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ASTM A193 Powered by Portland Bolt
A193 Summary
ASTM A193 is a fastener specification covering alloy and stainless steel bolts and threaded studs for use with flanges, valves, pressure vessels, and fittings for high temperature and high pressure service.
Various grades exist within the A193 specification and vary in chemical composition, mechanical properties, and high temperature characteristics. The most common grade within the A193 specification is Grade B7, however several other grades exist.
Fasteners under the A193 specification are most commonly specified, manufactured, and supplied as heavy hex bolts or fully threaded studs. However, the specification does not restrict A193 fasteners to only these items. A variety of bent bolts, rods with thread on one or both ends, and headed bolts other than heavy hex are commonly provided under the A193 specification. All bolts and studs shall be chamfered (pointed).
ASTM A962 is a related specification that covers a group of common requirements as they relate to the A193 specification. Section 13 of the A962 specification addresses thread form and class. Threads shall comply with ASME B1.1, Class 2A and can be cut or rolled. For diameters 1” and smaller, Unified National Coarse (UNC) thread series is used, and for diameters larger than 1”, eight pitch thread series (8UN) shall be used, unless otherwise specified.
Certain grades of fasteners manufactured to ASTM A193 can be zinc coated per F2329 (hot-dip galvanized), B695 (mechanically galvanized), or F1941 (zinc plated). Teflon, Xylan, and PTFE coatings in addition to cadmium plating are also commonly used with A193 bolts.
Product Marking
Both the grade symbol and manufacturer’s identification are applied to the heads of bolts and one end of studs. Allowance for the omission of product marking on very small diameter fasteners and makings in alternate locations are laid out in section 17 of the A193 specification, but rarely come into play. Dual grade markings are allowed provided the fasteners meet all requirements of both specifications.
Unless otherwise specified, headed bolts shall be heavy hex with dimensions covered under ASME B18.2.1. Fully threaded studs under the A193 specification are typically measured from first thread to first thread, rather than the overall length which includes the chamfered ends.
Supplementary Requirements
Supplementary requirements of the A193 specification do not apply unless specified on the inquiry and purchase order. There are fourteen Supplementary requirements under the A193 specification that include special testing, processing, marking, and coating of fasteners.
ASTM: This website provides a very brief overview of the A193 specification. If you are working with A193 heavy hex bolts and studs on a regular basis, we strongly recommend purchasing a copy of the ASTM A193 specification and ASTM A962 specification from ASTM international. ASTM International, formerly The American Society for Testing and Materials, is a standards organization covering a multitude of products including fasteners.
ASME: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is an organization that develops dimensional standards for many fasteners including A193 heavy hex bolts. A copy of ASME B18.2.1 which covers heavy hex bolt dimensions and ASME B1.1 which provides dimensional criteria for both UNC and 8UN threads can be purchased from Techstreet.
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ASTM: If you are working with A193 heavy hex bolts and studs on a regular basis, we strongly recommend purchasing a copy of the ASTM A193 specification and ASTM A962 specification from ASTM International.
ASME: ASME B18.2.1 which covers heavy hex bolt dimensions, and ASME B1.1 which provides dimensional criteria for both UNC and 8UN threads can be purchased from Techstreet.
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How Do I Develop Scanning Skills? – 60 minutes
Switches are often used to access various assistive technology devices. Switch scanning is a common strategy, particularly when accessing a speech generating device. This webinar will present strategies to develop scanning skills to optimize use of speech generating devices. How Do I Develop Scanning Skills? handout
Michelle Lange
OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS
Michelle is an occupational therapist with 30 years of experience and has been in private practice, Access to Independence, for over 10 years. She is a well-respected lecturer, both nationally and internationally and has authored numerous texts, chapters, and articles. She is the co-editor of Seating and Wheeled Mobility: a clinical resource guide, editor of Fundamentals in Assistive Technology, 4th ed., NRRTS Continuing Education Curriculum Coordinator and Clinical Editor of Directions magazine. Michelle is on the teaching faculty of RESNA. Michelle is a member of the Clinician Task Force. Michelle is a certified ATP, certified SMS and is a Senior Disability Analyst of the ABDA.
Scanning | Switch Scanning | Assistive technology | Speech generating devices (SGD)
How Do I Determine Where the Student Can Access A Switch? – 60 minutes
Switch Access can be used to control speech generating devices, computers, mobile technologies, and power wheelchairs. Switch access is one means of controlling these devices. Access evaluation is used to determine the optimal location for a switch. This webinar will present assessment criteria and a hierarchy of possible switch placements. How Do I Determine Where the Student Can Access A Switch? Handout
Switch access | Power wheelchairs | Computer access | Mobile technology | Speech generating devices (SGD)
Where to start? Examining the Language Organization of Communication Devices and Strategies to Support Their Use – 60 minutes
Where do we start? How do we teach speech generating devices (SGD) to individuals who have exceptional and complex communication needs? This webinar examines the language representation and organization on various SGDs. We will also focus on strategies for working with a wide range of device users: users with language skills at the cause effect level up to those using dynamic communication devices. Join us to discuss symbol representation, vocabulary sets, and use/implementation of various forms of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Where to start - Examining the Language Organization of Communication Devices and Strategies to Support Their Use Handout
Megan Mussano
M.S. CCC-SLP/L, ATP
Megan Mussano M.S. CCC-SLP/L, ATP is a full time Assisstive Technology Coordinator for an Illinois K-12 school district. She has been an Assistive Technology specialist for 6 years with an additional 8 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist. She provides professional development at various conferences and is the instructor for an AT course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Speech generating devices (SGD) | Language skills | Symbol representation | Vocabulary | Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
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https://www.accessnow.org:443/new-report-finfisher-changes-tactics-to-hook-critics/
New report:...
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New report: FinFisher changes tactics to hook critics
14 May 2018 | 3:34 pm
It’s been over five years since Citizen Lab first exposed the use of FinFisher surveillance malware to target Bahraini activists. Despite the explosion of security investigations that followed, the use of FinFisher spyware against dissidents has not stopped. In the face of negative attention, public embarrassment, export controls violations, and even legal challenges, the German company is continuing to facilitate the repression of nonviolent activists and political opponents in authoritarian countries such as Turkey. The only difference is that FinFisher has taken steps to ensure these attacks are harder to identify and trace back to the company.
This report provides up-to-date details on how FinFisher’s technology is currently being used against critics and evading scrutiny by security researchers, drawing from two years of observation by technologists at Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline – a 24-7, free of charge resource for civil society across the globe – and external partners. The findings have significant human rights, security, and policy implications.
Some of the first rumours of FinFisher’s involvement in supplying tools to authoritarian governments originated from its sales to Middle Eastern governments during the “Arab Spring”. Repeatedly, the company has deepened its connection to countries which dramatically escalate the repression of dissent in their territories, including governments at the brink of collapse. While FinFisher and its apologists continue to claim that it provides value-neutral technologies for targeted surveillance to stop terrorism and preserve national security, the evidence points to its repeated, flagrant use to indiscriminately target political opponents. As we show in this report, that includes targeting the main opposition party in Turkey during a protest, using tactics that increase the subtlety, scale, and aggression of the attacks. In Turkey and elsewhere, these are attacks on fundamental rights, civil society, and democracy.
Our documentation of FinFisher malware attacks reveals that the software is being used as part of “social engineering” campaigns designed to compromise mobile devices. After use of the company’s malware to crush dissent was first revealed, many researchers have analysed multiple samples to document its capabilities. In several cases, researchers have scanned the internet for its known communications infrastructure. However, the pace of such disclosures has slowed over time. To our knowledge, no publication has documented the use of FinFisher’s mobile malware systems since the company was breached by the hacktivist Phineas Fisher in August 2014.
Two years ago, researchers could more easily map the company’s customers. In the malware samples described in this report, we show the company is now placing more emphasis on obfuscation and non-attribution of its operational infrastructure. Our analysis of uses of FinFisher’s “FinSpy” for mobile devices exposes the attacks in Turkey, but also helped us to identify other copies of the malware that indicate broader current use. There is evidence of its use in concurrent efforts to undermine civil society outside Turkey, including the compromise of individuals in Indonesia, Ukraine, and Venezuela.
Our aim in publishing this report is to add to the body of evidence demonstrating the use of FinFisher spyware against civil society, and to show that more needs to be done to ward off these attacks and ensure that technology firms like FinFisher do not continue to facilitate and profit from human rights abuse.
We have shared our findings with FinFisher, and requested information from the company regarding any business it may have with clients in Turkey, and any relevant human rights policies, due diligence processes, or remedial mechanisms in place to prevent and mitigate potential harm from its products and services. We will publish our correspondence to the company and any response received alongside this report.
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First Look at Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' Remake Features the Jets and the Sharks
Meet Ansel Elgort's Tony, Rachel Zegler's Maria and members of the rival gangs in the upcoming new adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name.
AceShowbiz - Here's your first look at Steven Spielberg's latest dream project "West Side Story". Released by 20th Century Fox via Amblin Entertainment's official social media accounts, the photo unveils the full main cast, including Ansel Elgort as Tony and newcomer Rachel Zegler as Maria.
The two walk hand-in-hand in the image, between members of the rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. On the left side are Jets members Anybodys (Ezra Menas), Mouthpiece (Ben Cook), Action (Sean Harrison Jones), Jets leader Riff (Mike Faist) and Baby John (Patrick Higgins). On Maria's side are Sharks leader Bernardo (David Alvarez), and Sharks members Quique (Julius Anthony Rubio), Chago (Ricardo Zayas), Chino (Josh Andres Rivera), Braulio (Sebastian Serra) and Pipo (Carlos Sanchez Falu).
Also starring in the upcoming movie adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim are Ariana DeBose as Anita, Ana Isabelle as Rosalia, Corey Stoll as Lieutenant Schrank, Brian d'Arcy James as Officer Krupke and Curtiss Cook as Abe. Oscar winner Rita Moreno, who starred in the 1961 movie adaptation as Anita, joins the remake as Valentina.
Tony Kushner writes the screenplay for the movie based on the stageplay, which was written by Arthur Laurents, Bernstein and Sondheim. Spielberg serves as director in addition to producing along with Kristie Macosko Krieger and Kevin McCollum. Tony Award winner Justin Peck will choreograph the musical numbers, with music by Bernstein, lyrics by Sondheim and concept, direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins.
The story revolves around the rivalry between two warring street gangs, the white Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. The tensions get higher as Tony falls for Maria, the younger sister of the leader of the Sharks, and the two forge a forbidden bond.
The movie is set for December 18, 2020 release in the United States.
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Am I not Master of My (E-mail) Domain?
20071023.Tuesday
For the past year or so, some jackass has hijacked my yukondude.com domain to serve as the return address for uncountable spam mailings. I've since grown inured to the inconvenience, but a recent Yukon Jen posting was like déjà vu all over again.
It started abruptly. One morning my inbox was filled with hundreds of bounce messages from overseas e-mail servers -- predominantly German, for some reason. The messages tended to report that somebody@somewhere.de was an illegal e-mail address, or the mailbox was full, or the message was rejected because, lo and behold, it was spam. The sender addresses of the bounced messages were all of the form qqxgobbledegook@yukondude.com.
My first panicked reaction was that a computer in the house had been zombified and was spewing spam at the behest of some Eastern European gangster. Anti-virus and anti-spamware scans didn't turn up anything, but it wasn't until I ran a packet sniffer on my home network over a weekend that my panic was assuaged: my computers weren't responsible.
No, the spammer had merely chosen my domain on a whim as the source of untold thousands of low-cap stock, ersatz Rolex, or herbal ED remedy solicitations. The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, which handles all e-mail on the Internet, is surprisingly susceptible to forgery. Replacing the sender's address with another domain is a mere matter of typing: I used to demonstrate that very exploit in my programming courses.
Of course, no prospective buyer -- idiot! -- of the spam-sold wares would be able to reply to the enticement, but the body of the message will usually direct the reader to a website anyway.
Meanwhile, yukondude.com is very likely blacklisted in parts of central Europe. My e-mail server does implement a protocol that verifies whether a message was legitimately sent from yukondude.com, but that's still a newish concept, and not all recipient servers bother to check.
The torrent of bounces has diminished, but every so often a new wave of them crops up for a week at a time. Yet one more unanticipated consequence of wiring together the world's supply of jerks.
Update Oct. 29
The bounce messages are back with a vengeance: 412 today and counting. I should also mention that the Sender Policy Framework protocol that I mentioned is really enabled via the domain's DNS registration rather than on the e-mail server.
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Hilarious, terrifying and ultimately heart-warming - the tale of a few ordinary kids doing work experience all over the city on the day of the launch of new global brand.
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LIQUIDATOR! The brand-new, delicious and wildly popular energy drink. "For those who wanna win!" The company that makes it is set to earn a fortune, with its global launch climaxing at an international rock concert that will SHAKE the planet. The only problem?An innocent child is dying. Meet Vicky and her class-mates - their work experience is about to spin totally out of control as they uncover a secret that could change the world. And put them all in mortal danger ...From the award-winning author of TRASH comes an action-packed thriller full of danger, hilarity and - above all - friendship.
Andy Mulligan was born and brought up in London. He worked as a theatre director for ten years before travels in Asia prompted him to retrain as a teacher. He has taught English and drama in India, Brazil, Vietnam, the Philippines and the UK. He now lives in England, and is writing full time. His first novel RIBBLESTROP was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize; his second, RETURN TO RIBBLESTROP, won the Guardian Children's Fiction prize. TRASH was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and has been published in twenty-eight languages. It is now major motion picture.
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Live Review: Two Feet - Scala, London 13/03/2019
New York musician Bill Dess (aka Two Feet) fills the Scala with his sultry blues and trademark bass as he returns to charm his European fans. Having just come off a string of stadium shows with Panic! At The Disco, Two Feet tells the crowd he’s glad to be back headlining and in London for only his 2nd time ever. Greeted by a queue that seemed to snake around the entire building, this was clearly going to be a gig with a lot of energy. Dess does a fairly good job of staying under the radar, but when he released ‘Go Fuck Yourself’ on SoundCloud back in 2016, he had people hooked immediately. Since then, he’s released a few more EP’s - most recently the 8 track “a 20 something Fuck” - and only got more popular.
Fellow New York DJ/producer Tim909 opened the show with a long set of EDM music. He’s supported Two Feet many times now and they’re an unexpectedly good fit. His non-stop electronic sound got the crowd energised almost immediately and he was clearly loving every second of his performance. Good as he was, it was pretty clear the room was just eagerly awaiting the main act.
The room explodes as soon as Two Feet walks onto the stage, accompanied only by his bandmate Huff, whose impressive set up at the back of the stage handles all the percussion and electronic elements of Two Feet’s show. Launching straight into his deep and enchanting sound, the pair work through an eclectic set of all Two Feet’s tracks, as well as a few new ones. Loving the new as much as the old, the crowd clap on demand and are constantly screaming for more.
Go Fuck Yourself is, of course, met by deafening screams from the audience. the track is one of Two Feet’s oldest and most popular. At regular points throughout the show the crowd could be heard chanting “doodles”, so it came as no surprise that Quick Music Doodles sent fans into a frenzy, and the electrifying energy that had been floating around the room doubled. The guitar heavy track is the perfect blend of his unique bluesy sound and heavy bass.
In amongst his own tracks, Dess threw in a cover of what he declared one of his favourite songs - Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine.” Infusing the track with his own infectious guitar riffs, Two Feet gives the crowd an impressive show. Dess is clearly not a one trick pony - his own tracks are flawlessly produced and even more flawlessly performed live, but his ability to cover such a huge song in such a unique way proves his talent is not limited to his own music.
After a rollercoaster year of releasing new music and battling depression, and a real love/hate relationship with his own growing fame, I wasn’t sure what to expect from Two Feet’s stage presence. Turns out that’s just as incredible as his music - he’s got a cool, chilled out vibe about him and effortlessly engages with his audience in between bounding around the stage with relentless energy. I’m fairly sure it’s impossible to leave a Two Feet show disappointed. With catchy guitar riffs, bass you can feel pounding through your whole body and his seductive vocals, Bill Dess certainly knows how to make every fan in the room adore him even more when they leave than they did when they walked in.
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Thailand IGCSEs 2018 – First Results Revealed!
IGCSE results at Thailand’s international schools are in – and there’s a high percentage of students achieving A* and A grades. WhichSchoolAdvisor.com reveals how schools and students performed.
Saturday 1 September, 2018
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As part of global changes to GCSE examinations, some subjects have been graded on a new 9-1 scale this year. This means that students have letter grades for some of their examinations and a number grade for others. A grade 4 is equivalent to a low grade C, while a grade 8 or 9 is equivalent to an A*. Most schools are still reporting their results as letter grades.
So far, results have been made available by Regents International School Pattaya, Bangkok Patana School, Bangkok International Preparatory School, Shrewsbury International School and The Regent’s International School, Bangkok.
Regents International School Pattaya students celebrated their school’s best-ever IGCSE results, with 85% achieving A*- C grades. Other results include:
• 44% of all GCSE and IGCSE grades were A* or A
• 12% students gained the top grade 9 score
Amos Turner-Wardell, head of secondary at Regents said:
“The percentage of students gaining the prestigious grade 9 is phenomenal. Previously only 2% of UK English language students were successful in gaining the grade 9 and at Regents 17% students gained this top exceptional mark. Historically the average percentage of A/A* in the UK is 20%, at Regents we secured 44% of those top end grades.”
At Bangkok Patana School, 83% of all grades were awarded aA*-B, and 61.5% of all IGCSE grades achieved were at A*/A.1 7% of students achieved all IGCSE grades at Grades A*/A, and 36% of students achieved eight or more A*/A grades. Art and PE were graded under the new 9-1 system, and 36.4% of grades in these two subjects were awarded at grade 8/9 (the equivalent of A*).
At Shrewsbury International School (Riverside campus), 43% of students were graded A*, 69% achieved A*-A, and 95% passed with A-C grades. There were 36 students who passed seven or more IGCSEs with an A*.
The Regent’s International School, Bangkok celebrated its highest-ever results, with 91% of its day and boarding students passing five or more exams at A*-C and 37% of students scoring A*-A.
Dr Jones, head of the secondary school said on the school’s website,
“Hard work and excellent teaching have once more produced great results. This year is particularly pleasing as the IB and IGCSE groups have been the largest in the school’s history.”
At Bangkok International Preparatory School, 88.8% of students achieved A*-C grades, and 49% scored A*-A. 91% of Year 11 students achieved the school’s minimum entry requirement to the sixth form with five or more IGCSEs graded A*-C. In addition:
• seven students achieved 10 IGCSEs
• two students achieving all 10 at A*/A
• five students achieved 9 IGCSEs at A*/A
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Car Camping with BioLite’s FirePit Stove
by Michael Frank | Aug 14, 2018 | Gear | 0 comments
By Michael Frank | August 14, 2018
You know Biolite as the company that invented clever stoves that cook with sticks—and power USB output to your phone while you camp. We dig those stoves, sort of. They’re less efficient than canister models like MSR’s Windburner. But canisters create waste, and Biolite’s underlying mission is to make products that produce less waste in the developed world and to provide power-efficient, practical living solutions in the developing world. A cool but heavy twig stove is a byproduct that also helps bring attention to the larger goals.
The BioLite FirePit, with legs folded, is about the size of a rolled foam Therm-a-Rest. It weighs 20 pounds and at that size is plenty easy to walk to a beach or campsite. You sure wouldn’t want to hike with it, but it’s no major struggle to load or unload from a car trunk, and it’s far easier to reposition after use than, say, a kettle grill with wobbly legs.
A metal grate holds either wood or charcoal above the lower tube, and a grill slots at the surface to enable cooking. But what makes the FirePit special is that it comes with a powerful fan unit and battery pack that plugs into the side. The battery can charge cell phones, headlamps, etc., but more important it runs a fan that pumps air through 51 jets to form an air “cradle” that surrounds the charcoal or wood.
Not only does this stoke the flames, it also changes the airflow, pushing smoke and ash back down into the fire rather than up into your face. The burn is more efficient that way, and hotter, too, and you won’t breathe in as much. And because the FirePit has mesh sides you can see right through the stove, so the experience is very much like sitting in front of a glass-fronted fireplace, mesmerized by the dance of light, minus any harsh smells. Pile in some split wood and we found the burn rate far slower and more enjoyable than being around an open campfire.
To keep the battery pack topped, you can add the $60 Solar Carry Cover. This is handy because it converts the stove into a fully off-grid power supply that’s always charged. (Note that unlike Biolite’s backpacking stoves, this one doesn’t charge the battery off the heat of the fuel.) You can also recharge the fan battery via micro USB, and if you didn’t use the battery to charge other devices, you’d get 24 hours of fan on the lowest setting. We cooked with ours over a long weekend and came nowhere close to running dry of power, and that included stints of charging phones off the USB output. Depending on how you plan to camp, you might not even need the Carry Cover, though it is handy for keeping soot out of your rig and your clothes when you haul the stove around.
As for why the FirePit fits in with the overall Biolite zeitgeist, because the stove burns both wood and charcoal, and burned every stick and nugget down to nothing but ash, you’re getting the most out of the fuel, and we wound up using a lot less charcoal, especially, during cookouts.
Performance-wise the FirePit is pretty stellar. We cooked with it for three nights at Kingdom Trails in Vermont and have cooked with it in our backyard for a few weeks now as well, and in general, it’s preferable to other stoves we’ve tested that use charcoal—with a few caveats.
The fan facilitates actually lighting the fire, but even though there’s a hidden panel beneath the stove for using a wand-style lighter to ignite newspaper under the coals, we wound up using a cylinder-style charcoal igniter (smaller ones will nest right inside the FirePit); it was more reliable. Once lit, however, it was easy to stoke the heat by turning up the fan, or leave the blower low, to create a hot-and-cool dichotomy, with coals stacked on one side of the grate to sear meat, and foil-wrapped veggies on the opposite side, keeping warm.
While there isn’t a huge grill surface, it’s generous enough to cook for up to four people, as long as you have a decent plan of attack. And do note that unlike a kettle grill, there’s no lid to trap heat. We found ourselves improvising with an inverted small Dutch oven or using a cast iron skillet for more delicate vegetables or fish. Speaking of vegetables, this is a very satisfying grill top for corn, and charring Japanese eggplant (then peeling the skin and marinating it in an olive-oil, soy-lime sauce) led to a super-delicious smoky flavor.
And after cooking we’ve taken to loading in a log or two on top of the charcoal embers, sitting around the FirePit, digesting and gazing at the glow.
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Michael Kors’ First Instagram Ad Gets Instant Complaints
High-end watch promo puzzles users
The first brand to run an Instagram ad is Michael Kors, which rolled out a promo for a high-end watch late this morning. And so far, users who are taking the time to comment do not appear to be fans—more on that in a bit.
An Instagram spokesperson said the retailer's appearance represented "a kickoff" for other paid brand appearances on the social-photos platform, but wouldn't disclose additional campaign plans. Other expected advertisers in the near term include adidas, Ben & Jerry's, Burberry, General Electric, Levi's, Lexus, Macy's, PayPal and Starwood.
The Michael Kors development comes one week after the Facebook-owned property unveiled what the ads would look like and roughly a month after it was revealed that they were forthcoming.
The New York-based retailer's Instagram promo, as seen below, doesn't include the "sponsored" tag expected to be seen in most ads on the platform, per the Instagram rep, because the brand also posted the photo and copy—featuring the hashtag #MKTimeless—in its organic news feed. In other words, when the ad renders in the brand's news feed it will not be marked, but when it will say "sponsored" as it appears in users' feeds.
While the ad has garnered tens of thousands of "likes," based on the initial comments, maybe they want to tag every ad appearance. Below are examples of various posts—many negative or sarcastic—underneath Michael Kors' promo.
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The cinema & media arts major at Anderson University emphasizes the art of storytelling as the foundation for creating visual media. Students in this area develop their skills in writing, producing, directing, cinematography, sound design, and editing. They learn from faculty and professionals in residence who are specialists in their fields. As they develop as creative professionals, students produce portfolios demonstrating areas of specialization as well as a broad skill set suitable for the ever-changing media landscape. This is a major that also can be helpful to students interested in video production, broadcast production, and broadcast and multimedia journalism.
Your AU Story Begins Now
Not only did the professors at AU prepare me for the field I desired to work in. They taught me character. They taught me that hard work, dedication, and a good attitude would take me far. And so far, their advice has propelled me further than I could have ever imagined.
Patience Randle, CLASS OF 2013
AU equipped me for spiritual resilience and a strong relationship with God. Living in Hollywood, I find it imperative to use our Christian gifts and talents to further God’s plan of redemption. We are in a unique position at the very epicenter of the world’s culture. It is our responsibility to create films that are glorifying and uplifting to God.
Chris Witt, CLASS OF 2003
I was heavily involved in dorm life and student leadership at AU. I was an RA, an officer in the Avanti Boosters Social Club, as well as a Student Manager at Covenant Productions. These experiences helped prepare me for the rough and tumble world of being a freelance filmmaker in Los Angeles. Plenty of late nights were spent making short films in the Valley, Dunn Hall, and Reardon, all while honing the interpersonal skills of working with a diverse group of thinkers. Today, I fill my time working on feature films, TV series, commercials, and digital content, and I wouldn’t be able to flourish had AU not been the first step in my journey.
Thom Newell, CLASS OF 2009
Complete the 52-hour major in the Department of Communication & Design Arts.
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Learn more about AU’s week-long summer workshop for high school students. During the camp, students make a short film using Anderson University equipment and facilities.
What courses will I take?
Among the classes in the 52-hour major are:
The Art of Storytelling
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View the complete curriculum.
What kind of jobs can I anticipate after graduation?
Our graduates are working professionally in many of these roles:
film/television editor
camera operator/photographer
promotions manager
sound technician
field producer
Our Cinema and Media Arts majors edit and distribute films through Black Bird Media Lab, which focuses on storytelling and gives our students the opportunity to complete film projects from start to finish.
Typically during your junior or senior year, you’ll have at least one internship with an organization doing the kind of work you aspire to do after college. Our majors also have the chance to spend a term in Hollywood through the CCCU’s Los Angeles Film Studies Center.
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Granblue Fantasy Anime Hits Japanese TV On 4/1/2017
Posted by Samantha Ferreira | Mar 5, 2017 | News Reporting |
Tags: a-1 pictures, aniplex, broadcasting, cygames, granblue fantasy
Check to see if Miles Davis is around because, this April, things are going to get kind of blue.
Earlier today, the official Granblue Fantasy anime website updated with the show’s première schedule. The series will air on the following networks:
Tokyo MX: 4/1/2017 at 24:00 (4/2/2017 at midnight)
BS11: 4/1/2017 at 24:00 (4/2/2017 at midnight)
Tochigi TV: 4/1/2017 at 24:00 (4/2/2017 at midnight)
Gunma TV: 4/1/2017 at 24:00 (4/2/2017 at midnight)
AbemaTV (Online service): 4/1/2017 at 24:00 (4/2/2017 at midnight)
MBS: 4/1/2017 at 27:28 (4/2/2017 at 3:28AM)
AT-X: 4/3/2017 at 22:30 (4/3/2017 at 10:30PM)
TV Aichi: 4/5/2017 at 26:05 (4/6/2017 at 2:05AM)
Hokkaido Broadcasting: 4/5/2017 at 26:28 (4/6/2017 at 2:28AM)
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting: 4/5/2017 at 26:30 (4/6/2017 at 2:30AM)
Saga TV: 4/6/2016 at 25:55 (4/7/2017 at 1:55AM)
Granblue Fantasy is based on Cygames’ smartphone game of the same name. Yuuki Itoh (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid) will direct the project at A-1 Pictures, with Toshifumi Akai (Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, Oreimo 2) providing character designs. Ayako Kurata was tapped as series director.
The show’s soundtrack will be scored by the team of Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Tsutomu Narita, and Yasunori Nishiki.
©GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation Committee
The confirmed voice cast includes:
Lyria: Nao Toyama
Gran: Yuuki Ono
Sierokarte: Emiri Kato
Rackam: Hiroaki Hirata
Jeeta: Hisako Kanemoto
Catalina: Miyuki Sawashiro
Bii: Rie Kugimiya
Rosetta: Rie Tanaka
Io: Yukari Tamura
Aniplex currently holds the rights to Granblue Fantasy, which they will stream as a simulcast on Crunchyroll.
Source: Yaraon!
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Sisters Food Group » How we work » Gender
2 Sisters Food Group has a long track record of leading on diversity and inclusion within its businesses.
Not only is the company built around a strong workforce foundation comprising of many different nationalities and faiths, it is also proud of the contribution it has played in promoting and ensuring gender diversity, inclusion and opportunity.
With an ever-increasing focus on the issue of gender, the business is pleased to be able to publish its gender pay gap analysis which we believe stands up very well against the manufacturing industry as a whole and in particular the food and drink sector.
Creating an environment in which both men and women can reach their career aspirations is vitally important to us. There is always more to do, and we look forward to making sure we look at new and different ways to reach our goals.
There are many success stories at 2 Sisters - here are the stories of a selection of our female superstars:
Lindsey Buckley
HR Director - Meal Solutions
"I joined 2 Sisters Food Group five years ago and since that time my role has evolved and grown significantly.
"One big learning curve has been the pace at which we operate however working at 2SFG has provided me with the opportunity to meet my career aspirations and goals in a challenging but rewarding environment.
"I have had the opportunity to be part of a transformational turnaround in the chilled division and I have an equal voice at the divisional board table.
"Provided that you are willing to work hard, the scope for progression is excellent at 2 Sisters. It’s pleasing to see more women progressing into senior management positions within the business.
"I feel this is a trend we should absolutely continue to encourage and I am excited that our newer female executives have the genuine opportunity to aspire to leadership roles."
Cheryl Francis
Logistics and Group Services Director
“I joined 2 Sisters over 10 years ago. The business quickly entered into a period of rapid expansion and growth, and as a consequence my role has evolved and grown significantly since I joined. Working at 2SFG has provided me with the opportunity to meet my career aspirations and goals in a challenging but rewarding environment. Provided you’re willing to work hard, the scope for progression is excellent at 2 Sisters. It’s pleasing to see more women progressing into senior management positions within the business, I feel this is a trend we should absolutely continue to encourage.”
Jessica Macleod
Head of Procurement– Indirects & Capex and Director of Procurement for Boparan Private Office
“I joined the company nine and a half years ago, since then I have been given opportunities to develop with the business and progress to a director-level position.
"I now run a team of Procurement professionals who operate across the business, with responsibility for supplier contracts worth nearly £250M annually, from agency labour to buildings and machinery.
"The company promotes on merit, so I would encourage any ambitious person, male or female, to work hard and pursue your career within 2SFG.”
Gender Pay - Introduction
At 2 Sisters Food Group we are committed to creating an environment in which both men and women can reach their career aspirations. We are proud of our 20,000+ diverse workforce which compromises of 78 different nationalities across the group.
All UK businesses employing more than 250 are required to disclose their Gender Pay Gap. The requirements remain the same this year as the first reporting cycle in 2018, and are as follows:
•% difference in mean hourly pay
•% difference in median hourly pay
•The proportion of male and female employees in each pay quartile (lower, lower middle, upper middle and upper)
•% difference in mean bonus pay of male and female employees in the 12 months to 5th April 18.
•% difference in median bonus pay of male and female employees in the 12 months to 5th April 18.
•The proportion of male and female employees who received bonus in the 12 months to 5th April 18.
With an ever-increasing focus on the issue of gender, the business is pleased to be able to publish its gender pay gap analysis for 2018. We are now in a position to compare our YOY results, and create a benchmark from which to focus our gender pay initiatives.
There is always more to do, and we look forward to making sure we look at new and different ways to reach our goals.
At 2 Sisters, we are committed to ensuring all colleagues are treated equally.
Overall we believe that our data compares favorably against reported national figures.
The below example shows how we as a group compare to the Office for National Statistics mean & median figures for the private sector in 2018.
2 Sisters Food Group
^ Gender pay gap defined as the difference between men's and women's hourly earnings as a percentage of men's earnings.
^^ Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
Source - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics
Although we are required to disclose our Gender Pay data by Legal Entity, the way we structure the business means that it is of more practical value to us to view our data at Group and Divisional level. At Group level we can report that our Gender Pay Gap in 2018 is 9.1% (mean) and 5.2% (median). Encouragingly, this illustrates that our gap has reduced slightly vs 2017 (mean gap reported in 2017 was 9.7).
Analysis of our quartile pay bands at group level also shows a positive shift towards a more balanced workforce at all levels.
Between bands A & C we have seen an average increase in females of 2.2%; in our upper quartile we have also seen a slight increase in females (0.5%). Although small we believe this is a step in the right direction, and reflects our work in diverse recruitment and equality promotion across the business.
Quartile Pay Bands
% F
% M
Band A - Lower Quantile
Band B - Lower Mid Quantile
Band C - Upper Mid Quantile
Band D - Upper Quantile
The corresponding figures for each operating Division are as follows:
Mean 2018
Mean YOY Shift
Median 2018
Median YOY Shift
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Bonus Gap
As a responsible employer we do not believe that there is an imbalance in the rates of pay given to men and women doing the same or equivalent work, and nor is there a significant gap between men and women at the equivalent grade in our structure. Likewise, bonus schemes, where operated, are applied consistently regardless of gender.
Please follow the below link to view our results:
Read our gender pay report.
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Fifth Third Securities Simplifies Money Management with OptiFi℠
New Digital Investment Advisory Platform Offers Automated Advice
CINCINNATI – Fifth Third Securities Inc. today announced the expansion of its digital wealth and asset planning tools with the launch of OptiFiSM, an automated investment advisory platform.
A 2017 study from Accenture found that 78 percent – nearly four out of five – consumers would welcome automated advice for traditional investing1.
With the introduction of OptiFi, investors have easy access to a low-cost automated investment service from their desktop or tablet. Once an investor selects an account type, investment goal and completes all the questions, an OptiFi account is established. If the account is funded, the automated money management process will begin, and continual management and planning of the portfolio will occur.
“Investors increasingly want options when they seek out investment advice. We have a responsibility to provide choices so they can engage with us however they prefer,” said Brian Lamb, executive vice president and head of Wealth & Asset Management for Fifth Third. “OptiFi enables Fifth Third to build upon our established advisor-led approach and offer an integrated digital experience.”
OptiFi uses Fidelity AMP, Fidelity Clearing & Custody Solutions’® digital advice technology co-developed with eMoney Advisor. The platform can be monitored via the Fifth Third mobile app.
“Fifth Third has had a longstanding relationship with Fidelity. We’re excited to collaborate on a meaningful tool for Fifth Third clients,” said Howard Hammond, senior vice president and managing director of Fifth Third Securities. “The intuitive platform guides the client through the process and allocates assets based on the client’s goals.”
Key benefits and features of OptiFi include:
Convenience. Getting started is as easy as answering a short questionnaire and funding an account. Geode Capital Management serves as sub-advisor and offers 14 investment portfolios2.
Control. After investors select their goals and dictate how much to invest, it’s easy to track progress and create account alerts3.
Simplicity. With a minimum investment of just $5,000 and annual advisory fee of 0.50%, OptiFi provides customized professional investment advice at a fraction of the cost of traditional investment management fees. This includes automatic portfolio rebalancing and reallocation4.
Visit www.53.com/optifi.
Identify your investment goals, short- or long-term.
Assess your risk appetite from conservative to aggressive.
Receive a recommended model portfolio.
Open and fund an account with a minimum of $5,000.
Monitor and track your progress.
The OptiFi platform adds to the digital tools Fifth Third already offers for wealth management, such as Life360, a platform for clients to create an aggregated comprehensive overview of their finances. To create your own account or find more information on OptiFi, visit Fifth Third’s Wealth & Asset Management website.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of Dec. 31, 2017, the Company had $142 billion in assets and operated 1,154 full-service Banking Centers and 2,469 ATMs with Fifth Third branding in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. In total, Fifth Third provides its customers with access to more than 54,000 fee-free ATMs across the United States. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending and Wealth & Asset Management. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of Dec. 31, 2017, had $362 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $37 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations through its Trust and Registered Investment Advisory businesses. Investor information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq® Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
OptiFi is an investment advisory service offered by Fifth Third Securities. For additional information about the advisory service offered by Fifth Third Securities, please call the Fifth Third OptiFi Support team at 1-800-606-9878 or ask for a copy of the OptiFi Managed Account Program Brochure (ADV Part 2A) by sending an email to OptiFi@53.com.
Fifth Third Bancorp provides access to investments and investment services through various subsidiaries, including Fifth Third Securities. Fifth Third Securities is the trade name used by Fifth Third Securities, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and a registered investment advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
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eMoney is an independent company and is affiliated with Fidelity Investments. Fidelity Investments is an independent company, unaffiliated with Fifth Third Securities. Fidelity Investments is a service provider to Fifth Third Securities. There is no form of legal partnership, agency affiliation, or similar relationship between your financial advisor and Fidelity Investments, nor is such a relationship created or implied by the information herein. Fidelity Investments has not been involved with the preparation of the content supplied by Fifth Third Securities and does not guarantee, or assume any responsibility for, its’ content. Fidelity Investments is a registered service mark of FMR LLC. Fidelity Clearing & Custody Solutions® provides clearing, custody, and other brokerage services through National Financial Services LLC or Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Members NYSE, SIPC. 847329.1.0
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Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal invested.
Diversification and asset allocation do not guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment loss.
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CMS Releases CY 2019 MPFS and QPP Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule. Under this rule, CMS estimates a 1 percent increase to the total payment for MPFS services for general surgery for CY 2019. CMS also introduces various changes to evaluation and management (E/M) visit codes and payments to reduce administrative burden and to better align E/M coding and documentation with the current practice of medicine.
Specifically, CMS proposes to allow providers to choose to document office/outpatient E/M visits using medical decision making or time instead of using the 1995 or 1997 E/M documentation guidelines; alternatively, providers could continue using the current documentation process. The agency also proposes to collapse levels two through five of office/outpatient E/M visits and adopt a single payment amount for these visits.
In addition, the rule also includes updates to year three (CY 2019) of the QPP. In 2019, surgeons participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) will need to meet CMS’ proposed performance threshold of 30 points—a 15-point increase from 2018—to avoid a negative payment adjustment. Other notable proposed changes to the QPP and MIPS include the introduction of facility-based measurement for providers who furnish most of their services on a hospital campus and an increase to the Cost category weight in MIPS to 15 percent of the total score (a 5-percentage point increase from 2018). Additionally, the proposed rule states MIPS payment adjustments will only apply to covered professional services under the MPFS beginning with 2019, which is the first payment year of the QPP.
The proposed rule is available for public review, along with fact sheets on its MPFS and QPP provisions.
Key House Committee Discusses Modernizing Outdated Stark Law
The House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing titled Modernizing Stark Law to Ensure the Successful Transition from Volume to Value in the Medicare Program. At the hearing, Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, signaled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was interested in finding ways to modernize the law to help foster the development of innovative care models. At present, the Stark Law unintentionally serves as a roadblock for many physicians who are interested in developing and implementing alternative payment models (APMs). CMS recently released a Request for Information regarding the modernization of the Stark Law.
Request for Information on Anti-Kickback Statute Released
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar issued a request for information on the anti-kickback statute, which prohibits payments for recommending products or services to patients covered by Medicare or Medicaid. HHS also plans to take action to revise the rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and regulations dealing with privacy and substance use records at 42 CFR Part 2.
CMS Releases 2017 MIPS Performance Feedback and Final Scores
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released performance feedback and final scores for surgeons who participated in the 2017 performance year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). In addition to their performance feedback and final scores, surgeons can now access their Medicare Part B payment adjustments for the 2019 payment year.
To access this information, surgeons will need to visit the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website and log in using their Enterprise Identity Management (EIDM) credentials. Surgeons who believe an error was made in calculating their 2019 MIPS payment adjustment have until September 30 to request a targeted review. Some circumstances in which surgeons may choose to request a targeted review include the following:
Finding errors or data quality issues on the measures and activities submitted
Being erroneously excluded from the alternative payment model (APM) participation list and not being scored under APM scoring standard
Not being automatically reweighted even though the MIPS eligible clinician qualifies for automatic reweighting due to the 2017 extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy
To submit a request, surgeons will need to log in to their EIDM account through the QPP website and be prepared to provide additional documentation to support the request. If the review is approved, CMS will update the final score and associated payment adjustment.
For more information about the MIPS payment adjustments and final scores, refer to the CMS fact sheet and the user guide.
Justice Anthony Kennedy Retires
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his plans to retire from the Supreme Court effective July 31. Kennedy was first nominated to the court in 1987. The confirmation process for the President’s nominee is likely to dominate the Senate schedule through the fall.
