from FNC and I can do many kind of activities. And since then I am only thinking of playing drum, I don’t think of anything complex. I am really ignorant that time. Although it’s the broadcast attitude or I am showing my ability, I am just doing it well.
It’s different from what you predicted. All of a sudden I am on the show that was showing on TV, because I am so nervous my head becoming a blank paper. So while doing activities for second album, I worried and monitor our activities, on New Year’s Eve I came to know that I become a big deal. The core was seriously intoxicate. On the bottom line. Sometimes although you are a celebrity there was a time you don’t want to care about your appearance. Moreover I don’t want to be called “Chubby” on screen, so I am losing weight. Heaving hunger after. Afterthought I realized that I have to exercise too. Compared to others, I think I am more of the type that took lots of time.
Longevity of top group after 6 years of debut. It’s not a slow success. Looking at CNBLUE hyung (older brother) really cool. There are lots of good people around us. People want to develop but I am just in my place so I become worried, the lacking me always worrying. Even now I tried to fill in the place, moving slowly.
“People want to develop but I am just in my place so I become worried, the lacking me always worrying. Even now I tried to fill in the place, moving slowly.”
Interview last time, you feel that you are suitable as a nationalist or a stargazer.
I couldn’t be the masses. If I think of my work comfortably, I don’t know if other could do the same. If there are no line it will become a dangerous job instead.
You are a self-censorship. That is a very good character to your every day life. But not like that in a broadcast.
These days the mounted filter is not working and people’s charm can be fun and friendly at the same time. Looking like that I could see it in four weeks in the past.
I am not very sure. The talk about work finally come up. I really don’t want to do business. Don’t do any creative related works. Rather than new exploitation try, just faithfully do the work given like an official or teacher, I heard that were the best. That kind of work is very suitable too. The answer is that kind of work didn’t fit even a bit with celebrity. But since I was a kid I am more of making effort than being creative. (smile)
What kind of person do your friends think you are?
In middle school, I have 14 real close friends. The friends that you want to be with your whole life. And they are calling me as not-so-fun friend. I couldn’t really revealed my real self and I was sorry for that.
What did they think of you nowadays?
I am very quiet and my nickname becoming “Peaceful Min”. Moderator of a fight. Listen to other worries and giving answer. The thoughts are deep but remained unchanged. Trusted friend. Many points to learn but often hear his voice. A perfectionist yet unforeseen faces but marvelling because it cannot be seen in any show.
Why do you think people like you?
I don’t know. Maybe having no burden.
And your weapon is?
Eum, I have to find it first. (laugh) now forget about the weight in my heart and becoming more at ease.
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CNBLUE Lee Jonghyun Fluttering India Featured inSytle Magazine 2015 May Issue, “Boys to Men”
* Trans only Jonghyun’s part
Variety Show (Exciting India) five man whose came back from an unknown country has gathered down and aims to dress up. Did they obtained some kind of energy because they had steady maturity more than before?
PHOTOGRAPHED BY : KYUNGHO KIM
This is not about a girl
In this hotel room there is common thing that could be found within the people gathered here. Not long ago they came back from India, they are all Man-Idol, and all of them are close to Super Junior Kyuhyun. Kyuhyun and INFINITE Sunggyu, CNBLUE Jonghyun, Shinee Minho and EXO Suho together for KBS variety show <Exciting India> get a note and pen instead of mike to make special K-POP tracking cover of in India. Not long ago they gathered again and busy sharing their unrealistic memories in India. Started from ‘Ambassador’s Toilet’ till dancing and singing to Bollywood movies. “We have became Beer Friends in India.” This team didn’t need any team work and that good to see, said Sunggyu. In 6th episode, members tried recruiting woman member but Suho just shook his head over and over again. “No, as man we have loyalty to put first but woman can’t”.
CNBLUE JONGHYUN To Jonghyun however we think of it, memory of toilet lingered the most. “In Ambassador’s toilet, he personally put the fuser down away.” And one more thing. “People of India enjoyed scenery in their 30s.” It is strange country but, I got to enjoy with members and had a good time there. It’s not easy to say but, in <Exciting India> teaser trailer in the midst of people sleeping, they had their hair dried but they keep on nodded their heads. Their faces showed an unfair looking expression. “I am like that because I am always the last to shower. (laugh) Compilation of evil!” Slowly they’ve becoming a good accompany for holiday I don’t know for sure but, and this year’s holiday plan if it execute as planned they’ve becoming a good one for sure. “January this year, I planned of crossing Siberia on a train during early days for a week. I brought my guitar along and thinking of making songs but I couldn’t go because of the schedule. I promised that I should go within this year. It’s really hard to see back and forth because of the dentition. I am thinking that if I go there I would’ve have time to think. “Rather than thinking about validity time of an idol I’d prefer to think of now and have fun with it and during holiday what kind of thought will I have to think of? Angelina Jolie ever said this kind of words. ‘I have to per-use my famous life.’ In fact I had lots of contradiction within myself. So I put effort on being good person. “Dream of being Eric Clapton, I want to became a cool grandpa like David Coverdale. I think I could be doing well for a long time by looking at their faces.
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CNBLUE Jung Yonghwa in HIGHCUT Magazine Vol. 144 Interview
COVER CUT
EDITOR Lee Hwi Seung
PHOTOGRAPHER Mok Na Jung
STYLIST Lee Hye Young
HAIR Im Hye Gyung
MAKE UPLee Sun Mi
“First time shooting a pictorial. Because afraid of camera, I really want to runaway.” 5 years ago, one day on November 2009, <You’re Beautiful> ‘Milk Man’ along with <HIGH CUT> that’s how I recalled that first shoot. That day, the first time we saw Jung Yong Hwa, such a lively boy like his nickname. Now its time to remove that prince image inside the fairytale. It’s left with a rough male to shoot a water scene that requested exposure. “I supposed to prepared my body shape from a month ago, I want to show but there is nothing to show now” I don’t have confidence. I change into sleeveless top to show my body shape and come out “Is this really okay?” that what I asked. To calm woman’s heart with a quiet muscle. Sofa and sofa, I was told to move between space and space. With all power, I lied down on sofa and wildly breathe rested on. With two hands supported my body to show my arm muscles. Inside the black&white photos moving freely and more of variable face than in the drama. February 2015 I will remembered this day. Finally Jung Yong Hwa that becoming a male One Fine Day. Reporter Lee Hwi Seung.
About 5 hours of pictorial shooting process facing a seated Jung Yong Hwa. In this pictorial seems like a hunky man showing his forearm as a point but during interview he showed a 27 years old youth image. CNBLUE Leader and main vocal Jung Yong Hwa back with first album. Title track “One Fine Day” so different from CNBLUE. Instruments strengthen Jung Yong Hwa sweet timbre vocal. In this album from lyrics and arrangement made by himself, exceptionally among singer, 8 songs with own arrangement showing his unlimited competency as singer-songwriter. Rather than his thick lips a shy smile is more suitable for Jung Yong Hwa Interview. Reporter Jo Kyung Lee.
Few days ago, in<Radio Star>program seems to be severe. Han Seong Ho Director “Between Lee Hong Gi and Jung Yong Hwa who will be inherit this company” pointed to Jung Yong Hwa.
In fact, this is really become severe. <Radio Star> If I talk more in that program seems bad. My relationship (With Lee Hong Gi) is good and we’re doing fine.
After that program aired, reaction on Han Seong Ho Director was hot. He looked more of people from variety than person who affiliate artist and we were surprised of that.
Before his appearance, our director like any director from other company, he was also felt dignity and weight also. Somehow still it’s the company representative who went there. I hope that the program will go well through his riprap style. When it aired, none of us watched the broadcast but when we don’t packed schedule, we think of it. One representative said, I don’t want to say formal greeting here. <laugh>
There are lots of dash woman but you keep on rejecting, it was called “Incarnation of self-management”
(dash) there aren’t a lot . . . Self-Management as a Blood Type A, I don’t express my feeling much. I am on the side which will not choose the thing that I will regret later.
Your ideal type now?
My ideal type is Kim Yuna. I saw her once when filming CF, looks like I am seeing her inside a glass bar. Although we are close (in distance) but I can’t get closer. Her pose is extraordinary.
‘Our loving memories, our precious time, I still cannot forget’. You directly wrote your own lyrics for your album title track.
I wrote lyrics based on background experience. I thought that by writing lyrics though own experience, people will feeling more empathy.
All 10 songs in your album is important, other than your title track, the track that you have most affection.
All of the songs that I wrote are important but these days I like last track 27years. Old time memories, I got to remember memories when in school time or childhood.
Yoon Do Hyun, Verbal Jint, Yang Dong Geun, JJ Lin and Peter Mallick, you have collaborated with artist from many kinds of genre.
‘Cruel Memories’ I imagined that Yoon Do Hyun Senior will sing when I wrote the songs. Fortunately, I am grateful for all seniors who did great in my album. So we met that day, wrote lyrics and record together in recording studio. Yang Dong Geun Hyung (big brother) we did <The Three Musketeers>we often wrote lyrics for “Mileage”. And now that I think about that, for the rap section Yang Dong Geun Hyung wrote about 2~3 hours and send it to me.
You used to do activities as singer in group but now you do it alone.
When I won no.1, lots of people giving me support in our agency’s Katalk Room. Usually when I was doing solo activities, I don’t meet them often so we are contacting each other in Katalk. On top of it, our member did sent message vote. (laugh)
I heard that as CN BLUE leader, members are doing well on their own.
It’s not that I am saying ‘No’. But I’m the type to do things slowly one by one and I will say no if can, so the members like ‘If Hyung (big brother) don’t do it … we also…’ I think of that way.
You have participated in 4 dramas <You’re Beautiful><You’ve Fallen for Me><Future’s Choice><The Three Musketeers>.
There’s nothing to forget after filming dramas. To me it became a good experiences.
There is always something to regret regarding the viewers’ rating but in fact there is nothing to be controversy of that.
When the time as a student, learning about acting one by one, now seeing script and felt the emotion to fit the character. Somehow it will the character that I acted so I have to express the right emotion too. Sometimes we cannot get by learning. The style that I want to be, I also don’t learn songs, although I’ve learn earlier that still minus, I am the style to be gaining more by myself.
You already did the first step well but sometimes if you move to other spot you are feeling in heavier level. At that time, you want to leap over the difficult part.
Because of that, I will do it (alone). Pleasure when jump, I want to enjoy the exaggeration, I am not the style that get frustrated easily.
Your life’s motto is?
‘Time is gold’. The meantime it clicks a day’s dome I write lyrics. I thought time shouldn’t be wasted just like that. If I am doing other hobby or activities, it wil be a waste. And if I have those time I will use it to write songs and doing any other things.
We’re back to talk about your solo album, on the day of ‘One Fine Day’ released got number 1 spot on ITunes chart in 7 countries such as HongKong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Macau, etc. 7 February on number 1 Billboard World Chart, and on China Gaon Weibo number 1 in 10 weeks. You’ve called as‘Greater China Prince’.
To tell you the truth, I am truly grateful. Chinese fans are really passionate and active. They came to Korea and even in my birthday they put an Advertisement on subway. I also felt that way when having concert in South America. Because Korea is the motherland the feels is natural, but to received such a great reaction abroad its still fascinating to me.
After debuting 6 years ago, you finally held you solo concert titled “One Fine Day” from 27 February. You will be visiting 6 countries and 8 cities on this Asia Tour.
Doing live band instruments as background for a concert but during solo tour I will bring alongwith session and band to bring out different colours. It will be different from CN BLUE as a band. I will be playing new songs live, although it became more burden to me but I’ll challenge myself and expected much from it. I prepared the best well.
CNBLUE group activities, drama, solo album release, solo concert, etc, you have expand formidable activities.
It looks like I have lots of greed. And I want to make it happen. My solo already started and already started acting, I still want to expand and do it well in every sector.
Sure is tiring.
Few years I’ve been sowing my greed but it still not over yet. You should do it while in your twenties. Looks like bulldozer push stick. Sometimes there’s also tiring time. It led to frustration at that time but as time goes by it’ll like calluses and stay there.
What did you do to when frustration came?
I sleep, and I feel better when waking up. I am not the type to think deeply on problem so I feel better after waking up. It because I don’t have any thoughts while sleeping.
You still haven’t fulfil your greed to star in movie.
I want to try a movie. Not long ago, I met Director Kim Han Min from movie <Roaring Currents>. I said New Year greetings and got to sit beside him during one event. Although its our first time meeting, we changed phone number and sometimes called each other. After finishing my activities, I would like to give him a call and asked to join me to have soju together.
Latest entertaining movies that you watched.
I enjoyed movie <Her>. It’s about cyber love but the materials is exciting. Cinematic colour really pretty.
You took role of 1 man show MNet <Jung Yong Hwa Hologram>. Plan, composition, production, shooting, appearance you did it on your own. How was it?
It is very real. Super fun. At first I think a lot on ‘How will I shoot this’ but after shooting it becoming more comfortable. I used Go Pro at first then changed it to camera. It was a fun shoot. During reality program you forcibly had to make it entertaining made it burden to me, but I didn’t feel it at all. I don’t do it by feel. Although it becoming burden at the beginning, but there’s nothing artificial so I don’t have to talk and burden lesser. Shooting was comfortable.
Is there any actual public opinion of Jung Yong Hwa that people misunderstood?
In general it’s about my prince image, they thought I am smart. But I think that you will be surprised of my real self in <Hologram>. Its non-purpose for my prince image, it doesn’t really matter, but I wanted to normal human. Also with my close friend to create “sesame bonding”.
Before your debut, you said you liked Girls’ Generation, girl group you like recently.
Now Girls Generation has become close confederate and the feel now and then is different. I am close with Tiffany and everybody evenly close. Recently my favourite girl group of course, family company AOA, but nowadays girl group like AOA till G-Friend all sweet and pretty.
If you go to Music Broadcast, there are lots of your junior.
I’ve become a Sunbae (Senior). Nowadays, because they still young they used to 90 degrees bow when we greet. This time while promoting my solo album, I rarely can go outside the waiting room. Lots of junior came to give their CD and said greetings to me.
Because you are so busy, you don’t have time to date.
Of course, what should I say here. (laugh)
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CNBLUE Lee Jungshin in Cosmopolitan 2015 April Interview
Entering 6 years of debut, the title ‘CNBLUE goddes’ bassist’, and added one more ‘Rising Actor’. After packed schedule, listening to music and drink coffee alone, and a man who usually do cooking.
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Jang DukHwa
“After finishing schedule, I am just drinking coffee on my own and have time to think by myself, what my plans in the future, when listened to music I liked Hard-Core Music, often cook fried rice or simple egg dish, when I give my dish to people and they eat deliciously I am feeling proud.”
You are really an ice-breaker model. ‘Lee Jung Shin is a real model’ making people confused of that statement.
Haha. Really? My height is just a bit tall so there a say like that. First time in my career I did a health screening. My height is growing. 188,3cm. Now it’s left 1,7cm to reach 190cm, I don’t want to grow anymore because I am giving my waist herd more.
How will you give herd?
‘If I give herd to my muscle, I won’t grow anymore right? With that thoughts I exercise harder.
When you have a day for your free time, what are you doing?
In a day without schedule, I am just drinking coffee alone at home and do lots of thinking about this and that. I am planning what I will do next. I like listening to hard-core music.
What kind of music you mainly listen?
I liked Pop music. I also liked Coldplay like genre and listening to lots of band music. I also search for K-Pop no.1 songs on chart and often listen to any kind of songs I’ve found.
The way you turn over the fry-pan just now looks different. Did you enjoy cooking?
Aa, I always good at turning over the pan like this. Somehow because now I live with my own brother, we often cook what we want to eat. Although it’s just fried rice or egg dish but there is a basic for everything. We’re not that good but we enjoyed it much. When people that I gave my dish ate it deliciously I am feeling proud. This is how mother’s feel? Haha.
We’re following your twitter. Looks like you like to update a lovely daily look. We have fun looking at it.
I didn’t know why people enjoy SNS that much at first. Previously football coach Ferguson posted this ‘SNS is a waste of life’. I also felt motion of that words, but nowadays it really a SNS time and I don’t want to do it alone and I felt that I have to do the same thing too. And so I started twitter and it was fun. There I am bound and when I feel it I do some update too. Sometimes when man posted their selca I was just like, ‘What’s wrong with him’. Now that I am posting the same thing, I becoming them. Haha. However it will look it might be prejudice only.
But everytime celebrities posted something in SNS once, it become one article with one photo and also reported and feeling a bit inconvenience.
Of course, long time ago I don’t have that star thoughts and just posted a photos, also update what I want to write but now I have to think what kind of side I wanted to show. I also have to make sure each word I want to post first. That what I see, words that saves you later.
Do you also following other SNS?
I followed fashion brand Valentino and fashion photographers. Because I have high interest in fashion and photography. Moreover I don’t have much interest in other celeb on SNS.
In 2010, you were debuted as singer in CNBLUE and started your activities at 20, now you’ve become 25, on top of that besides being a singer also an actor. Is there any difference between now and then?
Somehow, right now I become mature than before. Of course I am thinking to grow more in the future but I still don’t know. What I will learn, what experience will I got that were a lot and now I becoming an adult. I think that the time when I started acting was my life’s turning point. Debuting as CNBLUE and carrying singer activities, it always been a dream for me to act. And finally a perfect chance came to start, and I love to carry on activities as an actor. Acting is really fun and I want to do it more.
Your last drama <Thank You, Son> a rebellious temperament repeater role, ‘cheeky’ you received praised because you did well portraying your role. What is the secret to deepen your character like that? Is there any side that is similar to your real character?
Of course not. I did a throughout research to the character and I also imagine to live as that person too. On the spot, I asked the director, writer, and others also staffs I asked them a lot on how this character should act. I attempted this and that to fit the character. I love it and happily did the role.
As we see you act, do you ever thought ‘I feeling suitable in this field’?
I don’t have that much confidence now and I still don’t know, but one thing for sure is that I love acting. I think this was what I want to do much in the future.
The more you like to act, the more you see people who worked in this field. Looking at other production, I want to do that kind of acting. Do you ever feel that way?
I really like Kimura Takuya. I fell in love at first sight? Drama <Pride>.<Hero><Hundreds Millions Stars from The Sky> through that drama production Kimura Takuya character really showing his charms. So these days I learn to act more. Later when I am older and acting to that character, I will be feeling happiness.
It’s already half way of your twenties and soon will reach thirties, do you ever think about that? What kind of man do you want to be?
I want to be a man who knows loyalty and love. I had lots of flaws and good at grabs around people and it will be great if I discover people’s flaws and engage more. It will be cool to age to be that kind of man.
In the recent interview you said that it’s been so long since your last relationship and you already had vague memory of it. In fact now is the season. Don’t you like the idea of relationship?
Of course I want to be in a relationship. Especially when I was alone at home, the thoughts come by. But I don’t really think that relationship is the most important thing right now. ‘Till now works come first, I am not the type to delay work to go dating. When the time come, I will do it.
What kind of woman that you want to meet and date?
In the past, a pale looking girl, in similar concrete way I have that kind of type, but nowadays it changed. The person who I can talk to is the most important thing now. It will be great if when we were together, we are able to talk and forget about our work for a moment.
Is there a time when you fallen into woman?
There was a time when I fall to that person’s charm during a talk once. I don’t know but I fell for that person’s thoughts, speech, and eyes at that time. At first I don’t attracted to her and through conversation and suddenly, ‘Oo, I am looking at a woman’ I think I have that kind of experience few times.
If you have a girlfriend on this year’s spring, what kind of date do you want to do?
I knew I can’t do it, but I want to do it. Meeting in the morning to have breakfast together, watching movies, going to cafe, and send her home. I really want to try that general kind of date. Men will like, ‘Aaa, I did that every single day and it’s boring’ but don’t you think it will make it more special? Since I cannot do it in usual.
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CNBLUE Jung Yonghwa Interview in Ceci Magazine 2015 February Issue
CNBLUE Jung Yong Hwa was back as solo artist. With strong smooth a flexibility and through firm and tight charisma.
EDITOR : Cha In Seon (Pictorial), Park So Hyun (Interview)
PHOTOGRAPHER : Kim Young Jun
CeCi: If we look out news about CN BLUE, it overflows with overseas schedules. How does it feel to live like you are sewing the world?
If we look at the schedule, 24 hours seems to be very short. I mean if a day could be any longer that would be nice. (smile) To tell you the truth, I didn’t even check the packed schedules table. Instead, I feel that with schedules given more to be a mission that when finishing one would a great achievement. After concluding a long world tour, also finished filming drama, “I’m already grow this much”. I have developed. Finally I am much better!” I think about it every time.
CeCi: Question about your First historical drama “The Three Musketeers” cannot be missed out. It helped you grow.
Historical drama was a new challenge. Even though I was caught in overseas schedules when the Public Relations team came, I really must try this so I give it a hand. Production team for “The Three Musketeers” is the same as “Nine” the atmosphere was great, all team packed and worked well together so we can finish filming happily. Drama filming along with overseas concert schedule were too much physically exhausting as engaging those two. When both finished, I’m feeling strange. It already passed a month. I also feel emptiness even when doing concert.
CeCi: Recently you are selected as Hot People on Chinese’ Weibo, in the States public information in Mashable chosen as “2014 TOP 50 Most Tweet Song”. In 2014 you must be feeling fairly proud of yourself.
Fortunately, it was so much fun, I live hard to live. (smile) To communicate easily with fans so I’m on Twitter, it’s difficult to use Twitter in China so I started Weibo for Chinese fans. I couldn’t focused only on Twitter or Weibo so I made two version of photos and writing. I wrote in Chinese on Weibo, nowadays I depend on Chinese dictionary. It is a period for enforcement to learn.
CeCi: Finally, this year Jung Yong Hwa solo project started. The word “First time” might have a deep meaning.
As a rookie that don’t know anything, more clod and my thoughts are full of challenge. Because at that time I also wasn’t afraid. As CN BLUE getting enjoyable and the weight that we feel today is different than it was.
CeCi: That weight is responsibility?
Yes. Now because the recording has finished, my share already done and time for me to leave it release. When I’m in season to write songs, like a lion chasing its prey that cannot talk in its sleep and dreamed. Slept and woken up, a trail of eating lots of snacks and sometimes it’s shocked me. Mostly I didn’t eat in usual, but in my sleep I usual dreamt of eating snacks. The most important thing was memories flew. When the time finished, those burden now change into excited feeling. Again, it was all embarked a good night sleep mode. (smile)
CeCi: Your creative liver becoming sensitive on the tip of the dream more than breaking it.
While I was working it will become more sensitive. Those sensitivity can be the strength, when it appear to be a problem when producing an album because it becomes more powerful.
CeCi: Is there any difference while working together with other members?
As long I don’t meet their gaze I think it comfortable. We care about each other that much. If I did solo, I think that can I do it freely alone, vaguely think about that. Firstly I was given freedom, but I continued to modify every single detail till I feel satisfied. Because of that I felt lots of stress. It slowly come to resolve and I will be eating snacks all night long. (smile) I have to do my own portion.
CeCi: Last album in a cafe near Hongdae, I heard that you encounter inspiration there. How about this time?
I watched lots of movies. Like a copying charm, I don’t want to write the same way as before, so I forcibly constructed out the new way. Side by side, so human are limited and if there is something that lack of materials of course we don’t know. Every time I am attracted in certain topic it might be not an easy work to do. As I am preparing an album I constantly felt of being Blood Type A. Even while in a conversation if an idea appear I suddenly wrote a memo, or in the middle of eating or shower I am less doing it. (smile)
CeCi: Oo, a school boy type. Suddenly I am curious of your favourite sites. When you have free time what did you do.
I am curious of which songs do people listen to, mainly billboard chart site and You Tube image.
CeCi: Besides working don’t you have any hobby?
Beside writing songs if I do anything else hmm. If I did that, what did I get? Others have hobby to relieve their stress in life, for me it is more uselessly time flies so fast and build my stress. What a weird stance right.
CeCi Finishing homework must be done first and more of your character.
Very true. That’s why I thought that a day is very short. Because I have to sleep as much as possible, but when I wake up I have many things to do.
CeCi: In this album which section do you think is the most giving you power?
Through solo, the thing that I want to do the most as CN BLUE and wanted to challenge is collaboration. Meeting new people while collaborating and I remembered being a beginner. I think I don’t know when it started to feel comfortable living, in reality I am still trying to settle. I still hang on other people to detail, I am why easy-easy way to do, did I only want everything to be fast. I am reflected a lot on that.
CeCi: Do you have any hint on your upcoming album?
Title track and album title is <One Fine Day>. I am focused on using new musical instruments to create new sound, I’ve putting my effort when mixing and raising standard and combination. I collaborated with Yoon Do Hyun, YDG, Verbal Jint senior from Hip-Hop till Rock-Ballad and captured many kinds of genre. I always writing love songs in the past, I am trying to escape. I want a change.
CeCi: If we looked at the finished songs, the feeling is different.
All songs feel like my own child and I am proud of it. Compared to any other songs since they are all my child, they are the prettiest of all. (CeCi Haha, maybe if all 10 fingers burnt, might be a feeling of parents hurt heart). Even all 10 fingers all are like gold fingers must be sweet and pretty.
CeCi: Among all, what kind of praise do you want to hear the most?
‘Kyaa, no songs to be thrown away, it might be good.’ If I heard that kind of thing, I think I can sleep peacefully. That time in my dream me with Maltese were running merrily in a field.
CeCi: The man who worked hard for living. How do you want to live in the future?
I am already 27 years old. That precious time just passed by and I feel a bit of a waste. I don’t want to feel regret so I have to live with faithfulness. I don’t want to live without meaning. I have to finished each mission first, moreover have to be happy. Sleep late and wake up to watch movies, eating delicious food, for a working hard me doing shopping, and walking near Han River. I want this album to finish quickly so that I can rest well.
CeCi:I want to enjoy in this Valentine Day.
When I looked at stacked chocolate n a classroom desk ‘How can I hold this?’ as I gobble away, what a useless bluffing and pride day that how I used to be when still in my school time. But now if I have a girlfriend, attractively cutting steak and drink wine but I will give up on being romantic! That time is a waste. A waste.
The success or failure is not important. Now is the time to stack a tight and thick exaggeration of experience. Writing songs, acting, also doing concert, I want to solve this bliss through different filters. If I keep walking like this, I will be able to climb a higher mountain. ”
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CNBLUE Jung Yonghwa W Korea 2015 January Interview, “A Single Man”
Jung Yonghwa put down his responsibility as CNBLUE leader and now preparing for his first solo stage.
As big as holga, see how far those potentials can go.
Last year was said to be one of the most remembered time for Jung Yonghwa. Almost all the trackas in CNBLUE mini album <Can’t Stop> was filled with his self-composed songs, the 5-years-band was successfully transformed and obtained top spot in the popularity chart. First historical drama’s role <The Three Musketeers> of course to that he was meeting new character and widened activities as an actor also meaningful experiences. But in 2015 he still don’t know what is more important turning point. Few weeks before he will be 27 years old musician that is preparing for first solo album through bustling in regular condition. CNBLUE’s music was different to each members taste and fans expectations also self-satisfaction with fairness will be negotiable in the end, its time an attempt for Jung Yonghwa to reveal honest voice. “Compared to CNBLUE, it will be more delicate or harder, although it is needed in the middle of the term I want to try my own key.” Gyeongsang-do accents is lighter than people from the Southern Province and very distinctive made tension and expectation higher. “If I can say for my solo project it will be ‘Dok Bak’, if it turned well its my fault, if it’s not well also my fault with that thoughts my heart feel lighter.” How far can my self-confidence go as a musician I still don’t know either. Soon nearing completion of solo recording as to Jung Yonghwa or to fans whom waited with exciting heart that would be worth to wait for.
A few days ago, CNBLUE just finished Japan Arena Tour that more than 10 thousand fans as audiences mobilized, we heard it was a great success. Scale preparation and investment, formidable time, solitary concert has been held and when it finished I wanted to feel different.
Everytime also feels the same as the drama ended. For more than a month to concert, we’ve been hearing staff insights, it was all exciting time, a few weeks later the feeling still linger.
If you can turn back time while the tour is going on, what do you remember the most?
Having concert in 360 degree circle rotation centre stage. Just before our major debut in Japan, I’ve been seen that once in books, this entire tour experience is surely different. The gap between audiences is close and I am touched how they had an immense and fast reaction.
Before CNBLUE busy in Korea, first debuting as Japan Indie Newcomer. You have fulfil as a Budokan Band now, is there a time when you feel loveable?
We started in a small concert place then slowly moved to bigger place. The dream to held concert like Arena Tour seems like inexplicit. Even just for a moment I want to enjoy to be in this place. But the thoughts of how we can’t steadily grow haunts these days. That would be better if we are not a beginner.
What kind of person Jung Yonghwa is when you first debuting?
However it was, that time was a good time for me. I know nothing so I don’t feel any loss. So I took every challenge with ease. Because I overcame harshness in courage or foolishness, activities becoming more and slowly I felt the burden was increasing.
What kind of burden?
Even when debuting and now too, business is the same. Just before when something is strange, everything will change and becoming hectic. When things turned out to be unfamiliar if boundaries appear, because of many thoughts, in some ways seems losing some courage. Although worried of this and that, now I am more in easy condition.
As a musician, are you feeling suitable in this kind of work?
If I am not a singer I cannot make any selection, I often had this question but I can even imagine it. For me this talent things already makes me happy.
When do you feel the happiest when doing this work?
When setting the stage, also when writing a song I guess. Every doing concerts for two and a half hours, I felt tough it’s true but when looking at the audiences I am gaining a great strength. Composition or lyrics for me it just a fun things to do. If I have side to change to other work, I often thought of things I had till now as a great achievement.
Lots of musician talk about experiences thrilled feeling addictive.
That kind of strong experiences in work must be extremely rare. Sure. A singer’s dream, we think just quite a few can go through it while working. That such a thing and the fact suddenly unbelievably be awed.
This time you are preparing for your first solo album. What is your expectation from this album?
From producing music for CNBLUE, I don’t know when it started just becoming a habit. Through solo activities, I want to relieve what I want to do. So it is an effort to exchange the atmosphere, in a band we can sees as a positive impact.
Jung Yonghwa solo project, how is it different from CNBLUE? Can you give any hint?
Personally, the taste of music is always change. I used to like hard-sound music oriented but not now. CNBLUE album nowadays turn into traditional sound and more lovely. Or be harder. Inside the band I am being watched by others but this time I will go all in and honest ‘till the end. I think you can hear many kind of music as final result.
When you write songs for CN BLUE, band’s colour slowly trying to show and you are in effort to.
Nothing I can do about it. If I do what I want that not what a band is. Other members also has their own taste and mind to keep CNBLUE waited and raised fans expectation. Everybody will have to consider. A few years probably, looking into activities involved, some existing will happen like that.
If you can do solo project, any attempt on attention that you want to do?
I want to do various collaboration. If I made it alone that will be different from CNBLUE, that would make huge difference. With different artist rarely has the chance to exchange and I think this work will expand their acts also. I want to experience different style and get influenced and I think I am surer of what I like.
If we can see CNBLUE discography itself, Jung Yonghwa self-composed songs seems to be more and more. It seems like you have huge greed in making your own song.
Of course, all musician need to think is singer-songwriter. It takes about calling the song is not wrong to criticize the singer. Rather than being greedy, just writing a song is fun. For me, I am the one who knew what will fits me well. That “what” need the help from someone who does not express anything directly but, slowly think that they can express themselves and so. I have lots to say through music.
How old are you when you first write a song?
Third year of junior high. It was due to fragile vague curiosity rather than focusing on music. I want to know how music demo was made so I installed a computer program and also wrote lyrics. I even bought a cheap microphone to do a recording. Till now, that file still safely stored in my computer in my house in Busan. Somehow, I tried to listen it, it not bad (smile). The song was well written or not that’s not what is important. Although I might be amateur at that time, it still has its own charm. I wanted to know new things one by one, even though there are time when I feel I will lose it. Neither now nor that time is a failure. Its good think to know a lot but sometimes you just need to go with your feeling.
What was the content of your song that you wrote on 3rd year of Junior High?
The title was ‘Easy Love’ (smile). It’s an easy love. I don’t know what’s on my mind when I wrote the song. Lyrics also didn’t make sense just funny. But it still has some feel in the midst.
What kind of feel?
Well, the feeling of making a fart … ?
I feel more curious of that song than your new album. In fact, this solo album project it’s not your first individual activities. In Korea, you first debuted as an actor, up till now you still steadlily doing music and acting.
Drama one by one, I felt success and also failing rather than dwelling it is better to build long-term career. While I was away doing another field of activities, the important standard in my work is starting anew. It is fun because actor and singer are different. When I finished with one production, achievement were different, it is not for the person named Jung Yonghwa but to the character that I played, it feel interesting. It is a special fun to live as different person.
We often met a great character in the drama, but it feels unreal.
That’s why people mistook me as that kind of person.
How is Jung Yonghwa in real life?
I think I have more charm than in the drama. Haha!
This year <The Three Musketeers> Park Dal Hyang character certain a different character. Even its historical drama. It also seems to be a different experience.
It is a first time I tried digesting historical drama till action. I am feeling proud of myself. It’s not easy. When I think that we were nearing the end of the filming, finally it came to an end. However, I find it hard to forget because it has to be easier.
Historical drama has a distinctive dialect that not easy to adapt right?
It was awkward at first and slowly it’ll be more comfortable. In the future, when I do different work in narration, historical “Jjo” will come out.
You are a Busan native. Which one do you think is harder, to learn a historical accent or dialect speech?
There is a standard for accompanying actors but in fact the answer to conduct the speech in historical drama is none. We directly live in Joseon Period and we didn’t know if it right or wrong. Specifically, we add our own interpretation. Correction for dialect is different. Because there is a distinctive standard for Chinese, Tigger will fly soon. I am the type of person who can follow well so when it really helped when I fixed my speaking in dialect.
We’ve seen you gave a classy impersonator in television.
Even when I am abroad, rather than saying that I am good at speaking in reality, they will be saying that I’m good.
Like CNBLUE, it’s quite rare for all band members tried as an actor. Did you guys monitor each other well?
Because of our schedule, we cannot give any comment when the drama airing. We couldn’t see it but something like each give spoiler?
Do you guys didn’t have any talk on how dealing with acting?
Rarely. The answer is not who had good acting, it can pointed out the good and bad and sometimes when we do it’s all about each pride, you know.
If you ever have thoughts of “In acting, I am the best”.
Of course not. But first, I am the main actor and other members still supporting actor … Haha, just kidding. But there is such thing. I didn’t mean that main actor is more important than supporting actor but the higher role you get the greater burden you had. If I’m not doing well is it because I am lacking something. It becomes a worry.
It seems like you are undertaken by burden and courage at the same time.
Because I felt lots of burden as I’m doing work I have to gather courage. It also because I am leader and eldest “hyung” in CNBLUE. But in my house I am a ‘maknae’.
What kind of youngest son are you?
I have lots of aegyo and speak much.
Busan man known to be blunt and had old prejudices.
I think it’s because of our way of speaking. To tell you the truth people in Gyeongsangdo are really talkative. (smile)
You received lots of attention from people, often had up and down in your work. Sometimes there are time when you heard some malicious talks.
I don’t care much about that.
You really don’t care much since the beginning? Or you don’t want to think about that?
The latter is, I am learning how to ignore any unnecessary talks.
Is living with attention of the public eyes becomes more comfortable?
I think it’s going well while focusing on making good music. The thought of others come first than mine. Many fans like us now and I also feeling satisfied I think that is good enough. That much meaning adjusting.
As a musician, do you have live the way you vaguely targeted?
If it’s proceeded steadily it would be nice. I want to be long-lasting. So it will be better to think of it comfortably.
Although years change, this question is a must. Is there anything that you expect in 2015?
Firstly, as the year start, I will begin my solo activities. I will try my best in singing and doing concert. Besides, I still haven’t think about it yet.
You becoming a year older, how does it feel?
The sensitivity of reacted to the age was changing, but was not. I was not seriously accepted it but just suddenly amazed. I was already 27 years and soon be 30, that’s what I think.
Its 30 or 40 do you have something to expect?
When I am in my 30’s it will be super fun. What I want to do is clearer and with it I will be familiar also can comfortably enjoy and relax doing it in that age.
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07 March 2018|News
“Blockchain is the real deal”: JP Morgan Unveils Report on Crypto’s Economic Advantages
Colin Harper
JP Morgan Looks to Crypto’s Future with Optimism
In a recent report entitled “Unlocking Economic Advantage with Blockchain: A guide for asset managers,” JP Morgan makes the case for blockchain’s use in legacy business and asset management, which includes the bank’s take on blockchain’s adoption timeline.
“There is a growing realization that distributed ledger technology — popularly known as blockchain — will bring a radical shift in the way we think about financial assets and the way the financial industry will operate in the future,” the report begins. Co-authored by management consultant Oliver Wyman, the writeup “[argues] that asset managers need to get off the sidelines and take the initiative to understand and embrace blockchain.”
As such, JP Morgan presents “a guide to how the technology may evolve, the impact it may have on asset managers and the action they can take.” The first section of this guide details “Four Anticipated waves of blockchain deployments,” which are:
Information Sharing (2016-2019): In this stage, blockchain technology is used to store and share data, either within a single organization or between multiple organizations. Blockchain will be tested in current working environments for proof of concept and feasibility of use cases.
Data Solutions (2017-2025): At this second phase, JP Morgan sees blockchain being integrated into business solutions to foster an environment for storing and managing data. This integration will allow entities to reduce operational friction and improve existing infrastructure. When user interest and confidence is high enough, blockchain platforms will move from working alongside existing infrastructure to replacing it entirely.
Critical Infrastructure (2020-2030): Now, blockchain adoption is at full throttle. At this point, it will be “adopted by market participants as [the] main infrastructure for critical functions.” This could include replacing the outdated asset, payment, and/or transaction infrastructure and setting a new business standard for efficient data management. Certain iterations of the technology will still be centralized at this point, though, for the convenience of access rights, deployment, standards, etc.
Full Decentralized (no date forecasted): The era of a truly decentralized economy. Blockchain would replace certain centralized models, infrastructure, and systems with a decentralized solution. This means completely peer-to-peer digital asset exchange and a legal framework for overseeing asset ownership and transfer using blockchain technology. In essence, blockchain and cryptocurrencies become so ingrained in daily life that they become as normal as the internet or smartphones today.
The report continues to discuss the benefits blockchain offers to asset managers, including frictionless data management and solutions. JP Morgan sees cost advantages, as well, wherein cutting out unnecessary processes and more efficient data aggregations mean lower costs for managers. In the near future, the firm sees operations, IT, portfolio management, and finance sectors reaping the rewards of blockchain the most.
Additionally, revenue potential will increase for managers and businesses with access to improved data sources and liquidity mechanisms.
Towards the end of the report, JP Morgan implores managers “on the sidelines” to get off the bench and get into the game, claiming that those who will benefit most from this disruptive technology are those who get in early and work towards solutions.
Its authors also devise a “playbook” for chief officers of companies looking to work with blockchain, stressing the deliberation on the following:
Assessment of and education on the potential of blockchain in your organization
Guidelines for your organization’s vision and ambition going forward
Blockchain’s position on your leadership team’s list of priorities
An environment that fosters transformative approaches and innovative thinking within your tech teams
An external adoption/engagement approach
Some Takeaways
Back in February, JP Morgan said that cryptocurrencies could one day be integral to a diverse and well-balanced financial portfolio. Last week, the bank publicly announced that cryptocurrencies pose a threat to its financial model.
Now, the institution is fully vetting the potential of blockchain to asset managers and business entities alike, a sea-change of sentiment from an organization whose CEO called crypto a “fraud” last year. Recently, Jamie Diamon retracted this statement, and complementing his remorse, he endorsed blockchain technology for its wealth of potential.
This report serves physical testament to the increased interest in blockchain and cryptocurrencies we’ve seen over the past year. Coming from one of the largest and most respected financial institutions in the world, the endorsement should further legitimize crypto to its skeptics. As the arch of adoption continues forward and up, official reports like these, whether from the private or public sector, will be crucial for educating the public and dispelling misinformation and myths about blockchain and its abundant potential.
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Changing Stories at Saturn and Titan
News from the ringed planet and its largest moon shows scientists can’t keep their stories straight when trying to keep Saturn billions of years old.
Saturn News
Age of the rings: First they were old, then they were young, now they are old again. Mike Wall at Live Science claims that the “age of Saturn’s rings” has been “revealed.” The revelation was not inspired, though: “Saturn’s iconic rings likely formed about 4.4 billion years ago, shortly after the planet itself took shape, a new study suggests.” How, then, do they remain so pristine? How do they keep from grinding down to dust? How do they escape the constant bombardment of micrometeorites and atomic nuclei? Sascha Kempf (U of Colorado) bases his judgment on the low particle count coming from the Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) for which he is a prime investigator. The extremely low hit rate (10-19 g/cm2-s-1) at 2 to 50 Saturn radii is “consistent with an old ring system,” he says – at least for the main rings. The article did not address how the more ephemeral D, F, G, and E rings are maintained, or how the rings survive other destructive processes like sputtering, collisional spreading, gas drag, and sunlight pressure. CDA only detects dust, not ions. For a primer on Saturn’s rings, see a feature on Space.com.
Tiny blip to moon factory: A barely-visible lump at the outer edge of the A ring is causing some to imagine Saturn as a modern moon maker. “A rebellious moon might have just popped out of Saturn’s rings,” Lisa Grossman wrote for New Scientist. Cassini scientists saw a disturbance that has quieted down. What does it mean? If a tiny “weird object” popped out, it’s too small to see – less than a kilometer wide. But they gave it the name “Peggy” anyway. This object (if it exists) might grow into a moon, they say, but then again, it might have been destroyed in a collision. They didn’t explain how a moon-growing process could go on for billions of years. If material is being lost from the rings continually, why is there a finite number of small moons, and where does new material come from to replenish what is lost?
Plasma in, plasma out: Remarkably, most of the plasma in Saturn’s magnetosphere comes from the little geysering moon Enceladus, when its water gets dissociated and swept into the magnetic field. That puts plasma in; what takes it out? The plasma content appears to be nearly in a steady state. An article on PhysOrg suggests that Saturn’s fast rotation sets up currents that sweep excess ions down the magnetotail. The article did not address the question of how long the tiny Arizona-sized moon Enceladus could feed the giant.
A hex on Saturn: A beautiful color movie of Saturn’s north polar hexagon made the news on Dec. 4 (see JPL press release). This atmospheric feature – unique in the solar system – is thought to form by standing waves in a jet stream, but there are mysteries. The nearest analogy mentioned is the ozone hole at Earth’s south pole, but most such features are “notoriously turbulent and unstable,” atmospheric scientist Andrew Ingersoll said. “A hurricane on Earth typically lasts a week, but this has been here for decades – and who knows – maybe centuries.” The images are clear enough to see “small vortices rotating in the opposite direction of the hexagon,” some as large as Earth hurricanes. A massive storm rotates at the center of the 220,000-mile-across feature. The south pole has a similar vortex, but no hexagon.
Titan News
Titan swamped: Titan is Saturn’s largest moon. Keeping Titan old for billions of years requires erasing all the craters that should be there. Only 11 have been found for certain; another 50 are “potential” craters. Science Magazine tried various crater erasing theories. Sediments from mountain lakes? No; some craters are out in the plains. Wind-blown sand from the dunes? No; there’s no sand in the crater-free polar regions. Cryovolcanoes? Doesn’t explain why craters are in some regions and not others. Methane rain? Not fast enough to erase a large crater. The latest theory is that Titan has a methane-soaked, swampy surface hundreds of meters deep. Impactors would sink into the quicksand-like material, leaving no trace. There are exceptions, like well-preserved craters in the Xanadu lowlands (Titan’s oldest terrain), that require some ad hoc reasoning to explain. Maybe those craters were formed when the surface was dry, before the atmosphere formed. It’s convenient that none of those theory-rescuing factors are observable, otherwise someone might think Titan is young.
Glorifying Titan’s methane lakes: Titan’s north polar lakes made news on two fronts. For one, the radar mapper has a big enough composite picture to amaze viewers. Simon Redfern at The Conversation gave a nice write-up and picture, with video clip, of the latest buzz. See also coverage by the BBC News, New Scientist, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The other news comes from Cassini radar’s chance to ping the depth of one of the large northern seas named Ligeia Mare. Bounces from the bottom of the lake indicate it is 170 meters deep (like Lake Michigan) at most. Surprisingly, its radar transparency suggests it is filled primarily with methane (CH4), not ethane (C2H6) as expected. Though not nearly the global ocean once predicted, the lake is still a big container; nearby Kraken Mare is four or more times as large. “The total volume of the hydrocarbon Titanic seas corresponds to around 300 times that of Earth’s oil reserves, in a celestial body smaller than Earth,” Redfern said. (Titan’s diameter would just about cover the United States.) Space.com states the volume is estimated to be 2,000 cubic miles.
Still, that much fluid falls far short of the global ocean predicted:
Jeffrey Kargel, from the University of Arizona Tucson, pointed out that the presence of extensive methane seas and lakes at Titan’s north pole makes worse a long acknowledged deficiency of heavier hydrocarbons expected from models of Titan’s chemistry. Among them are ethane, ethylene, propylene, acetylene and benzene – heavy hydrocarbons generated as sunlight causes chemical reactions in Titan’s soup of natural gas.
(We’ve reported on the ethane deficit problem since before Cassini arrived at Saturn; search on Titan for entries.) Another puzzle, though, is how smooth the liquid surface is. Radar measurements show that there are no ripples higher than 1 millimeter. That’s as smooth as the paint on your car. This is surprising for a moon windy enough to form a belt of large sand dunes around the equator.
Titan get-together: The uncharacteristic size of Titan compared to all the other Saturn moons makes planetary scientists wonder how it got there. Science Now addressed the puzzles that Douglas Hamilton [U of Maryland] is trying to answer:
Titan is dominatingly big, having almost twice the mass of Earth’s moon and comprising 90% of the mass in orbit about Saturn. Titan is alone, orbiting in a million-kilometer gap bounded by tiny moons. And Titan’s orbit is odd: It is slightly elliptical rather than nearly circular and is tilted with respect to Saturn’s equator. With all those oddities, Hamilton said, “the biggest mystery is how it came to be in the first place.“
Hamilton’s latest proposal is that several small moons got together to form the giant. This would explain why there’s a gap. Assuming tidal interactions affected the collisions, it would also explain the strange orbit. To make it work, Hamilton has to assume the collisions were gentle, so the bodies would merge instead of splatter. It’s also ad hoc; “even Hamilton acknowledges he’s not sure how he would ‘prove’ that he is right.” How all that nitrogen and methane got into its atmosphere is for others to figure out.
Futures: Cassini has about 3 and a half more years to go before the end of its second extended mission. Planned observations include more Titan mapping, an Enceladus plume fly-through in August 2014, shots of Enceladus’s north pole, high-altitude studies of the rings, and as much science as the limited fuel will allow before the orbiter’s death plunge into Saturn in 2017. Having observed Titan since before its equinox, scientists are excited to watch for changes in the lakes and dunes as the Saturn system approaches northern solstice. Will the lakes migrate from the north pole to the south? Only time will tell.
In my 14 years’ experience on the Cassini team, I had the opportunity to meet and talk with many of the scientists, and hear them lecture, including Sascha Kempf and Andy Ingersoll. There is no question all the JPL scientists are extremely smart and talented at what they do. They got a bus-sized spacecraft to Saturn after all. They cannot see their bias, though, when it comes to dating things. The Age of the Solar System (A.S.S.) is a Law of the Misdeeds and Perversions, which cannot be altered (from Daniel 6:8). It’s not that these scientists are incapable of conceiving a younger age than 4.5 billion years, it’s that their brains have marinated in millions-and-billions language throughout their education and career, it never enters their minds to follow the evidence for youth honestly; the old age is a great Truth that they all Know. I’ve heard one of them say that he was trying to make Saturn’s rings last for billions of years for “philosophical reasons,” implying that the idea of young rings was repugnant to him.
Another factor is the “herd mentality” among scientists (see 12/09/13). These scientists all know each other. They meet at international conferences several times a year. They give presentations to one another. While there is some limited latitude for unique ideas that don’t stray from the A.S.S., there is no question that wanting to be liked and accepted by their peers is a factor in their behavior. None of them wants to hear his esteemed colleagues call out “boo” or indicate disgust with an idea too far outside the paradigm. This is how a consensus can form and persist despite powerful evidence against it. No ad-hoc scenario is too bizarre to prevent a kick in the A.S.S. And when you consider that youth of planets is often associated with the despised “young earth creationists,” none of them would ever dare to give aid and comfort to such “anti-science” outcasts. Evidence be damned; long live the consensus!
It appears hopeless to penetrate the dogma in this community, even if an individual here or there might be open to consider out-of-the-box ideas. Probably it will take a younger community doing a better job of explaining things outside the paradigm, over time as the old graybeards fade away. Meanwhile, we’ll keep reporting the news here, praising the good, pointing out the bad, and asking questions the paradigm never considers.
Research projects: (1) Calculate the volume of Titan’s lakes and see if the production rate of ethane can account for it in 4.5 billion years. Is there an upper limit? (2) Calculate the output of plasma by Enceladus and infer the water emission rate. What percentage of the moon’s mass would have to be ejected over 4.5 billion years? (3) Considering the rate of dust measured by the CDA instrument, what would be the maximum age of the rings?
Tags: atmosphere, craters, dunes, enceladus, ethane, hexagon, hydrocarbons, lakes, methane, moonlet, plasma, rings, saturn, titan
Categories: Amazing Facts, Astronomy, Dating Methods, Geology, Physics, Solar System
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IRS won’t issue tax refunds during government shutdown
Posted 5:26 AM, January 4, 2019, by Ciara Rouege
The country’s tax collector is among the federal agencies affected by the government shutdown, now in its second week.
The Internal Revenue Service is currently working under non-filing season shutdown plans and will be updating it ahead of the upcoming tax season as soon as Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The possibility of a lengthy stalemate could complicate this year’s tax season, the first under the new law passed by Congress in 2017.
During a shutdown, the IRS typically doesn’t perform audits, pay refunds or offer assistance to taxpayers if they have questions, especially outside of the filing season. And while some of the lights may still be on in the building, the agency is currently operating with only 12.5% of its workforce, or fewer than 10,000 federal employees.
“It does throw a little bit of wrench into things,” said Kyle Pomerleau, economist at the Tax Foundation. “To the extent that individuals are relying on the refund any delay is going to be a negative.”
Tax filing season usually begins in mid-January, and if the shutdown is resolved by then it may have little lasting impact on taxpayers. The IRS has yet to announce when individuals and businesses can begin submitting their income tax returns.
But any gap in individuals not receiving money they’re owed will only intensify pressure on Trump and lawmakers to strike a deal quickly.
Many consider it a major financial windfall that they use to help cover costly expenses or boost their yearly savings. Those who need the refunds the most are also usually among the first to file during the January to April tax season.
The political impasse comes at a time when there was already going to be additional complexity as individuals and corporations wrestle for the first time with new tax law changes.
“This filing season was always going to be challenging,” said Pomerleau. “The IRS was still figuring that out. Individuals were still figuring that out even with the full funding.”
The agency received two years of funding to implement the new tax law, so some of those activities including devising worksheets and tax forms along with instructions and publications have continued.
But businesses can’t call the agency for advice on changes, said Alice Jacobsohn at the American Payroll Association. That includes questions about how the new tax law may have changed things for this year’s W-2 forms, which they must send out by the end of January.
For now, individuals who call the IRS with questions are greeted with an automated message: “Welcome to the IRS. Live telephone assistance is not available at this time. Normal operations will resume as soon as possible.”
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Introducing the cream of the Czech Republic's music scene to the English-speaking world
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BROADCAST ALERT!!! SLUNÍČKO album to be played in full TONIGHT on Radio 1…
March 17, 2015 UncategorizedBaromantika, CD Nonstop, Lenka Dusilová, Lucie, Pusa, Radio 1 Prague, Sluníčkoinfiniteradar
ONE OF THE CLASSIC CZECH INDIE ROCK ALBUMS OF THE 1990s is being broadcast in its entirety this evening (Tuesday 17 March) on Prague’s RADIO 1.
SLUNÍČKO‘s eponymous album – featuring an 18-year-old LENKA DUSILOVÁ sharing vocal duties with Pancho – was released in 1994 to great critical acclaim, but is currently commercially unavailable.
SLUNÍČKO featuring Pancho (far left) and Lenka Dusilová (bottom right). Photo by Katka Simerová from the sleeve of the band’s 1994 album on BMG Ariola.
Sluníčko formed in 1989, with Dusilová joining the band in 1991. They recorded their only album in 1994 and won the Marlboro Rock ’94 competition, before disbanding the following year.
Meanwhile Lenka Dusilová went on to perform with Lucie and Pusa in the mid-1990s before embarking on her solo career, numerous collaborations, and her current project Baromantika.
