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Last Night's Debate Showed Where the Language of "Fitness" Fails Us
We can't wipe away our collective sins by allowing one individual candidate to bear them all as character flaws.
By Melissa Harris-Perry
No longer allowed to roam the stage or freely float across territories of personal angst, Donald Trump appeared less qualified to assume the mantle of the presidency than Democrat Hillary Clinton last night. At one point during the foreign policy portion of the debate, he even admitted, "you have more experience than me. It is just bad experience." Trump went on to argue against Clinton's effectiveness as a world leader.
But let's be honest, this campaign hasn't really been about qualifications. Or experience. For months, the core argument has been about inherent fitness. Chris Wallace dedicated an entire section of the debate to asking both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton if they were fit to be president given their most prominent scandals.
I disagree with Donald Trump on every substantive public policy matter. I find his comments about women, Mexican immigrants, and Muslims repugnant. I dislike his personal style and I don't want to see him represent the United States on the world stage or spend the next four years listening to him speak from Oval Office. There are many voters who feel precisely the same way about Hillary Clinton. They disagree on substance, find her deeply dishonest, cringe when thinking of her representing our nation, and have considered property in Canada rather than listen to four years of her State of the Union addresses. They fear a Supreme Court with her appointees as much as many progressives shudder at the idea of Trump's court. The fact that many voters have a viscerally negative reaction to one candidate doesn't makes either candidate unfit to be president. It is hardly even remarkable in the history of presidential elections.
I am weary of this language of "fitness" or "unfitness," deployed most vehemently by Trump's opponents, who have repeatedly slipped from policy discussions and instead argue about personal attributes. It is dangerous and disingenuous.
It is dangerous because it leads to simplistic forgetfulness about our collective history. No racist is fit to be president! Really? Nearly every president in America's early history openly held egregious beliefs about black people and many owned slaves.Even in the modern era, both political parties have used code words, Southern strategies, and purposeful racial strategies to win elections. Men guilty of dishonesty, sexism, racism, and horrifying acts of bad character have occupied the Oval Office. Some have even been very good presidents.
There is nothing wrong with seeking an inspiring candidate or holding up our articulated ideals as aspirations to which we should collectively strive. It is troubling to engage in purposive amnesia, wiping away collective sins by allowing one individual candidate to bear them all as character flaws.
Last night Hillary Clinton said, "America is great because America is good." Not really. America is great because America pursues good. Many of us would argue we have not yet achieved it.
Yes I hate it when Trump sneers "nasty woman," at Hillary as she attempts to make her point. But can we pause to acknowledge Trump's opponents have argued he is stupid, selfish, corrupt, racist, predatory, and even subhuman. Whatever you think of his policies, he is still a human. His opponents don't deprecate him on stage while he is talking, but they do it, on a near daily basis. The effect of this on American political discourse is pernicious, reducing the race to the White House to grade school name-calling.
Melissa Harris-Perry As editor-at-large, Melissa Harris-Perry acts as a guide to the stories, experiences, challenges, policies, and defining pop culture moments of women and girls of color.
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Interview 3 With Liz Harris of Grouper
"Here are my 'too-long' answers..." opened the response to an email exchange we've kept over the past few months. Between and after some extensive travel and touring (Grouper performed shows in Australia and worked on a project in Russia this summer), we arranged some questions which prompted a series of thoughtful responses.
We could not be more pleased to present our second interview (the first being for Alarm Magazine in 2011) and subsequent second conversation in Love Lion's interview series with Oregon's own Liz Harris.
Most recently, Grouper followed the grainy and dreamy Paradise Valley 7" by sharing an unreleased track titled "Children" from the Ruins sessions. The release coincided with Bandcamp's call to action for and donation to the Transgender Law Center on August 4 of this year.
Harris gives her listeners some insight via her Bandcamp page into the origins of "Children" recorded around the time of a 2014 long-player on Kranky Records.
"Towards the end of making RUINS I wrote a song that never made it onto the album. Though it felt aesthetically similar, something about the content and energy felt distinct in a way that didn't fit the rest of the music. I pushed it away, unsure what to do with it, and eventually forgot I'd recorded it. This year, amidst chaotic and painful political times, while working on another project, it reemerged and made more sense."
If you are lucky enough to be near any of the three locations for the upcoming tour, we (highly) recommend seeing one the following live sets this fall. Sparse, restrained, and precise it is unlike nearly any other live performance we've seen.
09/30 Venus Festival Artscape Daniels Spectrum Toronto, ON
11/09 Le Guess Who? TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands
12/08 Unsound Dislocation Barbican Centre London, UK
Love Lion: You release in small editions and routinely on your own. Do you have a preference in keeping your projects self-released?
Liz Harris: It’s the only time I can come close to controlling exactly how an object ends up. There are things I literally can’t do with most labels that I want/need to — have an album cover without any text on it, for example, or no song titles or band name on the album at all, or skip doing press altogether. I enjoy the release process and take pride in knowing how to do it, pride in doing it with extreme care and in my own way. I get to hire and pay friends and interact with people directly. Studying art and printmaking gave me an appreciation for the vehicle and a love for making editions. When that album leaves and enters someone else’s life it is no longer yours, it’s theirs, and has to carry its own life force.
Sometimes it's nice to do both, as I have a few times recently with Kranky Records, pressing about 500-1000 for YE [Yellow Electric] that I sell through my own distro or Bandcamp. I like that I know how to, and could if I truly desired, but when it comes down to it I don’t want to deal with more than a thousand or so records at a time.
In addition, stubbornness/hatred/lack of patience or interest in press means that YE efforts in the past have consisted of emailing three people the day of a release with one line of text. Plus, I don’t have wide distro which I'm OK with at times. I’ve found it great to work with Kranky on projects for which these aspects needed more emphasis. I’ve also really enjoyed work with some other small labels over the years, like Root Strata and Room40. I’m lucky to also call these people my friends.
Has your music appeared in movies? How do you feel about film scores?
A few times, experiences ranging from shit to bliss. Being picky about licensing has kept me from working with a proper publisher. Most of them want you to be open to commercial work which, for the most part, I am not. I recently licensed a song to a television show [you guys are going to flip] It was one of a handful of times someone offered me an appealing, respectful and professional contract right off the bat. The times a genuinely compelling context and fee align are few and far between.
Perhaps my most enriching experiences working with film have been with Paul Clipson [director of Cruel Optimism & Feeler]. We made a feature length film and score called HYPNOSIS DISPLAY a few years ago. We have a mutual inspiration that is easeful and intuitive. We’re making another film/sound piece for CineChamber soon.
In addition to recording music, most know you are a visual artist. Which have you been focusing on lately or do you generally do both at the same time?
I go back and forth. At times they feed each other. I do most of the album artwork (exceptions including the beautiful photos Sarah Meadows lent for A I A and several photos my father took.) I guess the last few years have seen more of a drift towards prioritizing music. I did some epic (90 x 38 feet) mural work in Portland a few years ago and it gave me pause, to be honest. The amount of stress and time involved. I dream of having as much time as I want for both. Often now, I remember a comment in conversation with my friend Sergio quite a while back that, at the time did not but now, makes sense. How I must be making sacrifices trying to do justice to both. I feel pain at that, at the death of ideas — they are beings, so heavy to fail them but I also want to go for a walk or sit with my dog, go on a date, or show up for a protest. The balance can feel hard, I guess for anyone.
Do you find you work best at a residency/away or can you be creative at home?
I’m still working my way back to enjoying casually playing at home. In 2008/9 a balance changed and for a year or more instead of recording I would add new song titles to a list. All the while more people trying to talk to me about this thing I was still denying that I was doing -- making music. It felt like a knife stab when anyone asked me about music. I was living next to a power station and forcing myself to dredge old songs in a basement studio everyday. All of this combined into a crushing weight. The songs like people, friends, and that list were a symbol of everyone I was letting down. Folks talking about my practice to me was a constant reminder that I was being watched and judged throughout. I still have this list and I would like someday to burn it. I developed a phobia of playing music casually. When there is a new song, there is such pressure to follow through and do it justice. It’s draining without management. For a long while I mostly longed to shut it off.
Residencies allow me to compartmentalize and contain it all; they’re helpful for this reason. There are the nostalgic and thought-based stimulants that travel and emotional/physical distance give. I’ve had residencies where all I did was sleep, ones where I felt too pressured to work on anything good, and four now where I recorded a release. I’m a little reticent at this point to continue to say when something was made at a residency because the physical landscape has the potential to overcrowd the story of the music, which is always so internal. At this point, the place-refrain feels a little repetitive or absurd.
What are your feelings on venues? You are primarily playing galleries this summer. How do you choose where to perform your music?
I don’t like playing in classic club venues. It’s not about a pristine environment, crowd, place -- noise can be a perfect murmur in the background almost like another layer of tape hiss. Some where with history, with windows, where one can hear the cars passing or a train roll by, with wide and reverberant acoustics, an audience who came to listen, conditions that allow the audience to listen comfortably, a graveyard, a chapel, a house or an art space, seems a kind of poetic residue that adds to this music.
Once I started being invited to play such places it just felt hard and wrong for the music to go back to the black box, loud bar and fog machine. So as I began to feel more confident about making requests about shows I started asking to play in accessible venues without bars, without smoking, and with seating for the audience.
What are you looking forward to working on? Projects you're excited about?
I’m excited for Nivhek, I’m excited to be home more and chill with my 16 year old dog, and I’m researching getting a small boat with bio-diesel or electric trolling motor on it.
What is your dream job outside of playing music?
My dream job is not performing music. Most of my job ideas are more non-paying adventures than careers. I took a career test in my twenties and remember “related to the spirituality or the occult/religious leader” and “sailor." I’ve followed through on “sailor” --- I love very much being on the water. I do sailing races on my friend’s boat every summer in Astoria and am looking into getting a small boat with an electric outboard to toot around the Columbia River.
I’d like to get a shit job on a container ship or find a sailboat to crew on and do a trans-oceanic voyage at some point before I die. I volunteer at a National Park here in Astoria. Basically, I just pick up trash and kick rocks off the trails but I get to wear a uniform and use a walkie-talkie which is about 80% of the pleasure if I’m entirely honest. I’d really like to drive in a car race or demolition derby. I’d like to be paid to walk around or hike. My month-long hiking trip in New Zealand two years ago definitely cost me money though so still some work to be done there I guess. So far, as paying jobs go -- I spent my 20’s working with differently abled adults and I miss it every day. I love care-work, with children, elders, animals, whomever. It feels challenging and rewarding in a straightforward way that music doesn’t.
Hike, beach or long train ride?
Sailboat race.
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Café & Kosmos 11 September 2012
Ultra-cold neutrons to solve the mystery of antimatter
with Prof. Dr. Peter Fierlinger (Excellence Cluster Universe)
Our world owes its existence to a surprising breach of symmetry in the laws of nature: for each hundred million antimatter particles that were created during the first picoseconds after the Big Bang, there were one hundred million and one particles of matter, leaving a tiny surplus of matter after all the matter and antimatter particles annihilated, releasing energy.
How can one explain this asymmetry? A possible answer is found in the neutron. The neutron is electrically neutral, but could display a very small separation of electric charge within the neutron itself, called its electric dipole moment. The existence of this dipole has remained hypothetical until very recently.
At the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, FRM II), the Technische Universität München has built one of the world's most powerful sources of ultra-cold neutrons. Using it, physicists are now studying, with the highest possible precision, whether the neutron possesses an electric dipole moment.
At the Café & Kosmos, on 11 September 2012, Professor Peter Fierlinger (Excellence Cluster Universe) will discuss with visitors why antimatter has remained a mystery so far, and how the discovery of an electric dipole moment of the neutron would help to solve it.
Please note that the Café & Kosmos events take place in German.
What: Ultra-cold neutrons to solve the mystery of antimatter
When: 11 September 2012, 19:00 until approximately 20:30
Where: Vereinsheim, Occamstr. 8, 80802 München, near Münchener Freiheit
Café & Kosmos home page
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Vereinsheim, web page of the venue
Olivier Hainaut
Karl Schwarzschildstr. 2
85748 Garching bei München
Email: ohainaut@eso.org
Dr. Hannelore Hämmerle
MPI für extraterrestrische Physik
MPI für Astrophysik
Giessenbachstraße
Tel: +49 (89) 30 000 3980
Email: hannelore.haemmerle@mpe.mpg.de
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Ericsson expands relationship with Enitel in Nicaragua with ENGINE Multi-Service Network contract
Press release | Sep 26, 2002 | 13:29 (GMT +00:00)
"The expansion of our existing fixed network marks the second major contract signed with Ericsson recently," said Carlos Ramos, CEO of Enitel. "Nicaragua is experiencing a rapid change in the telecom sector, and Enitel is a key driver in the privatization and liberalization of the market. Our partnership with Ericsson, the leading telecom supplier, will enable us to build a multi-service network integrating ENGINE with our Ericsson GSM mobile system."
These networks will be interconnected using a SDH backbone and optical access transport solution as well as a microwave transmission access network also provided by Ericsson.
"We are very pleased to introduce ENGINE in Nicaragua together with Enitel," said Urban Gillström, President of Ericsson in Central America. "This not only reinforces Ericsson's position as the leading supplier of multi-service networks in Central America, but also strengthens our position as a leading mobile and broadband Internet communications supplier."
The fixed network will offer narrow and broadband services, including the POTS, ISDN, ADSL and SHDSL, with an initial capacity up to 50,000 users. The GSM network (announced on 12 July 2002) will have a capacity of 200,000 users, including services like voice and data (short message service), voicemail service, GSM Pro and prepaid platform.
"We look forward to continuing our strong partnership with Enitel, and we are proud to be a key partner in Enitel's plans to further develop telecommunications in the country," said Mats V. Otterstedt, General Manager for Ericsson Nicaragua.
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Candidates can activate their profile for viewing on the website. Thereby they can determine the scope of the information released and change the settings themselves via their candidate account at any time. The scope of information shown also depends on the type of account they opted for: free or paid. The activated profiles (short bio) can be viewed via the Executive Search Engine. Independently of the presentation on the search engine, we also present candidate profiles on the homepage, both by displaying candidate photos in the Royal Slider and through the special format iCEO of the week/month. Candidates who are selected as iCEO of the week/month will be notified by e-mail of the special presentation of their profile and can object to this at any time.
2.2.2 Presentation of articles, videos, etc.
Candidates can provide us with articles, success stories, white papers, e-books and videos to help us present their specific expertise, profile, etc. to potential customers. Upon the candidate's prior written consent, these articles and videos are promoted in conjunction with the candidate's profile through one or more of the following channels: Website, Female Executive Search powered by CEO-Worldwide Newsletter, Female Executive Search powered by CEO Worldwide Blog, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, RSS Feed, Xing and YouTube. The consent can be withdrawn at any time. In this case, we delete the content from all channels accessible to us. However, dissemination through social networks cannot guarantee that content will not be shared and thus be disseminated beyond our reach. Candidates who make their contents available for promotional activities will be informed on this risk before publication.
2.2.3 Promotion of job offers
We advertise open positions via our website as well as through an e-mail to pre-selected candidates using our matching tool. In some cases, we also advertise vacancies via our newsletter and the social networks Google+, LinkedIn, Xing, Facebook and Twitter. Thereby, Company and customer details are not being disclosed and we take utmost care to ensure that no conclusions can be drawn regarding the identity of the client.
2.2.4 Promotion of offers
If we receive your e-mail address in connection with an order and if you have not objected to this, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers from our range of products and services in accordance with Sect. 7(3) UWG.
You will receive these offers and service recommendations from us regardless of whether you have subscribed to a newsletter. In this way, we would like to inform you about the services we offer that may be of interest to you based on your recent business with us. If you do not wish to receive any service recommendations or any further advertising from us, you can object to this at any time. Notification in written form sent to the contact details provided under point 5 (e. g. e-mail, letter) is sufficient. Of course, you will also find an Unsubscribe link in every e-mail.
3. Duration of data storage
We store data as long as it is being used for the respective processing purposes (e. g. contract execution, warranty, advertising purposes) and for the fulfillment of commercial and tax-related retention provisions pursuant to Art. 6(1) lit. c DS-GVO and Section 257(1) HGB and Section 147(2) AO. Candidates who have not been placed may delete their data at any time. Data of candidates who have been placed as well as the associated customer data are subject to tax-related retention provisions.
4. Data transfer outside of the EU
Data processing is primarily carried out in France or in states of the European Union. The server of Female Executive Search powered by CEO Worldwide is located in the UK at Fasthosts (https://www.fasthosts.co.uk), the server of CEO Worldwide Ltd. is located at TAS (https://www.tasfrance.com/en) in France, where CEO Worldwide Ltd. was originally based. The data collected via the chat function is processed by the U.S. company SnapEngage. SnapEngage is compliant with the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (§9 of the SnapEngage Privacy Policy). If processing is planned in certain instances in third countries, this processing will only be carried out if the level of adequacy of data protection in the third country has been established by the EU Commission according to Art. 45 DS-GVO or based on EU standard contractual clauses. This does not apply to the transmission of data in the course of a recruitment process, if the customer has his registered office in a country whose adequacy of the level of data protection in the third country has not been determined by the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 45 DS-GMO. In this case, data will only be transferred by e-mail after prior clarification of the separate risks of the transfer and consent given.
5. Entity responsible for processing personal data
The entity responsible for processing personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation is CEO Worldwide Ltd, 9, Queens Yard – White Post Land, London E9 5EN, UK, represented by CEO Patrick Mataix. Email address: dataprotection@ceo-worldwide.com
6. The right of information, complaint, data correction, deletion, and portability
According to the Basic Data Protection Ordinance, you have the following rights:
to access your information and to receive information about its use
to have your information corrected and/or completed
to have your information deleted provided that the deletion does not contradict the fulfilment of the commercial and tax storage regulations according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DS-GVO and § 257 para. 1 HGB and § 147 para. 2 AO.
to restrict the use of your information
to receive your information in a portable format
to withdraw your consent to the use of your information
to complain to a supervisory authority
7. Information on your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 DS-GVO
For reasons arising out of your particular situation, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of any personal data relating to you, according to Art. 6(1) lit. f DS-GVO.
Moreover, you have the right to object to the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes.
Notification to this effect in written form sent to the contact information under point 5 (e. g. e-mail, letter) is sufficient.
We take technical and organizational measures to protect the privacy of the users of our website and the connected systems. To ensure the secure transmission of personal data, we use the TSL encryption protocol. This method is used successfully throughout the entire World Wide Web. All personal data (name, address, payment information, etc.) is encrypted and thus transmitted securely on the internet. You will recognize it by a symbol (closed padlock) in the window bar of your browser, indicating that you are currently located in a secure area.
When visiting our website, information is stored on your browser in the form of a cookie (small text files). This stores information pertaining to your use on the website (identifier ID, date of visit, etc.). With these cookies, we facilitate the use of our online offering through various service functions (for example the recognition of previous visits) and can thus tailor our internet offering to better suit your needs. Cookies from the following providers may be used:
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YouTube (Google)
You can prevent the storage of cookies and delete existing cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. The help function of most browsers explains how to make these settings. If you do not accept cookies, this might limit the service functionality of the internet offering. For this reason, we recommend leaving the cookie function switched on.
You will find comprehensive information on how to deactivate cookies on numerous browsers on the following websites: youronlinechoices , Network Advertising Initiative and / or Digital Advertising Alliance. There you also will find information on how to delete cookies from your computer as well general information on cookies:
9.1 Cloudflare
Cloudflare protects and accelerates our website. Cloudflare directs web traffic through an intelligent global network. This automatically optimizes the delivery of our website so that visitors get the shortest page load times and the best performance. It also blocks threats and prevents abusive bots and crawlers from depleting our bandwidth and server resources. In order to provide this service, Cloudflare places a cookie on your system and collects data such as IP address and timestamp.
Cloudflare is a U.S. company, Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107
For more information about Cloudflare's privacy policy, please visit the following web address : privacy@cloudflare.com
9.2 Google Adwords and Conversion Tracking
This website uses the “Google AdWords” online advertising program and Google AdWords conversion tracking. The conversion tracking cookie is stored when a user clicks on an ad displayed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked through AdWords advertisers' websites. The information gathered using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are informed of the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. They do not, however, receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can opt out of this usage by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie from your internet browser under User Settings. You will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics
Please go to the following internet address for more information on Google’s privacy policy: http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google, however, within member states of the European Union or other countries participating in the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website and internet use.
The IP address of your browser transmitted by Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all the functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
It must be noted that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()” and therefore IP addresses are processed only in shortened form to exclude a direct personal reference.
9.5 Google Webmastertools
The Google Webmaster tool provides information that helps us improve the visibility of our website in search engines. It enables us to view the amount of impressions our site generates in search engines within organic search results, by keyword or by page. We can also monitor the click rates from the search engine results pages though to our website. We may also use a XML Sitemap to help Google crawl our site, or to search for crawl errors and allow Google to notify us of technical problems, such as an increase of 404 (undetected) errors.
Webmaster Tools reports on how search engines interact with our website, while Google Analytics reports on how website users interact with our website.
9.6 YouTube
On our website, you will find embedded YouTube videos. When you view these videos on our site, YouTube places a cookie on your system. By doing so, YouTube stores the information that you have watched this video and uses this information to show you similar videos in your individual recommendation viewing list.
YouTube is a video streaming service of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA
For more information about Google's privacy policy, visit YouTube (Google): https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en
10. Server log files
The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in so-called
Server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
These data cannot be assigned to specific persons and are not being connected to other data sources.
We reserve the right to check these data, should we receive specific indications of illegal use.
11. Web fonts
This website uses external fonts, Google Fonts.
Google Fonts is a service of Google Inc. "("Google").
These web fonts are integrated by a server call, usually a Google server in the USA.
This transfers to the server which of our Internet pages you have visited.
The IP address of the browser of the visitor's terminal device is also stored by Google.
For more information, please see Google's Privacy Policy, which you can access here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB: Google Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
10. Social Plugins
Our website uses the social plugin ShareThis from ShareThis, Inc., 4005 Miranda Avenue, Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1227, USA.
All other icons of social media platforms (Google+, FB, Twitter, LinkedIn) are links, i.e. they are not anchored in our website via a plug-in code and do not collect any data via our website.
ShareThis provides a customizable social sharing tool, making sharing online content simple. You can easily share anything on the web with your friends on social sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Email, Digg, Reddit and more through one tool (“ShareThis Icon”). In addition to the sharing service offered directly to you, this technology also allows ShareThis to gather information regarding the browsing and sharing from those websites that use the ShareThis Icon. This enables ShareThis, Publishers, advertisers, and data partners to facilitate the delivery of relevant, targeted advertising, analytics, and data modeling based on social sharing.
For EU/EEA residents the cookies, IP addresses, device IDs etc. that ShareThis collects and processes are “personal data” according to European law (the GDPR or General Data Protection Regulation), ie defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”).
ShareThis promotes transparency and control for users as members of various self-regulatory programs.
ShareThis also participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. For more information, view the Privacy Shield policy: https://www.sharethis.com/privacy/
12 Functional PlugIn
12.1 SnapEngage
SnapEngage is a plug-in from SnapEngage, LLC, 1722 14th Street, Suite 220
Boulder, CO 80302, USA, which enables you and us to communicate directly via the chat on our website. This should make it as easy as possible for you to use our service and communicate with us at your convenience. As soon as you use the chat function, you share the data entered (email address, message) with SnapEngage. SnapEngage stores the data in accordance with the provisions of the DSG-VO for two years.
SnapEngage complies with the privacy provisions of the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement and is registered with the US Department of Commerce's Privacy Shields Program. (§9 of the SnapEngage Privacy Policy)
12.2 Clipchamp
Clipchamp's PlugIn allows you to record high-quality videos directly from your device and save them on your device or upload them directly to our YouTube channel. Videos are not routed through Clipchamp's servers, so Clipchamp has no access to your videos at any time.
More information about how the plugin works: https://help.clipchamp.com/collect/api-features/does-clipchamp-have-access-to-my-users-videos
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Mathas Tour Dates
Perth's multi-faceted and genre-bending rapper Mathas is certainly an artist that can't be pinned down by the rigid genre boundaries of hip-hop. The ferociously talented songwriter, producer, poet and performer brings you -Free Shit', the next installment and the fourth single to be taken from his highly-anticipated sophomore album Armwrestling Atlas, due for release in the second half of 2015.
Fellow Perth contemporary Mei Saraswati has been enlisted as guest vocalist, along with producer Ylem to create the cloud-like ambient spaces and warm, synthetic textures of -Free Shit', while lyrically, we journey through the mine-field of modern consumerism and its role in a child's upbringing:
'…there's a pretty impressive art in keeping us involved. Procuring and nurturing a consumer from the youngest age possible by whatever means necessary. From neurological study on infant reactions to sound and colour, to hosting brand-specific children's birthday parties at the company's expense, there are clever ways to warm our hearts to a brand's 'message" as a youngster and keep it relevant for the entirety of our lives.
Perhaps what a brand endeavours to be is something like an imaginary friend, that blanky you cuddle for comfort before all else. And what better way to secure trust in the relationship.. than to give you that free shit first?" – Mathas
Listen to 'Free Shit'
As one of the driving forces behind WA's 10 year strong music and art collective -The Community', Mathas is the kind of artist that is constantly observing, lifting the worlds' trapdoors and pointing out the cogs and inner working of our culture, which is evident in his lyrics and beats on previous singles -Nourishment' featuring Abbe May, -Doctorshopping', and -Stone Cold Sober'.
With the WAM Award for Urban Act of the Year from 2012, 2013 and 2014 under his belt, as well as being named as one of triple j's Next Crop Artists, Mathas has the world at his feet and to celebrate the release of -Free Shit', Mathas will be giving the track away via Bandcamp to participates by simply:
1. Uploading an image to Facebook/Twitter/Instagram of you donating something (can be anything)
2. Tagging @mathasofficial (Facebook) or @mathasasquatch (Twitter/ Instagram)
3. Including the hashtag #freeshit
October last year saw Mathas take his unique and mesmerising, solo live-show around the country in support of Joelistics on the Blue Volume Tour. It appears 2015 is looking to follow suit with the announcement of a national tour in support of The Funkoars this May.
Mathas May / June 2015 -Free Shit' Tour Dates
Friday 8th May – The TBC Club, Fortitude Valley - supporting The Funkoars
Saturday 9th May - Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta - supporting The Funkoars
Wednesday 13th May - Transit Bar, Canberra - supporting The Funkoars
Thursday 14th May - Workers Club, Melbourne - supporting The Funkoars
Friday 15th May - Workers Club, Melbourne - supporting The Funkoars
Thursday May 21st – Home Bass, Newtown Hotel Sydney NSW
Friday 22nd May - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle - supporting The Funkoars
Saturday 23rd May – Basement, Sydney - supporting The Funkoars
Friday 29th May - Prince of Wales, Bunbury - supporting The Funkoars
Saturday 30th May - Amplifier bar, Perth - supporting The Funkoars
Sunday May 31st - Rooftop Sessions, The Aviary Perth WA - supporting Coin Banks
Friday 12th June - The Gov, Adelaide (All Ages) - supporting The Funkoars
'Free Shit' is available now online from iTunes & streaming services through MGM Distribution.
facebook.com/MathasOfficial
mathas.bandcamp.com
youtube.com/MathasOfficial
twitter.com/Mathasasquatch
thecommunityrecords.bandcamp.com
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IT Science Case Study: Upgrading Tech on a Working Farm
eWEEK IT SCIENCE: A profitable and well-run 65-acre working farm badly needed a complete IT makeover, and Ricoh was the provider that stepped up and did it.
Here is the latest article in an eWEEK feature series called IT Science, in which we look at what actually happens at the intersection of new-gen IT and legacy systems.
Unless it’s brand new and right off various assembly lines, servers, storage and networking inside every IT system can be considered “legacy.” This is because the iteration of both hardware and software products is speeding up all the time. It’s not unusual for an app-maker, for example, to update and/or patch for security purposes an application a few times a month, or even a week. Some apps are updated daily! Hardware moves a little slower, but manufacturing cycles are also speeding up.
These articles describe new-gen industry solutions. The idea is to look at real-world examples of how new-gen IT products and services are making a difference in production each day. Most of them are success stories, but there will also be others about projects that blew up. We’ll have IT integrators, system consultants, analysts and other experts helping us with these as needed.
Today’s Topic: Upgrading IT Without Mortgaging the Farm Itself
Name the problem to be solved: Battlefield Farms, Inc., a 65-acre diverse plant production farm, needed an innovative IT infrastructure technology overhaul to eliminate its legacy system headaches and open up time for business transformation. The solution put in place needed to rectify the fact that the farm had:
no backup and disaster recovery;
insufficient network switches and old servers;
outdated email, internet and phone infrastructure with not nearly enough gigabytes of space;
slow and spotty Wi-Fi connections that hampered scanning and billing practices; and
an IT services partner that was slow to respond to questions and service requests.
This indeed was a legacy system that badly needed a jump start with new technology.
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That's not all: The farm also needed a system that could help admins to know and breakdown the costs for growing every single crop on its farm, while keeping all the farm’s computer systems running smoothly.
Describe the strategy that went into finding the solution: Bob Haynes, Battlefield Farms software technology manager, used his background in software technology to accomplish a two-fold mission:
first, to find a company that could help him realize his dream of implementing an enterprise–wide ERP system that would reveal every cost that goes into growing every plant;
second, to rebuild the IT infrastructure to ensure everything from backup systems to data storage servers to Wi-Fi and phone systems were all up to date and ensuring maximum efficiencies.
List the key components in the solution: Ricoh IT made a plan and installed:
new servers in a virtual environment: Due to the company’s remote location, there wasn't enough bandwidth to support a cloud solution, so Ricoh IT found a workaround that could achieve the needed performance;
new, faster network switches;
new phone and Internet systems, utilizing network and partner relationships to create a workaround to the remote location bandwidth issue that was a fraction of the original fiber loop installation estimate cost of $700,000; and
used a heat map to determine the most efficient access points for Wi-Fi placement, cutting the estimated number installed in half, from 6 to 3.
In addition, Ricoh IT provided 24/7 monitoring services to keep all stations up and running along with once-a-month virtual CIO services for addressing problems and potential upgrades.
Describe how the deployment went, how long it took, and if it came off as planned: Battlefield Farms only has two weeks of downtime every year, so Ricoh IT tackled each problem one at a time, once a year. In total, to ensure the least amount of down time to Battlefield Farms business, it took four years to implement the noted changes. The team is now talking about ways to move the backup solution that Haynes installed shortly after joining Battlefield Farms offsite and are also looking to migrate to Microsoft Office 365 to use the Ricoh hosted platform and take advantage of existing licenses to reduce costs.
Describe the result, new efficiencies gained, and what was learned from the project: By conducting a network analysis of Battlefield Farm's Wi-Fi environment, the company reduced its expected wireless upgrade costs from $20,000 to $10,000—a 50 percent cost savings. Now, the shipping area has reliable coverage with just three wireless access points. Bills of lading from cart scans are now accurate on the first attempt, saving time and labor costs and eliminating chargebacks from retailers.
Phone and internet service has been drastically improved without costing Battlefield Farms a proposed $700,000 to install a fiber loop to the main office because of its remote location. Overall, the company has significantly improved its IT infrastructure, has a partner for navigating IT issues that occasionally arise and is able to plan for future improvements.
Most significant to Haynes, the relationship with Ricoh IT has allowed him to focus on his main mission: implementing an ERP system to track everything from planning to shipping to invoicing. With the ERP system nearly finished, the company will soon be able to input all of its data into one system and know precisely what it costs to produce each plant.
"Since Ricoh took our IT headaches away, we've been able to focus on implementing a much-needed ERP solution to track everything we do—from planning to shipping to invoicing—all in the same system," Haynes said.
Describe ROI, carbon footprint savings and staff time savings: By making Ricoh a trusted partner, Battlefield Farms realized a reduction of estimated Wi-Fi upgrade costs by 50% and were saved from spending an estimated $700,000 on a fiber loop install to improve phone and Internet services. By having cost-effective, more efficient Wi-Fi, phone and internet, processes and employee labor are all running smoother, showing a general bottom-line savings. This sets up a better environment for the forthcoming ERP system to create even more companywide savings.
If you have a suggestion for an eWEEK IT Science article, email cpreimesberger@eweek.com.
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Yuichiro Munakata
EY Japan Area Assurance Deputy Leader
Audit and compliance professional. Accountant. Experienced in working with tech, media and telcom companies. Eager to inspire.
Areas of focus Assurance
Yuichiro is our Japan Area Deputy Assurance Leader, responsible for overall assurance operation, finance, talent and quality. He has served as Technology, Media and Telecommunications Leader and Global Client Service Partner for a number of clients. Recently, Yuichiro was the Japan Area Accounts Leader and a member of Global Accounts Committee.
Yuichiro has worked mainly on US GAAP/GAAS audits for Japanese multination companies since joining us in 1989. Promoted to partner of EY member firm in 2000 while on a three-year secondment in New York, Yuichiro is a Certified Public Accountant in Japan and in the US (Oregon) and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
How Yuichiro is building a better working world
Yuichiro is eager to build collaboration between Japan and the rest of the globe. Building a better working world is a priority for Yuichiro, and that begins with his commitment to instilling in our workforce increased trust and confidence in business, sustainable growth, development of talent in all its forms, and greater collaboration.