Bipartisan Support Emerges for Biennial Budgeting
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) both expressed support for moving from single-year budget resolutions to two-year budgets during a hearing at the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform last week. Under Ryan’s proposal, lawmakers would agree upon top line funding levels every two years and pass six of the 12 appropriations bills each year. Pelosi agreed with the idea of a biennial budget but argued that Congress should continue to pass 12 single appropriations bills each year. The change to the congressional schedule would help avoid government shutdowns and reduce the use of continuing resolutions (CRs), while adding more long-term predictability to spending decisions. The Select Committee was created to propose changes to the current budget process and is required to make recommendations that have bipartisan support from a majority of panel members by November 30.
Release Drug Pricing Report Released
Senate Finance Committee Democrats released a report on Medicare drug prices and the pharmaceutical supply and payment chains. The report argues that every part of the drug supply chain stands to benefit from higher prices due to financial arrangements in the delivery system. The lawmakers believe that the current administration is underestimating the challenges in the way of reducing drug prices and argue that real reform will require exposing the profit motives within the industry. The report was released ahead of the Committee’s hearing titled “Prescription Drug Affordability and Innovation: Addressing Challenges in Today’s Market,” in which panel members heard from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar.
Doc Caucus Urges CMS to Revise Low-Volume Threshold
The House GOP Doctors Caucus has written to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma requesting that the agency reduce the number of physicians excluded from the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) as CMS works to set participation thresholds for 2019. The lawmakers express concerns that limited physician participation in MIPS restricts the possible upward payment adjustments for high performers in the program, or the 2018 performance year, CMS raised the low-volume threshold to exclude doctors with no more than $90,000 in Part B charges or those who saw 200 Medicare beneficiaries or fewer. Approximately 60 percent of otherwise eligible providers were excluded from MIPS in 2018, largely based on the low-volume threshold.
The letter points out that high performers are expected to receive an aggregate upward adjustment of 1.1 percent for 2019 based on their 2017 performance, despite the law allowing for adjustments of up to four percent. The lawmakers argue that MIPS needs to utilize the maximum incentives allowed in order for the program to reach its full potential. CMS is expected to include 2019 updates for the Quality Payment Program, which includes MIPS, in the upcoming Physician Fee Schedule rule.
President Trump Announces Supreme Court Nominee
President Trump announced his decision last week to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
FDA Approves Freeze-Dried Plasma for Combat Troops
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an emergency use authorization that will allow the Department of Defense to provide freeze-dried plasma for the treatment of soldiers with combat injuries. The announcement settles a dispute between the two agencies over access to the product, which has not been formally approved by the FDA. The Pentagon originally attempted to establish its own process for approving drugs and devices.
Wilkie Confirmed as VA Secretary
The Senate confirmed Robert Wilkie to be secretary of Veterans Affairs. Wilkie previously served as assistant secretary of defense under President George W. Bush, and more recently as a Pentagon undersecretary for defense in the current administration. During his confirmation process, Wilkie assured lawmakers that he opposed efforts to privatize the agency. Wilkie’s predecessor David Shulkin had faced internal disagreements regarding the role of private care for veterans.
Senate Opioid Package in Question
The Senate may not have time to vote on a legislative package to address the opioid crisis before Labor Day, as originally intended. An opioid bill was one priority for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), which led to his decision to cancel the chamber’s August recess. But the Senate is now focused on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and funding the federal government before the end of the fiscal year and has yet to reach an agreement on which measures to include in a bipartisan response to the opioid epidemic. Any Senate-passed plan would have to be reconciled with the House legislation that was passed in June. The House package (H.R. 6) was comprised of over 50 individual, largely bipartisan, bills. The Senate is considering four bills from the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Finance Committee, Commerce Committee, and Judiciary Committee.
House Committee Approves PAHPA Reauthorization Bill
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to advance the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (PAHPAI), H.R. 6378, to the full House of Representatives. This legislation would reauthorize the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) for another five years. Funding for PAHPA expires September 30.
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Selfie for the Win: Applebee’s® Launches #FanFavoritesSweeps Campaign to Give One Fan a Trip to Phoenix
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With a new crowd-sourced menu lineup chosen by Applebee’s social fans, America’s favorite neighborhood bar and grill is searching for this season’s biggest fan.
Through a first-of-its-kind social integration, Applebee’s is asking the public to snap a selfie with their favorite 2 for $20 dish. Throughout the campaign, user-generated photos will be featured on CBSSports.com and fans can enter to win a trip to Phoenix, Arizona in February and $2,000.*
Applebee’s dedication to its fans is present not only in the #FanFavoritesSweeps, but also in the latest 2 for $20 menu lineup. Last fall, more than 4,600 Applebee’s Facebook Fans responded to the question “What menu items would you like added to our 2 for $20 menu?” Applebee’s listened and is saluting Guests by placing their favorites on Applebee’s signature 2 for $20 menu. The menu allows Guests to select two full-sized entrees and a shareable appetizer for just $20.
“We have passionate fans who crave our food and love the incredible value of our 2 for $20 menu,” said Darin Dugan, Applebee’s Senior Vice President of Culinary and Marketing. “Our dedication to responding to our extensive Applebee’s online community with the Fan Favorites menu is one reason our Guests love the Applebee’s brand. Through the #FanFavoritesSweeps, we’re able to highlight and show our love for our fans.”
Starting September 29, the public can enter at www.cbssports.com/applebees for a chance to win a trip to Phoenix, Arizona in February and $2,000. Selfies uploaded on the site or tagged #FanFavoritesSweeps on Twitter or Instagram could be featured on CBSSports.com.
The 2 for $20 Fan Favorites Menu features:
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“Strong and dramatic his pictures have the knack of always letting you know what the characters in the scene are thinking. His instinct for making the shutter click at precisely the right moment seems never to have faltered. I wish we were all so richly endowed – but at least he insists that we don’t just look, we SEE” Sir Peter Hall.
The perfect summary of famed photographer Nobby Clark’s brilliant photography. His coverage of stage, screen, rock n’roll and all subjects in between are an integral part of the UK’s visual performing and non performing history over the last 40 years and includes productions from our foremost arts organisations including The National, RSC, Donmar, Royal Opera, Royal Ballet and many of our leading directors: Richard Eyre; Trevor Nunn; Billy Bryden; John Dexter; Alan Ayckbourn; John Schlesinger and Peter Hall to name a few.
Recent publications include ‘Bryden and Clark, Lives in the Theatre’; ‘Close up Magic – 40 years at the Bush Theatre’; ‘A Decade at the Donmar 2002-2012’; Northern Broadsides: 20 years’ but, possibly the highlight of them all, was being included in the ‘Rolling Stones : ‘50 exhibition’ at London’s Somerset House. His original Rolling Stones images were first published collectively in Starf*cker – a photographic documentary which Nobby best describes as a “celebration of the greatest rock'n'roll band on the planet”.
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Home » Monument Trails Bring World-Class Mountain Biking to Arkansas State Parks
Monument Trails Bring World-Class Mountain Biking to Arkansas State Parks
May 13, 2019 By Joe Jacobs 3 Comments
Update: The first Monument Trail will open on June 8, 2019, at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area. More info available on their Facebook Page.
Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation announces experiential, multifaceted trail system
Monument Trails, a collection of destination mountain biking trails merging world-class riding with architecture, art, and nature, are set to open in several Arkansas State Parks starting in June 2019.
Monument Trails take an adventure-minded approach to trails while ensuring accessibility for riders and hikers of every skill level. Through extraordinary and varied mountain bike riding, innovative build techniques by some of the nation’s best trail builders, and the unique terrain and topography of the Arkansas State Parks, Monument Trails will be truly special.
The trails are being designed and built for opportunities to engage with nature by way of biking, camping, fishing, and hiking as well as establishing purpose-built stopping points and installations highlighting the state parks’ natural beauty.
New monument trails will open next month at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area near Rogers, AR
“The Monument Trails are designed with an entire family in mind. The simple goal is to provide an unforgettable experience along the trail that will inspire you to seek, find and discover our state and build a sense of pride and appreciation,” said Suzanne Grobmyer, executive director of the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation. “The Monument Trails are going to change the dynamic for communities across the state by improving quality of life and creating new economic activity.”
Monument Trails are a project of the recently-established nonprofit organization Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation (APRF). The foundation is funded through private donations and grants. A $2 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation supported the development of the first Monument Trail at Hobbs State Park.
“Trails are a signature characteristic of the quality of life in Northwest Arkansas and an economic engine for tourism in the region,” said Tom Walton, Walton Family Foundation Home Region Committee chair. “Monument Trails can expand those transformative benefits to more communities through world-class ride experiences in state parks across Arkansas.”
The Monument Trails will expand access to extraordinary trail systems in state parks throughout Arkansas. Work is underway developing designs and future plans in 2019, including trail systems at Pinnacle Mountain State Park in Little Rock, Mount Nebo State Park in Dardanelle and Devil’s Den State Park in Northwest Arkansas.
The partnership with Arkansas State Parks is the first of its kind and was in line with the vision of Arkansas State Parks Director Grady Spann, who said the partnership represents an opportunity to showcase the natural and iconic beauty of the parks.
“Something setting Arkansas State Parks apart from other natural areas is the encouragement guests are given to engage with the resources,” Spann said. “By building the Monument Trails, we’re focusing on increased recreational opportunities, educating visitors on resource conservation, and enhancing the economy through trail-based tourism – all while maintaining low-impact development on park resources.”
The Monument Trails will offer something for almost every level of rider.
Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation Trail Project Manager Amber Chambers has overseen much of the direct trail building efforts. Her unique view into the work of building the trail system has given her a deep appreciation for the vision of Monument Trails.
“I’ve seen thousands of miles of trails across the U.S., and the thoughtful design and experience we’re building into our parks is going to be something special,” Chambers said. “The aim for accessibility, coupled with truly unique outdoor opportunities, will allow the Monument Trails to stand alongside the greatest trails in the country.”
The Monument Trails will be home to purpose-built art or architectural features, special camping spaces, and viewing areas on some of the state’s most scenic vistas.
“Monument Trails are overall access points for adventure in Arkansas,” Grobmyer said. “They take all users into consideration, whether you’re looking for a world-class mountain biking trip, a leisurely ride with beautiful stops, a short bike packing opportunity to a secluded campsite, or just a beautiful hike.”
The first Monument Trail opening to the public will be at Hobbs State Park in June of 2019. You can find more information about the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation here, and you may make a direct donation to the future of Monument Trails here.
For future updates on the Monument Trails, trail fans are encouraged to follow them on the following social media platforms:
The Monument Trails in Brief:
Vision: The Monument Trails are destination trail systems at Arkansas State Parks acting as access points for greater outdoor adventures. Monument Trails are world-class mountain biking destinations that showcase the natural iconic beauty of the parks they are within while exemplifying the highest quality in craftsmanship, innovation, and sustainability. These multi-use trails offer enduring outdoor experiences to trail riders of all skill levels, connecting them to a sense of place and history while providing a modern approach with visually unexpected architectural features and landscape art.
About the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation
The Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation (arparksfoundation.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing parks and recreational opportunities throughout Arkansas. Outdoor recreation is a way of life in Arkansas, and the Foundation was established to support, protect, enhance, and add value to the places that provide exceptional recreational experiences across the Natural State. The spirit of the organization is about improving our quality of life while paying tribute to the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which laid the groundwork for the modern tenets of conservation. For more information or to give today, contact Suzanne Grobmyer suzanne@arparksfoundation.com.
Filed Under: Cycling (Road & Mountain) Tagged With: Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation, Arkansas State Parks, Monument Trails, Trails
Chad Soles says:
Why is everything staying in NW AR? It would be FANTASTIC to see some work in North central AR. Theirs literally nothing but Syllamo trails. Greers Ferry lake (Heber Springs) would be an incredible area for some trails.
Joe Jacobs says:
There are plans for Mount Nebo State Park and Pinnacle Mountain State Park. There is also a possibility of Ozark Folk Center Stste Park. Remember, Monument Trails are only in state parks. Here is an article on it from Arkansas Times. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2019/05/13/new-bike-trails-for-hobbs-mt-nebo-pinnacle-devils-den-state-parks
Crowley’s Ridge topography could also lend itself to some monumental trails but the erosive nature of the geology demands well designed and carefully constructed trails. I hope Village Creek State Park and Mississippi River State will be next in line for Monument Trails. With proximity to the Memphis/Tennessee bike market, they would be a great tourism boon to eastern Arkansas and complement the wonderful amenities ASP has already developed in these beautiful parks.
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Julieta Aranda: ‘Real conversations will be face-to-face forever’
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As she takes the helm, the artist and e-flux co-director discusses her vision for Art Basel's Conversations program in Basel
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When I called Julieta Aranda in late March, she was on the phone with an airline coordinating her flight the next morning to Madrid. She will be giving a workshop there before heading to Barcelona to open a show of her own work. Aranda is artist working between Berlin and New York. She is also mother to a young son and the co-director of e-flux, a multifaceted information node that encompasses a daily e-mail news digest, monthly journal, and range of exhibitions, books, and special projects. As of this spring, Aranda will be an advisor to Art Basel Conversations, which, in tandem with each Art Basel show, convenes members of the international contemporary art scene — artists, gallerists, and collectors, as well as academics, cultural figures, and others — to discuss topical issues. Given that Aranda's work as an artist is oriented toward the cultivation of social space, this new position is a natural fit. ‘Advising the Conversations program presents the situation where I will not only be calling on the network I have created through my practice, but also on the modes of thinking I have assembled, ’ she notes, citing among them, how to ‘effectively interact with a community at large, creates a mass communication system, and work interchangeably as artist and organizer. ’ Aranda pauses before adding, ‘I don't have the strict training that a historian or a curator would have, so I'm quite free in terms of following interests, associations, and developing independent threads.’
The fact that Aranda, as an artist, is joining Art Basel's team as the advisor for the Basel program reflects the diverse nature of Art Basel Conversations. Initiated by former director Sam Keller in 2001, Conversations appeared in various formats before settling into being a regular component of Art Basel's shows in 2004. In all, it has hosted around 2,000 participants with topics ranging from classic subjects such as ‘Contemporary Philanthropy in Europe’ to the horizon- expanding ‘Afro-Asian Perspectives on the Future.’
Exhibition view of ‘Otobong Nkanga: To Dig a Hole That Collapses Again’ at MCA Chicago, Chicago, 2019. © MCA Chicago. Photo by Nathan Keay.
The program, which launched around the same time as e-flux, might be thought of as emerging out of the same zeitgeist that also informed many of the prominent art events and publications during the early aughts: for instance, Okwui Enwezor's ‘Documenta XI’ (2002), Hans Ulrich Obrist's Interviews: Vol. 1 (Charta, 2003) and Molly Nesbit, Obrist, and Rirkrit Tiravanija's 50th Venice Biennale ‘Utopia Station’ (2003). These exhibitions were deeply invested in achieving a better understanding of the then rapidly globalizing art world, and they also reflected how central the phenomenon of ‘discourse’ or talking about the nature and attributes of art-making, had become for many prominent artists (e.g., Rirkrit Tiravanija, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster).
The power of that early 2000s moment persists - indeed platforms for expression of all sorts have become a primary arena for cultural production. However, Aranda draws a line between the pre- and post-social media public sphere. ‘Not everyone is an artist but everyone understands themselves to be creating content.’ This poses a new challenge for an advisor: how to embrace this sea-swell of voices and to identify the particular subjects that will engage Art Basel's 250,000 annual visitors? ‘I'm not going to assume that everyone has read the 17 technical theory books that a more specialized academic public may know,’ is her immediate response. ‘That is the tragedy of the press release, no? These sequences of words that make you want to pull your hair out because it's as if the language obscures meaning rather than communicates an idea - as if to say this information isn't for you.’
Angelo Plessas, Eternal Internet Brother/Sisterhood 1-3, 2015/2016. Installation view at the DESTE Prize 2015, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, 2015. Courtesy of The Breeder, Athens. Photo by George Sfakianakis.
Aranda is a high-energy system-thinker who is deeply curious about the changing nature of how things work. When asked about what specific themes she intends to bring to the Art Basel Conversations program, she frames it in terms of ‘How much it costs to think the way we do?’ with ‘we’ being the international art world and ‘cost’ meant in the holistic sense of the real environmental and social prices of, say, transporting a piece of art made of concrete from New York to Geneva, where it will be kept indefinitely in climate-controlled storage. Though details were still being confirmed when we spoke, Aranda discloses that the June program in Basel was set to include - in addition to such art fair staples as talks on connoisseurship and the practice of collecting—panels on art's ecological impact, the surveillance state, questions of nationalism, and the experience of motherhood as a woman working in the culture sector today.
It would also seem that this interest in drawing a picture of the world is an aspect of Aranda's practice that will naturally inform her advisory role of the Conversations program. But lest her intentions with this interdisciplinary scope of topics be misconstrued, she clarifies ‘I'm very worried about the conflation of aesthetics, morals, and politics; that need for a one stop shop - and this demand for the artist to do social good.’ For Aranda, it is important that artists be free to research broadly, ask questions, and yet not be expected to supply all the answers. Rather, her aims appear rooted more in the spirit of, to paraphrase Lawrence Weiner, 'the artist's reality being no different from any other reality.' There is, with Aranda, a desire for the conversation around art be inverted occasionally, focusing less on what the art world takes into its sphere, and more on how art is physically interdependent with (or even asymmetrically impacting) wider global systems.
Before ending our call, I ask Aranda if there are any core questions she feels are necessary for optimizing ‘discourse’ now. She responds: ‘Real conversations will be face-to-face forever.’
Art Basel conversations will take place from June 12 to June 15, 2019. They are free and open to the public.
Top image: Julieta Aranda in Miami Beach, 2018. Photo by Peyton Fulford for Art Basel.
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Bad blood and recriminations – The Price at Theatre West
They just don”™t write plays like they used to. They really don”™t. Playwright Arthur Miller is an American legend, and not simply because he was movie siren Marilyn Monroe”™s third husband. Born in 1915, Miller was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years. Miller died in 2005 and his works remains the standard against which almost all modern American drama is measured.
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Arthur Miller wrote plays, screenplays, novels, short stories, non-fiction and an autobiography, but he is probably best remembered for his play Death of a Salesman, winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, three Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. It was the first play ever to win all three prestigious awards at once.
Miller based his works on American history and his own life as well as his observations of (largely) contemporary American culture. He fashioned universal stories about an individual”™s struggle with his society, his family, and above all, himself. Miller”™s characters are plagued by anxiety, depression, and guilt – all trials to which almost everyone can relate. He created works that were familiar, identifiable and remarkable for their power to move an audience.
Currently playing at Theatre West near Universal Studios, on weekends until March 21st, is Miller”™s family drama The Price, directed by Stu Berg.
In the attic of a soon-to-be-demolished house, two brothers meet after a long estrangement to dispose of their dead parents”™ property. One is Victor, a policeman who sacrificed his education and a possible career as a scientist to care for his ruined, invalid father. The other, Walter, is an eminent surgeon who walked out on the demands of family to concentrate on medicine and personal success. Their confrontation leads them to examine the events and qualities of their very different lives and the price that each of them has had to pay.
Two others are present, each with their own agendas – Walter”™s devoted wife, Esther and Gregory, an 89-year-old used furniture dealer, rejuvenated by the activity of negotiating a more literal price for the goods to be sold.
As Victor notes, there”™s a price that people pay for the choices that they make in the conduct of their lives. The two brothers prove no exception to this observation.
The 1968 play by Arthur Miller has been one of the most successful and justly acclaimed works by this 20th Century American master.
The Price may have been first staged on Broadway in 1968, but as with all good plays its themes stand the test of time. Miller”™s play is about family dynamics, the price of furniture and – above all – the price of one”™s decisions and how they affect your life.
At first the scenario is full of easy banter and wry exchanges between Vic (Cal Bartlett) and his wife Esther (Dianne Travis), as they contemplate the clutter and detritus of a lifetime – that is, the remaining belongings of Walter”™s long deceased father. Turns out the brownstone where Vic lived with his father is due for demolition and the time has come to deal with its contents. Hovering over the tiresome task is a far more onerous one; Vic feels duty bound to attempt to contact his estranged brother Walter (Don Moss) before he disposes of all of their parents”™ belongings. Gradually a picture emerges of lingering resentment and failed dreams.
By the conclusion of Act One, Vic”™s estranged brother makes a dramatic appearance and the remainder of the play is comprised of some long speeches that beautifully illustrate everyone”™s recriminations and bitterness regarding a perceived moral debt. A lifetime of bad blood, regrets and resentment bubble to the surface as the two brothers face off and level accusations at each other.
Offering plenty of comic relief is the wonderful performance by Marvin Kaplan. He plays the wily Russian-Jewish – almost nonagenarian – antique dealer who puffs up the stairs during Act One to strike a deal with Vic and Esther on the various pieces of furniture and other assorted contents. With his blustering and prevaricating, as well as hilarious double takes, Kaplan gives a fantastic comedic performance that skirts caricature. The rest of the cast acquit themselves well with this wonderful piece of drama.
While the speeches during Act Two *are* long, Miller”™s play nevertheless is marvelously constructed and exemplary in its dramatic perfection.
Well worth seeing.
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Cathedral Rocks Yosemite tower over the south side of Yosemite Valley, a prominent collection of pinnacles, cliffs and buttresses. There are three major summits that are called Higher, Middle and Lower Cathedral Rocks, providing an awesome sight for all visitors.
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Yosemite Cathedral Rocks are on the south rim of Yosemite Valley, opposite El Capitan. You can pull out on any of the various turnouts along Southside Drive. The Bridalveil Fall Trail, which takes you to the base of these rocks, is located west of the Highway 41 and Southside junction.
Yosemite Valley is accessible all year, but if you want to hike the Bridalveil Falls Trail to the base of Cathedral Rocks, you’ll have to go from mid-April to mid-December.
Contact information: 209-372-0200
One Cathedral Rocks trail that takes you to the top is the Spires Gully Trail. It doesn’t take any special equipment, but you will have to do some scrambling over rocks. To make this trek, you should allow about a half day. Take another Cathedral Rocks trail Yosemite, the Bridalveil Falls Trail, if you only want to get to the base of this incredible formation.
For a true adventure, rock climbing can’t be beat. These cliffs were first climbed as early as the 1930s. You’ll discover some adventurous Class 5 climbs here, thus you must be familiar with the various equipment and knowledge of climbing. Some of the popular routes are Stoner’s Highway, East Buttress and Central Pillar of Frenzy.
There are three campgrounds within a 2-mile hike from the base of Cathedral Rocks. With plenty of sites, including RV spaces, you can find a spot that will be the perfect home base of all your Yosemite adventures.
After the Civil War, John Hittell wrote about the beautiful pinnacles of the Cathedral Rocks, and mentioned in his writings that indigenous people called these formations Poosenachucka, meaning “large acorn cache.” When you visit, you can study these rocks and see why they were named this way.
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Taryn Simon, Thirty-year natural gas contract between Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation. Shanghai, China, May 21, 2014, 2015
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Taryn Simon, Cairo Communiqué on International Cooperation for the Protection and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, Cairo, Egypt, April 8, 2010, 2015
Taryn Simon, Comprehensive claims settlement agreement between Libya and the United States. Tripoli, Libya, August 14, 2008
Taryn Simon, Agreement Establishing the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation. Al-Bayan Palace, Kuwait City, Kuwait, May 30, 2006, 2015
Taryn Simon, Finance package for the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Baku, Azerbaijan, February 3, 2004, 2015
Taryn Simon, Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement. Caracas, Venezuela, October 30, 2000, 2015
Taryn Simon, Diamond trade agreement between De Beers and Almazy Rossii-Sakha. President Hotel, Moscow, Russia, October 21, 1997, 2015
Taryn Simon, Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Marrakesh, Morocco, April 15, 1994, 2015
Taryn Simon, Finding Pursuant to Section 662 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, Concerning Operations in Foreign Countries Other than Those Intended Solely for the Purpose of Intelligence Collection. White House, Washington, D.C., United States, 1981, 2015
Taryn Simon, Gdansk Agreement. Gdansk Shipyards, Gdansk, Poland, August 31, 1980, 2015
Taryn Simon, Classified “ Spare Parts ” deal. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., United States, May 16, 1975, 2015
Taryn Simon, United States, 2014
53 black & white images, Diptych: archival inkjet prints in 2 boxed mats and aluminium frames
Taryn Simon, Undisclosed Latin American Country, 2014
3 black & white images, archival inkjet prints in boxed mat and aluminium frame
Taryn Simon, North Korea, 2014
1 black & white image, archival inkjet prints in boxed mat and aluminium frame
Taryn Simon, Monaco, 2014
Taryn Simon, Italy, 2014
64 black & white images, Diptych: archival inkjet prints in 2 boxed mat and aluminium frames
Taryn Simon, France, 2014
12 black & white images, archival inkjet prints in boxed mat and aluminium frame
90,5 x 163,2 cm (framed)
Taryn Simon, Ionian Sea, 2014
Taryn Simon, Azerbaijan, 2014
4 black & white images
Taryn Simon, Afghanistan, 2014
Taryn Simon, Folder: Wealth, 2013
Archival inkjet print
Taryn Simon, WILLIAM GREGORY Wick’s Parlor, Louisville, Kentucky With fiancée Vicki Kidwell, whom he dated prior to conviction Gregory was pool champion in prison Served 7 years of a 70-year sentence for Rape and Burglary, 2002
Taryn Simon, Black Square VII, Videophone, the first consumer-ready videocalling unit, 1964, 2012
Taryn Simon, Black Square XII, Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, 2012
Taryn Simon, Black Square IV, The Blaster, South Africa, 2011
Taryn Simon, Excerpt from Chapter XVII
A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII
Taryn Simon, Excerpt from Chapter VI
Taryn Simon, CHAPTER I (The living dead, India), 2011
Archival inkjet prints comprised of 3 components
213,36 x 301,63 cm (framed)
Taryn Simon, Excerpt from Chapter I
Taryn Simon, Tim Durham Skeet shooting, Tulsa, Oklahoma 11 alibi witnesses placed Durham at a skeet-shooting competition at the time of the crime Served 3.5 years of a 3,220 year sentence for Rape and Robbery, 2002
Taryn Simon, Troy Webb Scene of the crime, The Pines, Virginia Beach, Virginia Served 7 years of a 47-year sentence for Kidnapping, Rape and Robbery, 2002
Taryn Simon, Cryopreservation Unit Cryonics Institute Clinton Township, Michigan, 2007
Chromogenic print, framed
Taryn Simon, Research Marijuana Crop Grow Room, National Center for Natural Products Research, Oxford, Mississippi, 2007
Taryn Simon, Fireworks by Grucci, Northern Test Side Corporate Headquarters Brookhaven, New York, 2007
Taryn Simon, Nuclear Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility, Cherenkov Radiation Hanford Site, U.S. Department of Energy Southeastern Washington State, 2007
Taryn Simon, (Prohibited), 2010
2 archival inkjet prints in 1 Plexiglass box
Taryn Simon, Cigarettes & Tobacco (Abandoned / Illegal / Prohibited), 2010
25 archival inkjet prints in 5 Plexiglass boxes
23.5 x 94.6 x 6.4cm
Taryn Simon, Oca (Prohibited), 2010
Taryn Simon, Handbag, Louis Vuitton (disguised) (counterfeit), HANDBAGS, LOUIS VUITTON (COUNTERFEIT) , 2010
Taryn Simon, Bird corpse, labeled as home décor, Indonesia to Miami, Florida (prohibited) - ANIMAL CORPSES (PROHIBITED), 2010
Taryn Simon, Folder: Accidents, 2013
Taryn Simon, Folder: Chiaroscuro, 2013
Taryn Simon, Folder: Costume - Veil, 2013
Taryn Simon, Folder: Explosions, 2013
Taryn Simon, Folder: Snow - Avalanches, 2013
Taryn Simon, Folder: Tug of War, 2013
Taryn Simon, Chapter XVII (Orphans, Ukraine), 2011
Taryn Simon (b. 1975) is a multidisciplinary artist who has worked in photography, text, sculpture, film/video, and performance.
Simon's works have been the subject of monographic exhibitions at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2012); Tate Modern, London (2011); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2011); and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2007). Permanent collections include Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, the Guggenheim Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work is included in the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). She is a graduate of Brown University and a Guggenheim Fellow. Simon lives and works in New York.
Paperwork and the Will of Capital
September 08 — November 05, 2016 • Brussels
Birds of the West Indies
February 21 — March 14, 2015 • Paris
The Picture Collection
November 16 — December 21, 2013 • Paris
A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I – XVIII
May 25 — July 28, 2012 • Paris
October 29 — December 18, 2010 • Brussels
An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar
Rear Views, A Star-forming Nebula, and the Office of Foreign Propaganda
February 24 — May 17, 2015 • Jeu de Paume, Paris
October 21, 2012 — January 07, 2013 • MoCA, Los Angeles
September 21, 2011 — January 01, 2012 • Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
May 24, 2011 — January 01, 2012 • Tate Modern, London
'Review: Hallelujah! Leonard Cohen’s Music is Being Honored at the Jewish Museum', WNYC News, April 10th, 2019 — 170.6 kB
Rachel Spence, 'Taryn's Spectacle Of Sadness: An Occupation Of Loss, London', The Financial Times, April 24th, 2018 — 688.8 kB
Sarah Kent, 'Taryn Simon: An Occupation Of Loss', The Arts Desk, April 24th, 2018 — 1.2 MB
Waldemar Januszczak, ‘An Occupation of Loss, Islington Green’, The Times, April 22nd, 2018 — 733.8 kB
Ben Luke, Gareth Harris and Jose Da Silva, ‘From the high emotions of Taryn Simon's professional mourners to photography galore at Somerset House and the Hayward Gallery ’, The Art Newspaper, April 20th, 2018 — 171.5 kB
Eddy Frankel, ‘Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss review’, TimeOut London, April 20th, 2018 — 121.8 kB
Tabish Khan, What Does It Feel Like To Listen To Others Grieving? The Londonist, April 20th, 2018 — 1.9 MB
Vincent Dowd, ‘Meet the 'professional mourners' united in grief ’, BBC, April 19th, 2018 — 271.6 kB
Alastair Sooke, 'Taryn Simon, review: a wailing, primal cacophony with the flavour of a surreal dream' The Daily Telegraph, April 19th, 2018 — 191.2 kB
Adrian Searle, 'An Occupation Of Loss', The Guardian, April 18th, 2018 — 638.6 kB
Angie Kordic, 'Taryn Simon Invited 11 Professional Mourners for Her London Performance' Widewalls, April 12th, 2018 — 616.8 kB
TF Chan, 'Taryn Simon to bring her seminal installation on mourning rites to London', Wallpaper, February 28th, 2018 — 479.3 kB
'Lights Out' The Art Newspaper, February 28th, 2018 — 811.9 kB
Teju Cole, 'Capital, Diplomacy and Carnations', November 29th, 2016 — 2.9 MB
'Taryn Simon : Paperwork and the Will of Capital' at Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels', in Blouin Artinfo, October 14, 2016 — 533.8 kB
Louis de Biasin, 'Galeries. Belgique. Taryn Simon', L'Éventail, October 2016 — 253.6 kB
Cait Munro, 'Taryn Simon Goes Nuclear, Literally, at Mosco's Garage Museum', Artnet, March 19th, 2016 — 309.2 kB
Christian N. Kerr, 'Taryn Simon Mines the Empty Aesthetics of Diplomacy', Hyperallergic, March 10th, 2016 — 160.0 kB
Jillian Steinhauer, 'Taryn Simon's Floral Politik', New Republic, March 8th, 2016 — 190.1 kB
Thessaly La Force, 'Fleurs du mal: how artist Taryn Simon constructs political bougets', The Guardian, February 24th, 2016 — 264.0 kB
Alexxa Gothard, 'Taryn Simon Unearth the Flowers that Witnessed History's Most Pivotal Political Decision', Artsy, February 18th, 2016 — 220.1 kB
Leslie Camhi, 'Taryn Simon on Her Alluring New Show at Gagosian', Vogue, February 5th, 2016 — 428.1 kB
Andrea K. Scott, 'Heavy Petals', The New Yorker, January 18th, 2016 — 68.7 kB
Marina Garcia Vasquez, 'Nuclear Wate Is Art in the Work of Taryn Simon', The Creators Project - Vice, June 9th, 2015 — 503.6 kB
Alessia Glaviano, 'Taryn Simon - A video interview', Vogue Italy, June 3rd, 2015 — 697.9 kB
Valérie Duponchelle, 'Taryn Simon, la fée impitoyable', LE FIGARO, March 3rd, 2015. — 184.0 kB
Violaine Binet, 'L'oeil laser : Taryn Simon', VOGUE PARIS, March 2015 — 3.5 MB
Jean-Max Colard, '60rendez-vous pour 2015: expo Taryn Simon, la profileuse', les inrockuptibles, January, 2015 — 9.3 MB
Sara Corbett, 'Photographer Taryn Simon on Shooting Pussy Riot and the Politics of Media', VOGUE, August 2014 — 2.2 MB
Clément Ghys, 'L'univers de "James Bond", une hétérotropie très hétéro', LIBERATION, December 21/22, 2013 — 316.4 kB
C. M., '4 temps fort', LES INROCKUPTIBLES, December 2013 — 466.9 kB
François Salmeron, 'Taryn Simon, the picture collection', PARIS ART, December 2013 — 260.8 kB
Roxana Azimi, 'Archives à suivre',LE QUOTIDIEN DE L'ART, November 2013. — 99.1 kB
Prabal Gurung, 'On Taryn Simon, Our Monday Muse', THE HUFFINHTON POST, August 20, 2013. — 744.3 kB
Abdulla Al-Turki and Alia Al-Senussi, 'One on one with Taryn Simon', CANIVAS DAILY, March 19th, 2013 — 5.5 MB
Richard Lacayo, 'There Will Be Bloodlines', TIME, May 14th, 2012. — 177.7 kB
Chris Vroom, 'Taryn Simon and the Relativity of Truth', THE HUFFINGTON POST, February 14th, 2013. — 1.6 MB
Anna Seaman, 'Taryn Simon exhibits her photography in first Dubai show', THE NATIONAL, February 12th, 2013. — 215.3 kB
Eleanor Heartney, 'TARYN SIMON méprises', ARTPRESS, February, 2013. — 716.1 kB
Jori Finkel,' Taryn Simon's 'A Living Man Declared Dead' at MOCA maps order, mess', LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 13th, 2012. — 133.3 kB
Brian De Palma, 'Blow-up: Taryn Simon and Brian De Palma in conversation', ARTFORUM, June 1st, 2012. — 195.7 kB
Camille Xin, 'Case Studies: Taryn Simon at MoMA', ART IN AMERICA, May 1st, 2012. — 230.7 kB
'A living Man Declared Dead by Taryn Simon', THE NEW YORKER, April 23rd, 2012. — 1.3 MB
Raimar Stange, 'Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters', ART REVIEW, January/February, 2012. — 2.0 MB
Julie De Jonghe and Thijs Demeulemeester, 'Google imaginaire', SABATO (L'Echo), December 8th, 2012 — 780.8 kB
Roxana Marcoci, ‘Between the Image and the Word’, APERTURE, Issue #209, February 2012 — 212.7 kB
Richard Lacayo, 'There Will Be Bloodlines', TIME MAGAZINE, May 2012, pp. 48-51 — 3.2 MB
Gillian Tett, 'Women at the top 2011, power with grace', FINANCIAL TIMES, December 2011. — 952.8 kB
Georg Diez, 'Im Archiv der Tragödien', DER SPIEGEL, September, 2011. — 634.1 kB
'Taryn Simon, artist', FT Magazine, December 9th, 2011 — 1.9 MB
'The Artist's Artist', Artforum, December 2011 — 182.9 kB
Rachel Somerstein, 'Q&A: Photog's descent into the underworld', WIRED, February 1st, 2011. — 272.9 kB
A. Bogart, 'Go see- Londen: Taryn Simon's "A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters" at Tate Modern until September 6th 2011', ARTOBSERVED, July 4th, 2011. — 90.8 kB
Nina Caplan, 'Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, Tate Modern, London', THE INDEPENDENT, May 29th, 2011. — 18.4 kB
Sean O'Hagan, 'Taryn Simon: A living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters', THE GUARDIAN, May 22, 2011. — 49.7 kB
Lloyd Wise, 'Taryn Simon Lever House Art Collection', ARTFORUM, March 1st, 2011. — 295.2 kB
Joan Juliet Buck, 'Taryn's World', WMAGAZINE, November 2011 — 240.8 kB
Sean O'Hagan, 'Taryn Simon: A living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters', THE GUARDIAN, May 22, 2011 — 247.0 kB
Claire Guillot, 'Taryn Simon dissèque en images les liens du sang', LE MONDE, March 31, 2011 — 9.7 MB
Lloyd Wise, 'Taryn Simon Lever House Art Collection', ART FORUM, March 1st, 2011 — 308.2 kB
Sean O'Hagan, 'Cow-Dung Toothpaste? Taryn Simon's book Contreband unloads America's baggage', The Guardian, January 3rd, 2011 — 494.0 kB
Helena de Moura, 'Banned goods at JFK Airport shed light on American desires’, CNN, September 2010 — 310.1 kB
Alison Zavos, 'Taryn Simon, New York’, Feature Shoot, September 2010 — 340.8 kB
Faby Bierhoff, 'Taryn Simon. A living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters', DE WITTE RAAF, November/ December, 2010. — 3.7 MB
Miki Meek, 'An Illicit Whole Earth Catalog at J.F.K', THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30th, 2010 — 78.6 kB
Willem van Zoetendaal, ‘The best books of 2010’, Photo-eye Magazine, 2010 — 184.5 kB
Morgan Falconer,'An American Index of The Hidden and Unfamiliar', THE TIMES, February 21st, 2009. — 80.7 kB
Drusilla Beyfus, 'Taryn Simon: discomfort zone', TELEGRAPH, February 10th, 2009. — 195.7 kB
Christy Lange, 'Access All Areas', FRIEZE, May 1st, 2008. — 219.7 kB
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Oceano Dunes Pismo Beach, CA
This 3,600 acre off road area is among the most popular and unique of California State Parks. The 5 ½ miles of beach open for vehicle use and the 1,500 acres of sand dunes available for off highway motor vehicle recreation are attractions for visitors from throughout the United States.
Oceano Dunes is the only California State Park where vehicles may be driven on the beach. Passenger cars can easily drive on the northern portion of the beach.
Four wheel drive vehicles are recommended for driving to the camping and off highway vehicle use areas in the park. Beach wheelchairs are available for loan at the Pier and Grand Avenue entrances to the beach.
Surfing, swimming, surf fishing, horseback riding and bird watching are popular activities.
The recreation area is located in Oceano, three miles south of Pismo Beach off Highway 1.
The Oceano Dunes SVRA District Office is located at:
340 James Way
Alternative Access Study
The Oceano Dunes SVRA District recently completed the Alternative Access Study for the Ocean Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. This feasibility study identifies alternative routes for a road to the camping areas on the beach and the OHV riding area in the dunes. It also identifies and assesses alternative equestrian routes to and from the beach. This study was completed in November 2006. For more information on this study and to review the document click here .
One mile south of the Pier Avenue beach ramp is Post 2, a post on the beach which marks the beginning of the off-highway vehicle riding and camping area.
OHV's must be transported to this point before unloading. Any areas on the beach or in the dunes that are fenced or signed are closed to vehicular use because they either contain sensitive plant and animal life or are private property.
Seasons/Climate/Recommended clothing
Summer temperatures – Highs: 60's and 70's; Lows: 50's; Dense morning fog. Winter temperatures – Highs: 50's and 60's; Lows: 40's; high winds in Spring. The weather is often quite changeable, layered clothing is recommended.
Pismo Clams
Pismo clam populations fluctuate dramatically due to a variety of natural influences. A fragile and valuable resource, Pismo clams may be taken under the following regulations: Clammers must have a fishing license and an accurate (rigid) measuring device in possession. Only Pismo clams at least 4 1/2" in length may be possessed. Undersized Pismo clams must be immediately reburied in the area where dug. Bag limit is 10 Pismo clams . Hours of clamming are 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.
The Oceano sand dune area is recognized by scientists, conservationists, government agencies, and the public as the finest, most extensive coastal dunes remaining in California. Most of the material that forms these dunes has been carried down to the ocean by various rivers and creeks, deposited here by ocean currents, and then shaped by the wind into the dunes that we see today.