The Sluníčko album features ten tracks with influences ranging from early 90s US grunge-funk and alternative rock to late 70s British punk and post-punk.
Here’s a taster of three tracks from the album on YouTube…
Prague-based alternative music station RADIO 1 will broadcast the Sluníčko album from start to finish without interruption this evening on CD NONSTOP.
The one-hour programme starts at 6pm UK time.
http://www.radio1.cz/porady/3-cd-nonstop/
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Jakobsen wins Tour of Turkey stage 3
April 18, 2019, 10:51 a.m. on Cycling News
Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck - QuickStep) basted the opposition to gobble up stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey. The Dutchman beat Sam Bennett (Bora hansgrohe) and Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) to the line in Edremit. Maximiliano Richeze provided a strong leadout for the winner, bringing him to the front inside the final 300 meters after the rest of the Deceuninck team had controlled the peloton as they raced into the finale. Cavendish was well placed but was forced to come around Richeze as he opened his sprint, while Bennett was unable to produce a sprint that had netted him the first two stages. Jakobsen had to survive a late scare when a race flag from the side of the road hit him during the sprint but he stayed upright and capped another excellent day for the Belgian team. Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) finished in fourth. In the overall standings, Bennett ...
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Turnstile Usage Data: 2019
Data file contains information on entry/exit register values for individual control areas.
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Fare Card History for Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA): Beginning 2010
These files show the number of MetroCard swipes made each week by customers entering each station of the New York City Subway, PATH, AirTrain JFK and the Roosevelt Island Tram, broken out to show the relative popularity of the various types of MetroCards. MTA New York City Transit posts the latest data every Saturday by 1 a.m., and the dates listed in the links reference the date the data is posted. The data in the files covers seven-day periods beginning on the Saturday two weeks prior to the posting date and ending on the following Friday.
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Fare Card History for Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA): Beginning 2010 API
These raw dataset shows the number of MetroCard swipes made each week by customers entering each station of the New York City Subway, PATH, AirTrain JFK and the Roosevelt Island Tram, broken out to show the relative popularity of the various types of MetroCards. MTA New York City Transit posts the latest data every Saturday by 1 a.m., and the dates listed in the links reference the date the data is posted. The data in the files covers seven-day periods beginning on the Saturday two weeks prior to the posting date and ending on the following Friday.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Performance Indicators per Agency: Beginning 2008
This information comes from the MTA’s Performance Dashboard and is used to increase transparency at the MTA. The Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are used to track performance is areas such as On Time Performance.
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Monthly Ridership Chart: Beginning 2008
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Monthly Ridership: Beginning 2008
Hourly Traffic on Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Bridges and Tunnels: Beginning 2010
This dataset provides data showing the number of vehicles (including cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles) that pass through each of the bridges and tunnels operated by the MTA each hour of the day. The data is updated weekly.
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Daily Traffic on Queens Midtown Tunnel Time Line
Daily Traffic on Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Manhattan Plaza Time Line
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Monthly Traffic on Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Bridges and Tunnels: Beginning 2010
Daily Traffic on Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Bridges and Tunnels: Beginning 2010
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Dashboard Project Locations DataLens
Data Lens
The Capital Dashboard data provides information about the projects in the MTA’s Capital Programs. The data describes the planned projects and provides information about the status of Project Budgets, Scopes and Schedules. This additional dataset provide the geo-coordinates where applicable for Capital Projects.
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Dashboard Project Locations Map
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MTA Station Entrances and Wi-Fi Locations Map
The MTA contracts with Transit Wireless WIFI (http://www.transitwirelesswifi.com) to provide WIFI access in its subway locations. Transit Wireless maintains location data where WIFI access is available.
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Arts For Transit - Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Permanent Art Catalogue
Through the Permanent Art Program, Arts for Transit commissions public art that is seen by millions of city-dwellers as well as national and international visitors who use the MTA’s subways and trains. Arts for Transit works closely with the architects and engineers at MTA NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, to determine the parameters and sites for the artwork that is to be incorporated into each station scheduled for renovation. Both well-established and emerging artists contribute to the growing collection of works created in the materials of the system -mosaic, ceramic, tile, bronze, steel and glass. Artists are chosen through a competitive process that uses selection panels comprised of visual arts professionals and community representatives which review and select artists. This data provides the branch or station and the artist and artwork information.
Turnstile Usage Data for Independent Subway (IND) Division: 2015
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Oh bugger, it’s December, again. Here’s what’s happening over the Yule…
Oh bugger, it’s December, again. Tis the season to be…. yeah, yeah, not yet eh? I’m just not feeling all tinselly at the moment, you? I’ll try, really, I will…… After Devizes had a great light switch on last night, I suppose I should get things rolling; here’s some stocking fillers for your diary, yet only a selection of what’s to be doing this month. Check Devizine regularly for updates, as and when they come in, unless you wanna be left in the dark, on your lonesome, crying into your eggnog. Oh yeah, local New Year’s Eve events are listed here, so plan your diary with us!
So, trigger-happy fingers resting on the house lights, waiting to outdo the neighbour? Ready to slain other shoppers for a Fingerlings Dino? If your feeling festive already, on Saturday 1st: It’s Melksham’s turn to switch on their lights, and after I’d recommend you go see Big Mama and her Banned at the Pilot.
It’s Free Entry for a Wiltshire Air Ambulance fundraiser at the Cross Keys, Rowde with Cover-Up, the new name for great local band, Eazilyled. Or if you fancy a reggae intro to the season, a pared down version of Swindon’s finest, SN Dubstation, Little & Large are at The Southgate, Devizes. There’s Chicken Teddys at The Crown Devizes, who’d I’d have thought could’ve changed their name to Turkey Teddys just for this month, you know, might motivate me into the spirit of things!
Lucky for Calne, they got George Wilding at the London Road Inn, or I’d admit the Aldbourne Oompah Loompahz Band at The Blue Boar sounds fun and Christmassy. Trowbridge have a great line-up at the Pump, in aid of Dorothy House with the Stonegallows, Steam Shed and Bryony McGinty.
SANTA’S SLEIGH ROUTES: Here is the latest, updated list of dates and routes of LIONS CLUB OF DEVIZES – SANTA ON TOUR 2018; Look out for him around your way!
Daytime Sunday the 2nd sees a Santa Fun Run in aid of Wiltshire Air Ambulance at Lydiard Park, and a Country Music Showcase at H2O Swindon, with Rick Jordan, Will Brown, Jamie R Hawkins, Josh Beddis & Mike McCoy.
Closer to home, why not pop in to the Ann Swan Studios in Rowde? The astounding botanical artist has a Christmas Shopping Day. Continuing on the art theme, the wonderful landscape artist Bryony Cox starts her exhibit at the Vaults in Devizes. It runs until 16th.
Wed 5th – 7th West Lavington Village Hall have Wreath Making workshops. The Bootleg Beatles are at Bath Forum, but if staying in Devizes it’s got to be the regular Acoustic Jam Night at The Southgate.
Thurs 6th: A real UK comedy circuit favourite for over 20 years, Pierre Hollins is headlining the Moonrakers Comedy Club at The Cellar Bar, Devizes. He’s supported the likes of Lenny Henry and Rory Bremner. Dripping with sarcasm and dry wit, Andy Gleeks from Northern Ireland by way of Buckinghamshire, supports and Ed Parnell is the master of ceremonies. Tickets £10 from: The Bear Hotel, Devizes Books, The British Lion, The Southgate Inn, The Vaults, and on-line at We Got Tickets.
Meanwhile, after 39 years and still counting, The Blues Band take the Melksham Assembly Hall.
Friday 7th: Both Southbroom St James Academy and Nursteed School have their Christmas Fayres. It’s the Wharf Theatre’s opening night of the amusing-sounding pantomime whodunnit, Kidnap in Pantoland, which runs till 15th December.
Great local band, Nightlights play the Southgate, while a Kasabian Tribute, Kazabian play the Melksham Assembly Hall. But yes, they’ve topped it at Neeld in Chippenham, where Dreadzone will be live, unless you fancy some Bad Manners, who are at Salisbury City Hall. For a cheaper night though, I’d recommend The Three Horseshoes at Bradford On Avon, who have those outrageous Boothill All-Stars.
On Saturday 8th Easterton raise funds for their Village Hall with a “Christmas Mingle & Jingle,” with It’s Complicated and Kirsty Clinch. The Worton & Marston Village Hall have a Christmas Bazaar (more info call: 726 658,) and it’s The Finlay Foundation’s Christmas Craft & Gift Fair at Corn Exchange, Devizes.
Now, musically, spoiled for choice in Vizes: The Southgate Inn have Liz ‘n’ Stix, while The Black Swan has Fraser Tilley and Vince Bell. That said, it’s Sheer Music’s Sensational return to Devizes at The Cellar Bar, with Sam Russo and Jamie R Hawkins.
If you thought he’d be busy, you’re mistaken; there will be a visit from Father Christmas at The Bear Hotel on Sunday 9th. Breakfast or afternoon tea with ol’ Santa, with festive activities, delicious food, story time and a gift, all for £17.50. Booking is essential.
It’s Complicated again, this time down The Southgate, or The Ultimate Garth Brooks Experience at Devizes Ameripolitan Music Club. Melksham Assembly Hall go “Through the Decades” with Buddy Holly & Roy Orbison. And an Open Jam Session at The Jenny Wren, Calne polishes the weekend off.
Wednesday 12th Sheer Music Presents Undead Raisins at the Vic, Swindon. But you can always rely on The Southgate if stuck in Devizes, for another acoustic jam night.
The Vaults have a Devizes Festive Food Night on Thurs 13th. £20 will get you a Christmas share platter to start; Devil on horseback, Pigs in blanket, Leek and stilton tartlet with walnuts. Roulade of Parma ham with roasted red peppers on Bruschetta, Orange and spice chicken skewers. Main meal is venison and berries, cooked with Stealth Brew Co beer, of course Malcom, of course. Served with dumplings, creamed dauphinois potatoes and winter veg. with a selection of hearty bread, vegetarian and vegan options available, price including a pint of cask beer, a small glass of wine, gin & tonic, or soft drink, and mincemeat tart served with Chantilly cream for pudding at a snippet of £2.00.
Unusually quiet on Friday’s in Devizes, yet the 14th we hear Sound Affects will be at The Lamb, and the Roughcut Rebels at the Southgate. Up the 80s Christmas Party at Melksham Assembly Hall, 2 Tone All-Ska’s at Level III and a Swindon Dub Club Christmas special at the Afro Caribbean Centre. Dreamwave @ 3 Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon, Big Mama’s Banned Live @ Hare & Hounds Corsham.
Saturday 15th, ooh, he’s making his list, checking it twice. Father Christmas will be at The Market Lavington Village Hall, as from 10:30 – 11:30 there’s a Christmas Crafts party for children. £6 per child, in aid of Muscular Dystrophy UK.
Panto alert, it’s behind you: The Shoebox Theatre, Swindon, start production of The Elves and the Shoemaker, which runs until 23rd. Meanwhile, the Invitation Theatre Company have an Annual Christmas Concert at St Johns Church, Devizes. The Downtown Daddyo’s rock the Melksham Rock ‘n’ Roll Club, Scratchy Black Cat are at The Southgate Inn.
The Blunders are 3 Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon. There’s comedy with Gary Delaney’s Gagster’s Paradise at the Neeld, Chippenham.
Sun 16th: The Day Breakers play the Southgate, Cantaloop play 3 Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon, and it’s the last ever gig, apparently, for 2 Sick Monkeys at Level III Swindon.
Tuesday 18th: be at The Vaults, Devizes, where Ian Diddams reads his Christmas whodunnit, Murder on The Polar Express. With Devizine guest writers, Andy Fawthrop and Gail Foster offering seasonally inappropriate poetry. Donations on the night which will go towards Devizes Opendoors.
Wednesday 19th: White Horse Opera’s Christmas Concert in St John’s Church, will be an evening of stunning music in a gorgeous setting, with Mulled wine, mince pies and a chance to sing along to your favourite carols. Tickets from Devizes Books or http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whitehorseopera
Thursday 20th and Friday 21st is Melksham Assembly Hall’s Christmas Pantomime, Cinderella, by Daisy Chain Productions. 2:30pm and 7:30pm. Child £5, Adult £10, Family Ticket (Admits 4) £25. Available from Melksham Assembly Hall (01225 709887), Melksham TIC or online.
Saturday 22nd is Yule ~ Fire Dragon Ceremony around the stones of Avebury. The Long Street Blues Club, Devizes Remember Joe Cocker, the Rockin’ Bandits are at The Southgate and People Like Us are “getting ready for Xmas” at The Three Crowns. But whoa there, Mike Barham’s DEVMAS! is at The Cellar Bar, FREE Entry, featuring: The Compact Pussycat, Sunset Service, The Real Cheesmakers, and Nerve Endings. All for Julia’s House.
On Sunday 23rd there’s Devizes Family Club’s Children’s Christmas Disco at The Devizes Cons Club, in association with Vinyl Realm. 7:30-9:30, £3 in aid of the Devizes Opportunity Centre. Helena at The Southgate.
Christmas Eve is a Monday then? Who knew? Kept that one quiet, didn’t you? Typical.
Keep the kids active, there’s a football fun day for ages 5-16 years with Inclusion Coaching. 10-2pm at Green Lane Playing Fields Devizes: exclusive MATCH ATTAX Football Festival! A present for all! Nonstop football! Just £18!
If you’re exhausted just thinking about that, adults could wander down the Southgate, where rumour has it, there’ll be some reggae, compliments of mi bredrin, Knatti P.
Then, well, Santa comes, if you’ve been good; make your own entertainment, all is quiet, save for the sound of scrabble tiles and Grandad snoring on the sofa still wearing his cracker hat. Then another big riot, with Mick Jogger and the Stones Experience at Market Lavington Music & Comedy Club on Friday 28th.
Saturday 29th, when you can still taste the cold turkey sandwiches, Larkin have their EP launch party; not to be missed Larkin fans, you’ll get a copy of the EP to take home with you, all for £3. More details here, when we reviewed the EP.
I’ve also got Carpet, plus The Hound on the Mountain listed at The Southgate, Devizes; they never stop providing great music, do they?! I expect they’ve got a new year line-up too? Oh yes, indeedy.
So, we’ve finally got here: NEW YEARS EVE 2018/19!!
Yes so, they’ve a party, with Jamie Hawkins & Phil Cooper: NYE 2018 at The Southgate, while Larkin are at The Moonrakers and Sugar Motown is at The Three Crowns. There’s New Year’s Eve at Bromham Social Centre, with Forklift Truck and a disco. But, but, but, Craig Charles Funk and Soul NYE is happening again at Meca, in Swindon, get tickets like yesterday for that one. Staying in town though, the Devizes Scooter Club New Year’s Eve Party is going to be a blinder, with DJ Des, covering music from 1960’s to present Day, Tickets £12 from the Cons Club or the scooter club.
That’s that which is that then, 2018 at its very end, bring on 2019. If I missed your event out, that is, and I’ve said this before, but no one listens, you didn’t tell me about it! I will update this later in the month, so ping those events at me, it’s okay, I probably won’t come and spoil it for you, don’t worry! But if you don’t tell me, don’t moan at me that I missed it. You’d be surprised by the amount of times this actually happens; bar humbug!
Also, I can’t be adding links to all these events on one article, what do you think I ain’t got something else to be doing? You can find more info on the all, on our Calendar, so go there, with bells on.
Author Darren WorrowPosted on December 1, 2018 December 1, 2018
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From Absence to Presence
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1 pm, Dia:Beacon
Fred Sandback, Untitled (Two-part construction), 1996. Dia Art Foundation; Gift of the Fred Sandback Estate. © The Fred Sandback Archive. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1–2 pm
Free with museum admission.
Reservations recommended. Please make reservations at the admissions desk upon arrival.
This event is part of Community Free Day.
Dia guide Jaanika Peerna leads an experiential tour examining the different ways that artists Michael Heizer, Robert Irwin, Gerhard Richter, and Fred Sandback use emptiness and absence as materials that invite the viewer into the present moment.
Jaanika Peerna
Jaanika Peerna is an Estonian-born, internationally exhibited artist, who has lived and worked in New York since 1998. Her work encompasses drawings, installation, and performance that often deal with the theme of transitions in light, air, water, and other natural phenomena. Her work is represented in the United States by ARC Fine Art in Fairfield, Connecticut, in Europe by Ulf Larsson in Cologne, and IdeelArt worldwide. Peerna won the FID Grand Prize 2016 for her innovative work in drawing.
Investigating Site
Roll Out: Build and Blend with John Chamberlain
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How marketers can guarantee transparency in media buys
February 9, 2018 by Seb Joseph
Advertisers are demanding more transparency in their media buys, insisting on tighter contracts with partners, improving their programmatic expertise and reducing their use of ad tech vendors.
More than four in 10 (45 percent) multinational advertisers believe they have established more transparent programmatic relationships with their agencies and ad tech partners, according to a World Federation of Advertisers survey of 28 advertisers spending in excess of $50 billion globally, which will be released on Feb. 9.
That said, brands still spend too much money chasing reach rather than evaluating the effectiveness of campaigns, said Richard Bradford, group strategy director at the WPP-owned Wavemaker, at a Mediatel event on Feb. 8.
“[Clients] are realizing they’ve measured stuff that doesn’t matter,” said Bradford. “Measurement is as much a part of the problem as it is the solution.”
Here’s how advertisers can exert more control over their budgets.
Trust and verify agencies
It’s now common for advertisers to have disclosed contracts, according to the WFA report. Forty-one percent of those advertisers surveyed said increasing transparency with programmatic partners is a major priority in 2018.
However, transparent contracts don’t eliminate all trust issues. There’s a blurred line between agencies that only earn money from their clients and don’t get any markups from group deals and those that do, said Jenny Biggam, CEO and co-founder of media agency The7stars. “There are still agencies saying [to clients], ‘We’re going to give you visibility because you asked for it, but don’t worry about what’s going on with the other clients,'” she said. “[Advertisers] still aren’t sure [what’s happening to their budgets] unless you employ big teams of internal media experts to effectively do the media agency’s job.”
Getting transparency on data and not just the inventory
Data transparency and arbitrage is moving up the agenda as advertisers start to realize how much margin agencies and ad tech vendors are making from their budgets. As media budgets shift from chasing reach to evaluating campaigns, advertisers are noticing their measurement hasn’t been good enough to reveal how much inaccurate data they have been buying from brokers. Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of brands have made uncovering data arbitrage and the markups made on their data a priority in 2018, up from 14 percent in 2017, per WFA.
Adidas has already run tests with one of its agencies to determine the reliability of the third-party data it has been buying, said two sources with knowledge of the plans. The sportswear brand is essentially comparing its own data with the third-party data it has been buying to fill out its audience segment pools.
On the subject of data, let’s talk GDPR
Unfortunately for marketers, ensuring that their own businesses comply with the General Data Protection Regulation isn’t enough. They’ll also have to vet all the ad tech and martech vendors they work with. Dominic Chambers, global head of digital marketing at Jaguar Land Rover, explained: “There’s a big chain of players involved in our outbound marketing, and we need to make sure that everyone has their act together and has the proper permissions in place.”
Emphasize context over reach
Audience planning is becoming an increasingly crucial part of media strategies as advertisers start to replace third-party cookie data on their plans with their own customer data and contextual data. With that focus on audience planning comes a greater focus on context, something advertisers have forgotten, as evidenced by last year’s brand-safety scandals, said Denise Turner, insight director at Newsworks, the marketing body for national newspapers. As the focus on context grows, Turner believes the media pendulum will swing back to proven media or advertisers working directly with media owners.
Focus on outcomes, not just price
Cost-driven advertisers will always exist, but measuring outcomes is becoming more important. Online food-delivery service Just Eat has switched the way it breaks down its advertising spend to show a commercial return. The brand now tracks brand buzz and consumer responses to evaluate the short- and long-term benefits of its investments, said Ross Duncan, media planning manager at Just Eat.
Digiday Research: Communication is at the heart of media transparency problems
February 5, 2018 by Mark Weiss
‘We’re walking the walk’: Advertisers put transparency on the top of their 2018 to-do lists
January 9, 2018 by Seb Joseph
Ad buyers see gaps in Facebook’s new ad-transparency tool
‘It’s a perpetual state of uncertainty’: UK buyers grapple with ‘buggy’ Facebook Ads Manager
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X Action/Adventure
X Titan Publishing
Mature (ages 16+)
Middle Grades (ages 9+)
Teen/Young Adults (ages 13+)
Publisher: Titan Publishing
Written by: Martin Brennan, Michael B. Jackson
Art By: Ryan Brown, Simon Bisley
Rated Mature (ages 16+)
A NICE DAY FOR A RECKONING! John Pozner always knew he was special; that his athletic abilities and fighting skills were far from human. But with a broken childhood, drug addictions, and a criminal record on his plate, he's already fought more than his share of battles for one lifetime. Or so he hoped... Woken to his true angelic nature, John quickly finds himself at the center of an apocalyptic war - one that could spell the end of existence as we know it - with no choice but to train in order to confront the holy destiny he never asked for. From Eisner award winning artist, Simon Bisley (Hellblazer, Batman/Judge Dread: Judgment on Gotham, Lobo) and writers Martin Brennan & Michael B Jackson (Hitman: Absolution), comes an action-packed tale of Biblical proportions, where scheming politicians, secret societies and heavenly factions collide in a brutish struggle for worldwide domination. Collects 13 Coins 1-6
13 Coins #1
"Fans of Bisley will love 13 Coins. It's brilliant! It's dark. It's gritty. It's twisted. It's Simon!" - Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-Creator) John Poznor always knew he was special; that his athletic abilities and fighting skills were far from human. But with a broken childhood, drug addictions, and a criminal record on his plate, he's already fought more than his share of battles for one lifetime. Or so he hoped... Woken to his true angelic nature, John quickly finds himself at the center of an apocalyptic war - one that could spell the end of existence as we know it - with no choice but to train in order to confront the holy destiny he never asked for. But with scheming politicians, demonic factions and forces older than time itself vying against him, it looks like this 'true-blooded' bruiser has his work cut out for him!
From Eisner Award-winning artist Simon Bisley - legendary artist of Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham and Lobo - comes a new series that finds Heaven and Hell at war in an angelic battle of the fate of Mankind. Hidden amongst the heaving masses of humanity is John Pozner, the tormented ex-con who can end the fighting and whom both sides in the war seek. And, for John, what seemed just bad dreams of angelic death and slaughter are about to take on a horrific reality!
From Eisner Award-winning artist Simon Bisley - legendary artist of Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham and Lobo - comes a new series that finds Heaven and Hell at war in an angelic battle over the fate of Mankind. Whether he likes it or not, troubled soul John Pozner is humanity's only salvation against the approaching Armageddon. But with the final battle at hand and his training only just beginning, the gravity of John's apocalyptic destiny is only now beginning to dawn.
From Eisner Award-winning artist Simon Bisley - legendary artist of Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham and Lobo - comes a new series that finds Heaven and Hell at war in an angelic battle over the fate of Mankind. Growing sceptical of his newfound mentors, John Pozner, Earth's reluctant saviour against the forces of darkness and light, decides to hit the streets and face his destiny alone. But with evil's stranglehold on congress tightening and his training far from finished, will John be prepared to face the holy war that's on the horizon?
From Eisner Award-winning artist Simon Bisley - legendary artist of Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham and Lobo - comes a new series that finds Heaven and Hell at war in an angelic battle over the fate of Mankind. With Armageddon just around the corner, it's time for John Pozner - our planet's only hope against the coming holy skirmish - to step up and prove his worth in the eyes of the angels. But will he survive the trials ahead of him or be cast into bloody oblivion?
From Eisner Award-winning artist Simon Bisley - legendary artist of Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham and Lobo - comes a new series that finds Heaven and Hell at war in an angelic battle over the fate of Mankind. As the end of days begins, ex-junkie turned holy warrior John Pozner is all that stands in the way of evil's triumph over the three realms. But with his own demons to conquer and Hell's biggest and baddest baying for his blood, is there really any chance for salvation? All will be revealed in this bumper-sized sixth issue!
A1 Annual
Written by: Alan Moore, Alex Sheikman, Bambos Georgiou, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Elliott, Dave Gibbons, Dominic Regan, James Robinson, Jim Steranko, Joe Simon, Kevin Eastman, Madeleine Holly-Rosing, Rian Hughes, Sandy Plunkett, Scott Hampton
Art By: Bambos Georgiou, Barnaby Bagenda, Bill Sienkiewicz, D'Israeli, Dominc Regan, Emily Hu, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Michael T. Gilbert, Norman Felchle, Sandy Plunkett, Scott Hampton, Simon Bisley, Toby Cypress
The award-winning anthology makes a thrilling return! A1 has always been a laboratory for creators to experiment and innovate, to break away from corporate creations and unleash their own ideas. This first all-new A1 Annual marks the thrilling return of the award-winning graphic anthology series to bookshelves everywhere! Inside these pages, a Who's Who of comics talent - past, present and future - spreads their imaginative wings across a gripping selection of all-new short stories. Which ones will be the breakout creator-owned characters of tomorrow?!
A1 Presents: Carpe DIEm #1
Written by: W.H. Rauf
Art By: Rhoald Marcellius
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! Exploding out of the revived, award-winning anthology created by Dave Elliott comes this riot of colorful violence! Carpe DIEm are the world's seven greatest, color-coded assassins (one for each day of the week, though everybody hates Mondays) who are sent to whack the planet's deadliest villains when every other line of defense has fallen in the line of duty. This issue, the group tangle with AARON ' THE IRON' CHEF, a maniacal mastery of cybernetic cutlery and diabolic cuisine!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! Carpe DIEm are the world's seven greatest, color-coded assassins (one for each day of the week!). This issue, the CARPEDIEM Agents must save their leader, Sir 8th Day, from an army of clowns, commanded by the fascist Clown Nazi!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! Arcade fire! An out-of-shape video game freak assembles his own army of gamers to plan a hit on a well-loved politician who made a very disparaging comment about their favorite game. CARPE DIEM vs. an army of vengeful nerds? Game on!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! Grab your woods and irons, and join the Carpe DIEm Agents as they battle a haunted putt-putt gold arena - where deadly surprises wait in every hole!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! The Carpe DIEm Agents love to ride into action in their state-of-the-art, nuclear-powered, phallic-shaped-but-not-overcompensating... much, not-at-all-copyright-infringing 'Yellow Submarine'. But someone has stolen it right from under their noses, out of their Secret HQ!
When an endless horde of volcanic monsters march to destroy everything humanity holds dear, not even the Carpe DIEm Agents can stop it. It's the end of the world as they know it... and the only one who can stop it is... SIR MONDAY?!
A1 Presents: Carpe DIEm Vol #1 I Hate Mondays
From the pages of A1 monthly, a fun, hilariously-twised adventure in the vein of Chew and Tank Girl! Clowns, mad chefs, living videogame characters, monstrous super-villains and giant kaiju - Carpe DIEm has them all!
A1 Presents: The Weirding Willows #1
Written by: Dave Elliott
Art By: Barnaby Bagenda
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! Bursting out of the revived, award-winning anthology created by Dave Elliott, THE WEIRDING WILLOWS introduces Alice (of Wonderland fame), who is now a guardian of the Wild Woods -- a place riddled with portals into other worlds of fantasy and literature! Alice's father, Dr. Moreau, is a scientist who sells his animal-splicing know-how to the highest bidder. But what terrifying secrets will Alice uncover about his new client -- one who commissions him to produce a race of flying monkeys?! From The Wind in the Willows to Frankenstein's Monster, the worlds of fantasy are about to collide like never before!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! The worlds of fantasy and literature are about to collide like never before! This issue, THE WEIRDING WILLOWS get even weirder, as Alice is led to the heart of the Wild Wood to face a destructive new visitor!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! This issue, Frankenstein's Monster is in the Weir! Death and destruction will follow for Alice and her allies -- right?! Plus: Doctor Moreau makes his deal with the Wicked Witch -- and Doctor Jekyll may already be regretting his!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! There's a dinosaur from the Hollow Earth loose in the Weir, and she's eating Farmer McGregor's sheep! Can Alice and Frankenstein's Monster stop her - before an irate McGregor puts this purple T-rex down for good?!
WIth EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL CONTENT including original art and sketches! At last, a hint of what lies beneath the Weir. The secret of talking animals and dimensional portals - revealed! Plus, one of our cast dies... and, we promise you, they will never return!
Art By: Sami Basri
There's a WEREWOLF loose in the house of Dr Moreau, and she may be too much for even Frankenstein's Monster to handle! Maybe Mowgli might have better luck?!
Art By: Dave Elliott
ALL-NEW DIGITAL-EXCLUSIVE CHAPTER! See the worlds outside the Weir for the first time, as Alice and her new allies take an epic journey to lay their fallen comrade to rest - in the smouldering caldera of a huge volcano! An ending and an epic new beginning, all in one! (Note, this all-new chapter is included in the Weirding Willows Vol. 1 Collected Edition, and is a digital-exclusive bonus issue for those readers picking up the series in single issues)
A1 Presents: The Weirding Willows Vol #1 What the Wild Things Are
Art By: Barnaby Bagenda, Sami Basri
"Dave Elliott has taken this book to a whole new level of brilliance." - Comics Bulletin IF YOU GO INTO THE WOODS TODAY... When she was nine, Alice wandered into the Wild Woods and discovered a portal to another world. A world called Wonderland! Now a young woman, she has spent her childhood discovering just some of the wonders the dimensional nexus of the Weir has to offer - a place where the worlds of Earth, Wonderland, OZ, Neverland, Mars, Pelucidar and Elysium collide, and where anything, and anyone, could turn up when least expected! From Frankenstein's Monster to a giant purple T-rex, from talking rabbits to winged monkeys, from a kidnapped Mowgli to a werewolf with a secret, there's never a quiet day in the Weir - and Alice and her friends are all that stand between these worlds, and those who would exploit them. In this first mysterious collection, Alice's father, Doctor Moreau, strikes a deal with the Wicked Witch of the West, and Alice must uncover the truth behind the Witch's request before her father commits to something he will regret! Collects The Weirding Willows story from A1 #1-6 - with AN ALL-NEW CHAPTER, character designs, bonus content and commentary. Don't miss this stunning first step into an amazing collision of worlds!
Alien Legion: Dead and Buried
Written by: Chuck Dixon
Art By: Carl Potts, Larry Stroman
They are the scum of the galaxy; the worst of the worst... criminals, killers, the lost, the angry, the desperate. They are the misfits and monsters of Alien Legion, the toughest rammers in the galaxy! And it's their job to put themselves in the line of fire, fight wars for those too weak or too scared to protect themselves. In this classic collection, Alien Legion's leader, Major Sarigar, has been left devastated by an attack on the planet Quaai, where his entire unit, Nomad Squad, was lost. But Sarigar is convinced that at least some may still be alive, even if his superiors think he is just delusional. So, the major sets out on his own to uncover the truth of what happened to the Nomads... and finds himself caught in a world of horror and savagery.
Alien Legion: Uncivil War
Written by: Carl Potts
Art By: Larry Stroman
They are the scum of the galaxy; the worst of the worst - criminal, killers, the lost, the angry, the desperate. They are the misfits and monsters of Alien Legion, the toughest rammers in the galaxy! And it's their job to put themselves in the line of fire, fight wars for those too weak or too scared to protect themselves. This time, the battle-hardened veterans of the Legion have been dispatched to the Harkilon system, where war has erupted. Their job: to keep the peace and protect the innocent - the great space convoys of civilian ships packed with civilians and refugees. But many of these erstwhile civilians are not what they seem. Some are smugglers and criminals using the civilians to disguise their nefarious activities, and they aren't constrained by rules of engagement that prevent them from using lethal force - unlike the Legionnaires. Very soon, a straightforward peacekeeping mission is a battle for survival for the members of Alien Legion!
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Flinders Street Station Design Competition - web app voting platform [DRAFT]
Major Projects Victoria / August | Travel & Tourism
The Victorian Government took a new approach to public feedback for the international design competition to redevelop Flinders Street Station. The People’s Choice Campaign had one goal. Give people a say and make it meaningful. August developed a web app voting platform within six weeks. Voters were given insights into the entrants’ designs and the tools to critique them. The campaign led to 18,974 votes in two weeks. Other key statistics: 288,053 unique site visits, 1.7 million page views & votes from over 161 countries. This project gave Melbournians a voice and placed the city on the world’s architectural stage.
Project Commissioner
Major Projects Victoria
Project Creator
Zoe Warne: Co-Founder & Director, Head of Creative Services
Daniel Banik: Co-Founder & Director, Head of Production
Matt Agar: Director, Technical Services
Marc Katsambis: Head of Design
David Baddock: Producer
Rhett Luciani: Designer
Kurt Smith: Developer
David Gilbert: Hosting Manager & System Administrator
Project Brief
In 2011, the Victorian Government launched an international design competition to rejuvenate and restore Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station. Just as the original design for the station was chosen by competition back in 1910, this new design competition would give the station a much needed restoration and put Melbourne on the architectural world stage. As part of the competition, the Victorian Government wanted to give the public a voice through the People’s Choice Award and encourage them to have their say on which design they preferred. Elements of the People’s Choice winning design would then be transferred into the overall winner’s design.
August designed and built a custom voting platform for the campaign. A mobile-first responsive design was crucial to catering for multiple devices and capturing the primary audience: people on their phone, travelling through Flinders Street Station. Significant research was applied to the site’s usability, interactivity and voting process across all devices (desktop, tablet and mobile). Design and user-experience considerations were tailored to each device type. This ensured the user was able to interact with the site’s content and proceed with the voting process as efficiently as possible, whether they were voting from their phone, on their way home or back at their office/home on their PC.
Project Need
The People’s Choice award component of the Flinders Street Station Design Competition was an entirely new campaign. The Victorian Government wanted to engage the public and stakeholders and to provide feedback on the redesign of Melbourne’s iconic landmark.
The custom built voting platform was like no other. August gained an incredible amount of insight into the history of Flinders Street Station. Major Projects Victoria provided August with a strong set of brand guidelines, myriad archival imagery and a personal tour through the private access areas of the Station for inspiration. This understanding formed the foundation for the site’s colour, typography and imagery.
There was a large focus on providing the user with visual feedback during the voting process and creating a user interface which upheld the Flinders Street Station brand and heritage.
Regardless of device, users were taken on a design journey for the Flinders Street Station Design Competition People’s Choice award. They were shown a clean and elegant showcase of the six finalist submissions. The voting processes guided users every step of the way through a secure online platform. Users were provided with confirmation of votes and notification emails, including social sharing capabilities.
During testing, August ensured that as many variables as possible were accounted for. The website was tested in train stations to ensure people could vote on their mobile or tablet while waiting for or aboard a train. The site was extensively browser tested on all devices to ensure that the user was able to interact with the site’s content and proceed with the voting process as efficiently as possible.
The user engagement is evident in the results. In the two-week timeframe, the campaign generated 18,974 completed online votes. Users accessed the site from more than 161 countries worldwide. The average length of time spent on the site was 8.08 minutes demonstrating a very engaged audience.
Project Marketing
Major Projects Victoria had set a target of 1000 completed online votes as their measure of success. Marketing focussed on mainstream media, news bulletins and social media. The project exceeded the client’s target by achieving 18,974 completed online votes.
The campaign garnered local and international media recognition both in print and online. The campaign was featured in major news bulletins throughout the world. On the day of the launch the hashtag #voteflindersst was trending above #RoyalBaby.
In the first 24 hours of launching, the site accounted for one third of all Victorian Government online traffic, receiving more traffic during this time than the most popular DSDBI website would receive in a single month.
Project Privacy
Major Projects Victoria and August take privacy seriously. This project complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the recently updated Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This web app does not collect private information from users and does not require users to submit any private information during the course of the voting process.
This category relates to applications dedicated to travel and tourism services and information.
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HomeSuccess StoriesTelling Tales Publications, LLC
Telling Tales Publications, LLC
Owner: Eleni Theodorou
Location: Hackensack, NJ
www.nokotheknight.com
An idea for a book led Eleni Theodorou on an adventure to a new career and business. While working a corporate job, Theodorou used her free time after hours to develop her children’s book, Noko the Knight. The book’s warm reception opened up opportunities for her to talk about its themes with groups of children and adults. She quickly became a leader within the anti-bullying movement. Theodorou developed a program based on her book, called Noko’s Culture of Compassion Campaign, teaching children about feelings, empathy and bravery. Using her book as a foundation, Theodorou established her company, Telling Tales Publications, LLC. She now works as an anti-bullying educator in partnership with schools nationwide.
How SCORE Helped:
Theodorou has a Masters in Psychology and is a certified Life Coach and NeuroCoach. Her background provided a path to both write and create educational programs, but collaborating with SCORE mentors helped set the stage for her business. She worked with mentors Richard Kitaeff, George Ginsberg and Larry Matte on myriad subjects including corporate sponsorship, networking, business plans, and website development. “Their wealth of knowledge, their encouragement, and their holding me accountable to get my ‘homework’ done has pushed me and my company to even greater success,” she says.
My Successes:
Theodorou was invited by the South African Consulate General in New York City to host the launch of both her first book in 2015 and the launch of its upcoming sequel, slated for release in late 2018. Her first book's manuscript has since been translated into Spanish, Greek and Afrikaans. She has landed multiple contracts with various school districts, and her program lesson plan is being considered for curriculum inclusion.
Theodorou is currently working on the second book in the Noko the Knight series, and has branched out into nutritious food products. Noko Nibbles is a naturally seasoned beef snack that is USDA-approved, and made in the United States.
@NokoTheKnight @NokoTheKnight www.nokotheknight.com
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Shop These 20 Badass Feminist Products to Support Planned Parenthood
This weekend is the Women’s March on Washington. Some people are marchers – some people aren’t. I’m here to tell you that’s okay. Different people have different lives and different skillsets. Maybe you’re introverted and your skills are better served as a writer or a content curator? Maybe you have mobility issues and walking in a big crowd is something you can’t do. Or – maybe you don’t have a sitter for your kids. I get it – life happens. Which is why I put together this list of 20 products, books and merch you can buy to help you learn and visibly show up for the intersectional social justice causes you support. Many of the products listed here are from small businesses and companies donating to the cause in their own right, but I’ve also used affiliate links in this post so you will be donating twice, at no cost to you. The portion of the proceeds on my end will go to Planned Parenthood check the individual sellers for their contribution information.
Girl Power T-shirt
When I was growing up, I was obsessed with the Spice Girls. I know – problematic fav – but still. I can’t see this shirt without getting some vintage 90s- SPICE UP MY LIFE- vibes. PS: I was always Ginger in our half-assed grade school choreography
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We Should All Be Feminists Paperback
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Bad Feminist: Essays
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Rad American Women A-Z
Like all A-Z books, this one illustrates the alphabet—but instead of “A is for Apple”, A is for Angela—as in Angela Davis, the iconic political activist. B is for Billie Jean King, who shattered the glass ceiling of sports; C is for Carol Burnett, who defied assumptions about women in comedy; D is for Dolores Huerta, who organized farmworkers; and E is for Ella Baker, who mentored Dr. Martin Luther King and helped shape the Civil Rights Movement. And the list of great women continues, spanning several centuries, multiple professions, and 26 diverse individuals. There are artists and abolitionists, scientists and suffragettes, rock stars and rabble-rousers, and agents of change of all kinds.
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
bell hooks is a feminist icon. This book is a must read for any budding social justice advocate. In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their lives―to see that feminism is for everybody.
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Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, and Indigenous Rights in the United States: A Sourcebook
This engaging collection surveys and clarifies the complex issue of federal and state recognition for Native American tribal nations in the United States. Den Ouden and O’Brien gather focused and teachable essays on key topics, debates, and case studies. Written by leading scholars in the field, including historians, anthropologists, legal scholars, and political scientists, the essays cover the history of recognition, focus on recent legal and cultural processes, and examine contemporary recognition struggles nationwide.
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as “brave and bold,” this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that “we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a “call to action.”
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A is for Activist Children’s Book
This bestselling ABC book is written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and everything else that activists believe in and fight for. A continuous bestseller for Triangle Square, we heard from booksellers around the country who clamored for a large format edition that would appeal to children over the age of 5. This engaging book carries huge messages as it inspires hope for the future, and calls children and parents to action.
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Those Shoes Children’s Book
All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy’s grandma says they don’t have room for “want,” just “need,” when his old shoes fall apart at school, he is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren’t much fun, and Jeremy soon sees that the things he has — warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend — are worth more than the things he wants.
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Boston University sues Apple, seeks to ban the sale of iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air
By Arnold Zafra - July 4, 2013 - 3 comments Email article | Print article
Boston University this week has filed a complaint against Apple for infringing a technology patent filed by one of its professor way back in 1997. The complaint which is asking the federal court to ban the sale of Apple products including the iPhone 5, the iPad and the MacBook Air, states that said Apple products contain “a gallium nitride thin film semiconductor device.” Boston University claims that said device is still under patent protection which was filed by a Professor named Theodore Moustakas in 1995.
What’s even worst for Apple is the fact that Boston University is also seeking for an accounting of Apple’s profits aside from asking for banning the sale of Apple products. But then again, we don’t expect to get affected by such a legal complaint, right? It’s either Apple fights the patent complaint or settle what it rightfully owes the Boston University if the court decides against Apple.
You can read the full text of the complaint filed by the Boston University from the source link below.
[via GigaOM]
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e-Learning Stuff Podcast #041: We’re playing a game
Last week saw the Game Based Learning Conference, we didn’t go, but that didn’t stop us from talking about using games for learning and using gaming devices to enhance and enrich the learning process.
With Kev Hickey, Ron Mitchell and James Clay.
This is the forty-first e-Learning Stuff Podcast, We’re playing a game
https://elearningstuff.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/elearningstuff041.mp3
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The Game Based Learning Conference is one of the largest events of its kind dealing with all aspects of games in learning. Building on the success of Handheld Learning and provided more depth by creating stimulating, challenging and provocative dialogue spaces at the intersection between the education, gaming, social media and consumer electronics sectors. There, policy makers, thought leaders, innovators and key practitioners met and exchanged ideas, knowledge and experiences as part of a unique ongoing conversation.
Using computer games to support learning – The Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET) has released a new report exploring the ways in which computer games, digital games and digital learning games can be used to enhance and support teaching and learning.
The PlayStation Portable PSP is a portable gaming system that uses the GO! Cam to take photographs and video. The PSP GO! doesn’t have a camera and can’t use the GO! Cam.
If you need cases for your PSPs, then Gloucestershire College have been pleased with the cases from Connected.
If you do have a PSP then you might want to consider an AV cable to connect it to a TV or a projector to show images and video.
If you don’t like the PSP then you may want to look at the DSi or the new DSi XL (the one with the bigger screen).
Pictochat on the DSi is certainly a useful communication tool, in some ways the there are advantages it is a closed system.
We’ve talked about screencasting before and some time ago I wrote a post about screencasting tools for Mac OS X. At this time I use Screenr a fair bit.
The Nintendo Wii is one console that seems to have found a place in many classrooms.
A website created by Learning and Teaching Scotland to explore the latest games technology. Find out more about the background to learning with digital games and watch the case studies to see computer games successfully used within the classroom.
Neverwinter Nights was used to improve key skills.
at-Bristol in Bristol has a virtual volleyball game.
The future of gaming includes Sony’s Eyepet for the PS3, Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox and rumours of a Nintendo Wii with 3D.
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Say goodbye to the computer mouse
According to a Gartner survey we are going to see the end of the computer mouse in the next three to five years.
The BBC reports:
It’s nearly 40 years old but one leading research company says the days of the computer mouse are numbered.
A Gartner analyst predicts the demise of the computer mouse in the next three to five years.
Taking over will be so called gestural computer mechanisms like touch screens and facial recognition devices.
With devices such as the Wii remote and the PlayStation cameras which allow you to interact with the game visually I can understand where this report is coming from.
We are still using the keyboard aren’t we?
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iPlayer on the Wii
Though the BBC may be having (heated) discussions with certain ISPs over the BBC iPlayer and has had issues with the iPlayer on the iPhone; it now appears that you will be able to use BBC iPlayer on your Nintendo Wii.
The BBC’s iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii.
The video download and streaming service that lets people catch up with BBC programmes will soon be a channel on the hugely popular game console.
Early versions of the service will be available from 9 April but more polished software will be released as the service is developed.
You can already use the Wii with an internet service to access the internet, but certain sites such as BBC’s iPlayer have been unavailable until now.
This now means that you can watch some of the last seven days of BBC TV through your console. Yes you will need an internet connection (and a wireless connection at that) but you can use it to watch old TV.
Well it does provide another reason why it might be purchased (instead of a “real” computer). If our learners are using consoles such as these not just for gaming, but also for watching video, viewing photographs, listening to music, even surfing the web; shouldn’t we try and ensure that we take this into account when we plan and develop e-learning and mobile learning activities and scenarios.
It might not be the “perfect” computer for e-learning or as mobile as a PDA, however for some learners it is the only device which they have substantial access to and therefore can not be ignored.
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Learning on the Wii
A MoLeNET colleague of mine has been playing working hard on seeing how the Nintendo Wii can be used to support learners.
http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/03/learning-on-wii.html
http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/03/getting-your-wii-on-net.html
I’ve finally got round to buying some points and downloading Opera on my Wii. I’m excited by quite a few possibilities in its use for education, especially since some colleges I know have bought them to support learners in their Entry Level courses for the Learning for Living and Work projects.
From my perspective this device can be used for mobile learning in addition to learning in college.
For some learners this is their “mobile” device.
If learning while mobile means learning at home using a console, that has to be an advantage over “not” learning at home.
If I am at home learning on the net on my wifi capable Nokia N95 is that more or less mobile than learning on the net on my 17″ MacBook Pro on Brighton beach using the free Pier to Pier wireless network?
Do you have to be at Starbucks using their wifi for it to be mobile learning?
Surely it is all about choice, and learner choice at that?
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Nintendo Wii used for therapy for burns victims
The BBC has an interesting report on how the Nintendo Wii been used to provide therapy for burns victims.
The Nintendo Wii games console is being used as part of physiotherapy treatment for patients in South-East England.
Burns victims and those with hand injuries are being offered spells on the console to boost their recovery.
In an accompanying article the BBC asks the question:
So is the evidence stacking up that the sought-after games console is not just fun, but good for us too?
I have seen how TechDis have promoted the use of the Wii and these articles show how games consoles have uses beyond merely playing games.
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Home Community Twelve residents of La Mesa receive Spirit Award from La Mesa Beautiful
Twelve residents of La Mesa receive Spirit Award from La Mesa Beautiful
On July 9, La Mesa Beautiful gave twelve residents of La Mesa Spirit Awards for their creative home landscapes showcasing drought-tolerant plants and other water-saving features.
“The purpose of La Mesa Beautiful,” explained President Sharon Fitzpatrick, “is to promote, coordinate and advance beautification activities to make La Mesa a more beautiful place to live.”
The activities with which La Mesa Beautiful gets involved include helping kids at school plant trees during Arbor Week. The organization works to improve landscapes of parks, schools and streets.
La Mesa Beautiful also offers scholarships to horticulture students at El Capitan High School.
The annual meeting at the Nan Couts Cottage had a good turnout of forty people to laud the winners and hear their stories.
Michael Frasier was given a Spirit Award for the complete overhaul of his house and yard. “I literally tore the old house down and completely filled in the yard with new plants,” he said.
Frasier explained that as a child his mother always had him work in the yard as his chores. “Thanks, Mom,” said Frasier to his mother who was sitting in the audience.
“Truth is, all my plants are break-offs from her own yard. So the total cost for my yard was only eight dollars,” he said, adding that his water bill has gone down from $180 to $70.
The Pykle family, who lives just down the street from Frasier, also won a Spirits award. Morse said she had been instantly impressed with the inviting front yard. “They have a grape arbor in front, beautiful fruit trees and bushes everywhere,” Morse said.
The Pykles live at the house with their daughter, Charity George, and their three granddaughters.
George does most of the work in the yard. “I’m a chef, so I love to have fruits and herbs of all kinds available in my yard.
“If any of you ever want some boysenberry plants, I’ll give some to you,” she said.
George also has planted many succulents in her yard. “I’m a succulent addict,” she said, laughing.
Sharing the same passion for succulents are Richard and JoAnn Cando, whose yard is filled with them. They have lived at their house on Porter Hill Terrace for 32 years. Their adventures in landscaping began for them five years ago when they started with an interior remodel of their home. When the contractors ripped out the old tiles from the floor of their home, they decided to use the tiles for a dry creek bed in their yard.
Once the Candos got started in redoing their yard, they kept adding more plants, so that in springtime, their yard looks like a fairytale garden. Matilija Poppies with their delicate petals like crepe paper adorn the yard. Purchased at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, the poppies are a favorite of JoAnn’s.
“They are such happy flowers,” she said.
The Candos’ yard also has dozens of lady’s slipper plants, and they planted succulents everywhere—which the whole family enjoys, including the Candos’ granddaughter.
“When she was preparing for prom, my granddaughter asked me if I could make her a corsage out of succulents,” JoAnn said. “I was thrilled that she asked me to do something like that for her. She was the only one who had such a corsage. She set a fashion trend, and the very next year, everyone was wearing them.”
The Candos’ neighbors Jeff and Julie Jones were also winners of the Spirit Award. “We started out with a bare lot at our house. And now we are very honored to be a winner,” said Julie.
“I have been so impressed with the way our winners this year have helped each other, and been generous with their ideas and plant cuttings. That definitely makes La Mesa a more beautiful city,” said Fitzpatrick.
Morse agreed. “We all want to help keep La Mesa the jewel that it is,” she said.
La Mesa Beautiful is currently looking for a board member. “We want someone who can be advocate of our organization, be enthusiastic and a team player. It is a lot of fun to work with us,” Fitzpatrick said.
For more information, go to www.lamesabeautiful.org.
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The Last Female Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle Has Just Passed Away
The last known female Yangtze giant soft shell turtle has passed away on Saturday the 13th of April at China’s Suzhou Shangfangshan Forest Zoo while recovering from anesthesia, following an AI procedure.
She was believed to be over 90 years old at the time of her death.
Hoping her potential offspring would carry on the species, this was the 5th attempt at artificially inseminating her, but sadly she failed to wake from the anesthetic.
There are only three known males remaining, making the species functionally extinct.
The LAST Yangtze giant soft shell turtle female passed away yesterday. Only 3 males are left. This species is now functionally extinct, yet no one is talking about it. Conservation is so important but not destroying habitats is even more important. Humans are trash.
— Tori Mize (@MizeTori) April 17, 2019
Since being brought together in 2008, the male and female turtles brought to Suzhou China have failed to reproduce as reported by The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) although she was believed healthy enough to undergo AI.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) made the following statement in a press release:
The male and female turtles, which have failed to produce offspring naturally since they were brought together in 2008, were determined to be healthy for the procedure, and similar anesthesia procedures had previously been performed without incident.
Sadly, this time the female turtle did not recover normally as she had in the past and she died despite 24 hours of nonstop emergency care.
A necropsy will be performed and ovarian tissue has been frozen for potential future work. The male recovered normally from the procedure. This was the fifth attempt by a team of international experts at artificial insemination with these two turtles since 2015.
So sad, we should take a moment to reflect. The very last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle on Earth died. Yet another species that is doomed to extinction. While we're all eulogising
about Notre Dame, this has gone almost unnoticed. This cannot be rebuilt people😭😭 pic.twitter.com/a2haxJhgig
— Barry S. Brunswick Children's Author (@BarrySBrunswick) April 16, 2019
While mourning artifacts and architecture we forget to mourn those that humans themselves have caused the destruction of. Destruction of habitat and hunting decimated the yangtze soft shell turtle population. And now the only female has passed away. There's only 3 left. pic.twitter.com/np1uGRW9F9
— MaD_HaTTeR's_mikrokosmos (@Going_Cray_Cray) April 16, 2019
The WCS have expressed some hope that this species can still continue, with two Yangtze giant soft shell turtles of unknown genders reported to be still living in the wild, in separate lakes:
Scientists hope that this species can still be saved by working in conjunction with partners in China and with the Vietnamese government where two individuals of this turtle species, whose sex has not been determined, are known to be in the wild.
It is tragic that the only known female of this species has died but the real tragedy here is that this species has been decimated to near extinction by hunting and habitat destruction. We applaud the heroic efforts by all the partners in China and Vietnam to save this species which is environmentally and culturally significant.
The WCS has further stated that they will be working closely alongside their NGO partners, along with the governments of China and Vietnam, to hopefully completely prevent the extinction of the Yangtze giant soft shell turtle.
A female Yangtze giant softshell turtle, believed to be more than 90 years old, died in a zoo in China, leaving behind just three known members of the species. pic.twitter.com/U8JJ6yoJRh
— The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) April 17, 2019
The sad death of this historic creature is a clear illustration of the wider scale of tragedy when an entire species gets wiped out due to habitat destruction and hunting.
It’s up to us as human beings to address these issues before they take on such epic proportions, leaving a species lost forever.