Contact Yuichiro
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LumaSense Acquires Mikron Infrared
SANTA CLARA, CA /MARKET WIRE/ -- LumaSense Technologies Inc., a leading provider of sensing solutions, announced it has closed the acquisition of Mikron Infrared, a leader in the field of infrared noncontact temperature measurement and thermal imaging since 1969.
"We are excited to have closed the acquisition successfully," said Vivek Joshi, CEO of LumaSense Technologies. "This acquisition significantly expands LumaSense's solutions portfolio, as we grow our business in the clean technology, energy, and medical markets. The addition of Mikron further enables LumaSense to address an industry demanding better quality solutions, comprehensive global service and support, and the highest levels of price for performance."
Mikron represents the fourth acquisition LumaSense has made since 2005. LumaSense's strategy is to acquire leading companies with innovative technology and products and gain significant opportunities for synergies in research and development, manufacturing, and marketing and sales to realize scale and global reach for its customers. The company provides solutions and services in fiber-optic and noncontact temperature measurement, thermal imaging, infrared temperature calibration services, gas analysis, and emissions monitoring to thousands of customers around the world.
"Mikron's acquisition by LumaSense provides a unique opportunity to be part of a broader-based sensor technology–focused organization," said Gerry Posner, President and CEO of Mikron. "The similarities of our distribution channels, coupled with the complementary nature of our product portfolios will be a great asset as we grow our business."
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin acted as Mikron's financial advisor and Arent Fox LLP acted as legal advisor to Mikron. Jones Day acted as LumaSense Technologies' legal advisor, and Comerica provided debt financing to LumaSense.
About LumaSense Technologies Inc.
LumaSense Technologies is a global leader in providing quality sensor instrumentation to the clean technology, medical, and energy markets. LumaSense is an operating company with a strategy to acquire other leading sensor instrumentation companies serving similar customers with complementary technologies and products. LumaSense's acquisitions are industry pioneers with hundreds of global customers: Luxtron Corporation—fiber-optic temperature measurement sensors; Innova AirTech Instruments—trace gas monitoring and analysis; Andros—nondispersive and dispersive infrared gas analysis; Mikron Infrared—noncontact temperature measurement, thermal-imaging systems, and blackbody calibration instruments. LumaSense is backed by Oak Investment Partners, a leading multistage venture capital firm with a 28-year history, and DFJ Element, a leading venture capital investor in clean technology.
About Mikron
Mikron Infrared Inc. has been an innovative leader in the field of infrared noncontact temperature measurement since 1969. The company is an innovative provider of infrared noncontact temperature solutions for applications in the steel, glass, petroleum, chemistry, food and beverage, glass, medical, power, semiconductor, and security industries. Mikron also offers experience in many different thermal applications, specialized software, and custom camera configurations.
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Volusion streamlines payment with Apple Pay, Buy Now
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Volusion customers will now have the benefit of Apple Pay and the Buy Now button. (Apple)
Small business e-commerce platform Volusion has launched Apple Pay and a Buy Now button for its business partners. Now, merchants that sell on Volusion can pass onto their customers the seamless payment integration from Apple devices, which allows consumers to skip entering payment and shipping information after every digital transaction.
Plus, using Apple Pay will add an extra layer of security, as actual card numbers are not secured on a shopper's device or Apple servers.
RELATED: Apple's HomePod opens new doors for retailers
“In our daily conversations with the merchants we serve, we’ve learned that seamless and secure payment options are top priority, and we are happy to announce that Volusion merchants can now provide Apple Pay as an option to meet that need,” said Kevin Sproles, CEO and founder of Volusion. “We know merchants using Apple Pay see two-to-five-times higher conversion at checkout compared to other payment options and see more than 50% faster checkout times. We are excited to be able to provide this for our merchants and their customers.”
In addition, Volusion unveiled the integration of Apple's Buy Now button, which allows customers to go directly to their cart to purchase the product with Apple Pay. The button eliminates the extra step involved in adding an item to the cart and then going to the billing page.
"We are constantly talking to our founders about how we can provide the best experience for them and their customers," Sproles told FierceRetail. "We know the checkout process is absolutely integral when it comes to making a sale, which is why we were excited to work with Apple to provide both Apple Pay and the Buy with Apple Pay button for our merchants."
RELATED: Apple Pay catching up to PayPal
Sproles said that the timing for a partnership was perfect as Volusion was on a continued quest to add more payment options for merchants and their customers.
Earlier in 2017, Volusion announced the second version of its e-commerce software and wanted to add more payment options to this upgraded version.
"The security and privacy of Apple Pay also motivated our choice to work with them in order to provide these features for payment options for customers," he added.
Sproles said that the partnership with Apple will only continue to grow as Apple’s ecosystem of technology and products has a significant impact on both the founders and the shoppers Volusion works with.
"V2 is a very mobile-focused platform, and we absolutely plan to work closely with Apple to take full advantage of everything that they offer that we feel will add value to the experiences for both groups," he said. "We are seeing measurable success and results for customers who have either transitioned to V2 or started on the new version of our platform as a new customer. We plan to develop numerous integrations and new applications this year for our platform, similar to this announcement."
digital payments Volusion
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Why “Captain America: Civil War” Depends on “Ant-Man’s” Success
Posted by Pooya | May 13, 2015 | Features | 0 |
Avengers: Age of Ultron has come, conquered the box office and gone. With one huge property in the MCU’s rear view, marvel fans are left salivating and wildly speculating as to what’s going to happen next.
Of course, next in queue is “Ant-Man” starring Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym. (Note: if you want to read more about how I think “Ant-Man” will fit into the MCU, then click here.) But, as a standalone film with no signs of Avenger cameo’s, that won’t bring audiences the Team-based big action seen in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” With that said, the next big team event will be the highly anticipated “Captain America: Civil War.” Recently, Marvel announced that production was beginning on said “Captain America: Civil War” as well as announcing the sizable (and growing) list of talent involved.
As more and more information is revealed, the third installment in the Captain America trilogy (so far) is starting to look a lot more like Avengers 2.1. That is not to say the film won’t be amazing, but this is going to be an epic and direction changing film for the MCU, and based solely on the synopsis, it will heavily focus on the fallout post “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
“Captain America: Civil War” picks up where “Avengers: Age of Ultron” left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.
So with recent reports of Paul Rudd being on the growing list of superheroes to grace the screen in Cap 3, what does this mean for “Ant-Man” and his MCU longevity? To start things off, if you are familiar with the “Civil War” comic arc, then you know that in the comics the crisis heavily focused on the secret identities of our embattled heroes. Obviously, the first conclusion that will be drawn is that the MCU’s adaptation will step away from this, as all our core heroes are already out of the Super-Closet. The second, is that some new conflict or “system,” as marvel has phrased it, will be the catalyst that forces former allies to face-off on just ‘how’ to protect the world.
This is where “Ant-Man,” and another yet to be introduced hero, could come into play.
“I know, it wasn’t my idea.”
I get that audiences haven’t heard much from Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang, given that all we get in the trailer are a few one-liners about his hero-handle. I’ll even be the first to admit that I am not too thrilled with the direction the MCU seems to be taking with this fundamental Avenger property, but that is neither here nor there. What we do learn in the “Ant-Man” trailer is a good deal about Scott Lang and how he could potentially be MCU’s key to the current secret identity-less Civil War. Although I have compared Ant-Man to Ironman in the past, Lang’s involvement in Civil War and beyond opens up the potential for a non-billionaire, low-profile and non-celebrity status hero to bring the double life aspect into the MCU. With the exception of the abridged Hawkeye backstory in the 2nd Avengers film, Ant-Man is the only other parent (single-parent at that). This gives Lang much more to lose if the wrong people ever find out his true identity. Unlike the more high-profile Avenger’s, Ant-Man is a complete unknown, a reformed petty thief who is allotted an amazing opportunity from a former hero (I think… if the MCU even chooses to credit Pym as the 1st Ant-Man).
The question that remains is will Ant-Man prove to be a worthy candidate as Marvel’s first and only undercover leading hero?
Marvel Studios’ presentation last fall made audiences shriek with excitement as they confirmed Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther being brought into the fold. If Black Panther is anything like his comic book namesake, then we know he is one person whose entire LIFE is shrouded in secrecy. That includes his off the grid, yet technologically advanced, home nation of Wakanda. But just like in the comics, Black Panther’s involvement will be uncertain as he generally operates for the greater good of his country, the Avengers team sometimes coming in second. It will be very interesting to see how the MCU will integrate Black Panther, and how willing the Wakandan Royal will be to join team Avengers.
Given the platform of his own feature film, Ant-Man will likely be a very important aspect of leading the MCU to a place that makes sense for Civil War. I am by no means saying that Ant-Man will be the next Tony Stark or Captain America figure for the Avengers, but I think he will be playing an integral role in building up to a breaking point. Obviously this is all contingent upon how Peyton Reed’s film is received by the gargantuan MCU fanbase, but the potential is there.
“Ant-Man” (2015)
With that being said, I am not certain on two things. One, if “Ant-Man” fails to meet fan expectations and flops, not only will marvel have it’s first phase 3 black eye but also have to re-think the future Avengers lineup. Two, judging solely from the trailer, “Ant-Man” has a more comedic and light-hearted tone (even at the action peaks – i.e. Thomas the Tank Engine/ Yellow Jacket de-railment scene) which may pose a hurdle for transitioning Lang to the the expectedly darker Civil War.
What do you think? Will Ant-Man be the future of the Avengers, or will he remain an unknown joe like Scott Lang? We wanna know, so let us know in the comments below.
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High hopes for fire and ambulance service link
A partnership between ambulance staff and firefighters was launched recently with five fire stations trialling co-responding in Suffolk.
Operational fire crews in Suffolk are now set to begin a scheme in which firefighters will respond to certain medical emergencies within their communities.
The scheme sees Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) working in partnership with the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).
Five fire stations from across Suffolk have been selected to take part in the trial. Sudbury, Long Melford, Haverhill, Lowestoft South and Felixstowe, will provide a total of nine appliances for the trial, which runs until February 2017.
Under the scheme these fire stations will respond with EEAST to cardiac arrest incidents to provide potentially lifesaving interventions. Firefighters, along with paramedics and community first responders will be deployed to these incidents.
To date, around 100 operational firefighters, crew and watch commanders have been selected to enter the trial, with nine appliances in Suffolk providing a medical response to some of the busiest areas in the county for these types of incidents.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service crews are already trained in providing lifesaving treatment, with appliances already carrying defibrillators and trauma bags, but have now received additional training from EEAST, as well as being provided with additional lifesaving equipment to ensure patients receive a consistent level of treatment from all responders attending cardiac arrests.
The training given to firefighters will enable them to provide treatment to patients alongside ambulance and community co-responder colleagues. EEAST ambulance and medical crews are always assigned to attend these priority incidents and will continue to do so.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service assistant chief fire officer Dan Fearn said: “The scheme is part of a national trial and Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is positive and ambitious about continuing our collaboration journey with blue light partners in the county in order to ensure we are doing all that we can to protect and assist the communities of Suffolk when in need.
“We have fantastic departments and teams right across the Service and this trial will see crews utilising in many cases, years of operational experience and expertise in dealing with life critical incidents.
“I would like to extend my thanks to all of those involved from both organisations for their hard work and professionalism in making this trail possible.”
Matthew Hicks, Suffolk’s County Council’s cabinet member for environment and public protection said: This trial further demonstrates the services commitment to collaboration and improving the service we provide to the communities of Suffolk. The multi-agency project team, comprising of Blue Light responders, representative bodies and service specialists have engaged fully with the concept of co-responding, and it is great to see Suffolk continuing with its track record of improvement, innovation and collaboration.”
Wendy Risdale-Barrs, regional Blue Light Collaboration lead, said: “We already work closely with 999 colleagues and this is an extension of our partnership to help patients with an immediately life-threatening condition.
“Building on the collaborative work already undertaken through community first response (CFR), public access defibrillation and RAF co-response schemes, we also believe co-response schemes can add significantly to our ability to respond to patients quickly and start basic life support. We know that the quicker someone starts CPR and gets a defibrillator to a patient in cardiac arrest the better chance they have of surviving.”
We'd really like to hear what you think of these hugely important issues - the topics are central to the lives of all the people working in the emergency services - and beyond. Come along to FIRE’s Congress: Reimagining the Emergency Services: From integrated governance to integrated service delivery will take place at West Midlands Fire Service HQ on November 15. Have your say on the changes that are happening in your service.
Source of story: http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/
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Biomass Project Analysis: Access To Feedstock Key Driver Of Sustainable Growth
Fitch Solutions / Energy & Natural Resources / Global / Fri 31 May, 2019
The data collated in our Renewables Key Projects Database (KPD) informs a number of our views on the key trends in the global biomass power market. We will highlight some key takeaways for the sector as follows.
Access to Feedstock Key Driver
We highlight that access to biomass feedstock – such as residue from agriculture or woody and forestry industries – will be a key driver of sustainable biomass power generation growth. Markets with high agriculture production will have the most substantial biomass potential, and we believe that these countries will leverage on their respective agricultural industries to boost power generation.
Top Five Biomass Markets in the World
Total Installed Biomass Capacity by Country, MW, 2019f
f = Fitch Solutions forecast. Source: IRENA, National Sources, Fitch Solutions
Data from our KPD supports our view, as Cuba continues to dominate the biomass project pipeline with a total of 22 projects in the planning stage. We expect Cuba to leverage the bagasse residues from the country's substantial sugar production industry in order to boost power generation over the coming decade. This supports the government’s high ambitions to increase the share of biomass-fired generation from 4% in 2018 to 14% by 2030, and for the biomass sector to play a key role in Cuban power expansion plans. At present, sugar cane bagasse alone accounts for almost 86% of renewable energy generation in the country. In addition, we highlight that Cuba will also aim to incinerate marabu feedstock - an invasive plant - in order to boost power generation and clear land.
Cuba Dominates Biomass Project Pipeline
Total Number of Biomass Projects in the Pipeline, by Country
Source: Fitch Solutions Key Projects Database
In addition, we note that several markets are heavily reliant on biomass feedstock imports for its biomass-powered plants, and feedstock availability will be a growing concern for the sector as it expands. For example, UK is dependent on wood pellet imports from the United States, while Japan is increasingly reliant on wood pellet imports from Canada and palm kernel shells (PKS) feedstock from palm oil production in Malaysia and Indonesia. This further feeds into our view that continued access remains key to sustaining long-term growth in the sector, and that import-dependent markets are likely to face downside risks over the longer term. Furthermore, we note that the initial biomass capacity boom in these two markets were fuelled by strong subsidy supports from the government, both of which are now being phased off. Hence, growth in these two markets will slow over the next decade as it becomes increasingly unattractive after the existing backlog of projects progresses.
Feedstock Import-Dependent Markets to Slow
UK and Japan - Total Biomass Capacity (MW) and Generation Growth (% y-o-y)
e/f = Fitch Solutions estimate/forecast. Source: EIA, IRENA, National Sources, Fitch Solutions
Asia to Lead Long Term Growth
We highlight that there will be substantial growth in the biomass sector in the Asia region despite a lack of projects captured in the database. In general, Asia’s large agricultural nature (as a percentage of GDP) and rapidly expanding power demand offers significant growth opportunities for biomass generation. The increasingly supportive regulatory environment and financial incentives for the sector will also aid in its growth and development over the next decade. That said, this growth is supported by more distributed small-scale capacities or via co-firing from existing coal plants, which is not captured in our database.
We believe co-firing holds particular long-term promise given the region's high reliance on coal generation amid the increasing concerns about climate change and pollution. For example, we forecast India to be one of the fastest-growing biomass power markets in the world over the next decade, to reach slightly under 90TWh of biomass generation by 2028 although there are limited projects registered in our KPD. This is supported by the largest stated-owned utility National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)’s announcement to blend crop residues with the coal it incinerates for power generation in all its coal-based plants. We expect that the Indian government will take firmer steps to leverage such waste in power generation, particularly as it has been estimated that the country as a whole produces close to 550mn tonnes of crop residue on an annual basis. This is similarly the case for Malaysia and Indonesia, where the large palm oil industry has supported its biomass generation growth, either via co-firing with PKS or the use of blended biofuels from palm oil production.
Biomass Generation by Region, TWh
e/f = Fitch Solutions estimate/forecast. Source: EIA, National Sources, Fitch Solutions
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23 True Blood Stars Share Crazy Behind-the-Scenes Stories
In honour of the campy vampire drama’s final season (airing Sundays on HBO Canada), we chatted with the cast about their craziest scenes, strangest sightings and other memorable moments from Bon Temps. Warning: spoilers ahead for those not caught up to the current season!
Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Nicole Wright, Sam's baby-mama)
What was the audition process like? I auditioned from my in-laws' basement in Detroit. My husband and I were visiting for Christmas. On my audition tape you can hear running water, my nephew crying upstairs and the water heater kept coming on…it was a hot mess. What was the scariest thing that you've shot on the series? Working with the wolves from Alcide's pack. They're actually real wolves! It’s no joke: they're howling and everything. So being chased by them is pretty scary. Who is your favourite True Blood character (other than your own) and why? Pam and Lafeyette are incredible. They are brutally honest which I love. What is the funniest thing you've seen on set? What is the weirdest thing you've seen on set? Whenever someone gets "the toad" on set it's hilarious. It’s a laminated toad that you receive if your cell phone goes off, if you're late, or mess up production in any way. If you could be any of the fantastical creatures from the series—vampire, faerie, werewolf, goddess, maenad, witch, shapeshifter—which would it be and why? I mean, c'mon, everyone wants to be a vampire. They're so badass. Are you friends with any of your castmates? We’re all pretty silly. Let’s just say Karolina and I can do a mean dance routine to Madonna's "Express Yourself."
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Those Pesky Amish Criminals
May 26, 2011 by Kristen Michaelis CNC 74 Comments | Affiliate Disclosure
The Amish are known for their forgiving, peaceful, buggy-driving, agrarian ways. To those of us who buy raw milk, the Amish are also some of our least expensive, neighborly suppliers. But criminal? That’s not usually a word we’d use to describe them.
So what brought armed members from three separate government agencies to raid the Pennsylvania farm of Amish farmer Dan Allgyer in the pre-dawn last month? What had them doing a year-long undercover investigation to gather incriminating evidence? Is he a subversive supplier of arms or drugs to the seedy criminal underbelly of Washington D.C.?
Nah. He’s just a farmer selling his milk. Selling it in it’s — GASP! — raw, unpasteurized form.
In this op-ed piece for the Washington Times, Baylen J. Linnekin writes:
The sting operation against Mr. Allgyer’s Rainbow Acres Farm has touched a nerve around the country and across the ideological divide. Mr. Allgyer’s customers – including a soccer mom I know – are outraged. Former Sen. Fred Thompson, Tennessee Republican, took to Twitter recently to blast the raid, calling it a waste of time and resources and mockingly suggesting the FDA would do better to shut down the “many unlicensed lemonade stands” operating around the country. Author David Gumpert, writing at the left-of-center environmental website Grist, wondered whether those who took part in the raid felt “remorse or shame” over this “official effort to deprive people of food.” On May 11, Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, introduced H.R. 1830, the Unpasteurized Milk Bill, which would end the FDA’s ban and permit the sale of raw milk across state lines.
The FDA banned the interstate sale of raw milk in 1987 and has since declared that if such regulation were within its power, it would ban the sale of raw milk altogether. Rather than debate the merits or pitfalls of raw milk, I’d like to share a point Mr. Linnekin made in his op-ed:
Many critics question why the agency concerns itself with raw milk. After all, virtually any food can conceivably contain harmful pathogens – including beef, poultry, pork, seafood, fruits and vegetables. Yet the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) permit the overwhelming majority of these products to be sold in their raw forms. For example, the USDA, which regulates beef, pork and poultry, permits their sale in raw and cooked forms. The FDA, which regulates seafood and eggs, likewise permits those to be sold raw or cooked.
Pathogens are hardly unique to raw food. Just last week, the USDA warned about the risks posed by eating pre-cooked deli meat. The USDA went so far as to urge at-risk populations such as the elderly not to eat sliced turkey, roast beef and other lunch meats unless they first reheat the meat to a “steaming hot” 165 degrees, according to USDA spokesman Neil Gaffney.
Like deli meat, raw foods aren’t some niche market, and buying food in its raw form doesn’t make one part of some underground movement. Anyone who has ever brought home a dozen eggs from a grocer’s shelves has purchased raw food. And once a consumer brings any food home, it’s up to the consumer – not the government – to decide how (or if) he or she wants to cook the food. The notion that the government would ban raw chicken, beef or eggs – or deli meat, for that matter – from store shelves may seem ludicrous. Seen in this context, the current raw milk ban is no less absurd.
Typically, debates about raw milk’s legality deteriorate into statistic wars with each side touting numbers to backup their claims about the health, safety, or risk involved with consuming raw milk. Many also start arguing about anecdotal evidence and scientific studies proving the benefits of raw dairy. But the point that gets lost in all the kerfuffle — the point that Mr. Linnekin made — is that the FDA has no business prohibiting the sale of raw milk when they won’t also prohibit the sale of other, more dangerous, raw foods (like spinach!). Furthermore, if we think it’s ludicrous to ban the sale of raw eggs, why don’t we also think it’s equally as ludicrous to ban the sale of raw milk? What business is it of the FDA’s how we choose to cook (or not cook) our food in the privacy of our own home?
If a warning label on eggs and other raw foods is considered a sufficient means to protect the public, why isn’t a similar warning label on raw milk also considered sufficient? Why must its sale be entirely banned?
Questions. Questions. I’ve still not heard a reasonable answer to these questions.
Have you?
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Alisa Espo Lucash via Facebook says
I hate the FDA. They can just go suck it.
Vivian R Palmer Harvey via Facebook says
to hell with the FDA!
Jamison Pollitt via Facebook says
The amish are criminals. freaking puppy murders. screw the amish. I don’t care if I agree with them on this, they’ll never get my support
Mary Virginia says
Agreed. They are not all the peaceful loving types you think. Some Amish communites allow these mills and they are the cruelest puppy millers out there. And the fedeal govt gives that a pass rather than step in to a religious quandry. But they are Americans and should abide by the laws. Mills are legal unfortunately, but cruelty to animals is not. They overwork their horses too. Don’t understand that type of Christian thinking.
Those computers you’re on were probably built by Asian children, so maybe dial back the self-righteousness a tad.
Ann Williams Thomas says
Could you post some links to reliable sources (e.g. mainstream media) about the puppy mills and horses? Thanks!
I do not believe one has the right to call him/her- self a true Christian if they do not also claim the title of environmentalist and animal activist. We were placed here as stewards of this world. Yes, we were made to “use” animals, but we were also created to care for them…. I, too, do not understand the thinking of these cruel “Christians”.
Jan Steinman says
Uhm, you guys forgot to put the little smiley face after your joking remarks. Or you forgot to document your allegations. The former is a mistake of omission, the latter is a sin of commission called “libel.”
You are obviously missing the point. Do you eat meat? If so why is it okay to kill one animal and not another? If you do not eat meat puppies do. Anyway, aside from the fact that Amish live in a way that does not leave a huge carbon footprint and they are probably all more honest and caring then you or I, the point is that the government is corrupt, far more corrupt then the Amish will ever be. They raise their cows on grass and the people who are buying milk from those “puppy killers” are preventing the horrid abuse to factory famed animals by supplying humane dairy. If you are so simple that you can not see how wrong this is then you are part of the problem this country has.
Not to mention the fact these people do actually take care of their horses they need them and they work together. They need the animals to work for them just as they work very hard everyday. Just because you think hard work is torture doesn’t mean it is. It would do you good to get out there and work as farmers do.
Muneeza Akhtar Ahmed via Facebook says
Cos its a health food in a raw state.. whereas folks are more averse to eating meat and eggs raw and those are not necessarily ‘health’ foods in a raw state. Milk is different. Veggies are not all raw – those coming in from overseas are irradiated. Anything that creates ‘health’ is a bad thing for business.
I eat raw eggs and consider them a health food as do many people! Some people even eat raw meat and raw fish in the form of sushi is quite common.
For veggies also, their ‘state’ would change if they were cooked so it just wouldn’t work for public consumption. Milk can be cooked and cooled back down, it still looks the same as uncooked milk.
Wayne Clingman via Facebook says
The now have the power to Seize crops without a warrant for how they are grown. Will YOU use force to protect your property?
mickey says
That’s an interesting question. Technically I cannot grow anything on my property and consume it nor can I give it away.
lol there are more greenhouses here than I have ever seen. I wonder which of my neighbors or I will be in jail for growing non GM food and eating it.
Yep, they can “warrantless” seize anything in my state, thanks to our Supreme Court.
Nikki Heeren Schoeny via Facebook says
agreed with Jamison! I won’t support the Amish either.
Cecilia Gomez via Facebook says
Because they are getting paid by the dairy industry to criminalize normal milk so the can sell their pasteurized crap.
Christine Fitzpatrick via Facebook says
I prefer the raw milk over the processed stuff! You can do more with the raw milk!
You can make butter, etc. It also is richer and creamer.
Yep and only takes about 15 minutes.
Melinda Todd via Facebook says
Who knows. This is what people used to LIVE on! Our govt has too many hands in their pockets to make reasonable decisions.
Christene LeDoux via Facebook says
There is a bad, bad strain of Ecoli around these parts at the moment, form raw veggies. I live in Austria but something like 80 people in Germany (about 1.5 hours from us in Munich) are sick + 4 dead.
Yes there were deaths, but they were never actually tied to any one produce or item. They never got it tracked down to anything. I personally think it was planted on the differant produces to inflict purposeful injury and fear. Oh, mighty all protecting government please protect us from this dangerous food. Please irradiate the food to make it safe for us all !!!!!(Give me a break you lousy FDA and USDA )
Wayne, yes I would use force, this isn’t Russia. We pay our taxes and are contantly robbed by the idiots in our govt. I like the organic idea but don’t eat organic alot due to the cost. We are growing our own fruit and veggies and hopefully meat so we will be less dependent on the commercialized foods.
AJ says
I read a new story almost everyday about yet another abuse of power by our government. Sooner or later, folks will get fed up enough with this police state BS that they’re gonna start shooting. Too bad it has to be that way, but it seems like they’re (gov) never going to stop pushing.
Justin Horstman via Facebook says
I have drank nothing but raw milk my whole life and have never been sick. The health benefit of raw milk is simply amazing. Pasteurizing milk ruins all those benefits.
Jessica Colacuori Witmer via Facebook says
b/c it’s good for you.
Nikki Tucker via Facebook says
Idk..but this is starting to get crazy! Doesn’t the government have anything else better to do? smh….
Food Renegade via Facebook says
@Nikki — My thoughts, too. It’s such a waste of government resources.
Absolutely! ;(
Michael Andrade via Facebook says
As is usually the case in life, the answer is simple, but is made to appear complex in order to hide the truth. The FDA is protecting the american dairy industry by going after raw milk producers. Why? Again, it’s very simple – the raw milk that is being produced by these small farms is lightyears ahead of the swill that is passed off as milk by the american dairy industry, as far as nutrition and quality is concerned. If consumers start demanding raw milk, the american dairy industry will not be able to supply it because THEIR milk would be extremely DANGEROUS to consume raw. So they’re using the FDA to get rid of the competition.
Chris Moore via Facebook says
The real criminals are the FDA who only use regulations to strong arm small farmers and the producers of real, whole foods instead of regulating the pharamaceutical and big agribusinesses that create the non franken-foods.
I firmly beleive that the FDA is the most corrupt federal agency in existence today.
amy @ life with soul says
here here.
@Michael — It seems surreal to me that the dairy industry would feel at all threatened by small raw milk producers who represent less than 1% of the industry. Yes, if raw milk grew in popularity to the point where a large % of milk drinkers wanted to consume it, the dairy industry would certainly be threatened financially. They’d either have to adapt or go out of business. But right now? I just don’t see it. Plus, many raw milk drinkers aren’t even “competition.” They’re people who, for health or taste reasons, couldn’t drink industrial milk but find they can drink raw milk.
lol we all used to drink raw milk. My mom skimmed the cream off the top for her coffee and we drank the rest.
@Food Renegade: it is not a 1% intrusion into market share that bothers the industrial dairy system, it’s the notion that there could possibly be any difference among what the dairy cartel considers a homogenous commodity.
The dairy cartel operates as a state-protected monopoly. Enabled by such health regulations, virtually every dairy in the country is forced to sell their milk, at a pre-determined price, through the local milk marketing board, who sets the prices and who allocates production quotas to the various dairies, who pay a certain amount per cow for the right to sell their milk through the cartel.
In other words, the current dairy cartel works because it has an absolute lock on production. Anything less than 100% represents a failure of their system, which is based on homogeneity — if anyone is allowed to sell a product that is “different,” then the entire system falls apart, because the current system is based upon the notion that all milk is milk, that there is no difference between any of it.
Now you have these upstarts who claim their milk is somehow “better.” Consumers start to ask questions, and pretty soon the cartel falls apart. It’s the same with all cartels, from diamonds to petroleum. Imagine what would happen if consumers had a choice of buying “dirty” tar sands gasoline instead of less-dirty Light Texas Intermediate. The petro-cartel can never allow such a thing!
It’s not just raw milk they are targeting. It’s local food production in general. It is one of the goal’s of global government to totally dominate the food supply. Just look at Monsanto’s manipulation of the seed industry (especially overseas).
Yes, and even poor little Haitti tried to stand up and say they didn’t want any of our GM food. This GM stuff has ruined our soil and the eco system. Not that I like mice, but I rarely see any any more and I live surrounded by fields.
FDA didn’t ban diet drinks when reports say that it makes one infertile, did it? Some protector we have.
Andy says
Agree 100% with Michael, it’s all about the dairy industry, and has nothing to do with the supposed health risks. From a good farmer, the health risks are very minimal at best. I switched a little over a year ago and will never go back.
We need to support the bill Ron Paul recently introduced in Congress to remove the ridiculous restrictions on raw milk.
HR-1830, to be precise. You can express your support via the Farm To Consumer Legal Defence Fund petition.
Kerrie Barnett Knox via Facebook says
I just ate sushi and sashimi for lunch. Hadn’t thought of it that way.
Ah, but you see, that raw 1% of the milk industry might be just a small gnat buzzing in the dairy industry’s ear right now, but the more people who learn the truth about raw milk is going to make that percentage get bigger as more farmers jump on the bandwagon to meet the demand. The industry knows that the gnat has the potential to become a huge hornet with a nasty stinger, which will hurt their profit margins. They’re trying to squash the gnat before that happens. A gnat is easier to deal with than the hornet. It all comes down to money. The dairy and ag industries have the government in their back pocket and vice versa…..and they don’t want that situation to change.
Jerrilee says
I agree totally – I also think that by allowing the legal sale of raw milk it would expose the reasons that the dairy industry has to pasteurize their milk so that it is safe to drink. Have you ever seen the huge mega-dairies? The manure slop that the cattle stand in all day in confinement lots? The fly-infested milk barns? If the FDA wants to do something to protect the health of the consumer, why don’t they concentrate on the humane treatment of the animals that we depend on and the sanitation of their environment?
I raise and milk my own dairy goats and (gasp) drink the raw milk. The milk is only as clean as I keep my goats, barn and equipment. I decided two years ago that I will raise and process as much of the food my family consumes as possible. This includes all of our dairy products (cheese included), eggs, meat, vegetables, and even our own wine and beer. We are able to do this on less than two acres, and yes, I work full-time outside the home. It CAN be done, but it is ridiculous that you have to do it yourself in order to live within the confines of the law.
Tammi Kibler | Buy Quinoa says
I had never considered before that raw milk is really no different than raw eggs or meat.
Sometimes I fear they won’t stop until a Quarter Pounder is the only legal option in this country.
It gets worse: that Quarter Pounder may be “chipped!”
Then they’ll be able to check compliance with food consumption regulations. Won’t be long the building codes will require RFID-readers on toilets, reporting back to the mother ship whether you’ve been a good little consumer or not!
Ann Connor-Griffin via Facebook says
I’m pretty sure the assumption is that the meat and the eggs will be cooked, where it is just the opposite with milk – you normally don’t cook it before you drink it.
Ummm yes we do do a lot of cooking with milk. We make breads and cakes with it. I can’t drink the GM milk but had no problem with milk when I was a child.
Dani says
Betsy has it dead-on: enough people are getting informed about the health benefits of pasture-raised cattle and their raw milk, and the dangers and health-damaging effects of Big Dairy, to the point that Big Dairy is already feeling the effects, or they wouldn’t be using these tactics. Yes, CAFO-produced dairy is dangerous if not pasteurized, so the point is well-taken that SOME milk really SHOULD be cooked to death. However, if I can play Russian Roulette with cigarettes, the choice should be mine to drink whatever kinda milk I please.
And yes, there are about a million things the FDA should be spending their resources on instead of demonizing the Amish. I don’t care how you feel about the Amish; that’s not the point–small farmers in general shouldn’t be targeted in this manner–covert undercover YEAR-LONG investigations? Did someone get murdered or something? However, the FDA is a puppet-entity of the larger agricultural and food-producing giants, whose strings are being pulled by politicians with opinions that are swayed by well-paid and persistent lobbyists.
Disgusting. This is not what our founding fathers imagined when drafting the words, “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness…”
Getting raw milk from mainstream providers isn’t that easy. For one, many are bunched up, vaccinated to death, and eat GM feed. Getting healthy milk from these cows is next to impossible without outlawing the GM stuff and having acres of ground for the cows to feed on natural sources (what is natural any more?).