The prevailing winds that blow in from the ocean push sand particles up into wave-like crests that run north-south. On the west or windward side the slope is gentle. On the east or leeward side the slope is quite steep. Sand grains, as they are blown over the dune crest tend to accumulate high on the leeward slope; then, periodically thin tongues of sand slide down. For this reason the leeward slope is called a "slipface."
Dune Dwellers
Walk where the Chumash and Dunites walked. See and learn what attracted both cultures to this (Pismo Dunes Natural Preserve) beautiful dune area. Binoculars suggested. Bring a picnic meal, water, sunscreen and windbreaker. Meet at the Nature Center at the entrance to the Oceano Campground, Pismo State Beach.
(A) 3.5 mi., 4.5-5 hr.
Hearst Castle Tours
This premiere "must see" visitor attraction is one of the most popular destinations in California. There are four tours daily and the 55 mile drive from Pismo Beach alone is worth the trip.
Discover this legendary estate's history.
Hearst Castle's history begins in 1865, when George Hearst purchased 40,000 acres of ranchland. In 1919, William Randolph Hearst inherited what had grown to more than 250,000 acres, and was dreaming of ways to transform it into a retreat he called La Cuesta Encantada—Spanish for “Enchanted Hill.” By 1947, Hearst and architect Julia Morgan had created Hearst Castle: 165 rooms and 127 acres of gardens, terraces, pools and walkways—all built to house Hearst's specifications and to showcase his legendary art collection.
Tour Hearst Castle
Step back in time and relive one of the most decadent chapters in American history with guided tours through Hearst Castle.
Envisioned by newspaper giant William Randolph Hearst and designed by architect Julia Morgan , Hearst Castle began as a modest hilltop retreat, but ended up one of the world's greatest attractions and showpieces for ancient art —one that still rivals museum collections around the world.
Experience the 1920s and 30s grandeur that surrounded W. R. Hearst and his esteemed Hollywood guests at La Cuesta Encantada—Spanish for “Enchanted Hill”—with guided Hearst Castle tours.
The Visitor Center: where your visit begins
Begin your journey at the Visitor Center. Although advance reservations are strongly recommended as there are times when tours sell out, you can purchase tickets to Hearst Castle at the Visitor Center, grab a bite to eat, explore the gift shops, learn about the history of the Castle , and watch the exclusive movie “ Hearst Castle – Building the Dream ” on a giant five-story screen—all before boarding your bus to the Enchanted Hill.
The Bus Ride: your journey to Hearst Castle
When your scheduled tour time arrives, board the bus at the Visitor Center to begin your five-mile journey to Hearst Castle. Narrated by Jeopardy's Alex Trebek, the scenic bus ride provides vistas of the natural beauty that surrounds this historic hilltop estate.
Tour Hearst Castle: relive history by walking through it
Three distinct guided Hearst Castle Tours are offered throughout the day. Each one explores a different part of this luxurious estate comprised of 165 rooms and more than 125 sprawling acres of gardens, terraces, pools and walkways. Accessibly Designed Tours , group tours , school tours and the seasonal Evening Tour are also available.
The Grounds: visit the gardens and pools at your own pace
After the guided portion of your daytime tour concludes, explore the lush gardens , expansive grounds, sparkling Neptune Pool and majestic Roman Pool at your own pace, before boarding the bus for the Visitor Center .
Find the tours that interest you most, by learning more about the daily Hearst Castle tours open to the public, in addition to our Accessibly Designed Tours .
Already know which tour you want to take? View tour tickets and prices before you book them.
Price Historical Park in Pismo Beach
Historic Ranch and 1893 Price Anniversary House.
Price Historical Park
This 7-acre city park features the rancho home of city founder John Price. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as a California Point of Historical Interest, as a Pismo Beach Historic Landmark, and designated by the Department of Interior National Park Service as a Juan Bautista de Anza Trail Interpretive Site, it is planned to become a ranch museum with Indian village and adobe ruins. Trails and replica Chumash Village are open daily to the public for hiking and picnicking. The 1893 historic Price Anniversary House is undergoing restoration and is open for tours by appointment year round or at 1:00pm 1 st & 3 rd Sundays May through October except holidays. Take the trail at the end of Frady Lane 2 blocks south of 7-11 on Hwy 1, or drive to 100 Rancho Pismo Drive via Highland Drive. Info and tours.
The San Luis Obispo Children's Museum
10am-3pm Tues.– Wed.
10am-5pm Thur.– Sat.
1pm-5pm Sun.
Free Moonlight Hours
October 17th 5-8pm
The Children's Museum inspires learning through play by offering a rich environment of more than 30 interactive exhibits. Guests are able to actively explore, investigate and create through educational exhibits, programs and outdoor learning environments. The Children's Museum is perfect for children ages 2-10 years of age and is conveniently located in the heart of downtown San Luis Obispo at 1010 Nipomo Street.
Live Theater in the Pismo Beach Area
San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center
The magnificent performing arts center is the result of a partnership and a true spirit of cooperation between California Polytechnic State University, the City of San Luis Obispo and the Foundation for the Performing Arts Center. Information and schedule of performances visit website.
Great American Melodrama
Family-oriented theater featuring musicals, comedies and audience participation. Beer, wine, desserts and dining at the in-house pub.
Clark Center for the Performing Arts
Mineral Springs in the Pismo Beach Area
At nearby Avila Beach there are naturally heated mineral springs where you can swim in the pool or take a hot mineral bath. Sycamore and Avila Hot Springs are two of the best mineral springs still operating in California.
Avila Hot Springs
Sycamore Mineral Springs
Bowling in Pismo Beach
Pismo Bowl
Pismo Bowl is the place for affordable family fun! It has been family owned and operated since 1939 and is an original Pismo Beach experience. As one of the oldest continually running bowling alleys in California we offer a unique bowling experience that's fun for all ages. Daily 10 am-10 pm. Fri-Sat until midnight
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A multi-year methane inversion using SCIAMACHY, accounting for systematic errors using TCCON measurements
S. Houweling1,2, M. Krol1,2,3, P. Bergamaschi4, C. Frankenberg5, E. J. Dlugokencky6, I. Morino7, J. Notholt8, V. Sherlock9, D. Wunch10, V. Beck11, C. Gerbig11, H. Chen12,13, E. A. Kort14, T. Röckmann2, and I. Aben1 S. Houweling et al. S. Houweling1,2, M. Krol1,2,3, P. Bergamaschi4, C. Frankenberg5, E. J. Dlugokencky6, I. Morino7, J. Notholt8, V. Sherlock9, D. Wunch10, V. Beck11, C. Gerbig11, H. Chen12,13, E. A. Kort14, T. Röckmann2, and I. Aben1
1SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
3Department of Meteorology and Air Quality (MAQ), Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
4European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra (Va), Italy
5Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
6NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, USA
7Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
8Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
9National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), P.O. Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand
10Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
11Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
12Center for Isotope Research (CIO), University of Groningen, the Netherlands
13CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
14Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Received: 21 Aug 2013 – Discussion started: 30 Oct 2013 – Revised: 02 Mar 2014 – Accepted: 07 Mar 2014 – Published: 22 Apr 2014
Abstract. This study investigates the use of total column CH4 (XCH4) retrievals from the SCIAMACHY satellite instrument for quantifying large-scale emissions of methane. A unique data set from SCIAMACHY is available spanning almost a decade of measurements, covering a period when the global CH4 growth rate showed a marked transition from stable to increasing mixing ratios. The TM5 4DVAR inverse modelling system has been used to infer CH4 emissions from a combination of satellite and surface measurements for the period 2003–2010. In contrast to earlier inverse modelling studies, the SCIAMACHY retrievals have been corrected for systematic errors using the TCCON network of ground-based Fourier transform spectrometers. The aim is to further investigate the role of bias correction of satellite data in inversions. Methods for bias correction are discussed, and the sensitivity of the optimized emissions to alternative bias correction functions is quantified. It is found that the use of SCIAMACHY retrievals in TM5 4DVAR increases the estimated inter-annual variability of large-scale fluxes by 22% compared with the use of only surface observations. The difference in global methane emissions between 2-year periods before and after July 2006 is estimated at 27–35 Tg yr−1. The use of SCIAMACHY retrievals causes a shift in the emissions from the extra-tropics to the tropics of 50 ± 25 Tg yr−1. The large uncertainty in this value arises from the uncertainty in the bias correction functions. Using measurements from the HIPPO and BARCA aircraft campaigns, we show that systematic errors in the SCIAMACHY measurements are a main factor limiting the performance of the inversions. To further constrain tropical emissions of methane using current and future satellite missions, extended validation capabilities in the tropics are of critical importance.
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How to cite: Houweling, S., Krol, M., Bergamaschi, P., Frankenberg, C., Dlugokencky, E. J., Morino, I., Notholt, J., Sherlock, V., Wunch, D., Beck, V., Gerbig, C., Chen, H., Kort, E. A., Röckmann, T., and Aben, I.: A multi-year methane inversion using SCIAMACHY, accounting for systematic errors using TCCON measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 3991-4012, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-3991-2014, 2014.
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Nazem Kadri reacted to Lars Eller calling the Leafs’ top players ‘not that special’
The Leafs are the hottest ticket in the NHL right now, but not everybody has been impressed with them.
BarDown Staff
Kristen Shilton , Getty Images
Lars Eller made headlines across the NHL over the weekend when he was asked about trying to contain the Leafs players and he was not thoroughly impressed. The Leafs’ top power play unit has led the team to the second best power play rate in the league (47%), so it’s hard to argue with how dangerous they’ve been so far, but Eller thinks that when compared to Crosby and Malkin, nothing compares.
Nazem Kadri heard about those quotes on Monday morning and he considers that bulletin board material.
Nazem Kadri on Lars Eller's "bulletin board material" comment on Saturday: "I don’t know how he can be serious with that comment, but I understand they’re coming off taking a banner. You’ve got to give teams respect that have earned it, and I certainly feel we’ve earned it." https://t.co/nPQq4IvF4Y
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) October 15, 2018
Lars Eller on the Maple Leafs: "We were just playing against Crosby and Malkin, so everything kind of drops off from there. It's not that special, to be honest. It's a good team, like a lot of others. They'll probably be a playoff team, I would think."
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) October 14, 2018
Kadri is one of the players on the team that makes them even scarier.
He has scored 32 goals in each of the past two seasons, and he has yet to contribute any goals this year. Even if the big guys do start slowing down, it’s possible that the depth in lineup starts picking up some of the slack. Kadri, Zach Hyman, Patrick Marleau and Andreas Johnsson are all still goalless on the year, so it will be interesting to see how their scorers continue to contribute throughout the year.
TSN's power rankings already have the Leafs at #1, which we're sure will be some bulletin board material for other teams.
The Leafs move into the number-one spot on the @7ElevenCanada #PowerRankings: https://t.co/pLIhjeKqCE pic.twitter.com/V3yQpSIByr
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2012 Car Rental Show: Collaborating for Change
March 14, 2012 • by Staff
Mark Frissora gives the keynote address at the 2012 Car Rental Show.
For a photo gallery of the 2012 Car Rental Show, click here.
With more than 100 international attendees and some 700 attendees in total, the 2012 Car Rental Show (CRS) convened this week in Las Vegas.
“Our increased attendance and our expanded program, as well as overflowing seminar rooms and an enlarged expo hall are testaments to the renewed vigor and attention focused on the auto rental industry right now,” said Chris Brown, executive editor of Auto Rental News, the show’s sponsor (for his blog about the show click here). “CRS has solidified its place as the only global event dedicated entirely to the auto rental industry.”
Presented in conjunction with the American Car Rental Association (ACRA), CRS kicked off with a Sunday night cocktail reception and segued into four Monday morning pre-conference seminars. After two full days of programming, the show officially closed Wednesday morning with a newly added seminar.
In a first for the Car Rental Show, now in its 17th year, the speaker schedule kicked off with a special address from Congressman Sam Graves of Missouri. Graves addressed the audience on the road to the passage of the historic Graves Amendment that ended vicarious liability for rental and leasing companies.
In addition, Graves, who is chair of the House of Representative’s Small Business Committee, presented the need for tax certainty, an end to regulatory activism and the need for energy independence through development of domestic fuel supplies. “We are an energy rich nation that acts like an energy poor nation,” Graves said.
Graves also outlined a bill, HR 2469, he has co-authored that would eradicate car rental excise taxes on a federal level. “The sad thing with that type of tax is all it does is hurt consumers,” he said. HR 2469 is backed by ACRA as well.
In a dual keynote address, Mark Frissora, chairman and CEO of The Hertz Corp., and Gary Rappeport, CEO of Donlen Corp., explained the convergence of auto rental and leasing and how technology is poised to bring about new transportation solutions. “Customers are smarter than they have ever been,” Frissora said.
Frissora said the industry has weathered the economic storm with higher levels of customer satisfaction, stronger balance sheets and financing structures and is benefitting from the restructuring of the auto manufacturers.
He also showed studies stating that world travel will double by 2020 and that rental car revenue as a percentage of U.S. gross domestic product is growing. He said that growth in local markets is being driven by people who rent cars when they would have flown, while the migration trend back into cities presents opportunities for new mobility options such as car sharing.
Rappeport, whose company is a major commercial fleet lessor and was purchased by Hertz last year, outlined the potential synergies between car rental and commercial fleet management. Donlen and Hertz are piloting a new leasing concept in which corporate clients can lease a used rental vehicle from Hertz’s inventory. The companies are leveraging Donlen’s telematics technology with Hertz connect2go, its corporate pool management program.[PAGEBREAK]
Congressman Sam Graves addresses the crowd about his work with the Graves Amendment and how excise taxes are hurting the car rental industry.
In the remarketing arena, Donlen’s off-lease vehicles can leverage Hertz’s dealer direct and retail-facing Rent2Buy channels, providing a better return to the lease customer.
In the Tuesday morning general session, Geoff Freeman, COO of the U.S. Travel Association, explained the transformation of the travel industry from the recession to the present.
Freeman said in the throes of the recessio
n that travel was looked at “as the Rodney Dangerfield of industries” while business travel — especially to Las Vegas — was portrayed in a negative light. However, through the lobbying efforts of the USTA and through the Travel and Promotion Act, which is the first-ever nationwide travel promotion program, the government and general public are recognizing travel’s $1.8 trillion contribution to the economy each year.
Nonetheless, “We’ve learned that when we act in a silo fashion, we don’t get the respect we deserve,” Freeman said. He said that car rental companies, with branches in all congressional districts and employing millions of people, have powerful voices in government that have yet to be fully heard.
Bob Barton, president and COO of Franchise Services of North America as well as president of ACRA, delivered the closing keynote address. Barton highlighted the potentially damaging rate wars in Florida, as well as the new ways that technology is undermining profits because of a lack of a no-show policy. (See our magazine page for his most recent guest editorial on this topic.)
“If you can clearly articulate your policies and procedures you won’t have a problem with no shows,” Barton said.
Outlining the historic changes in communication and marketing in the past seven years, Barton challenged car rental companies to take advantage of new communication methods such as QR codes, social media and text marketing. “The car rental world is changing faster than you’ve ever expected,” he said.
During the ACRA session, the ACRA legal and legislative panel discussed car rental-focused legislative activity such as efforts in Arizona and Maryland that would require the renter’s insurance to pay first in any third-party liability claims, as the majority of states now require.
In Florida, ACRA has also been tracking bills that would update the process for rental companies to report vehicles as stolen, as well as legislation to reform the state’s personal injury protection (PIP) laws to address fraudulent claims.
Gil Cygler (right), president of Allcar Rent A Car, is this year's winner of the Russell Bruno award. The award was presented this year by ACRA Executive Director Sharon Faulkner.
Also discussed was the recoupment of vehicle licensing fees in New York as well as the continued effort to eradicate discriminatory excise taxes through federal legislation, HR 2469. Barton and executive director of ACRA, Sharon Faulkner, urged the audience to participate in the efforts through their local legislators. “Never think you are too small to make a difference,” Faulkner said.
On the recognition front, Sharon Faulkner, executive director of ACRA, presented Gil Cygler of Allcar Rent-a-Car with the 2012 Russell Bruno Award for outstanding service to the car rental industry.
Finally, Brown announced that the 2013 Car Rental Show will take place on April 15-16 at a new hotel in Las Vegas, The Rio.
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Finger print scanner.
Andrew Topping
Published: 08:17 Thursday 18 October 2018
New mobile devices which take peoples fingerprints are to be rolled out by Derbyshire Police.
Officers now have mobile devices that will allow them to take people’s fingerprints whilst they are out on patrol.
The new system is available via the national Biometrics Service Gateway and will allow officers, via a handheld device, to check fingerprints against criminal records and immigration records by connecting to two live databases (IDENT1 and IABS).
The 250 devices are being rolled out this week to frontline officers and specialist departments.
ACC Bill McWilliam said: “These devices are live in a number of forces across the country and are proving to be very beneficial.
“Mobile scanning of fingerprints will prevent officers having to make unnecessary trips to police stations, therefore saving valuable time to allow them to continue with their work whilst out and about.
“This technology can only be used where an offence (or suspected offence) has been committed and where identity is doubted. Officers will not be conducting extra stops as a result of having this device.
“As technology is developing constantly it is crucial that police forces embrace it and continue to invest in systems which will directly impact on keeping our communities safe.”
Carl Willis, the chair of the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) said: “The IAG were invited to a meeting to find out more about the devices. We were shown a video of how the system will work and the group are all of the opinion that this is a welcome introduction to the technology available that will assist officers in conducting their duties more efficiently.”
Hardyal Dhindsa, Derbyshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, welcomed the move. He said: “One of my priorities has always been to maximise the benefits of technology to increase the amount of time officers spend out of the station.
Mobile fingerprint technology is good news all round – it keeps police officers out on patrol and speeds up identification processes. I’m very pleased that Derbyshire is one of the early adopters of this process.”
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A Dream Called Home: A Memoir (Compact Disc)
By Reyna Grande, Yareli Arizmendi (Read by)
An inspiring new memoir from Reyna Grande, the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and national bestselling author of The Distance Between Us, about her quest for belonging, a writing career, and a home built of more than words and dreams.
A Dream Called Home is the follow up to Reyna Grande's national bestselling memoir The Distance Between Us. In that book, Reyna recounted the pain and poverty she experienced growing up in Mexico without her parents, who had immigrated to the U.S. years earlier. When she was nine years old, Reyna made her own journey across the U.S.-Mexico border in search of a home. What she found instead was an indifferent mother, an abusive, alcoholic father, and a school system that didn't honor her heritage. Against all obstacles, Reyna's love of reading and writing propelled her to rise above all challenges and ultimately be accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz.
A Dream Called Home tells the story of Reyna's pursuit to become the first in her family to earn a college degree and to find her place and a home in her adoptive country. At UC, Santa Cruz and on her own for the first time, Reyna faces new struggles and learns to forge ahead toward her dreams despite the alienation and estrangement from her family and her new community. Back in Los Angeles after graduation, Reyna attempts to parlay her creative writing degree into a full-time job only to discover she knows nothing about the publishing business. Through it all, Reyna holds fast to her dreams and makes the impossible possible-she goes from being an undocumented immigrant to an award-winning author. Reyna details the arduous journey of pursuing her dream of becoming a writer and finding that one thing she has desperately longed for ever since her parents left her behind in Mexico-a home.
This is an inspiring account of one young woman's quest to find her place in America as a first-generation university student, a Latina, and a writer determined to change the course of her family forever. Reyna's story mirrors the journey that millions of immigrants have taken as she creates her own path toward a better life for herself on her own terms.
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FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures to supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
WikiLeaks’ Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for bail-jumping
Julian Assange’s seven years in the embassy had cost British taxpayers 16 million pounds
A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian embassy.
Judge Deborah Taylor said it was hard to imagine a more serious version of the offence as she gave the 47-year-old hacker a sentence close to the maximum of a year in custody.
She said Assange’s seven years in the embassy had cost British taxpayers 16 million pounds ($21 million), and said he sought asylum as a “deliberate attempt to delay justice.”
Assange stood impassively with his hands clasped while the sentence was read. His supporters in the public gallery at Southwark Crown Court cheered for him as he left and chanted “Shame on you” at the judge as Assange was led away.
With his white hair freshly coiffed and wearing a black sports jacket and grey sweater, Assange looked much more youthful and healthier than when he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy by British police on April 11.
At the time, sporting an unkempt beard and long hair, he seemed wild-eyed and angry. This time he was composed and for the most part polite, although he did interrupt the judge to challenge her on her characterization of the sexual misconduct allegations he faced in Sweden.
His lawyer read out a brief letter from Assange to the judge in which he apologized “unreservedly” to anyone who felt his actions had been disrespectful.
“I found myself struggling with terrifying circumstances for which neither I nor those from whom I sought advice could work out any remedy,” he said in the letter. “I did what I thought at the time was the best and perhaps the only thing that could be done.”
The Australian secret-spiller sought asylum in the South American country’s London embassy in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations made by two women.
Sweden suspended its investigation into possible sexual misconduct against Assange two years ago because he was beyond their reach while he was living in the embassy. Prosecutors have said that investigation could be revived if his situation changed.
Assange’s lawyer Mark Summers told a courtroom packed with journalists and WikiLeaks supporters that his client sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy because “he was living with overwhelming fear of being rendered to the U.S.” because of his WikiLeaks activities.
He said Assange had a “well-founded” fear that he would be mistreated and possibly sent to the U.S. detention camp for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.
Assange was arrested by British police April 11 after Ecuador revoked his political asylum, accusing him of everything from meddling in the nation’s foreign affairs to poor hygiene.
He faces a separate court hearing Thursday on a U.S. extradition request. American authorities have charged Assange with conspiring to break into a Pentagon computer system.
READ MORE: Lawyer alleges Ecuador spread lies about WikiLeaks founder
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Robert Legh is our Chairman and Senior Partner. He joined the firm in 1986 and became a partner in 1992.
He founded our Competition Practice in 1998 and headed it before his appointment as chairman. He has extensive experience in antitrust and regulatory law as well as in mergers & acquisitions and mining law. In recent years he has worked on a number of high-profile cases relating to hostile mergers, abuse of dominance and cartels and was a contributor to the first South African text book on competition law.
His expertise has been recognised by numerous international legal directories including Best Lawyers, Chambers Global, Global Competition Review, IFLR1000, the Legal 500, PLC and Who’s Who Legal.
He has B.Com, LLB and MBA degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand.
He divides his time equally between chairing the firm and advising clients on complex antitrust matters.
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Firm chairman Robert Legh, first ranked in Chambers Global 2006, remains a highly respected competition practitioner. He continues to play a major role in some of the team’s largest transactions, including SABMiller’s proposed combination with Coca-Cola and Gutche Family Investments. One client highlights his “pragmatic and incisive” advice. – Chambers and Partners 2017
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The Magic Lantern: An Autobiography
by Ingmar Bergman
translated by Joan Tate
Paper: 978-0-226-04382-1
Library of Congress Classification PN1998.3.B47A3 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.430233092
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“When a film is not a document, it is a dream. . . . At the editing table, when I run the strip of film through, frame by frame, I still feel that dizzy sense of magic of my childhood.” Bergman, who has conveyed this heady sense of wonder and vision to moviegoers for decades, traces his lifelong love affair with film in his breathtakingly visual autobiography, The Magic Lantern.
More grand mosaic than linear account, Bergman’s vignettes trace his life from a rural Swedish childhood through his work in theater to Hollywood’s golden age, and a tumultuous romantic history that includes five wives and more than a few mistresses. Throughout, Bergman recounts his life in a series of deeply personal flashbacks that document some of the most important moments in twentieth-century filmmaking as well as the private obsessions of the man behind them. Ambitious in scope yet sensitively wrought, The Magic Lantern is a window to the mind of one of our era’s great geniuses.
“[Bergman] has found a way to show the soul’s landscape . . . . Many gripping revelations.”—New York Times Book Review
“Joan Tate’s translation of this book has delicacy and true pitch . . . The Magic Lantern is as personal and penetrating as a Bergman film, wry, shadowy, austere.”—New Republic
“[Bergman] keeps returning to his past, reassessing it, distilling its meaning, offering it to his audiences in dazzling new shapes.”—New York Times
“What Bergman does relate, particularly his tangled relationships with his parents, is not only illuminating but quite moving. No ‘tell-all’ book this one, but revealing in ways that much longer and allegedly ‘franker’ books are not.”—Library Journal
Ingmar Bergman is a Swedish filmmaker who has written and directed over fifty films. He is the recipient of three Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly, and Fanny and Alexander.
Joan Tate (1922–2000) was a prolific translator of Swedish works into English.
“Bergman’s minute recall is essentially, astonishingly, visual. Description after description stamp out scenes from his films. The man, his memory, his work are one. . . . It is wonderfully liberating to be made privy to the tangible relish in his craft . . . The Magic Lantern is no conventional autobiography, more a scalding stream of consciousness from the pen of a licentious puritan. . . . He is funny and crisp about several of the Famous and unstrainingly vicious about the dead and dismal critics.”
— John Osborne, New York Review of Books
“[Bergman] has found a way to show the soul’s landscape. . . . Many gripping revelations.”
— Woody Allen, New York Times Book Review
"In its structure, its tone, its intent, Bergman's book asks to be judged, not as a factual account, however good, but as a work of literature. It succeeds--exactly as he wanted it to: The Magic Lantern is as personal and penetrating as a Bergman film, wry, shadowy, austere.”
— Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic
"Combined with the life-affecting astonishment that his brutal and beautiful films inspire, The Magic Lantern cultivates a sensitivity towards this film-loving, sometimes self-loathing, sometimes faith-avowing Ingmar Bergman."
— Kristi McKim, Film International
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Planets in peril : a critical study of C.S. Lewis's ransom trilogy /
by Downing, David C. Published 1992
The skeleton in the wardrobe : C.S. Lewis's fantasies : a phenomenological study /
by Holbrook, David. Published 1991
Finding purpose in Narnia : a journey with Prince Caspian /
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The way into Narnia : a reader's guide /
by Schakel, Peter J. Published 2005
Into the wardrobe : C.S. Lewis and the Narnia chronicles /
A reader's guide to Caspian : a journey into C.S. Lewis's Narnia /
by Ryken, Leland. Published 2008
Inside Prince Caspian : a guide to exploring the return to Narnia /
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The chronicles of Narnia : the patterning of a fantastic world /
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Further up & further in : understanding Narnia /
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Branches to heaven : the geniuses of C.S. Lewis /
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C.S. Lewis : memories and reflections /
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Tinder wants to become your next party game by launching its own TV app
Nathan McAlone
Dec. 13, 2016, 8:00 AM
Dating app powerhouse Tinder wants to make itself your next party game by launching an app for Apple TV.
If you're in a relationship, taking your friend's phone and Tindering for them is a time-honored way of injecting a bit of shallow fun into your romantic life. Now Tinder wants the whole room to get involved by splashing the app on your TV screen, and letting you use the Apple TV remote to swipe.
The Apple TV's touchpad remote is frustrating to use when you're trying to navigate most entertainment apps. But it actually seems perfect for Tindering, aside from messaging with matches (which incidentally only works on the mobile app). The touchpad feels designed to swipe left/right.
But when are you going to use this app?
Tinder calls its Apple TV app "the biggest thing to hit family night since Yahtzee," and advises consulting with your hypothetical aunts and cousins on your matches. But I don't think family fun is the right way to go.
"Why swipe alone when you can let Aunt Donna have a say?" the company said in a press release. "She's known you since you were two; she's watched you grow. If she says you should Swipe Right on that nice girl in the penguin costume, you Swipe Right on that nice girl in the penguin costume."
I don't have an Aunt Donna, but letting my family choose my Tinder date sounds like a nightmare.
That said, I can definitely see it being a fun, if niche, activity for friends sitting around before a night out. People already Tinder on other people's phones, so why not put it up on the big screen.
Here is a video from Tinder showing the interface:
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Introduce Yourself(ie): 10 Questions with SpongeBob Squarepants Star Danny Skinner
by Danny Skinner
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Danny Skinner makes his Broadway as Patrick (the BFF of the title character) in the musical adaptation of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob Squarepants. Danny originated the role in the Chicago premiere and now comes to Broadway as the lovable starfish.
BroadwayBox gets to know Danny better as we talk about bringing Patrick to life onstage, how his love of theatre began, and the Nickelodeon show of his childhood dreams.
1. How did SpongeBob happen for you? What was your audition process like:
SpongeBob has definitely been a process. It started for me five years ago when it was still called the "Untitled Tina Landau Project" and the characters had code names. It wasn't until I received a phone call from the casting director that I knew I was going in for Patrick. I had a few auditions and each time I did both a scene from the television show and had to prepare some physical comedy bits. I was asked to try to put on a shoe but continue to fail. And then I had to create my own bit which I decided to do as a really lonely guy at a dance. He continues to try to work up the courage to dance with people and is constantly rejected. It was a lot of fun.
2. What should fans of the TV series know about the character of Patrick in the musical:
Patrick in the musical is just like Patrick in the television series, except human! The real fun of the show has been taking that iconic cartoon character and really exploring how he would move and act as a human being. Story wise, Patrick has some great ideas, and finally someone listens to them.
3. What’s been the most fun/informative day of rehearsal with Tina Landau:
The most fun day of each rehearsal process has been the day right before we start working on the script proper. We get to play around with games and props to try and discover potential answers to challenging moments in the show. We explore physical vocabulary and behavior that we can begin to utilize. Tina creates an atmosphere that encourages playfulness and creativity. There is nothing more fun than a room full of actors truly playing around with each other.
4. If you could have dinner with only one artist who contributed to the SpongeBob score, who would you choose:
Oh this is hard! I would have loved to have gotten to meet David Bowie. He had such an impact on me growing up. But I think I would love to have dinner with Yolanda Adams. She is divine both onstage and off. When I first found out she was writing a song for the show, and that I was going to get to sing it, I reacted like a little child. I squealed with delight. Her songs are some of my all time favorites. Not only that but she is also just the kindest, most generous person.
5. What’s been the biggest pinch me moment of your SpongeBob experience so far:
Opening night in Chicago. The energy of that night was remarkable. It was the culmination of years of work and dedication by so many brilliant artists. After years of developmental workshops, it was thrilling to finally have a show. I have a feeling opening night on Broadway may become the next pinch me moment.
6. Who are you comedy heroes? What movie can always make you laugh:
My comedy heroes are Oliver Hardy, Steve Martin, and John Candy. They are a huge reason I have pursued this crazy career. Laurel and Hardy play so seamlessly with each other and there is never a moment unfilled. It's inspiring. Steve Martin is a genius. I would listen to his comedy albums on repeat and his book Born Standing Up is a treasure. If I started listing my favorite Steve Martin movies, I would just be listing his whole filmography. My entire heart belongs to John Candy though. He was not only hilarious but he was a beautiful actor. The funny he brought was always layered in genuine, warm emotion. The movie that I continue to return to multiple times in a year is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. It never fails to make me laugh and move me. That scene in the motel room. Perfection.
7. What was the moment you knew you wanted to perform? Was there an early role that set you on your path:
I remember exactly when I knew I wanted to perform. I was in first grade and our local church was doing a production of The Music Man that my father was involved with. I was sitting in the giant auditorium playing with my toys and they started rehearsing that opening number on the train. I stopped playing immediately and started watching with amazement at what was going on in front of me. They got to the "Wells Fargo Wagon" number and one of my friends got on stage and sang that number and I was green with envy. He was allowed to do that? I wanted to do that! I want to tell stories! That church put on productions of The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell, and Jesus Christ Superstar and with each production it became cemented in me that I wanted to be a part of that. It was settled.
8. What were three must-haves for your first Broadway dressing room:
Three must haves for me are my steamer, my air purifier, and my pink tea kettle.
9. What’s something you totally nerd out over that has nothing to do with musical theatre:
I nerd out over old B-horror movies. I own far too many and am always adding to my collection. I just love them so much. The more outlandish and melodramatic the better.
10. If young Danny could have joined any Nickelodeon show, what would he have chosen:
I was a total Nickelodeon kid. I did whatever Face and Stick Stickly told me to do. I continued to bug my parents about getting Nickelodeon magazine and even said "please" like the commercial told me to. If young Danny could have been on any show, it would have been All That. Lori Beth Denberg with Vital Information for your everyday life was HILARIOUS. If I could have just done one of those with her, I would have been in heaven.
See Danny Skinner in his Broadway debut as Patrick in 'SpongeBob Squarepants' at the Palace Theatre.
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https://www.chron.com/life/article/The-weird-world-of-homecoming-mums-explored-5748292.php
The weird world of homecoming mums explored
By Craig Hlavaty
Updated 2:30 pm CDT, Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Lauren MacQueen is seen here in 1998 with her senior year mum. She says that mums were a big part of the social scene at Spring High School when she was a student.
Photo: Lauren Macqueen
It's a Texas rite of passage for high schoolers and it costs parents and would-be suitors hundreds of dollars each fall.
The homecoming mum is one of the most curious of Texas traditions and it seems to wrap up all the hallmarks of growing up in the Lone Star State in one frilly package. Right around this time every year floral shops find themselves swamped with orders for custom mums and thrifty parents are hard at work making their own for their children.
Mums are ornate, wearable bouquets of flowers and other school-related tchotchkes that teen boys purchase for their homecoming dates. They are usually pinned onto clothes or sometimes if they are too unwieldy they are held or placed around the neck or shoulder. Some even come complete with small bells and flashing LED lights. Some mums could even double as outerwear on a cold Friday night at the football stadium.
Photographer Nancy Newberry's photo series on teen girls with their mums is recommended viewing. Some of the arrangements dwarf the girls.
The name comes from the past use of the Chrysanthemum flower which was slowly phased out for synthetic flowers, the kind that kind can be mass-produced and don't take months to cultivate. At one time mums had real flowers attached. You will still find some with real flowers if you look hard enough. Boys usually wear arm garters, the male mum, but the ones the guys receive are usually understated, at least in most cases.
Go to any grocery store in the area right now with a floral center and you may find generic mums in local school colors for upwards of $100 or so. The concept seems to fascinate those without teenagers or a Texas upbringing. It's a quaint tradition for those without exposure to a Texas adolescence.
It's like an arms race among teen girls, but with glitter and tulle.
Lisa Friedrich, 29, recalls mum mania at her Beaumont high school as overpoweringly comical. She only participated in the mum tradition freshman and sophomore year.
"I remember walking down the halls on Homecoming Friday and it was like Michael's, the craft store, had vomited all over the place. Ribbons, tiny teddy bears, tiny horses, glitter letters, The bigger the mum, the more your mom cared about you it seemed."
The Austin-based comedian and actress says her mother made her mum and kept it modest.
"Moms are crazy about them. I worked with a mom of twins and she wouldn't sleep the week of homecoming. She'd be working on making the best mum possible, but two of them."
Renee Carpenter with MC Florist in West Houston has been making mums for high schoolers since 1989. She herself received her first mum as a high school freshman in 1980.
In 2014 she sold 1,000 mums and in 2015 she's on pace to sell 1,500. She says her homecoming season this year will run until Nov. 6.
She prefers at least two days notice for mums or garters. She sells mums to students at Strake Jesuit, St. Thomas, Memorial, Spring Woods, Stratford, and Houston Christian among others.
Mums vary in size and intricacy depending on the suburb, Carpenter says.
"In the city they tend to be smaller but outside of city limits, say in a rural community, they can be much more expensive and elaborate," Carpenter says.
Some girls and guys askew traditional school colors for something different and more fitting to their own personality. Carpenter has seen requests for hot pink mums with plastic skulls mixed in with more normal designs.
Mum prices range from $35 for a base model to $250 for something more showy, Carpenter says. Just as there are "bridezillas" around wedding planning there are "mumzillas," Carpenter laments. These are mothers who want their daughter to have the biggest and best mum available.
"It's very much a status symbol for some people. I have to tell mothers all the time to cool it," she says. " Some mothers want mums that stand out, or rather, ones that outdo the ones they even had as a teenager. Of course they still have theirs in storage somewhere for comparison.
The big trend in 2015 is girls asking for neck harnesses for the mums.
"I think it is because they are getting so big," she says. "You can't just pin them on a shirt or dress anymore."
Lauren MacQueen, 35, remembers the drama of the mum in the late '90s when she was a teen at Spring High School.
"She who has the biggest mum rules the school, and clearly nothing has changed when it comes to mum culture," MacQueen says. "Social status depended on the size and number of mums."
She says that at her school the biggest mum you received came from your homecoming date. Smaller ones came from friends. One of her senior year mums required back straps to keep it on. Who paid for them varied, she says.
"The date technically bought them, but let's be real, the girls ordered their own and had him pay," MacQueen says. She recalls a few moms at the school that would make larger ones for $100 with matching guys' garters for about $50.
"Guys really couldn't care less and they wear them because the girls want them too, but oddly enough guys in rural communities will have garters as big as the girls' mums," Carpenter says.
When asked about mums most Houstonians said they preferred to make them themselves for their children instead of shelling out big bucks. They usually buy base models and make their additions. Florists have tried to make mums happen outside of Texas, but they just don't seem to stick, she says. She's even made mums for people who have moved out of state and still want their daughters to have experience. Floral companies have brought mums to trade shows in the hopes that they would catch fire in places like Louisiana and Oklahoma without any luck.
"It's still very much a Texas thing and if they do make it out of state it's a transplant thing. It just doesn't take off in any other states," Carpenter says.
MacQueen says that she has already committed to making a mum for her friend's newborn daughter once it comes homecoming time in 16 years or so for her.
"I will be the one to make my friend's newborn girl's "Horribly Gaudy and Trashy Mum," as her own mother did not have a bangin' mum," MacQueen says.
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February raises awareness for teen dating violence
27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs / Published February 01, 2018
February is teen dating violence awareness month.
Awareness of teen violence will be highlighted in the month of February to bring light to the growing number of teenagers who have been subject to an abusive relationship.
“Violence among teens is a growing issue,” said Maj. Paul Milazzo, 27th Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron Family Advocacy Officer. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three teens in the U.S. is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner, and one in ten high school students has been purposefully hit, slapped or physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend.”
To help teens learn more about healthy relationships, representatives from Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico are heading to Portales High School where students will participate in a guided art activity to raise awareness about teen dating violence, Milazzo said. Discussion and prevention information will be provided.
Violence and controlling behavior in relationships can have serious consequences by putting the victims at higher risk for substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behavior and further domestic violence.
“The first step to getting help is telling someone,” Milazzo said. “Statistics indicate only 33 percent of teens in a violent relationship ever told anyone.”
On base, there are many avenues for to get assistance. The Military Family Life Counselors, Preservation of the Force and Family, Chaplains, Airman and Family Readiness Center and Family Advocacy Center all offer services to support healthy relationships.
For more information, to seek help, or support, contact the Cannon AFB Family Advocacy program at (575)784-2474. If you are a victim of intimate partner abuse, a Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate (DAVA) is also available at all hours, seven days per week. The DAVA can be contacted at (575) 904-0800. If applicable, restricted reporting is available.
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You are here: Home / Hardware / Baylin Technologies still has double-digit upside, Paradigm Capital says
Baylin Technologies still has double-digit upside, Paradigm Capital says
January 18, 2018 by Nick Waddell
The stock has risen sharply since last autumn, but Paradigm Capital analyst Daniel Kim says there is still room for investors to make money on Baylin Technologies (TSX:BYL).
On Wednesday, Baylin announced it had acquired the radio frequency and microwave divisions of Montreal-based Advantech Wireless for $49-million.
“The addition of Advantech’s RF and microwave divisions is a transformational acquisition for Baylin that will enable us to accelerate growth in our wireless-infrastructure segment by broadening our product offering and providing us access to new verticals and geographies,” said Randy Dewey, Baylin’s president and chief executive officer.
While Kim says he likes this pickup, he notes that it is not without its challenges.
“On balance, it is a solid acquisition with more pros than cons for BYL,” the analyst says. “On the positive side, Advantech’s high-margin business will boost BYL’s margin, cash flow and EPS. It will also complement BYL’s base station product suite and provide next-gen millimeter wave technology. However, this diversification strategy adds material risk to BYL as the company shifts focus from its core business and to lower growth verticals. It is also saddled with material debt with TTM net debt/EBITDA at 2.47x; however, we forecast that ratio will fall to 1.40x for 2018.”
In a research update to clients today, Kim maintained his “Buy” rating and one-year price target of $5.00 on Paradigm Capital, implying a return of 47 per cent at the time of publication.
Kim thinks Baylin will generate EBITDA of $5.4-million on revenue of $88.8-million in fiscal 2017. He expects those numbers will improve to EBITDA of $144.0-million the following year.