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Metagenomics shows low-energy anaerobic-aerobic treatment reactors reduce antibiotic resistance gene dissemination from domestic wastewater
Lookup NU author(s): Dr Beate Christgen, Professor David Graham
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Effective domestic wastewater treatment is among our primary defences against the dissemination of infectious waterborne disease. However, reducing the amount of energy used in treatment processes has become essential for the future. One low-energy treatment option is anaerobic-aerobic sequence (AAS) bioreactors, which use an anaerobic pre-treatment step (e.g., anaerobic hybrid reactors) to reduce carbon levels followed by some form of aerobic treatment. Although AAS is common in warm climates, it is not known how its compares with other treatment options relative to disease transmission, including its influence on antibiotic resistance (AR) in treated effluents. Here we used metagenomic approaches to contrast the fate of AR genes (ARG) in anaerobic, aerobic and AAS bioreactors treating domestic wastewater. Five reactor configurations were monitored for six months, and treatment performance, energy use and ARG abundance and diversity were compared in influents and effluents. AAS and aerobic reactors were superior to anaerobic units in reducing ARG-like sequence abundances, with effluent ARG levels of 29, 34 and 74 ppm (198 ppm influent), respectively. AAS and aerobic systems especially reduced aminoglycoside, tetracycline, and β-lactam ARG levels relative to anaerobic units, although 63 persistent ARG subtypes were detected in effluents from all systems (of 234 assessed). Sulfonamide and chloramphenicol ARG levels were largely unaffected by treatment, whereas a broad shift from target-specific ARGs to ARGs associated with multidrug-resistance was seen across influents and effluents. AAS reactors show promise for future applications because they can reduce more ARGs for less energy (32% less energy here), but all three treatment options have limitations and need further study.
Author(s): Christgen B, Yang Y, Ahammad SZ, Li B, Rodriquez DC, Zhang T, Graham DW
Journal: Environmental Science & Technology
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es505521w
DOI: 10.1021/es505521w
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Bodybuilders spend years and years of their lives focused on perfecting the human body through proper training and nutrition. You, on the other hand, might not have an interest in the sport of bodybuilding, but do want to know the secrets to six-pack abs, a wide back, and rounded shoulders. And what better place to score the tricks of the trade than from 3-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath.
Nitrate-rich foods like beets, radishes, and pomegranates are a great way to boost the production of nitric oxide (NO). Although there's very limited research examining the effects of beet root juice and pomegranate extract on resistance training, these ingredients have previously been shown to increase skeletal muscle blood flow and lead to reduced soreness, which may ultimately lead to improvements in strength and performance.[9,10]
Heath suggests incorporating dropsets into your training routine by immediately decreasing the weight and repping out again to failure. “Dropsets overload the muscle with shorter rest periods and increasing volume which you need to grow,” says Heath. “That overload improves your body’s abilities to utilize more nutrients, natural growth hormone, and natural testosterone into those areas and makes the supplements you take more effective.” Heath’s favorite way to do dropsets is on a pin-loaded machine since it’s faster to switch weights.
Some people do have allergies to soy, or they have an intolerance to soy. If you notice certain symptoms (like a headache) after soy consumption, you may have an intolerance. Discovering your food intolerances/allergies would also be handled by a Dietitian. For the general population who are not allergic/intolerant to soy, however, soy-based products can be a part of a healthy diet. New research has shown that soy is not harmful as people fear. If soy gives you issues, you could always opt for whey protein, pea protein or other forms of vegetable protein. Have you seen our article on protein powders? Click here.
According to BodyBuilding.com, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is made up of a nucleotide bonded to three phosphate groups. When one of those phosphate groups is cleaved from the ATP molecule, a lot of energy is made available. That energy is used to fuel chemical reactions in cells, and ATP becomes adenosine diphosphate (ADP). Creatine enables the release of energy from stored ATP and is converted to creatinine.
Contrast loading is the alternation of heavy and light loads. Considered as sets, the heavy load is performed at about 85-95% 1 repetition max; the light load should be considerably lighter at about 30-60% 1RM. Both sets should be performed fast with the lighter set being performed as fast as possible. The joints should not be locked as this inhibits muscle fibre recruitment and reduces the speed at which the exercise can be performed. The lighter set may be a loaded plyometric exercise such as loaded squat jumps or jumps with a trap bar.
For the bench press, start with a weight that you can lift comfortably. If you are a beginner, try lifting the bar along with 5lbs or 10lbs on each side. With arms at shoulder-width apart, grab onto the bar and slowly lower the bar until it's at nipple level; push up until your arms are fully extended upwards. Do 8–10 repetitions (reps) like this for three sets (3 x 8), adding additional weight each set. Once you have a few months of practice, slowly increase weight and go down to 6–8 reps per set, aiming to reach muscle failure at the end of the third set.
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A: If your goal is the largest accrual of muscle mass possible then there may be some benefit to ingesting nutrients with a period of 30-60 minutes after your workout. Does this have to be a protein shake? No, but ideally it should be a meal lower in fat to enhance the digest rate of nutrients within the gastrointestinal tract. However, if you have just eaten a mixed macronutrient meal pre-workout then you should keep in mind that that meal is still likely digesting so there’s no need to throw down the weights after your last set and rush to your locker to slam a protein shake.
The specific mechanism of intestinal uptake for creatine is not clear, although transporters have been identified in rat jujenum, and confirmed at the mRNA level in humans.[129][130] The observation that creatine can be absorbed against a concentration gradient to a max ratio of 8:1 (8 times more creatine in the intestinal cell post absorption, relative to the lumen) supports transporter-mediated uptake, and the dependence on sodium and chloride implicate SLC6A8 (Creatine Transporter 1) as the operative transporter.[102]
There are several ways to enhance the quality of a workout, and some changes can even be made during each rep. “Constant tension should be applied to the last five reps of every working set, meaning, do the first 5-6 reps normal tempo, and the last few reps should be held for at least two seconds at the peak of the contraction,” says Heath. “This allows your muscles to have more time under tension and you work different muscle fibers.” Hold the weight at the top for a maximum pump.
In regard to practical interventions, concurrent glycogen loading has been noted to increase creatine stores by 37-46% regardless of whether the tissue was exercised prior to loading phase.[176] It is important to note, however, that creatine levels in response to the creatine loading protocol were compared in one glycogen-depleted leg to the contralateral control leg, which was not exercised.[176] This does not rule out a possible systemic exercise-driven increase in creatine uptake, and the increase in creatine noted above[176] was larger than typically seen with a loading protocol (usually in the 20-25% range). Consistent with an exercise-effect, others have reported that exercise itself increases creatine uptake into muscle, reporting 68% greater creatine uptake in an exercised limb, relative to 14% without exercise.[153]
However, a much more accurate determination of how much fluid is necessary can be made by performing appropriate weight measurements before and after a typical exercise session, to determine how much fluid is lost during the workout. The greatest source of fluid loss during exercise is through perspiration, but as long as your fluid intake is roughly equivalent to your rate of perspiration, hydration levels will be maintained.[14]
After the ingestion of 5g creatine in otherwise healthy humans, serum levels of creatine were elevated from fasting levels (50-100µM) to 600-800µM within one hour after consumption.[135] The receptor follows Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a Vmax obtained at concentrations higher than 0.3-0.4mmol/L,[136] with prolonged serum concentrations above this amount exerting most of its saturation within two days.[137]
JAK2 (Janus-Activating Kinase 2) is a novel protein that has been shown to suppress the activity of the creatine transporter CrT in vitro. The effects of JAK2 on CrT are not well-understood in vivo, however. Given that growth hormone activates both c-src (increases CrT activity) and JAK2- which has been found to decrease CrT activity, it is plausible that JAK2 may function as a negative-feedback regulator of creatine uptake. Future research is needed to better understand the role of JAK2 on CrT activity in vivo.
Creatine supplementation appears to be somewhat similar to TMG supplementation in the sense that they both promote localized synthesis of phosphatidylcholine, effluxing triglycerides from the liver into serum and thus potently protecting from diet-induced fatty liver. The concentration at which this occurs is within the range supplemented by humans.
Incubation of a β-cell with additional creatine (5-10mM), even at saturated concentrations of glucose, is able to further increase insulin secretion in response to glucose, specifically as the leucine metabolite 2-ketoisocaproic acid, potassium, and a potassium channel blocker were all ineffective.[494] This has been found to occur in rats given 2% of the diet as creatine[345] but has since failed in humans given 5g of creatine.[351]
Yang, L., Calingasan, N. Y., Wille, E. J., Cormier, K., Smith, K., Ferrante, R. J., & Beal, M. F. (2009, June). Combination therapy with coenzyme Q10 and creatine produces additive neuroprotective effects in models of Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases [Abstract]. Journal of Neurochemistry. 109(5):1427-39. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19476553
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Caffeine is the naturally occurring alkaloid and stimulant in coffee, tea, cocoa, guarana, cola and other plant product beverages. A strong cup of brewed coffee will give you about 100 milligrams of caffeine, instant coffee around 80 milligrams, often less, and tea down around the 40 milligrams. It varies from product to product and how you prepare the drink.
If you are underweight or have a naturally scrawny build, you may struggle to gain weight, let alone muscle mass, no matter what you do. Eating at all hours of the day and night can be exhausting and require frequent trips to the grocery store. Unless you are overweight, you likely need to create a caloric surplus in order to gain muscle. With a weight gainer powder, you can supplement a healthy diet with the additional calories you need to gain weight in muscle.
A quantitative, comprehensive scientific summary and view of knowledge up to 2007 on the effects of creatine supplementation in athletes and active people was published in a 100 citation review position paper by the International Society of Sports Nutrition[5]. More recent literature has provided greater insight into the anabolic/performance enhancing mechanisms of creatine supplementation [15,25] suggesting that these effects may be due to satellite cell proliferation, myogenic transcription factors and insulin-like growth factor-1 signalling [16]. Saremi et al [26] reported a change in myogenic transcription factors when creatine supplementation and resistance training are combined in young healthy males. It was found that serum levels of myostatin, a muscle growth inhibitor, were decreased in the creatine group.
However, not all proteins are created equal in the muscle building stakes. Always remember the better the quality (biological value) of protein consumed, the more of it will be used for muscle building. To maximise muscle growth, stick to high-quality proteins, such as whey, milk, eggs, fish or lean meats. However, combining lower quality or incomplete protein from plant-based sources, such as nuts and beans, can still be a valuable protein source for muscle building.
Glycogen synthesis is known to respond directly and positively to cellular swelling. This was demonstrated in an earlier study, during which rat muscle cells were exposed to a hypotonic solution in vitro to induce cell swelling, which increased glycogen synthesis by 75%. In contrast, exposing these same cells to a hypertonic solution hindered glycogen synthesis by 31%. These changes were not due to alterations in glucose uptake, but are blocked by hindering the PI3K/mTOR signaling pathway.[112] It was later noted that stress proteins of the MAPK class (p38 and JNK) as well as heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) are activated in response to increasing osmolarity.[113][114] Furthermore, activation of MAPK signaling in skeletal muscle cells is known to induce myocyte differentiation[115] via GSK3β and MEF2 signaling, which can induce muscle cell growth.[116][117]
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In recent years, the related areas of fitness and figure competition have increased in popularity, surpassing that of female bodybuilding, and have provided an alternative for women who choose not to develop the level of muscularity necessary for bodybuilding. McLish would closely resemble what is thought of today as a fitness and figure competitor, instead of what is now considered a female bodybuilder. Fitness competitions also have a gymnastic element to them. A study by the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine found that female bodybuilders who are taking anabolic steroids are more likely to have qualified for substance dependence disorder, to have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness, or to have a history of sexual abuse.[14]
Researchers described the study as one of the first to examine how strength training can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, separate from the effects of aerobic activity like running or long walks. The point: for those who are not meeting recommended guidelines for aerobic activity—perhaps because they lack the time—bursts of weight training can be enough.
The muscle endurance objective is pursued when you want your muscles to be able to perform the same motions over an extended period of time or in other words when you want your muscles to be strong and not become tired rapidly. You'll want to use at least 4 sets from which at least 16 repetitions are performed. The muscle endurance objective is often used for muscles in your lower body, such as those located in your legs or your buttocks.
Transparent Labs' StrengthSeries Creatine HMB is an impressive blend that includes 5 grams of Creatine Monohydrate, 2 Grams Beta-Hydroxy Beta- Methylbutrate (HMB), and 5 mg of Black Pepper Extract for increased absorption. These clinically effective doses have been shown to enhance strength, boost muscle gains, and minimize fat and muscle loss. Made with no artificial sweeteners, coloring, or preservatives, each serving of is pure, unadulterated Creatine. Keep Reading »
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One of the studies noting a reduction in fatigue in healthy subjects given creatine (8g) for five days prior to a mathematical test noted a relative decrease in oxygenation hemoglobin in the brain and an increase in deoxygenated hemoglobin, which normally indicates a reduction in cerebral oxygenation.[245] The authors made note of how cytoplasmic phosphocreatine can increase oxygen uptake into cells (noted in vitro in a concentration dependent manner between 0-25mM[245]) and suggested that either cells were taking up more oxygen from hemoglobin, or that increased mitochondrial efficiency resulted in less of a need for oxygen.[245]
Ghost Size takes the cake for muscle growth. The key to this formula is epicatechin, an antioxidant found in chocolate and certain plants that is linked to a wide array of benefits. These include increased nitric oxide produciton, better oxygenation to the brain, and muscle growth: epicatechin appears to inhibit myostatin, which suppresses muscle growth, and the dosage found in Ghost Size is in line with studies that examined this effect.
As a Bodybuilding specialist, you will learn training, recovery, motivation, and nutritional strategies to prepare you to work with bodybuilders. Upon completion of ISSA's Bodybuilding course, you will have the knowledge necessary to prepare an athlete for a high-level bodybuilding or physique competition. However, many clients will never go down that path but are looking for guidance on this practice; this course will provide essential information that can help you train the "everyday" clients who have specific goals. All trainers can benefit from the information in this bodybuilding course, not only individuals looking to enter the sport of bodybuilding!
Creatine has demonstrated neuromuscular performance enhancing properties on short duration, predominantly anaerobic, intermittent exercises. Bazzucch et al [27] observed enhanced neuromuscular function of the elbow flexors in both electrically induced and voluntary contractions but not on endurance performance after 4 loading doses of 5 g creatine plus 15 g maltodextrin for 5/d in young, moderately trained men. Creatine supplementation may facilitate the reuptake of Ca2+ into the sacroplasmic reticulum by the action of the Ca2+ adenosine triphosphatase pump, which could enable force to be produced more rapidly through the faster detachment of the actomyosin bridges.
There is a genetic condition known as gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina, which is associated with a high level of Ornithine in the blood and a relative decrease in Arginine, which causes a relative creatine deficiency due to L-arginine being required to make creatine[478][479] and because high ornithine can suppress creatine synthesis (AGAT) in the glial cells of the retina.[475] This condition can be attenuated by either reducting ornithine in the diet[480] or by supplementing creatine, which is, in this instance, therapeutic.[481][482]
Volek, J. S., Ratamess, N. A., Rubin, M. R., Gomez, A. L., French, D. N., McGuigan, M. M., Scheett, T. P., Sharman, M. J., Hakkinen, K., and Kraemer, W. J. The effects of creatine supplementation on muscular performance and body composition responses to short-term resistance training overreaching. Eur.J.Appl.Physiol 2004;91(5-6):628-637. View abstract.
Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is associated with a reduction in intracellular creatine stores[554] known to only affects males. It is an X-linked progressive myopathy associated with abnormalities in the dystrophin gene.[555] The standard therapy at this moment involves corticosteroids such as prednisone.[556][557] Creatine is thought to be therapeutic since the known targetable abnormalities in DMD (impairment in protein synthesis associated with oxidative stress and increased protein breakdown) is a property of creatine and supplementation showed promise in the first case study[558] and benefit in a group of mixed dystrophinopathies.[559]
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Muscle growth is more difficult to achieve in older adults than younger adults because of biological aging, which leads to many metabolic changes detrimental to muscle growth; for instance, by diminishing growth hormone and testosterone levels. Some recent clinical studies have shown that low-dose HGH treatment for adults with HGH deficiency changes the body composition by increasing muscle mass, decreasing fat mass, increasing bone density and muscle strength, improves cardiovascular parameters, and affects the quality of life without significant side effects.[45][46][unreliable medical source?][47]
Perform bent over rows to work your back. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, about 6 to 10 inches (15–25 cm) behind the barbell or two dumbbells. Bend slightly at the knees but keep your shins vertical. Bend forward at the waist with your spine and head straight. Lift the weight with an overhand grip up to your lower chest or upper abdomen. Lower slowly until your arms are nearly extended, without touching the ground. 3 x 8.[5]
After supplementation of creatine monohydrate (loading phase, followed by 19 weeks maintenance), creatine precursors are decreased by up to 50% (loading) or 30% (maintenance), which suggests a decrease in endogenous creatine synthesis during supplementation.[38] This appears to occur through creatine’s own positive feedback and suppression of the l-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase enzyme, the rate-limiting step in creatine synthesis, as levels of intermediates before this stage are typically elevated by up to 75%.[38]
Heath says to consume 1.25-2 grams of protein per pound of body weight for growth and he never exceeds a 1:1 meals to protein shake ratio, meaning if he has 3 shakes, he’ll have 3 meals. He suggests if you’re going to drink protein shakes, drink two and have four meals. Also, increase your protein consumption and decrease carbs to look lean. “Once I got to a certain size, I wanted to get leaner so I got to 50% protein, 30% carbs and 20% protein.”
You may be wondering what conditions and medications contraindicate the use of creatine supplements. Creatine is contraindicated in people with kidney insufficiency or kidney disease. If you take diabetes medication, diuretics or acetaminophen, do not take a creatine supplement. Use caution if you regularly consume caffeine while taking a creatine supplement. Overall, if you are healthy and have gotten clearance from your doctor, consider this non-GMO creatine supplement.
The basic principles of weight training are essentially identical to those of strength training, and involve a manipulation of the number of repetitions (reps), sets, tempo, exercise types, and weight moved to cause desired increases in strength, endurance, and size. The specific combinations of reps, sets, exercises, and weights depends on the aims of the individual performing the exercise.
Though weight training can stimulate the cardiovascular system, many exercise physiologists, based on their observation of maximal oxygen uptake, argue that aerobics training is a better cardiovascular stimulus. Central catheter monitoring during resistance training reveals increased cardiac output, suggesting that strength training shows potential for cardiovascular exercise. However, a 2007 meta-analysis found that, though aerobic training is an effective therapy for heart failure patients, combined aerobic and strength training is ineffective; "the favorable antiremodeling role of aerobic exercise was not confirmed when this mode of exercise was combined with strength training".[36]
In vitro studies on endothelial cells have noted that the benefits of creatine against atherosclerosis (via immune cell adhesion to the endothelial cell) are blocked with the pharmaceutical ZM241385, a high affintiy adenosine A2A receptor antagonist.[316] This particular receptor subset (A2A rather than other adenosine receptors) and its inhibition are similar to caffeine,[589] suggesting that caffeine may have an inhibitory effect on this mechanism of creatine.
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Pick a few key exercises that together train the whole body. Presses, chinups, rows, and squat and deadlift variations are the best choices (more on these in Rules #2 and #3). Write down how much weight you can currently do for 5–10 reps on each of them, and, over the next few months, work your way up to where you can either add 10–20 pounds to each of those lifts or do 3–5 more reps with the same weight. That’s how you force your body to grow.
In regard to bioenergetics, phosphorylated cyclocreatine appears to have less affinity for the creatine kinase enzyme than phosphorylated creatine in terms of donating the high energy phosphate group (about 160-fold less affinity) despite the process of receiving phosphorylation being similar.[104][105] When fed to chickens, phosphorylated cyclocreatine can accumulate up to 60mM in skeletal muscle,[106] which suggests a sequestering of phosphate groups before equilibrium is reached.[105] Cyclocreatine still has the capacity to donate phosphate, however, as beta-adrenergic stimulated skeletal muscle (which depletes ATP and glycogen) exhibits an attenuation of glycogen depletion (indicative of preservation of ATP) with phosphocreatine.[102]
Several review studies assessing the safety of creatine supplementation tend to make note of increases in formaldehyde and possible carcinogenic results.[451][452] Specifically, creatine is metabolized into an intermediate called methylamine, which can be converted to formaldehyde by the SSAO enzyme.[453] An increase in urinary formaldehyde has been noted in youth given 21g of creatine for one week, during which both methylamine (820% increase) and formaldehyde (350%) were increased, relative to control.[454] However, a more prolonged study using 300mg/kg (loading dose of around 20g) in adults for ten weeks failed to replicate these effects.[455]
Weight training has also been shown to benefit dieters as it inhibits lean body mass loss (as opposed to fat loss) when under a caloric deficit. Weight training also strengthens bones, helping to prevent bone loss and osteoporosis. By increasing muscular strength and improving balance, weight training can also reduce falls by elderly persons. Weight training is also attracting attention for the benefits it can have on the brain, and in older adults, a 2017 meta analysis found that it was effective in improving cognitive performance.[38]
The structure of cyclocreatine is fairly flat (planar), which aids in passive diffusion across membranes. It has been used with success in an animal study, where mice suffered from a SLC6A8 (creatine transporter at the blood brain barrier) deficiency, which is not responsive to standard creatine supplementation.[97] This study failed to report increases in creatine stores in the brain, but noted a reduction of mental retardation associated with increased cyclocreatine and phosphorylated cyclocreatine storages.[97] As demonstrated by this animal study and previous ones, cyclocreatine is bioactive after oral ingestion[97][98] and may merely be a creatine mimetic, able to phosphorylate ADP via the creatine kinase system.[97]
I get lost every time I walk into my neighborhood GNC… the people who work there know their stuff, but nobody knows my body better than me and that’s where it all falls apart, but I’m working on that. I agree, I rather have grass-fed and more natural options as opposed to anything containing GMO in the products… The point is to become healthier, not go the other way…. But I also don’t want to get too much soy in my diet either… My wife is doesn’t want it for me and it’s given me headaches too, so I’m not really one for those. I guess small amounts of soy should be okay, right? Could someone be allergic to soy? There’s tons of other options though and I’m going to have to really look more into these here coz it has everything I’ve been looking for! Thanks for putting this together!
Beta-alanine is a naturally occurring non-essential amino acid that comes into the body through foods that are rich in protein. The performance-enhancing aspect of beta-alanine (BA) is due to its ability to increase intra-muscular levels of carnosine. Increasing beta-alanine through supplementation may raise carnosine levels by over 60 percent in as quickly as four weeks.[6]
The right amount of workout: It is highly possible that the protein powder you are taking doesn’t work on your body. Supplements should only be taken if you have a rigorous workout schedule or else, it will turn out to be of no value. Most people just purchase a box of supplements without really doing the math, which is very important. Unless you find out the dosage that suits you, the amount of time you should dedicate for the workout and so on, you must not expect daydream the results.
Creatine supplementation appears to attenuate decreases in GLUT4 expression seen with immobility and may increase GLUT4 expression during exercise. While it seems capable of increasing GLUT4 during resting conditions, it has failed to reach significance, suggesting that creatine supplementation works best with some stimuli associated with exercise.
A typical creatine supplementation protocol of either a loading phase of 20 to 25 g CM/d or 0.3 g CM/kg/d split into 4 to 5 daily intakes of 5 g each have been recommended to quickly saturate creatine stores in the skeletal muscle. However a more moderate protocol where several smaller doses of creatine are ingested along the day (20 intakes of 1 g every 30 min) could be a better approach to get a maximal saturation of the intramuscular creatine store. In order to keep the maximal saturation of body creatine, the loading phase must be followed by a maintenance period of 3-5 g CM/d or 0.03 g CM/kg/d. These strategies appear to be the most efficient way of saturating the muscles and benefitting from CM supplementation. However more recent research has shown CM supplementation at doses of 0.1 g/kg body weight combined with resistance training improves training adaptations at a cellular and sub-cellular level. Creatine retention by the body from supplementation appears to be promoted by about 25% from the simultaneous ingestion of carbohydrate and/or protein mediated through an increase in insulin secretion. This combination would produce a faster saturation rate but has not been shown to have a greater effect on performance.
Furthermore, because creatine can help restore ATP levels, increasing energy, it can lead to reduced amounts of heart muscle stress. More energy in your life will result in less pain, stress, and boost morale in everyday life which has a significant role in improving heart health. The increased capacity to exercise is also crucial in maintaining and improving heart health.
It is suggested [16,37] that another mechanism for the effect of creatine could be enhanced muscle glycogen accumulation and GLUT4 expression, when creatine supplementation is combined with a glycogen depleting exercise. Whereas it has been observed [38] that creatine supplementation alone does not enhance muscle glycogen storage. Hickner et al [15] observed positive effects of creatine supplementation for enhancing initial and maintaining a higher level of muscle glycogen during 2 hours of cycling. In general, it is accepted that glycogen depleting exercises, such as high intensity or long duration exercise should combine high carbohydrate diets with creatine supplementation to achieve heightened muscle glycogen stores [39].
Eat 1.5–3 grams of carbs per pound of your body weight. As with fat, this amount can vary greatly, depending on your personal needs and preferences, so consider these numbers only a starting point. If you’re very skinny and feel that you handle carbs well (i.e. you can eat a lot of them without getting fat), go ahead and eat according to the higher end of the spectrum. The same applies if you’re desperate to gain weight—you should increase your carb intake. If you’re prone to weight gain or feel lethargic on higher carbs, you should eat fewer of them. Again, see our keto guide for more details and options.
The NitroSurge pre-workout supplement by Jacked Factory aims to get you pumped and focused before a gym session. Besides L-Citrulline, this supplement also contains performance-enhancing betaine anhydrous and beta alanine. It also contains L-theanine which has shown to inhibit nerve cell damage in one study. For energy-boosting benefits, the NitroSurge is also equipped with caffeine and AstraGin for energy metabolism. Before you buy, consider if you fall under the following circumstances in which this pre-workout would be beneficial to you:
The first open label trial on ALS failed to significantly alter lung function as assessed by FEV (when comparing the rate of decline pretreatment relative to treatment).[545] Creatine has elsewhere failed to benefit lung function at 5g daily for months relative to control[546] and failed to significantly attenuate the rate of lung function deterioration over 16 months at 10g daily[505] and 5g daily over nine months.[507]
Creatine is a molecule produced in the body. It stores high-energy phosphate groups in the form of phosphocreatine. Phosphocreatine releases energy to aid cellular function during stress. This effect causes strength increases after creatine supplementation, and can also benefit the brain, bones, muscles, and liver. Most of the benefits of creatine are a result of this mechanism.
2. What's your training like? Are you crushing 25 sets for chest like the average juiced out bodybuilder? If so, there's a pretty good chance you might be working above your MRV (maximal recoverable volume) and as such any physiological adaptation which could have taken place is going to be minimal given the cellular environment which occurs in a state of functional overreaching.
In elite swimmers, the growth hormone response to sprints appears to be attenuated (39%) following creatine loading, although after a 3g maintenance phase (22-27 weeks), this attenuation was reduced to less than 5%.[404] Elsewhere in swimmers, resting growth hormone was unaffected by the loading phase,[397] suggesting that this is an exercise-exclusive effect.
That means it's an important part of your overall fitness and it benefits people of all ages, plus it may be particularly important for people with health issues such as obesity, arthritis, or a heart condition. The Centers for Disease Control Prevention physical activity guidelines recommend that adults do muscle-strengthening activities on at least two or more days each week (targeting the legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders, and arms). (2)
There you have it — our five favorite creatine products on the market. But when you’ve tried as many creatines as we have, there were a lot of others that we loved but didn’t make the very top of our list for the previous categories. That’s why we’ve also come up with a list of the best creatines for men, best creatines for women, best creatines for muscle growth, for bulking, for the brain, and the best micronized creatine. Keep reading for our favorite picks!
If you’ve been training longer than 6–12 months, you can split your workouts into upper- and lower-body days. The most common setup is to train upper body one day and lower the next so that each area gets trained twice in one week. If you train four days per week, you can train upper body on Monday, lower Tuesday, rest Wednesday, and then do upper body again on Thursday, lower body on Friday, and then rest on the weekend.
In otherwise healthy adults subject to leg immobilization for two weeks while taking 20g creatine daily during immobilization and then 5g daily during eight weeks of rehabilitation, it was noted that the creatine group failed to reduce atrophy during the immobilization (10% reduction in cross sectional area and 22-25% reduction in force output) despite preventing a decrease in phosphocreatine, yet experienced a significantly enhanced rate of regrowth and power recovery.[358] A similarly structured and dosed study has also noted greater expression of skeletal muscle, GLUT4 expression, and a 12% increase in muscle phosphocreatine content.[330]
Cyclocreatine (1-carboxymethyl-2-iminoimidazolidine) is a synthetic analogue of creatine in a cyclic form. It serves as a substrate for the creatine kinase enzyme system, acting as a creatine mimetic. Cyclocreatine may compete with creatine in the CK enzyme system to transfer phosphate groups to ADP, as coincubation of both can reduce cyclocreatine’s anti-motility effects on some cancer cells.[96]
Spillane M, Schoch R, Cooke M, Harvey T, Greenwood M, Kreider R, Willoughby DS. The effects of creatine ethyl ester supplementation combined with heavy resistance training on body composition, muscle performance, and serum and muscle creatine levels. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2009;6:6. doi: 10.1186/1550-2783-6-6. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [CrossRef]
Take time to rest. To give your muscles time to recover, rest one full day between exercising each specific muscle group. You might choose to work the major muscle groups at a single session two or three times a week, or plan daily sessions for specific muscle groups. For example, on Monday work your arms and shoulders, on Tuesday work your legs, and so on.
MuscleTech Cell-Tech could also be a solid pick for muscle growth. Detractors may not be a fan of the artificial ingredients, but there is evidence that including carbohydrates and alpha-lipoic acid with creatine may increase muscle creatine content. That said, this product uses a little less alpha-lipoic acid than was used in the study suggesting this synergistic effect.
Under most circumstances, sports drinks do not offer a physiological benefit over water during weight training.[18] However, high-intensity exercise for a continuous duration of at least one hour may require the replenishment of electrolytes which a sports drink may provide.[19] Some may maintain that energy drinks, such as Red Bull that contain caffeine, improve performance in weight training and other physical exercise, but in fact, these energy drinks can cause dehydration, tremors, heat stroke, and heart attack when consumed in excess.[20] 'Sports drinks' that contain simple carbohydrates & water do not cause ill effects, but are most likely unnecessary for the average trainee. More recently, people have been taking pre-workout before working out to increase performance. The main ingredients in these pre-workouts are: beta-alanine, creatine, BCAAs (branched chain amino acids) and caffeine.[21]
However, if you increase the demands you are placing on your body by increasing the weight being lifted, lifting the same weight for additional reps, or just doing something that increases the demands that your body needs to meet, then your body will have no other choice but to make the changes and improvements necessary for it to adapt to this environment and remain capable of performing these tasks.
In the United States, the manufacturers of dietary supplements do not need to provide the Food and Drug Administration with evidence of product safety prior to marketing.[8] As a result, the incidence of products adulterated with illegal ingredients has continued to rise.[8] In 2013, one-third of the supplements tested were adulterated with unlisted steroids.[9] More recently, the prevalence of designer steroids with unknown safety and pharmacological effects has increased.[10][11]
To meet the demands of a high-intensity exercise, such as a sprint, muscles derive their energy from a series of reactions involving adenosine triphosphate (ATP), phosphocreatine (PCr), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and creatine. ATP, the amount of which is relatively constant, provides energy when it releases a phosphate molecule and becomes ADP. ATP is regenerated when PCr donates a phosphate molecule that combines with ADP. Stored PCr can fuel the first 4-5 seconds of a sprint, but another fuel source must provide the energy to sustain the activity. Creatine supplements increase the storage of PCr, thus making more ATP available to fuel the working muscles and enable them to work harder before becoming fatigued [1].
Creatine concentration is normally increased in the placenta and brain in the midgestation phase until term, with further increases in the brain for another two weeks after birth.[529] This effect appears to be due to the fetus itself expressing the creatine enzymes of synthesis (AGAT and GAMT) after 5% of the gestation time has passed (0.9 days in spiny mice).[529] Despite creatine normally suppressing AGAT when supplemented at high concentrations,[29][30] it appears that maternal supplementation of the diet with 5% creatine from the halfway point of pregnancy until term does not alter creatine synthesis in the newborn (no alterations in either AGAT or GAMT), nor does it affect the creatine transporter.[530]
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Wednesday February 22nd 2012 Tuesday June 5th 2012 by Xavier Voigt-Hill
Reviews, Smartphones
603, 710, 800, Ben Rudolph, Kevin Shields, Lumia, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Mango, MeeGo, N9, Nokia, Nokia World, Review, Stephen Elop, Symbian, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7.5
Nokia’s first Windows Phone, the Lumia 800, was just what they needed to get back into the market. Running Windows Phone 7.5, the phone won multiple awards and the hearts of many consumers. Also announced at Nokia World in London at the same time was the Lumia 710, pitched as the affordable Lumia device. Now, this device has made it to the UK at a slither under £200 on pay as you go, but, with fierce competition from hordes of Android and BlackBerry devices in the same price range, is it enough to win people over?
Internally, the 710 is almost identical to its more expensive bretheren, the 800 and the 900. The phone comes equipped with the same 1.4GHz single core Qualcomm MSM8255 processor and Adreno 205 GPU, resulting in snappy performance in everything we have tried with it. The phone has a 3.7″ display with the current standard Windows Phone WVGA (800 x 480) resolution and Nokia’s ClearBlack technology, allowing for deeper blacks and slightly more vibrant colours. While the 800 and 900 both use AMOLED displays for more vibrant colours, Nokia used an LCD to cut costs on the 710. It still looks quite good with the same 252ppi density as the 800, but, comparing the 2 devices side by side, the difference in the displays is very noticeable. As ever, the PenTile layout of sub-pixels causes occasional problems while reading text, however this can easily be rectified by zooming in when able to. The phone has fantastic viewing angles with very little discolouration occurring, with more problems being caused by the overly glossy screen.
One of the main advantages of the 710 over the 800 is its removable 1300mAh battery, allowing for the obligatory battery pull if problems arise. Booting from a battery pull is incredibly quick, certainly around 3x quicker than my aging HTC Wildfire and also the HTC HD7. Nokia claim that the battery lasts around 7:40 on a single charge while connected to a 3G network, and we have found this to be not far off the truth.
The phone is quite heavy at 125g, but it feels very comfortable in the hand. One problem I have with small screened devices is that they are often very thin and, as such, sit low down in the hand. The 12.5mm deep chassis feels fine in my hand, allowing my thumbs to move freely across the device without engulfing it as with the iPod touch. The phone is both thicker and heavier than my daily driver, the HTC Wildfire, but it is hardly noticeable in my pocket and I could easily move up to a phone of this size. Being a Nokia, it feels like it has been made with care, and that it could withstand anything. A sheet of Gorilla Glass is on the front to protect against cracks and scratches, but we didn’t want to test the ruggedness of it on fear of something going wrong.
The phone requires a microSIM card which can be slightly awkward to insert and remove from its slot, but, most importantly for a phone, the call quality is fantastic. When using the O2 network, the Lumia provided crisp, clear sound, and the caller was very audible throughout. This feature of a phone is often overlooked, but it is good to see Nokia ensuring that users get the best experience from the HSPA+ radio inside. My biggest problem with the entire phone, however, is the lack of storage. Since the phone has no ROM, the OS takes up a good chunk of the paltry 8GB storage, leaving only 6.4GB free to the user. With no option to expand this with microSD, you must rely heavily on the cloud for your media consumption if you pick up the 710.
Similarly to the 800, the Lumia 710 does not have a front facing camera but video calling with a phone is not something that matters to me. If you want this option available or feel it to be a necessity, then an HTC Radar would probably be the best option for you, despite the premium of about £80 over the 710. The rear facing camera lacks the Carl Zeiss optics of Nokia’s high-end cameras, but shoots decent, albeit slightly grainy, shots at 5MP in a 4:3 aspect ratio. The phone also shoots video at a 720p resolution, but we are unable to upload the test footage at the moment. We will update this review when can to include this footage, which is surprisingly good, handling movement very well for a mid-range phone.
By and large, the phone has a stock Windows Phone 7.5 operating system which is as superb as ever. On the 710, it performs fantastically, with no problems handling games such as Rainbow Rapture and Crazy Survival. One thing that people use against Windows Phone is the relative lack of apps, however, at the time of writing, the Marketplace has reached As our unit came unlocked, it is fortunately free of carrier bloatware, but, as Nokia made clear at the unveiling in October, the Lumia range comes with a number of predominantly functional and useful pre-installed Nokia-centric/exclusive apps which can thankfully be uninstalled if desired.
App Highlights – Basic app suggestions in 4 columns: Starter Kit, Top Apps, Promo and Cool Stuff.
Contacts Transfer – A simple app that can be used to transfer contacts from your old phone via Bluetooth.
ESPN – Just as you would expect, this app has the latest sports news and videos from ESPN. Great for sports fans.
Marketplace – A Nokia Collection is featured in the Marketplace with the pre-installed apps along with other Nokia-exclusive apps WRC Live and TuneIn Radio.
Network Setup – An app that allows you to select which mobile network to connect to. Pointless after first boot.
Nokia Drive – Fully functional voice navigation for free – a great reason to buy a Nokia phone full stop.
Nokia Maps – Nokia’s fantastic map service is now on all platforms, but it is still better than the pre-installed Bing Maps app.
Nokia Music – Listen to mixes of music selected by Nokia, once again for free. A store is also available in the app.
We Care – Nokia tell you that they respect your privacy and about what they do with your data. Waste of space.
One thing that is missing is the ability to tether from the phone. Enabled with the Mango update, Nokia oddly chose not to include a tethering option in either the 800 or the 710 at launch. A software update enabling it was promised for the 800 so, should such an update ever come, the 710 should also be in line for the update. The lack of tethering is off-putting for me as I tether perpetually at the moment, but I could survive through the phone itself should it become necessary.
No matter how you look at it, the 710 is the ugly duckling of the Nokia Lumia family. When compared to the elegant 800 with its sweeping curves and polycarbonate shell, the 710 is rather disappointing, something I mentioned when I wrote about the phone shortly after its launch. Granted, the phone does look a hell of a lot better in the flesh than any images could demonstrate, but there is something about it that doesn’t look right. In accordance with how the N9 design was recycled for the 800, the 710 borrows its form factor from the Nokia 603, a phone released with Symbian Belle that, like the N9, has not had an official UK release.
To appeal to certain demographics, the 710 comes in black and white with a whole host of interchangeable back covers to fit your mood. The black model that we reviewed came with black and blue covers out of the box, however I have yet to find a retailer that stocks the other colours. The black cover is coated with a soft-touch plastic and it feels very nice in hand, but I cannot say the same for the blue one. It feels of a lower quality and not as robust as its counterpart, and I think that the phone looks better as plain black anyway. The covers go on in a rather strange and fidgety manner. Unlike most battery covers which lock on from the bottom or top, the cover on the 710 requires connection on the right hand side at first, before wrapping around the device. Often, the case requires a further press above the camera lens to ensure a secure connection, and the method of removing the case takes some getting used to.
Unlike the 800 and most other Windows Phones on the market, the 710 has physical keys at the bottom instead of the normal capacitive buttons. The strip feels solid, but aesthetically it is not pleasant. The LEDs for the back, Windows and search buttons appear quite far away from the surface of the plastic, which itself is almost flush with the glass on the front, making the buttons hard to press on occasion. I can’t help but think that capacitive buttons would have been a better choice, but I understand that the corners had to be cut somewhere to get the phone to be half the price of its polycarbonate brother.
The Nokia Lumia 710 is a fantastic smartphone for those on a tight budget. For half the price of the 800, you get the exact same hardware, save for the display, the camera, the storage and the design. As I said, the phone looks so much better in the flesh than in pictures but undoubtedly the 800 and 900 look better. That being said, the phone is tremendous for the price. For Nokia to be selling such technology at such a low price is worthy of celebration, and I would thoroughly recommend this phone to anybody in the market for a great all-round smartphone at a low price.
Many thanks go to Digixav reader Joseph Bryant for lending us his phone for this review
Monday February 6th 2012 by Xavier Voigt-Hill
Nokia confirm white variant of Lumia 800
Smartphones, The Poll
Awesome, Black, Cyan, Kevin Shields, Lumia, Lumia 800, Magenta, Mango, MeeGo, N9, Nokia, poll, polycarbonate shell, Snow, Stephen Elop, The Poll, White, Windows Phone
Nokia today confirmed that a white variant of the popular Lumia 800, our best gadget of 2011, will hit stores this month. The polycarbonate shell is glossy unlike the black, cyan and magenta versions and is internally identical to its pigmented siblings. The end result looks awesome, but I think I still prefer the cyan. What do you think? Have a look at all of the models below and give us your thoughts in the poll.
Monday October 31st 2011 Monday October 31st 2011 by Xavier Voigt-Hill
The Poll: What is the best smartphone at the moment?
3D, 4S, 800, Android, Apple, Bada, BlackBerry, Bold, Droid, dual core, Ericsson, Evo, Fusion Garage, Galaxy, Google, Grid4, GridOS, HP, HTC, iOS, iPhone, Kevin Shields, LG, Lumia, MeeGo, Motorola, N8, N9, Nexus, Optimus, Pre, Radar, RAM, RAZR, Research In Motion, RIM, S II, Samsung, Sensation XL, Siri, smartphone, smartphones, Sony, Steve Jobs, The Poll, Tim Cook, Titan, Tizen, Wave, webOS, Windows Phone 7, Xperia
Thursday October 27th 2011 Thursday October 27th 2011 by Henry Hunt
Nokia Lumia first impressions
710, 800, Carl Zeiss, First Impressions, Lumia, Mango, MeeGo, N9, Nokia World, Qualcomm, Sabre, Sea Ray, smartphone, smartphones, Snapdragon, Windows Phone 7
The two new Lumia phones both look very good. The Nokia Lumia 800 for a start looks fantastic. With a 3.7 inch AMOLED display, a huge 1.4GHz single core Snapdragon processor and 16GB of internal storage (along with the 25GB of free cloud storage that comes with all WP7 phones via SkyDrive) it can compete with most other smartphones. It also has a 1GB RAM and a wonderful 8 megapixel camera with 720p HD recording and Carl Zeiss optics. The Lumia 800 is looking to be a great phone.
The Lumia 710 is the mid range Nokia WP7 device but in spite of this it still seems to have impressive internal hardware. With the same display as the 800. The camera is a decent 5 megapixel, and it also has the same 1.4 GHz procesor. However from the pictures we have seen the 710 looks quite cheap and tacky compared to the sleek look of the 800. However the idea of the swappable covers is good and the fact that Nokia are making them the same colours as the tiles on the home screen for Windows Phone is pretty good too.
Both Lumia phones look to be successful in my opinion.
Wednesday October 26th 2011 Wednesday October 26th 2011 by Xavier Voigt-Hill
Nokia World keynote liveblog
Liveblog, Smartphones
200, 201, 300, 303, 710, 800, Andy Lees, Angry Birds, Asha, Belle, Drive, ExCeL, Harmattan, Live View, Liveblog, London, Lumia, Mango, MeeGo, Mix Radio, N9, Nokia, Public Transport, QWERTY, Sabre, Sea Ray, smartphones, Stephen Elop, Symbian, Windows Phone 7
Tomorrow morning at 9am, the ExCeL centre in London will open its doors and play host to Nokia World. We know from Microsoft’s Andy Lees that Nokia’s long awaited Windows Phone handsets (plural!) will be unveiled. We have seen the teasers showing an N9 body, multicoloured tiles and a Windows soft key. We have seen leaks of the Sea Ray and Sabre. Hell, today we even saw more of these devices with the names Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 and maybe even 900. The Mangoes are coming, and Henry and I am liveblogging here so click past the break to see the fruits of Elop’s labour.
P.S. There might also be some QWERTY Symbian action, so it might not all be good!
Saturday October 22nd 2011 Saturday October 22nd 2011 by Xavier Voigt-Hill
Nokia Windows Phone teasers air in UK
adverts, Mango, MeeGo, N9, Nokia, Sea Ray, Tizen, TV Burp, Windows Phone 7
Well here’s a new one. Nokia have already begun to air teasers for their Windows Phones on UK TV. I spotted them during the ad break of Harry Hill’s TV Burp and My Nokia Blog have isolated the ads for easier viewing. Continue reading →
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Diversity Between the Pages
Diverse Books
Tag: Chicago
Interview with Neta Jackson about her book “Penny Wise”
Published on December 17, 2018 November 13, 2018 by pennedbyalexLeave a comment
Good Monday Morning, reader friends!
Today, we’re sharing our interview with Neta Jackson about her book, Penny Wise.
Interview with Neta Jackson about her book, Penny Wise:
Alexis: Penny Wise is book number three in the Windy City Neighbors series. Tell us about this series.
Neta: We were inspired to write this series by our own wonderful multi-cultural neighborhood. It took a little time, but we know all our neighbors on this block, have yard parties together, keep each other’s house keys, pray for each other, pick up the mail or look after pets when someone is out of town. We even had a neighborhood Bible study for whoever wanted to come—believers or not.
The Windy City Neighbors series picks up characters from our previous House of Hope series—Harry Bentley and his wife Estelle—and moves them into a new neighborhood in Chicago. The five books in the series each focus on a different household in the neighborhood and cover one year of time—showing how one family loving their neighbors can help change a block of individual houses into a real neighborhood.
In a different twist from our previous adult novels which we wrote individually, either as Neta Jackson or Dave Jackson, Dave and I decided to write the Windy City Neighbors series together—although that basically meant brainstorming the stories together as “parallel novels,” then each of us chose which household/family we wanted to write about. So I wrote Grounded (Book #1), Dave wrote Derailed (Book #2)—which are a pair. Then I wrote Penny Wise (Book #3) and Dave wrote Pound Foolish (Book #4)—another pair. Then I wrapped up the series with Snowmageddon (Book #5).
Alexis: Why did you write Penny Wise? What is the significance of that title?
Neta: So many of us are busy, busy, busy—jobs, church, kids, school, personal friends, extended family—all good things. But sometimes the “tyranny of the urgent” blinds us to what is really important. We decided to include one story in this series dedicated to a reality most of us face—busyness—and the unintended consequences of not giving our time and attention to the needs of those right around us.
As for Penny Wise, it’s half of an old saying about being “penny wise but pound foolish” (which also created the title for the next novel, Pound Foolish, in this parallel pair). In the case of this story, the “penny” stands for the small things that may seem insignificant but are really important. Michelle Jasper, the POV character, actually claims a promise that God cares about the crises they are facing when she finds a new penny each day.
Alexis: Tell us about the Jasper Family. What role do they play in this book?
Neta: Michelle and Jared Jasper, the middle-class African American family in Penny Wise, are no different from other busy families—until a series of crises affecting their own kids and tough personal choices that test their values make them realize: something’s got to change.
Michelle is a social worker who gets personally involved with her clients. She also volunteers as a counselor for women who’ve had abortions, while hiding her own personal crisis.
Jared is an air traffic controller at O’Hare, the world’s busiest airport—a job with a lot of stress. Their son Destin needs money to pay for basketball summer camp, and the twins, Tavis and Tabitha, are trying to grow up too fast. Around them, their neighbors also have their challenges—like Greg Singer, who has lost his job and is trying to make a go of selling an energy drink. He enlists young Destin as a salesman, with disastrous results, creating anger and tension in the neighborhood . . . and therein lies the tale!
Alexis: Use creative words to paint a picture of the neighborhood where the Jasper Family lives. What makes it special?
Neta: We chose an actual working-class neighborhood in West Rogers Park, one of Chicago’s northernmost neighborhoods, as our prototype. It’s full of typical “Chicago bungalows”—usually one-story brick homes, often with a useable basement—and a few two-flats. Nothing special—except for the large “McMansion” a wealthy playboy built at the dead-end of this particular street. Rogers Park is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the nation, and our fictional block is no different.
We populated our “Windy City Neighbors” with white families, African Americans, Hispanic, gay and straight, elderly and young families, single and married, homeschoolers and public school teachers, Orthodox Jews, Christians, and “other.” Therein lies the challenge: how to bring people together to be a real neighborhood?
Alexis: Does the Jasper family believe in God? If so, in what ways does their faith impact their lives when a series of crises strikes their family?
Neta: The Jaspers are a church-going family of faith, very active in their black Baptist church. Maybe too active. The Pastor seems to always be calling on Jared when he needs extra help because, well, he knows Jared will usually say yes. He can be counted on.
Michelle is head of the women’s ministry on top of her other social work and volunteer responsibilities. Their faith is shaken when a series of crises hit their family. (Why, Lord, when we’ve been so faithful to always be at church serving You?) Part of what God teaches them during this time is that it’s okay to say “no” to “church busyness.” More than okay; sometimes critical to the spiritual and physical health of their family.
Alexis: You used the “parallel novels” storytelling technique to tell this story. Why?
Neta: Writing parallel novels is a unique storytelling technique in which two novels, each with their own set of characters, drama, and story arc, nonetheless overlap in time and space as the characters’ lives become intertwined with their neighbors and affect one another. The stories are told from different points of view, so even the overlapping scenes reveal more about the characters and what’s going on.
We developed this idea when Dave “stole” one of the characters from my House of Hope series (Harry Bentley) saying this affable doorman had his own intriguing story—so he wrote Harry Bentley’s Second Chance, overlapping Harry’s story with what I had already written in Where Do I Go? and Who Do I Talk To? After that, I wove details from Harry’s life into the rest of my House of Hope series . . . and so forth.
But with the Windy City Neighbors series, we decided to try writing “parallel novels” from the get-go—that is, we would plan to overlap our stories from the beginning. I have to admit, it was more challenging than we thought!
Alexis: What do you want your readers to remember most about Penny Wise?
Neta: Hopefully many readers can identify with the Jasper family—a solid, loving family who nonetheless get swamped by the busyness of life. Many of us need to re-evaluate what’s important in our relationships and be willing to make sacrifices in order to survive.
Alexis: Thanks for the interview, Neta! Do you have closing comments?
Neta: Although each novel in the Windy City Neighbors series stands alone and is a complete story in itself, the series is richer when all the characters come alive in the other novels as the different households interact and affect each other. And the final novel, Snowmageddon, pulls all the loose ends together in a wonderful climax that will have you laughing and crying and cheering as these neighbors, once so isolated, become a real neighborhood.
*Interview conducted by Alexis A. Goring, contributor
Penny Wise (Book 3 in the Windy City Neighbors series) introduces us to yet another family in “the neighborhood”-the Jaspers, busy with demanding jobs, busy with church, busy volunteering, parents of three active teenagers, juggling sometimes crazy schedules.
All good things. Until all those “good things” feed into a series of crises that affects the whole family. Something’s gotta change!
Penny Wise is a contemporary peek at an urban family wrestling with the spiritual and practical challenges of real life.
The series employs the innovating storytelling technique of “parallel novels,” each with its own drama and story arc, but whose characters’ lives become intertwined with their neighbors and affect one another.
Welcome to Beecham Street-a typical, isolated American neighborhood that is beginning to come out of its shell . . . for better or worse.
Neta Jackson and her husband Dave are an award-winning husband-and-wife writing team, the authors or coauthors of more than 130 books that have sold over 2.5 million copies.
They are best known for Neta’s Yada Yada Prayer Group series and its sequels, as well as their forty-volume Trailblazer series of historical fiction about great Christian heroes for young readers.
Neta and Dave raised two children as well as a foster daughter and are now enjoying all the “grands”!
The Jacksons are thankful for their multi-cultural church and neighborhood in the Chicago area, which provides the characters and setting for their novels.
Follow Neta and her husband Dave Jackson on social media:
Website: http://www.daveneta.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaveNetaJackson/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveNetaJackson
Categories Author Interview•Tags African American characters, Author Interview, busyness, Chicago, Dave Jackson, diverse christian fiction, family matters, hope, neighborhood, Neta Jackson, Penny Wise, relationships, Windy City Neighbors series
Book Spotlight: Penny Wise by Neta Jackson
Happy Wednesday, reader friends!
Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Neta Jackson’s book Penny Wise.
Categories Book Spotlight•Tags Book Spotlight, busyness, characters of color, Chicago, Dave Jackson, diverse books, family matters, neighborhood, Neta Jackson, Penny Wise, relationships, Windy City Neighbors series
Interview with Cathe Swanson about her book “Hope for the Holidays”
Published on December 10, 2018 November 13, 2018 by pennedbyalex1 Comment
Happy Monday, reader friends!
Last November, we did a spotlight on Cathe Swanson’s Christmas story Hope for the Holidays. Today, Cathe is back and this time, we’re asking questions about her same book.
Enjoy our interview with Cathe Swanson, author of Hope for the Holidays!
Interview with Cathe Swanson about her book, Hope for the Holidays (Great Lakes Collection):
Alexis: What about the holiday season inspired you to write this book?