We can buy goat shares and cow shares and are able to get raw milk that way or buy it as animal feed. I’m so happy I grew up on real milk, real eggs, real butter.
This current young generation just does not seem to have what it takes to fight these big industries; the rest of us are too old and would rather grow our own.
The FDA and the DHS are worthless agencies. Neither protect us from anything.
Willom Samuel says
I live in an area with many Amish families. I used to get milk from an Amish family. They were adamant that I not broadcast far and wide that I was getting milk from them, for the very reason cited above. Perhaps the Amish farmer got a little too greedy and made it known he was selling raw milk. Like it or not, it’s not legal, and as with other “illegal” commodities, one must transact on the sly…
Hi Willom,
Just to be clear, the sale of raw milk is legal (in some form or another) in 39 states. Only 11 states have outright banned the sale of raw milk, and NO state has banned raw milk consumption. In other words, even in the states that criminalize raw milk sales, if you own the cow or goat, you are free to consume its milk. In many such states, consumers of raw milk “get around” the law by owning a share of a dairy cow. They don’t buy milk; they pay for a share of the cow’s food, board, & expenses. In exchange, they get to consume milk from that cow.
This farmer was supposedly raided not because he sold raw milk, but because he sold the raw milk across state lines. Specifically, he violated the FDA’s 1987 regulation. At least that’s the fine line being drawn here.
Regardless of the law, a strong case can be made that said law is unjust, absurd, and even unconstitutional.
Yeah, once the state line is crossed it becomes a federal thing.
It gets worse, should milk I dispose of reach the fields, I can be sued for contaminating the field but if the farmer’s overspray kills my goat, I cannot sue–and win.
Just to be clearer, the sale of raw milk is LEGAL in Pennsylvania where Dan Allgyer’s farm is.
To be even clearer, he did not actually “own” the cows — they were owned by a herd-share arrangement.
Unfortunately, some of the cow co-owners lived outside Pennsylvania, which gave the FDA the excuse they needed.
I’m really quite amazed to see “Amish” and “greedy” in the same sentence. You obviously know nothing about the Amish.
Sheila Z says
By personal preference I don’t drink milk, either raw or pasteurized, but I do like to use raw unhomogenized milk to make my own yogurt and some simple cheeses. Raw milk works much better than pasteurized for me. It is almost impossible to find a working dairy farm anymore. Because of raids like these it makes it even harder to find a farmer anywhere that will sell to the public. I don’t know why milk can’t be clearly labeled with some type of disclaimer such as, Raw Milk, may contain harmful pathogens, in big bold letters. Then the buyer could proceed at their own risk with a raw product.
Great article with a very good point. However I am very disappointed by the first 3 comments. Is it necessary to post the comments with the vulgar language?
Adriana Gutierrez says
I suggest that we all forward this article to our congressmen and suggest that the FDA “unregulate” raw milk as one small step toward balancing the budget and reducing government waste. It’s crazy – we can buy cigarettes but not raw milk? What a waste of resources!
Specifically, contact your congress critter and ask them to support and co-sponsor HR 1830, the Unpasteurized Milk Act, which would remove the Federal prohibition against transporting raw milk across state lines.
Garden Variety Mama says
Kristen, I am so glad you post these articles. We’ve only recently started drinking raw milk, and we are lucky to have a lot of producers around here (hooray Maine!). I would be mad as hell if our only choice were grocery store milk.
Thanks again, FDA. Now can you please go find something better to do?
Love the discussion, education on a topic I’m not very up on. My personal take, as long as there is no lie or cover up as to what is being sold to the consumer I don’t think it should be illegal. I was recently educated on the high traffic of dolphin killing in Japan and how much of the meat is sold under a completely different label. At that point you don’t even have the choice of your own knowledge of benefits or risks.
Girl Hero Jenn says
Just want to say that I LOVE this post. It’s one of my favorites of yours ever. Going to go share it everywhere now!
Mrs. Nut says
I have gotten to the point where I just want some land of my own….raise a dairy cow, laying hens, have a veggie garden…we have a good source of beef (not completely grass-fed, but also not fed anything weird like chicken poop) and a local health food store, but I’d rather know exactly where my food comes from.
Believe it or not at the moment I work in the pharamaceutical industry. LOL. Yeah, the FDA does not exactly do what it was intended to do. At least not on the food side. On the pharma side they’re pretty strict but from what I understand they’re also understaffed so some things slip by.
CateK says
I agree with Mrs Nut. I am in the middle of purchasing land for this very reason. I know raw milk is better for me and my family (and my pets) and even though I work full time (in law enforcement, mind you), I WILL find a way to raise my own dairy cow or perhaps a couple of them and let my friends buy shares so they can get in on the health benefits of raw dairy. Raw milk allows the consumer to make their own cheese, yogurt and butter as well as sour cream, icecream and whey in addition to milk. That’s a lot of food out of the hands of the middle men directly to the consumer. Those products are NOT the same and often fail to work if you use over pastured, homogenized milk. Frankly, I don’t want to eat or drink anything that has come out of a feed lot. People who complained about the Amish and their use of farm animals, need to visit a feedlot and a chicken factory farm. I bet they will run screaming home and throw out all of their grocery store purchases.
here is a link why you can never drink raw milk from big industrialized farmers. You would get sick. the chemicals you get from your food is the big reason for all our problems. Diabetics, obesity, cancer.. you name it..
your food is injected with E. Coli and mutated enzymes… treated and inject it with cancer causing ammonia to kill of the e.coli and other things. And, yes, this meat goes to both fast food restaurants and into school lunches.. and you eat it daily..
further your nice and red looking meet it treated with ‘guess” no other but gas packed carbon monoxide to make the meat appear fresh even if it has gone bad.
So big reasons Gov will do anything for sml farmers to be put under..
http://www.eatwild.com/foodsafety.html
http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/genetically-engineered-food-the-risks/
http://blog.calorie-help.com/2010/04/29/ammonia-and-fast-food/
http://onlygrassfed.com/frozen-not-gas-packed.html
check out the utube video
mark mcafee says
The FDA is scared to freaken death of what is happening in CA and Pennsylvania and the six other states that allow raw milk sales. The are scared because no one is dying..except for pasteurized milk sales.
A simple GOOGLE of the most allergenic foods in America, brings up #1 as pasteurized milk for kids. Lactose Intolerance seals its fate with 30-60 of the populations that sit on the toilet for hours if they drink dead CAFO PMO pasteurized swill.
The people are voting with their dollars and the dairy industry is finnaly getting the truth served back to it and their Mafia Fascist Bed Connection at the FOOD INC FDA.
Truth sucks doesn’t it Mr. Sheehan. Get used to it. Raw Milk for people and not the pasteurizer will feed America very soon.
Mark McAfee
Founder OPDC
Fresno CA serving Raw Milk to 50,000 people per week from 400 stores in CA
Hi Mark!
Thanks for commenting here. Your enthusiasm is contagious, as always.
Gaylee F says
It all has to do with Government CONTROL. We the people do not have the freedom to buy the light blulbs we want, or the toilets we want, etc. Now, it is reaching out to milk and vegetable gardens. We are losing our liberties left and right and they are doing it one restriction at a time. It is like boiling a frog: you put the frog in cold water and slowly turn up the heat and the frog won’t notice until it is dead. This is what our government is doing to us. One restriction at a time and we won’t even know when all our rights are gone. In this way, the people won’t rebel. When they finally see it, it will be too late! We are becoming slaves to Global Government. Think about it, illegals in our country have more rights than we do. This is not the America I use to know. Is it yours?
Ahhhh…but they DON’T want to permit the raw sales of anything….pasteurized almonds, irradiated mangoes and other produce and herbs.
AGREE 100% with Michael and Jan!!!! It is about control and even the smallest squeak of competition scares the hell out of the big whigs. Why are they trying so hard to shut down small local farmers and dairies?…..b/c they know these farmers are onto something *as they always have been) and they want to shut them up. Healthier and better products don’t make money for the processed laden and GMO companies.
Chris Curley says
Question that pops to my mind, is what legal recourse do we as consumers have to stop the FDA from infringing on our rights to consume raw milk.
Ron Pauls bill was mentioned, are there any law firms to represent the amish?
Walter Jeffries says
Further proof that either:
1) Government doesn’t have enough to do or
2) We have too much government.
Probably both.
Shaaaaane says
I have one answer, though it might sound conspiratorial, bear with me. I have heard about the hormones that they feed the cows in order for them to produce more milk, these hormones can also effect people. Since the FDA seems so touchy on the raw milk ‘issue’ would it be safe to assume that they want the population to buy the mass produced milk? If so, why? very conspiratorial i know, but these are just the questions i raised after reading this.
so touchy on the raw milk ‘issue’ *compared to other raw foods*,
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Understanding Citigroup
It's all in the details.
Morgan Housel
(cmfhousel)
Updated: Apr 6, 2017 at 1:13AM
Published: Aug 24, 2009 at 12:00AM
On Friday, CNBC's David Faber addressed a simple, yet overlooked, trait of Citigroup (NYSE:C). As shares continue to surge higher, Faber's observation is worth repeating here:
One of the key things investors in Citi need to understand, of course, is that when all of the exchange offers for the preferred into common are concluded ... it will have approximately 23 billion shares outstanding. Now, that is not fully accounted for right now. If you go on your system, or you look at Yahoo! Finance ... you won't see that share count because [the conversion hasn't] ultimately concluded ... but it will in a few weeks ...
You know how to do the math: 23 times $4.75 or so where the stock is, and you get a $109, $110 billion market value for Citigroup.
That's a market value that company had when things were going fairly well. Not necessarily when it was making $20 billion a year, but you get the point. Yes, there may be lots of earnings power yet to come at Citigroup. But as the company restructures, as it continues to shed jobs and units, it's very much unclear where the earnings power is going to be, and you can be sure that losses are still going to be taken.
As I showed a few months back, Citigroup's conversion of preferred to common equity -- much of which taxpayers own -- results in a 75% dilution to existing common shareholders. Once it's completed, shares outstanding go up about fourfold.
As Faber notes, this isn't yet accounted for on most finance sites. Yahoo! Finance shows that Citigroup has 5.5 billion shares outstanding, and a $26 billion market cap -- a fraction of the more realistic $110 billion. If you're bullish on the banking sector, $26 billion might look rather appealing. Four times that amount ... not so much.
For perspective, Citi's effective $110 billion market cap is just barely below that of Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), a bank still making profits. Record profits, actually. It's also substantially above the market cap of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), a bank making so much money it had to tell its employees to avoid public attention.
Amazingly, Citi's $110 billion market cap is almost the same capitalization that JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) -- by far the strongest of the big banks -- commanded just six weeks ago. Think about that.
These are different companies with different balance sheets, so direct comparisons aren't entirely fair. But the similarities between what the market is apparently willing to pay for a bank making money hand over fist, versus one that's a bloody disaster, is telling. And it shows that Faber is probably on to something.
Consider two points:
Last quarter, Citi reported a $4.3 billion profit. But all of that was made up of a one-time gain related to selling most of one of its crown jewels, Smith Barney, to Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS). Without this one-time gain, the bank would have reported a quarterly loss of many, many billions of dollars.
Management isn't shy with how it feels about the strength of its assets. It's quarantined about one-third of Citigroup's balance sheet into a unit called Citi Holdings, with the rest going to a new division called Citicorp. Citi Holdings is so dreadful, CEO Vikram Pandit prefers you just forget about it. "We want to be Citicorp, not Citigroup, going forward" he told BusinessWeek. "We're methodically selling and rationalizing what we call Citi Holdings."
When a bank is busy selling and rationalizing one-third of its balance sheet, we have to reiterate Faber's point: It's very unclear where the earnings power is going to come from.
What do you think? Is this a company for which you'd pay $110 billion? Let me know in the comment section below.
For related Foolishness:
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Political Notebook: Oct. 29
Political briefs box with Number to Know, Fact Check and Quotes from the Candidates.
Number to Know
8: Number of presidents who have died in office (natural deaths and assassinations). They are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.
Fact Check: Obama and 9/11
An upstart group calling itself the "National Republican Trust PAC" mixes a pile of false claims and the image of 9/11 mastermind Mohammed Atta to create one of the sleaziest false TV ads of the campaign.
- The spot falsely claims Barack Obama has a "plan" to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. In fact, Obama has said quite specifically, "I am not proposing that that's what we do."
- The ad implies such licenses would enable terrorist attacks. In fact, Atta wouldn't have needed one to carry out his attacks.
- It claims that Obama's health care plan will apply to illegal immigrants. But Obama has stated quite clearly that his plan "does not" cover illegal immigrants.
- The ad falsely claims that Obama's plan "gives illegals Social Security benefits," which is also flatly untrue.
- FactCheck.org
Quotes from the Candidates
“Senator Obama is running to be redistributionist in chief. I’m running to be commander in chief.” – What Sen. John McCain said Tuesday in Pennsylvania.
“John McCain’s ridden shotgun as George Bush’s driven this economy towards a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas.” – What Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday in Pennsylvania.
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Matt Patricia vs Josh McDaniels: Which Patriots coordinator makes more sense as the Jaguars head coach?
The Jaguars are expected to request permission to interview both the offensive and defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots.
It appears the Jaguars will be conducting interviews with both Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia. On the surface these two candidates could not have less in common, save the obvious: they are both coaches for the New England Patriots. McDaniels coaches offense, while Patricia coaches defense. Patricia is a husky guy with a massive beard; Josh McDaniels is slim and trim. McDaniels has head coaching experience and has nearly 10 years of experience as an offensive coordinator; Matt Patricia didn't get his first oppurtunity as a coordinator until 2012.
But what these two coaching candidates do have in common is key. And that is Bill Belichick.
Belichick's coaching tree spreads far and wide and it appears it will extend ever further once the NFL coaching carousel comes to an end.
The argument for Patricia is easy. He's coordinated one of the best defenses over the last couple of years and has had success while losing key pieces each year, including Chandler Jones and Jamie Collins, two of the best talents the Patriots defense has seen in years. He's well respected by Belichick and by most around the league. At only 42 years of age it appears Patricia has a very bright future in front of him.
The argument against Patricia is just as easy to find. He has no head coaching experience and has never had a meaningful job outside of New England. Is he just a product of Bill Belichick? Will he be able to transition from coordinator to head coach? Is he the right guy to be the face of an organization?
On the other side you have Josh McDaniels, who is seemingly linked to every single head coaching vacancy. At 40 years old McDaniels already has head coaching experience. He's coached Tom Brady to his some of his best seasons. He was able to guide a Tim Tebow lead team to the playoffs and win a road playoff game in Pittsburgh. Earlier this season McDaniels matserfully was able to get the best out of Jimmy Garoppolo and rookie quaterback Jacoby Brissett while Tom Brady served his four game suspension.
Now, McDaniels does have his fair share of detractors, most of whom would point to his somewhat childish demeanor when he was the head coach and general manager of the Broncos. McDaniels rubbed some the wrong way and was admittedly often to hasty when making important decisions. But that was some time ago and the maturation of McDaniels has been well documented over the last several years.
So who's a better fit for the Jaguars?
I would go with McDaniels. He's already had his first shot at being a head coach, and seemingly learned a lot from it. He's an offensive "genius" and will likely get the best out of Blake Bortles or whomever is quarterbacking the Jaguars in 2017. This move comes with a bit of risk as you never know if a guy has truly matured until he returns to power. When given the power of being a head coach again will McDaniels revert to his old ways or show that he truly is a new coach?
What makes me think this is a real possibility?
Josh McDaniels and the Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell were college roommates and teammates at John Carrol. They are familiar with each other and apparently both like Blake Bortles - A report surfaced recently that the Patriots would have drafted Blake Bortles in the first round of the 2014 draft had he been available. It is my sincere belief that Dave Caldwell will do everything he can, save a "mandate", to ensure that Blake Bortles is the starting quarterback for the Jaguars in 2017, not due to stubborness, but due to his belief in the kid. And if Caldwell can land a head coach that also believes in Bortles, I think he will have a very hard time going in a different direction.
It makes too much sense. In my opinion McDaniels is one of the three most likely guys to land the Jaguars head coaching gig.
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Posted on April 19, 2016 by Galion Inquirer
Things Treasured opens
Business, News, Top Stories
By Kimberly Gasuras - kgasuras@civitasmedia.com
Stephanie Inman, manager of Things Treasured, looks over a data sheet for one of the many items selling on consignment at the new store with owner, Larry Hadamuscin, on Tuesday. (Kimberly Gasuras | Galion Inquirer)
The building that was once a church at 223 E. Atwood St., was bustling with activity on Tuesday morning as customers made their way into the newest store in town, Things Treasured.
The consignment shop opened its doors Monday and will be offering the community a chance to buy quality items at affordable prices.
“Everyone has money issues these days. We wanted to open a shop where people can bring their items to sell to others who can repurpose them,” said owner Larry Hadamuscin said.
Hadamuscin said that many people lived on a fixed budget.
“Especially older people who do not sell things online and do not want strangers coming to their home to purchase an item. This is a way for them to sell the items they no longer have use for in a safe and easy way,” Hadamuscin said.
Stephanie Inman, who will be managing the store, said many consignment shops end up being similar to garage sales.
“Our shop will be different in the fact that we are selling quality items such as antiques, collectibles, everyday household items, some clothing. We even have a guy that may be bringing in a Harley Davidson motorcycle to sell,” Inman said.
Inman said that when someone brings in an item to sell, she will research the item to come up with the best price.
“I will print out the paperwork and that will be displayed with the item so customers will know how much the item is selling for other places and the details of the item,” Inman said.
Inman said the fee amount charged to the seller will be determined based on each individual item.
Lisa Domro and her friend, Randy Eusey, came to the grand opening of the store that included food, drinks and face painting for the little ones.
“I love that this shop opened. There are so many unique things you can find at a shop like this,” said Domro while Eusey, a toy collector, was checking out a vintage Mork from Ork doll.
Inman said a ribbon cutting by the Galion Chamber of Commerce will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
“We will have refreshments and the face painting again that day,” said Inman.
Hadamuscin said free coffee will be offered at the store every day.
“We want people to come in, look around, and enjoy a free cup of coffee,” said Hadamuscin.
Things Treasured is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. The store is closed on Wednesdays and Sundays.
For more information, call Stephanie at 419-462-1144.
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Review
Donkey Kong Country 2 is a great platformer known for its intricate levels, computer-rendered graphics, and occasionally cruel level designs.
By Frank Provo on May 29, 2007 at 5:50PM PDT
A contemporary American poet once said, "two is not a winner and three nobody remembers." Clearly, he wasn't talking about Donkey Kong Country 2, a platformer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that simultaneously fills the mighty shoes of its predecessor while also exceeding it in every way. The sequel has more levels, the computer-modeled graphics are more detailed, and there's plenty more for you to see and do. Now, Nintendo is giving Wii owners another chance to enjoy this winner of a platformer by making it available for the Wii's Virtual Console.
The team throw lets you reach places and items that are outside the characters' leaping range.
Donkey Kong Country 2 isn't just a set of new levels put together with the assets from Donkey Kong Country. Its 50-plus levels still fall into the "run to the right, jump over gaps, and avoid enemies" school of level design, but they're larger, involve a lot more climbing and backtracking, and give you many more opportunities to swim, swing from vines, and ride in mine carts. Once again, riding on top of friendly animals frequently comes into play, with a spitting spider and a high-jumping snake joining the rhino, swordfish, and parrot from the first game. In Donkey Kong Country, DK and Diddy were functionally identical. In DKC2, the two characters that you can alternate between, Diddy and Dixie, each bring something unique to the table. Diddy can pick up and throw barrels more rapidly, while Dixie can twirl her ponytail to float for brief periods. The duo can also join forces and perform a team throw, something that wasn't possible in the previous game. Just tap a button, and the lead character will pick up and carry the straggler. You can then throw your apelike cannonball at things by pressing the A button. This move lets you collect items, activate switches, and grab vines that would normally be unreachable. Every level has secrets that you'll only find by experimenting with the team attack.
You can still stockpile extra lives by gathering bananas, grabbing 1-up balloons, and collecting K-O-N-G letters, but don't let the ability to hoard lives lull you into thinking that Donkey Kong Country 2 is an easy romp. It isn't. The increased variety of hazards and enemies means there are lots more ways to die, and the sadists at Rare put together some truly challenging levels. Boss battles also require all sorts of crazy acrobatics and barrel-tossing skills. It'll take you a sizable span of time to reach Kaptain K. Rool and rescue Donkey Kong, let alone find all of the hidden kremcoins so that you can access the lost world levels and see the true ending. Thankfully, the game is challenging without coming across as unfair. A little trial and error is usually all that's required to hone the skills necessary to get through a level.
Computer-rendered backgrounds come to life with rain, flowing rivers, and other snazzy visual details.
Stylistically, Donkey Kong Country 2 looks and sounds very different from the first game. It uses the same sort of computer-rendered graphics and realistic animal noises, but the tone is darker and there's more detail to digest. The jungles of Kong Island were bright and inviting. By comparison, Crocodile Island is a moody place full of shipwrecks, caves, and swamps. It's also home to a bigger menagerie of rats, porcupines, vultures, and other feral enemies, in addition to the lizards, bees, and fish that pestered DK and Diddy in the original game. Once again, everything was modeled in 3D before being transformed into 2D sprites and background layers, so the characters and scenery have a lot of depth, even though the game is a 2D side-scroller. Some of the levels in the original DKC made use of fog, rain, and heat distortion effects to bring the surrounding environment to life. Nearly every level in DKC2 has these effects, although they're usually put to use to make the backgrounds look more menacing. A similar shift in tone is evident in the game's music. The original DKC had an upbeat jungle soundtrack that Calypso legend Harry Belafonte could have sung over. For DKC2, Rare kept the same tropical instruments but came up with a wider range of musical compositions that evoke a gamut of moods from tense to joyful. In some levels, the music will fade out and let the noises of the birds and insects in the background set the mood.
You'll need a GameCube controller or a Classic Controller to play the game, since the standard Wii Remote doesn't have enough buttons. Once you get past the nag screen that tells you to plug in your preferred controller, you'll discover that the Wii emulates the game beautifully. The action never stutters, and the audio is crystal clear. You may notice the rough edges around the characters if you play on a high-definition set and sit close to the screen, but it's not so bad that it'll actually distract you. Those rough edges aren't as obvious on standard-definition sets, because the lower resolution and interlacing tend to hide such imperfections.
If you're looking for a diverse platformer that'll take you a while to finish, look no further than Donkey Kong Country 2. It's well worth the 800 Wii points that you'll need to fork over to download it to your Wii.
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The beauty of 7-way keno is you can play a single coin
by Pesach Kremen
Most of my columns refer to live keno but today I will focus on an interesting video keno game available in some Las Vegas casinos as well as casinos outside Nevada. The game is called 7-Way Keno.
I have seen the game both for nickels and for quarters. Its basis is you mark your screen (ticket) in such a way that you have a 7-way ticket. The program is set up in such a way that you have to choose the correct amount of numbers for each group.
The game is based on 9 spots. The machine has you choose a group of 2, a group of 3, and a group of 4, giving you 9 total numbers. The interesting feature of marking groups in this manner is you have exactly one ticket for each number of spots from 2 through 9, except for an 8 spot.
To solve that problem, play The Orleans’ $2 Eight Spot Progressive or any where they have Mega Keno for the 8 spot. Also, the Atlantis in Reno has all kinds of progressives, including the 8 spot, and Station casinos likewise have an 8 spot progressive. There are also other good 8 spot plays in Nevada.
But while live keno progressive games are drawn every few minutes, the machine game can be played every few seconds. (Be aware, this does require an adequate bankroll based on the denomination and number of coins you play.) Thus, you get fast action.
With the groupings of 2-3-4 you have one 2, one 3, one 4, one 5, one 6, one 7 and one 9 (all the numbers). The 2-spot is the group of 2, the 3 spot the group of 3, and the 4 spot the group of 4.
The 5-spot is the group of 2 plus the group of 3. The 6-spot is the group of 2 plus the group of 4. The 7-spot is the group of 2 plus the group of 5. The 8-spot you are playing separately in live keno. The 9-spot is all your numbers.
There are advantages and disadvantages of video keno vs. live keno. The main disadvantage is since the games take only a few seconds, your bankroll can be depleted quickly; thus play at a level you can afford.
The beauty of 7-way keno is you can play a single coin (with no penalty for playing less than max coin as all wins are proportional to the number of coins played) and thus all 7 ways will set you back only 35 cents per game if played for nickels. Make sure to insert your slot card when playing as points will rack up fast due the speed of play. This works even better on a multiple point day.
Many casinos have their keno machines adjacent to their live keno game for convenience. There is not yet a way (excuse the pun) to play the way tickets of your choice on a casino machine (you can only play the “ways” they offer) but hopefully this will come soon.
A prior column showed how to use 20 card keno to play ways of 7 to 10 spots by marking each separate card to encompass ways from 7 to 10 spots from 10 numbers when grouped 4-2-1-1-1-1, giving you 1/10, 4/9, 7/8, and 8/6 (before the / is the number of ways, after the number of spots in that way).
Some casinos even have these machines in a no smoking section (ask a floor person or change person for the location).
7 way keno is a lot of fun and when combined with live keno, free drinks (but if ordering alcohol please use public transit or have some one else drive you) and comps from your play make for an entertaining day – and a great day if your numbers come up. Enjoy!
Pesach Kremen is a former UNLV Masters Gaming student, has won and placed in multiple local keno tournaments, and has written several academic papers on Keno. You can reach him at PesachKremen@GamingToday.com.
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Federal Low-Income Programs:
Multiple Programs Target Diverse Populations and Needs
GAO-15-516: Published: Jul 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 31, 2015.
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More than 80 federal programs (including 6 tax expenditures) provide aid to people with low incomes, based on GAO's survey of relevant federal agencies. Medicaid (the largest by far), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and the refundable portion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) comprised almost two-thirds of fiscal year 2013 federal obligations of $742 billion for these programs. Aid is most often targeted to groups of the low-income population, such as people with disabilities and workers with children. Survey responses showed that criteria used to determine eligibility vary greatly; most common were variants of the federal poverty guidelines, based on the Census Bureau's official poverty measure.
In 2013, 48.7 million people (15.5 percent), including many households with children, lived in poverty in the United States, based on Census's Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). This measure takes into account certain expenses and federal and state government benefits not included in the official poverty measure. The SPM is not used to determine program eligibility; however, it does provide more information than the official measure on household resources available to meet living expenses. In 2013, the SPM poverty threshold ranged from $21,397 to $25,639 for a family of four, depending on housing situations. Based on six mutually exclusive household types GAO developed, individuals in a household headed by a person with a disability or a single parent had the highest rates of poverty using the SPM, while childless or married parent households had larger numbers of people in poverty using the SPM.
In 2012, the most recent year of data available, GAO estimated that 106 million people, or one-third of the U.S. population, received benefits from at least one or more of eight selected federal low-income programs: Additional Child Tax Credit, EITC, SNAP, SSI, and four others. Almost two-thirds of the eight programs' recipients were in households with children, including many married families. More than 80 percent of recipients also lived in households with some earned income during the year. Without these programs' benefits, GAO estimated that 25 million of these recipients would have been below the SPM poverty threshold. Of the eight programs, EITC and SNAP moved the most people out of poverty, however, the majority of recipients of each of the programs were estimated to have incomes above the SPM threshold, after accounting for receipt of benefits.
Research suggests that assistance from selected means-tested low-income programs can encourage people's participation in the labor force, but have mixed effects on the number of hours they work. Changes in certain low-income programs through the years, including the EITC, have enhanced incentives for people to join the labor force, according to studies. While workers who receive means-tested benefits face benefit reductions as their earnings rise, research shows that various factors limit how much people change their work behavior in response. For example, people may not be aware of such changing interactions in a complex tax and benefit system or be able to control the number of hours they work, according to studies. Research also shows that enhancing work incentives can create difficult policy trade-offs, including raising program costs or failing to provide adequate assistance to those in need.
The federal government provides assistance aimed at helping people with low-incomes who may earn too little to meet their basic needs, cannot support themselves through work, or who are disadvantaged in other ways. With fiscal pressures facing the federal government and the demands placed on aid programs, GAO was asked to examine federal low-income programs.
This report (1) describes federal programs (including tax expenditures) targeted to people with low incomes, (2) identifies the number and selected household characteristics of people in poverty, (3) identifies the number, poverty status, and household characteristics of selected programs' recipients, and (4) examines research on how selected programs may affect incentives to work. For a list of low-income programs that were $100 million in obligations or more in fiscal year 2013, GAO consulted with the Congressional Research Service; surveyed and interviewed officials at relevant federal agencies; and reviewed relevant federal laws, regulations, and agency guidance. GAO also conducted analyses on low-income individuals using Census data on the SPM and official poverty measure and microsimulation data from the Urban Institute that adjusts for under-reporting of benefit receipt in Census survey data. To examine labor force effects, GAO reviewed economic literature. Selected low-income programs were large in dollars and helped meet a range of basic needs.
GAO is not making new recommendations in this report. GAO clarified portions in response to comments from one agency.
For more information, contact Kay Brown at (202) 512-7215 or brownke@gao.gov.
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Summer Beers
Edward Brown
A moment of levity gave Jeff Wood the inspiration for Adiós Pantalones, a recently released lime-kissed cerveza. It was two summers ago, and the Rahr & Sons Brewing creative director was camping in Conundrum Hot Springs in Colorado. As he unwound in the 102-degree spring water, a yell cut through the peace and quiet.
“Adiós, pantalones!” a friend cried midair as he jumped in naked.
Wood immediately saw the marketing potential of the phrase and put it to use early last fall. Now that Rahr recently expanded to seven states, one Rahr beer lagging behind its brethren outside of Texas was Rahr’s USS Fort Worth, named after the freedom-class combat ship built several years ago. The beer’s locale-specific name limited the potential for sales and distribution outside of Fort Worth, Wood said. To fix the problem, the session ale’s recipe was given a light infusion of lemon, lime, and mineral salt (something fans of Mexican lagers are already apt to do on their own), and the beer was re-branded Adiós Pantalones.
With Adiós Pantalones in the can, Wood and Rahr head brewer Nate Swan thought they had the upcoming summer beer schedule finished. Swan planned to ramp up production of Summertime Wheat and Rahr Blonde to meet summertime demand before making his annual mid-year escape to Lake Whitney to fish and lounge. But late last fall, a last-minute request by the Mexican Agriculture Trade Office, with the help of The Brewers Association (a U.S. trade group), led to a collaboration between Rahr and the brewery Casa Cervecera Morenos.
The idea behind the Mexican government initiative was to demonstrate that, despite the divisive rhetoric from Donald Trump and other Republicans toward Mexicans, the countries still maintain a close relationship, socially and economically. Dozens of U.S. breweries volunteered to collaborate with Mexican breweries, and the results were poured last year at Cerveza México 2017, an annual beer festival in Mexico City. Though the invitation arrived with no time to spare, Swan and Wood accepted.
“It was just something fun we were going to do,” Wood said. “We didn’t know it was going to be a beer we produced.”
Their contact at Casa Cervecera, Ernesto Mora Romero, flew in soon after with a contribution from his country — a large plastic bag full of Tajín chile powder. Since Moreno had already suggested the name of “Paleta de Mango” (mango popsicle), Swan settled on a ripe mango puree and added lime to the recipe. Word of the side project got out, and soon employees and taproom tour regulars were clamoring for it. Demand grew so high that people were buying tickets to Rahr’s 13th anniversary celebration last November — an event that already boasted pretty much every beer in the Rahr portfolio — just for the possibility of tasting the collaboration ale.
Now Swan and Wood were tasked with getting Adiós Pantalones ready for release by May 5, Cinco de Mayo, which meant having the beer branded and in cans in February.
“The craft beer world moves so quickly, you have to strike while it’s hot,” Wood said. “Adios [Pantalones] was already so far along, I could let it coast at that point.”
Wood had to market a nonexistent beer. The finished cans of Paleta de Mango were several weeks away. For one promo shot, Wood cooked dozens of tacos from scratch and placed them around cans that were readily available in the brewery. He then Photoshopped the now-familiar gold and black label onto each can. The tacos hinted at where many kegs of Adiós Pantalones and Paleta de Mango have since landed — in Tex-Mex and Mexican restaurants across Fort Worth. The beers are selling in restaurants and grocery stores as quickly as Rahr can make them, Swan said.
Beer styles wax and wane in popularity, Wood said. In his past careers in the fashion and custom car industries, he has seen countless trends fade every decade or so only to return again. Heavy, often syrupy beers like barleywines, imperial IPAs, and Russian imperial stouts inundated North Texas a few years ago and continue to be popular, but many craft beer consumers (myself included) have a newfound appreciation for session ales, pilsners, and lagers.
Swan can relate. Historically, he said, beer was always meant to be something that could be done in moderation on a daily basis, which means there should be a part of the craft beer market that makes affordable, low-alcohol beers that are clean, refreshing, and well-crafted.
“What is Adios?” Swan rhetorically asked. “It’s a lot of things, style-wise. Paletta is refreshing. It smells sweet. You have this balance with the Tajín chile powder. It acts like a hop character. It’s a way to make it crisp and dry. These two beers are cool because they are refreshing while defying style.”