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About Nick Waddell
Cantech Letter founder and editor Nick Waddell has lived in five Canadian provinces and is proud of his country's often overlooked contributions to the world of science and technology. Waddell takes a regular shift on the Canadian media circuit, making appearances on CTV, CBC and BNN, and contributing to publications such as Canadian Business and Business Insider.
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When the first car was introduced to Saudi Arabia 98 years ago
Motors Middle East February 19, 2018
Historians have noted that the first car appeared in Saudi Arabia in 1921 brought by King AbdulAziz 11 years before the unification of the country when he was nicknamed the Sultan of Nejd. Cars became widespread in certain areas in the kingdom in 1926 to become another mode of transportation next to camels which were the main method of transport.
Cars replaced camels as the main mode of transportation in the 1950s and were widely used across the country. Car ownership increased even more in the 1970s. Different car brands were called different names by locals, where the ‘Dementy’ was considered the most famous car brand, along with ‘Internash’ and ‘al-Fert’.
The first cars to exist in Saudi Arabia were accompanied with several funny stories about how some desert tribes ran away when they first saw a car being driven through the desert, while others thought it was the devil. The car became one of the most important means of transportation in the Arabian Peninsula, and was immortalized by thousands of poems even specifying the vehicle’s type and strength. Car are still mentioned in popular poetry even with the emergence of different means of transport, including trains, planes and ships.
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Islamic State has landed in lawless Somalia, bishop says
A member of the Somali armed forces carries her ammunition during fighting in 2017 between the military and police backed by intelligence forces in Mogadishu. CNS photo/Feisal Omar, Reuters
By Canadian Catholic News
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) – As it loses its grip in the Middle East, the Islamic State is finding a foothold in Somalia, said a bishop who oversees the Catholic Church in the troubled country.
The insurgent group – linked to mass killings, abductions and beheadings in Iraq and Syria, where it is facing defeat – see Somalia as a suitable base due to its lawlessness, Bishop Giorgio Bertin, apostolic administrator of Mogadishu, Somalia.
"I think they have chosen Somalia because there is no central authority. The country also represents a good possibility for them to continue their search for an Islamic state or, at least, they can continue their ideology without many obstacles," Bishop Bertin told Catholic News Service.
Somalia has experienced chaos since 1991, when warlords overthrew President Mohammed Siad Barre. The conflict remains one of Africa's longest civil wars.
But in 2006, the war took a different twist with the emergence of the al-Shabab extremist group, which swept across the country, enforcing a radical form of Shariah (Islamic law). Since then, the country has served as the traditional base for the militants who are the al-Qaida network affiliate in East Africa.
The emergence of the Islamic State faction will complicate the scenario in an already fragmented country, Bishop Bertin said.
The faction is based in Puntland state in northeastern Somalia and is believed to be recruiting. Foreign fighters fleeing Iraq and Syria are joining the faction, as well as former al-Shabab fighters.
The insurgents initiated attacks in 2016 and 2017 while receiving funding from Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, according to the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea.
The U.S. military launched an airstrike on the militant bases in November, but Bishop Bertin called on the international community to coordinate their efforts against the new group.
"Unfortunately, some (international) actors may want to use the group for their own gains," the bishop warned.
"The church cannot intervene. It can only pray and advise. ... The government should simply try to reconcile with the Somali population by giving good services," he said.
While there are almost no churches in Somalia – after the only one in Hargeisa closed in 2017 because of threats – churches in neighboring Ethiopia and Kenya present possible target for the militants, the bishop said.
In the past, al-Shabab has attacked churches, public places and government institutions in Kenya.
Some Kenyan Catholic priests have watched the developments with interest. Recently, there were reports of young Kenyan Muslims pledging allegiance to Islamic State.
"We cannot rule out they have some interests here (Kenya) as well. We have no evidence of their existence, but we know terror groups share ideology, secret purchase of weapons and distribution," said Father Wilybard Lagho, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Mombasa, Kenya.
Father Alfred Muriithi, who ministers in the border town of Wajir, Kenya, said local people believe al-Shabab has left, but they still hear of terror attacks.
"I think another force could be facilitating these attacks," he said, without mentioning Islamic State.
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Health Canada issues advisory on cough meds in kids under 2
Health Canada issued an advisory Thursday warning consumers not to give over-the-counter cough and cold medications to children without first consulting a doctor.
CBC News · Posted: Oct 11, 2007 8:50 AM ET | Last Updated: October 12, 2007
In the wake of a U.S.-led recall of infant cough and cold medicines, Health Canada issued an advisory Thursday warning consumers not to give over-the-counter cough and cold medications to children without first consulting a doctor.
"Before using over-the-counter cough and cold remedies in children under two years of age, Health Canada urges caregivers to consult a health-care practitioner to assure that their use is safe and appropriate," reads the release.
"Many of these products contain the same medicinal ingredient(s), and giving more than one product with the same ingredient or multiple doses of the same product could lead to an overdose."
On Sept. 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued amore strongly wordedadvisory, warningconsumers that children under the age of two should not use decongestants and those under age six should not be given antihistamine medicines.
Health Canada's announcement follows the recall of three infant cough and cold medicines in Canada because they pose overdose risks.
The Canadian recall, announced Thursday,applies to Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare products as follows:
Infants' Tylenol cold dye-free drops.
Benylin for infants cough and cold oral drops.
Benylin for infants stuffy nose oral drops.
Earlier in the day, Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare subsidiary, along with Novartis and Prestige Brands Holdings, said they were pulling oral infantmedications from U.S. store shelves.
Johnson & Johnsonsaid in a statement Thursday that "rare instances of misuse" may lead to overdoses in children under the age of two.
The wider U.S. recall also includes:
Concentrated Infants'Tylenol Drops Plus Cold.
Concentrated Infants' Tylenol Drops Plus Cold & Cough.
Pediacare Infant Dropper Decongestant.
Pediacare Infant Dropper Long-Acting Cough.
Pediacare Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough.
Dimetapp Decongestant Plus Cough Infant Drops.
Dimetapp Decongestant Infant Drops.
Little Colds Decongestant Plus Cough.
Little Colds Multi-Symptom Cold Formula.
Robitussin Infant Cough DM Drops.
Triaminic Infant & Toddler Thin Strips.
Decongestant and Triaminic Infant & Toddler Thin Strips Decongestant Plus Cough.
Cough and cold medicines intended for children aged two and older are not included in the recall.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration completed an internal review of serious and life-threatening effects and deaths in young children dating back to 1969.
It found 54 deaths related to decongestants and another 69 related to the use of antihistamines. In many cases, the child was given the wrong amount of medication. Thousands more wound up requiring medical attention.
Many pediatricians discourage the use of cough and cold medications for infants, said Dr. Michael Peer of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He notedthat dosing studies are largely more for adults than children.
"Pediatricians in general really don't feel that most of the cough and cold medications have any role in treating a child with a cough and a cold and the main reason is they're just not very effective,"Peer said.
"We know that the majority of children with coughs and colds have viral infections and there's really not much we can do to treat those infections."
Peer said as cough and cold medications generally don't speed up recovery, parents and children should allow the cold to run its course.
U.S. study probes dangers of infant cold medicines
Health Canada is expected to issue an advisory warning people not to give over-the-counter cold and cough medications to children under two and is also expectedto adjust labels to reflectsafety concerns. The warning, which will come within days, follows an American study that says the medications have a questionable benefit and, in some cases, could be dangerous.
U.S. drug manufacturers are pulling cough and cold medications for infants because of possible overdose dangers. ((CBC))
Canada's non-prescription drug industrysays it will change its labelling to warn against use of the productsin children under the age of two, but says it wants more study into the issue.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a report released in late September that children under the age of two should not use decongestants and those under age six should not be given antihistamine medicines.
The FDA also said warning labels should be added to prescription and over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, cautioning parents about potential overdose risks for toddlers.
With files from the Associated Press
Health Canada to advise against cough, cold remedies for infants
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SLG seeks former creators for fundraiser anthology
by Michael May
– on Feb 11, 2013
Last fall, SLG Publishing announced it was being forced to relocate its office space and Art Boutiki gallery, with Publisher Dan Vado mentioning there likely would be some fundraising efforts to help pay for the move. We now have some details of at least part of those plans.
John Backderf (My Friend Dahmer) recently posted some art to his Facebook page, noting that it's his contribution to SLG Stories, Volume 2: Too Stupid to Die, an anthology to help raise the money the publisher needs. I contacted Vado for for information about the project, but he says he's still ironing out the details. He did say, however, there are some creators he's published for whom he no longer has contact information. Former SLG creators who would like to contribute, but haven't yet heard from Vado can contact him at dvado@slgpubs.com. Any help in spreading the word would also be appreciated.
Backderf's piece is of the character Otto from his 2010 graphic novel Punk Rock and Trailer Parks. He explains it's "the first new Otto printed piece in a while, for you completists." In addition to Punk Rock and Trailer Parks, SLG also published early Backderf works Trashed and the print collection of his comic strip The City.
The new anthology will be Volume 2 because the company previously published Slave Labor Stories: Too Stupid to Quit, Too Mean to Die in 2006 as a 20th-anniversary celebration. That book was a 64-page color comic with stories and art by Neil Kleid, Tommy Kovac, Jim Rugg, Jamie Smart, Ben Towle, James Turner, Andi Watson, Gene Yang and others. If the Volume 2 credits look anything like that list, it'll be the must-have anthology of the year.
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Chelsea King's Parents "Want Baby Back"
March 2, 2010 / 10:07 AM / CBS
The search continues for a missing teenage honor student Chelsea King in Southern California.
Chelsea's parents, Brent and Kelly King appeared on "The Early Show" from Rancho Bernardo, Calif., with Marc Klaas, president of the Klass Kids Foundation. Klaas became an advocate for missing children after his 12-year-old daughter, Polly, was kidnpapped and killed in 1993.
Photos: Chelsea King, Missing Teen
Frantic Search for Missing Calif. Teen
The Kings said they're still holding out for what they've wanted from day one of their search -- for their daughter to come home.
Brent said, "We want our baby back. Bring her here."
As for the arrest of John Albert Gardner III, the registered sex offender brought in in connection to Chelsea's disappearance, the Kings said they haven't resigned their daughter to death.
"My daughter is an incredibly strong girl and we're an incredibly strong family," Brent said. "I have not given up hope that my daughter is out there and neither has that community. ... Until I hear differently, I believe she's alive."
Kelly King said her daughter has a spirit stronger than an evil can conquer.
"It's just who she is," Kelly said. "And something like this, as horrific as it may be, she's a thousand times stronger than this."
However, Brent said, as he's learned of Gardner's past, it's gotten "past the point of horrifying."
"It disgusts me," he said.
For more with the Kings and Klaas, who has counseled the couple since the disappearance of their daughter, click on the video below.
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Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and Course of Nature to Which Are Added, Two Brief Dissertations
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CHAP. V.
OF THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM OF CHRISTIANITY; THE APPOINTMENT OF A MEDIATOR, AND THE REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD BY HIM.
THERE is not, I think, any thing relating to Christianity, which has been more objected against, than the mediation of Christ, in some or other of its parts. Yet upon thorough consideration, there seems nothing less justly liable to it. For,
I. The whole analogy of nature removes all imagined presumption against the general notion of a Mediator between God and man.1701701 Tim. ii. 5. For we find all living creatures are brought into the world, and their life in infancy is preserved, by the instrumentality of others: and every satisfaction of it, some way or other, is bestowed by the like means. So that the visible government, which God exercises over the world, is by the instrumentality and mediation of others. And how far his invisible government be or be not so, it is impossible to determine at all by reason. And the supposition, that part of it is so, appears, to say the least, altogether as credible, as the contrary. There is then no sort of objection, from the light of nature, against the general notion of a mediator between God and man, considered as a doctrine of Christianity, or as an appointment in this dispensation: since we find by experience, that God does appoint mediators, to be the instruments of good and evil to us: the instruments of his justice and his mercy. And the objection here referred to is urged, not against mediation in that high, eminent, and peculiar sense, in which Christ is our mediator; but absolutely against the whole notion itself of a mediator at all.
II. As we must suppose, that the world is under the proper moral government of God, or in a state of religion, before we can enter into consideration of the revealed doctrine concerning the redemption of it by Christ: so 209that supposition is here to be distinctly taken notice of. Now the divine moral government which religion teaches us, implies, that the consequence of vice shall be misery, in some future state, by the righteous judgment of God. That such consequent punishment shall take effect by his appointment, is necessarily implied. But, as it is not in any sort to be supposed, that we are made acquainted with all the ends or reasons, for which it is fit future punishments should be inflicted, or why God has appointed such and such consequent misery should follow vice; and as we are altogether in the dark, how or in what manner it shall follow, by what immediate occasions, or by the instrumentality of what means; there is no absurdity in supposing it may follow in a way analogous to that, in which many miseries follow such and such courses of action at present; poverty, sickness, infamy, untimely death by diseases, death from the hands of civil justice. There is no absurdity in supposing future punishment may follow wickedness of course, as we speak, or in the way of natural consequence from God’s original constitution of the world: from the nature he has given us, and from the condition in which he places us; or in a like manner, as a person rashly trifling upon a precipice, in the way of natural consequence, falls down; in the way of natural consequence, breaks his limbs, suppose; in the way of natural consequence of this, without help, perishes.
Some good men may perhaps be offended with hearing it spoken of as a supposable thing that future punishments of wickedness may be in the way of natural consequence: as if this were taking the execution of justice out of the hands of God, and giving it to nature. But they should remember, that when things come to pass according to the course of nature, this does not hinder them from being his doing, who is the God of nature: and that the Scripture ascribes those punishments to divine justice, which are known to be natural; and which must be called so, when distinguished from such as are miraculous. But after all, this supposition, or rather this way of speaking, is here made use of only by way of illustration of the subject before us.. For since it must 210be admitted, that the future punishment of wickedness is not a matter of arbitrary appointment, but of reason, equity, and justice; it comes, for ought I see, to the same thing, whether it is supposed to be inflicted in a way analogous to that, in which the temporal punishments of vice and folly are inflicted, or in any other way. And though there were a difference, it is allowable, in the present case, to make this supposition, plainly not an incredible one; that future punishment may follow wickedness in the way of natural consequence, or according to some general laws of government already established in the universe.
III. Upon this supposition, or even without it, we may observe somewhat, much to the present purpose, in the constitution of nature or appointments of Providence. the provision which is made, that all the bad natural consequences of men’s actions should not always actually follow; or that such bad consequences, as, according to the settled course of things, would inevitably have followed if not prevented, should, in certain degrees, be prevented. We are apt presumptuously to imagine, that the world might have been so constituted, as that there would not have been any such thing as m;sery or evil. On the contrary we find the Author of Nature permits it: but then he has provided reliefs, and in many cases perfect remedies for it, after some pains and difficulties; reliefs and remedies even for that evil, which is the fruit of our own misconduct; and which, in the course of nature, would have continued, and ended in our destruction, but for such remedies. And this is an instance both of severity and of indulgence, in the constitution of nature. Thus all the bad consequences, now mentioned, of a man’s trifling upon a precipice, might be prevented. And though all were not, yet some of them might, by proper interposition, if not rejected: by another’s coming to the rash man’s relief, with his own laying hold on that relief, in such sort as the case required. Persons may do a great deal themselves towards preventing the bad consequences of their follies: and more may be done by themselves, together with the assistance of others their fellow creatures; which assistance 211nature requires and prompts us to. This is the general constitution of the world. Now suppose it had been so constituted, that after such actions were done, as were foreseen naturally to draw after them misery to the doer, it should have been no more in human power to have prevented that naturally consequent misery, in any instance, than it is in all: no one can say, whether such a more severe constitution of things might not yet have been really good. But, that, on the contrary, provision is made by nature, that we may and do, to so great degree, prevent the bad natural effects of our follies; this may be called mercy or compassion in the original constitution of the world: compassion, as distinguished from goodness in general. And, the whole known constitution and course of things affording us instances of such compassion, it would be according to the analogy of nature, to hope, that, however ruinous the natural consequences of vice might be, from the general laws of God’s government over the universe; yet provision might be made, possibly might have been originally made, for preventing those ruinous consequences from inevitably following: at least from following universally, and in all cases.
Many, I am sensible, will wonder at finding this made a question, or spoken of as in any degree doubtful. The generality of mankind are so far from having that awful sense of things, which the present state of vice and misery and darkness seems to make but reasonable, that they have scarce any apprehension or thought at all about this matter, any way: and some serious persons may have spoken unadvisedly concerning it. But let us observe, what we experience to be, and what, from the very constitution of nature, cannot but be, the consequences of irregular and disorderly behaviour: even of such rashness, wilfulness, neglects, as we scarce call vicious. Now it is natural to apprehend, that the bad consequences of irregularity will be greater, in proportion as the irregularity is so. And there is no comparison between these irregularities, and the greater instances of vice, or a dissolute profligate disregard to all religion; if there be any thing at all in religion. For consider what 212it is for creatures, moral agents, presumptuously to introduce that confusion and misery into the kingdom of God, which mankind have in fact introduced: to blaspheme the Sovereign Lord of all; to contemn his authority; to be injurious, to the degree they are, to their fellow creatures, the creatures of God. Add that the effects of vice in the present world are often extreme misery, irretrievable ruin, and even death: and upon putting all this together, it will appear, that as no one can say, in what degree fatal the unprevented consequences of vice may be, according to the general rule of divine government; so it is by no means intuitively certain, how far these consequences could possibly, in the nature of the thing, be prevented, consistently with the eternal rule of right, or with what is, in fact, the moral constitution of nature. However, there would be large ground to hope, that the universal government was not so severely strict, but that there was room for pardon, or for having those penal consequences prevented. Yet,
IV. There seems no probability, that any thing we could do would alone and of itself prevent them: prevent their following, or being inflicted. But one would think at least, it were impossible that the contrary should be thought certain. For we are not acquainted with the whole of the case. We are not informed of all the reasons, which render it fit that future punishments should be inflicted: and therefore cannot know, whether any thing we could do would make such an alteration, as to render it fit that they should be remitted. We do not know what the whole natural or appointed consequences of vice are; nor in what way they would follow, if not prevented: and therefore can in no sort say, whether we could do any thing which would be sufficient to prevent them. Our ignorance being thus manifest, let us recollect the analogy of Nature or Providence. For, though this may be but a slight ground to raise a positive opinion upon, in this matter; yet it is sufficient to answer a mere arbitrary assertion, without any kind of evidence, urged by way of objection against a doctrine, the proof of which is not reason, but revelation. Consider then: people ruin their fortunes by extravagance; they bring 213diseases upon themselves by excess; they incur the penalties of civil laws; and surely civil government is natural; will sorrow for these follies past, and behaving well for the future, alone and of itself prevent the natural consequences of them? On the contrary, men’s natural abilities of helping themselves are often impaired; or if not, yet they are forced to be beholden to the assistance of others, upon several accounts, and in different ways; assistance which they would have had no occasion for, had it not been for their misconduct; but which, in the disadvantageous condition they had reduced themselves to, is absolutely necessary to their recovery, and retrieving their affairs. Now since this is our case, considering ourselves merely as inhabitants of this world, and as having a temporal interest here, under the natural government of God, which however has a great deal moral in it; why is it not supposable that this may be our case also, ill our more important capacity, as under his perfect moral government, and having a more general and future interest depending? If we have misbehaved in this higher capacity, and rendered ourselves obnoxious to the future punishment, which God has annexed to vice: it is plainly credible, that behaving well for the time to come may be—not useless, God forbid—but wholly insufficient, alone and of itself, to prevent that punishment: or to put us in the condition, which we should have been in had we preserved our innocence.
And though we ought to reason with all reverence, whenever we reason concerning the divine conduct: yet it may be added, that it is clearly contrary to all our notions of government, as well as to what is, in fact, the general constitution of nature, to suppose, that doing well for the future should, in all cases, prevent all the judicial bad consequences of having done evil, or all the punishment annexed to disobedience. And we have manifestly nothing from whence to determine, in what degree, and in what cases, reformation would prevent this punishment, even supposing that it would in some. And though the efficacy of repentance itself alone, to prevent what mankind had rendered themselves 214obnoxious to, and recover what they had forfeited, is now insisted upon, in opposition to Christianity; yet, by the general prevalence of propitiatory sacrifices over the heathen world, this notion of repentance alone being sufficient to expiate guilt, appears to be contrary to the general sense of mankind.
Upon the whole then; had the laws, the general laws of God’s government been permitted to operate, without any interposition in our behalf, the future punishment, for ought we know to the contrary, or have any reason to think, must inevitably have followed, notwithstanding any thing we could have done to prevent it. Now,
V. In this darkness, or this light of nature, call it which you please, revelation comes in; confirms every doubting fear, which could enter into the heart of man, concerning the future unprevented consequence of wickedness; supposes the world to be in a state of ruin (a supposition which seems the very ground of the Christian dispensation, and which, if not provable by reason, yet is in no wise contrary to it;) teaches us too, that the rules of divine government are such, as not to admit of pardon immediately and directly upon repentance, or by the sole efficacy of it: but then teaches at the same time, what nature might justly have hoped, that the moral government of the universe was not so rigid, but that there was room for an interposition, to avert the fatal consequences of vice; which therefore, by this means, does admit of pardon. Revelation teaches us, that the unknown laws of God’s more general government, no less than the particular laws by which we experience he governs us at present, are compassionate,171171P. 210, &c. as well as good in the more general notion of goodness: and that he hath mercifully provided, that there should be an interposition to prevent the destruction of human kind; whatever that destruction unprevented would have been. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth, not, to be sure, in a speculative, but in a practical sense, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish:172172John iii. 16. gave his Son in the same way of 215goodness to the world, as he affords particular persons the friendly assistance of their fellow creatures: when, without it, their temporal ruin would be the certain consequence of their follies: in the same way of goodness, I say; though in a transcendent and infinitely higher degree. And the Son of God loved us, and gave himself for us, with a love, which he himself compares to that of human friendship: though, in this case, all comparisons must fall infinitely short of the thing intended to be illustrated by them. He interposed in such a manner as was necessary and effectual to prevent that execution of justice upon sinners, which God had appointed should otherwise have been executed upon them: or in such a manner, as to prevent that punishment from actually following, which, according to the general laws of divine government, must have followed the sins of the world, had it not been for such interposition.173173It cannot, I suppose, be imagined, even by the most cursory reader, that it is, in any sort, affirmed or implied in any thing said in this chapter, that none can have the benefit of the general redemption, but such as have the advantage of being made acquainted with it in the present life. But it may be needful to mention, that several questions, which have been brought into the subject before us, and determined, are not in the least entered into here: questions which have been, I fear, rashly determined, and perhaps with equal rashness contrary ways. For instance, whether God could have saved the world by other means than the death of Christ, consistently with the general laws of his government. And had not Christ come into the world, what would have been the future condition of the better sort of men; those just persons over the face of the earth, for whom Manasses in his prayer asserts, repentance was not appointed. The meaning of the first of these questions is greatly ambiguous: and neither of them can properly be answered, without going upon that infinitely absurd supposition, that we know the whole of the case. And perhaps the very inquiry, What would have followed, if God had not done as he has, may have in it some very great impropriety: and ought not to be carried on any further than is necessary to help our partial and inadequate conceptions of things.
If any thing here said should appear, upon first thought, inconsistent with divine goodness; a second, I am persuaded, will entirely remove that appearance. For were we to suppose the constitution of things to be such, as that the whole creation must have perished, had it not been for somewhat, which God had appointed should be, in order to prevent that ruin: even this supposition would not be inconsistent, in any degree, with the most absolutely perfect goodness. But still it may be thought, that this whole manner of treating the subject before us supposes mankind to be naturally in a very strange state. And truly so it does. But it is not Christianity which has put us into this state. Whoever 216will consider the manifold miseries, and the extreme wickedness of the world; that the best have great wrongnesses within themselves, which they complain of and endeavour to amend; but that the generality grow more profligate and corrupt with age; that even moralists thought the present state to be a state of punishment: and, what might be added, that the earth our habitation has the appearances of being a ruin: whoever, I say, will consider all these, and some other obvious things, will think he has little reason to object against the Scripture account, that mankind is in a state of degradation; against this being the fact: how difficult soever he may think it to account for, or even to form a distinct conception of the occasions and circumstances of it. But that the crime of our first parents was the occasion of our being placed in a more disadvantageous condition, is a thing throughout and particularly analogous to what we see in the daily course of natural providence; as the recovery of the world by the interposition of Christ has been shown to be so in general.
VI. The particular manner in which Christ interposed in the redemption of the world, or his office as Mediator, in the largest sense, between God and man, is thus represented to us in the Scripture. He is the light of the world;174174John i. and viii. 12. the revealer of the will of God in the most eminent sense. He is a propitiatory sacrifice;175175Rom. iii. 25. v. 11, 1 Cor. v. 7. Eph. v. 2. 1 John ii. 2. Mat. xxvi. 28.the Lamb of God:176176John i. 29, 36, and throughout the book of Revelation. and, as he voluntarily offered himself up, he is styled our High Priest.177177Throughout the epistle to the Hebrews. And, which seems of peculiar weight, he is described beforehand in the Old Testament, under the same characters of a priest, and an expiatory victim.178178Isa. liii. Dan. ix. 24, Ps. cx. 4. And whereas it is objected, that all this is merely by way of allusion to the sacrifices of the Mosaic law, the Apostle on the contrary affirms, that the law was a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things:179179Heb. x. 1. and that the priests that offer gifts according to the law—serve unto the example anti shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished 217of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. For see, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount:180180Heb. viii. 4, 5. i. e. the Levitical priesthood was a shadow of the priesthood of Christ; in like manner as the tabernacle made by Moses was according to that showed him in the mount. The priesthood of Christ, and the tabernacle in the mount, were the originals: of the former of which the Levitical priesthood was a type; and of the latter the tabernacle made by Moses was a copy. The doctrine of this epistle then plainly is, that the legal sacrifices were allusions to the great and final atonement to be made by the blood of Christ; and not that this was an allusion to those. Nor can any thing be more express or determinate than the following passage. It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sin. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering, i. e. of bulls and of goats, thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. By which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.181181Heb. x. 4, 5, 7, 9, 10. And to add one passage more of the like kind: Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin; i. e. without bearing sin, as he did at his first coming, by being an offering for it; without having our iniquities again laid upon him, without being any more a sin-offering:—unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation.182182Heb. ix. 28. Nor do the inspired writers at all confine themselves to this manner of speaking concerning the satisfaction of Christ; but declare an efficacy in what he did and suffered for us, additional to and beyond mere instruction, example, and government, in great variety of expression: That Jesus should die for that nation, the Jews: and not for that nation only, but that also, plainly by the efficacy of his death, he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad:183183John xi. 51, 52. that he suffered for sins, the just for the unjust:1841841 Pet. iii. 18. that he gave his life, himself, a ransom:185185Matt. xx. 28. Mark x. 45. 1 Tim. ii. 6. that we are bought, bought with a price:1861862 Pet. ii. 1. Rev. xiv. 4. 1 Cor. vi. 20. that 218he redeemed us with his blood: redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us:1871871 Pet. i. 19. Rev. v. 9. Gal. iii. 13. that he is our advocate, intercessor, and propitiation:188188Heb. vii. 25. 1 John ii. 1, 2. that he was made perfect, or consummate, through sufferings; and being thus made perfect, he became the author of salvation:189189Heb. ii. x. v. 9. that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself; by the death of his Son, by the cross; not imputing their trespasses unto them:1901901 Cor. v. 19. Rom. v. 10. Eph. ii. 16. and lastly, that through death he destroyed him that had the power of death.191191Heb. ii. 14. See also a remarkable passage in the book of Job, xxxiii. 24. Christ then having thus humbled himself, and become obedient to death, even the death of the cross; God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, which is above every name: hath given all things into his hands: hath committed all judgment unto him; that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.192192Phil. ii. 8, 9. John iii. 35. v. 22, 23 For, worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, heard I, saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.193193Rev. v. 12, 13.
These passages of Scripture seem to comprehend and express the chief parts of Christ’s office, as Mediator between God and man, so far, I mean, as the nature of this his office is revealed; and it is usually treated of by divines under three heads.
First, He was, by way of eminence, the Prophet: that Prophet that should come into the world,194194John vi. 14. to declare the divine will. He putbished anew the law of nature, which men had corrupted; and the very knowledge of which, to some degree, was lost among them. He taught mankind, taught us authoritatively, to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, in expectation of the future judgment of God. He confirmed the truth of this moral system of nature, and gave us additional evidence of it; the evidence of testimony.195195P. 167, &c. He distinctly revealed the manner, in which God would be 219worshipped, the efficacy of repentance, and the rewards and punishments of a future life. Thus he was a prophet in a sense in which no other ever was. To which is to be added, that he set us a perfect example, that we should follow his steps.
Secondly, He has a kingdom which is not of this world. He founded a Church, to be to mankind a standing memorial of religion, and invitation to it; which he promised to be with always even to the end. He exercises an invisible government over it, himself, and by his Spirit: over that part of it, which is militant here on earth, a government of discipline, for the perfecting of the saints, for the edifying his body: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.196196Eph. iv. 12, 13. Of this Church, all persons scattered over the world, who live in obedience to his laws, are members. For these he is gone to prepare a place, and will come again to receive them unto himself that where he is, there they may be also; and reign with him for ever and ever, and likewise to take vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not his Gospel.1971972 Thess. i. 8.
Against these parts of Christ’s office I find no objections, but what are fully obviated in the beginning of this Chapter.
Lastly, Christ offered himself a propitiatory sacrifice, and made atonement for the sins of the world; which is mentioned last, in regard to what is objected against it. Sacrifices of expiation were commanded the Jews, and obtained amongst most other nations, from tradition, whose original probably was revelation. And they were continually repeated, both occasionally, and at the returns of stated times: and made up great part of the external religion of mankind. But now once in the end of the world Christ appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.198198Heb. ix. 26. And this sacrifice was, in the highest degree and with the most extensive influence, of that efficacy for obtaining pardon of sin, which the heathens may be supposed to have thought their sacrifices to have 220been, and which the Jewish sacrifices really were in some degree, and with regard to some persons.
How and in what particular way it had this efficacy; there are not wanting persons who have endeavoured to explain: but I do not find that the Scripture has explained it. We seem to be very much in the dark concerning the manner in which the ancients understood atonement to be made, i. e. pardon to be obtained by sacrifices. And if the Scripture has, as surely it has, left this matter of the satisfaction of Christ mysterious, left somewhat in it unrevealed, all conjectures about it must be, if not evidently absurd, yet at least uncertain. Nor has any one reason to complain for want of further information, unless he can show his claim to it.
Some have endeavoured to explain the efficacy of what Christ has done and suffered for us, beyond what the Scripture has authorized: others, probably because they could not explain it, have been for taking it away, and confining his office as Redeemer of the world to his instruction, example, and government of the church. Whereas the doctrine of the Gospel appears to be, not only that he taught the efficacy of repentance, but rendered it of the efficacy of which it is, by what he did and suffered for us: that he obtained for us the benefit of having our repentance accepted unto eternal life: not only that he revealed to sinners, that they were in a capacity of salvation, and how they might obtain it; but moreover that he put them into this capacity of salvation, by what he did and suffered for them; put us into a capacity of escaping future punishment, and obtaining future happiness. And it is our wisdom thankfully to accept the benefit, by performing. the conditions, upon which it is offered, on our part, without disputing how it was procured on his. For,
VII. Since we neither know by what means punishment in a future state would have followed wickedness in this: nor in what manner it would have been inflicted, had it not been prevented; nor all the reasons why its infliction would have been needful, nor the particular nature of that state of happiness, which Christ is gone to prepare for his disciples: and since we are ignorant 221how far any thing which we could do, would, alone and of itself, have been effectual to prevent that punishment to which we were obnoxious, and recover that happiness, which we had forfeited; it is most evident we are not judges, antecedently to revelation, whether a mediator was or was not necessary, to obtain those ends: to prevent that future punishment, and bring mankind to the final happiness of their nature. And for the very same reasons, upon supposition of the necessity of a mediator, we are no more judges, antecedently to revelation, of the whole nature of his office, or the several parts of which it consists; of what was fit and requisite to be assigned him, in order to accomplish the ends of divine Providence in the appointment. And from hence it follows, that to object against the expediency or usefulness of particular things, revealed to have been done or suffered by him, because we do not see how they were conducive to those ends, is highly absurd. Yet nothing is more common to be met with, than this absurdity. But if it be acknowledged beforehand, that we are not judges in the case, it is evident that no objection can, with any shadow of reason, be urged against any particular part of Christ’s mediatorial office revealed in Scripture, till it can be shown positively not to be requisite or conducive to the ends proposed to be accomplished; or that it is in itself unreasonable.
And there is one objection made against the satisfaction of Christ, which looks to be of this positive kind: that the doctrine of his being appointed to suffer for the sins of the world, represents God as being indifferent whether he punished the innocent or the guilty. Now from the foregoing observations we may see the extreme slightness of all such objections; and (though it is most certain all who make them do not see the consequence) that they conclude altogether as much against God’s whole original constitution of nature, and the whole daily course of divine Providence in the government of the world, i. e. against the whole scheme of Theism and the whole notion of Religion, as against Christianity. For the world is a constitution or system, whose parts have a mutual reference to each other: and there is a 222scheme of things gradually carrying on, called the course of nature, to the carrying on of which God has appointed us, in various ways, to contribute. And when, in the daily course of natural providence, it is appointed that innocent people should suffer for the faults of the guilty, this is liable to the very same objection, as the instance we are now considering. The infinitely greater importance of that appointment of Christianity, which is objected against, does not hinder but it may be, as it plainly is, an appointment of the very same kind, with what the world affords us daily examples of. Nay, if there were any force at all in the objection, it would be stronger, in one respect, against natural providence, than against Christianity: because under the former we are in many cases commanded, and even necessitated whether we will or no, to suffer for the faults of others’ whereas the sufferings of Christ were voluntary. The world’s being under the righteous government of God does indeed imply, that finally and upon the whole every one shall receive according to his personal deserts: and the general doctrine of the whole Scripture is, that this shall be the completion of the divine government. But during the progress, and, for ought we know, even in order to the completion of this moral scheme, vicarious punishments may be fit, and absolutely necessary. Men by their follies run themselves into extreme distress; into difficulties which would be absolutely fatal to them, were it not for the interposition and assistance of others. God commands by the law of nature, that we afford them this assistance, in many cases where we cannot do it without very great pains, and labour, and sufferings to ourselves. And we see in what variety of ways one person’s sufferings contribute to the relief of another: and how, or by what particular means, this comes to pass, or follows, from the constitution and laws of nature, which came under our notice: and, being familiarized to it, men are not shocked with it. So that the reason of their insisting upon objections of the foregoing kind against the satisfaction of Christ is, either that they do not consider God’s settled and uniform appointments as his appointments at all; or else they forget that vicarious 223punishment is a providential appointment of every day’s experience: and then, from their being unacquainted with the more general laws of nature or divine government over the world, and not seeing how the sufferings of Christ could contribute to the redemption of it, unless by arbitrary and tyrannical will; they conclude his sufferings could not contribute to it any other way. And yet, what has been often alleged in justification of this doctrine, even from the apparent natural tendency of this method of our redemption; its tendency to vindicate the authority of God’s laws, and deter his creatures from sin; this has never yet been answered, and is I think plainly unanswerable: though I am far from thinking it an account of the whole of the case. But, without taking this into consideration, it abundantly appears, from the observations above made, that this objection is, not an objection against Christianity, but against the whole general constitution of nature. And if it were to be considered as an objection against Christianity, or considering it as it is, an objection against the constitution of nature; it amounts to no more in conclusion than this, that a divine appointment cannot be necessary or expedient, because the objector does not discern it to be so: though he must own that the nature of the case is such, as renders him incapable of judging, whether it be so or not; or of seeing it to be necessary, though it were so.
It is indeed a matter of great patience to reasonable men, to find people arguing in this manner: objecting against the credibility of such particular things revealed in Scripture, that they do not see the necessity or expediency of them. For though it is highly right, and the most pious exercise of our understanding, to inquire with due reverence into the ends and reasons of God’s dispensation: yet when those reasons are concealed, to argue from our ignorance, that such dispensations cannot be from God, is infinitely absurd. The presumption of this kind of objections seems almost lost in the folly of them. And the folly of them is yet greater, when they are urged, as usually they are, against things in Christianity analogous or like to those natural dispensations of Providence, which are matter of experience. 224Let reason be kept to: and if any part of the Scripture account of the redemption of the world by Christ can be shown to be really contrary to it, let the Scripture, in the name of God, be given up: but let not such poor creatures as we go on objecting against an infinite scheme, that we do not see the necessity or usefulness of all its parts, and call this reasoning; and, which still further heightens the absurdity in the present case, parts which we are not actively concerned in. For it may be worth mentioning,
Lastly, That not only the reason of the thing, but the whole analogy of nature, should teach us, not to expect to have the like information concerning the divine conduct, as concerning our own duty. God instructs us by experience (for it is not reason, but experience which instructs us), what good or bad consequences will follow from our acting in such and such manners: and by this he directs us how we are to behave ourselves. But, though we are sufficiently instructed for the common purposes of life: yet it is but an almost infinitely small part of natural providence, which we are at all let into. The case is the same with regard to revelation, The doctrine of a mediator between God and man, against which it is objected, that the expediency of some things in it is not understood, relates only to what was done on God’s part in the appointment, and on the Mediator’s in the execution of it. For what is required of us, in consequence of this gracious dispensation, is another subject, in which none can complain for want of information. The constitution of the world, and God’s natural government over it, is all mystery, as much as the Christian dispensation. Yet under the first he has given men all things pertaining to life; and under the other all things pertaining unto godliness. And it may be added, that there is nothing hard to be accounted for in any of the common precepts of Christianity: though if there were, surely a divine command is abundantly sufficient to lay us under the strongest obligations to obedience. But the fact is, that the reasons of all the Christian precepts are evident. Positive institutions are manifestly necessary to keep up and propagate religion 225amongst mankind. And our duty to Christ, the internal find external worship of him; this part of the religion of the Gospel manifestly arises out of what he has done and suffered, his authority and dominion, and the relation which he is revealed to stand in to us.199199P. 171, &c.
1701 Tim. ii. 5.
171P. 210, &c.
172John iii. 16.
173It cannot, I suppose, be imagined, even by the most cursory reader, that it is, in any sort, affirmed or implied in any thing said in this chapter, that none can have the benefit of the general redemption, but such as have the advantage of being made acquainted with it in the present life. But it may be needful to mention, that several questions, which have been brought into the subject before us, and determined, are not in the least entered into here: questions which have been, I fear, rashly determined, and perhaps with equal rashness contrary ways. For instance, whether God could have saved the world by other means than the death of Christ, consistently with the general laws of his government. And had not Christ come into the world, what would have been the future condition of the better sort of men; those just persons over the face of the earth, for whom Manasses in his prayer asserts, repentance was not appointed. The meaning of the first of these questions is greatly ambiguous: and neither of them can properly be answered, without going upon that infinitely absurd supposition, that we know the whole of the case. And perhaps the very inquiry, What would have followed, if God had not done as he has, may have in it some very great impropriety: and ought not to be carried on any further than is necessary to help our partial and inadequate conceptions of things.
174John i. and viii. 12.
175Rom. iii. 25. v. 11, 1 Cor. v. 7. Eph. v. 2. 1 John ii. 2. Mat. xxvi. 28.
176John i. 29, 36, and throughout the book of Revelation.
177Throughout the epistle to the Hebrews.
178Isa. liii. Dan. ix. 24, Ps. cx. 4.
179Heb. x. 1.
180Heb. viii. 4, 5.
181Heb. x. 4, 5, 7, 9, 10.
182Heb. ix. 28.
183John xi. 51, 52.
1841 Pet. iii. 18.
185Matt. xx. 28. Mark x. 45. 1 Tim. ii. 6.
1862 Pet. ii. 1. Rev. xiv. 4. 1 Cor. vi. 20.
1871 Pet. i. 19. Rev. v. 9. Gal. iii. 13.
188Heb. vii. 25. 1 John ii. 1, 2.
189Heb. ii. x. v. 9.
1901 Cor. v. 19. Rom. v. 10. Eph. ii. 16.
191Heb. ii. 14. See also a remarkable passage in the book of Job, xxxiii. 24.
192Phil. ii. 8, 9. John iii. 35. v. 22, 23
193Rev. v. 12, 13.
194John vi. 14.
196Eph. iv. 12, 13.