Cathe: Christmas brings out the best and worst in communities, so there are always stories to tell. The first Unity Plenkiss book, Snow Angels, was too short to include all of the characters’ Christmas stories. I especially wanted to talk about Tally, a homeless vet with PTSD, because she is so real to me – vulnerable but trying to get and maintain control of her life.
Alexis: What is does your book title, “Hope for the Holidays,” mean?
Cathe: Christmas can be an emotional season, with pressures and sad memories as well as great joy, fun, and peace. In Chicago, the short winter days are cold. Maly Park is an aging Chicago neighborhood with a diverse population. There are elderly people who’ve lived in the same house through blessings and losses, peace and wars, left behind when their children grew up and left home. There are veterans, women in crisis, children in unstable homes, and other people facing challenges. It’s not just a matter of money – like us, they need love. They need community. The Unity Plenkiss and the church – The Blessed Church of the Sacred Lion and Holy Lamb – provide warmth and encouragement for everyone. Hope!
Alexis: I love the cover art for your book! It is beautiful and captivating! Was it challenging to find a cover photo that featured your hero who is Black and your heroine who is White together sipping what looks like a latte or hot chocolate? Share your cover design story with details like who created it and if it was expensive.
Cathe: Yes, it was hard! There aren’t enough stock photo options for people of color, and finding the right search terms was complicated. I spent an entire day looking at all the major stock photography websites for the right people. In the end, my cover designer, Chautona Havig, had to patch together the image, bringing the couple closer together across the table and fading out the crowded background. This would be a great business opportunity for a professional photographer!
Alexis: As a White author, did you find it difficult to write a hero of color? Why or why not?
Cathe: I didn’t find it difficult to write about Micah, because he just seemed to be “Micah” – a man conflicted over his spiritual gifts vs. his current responsibilities. He came from a suburban Christian home.
I am aware of the limitations of my experience and understanding, and I do worry about “doing it wrong” when I write about characters of markedly different cultures, so I follow the age-old advice and “write what I know.” The adult people of color I know lead lives similar to my own, so that’s how I envision Micah. I live on campus at a treatment center for boys who’ve been in trouble with the law, so my teenage characters might – in a very general way – reflect some of the attitudes and history of the boys here. I realize that Micah’s racial heritage is part of who he is, and he must have experienced racial conflict in his life, but my Christmas novella has a limited scope and setting, and I didn’t explore all of that.
Alexis: Did you do any research when writing this interracial romance between Carrie and Micah? Share details and advice on how you made it work.
Cathe: There are a few interracial relationships in my family and more among our friends and in our church, so I just portrayed it as naturally as I could. In real life, it’s challenging for some people, but it wasn’t really a problem for Carrie and Micah because of her upbringing as a missionary kid in a Black family.
Alexis: What advice do you have to other White authors who may want to write about characters of color in their fiction stories for CBA but are hesitant or scared to do so?
Cathe: If you are going to write a story with significant cultural conflict or issues, get advice from people who have a real understanding of those things. I have found that when I say, “I’m an author writing a book about…”, people are usually happy to share information and help me understand things.I use the Tumblr blog “Writing with Color” for research and advice. It’s a great, helpful website, but it’s also very intense. When I read about all of the mistakes that I can make, I get paralyzed – too scared to write anything at all!
Whatever their skin color, just write about people – real human beings with realistic backstories. If you are worried about something, pray about it. My first goal is to glorify God in my writing, so I write from my own experience, ask for help when I have questions, and just do the best I can.
Alexis: Would you like to see more stories that feature interracial romances, published by CBA? Why or why not?
Cathe: Certainly. I like to read stories with characters who reasonably represent the demographics of their environment, and interracial romances aren’t at all uncommon anymore.
Alexis: Let’s talk more about the romance elements in your story. What is it about Carrie that makes Micah want to pursue a romantic relationship with her?
Cathe: Carrie is energetic and overflowing with good ideas. She can be bossy, but her good intentions shine through. Her childhood, growing up as a missionary kid in the Congo, made her both savvy and naïve. She listens to people. Micah was able to tell her how he felt without being afraid she would judge him.
Alexis: What is it about Micah that tugs on Carrie’s heartstrings and inspires her to give him a chance?
Cathe: Micah – besides being charming and handsome – wants to take care of his people. His congregation may exasperate him, but he feels a great sense of responsibility for them. He won’t leave them to pursue his own dreams until he has provided for their future leadership.
Alexis: Your story’s opening scene is hilarious and your couple’s meet cute is sweet! What were Carrie and Micah’s first impressions of each other?
Cathe: Carrie is startled by the theft of her long-awaited treat and Micah’s intervention. She’s embarrassed by her reaction, and he’s embarrassed by the behavior of his parishioner, but they find each other fascinating.
Alexis: Why is Carrie eager to organize and improve the Unity Plenkiss Community Center?
Cathe: She’s a capable girl and doesn’t like to see resources wasted. She sees great possibilities for the Unity Plenkiss and knows she can make a real difference, but she’s also eager to prove that she’s an intelligent adult – not Roy’s little sister, who only got the job because he recommended her.
Alexis: What kind of pastor is Micah? Describe his leadership style.
Cathe: Micah is very, very conscientious and feels responsibility for everyone in his church. At the same time, he feels like they manage just find on their own.
Alexis: Has Micah always had a big heart for people and has Carrie always had a passion for organization? Explain.
Cathe: Micah’s faith is solid and transparent, and he’s a lively preacher, but his heart is in teaching, not pastoring. He wants to help people but believes he lacks the skills to connect and help them one-on-one.
Carrie has always been sensible and worked hard, as a missionary kid in a poverty-stricken region. Learning to work efficiently made it easier. She gets frustrated now with disorganization.
Alexis: Did you self-publish this book or was it traditionally published? Explain why you chose that publication path for this book and give advice for aspiring authors.
Cathe: I think an author’s personality is the biggest factor when choosing which publication route to take. All my books are independently published. I like the control this gives me over my work and marketing, but it’s a lot of work.
If you like group projects and working with a team, conventional publishing might be a better choice.
Alexis: What do you want readers to remember most about this book?
Cathe: I want them to remember the humanity of the individual characters, and how each one of them needed dignity.
Alexis: Thanks for the interview, Cathe! Do you have closing comments?
Cathe: Thank you for letting me talk about my book. Hope for the Holidays is one of my favorites.
Newly arrived from her home in the Congo and armed with a brand-new degree in nonprofit management, Carrie Strough is eager to organize and improve the Unity Plenkiss Community Center. Unfortunately, no one wants to be organized, and only Micah Neresen, the charming and handsome pastor of the local church, is interested in her plans. Or is he just interested in her?
With a cast of lively and eccentric characters including a homeless vet with PTSD, a con man, an elderly couple with an over-the-top Christmas display, a feisty committeewoman with a past of her own, and a police investigation, Micah and Carrie wonder if there is any hope for the holidays this year!
Book Purchase Link: Amazon
Cathe Swanson lives in Wisconsin with her husband of 32 years. They enjoy spending time with their family and being outdoors, kayaking, hiking, birdwatching and fishing, but summer is short in Wisconsin, so it’s important to have indoor hobbies, too. Cathe has been a quilter and teacher of quiltmaking for over 25 years, and she enjoys just about any kind of creative work, especially those involving fiber or paper.
Her family is growing steadily; she and her husband had three sons, and those boys all grew up and married delightful women and started producing grandchildren: four boys and three girls so far!
The long Wisconsin winters are perfect for writing and reading books! Cathe enjoys writing stories with eccentric characters of all ages. Her books will make you laugh and make you cry – and then make you laugh again.
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Categories Author Interview•Tags Africa, African American characters, agape love, Author Interview, cathe swanson, Chicago, christmas, church, diverse characters, diverse christian fiction, diverse cover art, family matters, hope for the holidays, interracial relationships, life, missionary, pastor, romance
Book Spotlight: Stand By Me
Published on November 14, 2018 October 28, 2018 by pennedbyalexLeave a comment
Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Stand by Me which is a book written by Neta Jackson.
Sometimes the person you most need is the one least like you.
Kathryn Davies is a bright young woman from a prominent Phoenix family. But after making a leap of faith at a Christian music fest, dropping out of med school, and moving to inner city Chicago, her family all but disowns her.
When Kat discovers SouledOut Community Church, she longs to become a part of the multicultural church family. But her tendency to immediately say whatever shes thinking steps on the toes of nearly everyone she meetsespecially Avis Douglass.
Avis has a strong faith, is the principal of one of Chicagos highest performing elementary schools, and is a founding member of SouledOut. But the countrys economic downturn has thrown both her and her husbands jobs in question. And Avis hasn’t heard from her youngest daughter in months, an estrangement that gnaws at her every day. Where is God in this?
Kats flamboyant zeal for living a radical Christian life is a stark contrast to Aviss more reserved faith. But in Gods timing, the two women discover they need each other in ways neither of them expected.
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Categories Book Spotlight•Tags African Americans, Book Spotlight, celebrating diversity, Chicago, Christian lifestyle, diverse characters, elementary, faith in God, hope, inner city, interracial friendships, Neta Jackson, principal, school, Stand by Me
Interview with Neta Jackson about her book “Stand by Me”
Published on November 12, 2018 October 28, 2018 by pennedbyalex1 Comment
Today, we’re featuring an interview with Neta Jackson about her book Stand by Me.
Interview with Neta Jackson about her book, Stand by Me:
Alexis: What inspired you to write this book, Neta?
Neta: Actually, it was a comment from our adult son, Julian, who said I ought to write a novel about millennials who are all fired up to fix society’s ills and think they have the answers—but without the experience to know just how complicated real people’s lives are. Or something like that. At the same time, my readers were clamoring for “more” about the original Yada Yada Prayer Group characters. So I got this idea to bring a well-meaning idealistic white college student into SouledOut Community Church, who gets under the skin of our dearly beloved Avis—a wise, spiritually mature, African American leader and role model who nonetheless is struggling with some personal issues and has no patience for this know-it-all! Put them together and . . . fireworks!
Alexis: What is the significance of your story title, Stand by Me?
Neta: Without giving away the story, several of the characters in this novel struggle with personal conflicts and have to decide whether to push their rivals away . . . or find ways to stand together and support each other as brothers and sisters in Christ in the same church.
Alexis: Tell me about the SouledOut Sisters book series. What is the core message?
Neta: There are just two novels in the SouledOut Sisters series: The first is Stand by Me, which we are talking about here, followed by Come to the Table. The title of the series comes from the primary setting, SouledOut Community Church, a church merger of a black church and white church that happened toward the end of the Yada Yada Prayer Group series. Each of the novels has more than one “voice.” For example, in Stand by Me, there are two primary characters, Kat Davies and Avis Douglass, and the chapters go back and forth between their points of view. In Come to the Table, there are three primary voices sharing their points of view in different chapters.
As for the core message . . . life is messy and complicated, but we are a spiritual family in Christ, and if we hang in there and listen to one another and walk in each other’s shoes, God begins to do some amazing things in spite of our mess-ups!
Alexis: Why is it that you as the author of this story believe that, “Sometimes the person you most need is the one least like you?” Explain how that belief plays out in this fictional story world of Stand by Me.
Neta: Too often we in the church tend to categorize people either as “needy people who need to be ministered to” or “mature Christians who do the ministering.” But I believe that all of us have problems (even the long-time Christians), and all of us have spiritual gifts and life wisdom (even the newest Christian or person with seemingly big problems). If we humble ourselves and realize even the “neediest” person also has something to give, we may end up on the receiving end of just the encouragement or help we need from an “unlikely” source.
In this story, Avis and Kat are absolute opposites—and yet in the end, they each need each other in unique ways. The person who annoys Avis the most (Kat) ends up finding Avis’s missing daughter through her weird dumpster diving, and Avis fills a void in Kat’s life for the parents who have disowned her.
Alexis: Kathryn Davies is a leading character in Stand by Me. What makes her tick? What makes her heart smile? What role does she play in this story?
Neta: Kat comes from a wealthy, prominent Arizona family of physicians, and is under high expectations and pressure to follow in their footsteps. But the attractive young woman with the wavy dark hair and startling blue eyes doesn’t want to go to med school. She likes working with kids, and she’s interested in healthy food issues and how to solve world hunger. She shocks her family when she “finds Jesus” at a Christian Music Festival. But it’s the last straw when she drops out of her pre-med program at the University of Arizona and applies instead to a small Christian college in Chicago after meeting some young people from CCU at the music festival who feel like kindred spirits.
Kat is impulsive, energetic, and enthusiastic, has lots of ideas for improving hunger issues in the poorer areas of the city. After graduating with her master’s degree in education from CCU, she lands at SouledOut Community Church, along with several of her CCU buddies—and doesn’t understand why everyone at the church isn’t instantly on board with her ideas. Life gets complicated when she impulsively brings home a homeless mom and her little boy to the apartment she shares with her three “buddies” from CCU—especially when she discovers their identity. Her new “housemates” complicate her budding attraction to Nick, one of her best friends—but for the rest of that romantic tangle, you have to read Book Two in the SouledOut Sisters series (haha)!
Alexis: Why did Kathryn, whom you call “Kat” in this story, take a leap of faith at a Christian music fest and why did her faith leap cause conflict that resulted in making her family distant?
Neta: Kat was restless when she went to the music festival. She was on track to graduate from the University of Arizona in pre-med but realized she didn’t really want to go on to medical school—and she was drawn to all the young people who were excited about Jesus, a Jesus who cared about the poor, who gave His followers courage to be all-out committed to what they believed rather than simply climbing the corporate ladders of success. But as I mentioned earlier, Kat came from a family of prominent physicians in Arizona who had high expectations that she would follow in their footsteps. When she quit her pre-med program at UA and applied instead to a small Christian college in Chicago . . . well, she was a huge disappointment to her parents.
Alexis: Tell us about SouledOut Community Church. Where is it located in this story? What makes it special? Did you have a real-life inspiration for it?
Neta: SouledOut Community Church is roughly based on a multicultural, multiracial church in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. But the name actually comes from a bookstore in Canada where I did a book-signing—and I loved the name so much I asked if I could steal the name “SouledOut” for a church in my novels.
I placed my fictional church in a shopping center in one of Chicago’s northern neighborhoods. It first appeared in one of the last novels in my Yada Yada Prayer Group series—a merger of a black church and a white church (which is fictional). In the SouledOut series, I show some of the challenges and struggles such a merger creates, as well as the joys!
Alexis: What is it about the multicultural congregation that makes Kat feel like she belongs at this SouledOut Community Church? In what ways does Kat almost wear out her welcome?
Neta: Kat had visited this church as part of CCU’s Urban Experience program and wanted to share it with her friends. SouledOut excited her idealistic nature, black and white worshipping together. She and her friends had decided to live in the city for the summer and they wanted to find a church, so . . . why not SouledOut? They find an apartment to share nearby and jump into the church with both feet. But some of the church members get a little annoyed by Kat’s big ideas—especially Avis Douglass, one of the worship leaders. Everyone tries to be patient, but she manages to step on people’s feet—this suburban white girl, a new Christian, who sometimes has more enthusiasm than wisdom.
Alexis: Avis Douglass is also a leading character in Stand by Me, a woman of great faith in God. Tell us about her. What are her goals and passions in life? What makes her upset? What makes her happy? What role does she play in this story? However, she and her family are facing a trial that makes them wonder where God is in it. What role does faith in God play in this story?
Neta: Avis will be familiar to readers who have read the Yada Yada Prayer Group series. This attractive African American woman is an elementary school principal, mature, dignified, poised, well-educated, experienced—as well as deeply spiritual. She is the acknowledged leader of the Yada Yada Prayer Group which involves a multiracial group of women from several different churches and cultures. At SouledOut, she’s one of the worship leaders and Kat admires her a lot. However, Avis is also reserved and has little patience for this impulsive young woman who talks too much.
Unknown to many, however, Avis is having a crisis of faith because her youngest daughter left an abusive marriage with her little boy, and Avis doesn’t know what has happened to her daughter and grandson. They’ve simply disappeared. She struggles with God: Why has God let this happen? Why isn’t God answering her prayers? But God is gently opening her eyes that this annoying young woman is hurting, too, because of rejection from her family—and as her heart opens to Kat, she realizes that God is also using Kat to answer some of her prayers about her missing daughter.
Alexis: What is the moral of this story, Stand by Me?
Neta: Hmm. Just what the blurb on the book says: “Sometimes the person you most need is the one least like you?” I’m hoping readers will open their hearts to people they’re not naturally drawn to, realizing that that person may need them and that God might use that very person to meet a need in their life as well.
Neta: I’m hoping that readers who enjoy Stand by Me will also read the following SouledOut Sisters novel, Come to the Table. The story of Kat and Avis and others we meet at SouledOut—including Nick, Kat’s best “buddy,” who is falling in love with her, and Rochelle, Avis’s daughter, who is falling for Nick—gets complicated, even as God unravels the tangled web of relationships, inviting them “to the table” which represents the Body of Christ, which includes us all.
Thanks for the interview, Alexis! And thanks for your blog highlighting “diversity between the pages.”
Categories Author Interview•Tags African American characters, agape love, Author Interview, Chicago, church, conflict, diverse christian fiction, elementary, faith in God, hope, Neta Jackson, passion, principal, Race relations in America, school, society, Stand by Me, youth
Interview with Dave Jackson, author of Harry Bentley’s Second Chance
Published on October 15, 2018 October 3, 2018 by pennedbyalexLeave a comment
Today, we’re featuring an interview with Dave Jackson about his book Harry Bentley’s Second Chance.
Interview with Dave Jackson about his book, Harry Bentley’s Second Chance:
Alexis: What inspired you to write this story?
Dave: As Neta was writing Where Do I Go, the first book in her House of Hope series, I became intrigued by the doorman in the high rise building where Neta’s main character, Gabby Fairbanks, lived. Harry Bentley was wise and capable of so much more than working as a doorman. But that was all we learned about him in Neta’s novel. I began wondering why he wasn’t running a company or functioning in some professional position? And what about his personal life?
That’s when I began to imagine that he was a retired Chicago cop, who’d been asked to take early retirement by Internal Affairs after he blew the whistle on his corrupt boss. They essentially put him on ice while they investigated his accusations and put together the case. So, he “retired” and got a simple job as a doorman, something that wouldn’t draw attention but would give him something to do with his time.
Of course, we don’t really have any problems with police corruption here in Chicago, right? So, this is all fiction.
Alexis: Who is Harry Bentley and why does he need a second chance?
Dave: Harry’s career as a cop had pretty much decimated his family life. Crazy, unpredictable schedules meant he wasn’t home for his wife or his son, Rodney. Stress contributed to a drinking problem. His wife finally divorced him, and his son continued to get in trouble with the law until Harry lost touch with him for ten years . . . until DCFS contacted Harry, asking him to take in his grandson—a grandson Harry didn’t even know he had.
Threats from his old boss, being accused of assault and kidnapping by his grandson’s crack-head mother, and complications in trying to care for his elderly mother with dementia, left Harry in need of help, the kind of help the brothers in the Bible study he visited said came from God. But if he wanted to be a good father to his grandson, he needed to have God as his father . . . Perhaps he was being given a second chance at both!
Alexis: Was it challenging for you as a White male author to write a character that is an African American male? Why or why not?
Dave: Of course, it was a challenge, but one I richly enjoyed. I am part of a men’s Bible study, not unlike the group Harry finally met, and not unlike the Yada Yada prayer group in Neta’s novels. Over the years, my Bible study has been at least half African American. One was a cop. As I developed the character of Harry Bentley, I had my brothers read the early drafts and correct me in various ways. Over the years, Neta and I have also been privileged to be part of black churches that have enriched our lives immensely. Also, for several years I worked with a street chaplain to gangs and assisted him leading Bible studies in the juvenile detention center. All these experiences helped me become comfortable with and highly respectful of Harry Bentley as he developed. But like I said, there were still times my Bible study brothers said, “No, no, no, Dave. Harry Bentley would never say (or do) that. See, what you don’t understand is . . .”
Alexis: Do you want to see more books like yours that are written by White authors about characters of color, published by the Christian book market? Explain.
Dave: More importantly, I would like to see more authors of color get their stories published! But I would also like white brothers and sisters to put in the time and effort to really get to know people of color well for their own sake. Perhaps then they can create authentic characters of color when they include them in their novels . . . and they should always be included, and not just in stereotypic or peripheral roles.
Alexis: Where is your story about Harry set? Is it a setting that can be found in real-life or is it fictional? Paint a picture of the setting with words.
Dave: All these inter-related novels that grow out of The Yada Yada Prayer Group are set in Chicago. Gabby Fairbanks lived in the Richmond Towers penthouse—before her husband kicked her out—and that’s the building where Harry is the doorman. It’s a real building, the tall, black-glass, high rise on the north end of the outer drive on Chicago’s lake front. The House of Hope shelter is fictional, but located near the Sheridan ‘L’ stop on the Red Line. Any public or major location is real and can be found if you want to take a tour. Ball game scores and the weather are even accurate. Neta and I had fun doing this. For instance, when Harry took Estelle out to dinner at the Dixie Kitchen in Evanston, it looked like this (for real):
“The Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop fulfilled the ‘bait shop’ half of its name through its funky décor—there were no crawlers on the menu or in an icebox in the corner. But an old wooden fishing boat did hang from the ceiling, “Rent-a-Rod” fishing poles for twenty-five cents leaned in the screened porch, jars of home-canned peaches and tomatoes sat in open cupboards, and bright tin signs for everything from Genuine NeHi Orange Crush to Burma Shave patched the weathered clapboard walls. Mismatched wooden chairs, checkered tablecloths, and Zydeco music made Harry feel like he was in an authentic Southern diner as they sampled complimentary johnnycakes and selected peach-glazed chicken wings and fried green tomatoes for appetizers. Estelle ordered her étouffée and a side of greens while Harry got crawfish fritters with jalapeño jelly and a side of slaw.”
Alexis: How did Harry feel when he was asked to take an early retirement?
Dave: Harry had put in over 20 years on the force, so he qualified for full retirement. But being a cop is a very stressful career, and he was glad for a break. But reporting his boss’s corruption was the primary reason for his retirement. Harry’s sense of civic duty and concern for justice was why he reported Fagan in the first place. Potentially, it was a career-ending move no matter what way the case went. You just don’t “cross the blue line” and think your career will survive. But he couldn’t have lived with himself otherwise.
Alexis: Why is Harry as a doorman still working to build a case against his boss?
Dave: After submitting his evidence, it was up to Internal Affairs to investigate and build a case. But everything became deadly serious when Harry was threatened for his plans to testify… and when his grandson’s welfare was threatened.
Alexis: What are “parallel novels” and how does Harry’s story follow that concept?
Dave: Parallel novels were a completely new concept in Christian fiction when we proposed the idea: two stories taking place in the same timeframe, same neighborhood, involving some of the same characters living through their own dramas and crises but interacting with and affecting one another—just the way it happens in real life. It’s the kind of undertaking that only a tight writing team can accomplish—like Neta and me. Continual coordination is essential. Of course, we had to work out compatible storylines, but a few “moments of intense fellowship” arose over such trivia as what kind of furniture was in the lobby of Richmond Towers where Harry worked and Gabby lived. But we always worked it out.
Alexis: What was the most challenging—and easiest—aspect of writing this story?
Dave: As is often the case for me, when a character is well defined and fully understood—including motives, history, character strengths and weaknesses—then when you put that person in a situation, the story almost begins writing itself because you know how they would respond to each crisis or triumph. When leading writing workshops, I’ve sometimes used this illustration: Imagine that your best friend’s cat just died. You probably have a very good idea how your friend would respond: Cry unconsolably for a day, and then get on with life. Or go into a long depression. Or say, “good riddance; I was tired of that hairball anyway,” etc. You can predict their response because you know their character.
Alexis: What’s the moral of this story?
Dave: To be a father (or a mother) like God, you need to have God as your father.
Dave: As the story progresses, and after Harry meets some caring brothers in the Bible study, he begins feel like someone is choreographing his life, not in the sense of forcing him to do or not do anything, but in the sense of providing opportunities for good—to be a father to his grandson, to begin a healthy relationship with Estelle Williams, to develop new, positive friends at the Bible study. Could that be God caring about him and inviting him, he wonders? I hope readers see that possibility in every good gift that comes into their lives.
Alexis: Thanks for the interview! Do you have closing comments to share?
Dave: Neta began including all these new elements about Harry Bentley in her second House of Hope book, Who Do I Talk To? But that, of course, created another timeframe for Harry’s life to progress. He was doing just fine once he had custody of his grandson and was enjoying a second romance with Estelle. He’d connected with God, the Yada Yada brothers, and SouledOut Community Church . . . and then he developed a blind spot right in the center of his vision in his left eye. Was it a brain tumor? A stroke? Diabetes? Or worse . . . was he going blind? Where was God? Why didn’t he answer Harry’s prayers?
So, I had to write Harry Bentley’s Second Sight. Ultimately, he used his police skills as well as his “second sight,” to solve a major crime.
Furthermore, Harry and Estelle became such favorites of many fans that we made them the anchor family when they moved to Beecham Street for the Windy City Neighbors series of five more exciting “parallel novels.” All these novels, and more, can be found at www.daveneta.com.
Thanks so much, Alexis, for this opportunity to share with your marvelous readers.
Dave Jackson and his wife, Neta, are a husband and wife writing team and the authors of more than 120 books that have sold over 2.5 million copies, including their 40-volume Trailblazer Books about Christian heroes for young readers.
Most of their adult novels, including Dave’s Harry Bentley novels and the Windy City Neighbors series (featuring Harry and Estelle Bentley) are set in Chicago where the Jacksons make their home.
However, Dave’s latest novel, Flying Blind, is set in Colombia, South America, and involves a kidnapping by the revolutionary forces of FARC.
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HARRY BENTLEY’S SECOND CHANCE “To be a father like God, to have God as his father … perhaps Harry was being given a chance at both.” Retired Chicago cop, Harry Bentley, was lying low.
He’d blown the whistle on a gang of rogue cops and was awaiting the day when Internal Affairs would call him to testify and help put their leader, Lieutenant Matty Fagan, behind bars. His cover was working as a doorman in a luxury high-rise on Chicago’s lakefront. Then Gabby Fairbanks and her husband moved into the building’s penthouse. She brought home a bag lady, got a job at the Manna House Women’s Shelter, found her life falling apart, and managed to entangle Harry in the whole affair. (Gabby’s story is in Neta Jackson’s parallel novel, WHERE DO I GO?) But there was an upside. Through Gabby, Harry meets the Yada Yada brothers and the classy Estelle Williams and envisions a second chance at romance.
The Yada Yada brothers provide a new circle of friends to replace his old CPD cohorts. But when Harry discovers he has a grandson he didn’t know about, will he find the faith to take on the boy as a “second chance” to be the father he’d failed to be to his own son-even when the boy creates new dangers in Harry’s fight against corruption and may derail his “second chance” at love?
Dave Jackson and his wife, Neta, are the award-winning authors of the 40-volume Trailblazer series. The phenomenal popularity of Neta’s Yada Yada Prayer Group series inspired them to write “parallel” spin-off novels, two stories taking place in the same context … just the way it happens in real life. They live in the Chicago area, where these stories are set.
Purchase link for Harry Bentley’s Second Chance:
http://www.daveneta.com/books/HarryBentley/HBSC-1.html
Categories Author Interview•Tags African American characters, Author Interview, Bible study, CBA, Chicago, corrupt cops, Dave Jackson, diverse christian fiction, Harry Bentley's Second Chance, hope, Men's Group, romance, White author
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I got enough free time to go through the rest of my recent Vita acquisitions, though some of them got very brief tests. I played Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, The King of Fighters '97: Global Match, Alone With You, Chronus Arc, Dragon Fantasy, Fernz Gate, Forma.8, NeuroVoider, Proteus, Retro City Rampage DX, and Shakedown: Hawaii. A lot of interesting stuff that seems fun, but they'll have to wait for another day to get some serious play time.
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I got a Famicom last year and have been slowly importing and collecting games for it. Currently working on beating the original Dragon Quest. Haven't been a fan of the recent entries I've tried (DQIX or DQXI, although I do quite like DQBuilders), probably because they haven't really been modernized like other series, while still receiving the baggage that 3D brings to turn-based games (slowing them to a crawl). Thankfully, being on the Famicom, DQ1 doesn't at all have these problems, so I've been enjoying it quite a bit. It definitely helps that it's a far shorter game, too, though.
I am a bit surprised at how much I'm enjoying it, though. I recently watch a j-drama called The Hero Yoshihiko, which may be going a long way in helping me to enjoy the series more, lol.
I switched from Vita to my Game Boy Advance SP to try out some more recent acquisitions. For Game Boy Color, I played a tiny bit of Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 2, and Donkey Kong Country, and for GBA, I played through a day in Bokujou Monogatari: Mineral Town no Nakamatachi - For Girl. Donkey Kong Country definitely threw me for a loop. I'm so used to the SNES version that, even graphics aside, just the differences in controls and timing are messing with me. I'll have to rewire my brain a little to adjust to this version.
I've been trying to get back into a couple games I haven't touched in a while. I'd gone about a month since I last played Tokyo Tattoo Girls on Vita, so I picked that back up and finished off Kayako Musashino's game on Normal difficulty.
I opened up Steam for the first time in forever and started playing Nightshade again for the first time in several months. I didn't leave off in the most ideal spot. Ideally, I like to take a break from a visual novel when I've totally finished off a character so I can start fresh with another the next time. In lieu of that, as counterintuitive as it sounds, I don't especially mind leaving off mid-route. But the worst spot to stop is when I've finished a route but haven't yet run through it again to pick the other dialogue options and get any alternate endings. That's what I did here with Choujirou's route. I'm gonna skip anything I've already read, of course, but my memory of the route is foggy, so the impact of seeing alternate takes on various scenes is a little lost on me at this point. And a depressing bad ending isn't exactly the first thing you want to see when resuming a game, haha. But I finished off those bits and pieces of Choujirou's route, and now I'm picking alternate choices in the early part of the game, before you get locked into a route. I'm not aiming to get on anybody's route in particular (same when I got on Choujirou's route), so I guess I'll see whose route I end up on this time.
I've played some more Nightshade on PC and ended up on Hanzo's route. I probably would've preferred a character with a personality more unlike Choujirou's, considering Hanzo is stoic as well, but it's not really an issue when I can hardly claim to have played these routes back-to-back. Plus, Hanzo is very different from Choujirou in other ways, like how he's affiliated with an entirely different group of shinobi. What was interesting was that, even before I got on Hanzo's route, the common route branched off in a totally different direction as a result of my choices, which resulted in a lot more interactions with Kuroyuki, Goemon, and Hanzo. I guess the other path of the common route plays out when you've got higher affection with Gekkamaru and Choujirou.
I've been playing Toy Story 2 on my Game Boy Advance SP too, and really, I'm just eager to be done with it. It's not so broken as to be unplayable, but it's definitely poor enough to not be enjoyable either. The control scheme alone is mind-bogglingly stupid. So far, I've gotten up to the eighth stage, which I think is about two-thirds into the game.
I'm up to Chapter 7 in Hanzou's route in Nightshade on PC. Some of the scenes have been about the same as in Choujirou's route, but it's interesting to see how it differs. When playing through my first route in a visual novel, I always wonder what's unique to that specific route and what plot points will be common to them all.
As for handheld gaming, I finished off Toy Story 2 on Game Boy Color, which I already posted about in the Beaten in 2019 topic. I ran through Easy difficulty with Mai Tachikawa in Tokyo Tattoo Girls on Vita real quick to get the reward for that and to unlock a trophy I had missed.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. Im about 1/3 done
I got to Chapter in 8 in Hanzou's route in Nightshade on PC what felt surprisingly fast. Maybe it just wasn't very long, or maybe I was really engrossed. Or maybe Hanzou's so brusque that I zip through the lines faster than normal.
I played a little of London Detective Mysteria on Vita for the first time in months too, but I wasn't really feeling it. I enjoy the game tons, but I can't really be invested in two visual novels at the same time. My mind is too focused on Nightshade right now. I ran through the Easy difficulty with two other girls in Tokyo Tattoo Girls also.
I'm up to Chapter 9 in Hanzou's route in Nightshade on PC now. It still feels like it's moving along briskly. Things could change, but I think I'll end up preferring Choujirou's route. This is still good, but it seems it's following the motions of all otome routes involving a cold, brusque love interest.
I also started playing the Game Boy Color version of Monsters, Inc. on my Game Boy Advance SP. It's not particularly good, yet still significantly better than Toy Story 2. I'm already pretty far into it, I think. I'm up to the sledding stage, which is a nice change of pace compared to the, well, I wouldn't call it "running and jumping", more like "plodding along and jumping". I definitely prefer playing as Mike over Sulley.
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Botanical Name : Ferulis harmonis
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Common Name: Zallouh,Shirsh Zallouh
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Ferulis harmonis is a small perennial shrub with thin leaves and tiny white or yellow flowers. It has hairy roots.
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Cuddling May Be Key to Long-Term Happy Relationship
A new study that looked at middle-aged and older couples found that cuddling and caressing can boost satisfaction. The study also revealed that:
•Tenderness is more important to men than to women
•Men are more likely to report being happy in their relationship
•Women are more likely to be satisfied with their sex life
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“Both women and men were happier the longer they had been together and if they had higher levels of sexual functioning … Sexual satisfaction for both women and men was associated with frequent kissing and cuddling, sexual caressing by a partner, high sexual functioning, and frequent sex. For men, having had more sex partners in their lifetime was a predictor of less sexual satisfaction … Sexual satisfaction for women increased over time.”
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FDA Cites Toxic Risk Of Popular Head-Lice Drug
The sole U.S. maker of an insecticide-based treatment for head lice has stopped promoting the product after a sharply worded warning from the Food and Drug Administration that its marketing misled consumers by downplaying the rare, but serious, risks of the treatments.
The move follows years of controversy over prescription shampoo and lotion treatments that contain the insecticide lindane, including a ban on their use in California. Lawmakers in Michigan, New York and Minnesota are considering curbing use of the products.
In a little-noticed December letter, the FDA cites concern over some of the information drugmaker Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals provided on websites and in mailed materials, including a statement by the company that treating head lice effectively requires two applications, several days apart. That is “extremely alarming given that retreatment with Lindane Shampoo can lead to increased exposure and possibly death,” the FDA says.
Millions of cases of head lice and body mites are reported each year in the USA, often among children. More than 166,000 prescriptions for lindane treatments — almost 10% of all prescriptions for head lice and scabies — were written from January to November 2007, according to the tracking firm IMS Health.
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Hospitalizations, seizures and deaths have been reported after the use of Lindane Shampoo and Lindane Lotion, according to the products’ warning label. The FDA requires the prescriptions to carry that warning. The warning label also cites “lindane toxicity, verified by autopsy” in two deaths: an infant and an adult who used the product to commit suicide.
Morton Grove was purchased by Wockhardt, an India-based company, in October. It says in a response letter that the new owners “do not believe” that the marketing materials “intended to downplay” the risks associated with the shampoo. Morton Grove President and CEO Kurt Orlofski said in an interview the firm has stopped its promotion, as requested by the FDA, until it develops new marketing materials.
“The FDA has had a number of occasions to review the safety and efficacy of product and keep it or pull it: They have kept it on the market,” Orlofski said. “It’s an important second-line therapy.”
The FDA says lindane products are useful as a last resort against head lice and scabies. “The benefit of the drug for treating scabies and lice outweigh the risk,” FDA spokeswoman Rita Chappelle said.
Several treatments for head lice are available, including combing out the lice and their nits, over-the-counter products and prescription treatments.
In 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency banned lindane as an agricultural insecticide, citing its toxicity. About 50 other countries already ban or restrict the agricultural use of lindane.
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Tips for Exercising in the Cold
When the temperature drops, you need to adjust your exercise program. Here are 3 ways to keep moving.Follow these tips to stay safe when it’s cold out:
1. Layer it on. The secret to exercising in cold weather is dressing properly, preferably in lightweight layers you can add or remove as needed and as weather conditions shift. A thermal layer next to your skin will wick moisture away. Add a wool layer for insulation, then one that resists wind and water, but “breathes” so that perspiration doesn’t build up. Clothes with zippers let you cool off during a workout as well as adjust to changes in the weather. A hat prevents loss of body heat through the top of your head. For warmth, mittens are better than gloves. On bitter, cold days, you should also cover up your face.
2. Drink plenty of fluids — you perspire exercising in the cold too. But don’t drink alcohol; it dilates your blood vessels, causing you to lose heat more rapidly.
3. Do your warmup, stretching, and cooldown inside. Start your workout facing into the wind so that you will work hardest when you are fresh and will avoid having it blow in your perspiring face and body on your return. Don’t stand around in your damp clothes afterward; go inside right away. Finally, when it’s icy underfoot, avoid the risk of a fall by working out indoors.
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Yet another mass killing in America. Watch the reactions on the Right, and learn.
Larry Kummer, Editor America 17 December 2012 12 November 2017
Summary: After the latest mass killing, our Right-wing goes crazy again, displaying our nation’s broken OODA loop for all the world to see. On a hopeful note, perhaps each of these episodes brings us closer to realizing our madness — the first step to reform.
The “hair of the dog that bit you” solution
Or — mock their small dicks
Do other nations have fewer mass killings because they have more guns?
More reactions from the Right
Other posts about guns
(1) The “hair of the dog that bit you” solution
America has a rate of killings by gun far higher than any other nation, and higher rate of gun ownership. So logic says that the solution is even more guns.
(a) Glenn Reynolds (Prof of Law, U TN) reminds us of what he wrote after the Virginia Tech shootings (several mass shootings ago): “People don’t stop killers. People with guns do“, op-ed in the NY Daily News, 18 April 2007 — Excerpt:
In fact, some mass shootings have been stopped by armed citizens. … Police can’t be everywhere, and as incidents from Columbine to Virginia Tech demonstrate, by the time they show up at a mass shooting, it’s usually too late. On the other hand, one group of people is, by definition, always on the scene: the victims. Only if they’re armed, they may wind up not being victims at all.
… “Gun-free zones” are premised on a fantasy: That murderers will follow rules, and that people like my student, or Bradford Wiles, are a greater danger to those around them than crazed killers like Cho Seung-hui. That’s an insult. Sometimes, it’s a deadly one.
Reynolds expands on his “making stuff up to ignore the bloodshed” theory in “Gun-free zones provide false sense of security“, USA Today, 14 December 2012. He opens with some vintage Instapundit madness, citing the late Burroughs as a paragon of responsible gun ownership:
“After a shooting spree,” author William Burroughs once said, “they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.” Burroughs continued: “I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.”
Burroughs’ New York Times obituary gives us more about Burroughs’ gun use:
A big motivator of gun sales.
One September afternoon in 1951, they began to drink with friends. Eventually, Mr. Burroughs, who was quite drunk, took a handgun out of his travel bag and told his wife, ”It’s time for our William Tell act.” There never had been a William Tell act, but his wife laughed and put a water glass on her head. Mr. Burroughs fired the gun. The bullet entered her brain through her forehead, killing her instantly.
(b) “A Thought Experiment Related to School Shootings“, Eugene Volokh (Prof Law, UCLA), 14 December 2012 — Excerpt:
Instead of hiring special-purpose security guards, why not take some of your existing employees — teachers, administrators, and the like — and offer them a deal: They’d go through some modest training and subjected to basic background checks, and in exchange they’d be given the right to carry the same guns that the security guards would have had.
Indeed, this way you could have not just one security guard but several (if several staff members sign up). And you might get people to do this even without paying them, since they might value the ability to defend themselves and to not be sitting ducks should the worst happen.
… And no need to call the licenses given to those who participate in the program “concealed carry” licenses, just in case some parents and others don’t like the concept. Just call them “volunteer security guard” licenses, though you might expect that most people who sign up for this will also have licenses to concealed carry on the street. Of course, if a killer does show up, maybe some of these volunteer security guards will just cower in the corner rather than trying to defend the students, or attack the killer. But it seems more likely that someone will confront and try to stop the killer if that someone is armed then if that person is disarmed.
What’s your answer to that? Is there some reason why the armed security guard is safe and helpful, but the armed teacher, administrator, or staffer — er, the teacher with a volunteer security guard license — would be useless and a menace?
(c) Statement by Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America:
Gun control supporters have the blood of little children on their hands. Federal and state laws combined to insure that no teacher, no administrator, no adult had a gun at the Newtown school where the children were murdered. This tragedy underscores the urgency of getting rid of gun bans in school zones. The only thing accomplished by gun free zones is to insure that mass murderers can slay more before they are finally confronted by someone with a gun.
(2) Or — mock their small dicks
Ace offers another solution: “Killer Killed His Parents First“, Ace of Spades HQ, 14 December 2012
Parents first. He then went to Connecticut to kill a woman he was involved with somehow — whether wife or ex-girlfriend — and also to kill all the children near her.
… I’ve said this before but I think the media can help reduce these things from occurring. These nutters see themselves heroically, sort of as bigger-than-life agents of mayhem and evil. Now that may sound like a bad thing to you, but it doesn’t sound bad to them: They’ve embraced it.
… I think it would do at least something to dissuade the next potential mass murderer to know, for example, that coverage on him will not focus on the Evil Menace part of him (which is a self-conception he finds flattering), but the Sad, Lonely Pathetic Guy Who Has a Small Dick and Couldn’t Keep a Woman or a Job and Just Couldn’t Hack It part of him.
… If I were the media, I’d allow myself to get very personal in publishing accounts of these guys. Personal, and nasty.
(3) Do other nations have fewer mass killings because they have more guns?
See the Small Arms Survey of September 2011 for data about gun ownership in America vs. that in well-managed developed nations. From The Monkey Cage, which has more on this subject.
Small Arms Survey, September 2011
(4) More reactions from the Right
(a) Important: More madness: “The most unhinged reactions to the shooting“, Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon, 14 December 2012
(b) “Some Crazy Talk About Guns From Politico“, Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 17 December 2012
(c) “National Review Writer Doubts the Power of the Bushmaster AR-15“, Amanda Marcotte, Slate, 17 December 2012
(d) “There’s Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre“, Megan McArdle, Daily Beast, 17 December 2012 — “The things that would work are impractical and unconstitutional. The things we can do won’t work.” Her solution:
I’d also like us to encourage people to gang rush shooters, rather than following their instincts to hide; if we drilled it into young people that the correct thing to do is for everyone to instantly run at the guy with the gun, these sorts of mass shootings would be less deadly, because even a guy with a very powerful weapon can be brought down by 8-12 unarmed bodies piling on him at once.
(5) For More Information about guns in America
(a) Important: Mass Shootings in the United States Since 2005, Brady Campaign website — It’s 62 pages long.
(b) Important information about America by Kieran Healy (Assoc Prof Sociology at Duke) about the death rate in the US due to assaults (all causes).
America Is a Violent Country — Source of the graph at the top.
Assault Deaths Within the United States
(c) Like so many things in America today, the gun culture is a fading love of old white guys. See “The Declining Culture of Guns and Violence in the United States“, Patrick Egan (Asst Prof Politics, NYU), the Monkey Cage, 21 July 2012.
(d) “The Price of Gun Control“, Dan Baum (author of author of Gun Guys: A Road Trip), Harper’s, 20 July 2012 — The price of gun control is very high, and we might not get much in return.
(e) The CDC is not known for its advocacy for the 2nd amendment, so this result deserves attention: “Firearms laws and the reduction of violence: A systematic review“, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, February 2005 — By the Centers for Disease Control’s Task Force on Community Preventive Services.
(f) “Mass Murder Up, Even While Gun Violence Down“, Ron Dicker, Huffington Post, 20 July 2012 — Excerpt:
Single-victim gun killings have dropped more than 40% since 1980, according to 2010 FBI crime data. But the total number of people dying in attacks that claimed four or more victims has climbed from an average of 161 a year in the 1980s to 163 between 2006 and 2008, according to FBI statistics.
(6) Other posts about guns
The Founders talk to us about guns for a well-regulated militia,24 July 2012
Yet another mass killing in America. Watch the reactions on the Right, and learn., 17 December 2012
“The right to shoot tyrants, not deer”, 11 January 2013
But Hitler confiscated guns, leaving Germans helpless!, 11 January 2013
Guns do not make us safer. Why is this not obvious?, 14 January 2013
Let’s look at the Second Amendment, cutting through the myths and spin, 15 January 2015
Myth-busting about gun use in the Wild West, 16 January 2013
Second amendment scholarship (using money to reshape America), 19 January 2013
Do guns make us more safe, or less? Let’s look at the research., 23 January 2013
Guns in the wild west: regulated, with no fears about ripping the Constitution, 25 January 2013
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James Catfish says:
Schizophrenia, somehow mental illness is left out of the conversation. As a child there was one, an untreated adult, in the household. Reality and reason was absent. I slept with bottles against my closed door as an alarm. It was a very tense existence. They really believe that others are out to do them harm, including family members. The madness seems to destroy the brain, and they do at times do harm themselves and others. The least stress or no stress can set them off. They are simply unable to deal with life under the best of circumstances.
It is nearly impossible under the present Judical system to force them to take medication. Some obtain firearms, with tragic results.
cynicalatheist says:
James Catfish: Agree that the difficulty in obtaining mental health care, and the continuing stigma attached to mental illness, is an important part of the picture here.
per Wm B.: “I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.”
Well, I sure as hell wouldn’t wnat to live in a society where Willaim Burrough’s was quoted to buttress a position involving anything approaching sanity nor in one where a Burrough’s …… oh, I guess I do!?
Darn. How did that happen?
Never mind. Ok, moving along here. Just sayin’ now, would it be “time” to literally start to enroll a consensus to Ban ALL handguns and ALL semi-autos, as in multi clipped rifles?
Does anyone notice a disconnect around here?
Hey. How about just a little twist to current Regs. As in, when you BUY that gun, where ever it goes you go! You own that sucker for its life. So like if your little disturbed child (goodness,how did THAT happen) turns out to get a hold of your guns and does a Massive, well, you get to accompany him.
Whadda ya say, eh? You really like your guns, so really like them, as in take the ultimate responsibility, too.
“How about just a little twist to current Regs.”
I am not sure about the current regulations: what about those related to _ammunition_? I seem to remember that in some countries, while gun ownership is regulated, ammunition is even more so (things like only buy certain forms of ammunition in shooting ranges, having to account for every individual cartridge shot or not, and not being allowed to take them home; or having ammunition for military grade weapons unavailable to the general public, etc). That could be a start towards controlling that gun madness.
mtinberg says:
Regulations on magazine sizes, say limiting to 5-6 shots, would not restrict people from owning or using guns but could help restrain some of these mass shooting incidents, giving some small opportunity to intervene.
Also certification and an advertising campaign recommending the use of strong gun safes might be another tactic to keep guns from being used by people other than the legitimate owner.
The large, overarching, problem here though seems not to be guns at all but long term mental health care and institutionalization for the severely violent, suicidal and mentally unstable. This person seems to have a severely malfunctioning brain and maybe shouldn’t have been allowed in the general population. Prison is not a sufficient institution for correcting mental disorders.
truthteller says:
It seems the killer may have been taking SSRI, we should ban SSRI, since there is evidence that it may induce psychosis
FM Note: SSRI = Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, a type of antidepressant.
There has been some low-level controversy in the news media about the side-effects of anti-depressants. For an introduction to the debate I recommend these two articles by Marcia Angell in the New York Review of Books.
“The Illusions of Psychiatry, 14 July 2011
“The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?“, 23 June 2011
Marcia Angell is a Senior Lecturer in Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and former Editor in Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine.
SSRI medications help a lot of people. There have been instances where people who start taking SSRI’s then kill themselves. I would suggest that this simply means that they were so depressed before that they were unable to take any action. Perversely, as they become less acutely depressed, they then become able to take actions they have been wanting to take. For some people, this means suicide.
Consider the situation from the suicide’s point of view for a moment. We ask that they have faith that life is worth living. For some of them, this honestly seems like a bad joke.
The Circus is a bit out of control and the Monkeys running the Show, know it.
(Gun ownership (handguns) is not just an old white guys deal either. Best go to a few local gun shops and see for yourself — young white guys are packin’, big time. Or engage a local Gendarme in a gun discussion and ask him what it is like in the Ghettos.)
America is a moderately dysfunctional culture trending towards the wrong end of the scale; GUNS are a prime example. Adolescent is the term that comes to mind more and more.
Let’s take Ms.Lanza, for example, she’s dead now and cannot speak for herself but…..I mean how clueless do you have to be to have a Sigg, a Glock and a clipped ,223 sitting in your home and be the adult responsible for a disturbed autistic child? Trigger Locks? Ammo not in the house? Gun safe? Nah. That is just too much to expect from an adult in America.
“To the Triggers”! Don’t expect much to come of the deaths of these kids. This is America.
There was a time when there was no reason to have a gun in America except to hunt. Not that long ago. Now?
Despite what one sees on TV, there still is little reason to have a gun in America. Outside the inner cities, violent crime is at multi-decade lows.
Outside the inner cities, violent crime is at multi-decade lows.
For an urban middle-class white such as myself, it is a strange feeling talking with black and hispanic co-workers, hearing their stories of being shot at by random assailants in cars, or barely escaping gangs who attack them at gas stations. Or the working class whites, for that matter, who describe similar situations. It gives me a different perspective on the city, and my place in it.
cynicalatheist raises a question I was wondering about. I vaguely recall reading that violent crime has declined in the inner cities, although still at levels far higher than before the rot set in (1960?). Does anyone know if this is correct?
I vaguely recall reading that violent crime has declined in the inner cities, although still at levels far higher than before the rot set in (1960?).
This Wikipedia page, “Crime in Chicago“, suggests that this is indeed the case in most major US cities, that crime has indeed decreased starting in the 1990s. However, in Chicago at least, it seems to have gotten more concentrated as well. As you can see from the map on that page, different areas of that city have very different crime rates. I live in one of the solid green areas, while others I know live in yellow or red areas. Apparently New York and St. Louis have similarly partitioned maps, with many relatively safe areas and some very unsafe.
Thanks for this follow-up information!
“Despite what one sees on TV, there still is little reason to have a gun in America”.
Really? Really? Did FM just say this? We’re all being trolled, right? How about this reason: because it is the final, last-ditch defense against tyranny. Whether or not you think “rebellion against a tyrannical government” to be either likely or prudent is irrelevant; the Founders deliberately wrote the 2nd Amendment into the Constitution to give the citizenry “the final say” in such an instance.
I’m actually surprised that I should have to even say this on this blog.
“it is the final, last-ditch defense against tyranny.”
Nope. Booby-traps (aka IEDs, aka infernal machines) are — and way more difficult to control than guns and their ammunition. If you want to fight tyranny, brush up your knowledge of chemistry.
OK, you got me! I was responding to Breton’s comment about crime. You raise a different, larger, and more important question — which I should have mentioned, but forgot.
Here’s the problem: I understand your logic, but don’t believe it any more. The NAZI party took power in Germany to widespread applause. From what I see, a large fraction of the gun owners of America will cheer a fascist tyranny. I see them in the comments here, esp in the posts about torture, auditioning for a job with an American Gestapo. And in the posts about the growth of Executive power (eg, surveilance, even assassination of America citizens without charge or trial).
I wonder if this love of guns is another sign of decay. We seem to love guns more than the Constitution, more than the Republic, more than freedom. Guns without those things are a problem, not a solution.
I wonder if gun owners in America are part of the problem, perhaps even potential black shirts. Lots of evidence suggests that many of them are ready to bear arms against the rest of us. They lack only a leader. As Elrond says, “treason is always our greatest foe”.
I have a draft post about this, which I hope to finish someday. It will not be pretty or pleasant reading.
“From what I see, a large fraction of the gun owners of America will cheer a fascist tyranny. I see them in the comments here, esp in the posts about torture, auditioning for a job with an American Gestapo. And in the posts about the growth of Executive power (eg, surveilance, even assassination of America citizens without charge or trial).” I agree 100% with your comments and sentiments here – I am not saying that the majority of US citizens are competent enough, wise enough or care enough to combat a fascist tyranny, merely that the Founders – in their (semi)-infinite wisdom, gave them the tools to do that in the Constituion, and that one of those tools was the 2nd Amendment.
“I wonder if this love of guns is another sign of decay. We seem to love guns more than the Constitution, more than the Republic, more than freedom. Guns without those things are a problem, not a solution.” Again, I agree 100% here. I would add just one comment here, though; you could substitute many words (g.g. “the military”, “porn”, “cash”, “security”, etc.) for the word “guns” in the above statement and the statement would be still be true.
FWIW, I am not very hopeful about the future of America, either with or without private gun ownership. I think we have turned into a sad, pathetic nation composed of frightened little people with little minds and little thoughts, herded like sheep by a small group of apolitical plutocrats.
I look forward to reading your draft post when it is complete :-).
Drake West says:
FM Please write that post!! Here Here Sir!!
America is a land mired in the everlasting seeking of power!! POWER is what 2nd amendment protagonists seek, not justice or protection. No amount of shotguns or handguns in 2012 can protect the poor innocent American citizen from tyranny. The government is already tyrannical in so many ways, just like you point out on your website.