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OR Shooting Triggers Gun Violence Trend Questions
Posted by Yasmin Parsloe on Thursday Jun 12, 2014 10:04 am
TROUTDALE, OR - He was armed with a military-style rifle and a semi-automatic pistol, both taken from his home. 15-year old Jared Michael Padgett shot himself after shooting fellow classmate, 14-year old Emilio Hoffman, at an Oregon high school Tuesday. A physical education teacher, 50-year old Todd Rispler, is the unsung hero. According to police, after being grazed by a bullet, he made it to the administrative school office where he initiated a school-wide lockdown, starting the campus security procedures, likely saving hundreds of young lives.
After this tragic shooting, Everytown for Gun Safety, a group fighting to end gun violence started by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, released shocking statistics that paint a violent theme in American classrooms. The group reports 74 gun-related incidents in the past 18 months – beginning with the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. How are parents not weighted with concern knowing that on average there is one incident of gun-related violence at an American school each week?
Security Consultant and Founder at PVF, Patrick V. Fiel, Sr. recently gave a presentation teaching Education Security Executives about procedures in an active shooter scenario at the Education & Healthcare Security Forum. Fiel emphasizes the run, hide, fight strategy.
During a school shooting, which typically lasts just 10 to 15 minutes, victims have three options – to run if they can reasonably escape the shooter, hide if they can find a safe place, and if there are no other options, team together all forces and resources to fight back.
This strategy is a responsive one, however. Without proactive measures and practiced training procedures – there is room for crisis.
“There are only two types of school administrators; those who have faced a crisis and those who are about to!”
–Ron Stephens, Executive Director, National School Safety Center
Below is just a brief overview of the four phases of crisis management:
Prevention: Addresses what schools and districts can do to reduce or eliminate risk to life and property.
Several strategies for prevention include: making the target less attractive and deterring criminal activity. For example, in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the school had implemented an egress system, however the shooter simply shot through the adjacent window making the prevention methods superficial. Also, consult a third party risk assessment. An expert will be able to detect potential hazards and holes in the plan. During Fiel’s presentation, he explains a shooter’s mentality as robotic – a rational person will not be able to foresee his or her next move, therefore an expert is well worth the money and time.
Preparedness: Focuses on the process of planning for the worst case scenario. Develop procedures and policies for high pressure scenarios.
Train staff on how to react and implement these curriculums and make methods known to students and parents. Implement an Incident Command System (ICS). This is a structured way to organize responsibilities among school officials and all emergency responders during crisis response. Emergency Responders use ICS to manage incidents. Schools should also consult with the district as a whole to uniform reaction and preparedness.
Response: Devoted to the steps to take during a crisis.
This is the time to follow the crisis plan that has been reinforced through repetitive training, practice and drills school wide. Students should know how to react and teachers should know how to communicate during a crisis.
Recovery: How to restore the learning and teaching environment after a crisis.
The sooner classrooms return to learning, the better. During the recovery process, depending on the degree of crisis, a sense of school community needs to be restored. Schools should identify resources and make them readily available to students, staff and the community. Debrief with staff and emergency responders. During these “post-meetings,” schools can facilitate lessons and plan revisions and alternate trainings for future incidents.
Attend one of our Active Shooter Workshops at our Education & Healthcare Security Forum coming up in October 27 & 28, 2014 at Chicago, IL. For more information, click here.
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Nicholas Hardyman HAIRSTON
HAIRSTON.org ID#77, b. 19 April 1851, d. 27 June 1927
Father* Dr. George Stovall HAIRSTON b. 2 May 1813, d. 9 May 1863
Mother* Matilda M. MARTIN b. 7 Aug 1818, d. 4 May 1854
Birth* Nicholas Hardyman HAIRSTON was born on 19 April 1851 in Marrowbone Plantation, Henry County, Virginia. The 1900 census shows birth date of Apr 1854, age 46 and married for 25 years. His cemetery marker and his death certificate indicate date of birth as 19 April 1851.1,2,3,4�
He was the son of Dr. George Stovall HAIRSTON and Matilda M. MARTIN.�
Census 1860 Nicholas Hardyman HAIRSTON appeared on the 1860 census of Dr. George Stovall HAIRSTON on 11 September 1860 in Henry County, Virginia; Geo S 47, Sallie 22, Susan 18, Bettie 16, Geo 15, Matilda 13, Nicholas 8.5
Will In Dr. George Stovall HAIRSTON's will dated 11 December 1862 in Henry County, Virginia, Nicholas Hardyman HAIRSTON was named as an heir; Virginia Chancery Record Index, Henry Co., 1864-016.6�
Marriage* He married Elizabeth Seawell HAIRSTON, daughter of Samuel William HAIRSTON and Elizabeth A. PENN, on 17 September 1874.1�
Occupation* Nicholas Hardyman HAIRSTON was an attorney, judge and farmer. about 1880 in Henry Co., Virginia.�
Census 1880* He appeared on the census of 23 June 1880 in Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia, W. H. Hairston 27 a farmer, wife Lissie 22, son Geo. S. 3.7
Elected* Elected County Judge for Henry County in 1882.8�
Property* Moved to Martinsville, Virginia.1�
Retirement* Decided to retire in 1892 as a Henry County Judge, fearing that his position may make him ineligible as a Democratic elector.9�
Census 1900* He appeared on the census of 12 June 1900 in Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia.2
Census 1910* He appeared on the census of 21 April 1910 in Roanoke City, Virginia.10
Census 1920* He appeared on the census of 25 February 1920 in Roanoke City, Virginia.11
Death* He died on 27 June 1927 at age 76.3�
Burial* He was buried in Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke City, Virginia;
Photo: Find A Grave by John Shuck.3�
Death Certficate* He was Death Certficate on 30 June 1927 in Henry County, Virginia, showing a birth date of 19 April 1851 and a death date of 28 June 1927 at 1 am.4�
Elizabeth Seawell HAIRSTON b. 19 Aug 1855, d. 24 Feb 1944
George Stovall HAIRSTON1 b. 20 Jun 1877, d. 12 Dec 1904
Samuel William HAIRSTON+1 b. 13 Jul 1881, d. 15 Mar 1950
Elizabeth Seawell HAIRSTON+1 b. 15 Mar 1890, d. 26 Jun 1982
Mary Matilda HAIRSTON+1 b. 23 Jul 1895, d. 12 Jul 1972
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[S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940 https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13164, Ancestry.com.
[S3225] Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia, Ancestry.com.
[S3070] Court Case, Chancery Records, Henry County, VA. Unknown repository reference. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
[S259] Jeffersonian Republican, Library of Virginia, 8 March 1882.
[S260] Peninsula Enterprise, Accomac Court-House, 15 October 1892.
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Suicide Squad (15.)
Directed by David Ayer.
Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Cara Delevingne. 123 mins.
Here endeth the summer of meh, the summer of mildly disappointing or mildly enjoyable blockbusters, the summer when every choice between a two/ three star rating has been a coin toss, now concluding with this nothing special supervillain version of the Dirty Dozen. Let's put on a big smiley Joker face and admit that this is nowhere near the funeral dirge that was Batman Vs Superman and if you are in a generous, forgiving mood you may quite enjoy it. Putting on a grumpy Killer Croc face you'd have to say that it is visually undistinguished, surprisingly small scale, not particularly funny and asks us to spend time with some of the dullest, least engaging comic book characters imaginable in a story that is both underdeveloped and badly told.
But never mind that, what's Jared Leto's Joker like? Well, hardly in it for starters, though his presence may be indicative of the film's wider issues. In his preparation for the role he supposedly sent rats and used condoms as gifts to his cast mates, and researched sociopathic behaviour. That all shows admirable commitment but also makes it seems like he's overcompensating, that's he's trying a bit too hard. Trying too hard is the mayor issue with this film, and all the fledgling DC superhero films. Warner Bros used to be quite a classy operation, investing in films with bold, clear and distinctive visions. Now it seems to be clattering around like some desperate reality star, drumming up lots of noise to grab our attention but then stressing out and falling to pieces when people turn to look.
The flaws in Suicide Squad are all exactly as you'd fear them to be. Basically it's too early to make this film, probably about a decade too early. You need to really establish your brand, as Marvel did, before you try these big ensemble pieces. (And lest I be damned as a shill for a Marvel, I can think of a few Marvel films that are worse than this.) So you spend around a third of the film introducing your cast of characters because no one's seen them before in the movies, and then none of them turn out to be interesting anyway. Because Will Smith is in it, his character becomes the centre and though Smith is fun to watch his character, Deadshot, is just a master assassin and deadly shot, which is very dull indeed. It's like casting Channing Tatum as Hawkeye, and making him the leader of the Avengers
Margot Robbie's turn as Harley Quinn, the Joker's girlfriend, gets the most attention but I think if you put any half decent actress in that costume, you'd get much the same effect. The same may be true for Leto as The Joker, which as a role is both poisoned chalice, and open goal: Nicholson and Ledger are almost impossible acts to follow, but the role is so strong (the best comic book character ever?) that you can't really miss. Possibly the best performance is from Jai Courtney, as Captain Boomerang who basically does Tom Hardy with Australian accent. Of course, the fact that he's playing someone who robs banks with a special Boomerangs may be at the heart of the film's problems.
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ICOBS
ICOBS 6A
ICOBS 6A.1 Guaranteed asset protection (GAP) contr...
ICOBS 6A.1 1Guaranteed asset protection (GAP) contracts
ICOBS 6A.1.1R 01/09/2015 RP
1This section applies to a firm which sells a GAP contract to a customer in connection with the sale of a vehicle by:
the firm; or
a person connected to the firm.
ICOBS 6A.1.2G 01/09/2015 RP
1There is a sufficient connection between the GAP contract and the sale of a vehicle if the GAP contract is sold in connection with other goods and services, for example a credit agreement.
1A person connected with a firm includes acting as an introducer or appointed representative for that firm or if, regardless of authorisation status, it has a relevant business relationship with the firm.
Ensuring the customer can make an informed decision
1Before a GAP contract is concluded, a firm must give the customer the following information:
the total premium of the GAP contract, separate from any other prices;
the significant features and benefits, significant and unusual exclusions or limitations, and cross-references to the relevant policy document provisions;
whether or not the GAP contract is sold in connection with vehicle finance, that GAP contracts are sold by other distributors;
the duration of the policy;
whether the GAP contract is optional or compulsory;
when the GAP contract can be concluded by the firm, as described in ICOBS 6A.1.6R and ICOBS 6A.1.7R; and
the date the information in (a) to (f) is provided to the customer.
This information must be communicated in a clear and accurate manner and in writing or another durable medium, and made available and accessible to the customer.
This information must be drawn to the customer’s attention and must be clearly identifiable as key information that the customer should read.
1A firm must also comply with the rules in ICOBS 6 (Product Information).
Deferred opt-in for GAP contracts
1Except as specified in ICOBS 6A.1.7R, a GAP contract cannot be concluded by a firm until at least 2 clear days have passed since the firm complied with ICOBS 6A.1.4R.
1A firm can conclude a GAP contract the day after providing the information in ICOBS 6A.1.4R to a customer if the customer:
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Assam: Flood claims 3 lives; 1.4 lakh people affected
GUWAHATI: Assam is undergoing a severe flood situation as the toll for those affected has increased significantly in the span of just a day.
According to a report by the Times of India, two people drowned on Wednesday, July 11 and more than 1.4 lakh people have been affected in less than 12 hours, a sharp increase from the previously recorded number of 62,000.
It should be noted that another man died in Guwahati due to a landslide.
The number of affected districts also rose from eight to 11 overnight on Wednesday, in the second wave of floods in the state.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority has said that 530 villages in 24 revenue circles of 11 districts have been affected by the second wave of floods.
The 11 districts include Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang, Golaghat, Majuli, Jorhat and Dibrugarh.
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Digital Construction
Virtually on track at Portrush
About Us / News / Virtually on track at Portrush
Author: Melanie Dawson
(Pictured): A CGI image of the transformed Portrush Train Station
As part of the wider ‘Portrush Regeneration Programme’, we are delighted to be playing our part in the transformation of the seaside town.
With responsibility for transforming Portrush Train Station, our work on site commenced in spring 2018 with plans to complete the re-design in spring 2019 - in time for the much anticipated British Open in July 2019.
The revitalised station will feature modern facilities, including extended canopy coverage to platforms, that will be fully accessible and deliver a better waiting environment for passengers and improved cycle storage for ‘greener’ travel.
BIM 360 Field
Helping aid construction work on site, BIM 360 Field is on hand, digitising workflows thanks to its ability to raise issues digitally, complete QA/QC checklists and upload on-going site information.
All on one platform, information can be created, shared and updated through the cloud-based system with access given to site teams, which enables a fully collaborative approach to the project.
BIM 360 Field has significantly benefitted the project, particularly with regards to site diaries. The creation of site diaries allows users to upload elements that have affected/enhanced work on a daily basis.
Elements such as wind speed, precipitation and temperature can all be noted, alongside the capture of progress photos.
(Pictured): Digital technology is supporting our site team at Portrush Train Station
Site diaries
Site diaries also capture daily labour; who is on site, what company they work for, their job roles, activity on site and the hours worked. By logging this information digitally, using BIM 360 Field, time is saved and the information can be easily accessed from anywhere.
The site team has captured a sizeable volume of photos - 1,800 in just two months. These photos have been used to track progress, for inspection purposes and general documentation.
These photos, alongside all information on Field, can be accessed, viewed and reviewed from anywhere at any time.
‘Digital by default’
With GRAHAM rapidly evolving into a ‘digital by default’ company, we incorporate digital tools into live projects that both add value and streamline workflows.
For Portrush Train Station, we understood the value of implementing Virtual Reality (VR) into the pre-construction stages.
Helping with visualisation, increasing collaboration between stakeholders and saving time and cost throughout the project are just some of the benefits that VR delivered.
Using the 3D model created by Gregory Architects, our digital construction team exported the model into VR software and in doing so helped bring a new dimension of life to the project.
Viewing the model of the train station through VR, the site team was able to enhance its knowledge of the project thanks to new levels of visualisation.
A better understanding of spatial awareness and co-ordination was achieved and with the end goal in sight, site morale was right on track as construction commenced.
VR also helped to increase community engagement throughout the early stages of the project.
During the famous ‘Portrush Air Show 2018’ at the start of September, locals and visitors had the opportunity to view the new, modern train station through VR, thanks to the site team who showcased the technology during the event.
And, with regular community engagement events, excitement for the new train station and regeneration of Portrush is reaching new heights.
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19-year-old man reported missing at Lapaz
BY: graphic.com.gh
Ben Tetteh
A 19-year-old man, Ben Tetteh, is reported missing after he was last seen at the Lapaz New Market in Accra last Tuesday.
According to his instructor, Joseph Tei, Ben, who is an apprentice carpenter, left the workshop at about 11 am on Tuesday to buy food but did not return.
He told Graphic Online that all attempts to reach him proved futile as he left his mobile phone at the workshop.
Ben is a member of at the New Life Presbyterian Church of Ghana at Lapaz and speaks Krobo and Twi.
His instructor, Joseph Tei, said a formal complaint has been made at the Lapaz Container Police Station.
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By Andrew McMaster
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LeBron James Made a Statement About Equality Last Night — With His Shoes
The King isn’t afraid to speak up when it matters most.
Last night, millions looked on as the Cleveland Cavaliers prepared to battle the Boston Celtics in the opening game of the NBA season.
In light of recent protests against police brutality and racial injustice by NFL players and some coaches, many were curious to see if the superstar athletes would make any political statements before the game. While all of the players obeyed the NBA’s strict rules on standing for the national anthem, the Cavs’ captain, LeBron James, found another way to stand up for equality.
He literally stood in it.
LeBron's kicks for tonight #Equality (via @NBA) pic.twitter.com/P3HNwCGRiW
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) October 17, 2017
Tuesday night, the six-time NBA champion donned a custom pair of his signature Nike sneaker emblazoned with the word “equality” in gold across the heel.
James’ fashion choice was not a huge surprise given the outspoken attitude the player has adopted over the past few months and years.
Read More: Why It's Critical That Pro Athletes Be Part of Our Political Discourse
Last month, James famously called President Donald Trump “a bum” on twitter after Trump dis-invited the Warriors team to the traditional White House visit for NBA champions.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017
When the tweet sparked backlash, James posted another video addressing his frustration over what he perceived as Trump’s attempt to divide the nation by attacking athletes who call attention to issues of racial inequality.
“That’s just something I can’t stand for,” he said. “Me being in the position I am, I had to voice this to y’all.”
"It’s not about dividing. We as American people need to come together even stronger.” — @KingJames responds to @realDonaldTrump’s comments. pic.twitter.com/UHpzXpb42K
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) September 23, 2017
James also made it clear that his activism for equality won’t be constrained to social media statements. Speaking at the Cavaliers’ media day in September, James committed himself to fighting inequality and division across the country however he can:
"I will in my voice, I will in my passion, I will in my money, I will in my resources to my youth and my inner city and outside my inner city to let these kids know that there is hope, there is greater walks of life, and not one individual, no matter if it's the president of the United States...can stop your dreams from becoming a reality."
Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development, and reducing inequalities everywhere is goal No. 10. To take action in ensuring children around the world have access to equal education, click here.
Read More: The Political History Behind the NFL’s #TakeAKnee Protests
With a devastating injury to Celtics debutee Gordon Hayward, the return of former Cavalier Kyrie Irving to the Quicken Loans Arena in Celtics green, and a nailbiter of a finish, there were plenty of storylines to follow during the opening game of the NBA season.
But for those dedicated to achieving equality across the US and abroad, the donning of politically charged apparel marks the beginning of what will hopefully be a season-long tale of athletes using their platforms to advocate for marginalized people.
TopicsEqualityJusticeSneakersLebron JamesAthlete ActivismCleveland CavaliersGordon HaywardKyrie IrvingBoston Celtics
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Updated Aug 26, 2018CLOSED
Support to civil society for advancing citizens’ participation, government accountability and rights protection
Offered by U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of the IDEA project is to seek to advance civil society advocacy in Sri Lanka. The purpose of the program is to ensure that Sri Lanka has a vibrant and diverse civil society that empowers citizens to advance democratic values of citizen participation and government accountability on a range of governance and reform issues. To achieve this, it will support civil society advocacy to advance chosen reforms, protect and promote rights, improve the enabling environment for civil society in Sri Lanka and strengthen organizational capacity and sustainability of civil society organizations in the country. The program will place special emphasis to integrating gender and diversity considerations and inclusion of youth.
CLOSEDMay 09, 2019Deadline
$25,000 - $50,000Amount
Stage Stage 4: Transition to Scale and Stage 5: Scaling
Country Sri Lanka
Focus Areas Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance and Inclusion
Applicants must be Sri Lankan organizations with a recent history of implementing activities in the focus areas of this APS.
Applicants can be any organization with legal personality in Sri Lanka that is not a public sector or a for profit private sector institution.
Such local organizations may be registered under a variety of statutes, such as, not-for-profit companies, societies, trusts, cooperatives, independent trade unions, professional associations, and community based organizations.
They must also be responsible, law-abiding organizations with a record of business integrity.
Grant funds awarded under this APS cannot be used towards any profit by the grantees.
Applicants can propose to work with smaller locally based CSOs and community based organizations, registered or informal.
Target Beneficiaries
This APS aims to support civil society to be more effective in advancing democratic values of citizen participation, government accountability, and rights protection at local and national levels. Through this APS, IDEA seeks to support civil society efforts that will advance reforms through collaborative approaches that integrate women, youth and other marginalized communities in the areas of a) good governance b) rights protection / rule of law and c) improving the status of women. Within these themes, the IDEA APS is looking to support a few important sub-issues mentioned in Section C.
Requests for clarification and questions regarding this NOFO must be addressed in writing (via e-mail) to the Grants Manager (IDEAAPS@msiworldwide.com). Phone calls regarding technical content will not be entertained. Requests for clarifications and questions received by MSI will become a part of this APS, and will be forwarded to all future recipients of the APS. Questions and answers will be posted at (6117.APS01, https://msiworldwide.egnyte.com/fl/FMm3hkUHgH, FINAL PUBLIC Password: IDEA@APS2018) on updated regularly. Applicant is expected to familiarize with this additional information.
Electronic applications are to be submitted to https://msiworldwide.egnyte.com/ul/tKFT8TVaqe. All Applications uploaded must state “APS No. 6117.APS01, [Name of the Organization]” under “Name”
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Sustainability focus for Tyson Foods
15-May-2019 - Last updated on 15-May-2019 at 07:29 GMT
Related tags: Beef, Pork, Poultry
US processor Tyson Foods has outlined the progress made on its sustainability goals.
In its 2018 sustainability report, the business showed how it has worked towards increased transparency across key sustainability measures, including farming practices, worker health and safety and hunger relief.
During the year, Tyson Foods more than doubled its 10% year-on-year commitment to reduce OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Act) recordable workplace injuries and illnesses; expanded its Upward Academy, a language and life skills education program, to 33 plant locations; and became the first US-based protein company to receive approval from the Science Based Target Initiative for its greenhouse gas reduction target of 30% by 2030.
It also expanded implementation of the largest third-party remote video auditing system in the industry, donated more than 46 million servings of protein to hunger relief efforts across the US and continued to move ahead of schedule in meeting its commitment to provide $50 million in five years to fight hunger.
“Our progress is a testament to our unwavering commitment to accelerate sustainable food production,” said Noel White, president and CEO of Tyson Foods. “As one of the largest food companies in the world, Tyson Foods plays an important role in contributing to a stable and sustainable food system for future generations.”
Other sustainability goals met included: reducing water use intensity 12% by 2020; reducing greenhouse gases 30% by 2030; increasing land stewardship practices on two-million acres of row crop corn by the end of 2020; and increasing worker retention by 10%.
“We’ve made progress, but recognise there’s more to do,” added Justin Whitmore, executive vice president, alternative proteins and chief sustainability officer of Tyson Foods. “Our team members are determined to lead a coalition of industry partners to sustainably feed the world. We’re excited to work with organisations that will challenge our thinking, so we can advance sustainability on a global scale.”
Tyson Foods Sustainability 2018
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All material offered in Music
Electronic Music 2010 Forward Ever, Backward Ever
“Forward Ever, Backward Never” is the title of a Mayday compilation from 1992, back when people still believed wholeheartedly in the revolution that had been triggered by electronic dance music and culture.
The movement was indeed going strong then, what with structures that were still flexible and amenable to expansion and improvement, a pioneering spirit that spurred creativity, and even an economic trend showing a steep upwards curve. Under the circumstances, everything that had come before that naturally appeared irrelevant.
But a number of the developments over the 18 years that have elapsed since then would have seemed impossible in 1992. On the one hand, it soon became apparent that musical progress wholly cut off from any reference to the past would have to remain a pipedream. Nothing changes faster than the latest club sound, and the innovative capacity necessary to keep driving that sound forwards could never be mustered. So, when forward motion was wanting, one could always look back at everything which, in the forwards rush, had not yet been thoroughly processed.
And so it is that the sound of 1992, which was presumably already hopelessly outmoded by the end of that same year, resurfaced, albeit in fragments, in the year 2010 – by which time we’d long since grown used to retrievals of this sort. The cycles in which these older currents are taken up again have become shorter in our day, and reach further and further back in time. So it was that the older generation was confronted with its own past, out of which the younger generation forged its present, as both quested for something new.
2010 was, in consequence, a year of consolidation. The point was no longer to reinvent the wheel, but to remodel it. The music people were partying to in the clubs last year wasn’t all that different from that of the many years previous, only those many years previous were now heard in a modernized fused version, in which the only signs of progress were nuances discernible only those by those with a certain background thanks to their age or auto-didactic efforts.
The crisis in the music industry continued to set the pace of events, inducing many to stick to the beaten path to short-term success, others to manage rather than refine their merits in the interest of lasting success, and still others, oblivious to success and failure, to seize the economic slump as an opportunity to sow their wildest creative oats.
In any case, the democratization of the means of production in this age of cheap soft- and hardware and easy market access bred a spate of copycat music and slim pickings, as everyone vied for the dwindling half-life accorded by the media in their proportionally growing thirst for new subject-matter. Still, one could rest assured that on every conceivable aspect there’d be more podcasts available, more SoundCloud sets and web discussions than one could possibly ever get through.
Club culture, on the other hand, proved virtually crisis-proof. The party crowd ultimately couldn’t care less about the current burdens on creative minds. They just wanted to party the way they always have, and of course why shouldn’t they? All the volcanoes in Iceland could have erupted at the same time, the clubs would still have found enough DJs to keep the show going. Big clubs going bust, like the Matter and Fabric in London, remained the exception, to which clubs that were just as big down in Ibiza or in other cities didn’t even react – or need to react, for that matter.
With its (inter)national force of magnetic attraction, Berlin’s club scene, so vividly depicted in Tobias Rapp’s 2009 book Lost and Sound, may have lost a major player in Bar 25, but it got over that loss in no time. Other open-air spaces and some new venues were snapped up in a flash, and a bunch of the easyJet-setters flying into Berlin eventually settled down to become active and integral parts of the whole thing, not only as DJs and producers, but also as organizers and club owners.
As a result, the ranks got even tighter, and there was rumbling and grumbling in the peanut gallery. National media coverage of the scene, which had become irksome, lost credibility after its first clumsy attempts to comprehend the culture with knee-jerk outsider information finger-wagging at a cesspool of iniquity, for by then the culture was doing fine without any help from the press.
The leading media and a handful of public figures who felt duty-bound to comment on the Love Parade disaster kept their sights trained almost vindictively on the hedonism of the scene for way too long, instead of targeting the organizers’ incredible incompetence, and thereby dug themselves in even deeper.
Mouse TV
The analog vs. digital war raged last year not only in the music industry, but also in the clubs. Panasonic decided to stop producing its legendary Technics SL 1200 turntable, i.e. the equipment that had marked DJ and club culture for decades.
The defeated analog faction explained the move as proceeding from unworthy considerations of convenience and the low or even non-existent cost of music procured on promotional and filesharing platforms, while the digital faction pointed to the unworthy considerations of inconvenience and the limited mixing possibilities of vinyl and associated hardware.
Most of the clubs ended up opting for middle ground and embracing digital playback systems on which audio files could be played with the feel of a record or CD player. But only a few DJs made use of the mixing potential of such equipment, which only further hardened the fronts.
Regardless of that, performers pushed themselves even more to the fore as integral parts of club lineups, and analog equipment figured even less prominently in their performances. Live acts, could be better integrated than DJs into the many events in which electronic and traditional rock music were intermingled in the programme and in the audience, which ultimately benefited everyone. Often on the bill were universally acclaimed Paul Kalkbrenner, Modeselektor, who seemed to be virtually the only ones far and wide in Germany to capture and relay the countless bass movements in the English scene, and the Viennese band Elektro Guzzi with their original rendition of techno on a classic setup of bass, guitar and drums.
The more the focus shifted away from the DJ’s customary position to traditional performances, the more clearly it emerged that it had become all but impossible to begin a career as a DJ without producing music oneself.
What was/is House?
2010 was another growth year for house, in which the continuing references to the legacy of disco played an important part, as did a return to the roots of house music.
As the above-mentioned technological advances made it easier to produce and distribute music, there was yet a further increase in the spate of edits and bootlegs of well-known and obscure titles alike. But house and disco sound could no longer be told apart anymore, as back in the pioneering days when house was still regarded as an evolutionary stage of disco music, and not as a superseding phenomenon that had taken its place.
The decisive poles were deepness, disco in all its variants and forward-looking historical consciousness, which were most successfully represented in Germany by Running Back, Permanent Vacation, and especially by the Hamburg-based producer Tensnake, who released on both labels and whose international success seemed to suggest that the potential that lies in these genres is as yet far from exhausted – especially by analogy with minimal and the time lag abroad before it built up the momentum it still has in many countries.
The nationwide renaissance of the Old School, however, automatically engendered a highly traditionalistic approach to the genre. Indeed, most of last year’s productions confined themselves to reconstructing the tried-and-tested sound models of US productions from the late 1980s to the mid-’90s: very few producers succeeded in using modern means to imbue those models with the freshness, soul, emotion and individual stamp that make for the unflagging fascination of the originals. Meanwhile, established labels like Dial/Laid consolidated their status, among other things on the strength of Efdemin’s album. The capital attracted notice with the first successful undertakings by labels like Retreat and producers like Hunee, but it was above all the lively Eastern German scene revolving around Workshop and Mikrodisko that generated individual and creative international impetus.
With many house tracks well below the 120 BPM mark, the term “auteur house” was used to categorize what tended to be rather “introspective” music by successful international newcomers like John Roberts or Nicolas Jaar. But that designation has long since been outgrown by the idiosyncrasy of a DJ Koze, who diversified with original remixes, a label of his own and confederates from the first heyday of German house like Isolée and Jackmate.
Triumph of the Techno Bastions
The techno success stories of 2009 segued right into the next year.
Ostgut Ton shored up their status as the international style-defining executive of the Berghain empire, and continued to transport the serried ranks of Berghain’s resident artists to international renown on the strength of albums by poster boys Shed and Marcel Dettmann, as well as a deluxe compilation in which all the label’s artists worked field recordings from the club into their own tracks.
This commitment to putting out an elaborate product, also manifest in the venerable Perlon label’s Superlongevity compilation, contrasted with a number of techno releases whose sound and design emulated classics from the milieu of the Berlin institutions Basic Channel and Hard Wax and affiliated labels. There were a whole slew of handmade discs without any credits, put out by artists who wanted to remain anonymous – though it wasn’t always clear to what extent the eschewal of marketing strategies was a matter of heartfelt conviction or just another form of marketing.
Dub techno sound, initiated by Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald, remained an inescapable leitmotif of 2010 for labels like Prologue and Stroboscopic Artefacts.Ernestus himself, however, turned his attention to African rhythms, as did his proximate milieu with T++ and Shackleton. Meanwhile, von Oswald, after convalescing for a while from a stroke, successfully put his sound on stage with a trio.
Other artists abandoned the somewhat random minimal techno of previous years for a massive and straightforward basic sound that took its bearings by the darker techno productions of the 1990s as well as the post-punk and industrial aesthetic of the 1980s. With his label CLR, Chris Liebing, for example, managed to free himself from the spirits of Schranz dance music he had once conjured up himself. And where elements of fashion and performance art influenced artistic considerations on the rising tide of >electroclash, some Berlin-based labels like Sandwell District now directly alluded to sound experiments and artworks by such bands as Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, and transposed the latter’s spadework into their own music.
But 2010 was also a good year for the synthesis of highbrow and club culture. The Electroacoustic Salon started up by Stefan Goldmann at the Berghain was good to go last year, and the producer himself branched out into club-geared productions as well as a ballet composition premiered as part of the Time Warp rave at the Mannheim National Theatre. Cologne-based past master Wolfgang Voigt, with a similar penchant for experimentation, returned from the art world to electronic music, albeit not without attempting to combine the two pursuits with new approaches. Kreidler, Oval, Alva Noto and Hauschka, likewise reporting back after pursuing other trajectories, all went new and much-noticed paths in a club climate that was not as fixated on total dance floor compatibility as in years past.
Last year’s music may have often sounded low on sunshine, but at least other ideas didn’t have to stay in the shadows any longer.
Finn Johannsen
DJ and journalist, ist also co-publisher of the label Macro and works at the famed Hard Wax record store in Berlin.
Translated by Eric Rosencrantz
Copyright: Goethe Institut e. V., Online-Redaktion
online-redaktion@goethe.de
Love Parade 2010: Article in De:Bug magazine
A portrait of DJ Koze on laut.de
Interview with Tensnake on Finn Johannsen's homepage
Hard Wax record store
Label Basic Channel
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U.S. Open style: Tiger's colorful golf shirts (and a mock neck) to Brooks Koepka's floral hats
Looks for the U.S. Open includes colorful pastels, patriotic prints and some seriously beachy vibes you'll want to try for yourself
With the third major of the year falling right between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July—not to mention that it is America's national championship—expect to see plenty of patriotic style at this week's U.S. Open. Red, white and blue are already the most popular colors in golf apparel when it comes to creating clean and classic looks, but there's a lot of opportunity to mix and match the shades into fun patterns and unique statements. As remixed camo continues to gain popularity on and off the course, Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler will both wear different camo-esque patterns inspired by the stars and stripes.
The California coastal venue of Pebble Beach has also inspired apparel companies to dress their pros in summer-ready shades, with pops of turquoise and pink expected to be seen across the field. These colors will be found on Brooks Koepka's hat, Dustin Johnson's golf shoes and even in Tiger Woods' scripting. It's likely to be the most colorful major, apparel-wise, we've ever seen.
Check out the looks here:
When it comes to golf shirts, Tiger Woods is not afraid to try new styles and colors—as long as it's not on Sunday. At Pebble Beach, Woods will start the week in violet, move to a fuschia golf shirt and enter the weekend in a turquoise shade. These colors will be seen across the Nike staff players' scripting and were heavily inspired by the beachfront locale. (Oh, yeah, and he's going again with the mockneck on Sunday.)
Click here to shop Tiger Woods' looks at Golf Galaxy.
The 2016 U.S. Open champion will bring some uncharacteristically bold shades to Pebble Beach. DJ's Adidas golf shirt is in a shade called "shock red" to start the week bright and colorful. He'll move to a more traditional blue on Friday, a stylish red heather-striped top on Saturday and back to his classic navy on Sunday. The looks are athletic with a sprinkle of patriotic color palettes that will look great on the 6-foot-4 golfer's build. Johnson will pair the shirts with simple tapered golf pants, a safe move when working with these variety of colors. Keep an eye out for his golf shoes as well. The upper of the new Tour360XT Parley Golf Shoe ($200) is made from of upcycled plastic waste that was intercepted from beaches and coastal communities, the first of its kind. It's also in a fun coastal-inspired blue-green shade that will bring some color and personality to any ensemble.