1972 Thess. i. 8.
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FRESH DETAILS: Limpopo HR manager Daisy Maseleme now in hot soup after her sex tape with Nigerian Ben 10 Emmanuel Ngwu leaked (PICS)
Sharon Banda
A senior government official, Limpopo Department of Health Human Resources manager Daisy Maseleme, whose sex tape leaked last week was allegedly the victim of blackmail from her ‘Nigerian lover’, Emmanuel Ngwu.
Sunday World reported that the Limpopo state official whose sex video was widely circulated last week is allegedly the victim of extortion.
The Citizen reported on Friday that the explicit video that started doing the rounds should not be shared, according to experts. We have seen the video concerned and was informed of the identity of the woman concerned, but sharing such sensitive and private footage could make one liable for prosecution.
Daisy Maseleme allegedly got herself into an online love affair with a younger man without realising he was recording her when they had video call sex. He allegedly then posted the footage on social media, and she was reportedly so shocked that she needed to be hospitalised. Her wedding ring can be seen in the footage.
Her husband is a lawyer who works in the same department as his wife.
Daisy Maseleme and her husband Tshepo Maseleme
Sunday World reports that she was admitted to a psychiatric facility after the video with her “Nigerian lover” leaked. The man can be seen in one corner of the video, also engaged in a sex act.
The paper spoke to the woman, who was too upset to make a statement. Her husband also did not wish to comment. A leaked conversation between Daisy Maseleme and a close friend, reveals that Emmanuel had demanded US$10,000 from her or else he would leak the X-rated video which www.celebgossip.co.za sources say has seriously affected her marriage which is already on the rocks despite being just 4 years old.
“I don’t have the money he’s asking for. If he decided to leak the video he took of me without me being aware. I hope blackmailing me makes him feel better.”
Emmanuel Ngwu
Our source said Daisy married her husband, a lawyer, Tshepo Maseleme in 2014 in a colourful wedding. The mole added that Daisy is now in hot soup with her in-laws who are now demanding that she be sent packing.
“We attended her wedding four years ago and it was so nice. Imagine they arrived to the wedding venue in a helicopter. Unfortunately their marriage is already on the rocks. Although Daisy apologised in person to Tshepo’s relatives before the video even leaked, her in-laws didn’t take lightly. They believe she has been cheating on Tshepo before and they don’t want anything to do with her anymore. Tshepo is not talking about it, he is keeping his cards close to his chest, but his relatives are pushing him to divorce Daisy,” said a source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
In the video, which has since gone viral on Facebook and Twitter, the married woman could be seen playing with her punani, whose ‘lips’ a quite lengthy while on a video call with her youthful lover.
Daisy Maseleme, who is a manager at one of Limpopo’s provincial departments, could also be heard talking dirty to her boyfriend and in one instance asked how he would like to have sex with her. The video also shows, at the bottom of the screen, the naked man on the other side of the line who strokes his manhood and teases the woman about how he will satisfy her when they finally meet to have sex. He also promises to have sex in a position that she said she had not tried before (anal sex).
The video clip appears as if Daisy Maseleme was calling from her home as she was sitting on a couch with curtains and a kitchen in the background. It ends when the bespectacled woman, who was clad in a bathroom gown, appears to have reached the big O as she screams with pleasure.
Sunday World spoke to the woman’s counsellor, who told them the woman allegedly fell victim to a demand from her lover for R135 000 to keep the video private. The woman was not able to raise the money, and the video then leaked. The Citizen has seen messages of someone trying to sell the footage to the highest bidder earlier this week.
Meanwhile, sources have exposed the alleged Ben 10 who has since been identified as Emmanuel Ngwu. According to another online publication, he is allegedly a Nigerian scammer who sexually lures vulnerable South African women and blackmails them for money in exchange for silence, a report claims.
His recent victim is a woman from the villages of Limpopo, Daisy Maseleme, who met Emmanuel and fell in love with him not knowing that Emmanuel had evil intentions. They engaged in a video sex call while both masturbating before Emanuel leaked the video after his married ‘girlfriend’ failed to raise his US$10,000 ‘ransom’.
This conman Emmanuel Ngwu has several accounts on Facebook. Some of his accounts on Facebook are Manuels Cosmas and Queen Polly Moribili, it has since been established.
According to legal experts, if you re-share such private material, you could technically be treated as a cyberbully, or worse.
South Africa has pending cyber-legislation that includes criminalising the distribution of intimate images or footage without consent.
The proposed bill includes possible jail time of up to three years and/or a fine if a message is found to be intimate in nature (ie, involving nudity), and is distributed without the consent of the person depicted.
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Titan Group tenders Euronext and Athens Exchange listing
19 October 2018, Published under Cement News
Titan Cement company has announced that Titan Cement International has submitted a voluntary tender offer the exchange of all the ordinary shares and preference shares issued by Titan Cement Co SA with new shares of Titan Cement International SA. The purpose of this offer is to have a listing of Titan Group on Euronext Brussels, one of the European Union stock exchanges. The offer includes the proposal of a secondary listing and admission to trading of all Titan Cement International SA shar...
Titan to gain control of Adocim Joint venture
24 August 2018, Published under Cement News
Titan has reached an agreement to increase its participation in its joint venture in Turkey. Adocim Cimento Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. is a 50-50 per cent joint venture established between the Cem Sak Group and Titan in 2008. It consists of a modern cement plant with 1.5Mta cement capacity, a 0.6Mta grinding unit and three ready-mix concrete units. Titan has reached an agreement with its partner to acquire an additional 25 per cent of Adocim, while at the same time disposing of its 50 pe...
Adverse weather and foreign currency exchange affect Titan's 1Q18
24 May 2018, Published under Cement News
Τitan Group 1Q18 results suffered from adverse weather conditions in the US and southeastern Europe, coupled with the strengthening of the euro against the US dollar and other currencies. Consolidated turnover reached EUR322.5m, recording a EUR39m decline compared to the previous year. EBITDA declined by EUR7.6m reaching EUR43.5m. Net profit after minorities and the provision for taxes was EUR0.9m, versus a EUR3.9m loss recorded in the 1Q17. Wet weather on the eastern coast of the ...
Titan's 2017 turnover remains stable at EUR1506m
28 March 2018, Published under Cement News
Titan's 2017 consolidated turnover remained stable, at EUR1505.8m, a marginal 0.2 per cent decline compared to 2016. EBITDA reached EUR273.4m, a 1.9 per cent decrease. Non-recurring events (staff redundancy programmes in Egypt and Greece and hurricane Irma in Florida) had a negative impact on EBITDA of about EUR1m, against EUR6.7m of such costs in 2016. Net profit after minorities and the provision for taxes was EUR42.7m, compared to EUR127.4m in 2016. Annual results strengthened on t...
Titan 1H17 turnover reached €773.8m up 6.9%
28 July 2017, Published under Cement News
Τitan Group's 1Q17 results saw consolidated turnover was EUR773.8m (US$905.4m), posting a 6.9 per cent increase compared to the 1H16. EBITDA increased by 18.9 per cent, reaching EUR142.1m. Net profit after minority interests and the provision for taxes increased by 51.4 per cent and stood at EUR13.9m, versus a net profit of EUR9.2m in the respective period of 2016. Consolidated turnover for the second quarter increased by 6.7 per cent to EUR412m. EBITDA grew by 19.5 per cent to reach EUR9...
9M16 results see upturn in the US and Egypt
04 November 2016, Published under Cement News
Several cement companies released their 9M16 results this week. While the US and Egypt provided a healthy boost to business results for companies such as Titan Cement Group, in Asia and the Middle East returns were less positive. Titan Cement Group released its 9M16 results this week and relied on its Egyptian and US operations to boost its turnover, which climbed to EUR1124m, up 9.2 per cent on the same period in 2015. Several cement producers have seen good margin improvement in Egypt ...
Titan to take on Brazilian challenge
Titan Cement Group made an unexpected move this week, buying into Cimento Apodi in Brazil. The Greek-based multinational will form a joint venture t o operate the business with the Dias Branco Group and Titan/Sarkis, Sarkis being a vehicle company 94 per cent owned by Titan. Cimento Apodi, situated in Ceará, northeast Brazil, operates the 1800tpd Quixeré cement plant as well as a 0.36Mt grinding unit at Pecém port, near Fortaleza. Some 2Mta of cement production will be added to Titan’s mu...
Titan Cement takes US$100m stake in Brazil's Cimento Apodi
Greece's Titan Cement Group has announced that it is to take a 50 per cent equity stake in Companhia Industrial de Cimento Apodi of Brazil. The deal will see Titan invest an estimated US$100m to become joint owner of the company alongside Brazilian conglomerate the Dias Branco Group. Both organisations will acquire a 50 per cent interest in the cement producer. Cimento Apodi is based in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil and operates a grinding plant in Pecém and a new integrate...
Titan 1Q16 results boosted by US growth
Titan Group posted robust growth in sales and operating performance in 1Q16, primarily on the back of the US market, as well as the improved operation of the plants in Egypt. Consolidated turnover reached EUR337.8m, posting a 19 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year. EBITDA increased by 86 per cent reaching EUR43.3m. Net profit after minority interests and the provision for taxes were negatively impacted by foreign exchange translation effects, particularly thos...
Titan's US profits more than double
Titan's turnover rose by 20.7 per cent in 2015 to EUR1397.8m and EBITDA improved by 19.2 per cent to EUR216.4m. Following an 24.4 per cent increase in the depreciation and impairment charge to EUR130.7m. boosted by a EUR11.6m impairment charge in the USA, the trading profit declined by 3.2 per cent to EUR108.9m. The net financial charge was 1.7 per cent higher at EUR66.8m while the foreign exchange gain was 43.9 per cent lower at EUR17.4m in the previous year. The pr-tax profit was 10 per...
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Steven Avery From 'Making a Murderer' Was Framed, According to One Juror
ByAngel Diaz
Editorial Producer
In an on-camera interview with Today Making A Murderer filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos revealed a juror from the 2005 Steven Avery murder case reached out because they agreed with the show's sentiments.
"(The juror) told us that they believe Steven Avery was not proven guilty,'' Ricciardi said. "They believe Steven was framed by law enforcement and that he deserves a new trial, and if he receives a new trial, in their opinion it should take place far away from Wisconsin," the duo said.
There was also some compromising being done during deliberation.
"That was the actual word the juror used and went on to describe the jurors ultimately trading votes in the jury room and explicitly discussing, 'If you vote guilty on this count, I will vote not guilty on this count. So that was a significant revelation." Ricciardi added.
The juror in questions chose to stay anonymous for fear of personal safety.
"They told us really that they were afraid that if they held out for a mistrial that it would be easy to identify which juror had done that and that they were fearful for their own safety,'' Demos added.
If you don't have Netflix or aren't a fan of social media, the documentary series has taken on a life of it's own for its portrayal of the sheriff's department in Manitowoc County, Wisc. and the American justice system in general. Steven Avery did 18 years in the bing for a crime he didn't commit.
After his release he attempted to sue Manitowoc County for $36 million in damages and then, boom, he tortures, rapes, and murders somebody with his 16-year-old nephew.
Avery claims he was framed and his legal team did a good job in trying to prove that claim to no avail. He was sentenced to life in prison. Since the show's premiere two online petitions have popped up pleading for President Barack Obama to pardon them. All of Avery's appeals have been denied.
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Economic uncertainties are raising risk profiles globally
12 May 2016 Consultancy.uk
Global political and economic uncertainties are putting company executives on edge as they seek to address a range of risks, a new report finds. The top ten risks with the highest impact for 2016 include regulatory changes, economic conditions and organisational structures that are unprepared for cyber-attacks. The report highlights that while regulatory change risks are decreasing, unexpected and rapid changes to the economic environment are creating considerable uncertainties for businesses.
The global economy continues to face volatility in the face of ups and downs in the equity markets, a plummeted oil price, 2016 election polarisation in the US, the prospect of Brexit in the UK, US Federal Reserve interest rate rise prospects, and developed world income and wealth inequality. At the same time, a bumpy landing in China as well as a health and productivity crisis, plus concern over data breaches are putting many companies on edge.
To find out what is of the most concern to top brass in business, Protiviti and ERM Initiative (a unit of North Carolina State University) annually conduct research into global risks facing business. The latest report, titled ‘Executive Perspective on Top Risks for 2016’, explores the risks that board members and executives from global corporations see before them for the coming year. The survey for the report involves 535 respondents, of which 250 respondents are based in the US. The survey asked respondents to rate 27 individual risk issues using a 10-point scale, where a score of 4.49 or lower are classified as having a “Less Significant Impact” over the next 12 months and a score of 6.0 or higher are classified as having a “Significant Impact” over the next 12 months.
Top ten risks
The survey found that a number of areas continue to be perceived as generating considerable risk to corporates involved in the study. The top contender, at just over 6.0, is regulatory change that affects the delivery of products or services. The current economic conditions came in second, with an impact score of almost six, while the risk and management of cyber threats that disrupt core business was ranked third, at around 5.6. The report highlights, however, that larger corporations tend to place considerably higher impact scores to the top three, all of which are above six.
The lowest rated risks in the top 10 are sustaining customer loyalty and retention, with an impact score of 5.2, insufficient organisational culture with little encouragement for risk identification, at 5.3, and anticipating that volatility in the global markets and currencies may create organisational challenges, at 5.4.
Patrick Scott, Executive Vice President at Protiviti, remarks: “The results of our latest survey show that key stakeholders’ expectations regarding the need for greater transparency about the nature and magnitude of organisations’ risks continue to be high.”
The ups and downs
The report also considered the most significant changes in risks observed between 2015 and this year’s report. The highest increase in perceived risk is uncertainty surrounding the viability of key suppliers or scarcity of supply on the delivery of products and services, up 0.9 points, from 3.64 to 4.54. The second biggest mover is the procurement of affordable insurance, up 0.85 from 3.24 to 4.09. Anticipating changes in global trade policies comes next, up 0.71 from 3.74 to 4.45.
A number of risks also saw decreases since the previous year’s rating. Regulatory changes and scrutiny fell -0.29 from the previous year’s score of 6.35. Uncertainty within the area of political leadership nationally and internationally on growth opportunities saw a -0.15 decrease, from 5.15 to 5.0. Existing operations being outperformed by competitors saw an -0.07 change, dropping to 5.10.
According to the authors, “most of the risks with the largest increase in 2016 from 2015 are linked to overall concerns about geopolitical, global economic and various operational risks.” Jim DeLoach, a Managing Director with Protiviti, adds that “Pressures from boards, volatile markets, intense competition, demanding regulatory requirements, new technologies and other dynamic forces are leading to increasing calls for management to design and implement effective risk management capabilities to identify and assess organisations’ key risk exposures, with the goal of reducing them to an acceptable level.”
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The NCC remained active in Farm Policy Facts.org.
Throughout 2008, the NCC communicated the urgency of getting a new farm law in place. A steady stream of news releases, columns, op-eds and other documents were issued and interviews conducted with national news media.
That effort included active membership in Farm Policy Facts.org (http://www.farmpolicyfacts.org), a non-profit coalition which issues documents to educate Americans, particularly Congress, about agriculture’s contributions.
The NCC specifically created “Dispelling Myths About U.S. Support to Cotton Farmers: U.S. Programs Have Not Caused Low Cotton Prices and Hurt Foreign Growers,” a document that was posted on the NCC’s website and distributed to major national news outlets. Other documents, ranging from farm bill proposal summaries to letters to key lawmakers and USDA were posted on the NCC’s special farm bill website area.
Late in the year, the NCC distributed columns and articles regarding the timing of the WTO Doha Round ministerial. The aim was to draw attention to what was wrong with the current agriculture negotiating text and what was needed for U.S. cotton to support an agreement. NCC Chairman Larry McClendon reinforced that message by holding a briefing and question/answer session with journalists attending the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
The NCC, along with other commodity organizations, continued to support America’s Heartland, a weekly television program that highlights the diversity and success of American agriculture. Viewer ratings were up 12 percent during the program’s third season. Along with a complete listing of stations and programming schedules, www.americasheartland.com also now features an educational section with teaching tools and discussion guides. That material complements the segments of America’s Heartland, which now is partnering with the national Ag in the Classroom program.
NCC-generated columns and articles regarding the WTO Doha Round ministerial were distributed to the trade press and NCC Chairman Larry McClendon reinforced that message by holding a briefing and question/answer session with journalists.
In other public attitudes activity, the NCC worked with the National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) and Plains Cotton Growers on a news briefing in Lubbock to emphasize the USDA Cotton Ginning Lab’s contributions. The media were told that the facility, which was slated for closure under the Administration’s currently proposed FY09 budget, is not only important to Texas cotton producers/ginners – but to the entire Cotton Belt.
Progress on the farm bill development and the NCC’s efforts to explain the new law’s provisions were reported through Cotton’s Week, news releases, the AgDay Cotton’s Week television segment and radio newslines.
A special farm bill section was created on the NCC’s website for the organization’s members and included information ranging from talking points to farm bill provision summaries.
The NCC coordinated with the farm trade media on multiple articles focusing on the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences’ programming – to generate more awareness and bolster attendance at that forum.
Promotion and public relations support was given to Cotton Council International, The Cotton Foundation and to various cotton interest organizations such as the American Cotton Producers, the NCGA and others. For example, CCI support included work on its annual directory, buyer’s guide, calendar, quarterly newsletters, CCI-FAX, as well as various audiovisual reports.
Audiovisual projects were conducted for both the NCC and other industry organizations. Among those were the 2009 NCC staff report and work with the NCGA on revising scripts and acquiring footage for updating its gin safety videotapes.
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Someone thought they saw Danielle Nipper, reported missing in Jan. Officers couldn't find her
The 51-year-old woman went missing from Raymond in January, with her keys, wallet cellphone and car still at home.
Someone thought they saw Danielle Nipper, reported missing in Jan. Officers couldn't find her The 51-year-old woman went missing from Raymond in January, with her keys, wallet cellphone and car still at home. Check out this story on clarionledger.com: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2019/03/07/search-continues-missing-woman-danielle-nipper/3097910002/
Alissa Zhu, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 5:24 p.m. CT March 7, 2019
There was a reported sighting of Danielle Whiteside Nipper on Ranger Road in Hinds County Thursday morning, said the Hinds County Sheriff's Office.
Officers with the sheriff's office and Mississippi Department of Corrections searched the area with tracking dogs, but were not able to find Nipper.
The 51-year-old woman went missing from Raymond in January, with her keys, wallet, cellphone and car still at home, authorities said.
Danielle Whiteside Nipper (Photo: Hinds County Sheriff's Office)
More: Raymond woman reported missing left her keys, phone and car at home, Hinds County sheriff says
She was last seen by her family on Jan. 24. She was wearing maroon sweatpants, a white T-shirt and Nike shorts, the sheriff's office said.
Nipper is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 150 pounds and has brown eyes. Her hair is dyed black.
Maj. Pete Luke with the Hinds County Sheriff's Office said multiple agencies, including the FBI and U.S. Marshals, are working on the case.
Law enforcement officials search Ranger Road in Hinds County for a missing woman. (Photo: Hinds County Sheriff's Office)
Anyone with information about Nipper's whereabouts should contact the authorities, Luke said.
The sheriff's office can be reached at 601-874-2900.
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Contact Alissa Zhu at azhu@gannett.com. Follow @AlissaZhu on Twitter.
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Magazine | Cars
It’s Martini Time for this Works Lancia 037 in London
Celebrating the New Year with a martini at Duke’s Hotel seemed like a fantastic idea, especially when the car that took us to the world-famous cocktail bar was a Works Martini Racing Lancia 037. Did we say that we like our martinis drifted, not stirred?
Where Henri sat...
“I have the best car I’ve ever had here,” boasts Henri Toivonen of his Lancia 037 during a television interview ahead of the 1984 Rally of the Thousand Lakes in Finland. The ensuing grainy and oversaturated footage of the great Finn wrestling this very Lancia around hairpins and over countless ‘yumps’ on his way to third overall is nothing short of spellbinding, and as good a reminder of the magical Group B era as any.
Less Thousand Lakes, more Thousand Gridlocked Commuters
It’s fair to say the pace is a touch more sedate as we edge out of Girardo & Co’s South West London showroom and embark on our journey towards the centre of the city. We’ve been reliably informed that the car has a good temperament and is very well behaved, so we should face no problems doing the things one might ordinarily do during a day in the capital – nipping to the shops in Chelsea, popping for lunch in Mayfair, and sightseeing along the Mall, before heading for one of the best martinis in town at Duke’s Hotel, for example. At least that’s what we’re all crossing our fingers about and hoping – this is an Italian rally car from the 1980s, after all, built for devouring miles of gravel tracks and not jostling with London’s abysmal traffic.
Not fooling anybody
Observing passers-by’s reactions to the car as we noisily buzz through boroughs is particularly amusing. Some drop everything and instantly draw for their camera phones, while others stare slack-jawed, clearly unable to fathom what business a noisy white old car covered in stickers has in an urban environment so obviously out of its comfort zone. It might be wearing number plates, but it’s not fooling anyone. We even momentarily become the focal point of a sightseeing tour, much to the dismay of the guide trying to keep the attention of his tourists.
Going the whole hog
You might be wondering why we chose such a car for our New Year celebration in London? Other than the Martini livery, the answer is simple. Because if you’re going to drive around a city in a car as impractical as a low-slung modern supercar or a goliath Chelsea tractor, why not go the whole hog and opt for something so hilariously unsuitable that the driving – normally a chore in London – becomes an event in itself? The rudimentary glass-fibre bodywork might be scruffy, the panel gaps laughable and the rear visibility non-existent, but it’s so much more charming for it and contrasts wonderfully with the luxury façades of Chelsea and Mayfair. It makes you feel like a bit of a rebel, and rightly so.
Working up a thirst
After a somewhat sweaty day of retail therapy (about the only ventilation in the cockpit of the 037 is the tiny flap in the centre of the roof – how did Toivonen cope in the sweltering heat of the Acropolis?), we’re ending the day at Dukes Hotel on St. James’s Place, for what is widely regarded as the finest martini in London.
Drifted, not stirred
Rumour has it that Ian Fleming, who was a Dukes regular, dreamt up James Bond’s famous ‘shaken, not stirred’ instruction in the century-old, stately drawing-room-like bar. We wonder what 007 would make of the Lancia parked, in pride of place, on the hotel’s concourse?
Martini time
If you want a robust drink that packs a stronger punch than the Lancia’s rorty Abarth engine, yet is mixed with the finesse and theatre of Henri Toivonen on the very edge, you simply have to try Dukes’ martini. In fact, it’s the perfect tipple on which to slowly sip while reflecting on another year. It’s been a tough one in many respects – a glance at any newspaper’s front page will confirm that – but that’s more cause to enjoy all that life has to offer moving forward. Needless to say, Classic Driver will continue to provide our readers with light-hearted distraction and opportunities to daydream, no matter what the world throws at us. Happy New Year!
Photos: Tom Shaxson for Classic Driver © 2016
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Is Adobe Getting into the Apps Game?
By Angela Natividad | Oct 1, 2007
CHANNEL: Enterprise 2.0
Microsoft just can't get any peace. With Google Apps eroding the need to own a copy of Microsoft Office, and Zoho improving where Apps leaves off, the Word/Excel monopoly may be fast seeing sundown. And the end may be sooner than expected, now that Adobe's announced it's going to purchase Virtual Ubiquity, the company that produces an offering called Buzzword.According to Reuters, Buzzword includes "high-quality typography, advanced graphic capabilities and page-layout controls that text editors on the Web all lack." And in Adobe's capable hands, Buzzword has the potential to change the way we interact with word processors, a sector whose development pretty much stopped with Microsoft Word. Buzzword's trump card? It can run both online and off; that is, it's both browser- and desktop-friendly. The solution can apparently tell whether you're on or offline, if you've been abruptly disconnected while using the program in a browser. Then it adjusts settings accordingly. This is something that Microsoft Word, which is strictly offline, and Google Docs, which is strictly online, cannot do. And while Zoho flirts with the capability, it's a pretty barebones offering compared to Buzzword. Adobe is also working on a file-sharing service for online documents that enable users to swap and edit on the 'net. The offering will include user privileges (accessible versus restricted). And while this capability isn't new, it'll definitely strengthen the world of word processing when coupled with Buzzword.
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States gang up to kill US fintech charter and offer alternative 'Vision 2020'
Published Mon, May 15 2017 9:20 AM EDT
Neil Ainger, Writer at CNBC.com
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John Ryan, president of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), has come out in support of the New York banking regulator's lawsuit filed on Friday against the federal OCC. He called its plans to offer special purpose charters to financial technology (fintech) firms, allowing them to compete with banks nationwide, "unlawful" and "harmful".
"CSBS strongly supports the lawsuit filed by the New York Department of Financial Services against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), " said Ryan in a forcefully worded statement.
"The OCC does not have the authority to issue federal charters to non-banks, and its unlawful attempt to do so will harm markets, innovation and consumers."
Even before New York joined the federal versus state stand-off, the OCC's federal fintech charter was already under threat from CSBS' own lawsuit filed in Washington last month and the departure of its champion Thomas Curry on 5 May at the behest of President Donald Trump.
The turf war over who gets to supervise fintechs is escalating with CSBS's rival 'Vision 2020' regulatory plan appearing to gain ground against the federal fintech charter.
Acting OCC head Keith Noreika, is not known to be a strong supporter of the Special Purpose National Bank (SPNB) fintech charter, which was previously championed by Curry. The OCC is an independent agency within the Treasury and is responsible for overseeing the nation's biggest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo.
Other countries have nationwide fintech policies and support groups such as the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's (SFC) Fintech Contact Point, unveiled last year, and the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Innovation Hub in the U.K. But the drive to introduce similar initiatives in the U.S. have been stymied by arguments over whether federal or state governments are best placed to encourage fintech innovation, while still providing effective consumer protection.
Ryan called the OCC's SPNB plan, "an unauthorized expansion of its authority" in a statement released late on Friday that went on to claim the federal fintech charter "threatens state sovereignty".
"State regulators already supervise a vibrant financial services marketplace that includes non-banks and banks," he said. "Where there are opportunities to further modernize state regulation of financial services providers, including fintechs, state regulators are committed to doing so through our recently launched 'Vision 2020' initiative."
The state-backed 'Vision 2020' plan released by CSBS last week aims to make the U.S. state system of financial regulation pre-eminent, while still recognizing standards that can be applied across state lines to enable nationwide fintech innovation.
According to CSBS its rival plan, outlined in a statement released on 10 May, "will create consistent and data-driven solutions" that support innovation "by minimizing friction in the state regulatory system."
By 2020, state regulators plan to adopt an integrated fintech licensing and supervisory system across 50 States that will transform the interaction between industry, regulators and consumers.
"We are committed to a multi-state experience that is as seamless as possible," said CSBS chair and board member, Charles Cooper, in a statement. He is also the Texas Commissioner of Banking.
"Through Vision 2020, state regulators will transform the licensing process, harmonize supervision, engage fintech companies, and assist state banking departments," he said, while adding he wants to, "make it easier for banks to provide services to non-banks" and "make supervision more efficient for third parties."
The key actions under the Vision 2020 plan are to:
Redesign the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS): CSBS will redesign and expand the NMLS technology stack, so that the common platform for state non-bank regulation is able to use data and analytics more effectively to provide an automated licensing process for new applicants. The NMLS overhaul should streamline multi-state regulation and licensing of fintechs, enabling state resources to be focused on consumer protection and higher-risk cases. Transparency is promised via the NMLS Consumer Access platform. This was viewed 3.7 million times last year.
Harmonize multi-state supervision: CSBS has created working groups to establish model approaches to key aspects of non-bank supervision. The groups will work to enhance uniformity in examinations, facilitate best practices, and capture and report non-bank violations at the national level. To further streamline the process, CSBS will create a common technology platform for state examinations.
Form an industry advisory panel: CSBS will establish a fintech industry advisory panel to identify points of friction in licensing and multi-state regulation, and provide feedback to state efforts to modernize regulatory regimes. The panel will focus on lending and money transmission, and discuss a wide range of solutions. Individual state regulators have already been engaging the fintech industry in formal dialogue.
Assist state banking departments: CSBS education programs will try to make state departments more effective in supervising banks and non-banks. Updated standards and analytics will help U.S. States determine where new expertise is most needed, identify and address weaknesses, update supervisory processes, and compare themselves to others in order to learn from leading state departments. The higher standards will be validated through an enhanced CSBS accreditation program.
Make it easier for banks to provide services to non-banks: CSBS is stepping up efforts to address banks' 'de-risking' concerns about dealing with fintechs. At the moment many incumbent banks are cautious about doing business with non-banks due to regulatory uncertainty. CSBS will seek to allay these fears by increasing industry awareness about the strong regulatory regimes that it says already exist for compliance with laws about money laundering, cybersecurity, the Bank Secrecy Act, and so on.
Make supervision more efficient for third parties: Banks of all sizes work with a variety of third-party service providers, including fintech companies. CSBS supports federal legislation that would allow state and federal regulators to better coordinate supervision of bank third-party service providers. In other words, they recognize there is a role for federal legislation, but CSBS want to be the ones enforcing and interpreting it.
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Smartphone market's glory days are ending
With phone ownership reaching the saturation point in significant markets, a top analyst says the industry will find it trickier than ever to find new buyers.
Lance Whitney
The smartphone industry must find new ways to attract first-time buyers and upgraders.
Josh Miller/CNET
The smartphone industry's days of double-digit growth are likely behind it.
Smartphone ownership has reached peak levels in key markets worldwide, Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, said in a report Tuesday.
In North America, 65 percent of consumers own a smartphone. In Europe, that number jumps to 74 percent. In China, the figure rests at 72 percent. This translates to markets with fewer and fewer first-time buyers.
With only incremental improvements in each new generation of phones, it's also harder to tempt smartphone owners to jump to new models. Just look, for instance, at the declining sales at Samsung or flattening sales at Apple. The situation is prompting phone makers to try new approaches, such as LG's new twist of modular add-ons to boost phone capabilities.
Market saturation is a quandary that won't be going away. To try to generate sales growth for 2016, Milanese said, phone vendors must focus on two tactics: Convince die-hard feature phone owners they need a smartphone and persuade smartphone owners they need the "next big thing."
Those tasks will be challenging. Many feature phone owners resist smartphones due to their higher prices and are unlikely to upgrade until their current device kicks the bucket. In countries such as the US, the range of available feature phones is dwindling, which will eventually force all consumers to opt for a smartphone. But those days aren't here just yet.
Existing buyers also need stronger reasons to upgrade.
In the US, 48 percent of smartphone owners expect to upgrade their device in the next 12 months. In the France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, that number is about the same at 46 percent. In urban China, the world's largest smartphone market, the figure drops to 28 percent. Among brands, Apple's iPhone is the No. 1 choice for smartphone upgraders in both the US and China. In Europe, the top spot belongs to Samsung.
"We believe 2016 will be the year when those in the smartphone market must go beyond hardware to succeed," Milanese said. "The industry has been talking about this for years, but the pressure to take that step is more palpable now than ever. Failing to do this will leave them with a smaller piece of a pie that is no longer growing as it once was."
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DFARS, NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Could be Worth at Least $1.4m to Your Business
For organizations looking to implement a cybersecurity framework or standard, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is considered the most thorough way to apply best practices. While there are many other frameworks available, the NIST CSF provides a nationally recognized guideline as you scale your business and cybersecurity program. Regulations such as DFARS 252.204-7012, for defense contractors, pull from NIST controls to build the required standards by which contract bids are now evaluated.
We conservatively estimate that implementing the NIST CSF was worth $1.4 million for By Light, a mid-sized government contractor that won a one-year DoD contract awarded in 2017. By Light brings in about $230 million in revenue each year, according to Washington Technology.
The company won the DoD contract, worth $59.5 million alone, even though a competitor underbid the project by about $3 million. The reason was largely due to By Light having implemented the NIST CSF. Our estimate is probably conservative, because a $60 million contract is relatively small.
The DoD proposals were judged on four factors and cost, with each of the four factors weighted equally.
Winning company (by light) / Losing company
Factor 1: Acceptable / Acceptable
Factor 2: Good (better cybersecurity) / Acceptable
Quality of management: Good (better mgmt. approach) / Acceptable
Projected cost: $59,487,541 / $56,677,105
The winning company exceeded the losing company in two areas. The first was its cybersecurity, which won Factor 2. The second area was a superior management approach, Factor 4.
The winning company won despite bidding $2,810,436 more than the losing company, representing about 5% of the value of the contract. Since each factor was weighted equally in the decision, we attribute cybersecurity for half of the additional value. Therefore, implementing the NIST CSF was worth at least $1,405,218 to the winning company, or 2.5% of the contract.
NIST CSF could be the key to winning contracts in the future
According to NIST, 87% of Department of Defense contracts has DFARS252.204-7012 standard written in them by July of 2017. These standards all converge and contain NIST controls. Implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework was the key factor in the DoD’s final decision described above according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. It was noted that:
“[The winning company] proposed to incorporate the voluntary NIST CSF on top of its compliance with the baseline cybersecurity requirements, which was the basis of the unique strength awarded to its proposal.” (Page 9)
The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s report stated:
“Specifically, the strength was evaluated as follows:
The NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity enables organizations to support and improve cybersecurity practices based on their individual business needs, tolerance for risk and available resources. […] It supports using a set of industry standards and best practices to help manage cybersecurity risks that offer tangible benefits that include improved efficiencies. Using this Framework as a management tool will support identifying activities that are most important to critical service delivery and allow for prioritization expenditures to maximize the impact of investment.” (Page 6)
The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s statement went on to say:
“The fact that the NIST CSF is seen as a positive addition to existing cybersecurity standards and guidelines and may ultimately be mandated in whole or in part, does not undermine the reasonableness of the evaluated strength for By Light’s commitment to voluntarily implementing the framework prior to the framework becoming mandatory.” (Page 8-9)
Are similar frameworks still worth implementing separately?
Some frameworks are very similar to each other in function. The losing company claimed that the RMF which the company had implemented was so robust, adding the CSF didn’t matter. In short, they were saying the frameworks are pretty much the same.
While we cybersecurity aficionados cringe at the idea that “frameworks are pretty much the same,” the argument in this case is far from ludicrous. Both frameworks were designed by NIST, but for different audiences. RMF is mandatory for the federal government, and CSF is optional for the private sector. Both are typically fulfilled with controls from the same NIST 800-53 catalog. In the losing company’s words, “Given how complete the DoD RMF already is, the CSF may have little to add when it is ultimately incorporated.” (Page 8)
Although it’s true there are similarities between frameworks—which means your second framework will be easier to implement than the first—the U.S. Government Accountability Office ruled similar frameworks are separately valuable. To quote the report: “The two NIST standards are separate and complementary.”
This means the U.S. Government, at least when awarding contracts, considers each cybersecurity framework, even those which are similar, as “distinct” and “complementary.” That suggests companies should implement multiple cybersecurity frameworks in order to gain an advantage in bidding on U.S. Government contracts.
On that note, it might be worth implementing as many frameworks as possible since each framework will be progressively easier to implement. But unfortunately, the more frameworks you implement, the more difficult it will be to keep track of them all, especially for companies managing these processes with spreadsheets. However, there are cybersecurity management solutions that are working to streamline NIST and DFARS compliance.
How to crosswalk from one framework to another
Because cyber frameworks overlap, your second framework should be easier to implement than your first. But crosswalking — determining how and where an outcome in one framework translates into another framework — can be difficult and tedious.
To manually crosswalk between two frameworks, you need to find a map between them. Appendix H of NIST 800-53 Revision 4, for instance, provides maps between NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001. From there, you associate compliance notes, evidence and artifacts between the frameworks according to the mappings.
Done manually, this can be an arduous undertaking of sorting and toggling between standards, potentially taking days or even weeks. If you have started with ISO or PCI and want to project that work into the Cybersecurity Framework, you will have over one hundred controls and associated compliance states needing to be mapped to 98 subcategories and 301 controls.
by CyberSaint co-founder Scott Schlimmer on CSO Online.
CyberStrong for DFARS, NIST, and any other framework like GDPR, PCI, etc can help you easily address any mix of standards, including the robust NIST Framework. CyberStrong helps you scale compliance and risk management framework by framework. You can now add and rapidly comply to new frameworks in-house and continuously manage and report on your compliance posture with ease.
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SwingFree.co.uk Satisfies Swingers by Championing Nontraditional Relationships & Sexual Exploration
By: Amber Brooks | Posted: July 11, 2019
The Scoop: SwingFree.co.uk has broken the mold as a sex-positive dating site for swingers. The platform invites singles and couples to explore their feelings and embark on a liberating dating experience with no set rules. Men and women across the U.K. have joined the SwingFree community in hopes of finding attractive and compatible partners who want to break free of monogamy.
There are many misconceptions about the polyamorous lifestyle. Some people equate polyamory with cheating or orgies, and they view swingers as sex addicts who are disloyal to their spouses. In reality, maintaining an open relationship requires individuals to be unfailingly honest, trusting, and receptive.
The polyamorous don’t define their relationships by sexual fidelity, so they encourage their partners to explore their desires and do what they need to do to be happy.
As psychologist Elisabeth A. Sheff said, “Polyamorous folks commit to treat each other well, tell each other the truth, help each other grow, and sustain each other through difficult times.”
Nevertheless, the general dating scene tends to treat the polyamorous lifestyle as a dirty secret. Swingers have been forced underground by the unfounded belief that sexual curiosity is an unhealthy or shameful fetish. SwingFree.co.uk launched to bring swingers into the light.
SwingFree.co.uk stimulates flirtatious action between genuine swingers and singles.
SwingFree.co.uk is a U.K. dating site that supports people with a variety of sexual appetites and relationship goals. Whether single, married, or in a relationship, men and women can join the SwingFree community to flirt, date, and solicit sex.
This open-ended dating site encourages individuals to live out their fantasies and pursue one-night stands, polyamorous relationships, threesomes, and other sexual encounters. It’s a judgment-free zone where swingers can be upfront about what the want.
“SwingFree was created to offer members the chance to be part of the swingers lifestyle,” said Elliott Lang, a spokesperson for the dating site. “It helps people who are looking to venture into the world of group sex and swinging.”
The Site Offers a Safe Space to Pursue Erotic Encounters
SwingFree.co.uk has a quick registration process that takes less than a minute to complete. The site requires users to give their first names, birthdates, and email addresses for verification purposes. New users can identify themselves as seeking men, women, or both men and women.
The dating site automatically screens new users and blocks anyone who fails to meet certain requirements set down in the Terms of Use. For instance, all users must be over 18 years old, so anyone entering an invalid birthday wouldn’t be able to continue the profile creation process. Moderators also comb through the site and flag inappropriate content.
It’s free to join SwingFree.co.uk and browse profiles for a potential match. However, only paid subscribers can communicate on the site. Free members can show their interest by sending winks and icebreakers, but they cannot initiate or respond to messages without paying a monthly subscription.
SwingFree members can quickly swipe through local profiles in the Encounters section.
The paywall adds a layer of trust to the SwingFree community. Members know that every message they receive is from someone who has invested in the site and is serious about meeting sexual partners.
In addition to paid subscriptions, SwingFree allows members to purchase Credits, which they can use to buy and send virtual gifts called Extras.
This discrete and nonjudgmental dating environment is ideal for singles and couples looking for unconventional romances. Members can narrow their search by using advanced search filters for age, ethnicity, sexual interests, or favorite sexual position.
SwingFree offers a personal data guarantee to all users. “We will always safeguard and respect your privacy,” the team promises. “Our dedicated, highly-trained team of moderators work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that all of our members are genuine.”
One of the U.K.’s Largest Dating Brands Continues to Expand
Venntro Media Group Ltd. runs SwingFree.co.uk as well as over 3,000 niche dating sites. This massive dating company holds its platforms to high standards in terms of authenticity and transparency.
“Maintaining the security of your data is a priority at Venntro Media Group Ltd.,” according to the privacy policy. “We will only use your personal data if we have a permitted lawful basis to do so.”
The company has partnered with Online Dating Protector to look out for the interests of its users and educate online daters about the potential risks of meeting someone online. Thanks to the ODP’s anti-scam software, SwingFree can keep its members from falling prey to romance scams.
SwingFree is currently only available to singles in the U.K., but the team has plans to expand to the United States, Canada, and Australia by the end of 2019.
SwingFree gives swingers the flexibility they need to date on their terms.
The SwingFree community is open to anyone interested in dipping a toe into the swinger lifestyle. About 60% of SwingFree members are men and 40% are women. A majority of users are over 35, happily married, and looking for a little side action to spice up their evenings and weekends. Some couples create a profile together to look for a threesome, while others browse solo with the permission of a primary partner.
SwingFree doesn’t collect testimonials because that would invade the privacy of its members, but the site’s customer service team has heard from many members who found what they were looking for and no longer need their accounts.