WAKE UP gun owners, you are part of the problem. For I already live in a land where the government acts with near impunity and the citizenry is herded into mainstream consumerism and made to believe the good old USA is mighty and righteous. All of us swallow at least a few doses regardless of our region, religion, race, economic standing, gender or other affiliations.
Gun toting maniacs, gang-bangers and armed domestic abusers are brought into existence by the vicious sweet spot between the rights offered by the Constitution, the pliability of Congress by lobbies and the over aggressive media hyped love affair with wielding a gun. This is the tyranny we live. If there was a solution that curtailed this and risked in some infinitesimally small path to abject suppression by our armed government, I would take that chance. I imagine a majority of Americans would too.
ulenspiegel1965 says:
Brain wrote: “How about this reason: because it is the final, last-ditch defense against tyranny. Whether or not you think “rebellion against a tyrannical government” to be either likely or prudent is irrelevant; the Founders deliberately wrote the 2nd Amendment into the Constitution to give the citizenry “the final say” in such an instance. ”
Here I see as non US citizen an interesting contradiction:
You really assume that the same people who are obviously too immature/dumb to possess and handle guns are able to recognize a tyrannical government and organize an effective resistance?
Hint: You are not Switzerland
“same people who are obviously too immature/dumb to possess and handle guns are able to recognize a tyrannical government”
The vast majority of gun-owners handle guns responsibility. The problem is that mass ownership of guns puts them in the hands of the small fraction of crazies and far larger number of criminals.
“are able to recognize a tyrannical government and organize an effective resistance?”
Perhap they’l want it, and organize to make it happen. My fear is that the mass of gun owners will provide lush recruiting grounds for paramilitary black shirts, seeking to install tyranny. The data I see doesn’t suggest any love of the Republic or liberty among gun “nuts”, except as fetish objects (ie, they love the flag, not the Bill of Rights; respect the President but hate minorities). Since history (including American history) shows a tendency for the police to be sympathetic to right-wing tyranny, there might be few breaks or even speed bumps shouls we slide down the Right slope.
Keith M says:
I think a huge point of discussion in the debate no matter which side you are on is brought up in 3) the sheer number of guns already in the US. If there was a ban, what would happen? People have been buying guns recently because the have a fear or they like guns and use some doomsday scenario to justify their habit. For effective gun “control” to work, those gun would have to be removed. How many people do you think would have conveniently sold their guns if they were asked/told to give up their guns? Ammunition is another subject, but people have hoarded that as well. The problem is that the only time we have these discussions with any force behind them is when there is a massacre – the discussion then goes away because no one wants to deal with the issue.
Additionally, what people understand is so removed from reality. Most people fear the “assault” rifle and say they are automatic (when they are not). This doesn’t mean they are any less deadly, it just confuses the point and gives people against any gun regulation a point to argue on aside from the real issue. Also, people never want to take away hunting rifles, but the bullets designed for hunting rifles can be more deadly and penetrate armor more readily than those designed for “assault” rifles.
Ignorance abounds on both sides – like many issues in this country, no one can sit down and have a meaningful conversation aimed at finding a solution, but must only argue why the other side is wrong, stupid, and immoral.
Puska says:
The gun advocates, such as Mr. William Burroughs, always ask: Can you trust the government that doesn’t trust people with guns?
The resounding answer has always been no. Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES) incident ought to change that and the question should be: Can the government trust people with guns?
The answer to that question is no. How many senseless killing it takes for people to change their mind? The question is, can anything be done about that in US? Unfortunately, the answer is no. The proper way for the government to act is repeal the Second Amendment and ban all guns with a few exception for hunting. And that’s not going to happen anytime soon.
PS: I am responsible gun owner with carrying permit and have more guns than the statistics indicate. Everyone needs to draw the line somewhere, mine has been drawn at SHES…
Rune says:
The thing is that it’s a false dichotomy. You can neither trust a government that allows or bans its citizenry from owning guns.
Marcus J. Ranum says:
One thing I’d like to collectively caution us against – the “blame the crazies” phenomenon.
There’s a logical fallacy that we often run up against in the skeptical community, called the “no true scotsman” fallacy. The way it works, in this case, would amount to a “no true human” fallacy. I.e.:
– Nobody in their right mind would shoot a schoolkid
– Therefore, the shooter is insane
– Therefore let’s regulate insane people, and not think about this problem systematically
The problem with following that model is that it forces every response to the problem to be individual, since no two insane people are exactly alike, and it implicitly sweeps under the carpet people like Anders Breivik – who are not “insane” unless we broaden the scope of our definition of “insanity” to encompass people who strongly hold irrational and morally repellent ideologies.
In the last few days I’ve seen a great deal of “let’s control crazies, not guns” type ideology, which is wrong at many levels but most simply because it’s blaming someone for something that is not their choice (most “crazies” do not choose to be or enjoy being mentally ill) and confusing the problem deliberately with the heavy indoctrination toward violence in American society. If we took the “let’s control crazies” idea to its logical conclusion, we’d have to diagnose the United States as a dangerously belligerent society in which its young people are propagandized endlessly with violent messages – the average American child ‘witnesses’ thousands of ‘murders’ in movies and on television – and desensitizing media such as video games that are not only borderline racist but often politically charged as well. Here I refer to games our young play, such as the various “modern warfare” style first person shooters in which the gamer is expected to eradicate populations of towns in arabic-looking parts of the world, complete with pop-up “jihadis” in ethnic garb, etc. We should not blur the line between someone who has been ideologized into craziness, like Anders Breivik, and a person who has unfortunate neuro-chemistry by birth, and who may obsess a bit too much about certain things, or who may not experience emotions/empathy in the way that “the rest of us” do.
I’ve been very unhappy to see the attempts by the media to cast the shooter as “autistic” (thereby – what – explaining and excusing a gun nut mother and a society of violence?) What we’re talking about here is a multi-dimensional problem: many things are going wrong at once and if we focus on one single thing and say “that’s the problem!” we’re unlikely to achieve any kind of effective resolution because each of the problems can mask the other.
What the US needs is not more gun control, or to “fix the crazies” or whatever naive short-term solution is being proposed. The US needs to ask “why are we such goddamn violent assholes?” and it’d be a good question to ask some of the other countries in the world that aren’t, for help. We should not be pointing at the Swiss and asking “why is it that they have lots of guns and few gun homicides?” we should be asking, “how did they manage to build a culture of non-violence?” What’s happening in the US is that rational dialogue is impossible because there are strong vested interests pulling hard on each dimension of the problem, saying “it’s not my fault!” The first step is to acknowledge that the simple truth is it’s a complex problem and there’s enough blame to go around for everyone. And the second is to understand that it’s a multi-dimensional problem without a single, simplistic, button we can “push here, to fix”
Here’s something I’d like you all to ponder; the following photo:
which has been all over the place in the last few days. What we see here are two first responders in Newtown. The fact that a camera-man shot this picture and nobody is running or ducking for cover tells me that the incident is over and there are no shots being fired. So why are there first responder jackasses with military-style weaponry, embedded in the civilian population, with clips in their rifles? Who thought that was a good idea, and – more to the point – what local first responders feel that they need gear like that to handle civilians? And, of course, what home-schooling mom needs gear like that in her house? This, to me, cuts to the heart of the question: why is American’s response to violence to ante up instead of de-escalating?
There is no simple answer and we are going to keep coming up with wrong answers as long as people keep proffering simplistic sound-bites instead of tackling this question seriously.
The picture I was referring to is this one:
http://www.hangthebankers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Newtown-shooting.jpg
João P. Bragança (@thefringeninja) says:
“Here I refer to games our young play, such as the various “modern warfare” style first person shooters in which the gamer is expected to eradicate populations of towns in arabic-looking parts of the world, complete with pop-up “jihadis” in ethnic garb, etc. ”
Just like to point out that in the most popular shooters of late (last 5 years) the bad guys have actually been the Russians, Axis powers or even the Americans. Of course some shooters have jihadi bad guys but those have not sold very well.
Marcus;
The militarization of American LE has been an ongoing concern for quite a while now, and actually pre-dates 9/11 (remind me to tell you the story sometime about I how sold belt-fed machine guns to the Berkeley, CA PD in the early-’90s), although there has been a breathtaking increase in the level of militarization since that attack took place.
One of the key characteristics of what we used to call “the third world” (now “developing nations”) was that these countries hopelessly intermingled the roles of the military and LE, and usually the military actually was the “major” LE agency for the country. Local police and constabulary forces are either merely symbolic (like in India, Malaysia, most African nations) or effectively part of the larger, nationwide military machine (Brazil, Chile, etc.). Do you not think this a telling commentary on America that we are proudly marching down the road of integrating our military/LE institutions into one giant, monolithic enterprise? State and local SWAT teams now refer themselves as “counter terrorists” in an attempt to align themselves with our current militaristic approach to fighting terrorists.
Lastly, this is the problem with our current approach to terrorism – terrorism is, by definition, a LE problem, and NOT a military one. We should be using LE tactics (combined with the barest smidgin of military force, and even then only in very controlled and specific circumstances) to counter terrorists. Terrorism – especially that conducted by those dirty, brown people – has become just an excuse for the unfettered expansion of the military and intelligence complexes.
And, like the small-minded little people that we are, we beg for yet more “safety” and “protection”” from our plutocratic overlords. All hail the rise of the New American “Security” State! ;-)
Marcus J. Ranum:
1. I agree with your caution about the dangerous circularity of diagnosing rage murderers post mortem.
2. Please learn to write shorter comments.
FM often (rightly) accuses America of being a bunch of fat drug addicts who sit on the couch and do nothing. And yet that logic is not being applied here. Why?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011206630_4.html?sid=ST2011011203220
“In the past year or so, the crumbling of what was once Loughner was clear to anyone **who bothered to look**. Teachers, fellow students, even the anonymous e-buddies who substituted for the real friends he had lost – many suspected mental illness and said so, to one another, to Loughner, even to people who might have taken action. But no one did.”
BECAUSE Americans have become couch potatoes we don’t even understand what is happening in our own neighborhoods. How many of us can even name every single neighbor on our block? Half? Loughner was an avid music player; one day the music from his room just stopped. (I heard this at the time but can’t find the quote for it) One neighbor noticed that one day the music just stopped.
These people don’t just go off suddenly. Something happens to them that they just can’t get over (in Loughner’s case it was that his future started going in the toilet). When we notice that something is off, we need to put our arms around them and try to figure out what is wrong. Even if that means missing American Idol. Some would call it the Christian thing to do.
Anecdote time! I happen to live in such an area – an island in a sea of cholos, basically. Average police response time is ~5 and a half minutes. So you will forgive me if I bitterly cling to my guns.
Most importantly, these types of crimes are largely perpetrated by middle class white people (with the occasional Asian). I say we ban them from having guns and leave the rest of us alone.
“FM often (rightly) accuses America of being a bunch of fat drug addicts who sit on the couch and do nothing.”
Can you point out where I said that? It’s a good line, but a bit over-the-top for the pedants who write here.
Most recent example. I just spruced it up a bit. http://fabiusmaximus.com/2012/08/24/42494/#comment-50678
You’ve said time and time again that America’s problem is the passivity of her citizens. In order to fix this we need to build from the ground up. Starting with ourselves. Then in our neighborhoods. It takes a village.
Got it! I was too literal in my interpretation.
snailsnot says:
Fabius has said Americans are too lazy and cowardly to fight. He never said Americans are too lazy to murder. Don’t expect revolutions, but do expect brownshirts and lynch mobs.
Turns out they won’t need to hire one half of the working class to kill the other. The one half has already paid good money for the privilege, and need only permission….Which probably won’t come unless the 1% decides liberals are becoming dangerous or unprofitable.
Which brings me to the question, why don’t Liberals have guns? If liberals outgunned the right, I’m sure they’d be the ones calling for gun control.
And I find it pretty silly to see people talking about arming themselves agains government tyranny – while also supporting arming the government. If they were serious about this (or about taxes), they would want a government with less firepower, not more.
Not all of us conservatives are like that, although sadly it seems like a majority of us are.
I think I need to clarify my earlier comment. Americans have no idea about what is happening with their own neighbors because The Bachelorette is about to come on. More details about the shooting are coming out, looks like this kid’s parents went through a divorce? Broken families are hard on kids. Just speculating here, but I am willing to bet that not a single person in that kid’s hood so much as asked to see how he was doing.
I wonder if this explains why white people (esp middle class) are far more likely to commit these crimes than hispanics or blacks. Yes the broken home rate is actually worse BUT their communities are tighter knit.
Todd Guthrie says:
Fabius, thanks for putting all the right wing responses to this latest rage massacre in one place. This is useful & interesting. One thought, it really does seem like at least part of the attraction of guns in the US has to do with anxious masculinity. Consider this ad for the bushmaster gun that was used at Sandy Hook. Also noteworthy: nowadays every rage massacre seems to create a perverse shopping spree on guns!
[caption id="attachment_46968" align="aligncenter" width="466"] From Mother Jones[/caption]
atheist says:
Also, it is interesting how US conservatives and liberals mostly fight over whether legal remedies (i.e. gun control) are an appropriate response to rage massacres. It is left to “The Left” to argue that the increasing number of rage massacres could almost represent an incohate insurgency against our atomized neoliberal society, by men who feel they are the “losers” of this society where competition is everywhere, and winning is everything.
This essay rounds out the case and actually argues against gun control: (NOTE: it’s long.) “‘When the burning moment breaks’: gun control and rage massacres“, Overland, by Jeff Sparrow, 6 August 2012.
+1 to this. I’ve often said that the problem isn’t the gun, just like the problem with drunk driving fatalities isn’t booze or vehicles. It’s that there’s something wrong with us spiritually. There’s a profound sense of isolation out there, ironic considering we have the internet which is supposed to bring us closer together. If these people had someone to put their arms around them when they felt so rejected, would they really go on a rampage? or fill themselves up with booze? AKA a COMMUNITY??
Braganca,
I agree. That’s not a helpful insight for a public policy maker, but might be the core of the problem. As our society atomizes, increasing numbers of people (especially men) might go feral (eg, sociopathic) or even insane.
I have no idea if this is correct, but it’s something I have wondered about.
@thefringeninja: I agree it is a spiritual problem on one level. But I honestly think the way guns have been marketed as a last-ditch defense of masculinity, is extremely dangerous as well. Rage massacres seem to be a snarled knot of factors.
[Also, I have no idea why my comments sometimes show as handle: atheist, other times as handle cynical_atheist. But I’m the same commenter either way.]
Thomas More says:
Every single comment made about this incident completely misses the point. America tortured and murdered its way through an estimated 6 million native American indians and by the time Americans were finished, there were circa 300,000 native American indians left alive. What does this tell you about the character of American society?
America is a sick twisted culture that worships torment and death and despises joy and pleasure. The problem isn’t lack of treatment programs for mental illness (where are the mass killings in countries that have zero national mental health programs, like Bali?) and the problem isn’t the number of guns in America (where are the mass gun murders in countries like Switzerland, that legally require a military weapon in every household?). The problem is the depraved sadistically warped culture of the United Snakes of Amnesia.
Americans are so in love with murder and death that they delectate in video games and movies that qualify as torture porn. See the article “Now playing at your local multiplex: torture porn,” from New York Magazine, 6 February 2006.) The most popular pastime of your Americano involves simulating murdering large numbers of people — it’s called the “first person shooter videogame.” The recent simulations are so realistic that when the videogame player shoots a vicitIm, blood from their exploding heads splatters on the player’s goggles in the game and the player has to wipe the blood off to see.
This is the kind of bizarre sadism you would normally expect from people in the locked ward at Bellevue. But it is now standard for your typical citizen in the cultural Chernobyl misnamed America.
I guess this is what you get from a nation born from bloody rebellion, emboldened by manifest destiny and validated by being instrumental in victory in 2 world wars. Hail the bloodsport of being the mighty and righteous. We do not have too many guns nor too many sick people, we have only our culture to blame. If we are a nation born by taking land from others, imposing our will on the world via threat and violence, so be it that our innocents will die.
We used to have a melting pot, a nice term meant to mean that the world’s best people came here to blend into the great America way. Now we have a bubbling cauldron of blood mixed with black gold, gasoline, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, real gold and icky gooey evil. A heinous blend which we all must eat from.
Eric Pierce says:
You forgot to mention the particularly brutal form of slavery practiced in the USA, and the manner in which the coastal elites, even the virtuous New Englanders (both Wall St. and the more distant small town coastal distillers), profited from the Rum Triangle.
FM and others: please correct the following as needed.
The 2nd amendment was at least partly a response to Shay’s rebellion and two other similar incidents, including the Whiskey rebellion(s), roughly during the period between independence and the ratification of the Bill of rights (10 years?).
The 2nd amendment’s “well regulated militia” was intended to SUPPRESS such peasant rebellions, not encourage them.
The fear was that poor subsistence farmers (peasants) in the interior, who had been loaded with debt and taxation by the educated/refined coastal elites who wrote the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, would seek support from the Brits in border regions such as Vermont (which was not a formal State, but a territory). State/territorial borders in many of the interior regions were in flux, as “special interest groups” in various established coastal states competed for resources, etc.
(1) History of the Second amendment
All good points! For more information on these matters see The Founders talk to us about guns for a well-regulated militia.
Other articles about the history of the 2nd Amendment:
“A history of the Second Amendment in two paintings“, Ezra Klein, Washington Post
History of guns used to fight for liberty in America: “The Battle Of Athens Revisited“, Charles Pierce, Esquire, 18 December 2012
(2) “You forgot to mention the particularly brutal form of slavery practiced in the USA”
From the musical 1776: “Molasses To Rum To Slaves”
http://youtu.be/8QhyX-_RPuI
Uhhhhhh, no. There is not a single serious legal scholar that backs this analysis. All indications from contemporaneous writings – both Federalist and Anti-Federalist alike – show that the 2nd Amendment means exactly what it says and that the militia was intended to protect against a tyrannical central government. People overthink this one :-)
Again, please correct the following if wrong.
By the time of the War of 1812, “militias” were probably seen as little more than “irregular forces” that were relatively ineffective except at a local level. In the 1812 conflict “militias” were initially disorganized, poorly equipped and not well disciplined or prepared for distant deployments against the British (including Canadian militias) or their Indian allies.
Not just in 1812. Washington wrote to Congress:
“To place any dependence upon Militia is, assuredly, resting on a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestik life, unaccustomed to the din of arms, totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill, … when opposed to troops regularly trained, disciplined, … [are] timid and ready to fly from their own shadows.”
They played a valuable role during the Revolution, but more than Congress hoped (Congress loved these cheap troops) and less so then myth says today. For example, there were often useful in static defense, especially on their home ground.
re: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Hey Brian,
The “security” and “freedom” that the 2nd amendment is concerned with is not the freedom of individual “people”, but of the “state”. So in this context, individual freedom flows from “a free state”.
What is left unstated is “what are the rights of individuals in the case that the state ceases to be free?”. How could such individual “un-freedom” be defined? Clearly, slavery was not an applicable condition.
The authors of the 2nd amendment themselves probably felt burdened by the need to “overthink” a bunch of contradictions and conflicting points of morality. The system they created was not one in which individual rights *for everyone* were absolute. They did not want either “mobocracy” or “aristocracy”, rather, something in between. It was assumed that Reason (from Voltaire, etc.) needed to be applied by “cool heads”.
History was presumably not written by illiterate farmers such as those in Shay’s rebellion, so it isn’t surprising that their viewpoint was not represented. In the case of both England and the American colonies, later the USA, “people” representing a “threat” to society could have their “right to own and bear arms” removed. So, the right is conditional, and not absolute. The extent to which government can act to remove a citizen’s arms is the question.
As you probably know, the NRA was founded by Republicans after the Civil War to promote the guns rights of newly freed slaves who needed protection from former slaver owners and other white supremacists. There were earlier “right to bear arms” tendencies (going back to the English Civil War, 1600s, maybe earlier), and it was presumably common knowledge that an invading force of regular troops could be frustrated and resisted over the long run by an armed rural/semi-rural population using “hit and run” tactics.
In England at that time (1700s), the economic elites used government powers (arms) to impose appallingly oppressive conditions on the peasantry, such as restricting their place of residence so as to allow business owners to artificially suppress wages (workers could not migrate elsewhere to find better paying jobs). The americans would have been aware of such circumstances.
So, given the above, please explain how a “well regulated militia”, which presumably means one organized by the State (government), could prevent tyranny by that same State?
The americans were copying laws about “arms” from a society that did not have much respect for individual rights, at least not the rights of peasants. And there were other massive philosophical failures by the new political elites in that era, such as the Alien and Sedition act.
And, the 2nd amendment was certainly of no use at all to slaves, whose “freedoms” had been taken away by what can only be called “tyranny”. I suppose that discrepancy was overlooked due to political realities.
As someone, (Gary North?), recently wrote on the Lew Rockwell blog, citizen militias are now of little relevance. If there is a fascist/totalitairan take over of the USA, gun rights aren’t going to do anyone any good. The only meaningful “armed” resistance to fascism will probably be IEDs. If they work against the US military in the middle east, they would probably work here as well. (?)
The following article, which unfortunately does not provide supporting citations/references, does provide evidence that Shay’s Rebellion (and insurrection in general) was one of the issues of concern to the authors of the 2nd Amendment. “Shay’s Rebellion: The Articles of Confederation Revisited“, Rose Vest, Home of Heroes website, undated. The above article is linked from the Wikipedia article on the 2nd Amendment.
Various well known historical sources are frequently cited about the competition between Loyalist and Patriot militias in the colonies before and during the Revolutionary War, and between Protestant and Catholic/Royalist militias in England around that time, or just previously. Also see the Articles of Confedeation
The following scholarly article, which was apparently highly influential in the discussions around recent SCOTUS cases about the 2nd Amendment and its *highly peculiar* construction and meanings, makes a number of explicit references to the historical complexities surrounding the Amendment, including the issue of rebellions/insurrections and the need for “well regulated” militias to put them down. “The Embarrassing Second Amendment“, Sanford Levinson (Prof Law, U TX), Yale Law Journal, 1989.
But obviously, such powers cold be abused, so:
“…recall Madison’s critique, in Federalist Numbers Ten and Fourteen, of republicanism’s traditional emphasis on the desirability of small states as preservers of republican liberty. He transformed this debate by arguing that the states would be less likely to preserve liberty because they could so easily fall under the sway of a local dominant faction, whereas an extended republic would guard against this danger. Anyone who accepts the Madisonian argument could scarcely be happy enhancing the power of the states over their own citizens; indeed, this has been one of the great themes of American constitutional history, as the nationalism of the Bill of Rights has been deemed necessary in order to protect popular liberty against state depredation.”
Again, what the War of 1812 made very clear was that militias actually ended up usually being poorly trained, ineffective, undisciplined and unprofessional (“irregular”), except in limited roles and in local settings. What that presumably means is that they were not an important element of the living communities or the spirit of democracy within those communities at the time.
What was in place during and prior to the ratification of the USA Constitution and its Amendments, as well as in the 1812 era, was a common living practice amongst the majority rural/semi-rural population of hard work and self-reliance, well understood methods of the production of goods, commerce and trade, as well as strong religious community and moral structure (but much less religion or morals on the actual edge of the frontier), and use of guns *by individuals* for *deterrence of crime* and for hunting.
In places such as the southern frontier, something like effective militias may have been more real due to the larger number of regular hostile actions by “white (slave holding) americans” against Native Americans who were militarily supported by Spanish or British agents provocateur. The availability of a more disciplined southern militia corp may have contributed to the success Andrew Jackson had at New Orleans in the War of 1812. However, Jackson presumably would have always preferred additional support ($) from Congress to muster regular troops.
Eric;
Good links, and thanks for posting them, but totally irrelevant :-). Whether militias are or were effective is not the issue and indeed isn’t even important other than in an academic sense; all that matters is that the founders thought it important to include the right for citizens to own guns. And, yes, I said “citizens” amd not, as you would like to have it, “the state”. Again, there is not a single serious legal scholar tat subscribes to the “collectivist” interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. And throwing up the stupid “a miltia wouldnt work now in the 21st century” is a completely pointless red herring – you’re too smart to argue that, I can tell by your writing.
I have a post in draft that touches on the important issues you raise, and points to non-legalistic (ie, political) paths to resolve them.
I think you will find it of interest.
Follow-up note– while I agree that most of Eric’s comment was only of peripheral interest, the article by Levinson is — as he says — widely cited. You will find it worthwhile reading, I suspect.
[correction]:
“So, I agree that it seems clear that recent Supreme Court cases ([2008/2010]?) support your position. ”
Also, to be clear: the fact that “well regulated militias” have never been functional in resisting internal “tyranny” (in the USA since the ratification of the Constitution) simply supports the fact that legal interpretation of the 2nd amendment has *devolved* to the “mere” issues around the subsequently well reinforced tradition of individual gun ownership needed for protection against criminals, and for subsistence hunting, etc.
Also, please note that during the “secret” Labor wars from 1880-1915, radical Unionists were somewhat more effective in fighting the Pinkertons and other plutocratic police forces with bombs than with guns. There were ZERO “well regulated militias” formed to support labor Unionists against the “tyranny” of the plutocratic overlords running american politics!
(John Wesley Powell’s example is instructive: populist battle against the plutocrats was only seen as legitimate in the context of a political conflict “inside the system”, not a military conflict by “outside” insurgents.)
So, there appears to be about ZERO reason for the social justice or pro-democracy movements to have any confidence that the pro-gun movement has ever been, or ever will be, a “reliable” partner. (Yes, I’m contradicting Edward Abbey, whose “anarchist/eco-terrorist” writings probably need to be brought into the discussion.)
The idea that individual gun ownership stops “tyranny” is high symbolism, but little else other than farce, as far as I can tell.
More Right-wing madness
A solution for the problem of gun violence! Right-wing guru Megan McArdle doesn’t bother trying to learn from nations with successful gun control laws (eg, Australia, much of Europe). She has a better idea!
“There’s Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre“, Megan McArdle, Daily Beast, 17 December 2012 — “The things that would work are impractical and unconstitutional. The things we can do won’t work.” Her solution:
Copernicus Nelson says:
Many of the base right wing fantasies are present in her article. The limitless possibility of “training”. The belief that humans can do the impossible. The notion that the impossible is so easy the practical can be overlooked.
It goes without saying that Megan wouldn’t run towards gunfire. But doesn’t she realize she wouldn’t run towards a punching man or a person throwing tennis balls really hard?
Writing from Australia, the nation built from convicts and criminals, I can say we don’t fear getting shot or attacked with deadly force, like so many of the people privileged to reside in the land of the free.
(1) Interesting articles about gun control
(a) Good but sad analysis: “The Bracing Political Reality of Gun Control“, Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine, 17 December 2012
(b) Secret information that the American public must not learn: “After a 1996 Mass Shooting, Australia Enacted Strict Gun Laws. It Hasn’t Had a Similar Massacre Since“, Slate, 16 December 2012
(2) More madness from the Right
(a) “Some Crazy Talk About Guns From Politico“, Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 17 December 2012
(b) “National Review Writer Doubts the Power of the Bushmaster AR-15“, Amanda Marcotte, Slate, 17 December 2012
For self education purpose only: (don’t miss the last sentence)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b8b_1355643365
crylot69 says:
war on guns is similar to the war on terror
“Terror and School Shootings sides the same coin“, Spengler, Asia Times, 19 December 2012
Fabius Maximus: “Right-wing guru Megan McArdle doesn’t bother trying to learn from nations with successful gun control laws (eg, Australia, much of Europe).”
Not learning is bad. Let’s learn from Australian “success”:
I don’t watch youtube videos (unless they include songs or pretty girls). Nor do I see that this is from a source I know (“The Awakened Media”).
But there are good places to answer Alex’s question. There is quite a bit of research showing that Australia’s gun control laws have proven effective.
For a quick review of this research see “Did gun control work in Australia“, Dylan Matthews, Washington Post, 2 August 2012.
Big Mac says:
I don’t own a gun. I am seriously considering it. Why?
Insurance, albeit a small bit of one for future security.
People who are dead set against gun ownership, especially after an horrific event like this, mock anyone who fears an overbearing government or the opposite.
IMHO, by my observation, this country is being turned on its head and many seem oblivious to or okay with it. We are shockingly close to some level of mayhem given our government’s current fiscal and monetary path. We only need to look at what is beginning in Greece to see that we may not have the security we think we need.
I’m not a gold bug or a prepper, but we are far too close than we should have ever been. Our deficits, debts and unfunded liabilities are at levels of the troubled countries in the early 1900s. As we can see from then, aggrieved people do not behave well and are easily divided by demagoguery. We hear echos of that today with “tax the rich” or “gun clingers” or “47%”.
I think it will not matter much if the weapon is legal or not, if what I see ahead comes to fruition.
Big Mac,
The Right has worked hard to stoke your fears. They’re almost totally baseless.
“We are shockingly close to some level of mayhem given our government’s current fiscal and monetary path. We only need to look at what is beginning in Greece to see that we may not have the security we think we need.”
The US is not “shockingly close to mayhem”. Our large fiscal deficits are largely due to the depressed economy. Our national debt ($11.5 T) is aprox 75% of GDP. Other developed nations have carried GDP of over 100% of GDP for long periods without visible distress (eg, Italy).
Greece’s problems are unrelated to ours. It was and is dysfunctional in many ways, most notably its tax system. Worse, it has neither its own currency or monetary policy — so a downturn rapidly started a depressionary spiral. In brief, people making that comparison are lying to you.
Everybody now realizes that we have to make changes to reduce the long-term fiscal trajectory. The problem was initiated by Bush’s tax cuts and foreign wars (before that we were on course to drastically reduce the debt). The most critical future problem is our health care spending, which forms the majority of our future liabilities (not social security).
No need to take my word on this. There is a massive body of research about this. I recommend starting with the CBO website.
The whole USA erupts in outrage and grief when an American murders 27 innocent children. When it turns out that Americans have murdered 168 innocent children in Pakistan since the start of drone use in that country, however, Americans yawn with indifference.
Torture, murder and genocide: it’s only an atrocity when it happens to Americans. When Americans do it to people in other countries, it’s a heroic symbol of liberation and freedom.
FM remarks above that “the problem was initiated by Bush’s tax cuts and foreign wars…” As usual what FM writes is almost 100% correct, but permit me in this case to suggest that the real long-term fiscal problem was initiated by Reagan’s tax cuts from a top marginal rate of 70% down to 28%. The problem didn’t show up for many years because our deficits started growing from such a small baseline, and also because of the artificial illusion of long-term solvency created by the huge dot-com bubble during the Clinton years.
More,
Quite right. I stated it in a sloppy fashion. The modern era of sustained fiscal deficits began with Reagan’s tax cuts & military build-up. Bush Jr just applied a second round of the poison.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/adam-lanza-motive_n_2329508.html
“Nancy Lanza, the mother of the Sandy Hook shooter, was in the process of having her son committed to a psychiatric facility when he went on the mass shooting spree, a lifelong family acquaintance told Fox News.
A senior law enforcement official also confirmed that 20-year-old Lanza’s anger over his mother’s plan is being investigated as a possible motive for the Newtown shooting.
“From what I’ve been told, Adam was aware of her petitioning the court for conservatorship and (her) plans to have him committed,” said Joshua Flashman, 25, who grew up not far from where the shooting took place. “Adam was apparently very upset about this. He thought she just wanted to send him away. From what I understand, he was really, really angry. I think this could have been it, what set him off.””
Ok just to recap. She thought he was crazy but it never occurred to her to lock up her weapons, especially after she couldn’t keep her plans a secret? This woman appears to be stupid beyond belief.
Also, at least one person in that neighborhood knew something about what this kid was going through. I’m willing to bet that others did as well. And that they did absolutely nothing about it.
the fringe ninja reports to us about events on the fringe! Thanks for posting this!
Each mass killing, going back to the 1927 school bombing in Bath MI (still the largest death toll of murders in schools, by explosives), has its own story of insanity, stupidity, and evil.
But I think these crazies are not the major threat from guns. More important is the death toll in families and the increased rate of gun-related crime.
And perhaps even more serious (but very speculative) is the danger gun-owners pose to the Republic. To generalize (or over-generalize), their hates, their willingness to believe crazy things (ie, susceptibility to propaganda, however fanciful), their worship of authority and force, their distain for key aspects of our political system — and their professed willingness to use force.
Combine with the likely sympathy of the police (and elements of the military) to these people and their beliefs and we have a potentially explosive mixture.
They need only a leader willing to exploit them to the max. Let’s hope they don’t find him.
I agree on all points. If it makes you feel better, this gun nut won’t be falling for any of that anytime soon.
This is why I think all this talk about gun control is counter productive. It will only make these people even crazier! As proto-fascist as they may be, even they understand that guns themselves are not the problem.
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
I agree with much of what you say, but fear you that are an optimist.
“As proto-fascist as they may be, even they understand that guns themselves are not the problem.”
Perhaps they see guns as the solution (for them), not the problem. In which case guns are a problem for us.
As for Jesus, I don’t see that He’s had much influence on Western civilization (unlike Paul, on the the other hand…). Lots of nice ideas. Perhaps we should try some of them, some day.
Are you saying that danger to republic (fascism, communism, empire whatever you call it) comes not from Central Executive Authority of the State with all its enforcers of different uniforms, but rather from millions of individuals with their individual self interests?
I don’t like to play Nostradamus. So I sketch out my guesses as scenarios.
I do not consider likely seems to be the most common scenario: the brutal government taking over the freedom-loving people of America. How many times has that happened in a developed nation since the mass-mobilizations of the 19th century (which made the modern nation-state)?
More likely, IMO, is that factions of our elites take over by deploying both governmental and non-governmental forces — using a wide range of tools. The odds of this are low, but (as government analysts have warned) non-trivial.
(1) Propaganda to instill fear in the mass body of people and mobilize their “shock troops” (in a non-military sense, the right-wing extremists).
(2) Large scale, low level violence by armed citizens (para-military gangs, militia). Mostly to intimidate opponents.
(3) Targeted assassinations by either “rogue” elements of the government or para-militaries. As has been shown many times in the 20th century, this is one of the most effective tools to rapidly re-shape a nation. See Japan in the 1930s and Palestine in the 1970s (ie, by Fatah to eliminate moderate mayors).
(4) Government assistance can take many forms. Non-enforcement of laws, allowing militia to operate freely. Providing financial support and intelligence to the insurgents.
(5) The biggest requirements for this scenario already exist.
(a) A majority disaffected, ignorant, and apathetic.
(b) A right-wing minority armed, eager to act, worshipful of authority, credulous consumers of even fanciful propaganda.
Look at the comments threads of the FM website debating our wars, torture, assassination, and loss of liberty: they’re filled with people in effect auditioning to join an American Gestapo.
The 1930s demonstrate how easily even the civilized Western state can fall to internal rot and evil. The NAZIs were a minority, but supported by an eager plurality and apathetic majority.
The reason I’m asking is that it seems to me that there is contradiction in your position. From the one side you bemoan the loss of our liberties, but from another side you are in for State regulations (economy, social issues and any other issue you are discussing here).
But isn’t it the very State is taking our liberties law-by-law, little-by-little?
“but from another side you are in for State regulations (economy, social issues and any other issue you are discussing here)”
Can you provide some specifics, as I am uncertain to what you refer, as government regulation has not been discussed much on the FM website.
The only frequently mentioned advocacy of regulations here that I recall concerns pollution, which is justified under legal principles a thousand years old for regulating use of the “commons”.
The major social issue whose regulation I recall discussing here is gay rights, advocating less regulation (moving from considering it a crime and mental illness to normal behavior).
There are, I am sure, other instances but I don’t recall them.
Randomly …
Bank regulation, paper money supply regulation, healthcare regulation, gun regulation, etc.
I still don’t understand.
(1) “bank regulation”
Is there really debate about this, other than by paid shills of banks? Bank failures have been the precipitating event at the start of almost every depression in the western world since the early 19th century (1815?).
(2) “paper money supply regulation”
Again, is there serious debate about this?
Regulation is, in the usual sense of the word, something the government does to the private sector. That ended (mostly) in the US in 1864, after some painful experiences.
It’s been tried elsewhere, often with disastrous results. It was a major factor causing the Weimar hyperinflation.
(3) healthcare regulation
I don’t believe that’s been discussed here, except incidentally (eg, regulations that push up costs by unnecessarily limiting the range of experts who can provide services).
(4) guns
Yes. That’s the point here.
Note, however, that gun regulation has been widespread in the US for roughly 150 years. Western cities (eg, Dodge) routinely forbid carrying of guns (or handguns) in the city limits (requiring guns to be checked with the Sheriff).
Stumbled across a potentially interesting tidbit:
One origin of “militia” were frontier settlements in previously depopulated areas of the roman empire. The settlements were sponsored by the “french” government for the purposes of creating a buffer zone (the “Spanish March”) located between the Pyrenees and the rivers (Ebre, Duomo) that formed the fuzzy northern border of Moorish (muslim) control. The buffer was intended to prevent any further attempts by the Moors to invade “france” from the south of Spain.
The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050, Archibald R. Lewis (1965).
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Sound Check Priorities - Should the Least Used Instruments Get The Most of Your Attention?
In an ideal world, live sound engineers would have all the time they needed to perform an in-depth audio analysis of every input that finds its way into their consoles.
We would be met with enthusiastic artists that are willing to hit those drums or sing just the right selection of melodies in an orderly fashion, without being disrupted by guitar players trying out their amps and pedals and blasting over everyone with their levels.
We could do it in a venue with a quiet audience, who would appreciate the amount of meticulous work we have to do to get that perfect sound, so that we would not have any differences in absorption, temperature and humidity between the sound check and the show.
We would have a vast selection of microphones, perfect acoustic isolation of loud amps and drums from sensitive condenser mics on violins, and magical assistants who would know what to patch where before we even told them what to do. Oh, what a wonderful world it would be..
For years, the way to perform sound check was the same for me- for a standard rock band, I would go through the drums (first kick, snare, toms, then all the cymbal stuff and then an “all together” moment of the drummer actually playing the beat), then bass, guitars, keys and lastly vocals.
But we don’t live in an ideal world. Sound checks are rushed, we struggle with artists playing with half the energy of a live gig, deal with an echoing venue, and only imagine how the room will sound in a few hours when the crowds fill the seats. Especially if we’re working with a band for the first time, facing a new venue, looking at a PA system you have never worked on– it becomes a battle field of priorities each sound engineer sets for themselves, trying to get to the things that will matter the most and hope for the best for the rest. It raises the basic question: what matters the most to you?
“Kick, please…”
Following the bare essentials of checking that everything is working and arriving at the console where we want to, we dive into gain staging, EQ and dynamics for each channel. For years, the way to perform sound check was the same for me – for a standard rock band, I would go through the drums (first kick, snare, toms, then all the cymbal stuff and then an “all together” moment of the drummer actually playing the beat), then bass, guitars, keys and lastly vocals.
I focused mainly on the key elements of the sonic image: lead vocal, kick, snare, and bass. My reasoning was simple: people want to hear the lyrics and dance to the beat.
But then I ran into minor trouble. During shows, I would always have access to those key elements I had worked on so meticulously during sound check, because they were always playing. I could always make adjustments to the lead vocal, because it would be constantly present in the mix — the same being true for kick drum or bass guitar.
On the other hand, the toms in the drum kit came on quite rarely — a hit here and there gave me just an idea of what to change and then I would have to wait for another hit. Multiply that by three or four toms, that one acoustic guitar solo that comes in just on one song, a percussion piece that gets hit twice during the entire show, and the amount of signals I had very limited access to grew quickly — and with it, my irritation of not being able to present every sonic detail of the performance in the best manner possible.
“Rack tom, please…”
But once in a while, think about that glanced-over second rack tom, quietly sobbing in the corner while being neatly tucked away in the depths of the mix.
One night I decided to change things up. I would fly through most inputs, making them sound ok, yet knowing there are still areas to polish. The focus was still on the lead vocal (everyone needs to hear those lyrics, right?), but I intentionally spent more time on instruments and channels that I knew would be playing rarely and randomly.
When the show started, I could quickly adjust the channels of instruments that were constantly playing and bring them to their full potential for that setting. I realized that this could be done even more efficiently, because my focus was not drawn away by rare moments of some obscure channel nightmare that I should have fixed prior to its only appearance in the show.
I must admit that shows were more stressful during the first few minutes, but it quickly became more enjoyable and I found myself being able to focus on helping the energy of the band shine through instead of putting out fires, chasing random sounds to repair and not knowing if they would even appear again that night.
What to tweak first?
Before there are riots in the streets of audio, allow me to clarify: I would never advocate for anyone to focus primarily on toms of a drum kit if the overall sound is not at an acceptable level. Of course the lead vocal should sound great and a great sounding rhythm section is a must.
It could also be argued that random hits and rarely played instruments can more easily be buried inside a mix than key elements of the act without a major upset to the show. I just want it kept in mind that if we truly want every detail of the performance to shine through, there could be a different approach to sound check from the one we’re typically using right now.
Focusing more on rarely used channels during sound check could actually free up your time and attention during the live show, helping you bring the performance to a new level of detail. Let’s face it — the most prominent elements of a performance will always receive the largest portion of your focus during the show, and they should.
But once in a while, think about that glanced-over second rack tom, quietly sobbing in the corner while being neatly tucked away in the depths of the mix. If you can help that sad fellow shine and stand proud with the rest of the gang of usually untouched channels, it will show the world that you care about every single detail of your mix. And in my book, being a great sound engineer boils down to exactly that.
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GameFest 2018-19
This January 2019, Lahore was home to the grand finale of Pakistan’s largest Esports tournaments to date; Gamefest. The tournament which was organized by Gamebird, took Esports in Pakistan to a whole new level. For the first time a gaming event endeavored to bring competitive gaming on two biggest platforms: PC & Mobile into the mainstream.
The registration for Gamefest were kicked off in November 2018. Within days, thousands of entries started pouring in from all over Pakistan. By the end of the registration period, Gamebird had received almost 24,000 entries!
The Pakistani gaming community had been waiting exactly for just such an event and with good reason too. No gaming tournament in Pakistan had ever offered so much to the gaming community. An unprecedented seven games across the 3 platforms were included in the tournament. These included some of the most iconic games out there today; PUBG, PUBG Mobile, Fortnite, CS:GO, Clash Royale, DOTA2 & Asphalt9. A massive prize pool of PKR 5 million was announced, which is by far the largest prize pool ever for a Pakistani Gaming Tournament.
The first leg of the tournament consisted of online matches to be played by gamers across all of Pakistan to qualify for the off-line city qualifiers. The online qualifiers went on for around 2 months and saw top gamers from all over the country battle it out on Gamebird’s platform. With matches from all categories being live streamed onto Gamebird’s Facebook and YouTube channels, massive interest started to build around the tournament.
The city qualifiers were held in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad. Qualifying teams and individuals faced off in high tech gaming arenas specially set up by Gamebird in each of these cities. The winners from each city were then invited to Lahore with all expenses paid for the grand finale.
The grand finale was a 3-day event held at the iconic Al-hamrah Open Air Theater. The classical open-air theater was transformed into a futuristic gaming arena. Massive SMD screens were set up to broadcast the gaming contests to the audiences along with custom built booths for the participating gamers. The entire arena was branded in Gamebird colors and entrancing visuals from the games being played at the event.
Apart from the gaming contests the grand finale also included numerous side attractions. These included live concerts by SomeWhatSuper and Kashmir-the band, stalls by some of the leading digital product / service providers in the country. The event was more of a festival with a little bit of something for everyone.
Gamefest was in many ways a true manifestation of Gamebird’s vision of providing Pakistani gamers an overarching brand for all things gaming. The Pakistani gamers have been left marginalized for long enough. It is about time they get a proper platform to express their talents and pursue gaming professionally just as it is done all over the world. By including Mobile gaming in addition to PC, Gamebird has in many ways, formally introduced professional competitive gaming to Pakistan for the first time with this tournament.
With Gamebird taking a lead, the outlook for gaming in Pakistan is now brighter than ever. By organizing this sort of events Gamebird eventually aims to bring Pakistani gaming talent to the global stage. If anything, these tournaments and events are a testament to amount of top-notch gaming talent present in Pakistan. Gamebird aims to continue its journey and to organize even grander gaming events in the future. Let’s join in bringing about the much-needed gaming revolution in Pakistan.
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Temperature check
Investigating how climate change is impacting Labrador's salmon rivers
special feature: Aboriginal Peoples: Building Reconciliation
Part of a special feature celebrating and recognizing the contribution and impact of Aboriginal Peoples in N.L. and highlighting contemporary topics and opportunities related to Indigenous Peoples worldwide. This theme coincides with Aboriginal Peoples Week 2017: Building Reconciliation taking place at Memorial from March 20-24.
While Atlantic salmon is an important part of food security in Labrador, the fish species is also culturally significant to the three Indigenous groups in the region.
The yearly arrival of salmon marks the start of summer for a number of communities; many celebrate the first capture by sharing the salmon with all community members.
In a number of areas, community freezer programs have been established. These ensure those who are not able to participate in the long-standing tradition have an opportunity to enjoy the catch and the nutritional benefits of this healthy country food source.
But what happens if climate change and warming river temperatures impact salmon populations in Labrador?
River research
That’s a question the Fisheries and Marine Institute’s Dr. Marie Clément and a large team of academics and local partners are hoping to answer with the development of a water temperature monitoring network in salmon rivers in Labrador, Quebec’s Lower North Shore and northern rivers that show potential to be populated by salmon.
Joseph Townley, conservation officer, Nunatsiavut Government, helps the research team access a local Labrador river.
Despite salmon’s food, social and ceremonial importance to Indigenous Peoples, little is known about the impact climate change is having on the salmon rivers.
“Salmon distribution is expected to shift northward as river water temperatures increase, which could benefit salmon populations on the northern distribution of salmon in Labrador,” said Dr. Clément.
“However, this overall trend may not apply to all regions.”
For example, the climate in Upper Lake Melville is warmer compared to coastal Labrador.
Therefore, rivers draining into Lake Melville, a saline lake supporting important food, social and ceremonial fisheries for Innu First Nation, NunatuKavut and Nunatsiavut beneficiaries, may experience higher water temperatures than Labrador’s coastal rivers and be negatively impacted by climate changes.
Partnering up
To fill the knowledge gap, Dr. Marie Clément, who is a research scientist with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research (CFER) at the Marine Institute in partnership with the Labrador Institute, and Dr. André St. Hilaire from the I’institut national de la recherche scientifique, have developed a water temperature monitoring network in the northern range of Atlantic salmon.
“We have a large team of partners, from government officials to outfitters to members of Indigenous groups and researchers, who are all working together to ensure the success of this study,” said Dr. Clément.
“We have received phenomenal support and I am so proud of the work that has been completed so far.”
The two researchers have teamed up with the Nunatsiavut Government, NunatuKavut Community Council, Innu First Nation, Labrador Hunting and Fishing Association, Torngat National Park, Amec Foster Wheeler, Coaster Association, outfitters (St. Paul’s Salmon Fishing Club, Napetipi River Outfitters and Pourvoirie Mecatina) and the Department of Environment and Climate Change to develop this network.
“Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners are instrumental in the development of this project.” — Dr. Marie Clément
Dr. Clément stresses none of the work being done would be possible without the co-operation of all partners.
“Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners are instrumental in the development of this project,” she said.
“In 2016, 23 people identified locations where water temperature monitoring stations could be established as well as deployed and retrieved thermographs, often in salmon rivers not accessible by road.”
Pictured behind a rock downstream, Lianna Rice, research co-ordinator, takes notes after installing thermographs in a Labrador river.
Photo: Submitted
So far, water temperature data has been successfully collected from 35 rivers located on the north coast of Labrador, south coast of Labrador, Lake Melville and Quebec’s Lower North Shore.
“The goal is to develop a community-driven monitoring program to produce a long-term water temperature time series for predicting and better understanding the effects of climate change on salmon populations,” continued Dr. Clément.
“This information will provide the data needed for the sustainable management of the fisheries and ensuring food security for future generations.”
The study started in May 2016 and will continue until December 2019. It is being funded by a three-year grant of $50,000, awarded in 2016 by the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation.
Arctic and Northern Regions
Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research
Labrador Institute
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
School of Fisheries
Dr. Marie Clément is monitoring water temperature's impact on Atlantic salmon.
Aboriginal Peoples: Building Reconciliation
‘Indspiring’ youth
A Q&A with alumnus and Indspire Youth Laureate Thomas Dymond
State of knowledge
James P. Howley’s 1915 book on Beothuk a product of era and author
Kelly Anne Butler
A Q&A with Grenfell Campus’s Aboriginal student affairs officer
Landmark achievement
Hundreds of Innu place names in Labrador awarded legal status
Cultural destination
Mi’kmaq community developing social enterprise tourism
Op-ed: Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo
Northern-led leadership in higher education
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Aspirety 2016-12-01 07:23:02 UTC #164
By the way, the Episode 4 Tea Party has already started! Current deadline for discussion is the 9th, but I will extend that by a week if needed.
Usagi 2016-12-01 09:12:26 UTC #165
Discuss ! ! !
Genji in a dress.
Or rather why is that the first person they thought about?
Restkastel 2016-12-01 09:24:39 UTC #166
Perhaps he has some sort of secret desire we have no knowledge of. In all seriousness, its probably because hes the most loyal to Kinzo. Other than that, I got nothing on why they would think of him first.
Wonderlander 2016-12-01 13:10:07 UTC #167
So will the detectives tackle each twilight of each game in light of new reds? Please?
Come on @Seraphitic! You are the prodigy are you not?
brianhbrown 2016-12-01 15:17:06 UTC #168
UsagiTenpura:
That’s just my view on things, but ultimately I think these scenes with ange about white witches and black witches are very insightful to ryuukishi’s overall vision of things. This sort of idea seems to find it’s place in all of his work. It’s what I came to call the “chain of hatred”.
Not saying whether I like your theory or not, but I like that you are trying to view things from Ryukishi’s perspective.
pictoshark 2016-12-01 17:01:52 UTC #169
Saying Ange’s story happened as it was shown to us is a victory condition for Magic, just like the end of Episode 2. Just because it doesn’t affect Battler’s game doesn’t mean it isn’t important for ours.
What reason do you have to claim this?
As in, if we blindly believe in everything that Ange sees, without going “oh this is her imagination” or “oh this is her being mistaken” then we have to accept that she has imaginary friends who can cut guns in half.
Quite Magical
Fortunately there is already an easy enough explanation, which I’ve went over.
Also I feel kind of sorry for anyone who tries to read the whole thread at this point… It’s rather long isn’t it?
I think that’s less about any loss condition, and more about what you personally can’t accept.
I certainly hope you aren’t disregarding huge aspects of this Episode just because they are “magical”.
Anyway, going back to my last question.
Now, the next question. What relevance could all of this have to Umineko as a whole?
I’m not, but I aaaaaam saying that I have to interpret the scene in such a way that avoids magic existing. I am not merely ignoring all of Ange’s story, but I am saying that I need to consider that there may be a lens in front of the camera without my knowledge.
Fragment merely being witchspeak for world does not contradict what Maria says in Ep4.
Her speech is just as poignant and memorable if you treat the world Fragment as meaning “world” or “potential world”.
The better question is this: If I’m correct, magic is not real outside of the Meta and fragment means world. Why does Maria know it means world? If not Maria, then whoever wrote the diary. Why do these human world documents (seen by Ange) match up with the terminology used in the meta?
Two possibilities. First is that Maria learned it from Beatrice, second is that MARIA herself is a meta being.
Speaking of meta beings, how about that scene with lambda?
First is that MARIA learned it from Beatrice, second is that MARIA herself is a meta being.
Isn’t the MARIA that speaks to Ange just the image of Maria that Ange summons when she reads the diary? Therefore if MARIA knows it, it must have been written in a part of the diary (which was written by Maria) that was then read by Ange.
But if she did then the Meta can pass information to the real world, which could be used with an allied witch to spy on people and perform the art of divination. Which is magic.
Therefore I think we have to conclude that the Meta learned the word from the real world. Certain people in the meta show omniscience of certain parts of the real world, don’t they?
The word fragment was used in an ancient magical text to refer to alternate worlds. Maria heard of the text and started using it, while multiple witches in the meta learnt of it and started using it as well. I don’t have to present the magical text, the Umineko World might have a different world history than ours, and anyway, it’s a devil’s proof.
EDIT: You crafty editing scoudrel
Uuuummmm… Do you mean the ??? ? Or the one where she taunts Ange in the main episode? Those are the main two I can think of. I’m pretty sure the only other scene she appears in is Battler’s revival anyway.
You’re relying on way too many unfounded assumptions. Umineko has shown us previously that scenes involving magic are known to blend in with the meta, but they don’t necessarily have any immediate connection to reality.
Ange is speaking with Maria in 1986.
Maria is dead in 1986.
Scenes in which Ange talks to Maria are fantasy.
Fantasy scenes do not have a direct connection to reality.