Click here to shop Dustin Johnson's looks at Golf Galaxy.
Brooks Koekpa's hats have been the talk of the majors. He's showed up in patterns, graphics and altogether head-turning golf caps. He'll maintain his streak of striking hats at Pebble Beach in gray-floral and pastel-floral prints that Nike designers made with California in mind. The design is inspired by Golden State wildflowers with a mix of clamshells to honor the waterfront course and a stone wash to enhance the beachy-look. Kopeka will start the week in quiet shades of navy and white and work toward a fun turquoise color on Saturday before finishing off the week in a bold fuchsia shirt.
Click here to shop Brooks Koepka's looks at Golf Galaxy.
Rickie Fowler will wear four distinct, stylish and primarily Americana-themed looks at the U.S. Open. He'll start the week in a white polo with a whimsical red-and-blue pattern that will pair great with his bright blue pants. When working with flashy shades like this, don't be afraid of patterns, just make sure you stay in similar color families to avoid competing looks. He'll debut a quieter ensemble on Friday in a vintage-inspired blue heather golf shirt with a simple thin stripe pattern that runs through the chest and sleeves. Turning up the excitement on Saturday, Fowler's red, white and blue camo golf shirt with white pants look is sure to top the style charts. The heathered camo is a fun remix on the traditional pattern and great for the ultra-patriotic venue. Fowler will return to his traditional orange for the final round in a thin-striped polo paired with white pants.
Click here to shop Rickie Fowler's looks at Golf Galaxy.
Justin Kosman
Coming off a strong win at the RBC Canadian Open, Rory McIlroy's head is certainly focused on the winner's circle at Pebble Beach. The four-time major champ will be dressed the part in colorful looks inspired by vintage golf styling and beach-y palettes. From a muted purple to the brighter turquoise and pinks, McIlroy's striped Nike Golf Shirts inspired by California wildflowers will brighten up the 30-year-old's apparel scripting in an ultra-stylish way.
Click here to shop Rory McIlroy's looks at Golf Galaxy.
Justin Thomas will debut his new collaborative line with Polo Golf at the U.S. Open. He'll start the week in stripes under a classic navy vest for a simple and sophisticated look. Amping up the excitement during the second round, Thomas will wear the new camo stars print pants. The Polo Golf x Justin Thomas Pant features a blue camo print with red, white and blue stars across it. He'll smartly pair the look with a solid white golf shirt to avoid clashing with the bold pattern. On Saturday, Thomas' flag sweater is sure to turn a few heads. It's a simple navy sweater with a flag across the chest that is patriotic, without going overboard. He'll return in the patriotic star camo print on Sunday with the design on his lightweight quarter-zip knit.
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Demons star Max Gawn on his jaffle food truck and Melbourne cafe favourites
Kyra Agathos
Melbourne Demons footballer Max Gawn in his family's cafe in Loch, Gippsland. His mother's hedgehog slice (bottom right) will feature on his food truck menu. Photo: Michael Willson
Melbourne Demons star ruckman Max Gawn has been busy preparing for the biggest moment of his AFL career to date: a whirlwind week of training, much-needed family time and indulging in his pre-game ritual of watching cheesy films ("Freaky Friday with Lindsay Lohan, Big Fat Liar with Frankie Muniz … just some real bad movies," he reveals).
But while making the finals and ultimately, winning the Grand Final is the zenith for any AFL player, Gawn has another goal – courting the culinary world.
The enterprising 26-year-old is set to launch a food truck dubbed the Bearded Jaffle (named, no doubt, for his impressive facial foliage), as soon as things wind down post-season.
The Bearded Jaffle food truck was custom built to accommodate Gawn's six-foot-nine frame. Photo: Supplied
"I just love a jaffle," Gawn says, and the concept is as simple as that.
Fitted onto the chassis of a vintage Ford F100, the dark, wood-panelled cabin is being custom-built by Gawn's carpenter brother to accommodate the All-Australian ruckman's six-foot-nine frame.
Gawn plans to park the truck at summer markets and festivals around Melbourne – serving up unadvanced Australian fare and a solid flat white.
Gawn still works an occasional weekend shift in the South Gippsland cafe. Photo: Michael Willson
The menu will include jaffle fillings such as ham cheese and tomato, baked beans or spaghetti bolognese, and a sweet option, perhaps Nutella and banana.
Like Max, the humble jaffle doesn't take itself too seriously.
"It's just got something more to it than a toasted sandwich," he says.
Gawn's love of cafe culture was instilled in him from a young age, watching his mother run her Sandringham cake shop from the sidelines and, when he was old enough, coming on board as a waiter.
It was here, making coffee, manning the tills and waiting on customers, that he acquired a taste for hospitality – until he was fired by his mother when he decided not to turn up for a Sunday shift.
"I thought it was mum's fault for scheduling me in on a Sunday morning," Gawn maintains.
These days, Gawn pays his penance behind the coffee machine at his mother's cafe in Gippsland, the Olive at Loch, where he can be found pulling shots of espresso on weekend afternoons.
This may seem like an unusual pastime for one of the highest-profile players in the league, but his family hasn't let his fame get to his head.
Coming from a New Zealander household with little knowledge of Australian rules football – "They still yell 'try!' when I score," Gawn laughs – has kept him grounded.
"When I was young, I really just wanted to work for mum. I didn't want to do anything else," Gawn says. "She let me do it and I just didn't get sick of it."
Today, it looks like mum is quite happy to work for him instead – with plans to supply her son's favourite hedgehog slice to the Bearded Jaffle.
The footballer has another food project in the works – a Camberwell wine bar with an "Old World vibe" set to open in early 2019.
In partnership with Richard Donovan and Craig Tate (of Saint James in Malvern), East End will feature a wine-focused list and concise pizza offering.
The new property is in a promising location, situated opposite the historic Rivoli Cinemas on Camberwell Road.
"Camberwell has been crying out for a little wine tasting bar or something like that," Gawn says.
He hopes the venue will breathe some new life into an area with a lot of potential, but few places to have a drink.
The tall ruckman likes Tall Timber cafe in Prahran. Photo: Pat Scala
Max Gawn's Melbourne go-tos
Favourite pub to watch the footy
The Rising Sun in Richmond. I can be there and sit in the corner and not get annoyed.
Favourite coffee spot
It would be rude of me not to say [my business partner's cafe] Saint James. I also like Hobba in Malvern.
Best brekkie
Hobba again and Cheeky Monkey in Richmond. I'm pretty basic to be honest, I would just get your two eggs on toast with the sides. My favourite breakfast at the moment is a dish at Tall Timber, which is a cauliflower-something, get that with a couple of poached eggs and it's unbelievable.
Mum's match-winning soup?
Gawn's mother Sandra is pretty sure her pumpkin soup has the ability to determine footy scores.
From the small kitchen of her former cafe in Sandringham, only a 10-minute drive from St Kilda Football Club's training ground, Sandra would make 80 serves of soup for the players to eat after training every week.
The 2009 season was a good one for the Saints. The team enjoyed an unprecedented run of consecutive wins – until the one week they failed to place their usual order.
"That's the reason they lost the Grand Final," Sandra says. "Because they had soup every week until Grand Final week, they cancelled their soup and they lost."
With her son's team making it through to the semi-final to face Hawthorn next Friday, one can only hope she's got plenty of soup at the ready.
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NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP PRAYING
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His name was Jim. Here is the story of Jim and us.
We met Jim about 15 years ago when we relocated to a small community. About two weeks after we moved in Jim walked across the street to introduce himself. The first thing he said was “I hate Republicans and Christians.” He told us that all Christians are hypocrites and we told him we sin but we are sinners saved by grace. We decided to pray for this neighbor of ours.
Over the years Jim or we would stop and chat, just being neighborly. Eventually we grew to understand that Jim would give anybody the shirt off his back. He had such a big heart!
We also saw how Jim loved flowers and kept his yard very well landscaped and he enjoyed seeing my flowers also. Jim was usually home and feeling helpful; while I had a job. It got to the point that I would come home from work and find that Jim had cut our grass, trimmed our flowers and edged our sidewalk. In the winter I would get home and find he had plowed our driveway and sidewalks. We laughed for several years because one afternoon while he was plowing my sidewalk, I snuck around him and plowed his driveway and sidewalk. Told him we were brothers. Prayed for him.
He got to the point in his late 70’s that he would love to stop over and come in to talk. We would try to talk about Eternity and his relationship with God.
We frequently invited him to come to Church with us. Jim swore he would never step foot into a Church. Jim always said he knew when you were dead, you were dead and then there was nothing. He planned to be cremated immediately after dying so that he would be dead and gone.
But when he stopped over, he sometimes asked questions about Christianity and after a few minutes of our probing he would say “I have to go home now.” We told Jim we were praying for him.
We periodically dropped Jim’s name on the prayer cards at Church and asked for people to just pray for a guy named Jim so that he would get to know Jesus. We asked a lot of friends and family to pray for Jim.
He began to stop over more frequently and ask more questions such as, “How do we know God is real? How about the Hindus; how about the Muslims? Who is right?”
Several years ago at Thanksgiving time, he asked if he could bring over a DVD so we could watch while we had a quick supper. It was the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert. At the end of the DVD Jim started crying. We again tried to witness to him but he shut down and said he had to go home. A few years later Jim called and wanted to show us a different DVD. We were concerned what he would bring. It was the movie God Is NOT Dead. At the end Jim got emotional and we tried to talk very seriously with Jim. Again he said he had to go home. We kept on talking and telling Jim we were praying for him.
Two years ago we moved into our condo. Jim wanted to see our new place and we had him over for dinner. I prayed before supper and Jim responded with, “Those are nice words.”
We talked for a while and tried to witness yet again. We questioned whether we should give up and turn to other things BUT we felt like God would not let us ever give up on Jim. The last time Jim came over for supper it seemed like he was trying to unload some stuff in his life —as if he were looking for absolution. As he was leaving he told us that the doctor had discovered four spots on his liver that might be terminal. I asked him if I could pray with him. He said, “Please.” So we prayed for his health and that he would get to know Jesus before it was too late. Jim said he did not believe in God or Jesus. I said I’m still going to pray every day for you. He said, “You do that.”
I stopped over to his house and brought some food from Streams of Hope. We saw that Jim now had Hospice Home Care and was getting weaker. We prayed together and Jim appreciated talking to God. A few days later, Jim left a message on my cell phone which lead me to wonder what it was all about. The message said, “You two are true disciples of Jesus.”
The second to the last time I brought him some food he told me, “I accepted Jesus as my Savior. I am at peace and I am comfortable.”
Two weeks ago I stopped by and Jim was very agitated and insisted that his care taker take him to Horrocks. He told me I needed to leave right now because he was getting out of his hospital bed and going shopping for flowers. It was unsettling to see him like this to say the least.
The next week end I called and found out that Jim passed away on Wednesday, just before midnight. Jim was in his late 80’s when he died.So in conclusion. NEVER GIVE UP PRAYING for someone who needs Jesus in their life.
Jim our old friend – you made it to Heaven before us. Please look for us.
– Your old friends D. and B.
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This village may hold key to a bygone civilisation
Archaeological Survey of India has started excavating a site in Sakatpur village of Saharanpur after copper axes were found there
lucknow Updated: Feb 26, 2017 15:10 IST
S.Raju
Meerut, Hindustan Times
Excavation work underway in Sakatpur village ofSaharanpur district .(HT Photo)
A chance discovery of six copper axes and some pieces of pottery has spurred the Archaeological Survey of India into excavating a site in Sakatpur village of Rampur Maniharan area in Saharanpur district, in the hope of recovering more remains of an old civilization that once flourished in the doab (plains) of Ganga and Yamuna rivers.
A team of archaeologists began the excavation on Friday under the supervision of Dr Bhuvan Vikram, supervising archaeologist, ASI Agra Circle. Vikram, who believes that the excavation may unearth many interesting facts, said, “Excavation is a very slow process and we hope to find pottery and habitat deposition in the depths of the soil.”
Dr Vikram said that a chance discovery of six copper axes attracted the attention of historians and archaeologists towards this tiny village. Some labourers of a nearby brick kiln were digging to collect soil to manufacture bricks and they found six copper axes. They reported the matter to their owner and it was eventually reported to the ASI while passing through different routes. “It sounded interesting and we decided to excavate the land to ascertain the historical and archaeological significance of the region’, said Dr Vikram, who has been camping here to supervise the excavation.
He said the use of copper axes and the type of pottery found here was quite prevalent in the Ganga valley civilisation. Locals very often came across remains of pottery and other things in their fields.
Earlier, the ASI had excavated a site at Sinauli village on Baraut-Chaprauli Road and discovered graveyards and other archaeological remains, including stone jewellery and axes. The site is still an attraction for students of history and archaeology. The then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s daughter had also visited the site and collected inputs about it.
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History Preservation » Products Page » Brands » Buzz Rickson Korean War USAF 335th FIS MiG-Hunter Insignia
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Buzz Rickson Korean War USAF 335th FIS MiG-Hunter Insignia
The USAF’s 335th Fighter Interceptor Squadron “Chiefs,” along with the 334th & 336th squadrons, comprised the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group “Fourth but First.” The 4th FIG and its component squadrons have an august history of accomplishments dating back to their intrepid service in WWII when the initial nucleus of pilots served with the RAF in the famed Eagle squadrons, then becoming the 4th Fighter Group in August 1942, when the USAAF took control due to America’s entry in the war. The 4th was the first USAAF Fighter unit in the European Theater of Operations, hence their official nickname, “Fourth but First.” The Group went on to finish WWII as the highest-scoring USAAF fighter unit from any combat theater (combined air & ground victories; the 56th Fighter Group had the highest number of air victories), a record that may well never be surpassed due to the evolution of aerial warfare as we know it today.
During the Korean War the 4th FIG and the 51st FIG were the only two units to fly the F-86 Sabre jet in air combat. The 335th FIS produced some outstanding pilots that included the legendary ace Capt. Ralph S. Parr, and it was the 335th FIS that went on to gain notoriety as the highest-scoring USAF fighter unit of the Korean War, shooting down more MiGs than any other USAF fighter squadron of the war for a whopping total of 218.5 MiG kills. The 335th squadron’s official insignia worn on flying jackets, flying suits, etc., is an American Indian chief wearing full headdress, which dates back to its service with USAAF in WWII and gave rise to the unit’s official nickname, “Chiefs.” Near the middle of 1952, the 335th FIS adopted a new insignia that still featured the proud Indian chief but the Indianhead was now placed in the center of a large arrowhead (7.75” tall) with a full-length arrow (10.75” long) running diagonally through the large arrowhead; above the chief was a scroll with the squadron designation and below the Indianhead was either a blank scroll or the scroll could have the individual pilots name embroidered into it.
Based on the embroidery style observed on extant original examples of this insignia and knowing many units had their insignias made in Japan while on leave during the Korean War, it is an educated guess that this new 335th FIS insignia was originally produced in Japan. Whatever is the actual history may not ever be known, but what is certain is that this revised 335th FIS insignia appears to be the largest, most colorful and elaborate squadron insignia to emerge from the Korean War. It is in light of both their second-to-none record of accomplishment and the fact that the 335th FIS had this mammoth-size, totally awesome, cool-looking insignia, that we elected to have this embroidered insignia faithfully produced exclusively for us by the Buzz Rickson’s brand.
Buzz Rickson’s are renowned for producing the most accurate-looking vintage embroidered insignia because of their attention to detail and employment of the old shuttle looms from 1940's. Considering that the 335th FIS insignia was probably produced in Japan, it became obvious that the Japan-based Buzz Rickson’s would be the best source for executing this reproduction patch. Original examples of this insignia are nearly impossible to obtain, largely because it was used for just about one year and fighter units have a relatively small number of pilots assigned to them vs. bomber or transport units. After substantial research sourcing out surviving members of the 335th FIS from the Korean War and their giant-size insignia, we scored big time, thanks to acclaimed aviation historian Warren Thompson. Warren had several 335th FIS insignias which he made available to us for precise reproduction work, then he put us in touch with one particular pilot who flew with the 335th in the Korean War – 1st Lt. Richard “Dick” Keener – a really, really swell guy who just happened to have plenty of color film with him at the USAF’s Kimpo Air Base in South Korea.
Dick Keener photographed just about everything and everyone in brilliant color, not the least of which were all of the pilots of the 4th FIG wearing a multitude of different flying jackets and gear. And, not being camera shy, Dick made sure someone took a superb, large close-up photo of himself while wearing his newly issued L-2A nylon flying jacket decorated with the giant 335th FIS insignia; it was this photo, having appeared in one of Warren Thompson’s books that originally stimulated our interest in obtaining this insignia. We had the extreme pleasure of meeting and interviewing Dick Keener on Monday 18 May 2008, whereupon we presented to him a new Buzz Rickson’s L-2A flying jacket outfitted with both the 4th FIG insignia and the 335th FIS insignia that also displays Dick’s rank and name. About half of the pilots in the 335th FIS wore both the 335h FIS and 4th FIG insignias on their jackets and Dick informed us that he added the 4th FIG insignia to his jacket shortly after he grew his mustache that he still sports today. Thanks to Dick and Warren, our dream is reality, and we can now offer this dynamic insignia deftly copied in Japan by Buzz Rickson’s.
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News + Events | August 14, 2018
Jim Halloran Named Director of Design, Interiors for HOK’s Houston Office
Jim Halloran, LEED AP, IIDA, has relocated to HOK’s Houston office to serve as director of design, interiors.
With more than two decades of experience, Halloran will build client relationships in Houston and focus on design excellence for the interiors practice.
“We’re pleased that Jim has moved from Dallas to our Houston studio,” said Roger Soto, AIA, design principal for HOK. “His exceptional design, client service and leadership skills will bring great benefits to all of our clients.”
Halloran joined HOK in 2014 as a senior project interior designer in Dallas and was promoted to interiors practice leader in 2016. He has led teams on a range of successful corporate interiors, commercial office renovation, hospitality and healthcare projects. As an architect and interior designer, Halloran excels in guiding design efforts to ensure that clients realize the most value from their projects. His design solutions respond to each client’s unique goals and needs.
“Jim has been an integral part of the success of HOK’s interiors practice,” said Tom Polucci, AIA, firm-wide director of interiors for HOK. “In this new role, we are confident that he will continue to deliver impactful design solutions and exceptional service to our current clients while expanding our interiors practice in the region.”
A native Texan and a graduate of the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Architecture, Halloran is excited to return to the city. He is a member of the International Interior Design Association, CoreNet Global and the Texas Real Estate Commission International Interior Design Association.
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By Sean Palmerston Headline, Reviews, Reviews - Live November 6, 2009
Alestorm Meets Their Biggest 7 Year Old Fan
Review By Kevin Stewart-Panko, Photos by Albert Mansour
Usually, when I do a show review, what gets put onto paper – or typed into computer – is the result of my studiously studying the dirty band performing their dirty songs in front of me with different degrees of interest and/or concentration alongside as few as fifteen or as many as a few thousand other jerks. Being the solitude-loving loner that I am, often times the only on-site responsibility I have is to take a couple notes here and there, not fall asleep or misplace my car keys so that, Christ forbid, I’m not stuck in deepest, darkest Baltimore after the weekend of the Maryland Deathfest.
However, this night presented an additional responsibility: my seven-year-old son, Sam. Sam loves metal. Sam loves lots of other types of music, but you don’t come to Hellbound.ca to read about anyone being obsessed with Canadian balladeer Stompin’ Tom Connors. Nah, you want to read about how my kid used to rock out to Coalesce when he was two; how during the entire summer of his third year on this barren Earth all he would listen to was Torche’s self-titled album; how he sings along and laughs his head off at the samples on Graf Orlock records; and how he falls asleep at night listening to Dragonforce’s Inhuman Rampage on repeat.
Another of Sam’s faves is Alestorm. So, when it was noticed that vocalist/key-tarist Christopher Bowes and his band of “true pirate” metallers were playing Toronto as part of the Heathenfest America tour, arrangements were made and, a mere two weeks after drafting Sean’s son Kieran, my son officially became part of the Hellbound posse. That posse got stuck in traffic and ended up taking twice as long to get to the Opera House than usual, so we missed Kivimetsän Druidi and stepped in just as Norway’s Vreid was about to start dropping Norse history lessons in the laps of dudes who just wanted to indiscriminately throw horns, wander around the pit shirtless and chant along to the “Hey! Hey! Hey!” parts. Methinks the band’s tales of the WWII Norwegian resistance were largely ignored. This could have been due to the “less talk, more rock” attitude of the assembled majority, or because Vreid is simply a rather dull live band. Their latest album, Milorg, is an excellent headphone listen in the privacy of one’s own home, but their lack of live animation and stage energy had me shrugging my shoulders and Sam giving a thumbs-down salute during the “clap on the two and four” part at the end of the last song. That’s my boy!
So, when he learned his totally awesome dad was going to take him to see Alestorm, Sam took the initiative to make a sign saluting one of his favourite bands. Said sign read: “Alestorm is fucking awesome!” Honestly, I had nothing to do with its creation. Yeah, the kid knows swear words, when they’re appropriate to use and who he can use them around, even if he doesn’t exactly know the full meaning of some of his favourite words (cue: “Dad you’re a fuck ass!” Well okay, if you say so…). So, as soon as Vreid finished and I pointed out the Scottish pirates as they were setting up and line checking, the sign was unrolled and he held it up. Cue the bemused grins and giggles of random metal people who probably still get yelled at for cursing around their parents’ homes. Once the band started into “The Quest,” the sign was held further aloft in an attempt to salute his musical buddies. Mini-Me was spotted rocking out to everything from “That Famous Ol’ Spiced” and “Captain Morgan’s Revenge” to “Nancy the Tavern Wench” and “Keelhauled” as the band kicked out an entertaining commune with their feverous fanbase. The verdict from one-half of Hellbound’s junior crew was that Alestorm was a 10/10 and post-set comments included, “I didn’t think I was going to go that crazy!” and “That’s hilarious when people get on stage and that big guy comes over and pushes them off!”
Of course, once he saw Alestorm, that was the end of that. I didn’t see much of Belphegor because for some strange reason, my son’s not that big on zombie/goat/S&M themed metal, plus he was tired and hungry. By default, we completely missed out on Eluveitie, who were fucking awesome the first and last time I saw them a couple years ago in Massachusetts, but what was I going to do – force a seven-year-old to stay out until one in the morning? So, we went to Burger King instead.
Thanks to the security dude standing by us who took the fabled sign backstage to get signed by the Alestorm chaps and thanks to the band for coming out to meet Sam and submitting to these pictures. Now, what the hell are we going to do with this sign? It’s not like we can have it mounted and displayed in our living room…
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A lengthy and increasingly unnerving interview lands Ursula a job as the event planner at a foreign embassy. Not until the government hustles her off to a different planet does she realize just how foreign that embassy is. When the U.S. ambassador hands over one of her coworkers during her first event as collateral to seal a trade agreement, Ursula breaks out of the embassy, determined to find a way back home before she, too, can be used as a bargaining chip in this world desperate for females.
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Posted by Josh Zyber - April 1, 2019
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 31st, 2019 – Float Like a Butterfly
If you only looked at the raw number of Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs being released, this week might seem like a slowdown from the last few. A title or two among them, however, might deserve a little buzz.
Adventures at the Chocolate Factory
American Relapse
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls - Part One
Bumblebee - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Bumblebee - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (SteelBook)
Bumblebee & Transformers: 6-Movie Pack
Castle Town Dandelion: The Complete Series (Essentials)
Chaos Dragon: The Complete Series (Essentials)
Dances with the Dragons: The Complete Series
Dragon Ball Super: Part 07
Flying Clipper - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
The Golden Head
Golden Kamuy: Season One (Limited Edition)
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms / Blood & Iron - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Help, I Shrunk My Teacher
An Innocent Man (Kino)
The Mule - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
No Alternative
Patrick (2019)
Pokémon: Indigo League - Season 1
Rust Creek
Space Battleship Tiramisu: Season 1
Unstrung Heroes
A Violent Man
Bumblebee – If most reports are to be believed, the first Transformers movie not directed by Michael Bay may also be the first that’s any good. Travis Knight from Laika Animation takes over for a spinoff set during the 1980s, with Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena as human sidekicks for the endearing yellow Autobot. The movie scored great reviews, but had the unfortunate timing of being released against the monster hit Aquaman and drowned in its wake at the box office. Strong word-of-mouth should hopefully propel it to a good shelf life on video, where it’s available in 1080p or 4k. Sadly, even though it played in 3D theatrically, I don’t see any Blu-ray releases in that format anywhere.
Vice – Christian Bale dons a lot of latex to star in a bio-pic about Dick Cheney, the controversial former Vice President under George W. Bush. Talladega Nights director Adam McKay attempts to parlay his success from The Big Short into a new career phase as a serious filmmaker of serious movies about serious issues. This one didn’t go over quite as well. Reviews were largely mixed-to-negative and the film’s box office underwhelmed. Nonetheless, it somehow landed eight Oscar nominations, winning only for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
The Mule – If I’m not mistaken, didn’t Clint Eastwood vow to retire from acting after 2008’s Gran Torino to focus only on directing? A decade later and pushing 90, here he is still putting himself in front of the camera. The plot this time finds him playing an elderly horticulturist who becomes a drug mule for a Mexican cartel – when he has the time in between multiple threesomes with much younger women (really!). Like many of Eastwood’s late-career movies, critics had mixed things to say about it. However, the man’s enduring screen appeal was enough to pull in some good money with audiences. The film was a big bounce-back from last year’s flop The 15:17 to Paris.
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot – The title should be enough to clue you in that this is a movie aimed directly at finding a cult audience. Recent Oscar nominee Sam Elliot stars as the title character, a veteran war hero who’s called out of retirement to stop a sasquatch from spreading a deadly plague. Jason was totally on-board with this.
Rust Creek – A young college student gets lost in the Kentucky backwoods and finds herself running from murderous yokels – praying for deliverance or perhaps a little southern comfort – in a redneck horror flick that Deirdre says is a little smarter and more throughtful than she expected going in.
Hal – Judd Apatow, Norman Jewison, Jeff Bridges, Jane Fonda, and Dustin Hoffman are among the subjects interviewed for a documentary celebrating Harold and Maude and Being There filmmaker Hal Ashby.
The Great Buster: A Celebration – If your tastes extend even further back in cinema history, the new documentary by Peter Bogdanovich (a contemporary of Ashby’s) examines the life and legacy of silent comedian Buster Keaton.
Bumblebee lands on Ultra HD video with a SteelBook at Best Buy. The Mule follows right behind. Strangely, Vice didn’t make the cut.
Building up some hype for its new franchise reboot, Lionsgate offers 4k upgrades for the two Hellboy Animated features – Storm of Storms and Blood & Iron.
Flicker Alley makes its 4k debut with the 1962 70mm travelogue Flying Clipper.
The new spinoff affords Paramount an excuse to bundle it with all the prior entries in a Bumblebee & Transformers 6-movie collection.
Japanese cult auteur Takashi Miike has put his weird spin on pretty much every genre under the sun. With 2016’s manga adaptation Terra Formars, he even went to Mars to battle mutant space cockroaches. As ever, the folks at Arrow Video remain huge fans of the director.
Kino investigates the 1989 Tom Selleck thriller An Innocent Man, then digs up the ’90s-era Andie MacDowell comedies Green Card and Unstrung Heroes.
I am very surprisingly excited to watch Bumblebee and have the SteelBook on preorder. That’s about all I need this week, though I might sit for Vice or The Mule if I run across them on cable someday.
Are you stung by the desire to pick up anything this week?
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April 1, 2019 at 5:22 am - Reply
Eastwood did claim ‘Gran Torino’ would be his final outing as an actor. He broke that promise to star in ‘Trouble with the Curve’ as a favour to help bring profile to the first film directed by his longtime buddy. I’m glad that ‘Trouble with the Curve’ won’t be his final film as an actor. When it came out, my mates and I all felt that if Clint was going to do a father-daughter flick with Amy Adams, it should’ve been a continuation of the ‘Any Which Way’ series, with Amy taking up her father’s mantle as a truck stop brawler and friend to orangutans. It could become a sister series to the ‘Creed’ movies.
I’ll pick up Bumblebee Uhd. I’m on the fence about blind buying Hitler/Bigfoot. The Mule for a rental. I have the two Hellboy animated movies on dvd as am considering the uhds.
Adam Tyner
Bumblebee is especially tough to resist with the sale Target has going this week. 20% off with Cartwheel (so $23.99 on Ultra HD Blu-ray), and it comes with a $5 gift card.
I was going to get it anyway — it’s exciting to actually want to watch a Transformers movie again! — but a sale like that is too much to pass up.
DaMac80
Just Bumblebee for me this week. Normally I would buy The Mule because I’m an Eastwood fan, but I’m cutting back my spending for a while as I got a Nintendo Switch and am focused on that. Bumblebee looks too up my alley to ignore though, 80’s set sci-fi blockbuster action? Yes please.
I don’t hate the Bayformers movies like some do, but they’re definitely only fun for their visuals. This one having a story will be a nice change of pace.
April 2, 2019 at 12:20 am - Reply
I would say that Bubmblebee is the first good Transformers movie… since the first one (which I thought was great).
Unfortunately one of the main producers (Lorenzo di Bonaventura) said that he will try to put a little more “Bayhem” into its sequel. I hope that doesn’t mean they’ll bring Michael Bay back and will stick with Travis Knight, since he really gets the franchise and Bumblebee was basically a love letter to the 80s cartoon (and the 80s in general).
What happens when the main character is thinking about jumping off a cliff is almost worth the price of admission.
Hal Ashby documentary definitely.
He is one of the unsung heroes of 70’s cinema.
William Henley
Interesting to see Help I Shrunk My Teacher get a NA release. I wonder how bad the dubbing is
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Hudgell Solicitors™ | Latest News | The Future of Hudgell Solicitors: A Q&A with Neil Hudgell and Amanda Stevens
The Future of Hudgell Solicitors: A Q&A with Neil Hudgell and Amanda Stevens
Hudgell Solicitors recently announced a management restructure of the business, appointing highly-experienced litigator Amanda Stevens to the role of chief executive, who will be instrumental in shaping the future of the business in the wake of forthcoming industry changes, alongside managing director Neil Hudgell.
Here, Amanda and Neil discuss the reasons for the changes within the business, their expectations for the claims industry, and ambitions for further growth as a Top UK 150 firm.
Neil, you have announced a restructure of the business this week with Amanda Stevens now in the role of chief executive. Can you explain the thinking behind the changes, how they have come about and how Amanda was identified for this role?
NH: The only constant in our industry is change, and we need to be agile to that change and everything that is coming on the horizon. Amanda has a history of being at many of the top tables when strategy and direction for the profession is explored, not only within the firms she has worked at but also on highly influential legal steering groups, committees and associations. I wanted to bring that experience to the head of our business so we can stay fleet of foot at the front of change and continue to progress.
Amanda, how does it feel to be given this new role and what are your personal goals?
AS: From my first meeting with Neil I knew it would be an exciting adventure as I could see he was extremely pro-active and determined about the future success of his business. We’ve had a number of months to analyse what is happening within the industry, focus on our strengths and identify the opportunities to come up with a plan which also has the unanimous backing of the senior management team. I feel hugely excited and privileged to be asked to lead on that with Neil. My goal is ‘simple’, it is to help others deliver all we have set out to do on time and to enhance awareness externally of all that is special about what Hudgell Solicitors has to offer. We have a great story to tell.
You have personally won industry recognition for your influence on rehabilitation in the claims process, how important is developing this area of Hudgell Solicitors’ work?
AS: One of the things that attracted me to working with Neil and the team here was the priority they have always placed on early and influential rehabilitation for people suffering serious injury. It is already a strength of this firm but we are developing it further. A lot of lawyers talk about doing this, but when you scratch beneath the surface it amounts to little more than lip service. It is absolutely key going forwards that we continue to offer rehab and look for ways to enhance that service. We’ve recently produced a detailed Rehabilitation Handbook for injured people and their families as an extra resource, identifying where they can get vital support immediately after suffering an injury, when leaving hospital, and in the long term. It is part of our commitment to always see the person and not just the claim.
You’ve already mentioned big change ahead in the claims industry and that you are acting now to be fully prepared and grow. What are the key challenges for Hudgell Solicitors, and others in the claims industry, at such times of change?
AS: For me it’s about maintaining our core professional values of excellent service and being a trusted adviser to our clients whilst achieving affordability and accessibility in an increasingly crowded and constrained market.
NH: Yes, for me THE challenge is to do more for less without compromising quality.
With that in mind, what changes do you envisage across the claims industry between now and the reforms due in October 2018?
AS: The market is already showing signs of turbulence with a number of practices seeking to exit and lawyers seeking to move or skill up in different areas, so there is likely to be further consolidation of the market and, as with any time of change, there could be one or two new entrants on a different business model which could cause a further shake up. I hope any new entrants will bring a stimulus to the market, as they advertise the relevance of professional assistance with claims, rather than disrepute, after a short while, as has happened in earlier periods of reform of our sector.