Venntro Media Group Ltd. allows users to cancel their membership contracts at any time and for any reason; however, they’ll need to get in touch with the team via [email protected] if they want to remove and delete their dating profile from the database. SwingFree will also provide full refunds to members who cancel their accounts within 14 days of signing up. Users must give notice via email or post to be eligible for a refund.
SwingFree can also terminate membership in cases of online harassment, exploitative or dishonest behavior, unlawful activity, and other prohibited actions outlined in the Terms and Conditions for the site. New members can consult SwingFree’s free dating safety tips to learn the best practices for online daters in the adult dating scene.
SwingFree Supports the Polyamorous Lifestyle
Dating fosters a lot of excitement and flexibility, while committed relationships foster consistency and stability. Swingers essentially get the best of both worlds. They can enjoy no-strings-attached sex with a stranger and still have the long-term love and support of a primary partner.
SwingFree.co.uk has allied with swingers in the U.K. and created opportunities for them to live out their fantasies. Members of this fast-growing online community can pursue short-term romance regardless of their relationship status. Thousands of sexually active men and women have trusted this platform to support their choices and protect their privacy in the modern dating world.
“SwingFree.co.uk is committed to providing a safe environment where genuine swingers can meet like-minded people,” Elliott said. “It is already one of the U.K.’s largest dating sites, but now it’s about to become the largest.”
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Reed Krakoff’s First Fine Jewelry Collection for Tiffany & Co.
It's inspired by paper, but there’s nothing impermanent about it
By Andrea Cheng
When Tiffany & Co. named Reed Krakoff as its chief artistic officer last year, it was viewed as a splashy appointment for the centuries-old jewelry house (you’d be hard-pressed to name a big-name designer at any other luxury jewelry brand). He was tasked with the objective to oversee all branding, redefine American luxury, and to, ultimately, boost slumped sales (he does, after all, have a proven track record for flipping brands, having famously transformed Coach from a $500 million company into a $4 billion leather goods giant over the course of his 17 years at the helm). And it appears as though the decision is paying off, because since he took over the reins, Krakoff has launched not just one splashy collection, but also now, two.
’Illustration of Paper Flowers ring
Titled Paper Flowers, Krakoff’s first fine jewelry line for Tiffany & Co. is inspired by individually cut paper flower petals that are pinned back together. And it’s through technical engineering and delicate craftsmanship that each diamond-packed platinum piece is able to so effectively embody the motif. A cuff-like bracelet and a necklace wreath play with negative space, outlining a graphic mash-up of petals. Floral statement earrings colored in a brilliant violet (complete with gradient baguettes for their stems), thanks to vibrant tanzanite gems, beautifully nod to freshly plucked irises. And Tiffany’s famous yellow diamonds are used to light up the firefly of an ornate cocktail ring.
Paper cutouts of petals
Loose platinum petals
The new collection arrives after Tiffany & Co.’s new 18-person designer atelier was installed last month—a first for the brand to have its artisans, technicians, and engineers all under one roof—as a way to streamline and accelerate the process. It also arrives after Krakoff’s incredibly luxe (albeit controversial) first Tiffany & Co. collection, Everyday Objects, which rendered mundane, ordinary items, like a yo-yo, a protractor, and a tin can, in the brand’s signature sterling silver, and with it, an equally luxe price tag that ranged from the hundreds to thousands.
Scroll through to view more pieces from the Paper Flowers collection, available starting today.
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Home Features Best Entertainment Cruises
Best Entertainment Cruises
Nicholas Dalton
Norwegian Cruise Line is dedicated to fun, with a riot of shows every night, from major acts such as the experimental theatre of the Blue Man Group to musical tributes and lavish cabaret. The entertainment reaches new heights on two new ships – Norwegian Getaway has the Illusionarium, a dinnertime magic experience, and the musical Legally Blonde in its theatre. There are comedy acts and, on every sailing, an at-sea fireworks display. The 4,000-passenger ship also features the Grammy Experience with award-winning artists; as well as a jazz flautist and a Latin percussionist. Norwegian Breakaway features Burn the Floor, a ballroom inspired dance extravaganza and the 80s pop musical Rock of Ages while there’s even a big top for Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy. Add to that the dark, New York-inspired Fat Cats Jazz and Blues club and a duelling piano show and you’ve got big city choice.
A nine-night Bermuda cruise from New York on 10 August 2014 on Norwegian Breakaway starts at £1,499pp, including flights (ncl.co.uk/0845 201 8900).
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16951 CVE-2006-4714 Exec Code File Inclusion 2006-09-12 2017-10-18
User Remote High Not required Partial Partial Partial
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in SpoonLabs Vivvo Article Management CMS (aka phpWordPress) 3.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the classified_path parameter.
16952 CVE-2006-4709 Exec Code Sql 2006-09-12 2018-10-17
SQL injection vulnerability in topic.php in Vikingboard 0.1b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the s parameter.
SQL injection vulnerability in login.php in dwayner79 and Dominic Gamble Timesheet (aka Timesheet.php) 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username parameter.
16954 CVE-2006-4692 94 Exec Code 2006-10-10 2018-10-17
Argument injection vulnerability in the Windows Object Packager (packager.exe) in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2 and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file with a "/" (slash) character in the filename of the Command Line property, followed by a valid file extension, which causes the command before the slash to be executed, aka "Object Packager Dialogue Spoofing Vulnerability."
16955 CVE-2006-4689 DoS 2006-11-14 2018-10-17
Unspecified vulnerability in the driver for the Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and reboot) via has unknown attack vectors, aka "NetWare Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability."
16956 CVE-2006-4687 119 Exec Code Overflow Mem. Corr. 2006-11-14 2018-10-17
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted layout combinations involving DIV tags and HTML CSS float properties that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
16957 CVE-2006-4684 2006-09-19 2008-09-05
The docutils module in Zope (Zope2) 2.7.0 through 2.7.9 and 2.8.0 through 2.8.8 does not properly handle web pages with reStructuredText (reST) markup, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a csv_table directive, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3458.
16958 CVE-2006-4683 +Info 2006-09-11 2008-09-05
IBM Director before 5.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from HTTP headers via HTTP TRACE.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM Director before 5.10 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving (1) malformed WMI CIM server requests and (2) malformed packets.
16960 CVE-2006-4681 Dir. Trav. 2006-09-11 2017-10-18
Directory traversal vulnerability in Redirect.bat in IBM Director before 5.10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the file parameter.
DokuWiki before 2006-03-09c enables the debug feature by default, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by calling doku.php with the X-DOKUWIKI-DO HTTP header set to "debug".
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/system/include.php in Somery 0.4.6 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the skindir parameter.
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_portal.php in Premod Shadow 2.7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.
16964 CVE-2006-4660 XSS 2006-09-08 2018-10-17
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the RSS Feed module in AOL ICQ Toolbar 1.3 for Internet Explorer (toolbaru.dll) allow remote attackers to process arbitrary web script or HTML in the Feeds interface context via the (1) title and (2) description elements within an item element in an RSS feed.
16965 CVE-2006-4659 CSRF 2006-09-08 2018-10-17
The Panda Platinum Internet Security 2006 10.02.01 and 2007 11.00.00 uses predictable URLs for the spam classification of each message, which allows remote attackers to cause Panda to classify arbitrary messages as spam via a web page that contains IMG tags with the predictable URLs. NOTE: this issue could also be regarded as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
Panda Platinum Internet Security 2006 10.02.01 and 2007 11.00.00 uses sequential message numbers in generated URLs that are not filtered if the user replies to a message, which might allow remote attackers to determine mail usage patterns.
Format string vulnerability in Easy Address Book Web Server 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or "compromise the server" via encoded format string specifiers in the query string.
(1) Amazing Little Poll and (2) Amazing Little Picture Poll store sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read the admin password via a direct request for the lp_settings file (lp_settings.inc or lp_settings.php).
Directory traversal vulnerability in download/index.php, and possibly download.php, in threesquared.net (aka Ben Speakman) Php download allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary local files via .. (dot dot) sequence in the file parameter.
16970 CVE-2006-4639 94 Exec Code File Inclusion 2006-09-08 2018-10-17
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in C-News.fr C-News 1.0.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path parameter in (1) formulaire_commentaires.php, (2) affichage/liste_news.php, (3) affichage/news_complete.php, or (4) affichage/pagination.php. NOTE: the provenance of some of this information is unknown; some details are obtained from third party information.
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in article.php in ACGV News 0.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PathNews parameter.
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in ACGV News 0.9.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the PathNews parameter in (1) header.php or (2) news.php. NOTE: portions of these details are obtained from third party information.
index.php in SoftBB 0.1, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a null or invalid page[] parameter.
System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in adodb-postgres7.inc.php in John Lim ADOdb, possibly 4.01 and earlier, as used in Intechnic In-link 2.3.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the ADODB_DIR parameter.
SMTP service in MailEnable Standard, Professional, and Enterprise before ME-10014 (20060904) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an SPF lookup for a domain with a large number of records, which triggers a null pointer exception.
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in GrapAgenda 0.11 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the page parameter.
** DISPUTED ** Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Content Management module ("Content manager") for PHProjekt 0.6.1, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the path_pre parameter in (1) cm_lib.inc.php, (2) doc/br.edithelp.php, (3) doc/de.edithelp.php, (4) doc/ct.edithelp.php, (5) userrating.php, and (6) listing.php, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-4204. NOTE: a third-party researcher has disputed the impact of the cm_lib.inc.php vector, stating that it is limited to local file inclusion. CVE analysis as of 20060905 concurs, although use of ftp URLs is also possible. The remaining five vectors have also been disputed by the same third party, stating that the path_pre variable is initialized before it is used.
PHP remote file inclusion in MyBace Light Skrip, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the (1) hauptverzeichniss parameter in includes/login_check.php and the (2) template_back parameter in admin/login/content/user_daten.php.
16980 CVE-2006-4595 200 +Info 2006-09-06 2018-10-17
muforum (µforum) 0.4c stores membres/members.dat under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as usernames and password hashes.
16981 CVE-2006-4586 +Priv 2006-09-06 2018-10-17
The admin panel in Tr Forum 2.0 accepts a username and password hash for authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to perform unauthorized actions, as demonstrated by modifying user settings via the id parameter to /membres/modif_profil.php, and changing a password via /membres/change_mdp.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged with other Tr Forum vulnerabilities to allow unauthenticated attackers to gain privileges.
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in The Address Book 1.04e allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as other users via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by deleting arbitrary users via the id parameter in a deleteuser action in users.php.
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in The Address Book 1.04e validates the Content-Type header but not the file extension, which allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary PHP scripts.
Directory traversal vulnerability in users.php in The Address Book 1.04e allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter.
Off-by-one error in the MIME Multipart dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.1 through 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain vectors that trigger an assertion error related to unexpected length values.
Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JavaScript regular expression that ends with a backslash in an unterminated character set ("[\\"), which leads to a buffer over-read.
16987 CVE-2006-4564 89 Exec Code Sql 2006-09-05 2017-07-19
SQL injection vulnerability in Sources/ManageBoards.php in Simple Machines Forum 1.1 RC3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cur_cat parameter.
** DISPUTED ** The proxy DNS service in Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) allows remote attackers to make arbitrary DNS queries to third-party DNS servers, while hiding the source IP address of the attacker. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the default configuration does not proxy DNS queries received on the external interface.
16989 CVE-2006-4554 Exec Code Overflow 2006-09-05 2018-10-17
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadFile function in the ZOO-processing exports in the BeCubed Compression Plus before 5.0.1.28, as used in products including (1) Tumbleweed EMF, (2) VCOM/Ontrack PowerDesk Pro, (3) Canyon Drag and Zip, (4) Canyon Power File, and (5) Canyon Power File Gold, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an inconsistent size parameter in a ZOO file header.
16990 CVE-2006-4550 Dir. Trav. Bypass 2006-09-05 2018-10-17
Directory traversal vulnerability in CHXO Feedsplitter 2006-01-21 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary XML files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the format parameter with a leading ".", which bypasses a security check.
CHXO Feedsplitter 2006-01-21 allows remote attackers to read the source code of feedsplitter.php via the showsource function. NOTE: this issue is not a vulnerability in standard distributions, but could be an issue if the source has been modified.
The web-based management interface in 2Wire, Inc. HomePortal and OfficePortal Series modems and routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a CRLF sequence in a GET request.
The BerDecodeLoginDataRequest function in the libnmasldap.so NMAS module in Novell eDirectory 8.8 and 8.8.1 before the Security Services 2.0.3 patch does not properly increment a pointer when handling certain input, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access) via a crafted login request.
Qbik WinGate 6.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a DNS request with a self-referencing compressed name pointer, which triggers an infinite loop.
Multiple integer overflows in the WV library in wvWare (formerly mswordview) before 1.2.3, as used by AbiWord, KWord, and possibly other products, allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word (DOC) file that produces (1) large LFO clfolvl values in the wvGetLFO_records function or (2) a large LFO nolfo value in the wvGetFLO_PLF function.
Messenger Agents (nmma.exe) in Novell GroupWise 2.0.2 and 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted HTTP POST request to TCP port 8300 with a modified val parameter, which triggers a null dereference related to "zero-size strings in blowfish routines."
Directory traversal vulnerability in link.php in NX5Linx 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the logo parameter.
ModernBill 5.0.4 and earlier uses cURL with insecure settings for CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST that do not verify SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to read network traffic via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Unspecified vulnerability in Cybozu Office 6.5 Build 1.2 for Windows allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, including users and groups, via unspecified vectors.
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in modules/userstop/userstop.php in ExBB Italia 0.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the exbb[home_path] parameter.
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Downloadables: Every night is Monday Night Combat!
2011-07-27 19:30:00by Marcel Hoang
[Today's promoted blog comes from StriderHoang, who chose to write about Monday Night Combat. Want to see your own blog on the front page next week? Make sure you submit a blog on our current topic, Motion Control -- JRo]
In about a month, I'll reach my one year anniversary with one of the most satisfying purchases I've ever made from the Xbox Live Arcade: Monday Night Combat.
When Monday Night Combat first piqued my interest, it was probably 4 years ago, 3 years before the game even released. I remember seeing a colorful trailer with 6 different, colorful characters of varying designs, fighting against robots, turrets, and other characters like themselves. The setting was some sort of futuristic, sponsored death sport with colorful characters and maps.
I was jaded by the Call of Duty franchise and military shooters as a whole. They just felt too homogenized as many players used the same perks, same guns, same killstreaks, same everything! When you've been killed by one ACR/AK-47/Famas, you've been killed by them all. But I couldn't play one of the best class-based shooters,Team Fortress 2, because my PC is old enough to be considered my older brother. To give you an idea of how old it is, its original hard drive, which is still installed on it, is 40GB big.
But Monday Night Combat was different.
I had never seen a game like this before. What do I mean by that? It looked like it offered the same general experience as a real AAA title, but from indie developer Uber Entertainment and for only $15! Truly it was an oddity among its peers for quality.
Everything about the game, despite being a $15 indie title, seemed to top everything I felt about other shooters like the ever ubiquitous CoD. The chemistry and match ups between the 6 classes was intriguing. The focus on objective gameplay and lessened focus on kill/death ratio made for a different multiplayer experience. And despite the (extremely) high barrier of skill, this high skill requirement allowed dedicated players to always been in control and know how they died. In games like CoD, death can come swiftly and oftentimes randomly.
A regular, dreaded sight from Modern Warfare 2, slightly different in Black Ops, soon to return again in Modern Warfare 3.
It wasn't fun to run into a room, meet a bogey, and see both your guns fire only to find yourself dead and respawning. What happened? Why did it happen? Did I deserve this death? What a load!
But in Monday Night Combat, everything is much more controlled. If I enter an area suddenly and run into a class such as an Assault, the results are within the grasp of my control. For example, if I were a Tank, I would have the advantage and could kill the Assault. If the Assault knew he was at a disadvantage, he could also control his game and try running away. There are no random, instant deaths or uncontrollable circumstances in MNC.
It also helps that the characters are quirky and colorful.
The game is also on Steam and is clearly balanced differently due to the inherent difference in control between a pad and a mouse/keyboard. I have still stuck with the game even though the PC version continually tempts me with their slew of updates. Microsoft's rigorous certification process is not very nice to my favorite game as it delayed the release of MNC's first DLC pack and has hung the status of the second DLC into a state of uncertain limbo.
But that's how big a fan of the game I am. Even though the last update was in December, even though the PC version has received 8 updates since its own release in January, and even though support of the game seems doubtful at best presently, the game is still fun enough that I don't care how the game will be supported in the future. Even if the game turns into another example of Team Fortress 2 on the console (which is very pitiful I believe), I'll continue to play the game for as long as I can find good lobbies.
Someday baby. Someday.
I can go on and on about the intricacies of the game. I'm a long time, registered member of the official Uber forums, so I've fully invested myself in knowing everything about the game. Half the videos on my YouTube channel are probably devoted to MNC gameplay and commentary, even though the game is such a niche title that will never get me many hits. This is the extent of my devotion to the little indie game that could against the giant, corporate names that dominate the market.
Marcel HoangCblog Ninja gamer profile
Local contributor responsible for duties such as engagement, power bombs, cblog promotions, community engagement, and memes. I like fighting games, you scrub. more + disclosures
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OFR50 Database of Quaternary Coastal Geochronologic Information for the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America (additional information for sites in Peru and Chile) Wehmiller, J.F., Pellerito, V. Feb 2015
OFR43 Results of Trenching Investigations Along the New Castle Railroad Survey-1 Seismic Line, New Castle, Delaware McLaughlin, P.P., Baxter, S.J., Ramsey, K.W., McKenna, T.E., Strohmeier, S.A. Feb 2001
OFR42 Catalog of Earthquakes in Delaware Baxter, S.J. Jan 2001
SP23 Earthquake Basics Baxter, S.J. Jul 2000
IS5 Earthquakes in Delaware Woodruff, K.D. Mar 1988
RI39 Earthquakes in Delaware and Nearby Areas, June 1973 - June 1984 Woodruff, K.D. Jul 1984
OFR11 Effects of Earthquakes and Earth Tides on Water Levels in Selected Wells in the Piedmont of Delaware Talley, J.H. Feb 1980
OFR4 Papers Presented by Staff Members of the Delaware Geological Survey at the Baltimore Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, March, 1974 Pickett, T.E. May 1974
OFR3 Preliminary Report on the Earthquake of February 28, 1973 Woodruff, K.D., Jordan, R.R., Pickett, T.E. Apr 1973
OFR2 Preliminary Report on Seismic Events in Northern Delaware Jordan, R.R., Pickett, T.E., Woodruff, K.D. Apr 1972
Strohmeier, S.A.
Wehmiller, J.F.
Cape May Formation
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MusicRise
2July 2012
Cheatahs EP Exclusive
Made up by members from Male Bonding and Weird Dreams, we premiere the slacker pop band's debut EP
Formed of key members of the London slacker pop scene, including Weird Dreams' James Wignall, and Male Bonding's Nathan Hewitt, plus an American bass player and German frontman, Cheatahs is the new (and decidedly full-time) project from the four-some.
Having supported the likes of Wavves, Best Coast, and Ariel Pink for an idea of like-minded sounds, their debut EP on Marshall Teller is filled with fuzzy pop, melancholic vocals, lo-fi production and layered guitars, as the result of a shared love of Elliott Smith, Dinosaur Jr, Neil Young, and Wipers. The new EP arrives after a limited 7” on Young And Lost Club Records, a four-song cassette EP on Paradise Vendors Inc and a split 7” also on Marshall Teller which you can hear exclusively in full.
WHAT's...
...your party trick?
Um, any party that required us to do tricks of any kind doesn't sound that appealing. But if the worst came to the worst, I can juggle a bit.
...the story behind your name?
It's a big two fingers up to SEO (in truth I can't remember).
...your worst vice?
I'm trying to cut back on juggling in public.
... your favourite sound?
Laughter (from someone you've just told a joke to).
...your favourite website?
Google Translate.
...your favourite label?
Johnnie Walker Blue.
...your worst fashion secret?
I give all my fashion mistakes to my girlfriend (on whom they inevitably look quite good).
...are you listening to now?
Comedy Bang Bang with Scott Aukerman; The Bugle.
How would you describe your work?
Fail again. Fail Better.
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Earl of Sandwich in Disney Village approved & unveiled
Friday, 11th December 2009 at 21:17
Chessy town council has stamped and approved the plans for an Earl of Sandwich counter service restaurant in Disney Village. Yes, the rumours were true and all the plans and concepts are out...!,
If you thought Starbucks changed the vibe of Disney Village or at least gave it a fresh kick, this new British-themed sandwich shop should do the same ten times over.
Not only will it provide a desperately-needed rival to McDonald’s, it’s in a brand new building — an actual addition to the entertainment district — and, looking at these plans and concepts published online by Mouetto at Disney Central Plaza, it’ll have a great Lake Disney view…
Yes, one of our theories was right!
“A more likely area of this inlet to be filled in would have been the corner between Rainforest Cafe and the bridge, allowing an Earl of Sandwich to use both this and the area vacated by the old carousel, becoming a part of the main thoroughfare.”
And good thing, too — as the plans seen here confirm, carefully captured at Chessy’s planning department by Mouetto, this brand new, two-storey building will slot snugly into the corner between Rainforest Cafe and the Lake Disney marina, opposite Café Mickey. The footprint will include some of the area vacated by the carousel and then extend out, over the current square of water, in all providing two floors of seating and two separate terraces — one out front at ground level, and another on the first floor at the back, elevated above the water.
Design-wise, it’s a restrained affair, much more in the traditional IMAX/NEX style than the recent Starbucks Coffee eco-meets-Gehry boldness. That means circular corner sections, strong horizontals and a slight Art Deco flair.
Rather than green, though, the palette here is more of oranges, reds and yellows. The Earl of Sandwich branding, modelled on a vaguely British theme, is modestly portrayed through the red and yellow squares and their placement between the window frames, almost mimicking a traditional Plaid style. The firm’s logo is equally modest, simply their red circular envelope seal design above each door.
The top of the circular section looks to be clad in separate brown pieces, rather than being a flat finish. Overall, it looks like a very successful merging of some very diverse styles, although the pale yellow finish (almost like bathroom tiles) on the exterior wall at the back looks like a strange choice.
From what we can see, the back wall inside appears to depict a giant map, with tables and chairs continuing a red/black theme. However let’s not forget, these smaller design aspects — particularly the interior — could still change from these planning applications. The general layout and footprint will be as seen here.
Clever use of the space sees the kitchens and service area hidden under the first-floor terrace. This platform — and the whole first floor — will offer a great view over the lake and small bay behind.
Due to its location on the end of the main Disney Village street, this build offered the opportunity to hide the rather unpleasant side of Rainforest Cafe/Hurricanes Discotheque which faces the lake.
Though the plain white building won’t be completely hidden, at least it won’t be the only thing seen from the opposite shore of the lake, outside Sequoia Lodge. And, placed on the corner here, Earl of Sandwich might just draw a few more people down this end of the Village — not to mention helping to kick-start any further expansion, onwards across the bridge…
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. With the above applications from the Earl stamped and sealed, construction should start in the New Year with the hope of completion by the end of 2010. And whilst that’s happening, nearby PanoraMagique will be the place to go for construction photos. Here’s our “before” shot:
Now, save us a place on that lovely first floor terrace and we’ll study the menu…
Pictures: Disney/Earl of Sandwich (credit to Mouetto), DLRP Today.
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Josh 11th December 2009, 21:26
We’ll probably end up visiting there a lot.
Matt 11th December 2009, 22:42
I say “bring on Subway” – thats real competition for McDonalds
Merlin 12th December 2009, 23:50
It’s because you probably never tried Earl of Sandwich… Subway sucks compare to those! Can’t wait!
Studio1 14th December 2009, 11:01
Well not all my info was accurate but I have been assured that New York Sandwiches will close shortly after Earl of Sandwich opens, I wonder what will replace it.
fogfan 15th December 2009, 13:54
Mmmm….Earl of Sandwich. Their sandwiches are delicious! I wouldn’t even mention Subway in the same sentence.
gailytennant 16th December 2009, 11:28
I cant wait to see how this building will look! This end of the village certainly needs a bit of a revamp! Hope its finished in time for october!!!
Arthur 26th December 2009, 16:26
Earl of Sandwich will be a great addition to the Disney Village. I agree with Merlin; they are *much* better than Subway.
Anonymous 25th April 2010, 16:07
In Downtown Disney, Orlando, I tried the Earl of Sandwich the first time. Hmmm, great!!!
I cant´t wait to eat such a good sandwich in Europe.
Forget Subway!!!
disneygoofy 12th May 2010, 15:29
The boards have gone up advertising it, spring 2011, the building work is starting!! so good!!
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Reports of Aflatoxin in Corn Begin in Droughty States
Corn Harvest Headache
By Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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The tell-tale army-green mold of Aspergillus fungus is a dreaded sight for corn farmers, because some strains produce a dangerous mycotoxin called aflatoxin. (Photo courtesy of Alison Robertson, Iowa State University)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- One week in, and the corn harvest in northeastern Oklahoma has already brought bad news.
"Aflatoxin has showed its dirty face," said Zack Rendel, who farms near Miami, Oklahoma. "We thought we were doing really good -- decent looking corn that isn't showing much drought stress. But everybody is starting to have issues around here."
Growers in droughty parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri will be at risk for the dangerous mycotoxin this year, which is produced by many strains of the drought-loving fungus, Aspergillus, said Kansas State University Plant Pathologist Doug Jardine.
"The potential is certainly there because it's not hard to find Aspergillus in fields in southeast Kansas and a few in east-central Kansas," he said. "Later-planted cornfields seem to be a common denominator."
THE WRONG KIND OF GREEN
Aspergillus ear mold usually appears as army-green-colored mold, most often at the tip of an ear of corn, although some strains can be more yellowish, said Jardine.
He recommends checking 20 ears in five different spots in the field, so the total number of infected ears you find can translate simply to the percentage of that field's infestation.
Keep in mind that the level of Aspergillus in a field does not directly correlate to the level of aflatoxin in your corn, Jardine cautioned. So a 10% Aspergillus infection rate does not automatically mean 10% of your corn will have the toxin.
"I use the scouting to measure for potential," Jardine explained. "So if a field is 50% colonized, that will have more potential for aflatoxin than one that is 5%."
GRAIN ELEVATOR ANGST
Rendel has two elevators nearby, each with different dockage triggers for aflatoxin. The determining factor is where the corn ends up -- one elevator directs most of its grain to chicken feed, the other to cattle feed, Rendel explained.
Not only do different types of livestock -- poultry, cattle, horses and pigs -- have different tolerances to aflatoxin, but the age of the livestock matters, as does its purpose. For example, breeding cattle are limited to 100 parts per billion (ppb) whereas cattle destined for finishing can tolerate 300 ppb.
Since they cannot surpass 0.5 ppb in their milk, dairy cattle have the lowest tolerance -- 20 ppb -- the same amount permitted for human food.
See a complete listing of tolerances from the FDA here: https://www.fda.gov/…
To add to the complexity, the procedure for testing loads of corn for aflatoxin can be extremely unreliable, in part because of the spotty nature of toxin production in a cornfield.
Elevator employees pull samples with a probe from multiple places within a truck, but can easily hit or miss concentrated hot spots. Rendel has seen the wild fluctuations first hand: "One field, the first several loads were testing almost 300 ppb. The next load we hauled was zero -- from the same field."
Jardine suggests growers who get a bad reading the first time on the scale should consider getting back in line or heading to another elevator down the road for another sampling.
"If you get rejected twice with a different sample, you probably have a problem," he said.
HARVEST AND STORAGE TIPS
If you have fields at risk for aflatoxin production, watch the weather carefully, Jardine said. A slow drydown in the cornfield can actually create higher levels of the toxin.
"Some research shows that when corn is at 20% to 25% moisture, that is when the fungus does a good job at pumping out toxins," he said. "When it's hot and dry and windy, we can blow from 25% to 15% in a really short period. But if it's cool and damp, you get a really slow dry-down, and that can be bad." In that case, consider harvesting early and turning your attention to proper grain storage, he said.
Remember that once your harvested corn has a certain level of aflatoxin, it cannot go down.
"It won't go away in the bin, but you can stop it from getting worse," Jardine said. The fungus can continue to grow at moisture levels above 13%, along with warm weather. But if you can dry it down quickly to 12% and keep the grain cool and aerated, you can stop that fungal growth and toxin production.
Getting the grain dry should be your first priority, Jardine said. For growers without bin dryers, that might mean running fans during the day, rather than at night when humidity levels rise. Once the grain is dry enough, consider switching to nighttime aeration to lower temperatures in the bin, he said.
For more tips on harvest, grain handling and storage of corn with aflatoxin, see this University of Georgia publication: http://extension.uga.edu/…
Emily Unglesbee can be reached at Emily.unglesbee@dtn.com
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Written by Contributor, 22nd February 2017, 0 Comments
The Guardian reports: A new study shows that oxygen levels in oceans have fallen 2% in 50 years due to climate change, which threatens future fish stocks and the habitat and behaviour of marine life. Related: Amitav Ghosh warns that the Bay of Bengal’s depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal a tipping point.
Susan Smillie, The Guardian
Oxygen levels in oceans have fallen 2% in 50 years due to climate change, affecting marine habitat and large fish such as tuna and sharks
The depletion of oxygen in our oceans threatens future fish stocks and risks altering the habitat and behaviour of marine life, scientists have warned, after a new study found oceanic oxygen levels had fallen by 2% in 50 years.
The study, carried out at Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany, was the most comprehensive of the subject to date. The fall in oxygen levels has been attributed to global warming and the authors warn that if it continues unchecked, the amount of oxygen lost could reach up to 7% by 2100. Very few marine organisms are able to adapt to low levels of oxygen.
The paper contains analysis of wide-ranging data from 1960 to 2010, documenting changes in oxygen distribution in the entire ocean for the first time. “Since large fish in particular avoid or do not survive in areas with low oxygen content, these changes can have far-reaching biological consequences,” said Dr Sunke Schmidtko, the report’s lead author.
Some areas have seen a greater drop than others. The Pacific – the planet’s largest ocean – has suffered the greatest volume of oxygen loss, while the Arctic witnessed the sharpest decline by percentage. “While the slight decrease of oxygen in the atmosphere is currently considered non-critical, the oxygen losses in the ocean can have far-reaching consequences because of the uneven distribution,” added another of the report’s authors, Lothar Stramma.
It is increasingly clear that the heaviest burden of climate change is falling on the planet’s oceans, which absorb more than 30% of the carbon produced on land. Rising sea levels are taking their toll on many of the world’s poorest places. Warming waters have devastated corals – including the Great Barrier Reef – in bleaching events.
Acidic oceans, caused by a drop in PH levels as carbon is absorbed, threaten creatures’ ability to build their calcium-based shells and other structures. Warming waters have also caused reproductive problems in species such as cod, and triggered their migration to colder climates. Lower oxygen levels in larger parts of the ocean are expected to force animals to seek out ever shrinking patches of habitable water, with significant impacts on the ecosystem and food web.
Callum Roberts, the author of Ocean of Life and a marine conservation biologist at the University of York, is unsurprised by the latest findings. “What we’re seeing is fallout from global warming,” he says. “It’s straightforward physics and chemistry playing out in front of our eyes, entirely in keeping with what we’d expect and yet another nail in coffin of climate change denial.”
Scientists have long predicted ocean deoxygenation due to climate change, but confirmation on this global scale, and at deep sea level, is concerning them. Last year, Matthew Long, an oceanographer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, predicted that oxygen loss would become evident “across large regions of the oceans” between 2030 and 2040. Reacting to the German findings, Long said it was “alarming to see this signal begin to emerge clearly in the observational data”, while Roberts said, “We now have a measurable change which is attributable to global warming.”
The report explains that the ocean’s oxygen supply is threatened by global warming in two ways. Warmer water is less able to contain oxygen than cold, so as the oceans warm, oxygen is reduced. Warmer water is also less dense, so the oxygen-rich surface layer cannot easily sink and circulate.
“As the world warms up, the thickness and temperature of the surface layers are increasing,” said Roberts. “This acts like a stronger lid on the world’s oceans, so there’s less oxygen transported down below.”
“Unless we address greenhouse gas emissions urgently we’ll see more and more of this,” said Roberts. “Life will become harder for creatures that live in the sea and for those that depend on them – ie us.”
Fish that rely on dissolved oxygen will grow more slowly, peak at a smaller body size, and produce fewer offspring. And, Roberts pointed out, larger fish such as tuna, swordfish and sharks will be badly affected given their greater dependence on larger amounts of oxygen – they will be driven into ever narrower bands of oxygen-rich water near the surface, as will much of their prey, leading to more competition for food sources and other changed behaviour.
One knock-on effect is likely to be an increase to overfishing: “The eastern Pacific has huge tuna fisheries already,” he pointed out. “If the tuna can’t dive down where it is uninhabitable, as oxygen deficient areas expand, they have less space at the surface, they’re squeezed into ever tighter spaces and they’re more vulnerable to being caught.”
Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal tipping point
Amitav Ghosh & Aaron Savio Lobo, The Guardian
The fisheries of the Bay of Bengal have been under pressure for decades and are now severely depleted4. Many once-abundant species have all but disappeared. Particularly badly affected are the species at the top of the food chain. The bay was once feared by sailors for its man-eating sharks; they are now rare in these waters. Other apex predators like grouper, croaker and rays have also been badly hit. Catches now consist mainly of species like sardines, which are at the bottom of the marine food web
The greatest threat to the oceans is ignorance
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King's Lynn Stars boss busy building for 2019
Chris Lakey
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PUBLISHED: 10:52 28 November 2018 | UPDATED: 10:53 28 November 2018
Stars chief Dale Allitt with skipper Robert Lambert Picture: Matthew Usher
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KING'S Lynn boss Dale Allitt is burning the candle at both ends in his bid to lead his side into a successful 2019.
Allitt, who took the team to the two major finals last season, is carefully plotting his strategy with team building – and aiming to put one over the Stars’ nearest and dearest.
Peterborough and Ipswich have stepped back into the top division which means plenty of derby action for all three clubs with local – and national – pride on the line. It promises to be an exciting fixture list for the Stars, with Premiership race nights now set for Mondays and Thursdays.
Allitt said: “I think it’s good for the area itself with three clubs in the same league, and I think Buster (Chapman) has to be applauded for what he has done to make it happen because if he hadn’t taken on those two clubs then there wouldn’t have been a top league in Britain.
“There is a lot of work going on to make the top league more professional and have a better image. Speedway has so much to offer but we do need to bring the sport into the 21st century.
“I have been working very hard to sort things out with the Stars in terms of the team, once that is sorted we can go from there.”
The club is yet to confirm any signings for next season and announcements will only be made when the team is in place.
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Forensic Nursing Schools
In Rock Hill, South Carolina
There is only one forensic nursing school in Rock Hill for faculty to choose from. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of forensic nursing and forensic nursing education in Rock Hill, which includes forensic nursing training at the following levels:
Forensic Nursing Certificate
Associates degree in Forensic Nursing
Rock Hill Vs. South Carolina Forensic Nursing Employment
Rock Hill 1,190
South Carolina 4,920
Exactly 1,190 of the 4,920 forensic nursing professionals employed in South Carolina, work in Rock Hill. There has been a 23% growth in the number of forensic nursing professionals in Rock Hill between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for forensic nursing professionals in Rock Hill has increased, overall employment in Rock Hill has also increased.
Rock Hill Vs. South Carolina Forensic Nursing employment growth
970 1,180 1,110 1,170 1,190
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Forensic Nursing VS. All professions salaries in Rock Hill
$109,065 $94,430 $90,900 $91,790 $86,695
Light Blue: Forensic Nursing in Rock Hill
Dark Yellow: All Professions in Rock Hill
In Rock Hill, salaries for forensic nursing professionals have decreased. In 2010 forensic nursing professionals in Rock Hill reportedly earned an average salary of $86,695 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, forensic nursing professionals in Rock Hill made an average salary of $109,065 per year. This decline is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Rock Hill.
Salary percentiles for Forensic nursing professionals in Rock Hill
Forensic nursing professionals in Rock Hill make a median yearly salary of $75,555. The difference in pay between the forensic nursing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 106%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $59,645 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $122,770 per year.
Average Salaries for Forensic nursing professionals and related professions in Rock Hill
Forensic Science $45,540
BSN $60,760
Forensic Nursing $86,695
Forensic nursing professional salaries in Rock Hill are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.
Forensic Nursing schools in Rock Hill
There is only one accredited forensic nursing school in the city. Many of Rock Hill's forensic nursing professionals are graduates of this school.
Forensic Nursing Programs Offered In Rock Hill
There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in forensic nursing offered by Rock Hill's forensic nursing schools.
Student Completed Forensic Nursing Degrees In Rock Hill
associate 35
In 2010 approximately 36 students graduated from forensic nursing courses.
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Developers Hope New Video Game Will Substitute Medication in Helping Children Manage ADHD
Roughly one in nine U.S. children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder annually, a statistic that has consistently been on the rise over time.
Given the fact that students with ADHD are more likely to have lower than average grades, a tendency to be disciplined with suspensions/expulsions and a decreased chance of finishing school, ensuring that affected students get the proper support is a nationwide concern.
Unfortunately, this present focus on ADHD has also led to many misdiagnoses in children. Michigan State University estimated in 2010 that approximately 1 million children in the U.S. are misdiagnosed with ADHD.
Add in the fact that ADHD is treated with behavior-modifying stimulants such as Adderall and Vyvanse that come with harmful side effects such as insomnia, headaches, aggression and even more serious bouts of depression and suicidal ideation, misdiagnoses is a serious concern.
For this reason, many have sought out alternatives to help children with ADHD aside from behavior-altering medication.
One of these alternatives, and one of the more promising solutions, is called Project:Evo, a video game that seeks "to find a real solution to alleviating ADHD behaviors in an user-friendly way,” says The Seventy-Four.
Created by Eddie Martucci and Akili Interactive Labs, Project:Evo combines legitimate science with technology to captivate the minds of kids suffering from the symptoms associated with ADHD.
With neuroscientists on their side, the people behind Project:Evo are hopeful that the game which is in development will help users focus better and be better at multi-tasking, skills that have been tied to action video games in the past.
“Project:Evo…[doubles down] on the idea that video games are not only not ‘bad' for the ADHD child, as some parents might believe, but may just hold the key to unlocking a non-chemical solution. The stimulation that comes from a video game, the developers say, is actually a good thing in helping to train the brain to focus and control attention,” the article said.
Getting into the specifics, " Project:Evo targets a subject’s interference filter, which allows that person to focus on what he needs to focus on while filtering out all other distractions. The hardest thing for the ADHD subject’s interference filter to do, Martucci explained, is complete two tasks at once. The technology of Project:Evo that is built into the game is that it makes the user do two different tasks at once."
Project:Evo is still currently in clinical trials, and it will be a long road to getting FDA approval to reach the ultimate goal of having physicians prescribe it to children ADHD sufferers.
Martucci and his team, however, are optimistic.
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The Full-Time MBA Program at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School placed 24th in program rankings released today by Bloomberg Businessweek. The placement continues Goizueta’s streak of top-25 rankings by the publication dating back to 2002.
The Businessweek rankings include metrics and survey data from alumni, students, and corporate recruiters along with measures of success provided by the school. The publication updated its methodology in 2018 to measure schools on four indices: Compensation, Networking, Learning, and Entrepreneurship. Goizueta ranked No. 17 in compensation.
The complete detail on the ranking and its methodology can be found here.
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Business education has been an integral part of Emory University’s identity since 1919. That kind of longevity and significance does not come without a culture built on success and service. Emory University’s Goizueta Business School offers a unique, community-oriented environment paired with the academic prestige of a major research institution with a global reach. The hallmark of the Goizueta experience is learning in a tight-knit, intimate community where every student, faculty member, and administrator knows each other by the first name. The school trains business leaders of today and tomorrow with an Undergraduate degree program, a Two-Year Full-Time MBA, a One-Year MBA, a Master’s of Science in Business Analytics, an Evening MBA, two formats of an Executive MBA, a Master’s of Business Analytics, a Doctoral degree and a portfolio of non-degree Emory Executive Education courses. Together, the Goizueta Community strives to solve the world’s most pressing business problems. The school is named for the late Roberto C. Goizueta, former Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company.
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Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and Hulu Dominate Streaming, for Now
The big four streaming apps make up the majority over over-the-top (OTT) viewing right now, but that may change.
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In the past few months, everything Netflix has spent billions preparing for has begun to come to pass.