Fantasy scenes can contain information from both reality and the Meta.
The Meta has no direct influence on reality.
C. There is no problem with the Maria of 1986 having knowledge of the Meta.
This would only become a problem if Ange started talking about Fragments when talking with someone like Amakusa. Then we would either need to conclude that Ange’s entire journey is fantasy, or she really did gain knowledge of the Fragments from reading Maria’s diary.
Uuuummmm… Do you mean the ??? ? Or the one where she taunts Ange in the main episode?
The latter. I thought it was a very interesting scene.
mimsy 2016-12-02 05:09:49 UTC #175
Personally, I like @pik3rob’s reading a lot – it makes sense out of Ange’s and Amakusa’s conversation about self-satisfaction, and how she can acknowledge magic as existing in someone’s world while remaining agnostic about the existence of magic in hers. And I’m curious about how we can interpret the other information about witches in in light of this.
In the TIPS it’s said that most witches only have power over their own Fragment. That makes some sense. ‘The power to transform unhappiness to happiness’ might work for you, if it makes you happy, and no one can deny that happiness in your own Fragment. But you also can’t make anyone else feel your happiness. Someone else, from their own Fragment, can easily look at your unhappy circumstances and deny it. Perhaps that’s why it’s so important for witches to recognize each other in compacts like the Mariage Sorcière.
Actually – this might be what you’re driving at, but who knows – that could be why Beatrice so needs to be recognized by Battler. That’s the driving motive of Umineko, isn’t it?
And on that note, I want to draw attention to something that struck me as a little odd … it’s this conversation between Beatrice and MARIA, after Beatrice disqualifies Battler and abandons the game.
Maybe it’s just odd to me. But doesn’t it sound like Beatrice wanted Battler to join the Mariage Sorcière, as a fellow magic-user? Because that’s not how she acts. She acts like she wants to break Battler’s spirit and subjugate him completely. She doesn’t say anything about teaching Battler magic or making him an apprentice and an equal to MARIA. (Does she? I think she might’ve said something once, like ‘don’t you want to try it,’ when she was laughing over EVA Beatrice’s treatment of Rosa and Maria.) Overall, she plays like she wants to make him her furniture, at best.
So what I’m asking is: if Battler becoming a magic-user and joining the Mariage Sorcière is her endgame, why use such cruel and bizarre and even counterproductive moves? If that isn’t her endgame, then what’s going on in this conversation?
EDIT: Also, why does MARIA say ‘someone close to us’? Ange was close to Maria, yes. And you could argue Beatrice and Battler become close during their chess match, but it’s not like they were close when Beatrice first started trying to make Battler accept her … (Unless they’re close in a way Battler doesn’t know about, and then I’m back at the mom theory.)
pik3rob 2016-12-02 06:31:18 UTC #176
That would be so hot!
Probably just a “they had to think of somebody” thing. Don’t think it’s worth looking into personally.
What relevance could all of this have to Umineko as a whole?
Hmmm, maybe this has to do with the magic scenes possibly. The magic scenes are all the different fragments of individual people. Like, whenever Beatrice repairs Maria’s candy, that can be seen as part of Maria’s fragment. Whenever Natsuhi sees Kinzo in Episode 1, that can be seen as her fragment. If we view all the magical scenes like this, we can probably learn a lot more about one of the characters involved. It’s a start at least.
I think we should be going onto the big question posed at the end of this episode. “Who is Beatrice?”
I don’t believe Beatrice exists, or has a person in reality who her character correlates to like Ronove and Genji or Kumasawa and Virgilia. I believe Beatrice’s “existence” is more like the concept of Beatrice’s existence. Beatrice isn’t pulling the strings and wants to be put out of her misery since she’s been forced to kill and commit travesties for the last thousand years. However, she didn’t actually commit them, people think she committed them, so in the realities of many individuals, she has committed these atrocities. This taints the image of Beatrice, and since she’s not real, Beatrice’s entire image is made to center around these atrocities, and her personality was made to develop around the image these people have of her. Hence, Beatrice has no free will of her own. Her wrong doings are determined by individuals who wish to blame her for their actions. This is why Beatrice wants to lose in the end. If she wins, what will happen to her? She will be blamed for the Rokkenjima murders. This will only add to the list of deeds she has done. If Battler wins, she will not have the Rokkenjima murders thrust upon her as her fault, and her very existence will be denied.
To sum it all up. Beatrice did nothing wrong!
Since Lambdadelta is pulling the strings with Beatrice and apparently gave her her power, it’s probably more worth my time to try to think about who she is instead.
In that case, who wrote the message bottles and the stuff in Maria’s diary?
pik3rob:
It’s kinda interesting in the end that when you think about it, a way to look at things is that Battler has actually been trying to prove Beatrice innocent from the let go, without realizing it. If he proves she isn’t real, then she cannot have committed the crimes.
This is really upside down from what a mystery would normally be.
To add onto Aspi’s point, those two (referring to Beatrice and Kinzo) actually had a converstion in that place.
and also: In 1967, in a hidden mansion on Rokkenjima, Beatrice-sama existed as a human.
You might be able to dodge that second one if honorifics are not used in any of the other reds, by setting up some roundabout rule. Bringing up that the red seems to be a western magic, while honorifics are an eastern practice might be a start.
You do have to explain how Beatrice had a conversation with Kinzo for your Beatrice identity point to stick. Otherwise it’s no good, it’s no goddamn good!
What do you make of the scene of Battler’s meeting with her on the game board? If Beatrice doesn’t exist, what is the meaning of the scene?
I think we can reconcile @pik3rob’s theory – ‘Beatrice’s entire image is made to center around these atrocities, and her personality was made to develop around the image these people have of her’ – and the mysteries involving Beatrice’s handwriting in Maria’s journal and the bottle messages, Beatrice’s existence in the hidden mansion in 1967, and Beatrice’s appearance on the gameboard. All those things create and contribute to ‘the image of Beatrice,’ but Beatrice herself – the Beatrice of Purgatorio, the Beatrice challenging Battler and playing against him – did not do these things. That’s not a controversial statement, is it? That’s the thrust of what we’re trying to prove. Like @UsagiTenpura said, we’re trying to prove Beatrice innocent. The bottle messages were written by someone, but that someone is not Beatrice the immortal witch. There was a Beatrice in 1967, but she was not a homunculus built to cage a witch’s escaping soul, she was a human woman raised in isolation by Kinzo. And someone spoke to Battler who, from a distance in the rain, looked like the Beatrice from the portrait, but that was either a disguise or a somehow unaccounted-for human. (Though with the new red truth regarding the number of people on the island, there are a limited number of avenues left to us to keep looking for unaccounted-for humans.)
We’re trying to answer two or three questions at once, I think, and the questions may be related.
Who is the Beatrice that is Battler’s challenger?
Who is the Beatrice that claims Beatrice’s name on the gameboard?
Who is the Beatrice that lived in Kuwadorian?
For an example of how those questions could be related – one theory proposed in this (long, long) thread was the Beatrice who lived in Kuwadorian died, like Battler must have died at the end of the first episode, and then Beatrice ascended to the Metaworld, like Battler ascended. This is one way where 1 and 3 could have the same answer.
However, all questions needn’t have the same answer. The Beatrice who lived in Kuwadorian died in 1967. So she is not the Beatrice who writes in Maria’s diary, and it is unlikely that she is the Beatrice who wrote the bottle messages, since the bottle messages involve people who were born after her death. (I know, I myself speculated she might have been, but it’s nevertheless unlikely.) And she of course could not be the figure in the rain who claims to be Beatrice and tests Battler. So in that case the answers to 2 and 3 are not the same.
There is another question, which is the question Beatrice actually asks.
Who is the Beatrice that killed Battler at the end of this episode?
Which could have the same answer as 1, 2, 3, or … not. There was also an attempt to answer this upthread, where Beatrice is the ‘concept of the Rokkenjima killings.’
Now this would be a tricky question to answer without taking a more metaphysical stance on who or what Beatrice is – something abstract like ‘the Rokkenjima killings’ or ‘the image of Beatrice produced by those killings.’ Even if you think a real, living human being was pretending to be Beatrice up until this point, Beatrice clears them off the gameboard with her red truth that at the time of Battler’s death, there is no one other than you on the island.
I’m not saying it’s impossible! That would just be an excuse to stop thinking. If the person claiming Beatrice’s name set up a trap in advance, and then died leaving Battler alone on the island, that’s one way 2 and the final question could have the same answer. If the Beatrice who lived in Kuwadorian somehow set in motion the killings years and years before they occurred, that’s a way 3 and the final question could have the same answer. But it’s worth thinking about all the possible questions, all the possible answers, and whether or not they’re the same.
mimsy:
Which could have the same answer as 1, 2, 3, or … not.
Isn’t it made pretty clear that “the Beatrice that killed Battler at the end of this episode” is the same as “the Beatrice that is Battler’s challenger”?[quote=“pictoshark, post:20, topic:31, full:true”]
I think that’s a reasonable conclusion to draw.
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Huawei Tablet When Will It Stop?
By marcusarelus, May 20 in IT and Computers
phkauf 327
1 hour ago, faraday said:
Deliberate most probably; but I'll bet the US companies - & all the rest, do something very similar.
It's not about 'backdoors' I don't think, more likely competition. Huawei, do make good devices, & most probably, the US, don't want a Chinese company being successful with these devices.
Personally I think the security concerns are just a cover for the real reason, which is that Huawei has been very aggressive in stealing US technology. A lot of their devices and software closely imitates Apple products and iOS. It's just very hard to prove that Huawei did it, and impossible in a Chinese Court (BMW lost it's case for a blatant copy of their X5).
So using the "security concerns" excuse is an easy way to punish Huawei. Plus it gives US companies cover from direct repercussions from China. If Apple sued Huawei in court, China would likely block Apple from the market. Google is already blocked in China, so they don't have a big dog in this fight.
marcusarelus 5,491
I paid 11,500. I see some for 11,200 now. Don't think there is a sale yet.
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32 minutes ago, trevor67 said:
I hope we see a sale on Huawei phones, I'm in the market for a Y9
I have a Y9, a good device with a large screen for a very reasonable price...
14 minutes ago, phkauf said:
Huawei didn't steal a software, because they use either Android (Google) or Microsoft, and certainly not Apple technology.
Having said that, they all copy each other, just remember the big fights between Apple and Samsung...
The problem for the US is that Huawei is able to provide good devices for much cheaper than Apple (the next Nokia) and that the quickly declining empire is not anymore able to put up a technical and economic fight, so it resorts to brute force which all it has left... for now...
mike787 1,322
go with apple iPad...much better.
21 minutes ago, mike787 said:
My wife uses the tablet to look at dog stories on utube. I believe the Huawei is same quality video for 11,000 baht. How much is the iPad?
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40 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:
I paid 11,500
I paid less than 10000 for a
Y9/2019 JKM-LX2.
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If all else fails, root it and put a different OS on it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android)
17 minutes ago, VBF said:
I never even thought of that. I must be getting old.
Tayaout 385
Just got a mate 20 X. Worst case scenario is to unlock the bootloader and install something like LineageOs with gapps and problem solved.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-X
https://opengapps.org
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There's a bigger context to this than just what Huawei does or doesn't do with its phones and tablets. It involves an alleged pattern of illegal conduct by the company itself on the international scene, including trying to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.
On Dec. 1 Canadian police officers arrested Ms. Meng at the request of the United States, infuriating China. In January, the United States unveiled an indictment against Ms. Meng and Huawei, outlining what it said were the company’s efforts stretching over many years to steal trade secrets, obstruct a criminal investigation and evade American economic sanctions on Iran.
With Ms. Meng’s extradition still pending, two Huawei subsidiaries pleaded not guilty on Thursday to fraud, trade secrets conspiracy and other charges in Seattle. A trial date was set for March 2020.
Both the Seattle case and the extradition case involve charges by American officials that the company stole part of a smartphone testing robot known as Tappy from a T-Mobile lab in Bellevue, Wash., sometime before 2014.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/world/canada/huawei-meng-wanzhou-extradition.html
2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:
It's my wife looking at dog utubes.
On the issue of Chinese made phones and tablets, it's worth reading up on a past case involving the smaller BLU mobile phone brand in the U.S., which sells Chinese made mobiles. And six models of their phones were discovered to have a backdoor that allowed some shady company in China to basically track every call and SMS made from the phones, among other things.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/360789/phone-maker-blu-gets-wrist-slap-over-chinese-spyware
And there have been other similar episodes as well related to phones made by Chinese suppliers for international markets.
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2019/03/finland-nokia-android-illegal-china-privacy.html
The Finnish government is on the verge of starting an official investigation into HMD Global's [Nokia] Android smartphones over allegations they breached the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation by sending certain identifiable information to China, Ombudsman Reijo Aarnio said earlier today.
Now, expand those kinds of episodes to having companies like Huawei provide national 5G mobile and internet networking gear around the world, and you can see the potential for Chinese spying and espionage.
Edited May 21 by TallGuyJohninBKK
This thread is about my wife watching dog videos. I bought her the cheapest and best tablet to do that. I didn't look at the political issues involved. Mitsubishi made Zero aeroplanes in WWII and I'm sure is still up to no good.
4 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:
You're not the only one in this thread who may have a Huawei device... And other owners / user may not limit their use of those devices to watching YouTube dog videos.
People posting about how Huawei makes good / cheap devices need to be aware there's a potential darker side to the equation.
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By Robert Storr
Think Rich
The many ways of owning an image
Max Ernst, Une Semaine de bonté (A Week of Kindness), 1934. Courtesy: ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London, 2009.
Recently a friend of one of my students at the Institute of Fine Arts introduced himself to me in a posh Chelsea Gallery and in the course of our conversation bemoaned the fragile state of the art world, stressing how tough it was for young artists and for young gallerists like himself. I did my best to commiserate but couldn’t resist, saying that things didn’t seem so bad to me since a ‘no money’ scene was where I started out. At that point a generational chasm seemed to open up between us. He looked at me as though I hadn’t grasped how dark the horizon appeared to him, and that look suggested to me that, for all he had probably read about the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, the reality of those generally straitened decades had never sunk in. In six months we may yet find ourselves on the same wavelength.
This is my third major recession. Throughout the 1970s I earned the minimum wage or slightly more, so being more broke was barely possible. In the 1980s I did somewhat better as a hyper-tasking freelancer, and in the trough of the housing market during the early 1990s I was able to buy a Brooklyn brownstone with a 30-year mortgage. I had a steady job by then and am fortunate to have one still.
There are advantages to living modestly and strictly within one’s means. When ‘business is booming’, one acquires no debts and no tastes one cannot afford. When booms go bust, not only is one likely to suffer fewer discomforts; one also loses fewer pleasures. Since my micro-economy accounts for both necessities and luxuries, every so often I have been able to treat myself to works of art. Those purchases have provided me with things to look at and think about. Because my vocation puts me in regular contact with far wealthier people, what I own has the added benefit of inoculating me against envy. Lastly, it has helped me avoid the occupational hypocrisy to which many working in the ‘culture industry’ succumb: the habit of scorning that industry’s products and the lust they inspire while neither satisfying nor escaping their temptation. I choose Original Sin, though most of the apples are spotty.
In short, I am, for the most part, a bottom-feeder. For instance, ‘my’ Jasper Johns is the cover of a print catalogue published in the 1970s and found in the bins at the Strand bookshops. The lithographic quality of the cross-hatch image on the vellum dust cover is the same as that of the editioned works reproduced inside. This fact has come to the attention of auction houses hungry for trade, and lately they have been offering examples for several thousand dollars. Mine cost ten.
Four years ago I discovered my biggest coup of this kind at a shop near Tate Modern in London. There in the depths of a cardboard box I glimpsed a pile of uncut pages from an old book. They were what remained of Max Ernst’s collage novel Une Semaine de bonté (A Week of Kindness, 1934). Now generally acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of Surrealism, the limited-edition work in five fascicles had been underwritten by the dedicated patron and dilettante artist Roland Penrose, who came into possession of the left-over stock when the number of subscribers to the publication failed to match the number of sheets printed in anticipation of sales. In retrospect, it’s unsurprising considering that 1934 was the depth of the Great Depression. I bought a sizeable stack for £20 per sheet; each had four images.
Several I framed for my study; one I framed to put in my luggage when I travel, recalling with relish the story of the touring actress who always took her Antoine Watteau painting with her in a trunk so that the walls of the hotels where she stayed wouldn’t be so dreary. Thanks to Penrose’s misfortune and my scavenger’s luck, I need not envy her either. Surrealism suits Belgrade as well as Berkeley.
The rest I have given away, mostly to students. Thus all the members of my last class at the Institute of Fine Arts received an Ernst of their own. I wasn’t trying to polish apples in reverse but rather to teach an object lesson – or three. First, the seminar was devoted to comics and graphic novels, and Une Semaine de bonté is paradigmatic of the wordless, anti-narrative pictorial narrative. Second, like everything belonging to the larger genre, it is – pace Jean Baudrillard – a prime example of an original work of art consisting entirely of copies. (The cut-and-paste sources are not the work, as is evident from any comparison between their uneven discoloration and the unified field of disjunctive imagery in the printed version.) Third, in a gift economy commodities lose their power and fetishism eases its hold on the imagination, freeing it to dream. This is a good moment to keep that in mind.
Robert Storr
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FSFE Newsletter March 2019
Written by Galia Mancheva Aktualizované 2019-03-20
This month's newsletter highlights the new project the FSFE recently joined and the funding opportunities it offers, that you may want to take advantage of. You can get the latest updates on the Copyright Directive reform and the hottest news regarding Article 13, as well as a short summary of what else has happened during the past month. In the Editor's choice section this month you can find interesting news on developments with the Radio Equipment Directive, and find out who else have expressed their support for our "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign and what they have to say about it.
European Commission Next Generation Internet Initiative
Next Generation Internet Initiative
The European Commission launched an initiative called "The Next Generation Internet" and the FSFE is part of its NGI0 consortium. The Initiative's purpose is to create technologies for a better internet where the individual user's best interests are the top priority. In other words, internet technologies that respect human rights and important values like privacy, openness, transparency, cooperation, and protection of data. To help achieve these objectives, the Initiative runs two branch projects, led by the NLnet Foundation, in order to award grants to applicant technologies that attest to those ideals. The FSFE's role is to provide Free Software licensing recommendations and consultation in these projects:
NGI0 PET deals with technologies that enhance privacy and trust on the Internet. It awards grants to applicants that can provide people with new instruments to keep their data on the Internet confidential, while still being able to act freely and independently online.
NGI0 Discovery, deals with technologies that enhance the ability to search for information on the Internet. The project confers grants to applicants that can help strengthen how we search for and discover content on the internet in such a way that supports important social values, such as freedom of expression, privacy, and transparency. The best suited solutions would ensure that searching for information is less centralised with as few intermediaries as possible.
All granted technologies will be based on and be made available as Free and Open Source Software.
The NGI0 consortium acts as a sort of advisory body for successful applicants and assists them with their technologies in specific areas, such as security and accessibility. In this context, the FSFE facilitates their software licensing, advising them on how to properly apply best licensing practices, and making sure their technologies are licensed and compliant.
Calls for applications for both projects are renewed every 2 months. They are currently in the midst of their 2nd call, the deadline of which is 1 April 2019. The first call, which ended in February, resulted in over a hundred submissions from countries not only from Europe, but also from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. If you are interested in getting funding to develop your relevant technology, you can apply here.
Copyright and Article 13 - What happened and what's next
Despite uncertainties and controversies along the way, the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive seems to be reaching the end of the road. There are many steps to finalise a legal text in the EU, but now the EU Member States and the European Parliament have reached an agreement on a consolidated text. The next step is for the Directive to be voted in the plenary session at the end of March/in early April. As reported, the original proposal could have regulated the platforms software developers use, cooling incentives to innovate and making software more fragile in Europe. It was in response to this that the OpenForum Europe and the FSFE started the SaveCodeshare.eu campaign. Together we wrote letters, petitions, and held meetings and events in Brussels and in EU member states.
Article 13 now excludes “open source software development and sharing platforms” from its scope (see article 2(5)) in the provisional agreement. This one unintended consequence has at least been avoided. From a wider perspective, no matter how the vote turns out, we were able to raise awareness and understanding of what drives software development in Europe today among many policymakers. We explained how the software ecosystem operates, the pervasive use of Free and Open Source software licenses, and the commercial nature of Free and Open Source Software.
Join our community of freedom fighters: https://my.fsfe.org/support
Inside and Outside the FSFE
Freedom is also about diversity.
The four universal freedoms of Free Software offer fertile soil for emancipating technologies without restrictions towards gender or any other backgrounds. However, women have traditionally been and still are under-represented in those bodies and communities shaping these technologies. It is time to change that. On March 8, the International Women's Day, we used the occasion to share the FSFE's ongoing efforts to improve gender balance and ensure gender equality.
As a way to help ensure that in the FSFE everyone can, at all times, feel at ease to participate without fearing any form of attack, reprisal or harassment, we adopted a Code of Conduct and installed a CARE team. To further support the aims of the CARE Team, we welcome Gabriel Ku Wei Bin as a new member.
On February 23rd Alexander Sander, FSFE's policy analyst, spoke about our Public Money - Public Code campaign at the "Winter Kongress Digitale Gesellschaft" in Zurich, Switzerland ( watch the video ). At the same event, Marcus Moeller, the FSFE's Coordinator for Switzerland, and Michel Ketterle presented the next version of Freedomvote. Freedomvote is a campaign and a Free Software that enables local groups to run political and electoral campaigns by themselves. FSFE local groups have already been using it to run campaigns in the Netherlands in 2017 and in Switzerland in 2015
Katharina Nocun, Internet activist and FSFE Freelancer, together with Basanta E. P. Thapa from Fraunhofer Fokus presented the ongoing Public Money - Public Code campaign and our new expert policy brochure, and used this occasion to talk about ways public procurement can be modernised. The presentation took place on March 5th at c-base in Berlin, hosted by the Netzpolitischen Abend - (Watch the video)
From March 16th to 17th, FSFE's booth and staff could be spotted at the Chemnitzer Linuxtage in Chemnitz, Germany. Erik Albers, FSFE's Programme Manager, gave a workshop about F-Droid, G-Droid, and the most useful Free Software apps to help people use more Free Software on their mobile phones.
Another place you could inform yourself about the FSFE and have a chat with our supporters was at the the Dutch Linux Usergroup NLLGG on March 16th, in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
FSFE supporter André Klöpfel was interviewed (DE) by Deutschlandfunk Marktplatz about how to install a Linux Distro for beginners.
This month we had local FSFE supporter meetings in Madrid, Hamburg, Frankfurt (Main), Berlin and Bonn.
EU Radio Lockdown Directive
Protect freedom on radio devices: raise your voice today! - Alert on an upcoming threat from a new EU regulation. In this entry Max explains in greater detail how a single article in the EU Radio Equipment Directive has the capacity to make installing a custom piece of software on most radio devices (like WiFi routers, smartphones and embedded devices) impossible. Read his blog to find out how you can contribute to the better development of events.
Public Money? Public Code! campaign in EDRi's Newsletter EDRigram: "Publicly funded software has to result in public code." Read their opinion on our initiative.
Do not miss: upcoming events with the FSFE
Pablo González, FSFE's local Coordinator Madrid, will be present with an info-booth from March 26th to 28th at the Taller de Periodismo de Datos in Medialab Prado in Madrid, Spain. Pass by to get to know local Madrid supporters and the FSFE.
We have a cool tool for announcing events and promoting them on our website and social channels. If you would like us to include your event in our next newsletter and website, feel welcome to try out the event submission tool.
If you would like to share any thoughts, pictures, or news, send them to us. As always, the address is newsletter@fsfe.org. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Galia Mancheva
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Access to software determines who may participate in a digital society. The freedoms to use, study, share, and improve software allow equal participation, and are extremely important.
The Free Software Foundation Europe is a non-profit non-governmental organisation. Our work is made possible by a community of volunteers, Fellows and donors. Your donations are critical to our strength and autonomy. They enable us to continue working for Free Software wherever necessary, and to be an independent voice.
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Aditya Roy Kapoor debuted through Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan’s musical drama London Dreams and played a supporting role along with Ranvijay Singh but went unnoticed that time.
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THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.
Mr. E. J. Garwood thus describes the Whin Sill, Hugh Force, Teesdale: This is a classical waterfall, described by Sedgwick in 1823, Wm. Button in 1831 and Phillips in 1836. The fall is 70 feet high, over the Whin Sill, which is here intrusive in the Lower Yoredale Beds. The photograph shows the chief fall near the right bank of the Tees. It is working along a joint in the hard Whin which forms the protective cap to the fall; when in flood surplus water also pours through a second joint near the left bank. The undercutting of the limestone is shown by the caves and the hanging icicles; the gorge below bears testimony to the recession of the falls. The section is as follows: Whin sill, 30 feet; shale, thinning out, 2 feet; whin, 9 feet; shale, altered, with superinduced prismatic jointing, 15 feet; hard limestone, with pyrites, 8 feet; hard, fossiliferous, crinoidal limestone, 20 feet; coralline limestone, 6 feet. The limestone is altered and saccharoidal to a distance of 35 feet below the base of the whin; the latter is of the normal type described by Teall.
Natural Arch at Torquay.
Mr. W. A. E. Ussher gives an account of the natural arch at Torquay: The natural arch depicted in the photograph forms a conspicuous object on the south coast of the Torquay Promontory between the Bath Saloons and Daddy Hole. It has been tunneled by the sea through a small headland near the axis of an inverted synclinal curve in Middle Devonian Limestones. The prolongation of this axis eastward is well shown on the coast a quarter of a mile away. In the middle and lower part of the limestone masses of Torquay, a partial cleavage is often displayed by the beds, consequent on the pressure which has produced the folding in them; this structure, as shown in the photograph, becomes in certain cases most pronounced at and near the axis of the folds, causing a shattering of the rock at the point where the direction of strain cleavage approximates to, or coincides with, the inverted bedding I planes. The dark marking extending
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Wed, 01/25/2017 to Sat, 01/28/2017
From 25 to 28 January 2017, after a successful 2016 edition with Dennis Muren as a guest, the Centre des arts continues its collaboration with the Film Commission of Ile-de-France with a new edition of the Paris Images Digital Summit (PIDS).
The PIDS is an event dedicated to digital creation in all its forms: from the VFX (Visual Effects) to VR (Virtual Reality), animation, CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery) and 3D.
On the program of this 2017 edition: unpublished images of the films events of the season 2016-17, case studies on the trade secrets of the last major international productions (Miss Peregrine, Assassin's Creed, Star Wars ...), round tables and debates around the economic, technological and creative stakes of the sector, meetings with those who make the images of tomorrow (directors, visual effects supervisors, producers), without forgetting Job Faire where the world’s biggest VFX companies (ILM, Framestore, Mikros …) come to recruit, master classes for students in schools, middle schools and high schools.
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A solar power plant worth more than $58 million, which is under construction in Kampong Speu province, will start installing 200,000 solar modules in January next year and begin operating late next year, said solar panel supplier JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd.
New York Stock Exchange-listed JinkoSolar, which is the world’s largest producer of solar panels, said it collaborated with SchneiTec Group to build a 60MW solar power plant in Kampong Speu province.
JinkoSolar global sales and marketing vice-president Gener Miao said it is a great honour to work with SchneiTec Group on this landmark project.
“The 60MW solar installation is just the first step towards an abundant and vibrant renewable energy future in Cambodia. We have great expectations for the entire region."
“The region’s booming populations, strong economic growth engines and abundant sunlight represent an exciting opportunity for solar power and for JinkoSolar,” he said.
The project is developed by SchneiTec Renewable Co Ltd, a joint venture between Cambodian and Chinese investors on 200ha adjacent to National Highway 51 in Kampong Speu province’s Oudong district.
It was approved by the Council of Ministers in May and by the Council for the Development of Cambodia in early November.
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General Trias, Cavite
(Redirected from Gen. Trias, Cavite)
For the person, see Mariano Trías.
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Component City in Calabarzon, Philippines
General Trias
Component City
City of General Trias
(From top, left to right) Aerial view of General Trias City showing one of its gated communities, Tejero Bridge, General Trias City Hall, Gen. Mariano Trias Monument, and Cañas River.
Gentri
Map of Cavite with General Trias highlighted
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°23′N 120°53′E / 14.38°N 120.88°E / 14.38; 120.88Coordinates: 14°23′N 120°53′E / 14.38°N 120.88°E / 14.38; 120.88
6th District of Cavite (Lone District of General Trias)
Cityhood
General Mariano Trías
33 (see Barangays)
Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Vice Mayor
Maurito Sison
• Congressman
Luis A. Ferrer IV
• Electorate
138,484 voters (2016)
81.46 km2 (31.45 sq mi)
22 m (72 ft)
(2015 census)[3]
3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)
Gentriseño
UTC+8 (PST)
PSGC
IDD : area code
+63 (0)46
Climate type
Tropical monsoon climate
Income class
1st municipal income class
Revenue (₱)
1,262.7 million (2016)
Native languages
generaltrias.gov.ph
General Trias, officially the City of General Trias, (Tagalog: Lungsod ng General Trias), or simply known as General Trias City, is a 1st class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 314,303 people.[3]
It is formerly known as San Francisco de Malabon.
2.1 First Cry of Cavite
2.2 Tejeros Convention
2.3 Renamed as General Trias
2.4 Cityhood
2.5 Lone District of General Trias
4.2 Language
5 Local government
5.1 Executive
5.2 Legislative
6 Barangays
7.1 Industrial estates
7.2 Private Subdivisions
7.3 Leisure and shopping malls
8 Festival
9.1 Local Government Projects
9.2 Transportation
9.3 Health Care
12 Sister city
During the earlier part of the Spanish colonial period, General Trias was often referred to as Las Estancias (the ranches), which was once a part of Cavite el Viejo, the present-day Kawit. It was also called Malabon Grande. The name Malabon was speculated to have been derived from either the local term "maraming labong," due to the abundance of bamboo shoots in the area, which is a main ingredient in Filipino cuisine; or from "mayabong," referring to the trees and other plants once abundant in the place.
At any rate, the first reference seems to be more probable because General Mariano Trías, a noted writer, adopted the nom de guerre "Labong," a word he often used in his writing and conversation. Grande, on the other hand, was affixed to the appellation because at the time, the place was a vast wilderness covering Sitio Tejero, frequently called by the revolutionary as Salinas (present-day Rosario), Sta. Cruz de Malabon or Malabon el Chico (present-day Tanza) and Tierra Alta (present-day Noveleta). When the town was made independent from Cavite el Viejo, it was finally called by its popular name San Francisco de Malabon, in honor of patron saint, Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1200).
The old friar estate house in General Trias where the Tejeros Convention was held on 22 March 1897.
The Diego Mojica historical marker
First Cry of Cavite[edit]
The first uprising in Cavite known as the "First Cry of Cavite" occurred in San Francisco de Malabon[4] about ten o’clock in the morning of 31 August 1896, when the town tribunal was attacked by Filipino revolutionaries led by Mariano Trías, Diego Mojica and Nicolas Portilla in Pasong Kalabaw (now known as Sta. Clara).[5] The second incident followed at twelve noon at Tierra Alta and the third in Cavite el Viejo between two and three o’clock in the afternoon.
Tejeros Convention[edit]
A chapter of the Katipunan known as Balangay Mapagtiis had already been in existence in the place for sometime. The Sangguniang Bayang Magdiwang headed by General Mariano Álvarez of Tierra Alta and the Sangguniang Bayang Mapagtiis of San Francisco de Malabon later merged under the name Magdiwang Council with General Alvarez as president. The Magdiwang Council hosted the Tejeros Convention on 22 March 1897 in a friar estate house in Sitio Tejero wherein Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president and Mariano Trías, then lieutenant general, as vice-president in a revolutionary government replacing the Katipunan.
Renamed as General Trias[edit]
On 28 February 1914, Act No. 2390 was passed by the Philippine Assembly, changing the town's name to Malabon. On February 24,1920, Act No. 2889 was approved renaming the town after one of its most famous son, General Mariano Trías.[citation needed]
Cityhood[edit]
On 19 August 2015, Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10675 which converted the municipality of General Trias into a component city of Cavite.[6] The bill finally came into full effect after majority of the city's residents voted yes to cityhood through a plebiscite.[7] General Trias thus became the seventh city in the province and the 145th in the country.
Lone District of General Trias[edit]
On 14 September 2018, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11069 [1] reapportioning the province of Cavite into eight legislative districts to make General Trias the province’s sixth legislative district.
General Trias is an inland city of Cavite located 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Manila. It straddles the northeastern part of the province. The city is surrounded by the municipalities of Rosario and Noveleta in the north, by Tanza and Trece Martires in the west, by Amadeo in the south, Silang in the southeast, and the cities of Dasmarinas and Imus to the east.[8] General Trias has a total land area of 81.46 square kilometers. [2]
Population census of General Trias
9,672 +0.11%
15,963 −0.44%
107,691 +10.77%
243,322 +4.01%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][9][10][11]
In the 2015 census, the population of General Trias, Cavite, was 314,303 people,[3] with a density of 3,900 inhabitants per square kilometre or 10,000 inhabitants per square mile.
1611 Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church of General Trias
A vast majority of inhabitants are Roman Catholics while Protestanism is the second largest denomination in the city.
Language[edit]
General Trias is one of the Hispanic towns in the Philippines because of these Spanish speakers are present in the town . Filipino , English and Spanish are the most used language in the area specially in Buenavista (also known as Camaren) because this has been the hide out of the Spaniards during their era.
Local government[edit]
Antonio Ferrer (NUP)
Vice Mayor
Maurito Sison (NUP)
Sangguniang Panlungsod Members
Jonas Labuguen Gary Grepo
Claire Campaña Jowie Carampot
Kristine Jane Perdito Major Gani Culanding
Jay Columna Tey Martinez
Florencio Ayos Vivencio Q. Lozares Jr.
Pursuant to Chapter II, Title II, Book III of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991,[12] the city government is to be composed of a mayor (alkalde), a vice mayor (bise alkalde) and members (kagawad) of the legislative branch Sangguniang Panlungsod alongside a secretary to the said legislature, all of which are elected to a three-year term and are eligible to run for three consecutive terms.
Executive[edit]
As with every Philippine city, the city mayor serves as General Trias' chief executive. Elected to a term of three years and limited to three consecutive terms, he or she appoints the directors of each city department, which include the office of administration, engineering office, information office, legal office, and treasury office. The current mayor is Antonio Ferrer, brother of former mayor and incumbent 6th District congressman Luis "Jon-Jon" Ferrer IV.
The city's vice mayor performs duties as acting mayor in the absence of the mayor. He or she also automatically succeeds as mayor upon the death of the incumbent, or if the latter is unable to fulfil his/her duties. He or she also convenes the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the city's legislative body. The current vice mayor is Maurito Sison.
Legislative[edit]
Within the city, the City Board or Sangguniang Panlungsod crafts all city ordinances, performs appropriation of city funds, issues franchises and permits, impose fees on city services, and exercise other duties and powers as stipulated by the Local Government Code of 1991.
Under R.A. 10675 Article V Section 10 (a). General Trias is entitled to a City Board composed of 10 members.[13]
Barangays[edit]
General Trias is politically subdivided into 33 barangays: [2][14]
Alingaro
Bacao I
Bacao II
Bagumbayan
Biclatan
Buenavista I
Buenavista II
Dulong Bayan
Governor Ferrer
Javalera
Manggahan
Panungyanan
Pasong Camachile I
Pasong Camachile II
Pasong Kawayan I
Pasong Kawayan II
Pinagtipunan
Prinza
Sampalucan
San Juan I (Poblacion)
San Juan II
Tejero
Vibora
1896th (Poblacion)
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Barangay San Francisco General Trias aerial photo. Camella Homes Tierra Nevada at center
Industrial estates[edit]
General Trias has been gradually undergoing industrialization since the turn of the 21st century. Several major industrial estates, such as Gateway Business Park, a world class business community in Javalera and the New Cavite Industrial City (NCIC) in Manggahan, have chosen General Trias to be their home base.
The Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) occupies about 0.60 square kilometres of land belonging to General Trias. 110 factories operate in the CEPZ. The others are the Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase I) in Buenavista II and Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase II) in Panungyanan while the rest are found at Barangay Manggahan, Barangay San Francisco and along Governor's Drive.
Private Subdivisions[edit]
General Trias is considered one of the new frontiers of growth and development in the CALABARZON area as attested by the giant industrial subdivisions located in the city. Many of these are in the highland barangay of Manggahan, located along Governor's Drive, the barangays of San Francisco, Santiago in Arnaldo Highway, and barangay Pasong Camachille II in Open Canal Road .
Leisure and shopping malls[edit]
Located at the Tejero intersection and opened in May 2016, the 55,000-square meter Robinson's Place General Trias is Robinson's fourth shopping mall in the province and the first full-scale mall in General Trias.[15][16][17]
On the Southern part of the City lies one of the biggest Golf and Country residential estate Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club. It covers about 700 hectares, which makes it one of the largest residential estate in the Country. The Golf & Country Club, which is one of the component of Eagle Ridge development, is nearing its completion with three playable golf courses and two operational satellite clubhouses.
The 300-hectare Eagle Ridge Residential expanse features a very upscale housing community, the integral component of the project, will make up the whole concept of Eagle Ridge as a golf and residential site.
Since the fourth quarter of 2017, a number of shopping malls and areas are currently being built, and are expected to be complete in 2019 to 2021.
Festival[edit]
General Trias City celebrates their Valenciana Festival every year.[18] Valenciana, a variation of the Valencian paella, was first popularized in General Trias and became part of their culture.
Infrastructure[edit]
Local Government Projects[edit]
The master plan for General Trias is to achieve an agro-industrial and residential balance. Current developments include the construction of the General Trias Auditorium and Sports Complex at General Trias Memorial Elementary School Grounds in Barangay San Juan I, cementing of roads from Barangay Santiago to Governor's Drive and road widening of Barangay Tejero to San Juan II, the building of General Trias Municipal Hall-Manggahan Annex, completion of a 2-storey Training Center Building at Barangay Pinagtipunan. After the cityhood in December 2015, Many renovation projects is make including renovation of the city plaza, Sports Center, Welcome arch between Gen. Trias and a bridge to Dasmarinas. And making a stadium in Sports Complex (or popular called Track 'n field).
General Trias City will soon be accessible with the C6 Expressway's construction connecting the North and South of Luzon and the Cavite-Laguna Expressway's development connecting CAVITEX to SLEX. The expansion of the LRT Line 1 from Baclaran, to Dasmariñas City will also provide fast access from General Trias City to Makati City.
Health Care[edit]
Several Hospitals both private and government have also sprouted throughout General Trias City ranging from government health centers to private clinics to complete hospitals. GenTri Medical Center and Hospital Inc. and Gentri Doctors Medical Center to name a few is among the biggest hospitals in the entire province of Cavite.
The City of General Trias is home to several educational institutions, notably Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite campus,[19] Cavite State University-General Trias campus, which was established in 2012, and the future AMA Computer University located inside Ara Vista Village and set to open its doors in May 2019. Also in General Trias are several private and public elementary and high schools.
Mariano Trías (1868-1914), considered the first de facto Vice President of the revolutionary government established at the Tejeros Convention. The town was renamed in his honor after the Revolution.
Sister city[edit]
Tozawa, Yamagata, Japan[20]
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Mastermind (board game)
A completed game of Mastermind
Mordecai Meirowitz
Paper & pencil game [root]
Setup time
< 5 minutes
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Random chance
Negligible
Mastermind or Master Mind is a code-breaking game for two players. The modern game with pegs was invented in 1970 by Mordecai Meirowitz, an Israeli postmaster and telecommunications expert.[1][2] It resembles an earlier pencil and paper game called Bulls and Cows that may date back a century or more.
1 Gameplay and rules
3 Algorithms
3.1 Five-guess algorithm
3.2 Genetic algorithm
3.3 Complexity and the satisfiability problem
Gameplay and rules[edit]
The game is played using:
a decoding board, with a shield at one end covering a row of four large holes, and twelve (or ten, or eight, or six) additional rows containing four large holes next to a set of four small holes;
code pegs of six different colors (or more; see Variations below), with round heads, which will be placed in the large holes on the board; and
key pegs, some colored black, some white, which are flat-headed and smaller than the code pegs; they will be placed in the small holes on the board.
The two players decide in advance how many games they will play, which must be an even number. One player becomes the codemaker, the other the codebreaker. The codemaker chooses a pattern of four code pegs. Duplicates and blanks are allowed depending on player choice, so the player could even choose four code pegs of the same color or four blanks. In the instance that blanks are not elected to be a part of the game, the codebreaker may not use blanks in order to establish the final code. The chosen pattern is placed in the four holes covered by the shield, visible to the codemaker but not to the codebreaker.[3]
The codebreaker tries to guess the pattern, in both order and color, within twelve (or ten, or eight) turns. Each guess is made by placing a row of code pegs on the decoding board. Once placed, the codemaker provides feedback by placing from zero to four key pegs in the small holes of the row with the guess. A colored or black key peg is placed for each code peg from the guess which is correct in both color and position. A white key peg indicates the existence of a correct color code peg placed in the wrong position.[4]
Screenshot of software implementation (ColorCode) illustrating the example.
If there are duplicate colours in the guess, they cannot all be awarded a key peg unless they correspond to the same number of duplicate colours in the hidden code. For example, if the hidden code is white-white-black-black and the player guesses white-white-white-black, the codemaker will award two colored key pegs for the two correct whites, nothing for the third white as there is not a third white in the code, and a colored key peg for the black. No indication is given of the fact that the code also includes a second black.[5]
Once feedback is provided, another guess is made; guesses and feedback continue to alternate until either the codebreaker guesses correctly, or twelve (or ten, or eight) incorrect guesses are made.
The codemaker gets one point for each guess a codebreaker makes. An extra point is earned by the codemaker if the codebreaker doesn't guess the pattern exactly in the last guess. (An alternative is to score based on the number of colored key pegs placed.) The winner is the one who has the most points after the agreed-upon number of games are played.
Other rules may be specified.[6]
The game is based on an older, paper based game called Bulls and Cows. A computer adaptation of it was run on Cambridge University’s Titan computer system, where it was called 'MOO'. This version was written by Dr. Frank King. There was also another version for the TSS/8 time sharing system, written by J.S. Felton and finally a version for the Multics system at MIT by Jerrold Grochow.[7]
The modern game with pegs was invented in 1970 by Mordecai Meirowitz, an Israeli postmaster and telecommunications expert. Meirowitz presented the idea to many major toy companies but, after showing it at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair, it was picked up by a plastics company - Invicta Plastics, based near Leicester, UK. Invicta purchased all the rights to the game and the founder, Mr. Edward Jones-Fenleigh, refined the game further. It was released in 1971-2.[1][2][8]
Since 1971, the rights to Mastermind have been held by Invicta Plastics. (Invicta always named the game Master Mind.) They originally manufactured it themselves, though they have since licensed its manufacture to Hasbro worldwide, with the exception of Pressman Toys and Orda Industries who have the manufacturing rights to the United States and Israel, respectively.[9]
Starting in 1973, the game box featured a photograph of a well-dressed, distinguished-looking man seated in the foreground, with a woman standing behind him. The two amateur models (Bill Woodward and Cecilia Fung) reunited in June 2003 to pose for another publicity photo.[10]
Algorithms[edit]
With four pegs and six colors, there are 64 = 1296 different patterns (allowing duplicate colors).
Five-guess algorithm[edit]
In 1977, Donald Knuth demonstrated that the codebreaker can solve the pattern in five moves or fewer, using an algorithm that progressively reduced the number of possible patterns.[11] The algorithm works as follows:
Create the set S of 1296 possible codes (1111, 1112 ... 6665, 6666)
Start with initial guess 1122 (Knuth gives examples showing that other first guesses such as 1123, 1234 do not win in five tries on every code)
Play the guess to get a response of colored and white pegs.
If the response is four colored pegs, the game is won, the algorithm terminates.
Otherwise, remove from S any code that would not give the same response if it (the guess) were the code.
Apply minimax technique to find a next guess as follows: For each possible guess, that is, any unused code of the 1296 not just those in S, calculate how many possibilities in S would be eliminated for each possible colored/white peg score. The score of a guess is the minimum number of possibilities it might eliminate from S. A single pass through S for each unused code of the 1296 will provide a hit count for each colored/white peg score found; the colored/white peg score with the highest hit count will eliminate the fewest possibilities; calculate the score of a guess by using "minimum eliminated" = "count of elements in S" - (minus) "highest hit count". From the set of guesses with the maximum score, select one as the next guess, choosing a member of S whenever possible. (Knuth follows the convention of choosing the guess with the least numeric value e.g. 2345 is lower than 3456. Knuth also gives an example showing that in some cases no member of S will be among the highest scoring guesses and thus the guess cannot win on the next turn, yet will be necessary to assure a win in five.)
Repeat from step 3.
Subsequent mathematicians have been finding various algorithms that reduce the average number of turns needed to solve the pattern: in 1993, Kenji Koyama and Tony W. Lai did an exhaustive depth-first search showing that the optimal method could achieve an average of 5625/1296 = 4.3403 turns to solve, with a worst-case scenario of six turns.[12]
Genetic algorithm[edit]
A new algorithm with an embedded genetic algorithm, where a large set of eligible codes is collected throughout the different generations. The quality of each of these codes is determined based on a comparison with a selection of elements of the eligible set.[13][14] This algorithm is based on a heuristic that assigns a score to each eligible combination based on its probability of actually being the hidden combination. Since this combination is not known, the score is based on characteristics of the set of eligible solutions or the sample of them found by the evolutionary algorithm.
The algorithm works as follows:
Set i = 1
Play fixed initial guess G1
Get the response X1 and Y1
Repeat while Xi ≠ P:
Increment i
Set Ei = ∅ and h = 1
Initialize population
Repeat while h ≤ maxgen and |Ei| ≤ maxsize:
Generate new population using crossover, mutation, inversion and permutation
Calculate fitness
Add eligible combinations to Ei
Increment h
Play guess Gi which belongs to Ei
Get response Xi and Yi
Complexity and the satisfiability problem[edit]
In November 2004, Michiel de Bondt proved that solving a Mastermind board is an NP-complete problem when played with n pegs per row and two colors, by showing how to represent any one-in-three 3SAT problem in it. He also showed the same for Consistent Mastermind (playing the game so that every guess is a candidate for the secret code that is consistent with the hints in the previous guesses).[15]
The Mastermind satisfiability problem is a decision problem that asks, "Given a set of guesses and the number of colored and white pegs scored for each guess, is there at least one secret pattern that generates those exact scores?" (If not, then the codemaker must have incorrectly scored at least one guess.) In December 2005, Jeff Stuckman and Guo-Qiang Zhang showed in an arXiv article that the Mastermind satisfiability problem is NP-complete.[16]
Variations[edit]
Varying the number of colors and the number of holes results in a spectrum of Mastermind games of different levels of difficulty. Another common variation is to support different numbers of players taking on the roles of codemaker and codebreaker. The following are some examples of Mastermind games produced by Invicta, Parker Brothers, Pressman, Hasbro, and other game manufacturers:
Mastermind 1972 6 4 Original version
Royale Mastermind 1972 5 colors × 5 shapes 3
Mastermind44 1972 6 5 For four players
Grand Mastermind 1974 5 colors × 5 shapes 4
Super Mastermind (a.k.a. Deluxe Mastermind; a.k.a. Advanced Mastermind) 1975 (in Poland - Copyright Invicta 1972 in cooperation with Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza[17]) 8 5
Word Mastermind 1975 26 letters 4 Only valid words may be used as the pattern and guessed each turn.
Mini Mastermind 1976 6 4 Travel-sized version; room for only six guesses
Number Mastermind 1976 6 digits 4 Uses numbers instead of colors. The codemaker may optionally give, as an extra clue, the sum of the digits.
Electronic Mastermind (Invicta) 1977 10 digits 3, 4, or 5 Uses numbers instead of colors. Handheld electronic version. Solo or multiple players vs. the computer. Invicta branded.
Walt Disney Mastermind 1978 5 3 Uses Disney characters instead of colors
Mini Mastermind (a.k.a. Travel Mastermind) 1988 6 4 Travel-sized version; room for only six guesses
Mastermind Challenge 1993 8 5 Both players simultaneously play code maker and code breaker.
Parker Mastermind 1993 8 4
Mastermind for Kids 1996 6 3 Animal theme
Mastermind Secret Search 1997 26 letters 3-6 Valid words only; clues are provided letter-by-letter using up/down arrows for earlier/later in the alphabet.
Electronic Hand-Held Mastermind (Hasbro) 1997 6 4 Handheld electronic version. Hasbro.
New Mastermind 2004 8 4 For up to five players
Mini Mastermind 2004 6 4 Travel-sized self-contained version; room for only eight guesses
ColorCode 2009 2-10 2-5 Computer version (Linux, Windows, MacOS X and even OS/2). Includes solver. Licence: GPL v3. http://colorcode.laebisch.com/
Mastermind 2013 6 4 digital version
Mastermind Numbers 2016 10 digits 3,4 iOS and Android version
Speedy Mastermind 2017 4-6 4 Android version, fast-paced and score-based Mastermind game with preloaded guesses
The difficulty level of any of the above can be increased by treating “empty” as an additional color or decreased by requiring only that the code's colors be guessed, independent of position.
Computer and Internet versions of the game have also been made, sometimes with variations in the number and type of pieces involved and often under different names to avoid trademark infringement. Mastermind can also be played with paper and pencil. There is a numeral variety of the Mastermind in which a 4-digit number is guessed.[18]
Bulls and Cows
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^ "Landmark Reunion for Mastermind Box Models". Retrieved 2006-10-05.
^ Knuth, Donald (1976–77). "The Computer as Master Mind" (PDF). J. Recr. Math. (9): 1–6.
^ Koyama, Kenji; Lai, Tony (1993). "An Optimal Mastermind Strategy". Journal of Recreational Mathematics (25): 230–256.
^ Berghman, Lotte (2007–2008). "Efficient solutions for Mastermind using genetic algorithms" (PDF). K.U.Leuven (1): 1–15.
^ Merelo, J. J.; Mora, A. M.; Cotta, C.; Runarsson, T. P. (2012). "An experimental study of exhaustive solutions for the Mastermind puzzle". arXiv:1207.1315. Bibcode:2012arXiv1207.1315M.
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12 great things you learn when you skip school to go to a Super Bowl parade
I get why school wasn’t cancelled for the Seattle Seahawks victory parade. People had to work, I appreciate that. But for my family, it was worth dropping everything to go — and they even learned a few things:
Excused or unexcused – my kids were going to the Seahawks parade.
I was 8 when the Broncos had their first Super Bowl sendoff parade through downtown Denver. And I remember the insane adoration my family, my street (Bronco Road), school, entire city had for that team. The similarities to this Seahawk season are crazy: a notorious nicknamed defense, the loudest stadium and most fervent fans, a Friday unwritten dress code at school, edging out their Bay Area rival at home for the AFC championship . . . my Washington-raised kids have been reliving my childhood.
My dad had to work that day, so my mom took us downtown to celebrate. I remember running up to the convertibles with my brothers to get players’ autographs: Haven Moses, Lyle Alzado, Randy Gradishar . . . I went looking to see if schools were officially let out for the 1978 “Orange Crush Day” and never got the facts, but I found this:
“Denver should have gotten the Nobel Peace Prize that year,” Haven Moses says. “There was more done that year to bring people together than I’ve ever seen in my life. It transformed the attitudes of this city.”
Just like Seattle, 36 years later. . . only this time, the hometown heroes won it all.
What it means to peacefully assemble. Mass gatherings on the news and in movies always seem to end in destruction or violence. But Seattle proved you don’t have to fear of the worst, you don’t have to destroy things to celebrate, and that policemen not only ensure safety and enforce boundaries, but they will also give you “how much longer” updates when all the smart phones fail.
That patience pays off. Standing in the freezing cold for six hours is a long time when you have nothing to do but carve out your space on the sidewalk. But the long wait eventually became a fantastic front row seat – #worthit. (Here, my Washington native husband adds, “We waited 39 years!” Also, friends make time go by faster and you whine less.)
Plan ahead, go early, dress warm, bring snacks, and take a pen – better yet, just trust your parents. My husband is the king of prepared, so we endured the groggy grumbles and took a ferry to Seattle at dawn. And let’s just say the children who listened to me about layers were happier than the one who refused to wear sweats under his jeans. On the other hand, they were right about the pen – “It’s not the 70’s mom, you can’t just run up to cars.”
What pot smells like, and more importantly, that mom and dad know what pot smells like. (speaking of the 70’s)
What a hero’s welcome is. It’s in literature, in history, in movies, but we don’t get to see this level of mass unrestrained, joyful enthusiasm often in real life.
What a “mass of humanity” means. When you live in a town of 9,000 people, your physical concept of population is limited. When the kids hear “hundreds of thousands of people” were affected by a natural disaster, or famine, or war, they’re going to have some context for it.