NH: I’m not convinced we will have new entrants in any significant numbers. There will be leavers. Firms will jump into areas of work they don’t currently do in the same way they jumped into ID work, clinical negligence work, and, more recently holiday sickness. Recent press statements already suggests the writing is on the wall for that latter category.
You said in your statement regarding the restructure of the business that the changes and new strategy are about being ‘a beneficiary and not a victim’ of new regulations. What does this mean?
AS: Our lawyers have chosen to specialise in injury work, rather than more corporate types of law, and have done so because they care passionately about helping individuals and their families to get life back on track after completely unexpected and harmful events which could afflict any of us out of the blue. Caring about those people is what makes our staff want to get out of bed in the morning. If terms of the new regulations and pricing restrictions making the legal process more of an inhuman conveyor belt, we will be a “victim” of the reforms, because that is not a business model we would choose to adopt. Similarly, having to pull out of such work because changes have rendered it wholly uneconomic would clearly be a massive blow, and one we are seeking to protect ourselves from through our new strategy. Our goal is to use the experience we have gained from previous reforms, and many years of extremely high customer satisfaction ratings, to roll out a product line which is even more attractive to injured people and their families than what has gone before.
Neil, in the wake of the Jackson Reforms of 2013, many firms sold PI caseloads and Hudgell Solicitors has since completed 32 deals for cases and departments. Are you in a position to buy again or is it a case of being more cautious now given increases in the small claims limit and restrictions on the entitlement to claim for certain injury types?
NH: We sit on a fund to use if the right opportunity comes along. We have three active lines of discussion ongoing at the moment which I’m hoping fall over the line before the summer is out. Unless the price is right though we won’t do business, we will continue to develop our own referral arrangements and direct marketing initiatives.
Amanda, part of your responsibilities in your new role is developing and mentoring the talent currently within the business, just how important is?
AS: We set high standards of client care through our customer charter and as we move forward we are setting the highest standards for staff satisfaction and development within. A few people have helped me along the way, but traditionally law firms have had a mentality of ‘each to his own’, based on competition amongst individuals rather than collaboration. By finding out precisely how people would like to develop their career and then offering constructive feedback and support to help achieve transparent and realistic personal goals, our staff can grow and our business can be enhanced. I feel a happy and motivated workforce is key to all we hope to achieve together as a business.
Neil, how has Hudgell Solicitors changed over the past few years as a firm, and how has that influenced the new vision?
NH: We have a more defined process, greater efficiency across the business, and importantly we are now people led from within, adopting the ideas and energy of the people we employ and using them to provide a better service to our clients.
Where would you say Hudgell Solicitors is placed within the claims sector now, and where would you like the business to be in 18 months’ time given these changes?
NH: We are now firmly established as a UK Top 150 firm, growing various niche areas of the business whilst maintaining our core work areas. We are concentrating on cementing that position in a continually evolving market facing continued price squeezes and regulatory restrictions. In 18 months’ time we will hopefully be looking back at the changes we are making now and reflecting upon how we were right to take a step back, analyse all that we do, and change.
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'Romeo & Juliet' Dinosaur Fossils Put Dino Mating In A Whole New Light
By Jacqueline Howard
Paleontologists have long suspected that some dinosaurs shook their tail feathers to woo mates. And a new analysis of "Romeo and Juliet" -- bird-like oviraptor dinos found locked in a 75-million-year-old embrace -- is yielding new clues about the feathery mating theory.
“We discovered that, although both oviraptors were roughly the same size, the same age and otherwise identical in all anatomical regards, ‘Romeo’ had larger and specially shaped tail bones,” Scott Persons, a graduate student in paleontology at the University of Alberta in Canada, said in a written statement. “This indicates that it had a greater capacity for courtship displays and was likely a male.”
“Juliet” had shorter and simpler tail bones and was probably a female, according to Parsons, who led the research team.
He said the dinosaurs -- which were unearthed next to each other in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia in 2001 -- may very well have been a mating pair before they were buried alive in the collapse of a sand dune.
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Artist's conception of an oviraptor using its tail feathers in a mating display.
Prehistoric romance. The researchers compared the fossilized remains of the dinosaur couple with the anatomy of modern-day birds, Discovery News reported. The comparison showed that the dinos sported long feathers on the ends of their tails.
Since the tails aren't suited for flight or combat, the researchers concluded, they must have had another purpose.
“Our theory," Persons said in the statement, "was that these large feather fans were used for the same purpose as the feather fans of many modern ground birds, like turkeys, peacocks and prairie chickens: they were used to enhance courtship displays."
Thrilling find. Persons told The Huffington Post in an email that the new finding was thrilling though not especially surprising, saying it was "exactly what I was looking for."
A paper describing the research was published online in the journal Scientific Reports on March 31, 2015.
How much do you know about dinosaurs? Check out the "Talk Nerdy To Me" video below for five new scientific findings that just may change the way you think about the prehistoric beasts.
Feathered Dinos
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Senior Science Editor, The Huffington Post
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Cutest Dinosaur Ever?
A baby megalosauroid Sciurumimus is perched on a rock by the Bavarian Sea in Germany.
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* ProActive Think Tank
ProActive ThinkTank Update
Welcome to the newest ProActive ThinkTank email Update. This Update contains information on
Stefania Passera’s PhD Defence on August 18, 2017: Beyond the Wall of Contract Text
UWA event on December 7-8, 2017: Comic Book Contracts and Other Contract Innovations
IACCM event in San Diego, CA – Robert de Rooy wins the Innovation Award for Comic Contracts
other recent and forthcoming events, presentations and publications
First of all, we wish to invite you to attend
Stefania Passera, a pioneer of contract visualization and a long-term member of the Proactive Law Research Network, will defend her doctoral dissertation at Aalto University on 18 August 2017. Her research is in the field of Organizational Behavior and Knowledge Management and the dissertation is entitled “Beyond the wall of contract text. Visualizing contracts to foster understanding and collaboration within and across organizations”. The dissertation aims at providing empirical understanding of the emerging practice of contract visualization – by testing the propositions about its benefits, by exploring it as a practice in real life, and by identifying viable approaches for managers and legal counsel to engage with visualization. The supervising professor is Eila Järvenpää, Aalto University School of Science, and the Opponent will be Professor George Siedel, University of Michigan, Ross Business School. The dissertation is published as part of Aalto University Doctoral Dissertations Series at http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-60-7528-0.
For details on the defence, please contact Stefania Passera, stefania.passera@aalto.fi or go to http://www.aalto.fi/en/current/events/vaitos_passera_stefania.
University of Western Australia (UWA) event on December 7–8, 2017: Comic Book Contracts and Other Contract Innovations
Professor Camilla Andersen is organizing a two-day event, “Comic Book Contracts and Other Contract Innovations” at UWA Law School in Crawley (near Perth) on December 7–8, 2017. The event is supported by the ProActive ThinkTank, the Nordic School of Proactive Law, and the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM).
For more information, please contact Camilla Andersen, camilla.andersen@uwa.edu.au.
IACCM Americas & Academic Forum 2016: Robert de Rooy wins the Innovation Award for Comic Contracts
The Academic Forum was held in conjunction with the 2016 IACCM Americas Conference in San Diego, CA, USA on 24 October 2016. The Academic Forum was supported by the ProActive ThinkTank, the Nordic School of Proactive Law, and the Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (JSCAN). Like in previous years, the event brought together professionals and academics from a variety of disciplines and provided a platform for research collaboration and closer ties between professionals and scholarly academics. The Forum was chaired by Professor Thomas D. Barton of California Western School of Law, and many ProActive ThinkTank constituents attended and presented.
Robert de Rooy, a practicing commercial attorney based in Cape Town, South Africa, won the IACCM Innovation Award in the category of Visionary Change for his work in developing the idea of comic contracts. Robert is a Proactive Law pioneer who wants to do something about the vulnerability of people when they sign contracts, especially people that are poor and illiterate. From this the idea of using comics as contracts was born. Robert is developing, researching and advocating comic contracts as a way for illiterate people to independently understand contracts, guide behaviour and improve the relationship between contracting parties. His work, along with proactive contracting, was presented by Kate Vitasek in Forbes in February 2017 – see “Comic Contracts: A Novel Approach To Contract Clarity And Accessibility”, http://tinyurl.com/hcfdtna.
Since our last Update, ProActive ThinkTank constituents have further promoted the proactive approach through various courses, conferences, presentations and publications, including the following:
George Siedel, the co-author of Proactive Law for Managers (Gower 2011) and A Short Guide to Contract Risk (Gower 2013), currently teaches two free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) available on-demand. His first MOOC, “Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills”, currently available with subtitles in Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, and Spanish (see https://www.coursera.org/learn/negotiation-skills), ranked second on a list of the ten most popular business courses, and over 500,000 learners have joined the course. It was followed in 2016 with a popular MOOC on “The Three Pillar Model for Business Decisions: Strategy, Law & Ethics”, https://www.coursera.org/learn/strategy-law-ethics.
Thomas D. Barton, Gerlinde Berger-Walliser and Helena Haapio have co-guest-edited the Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (JSCAN), Vol. 2, Issue 1, Special Issue: “Contracting for Innovation and Innovating Contracts”. Their overview and introduction to the Special Issue is available at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055563616677162. The issue contains several articles relevant to our field, including
“Cooperation through clarity: designing simplified contracts” by Robert Waller, Jenny Waller, Helena Haapio, Gary Crag, and Sandi Morrisseau. Gary Crag from Nexen (Canada) won the IACCM Contracting Excellence Award 2017 in the Social Benefit category for his work in transforming the bidding and contracting process and document design for work by his employer, Nexen, with the Canadian native tribes. The judges applauded this initiative in social inclusion; see http://journal.iaccm.com/contracting-excellence-journal/contract-excellence-awards-demonstrate-outstanding-contributions.
“Integrative deal-design – Cascading from goal-hierarchies to negotiations and contracting” by Daniela Alina Plewe and Robert de Rooy
“Changing roles of legal – On the impact of innovations on the role of legal professionals and legal departments in contracting practice” by Ivar Timmer
“Exploring contract visualization – Clarification and framing strategies to shape collaborative business relationships” by Stefania Passera, Anssi Smedlund and Marja Liinasuo
“Meet the Flexperts! How to bring in expert contributions around the contract in support of commercial interests” by Rory Unsworth
Book Review of Victor P. Goldberg’s Rethinking Contract Law and Contract Design by David Orozco
Vol. 2, Issue 2 of JSCAN further contains the article “Proactive contracting – Emerging changes in attitudes toward project contracts and lawyers’ contribution” by Jouko Nuottila, Osmo Kauppila, and Soili Nystén-Haarala.
Gerlinde Berger-Walliser, Thomas D. Barton, and Helena Haapio have co-authored “From Visualization to Legal Design: A Collaborative and Creative Process”. American Business Law Journal, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2017, p. 347–392. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2841030.
Helena Haapio and Thomas D. Barton have co-authored a chapter “Business-Friendly Contracting: How Simplification and Visualization Can Help Bring It to Practice”, in Kai Jacob, Dierk Schindler & Roger Strathausen (Eds.), Liquid Legal – Transforming Legal into a Business Savvy, Information Enabled and Performance Driven Industry. Springer International Publishing 2017, pp. 371–396.
Rob Waller, Helena Haapio, and Stefania Passera have co-authored “Contract simplification: the why and the how” for IACCM’s Contracting Excellence Journal, available at http://journal.iaccm.com/contracting-excellence-journal.
Helena Haapio, George J. Siedel, and Mariana Bendal Fandino have co-authored an article in Spanish, “Aplicación del derecho proactivo como una ventaja competitive”, Revista de Derecho Privado, Nº. 31, 2016.
Samson Esayas, Tobias Mahler, and Kevin McGillivray have co-authored “Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Terms? Visualising Contract Terms and Data Protection Requirements for Cloud Computing Users”, in: Casteleyn S., Dolog P., Pautasso C. (Eds.): Current Trends in Web Engineering. ICWE 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer.
Stefania Passera, Anne Kankaanranta, and Leena Louhiala-Salminen have co-authored “Diagrams in Contracts: Fostering Understanding in Global Business Communication”. IEEE Transactions of Professional Communication, Vol. 60, Issue 2, pp. 118–146. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7874197/
Eric van de Luijtgaarden, Zuyd University AS, has published a book in Dutch called “Preventive Law”. This PhD thesis, written under the supervision of Prof. Harry Kunneman, Pieter Ippel, and Thomas D. Barton, contains an English summary and is available at http://repository.uvh.nl/uvh/bitstream/handle/11439/2755/Luijtgaarden_%20PREVENTIVE%20LAW.pdf?sequence=1.
Lucas Liverse, Eric van de Luijtgaarden, and Martijn de Ruijter have co-authored a paper for the IALMH Prague 2017 conference called “The Conflict, a Description of - and Lessons Learned from - an Educational Experiment in the Training and Education of Preventive Law Practitioners”. This is an example of the cases at Zuyd University, where the research group of Eric van de Luytgaarden is working on founding the first preventive law school.
Helena Haapio has co-authored the following conference papers presented at the IRIS 2017 event held at the University of Salzburg, Austria:
“Wise Contracts: Smart Contracts that Work for People and Machines” (co-authored with Jim Hazard). LexisNexis Best Paper Award;
“FAIR Design Jam: A Case Study on Co-Creating Communication about FAIR Data Principles” (co-authored with Pirjo-Leena Forsström and Stefania Passera);
“Contract Continuum: From Text to Images, Comics, and Code” (co-authored with Daniela Alina Plewe and Robert de Rooy);
“Robo-advisors and Investors: Enhancing Human-Robot Interaction through Information Design” (co-authored with Marika Salo);
“Modeling and Visualization in Law: Past, Present and Future” (co-authored with Thorsten Schoormann and Ralf Knackstedt).
Pre-print versions of many of the articles, book chapters and conference papers are available through SSRN´s eLibrary, http://ssrn.com.
Please let us know about your news, publications, events, and plans so we can spread the word in our next Update. We look forward to receiving your thoughts, ideas and comments.
On behalf of the Core Team of the ProActive ThinkTank
Helena Haapio, University of Vaasa / Lexpert Ltd, helena.haapio(at)lexpert.com
Gerlinde Berger-Walliser, University of Connecticut, gerlinde.berger-walliser(at)uconn.edu
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Robert Phillips: Conservatives and Labour - the coalition that dares not speak its name
By Robert Phillips
May 5, 2015 11:59 BST
Coalition-spotting has, for the political chattering classes, become a temporary national sport. Everyone thinks they know the magic numbers for the Conservatives and Labour; can guess the scale of the Scottish wipeout (or landslide); smirk at the increasing irrelevance of Nigel Farage and Ukip; and puzzle why the Greens and the Liberal Democrats may both end up with 8% of the national vote yet the former will have one seat and the latter 25 or more.
The delicious irony of a pro-proportional representation party benefiting from first-past-the-post mathematics is not lost.
\'David Cameron plus Clegg plus a few Ulstermen still equals less than 50% of those bothered to turn out\' Reuters
A Populus/Hanover survey, quoted in the Financial Times at the end of April, reckoned the Tories have less than an 18% chance of eventual government, such is the party's limited options and few friends beyond the Lib Dems and the Democratic Unionist Party.
The percentage could fall lower still should Nick Clegg lose Sheffield Hallam, leaving the current prime minister with the unwelcome prospect of dealing with a combination of Vince Cable, Simon Hughes and Tim Farron.
Amid this ongoing saga, two questions need to be asked. First, what legitimacy does a cobbled-together coalition really have, given a third of the electorate will have shunned the voting booths anyway?
The biggest winner on 7 May will be "don't really care". David Cameron plus Clegg plus a few Ulstermen still equals less than 50% of those bothered to turn out. Likewise, Ed Miliband plus Clegg but not Nicola Sturgeon/Alex Salmond barely reaches much higher. Forget a minority of confidence in the eventual Queen's Speech, this represents a minority of confidence from Britain as a whole.
Second, why has no one suggested a Con-Lab coalition? Miliband is, after all, more opportunist politician than conviction crusader. From Syria to immigration to rent controls, he has said pretty much anything that might take him into power.
Cameron, meanwhile, has played his right-wing cards to prick the Ukip balloon (which has mostly worked) yet has left the prospect of an In-Out EU referendum that will further polarise the nation, allow "the Scottish question" to persist and, most importantly, stall economic recovery, fragile though it is. They are almost natural bedfellows.
The weaponising of the NHS and the bandying of banalities around the welfare system have been two less edifying aspects of the current debate Getty
With a genuine car-crash election now only days away, a government of all the parties can fix this mess. Such a rainbow coalition could find much to agree on.
First, deliver constitutional reform. We have heard about "the death of two-party politics" many times, not least during the heady days of the Social Democratic Party in the 1980s. This is now a permanent fixture – a new pluralism is trapped within the straitjacket of a two-party system.
A constitutional convention, independently arbitrated, should report within a year of the election and new mandates sought within 18 months of that. In other words, Britain would have fresh and more balanced elections within three years.
Second, champion national Devo Max. Localism is not just a Scottish issue, as George Osborne has shown in Manchester and elsewhere. Think tank ResPublica has called for more fiscal autonomy in Britain's mid-size cities. Globally, we are moving towards a new economy in which both collaboration and localism can flourish. Brave constitutional reform can deliver a dispersion of power and authority that matches the needs and aspirations of everyday citizens.
Third, provide long-term safeguards for the NHS, education and welfare. The weaponising of the NHS and the bandying of banalities around the welfare system have been two less edifying aspects of the current debate. Britain deserves better.
Three National Commissions and a reformed Upper Chamber could provide the vision and the guardrails to do what is right for the country over the long term and not what is expedient for a particular political party at any moment in time.
The starting points are easy to agree: a health service available to all and one that is affordable, with the emphasis on care not bureaucracy; a school and university system that focuses on relevant future talent and allows students to be competitive within a global landscape; and a welfare system that heals the clear inequalities between Britain's haves and have not's.
Fourth, find a new voice in Europe. Labour has surprisingly emerged as the pro-European party. A national coalition could help free the Conservatives from the self-inflicted madness of a potential Brexit. The consensus is we need more from Europe but we cannot do it from outside the tent.
\'Little wonder Sturgeon has proved the surprise package – she is the one out there on the streets\' Getty
A 66%+ voice would hold greater sway, enjoy more legitimacy and maybe even find better answers. And it would arrest a potential three-year dip in current economic progress. Clegg should also show some courage and make Europe one of his famous red lines.
Finally, initiate direct elections for prime minister. One of the most obvious failures of the election campaign (for which read entire Parliament) is the vacuum of leadership and of trust in politics and the system.
The "main" parties have hidden from any real interaction from real people with real lives, hermetically sealing themselves within set-piece events, with over-rehearsed soundbites and flunky applause. Little wonder Sturgeon has proved the surprise package – she is the one out there on the streets, touching real people every day.
Britain craves leadership more than anything else. As it emerges from the depressing gloom of GE 2015, it can find new energy in demanding more from those who lead the country. Direct elections for prime minister would encourage better, visionary leaders to step forward, free from the shackles of party dogma and apparatchiks.
If Cameron really is the brave leader he wants Britain to believe in, his first call in the early hours of 8 May will not be to Clegg but to Miliband.
Robert Phillips is the co-founder of Jericho Chambers; a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School; and the author of Trust Me, PR Is Dead.
More from Robert Phillips
Abandon the general election for a government of national unity
Davos and dinosaurs, fools and marauders, new clues and chaos
Nicky Morgan, shake off Ukip political football battle and give education a winning chance
Message to Ed Miliband - Fight-Back is Futile and the Party\'s Over
Related topics : Nigel Farage UKIP Ed Miliband David Cameron
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Journals of Expeditions of Discovery in Central Australia…
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery in Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1.
EYRE, Edward John.
London: T. & W. Boone, 1845.
Two volumes, octavo, with 22 plates including frontispieces; in original decorated green cloth.
A highly important and detailed account of inland Australian exploration by Edward John Eyre, containing significant descriptions of Australian geography and Aboriginal life and customs. 'Eyre's Journals are quite scarce and are essential to a collection of exploration books' (Wantrup). The text is illustrated with plates after the colonial artists George Hamilton, S.T. Gill, and J. Neill.
In 1840 Eyre determined to seek an overland route from Adelaide to Swan River. For several months he attempted to cross the salt lakes to the north, but turned back at Mount Hopeless. Disheartened, he nonetheless took a much smaller party to attempt the difficult westward crossing to King George Sound, planning to traverse some eight hundred and fifty miles of desert. After many hardships, including the murder of one of his party, only Eyre and Wylie, a native of the King George Sound tribe, reached Albany on 7 July 1841. As might be expected, this 'account of Eyre's explorations contains also much valuable information about the aborigines' (Ferguson). Within a few months of his arrival Eyre was appointed magistrate and protector of Aborigines at Moorundie, on the River Murray, and had notable success in the position.
This set is a later issue bound from remaindered sheets and published without the two loose folding maps.
Ferguson, 4031; Wantrup, 133a.
Price (AUD): $3,500.00 other currencies Ref: #3907240
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Some foxing and water-staining of the plates yet a good set in original decorated green cloth, a few scattered stains affecting the front boards.
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Engraved plate captioned 'The Kanguroo an Animal found on the Coast of New Holland'.
BANKES, Reverend Thomas.
London: J. Cooke, 1787-1790. Original eighteenth century engraving, 120 x 175 mm. (image size). Engraving of Stubb's kangaroo, disbound from Bankes' New System of Geography.
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George Barbier Vingt-cinq costumes pour le théatre. Préface par Edmond Jaloux.
BARBIER, George.
Paris: Chez Camille Bloch & Jules Meynial, 1927.
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Quarto, portrait frontispiece, introduction followed by twenty-five pochoir colour plates, each signed by the artist and mounted on tinted grey Arches paper; fine in polished half-calf with black lettering. A remarkable collection of elegant theatrical costume designs...
Price (AUD): $7,500.00
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An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales.
BARRINGTON, George.
London: Jones, 1810.
Second edition with fine handcoloured plates
Octavo, portrait frontispiece and nine handcoloured plates, folding map (laid down); contemporary half calf. The second edition (first published 1803) of this substantial account of the voyage to New South Wales via the Cape of Good Hope, with incidents partly derived...
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Voyage of HMS Blonde to the Sandwich Islands…
[BYRON, GEORGE ANSON.] GRAHAM, Maria, compiler.
London: John Murray, 1826.
Important early voyage to Hawaii
Quarto, with 14 charts and aquatint plates, some folding; overall a good copy in modern calf with label from an earlier binding. First edition of a famous voyage account, and an important and extensive illustrated description of Hawaii in the mid-1820s.Kamehameha...
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Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands…
[BYRON, George Anson] GRAHAM, Maria, compiler.
Returning the Royal deceased to Hawaii
Quarto, with a folding chart and 13 other charts and plates (one folding); modern half calf. First edition of a famous Pacific voyage account, and an important and extensive illustrated description of Hawaii in the mid-1820s. Kamehameha II of Hawaii...
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Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes…
CLARK, John Heaviside, and others.
London: Edward Orme, circa 1823.
The anonymous work of John Lewin?
Quarto, pp. with 110 hand coloured aquatints (including the New South Wales plates), a good copy in ornate contemporary gilt decorated deep green morocco with all edges gilt. An attractive copy of one of the outstanding aquatint books of...
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London: Edward Orme, 1814.
Famous colourplate book including a section on the Aborigines of NSW
Quarto, 160 pages letterpress without pagination, 100 handcoloured aquatints with the 1813 New South Wales supplement bound at rear (this comprising separate title-page, dedication leaf, 10 handcoloured aquatints and 14 letterpress pages); a fine copy...
Price (AUD): $17,500.00
Australian Album 1857.
CLARKE, J. R. and Edmund THOMAS.
Sydney: J.R. Clarke, 1857.
The first music album published in New South Wales
Large quarto, with a total of ten lithographic plates, including the illustrated title-page and frontispiece; comprising eight musical scores with introductory letterpress (preface and contents leaves); a very good copy in original red cloth decorated in gilt...
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A view of Moorea…
CLEVELEY, James.
London: Thomas Martyn, 1787.
Scarce uncoloured version
Uncoloured aquatint, 490 x 690 mm.; mounted. An unusual uncoloured version of the famous aquatint by James Cleveley, one of the four remarkable views of the Pacific done after the Cook voyages. The Cleveley aquatints were issued in various different states; one version...
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An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales…
COLLINS, David.
London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1798 & 1802.
The complete First Fleet account of David Collins, thick paper issue, in an unrecorded state with extra foldout engravings
Two volumes, quarto, [1798]: 2 charts, 18 plates and four textual vignettes, the vignettes most unusually repeated on additional folding plates...
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean…
[COOK: THIRD VOYAGE] COOK, James and James KING.
London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for G. Nicol... and T. Cadell, 1784.
The superb official narrative of Cook's third voyage
Three volumes, quarto, and an atlas, folio, with altogether 87 engraved plates and maps, of which 63 appear in the atlas; contemporary diced russia leather, flat spines gilt...
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Corsaire Triplex.
D'IVOI, Paul.
Paris: Ancienne Libraire Furne, circa 1870. Quarto, engraved title in red and black, extensively illustrated; a bright fine copy in the original lavishly decorated pictorial cloth with bevelled boards, all edges gilt. A fine copy of this beautifully illustrated deluxe edition of Corsaire Triplex, in which the daring heroes Armand...
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Histoire archeologique, descriptive et graphique de la Sainte-Chapelle du Palais.
DECLOUX & DOURY, Architectes.
Paris: Felix Malteste et Cie, 1857. Folio, twenty chromolithograph plates and five engraved plates, sound copy in quarter morocco, cloth, gilt title and decoration. This volume illustrates the chapel as restored by the architect J.B.A. Lassus, the chromolithograph plates show decorative panels, borders, murals etc highlighted in gold.
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Voyage autour du monde… [A series of Botanique plates].
DUPERREY, Louis Isidore.
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, circa 1826.
Original plates from the Duperrey voyage
Three original parts, folio, containing a total of 29 plates, 6 of which are in original colouring; completely unbound as issued, original printed wrappers. A substantial series of botanical plates from the finely-illustrated Duperrey voyage, published in Paris between...
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The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago.
EARL, George Windsor.
London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853. Octavo, with five plates (four coloured) and two folding maps; half morocco. Important anthropological observations on the natives of New Guinea, but also on the North Australian Aborigines: chapter XII is devoted to Melville Island, Port Essington and North Australia in general, and one of the...
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Great Brown King Fisher.
EDWARDS, S. (after).
London: John Stockdale, 1789.
Fine depiction of the kookaburra
Original engraving, 260 x 190 mm. very good condition, mounted. Fine impression of the so-called "Great Brown Kings Fisher" or Laughing Kookaburra.This engraving is taken from Governor Phillip's Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay published by Stockdale in late 1789...
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Sydney in 1848: Illustrated by copper-plate engravings…
FOWLES, Joseph.
Sydney: D. Wall, 76 York Street, n.d. but, 1848. Quarto, with full page copper plate engravings throughout, owner's name "Alfred C. Johnson"; a good copy in the original pink papered boards, preserved in a blue folding quarter morocco book-form box, lettered to the spine. First edition, first issue of Australia's...
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Sydney: Gibbs, Shallard and Company, 1878.
Important Australian architectural record.
Quarto, with full page copper plate engravings throughout, half black roan with gilt lettering, bookplate of Henry White. Joseph Fowles arrived in Sydney in 1838 and this is without doubt his most important work, providing remarkably detailed information on the...
Promenade Autour du Monde par J. Arago. Atlas volume.
[FREYCINET] ARAGO, Jacques.
Paris: Leblanc, 1822. Folio, with an engraved world map and 25 lithograph views; uncut; original boards, as issued, with the publisher's printed label. The splendid atlas volume to Jacques Arago's published account of his voyage to Australia and the Pacific with the Freycinet expedition of 1817-1820.Published in 1822, Arago's illustrated...
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Rambles at the Antipodes: a Series of Sketches…
[GILL] WILSON, Edward.
London: W.H. Smith and Son, 1859.
In the rare original pictorial binding
Small octavo, with 12 tinted lithograph plates and two folding maps; a very good copy in the original pictorial boards, later cloth spine, preserved in a folding box. First edition, in the very rare original pictorial boards. The...
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Aventures les plus curieuses des Voyageurs…
HOMBRON, Jacques Bernard.
Paris: Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, 1847.
Original version of the scene in Kealekakua
Two volumes, octavo, frontispiece in each volume and 38 black & white plates in the text; in contemporary quarter morocco. A very detailed illustrated history of the grands voyages for children, including La Pérouse and the third voyage...
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HOMBRON, M.
Paris: Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, 1847. Two volumes, octavo, frontispiece in each volume plus 38 plates in the text; in original blue cloth, with elaborate gilt decorations. A very detailed illustrated history of the grands voyages for children including La Pérouse, Dumont d'Urville and the third voyage of James Cook with...
British Moths and their transformations [with] British Butterflies…
HUMPHREYS, H.N. and J.O. WESTWOOD.
London: Wm. S. Orr & Co and William Smith, 1841-1849.
A paen to the beauty of butterflies and the under-appreciated moth
Three volumes, quarto, profusely illustrated with full-page plates exquisitely hand-coloured; uniformly bound in half morocco richly gilt, all edges gilt, with the gilt arms of the Barons Sherborne. A...
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An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island…
HUNTER, John.
Engraved by William Blake
Quarto, with 17 engraved plates, folding maps and charts, list of subscribers; period-style calf, spine gilt in compartments between raised bands. First edition of John Hunter's Journal: a foundation book of Australian coastal exploration which, together with Phillip's account, gives the first...
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3 Day Game of Thrones Riding Experience
Description: Our 3 day package is the complete Game of Thrones riding experience. Ride at the Kings Road, Slavers bay, Storm lands, Fairhead, Lordsport Harbour, Pyke, Dragonstone, Saltpans, Stormlands, Renly’s camp, Dothraki Sea and Dragonstine. Mix this with riding across stunning beaches, iconic coastline and idyllic farmland and you have yourself the experience of a life time.
Duration: 3 days, 2 night
Includes: See the details further down the page
Optional Add-ons: Hire of a photographer for the day
Game of thrones themed banquet at Ballygalley Castle Hotel
Cost: From £950
At a Glance: 3 Day Game of Thrones Riding Experience
Optional Add-Ons Hire of a photographer for the day
Ride Details:
Ride in the footsteps of your favourite characters, bring the stories of the show to life and enjoy top quality horse riding on the Causeway Coast. This offering is the complete package for those fans who want an in-depth, authentic and unique tour of our Game of Thrones territory as well as enjoying a top-quality coastal horse riding experience.
Ride at the Dark Hedges which was used as the Kings Road. Walk, trot and canter through the farmlands and the stunning beach that surrounds Ballintoy while following the footsteps of Arya Stark and Theon Greyjoy at Ballintoy harbour which was used as the filming location for the Isle of Pyke. Navigate your way along the coastline to Larrybane and the very spot where Brienne beats Ser Loras and is given a place in Renly’s Kingsguard. Cast your eyes over the Dothraki Sea where Drogon was found, reuniting with Dany and bringing her back to Meereen for her conquest and explore Mussenndun temple which is the setting of the enigmatic Dragonstone.
Lead your group of horses through the serene pastures of Murlough towards Slavers bay and explore the Cushedun caves where Ser Davos Seaworth takes the Red Priestess Melisandre ashore where she gives birth to her shadow baby. This really is an epic 3 Day adventure!
Your day will begin at our centre where you will be welcomed by Danny McKinley and members of the BEI team. Before heading to the stables to meet our horses, we will welcome you into our loft café for tea, coffee and homemade scones before one of our Game of Thrones experts will present an audio-visual presentation showcasing the different filming locations you will be visiting alongside the scenes which were filmed at each place.
We’ll head to the barn for a stable tour and to meet the team of horses and if you wish, you can assist with grooming and tacking. After selecting a horse and a riding assessment we’ll hit the trail, riding out into the wilderness of the North Antrim Hills and taking in the stunning, panoramic views.
Once back at the stables, we will load your horses while you are whisked away to our costumes room to adorn yourself in splendid Game of Thrones themed costumes along with swords and armour. Whether you want to play the role of a beautiful princess or a ferocious warrior is up to you. We will then transport you and your horses to our first stop; The Dark hedges, known better by fans as the Kings Road, the place where Arya Stark, dressed as a boy, escaped from King’s Landing in the company of Yoren of the Night’s Watch, Gendry, and Hot Pie. Dressed in themed costumes, carrying swords, spears and longbows we’ll tread a real Westorosi road, on horseback as lord of the land!
After taking in your surroundings and ensuring you have the perfect picture to take back home, you can set the costumes to one side and get ready to enjoy some top-quality riding. We will transport you and your noble stead to Ballintoy. This single stop on our tour lets you view 8 different Game of Thrones’ scenes and 3 different parts of Westeros. You will walk the same footsteps as Arya Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Gendry, Salladhor Sann, Ser Davos Seaworth, Melisandre and the One True King of Westeros, Lord Stannis Baratheon.
This stop not only offers fantastic photo opportunities with scenery straight out of the show, but we also have the opportunity to enjoy some top-quality trotting and cantering through open farmland and across Whitepark bay. Whitepark bay is a beautiful stretch of pristine beach located on Co. Antrim’s North Coast near the picturesque village of Ballintoy. With a beach so pure it shines for miles (on even the cloudiest of days) it’s the perfect backdrop for a refreshing trot, canter or gallop!