Preceding a new wave of video streaming competition from heavy hitters including Apple, AT&T, Comcast, and Disney, all launching in the next year, Netflix announced it's losing its two most popular shows. Friends will depart for HBO Max in 2020, and The Office is heading to NBCUniversal's service in 2021.
According to a recent comScore report, 64 million US households used over-the-top (OTT) streaming services in March 2019, through a smart TV, media streaming device, game console, and other means. The report found that Netflix reaches 75 percent of those households, followed by YouTube at 55 percent.
Amazon Prime Video and the now fully Disney-controlled Hulu reach 44 and 32 percent of those OTT households, respectively. The big four comprise 79 percent of total viewing hours, according to comScore. But for Netflix in particular, the big question is whether its continued investment in originals can replace the engagement it gets from licensed sitcoms.
Nielsen provided PCMag with data from its 2018 SVOD Content Ratings report showing that The Office was the number one Netflix show by hours viewed by a healthy margin last year -- more than 52 million hours for its 200-plus episode run. Friends and its 254 episodes were second at over 32 million hours, and the rest of the top five were also licensed shows (Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, and Criminal Minds), not originals.
Part of the reason for that is syndicated shows simply have more episodes, but the data shows why Netflix has gone into more debt to bankroll billions of dollars in original content spending that often prioritizes quantity over quality. Netflix needs to own more content to keep users subscribed and streaming as more licensing deals expire and well-funded competitors enter the market.
For a deeper dive into the escalating original content war between all of these streaming giants, and where this increasingly cordoned-off landscape leaves consumers, check out our story on the streaming-industrial complex.
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Greek jeweller Folli unveils restructuring plan, CEO steps down
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a Folli Follie store in central Athens, Greece, October 10 2018.REUTERS/Costas Baltas -
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek jewellery maker Folli Follie will seek creditor approval for a planned overhaul of the business, it said on Tuesday after announcing the resignation of the troubled company's CEO.
The restructuring plan and resignation of George Koutsolioutsos comes after a hedge fund report in May sent Folli's shares into a tailspin, prompted a legal investigation, a fine from the Greek securities watchdog and the resignation of the company's founders.
Folli has admitted big discrepancies in its 2017 financial statements after an initial audit, has appointed new board members and started talks with creditors on how it will be restructured to avoid a collapse.
On Tuesday Folli announced details of its restructuring after lengthy discussions with advisers for a group of unsecured creditors who represent about 27 percent of almost 250 million euros of bonds due next year, as well as holders of 51 million euros of bonds governed by German law and due in 2021.
Folli said that it will be split in two, transferring specific assets and liabilities to one of the entities to assure investors that the "legacy accounting and control issues" will be ringfenced.
The group also delivered a new business plan it said would restore profit growth in the next three years.
Folli said it aims to raise between 25 million euros and 45 million euros from new investors in the first quarter of next year, adding that this and selected assets sales will cover its financing needs of up to 80 million euros next year.
Court approval of the restructuring plan depends on the company obtaining agreement from 60 percent of its creditors, which Folli said it is seeking by the end of the month.
In a separate statement, Folli said that its board accepted the resignation of CEO Koutsolioutsos and asked him to remain a non-executive board member to help the new management.
Follie will announce a successor in due course, it said.
(Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas and Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by David Goodman)
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After a period of national mourning and a public viewing a the Royal Palace, the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Fabiola was held in the Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula in Brussels. Queen Fabiola was then buried with her husband King Baudouin in the Royal Crypt at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde were in attendance at the funeral after all their prior public appearances had been cancelled. Queen Paola, King Albert II, Princess Astrid, Prince Lorenz and Prince Laurent also paid their respects. The former queen consort died in her home at the age of 86.
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In this project, we studied the grammatical properties of ditransitive constructions (i.e. constructions with an agent, a recipient, and a theme argument) in a broadly comparative perspective. We compiled a database with relevant information on about 200 languages, and we planned to publish this database as well as a monograph that presents the results of our inquiries.
The project addressed cross-linguistic variation in ditransitive constructions, i.e. constructions with an agent, theme (T) and recipient (R) arguments. These typically include canonical ditransitives verbs (such as 'give', 'sell', or 'show'), but may also extend to other verb classes in individual languages. The research topics included the basic properties of ditransitive constructions in terms of their coding (through flagging/case or indexing/agreement), as well as syntactic and lexical properties. As is well-known, languages differ in ditransitive ‘alignment’, that is which of the object arguments – T or R - is coded like monotransitive patient (P) (see the schematic representation of the indirective (T=P), neutral (T=P=R) and secundative (P=R) alignments, and the corresponding examples from German, English and Eskimo, respectively). Apart from providing a comprehensive overview of basic alignment patterns of ditransitive constructions in individual languages, the project addressed morpho-syntactic properties of the object arguments, using a number of syntactic diagnostics (e.g., passivization), to detect alignment in the syntactic domain. Further morphological issues included peculiarities of derived ditransitive constructions (applicatives, causatives), as compared to basic ditransitives, as well as less studied phenomena such as suppletion in the paradigm of ditransitive verbs. Finally, the extensions of ditransitive constructions across different verb classes were studied, which was of particular interest given that languages range from those having an open class of ditransitives to those having a closed class. The data were collected from the secondary sources as well as through elicitation on the basis of a questionnaire. The results of the analysis were summarized in a monograph as well as in the form of a database which will eventually be published on-line.
This project is a member of the DFG-funded Forschergruppe "Grammatik und Verarbeitung verbaler Argumente".
Comrie, Bernard. 2003. Recipient person suppletion in the verb "give". In: Wise, Mary Ruth and Headland, Thomas N. and Brend, Ruth M. (eds.) Language and Life: Essays in Memory of Kenneth L. Pike. Dallas: SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington, 265-281
Haspelmath, Martin. 2007. "Ditransitive alignment splits and inverse alignment". Functions of Language 14.1:79-102.
Malchukov, Andrej. 2007. "Animacy and asymmetries in differential case marking." Forthcoming in Lingua (special issue on Animacy edited by M. Lamers and P. de Swart).
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By Lopa Mohanty | April 4, 2018
Many high-end designers have been inspired by various celebrities, iconic products, classic designs and much more to make these special shoes that cost more than a million bucks!
We really wonder who those unknown people are, who have already bought many of these at auctions or across the counters.
Never-the-less, let’s look at some of the most expensive shoes in the world and brands who have made it to our elaborate list.
Here are the Top 10 Most Expensive Footwear Styles
1. The Ruby Slippers
Price: US $3 Million
The musical fantasy film admired by almost everyone, The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939 was made by Metro Goldwin Mayer who was inspired by the novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
History of the Ruby Slippers
A number of slippers were made by the then famous Chief Designer Gilbert Adrain before the final one was selected for the movie. As compared to the book, Dorthy’s silver slippers were made into ruby slippers. All of them were stored with the massive collection of other costumes designes and worn in the movie. While many of these were sold at an auction a few years later, one pair still seems to be missing.
The Ruby Slippers by Ronald Winston
Fifty years after the production of the movie, Ronald Winston decided to recreate the ruby slippers, this time using rubies and diamonds instead of sequins. A dedication of two months’ time using 4600 rubies and 50 carat diamonds, a stunning pair of glittering shoes were created. After about 60 days, these were unveiled at the “House of the Harry Winston” with a price tag of only US $3 Million attached to it.
2. Rita Hayworth Heels
Price: US $3Million
The next of the most expensive footwear styles in the world are the Rita Hayworth heels.
Rita Hayworth was the inspiration for Stuart Weitzman’s most unique collection of heels in a very unusual chocolate brown color. It is surprising to see Stuart create something different apart from the usual bold and bright colors and designs that he is usually known to make.
The burnt sienna satin peep toe shoes show off a beautiful satin flower on each shoe that cradles an earring in diamonds, sapphires and rubies that belonged to Rita Hayworth.
Kathleen “Bird” York wore these shoes at the 2006 Academy Awards. But now this fantastic pair belongs to Rita Hayworth’s daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan.
3. Cinderella Slippers
Inspired by everyone’s favorite fairy tale story, Staurt left no stone unturned when he decided to make a classic pair of “Cinderella Slippers” that looked like they were brought right out from the fantasy world.
The slippers were made using Italian leather with about 565 Kwait diamonds fitted onto it in a platinum setting. The heels were designed to perfection. The lace-like design on the ankle straps makes the pair look most beautiful.
The pair had a mixture of gold glittering on the transparent heel shoes. These Cinderella inspired shoes were worn by Alison Krauss at the 2004 Oscars.
Did You Know – Alison Krauss had insane fans including the daughters of Stuart Weitzman. They insisted their father to check if he could make a custom pair for the actress to wear it to the Oscars.
Isn’t this quiet a story to rank in our list of most expensive shoes?
4. Tanzanite Heels by Stuart Weitzman
Look what comes out when an established high-end jewelry designer, Eddie Le Vian of France and an awesome shoe designer come together? Their combined effort is seen in this masterpiece created out of silver leather encrusted with tanzanite and diamond crystals.
The front straps of the heels have 28 carat diamonds while the ankle strap, looks more like a royal necklace is made from 200 carats of Tanzanite gems and 16 carats of other stones. Overall, this pair of shoes has 595 carats of diamonds studded on them.
Although this pair has also been made to be worn at the Oscars, no celebrity has yet worn them on the Red Carpet.
5. Platinum Guild Stilettoes
Price: US $1.9 Million
Made one of a kind in 2002 by Stuart Weitzman, this stunning pair is made using platinum fabric with 464 Kwait diamonds set with real platinum threads. The diamonds consist of both pear and round shaped stones place intricately, making this pair cost a crazy $1.9 Million.
Did you know – Laura Harring wore this most expensive shoe, the stiletto, at the Academy Awards who was accompanied by 3 personal bodyguards to protect herself and the shoes!
In order to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Platinum Guild Shoes, Stuart created another similar shoe in 2012, this time using Swarovski crystals instead of Kwait Diamonds. Compared to $1.9 Million, the latest pair costs ONLY $595.
Source : timeinc.net
6. Stuart Weitzman’s “Ruby Slippers”
Price US $1.6 Million
After Ronald Winston, Stuart took upon him to create his version of the “Ruby Slippers” that were depicted in the movie, Wizard of Oz.
The stunning ruby slippers are made from 642 oval and round Burma rubies that are embedded in red satin. The insoles are made in cherry red. The total weight of the rubies is a whopping 123.33 carats on a platinum that weights half a pound.
While these were supposed to walk the Red Carpet during the 2003 Academy Awards, were later decided to cancel the plan due to the on-going Iraq war. Later that same year, these ruby heels were unveiled at “Harrods” in London.
Source : most-expensive.com
7. Retro Rose Pumps by Stuart Weitzman
1800 Kwait diamonds which equals to almost 100 carats is what makes this beautiful Rose Pumps look complete. A classic design show with simple T – strap and a great out-of-the-box idea to make elaborate roses placed at the toe is a true invention which is extremely unique from the rest. The retro look with traditional straps
The 71 year old Shoe Designer sure knows how to make women swoon with his admired collection.
Source : luxuryreportmag.com
8. Stuart Weitzman’s “Marilyn Monroe” Shoes
This shoe uses the earrings worn by Marilyn Monroe which inspires Stuart Weitzman once again to make a fabulous creation, this time using Swarovski crystals.
Regina King wore the shoes at the 2005 Oscars when she was nominated for the movie, “Ray”.
Post the award ceremony, the earrings were replaced with replicas and the originals were sold at an auction for $1 Million!!
9. Original “Ruby Slippers”
Price: US $612,000
The original slippers out of which few were sold at an auction, another still remains in Washington for you to see. If you love sequins and vintage collections, nothing can stop you from buying these at only $612,000.
ource : Pinterest.com
10. Diamond Dream Stilettos
Which woman wouldn’t dream to have 1420 diamonds on her feet?
Yes! Stuart Weitzman collaborated with Kwait to make this stunning pair of Diamond Dream Shoes with diamonds beautifully placed around the ankles.
Actress Anika Noni Rose wore these to the 2007 Academy Awards that absolutely complimented her Red Carpet Dress.
Stuart Weitzman has a knack to make the best shoes and is now competing with the leading shoe manufacturers in the luxury category. Have you watched the new ad by Kate Moss who is the official brand ambassador for Stuart Weitzman. If not, watch the video “Made for Walking” below:
While we have looked at some really expensive shoes which most of us could only dream of owning, let’s also look at some leading luxury shoes brands that we could still consider buying if we are a little rich than the richest.
11. Manolo Blahnik
These join the bandwagon of one of the most expensive shoe brands because they are made of the exotic materials. The most expensive Manolo is the Blaxia alligator made from the alligator skin available for a little more than $4000
12. Jimmy Choo
The “Iconic” collection from Jimmy Choo costs about $3785 making it the most expensive in the brand’s collections from the year 2011.
Mostly, the Hollywood celebs are seen wearing these on the Red Carpet events and premier shows.
Source : shoe-tease.com
Continue reading to see some of the most expensive shoe brands.
13. Christian Louboutin
The iconic red soles and high heels is how this brand can be best described. The most expensive of Christian Louboutin shoes are the Sexy Strass that costs only $3,095.
This crystal peep toe has a heel of 4.5” with a heel that can rip the ground. The real black diamonds are the purest of the kinds available.
Source : christianlouboutin.com
14. Walter Steiger
Colorful, unique, crazy, sought-after, amazing, stunning, beautiful are the words that describe the brand. Curvy heels are the specialty here and these just cannot be missed by any eyes.
Having so many qualities and a unique exclusive design, it is obvious that these will cost anywhere from $500 to a couple of thousands.
Source : trendseve.com
15. Alexander McQueen
Trendy and adventurous is what you have to be to wear this brand. A shoe that combines
16th century design and 21st century style is what makes Alexander McQueen different. His range starts from $500 and trust us, you wouldn’t mind paying a bigger too if you really wished to own a pair by the brand.
Phew!! Aren’t they lovely? Which of these most expensive shoes do you wish to own?
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Bristol-Myers wraps nivolumab PhIII cancer trial early on promising survival benefit
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Bristol-Myers Squibb claimed bragging rights to the first batch of Phase III data on an immuno-oncology drug that clearly demonstrated an improvement over a standard therapy for overall survival.
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Clearly there are numerous challenges across the energy market and we are dealing with all of them, not least the forthcoming price cap. Our proposals today are part of a wider range of measures to reinvent our core business for the new energy world; where self-reading smart meters give customers more accurate bills and greater knowledge about their energy, and a wide range of solutions such as solar, storage and e-mobility put customers more in control of their energy.
Michael Lewis, CEO of E.ON UK
E.ON today announced that it is to seek around 500 job reductions across its UK operations.
The UK energy market continues to change at an unprecedented rate and remains an increasingly competitive environment. The company is looking to reduce numbers across non-customer facing departments as part of ongoing efforts to transform how it operates, to improve efficiency and continue to innovate in its service for customers.
E.ON currently employs more than 9,400 people across the UK.
Michael Lewis, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: “We’re always looking to make sure we’re equipped to respond to the rapid pace and challenges of the UK energy market and we know we can never stand still if we are to continue giving customers a high quality and cost-effective service.
“We’ve undertaken a rigorous review of our options to ensure we keep costs as low as possible, become a more agile organisation and remain a sustainable business in the UK. In discussion with our trade unions we’ve identified potential reductions of around 500 roles across the UK and we’re committed to achieving these reductions on a voluntary basis wherever possible.
“This is one element of our ongoing transformation which, in total, will help us achieve savings of around £100m across our mid-term plan.
“I’m very aware this will be a difficult time for our colleagues but our aim has always been to keep uncertainty to a minimum and I can assure everyone affected that we'll be as supportive as we can."
Due to the voluntary nature of the proposed job reductions, it is not currently possible to say how many people at individual sites or specific business areas will be affected by the proposals.
Michael Lewis added: “Clearly there are numerous challenges across the energy market and we are dealing with all of them, not least the forthcoming price cap. Our proposals today are part of a wider range of measures to reinvent our core business for the new energy world; where self-reading smart meters give customers more accurate bills and greater knowledge about their energy, and a wide range of solutions such as solar, storage and e-mobility put customers more in control of their energy.”
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Almost six months in, the project that kicked off last December has already delivered its first architectural designs to the European Commission, thus marking initial milestones successfully executed. The project that will be the cornerstone of the EU’s strategic plans in HPC initially brought together 23 partners from 10 European countries, but has now welcomed three more strong additions to its EPI family.
The EPI consortium includes experts in all the relevant areas to bring a low-power microprocessor to the market and ensure that the key competences for high-end chip design remain in Europe.
EPI consortium aims to bring a low-power microprocessor to the market and ensure that the key competences for high-end chip design remain in Europe. The European Union’s Horizon 2020 program funds this project with a special Framework Partnership Agreement. The initial stage is a three-year Specific Grant Agreement, which lasts until November 2021.
The EPI consortium includes experts in all the relevant areas for such a major undertaking: the High-Performance Computing research community, major supercomputing centres, the computer system, automotive, and silicon industry, as well as the potential scientific and industrial users. Through a co-design approach, EPI will design and develop the first European HPC System for the HPC and automotive markets through several major streams of operation:
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EPI is one of the cornerstones of this EU HPC strategic plan
EPI is one of the cornerstones of this EU HPC strategic plan. Drawing on the expertise of the partners in the consortium, EPI aims to bring a low-power microprocessor to market. It will ensure that the key competence of high-end chip and system design remains in Europe, a critical requirement for many application areas. Thanks to such new European-developed technologies, European researchers from academia and industry will be able to access HPC systems at exceptional levels of energy-efficient performance. As recognized by high-level EU officials, EPI will contribute to Europe’s scientific leadership, industrial competitiveness, engineering skills and know-how – not to mention society as a whole.
“European Processor Initiative will deliver key technologies to the new European HPC strategic plan for an independent and innovative European high-performance computing and data ecosystem. Energy efficient high-performance families of EPI processors will include most advanced general-purpose and accelerator cores that will deliver unprecedented processing capabilities, enabling EU researchers from academia and industry to most efficiently address global challenges. The business sustainability of the initiative is supported by carefully balanced target markets, with primary focus on exascale HPC/AI and automotive markets,” said Jean-Marc Denis, EPI Chairman of the Board.
“It is a privilege to lead this consortium and enable the creation of a new big player in the field of advanced semiconductors in Europe. We have the best teams, and a huge portfolio of expertise on board from deep node submicron, co-Design, computer science, to HPC, and automotive end-products. We expect to ship from 2021 our 1st high class and high-performance solution,” said Philippe Notton, General Manager of EPI.
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“The combination of general-purpose processors, hardware accelerators, security modules, and further IP modules on a system-on-chip is one of the key success factors for realizing a high-performant and energy-efficient automotive computing platform for autonomous driving and connected mobility”, said Matthias Traub, manager of electric/electronic architecture at BMW Group Research.
EPI will use a holistic approach to refine the system architecture and its component specifications. All aspects of the solution, and their interactions, will be considered and tackled simultaneously, taking a co-design approach:
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This approach will allow the consortium to meet the following goals:
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Although the dressage center of the country shifts to West Palm Beach in the winter (not to mention the hunter/jumpers), my husband Henry and I never considered Florida when we were planning our ?retirement move a couple years ago.? I was raised in Oregon, and I just don't do heat well.? Actually, I was pretty determined to stay north of the Mason-Dixon Line, until Henry pointed out the excellent weather in the Tryon NC area, coupled with its reputation as horse-friendly.? We visited twice to see for ourselves, including in the heat of August, and made the move last year.
Now, in one sense, Florida is coming to us.
The partnership that runs the big shows in Wellington FL is all set to develop a 1,000-acre property just outside of Tryon, including a huge equestrian center that sounds a lot like Wellie World North.? I attended the informational meeting for local landowners last week and then the Polk County council meeting Monday where the necessary rezoning was passed.? All this has happened very quickly, because the property was purchased just late last fall, and plans are to go ahead and get facilities up and running by next year, if possible.? Since economic development in the county has stalled over the last few years, with nothing else on the horizon, this should be a huge boon in jobs for the area, whose main ?industry? already is horse-centered.? It looks like it will be win-win for everyone.
My big question is whether this will indeed turn into Wellie World North for the three seasons that horse show folks aren?t in Florida.? Will this be a pass-through area between the north/south migration or will people settle here ? and when I've been hearing about the terrible weather everywhere else in the country this year, I have been smiling to myself that I picked an area where year-round riding is no problem ? witness the very active two hunt clubs here that went non-stop the entire winter.? I really hope that it won?t attract just hunter/jumpers but, of course, ?more dressage shows, clinics, and trainers, so I can get my dressage fix by just stepping out my front door instead of always driving to an airport.
Tryon Equestrian Properties is owned by Mark Bellissimo and Roger Smith, central figures in Wellington ?Equestrian Properties and the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.? Smith has lived in the area here for a decade and has been active in local horse activities, and Bellisimo says that he will also build a home here.? They purchased the property, which was designed originally as a golf/equestrian development but went under a couple years ago, for $11 million.? They also purchased other adjacent land that will give direct access to the equestrian facility right off a highway exit, so trucks/trailers have easy access and won?t need to wind though the community.
The development, in addition to the golf course and other recreational facilities, will have 800 dwelling units, a hotel, retail stores, heliport, and an RV park, where presumably horse show nomads can hang out.? The equestrian center will have a lighted stadium with seating for 6,000, covered arena and indoor arena.? While all this development appears contained in the White Oak property, it remains to be seen, of course, how much of it will eventually bleed into the surrounding farmland and how much it will change, or not change, the inherent character of the area.? One thing that may help preserve the rural nature is that the Tryon area is really not on a well-traveled path.? We're an hour north of Greenville SC and a couple hours west of Charlotte NC ? people still have to go out of their way to get here.
The Tryon area already has two very active horse show facilities: Harmon Field where mainly? hunter/jumper shows are held, and Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE), a multi-use nature preserve where a variety of shows, combined training events and even a steeplechase, are held.? Another chunk of land in nearby Green Creek is also owned by Smith.? Plans for an equestrian facility there have become stalled but the success of White Oak could revive that as well.
I am excited about the possibilities and keeping my fingers crossed that what makes Tryon such a nice place for me? the rural scenery, the friendly people, the inherent appreciation of horses ? will only be enhanced by even more horses and horsepeople around for me to enjoy.
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Holy Cross National School, Firoda
Holy Cross Mixed N.S.,(Scoil na Croiche Naofa) known as Firoda N.S. was built in 1962 in the townland of Skehana (a bushy place – sceach) which is situated close to the Laois border between Castlecomer and Ballinakill. The school is known as Firoda School as it replaced the original school which was in the townland of Firoda even though just two fields away from the present building.
The name ‘Firoda’ or’ Pheroda’ (Fíor o Duach or Fioghar o Duach) comes from “The Barony of Ui Duach” (dough) which was the original nucleus of Ossory and eventually diminished to become the civil parish of Castlecomer.
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Minister for Education & Skills Launches Edmund Rice Community Awards in Coláiste Mhichíl, Limerick
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ms. Jan O'Sullivan T.D., and the Edmund Rice Schools Trust launched the Edmund Rice Community Awards Project on Monday, 20th April, 2015. The launch was hosted by Coláiste Mhicíl, Sexton Street, Limerick. The Edmund Rice Community Project is a new awards programme which students in ERST schools have been working on during this school year. There were addresses by the Principal, Tom Prendergast, Gerry Bennett, Chief Executive of ERST and the Minister. There were many examples of the outreach work undertaken by the students of Coláiste Mhicíl. The launch was a great success, our sincere thanks to the whole school community of Coláiste Mhicíl who made us so welcome and provided us with a most memorable day.
Minister for Education and Skills, Ms Jan O'Sullivan T.D., pictured with students in Coláiste Mhichíl, Sexton Street, Tom Prendergast, Principal, Walther Shanahan, Chairperson of the Board of Management, Gerry Bennett, Chief Executive of ERST, Eddie Bourke, ERST, Louise Callaghan, ERST and Helen O'Brien, ERST.
Minister for Education and Skills, Ms. Jan O'Sullivan T.D. Gerry Bennett, Chief Executive ERST, Tom Prendergast, Principal Coláiste Mhichíl, and Walter Shanahan, Chairman of the Board of Management, Colaiste Mhichil, Sexton Street
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Happy Sunday from Software Expand! In this week’s edition of Feedback Loop, we talk about the future of Windows Phone, whether it makes sense to build media centers discuss the preferences for metal vs. plastic on smartphones. All that and more past the break the proof of concept.
Just because you can do something, should you? Samsung thinks so. Its second experimentally screened phone taps into its hardware R&D and production clout to offer something not many other companies can make.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM WINDOWS PHONE?
The same high-resolution (2,560 – 1,600) screen — we’re certain a mere 1080p “Plus” curved display.
And so, following the Galaxy Round, here’s the Galaxy Edge. If you take the basic shape and concept, it’s the spitting image of the curved-screen Youm prototype spied at CES a little less than two years ago.
Now, though, it’s a for-real smartphone you can buy. I’ve been testing it out in Japan, where it launched instead of the Note 4, although both the Note 4 and the Note Edge will eventually be available in the US. Fortunately.
Galaxy Note Edge is how much it resembles the Note 4
The ability to shrink the likes of Chrome and Google Maps to a popup window and layer it on top of other apps is also useful; I’d love to see something similar on the iPhone 6 Plus.
Despite the unusual, curved screen, it still packs all of the good things that made the Note 4 such a strong choice. But bragging rights aside, is there enough of an argument for a curved screen? Should you just get the Note 4 anyway?
METAL VS. PLASTIC PHONE BODIES?
Galaxy Note 4 because the setup is identical here. Yes running on Android 4.4 KitKat.
The exploration of space stands as one of humanity’s greatest achievements. While history has hailed the men and women who reached the cosmos, and those who helped them get there, much of the infrastructure that sent them skyward lies forgotten and dilapidated.
Galaxy Note 4 running Android 4.4 KitKat.
And how does Apple’s biggest phone compare to the Note Edge? Well, both remain unwieldy to grip, and the Note Edge is wider. However, the edged screen nuzzles into my hand better and those software tweaks mentioned above give it the advantage. However, just like the stylus, there’s a while before you get the knack of all the little provisions Samsung’s made to ease users into this screen size.
Roland Miller has spent nearly half his life chronicling these landmarks before they are lost forever long been obsessed with space as a child, he dreamed of being an astronaut.
Its curves are subjective and divisive; my friends and colleagues have offered up reactions ranging from outright bemusement to adoration. The screen looks great, with the punchy contrast and sharpness that’s been a Samsung flagship mainstay for years. We’ll get back to that edge, but it’s the headline part of a 5.6-inch Quad-HD+ display.
This means a little chunk of extra screen makes the phone just less than 4mm wider, and around 2mm shorter, than the Note 4.
ONE-HANDED USE
Both come with software tricks like shrinkable keyboards as well as a new, tiny floating menu that can be stuck to the outer edge of the screen. This duplicates the capacitive button row, which could be a solution of sorts for lefties.
I can even make this secondary menu transparent, allowing me to maintain all that screen space. The ability to shrink the likes of Chrome and Google Maps to a popup window and layer it on top of other apps is also useful I’d love to see something similar on the iPhone 6 Plus.
If you’re looking to learn more about the stylus’ uses, I’d advise a quick read of Brad’s Galaxy Note 4 review, because the setup is identical here. Yes, there are TouchWiz bits running on Android 4.4 KitKat, but Samsung continues to clear away unnecessary bloat and options.
It’s still a work in progress, though, and I feel the settings menus are particularly obtuse compared to other Android phones — and especially iOS. It takes some getting used to.
The Galaxy Note Edge grabs your attention. Its curves are subjective and divisive; my friends and colleagues have offered up reactions ranging from outright bemusement to adoration.
But let’s focus on what’s different here: that edge. There are two display modes you can flit between: a slender, unassuming bar that can display a customized message and a more substantial column that attempts to offer extra functionality, notifications or context-dependent menus for certain apps, like the camera.
The front-facing camera is also a top-end sensor compared to the competition, 3.7 megapixels with an f/1.9 lens.
While I’m not a huge selfie taker, you’ll have to ask our Senior Selfie Editor, but I do take a whole lot of photos with my smartphone, so I was interested to see how Samsung’s newest smartphone camera handled.
The same high-resolution 2,560 – 1,600 screen we’re certain 1080p “Plus” curved display.
When it’s expanded, the UI is a basic row of icons, which you can navigate with a little swipe. This may look a little unusual, but swishing through the various mini-screens is immensely satisfying.
And how does Apple’s biggest phone compare to the Note Edge? Well, both remain unwieldy to grip, and the Note Edge is wider. However, the edged screen nuzzles into my hand better and those software tweaks mentioned above give it the advantage.
However, just like the stylus, there’s a while before you get the knack of all the little provisions Samsung’s made to ease users into this screen size.
The screen is marginally smaller than the Note 4, despite the cranked-up pixel count. Like the Note 4, text pops a little more, and pictures you take with the 16MP camera are obviously better replicated on the Note Edge’s screen.
All told, it’s an excellent camera. The image stabilizing works well on all the neon lights that pepper Tokyo, while even people were neatly captured. There’s some noise, but it compares favorably against older Galaxy phones. Daylight meant effortless captures and some really nice shots, if I say so myself.
Focus was swift, and auto white balance seemed to gauge scenes perfectly. If you have a proclivity for HDR, rest assured the Edge does an excellent job there.
The shades are still a little overdone, but you can choose from a few custom color palettes if you’re not a fan of high-contrast menus and photos.
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Service Station Fire, Lithgow
Published: 2nd March 2006
At around 3am this morning (01/02/06) NSW Fire Brigades Katoomba Communications Centre received numerous triple zero calls reporting a service station on fire in Chifley Rd, Vale of Clwydd near Lithgow. Fire crews from Lithgow and Lithgow West were immediately responded.
The Lithgow brigade was quickly on the scene to be confronted by a substantial fire involving a weatherboard building containing the sales and take-away food sections of a service station. Petrol pumps were also on fire. As firefighters wearing air cylinders commenced an attack on the fire another two brigades from Mt Victoria and Blackheath were sent to assist. Ultimately 20 firefighters were committed to fighting this fire.
Being concerned about the possibility of flammable fuels igniting fire crews ensured fuel supply to the pumps was shut off and the fire involving them extinguished. They also ensured there was no risk to an LPG cylinder storage area. The Lithgow brigade’s hazardous materials trailer stood by as a precaution. Efforts were also concentrated on containing the fire thereby preventing it from spreading to the adjacent mechanics’ workshop.
Fire crews had the fire contained in about 45 minutes. By this time the sales and take-away food sections were extensively damaged however the workshop was successfully defended. Firefighters remained at the scene well into the morning mopping up and performing salvage work.
Due to the hazardous nature of the fire an ambulance stood by at the incident, however there were no reports of any injuries.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the NSWFB Fire Investigation and Research Unit in cooperation with the Police.
Contact officer: Gordon Boath 0417 293 852
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Moving Mountains to debut "world’s first" foot long plant-based hot dog in London this month
01 May 2019 --- London is one of the fastest growing capitals for plant-based dining and there is a huge demand for high-quality food offerings, according to Moving Mountains Founder, Simeon Van der Molen. Moving Mountains is the food-tech company behind the UK’s first “bleeding” meatless burger and has teamed up with not-for-profit vegan institution, Unity Diner, for the world exclusive launch of its new foot long meatless hot dog, which will debut in London later this month. The London launch will be followed by other launches in several countries across Europe in the not so distant future, Van der Molen tells FoodIngredientsFirst.
Unlike other plant-based hot dogs on the market, Moving Mountains has used food technology, scientific processes, specialized machines, local natural ingredients and tested “countless” recipes over the past year to create the brand’s newest product. The Moving Mountains Hot Dog is touted as being identical to its pork counterpart in taste, smell and texture. UK-based consumers can sample the hot dog from May 10 onwards in London, at Unity Diner.
According to Van der Molen, the demand for plant-based foods continues to increase. “We’ve exceeded all our sales forecasts by three times. The market is continuing to grow for high-quality plant-based food alternatives throughout Western Europe and the Middle East,” he adds.
At a foot long, the Moving Mountains Hot Dog is larger than the average hot dog and will be available in Unity Diner in London. It will sell for £6 (US$7.83) at 50 percent off the regular price of £12 (US$15.67) during the launch weekend with a Classic American serve of caramelized onions, mustard and ketchup in a bun.
The food-tech brand also plans to offer its products in supermarkets for the first time with a retail version of the Moving Mountains Hot Dog that will be available in different sizes and flavors. The business is also currently in talks with unnamed supermarkets for a potential retail roll out later this year, according to reports.
By using natural ingredients and modern food technology, Moving Mountains has turned sunflower seeds into a vitamin-rich and gluten-free hot dog to replicate a pork hot dog:
• Sunflower Seeds, which make up the base, are rich in B complex vitamins, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, calcium, potassium, vitamin E and a high source of protein.
• Carrots are used to give the authentic coloring of a hot dog.
• Onion helps to provide a “satisfyingly firm and bouncy” texture when biting into the hot dog.
• Paprika adds flavor and is rich in antioxidants.
• Coconut oil provides a juicy consistency and helps keep the structure of the hot dog. Unlike the unhealthy saturated fats found in pork hot dogs, coconut oil contains zero trans-fat, zero cholesterol and is rich in antioxidants. Coconut oil contains beneficial medium chain fatty acids including lauric acid, which has been scientifically proven to provide an immediate source of energy and helps boost good cholesterol.
“Everyone was expecting our follow-up product to be meatballs or mince, but neither of these were sufficiently different and game-changing from the burger to interest us,” Van der Molen notes. “We explored locations where our burger was selling well and in most American style diners ‘Dogs’ sit well alongside burgers on the menu. The Hot Dog seemed a perfect market for our restaurant customers that already serve our burger and no one has ever succeeded with a fully plant-based option that’s indistinguishable to the animal meat version.”
The company then developed a completely different base entirely. No technology was carried over from the burger, Van der Molen reveals. “It was a challenge to create the perfect emulsion and then develop countless recipes and ingredients, but that was exciting for us. Climbing the mountain is often more enjoyable that reaching the top,” he says.
“We do believe that with ingredients such as sunflower seeds, coconut, carrot and onion we have created, quite possibly, the healthiest and most realistic plant-based Hot Dog on the planet,” Van der Molen adds.
Renowned for “pushing boundaries in plant-based innovation and fostering positive change through delicious not-for-profit vegan comfort food,” the company says Unity Diner is an ideal location to get a first taste of the Moving Mountains Hot Dog. All of the profits from Unity Diner go directly towards funding the animal rights organization Surge as well as the development of a brand new rescue sanctuary for animals just outside of London.
“Unity Diner is a good fit for us as they align with our values as promoters of plant-based innovation and we want to generate sales for a not-for-profit restaurant, which gives us another chance to support animal rights and help make a difference to the world,” Van der Molen notes.
Following the success of the UK’s first meatless bleeding burger, the company’s second launch is set to make hot dogs desirable again, giving them a long deserved revamp, says Van der Molen. “Our latest food tech innovation proves that you don’t need a pig to make a dog; we use sunflower seeds to deliver an identical taste and texture, which is a more sustainable food option for our health and the health of the planet.”
“We are currently in talks with supermarkets regarding launching a retail version of the Moving Mountains Hot Dog. As our debut into the grocery market, it will represent a significant development for the business,” he concludes.
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Battlefield 1 the "Biggest and Most Innovative" Battlefield Ever, EA Says
The game will also offer a "deep story and unprecedented variety," CEO Andrew Wilson says.
By Eddie Makuch on May 11, 2016 at 5:05AM PDT
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Electronic Arts is not holding back in speaking about its optimism for this year's Battlefield 1, saying it aims to be the "biggest and most innovative" entry in the series ever.
During the company's latest earnings briefing, CEO Andrew Wilson gushed about the game, also speaking about the community's response to the World War 1 shooter's announcement last Friday.
"In a global livestream last Friday that was watched by more than 2 million people, Battlefield 1 made its debut," Wilson said in his prepared remarks. "Fans got their first look into the intense, visceral combat and epic scale of this groundbreaking new game from DICE, and the response was immediate and extraordinary. The trailer was viewed more than 21 million times in the first four days, a new record for EA, and it is now our most-liked trailer in history.
"With Battlefield 1, we've set out to deliver the biggest and most innovative Battlefield game ever, with a deep story and unprecedented variety in the gameplay powered by our Frostbite engine."
You can check out this post to dive deeper into the numbers behind Battlefield 1's announcement event.
Battlefield global community manager Dan Mitre thanked fans for their support, also mentioning that DICE will share more details on Battlefield 1 at EA's E3 event in June.
"Everyone at DICE and across EA are totally blown away by the awesome reaction gamers have had to Battlefield 1," Mitre said. "Last week, we pulled back the veil to show everyone what we've been working on, and we bore witness to incredible support from fans.
Battlefield 1 launches on October 21, though people with an EA/Origin Access membership or those who pick up the deluxe edition can get in on October 18. Additionally, a beta will be held sometime before launch.
Also during the earnings briefing, EA management explained why Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2--two big-name games in the same shooter category--can both enjoy success and not cannibalize each other.
In other news, Battlefield 1's announcement trailer is the most-liked trailer on YouTube, while Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's is the most disliked. Additionally, DICE has confirmed the game will have a server browser, while it's also been announced that some of the game is set in the Italian Alps.
EA's earnings release yesterday and subsequent briefing brought a lot of news. Check out the stories below to catch up on all the big announcements.
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Weeks Named CEO at Foseco Metallurgical Inc.
Replacing Stanbridge; also set as regional director for North and South America
FMT Staff | Aug 22, 2006
August 22, 2006 -- Cleveland-based Foseco Metallurgical Inc. has announced that Jeff Weeks will take the post of chief executive officer for its USA and Canada Foundry Products business unit. Foseco Metallurgical is a division of Foseco plc, and supplies molten-metal conditioning, filtration, and handling products to foundries and steelmaking operations. This includes mold fluxes, nodulizers, inoculants, feeding systems, filtration products, core and mold coatings, ladle liners and refractories, lost foam patterns, coatings, and beads.
Weeks is succeeding Roger Stanbridge who will retire at the end of 2006 after 38 years with the Foseco Group. Stanbridge will remain as president of Foseco Metallurgical Inc. until his retirement. At that time, Weeks will assume the additional responsibility as Foseco Foundry Regional Director for North and South America.
Weeks takes the post in Foseco’s Americas division from his experience with the company in South Africa. There, he has been regional director for Foseco's businesses in Africa, India, and the Middle East.
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Bundesliga leader Dortmund in crisis after 4 winless games
AP Feb 14, 2019 at 6:16a ET
BERLIN (AP) — Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund is going through its first crisis under coach Lucien Favre.
Dortmund has failed to win any of its four games in February and has developed a propensity for collapsing toward the end of games. It has conceded nine goals in its last three matches.
A 3-0 defeat at Tottenham on Wednesday leaves Dortmund on the verge of exiting the Champions League, and it came just days after it surrendered a three-goal lead in the final minutes to let Hoffenheim draw 3-3 in the Bundesliga.
The week before, Dortmund allowed a pair of extra-time goals in a German Cup round-of-16 game that Werder Bremen won on penalties.
The club has not won in the Bundesliga since a 5-1 rout of relegation candidate Hannover on Jan. 26. Dortmund still leads the league by five points but has Bayer Leverkusen to thank for beating second-place Bayern Munich, the six-time defending champion, on the day Dortmund was held to a 1-1 draw in Frankfurt.
It needs to figure out what has been going wrong.
“We’re not defending well enough,” Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Buerki said after the defeat to Tottenham. “It can’t be that we concede so many late goals from set pieces in the last weeks. We have to defend rigorously.”
Buerki suggested his team needs to get tougher, dig in more and get more physical.
“We always have difficulties when it’s against robust teams because we can’t stand up to it, especially from the front,” Buerki said. “Sometimes you have to hit a long ball and if you don’t have a strong player who can hold the ball, it’s extremely difficult.”
Dortmund was missing defenders Manuel Akanji and Lukasz Piszczek at Wembley Stadium and Dan-Axel Zagadou was only back after 10 weeks out injured. Marco Reus, Julian Weigl and Paco Alcacer were also out.
But Tottenham, third in the Premier League, was also missing key players in top scorer Harry Kane and midfielder Dele Alli. It had been considered a beatable opponent, one that would allow Dortmund to reach the quarterfinals of Europe’s premier competition.
Now it looks unlikely, even if Sebastian Kehl, head of the club’s licensed players division, still thinks there’s hope in the return leg in Dortmund on March 5.
“I know what’s in this team,” Kehl said. “We can get one or more goals and have to try not to concede any.”