That you can be kind but firm even in the midst of chaos. For every rude line cutter, there was a gracious grandma like the one next to us. “We’ve gotta remember it’s for the kids,” she’d say nice and loud to shovers. “You ain’t standing in front of them.”
That generosity generates loyalty. Here’s my shout out to the staff of Bartell’s on the corner of 4th and Madison who welcomed a whole lot of people into their store who just to wanted to get warm and use their bathroom. Thank you! After an hour in that line, my youngest knows not only what kind of dental care items we need — but where we will buy them.
That even superstars are human – and it’s beautiful when they’re humble. Anyone close enough to see their faces knows the Seahawks were as delighted by the crowd as we were by them. And Warren Moon – hanging out the window of the Duck with all the childish delight you hear on the radio . . . I had tears.
What total unity and community feels like. For a historic moment in time, nearly a million people had one happy heart and purpose. Oh yeah, everybody was feeling the love.
That it’s possible to survive without a cell phone. Our batteries died, we split up to get to the ferry home (#WSF #ftw), split up again to find the one who went to the bathroom and got lost in the sea of people in the terminal, and somehow managed to make it home together.
That parents are still in charge of their kids. Sometimes, it feels like everyone has authority over our kids but us. Every now and then the kids need to know dad and mom are still the boss of them, and if they want to take them out of school for a moment of history, it’s going to happen.
My family moved away from Denver in the summer of 1978 and we never moved back. But that magical season has stayed with me the way I know this one will with my boys. We won’t sit down with this list like it’s homework. (I can hear them now . . . “Mom! Stop! You’re ruining it!”) But if anyone happens to be assigned an essay about the value of the parade — just the sort of joy-sucking assignment I may have given once upon a time — I figured I’d save them the pain of dissecting a beautiful day. Just print this out and give it to your teacher.
Marshawn Lynch hit Calvin with this Skittle…And everyone’s phone died before we could get pictures of Richard Sherman, but his smile wins — well, after Calvin’s.
Addendum: my mom read this post, and she says we skipped school back in ’78, too.
Author Deborah BeddoePosted on February 7, 2014 March 25, 2016 Categories Family, Healing our communityTags 12th Man, Seahawks, Seahawks Super Bowl Parade14 Comments on 12 great things you learn when you skip school to go to a Super Bowl parade
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Half Baked: Things Get Hostile Between Our Kings Fan and a Borderline-Morose Rangers Fan
2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs
by Katie Baker and The Royal Half
With Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final being played tonight at Madison Square Garden, we asked two fans to channel their nerves into something constructive: a conversation about their hopes, fears, dreams, and transcontinental travel issues. Here, Grantland’s resident New York Rangers enthusiast Katie Baker chats with Los Angeles Kings season-ticket holder and blogger The Royal Half. Jonathan Quick continues to frighten them both.
Katie Bakes: Oh hey there, you lucky bastard. It’s never fun when one’s favorite team manages to turn a two-goal lead in a Stanley Cup final game from gold into straw, but it’s an even more brutal ride when it happens twice — more than twice, actually — in the first two games.
Since we last chatted, the Los Angeles Kings have spent zero-point-zero seconds holding a lead against the Rangers, and yet … and yet and yet and yet. With come-from-behind overtime wins in each of their first two home games, the Kings now fly to New York with a 2-0 series advantage on the Rangers. Unlike their opponent, it’s pretty likely they’ll be able to hang on to it.
The Royal Half: Speaking of flying to New York …
Katie Bakes: Don’t even start with me. I just finally finished a fantastic voyage in which my flight was delayed 10 hours while Delta — official travel partner of the L.A. Kings! Official sponsor of whatever the hell this affront to three great athletes’ legacies is! — “borrowed a part from another airline.” (Unfortunately, that rental didn’t work out as well as Marian Gaborik has.)
The travel snafu, which also affected the likes of Dave Maloney and Marty Biron, was a fitting continuation to a long Saturday night filled with false hope, disappointment, and resignation. As they had in Game 1, the Rangers went up 2-0 early on L.A., and this time they responded to the Kings’ impending comeback with more goals.
The prettiest of these was one scored by Martin St. Louis on a lovely setup from Derek Stepan to give New York a 3-1 advantage midway through the second. After Willie Mitchell’s slap shot beat a screened Henrik Lundqvist a few minutes later, the Rangers responded in 11 seconds to go up 4-2. Not this time, they seemed to be saying. They wouldn’t be saying it for long.
We’ll get to Dwight King and Marian Gaborik’s goals in a minute, but I first want to point something out. You told me something very disturbing going into Game 2. You told me you wanted your alleged favorite team, the Los Angeles Kings, to lose. What kind of monster are you? Explain yourself, please.
The Royal Half: Fine … let’s get this out on the table. Yes, I’m actively rooting for at least one L.A. Kings loss in the next two games. And it’s for the most selfish, most idiotic reason ever: I can’t make it to New York City for Game 4. Not all of us are professional bloggers [FaceTimes Katie Baker and then judgingly stares at her], so sometimes real life gets in the way. I can totally watch Game 4 on TV, I just can’t fly to NYC for the actual game.
I haven’t asked for much in my 25-plus years of being a Los Angeles Kings fan, but I just need them to lose one of these next two (preferably Game 3 so that I have peace of mind), and then I can enjoy a Stanley Cup victory on home ice. Again.
Katie Bakes: This … might be the most messed-up thing I have ever read.
The Royal Half: So pretty much my biggest fear is that the Rangers will score two quick goals in the first period of both Games 3 and 4, which we all know by now is the kiss of death.
Katie Bakes: I found documentary footage of the Rangers handling a two-goal lead. The Kings, meanwhile, remind me of Tiger Woods on Sundays way back in the ol’ innocent days. You’d watch the last round of a major and genuinely feel bad for whatever poor guy was holding the lead, because you knew you were about to watch him melt down out of the sheer anticipation of Tiger catching up.
A crucial part of the Kings’ clawback on Saturday came two minutes into the third period, when a tangle of bodies in the crease (or what Doc Emrick would call A MASS OF HUMANITY!) gave way to a goal being scored. The bodies belonged to Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh, Kings forward Dwight King, and Henrik Lundqvist — who was livid after the play, yelling that he’d been tied down by King and couldn’t move.
McDonagh, who was sandwiching King, is not innocent here. Still, I’ve seen goalie interference called for much less. And I don’t really understand why a play like that isn’t reviewable, particularly when it leads to a goal and stops the clock. Did you think the third goal should have counted?
The Royal Half: Regardless of whether it was a penalty, Lundqvist should feel lucky that Dwight King didn’t just bite into his face Hannibal Lecter–style because he wanted to destroy something beautiful (I think I’m mixing my movie metaphors there).
No, that should not have been a goal. And I have no idea why that play isn’t reviewable. The NHL has tried everything short of putting tiny robots in net over the past 15 years in an effort to increase scoring. We should be living in a world where each goal is reviewed to make sure it counts. And I’m not just saying that because the L.A. Kings had a goal scored against them during the season that bounced off the protective netting.
Katie Bakes: At least it led to two wonderfully pithy press conference remarks. Alain Vigneault, on whether it should have been a goal: “Ask the NHL.” Darryl Sutter, told that Lundqvist complained he was pinned: “I’ll take his word for it.” Incidentally, who knew that Darryl Sutter was such an MSG fan?! I think he’s said more words about the building than about any other topic, such as hockey.
The Royal Half: I’m pretty sure Darryl Sutter is actually talking about the ingredient that makes food taste so good. But let’s talk about what really sets these two teams apart as they head into playing in the Big Apple: celebrity fans.
Saturday night at Staples Center you had Britney Spears, Jimmy Kimmel, Chris Pine, Will Arnett, Gene Simmons, Colin Hanks, Retta, the stoner illustrator with a beard in Mad Men, the young girl who killed people in Kick-Ass, and two stars of MTV’s Teen Wolf. Plus Dermot Mulroney and his son cheering for the Rangers.
Katie Bakes: As an employee of noted Sports ‘N’ Entertainment web log Grantland, I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I had to Google “Chris Pine.” Also, Gene Simmons, who was at the game, thought it went into four overtimes.
The Royal Half: Even when he’s there, he’s not really there. But don’t change the subject. How is Madison Square Garden even going to contend with that kind of firepower?!?
Katie Bakes: It’s a common misconception that Madison Square Garden has The World’s Most Famous celebrity row. Courtside bigwigs at Knicks games include … Matthew Modine. Maybe we’ll get an Olsen twin or an Anthony Weiner appearance — though now that he’s penning hockey columns for Business Insider the way Eliot Spitzer used to write for Slate, it’s possible he’s got press credentials.
But this isn’t even a contest, because L.A. had Britney. Britney! IT WAS BRITNEY, BITCH. She looked so glossy and shiny! She looked so great. The Kings needed stars like her to pick up the slack since Anze Kopitar hasn’t had a goal in nine games and Jonathan Quick’s save percentage is turning into hockey’s version of the Mendoza line.
The Royal Half: Yes, everyone loves to talk about how awful Quick’s numbers have been this postseason. But right now, Henrik isn’t any better. If the Rangers go down in Game 3, does he get downgraded to a duke — or, even worse, a VISCOUNT?
Katie Bakes For landed gentry, he sure didn’t land … gently.
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I’m so sorry. I’m still really loopy from the flight. Here, distract yourself with this important photo of Henke as a young prince.
The Royal Half: OMG, he looks like he should be cast in one of those teen movies where they just take the glasses off the nerdy girl and all of a sudden she is the most popular kid in high school.
Katie Bakes: I previously believed that my favorite Lundqvist fact was that he once knitted a pillow in the shape of a goalie, but now I just want to know why I only recently learned that his actual first name is “Bjorn.” Why is this not more widely publicized?! Wake up, sheeple!! This is a cover-up that goes all the way to the top!! It’s on par with the conspiracy to excise the second half of Mats Zuccarello-Aasen’s last name.
The Royal Half: Despite his first name being synonymous with something you carry your baby around in Brooklyn, Kings fans are still scared of Lundqvist’s potential to steal a game. Combine that with Mats Zuccarello and Marty St. Louis figuring out how to use their speed against the Kings’ banged-up defense … and this could easily be 2-2 heading back to L.A. on Friday.
Katie Bakes: Wait, Dan Girardi doesn’t worry you? Remember when he garnered Norris votes, charmed the world via his cute son on 24/7, and was described by John Tortorella as having “balls as big as the building?” DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER LAUGHTER?
The Royal Half: No, but Marty St. Louis and Brad Richards are old enough to remember seeing Zeppelin play at MSG in 1973. And Willie Mitchell drove them.
Katie Bakes: The Song Remains The Same. Anyway, you’ve already basically admitted to planning the parade. So let’s reinforce the jinx: Who would your Conn Smythe pick be? (As Toronto radio host Greg Brady pointed out, if we were having this discussion three years ago before Game 3, we’d be deciding between Ryan Kesler and Roberto Luongo.) Often the default player is a team’s goalie; you generally can’t make it to the final and win the Cup without a standout performance in net. But at this point, I don’t think there’s much of a chance Quick will be getting his second playoff MVP award.
I’m assuming it will be Drew Doughty — he of the umpteen spinoramas — or Kopitar, but my wish would be for it to go to Gaborik. What can I say, I have a soft spot for the guy.
The Royal Half: I wonder if Marian Gaborik will take a trip back to the Whole Foods where he bought his Christmas tree a few years ago for old times’ sake.
Those are all great choices. And after Game 1 I would have easily said Drew Doughty. But now, after spending a few days in L.A. with a bunch of sentimental sportswriters … I feel like it has to go to Justin Williams, right? He’s two points behind Kopitar for the league lead, his advanced stats are off the chart, and even his remedial stat (plus/minus) leads the playoffs. I feel like Doughty is the sexier choice (even with his greasy hair), but I think Williams might provide the better copy for journalists, and isn’t that the most important thing here?
Katie Bakes: It sure would be Peak Narrative, particularly because Williams just might be playing in another Game 7. I’m probably a fool, but I still maintain that this could be a series that goes the distance. For a team that has blown multiple leads and lost twice in overtime, the Rangers have been pretty decent competition for the Kings. One bounce over here, or one relatively routine whistle for goalie contact in the crease over there, and we’re likely looking at a 1-1 series entering Game 3.
Los Angeles has visibly struggled to match the speed of players like Carl Hagelin, Mats Zuccarello, and Chris Kreider — the latter of whom I thought was going to win Game 2 when he got that unmolested breakaway. (Like his team, he was unable to capitalize on the opportunity and wound up dazed and left for dead against the boards.)
On the other hand, Kopitar, the player I most feared going into this, has yet to truly hit his stride. This scares me more than it reassures; it’s kind of like the reaction to NHL top prospect Sam Bennett’s inability to do a pull-up at the recent NHL combine. If he’s this good without being at his peak, just imagine how much better he can get!
But wait, I was here to argue for the Rangers’ chances! This is a group that found itself down 3-1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins and then won three straight games — two on the road — to battle back. In the locker room following Game 2, the vibe was melancholic and yet recognizably resolute. It’s not outside the realm of possibility to think the Rangers could win both games at home.
The Royal Half: Are you trying to imply that the New York Rangers are like some sort of insect that can’t be destroyed? Because if so … Alec Martinez trademarked that after the Kings beat Chicago when he said the L.A. Kings were like a cockroach. Although he could have just been previewing the New York City hotel room that most journalists would be staying at.
Speaking of which, all the sportswriter tweets and Instagrams while in L.A. were about beaches and In-N-Out Burger. What will their coverage of New York feature?
Katie Bakes: Shake Shack and garbage. And flight delays.
The Royal Half: I’ve already seen plenty of photos of New York City garbage on the streets. But that’s just because I’ve seen all the coverage of the Will Ferrell “Go Kings Go” billboard that was outside MSG. To be honest, it’s really his best work since Stranger Than Fiction.
Filed Under: 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, NHL, Hockey, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers
Katie Baker is a staff writer at Grantland.
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Julie Rogers "Gift of Life" Program
Breast Cancer Program
Men’s Health and Prostate Cancer Program
Educational Outreach Program
Anti-Tobacco Programming
Attention Orange Area Men!
Gift of Life and Motiva: Saving Lives in Southeast Texas
Holli Petersen
Thanks to the extraordinary support of Motiva Enterprises, LLC, nearly 40 medically underserved Southeast Texas women received free preventative health screenings, clinical breast exams and mammograms from the Gift of Life at the West Side Development Center in Port Arthur.
Since 2000, the refinery has annually sponsored Gift of Life van sites, making available nearly 600 free mammograms and clinical breast exams and helping extend the lives of women, whose breast cancer was detected at Motiva-sponsored screenings and were navigated through treatment.
It is an honor and privilege to team up with the Gift of Life to help women in our community. It sometimes is the only opportunity some women have to get a mammogram. Motiva considers it a blessing to be able to participate in this worthy cause. – Motiva Communications Manager Arlene LeBlanc
A true champion of the Gift of Life’s cause, Motiva also supports the organization’s Prostate Cancer Program, helping to provide free prostate cancer screenings to thousands of medically underserved men.
In 2010, Motiva was awarded the Gift of Life’s prestigious Corporate “Spirit of Love” Award to honor its outstanding community leadership and commitment to the Gift of Life’s mission of saving lives through the provision of essential cancer education and free healthcare services for medically underserved individuals.
At this year’s Motiva-sponsored van site, the Gift of Life, through its medical collaboration with the Port Arthur Health Department, provided preventative healthcare screenings, including blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. Education regarding breast cancer, skin cancer, tobacco prevention and nutrition was also provided to encourage healthy lifestyle practices that reduce the risk of disease. Motiva’s generous support of Gift of Life preventative healthcare initiatives greatly enhances the community’s health and well-being.
With the support of Motiva Enterprises, LLC and other generous donors, the Gift of Life has helped extend the lives of more than 275 Southeast Texans who have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer and treated through its efforts.
PRESS RELEASE: Gift of Life’s Southeast Texas Walk of Survivorship A Celebration of Life, Hope & Strength
On Saturday, October 7, at 10:00 am, Gift of Life will host a new, community-wide celebration in downtown Beaumont – a Walk of Survivorship – in loving memory of Julie Richardson Procter.
This special event is scheduled in lieu of the planned Julie Richardson Procter 5K Ribbon Run, which has been rescheduled to October 6, 2018, due to Hurricane Harvey.
“The Ribbon Run has become a regional tradition of cancer awareness and survivorship,” said Executive Director Norma Sampson. “We invite you to put on your Hurricane Herculean sneakers and wear whatever you would like – pink n’ teal t-shirts or costumes. It’s a family affair – pets, wagons and strollers welcome. Together, we will rebuild and recover as we confront and overcome challenges, whether from cancer or the hurricane.”
Regina Rogers, Gift of Life Founder and Chair, added, “Recognizing Southeast Texas Strong and the indomitable spirit of our region, and with the continuing support of our devoted sponsors who are steadfast in endorsing our efforts, we are hosting an event that also reflects our passion in fighting breast and ovarian cancer. With grateful hearts, we hope that everyone from throughout Southeast Texas will join with us to celebrate life, hope and survival.”
Generously supported by Presenting Sponsor Diane & Don Shaver and Title Sponsors H-E-B and Jason’s Deli, the Walk of Survivorship will kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a short, fun walk in Downtown Beaumont led by New York Times bestselling author Jill Conner Browne, THE Sweet Potato Queen, who will share brief, inspirational remarks spotlighting survivors and local first responders.
A Celebration Ceremony, with sponsorship by Mandie & Dr. Garrett Peel / Previty Clinic, will feature special guest, renowned vocalist Yvonne Washington, ending with a meaningful survivor balloon release. The occasion will also provide an opportunity for the Gift of Life to recognize 15 Angels Among Us honorees – exceptional ambassadors for the organization and voices of compassion and support for women and cancer survivors.
2017 Angels are: Doreen Borel; Cile Childress; Sandra Clark; Rita Davis; Linda Domino; Norma Forey; Pat Klein; Charlotte Mains; Dianne Marks; Pat McKee; Nell Morris; Melody Parsons; Zelma Reid; Judith Smith; and Jo Vance.
Walk participants are asked to make a $30 donation to benefit Gift of Life’s lifesaving breast health services and educational outreach. Breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancer survivors will enjoy complimentary admittance.
Gift of Life encourages community engagement through cheering stations, musical groups, wellness information, walk route entertainment and support. Please call Gift of Life at 409-833-3663 to make arrangements.
All proceeds from the event and the month-long regional campaign will benefit Gift of Life’s lifesaving programs that extend throughout a seven-county service area in Southeast Texas and provide vital healthcare and education for thousands of medically underserved Southeast Texas clients each year.
“Serving Southeast Texans for 23 years, Gift of Life ensures clients across Southeast Texas receive crucial health screenings and medical care, regardless of their ability to pay,” Sampson said. “Since inception, the organization has helped extend the lives of more than 275 individuals who have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer and navigated through treatment and healing. We are deeply grateful to the many sponsors who help fund our efforts and the volunteers, medical partners and community groups who are instrumental in our success.”
For event information, sponsorship opportunities or to register, please call the Gift of Life at 409.833.3663 or visit giftoflifebmt.org.
Love Expressed | Love Understood: Overcoming the Healthcare Disparities of our Hispanic Neighbors
Imagine being in a new country, far from your friends and family, devoid of a stable income or health benefits, unable to converse fluently in the native language… and then finding a lump in your breast. Where would you go? What would you do? Who could you turn to?
This is the sad reality often confronted by numerous Gift of Life clients. Many of our Hispanic neighbors who have limited resources simply don’t know where to turn when faced with a health crisis.
This issue can be found throughout the United States and particularly in the state of Texas, which has the second largest Hispanic population in the United States (surpassed only by California), with 39% of its residents being of Hispanic descent. It is estimated that 31% of that population lacks health insurance.
Studies indicate that breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among Hispanic women in the United States. Breast cancer among Hispanic women in the United States is less likely to be diagnosed at a local, more treatable stage, and Hispanic women are less likely to receive appropriate and timely treatment in comparison to non-Hispanic white women.
The Gift of Life would like to improve upon those statistics. Between 2015 and 2016, the Gift of Life screened more than 1,200 Hispanic clients. This year, alone, more than 320 Hispanic clients have been provided free lifesaving Gift of Life screenings, with an average of 12 – 15 Hispanic women per site.
The Gift of Life strives to provide all Southeast Texans with compassionate care and lifesaving cancer screenings, regardless of ethnic, cultural or language barriers.
This holistic and comprehensive process begins with communication. Through the support of knowledgeable translators and interpreters, like Bernice Loza and Martha Suarez, the Gift of Life provides marketing, educational materials, applications and documents in Spanish, with bilingual staff readily available to answer questions and offer support.
Many non-English speaking Hispanic patients put off medical appointments until they can find a friend or family member who can accompany them and interpret. This barrier to care is alleviated at all Gift of Life screening sites where bilingual staff and volunteers are present to guide our clients through the screening process seamlessly and in their native language. At each site, Martha Suarez stands at the ready to translate every aspect of a client’s care and interpret for medical staff, ensuring that each woman is fully informed. Hispanic clients are provided the same breast health education as all other clients and are equally encouraged to seek early detection of cancer. To make it easy for all clients to have equal access to our free services, bilingual case workers help our clients overcome socioeconomic challenges, like lack of childcare and transportation, at every screening site, as needed.
Gift of Life Community Health Worker Bernice Loza is a remarkable resource for the complex challenges that can affect Hispanic women. She provides expert client navigation, offering additional support services that commonly affect our clients, along with access to organizations that can help them understand immigration laws and surmount unemployment, poverty and lack of healthcare.
Bernice is also a bilingual patient advocate who works with clients who have received a positive breast cancer diagnosis. Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary – for anyone! – but would be even more distressing if the information was shared in an unfamiliar language. The role Bernice plays in helping Spanish-speaking breast cancer clients understand their diagnosis, develop a treatment plan and communicate with hospitals and doctors is priceless. Love, care and concern is expressed and, most importantly, understood with her invaluable support.
Thanks, in part, to the Avon Breast Health Outreach Program Grant, the Gift of Life can retain knowledgeable and compassionate bilingual staff members who can assist our diverse clientele. Our skilled staff are empowered to reach out to local women in need and ensure that the limitations of language, culture or income do not prevent them from receiving the lifesaving screenings and support they need to live a healthy, happy life.
Meet our Program Services Team
Each year, the Gift of Life provides nearly 2,500 clinical breast exams and mammograms to Southeast Texas women who would otherwise go without these essential, lifesaving screenings.
Helping each client bridge their individual and unique barriers to medical care is an enormous task that requires the skills, experience and compassion of knowledgeable case workers and staff who ensure that each woman receives superior care in her journey to health and healing.
Thanks, in part, to the funding provided by the Avon Breast Health Outreach Program Grant, the Gift of Life can maintain a full staff of individuals who excel in their field of care. At each step of their path, Gift of Life clients are loved, cared for and assisted by extraordinary Gift of Life Program Services staff who go above and beyond the call of duty.
Please enjoy a glimpse into our staff and the important role they play in our clients’ lives:
Kristen Foster, CHW: Kristen Foster is a full-time employee who is the first line of reception for many Gift of Life clients. She answers client calls and assists in providing them with the help they need as they seek and receive care. Impediments, like lack of childcare or transportation, that might otherwise prevent a woman from receiving a free screening are overcome with Kristen’s help. If a client is struggling to pay their electricity bill or is without adequate groceries to feed their family, she can route them through community services that can immediately offer relief. Additionally, Kristen manages client paperwork, helps complete client applications and schedules client screenings.
Molly Lee, CHW: At every mobile mammography van site or hospital screening site, Molly Lee, a full-time employee, is present to navigate women through care. The day before the screening, she arrives to set up and preemptively resolve any problems that might affect the success of the screening. During the site, she manages client paperwork, coordinates volunteers and addresses client concerns as they arise. Molly ensures each client receives a clinical breast exam and helps provide the Gift of Life’s educational materials about performing self-breast exams, understanding your body and making healthy lifestyle choices. She’s even been known to babysit children as their guardian is being screened! To make certain that clients don’t miss their appointment, Molly mails reminder letters one week prior to their screening, followed by reminder calls and texts. She reschedules clients that cancel and reiterates the importance of self-care at every step of the way.
Bernice Loza, CHW: Bernice Loza is a part-time, bilingual employee who bridges language barriers as the Gift of Life provides care for its Spanish-speaking clients. Bernice schedules follow-up appointments and diagnostic mammograms for those who present abnormal results. If a woman is diagnosed with cancer through our screenings, Bernice personally meets with them, comforts and supports them and provides them with a Gift of Life Survivor Bag, filled with heartfelt items that will help them through their cancer journey. Many Gift of Life breast cancer patients struggle with financial limitations. As a highly skilled and knowledgeable Community Heath Worker, Bernice can connect those clients with the additional support services they need.
Christina Morris, BSN, RN: As Gift of Life Program Manager, Christina is a full-time employee who oversees and coordinates every aspect of the Gift of Life’s mission. Her goal is to provide each client with a compassionate, holistic experience. Christina brings her extensive medical expertise to the team and often works as a patient advocate for clients who experience a multitude of health problems or require assistance communicating with their physicians and providers. In addition to her extensive role, Christina plans and coordinates the Gift of Life Pink Power Network Breast Cancer Support Group. By staying informed on the most pertinent topics affecting breast cancer patients and survivors, she can offer customized meetings that uplift and empower our Pink Power Ladies during their journey to healing and health.
Charlotte Simoneaux: A part-time employee, Charlotte Simoneaux has a long and rich history with the Gift of Life. She is familiar with every aspect of the organization and is keenly acquainted with other community services that can benefit our clients. Charlotte serves as a tireless advocate who can manage special concerns and circumstances that might affect our women. In addition to this important role, Charlotte schedules and coordinates mobile mammography van sites and manages important reporting documents. Charlotte, a true to friend to those in need, is often a client chauffeur, who shuttles women who lack transportation to and from screening sites.
Martha Suarez: As a bilingual, part-time employee, Martha plays an important role in the seamless navigation and care of the Gift of Life’s Hispanic clientele. In addition to translating documents, forms and educational materials, Martha also helps schedule clients, complete their applications and resolves issues of childcare and transportation. By communicating with Hispanic women in their native language, Martha helps each client understands how to care for herself, make healthy lifestyle choices and benefit from the lifesaving services available through the Gift of Life.
Gift of Life clients enjoy remarkable care, compassion and concern with our exceptional Program Services team. The Gift of Life is so fortunate to have the support of Avon Breast Health Outreach Program to enable it to continue providing skilled and committed caregivers for our beloved clients.
Gift of Life Receives Grant from Avon Breast Health Outreach Program
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The Julie Rogers “Gift of Life” Program Receives $50,000 Grant from Avon Breast Health Outreach Program for Women’s Breast Health & Wellness Program
Local Organization Recognized with Support From National Program
{Beaumont, Texas / February 2, 2017} – The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $50,000 one-year grant to The Julie Rogers “Gift of Life” Program to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer. It is the seventh year that the program has received funding from the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade to support its work on this important health issue, and in recognition of the program’s excellence.
The Gift of Life Women’s Breast Health & Wellness Program will educate Southeast Texas women and provide them with free mammograms and clinical breast exams in their own communities. The vital program will also provide diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds and biopsies with access to cancer treatment for medically underserved women. Additional client services include primary care screenings with on-site educators offering cancer awareness and healthy lifestyle information and materials to reduce the risk of disease.
Since 1994, the Gift of Life has reached more than 100,000 women with information about the importance of early detection of breast cancer and has offered almost 32,000 free mammograms and clinical breast exams. The Gift of Life recently expanded its women’s wellness services by enlisting local health departments as providers in the deliverance of preventative healthcare screenings, including blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. Education regarding breast cancer, skin cancer, tobacco prevention and nutrition are also provided at Gift of Life screening sites.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, 17,060 new cases of breast cancer will be detected in Texas this year and 2,830 lives will be lost (ACS Cancer Facts and Figures). While advances have been made in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure, early detection still affords the best opportunity for successful treatment. Programs such as the Gift of Life Women’s Breast Health & Wellness Program help ensure that all women have access to early detection information and options, even poor and medically underserved women.
“The Gift of Life is honored by Avon’s support of its mission to save lives through strategic collaborations that champion preventative healthcare and our organization’s “no-cost” medical services. Our program advances regional medical and educational initiatives that directly impact the health and well-being of Southeast Texans in our seven-county service area. The much-needed and appreciated award by the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade will further our lifesaving efforts and reduce countywide health disparities,” said Gift of Life Executive Director Norma Sampson.
Since 1993, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade has awarded more than 1,800 grants to community-based breast health programs across the United States, including the Gift of Life Women’s Breast Health & Wellness Program. The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade awards funding to beneficiaries ranging from leading cancer centers to community-based grassroots breast health programs to support breast cancer research and access to care. Many programs are dedicated to educating underserved women about breast cancer and linking them to early detection screening services. Visit avonbhop.org for more information.
The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program is administered by Cicatelli Associates Inc. to support community-based, non-profit breast health programs across the country. The Fund’s National Advisory Board selected the Gift of Life Women’s Breast Health & Wellness Program as one of 56 new grant recipients nationwide in the 2016 cycle of Avon Breast Health Outreach Program grants. These organizations were chosen based on their ability to effectively reach women, particularly minority, low-income, and older women, who are often medically underserved. For more information on the Gift of Life Breast Health & Wellness Program, please call 409.833.3663. To learn more about the Avon Breast Health Outreach Program, visit www.avonbhop.org
Gift of Life and Miracle Match for Life: Saving Lives in Southeast Texas
Mobile Mammography Van Sites
Thanks to the extraordinary support of Miracle Match for Life, nearly 40 medically underserved Southeast Texas women received free preventative health screenings, clinical breast exams and mammograms from the Gift of Life.
Founded by BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals and Total Port Arthur Refinery in 2002, this synergistic partnership strives to educate and heighten awareness for bone marrow and blood donations, cancer screenings and cancer prevention in Southeast Texas, with a special emphasis on at-risk African-American, Native American and Hispanic communities.
Since 2003, the Gift of Life, Gulf Coast Marrow Donor Program and LifeShare Blood Centers have annually benefited from the proceeds of the Miracle Match for Life golf tournament. This financial impact has helped the Gift of Life make available more than 950 free mammograms for medically underserved Southeast Texas women, extending the lives of eleven individuals who were diagnosed with breast cancer and navigated into treatment. In addition, Miracle Match for Life has contributed to thousands of free Gift of Life prostate cancer screenings, helping extend the lives of 69 men.
The Gift of Life is making a real difference in our community. I’m so grateful to this organization and the other groups that support it for making available these free screenings that I could not otherwise afford. – Gift of Life client at a Miracle Match for Life-sponsored van site
At this year’s Miracle Match for Life-sponsored van site at Christian Faith Missionary Baptist Church, the Gift of Life, through its medical collaboration with the Port Arthur Health Department healthcare representatives, provided preventative healthcare screenings, including blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. Education regarding breast cancer, skin cancer, tobacco prevention and nutrition was also provided to encourage healthy lifestyle practices that reduce the risk of disease. Miracle Match for Life’s generous support of Gift of Life preventative healthcare initiatives greatly enhances the community’s health and well-being.
The Gift of Life is also fortunate to have the support of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, a program that strives to increase awareness of the lifesaving benefits of early detection of breast cancer. For six years, the Gift of Life has benefited from funding through the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade’s Breast Health Outreach Program (BHOP), which funds 56 community outreach and breast cancer screening programs nationwide in an effort to link medically underserved women to breast health education and screening services. Low-income, under-insured, and other marginalized populations often need targeted, customized approaches to help them obtain regular mammograms and clinical breast exams. Through the Avon BHOP, the Gift of Life is empowered to offer these lifesaving services throughout seven Southeast Texas counties.
With the support of Miracle Match for Life, Avon BHOP and other generous donors, the Gift of Life has helped extend the lives of more than 275 Southeast Texans who have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer and treated through its efforts.
Gift of Life and St. Katharine Drexel: Saving Lives in Southeast Texas
Thanks to the extraordinary support of St. Katharine Drexel, nearly 40 medically underserved Southeast Texas women received free preventative health screenings, clinical breast exams and mammograms from the Gift of Life.
Since 2004, the program has been a valued advocate of the Gift of Life, helping the organization provide nearly 600 free clinical breast exams and mammograms to medically underserved women in Southeast Texas.
If it wasn’t for the Gift of Life, I wouldn’t be able to get a mammogram and have this great service. – Gift of Life client at St. Katharine Drexel-sponsored van site
St. Katharine Drexel Humanitarians carries the name and spirit of the patron saint of philanthropists, Mother Katharine, who devoted her life to the education and health of oppressed African Americans and Native Americans.
This spirit of compassion inspires the local efforts of St. Katharine Drexel Humanitarians, which is led by a committee of dedicated individuals, including Reverend Monsignor William Manger, and hundreds of tireless volunteers. The organization greatly enriches the region by mobilizing people and resources in the medical and faith communities to improve the overall health and well-being of individuals in Beaumont through programs that focus on disease prevention, healing and wholeness.
Recognizing the organization’s outstanding community leadership and its shared mission of providing vital healthcare for medically underserved Southeast Texans, the Gift of Life presented its prestigious Julie Rogers “Spirit of Love” Award to St. Katharine Drexel Humanitarians in 2013.
In addition to its support of the Gift of Life, St. Katharine Drexel collaborates with several non-profit organizations to orchestrate an annual health fair for medically underserved individuals who might not otherwise receive essential care and services. Since the health fair’s inception, thousands of Southeast Texans have benefited from the organization’s goodwill, with the number of individuals greatly increasing each year.
At this year’s St. Katharine Drexel-sponsored van site at Cristo Rey Church, the Gift of Life, through its medical collaboration with the Beaumont Health Department healthcare representatives, provided preventative healthcare screenings, including blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. Education regarding breast cancer, skin cancer, tobacco prevention and nutrition was also provided to encourage healthy lifestyle practices that reduce the risk of disease. St. Katharine Drexel’s generous support of Gift of Life preventative healthcare initiatives greatly enhances the community’s health and well-being.
With the support of St. Katharine Drexel Humanitarians, Avon BHOP and other generous donors, the Gift of Life has helped extend the lives of more than 275 Southeast Texans who have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer and treated through its efforts.
Gift of Life and BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC: Saving Lives in Southeast Texas
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Thanks to the extraordinary support of BASF TOTAL Petrochemical LLC, nearly 40 medically underserved Southeast Texas women received free preventative health screenings, clinical breast exams and mammograms from the Gift of Life.
Since 2000, BASF TOTAL has been a committed champion of the Gift of Life Breast Cancer Program, generously contributing essential funds to help the organization provide free clinical breast exams and mammograms for Southeast Texas medically underserved women.
Each year, the company sponsors four UTMB mobile mammography van sites: two sites through BASF TOTAL, with an additional two sites underwritten by its Miracle Match for Life sponsorship. A collaborative effort of BASF and Total, Miracle Match for Life promotes the importance of cancer screening and prevention in Southeast Texas, marrow donors and blood donations. Annually, Miracle Match for Life hosts a golf tournament with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Gift of Life.
Benevolent support from BASF TOTAL and Miracle Match for Life have made available nearly 2,200 free clinical breast exams and mammograms and helped to extend the lives of 14 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer at BASF TOTAL or Miracle Match for Life screening sites and were navigated into treatment by the Gift of Life.
My cousin died from breast cancer. That’s why I know the importance of getting a mammogram once a year. Several members of my family have had different kinds of cancers. It’s just scary to know that I have a higher risk. I feel very fortunate to have this service in my community. – Gift of Life client at BASF-sponsored van site
BASF TOTAL also endorses the Gift of Life’s Prostate Cancer Program that provides primary care tests and prostate cancer screenings for medically underserved Southeast Texas men.
In 2004, BASF TOTAL’s extraordinary community impact was recognized by the Gift of Life with its distinguished Corporate “Spirit of Love” Award for the company’s outstanding leadership and support of the organization’s mission to provide quality healthcare for medically underserved individuals.
At this year’s BASF-sponsored van site at Procter Baptist Church, the Gift of Life, through its medical collaboration with the Port Arthur Health Department healthcare representatives, provided preventative healthcare screenings, including blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol. Education regarding breast cancer, skin cancer, tobacco prevention and nutrition was also provided to encourage healthy lifestyle practices that reduce the risk of disease. BASF’s generous support of Gift of Life preventative healthcare initiatives greatly enhances the community’s health and well-being.
With the support of BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC, Avon BHOP and other generous donors, the Gift of Life has helped extend the lives of more than 275 Southeast Texans who have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer and treated through its efforts.
Gift of Life Kicks Off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with 6th Annual Julie Richardson Procter 5K Ribbon Run Color Rush
More than 6,500 Southeast Texans were immersed in the color and spirit of survivorship at the 6th Annual Julie Richardson Procter 5K Ribbon Run Color Rush.
The event honors the loving memory of Julie Richardson Procter, who passed away after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. It was Procter’s wish that her illness would serve as a meaningful platform to educate women about the signs and symptoms of the disease.
The Ribbon Run, generously supported by presenting sponsor The Byrd Law Firm and title sponsors H-E-B and Jason’s Deli, featured color blast stations, lively music, a health-related Wellness Village, a Kiddie Color Zone, great prizes and entertainment.
Click here to view our gallery of photos.
“This day has been amazing, and I am so thankful to be involved with the Gift of Life,” said event co-chair Sherry Paschal, “Even though I’m fighting cancer again, I know that I have the support of this organization. I’ll never lose my hope!”
Co-Chair Christy Simon highlighted the importance of the organization’s mission.
“This regional walk/run heightens awareness of the risks and symptoms of breast, ovarian and other gynecological cancers, while also celebrating the strength and courage of cancer survivors,” Simon said. “Along the route, breast and ovarian cancer educational messages were posted, combining fun with critical cancer facts.”
The opening ceremony kicked off with an inspiring musical rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by award-winning country music singer Jimmy Kaiser, followed by poignant survivor testimonials by cervical cancer survivor Karen Pierce, breast cancer survivors Anne Winslow, RN, MSN, FNP-C and Co-Chair Sherry Paschal and ovarian cancer survivor Lola Campbell Wilber.
Brock Enterprises again provided the start/finish line scaffolding and spectacular ceremony event stage that each year inspires the spirit of celebration at the 5K Ribbon Run.
Winners of the 5K were: first place, Sergio Sanchez; second place, Nolan Moore; and third place, Bree Fontenot.
Following the conclusion of the run at the festive and jubilant Celebration Ceremony, the crowd was energized by soulful tunes performed by Houston jazz Yvonne Washington and the Mix, a dance performance by Kelly Dance Force and a symbolic balloon release, led by cancer survivors Ania Bender, Joanna Clark and Lola Campbell Wilber.
“As we let go of our balloons, we send forth this message: You are not alone,” said Bender, during the balloon release.
Also at the ceremony, Previty Clinic for Surgical Care and Gift of Life honored 12 Angels Among Us, extraordinary champions for the organization’s mission and voices of compassion and support for women and cancer survivors: Ania Bender ; Judy Black; Joanna Clark ; Robin Dauphin; Carol Fernandez; Becky Mason; Patti McSpadden; Apryl Mensah, MD; Dora Nisby; Penny Sullivan; Lola Campbell Wilber ; and Karen Wortham.
Ribbon Run teams and sponsors were also recognized for their extraordinary support, with top team fundraiser Cynthia Shaw awarded with an Apple iPad for her tremendous efforts. Second place fundraiser Schalanda Berry and third place fundraiser Anne Self received Best Buy and restaurant gift cards for their much appreciated help that raised funds for the program. Linda Long was the lucky winner of the 55” smart television from the Wellness Village draw.
Additionally, the City of Beaumont was acknowledged for the support of its various departments, including the Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services, Traffic Management, Streets and Drainage, Event Facilities and Public Works.
All proceeds from the event benefit the Gift of Life’s breast and ovarian cancer initiatives, which impact thousands of Southeast Texans each year.
Serving Southeast Texans for more than 20 years, the Julie Rogers “Gift of Life” Program offers free healthcare services and education for residents within seven Southeast Texas counties. Since inception, the organization has helped extend the lives of more than 275 individuals who have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer and navigated through treatment and healing.
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Sensing the Iron Age and Roman Past: Geophysics and the Landscape of Hertfordshire
An adventure in Hertfordshire archaeology.
Geophysical survey in archaeology
On this page we are going to provide short descriptions of the sites at which we have been working. First off, Gil Burleigh has written an introduction to the site at Ashwell.
Ashwell End Late Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement
In September 2002 a metal detectorist in Great Buttway field unearthed a Roman temple treasure hoard consisting of gold and silver decorated plaques, gold jewellery, and a silver figurine. Many of the plaques displayed images of the Roman goddess Minerva and several of them bore inscriptions. When the inscriptions were read by Ralph Jackson of the British Museum, they did not mention Minerva, but instead a hitherto unknown Romano-Celtic goddess, Senuna.
The following Spring, Gil Burleigh, Hon. Field officer for North Hertfordshire Archaeological Society, organised geophysical, metal detecting and surface artefact collecting surveys across the northern part of the field around the findspot. Further geophysical surveys, mainly undertaken by Prof. Mark Noel of GeoQuest Associates and the University of Durham, were undertaken over a wider area in 2004, 2006 and 2008. The results depicted rectilinear enclosures and a ditched trackway characteristic of the Romano-British period at the northern end of the field, and a palimpsest of curvilinear enclosures and pits of Iron Age character to the south, “looking like a spider’s web”, as Mark said.
Gil directed excavations around the hoard findspot during the four years, 2003-2006. What was revealed was a very unusual, largely open-air, site used for ritual feasting and the deposition of coins, personal dress items, and other materials, including at one time many pig carcasses from shortly before the Roman conquest until the mid-second century AD. Activities continued on the site thereafter until the temple treasure hoard was buried, probably in the early fourth century. Publication by the British Museum is likely in 2014.
Six Acres, Broomhall Farm
I reproduce below the article published in the Autumn 2010 issue of WASNews under the title “Fieldwork in the WADS Area”.
Recent fieldwork by the Society in the WADs (Watton, Aston and Datchworth) area has resulted in an exciting find which is likely to become a major focus for our work over the next few years. It is worth, however, rewinding the story to the beginning.
Back in the 1970s John Wallace, Honorary Member and long time supporter of the Society, picked up an amphora sherd on one of his fields and took it to St. Albans museum. Great excitement ensued as the sherd pre-dated the Roman invasion of AD 43 and was thought to be an indication of an important Iron Age site nearby. A small one man excavation was carried out by the British Museum in the depths of winter. John remembers giving Tony Pacitto coffee and thawing him out by the fire. This small excavation turned up nothing much of note, and in fact the British Museum now has no records of the dig ever having taken place. This is site 4b in the map published in our Winter 2005 newsletter.
Now let us fast forward to 2005/2006. Andy Wight of the North Herts Charity Metal Detector Club began metal detecting in Cartway, the site marked 4a on the map. Andy started finding quite a remarkable set of Iron Age, Roman and Medieval artefacts originally reported in our Spring 2006 newsletter. By June of this year he had registered 135 objects with the Portable Antiquities Scheme including many Roman coins and a copper-alloy wax spatula handle of Roman date. The handle takes the form a three-dimensional bust of Minerva (Figure 1). The coins recovered include one Iron Age issue, but the Roman series is much like most rural sites in Britannia, apart from being slightly more prolific than many (Figure 2).
Figure 1: Bronze wax spatula handle found by Andy Wight. Image from the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Figure 2: Distribution of coins by date found by Andy Wight. The periods are those used by Richard Reece. Periods 13/14 are the late third century, periods 16-21 are the fourth century.
In 2007 I was asked to teach a one day course on geophysics for Master‘s students at the Institute of Archaeology. Although the field Andy was searching was under crop, the pasture next door was available and so we spent a day undertaking some magnetometry and resistance survey. Bryan Scott later went back and completed the res work. This limited survey discovered two linear features running across the site, possibly ditches. While I was away in the summer of 2008 Tony and the gang dug two long trenches to locate these ditches one of which contained Iron Age pottery, and one of which contained some Roman pottery (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Excavations undertaken by Tony Rook in 2008.
This Spring I was again asked to teach a field school in geophysics and surveying. We again returned to the pasture and extended our survey. Some more features started to show up and so we returned to the field whenever the magnetometer was available, and have now completed almost the entire field (Figure 4). Much to our excitement we have found a large rectangular enclosure with a smaller horseshoe shaped feature in the middle. The two ditches originally found were seen again. The very harsh black/white line running diagonally across the plan is an old defunct waterpipe. Of course, Murphy‘s law dictates that the pipe should run across the junction of the new enclosure and the two original ditches masking the pattern in the archaeology.
Figure 4: Magentometry survey undertaken in the Spring of 2010. The strong black and white line represents an old water pipe. The black lines are ditches. The red circle indicates the approximate location of the 2008 trenches and the orange lines the position of the 2010 trenches. The grid consists of 20m squares, north to the top of the plot.
Bryan Scott‘s excellent idea of using pieces of steel scaffold pole hammered flush into the ground as permanent survey points has worked extremely well meaning that we can relocate any point within our survey with accuracy. In fact, when we were replacing grid pegs we often found the remains of older pegs still in the ground! Thanks to Tim Sly of the University of Southampton, our permanent survey points now have high accuracy OS coordinates as well.
In order to investigate these features further, we are in the process of excavating three 5 by 1m test trenches shown in Figure 4 in orange. Obviously, these three trenches are placed to examine the three new features. Trench 1, which isn‘t all that deep yet, has contained Roman pottery and a few tiny scraps of samian pottery tentatively identified by Clare as early South Gaulish samian. Trench 2 is the most advanced of our trenches and we have excavated a ditch which contained, mainly in its upper fills, late Iron Age grog tempered pottery along with a piece of amphora handle and a piece of Verulamium ware. The amphora is possibly an early Spanish example (Figure 6). [Ed. Now identified as Italian Dressel 1b.] The final trench across the horseshoe shaped feature revealed a charcoal and bone rich layer with yet more Iron Age pottery. We are now trying to decide if the heavy clay underlying this layer is another ditch fill. Unfortunately, the clay subsoil in this field makes for difficult digging and is acidic which means the bone is in poor preservation. We have had, however, an antler from Trench 3 and a cow‘s jaw from Trench 2 along with other bones.
Figure 5: The crew watch Lewis Orchard at work in Trench 2 (well it was tea break!).
Fig 6: Some of the finds from Trench 2 after they had been washed.
So what is this site? It is difficult to be definitive with these various bits and pieces of evidence and I am ever cautious. What I will say is that the site closest in plan to our geophysics is the Iron Age phase of the temple at Hayling Island in Essex. The only problem is that our site is at least four times larger!
There are many unanswered questions. Are all the ditches of the same date despite their varied fills? Why is there no late Roman material here whereas in the field next door Andy has found lots of late Roman finds? How does this site relate to Lower Rivers Field, Great Humphreys and all the rest? So many things to investigate.
We need to finish these trenches off before the winter weather sets in. Anybody willing to come out and help dig are asked to contact Clare Lewis. As always, we will be sending emails around with details of dates and times.
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harmful steroids
Fairness steroids
fairness creams
dermalogists
Fairness steroids pose serious risks
Can Lead To Infections, Facial HairRupali Mukherjee | TNN | February 08, 2017, 08:44 IST
Studies suggest that the sale of topical steroids account for 82% of sale all topical drugs in India. The derma market is growing double-digit, and is valued at over Rs 6,000 crore.
In the pursuit of becoming a few shades fairer, you may be inviting serious side-effects and potentially grave infections. Popular cosmetics and fairness creams are not the culprit here but topical medications which contain a "cocktail of harmful steroids" supposed to be dispensed only through a prescription.
These drugs are increasingly becoming a popular source of attaining fairness egged on by societal pressure where fairness is widely believed to be a ticket for success in personal life, and, sometimes even social mobility. In fact such has been their misuse, that the government has classified all steroids for topical/external application (ester, salt, preparation) under Schedule H, the category of drugs which need to be dispensed only through a prescription (not over the counter), and cannot be advertised. Under these new guidelines, there has to be a 5 mm thick red band on the tube/packet of all Schedule H products, with the words 'Scheduled drugs' in black letters to be printed on it.
Certain topical medication containing a cocktail of harmful steroids, form part of the list of 344 fixed dose combinations, banned by the government last year, with the case now to be heard in the Supreme Court.
The sale of steroid creams is over half a billion dollar business, with almost two-thirds of which are sold without prescription. If the new law is seriously implemented and enforced, it will stop this unethical, dishonest and unhealthy business, Dr Koushik Lahiri founding chair, IADVL Taskforce Against Topical Steroid Abuse (ITATSA) told TOI, adding certain top-selling topical steroid cocktail creams are unscientific and irrational.
"Indiscriminate use of potent steroid containing cocktail creams (steroid+antibiotic+antifungal) over the counter without prescription is the real culprit", he said. There are over 1000 brands of topical steroids sold in the domestic market. Studies suggest that the sale of topical steroids account for 82% of sale all topical drugs in India. The derma market is growing double-digit, and is valued at over Rs 6,000 crore.
Dermatologists point out simple skin conditions are becoming almost non-treatable due to the widespread use of these cocktail-type creams. There is also an increase in the number of patients with side effects caused by steroid creams, used either alone or in combination with a topical anti fungal and/or anti bacterial.
One of the side effects of steroid-containing creams is thinning of the skin, where the skin appears paler and hence steroid-containing creams are being misused as fairness creams. Prolonged use causes other side effects like horrendous acne, unwanted facial hair, stretch marks, aggravation of infections and dependence on the cream, doctors say.
"The triple combination creams are bought over the counter, or prescribed by doctors who are unsure of the diagnoses, as a "shot-gun therapy", for any skin rash, with the hope that one of the ingredients will work. When used in the presence of infection, there may be a deceptive reduction in symptoms, but the rash rebounds with a vengeance, resulting in infections that are resistant to treatment, require a higher dose and longer treatment time to recover", dermatologist Belinda Vaz said.
A taskforce of doctors formed to prevent the abuse of topical steroids recently, ITATSA, took a pledge recently to refrain from prescribing these harmful and irrational combinations, and educate people to prevent topical steroid abuse.
Tags : Diagnostics, harmful steroids, Fairness steroids, fairness creams, dermalogists, Creams, cosmetics
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Lon track 11-12 August 2012
The second weekend of August saw the VHRR’s third long-track meeting, the Winton Festival of Speed. About 270 cars; racing, sports racing, production sports car, touring car, and standard road cars took part in on track action.
After an accident prone race, take two for the combined Groups M, O, V & FF grid on Saturday, Tim Blanchard did grandpa proud by taking a clean-sweep of wins for the weekend in the family’s Van Dieman RF88. The battles were fought behind though, with a hard fought battle for third place between David Hardman (Elfin 600 FF) and Nick Bennett (who has switched to a sister-model vehicle of the Blanchard car), crossing the line 1 tenth apart. Foggy was in his element in commentary watching the next generation takeover.
Using my ‘road kill’ hat to warm the tyres of Peter Strauss’ Brabham BT11A seemed to help out for Sunday morning’s race where he was the first of the Groups M&O racing cars home, ahead of the concours-prepared Elfin Mono of Norm Falkner.
Group S production sports cars contributed to the event with some good numbers, allowing the grid to be split into two – with an Sa & Sb grid, and separating of the Sc grid.
This paved the way for some exciting racing in the earlier era race with dices between Sa and Sb cars all throughout the field. Laurie Burton (TVR Tuscan) stomped away with the win Sunday morning from Jackson (Austin-Healey 3000) & Bartley (Sprite), while outside the top-three, the battle was on with Brian Duffy doing the A/H 3000 camp happy outdoing the photo finish between Brian Weston (MG Midget) & Andrew Begg (Porsche 911).
In the Sc races, Michael Bryne had an uncharacteristic off-track excursion in the Super 7 S4 while battling the Porsche contingent, but in race two made up ground and fought his way back into second place behind someone who’s not accustomed to not be at the front, Geoff Morgan. Chris La Rosa took to Spencer Harrison’s 911 like he’d being driving the car for years, but was pipped to the final podium place by Rohan Little who put on a stellar performance all weekend.
Entries were down for the more modern categories, which was evident in the P, Q & R event. It was a battle of the March entries; with Kim Jones (80A) & Andrew Makin (73B) swapping wins (although neither hoped for the swap).
The organisers worked with the programme in the lead-up & changed the Group N fixture, as they were grouped together instead of an over & under 3-litre field, and the Saturday Top 10 shootout was lessened to a Top 5. Sunday’s Rose City Touring Car Trophy race covered 20 laps, and by the end was a much strung-out affair with Michael Hibbert (Charger) taking out a huge win from Angelo Tarato (Torana) & Cam Worner (Falcon).