We’ll take our time playing on the beach & in the ocean before cantering over the smooth sands! If we’re lucky the famous “Sunbathing Cattle” will be on the beach basking in the sun’s warmth.
You will spend your time romping and capering along the 3 mile stretch of pristine, resplendent white sand and explore the rolling sand dunes of the area below the backdrop of the rugged surrounding cliff faces which were once home to some of the earliest human settlers in Ireland. Savour the taste of the tantalising sea air, feel the blustering and energising wind on your face and the radiant rays of the Irish sunshine on your back on this invigorating ride.
They say you can’t work a hungry horse, or rider for that matter so as we head across the coastline on route to the Isle of Pyke, we will stop off in the idyllic Red Door café, owned by the McGarrity family, who offer quality wholesome Irish food and home baking which will keep you coming back for more.
Once refreshed its time to mount up and follow in the same footsteps as Arya Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Gendry, Salladhor Sann, Ser Davos Seaworth, Melisandre and the One True King of Westeros, Lord Stannis Baratheon as you meander down the cliff road to the iconic Ballintoy harbour. Ride through this stunning harbour location which was the setting for Theon’s return to the Iron Islands as well as some of the areas around Dragonstone. It was here that Theon first met his sister Yara and was baptised in the name of the drowned god.
Our day continues through the quaint coastal village of Ballintoy towards the iconic Larrybane quarry nestled on the side of the limestones cliffs of the Causeway Coast. Larrybane hosted several key scenes, including where Brienne beats Ser Loras in Renly’s tourney (the melee at Bitterbridge) and is given a place in Renly’s Kingsguard as a reward. King Renly Baratheon also swears to Lady Stark that he will avenge Ned’s death, but meets his end at the hands of Melisandre’s shadow baby; some of the other characters featured here include Margaery, Littlefinger and Ser Davos.
Finish the day off by taking the time to bask in the glory of Brienne as you and your horse look out across the Westerios to Rathlin Island and the Western Isles and highlands of Scotland.
It’s time to bid farewell to your horse and guide for the day as you are transported back to your accommodation with thoughts of the stories, characters, stunning scenery and exhilarating horse riding fresh in your mind. The evening is your own to enjoy some local cuisine or a to get involved in the craic of a local pub. Alternatively, have a look at our out of tack option and let us help you plan the rest of your evening.
Overnight: County Antrim
Enjoy a hearty full Irish breakfast before setting off to begin the next stage of your Game of Thrones riding adventure. Your driver will transport you to the seaside village of Castlerock where tacked horses await. Depending on the high tide times, we will start of riding on Castlerock beach and follow the beach to the adjoining Downhill beach riding on the sand below the towering basalt cliffs and towards the lonely Mussenden Temple regally perched 120-feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Inspired by the Roman Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Rome, Mussenden Temple was used as a summer library for Frederick Augustus Hervey, Bishop of Derry and Earl of Bristol and sits behind the ruins of the Earl’s 18th century home, Downhill House. This iconic and dominating temple doubled as the setting of the enigmatic Dragonstone. It is here that Melisandre burned the effigies of the 7 New God’s and Stannis renounced the God’s of his ancestors, embracing the faith of the Red God instead.
As we round the cliffs and headland arriving on to Downhill beach with its magnificent mountain backdrop, cliff scenery and views across to Scotland & Donegal, we’ll take a swift canter or gallop across miles of flat open beach crossing the river on to Benone strand, with miles of more sand beach to cover before we arrive at Magilligan Point from where the ferry leaves to take vehicles and foot passenger across Lough Foyle to Co Donegal. We will tie up our horses and stop for some refreshments at the Point Inn before riding back across the golden sands, through sand dunes stopping to view the waterfalls cascading of the majestic cliffs of Bennnevanagh mountain.
We’ll leave the beach and, after a brief hill climb, with panoramic views of ocean and land, will sneak through the Bishops Gate, which was once the entrance to Downhill House towards the seaside town of Castlerock. We’ll stop for lunch at a local coffee shop & restaurant, Crusoe’s, renowned for its unique Panini’s and homemade soups, to rest & recharge before heading out again.
At this point, we’ll transport the horses to Bennnevenagh mountain and work off lunch with a leisurely ride through the forest to Bennevannagh Lake, high up on the plateau. The awe-inspiring Antrim Plateu offers panoramic views and because of this stunning scenery, it appeared as the Dothraki Grasslands in season five when Daenerys Targaryen was rescued by her dragon, as she was fleeing from the Sons of the Harpy in the fighting pits of Meereen.
As you ride back through the forests towards Dragonstine and your day is coming to an end, immerse yourself in the stories of your favourite characters, take in the beauty of the surrounding area and leave with a stronger connection to the characters, the land you have ridden through and the people you have met along the way.
Today, Horses and riders are transported to Fairhead, NI’s tallest cliff face, rising 600ft above sea level on the Causeway Coast. Once saddled, we will ride across the farmland and through the area which was used to film parts of Season Seven, forming the backdrop for much of Episode Three, “The Queen’s Justice”, which saw Jon Snow finally meet Daenerys and her dragons at Dragonstone, and reunite with Tyrion Lannister.
Your day will continue as you ride along the scenic back roads towards Murlough Bay. This secluded bay is hailed as one of the most beautiful places in the Emerald Isle and so it is no wonder that this haven boasts 3 different scenes from the series. Relive, what was meant to be, Theon’s triumphant homecoming, Jorah and Tyrion’s capture by slavers in Essos and the fated meeting between Stannis and Renly way back in season 2.
The bay itself, is sheltered from the North west winds blowing in off the sea and here you will find trees flourishing on the grassy slopes running down to the sea which provide a haven for the wild deer which room across its pasture.
You can’t work a hungry horse, or rider so that matter so it’s time to fuel up. While you are eating, you horse will be transported to an old disused stage coach track where you will soon join them. This was once the old coach road to Cushendun in the Glens of Antrim which rides past the mystical Loughareema, known locally as the Vanishing Lake. This area is surrounded by myths and legends and your guide will take the time to regal these stories to you.
We will follow the old coach road through the hills into the Glen of Glendun, one of the famed Nine Glens of Antrim. We’ll follow the Glendun River (that’s sometimes meandering and other times a raging torrent) as we make our way to the picturesque village of Cushendun, viewing stunning fauna & flora, riding through ash and hazel in this beautiful Glen characterized by bright green rowans, purple heather and soaring birds of prey.
Riding on Cushendun strand we will pass the ruins of Carra Castle before making our way to the famous Cushendun Caves—an impressive system of caves formed over 400-million years ago. More recently, the caves doubled as the caves of ‘Storm’s End’. In season 2 the Game of Thrones crew filmed the dramatic scene here in which Ser Davos Seaworth (the Onion Knight), on the orders of Lord Stannis, reluctantly takes the Red Priestess Melisandre ashore where she gives birth to a shadow baby, the shadow which later assassinates King Renly Baratheon.
An unusual character of Cushendun is “Johann the Goat”, a bronze sculpture situated close to the mouth of the River Dun. Johann lived in the harbour area for many years, grazing the riverbanks and welcoming visitors bearing apples or carrots. In 2001, he was the last animal to be culled during the foot and mouth outbreak. His statue remains a memorial to the farmers in the district who lost their livestock. Today, another goat carries on Johann’s tradition and can be seen resting beneath the feet of Johann’s sculpture or grazing along the banks.
As your Game of Thrones adventure comes to an end, its time to bid farewell to your BEI guide and trusted stead who has shared this adventure with you. You will be transported back to your accommodation with pictures and memories of a truly epic real-life Game of Thrones adventure.
What’s included in the Trip:
Locations where we ride:
Accommodation x2,
Filming locations audio-visual presentation with tea and scones on arrival
Assessment ride
Themed costumes
Lunch, Riding at Kings Road, Stormlands
Slavers bay, Fairehead, Lordsport Harbour, Pyke, Dragonstone, Saltpans, Stormlands, Renly’s camp, Dothraki Sea and Dragonstine filming locations
Downhill, Cushendun and Whitepark bay Beach riding
Riding through Irish farmland
Incredible photo opportunities
Irish Countryside
Sheans Equestrian Centre
Dark Hedges (Kings Road)
Ballintoy Village
Ballintoy Harbour (Isle of Pyke)
Larrybane Quarry (Renly’s Camp)
Downhill Beach
Mussenndun Temple (Dragonstone)
Binevenagh (Dothraki Sea)
Murlough Bay (Slavers bay)
Cushendun strand
Cushendun caves (Stormlands)
2019 Rates and Dates
This ride is available all year round. Contact us for booking.
4 Persons – £950pps
2 and 3 persons – £1060pps
1 person – £1250pps
Single Room Supplement of £30 per night applies.
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A Laidback Sunday in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a bustling metropolis, but it's still possible to spend time here exploring a hip neighbourhood that's perfect for leisurely weekend strolling, shopping and eating.
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It’s one of those Sundays. The kind that starts slow, waking up with you and moving at your pace. No rush, nowhere to be. You know the type. The one that feels like home, with just the right amount of ease and familiarity. Except this Sunday, you’re not at home. You’re not even in your own city. You’re in Hong Kong.
Get started with an ice-cold coffee at Common Ground.
Just before the humidity creeps up high enough to render you immobile, you’re out the door and into the open arms of Central, one of Hong Kong’s busiest districts. You’re headed to Shing Wong Street, a peaceful nook off the main thoroughfare. You climb the narrow staircase, stopping when you reach Common Ground. You nab an outside table, or a space along the plant-lined wooden steps. You sip on your coffee ice ball tonic as the sleepy city stirs below.
Tai Ping Shan Street is home to boutique stores and cute cafés.
The caffeine has kicked in as you walk along Bridges Street, past the Hong Kong YMCA. Its red-brick facade catches your attention, making you cross the road for closer inspection. The Grade 1 building was one-of-a-kind in its heyday, housing the city’s first indoor swimming pool. The external structure is almost in its original form, now an uncommon sight among its shiny new counterparts.
You continue on until a wide staircase opens up in front of you. You’re being invited down to Tai Ping Shan Street, a quiet pedestrian road with a smattering of low-rise buildings that seem to huddle together like children sheltering from the neighbouring skyscrapers. There is little indication that this is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city – but it is. When the British first arrived, the area became a de facto dwelling for Chinese workers, with overcrowding and poor sanitation. Today, it’s bright and sunny, and home to cafés, independent stores, pop-up galleries and quirky boutiques.
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Artyze is a contemporary art gallery situated at the center of an area that also boasts lots of street art.
As you wind through the smaller offshoot alleys, you start to feel as if you’re walking in an outdoor gallery. Almost every wall pops with creations from international and local artists. This is the birthplace of HK Walls, a street art and mural festival focused on opening up the creative process by encouraging passersby to observe and interact with the artists’ work. Artyze sits proud at the end of the street. No bigger than a parking space, this private gallery houses contemporary pieces from artists across cultures and nationalities. The neighbourhood is dotted with plenty of intimate little galleries like this to peruse. In the adjacent street, for example, contemporary gallery Over The Influence awaits, with this month’s newly opened exhibition on show.
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Your stomach rumbles, and you opt to dine in Hong Kong style at the local dai pai dong (an open-air food stall). You can’t find the English name on display, but the street-side collection of plastic tables and stools is all the sign you need. You’ve taken a seat at one of the last remaining dai pai dongs in the city, where a speedy, no-frills Cantonese meal is soon set in front of you. This is the quintessential city experience.
Mount Zero is a carefully curated bookstore that stocks titles in both English and Cantonese.
Two doors down, outside a compact-double storey building, an unassuming bookshelf catches your eye. You open the door to Mount Zero, a cramped but homey space selling English and Cantonese books. Each one feels as though it was carefully considered before being added to the collection, which ranges from travel and art to culture and design. You trundle up the rickety staircase into the reading room. Perched on a wooden stool, you dip in and out of your book as the world goes by from the window.
The afternoon is in full swing; it’s time for an ice-cold beer. Luckily, you know just the place. Craftissimo is a bottle-store-slash-hangout with a craft beer offering spanning the world. The bartender lets you know that their selection is constantly rotating, but for today, you grab the Cha Chaan Teng Gose (a salted lime-flavoured drink perfect for humid climates) made by Hong Kong’s very own local brewery Young Masters. You can choose to take it with you on your stroll, but you opt to linger awhile. You savour the slight taste of salted lime on your lips as you soak up the sunshine alongside the other loungers on the back alley steps.
The sun has set. You’re ready to get off the street, but you’re not quite ready for dinner. You follow Square Street until you hit Hollywood Road and the entrance to Bibo. As the gold door slides open, your jaw drops. You are surrounded by original works of art by the likes of Basquiat, Banksy, Murakami and Kaws. Bibo is a French fine dining restaurant housed in an art gallery – but you’re just here for a cocktail. The D1 & TT is a work of art in itself; a twist on the classic G&T with citrus, tonic and tea. It’s all housed in a lightbulb, poured lovingly over a grapefruit skull-shaped ice block.
You retrace your steps back to Central, along Hollywood Road and onto Elgin Street. Dinner is the only thing on your mind now. The gold maneki-neko (fortune cats) wave as you descend the stairs into the dark den of Ho Lee Fook. The Chinese kitchen here pulls its inspiration from old-school Hong Kong and the trendy late-night Chinatown hangouts of New York in the 1960s. You recognise some of the ingredients on the menu, while others keep you guessing. And one thing is for sure: the wagyu beef short ribs will be the perfect end to one of those Sundays.
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JEFFREY JONES IDYL IM AGE SC
DONALD GRANT PUBLISHING
Two legendary graphic strips by the late Jeffrey Jones are collected for the first time. Idyl ran in the pages of the National Lampoon while the later I'm Age appeared in Heavy Metal Magazine. Now available is Idyl - I'm Age, a 96-page oversized 9' x 12' art book celebrating the unique vision of celebrated artist Jeffrey Jones. The book has both an Introduction and an insightful Afterword by award winning artist George Pratt. Please Note: Due to a late production error the I'm Age strip from the October 1982 edition of Heavy Metal Magazine is missing from this collection. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Jones, Jeffrey. Artist Jones, Jeffrey. Cover by Jones, Jeffrey.
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ROGER ZELAZNY HERE THERE BE DRAGONS BODE ILLUS HC
In a tiny, isolated kingdom long ago and far away, everyone believed that the world beyond was infested with fearsome, fire-breathing dragons and no one dared venture forth. No one, that is, except William, fourth (and wisest) advisor to the king, whose bravery would change forever the course of events in the little kingdom. The princess' birthday party promised to be a gala affair. The great dining hall of the palace resounded with music. There was dancing and wine and big platters of food. There was everything that a person could possibly want at a birthday party. Except for fireworks, that is. Or a fire-breathing dragon. Illustrated with 6 full-page color illustrations as well as a full color wrap-around cover by Vaughn Bode. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Zelazny, Roger. Artist Bode, Vaughn. Cover by Bode, Vaughn.
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JEFFREY JONES IDYL IM AGE HC
GOBLIN MARKET HC
'Goblin Market' was written by Christina Rossetti and first published in 1862. The poem is teeming with imagery and symbolism, true to the nature of the Pre-Raphaelite era in which it was written. It is about two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who are enticed by the calls of the goblin merchants, who sell fruits in fantastic abundance, variety and flavor. Laura succumbs to the temptation of the forbidden fruits, and Lizzie tries to help her fallen sister. The poem has been lavishly interpreted by award winning artist Omar Rayyan. Over one hundred drawings and watercolor paintings are packed into this 88 page full color book. Introduction written by Charles Vess. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Vess, Charles. Artist Rayyan, OMAR. Cover by Rayyan, OMAR.
ROGER ZELAZNY WAY UP HIGH BODE ILLUS HC
When Susi cut through the old orchard, shady and secret and out-of-the-way, she was alone. Then, on a fine, warm, sunny day during the last week of school she met Herman, a lonesome pterodactyl sunning himself on a rock. So began an extraordinary summer of friendship, adventure, discovery and magic. 'Drink in the night,' he said. 'Breathe deeply. Look at the world all laid out before you, sparkling through the dark. It is your world, warm-blooded Susi, not mine.' Take flight with Susi and Herman for an adventure never to be forgotten, one that will leave you filled with joy and touched with sadness. Illustrated with 6 full page color illustrations as well as a full color wrap-around cover by Vaughn Bode. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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Study: CFOs spend 15% of their time resolving staff conflicts
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A new survey by Accountemps shows that chief finance officers spend on average 15% of their time, or six hours a week, managing conflicts among staff. The staffing firm says the latest findings are similar to studies conducted since 1991.
Mike Steinitz, Accountemps’ executive director, says, "It's unrealistic to expect workers to get along all the time. But not every issue needs to be escalated to management.” Steinitz said that employees who handle conflicts tactfully and diplomatically are positioned to assume future leadership roles.
Accountemps recommends that employees handle conflicts by trying to see their coworker’s viewpoint, not letting conflicts fester, asking HR or a manager to mediate if a resolution doesn’t transpire and avoiding grudges against coworkers.
Employers should encourage and expect workers to handle their own disputes. In fact, when employees settle their own disagreements, HR and other managers may never even know a conflict exists.
Once an unresolved conflict gets management’s attention, HR will undoubtedly need to play the role of 'safe harbor,' intervening in order to find a solution. This could lead to an unwanted resolution for both parties, like a job transfer for one or more of them to keep the peace, or a disciplinary action if the conflict is adversely affecting other workers.
As Steinitz says, not all workers are going to get along all the time. But employers should cultivate a culture of civility and mutual respect, and that means HR should communicate to employees that no serious conflict will go unresolved.
HR Dive Why keeping employees in the loop is good for business
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Wimbledon 2019: Simona Halep Thumps Serena Williams to Clinch Maiden Ladies Singles Title at All England Club, Second Grand Slam Overall
The Romanian registered a convincing straight sets win over 23-time GS champ Williams to clinch her maiden title at the prestigious All England Club.
By Aditya Chauhan Email
Simona Halep in action versus Serena Williams during Ladies' singles final at Wimbledon 2019_Twitter
Romania has found a new sporting idol as Simona Halep produced one of the most dominating performance at the iconic Centre Court of the All England Club to clinch her maiden Wimbledon title. Playing her first Grand Slam final since conquering the Parisian red-dirt last spring, Halep remained calm and focussed about the task to deny the legendary Serena Williams a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.
The 27-year-old Romanian stunned the 23-time Grand Slam champion in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 to get her hands around the prestigious ladies singles title. Halep, who was the No.7 seed at Wimbledon 2019 secured the victory in just 55 minutes on Centre Court. With this defeat, Serena’s long quest for the elusive 24th majors crown has been stretched further.
On the Honour Roll #Wimbledon | @Simona_Halep pic.twitter.com/HsiGZJn5q3— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 13, 2019
In the first set, the former world no.1 (Halep) played some of her best tennis of the tournament as she raced out to a 4-0 lead in no time. She backed her powerful groundstrokes with some sparkling defensive play. Williams soon got her footing as she cranked in some powerful first serves, but Halep was undeterred, serving out the second on her second opportunity.
It was a pitch-perfect match for Halep, who struck just three unforced errors in two sets – and 13 winners – and converted four of five break point opportunities while allowing Williams just one break point chance on her own serve.
Halep had beaten Williams just once in 10 previous encounters – and the American avenged that 2014 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore round-robin loss in the final – but all three of their Grand Slam clashes had gone the distance, including a three-set thriller at this year’s Australian Open.
Gracious in the defeat, Williams congratulated Halep on the title, “She really played out of her mind,” she said. “Whenever a player plays that amazing you just have to take your hat off and give her a nod.”
Halep, charm and joy personified, agreed she had never played a better match. “I had nerves,” she said on court. “My stomach was not very well before the match. But I had no time for emotions and just came out and tried my best.
“Have you ever played a better match than that?”“Never!”@Simona_Halep speaks as a #Wimbledon champion for the first time… pic.twitter.com/0VRfeD628L— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 13, 2019
“It was my mum’s dream when I was about 10. And the day came and my mum is here to see it. I have worked a lot to change a little bit my game to play on grass. I started to feel this year when the ball comes to me I knew what to do with it. I can’t wait to come back here.”
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The film Green Gold on Fire provides insights into the impacts of forest fire on communities and environment in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in India where forest fires are reported almost every season. As per Indian state of forest report 2017, India saw a 46 percent increase in the number of forest fires in the last 16 years. Forest fires not only affect the flora and fauna of the region but they also pollute the environment and lead to climate change by increasing greenhouse gases.
River Ganga’s uninterrupted flow is as important as making the river pollution free if the Ganga rejuvenation drive has to show desired results.
Until a few decades ago, the Ganga flowed with gay abandon and descended with rapidity into the plains. Today the waters have withdrawn from its banks and downstream of the hydropower and irrigation projects that have hindered its flow, the Ganga is totally dry.
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Once abundant with water, Sikri village is fighting a losing battle to meet its water needs.
Sikri is a small village that lies 65 km north-west of Bharatpur on the Alwar road. The village used to depend on a traditional irrigation system that assured water throughout the year. A local saying related to the water availability at Sikri goes thus: Lakh daal le chittri, jay rahoongi Sikri (You may put lakhs of fetters to stop it, but the waters will still reach Sikri). This saying has lost its sheen today as the village is now finding itself in the centre of a struggle for water among farmers.
CWC allows preparation of DPR while TN objects to the Mekedatu project on the Cauvery river
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InfoQ Homepage News Transcending SOA: OMG Announces Business Ecology Initiative (BEI)
Transcending SOA: OMG Announces Business Ecology Initiative (BEI)
This month the Object Management Group (OMG) announced the "Business Ecology Initiative" (BEI) with IBM as Founding Sponsor. BEI "is focused on erasing the artificial lines between business and Information Technology (IT) so that IT becomes a ubiquitous, integral and vital asset to the company and leads decision-making, structural change and enterprise-wide quality initiatives, drives efficiency and revenue, and provides measurable, clear return on investment. OMG intends to ground the BEI in the Actionable Architecture™, which provides details on how to create sustainable business processes.
In the announcement, OMG describes BEI as:
"more than just the mechanics of process optimization; it's a way of thinking about your business processes that eliminates the outdated concepts of business and IT silos or stovepipes and focuses on the benefits of ubiquitous IT," said Richard Mark Soley. "We look forward to working with IBM and other interested organizations on promoting Business Ecology as a way to streamline operations, remove waste, survive in difficult economic times and thrive in the recovery to come."
IBM, as founding sponsor, further states: "Business Ecology will help provide the next milestone in support of IBM's focus for improved Business/IT alignment as a key element in long term client success."
The BEI is in its formative stages and plans to "conduct outreach and advocacy programs around Business Ecology and the Actionable Architecture." OMG will work with IBM to create a "Business Ecology Advisory Panel," comprised of leading CEOs, CIOs, COOs, Analysts and Visionaries from both technical and business backgrounds.
At the core of BEI is the vision of an Actionable Architecture™:
"As business and IT move closer to a convergence then ever before, we must approach transparency with an even broader view. Business will access technology resources not just through a common infrastructure or application platform, but also through a transparent business methodology. ... This requires IT to no longer be viewed as a utility but rather as an integral and vital asset to the company. IT must lead quality initiatives, drive efficiency and revenue, and provide measurable, clear return on investment. ... To support this role, it’s not enough to merely use technology as a means to an end, but rather as a driving force of the business. The business must have access to all the necessary underlying architecture it requires from IT without effect to the business services it needs to supply."
An Actionable Architecture is expected to deliver a number of benefits to the enterprise, including: quality, efficiency, compliance, agility, scale, reuse, leverage, value, effectiveness, optimization, and sustainability.
The preceding list of benefits is almost identical to the benefits that were supposed to be delivered by SOA, BPM, and even Object Orientation. The OMG sees BEI as an amalgamation of earlier technologies, like SOA, and plans to "use its proven ability to bring communities together and motivate new initiatives through offerings beyond standards work and into industry collaboration forums such as:
SOA Consortium: A community of business analysts and IT end-users dedicated to sharing experiences to maximize the effective transition to a Service Oriented Enterprise.
BPM Consortium: A community of business analysts and IT end-users dedicated to sharing experiences to maximize the performance of business processes.
GCIO: A community of business analysts and IT end-users dedicated to promoting and implementing sustainable business practices.
In addition OMG intends to work on supporting standards and maturity models, including:
BPMM:A standardized methodology for measuring an organization’s success at adopting BPM for process efficiency across the enterprise.
Green Computing Maturity Model (GCMM): A set of standard business practices to measure against organizational business practices to maximize efficiency and minimize environmental footprint for sustainability.
Architecture Driven Modernization: A set of standards for modeling legacy systems so that they may be readily connected to and transitioned to more modern systems methodologies and technologies, and related standards for optimizing software assurance and software quality.
Software Defined Radio: A set of standards to allow a wide array of different communication technologies to interoperate in the field on an as-needed basis without predefined interoperability.
SysML™ Modeling Language: A shared standard language for defining large, complex systems so that they may be effectively designed, optimized and combined.
Each of the above bullet items could, in itself be an ambitious undertaking. Combining them into a single initiative promises to generate numerous challenges and opportunities.
In its entirety, BEI is less a combination of existing technologies like SOA and BPM. BEI should be seen as a means of transcending those technological and methodological solutions to achieve something that is greater than the whole. BEI should transcend SOA and similar efforts and initiatives.
The reader can expect a lot of news originating from the various BEI communities in both the near and long term future.
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BRITISH FORCES IN ADEN AND SOUTH ARABIA, 1945 - 1967
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The flight deck of HMS EAGLE is seen during the ships time in the Gulfof Aden aiding the British withdrawal from the Aden colony. Aircraft lined up include De Haviland Sea Vixen FAW.2s of 899 Naval Air Squadron, Blackburn Bucaneer S.1 and S.2s of 800 Naval Air Squadron and Fairey Gannet AEW.3s of B Flight of 849 Naval Air Squadron. Seen in the background are other Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels.
1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content)
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Royal Navy, EAGLE (HMS)
Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, 899 Naval Air Squadron
Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, 849 Naval Air Squadron, B Flight
British withdrawal from Aden 1967, Southern Arabia, Cold War
Aircraft: Blackburn Buccaneer S.1
Aircraft: Fairey Gannet AEW.3
Aircraft: De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2
Empire & Commonwealth
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Chris Gilleard
During three years studying at Loughborough University, Chris discovered his love of vector illustration, and started working as a freelance illustrator soon after graduation.
Drawing with vectors really suits Chris’s approach to drawing and painting. He likes using flat, bold colours and strong, simple shapes with clean edges. Within one of his images, each element is carefully and meticulously constructed from smaller pieces of geometry. They come together to form everything from chivalrous knights to mad bikers, and from apes to honey bees.
Chris’s work is predominantly character-based. It’s fun, playful and a little bit daft. He enjoys making people smile, so his images are bright and colourful, and a little absurd. He has an underlying love of geometry and if you look carefully you’ll often spot his love for perfect squares and circles in his characters and compositions.
It’s no surprise to find that he’s recently rediscovered Lego, and loves looking at old and outdated technology – from cars with strange features to computers and control panels filled with inexplicable buttons. Some of his work is done in a pixel art style, tying in with this retro technology vibe.
Question: What drew you to illustration/design? Chris: In primary school I made little comics to sell in the playground. I guess it was my first taste of the best job in the world!Question: Do you have any formal design training? Chris: Yes, I studied at Loughborough University for three fun years. I had some fantastic tutors and the best course mates you could ask for.Question: Where are you originally from? Chris: I'm from a great little market town called Beverley in Yorkshire.Question: Where do you live now & what drew you there? Chris: I'm still up North, but looking to make a big move very soon!Question: Where is your studio and can you describe it for me? Chris: My studio is at home, where I've surrounded myself with tons of colourful stuff; my wall is plastered with friends' business cards, post-its, stickers and postcards, all to keep my brain ticking over whilst working.Question: Who or What is your biggest inspiration? Chris: Humour is a big inspiration for me. I like things that are absurd and a little bit awkward. For example, I love old vehicles and technology that looks ridiculous and outdated today; a computer that looks more like a toaster, or an old handheld video-game, where the console itself is more exciting than the game. Things like that give me ideas for all sorts of characters and worlds.Question: Do you keep a scrapbook? Chris: No, but I do hoard a lot of little things, postcards, friends' business cards to cover my wall, as well as keeping lots of sketchbooks.Question: Tell us about a favourite project you've recently completed. Chris: I made a huge cross-section of the Earth through pixel-tinted glasses with little interactive elements. I really enjoy making big worlds full of characters and bizarre things.Question: What would be your dream job/commission? Chris: Illustrating a series of children's picture books, both print and digital would be my dream come true. I'd love to make a Google-Doodle too.Question: Who are your illustration heroes? Chris: Oliver Jeffers is my idol, all his characters and stories are just amazing. His books spurred me to pursue illustration and are on my desk, within reach, at all times. My other favourites are Owen Davey, Jon Klassen, Charles Huettner and Tom Gauld-whose signed book is a prized possession.Question: Who are your musical heroes? Chris: The Beatles are at #1 but I do love Frank Turner, Jose Gonzalez, Gorillaz & Daft Punk. I'm a huge fan of soundtracks too but there are too many composers to mention.Question: If you could travel back in time which period would you visit & why? Chris: Not that long ago, but I'd like to go back to 1969. I could see the Apollo launch and moon landing, visit Woodstock and see The Beatles' rooftop concert.
Microsoft, Rogers Communications, Migros, 3M Graphics, Drench Design, Bfore.Me, Loughborough University
Born: UK
Residence: Yorkshire, UK
Education: Loughborough University
Breakthrough: Migros - Summer 100 Project
Studio: at home
Magazine: Wrap Magazine
Holiday: Skiing in Finland
Inspiration: outdated technology & humour
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"The owner of the cows was 'very upset' by the incident."
Animal-cruelty charges dropped against Burlington County cop
During a bizarre hearing there yesterday, a Superior Court judge dismissed animal-cruelty charges against a Moorestown police officer accused of sticking his penis into the mouths of five calves in rural Southampton in 2006, claiming a grand jury couldn't infer whether the cows had been "tormented" or "puzzled" by the situation or even irritated that they'd been duped out of a meal.
"If the cow had the cognitive ability to form thought and speak, would it say, 'Where's the milk? I'm not getting any milk,' " Judge James J. Morley asked.
Children, Morley said, seemed "comforted" when given pacifiers, but there's no way to know what bovine minds thought of Robert Melia Jr. substituting his member for a cow's teat.
"They [children] enjoy the act of suckling," the judge said. "Cows may be of a different disposition." [...]
Sex with cows is the least of Melia's problems, though.
He and former girlfriend, Heather Lewis, of Pemberton Township, are also accused of sexually assaulting three young girls over a five-year period, sometimes in Melia's Cottage Avenue home in Moorestown, where he was a patrolman, authorities said. [...]
During the course of the investigation, authorities also discovered child pornography on Melia's home computer as well as videos of him with the cows. [...]
Morgan, the prosecutor, said in court that the owner of the cows was "very upset" by the incident.
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13 Responses:
mackys says:
10 years ago at 1:21 pm
I guess he was arrested (.com)...
ultranurd says:
I'm sure I'm incredibly lame for never having heard of this site, but thank you for introducing me.
My pleasure. Can't tell you how many times over the last three or four years I've typed my own name into this thing for a grin...
taskboy3000 says:
The calves were totally asking for it. They were all like "sexy MOO sexy sexy MOO MOO, big boy!"
This guy can't be the only one who has been led on by these whores.
curgoth says:
I blame cellphones, the internet, and the threat of public health care.
Damned sexting cows trying to take my medicaid.
lafinjack says:
And Dungeons and Dragons and that rock music.
genericvox says:
Wonder why it was calves as opposed to, say, suckling pigs?
azul_ros says:
*barf*
33mhz says:
'Where's the milk? I'm not getting any milk,'
And then: "Oh, there it is. Wait a second, that's not milk! THAT'S NOT MILK!"
lionsphil says:
Thank you; was waiting for that.
spider88 says:
10 years ago at 11:21 pm
Is that judge unclear on the concept of "infant mammal"? The only reason children enjoy it is because they are themselves mammals.
taffer says:
10 years ago at 9:11 am
Aren't cows "confused" by default?
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CFM Whey vs ION EXCHANGE Whey
Our New Zealand Whey ONLY uses CFM – cross flow microfiltration. The reason for this is that CFM produces the highest level of undenatured protein available. It’s a delicate process which maintains the valuable protein fractions that ion exchange discards.
Instead of using destructive chemicals, CFM uses filters to separate protein from undesirable fat, cholesterol and lactose, based on molecular size and shape. The low-temperature process isolates the native protein of whey at its biologically natural pH, carefully preserving its biological activity. Glycomacropeptide’s and other immune-boosting components remain intact. Whereas ion exchange keeps only some of whey’s biologically active components, CFM sustains a more complete protein profile-one of optimal balance, as found naturally in whey. There are no denatured proteins, a superior amino acid profile, and more calcium and less sodium.
The problem with Ion-exchange processing is that they are made by running concentrates through what is called an ion exchange column, which separates proteins based on their electrical charge, which then alters the pH of the whey. Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide are the chemical reagents normally used to achieve this. The electrical charge on the proteins attaches them to resins in the reaction vessel. Obviously, these reagents damage pH-sensitive fractions and denature some amino acids. It becomes clear that we can say goodbye to glycomacropeptides, the immunoglobulins, lactoferrin, the growth factors, and a big percentage of the alpha-lactalbumin content. Cysteine and methionine will also be denatured (lost).