Favre, who seemed to have strengthened Dortmund’s backbone and resolved the fragility it displayed too often last season, will have to work on the players’ mental side to avoid a league collapse. The Swiss coach anticipated setbacks along the way, but surely not a complete reversal of all of the good work so far.
“There are periods of a season when things aren’t top, top, top,” Favre said. “We need to analyze and work hard to avoid and correct these errors.”
Bayern, which is looking at Dortmund’s travails with glee, is unlikely to suffer too many more setbacks of its own and will aim to increase the pressure with a win in Augsburg on Friday.
Dortmund faces last-place Nuremberg, a team it defeated 7-0 earlier in the season, away on Monday. But Nuremberg fired coach Michael Koellner and sporting director Andreas Bornemann on Tuesday and is bidding for a fresh start under club favorite Marek Mintal and former assistant coach Boris Schommers.
Another potential pitfall awaits on Feb. 24, when Dortmund faces a visit from Leverkusen for a reunion with former coach Peter Bosz. Dortmund fired Bosz last season after nine games without a win, including the 4-4 draw with Schalke in which it gave up a four-goal lead.
Dortmund fans thought those days were over.
“We’ve experienced so many positives this season, so we’re full of hope that we’ll get back on track,” Kehl said.
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Top TV stars get the Freeview+ treatment in national TV campaign
Posted November 5, 2008 - Press Releases
Freeview today announced the launch of its first national television ad campaign to promote Freeview+, featuring a stellar cast of British TV talent.
The campaign, created by Beattie McGuiness Bungay (BMB), acts out Freeview+ functionality within much-loved Freeview programming. 4Creative and ITVCreative collaborated on the activity. The line-up includes Antony Cotton, Jennie McAlpine and Tupele Dorgu of Coronation
Street fame; comedian, Alan Carr; chef, Gordon Ramsay; football pundits, Steve Rider and Andy Townsend; not to mention an African cheetah and her cubs, and an entire period drama cast.
In one execution, a big match kick-off at Wembley is held up until Mike in Cirencester has finished his bath and dried his hair. In another, Gordon Ramsay is repeatedly rewound, and wound up, because Helen in Swansea hasn’t been able to catch his rapid-fire recipe. And in another, an early 19th century Ball at Hampton Court is suspended until Zoe in Godalming is back from Barbados and ready to watch them off series record.
Freeview+ not only provides quality digital television, including 13 of the 15 most-watched channels, it also lets viewers pause, rewind and record their favourite shows without monthly bills or a contract, unlike other ‘+’ services on the market. It could save viewers £200 in the first year alone.
The TV ads break on 6th November and run into the New Year. They are supported by online creative and a revamped Freeview website, developed by Grand Union, and by retail that incorporates a new look and feel by 999 Design. Freeview+ advertorials are also featuring in titles such as The Daily Express, The Daily Star and OK magazine.
Rob Farmer, Director of Marketing Communications at Freeview, says: “There are no monthly bills with Freeview+, you can just enjoy the control it gives you of the telly you love. This campaign celebrates the functionality from the public’s perspective, rather than the TV personality’s. We’re aiming to make the power shift itself a source of entertainment.”
Other marketing activity is focused on conversions to Freeview at the Digital Switchover in Border. In addition to on-the-ground initiatives driving awareness of the value and quality of Freeview, a promotion with Tesco has been created whereby customers get a free Technika Freeview box if they buy a Techwood Freeview+ box for £69.97*; a saving of approximately £300 in the first year alone compared to subscription alternatives.
Farmer concludes, “Freeview’s proposition is as relevant today as it’s ever been. With a new channel from Discovery Networks UK and, later, HD coming next year, we’re confident in Freeview’s continued ability to deliver the quality TV people want, without the bills they don’t want.”
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January 2018 TV Premiere Dates (New Series/Seasons, Movies, and Specials)
December 19, 2017 February 1, 2018 Adam Mortensen 1 Comment 2018, release dates, TV
The following is a list of all January 2018 TV premiere dates (new series and seasons, original movies and documentaries, specials, and more). This post will be updated throughout the month as more premiere dates are announced. If you notice I am missing a TV premiere on this list, feel free to let me know in the comments section and I will make sure to add it. For day-to-day TV listings (lists of every new episode airing each day), check out our Daily TV Schedules.
Monday, January 1, 2018:
3/2 AM: Glacé (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Lovesick (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
6/5 AM: Unikitty! (Cartoon Network, Series Premiere)
11/10 AM: The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (Amazon, Special)
12:30 PM/11:30 AM: Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl (ESPN, Special)
2/1 PM: Bride Killa: The Ultimate Pledge (ID, One-Hour Special)
2/1 PM: World Darts Championship 2017 (BBC America, Special)
3/2 PM: Diabolical: Mistress Roulette (ID, One-Hour Special)
4/3 PM: Homicide City: Society Hill Slaying (ID, One-Hour Special)
5/4 PM: College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game (ESPN, Special)
5/4 PM: True Conviction: A Match to Murder (ID, One-Hour Special)
6/5 PM: Betrayed: Hell on Wheels (ID, One-Hour Special)
6/5 PM: Lake House Hunters (HGTV, Series Premiere)
7/6 PM: AKC National Championship Dog Show (Animal Planet, Three-Hour Special)
7/6 PM: Pandora’s Box: Unleashing Evil (ID, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: The Bachelor (ABC, Season 22 Premiere)
8/7 PM: HGTV Dream Home 2018 (HGTV, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Lucifer (FOX, Season 3 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: Unexpected: Tell All (TLC, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: The Wall (NBC, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
8:45/7:45 PM: College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl (ESPN, Special)
9/8 PM: 60 Days In (A&E, Two-Hour Season 3 Premiere/Special Night and Time)
9/8 PM: Better Late Than Never (NBC, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Fatal Attraction (TV One, Season 7 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Gifted (FOX, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Home Town Holiday Special (HGTV, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Kids Baking Championship (Food Network, Season 4 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Love & Hip Hop: Miami (VH1, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Valor (The CW, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Kindred Spirits: Don’t Go in the Attic (DA, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Ridiculous Cakes (Food Network, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: NFL Football Fanatic (USA Network, Series Premiere)
Tuesday, January 2, 2018:
6/5 PM: My Big Fat Fabulous Life: Countdown to the New Season (TLC, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Lethal Weapon (FOX, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: Married at First Sight: Season 6 Matchmaking Special (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: The Middle (ABC, Season 9 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: My Big Fat Fabulous Life (TLC, Two-Hour Season 5 Premiere)
8/7 PM: NCIS (CBS, Season 15 Winter Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, Season 4 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Black-ish (ABC, Season 4 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Bull (CBS, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Challenge (MTV, Season 31 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Intervention (A&E, Two-Hour Season 18 Premiere)
9/8 PM: LA to Vegas (FOX, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Married at First Sight (Lifetime, Season 6 Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: The Mick (FOX, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Chicago Med (NBC, Season 3 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Hack My Life (truTV, Season 5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Hunting Hitler (History Channel, Season 3 Premiere)
10/9 PM: I Am Jazz (TLC, Season 4 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (ABC, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, Season 4 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Profit in Marijuana Country (CNBC, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Restored by the Fords (HGTV, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Tesla’s Death Ray: A Murder Declassified (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
Wednesday, January 3, 2018:
8/7 PM: The Amazing Race (CBS, Season 30 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Blacklist (NBC, Season 5 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Goldbergs (ABC, Season 5 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: Grown-ish (Freeform, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: My 600-lb Life (TLC, Season 6 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The X-Files (FOX, Season 11 Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Speechless (ABC, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: 9-1-1 (FOX, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, Season 19 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Locked Up Abroad (National Geographic Channel, Season 8 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Man Fire Food (Cooking Channel, Season 7 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Modern Family (ABC, Season 9 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: SEAL Team (CBS, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: American Housewife (ABC, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Billion Dollar Buyer (CNBC, Season 3 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Catfish: The TV Show (MTV, Season 7 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Chicago PD (NBC, Season 5 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Criminal Minds (CBS, Season 13 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Match Game (ABC, Season 3 Premiere)
10/9 PM: WAGS Atlanta (E!, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks (truTV, Series Premiere)
Thursday, January 4, 2018:
8/7 PM: The Big Bang Theory (CBS, Season 11 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Four: Battle for Stardom (FOX, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Killing Fields: Murder Isle – Day of Reckoning (Discovery Channel, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Superstore (NBC, Season 3 Winter Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: The Good Place (NBC, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Young Sheldon (CBS, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Bringing Up Bates (UP, One-Hour Season 7 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Building Giants (Science Channel, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Killing Fields (Discovery Channel, Season 3 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Mom (CBS, Season 5 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Nashville (CMT, Season 6 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Project Runway All Stars (Lifetime, Season 6 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Truth and Lies: Waco (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Waterfront House Hunting (FYI, Season 3 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Will & Grace (NBC, Season 9 Winter Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: Life in Pieces (CBS, Season 3 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Betrayed (ID, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Chicago Fire (NBC, Season 6 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Expecting: Sneak Peek (UP, Special)
10/9 PM: The Interrogation Room (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Jay Leno’s Garage (CNBC, Season 3 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Mega Machines (Science Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: S.W.A.T. (CBS, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
Friday, January 5, 2018:
3/2 AM: Before I Wake (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix, Season 10 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Devilman Crybaby (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: The End of the F***ing World (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Rotten (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
6/5 PM: The Amazing World of Gumball (Cartoon Network, Season 6 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Child Support (ABC, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW, Season 3 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: MacGyver (CBS, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: Treehouse Masters (Animal Planet, Two-Hour Season 9 Premiere/Special Time)
8/7 PM: U.S. Figure Skating Championships (NBC, Three-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Hawaii Five-0 (CBS, Season 8 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Mama June: From Not to Hot – Burning Questions (WE, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Mysteries & Scandals (Oxygen, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Untold Stories of the E.R. (TLC, Season 13 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Blue Bloods (CBS, Season 8 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Red Carpet Icons: Golden Globes (E!, One-Hour Special)
Saturday, January 6, 2018:
7/6 PM: Say Yes to the Dress: Countdown to the New Season (TLC, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet, Season 11 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, Season 16 Premiere)
8/7 PM: A Tale of Two Coreys (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (Nickelodeon, Season 4 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Broke and Famous (Reelz, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Four Weddings: …and a Texas Showdown (TLC, Two-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: The Incredible Dr. Pol (Nat Geo Wild, Season 12 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Love on the Slopes (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
10/9 PM: Copycat Killers (Reelz, Season 5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Corey Feldman: Moment of Truth (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Falling Water (USA Network, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Incredible Dr. Pol: Kitten Kaboodle (Nat Geo Wild, One-Hour Special)
Sunday, January 7, 2018:
4/3 PM: E! Countdown to the Red Carpet – The 2018 Golden Globes (E!, Two-Hour Special)
6/5 PM: E! Live From the Red Carpet – The 2018 Golden Globe Awards (E!, Two-Hour Special)
6/5 PM: Sister Wives: Countdown to the New Season (TLC, Two-Hour Special)
7/6 PM: 2018 Golden Globe Arrivals Special (NBC, One-Hour Special)
7/6 PM: Final Appeal (Oxygen, Two-Hour Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC, Three-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: The Simpsons (FOX, Season 29 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: Sister Wives (TLC, Two-Hour Season 8 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Wisdom of the Crowd (CBS, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Ghosted (FOX, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Last Scene Alive (Hallmark Movie Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Bahamas Life (HGTV, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Building Alaska (DIY, Season 8 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Evil Lives Here (ID, Season 3 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Family Guy (FOX, Season 15 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, Season 9 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: North Woods Law (Animal Planet, Season 10 Premiere)
9/8 PM: To Rome for Love (Bravo, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Worst Cooks in America (Food Network, Season 12 Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: After Trek (CBS All Access, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Chi (Showtime, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Island Life (HGTV, Season 11 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Lone Star Law (Animal Planet, Season 3 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Madam Secretary (CBS, Season 4 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian (E!, Season 2 Premiere)
11/10 PM: E! After Party: The 2018 Golden Globe Awards (E!, One-Hour Special)
11/10 PM: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo, Season 15 Premiere)
Midnight/11 PM: Mother May I Dance with Mary Jane’s Fist?: A Lifetone Original Movie for Adult Swim (Adult Swim, Special)
6/5 PM: Fit to Fat to Fit (Lifetime, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Antiques Roadshow (PBS, Season 22 Premiere)
8/7 PM: College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN, Special)
8/7 PM: David Bowie: The Last Five Years (HBO, Original Documentary Premiere)
8/7 PM: Just Like Mom and Dad (BYUtv, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Home Town (HGTV, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Brave (NBC, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Good Doctor (ABC, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Street Outlaws: Memphis (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
Noon/11 AM: Rusty Rivets (Nickelodeon, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: America’s Next Top Model (VH1, Season 24 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Fosters (Freeform, Season 5 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN, Season 5 Premiere)
9/8 PM: This Is Us (NBC, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: How the Universe Works (Science Channel, Season 6 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Ink Master (Spike TV, Season 10 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Undercover High (A&E, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: Undercover High: After School (A&E, One-Hour Special)
Wednesday, January 10, 2018:
3/2 AM: Alejandro Riaño Especial de Stand Up (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
6/5 PM: My 600-lb Life: Countdown to the New Season (TLC, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: The 3rd Annual Howie Mandel Stand-Up Gala (The CW, 90-Minute Special)
8:30/7:30 PM: Alone Together (Freeform, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Magicians (Syfy, Season 3 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Restored (DIY, Season 2 Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: Animal Crackers (The CW, 30-Minute Special)
10/9 PM: Family by the Ton (TLC, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: If Loving You Is Wrong (OWN, Season 5 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Rooster & Butch (A&E, Series Premiere)
Thursday, January 11, 2018:
8/7 PM: 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards (The CW, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Inside the Actors Studio: Ted Danson (Bravo, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta (WE, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Truth and Lies: The Tonya Harding Story (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
9:30/8:30 PM: Expecting (UP, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Making a Model with Yolanda Hadid (Lifetime, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: The Rundown with Robin Thede (BET, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
Friday, January 12, 2018:
3/2 AM: Disjointed (Netflix, Season 1.5 Premiere)
3/2 AM: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (Amazon, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Polka King (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Tom Segura: Disgraceful (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
7:30/6:30 PM: Lip Sync Battle Shorties (Nickelodeon, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Blindspot (NBC, Season 3.5 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Mama June: From Not to Hot (WE, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Taken (NBC, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Love After Lockup (WE, Series Premiere)
Saturday, January 13, 2018:
8/7 AM: Mysticons (Nicktoons, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 AM: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (Nicktoons, Season 3 Premiere)
6/5 PM: Snapped: Killer Couples (Oxygen, Season 9 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Frozen in Love (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
10/9 PM: House Hunters Renovation (HGTV, Season 13 Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Vet Life (Animal Planet, Season 3 Premiere)
Sunday, January 14, 2018:
8/7 PM: Beachfront Bargain Hunt (HGTV, Season 18 Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Bob’s Burgers (FOX, Season 8.5 Premiere)
9/8 PM: An Emma Fielding Mystery: Past Malice (Hallmark Movie Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Victoria (PBS, Two-Hour Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Alaska: The Last Frontier – Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: An American Murder Mystery (ID, Season 6 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Divorce (HBO, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Seeking Sister Wife (TLC, Series Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: Crashing (HBO, Season 2 Premiere)
Monday, January 15, 2018:
Midnight/11 PM: Hot Streets (Adult Swim, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: 49th NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet (TV One, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Kevin Can Wait (CBS, Season 2.5 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Supergirl (The CW, Season 3.5 Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Man with a Plan (CBS, Season 2.5 Premiere)
9/8 PM: 49th NAACP Image Awards (TV One, Two-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Chain of Command (National Geographic Channel, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Superior Donuts (CBS, Season 2.5 Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: 9JKL (CBS, Season 1.5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Oprah’s Master Class: John Lewis (OWN, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Scorpion (CBS, Season 4.5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Siesta Key (MTV, Season 1.5 Premiere)
Tuesday, January 16, 2018:
3/2 AM: Katt Williams: Great America (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
8/7 PM: The Flash (The CW, Season 4 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Black Lightning (The CW, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Paynes (OWN, Series Premiere/Special Night)
10/9 PM: This Time Next Year (Lifetime, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: True Conviction: The Final Call (ID, Series Premiere/Special Time)
3/2 AM: Arango y Sanint: Ríase el Show (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: The Path (Hulu, Two-Hour Season 3 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Riverdale (The CW, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: Schitt’s Creek Series Catch-Up (POP, Special)
9/8 PM: Dynasty (The CW, Season 1 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Reunion Part 1 (Bravo, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: See No Evil (ID, Season 4 Premiere)
10/9 PM: American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (FX, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Corporate (Comedy Central, One-Hour Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Relative Success with Tabatha (Bravo, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Jordskott (Shudder, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Tiempos de Guerra (Netflix, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Beyond (Freeform, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, Season 14 Winter Premiere)
8/7 PM: Supernatural (The CW, Season 13 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Arrow (The CW, Season 6 Winter Premiere)
9/8 PM: Flip or Flop Nashville (HGTV, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network, One-Hour Season 4 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Scandal (ABC, Season 7 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Black Card Revoked (BET, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Carbonaro Effect: Double Takes (truTV, Special)
10/9 PM: How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, Season 4 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Portlandia (IFC, Season 8 Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: BET’s Mancave (BET, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Dreamworks Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Drug Lords (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Grace & Frankie (Netflix, Season 4 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Just Add Magic (Amazon, Season 2 Winter Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Open House (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Step Sisters (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
6/5 PM: The Loud House (Nickelodeon, Season 3 Premiere)
6:30/5:30 PM: The Adventures of Kid Danger (Nickelodeon, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Cake Hunters (Cooking Channel, Season 4 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Gold Rush: White Water (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, Season 16 Premiere)
11/10 PM: High Maintenance (HBO, Season 2 Premiere)
3:30/2:30 PM: NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC (ABC, Season 3 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Cocaine Godmother: The Griselda Blanco Story (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Blue Planet II (BBC America, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: One Winter Weekend (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Say Yes: Wedding SOS (TLC, Series Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: Griselda: The Godmother (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)
10/9 AM: Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter (Sundance Channel, Season 3.5 Premiere)
6/5 PM: Snapped (Oxygen, Season 23 Premiere)
7/6 PM: Cover Story: Meghan Markle: The Prince and the Game Show Model (GSN, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TBS and TNT, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Counterpart (Starz, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Morning Show Mystery: Mortal Mishaps (Hallmark Movie Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Supercar Superbuild (Smithsonian, Season 3 Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Alienist: Sneak Peek (TNT and TBS, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: The Resident (FOX, Series Premiere)
2:30/1:30 PM: Cleo & Cuquin (Nick Jr., Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Mosaic (HBO, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Alienist (TNT, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Love at First Bite (FYI, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Murder Is Forever (ID, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Pawn Stars (History Channel, Season 15 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Summer House (Bravo, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Two Sides (TV One, Series Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: Reality Cupcakes: Baked and Confused (Food Network, Special)
3/2 AM: Todd Glass: Act Happy (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
8/7 PM: We’ll Meet Again (PBS, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Bizarre Foods America (Travel Channel, Season 11 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Inside West Coast Customs (Velocity, Season 6 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Who Killed Jane Doe? (ID, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Baskets (FX, Season 3 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Bellevue (WGN, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Drunk History (Comedy Central, Season 5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Hate Thy Neighbor (Viceland, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Quad (BET, Season 2 Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: Another Period (Comedy Central, Season 2 Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: The Detour (TBS, Season 3 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Blockbuster (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Prison Playbook (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Ricardo Quevedo: Hay Gente Así (Netflix, Special)
8/7 PM: Great Barrier Reef (Smithsonian, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Schitt’s Creek (POP, Season 4 Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Let’s Get Physical (POP, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Restoration Garage (Velocity, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Real, Fake, or Unknown (Science Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Slutever (Viceland, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Waco (Paramount Network, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: MVP: Most Valuable Performer (CBS, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (VH1, 90-Minute Season 3 Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Adventures of Puss in Boots (Netflix, Season 6 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Breathe (Amazon, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Britannia (Amazon, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Dirty Money (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: A Futile and Stupid Gesture (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Kavin Jay: Everybody Calm Down! (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
3/2 AM: Llama Llama (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Mau Nieto: Viviendo Sobrio… Desde el Bar (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
3/2 AM: One Day at a Time (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Sebastián Marcelo Wainraich (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
8/7 PM: Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives: By Land and Sea (Food Network, One-Hour Special)
8:30/7:30 PM: #ThatsHarassment (Starz, Special)
9/8 PM: Jane the Virgin (The CW, Season 4 Winter Premiere)
10/9 PM: Red Carpet Icons: Rihanna (E!, 30-Minute Special)
10:30/9:30 PM: Red Carpet Icons: Beyonce (E!, 30-Minute Special)
8/7 AM: Young Americans: Miami Beach (TLC, One-Hour Special)
Noon/11 AM: Power Rangers: Super Ninja Steel (Season 25 Premiere)
6/5 PM: The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm (HBO, Special)
8/7 PM: Elton John: The Nation’s Favorite Song (Reelz, 90-Minute Special)
8/7 PM: Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
8/7 PM: FOX UFC Fight Night (FOX, Special)
9/8 PM: First Time Flippers (DIY, Season 7 Premiere)
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9:30/8:30 PM: The Stalker Files (Reelz, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Biography Presents: The Antoinette Tuff Story (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Conan Without Borders: Haiti (TBS, One-Hour Special)
11/10 PM: 2018 Countdown to Valentine’s Day Preview Show (Hallmark Channel, Special)
6:30/5:30 PM: Grammy Red Carpet Live (CBS, One-Hour Special)
7:30/6:30 PM: The 60th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS, Special)
9/8 PM: Waco: Madman or Messiah – Part 1 (A&E, Two-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Days That Shaped America: Challenger Disaster (History Channel, One-Hour Special)
7/6 PM: Hunter Street (Nickelodeon, One-Hour Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (HBO, Special)
10:30/9:30 PM: Queen: How They Broke Free (Reelz, Special)
11/10 PM: America on Fire (A&E, One-Hour Special)
3/2 AM: Babylon Berlin (Netflix, Seasons 1 and 2)
3/2 AM: Retribution (Netflix, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 2018 (CBS, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Citizen Rose (E!, Two-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: State of the Union 2018 (ABC/CBS/FOX/NBC, Special)
8/7 PM: Buried: Knights Templar and the Holy Grail – Part 1 (History Channel, Two-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Reunion Secrets Revealed (Bravo, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Angela Rye’s State of the Union (BET, One-Hour Special)
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Thanks for the listings. Waiting to see how The Resident pans out.
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Virgina Haunted House DarkWood Manor Haunted House - Luray Virginia
Luray, Virginia Haunted House - DarkWood Manor
By Ryan Sligh
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Virginia Beach Haunted Houses are some of the scariest and best in America! Hauntworld.com rates and review the best haunted houses, haunted attractions, and Halloween evnets in America! DarkWood Manor Haunted House located in Luray, Virginia is one of the scariest haunted houses in America! Prepare to scream! DarkWood Manor is located in the heart of the East Coast only 40 minutes from Washington DC, and not much further from Richmond Virginia. Darkwood Manor is a highly detailed haunted house with the craziest, scariest actors in the entire state of Virgina. Darkwood Manor is clearly the best and scariest and even biggest haunted attraction in Virginia / Washington DC area. Now sit back and read all about Darkwood Estates.
To learn more about Luray, Virginia's Darkwood Manor visit their websit below:
www.darkwoodmanor.net
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Luray Virginia is the home of one of the scariest haunted houses in America called DarkWood Manor. Virginia has many incredible haunted houses and Hauntworld rates and reviews the best haunted attractions in America. Hauntworld can help you find hundreds of haunted houses in Virginia and America .
Absolutely nothing comes close to a cool, October evening in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Walking outside one can see flickering lights from jack-o'-lanterns causing eerie shadows to dance across neighborhood porches. It’s in that moment when things finally seem back in their right place. No wonder Virginia happens to be the birthplace of Halloween in America.
If you travel up the twisted spine of Virginia, otherwise known as the Shenandoah Valley, you’ll discover a haunted attraction that takes the basic concept of evoking scares and nightmares, and approaches it from a more artistic perspective. Tucked inside the rural mountain town of Luray, home of the world famous Luray Caverns & the Shenandoah National Park, there sits an ultimate fear provoking haunted house attraction called DarkWood Manor. This haunt has been making a name for itself as one of the top haunted attractions in the state.
Since 2001, Louis and Wendy Brown, the creators of DarkWood Manor, constantly seek new ways to transport their audiences into another world. By applying artistic disciplines to the design of DarkWood Manor, they’ve created an interactive and theatrical show that absolutely captivates their haunted house patrons. The attention to detail and artistic design principle does not stop at DarkWood Manor's sets. It’s also carried over into the make-up and costume elements of the attraction.
The journey began in the late 1990’s, after Louis, an art school graduate, started investigating what haunted attractions had become since his last experience with them decades earlier. He realized modern haunted attractions could be more than black plastic and strobe lights with people jumping out to yell “BOO.” After Louis realized what incredibly immersive, interactive, theatrical experiences could be created within a haunt, he jumped into the industry eager to bring his artistic perspective to the design of his own attraction.
"I feel the goal of most art work is to elicit an emotional response from its audience and that’s exactly what haunted attractions seek to do as well. That’s how I approach the creation of DarkWood, as an installation art piece designed to evoke a specific set of emotions. Coming up with new and interesting ways to do this is at the heart of any artistic endeavor."
The Browns along with the entire haunt crew behind DarkWood Manor have grown the attraction over the last 13 years while always maintaining their theatrical principles of great acting, realistic make-up, amazing costumes, highly detailed sets, and a strong backstory. I asked Louis how his artistic approach influenced the average haunt customer's experience.
“I definitely think it heightens the experience for the audience. The artistic drive to pull the audience into the work by creating an immersive environment makes a haunted attraction entertaining on many levels. Screams are our primary goal, but if we can get laughter and amazement, then we are also doing our job at making the experience a great one for our customers.”
As many haunts around the country fail to recognize their patrons' desire for a more unique group experience, the artists behind DarkWood Manor are continuously pushing the boundaries of their vision to bring their customers a unique haunting experience. This esoteric thought process is the reason why they’ve been able to create a loyal fan base that visits every October. Inside the walls of DarkWood Manor, you’ll find inspirations ranging from HP Lovecraft and classic gothic horror to Doctor Who and David Lynch. The DarkWood crew makes it a point not to fill the hallways and rooms with run-of-the-mill cliché horror monsters. All creatures roaming the attraction are unique to the haunt, and many times only used for one season. All masks, props, costumes, and sets are custom made to fit that season’s storyline. Louis describes DarkWood Manor as an “ever changing canvas,” with each season’s design process starting with a new theme and then evolving out of that initial idea.
“Our base style is to tell stories and create dark vignettes that can scare the crap out of people. However, we do change our theme and sets every year. Being the scariest and most unique has always gotten us lots of business, maybe not in the first couple of years we were open, but over time our following has skyrocketed in growth.”
Artists thrive by listening to their intuition. An overly imaginative mind, especially one dedicated to the craft of haunting, can think of some truly terrorizing ideas. For Louis, the trick to growing a haunt is in experience and being dedicated to always seeing how far one can push their artistic abilities.
“The hardest part is coming up with that initial idea that makes me go ‘WOW!... I’ve got to create that!’ Once I have the idea that really drives me to create, then the rest is fun. There have been lots of trials and error over the years. Now, I can run a scene in my head and pretty much know if it will work or not. Sometimes I can still get it wrong, but that’s one of the great things about the DarkWood Manor actors. They have the talent, and I give them the freedom, to change what happens in a scene if it isn't playing well or getting the scare we want. I don't try to hold every scene and character to a rigid concept. I have seen actors take characters and scenes far beyond what I had originally imagined. That’s a reason that drives me to keep haunting. I can't wait to see what amazing things evolve next!”
One of the greatest aspects of The Scare, whether it’s in a horror movie or a haunted attraction, is the idea of suspense. It’s the subtle build-up of dread that tugs at your emotions and causes your pulse to race. DarkWood Manor thrives at subtleties through their use of these old school principles. For DarkWood, the devil is in the details.
“DarkWood is full of intricate haunted details. Our scenes are designed, built, and then layered with details. Some of those are small and generally undetectable by the casual observer. However, those details are the hidden blood and guts of DarkWood. A customer may not pick up on all of them consciously, but their sub-conscious does, and that really pulls them into our haunted world.”
After 13 years, Louis doesn’t see DarkWood Manor slowing down, not one bit. “There are always more stories to tell, and always more monsters to create.” The big question is where does DarkWood Manor go from here?
“We just want to keep getting bigger and better and to continue to out do ourselves on different levels every year. Each season we always end up with a handful of ideas that we can't do or pull off, but I have noticed that none of those ideas ever die. They just come back in later years when we can better conceptualize and pull them off. That is just another aspect that fires me up to keep it going.”
Haunters are definitely a special breed. To be part of a haunt like this is like being thrown inside a meat grinder. It can spit you out in pieces. After speaking with Louis, I’ve realized haunting requires 2 important aspects… love and passion. This is what haunted house customer’s find when they visit DarkWood Manor…A haunt crew that puts everything they have into their artistic vision and refuses to compromise, and all of it done with the goal of sending customers screaming out into the night on a few of those cool, October evenings in Virginia.
“To be honest, I had no idea what to expect when I got into the business of haunting. I just jumped into it because it looked like fun, and I was right. It has been a lot of hard work and sacrifice, but it has been worth it. I feel I have met my basic goal by doing what I'm passionate about. No one can ask for more than that, and I hope people continue to SCREAM at the ongoing results of that passion.”
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Policy and regulation stand in the way of NHS use of unlicensed eye injection drug with potential to save millions of pounds
5:54 November 1, 2017
Eye injection drugs recommended by NICE cost the NHS up to £447 million annually, but could be replaced by an unlicensed drug, bevacizumab, costing as much as ten times less. Use of the two licensed drugs, ranibizumab and aflibercept, has increased three-fold over the last five years, with some parts of England treating five times as many patients as others.
NIHR-funded researchers at the University of Bristol investigated NHS use of ranibizumab and aflibercept in treating a range of eye conditions that lead to blindness. Their paper, published in BMJ Open, shows that the NHS is spending the equivalent of a large clinical commissioning group’s (CCG) entire annual budget on these drugs alone.
A growing body of evidence indicates that bevacizumab is equally effective and safe in treating eye conditions. But CCGs and clinicians aren’t allowed by law to prescribe the cheaper alternative as it’s not recommended by the UK’s regulatory framework, which demands that a drug must be licensed for a specific use before NICE can recommend it.
The drug company that owns ranibizumab also owns bevacizumab, which is licensed for use as a cancer treatment in the UK. While it is widely used to treat eye conditions in other countries, including the US, there is no commercial incentive for the company to seek a licence for the cheaper drug for use in eyes.
Professor Will Hollingworth from the Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, who led the research, said: “In a time of huge financial pressure on the NHS, these restrictions are limiting CCGs’ ability to choose a cheaper but equally effective treatment. It is unacceptable that current interpretation of the regulatory framework is standing in the way of making this cheaper alternative treatment universally available on the NHS.
“Each area in England is being asked to make massive savings. In this context, the widespread use of these more expensive drugs doesn’t add up. There is a desperate need for policies around drug licensing to change, and we are calling on politicians and the Department of Health to make the necessary changes.”
‘Changes in the frequency and cost of anti-vascular endothelial therapy, and inequalities in access, in England between 2005 and 2015‘ by William Hollingworth, Tim Jones, Barnaby C Reeves, Tunde Peto, in BMJ Open
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Preparations for the summer season
Under the saddles of Anne-Sophie and Rik, the various horses gathered in May at Maubeuge, Moorsele and Bethune. Summer was approaching on hasty hooves and they were in the final stages of preparation for the height of the season..
Rik's Partners
First competition at the 3* CSI at Maubeuge
This big competition, always followed by many, started full of fun with Tum Play du Jouas who distinguished himself with a first clear round, then by a second which ended with him gaining an eleventh place over a 1m50 course. So this qualified Ulyss Morinda and Rik to participate in the
Grand Prix.
Ulyss Morinda stood out with two clear rounds over 1m40 on two different courses. The coloured stallion then started the Grand Prix at 1m55 where, in only his second time competing in a test at
this height, he touched just one bar. Good omens for Ulyss who is still progressing.
Second step at Moorsele, 3* CSI:
A first round completed without touching a pole for Carlitto Van’t Zorgvliet who once again distinguished himself with a double clear in a (1m45) with a jump off. This added a nice third place to
his list of achievements, and accumulated points for the Longines Ranking List.
As for Jules de Lauzelle, he distinguished himself with a lovely round with no penalties at all over a course of 1m40.
Final Destination: CSI 3*/YH at Bethune !
The beautiful grey, Deesse de la Sure, completed two courses at 1m35 which gave him a bit of trouble, and he narrowly missed being placed, despite hhis willingness and efforts. The mare also took part in the Grand Prix on Sunday and started on a series of fences at 1m55.
Finally, Loupiac de Sclef competed in the Young Horse classes and gained a placing.
Anne-Sophie's Horses
A moment at Moorsele for the 2*/YH CSI!
Morfine de Muze continued to demonstrate the extent of his abilities in taking a ninth place in a Young Horses event. A “beautiful evolution” for this promising horse, who deserved a break before coming back even more successfully on the proceeding circuits.
Always applying himself and in constant progression, Etoile by MDL demonstrated his skills with a nice clear round, over a 2* course listed at 1m40, and competed in the Sunday Grand Prix, among much more experienced horses. A horse in the making and to be followed closely.
Finally, Vidretta M de Bellignies managed a clear round and repeated her performance in a test at the same level (1m30) to finish in eleventh place. A good beginning for this daughter of Canadian River.
Our horses thus concluded the month of May in a great way, between evolution and progress, and are preparing to begin the summer season on the right foot!
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Saudi team after Post writer included soldiers, royal guards
Ayse Wieting, Suzan Fraser And Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Oct 11, 2018 at 6:00 AM Oct 11, 2018 at 7:51 AM
ISTANBUL (AP) " Saudi royal guards, intelligence officers, soldiers and an autopsy expert were part of a 15-member team from the kingdom that targeted missing writer Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish media said Thursday. The Washington Post contributor vanished last week while visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
The reported details, coupled with more-direct comments from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appear aimed at gradually pressuring Saudi Arabia to reveal what happened to Khashoggi, while also balancing Ankara's need to maintain the kingdom's investments in Turkey and relations on other issues.
In Washington, President Donald Trump expressed reservations over withholding American arm sales over the writer, even as prominent American lawmakers increasingly criticize Saudi Arabia " America's longtime security ally in the region.
Turkish officials say they fear Saudi Arabia killed and dismembered Khashoggi, without offering evidence explaining why they believe that. Khashoggi contributed columns to the Post, including some critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Saudi Arabia, before going silent in recent days, called the allegation it abducted or harmed Khashoggi "baseless." However, it too has offered no evidence to support its claim the writer simply walked out of its consulate and vanished despite his fianc�e waiting outside for him.
Information continues to trickle out through Turkish media about the 15-man Saudi team previously described as an "assassination squad." These leaks, largely matching across Turkey's state-run media and private Erdogan-linked outlets, likely come from the country's security services as another means to pressure the kingdom over Khashoggi's Oct. 2 disappearance.
The first plane of nine Saudis arrived from Riyadh around 3:30 a.m. that day, and included an individual described as a forensics official, according to the Sabah newspaper. One Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press to discuss an ongoing police investigation, previously described that official as an "autopsy expert."
The other six flew in on commercial flights, according to a list obtained by Sabah, which also published their names and faces. Local media described the Saudis being military and intelligence officers, as well as several "royal guards."
Around the time Khashoggi entered the consulate, a second private plane from Riyadh took off for Istanbul. About two hours after he entered the consulate, video released by state media in Turkey shows several vehicles with diplomatic license plates, leave the consulate and drive some 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) away to the consul's residence.
The Hurriyet newspaper and other media alleged that the consulate's 28 local staff were given the day off because a "diplomats' meeting" would be held there. The reports did not cite a source and there was no official confirmation.
By 7 p.m., six of the Saudis left by the newly arrived private plane, flying onto Cairo and remaining overnight until heading back to Riyadh, according to Sabah and other media reports. By 11 p.m., another seven left by the other private plane, heading to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, similarly remaining there overnight and then flying on to Riyadh the next day, according to reports. Two others flew out commercially, Sabah said.
While the reports provide nothing definitive, they darken the picture surrounding Khashoggi's disappearance.
Erdogan was quoted by Turkish media on Thursday as telling journalists flying with him back home from a visit to Hungary that "we cannot remain silent to such an incident."
"How is it possible for a consulate, an embassy not to have security camera systems? Is it possible for the Saudi Arabian consulate where the incident occurred not to have camera systems?" Erdogan asked. "If a bird flew, if a mosquito appeared, these systems would catch them and (I believe) they (the Saudis) would have the most advanced of systems."
Meanwhile, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he has a call in to Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, who has appealed to the president and first lady Melania Trump for help.
Trump said he had spoken with the Saudis about what he called a "bad situation," but he did not disclose details of his conversations. He also said the U.S. was working "very closely" with Turkey, "and I think we'll get to the bottom of it."
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said national security adviser John Bolton and presidential senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke on Tuesday to Crown Prince Mohammed about Khashoggi.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo then had a follow-up call with the crown prince to reiterate the U.S. request for information and a thorough, transparent investigation.
In an interview later Wednesday with "Fox News @ Night," Trump said he wanted to find out what happened to Khashoggi but appeared reluctant to consider blocking arms sales, citing economic reasons.
"I think that would be hurting us," Trump said. "We have jobs, we have a lot of things happening in this country. We have a country that's doing probably better economically than it's ever done before."
"Part of that is what we're doing with our defense systems and everybody's wanting them," he continued. "And frankly, I think that that would be a very, very tough pill to swallow for our country. I mean, you're affecting us and, you know, they're always quick to jump that way."
On his first international trip as president, Trump visited Saudi Arabia and announced $110 billion in proposed arms sales. The administration also relies on Saudi support for its Middle East agenda to counter Iranian influence, fight extremism and support an expected peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians.
Khashoggi had gone to the consulate on Tuesday last week to get paperwork he needed for his upcoming marriage. His Turkish fiancee waited outside.
The Post reported Wednesday evening that U.S. intelligence intercepts outlined a Saudi plan to detain Khashoggi. The Post, citing anonymous U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence, said Prince Mohammed ordered an operation to lure Khashoggi from his home in Virginia, where he lived most recently, to Saudi Arabia and then detain him.
Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey, and Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Epic Confirms That Unreal 4 is Powering Capcom's 'Street Fighter V'
Posted Thu Dec 18, 2014 at 08:22 AM PST by Brian Hoss
For years to come.
'Street Fighter V' has only just been revealed and yet series' fans know that the game will have a life that could easily last a decade, especially with likely 'Super' iterations and additions. Thus, Epic's announcement that 'Street Fighter V' is built using the Unreal 4 engine means that the partnership between Epic and Capcom must last the test of 'SFV' time.
From Capcom Producer Bochan Kim, "Our goal with the next generation of Street Fighter is to take our beloved fighting game franchise and bring it to our fans in the best way possible. In order to fully deliver on that promise, we know we have to incorporate the latest and greatest technology available, which is why we partnered with Epic Games to power Street Fighter V using Unreal Engine 4."
'Street Fighter V' will be the first Capcom fighter to debut on a new console (the PS4), and that everything from the visuals, to the controls, to the online experience will be under serious scrutiny. This is the kind of challenge that Epic has been waiting for.
From Taka Kawasaki, Territory Manager at Epic Games Japan, "I have been a very loyal fan of this historic franchise since the debut of the first Street Fighter in 1987. This opportunity to help the development team using Unreal Engine 4 for the new title is a great honor for Epic, and I couldn’t be more proud. We know that the expectation level of fans is extremely high, so the support staff of both Epic Japan and Epic HQ have been providing dedicated support to help the team realize the very best performance from Unreal Engine 4 and deliver the highest quality experience to players."
'Street Fighter V' as announced, is exclusive to the PS4 and PC and is expected in 2015.
Source: Epic
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Volume 2018, Article ID 3291867, 8 pages
Condition Numbers of the Nonlinear Matrix Equation
Chacha Stephen Chacha and Syed Muhammad Raza Shah Naqvi
Department of Mathematics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Correspondence should be addressed to Chacha Stephen Chacha; moc.oohay@nehpetshchc
Received 25 April 2018; Accepted 19 July 2018; Published 1 August 2018
Academic Editor: Henryk Hudzik
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