A seemingly similar non-attendance by the other major drawcard with the 10 entries taking to the track in the Group C & A event. Three did not survive the 15 lap ‘pit-stop’ race in Sunday’s feature time, including David Towe who expired with smoke pouring from the front brake area in his M3. Mike Roddy took a deserved win in the Jaguar XJS, miles ahead of the A9X Torana of Steve Parrott & the Milton Seferis Commodore.
Talk around the paddock was that some of the most interesting racing came from the J, K & L field, which was dominated by Group L cars. Ken Bedgood did the Penrite clan proud winning all three races across the weekend. Graeme Raper recovered from missing the first race to finish in the top 10 on Sunday (gearbox replacement Saturday night). The minor places on this podium changed during all three races, displaying the fine racing shown, but it was good to see Dick O’Keefe taking a second in the final.
There were two regularity events, plus an all-Porsche one, and combined the two regular regularity events made up for a vast portion of the entire event grid. Pete ffrench took out a mandatory win for the weekend, but left it to the final, and I managed to leave nominating a time to the final event!, and finished fifth, much to my surprise.
Report by: Charles Rogers / Historic Racing Australia
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Could I install a hidden passageway in my home?
by Molly Edmonds
Building Your Own Batcave: Installing Hidden Passageways
Hmm, who knew this room was behind the cupboard?
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Hidden passageways can be anywhere in the home. What may look like an ordinary grandfather clock could slide to the side to expose a hidden passageway. A perfectly normal staircase could swing up from the bottom, like a garage door opening, to reveal a hidden hallway. And your favorite armchair may be a comfortable place to watch sitcoms, but lift up that cushion and instead of finding crumbs and loose change, you could encounter a slide to a secret room below.
Hidden passageways don't work that differently from what we've seen in the movies. Their entry is camouflaged with an everyday object. You may press on a book or twist a candlestick and voila! A bookcase turns or a fireplace rotates to reveal space you didn't know existed. Because thieves may not be looking twice at those commonplace objects, the feature can be great for safety. Say you have two wall niches with a painting in the middle. If you move a vase in one of the niches, the painting will slide upward. Below the painting is a fingerprint scanner, and if the prints match, the other niche will slide open to reveal a safe. Or perhaps you have a certain knock code, an optical sensor or a voice recognition system that activates the door to your hidden passageway -- all of these security features are available.
If you're ready to install a secret passageway, then any architect could design and install it, though you might have to endure some sober fuddy-duddies rolling their eyes. If you're seeking a creative door, then a company such as Hide A Door or the Hidden Door Company can provide custom entrances. There's even at least one company -- Creative Home Engineering in Tempe, Ariz. -- that specializes in designing and installing hidden passageways for the home.
If you were to enlist the services of Creative Home Engineering, then you're only limited by the size of your imagination and your wallet. Want a hidden passageway that would do Batman, James Bond or even Scooby-Doo proud? Then feel free to suggest it. The owner of the firm, Steve Humble, was inspired by the hidden staircases and revolving fireplaces of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" [source: Casey].
Installing a hidden passageway could cost anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000 [source: Summers-Sparks]. A cool activation mechanism, like a clock that will open doors when the hands are moved to midnight, will cost an extra $200 [source: Casey]. Creative Home Engineering does sell a do-it-yourself kit for those who want absolutely no one to know about their secret rooms, but the firm will also send staff all over the world for installation.
For an elaborate series of hidden tunnels, it's better to do the work as part of new construction because an existing home may not be able to meet the structural demands [source: CNBC]. A retrofit may be possible, but there are plenty of small additions, such as a revolving bookcase or a unique doorway, that can be made to homes.
And what does this hard work get you, besides hours of adventure? As we mentioned, hidden passageways can be used for safety and security or something as simple as storage. You're also adding a whimsical touch to the home that may pay off when you're ready to sell. Some real estate agents say that hidden passageways can increase the value of your home, and at the very least, you'll attract more house hunters interested in viewing the property [source: Quinn].
But is there a downside to this kind of secrecy? Turn the page to read about how hidden passageways have been used throughout history.
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How to use the Microsoft Phone app on your Android phone
Simon Hill / Digital Trends
Did you e-mail yourself a photo or a screenshot to get it from your phone to your computer? You may upload images to a service like Google Photos or Dropbox and then download them to your PC. With the Your Phone App from Microsoft, you can connect your Android phone directly to your Windows PC or laptop and drag and drop photos or screenshots. With the app you can also receive and send SMS from your phone on your computer. In this guide we'll show you how to set it up, what it can do and where it does not work.
How to Set Up Microsoft Your Phone
If you have a PC or laptop with Windows 1
0 April 2018 Upgrade (version 1803) or later and an Android phone with Android 7.0 Nougat or later, then you can use your phone from Use Microsoft. Both devices must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
Note: Support for iOS is coming, but at the time of writing this manual, there is still no sign of it.
You can download and install Microsoft's Your Phone App for Windows 10.
You can also find them by typing "Your Phone" in the search bar or by clicking the button at the bottom left of the button and scrolling down to start the Microsoft Store. If you found the "Your Phone" page, click Get and follow the instructions to install the app.
When you're done, you can start the app and you'll be asked to install a counterpart on your Android phone. The easiest way to do this is to enter your number and the link to install the app will be sent via SMS. Alternatively, visit the Google Play Store and enter "Your Phone Companion" in the search bar. Install the app on your Android phone.
The two apps should sync, and you'll be asked to grant different permissions on your Android phone to link the devices and give access to your photos, text, phone calls, and contacts. [19659012] Once you grant access, your phone will appear in the Windows Phone app on your computer. You can access the latest photos or messages, and there is a settings page.
The Photos section contains the last 25 photos or screenshots taken on your Android phone. You can click to share or edit them, or you can simply drag and drop them to your desktop or folder.
The Messages section lists the last 15 conversations and lets you enter and send new text messages using the desktop or laptop keyboard.
App Phone Limitations
As mentioned, photos and screenshots are limited to the last 25 shots. If you take a new one, you can tap "Refresh" to get the updated list.
The messages are limited to the last 15 conversations, but could not be displayed in the desktop app. We tested your phone with a Google Pixel 3, and despite the troubleshooting tips, existing messages just are not syncing. We were able to send new text messages from the computer and pass through new incoming messages that we received while linking Pixel 3 in the App Your Phone on our desktop PC – as well as other notifications at the bottom right of the screen.
A quick look at the reviews on the app in the Microsoft Store and the Google Play Store makes it clear that the issues are not uncommon.
Microsoft suggests that the App Your Phone runs constantly so that your phone and your computer are connected, but also acknowledges that this will affect the battery life. The ability to transfer photos and screenshots without having to search and plug in a cable is a big attraction for us, and the app does not have to run for that. You can simply load it when you transfer a picture. [19659020]
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Yapa, Sharinie; Mulla, Omar; Green, Victoria; England, James; Greenman, John
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© Copyright 2017, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017. The global incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing, and metastatic spread to the lymph nodes is common in papillary thyroid carcinoma. The metastatic course of thyroid carcinoma is an intricate process involving invasion, angiogenesis, cell trafficking, extravasation, organ specific homing, and growth. A key aspect in this process involves a multitude of interactions between chemokines and their receptors. Chemokines are a group of small proteins, which act to elicit normal physiologic and immune responses principally through recruitment of specific cell populations to the site of infection or malignancy. Thyroid cancer cells, like other tumors, possess the ability to corrupt the chemokine system to their advantage by altering cell movement into the tumor microenvironment and affecting all aspects of thyroid cancer progression.
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2016.0660
Keywords Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Endocrinology
Publisher URL http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/thy.2016.0660
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Elizabeth Wentz
WENTZ@asu.edu
Armstrong Hall Tempe
School of Geog Sci & Urban Pln
Dean & Professor
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 2501
Administrative, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 2501
Urban Climate Research Center
Dean of Social Sciences
SPARC - Spatial Analysis Research Center
Senior Sustainability Scientist
Elizabeth Wentz is the dean of social sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of geographic technologies with particular emphasis on how such technologies can be used to understand urban environments. Geographic technologies, which include Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and spatial analysis, offer insight into how human activities and physical space relate in urban systems by using quantitative methods to measure and analyze such activities.
Professor Wentz's teaching focuses on geographic technologies and graduate-level research design and proposal writing. Her book, "How to Design, Write, and Present a Successful Dissertation Proposal," guides students through the dissertation proposal process.
Ph.D. Geography, Pennsylvania State University 1997
M.A. Geography, The Ohio State University 1989
B.S. Mathematics, The Ohio State University 1987
Shape and pattern analysis, geographic information science, applications of GIS to urban environment, urban remote sensing, water resource management
Wentz, Elizabeth A. How to design and write a dissertation research proposal. Sage Publications (2013).
Other Refereed Publications:
Zhao, Qunshan, Soe Myint, Elizabeth Wentz and Chao Fan . Rooftop surface temperature analysis in urban residential environment, Remote Sensing, 7, 12135-12159; doi:10.3390/rs70912135 (2015).
Jia, Jessica, Kelli Larson, and Elizabeth A. Wentz, Quantifying the trade-off between landscape vegetation height, surface temperature, and water consumption in single-family homes in Tempe, AZ, Inquire 1: 16-35. (2015).
Deitrick, Stephanie and Elizabeth A. Wentz, A dual theory of uncertainty for decision making, Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2015).
Li, W., Chen, T., Wentz, E. A., & Fan, C., 2014, NMMI: A Mass Compactness Measure for Spatial Pattern Analysis of Areal Features. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 104(6), 1116-1133. (2014).
Wentz, Elizabeth A., Angela J. Wills, Won Kyung Kim, Soe W. Myint, Patricia Gober, and Robert C. Balling Jr., Factors Influencing Water Consumption in Multifamily Housing in Tempe, Arizona. The Professional Geographer, 66(3): 501-510, DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2013.805627 (2014).
Shimizu, Melinda, Randall S. Cerveny, Elizabeth A. Wentz, and Kevin E. McHugh, Geographic and Virtual Dissemination of an International Climatic Announcement. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2014).
Wentz, Elizabeth A., Sharolyn Anderson , Michail Fragkias , Maik Netzband, Victor Mesev , Soe W. Myint , Dale Quattrochi , Atiqur Rahman and Karen C. Seto , Supporting Global Environmental Change Research: A Review of Trends and Knowledge Gaps in Urban Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, 6, 3879-3905; doi:10.3390/rs6053879 (2014).
Ouyang, Yun, Elizabeth A. Wentz, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Sharon L. Harlan, 2013, A Multi-Scale Analysis of Single-Family Residential Water Use in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12133 (2013).
Myint, Soe W., Elizabeth A. Wentz, Anthony Brazel, Dale Quattrochi, 2013, The impact of human-made features and natural landscapes on urban warming, Landscape Ecology 28(5):959-978, DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9868-y (2013).
Talen, Emily, Eliot Allen, Amanda Bosse, Josh Ahmann, Julia Koschinsky, Elizabeth A. Wentz, and Luc Anselin, 2013, LEED-ND as an Urban Metric, Landscape and Urban Planning 119: 20-34 DOI:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.06.008 (2013).
Wentz, Elizabeth A., Angela J. Wills, Won Kyung Kim, Soe W. Myint, Patricia Gober, and Robert C. Balling, Jr., 2013, Factors Influencing Water Consumption in Multifamily Housing in Tempe Arizona, The Professional Geographer DOI:10.1080/00330124.2013.805627 (2013).
Wentz, Elizabeth A., Dale Quattrochi, Maik Netzband and Soe Myint 2012. Synthesizing urban remote sensing through application, scale, data and case studies, Geocarto International, DOI:10.1080/10106049.2012.687400 (2012).
Larson, Kelli L., Dorothy C. Ibes, and Elizabeth A. Wentz. Identifying the water conservation potential of neighborhoods in Phoenix, AZ: an integrated socio-spatial approach. In Geospatial Approaches to Urban Water Resources. Ed., P. Lawrence. Springer Series Geotechnologies and the Environment: Planning and Socioeconomic Applications, 39 pp. (2012).
Gober, Patricia, Elizabeth A. Wentz, Timothy Lant, Michael Tschudi, and Craig Kirkwood 2011. WaterSim: A Simulation Model for Urban Water Planning in Phoenix, Arizona, USA Environmental and Planning B doi:10.1068/b36075 (2011).
Garrity, Colleen, Randall Cerveny, and Elizabeth A. Wentz. Vertical Moisture Profile Characteristics of Severe Surface Drought and Surface Wetness in the Western U.S.: 1973-2002. International Journal of Climatology (2010).
Wentz, Elizabeth A., Donna J. Peuquet, Sharolyn Anderson. An ensemble approach to space-time interpolation. International Journal of Geographical Information Science (2010).
Harms, Tamara K., Elizabeth A. Wentz, and Nancy B. Grimm. Spatial heterogeneity of denitrification in semi-arid floodplains. Ecosystems (2009).
P. Karnick, D. Cline, A. Razdan, E. Wentz, P. Wonka. A Shape Grammar for Developing Glyph-based Visualizations,. Computer Graphics Forum (2009).
Yabiku, Scott T., Jennifer E. Glick, Elizabeth A. Wentz, Steven A. Haas, and Li Zhu. Migration, health, and environment in the desert southwest. Population Environment (2009).
Elizabeth Wentz, David Nelson, Atiqur Rahman, William Stefanov, Shoursaseni Sen Roy. Expert System Classification of Urban Land Use/Cover for Delhi, India. International Journal of Remote Sensing (2008).
Emily Williams, Elizabeth Wentz. Pattern Analysis based on Type, Orientation, Size, and Shape Geographical Analysis. Geographical Analysis (2008).
Jason WALKER, Robert BALLING, John BRIGGS, Madhusudan Katti, Paige Warren, Elizabeth Wentz. Birds of a feather: interpolating distribution patterns of urban birds. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems (2008).
Seung-Jae Lee, Elizabeth Wentz. Applying Bayesian Maximum Entropy to Extrapolating Local-Scale Water Consumption in Maricopa County, Arizona. Water Resources Research (2008).
Elizabeth Wentz, Patricia Gober. Factors Influencing Water Consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Water Resources Management (2007).
Eric Keys, Elizabeth Wentz, Charles Redman. The spatial structure of land use from 1970-2000 in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. Professional Geographer (2007).
ERIC KEYS, Elizabeth Wentz, Charles Redman, Charles Redman. The Spatial Structure of Land Use from 1970-2000 in the Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan Area. The Professional Geographer (2007).
Robert Edsall, Elizabeth Wentz. Comparing strategies for active learning in introductory undergraduate geography courses: physical models vs. computer visualization. Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2007).
Robert Edsall, Elizabeth Wentz. Comparing strategies for learning in introductory undergraduate geography concepts: physical models vs. computer visualization. Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2007).
Soe Myint, Elizabeth Wentz, Sam Purkis. Is Getis index more effective than spatial autocorrelation in detecting spatial pattern? A case study of an urban land use and land cover mapping. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (2007).
Ruddell, Darren, Wentz, Elizabeth. Scale; Population; and Spatial Analysis: A Methodological Investigation. (2007).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Structural Analysis of Land Use Pattern in Delhi India. Proceedings for the 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. (2007).
Wentz, Elizabeth Ann. Cognitive models of space. Encyclopedia of Human Geography (2006).
Elizabeth Wentz, William Stefanov, Corinna Gries, Diane Hope. A comparison of land use and land cover mapping approaches in an arid urban environment. Computers Environment and Urban Systems (2006).
DiBiase, D, DeMers, M, Johnson, A, Kemp, K, Luck, A, Plewe, B, Wentz, Elizabeth Ann. Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge. (2006).
DiBiase, D, DeMers, M, Johnson, A, Kemp, K, Luck, A, Plewe, B, Wentz, Elizabeth Ann. Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge, 1st Ed. (2006).
Elizabeth Wentz, William Stefanov, Corinna Gries, Diane Hope. A comparison of land use and land cover mapping approaches in an arid urban environment. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems (2005).
Cole, Christopher, Wentz, Elizabeth, Christensen, Philip. Expert system approach for classifying land cover in New Delhi India using ASTER imagery. (2005).
Moeller, Matthias, Wentz, Elizabeth. ISPRS WG VII/I "Human Settlements and Impact Analysis". IEEE, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science (2005).
Brenda Koerner, Elizabeth Wentz, Robert Balling. Projected carbon dioxide (CO2) for the year 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Environmental Management (2004).
Elizabeth Wentz, Aimee Campbell, Robert Houston. Implementing and testing two methods of spatio-temporal data interpolation applied to tracking the movement of monkeys. International Journal of Geographical Information Science (2003).
Harvey Miller, Elizabeth Wentz. Geographic Representation in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis. Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2003).
. . Review of: Modelling Scale in Geographical Information Science (2003).
Elizabeth Wentz, Patricia Gober, Robert Balling, Day Thomas. Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Carbon Dioxide in an Urban Environment. The Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2002).
Thomas Day, Patricia Gober, Fusheng Xiong, Elizabeth Wentz. Temporal patterns in near-surface CO2 concentrations over contrasting vegetation types in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2002).
. . Review of: Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, 3rd edition (2002).
Elizabeth Wentz, Barbara Trapido-Lurie. Structured Internships in Geographic Information Science Education. Journal of Geography (2001).
Elizabeth Wentz, Brandon Vogt, Michael Kuby. Use of geographic information systems for extraction of peak and canyon locations in the State of Arizona. Cartography and Geographic Information Science (2001).
Michael Kuby, Elizabeth Wentz, Brandon Vogt, Randall Virden. The Arizona 20-20 Challenge. Tourism Geographies (2001).
Michael Kuby, Elizabeth Wentz, Brandon Vogt, Randy Virden. Experiences in Developing a Tourism Web Site for Hiking Arizona's Highest Summits and Deepest Canyons. Tourism Geographies (2001).
Wentz, Elizabeth, Anderson, Sharolyn, Stefanov, William, Briggs, John. Desert Fire History and Effects on the Phoenix, Arizona, Metropolitan Area. (2001).
Elizabeth Wentz. Development and Testing of a Trivariate Shape Measure for Geographic Analysis. Geographical Analysis (2000).
George Hepner, Carolyn Merry, Dawn Wright, Elizabeth Wentz, Sharolyn Anderson, Amy Budge. Remotely Acquired Data and Information in GIScience. UCGIS Research Initiative (2000).
Wentz, Elizabeth A. Harvey J. Miller. Encyclopedia of Geography, Barney Warf (ed) (0).
Garrity, Colleen, Randall Cerveny, and Elizabeth A. Wentz. Vertical Moisture Profile Characteristics of Severe Surface Drought and Surface Wetness in the Western U.S.: 1973-2002. International Journal of Climatology (0).
Gober, Patricia, Elizabeth A. Wentz, Timothy Lant, Michael Tschudi, and Craig Kirkwood. WaterSim: A Simulation Model for Urban Water Planning in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Environmental and Planning B (0).
Lee, Seung-Jae, Elizabeth A. Wentz, and Patricia Gober. Temporal Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) to Forecast Future Water Consumption in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (0).
Ruddell, Darren and Elizabeth A. Wentz. Multi-tasking: scale in geography. Compass Geography (0).
Elizabeth A. Wentz, William L. Stefanov, Matthias Möller, Maik Netzband, and Anthony Brazel. The Urban Environmental Modeling (UEM) Project 100 Cities: the legacy of the first phase and next steps. Global Mapping of Human Settlement: Experiences, Data sets, and Prospects (0).
White,Dave Douglas*, Abbott,Joshua K, Aggarwal,Rimjhim M, Anderies,John M, Bliss,Nadya T, Eakin,Hallie C, Gober,Patricia, Hanemann,William Michael Micha, Hanemann,William Michael Micha, Johnston,Erik W, Larson,Kelli Leigh, Larson,Kelli Leigh, Maciejewski,Ross, Mack,Elizabeth Anne, Miller,Clark Anson, Pfeiffer,Deirdre A, Quay,Raymond G, Redman,Charles L, Redman,Charles L, Sabo,John L, Sampson,David Arthur, Schoon,Michael L, Turner II,Billie Lee, Turner II,Billie Lee, Vivoni,Enrique, Vivoni,Enrique, Wang,Zhihua, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann, Westerhoff,Paul, Wiek,Arnim, Wutich,Amber Yoder, York,Abigail. DMUU: DCDC III: Transformational Solutions for Urban Water Sustainability Transit. NSF-SBE(9/1/2015 - 8/31/2019).
Wentz,Elizabeth Ann*. Synthesis of LCLUC Studies on Urbanization:State of the Art Gaps in Knowledge. YALE UNIV(1/1/2015 - 12/31/2017).
Yabiku,Scott Thomas*, Glick,Jennifer Elyse, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann. Innovation in the Measurement of Community Contextual Features. HHS-NIH-NICHD(6/15/2013 - 3/31/2016).
Myint,Soe W*, Aggarwal,Rimjhim M, Selover,Nancy Joan, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann. Evaluation of Drought Risks and its Impact on Agricultural Land and Water Use to Support Adaptive Decision-making. DOC-NOAA(8/1/2012 - 7/31/2016).
White,Dave Douglas*, Anselin,Luc E, Balling,Robert C, Basile,George Matthew, Basile,George Matthew, Brazel,Anthony J, Eakin,Hallie C, Ellis,Andrew Walton, Elser,Monica Mueller, Elser,Monica Mueller, Gammage,Grady, Gober,Patricia, Gober,Patricia, Guhathakurta,Subhrajit, Guhathakurta,Subhrajit, Kenrick,Douglas T, Kirkwood,Craig William, Lant,Timothy W, Larson,Kelli Leigh, Larson,Kelli Leigh, Ledlow,Susan Elizabeth, Murray,Alan Todd, Nelson,Margaret C, Neuberg,Steven Laurence, Redman,Charles L, Redman,Charles L, Smith,Vincent Kerry, Turner II,Billie Lee, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann, Westerhoff,Paul, Wiek,Arnim, Wutich,Amber Yoder, York,Abigail. Decision Center for a Desert City II - Urban Climate Adaptation. NSF-SES(9/15/2010 - 8/31/2016).
Wentz,Elizabeth Ann*, Myint,Soe W. International Workshop on Geospatial Solutions to Analyze Rapid Urbanization. NSF-SBE(9/1/2010 - 8/31/2012).
Wentz,Elizabeth Ann*, Edsall,Robert M. Advancing watershed N management at the local level: Incorporating stream reach ecosystem N sinks into an environmental spatial decision support syste. UNIV OF RHODE ISLAND(9/1/2007 - 5/31/2012).
Wonka,Peter*, Razdan,Anshuman, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann. SEI(GEO): Visual Geo-Analystics. NSF-CISE(2/14/2007 - 7/31/2010).
Wonka,Peter*, Razdan,Anshuman, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann. SEI(GEO): Visual Geo-Analystics. NSF-CISE(8/1/2006 - 2/13/2007).
Childers,Daniel L*, Aggarwal,Rimjhim M, Allen,Jonathan Ostrom, Allen,Jonathan Ostrom, Anderies,John M, Anderies,John M, Arrowsmith,Ramon, Basile,George Matthew, Basile,George Matthew, Bolin,Robert, Bolin,Robert, Boone,Christopher G, Boone,Christopher G, Brazel,Anthony J, Briggs,John M, Deviche,Pierre, Earl,Stevan Ross, Elser,Monica Mueller, Faeth,Stanley H, Fraser,Matthew P, Gries,Corinna, Grimm,Nancy B, Grossman Clarke,Susanne, Hall,Sharon, Harlan,Sharon, Harlan,Sharon, Harlan,Sharon, Hartnett,Hilairy, Hope,Diane, Johnson,James Chadwick, Johnson,James Chadwick, Kaye,Jason, Kinzig,Ann, Kuby,Lauren H, Larson,Kelli Leigh, Majumdar,Anandamayee, Martin,Chris A, Martin,Chris A, Mccartney,Peter H, Myint,Soe W, Nash,Thomas H, Nation,Marcia L, Peccia,Jordan Lee, Redman,Charles L, Redman,Charles L, Sabo,John L, Shears,Brenda L, Shock,Everett, Shock,Everett, Smith,Vincent Kerry, Stutz,Jean C, Stutz,Jean C, Tarrant,Philip E, Turner II,Billie Lee, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann, Westerhoff,Paul, Wiek,Arnim, Wu,Jianguo, Wutich,Amber Yoder, Yabiku,Scott Thomas, York,Abigail. Central Arizona Phoenix LTER: Phase 2. NSF-BIO(12/1/2004 - 11/30/2011).
Gober,Patricia*, Balling,Robert C, Bolin,Robert, Bolin,Robert, Corley,Elizabeth, Corley,Elizabeth, Elser,Monica Mueller, Gries,Corinna, Griffin,William Albert, Kinzig,Ann, Mccartney,Peter H, Nelson,Margaret C, Razdan,Anshuman, Razdan,Anshuman, Redman,Charles L, Redman,Charles L, Rowe,Jeremy, Rowe,Jeremy, Saltz,Charlene, Taylor,Thomas J, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann, White,Dave Douglas, White,Dave Douglas, Zehnder,Joseph A. Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC): Science and Policy of Climate Uncertainty. NSF-SBE(9/15/2004 - 8/31/2011).
Barton,C Michael*, Arrowsmith,Ramon, Clark,Geoffrey Anderson, Falconer,Steven Edward, Fall,Patricia L, Redman,Charles L, Sarjoughian,Hessam Seyed, Sarjoughian,Hessam Seyed, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann. Land-Use and Landscape Socioecology in the Mediterranean Basin. NSF-ENG-BCS(8/15/2004 - 9/30/2010).
Balling,Robert C*, Day,Thomas, Fernando,H J S, Gober,Patricia, Hogan,Timothy D, Klopatek,Jeffrey M, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann. DYNAMICS OF AN URBAN CARBON DIOXIDE DOME. NSF-BIO(5/1/1999 - 4/30/2003).
Wentz,Elizabeth Ann*, Kuby,Michael. ARIZONA'S 20/20 CHALLENGE. AZ OFFICE OF TOURISM(2/1/1999 - 8/31/1999).
Redman,Charles L*, Allen,Jonathan Ostrom, Anderies,John M, Arrowsmith,Ramon, Bolin,Robert, Brazel,Anthony J, Briggs,John M, Christensen,Philip R, Elser,Monica Mueller, Faeth,Stanley H, Fisher,Stuart G, Gober,Patricia, Gries,Corinna, Grimm,Nancy B, Harlan,Sharon, Hogan,Timothy D, Hope,Diane, Kaye,Jason, Kinzig,Ann, Martin,Chris A, Martin,Chris A, Mccartney,Peter H, Nash,Thomas H, Peccia,Jordan Lee, Pijawka,David, Shears,Brenda L, Sommerfeld,Milton R, Staley,Frederick Allan, Stutz,Jean C, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann, Westerhoff,Paul, Wu,Jianguo, Zehnder,Joseph A. CENTRAL ARIZONA-PHOENIX LTER. NSF-BIO(8/18/1997 - 12/31/2006).
GPH 692 Research
PUP 494 Special Topics
GIS 494 Special Topics
GIS 690 Reading and Conference
GIS 591 Seminar
GPH 790 Reading and Conference
GCU 790 Reading and Conference
GPH 799 Dissertation
GCU 799 Dissertation
GPH 595 Continuing Registration
GCU 492 Honors Directed Study
GPH 492 Honors Directed Study
GCU 493 Honors Thesis
GCU 499 Individualized Instruction
GCU 592 Research
GCU 595 Continuing Registration
GCU 599 Thesis
GPH 493 Honors Thesis
GPH 499 Individualized Instruction
GPH 599 Thesis
S. Myint, A. Brazel, E. Wentz. The impact of detailed land-cover categories on urban warming. ASPRS meeting (Apr 2010).
E. Wentz, A. Brazel, S. Myint, A. Wills. Outdoor water consumption and the impact on the urban heat island in Phoenix AZ. Annual meeting of the association of american geographers (Apr 2010).
E. Wentz. The urban environmental monitoring project. ASU, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (Feb 2010).
E. Wentz. Computational spatial analysis techniques for better understanding urban water demand. Department of Geography, University of California – Los Angeles (Feb 2009).
Elizabeth Wentz. The Urban Environmental Monitoring Project: 100 cities. Department of Geography, Florida State University (Oct 2008).
Robert Edsall and Aileen Buckley and Elizabeth Wentz. The interface between cartography and remote sensing with. American Association for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (May 2008).
Elizabeth A Wentz. Geographic pattern analysis: an exploration of methodological, applied, and theoretical problems. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, ASU (Apr 2008).
Elizabeth Wentz. Geographic pattern analysis: an exploration of applied, methodological, and theoretical problems. Association of American Geographers (Apr 2008).
Yabiku, Scott T., Jennifer E. Glick, Steven Haas, and Lu Zhu, . Migration, Health, and Environment in the Desert Southwest. Population Association of America (Apr 2008).
Elizabeth Wentz. The Urban Environmental Monitoring Project: 100 cities. Department of Geography, University of New Mexico (Apr 2008).
Elizabeth A Wentz. Geographic pattern analysis: an exploration of methodological, applied, and theoretical problems. Department of Geography, University of Texas – Austin (Feb 2008).
E. Wentz J. Howard, K. Larson, and D. White. The Use of GIS as a Decision-Support Tool by Water Managers in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona State University CAP – LTER, (Jan 2008).
E. Wentz S. J. Lee. Spatial Extrapolation Mapping Based on Aggregated Data: Countywide Extrapolation of Phoenix Water Use Data. Arizona State University CAP – LTER, (Jan 2008).
E. Wentz S.J. Lee, and P. Gober. Temporal Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) to Forecast FutureWater Consumption in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona State University CAP – LTER, (Jan 2008).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Defining pattern for data mining and spatial data analysis. Autocarto (Jun 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth. A spatial decision support tool for regional water managers: scenarios for predicting residential water consumption. Decision Support Systems Symposium (May 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth, Lant, T. A spatial decision support tool for regional water managers: scenarios for predicting residential water consumption. Decision Support Systems Symposium, Tucson AZ (May 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Classifying land cover in New Delhi India using ASTER imagery. Association of American Geographers (Mar 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Factors Influencing Water Consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. AAG annual meeting, Chicago IL (Mar 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Factors Influencing Water Consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (Mar 2006).
Nelson, David, Wentz, Elizabeth. Classifying land cover in New Delhi India using ASTER imagery. AAG annual meeting (Mar 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Factors Influencing Water Consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Decision Center for a Desert City (Feb 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth, Gober, P. Factors Influencing Water Consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. DCDC Water Briefing (Feb 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth, Gober, P. Factors Influencing Water Consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. CAP LTER poster symposium (Jan 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Factors Influencing Water Consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona State University CAP-LTER (Jan 2006).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Expert system approach for classifying land cover in New Delhi India using ASTER imagery. 3rd International Symposium Remote Sensing and Data Fusion Over Urban Areas (URBAN 2005) (Mar 2005).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Expert system approach for classifying land cover in New Delhi India using ASTER imagery. 5th International Symposium Remote Sensing of Urban Areas (URS 2005) (Mar 2005).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Polygon Pattern Analysis based on Type, Orientation, Shape, and Size. GIScience (Oct 2004).
Wentz, Elizabeth. Implementing and testing two methods of spatio-temporal data interpolation applied to tracking the movement of monkeys. (Sep 2004).
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138 vehicles parked outside MP quarters belong to kin: Copshttps://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/138-vehicles-parked-outside-mp-quarters-belong-to-kin-cops/
138 vehicles parked outside MP quarters belong to kin: Cops
Police survey after MPs complained cars of outsiders were being parked outside their North Avenue homes.
Written by Shalini Narayan | New Delhi | Published: November 5, 2013 1:01:24 am
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The Delhi Police has intimated the Parliamentary Housing Committee regarding 138 vehicles that are permanently parked outside the quarters of Members of Parliament in North Avenue. Police claimed that these vehicles were owned by individuals who had given them to the MPs for their use.
The survey was conducted after several parliamentarians complained that vehicles that did not belong to them were frequently found parked outside their bungalows. They alleged that these vehicles,which belonged to outsiders,were found parked in the area at night.
According to police sources,the housing committee then asked the Delhi Police to prepare a list of the vehicles and submit it to the committee.
A senior police officer said,The MPs had been complaining about the unidentified vehicles parked outside their houses for a long time. They wanted the vehicles to be removed since there was no parking space available for their own vehicles.
A police team visited the houses and chalked out a list of all those cars in the area that did not belong to the parliamentarians and submitted it to the committee. The vehicles that figure on the list include Toyota Fortuners,BMWs and other high-end vehicles,police said.
Police sources said after the list was submitted,the committee directed them to record the ownership details of each vehicle.
Police said when they wrote to the owners for details,it was found that many of the vehicles were registered in the names of the family members of the MPs,their personal staff or persons known to the parliamentarians. Police said the persons known to the MPs responded saying that the vehicles were parked outside for use by the parliamentarians.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) SBS Tyagi said,After the survey,we spoke to the parliamentarians. All of them admitted to the fact that the vehicles belonged either to their family members,their personal staff or people they knew. None of the vehicles were found to have been registered in the names of the MPs.
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Lucknow: VHP to begin special drive to enroll women, girlshttps://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/lucknow-vhp-to-begin-special-drive-to-enroll-women-girls-5359532/
Lucknow: VHP to begin special drive to enroll women, girls
The general secretary also added that the Bajrang Dal would carry out a special week-long exercise from September 25 to October 2 to spread awareness on values.
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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will soon begin a special drive to enroll women and girls and train them in “securing Hindu families”.
The group’s general secretary Milind Parande, who was in Lucknow on Sunday, said that the drive would target women and girls above the age of 15. The campaign is expected to begin later this month.
“Last year, we had conducted a special membership drive for Bajrang Dal and 32 lakh youth had joined us. Similarly, we expect a large number of women and girls would join our two women’s wings — Durga Wahini and Matra Shakti,” said Parande. He said that women who would join them would be empowered to not only become economically independent but also be able to “save Hindu families from social evils”.
The general secretary also added that the Bajrang Dal would carry out a special week-long exercise from September 25 to October 2 to spread awareness on values. “During the Yuva Sanskar Saptah (Week of Youth values), awareness would be created about family values, de-addiction, road safety, cow protection, forced conversion and love jihad,” he said.
The VHP has also convened a special meeting of saints associated with Ram Temple movement from different parts of the country in Delhi to discuss future line of action on the issue. “While a small temple is already there (in Ayodhya), now the question is when to construct a magnificent temple after clearing the legal hurdles. The work of cutting stone for the main garbh griha (sanctum sanctorum) has already been completed,” he said.
Expressing concern over alleged forced religious conversions and maintaining that atleast three states in the country have already become “Christian-dominated”, Parande said that “Missionaries are fooling simple and common people. Thus we make an appeal to the government to stop it.” He said that the governments should remember that if they have to work for the welfare of the country then welfare of “Hindus” must be central. “This does not mean that we do not want welfare of others, but Hindu welfare has to be the central point,” he said, adding that on January 31 and Feburary 1, a “Dharma Sansad” would be called in Allahabad during Kumbh mela to discuss important issues of cow protection and conversion.
When asked about recent visit of Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Mansarovar, Parande said, “I do not know whether Rahul is a Hindu or not but I would be happy if he acts in accordance with Hindu Dharma.”
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By M.J. Moores on January 17, 2014 • ( 0 )
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Hannah Strong
by S.J. Matthews ~
She climbed atop the horse that most reminded her of Hershey and trotted off to Central Park. Her form was a little off at first, but she synced up with the rhythm of the horse. They took to the riding path. She watched the flushed faces of joggers. They appeared to be as content in running shoes as she was in the saddle. One of the faces grabbed her eyes. He jogged with a petite ponytailed blonde. She turned the horse around and followed the pair. Could it really be him with another woman? Was that the reason for his absence?
She eased up on the chase as she neared the sweaty figures. The woman’s ponytail swished back and forth as she worked to keep pace with her companion. Hannah decided it wasn’t worth it to run two probable strangers down because of her paranoia. She could almost see the headline in the New York Times. She might even be deemed unfit to be a teacher. She patted Callie’s lithe neck and felt bad about dragging her into the angst. It was time to head back.
Upon leaving Claremont, she headed to a payphone.
“Hello?” asked Christie, her best friend.
“Will you be my movie date?” asked Hannah.
“If you buy me some popcorn,” said Christie. “What are we going to see?”
“Romancing the Stone, of course. Craig was supposed to take me, but you know how that goes.”
Hannah could almost hear the eye roll on the other end of the line. Christy always thought Craig was an asshole, which made her job as maid of honor at their wedding somewhat uncomfortable. Her toast was laced with contempt disguised as sarcasm. She promised bodily harm if he ever hurt Hannah. Craig dismissed her as a half-witted bimbo who drank too much. Christy confessed to Hannah that steady alcohol was the only way she had survived their wedding.
“Yeah, I know. He’s so fucking romantic.”
“Are you okay with my choice?” asked Hannah.
“You mean the movie, right?”
“What did you think I meant?”
“Nothing. The movie is perfect. Michael Douglas is so hot.”
“I went riding today,” Hannah said before polishing off her turkey sandwich. She and Christy had a once a month tradition of eating dinner at Katz’s Deli. They normally topped off the meal with a luscious slice of New York Cheesecake, which was a meal in itself.
“Really?” said Christy. “I had no idea. I thought you dress like this all the time.”
Hannah groaned. “Do you have to be so sarcastic?”
“Yes. It’s a survival method. How was the ride?”
“It was great until I thought I saw Craig jogging with another woman.”
Christy pushed her empty plate aside and said, “Do you really think it was him?”
Hannah sighed. “I don’t think so. Maybe I’m just paranoid.”
Christy patted her hand. “Not like your fears are unfounded. After all, he does have a history of doing s*** like that.”
Hannah flinched. She knew the words weren’t meant to hurt her. They stung nonetheless.
“I’m sorry,” said Christy. “Let’s talk about anything else.”
Hannah managed a weak smile and nodded.
“Are you all packed for your trip? I am so jealous, by the way.”
“I’ve started. I’ll finish up tonight.”
“How’s your dad? You think he’ll cooperate?”
Hannah took a lengthy sip of her root beer and said, “He’d better. I’ll leave his ass behind otherwise.”
Christy chuckled and said, “No you won’t.”
Their waitress returned with the check. “You ladies need anything else?”
Christy smiled. “We both want the cheesecake.”
Hannah shook her head and said, “No, I can’t eat a whole one. We can share.”
Christy looked at her like she had asked to share her Prada bag.
“I’m not sharing. Get your own.”
“No, I’ve gained a few. I’ll pass this time around.”
“They only thing you’ve gained is baggage,” Christy said. She glanced at the waitress and said, “Two cheesecakes with strawberry syrup.”
The rich dessert was too much for Hannah. She forced it into a carryout box. Christy ate everything. She was blessed with a size two figure and the metabolism of a hummingbird.
“Do me a favor while you’re out there.”
Hannah eyed her with suspicion and said, “What is it?”
“Find a hot guy and bone his brains out.”
Anyone else might have been shocked by words like that. This was everyday speak for Christy, though. Hannah rolled her eyes and bagged up her box.
“I’m married,” she said. “Besides, two wrongs don’t make a right.”
“You wouldn’t be in the wrong. He cheated on you, remember. That gives you proxy rights.”
“This conversation is finished. I mean it.”
Christy whipped out her credit card and said, “All right. Fine. Just trying to help. You need a Jack T. Colton.”
Hannah laughed. “I’m not exactly Kathleen Turner. Put your card up. It’s my turn to buy.”
“You’re hotter than Kathleen Turner,” said Christy. “I’m buying because your birthday is coming up.”
S.J. Matthews is a life-long resident of Texas. As such, she is in love with the Lone Star State and the things that best represent it: barbecue, horses, and a really good margarita on the rocks (not necessarily in that order). Born in Fort Worth and educated at Texas A&M University, she currently resides in Houston. Although she isn’t a Houston native, she has been in enough traffic jams to call herself a Houstonian.
After spending five years as a teacher of both special and general education students, she decided she wasn’t giving her family as much of herself as she should. Her young son faced a health crisis that made it impossible to work outside the home; it was during this time that she turned to her childhood dream of writing and began working freelance while writing fiction stories and blogging about them.
In addition to reading and writing, she enjoys movies, baking, collecting first editions and rare books. S.J. lives with her husband, son, a very hyper Boston Terrier, and a sometimes disgruntled Californian rabbit.
Hannah Strong is a prequel to S.J.’s impending novel Miracle at Santa Anita to be published in 2014.
Website: http://authorsjmatthews.weebly.com/
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Douglas Keane, Tony Gemignani and Martin Yan headline the new restaurant lineup at Rohnert Park’s Graton Resort & Casino
By Carey Sweet on July 7, 2013 at 7:39 AM
What Graton Resort & Casino will look like / Rendering: Graton Casino
When the Graton Resort & Casino opens at Highway 101 and Wilfred Avenue in Rohnert Park by the end of the year, the $800 million, 320,000 square foot project will bring a jackpot for diners as much as for poker players.
The restaurant line-up has just been finalized, and in high-end Las Vegas style, the culinary names are significant: Douglas Keane (the former Cyrus), Tony Gemignani (Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, Tony’s Coal Fired Pizza), Martin Yan (M.Y. China), and others, for a roster of four standalone restaurant plus a 24-hour, 500-seat marketplace featuring nine more casual eateries.
Notably, many of the restaurants are local, as will be their purveyors and staff. All the restaurants were handpicked by the Graton Casino owner, Graton Rancheria Federated Indians, led by tribal leader and chairman Greg Sarris.
“Bay Area people are really familiar with terrific food,” said Casino general manager Joe Hasson. “The restaurants are an essential ingredient in attracting and entertaining people, and giving them a reason – more than gambling – to come back often.”
Full restaurants will include M.Y. China, an offshoot of Yan’s San Francisco destination, featuring an exhibition kitchen with wok dishes, hand-pulled noodles and dim sum; and Tony’s of North Beach, which Gemignani describes as “a hybrid, 80 percent Tony’s pizzas, and 20 percent Capo’s Chicago pizzas, baked pastas and chicken.”
The Daily Grill is also expanding its West Coast chain presence, for classic American and Mediterranean dishes, while the upscale 630 Park Steakhouse is a casino-owned restaurant specializing in dry-aged beef and seafood.
Keane will be headlining the marketplace, with a new joint named DK Wings, offering gourmet chicken wings, fried chicken and a pickle bar featuring Sonoma Brinery pickles plus Keane’s own fermented recipes.
Other marketplace restaurants will include new outposts from Scoops/Three Twins Ice Cream of San Rafael, Slice House by Tony Gemignani, La Fondita of Santa Rosa, Boathouse Sushi of Rohnert Park, Roadside BBQ of San Francisco and San Rafael, the Beach Hut Deli chain, the Habit Burger Grill chain of Irvine, and Starbucks.
Keane chose to join the marketplace because he was impressed with the flexibility and new experiences it offers him, he said. Children will be allowed in all the eateries since there are private entrances. There will be parking spaces dedicated for take-out orders, and customers can order meals via their smart phones.
“I’ve wanted to do a casual concept with lots of value for a long time,” said Keane. “I love crispy, hot and juicy chicken, and it’s a new challenge for me.”
Some of the dishes on the DK Wings menu will include a Petaluma bird dressed in Thai chile, ponzu or tamarind glazes. Breading will be traditional style, or a blend of potato and flour for extra crispiness, or a “naked,” gluten-free option with no batter or skin. The price range is friendly, pegged at about $10 per person, enhanced with a couple beers and wines on tap.
The eatery also gives Keane more opportunity to stay in his hometown of Sonoma County.
“I’ve been offered so many times to open restaurants in Las Vegas,” he said. “Legitimate people wanted me to open everything from Market to Cyrus to Healdsburg Bar & Grill. I just never wanted to go, because I like it here.”
Plus, fast-casual is fun, he said, since the equipment used to create many dishes is quite high-tech.
“CVap (controlled vapor technology) controls heat and humidity, for preserving juiciness and crispiness,” he said. “The engineering is exciting, and it has applications for fine dining. It’s a cool new way to do stuff.”
The first question Gemignani asked, meanwhile, was “will there be a buffet anywhere in the casino?” Assured that there would not, he signed on for his 200-seat full service concept plus a by-the-slice option in the marketplace.
“I like that (the project operators) Station Casinos are family-owned,” he added. “They’re big, but very hands-on.”
Station Casinos is based in Las Vegas, and operates 18 properties in the Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson area.
Santa Rosa’s La Fondita manager Ivan Reyes described the casino opportunity as “huge” for his family; his mother, Maria Elena Reyes, is the chief talent behind the chicken mole, chile-cheese tamales, cochinita pibil and chilaquiles.
“Graton Rancheria came to us, and offered to help us expand,” said Reyes. “They recognized us and all our had work, which is an honor and a blessing. We’d be crazy to not say yes.”
To further promote the dining aspect, the casino is introducing a Graton Rewards Loyalty Program, whereby gamblers can accrue credit points usable at the restaurants.
Graton Resort & Casino: 630 Park Court (at Hwy. 101 and Wilfred Ave.), Rohnert Park; gratonresortcasino.com.
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Temperature Transmitter
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A temperature transmitter is a device that connects a temperature sensor to transmit the signal for monitoring and control purposes. Typically, the temperature sensor is either RTD, Thermistor or Thermocouple type sensor and will interface with a PLC, DCS.
Temperature transmitter’s is to isolate the temperature signal, amplify and convert the temperature to a 4-20mA or 0-10V DC range for further use. The current signal 4-20 ma temperature transmitters are common in manufacturing as the majority of industrial equipment communicates via this signal range. The transmitted signal can be scaled inside the temperature transmitter to accommodate the needs of the application, e.g. the 4mA can be represent -17.7°C (0° Fahrenheit) and the 20mA can be represent 37.7° C (100° Fahrenheit).
Types of temperature transmitter.
RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector or Resistance Temperature Device) is one of the temperature sensors commonly used in industry today. Also commonly referred to as PT100, its resulting popularity is due to its accuracy and response at temperatures between -300 to + 600 ° F.The RTD comprises of a resistor that changes with temperature. The most common RTD by far is the PT100. This measures 100 Ohms at 0 degrees C (32 °F) and 138.5 Ohms at 100 °C (212.0 °F).
How does an RTD work?
RTDs works as the temperature of a metal increases, then theresistance of the metal increases. Similarly, the temperature of the RTD resistance element increases, the electrical resistance increase in ohms (Ω). RTD are commonly specified according to their resistance in ohms at zero degrees Celsius. The specification of RTD is 100 Ω, which means that at 0° C the RTD element should demonstrate the resistance of 100 Ω. Platinum metal is commonly used in RTD.
How the RTD output convert into 4-20 mA?
The form of signal transmission used in industrial instrumentation systems is 4-20 mA DC. This is analog signal standard, meaning that the electric current is proportionately represent measurements or command signals. Typically, a 4 mA current value represents 0% of scale and 20 mA current value represents 100% of scale, and any current value in between 4-20 mA represents a commensurate percentage in between 0% and 100%.
Sensors with a 4-20 mA current loop output are extremely common in control applications and industrial measurement. They have wide power supply requirements, and easy to deploy and generate a low noise output, and can be transmitted without loss over great distances. A RTD whose resistance changes with a change in temperature can be used in conjunction with a 4-20 mA Current Output RTD Temperature Transmitter to generate a current output.
Thermistor is a type of temperature sensor whose resistance is dependent on temperature, more so than in standard resistors. These are widely used as inrush current limiters, negative temperature coefficient or NTC and positive temperature coefficient or PTC.
Thermistors are of two opposite fundamental types:
1. NTC thermistors: These types of thermistors are defined as the resistance decreases as temperature rises. Andthese types of thermistors are commonly used as a temperature sensor, or in series with a circuit as an inrush current limiter.
2. PTC thermistors: These types of thermistors are defined as the resistance increases as temperature rises. And these types of thermistors are commonly installed in series with a circuit, and used to protect against overcurrent conditions, as resettable fuses.
Thermistors is differ from RTD in that the material used in thermistor is generally a polymer or ceramic, while RTDs use pure metals. The thermistors are in the form of rods, beadsand discs but RTDs are in different shapes and sizes. The temperature response is also different; RTDs are useful over larger temperature ranges, while thermistors typically achieve a greater precision within a limited temperature range, typically −90 °C to 130 °C.
How a Thermistor to Measure Temperature.
We know the thermistor is a resistive device and therefore according to Ohms law, a current is passing through it, a voltage drop will be produced across it. As a thermistor it is an active type of sensor that is it requires an excitation signal for its operation, any changes in resistance as the result of changes in temperature and it would be converted into voltage change.
V= IR
For example a 10kΩ thermistor with a series resistor of 10kΩ, then the output voltage at the temperature of 25 degree Celsius will be half the supply voltage.When the resistance of the thermistor changes due to change in temperature, the fraction of the supply voltage across the thermistor also changes producing an output voltage that is proportional to the fraction of the total series resistance between the output terminals.
Thus the potential divider circuit is an example of a simple resistance-voltage converter where the resistance of the thermistor is controlled by temperature with the produced output voltage is proportional to the temperature. So the more temperature in the thermistor gets, the lower the voltage.
Thermocouple is an electrical device consist of two dissimilar conductors forming electrical junctions at differing temperatures. It produces a temperature-dependent voltage as a result of the thermoelectric effect, and this voltage can be measure temperature. These are widely used as temperature sensor.
Commercially these are inexpensive, interchangeable, are supplied with standard connectors, and can measure a wide range of temperatures. Other type of temperature measurement, thermocouples are self-powered and require no external form of excitation. The limitation of thermocouples is precision; system errors of less than one degree Celsius (°C) can be difficult to achieve.
These are widely used in industrial applications include temperature measurement for gas turbine exhaust, diesel engines, and other industrial processes. This type of sensors are also using in homes, offices and industrial applications in thermostats, and also as flame sensors in safety devices for gas-powered appliances.
RTD & Thermocouple temperature 4-20 mA current transmitter.
Thermocouple:
• These are Input devices types J, K, T, E, N, R, S.
• User selectable spans from entire TC or RTD range down to 15.0°.
• All ranges factory calibrated.
• Output resolution: 0.025% of span (12 bits).
• DIN rail mount package only 22.5 mm thick.
• Detachable screw-clamp connectors.
• Optional dual solid state relays for alarm or control.
RTD:
• Input for 100 ohm platinum RTDs with DIN and ANSI curves.
• Upscale or downscale open sensor indication.
• 2, 20, 200 mA and 5A DC current ranges.
• Isolated 4-20 mA or 0-10V isolated transmitter outputs, selectable.
• Output update rate: to 60/sec.
• Powered by AC or DC.
• Easy setup using Laurel’s PC-based Instrument Setup Software.
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News : Sanctions
Secretary of State Pompeo: US / India to work together to Halt Iran oil Imports ahead of Sanctions
INU - As sanctions are scheduled to return in November, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that the US is committed to working with India to reduce its Iranian oil imports.
Washington continues to aim for zeroing out Tehran's exports. After meeting with India's foreign and defense ministers in New Delhi, Pompeo said, "We will consider waivers where appropriate, but ... it is our expectation that the purchases of Iranian crude oil will go to zero from every country, or sanctions will be imposed.”
India is one of Iran's top oil customers. Its post-sanctions import plans will play a major role in the drop of Iranian exports in the coming months. According to an S&P Global Platts analysis on Thursday, India’s imports from Iran fell to 428,710 b/d in August, a plunge of 65% from July.
With buyers sourcing alternative supplies and halting their loadings to allow time to complete deliveries before the sanctions take effect, Iran’s exports have already begun falling. Platts Analytics expect a reduction of Iran's exports of crude and condensates by 1.44 million b/d by November when the sanctions go into effect, compared with April levels.
US oil exports could be a solution for some countries as they sever ties with Iran, Pompeo said, according to a Department of State transcript. "Many countries are in a place where they -- it takes a little bit of time to unwind, and we'll work with them, I am sure, to find an outcome that makes sense," he was quoted as saying.
"And from whence they purchase the other crude oil, we're happy to see if it's American products that are able to deliver for them," Pompeo added. "I think that'd be a great outcome.”Locking in low prices, India recently signed its first term contract for US crude exports.
David Goldwyn, president of Goldwyn Strategies in Washington said, "India has already cut back from historically high levels of imports from Iran” The State Department's top energy diplomat in 2009-2011 added, "I expect they will seek a graduated cutback, linked to global price levels.
Given disruptions in Venezuela, Nigeria and periodically in Iraq and Libya, Secretary Pompeo will have to share what assurances he has gotten from Saudi Arabia about the future of the Vienna Alliance to persuade India to make sharp reductions in November.”
Behind the US and China, India is the world's third-biggest energy consumer. The country must meet more than 80% of its crude requirements through imports. Its top crude suppliers are Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.
"The decision on Iranian imports will have to be taken independently, although the US sanctions will cut import volumes from Iran after November," said one official at the Indian oil ministry.
The summit promoted bilateral ties, said the Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, but he did not comment on the country's import plans after US sanctions snap back. However, another Indian oil ministry official said, "Both sides decided to carry forward discussion on India's engagement on Iranian oil imports.”
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