If some fractions have been eliminated or reduced, the resultant shift in the balance will mean that other fractions represent a higher percentage of the material. Beta-lactoglobulin, a reasonably stable fraction, can account for up to 75% of the fractions present in ion-exchange material.
Is there a problem with this? Yes, High amounts of beta-lactoglobulin can cause severe allergic reactions in humans. This fraction, not found in human milk, has even been responsible for the deaths of several individuals over the past ten years.
Another damaging factor with this type of processing is that it is known to form lysinoalanine, a bonded amino acid compound that results in losses of the following amino acids:
Cysteine (73-77%)
Threonine (35-45%)
Serine (18-30%)
Lysine (19-20%)
High amounts of lysinoalanine can be found in ion-exchange whey and may produce adverse effects on growth, protein digestibility, protein quality, and mineral bioavailability and digestibility.
Also ion-exchange strips out calcium and magnesium ions, and replaces them with sodium ions. The excess sodium throws the potassium levels out of balance. When that happens, the electrolytes go out of balance and the entire metabolism suffers.
So why did this material ever become popular? Heavy marketing from the dairy companies is the answer, but then you have to ask yourself why they developed it in the first place. Before ionexchange came along, Cross Flow Microfiltration was the only practical operation. However, a French patent on this process meant that all companies had to pay to use it. This expensive inconvenience led them to look for alternatives.
When the ion-exchange process was developed, it provided these companies with a lot more freedom. Even when micro-filtration came along, the ion-exchange process still remained popular, as the set-up cost is around one-fifth that of microfiltration.
So the development of ion-exchange whey had little to do with any benefit to the consumer. Long after several nutrition companies became aware of the disadvantages of ion-exchange whey, dairy companies kept on promoting it, as they sat on a mountain of this material.
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Ward Davis
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KC Live! Power and Light District Sep 13, 2019
Bob Saget (18+ Event)
Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City Sep 13, 2019
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Kansas City Symphony with The Temptations
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Ed Bassmaster (21+ Event)
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Legal Professionals Look Back on 2010 and Ahead to 2011
JD Supra Perspectives
Recently, we asked our friends and colleagues in the legal profession - lawyers, consultants, service providers, marketers - to jot down a thought or two, reflecting back on 2010 and ahead to the new year. As we said in our email request, JD Supra is a community-fueled enterprise, as good as the legal voices publishing their work on the site. In that spirit, we think the best type of "Year In Review" post, the kind we'd like to read, offers a diverse collection of insights and observations not from us but from members of the profession itself.
We asked two questions: 1. what surprised you in 2010? and 2. what should lawyers expect to see in the new years? And we said: "Feel free to hold forth on anything this audience would appreciate: law practice, legal marketing, tech issues, business development, and the myriad other concerns related to these big topics…"
Social media emerged as a dominant theme - hardly a surprise - but, as you'll see, not everyone agrees on what it all means, or how law firms are participating.
Among other answers, we also heard from lawyers about changes and surprises in their particular fields of practice. We'd love to hear more of these - send us a note if you care to be added to the mix.
See our blog for highlights: http://bit.ly/fqu6og
And see below for a complete record of responses - and best wishes for the new year from all of us at JD Supra...
[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop The Legal Profession Looks Back on 2010 and Ahead to 2011 Recently, we asked our friends and colleagues in the legal profession -lawyers, consultants, service providers, marketers -to jot down a thought or two, reflecting back on 2010 and ahead to the new year. As we said in our email request, JD Supra is a community-fueled enterprise, as good as the legal voices publishing their work on the site. In that spirit, we think the best type of "Year In Review" post, the kind we'd like to read, offers a diverse collection of insights and observations not from us but from members of the profession itself. We asked two questions: 1. what surprised you in 2010? and 2. what should lawyers expect to see in the new year? And we said: "Feel free to hold forth on anything this audience would appreciate: law practice, legal marketing, tech issues, business development, and the myriad other concerns related to these big topics…" Here is what we heard back: Jordan Furlong: What surprised me most in 2010 was the speed with which change in the legal marketplace accelerated. Coming into the year, lawyers knew or should have known that the days of their near-exclusive access to the marketplace were ending --and in fairness, a number of lawyers and firms responded admirably in 2010, from adopting AFAs and managing processes to renewing their focus on their key clients and client markets. But the competition came on stronger than anticipated, from legal process outsourcing companies to contract and temporary attorneys to the year's biggest surprise, Thomson Reuters' acquisition of LPO Pangea3. Add in the ongoing pressures of the recession, and traditional law firms lost a lot of confidence and momentum this past year. In 2011, lawyers should expect to see the arrival of some truly gigantic players in the marketplace. Thomson's rivals in the legal information and systems space won't stand still in the face of the Pangea3 acquisition, and their responses likely will hasten the consolidation of the LPO marketplace and other industries like publishing and e-discovery. Moreover, more global law firms will look to broaden their reach, either through transatlantic mergers like SNR Denton or via strategies like Norton Rose's moves into Australia, Canada and South Africa. On top of that, the [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop Alternative Business Structure provisions of the UK's groundbreaking Legal Services Act will come into force in October 2011, and while relatively few law firms will take advantage of those provisions to float shares or encourage direct investment, it isn't law firms we should be looking at. Watch for global service providers outside the legal sphere --anything from department stores or investment banks to accounting firms or insurance companies or even Google or Amazon --to assess the fragmented, overpriced, under-served nature of the legal marketplace and use these new provisions to acquire an LPO, a string of local or regional law firms, or an online provider like LegalZoom as an entry point. Truly global brands and massive economies of scale have been foreign to the legal marketplace until now, but there's a good chance that will change in 2011. Jordan Furlong -Partner, Edge International; Senior Consultant, Stem Legal -http://www.law21.ca/about-2/---Donna Seyle: Purchase of Pangea3 by a business other than a law firm. It shows that this upending of the law firm structure is really driving the legal services industry to think out-of-the-box, and the implications will be far-reaching as Thomson Reuters implements their concepts by integrating Pangea into their family of offerings. Two things are happening in 2011 that will force the US to compete by developing a variety of legal services business models The first is the UK's implementation of the Alternative Business Structures (ABS) section of the Legal Services Act (LSA), which authorizes non-lawyer partnering and/or private capital investment into law firms. The second is the increased attempts of US and European regulators to create a comprehensive regulatory framework to safeguard large-scale implementation of virtual platforms on which these new breeds of legal services can operate. Donna Seyle, Founder/Coach -Law Practice Strategy -www.LawPracticeStrategy.com ---[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop Tim Baran: The past year continued the trend of law firms and other legal organizations adapting to change. No small development since the profession is notoriously averse to change. The still stagnant economy played a significant role as new hires, especially among administrative staff remained a trickle, with most standing pat and some continuing to lay off. One trend in 2010 that is obvious to those of us who engage on social media like LinkedIn and particularly Twitter and Facebook is proliferation of the legal profession on these platforms. Although the economy also plays a role here with many starting to recognize and appreciate its marketing potential, the openness that it has spawned is welcome. Like discussing the new Westlaw and Lexis enhancements and pricing models, the continued emergence of the freely available law.gov, meaningful conversations about the onerous CLE regulations and building relationships that was, in the past, mostly unattainable. But, for entities that serve the legal profession, like legal research, marketing and continuing legal education services, I noticed another trend -a shift from being hired to perform those services to consulting and training existing staff to handle the same functions. I don't know how widespread this is but it's certainly been my experience with a few colleagues expressing similar sentiments. It's a significant shift and entrepreneurial ventures serving the profession will have to adapt. Tim Baran -BaranCLE (New York City) -Facebook Page | LinkedIn Group ---Lance Godard: What surprised me? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose: In 2010 (like in 2009), conditions were ripe for meaningful change in the business of law, more than they have ever been (and probably ever will be again). But at the end of the year we're still talking about the same things --in virtually the same exact terms --as we were at the end of 2009. None of the seismic changes predicted at the end of last year (alternative billing, outsourcing, legal education reform, etc.) have made [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop much difference so far. Obviously, I did not expect a revolution in 2010, but I did think we'd see a lot more change than we actually experienced. Predictions for the future? The wild card is legal process outsourcing (and insourcing). If it takes hold, and recent activity would certainly indicate that it is well on its way to doing that, it will give clients a real option for legal services. That additional option will likely translate into a noticeable shift away from using traditional firms for routine legal work, which will in turn force those firms to find innovative ways to keep that work on the new terms (as dictated by the clients) or get out of the routine work business completely. Lance Godard -The Godard Group -http://www.thegodardgroup.com ---Amanda Ellis: I thought firms would focus on hiring laterals who were already admitted to practice in the hiring state. However, firms still hired out-of-state lawyers who were not yet licensed in the hiring state IF the lawyers had top academic credentials (in the examples I saw, this usually meant a JD from a Top 10-20 law school, not just a Tier 1 (top 50 ) law school). -Big firms (AmLaw 100 and 200) will still "pass" on laid-off associates. Or, at a minimum, will not use recruiters to hire laid-off associates. -Attorneys with 8 years of experience (or more) will need some portable business to lateral to another firm. -More hiring opportunities at boutique and mid-sized/regional firms -More big firms will move toward a merit-based compensation system -More smaller firms will tie compensation to firm performance (i.e., lower base salary with multiple bonus payouts) Amanda C. Ellis, Esq. -Amanda Ellis Legal Search -http://www.6psbig3.com ---[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop Jim Calloway: Oddly, it was the iPad. Being an iPhone user, I figured it would be good, but this is a game changer in many ways and once again, Apple, is showing its competitors where they need to go. Many lawyers will still prefer their computers for heavy document preparation, but the ability to display documents almost full size, the amazing ease of use and the convenience of having e-mail, Internet access, e-books, music, games, periodicals, access to social networks and a host of other items literally in the palm of your hand will be a great influence on how we perceive technology. And in 2011, they will almost certainly add videoconferencing. Continued pressure from corporate clients to have lower, more predictable attorney fees. Lawyers figuring out that to survive and prosper they have to be more efficient. I cannot say that it will happen, but what should happen is a significant reassessment of how law firms produce documents and how technology can streamline and speed up document creation while ensuring great client work product. Jim Calloway -Director, Management Assistance Program, Oklahoma Bar Association (http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/) ---Gina Rubel: I still find it surprising that many law firms in the U.S. are either 1) blocking social media and/or 2) do not have social media policies in place. In the age of digital communications, it is important for law firms to understand how to harness the power of social media for networking, business development, public relations and marketing while still understanding the ethical and legal implications. Social media impacts the practice of law, legal matters and litigation at almost every level. From employment matters to communicating with witnesses, and discovery to juries, providing the proper rules and tools for lawyers will make their social media experiences more fruitful. I predict that social media is going to continue to play a substantial role in how law firms conduct business. Law firms will more readily adopt social media policies for [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop their firms, will educate clients on how to use and not use social media, be more proactive in monitoring the use of social media by their staff and clients, and engage in the online dialogue that dramatically affects their marketing and public relations efforts. Gina F. Rubel, Esq. -President/CEO, Furia Rubel Marketing and Public Relations (www.FuriaRubel.com) ---L. Russell Lawson: What surprised me most was the American Bar Association weighing in late in the year with an effort to modify the Model Rules to potentially shut off the conversations in social media about legal issues. It seems to me that a well-informed universe of consumers of legal services can only improve the delivery and efficiency of the law and lubricate the scales of justice. Most of the prohibitions now in the Model Rules cover the style and substance of what transpires in social media, and, as they currently exist, presume too often that those who need legal work can be easily hoodwinked by unscrupulous professionals. Education, especially that which is easily consumed and broadly available in social media, would be a counteragent to this anxiety. Lawyers can expect to see more consolidation in internet distribution channels for their information and reputation. There will be a shrinkage in the search engine universe and the content specific sites for legal identity (martindale. com, bestlawyers.com, jdsupra.com, etc.) will increase their features and options in pursuit of participation and profit. Online advertising will expand while print plummets as publications convert from the expense of ink on paper and in the mail to publishing online and on electronic readers, which will proliferate in 2011. L. Russell Lawson -Marketing Director, Sands Anderson PC -www.sandsanderson.com -http://twitter.com/sociallawyers ---[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop Daniel Schwartz: What surprised me was how all consuming "social media" became in the employment law area. Nearly every speaking engagement I was invited to was about social media in one form or another. What also surprised me (but shouldn't have) is how attorneys who don't even use social media suddenly became "experts" too. I think as firms and companies start implementing technology upgrades that they put off during the recession, we will see even greater use not only of social media, but other "app" like tools to improve communication, efficiency and productivity. Daniel Schwartz, Connecticut Employment Law Blog -http://www.ctemploymentlawblog.com/---Elliot Alderman: What surprised me, given the economy, was how well some smaller and mid-sized niche practices performed. There was a general thinning of the herd, and I think increasingly the model of the large multi-discipline behemoth is broken. Particularly in tight financial times, clients increasingly want fixed fee and value-added legal services, and it is difficult for large entities to support their infrastructure. I think this is a trend that is going to continue. Larger companies will probably bring more work in-house and experienced specialty lawyers can provide cost-effective legal services, even to larger clients. Elliott Alderman -www.thecontentlawyer.com -www.facebook.com/thecontentlawyer ---[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop Howard Sollins: What surprised me was the degree to which there is a perception that TARP was a negative program when it saved large segments of the economy for far less of a cost than was anticipated. Increasingly strong government enforcement in regulatory programs holding companies accountable for noncompliance. Howard L. Sollins, a principal in Ober|Kaler’s Health Law Group -http://www.ober.com/attorneys/howard-sollins ---Chris Hill: The explosion of Social Media and the growth in solo practice. I think this was due to the contraction in 2009 at large firms and the continued growth in law school graduations. The younger lawyers plus the sudden realization of the power of the internet (coupled with in person contact) by attorneys who saw the marketing need led to the growth in online marketing through social media. I believe there will be more lawyers in the "cloud" and the need for state bars to deal with this new paradigm in their ethics rules. Christopher G. Hill, LEED AP -Construction Law Musings Blog ---Stephen Seckler: In 2010, I was surprised that attorney layoffs were as modest as they were at the most highly leveraged firms. While many firms managed to report small increases in profitability for the 2009 year, this was primarily accomplished through cost cutting. Without a dramatic increase in corporate activity in 2010, I had expected to see another round of associate layoffs. Instead, I am hearing that some firms are actually beginning to recruit some laterals.[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop In the New Year, lawyers should expect to hear more requests for fixed fee billing arrangements from their clients. Similarly, a growing number of firms will be looking for ways to become better project managers so that fixed fee billing does not negatively impact profitability. Firms will continue to resist the adoption of alternative fees, but the movement away from the billable hour will continue to be slow and steady. Firms will begin to invest significant money to increase their visibility on social media; but the real marketing successes will continue to come from in-person marketing. Stephen Seckler -President, Seckler Legal Coaching, coaching lawyers on marketing and career issues since 1997 -www.seckler.com ---Jayne Navarre: What didn’t surprise me was the uptick in the number of both large, medium, and small law firms moving from cool to lukewarm in the arena of social media. I saw a significant increase in requests for group social networking training for lawyers, particularly partners. Albeit most of that was outside of any integrated business planning, however, in most cases the training I conducted did help to alleviate the discomfort of the unknown, and is a great first step. What did surprise me was the lack of law firm investment in training for staff; both in regards to responsible engagement and proactive presence. I hope to see more firms leveraging the contribution to be made by trained staff--who are already networking anyway. I believe it is a missed opportunity. That being said, without social media leadership, planning, and structure that supports the firm’s strategic plan, there’s really no road map and that may be why few are venturing into such leverage. In 2011 we should begin to see more strategic alignment and integration of new media opportunities in both the law firm strategic plan and the marketing plan. I believe that smart law firms will begin to recognize that social media is not a stand alone program, but rather, social media tactics can be used to meet traditional business metrics. Looking even further ahead to 2012, law firms will begin to take [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop advantage of client facing social media tools such as white label and private social networks that go beyond connections and conversations to become productivity tools that put faces and places on teams and projects. Jayne Navarre, Author, social.lawyers: Transforming Business Development, 2010 ed., West Publishing, blogger at www.virtualmarketingofficer.com, and experienced speaker, trainer and law firm marketing consultant on new media. ---Lindsay Griffiths: The thing that surprised me most about 2010 was the level of fear that people still have surrounding social media. I've heard reactions that run the gamut, from "How can I block my employees from using social media" (within the last month) to "I don't think it's important for law firms." And yet, lawyers ARE using it successfully and getting business and recognition through the tools. Even though I'm a legal marketer, I see lawyers stepping away from traditional firm "marketing" in favor of more individual business development activities. Although firm marketing will always be needed to offer a cohesive image in the industry, I think lawyers will be examining what activities best suit their practices and personalities and engaging with those. For a large percentage, I think this will include social media -with a better understanding that the tools are best used for relationship development and are just a means of facilitating what lawyers have always done. Lindsay Griffiths, Director of Network Development for the International Lawyers Network (http://www.zenlegalnetworking.com) ---Laura Gutierrez: How great the content is coming from lawyers (how non-legal it reads), and how many of them have taken to social media.[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop Content will be king, and readers will probably scrutinize lawyer content a lot more. Since there is so much noise, readers will figure out a way to manage it all, including weeding out "frauds" (ones who claimed to be well-versed but aren't). I also see a lot more social platforms combining services or collaborating for a more comprehensive social picture. Laura Gutierrez, in-house legal marketer in Twin Cities, @lalaland999 ---Venkat Balasubramani: I spent an inordinate amount of time on Twitter. It's a really fun medium/app, but it has the potential to suck you in. I don't make new year's resolutions, but if I did, regulating my Twitter activity would be one to consider. Overall, it seemed like this was the year in which the legal profession embraced Twitter with much enthusiasm. A large percentage of these people probably viewed Twitter as purely a business development tool, and I expect many of them will drop off, if they haven't already done so. But the larger point may be that lawyers are not so afraid of social media as they are made out to be. I think the big picture tectonic changes in the legal profession will continue, but it's anyone's guess as to what all this really means and how this will affect the average practitioner. I'm sure we will see some innovative marketing campaigns from lawyers and law firms that effectively make use of social media and the internet generally. Venkat Balasubramami -http://www.balasubramani.com/profile.html ---Steve Matthews: The biggest surprise for me in 2010 was the rapid adoption and impact of tablet computing. Apple iPads have moved from testing ground status, to the anticipated production of 6 million units per month in 2011! Finding viable web marketing exposure isn't going to be easy in 2011. The noise-to-[GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop signal ratio online rose significantly in 2010, and that competition to be heard will only become more troubling in the coming year. What does it look like? Create a Twitter account and follow a bunch of law firms to see --everyone is talking, but a rare few are listening. Cutting though the noise in 2011 will take a re-focused commitment to developing personal connections, and in many cases retracting one's social circle. It won't be a volume proposition. I expect many lawyers and firms to rethink their follow lists and concentrate on fewer relationships; in many cases, mimicking their off-line businesses. Successful firm brands online will recognize what they do best, and then replicate that vision with remarkable consistency. Steve Matthews -founder and principal, Stem Legal -http://www.stemlegal.com/steve-matthews/---Stephen Fairley: What surprised me most in 2010 was the fast growing adoption of social media. In general, attorneys tend to be way behind the curve when adopting any new technology, especially when it relates to internet marketing. So it surprised me that attorneys seem to be adopting social media much faster than I anticipated. Here's some of the evidence I have seen: a. The most frequently requested topic I have had this year from state and local bar associations is on how attorneys can use social media to generate leads and referrals. b. I'm receiving dozens of requests every week from attorneys who want me to friend them on Facebook, “like” their fan page or follow them on Twitter. What started as a trickle last year has turned into a consistent stream, but not a flood—yet. c. We develop and run full blown social media programs for law firms and it is one of the biggest growth areas we have seen in our company. A growing emphasis on lead conversion and measuring Return On Investment. Attorneys are notorious for spending a lot of money of any crazy advertising [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop program the yellow pages can dream up, yet very few attorneys invest any time or effort in tracking the results. But I'm glad to report that is slowly changing. More and more attorneys are realizing they can no longer afford to simply throw money at the wall and hope that something sticks. They need to be wise about where to invest their limited marketing dollars. I believe a growing number of attorneys will demand more accountability from their marketing dollars. They need to implement systems that allow them to track and measure the results from every lead source and here at The Rainmaker Institute we are working hard to create an automated system that will allow them to do this. Stephen Fairley -CEO, The Rainmaker Institute -www.TheRainmakerInstitute.com ---Lane Powell PC: We at Lane Powell are bullish on 2011. We believe strongly that credit will start to flow again in 2011 and that will push growth in a number of sectors, which will help the employment numbers even in our local economy. Indeed, at Lane Powell our own strategic planning is based on confidence in the economy. For example, we are adding at least 18 more attorneys on January 1 so we can better meet our clients' needs in the coming year. We see particular growth in the financial services sector as the healthier institutions acquire those at risk. Litigation will remain strong as economic conditions make settlement of commercial disputes more challenging. Estate planning will see a flurry of activity for the very wealthy because the changes to tax laws will require reconsideration of prior planning techniques. M&A is certain to pick up as the pent up demand by private equity players begins to flow. Traditional real estate will remain challenged until the unemployment numbers drop, but in the interim some specialty areas of real estate are already seeing significant up ticks of activity. If the level of work in our Antitrust group is a guide, there will be a great deal of work for lawyers in connection with global compliance initiatives and investigations. Sustainability/Clean Tech practices remain in everyone's sight, but actual investment remains somewhat tentative and dependent on governmental incentives. In the wake of previous events and the resulting new and future regulation of key industries, a lawyer's role as counselor and advisor will become [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop even more critical to businesses as everyone navigates an increasingly regulated and complicated business environment. Lewis M. Horowitz -President, Lane Powell PC -http://www.jdsupra.com/profile/LanePowell/---Marc S. Stern: The Supreme Court decisions on Consumer Bankruptcy were surprising. The court seems to be retreating from its literal interpretation of statutes. I suppose that is necessary given the unintelligible drafting. I was also surprised that Congress got its act together and passed a bunch of much needed legislation in the lame duck session. The unemployment rate will change only marginally. The economy MAY improve a little and the housing crisis will get straightened out late in the year. The solution will cause a great deal of pain and there will be no clear winners. There will be all sorts of losers. It will take Congressional action. Housing prices will bottom out but will not start to come back. There is too much inventory and little or no financing available. Marc S. Stern -http://www.jdsupra.com/profile/MarcStern/---Larry Bodine: I was surprised how wrong the predictions were for an economic recovery in the legal profession in 2010. Instead we got the dismal "new normal" with layoffs, indebted law grads without jobs, cost-cutting, and gloomy expectations from managing partners. The National Bureau of Economic Research said the recession ended in June 2009, but nobody believed it. The only lawyers doing well were handling foreclosures, divorces and bankruptcies. For 2011, economists (see http://bit.ly/i9usFB) predict more competition, pressure [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop on fees, fewer partner-track associates positions, more non-equity service partners, fewer salaried and more temp positions, and more legal work outsourced overseas. On the bright side: · M&A activity is expected to jump 36% in 2011 (see http://aol.it/dcYS4M) · Demand for legal services will also increase in healthcare, intellectual property, bankruptcy, corporate and security litigation, antitrust law, and environmental law (see http://bit.ly/gakp3z) · CRM (client relationship management systems) will have to incorporate LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook information. · Law firms will realize they can’t cost-cut their way to profit, and will seriously start training lawyers to do business development to increase the financial top line. · “Innovate or die” will be the watchword for law firms, and they will offer new ways to offer new business services and value billing. · Law firms will stop upgrading software and use SaaS offerings and cloud computing. · Lawyers and paralegals with at least four years experience will be needed at midsize law firms, see http://bit.ly/hiyvyn. Law firms are looking for workers that will bring clients with them. Larry Bodine, Esq. -Business Development Advisor -http://www.jdsupra.com/profile/larrybodine/---Garry Wise: 2010 – No Surprises, Just Evolution There were no great surprises in 2010 for lawyers who’ve had their fingers on the pulse of the social media world -just a natural progression. The once-radical thought that there is a bona fide professional use for social media in the legal profession has been mainstreamed and normalized. Lawyers’ [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop participation online has exploded into an ever-increasing offering of blawgs, tweets, and social media updates. In fact, as I suggested in an October 2010 post, Social Media and the Legal Profession: Where are We Today?, the primary challenge ahead is no longer about participation; rather, it’s about integrating our multi-platformed online presentations: Once you have a website and blog, are on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Digg, etc., how do you tie it all together -with the least amount of extra hands-on effort -into a cohesive, seamless and consistent presence that establishes a brand or identity that is both authentic and digestible for readers? In a natural, logical evolution, the modern world continues to pull lawyers and our courts into this tech-centric 21st century. Within the last year or so, courts in Canada, the UK, Australia and the USA have permitted journalists to live blog, text-message and tweet from the courtrooms. Canada’s Supreme Court has recognized that bloggers are afforded “responsible journalism” free-speech protections; similarly, bloggers have been held accountable for defamatory publications that have crossed the line. In some cases, courts have authorized service of legal documents via Facebook. Facebook, itself, has responded to document-retention and electronic discovery requirements by introducing a Download Your Information feature, enabling retrieval and local storage of each user’s Facebook content. Privacy advocates won a series of public battles over the protection of private information on social media sites. Courts have ordered “virtual child visitation” via Skype. And, in Ohio, judges received a green light to “friend” lawyers on social media sites. In South Carolina, Florida and other jurisdictions, it is not so clear. Looking ahead, this evolution will no doubt continue in 2011. In the legal profession, greater attention will be focused on the ethical do’s and don’t of lawyers’ social media participation. We will consider whether blawging should count toward lawyers’ mandated CLE requirements. And our courts and governments will struggle with (and attempt to draw defined lines in the sand) in this brave new world of instant communications, democratized access to publication tools, and blurred distinctions between the public and the private. And the emerging WikiLeaks debate – is it journalism or espionage? -is likely to be [GIVE CONTENT. GET NOTICED] WWW.JDSUPRA.COM Legal Marketing Scoop the spark at the center of a crucial, dramatic discussion ahead that will do much to define where we, as a society are heading, online and offline. It will continue to be fascinating to watch the developments unravel in real time. Garry J. Wise -Wise Law Blog, Toronto ---Gwynne Monahan: -Thanks, in part, to Facebook, privacy became a mainstream topic of discussion and concern. -Social media made its entrance into the legal industry beyond a marketing channel. Won't be long before it is a standard aspect of eDiscovery. Request documents & social media history. -Greater interest in open source applications among lawyers. Expect that to continue as those who have been using open source in their practices share more of their tips & tricks. -The cloud will transition more towards an operating system & less like an app, making devices less important but Web-based applications more so. -The cloud will also continue to mature, making privacy, confidentiality and such closer to.being standardized and less polarizing and scary. Benefits will continue to be realized, understood & appreciated. Gwynne Monahan -http://www.jdsupra.com/profile/gwynnemonahan/###
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• On May 23, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert describing its observations in past examinations of weaknesses and best practices...more
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Issues Risk Alert Regarding Safeguarding Customer Records and Information Stored on...
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OCIE Issues Risk Alert Regarding Advisers and Broker Dealers Failing to Comply with Regulation S P
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OCIE Issues Guidance on Regulation S-P
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Safe and Sound - FINRA and the SEC Issue Guidance on Handling Customer Information and Communications
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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019
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Seafarers Awards will honour outstanding contributions to seafarer welfare
This May, The Mission to Seafarers will present awards to seafarers and operational staff within the maritime industry in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the welfare of others. The Awards will be presented at the upcoming Seafarers’ Awards Dinner, which will take place on 11 May 2018 at the InterContinental Hotel, Middle Street, Singapore.
At the inaugural event sponsored by Shell, The China Navigation Company and North P&I Club, five awards will be presented:
The seafarer who has contributed significantly to the welfare of fellow crew on-board
The seafarer who has contributed significantly to crew welfare within their organisation
The shore-based employee who has made a significant contribution to seafarers welfare
The company which has made a signification contribution to seafarers' welfare
Secretary General's special award for outstanding service to seafarers
An eminent team of judges has been selected and will be chaired by Rev Canon Andrew Wright, Secretary General of the Mission.
Over 200 people are expected to attend the dinner, with a limited number of tables and individual seats still available. Attendees will enjoy a drinks reception, sponsored by HFW, followed by a three-course meal. Tickets can be booked by emailing Jan Webber on jan.webber@missiontoseafarers.org and all proceeds will go towards supporting the Mission’s work in the port of Singapore, including ship visits and seafarers centers. A number of sponsorship packages are still available for those who wish to show their support for seafarers and recognise the integral role they play in the industry.
Capt Rob Walker, Chairman, The Mission to Seafarers, Singapore, said:"Our Seafarers Awards Dinner is one of the most important events in the Mission's calendar, and one we’re incredibly proud of. Seafarers play a massive role in our everyday lives. Although we work in the industry, we need to take a moment to recognise those working out at sea have additional pressures which can be incredibly tough on their physical and mental wellbeing. Seafarers can be separated from loved ones for up to a year, and piracy and abandonment continue to be a very real and serious problem for seafarers. The toll that this can take on physical welfare and emotional well-being is immense.
"The Seafarers Awards Dinner allows us to show seafarers that we recognise the exceptional work that they do in helping others, looking after the welfare of their fellow crew and keeping spirits high during challenges times. It also allows us to highlight the outstanding work companies are doing to ensure the emotional and practical needs of their staff are met and to encourage best practice across the entire maritime industry". In 2017, the Mission visited over 1,500 seafarers in the port of Singapore and provided facilities for over 3,800 seafarers at its Singapore seafarers’ centres. In total, the Mission visited over 300,000 seafarers aboard ships across the globe and supported 895 justice and welfare cases, including helping the crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio (and the Chennai Six) to secure their release from prison. Ticket prices and sales for the Singapore Seafarers Awards Dinner are available by emailing Jan.Webber@missiontoseafarers.org. Those looking for nomination forms to enter the Awards should also contact Jan.
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Dutch freighter severely damaged in collision with bollard, Terneuzen
General cargo ship AVALON collided with bollard at around 1000 LT Mar 1 in Ghent Terneuzen Canal near Terneuzen. The ship sustained serious damages, starboard hull suffered several meters length gash, see photos. AVALON was taken to nearest pier, understood ballast water was pumped out to increase freeboard and raise gash above water. Strong wind said to be the main cause of an accident. all photos and video https://www.hvzeeland.nl/nieuws/34883-scheur-in-schip-na-botsing-met-paal/?utm source=hvzeeland&utm medium=website&utm campaign=laatste-nieuwsberichten-sidebar
Cargo ship on fire, abandoned, Java sea Video
Fire erupted in cargo hold of general cargo ship MICHAEL PUTRA in the afternoon Feb 28 in Java sea, some 15 nm south of Bangka Belitung Islands, in position 03 16S 106 52E. The ship with 20 people on board, crew and passengers, was en route from Tanjung Pinan province, Bintan island. The crew couldn t control fire, and all people left the ship, being rescued by fishermen. The ship has a cargo of 17 Toyota vehicles, 36 motorbikes and general goods. Understood the ship is adrift, burning.
Cocaine and cannabis hidden in engine room of container ship MSC PERLE
Master of container ship MSC PERLE (ex Hanjin Green Earth) reported to management office, that two packages with suspicious substances were found in engine room during cleaning, while en route from Callao Peru to Angamos Chile. Operator alerted Chilean authorities, packages were taken by Chilean officers on ship s arrival, on Feb 28. There were 9 kilos of cocaine and 6 kilos of cannabis found. MSC PERLE left Angamos on Mar 1, bound for San Antonio Chile. No information on possible crew involvement.
Ghost tanker in Indonesian waters, nobody on board of seaworthy ship
Abandoned tanker PISCES was found by Indonesian patrol boat on Feb 28, anchored in waters of Pulau Nongsa, small island near northeast Batam Island, Singapore Strait, in dangerous vicinity of underwater gas pipeline. There are no people on board, tanker doesn t look like she s in distress or was in distress. According to CG statement, tanker was abandoned recently, for no apparent reason.
Container ship MAERSK ARAS limping back to Manzanillo
Feb 19: MAERSK ARAS , IMO 9624275, dwt 60,153, North Pacific off Gulf of California – NUC since Feb 17, en route from Mexico to Japan, ETA Mar 4.
Monitoring: Started moving on Feb 25 back to Mexico, port of destination now Ensenada, ETA Mar 1. According to Japanese schedule, the ship is to dock at Yokohama on Mar 4.
Feb 26 0500 UTC- NUC, drifting. Feb 27 0500 UTC - NUC, drifting. Mar 1 -NUC, drifting, ETA changed to Mar 5.
Mar 2 Update
According to unconfirmed report which is referring to Hapag-Lloyd, MAERSK ARAS suffered engine failure, but remained under way. As of 0930 UTC Mar 2, the ship was under way at some 4.5-5.0 knots speed, port of destination changed from Ensenada to Manzanillo, ETA Mar 3.
Two Panamax bulk carriers disabled, one aground
Bulk carrier PANAMAX ALEXANDER
Mar 2 Update: Reportedly tug was contracted to tow bulk carrier to UK or France port, name of tug yet unknown. PANAMAX ALEXANDER suffered engine breakdown, she’s loaded with iron ore pellets.
Alert:
Feb 28: PANAMAX ALEXANDER , IMO 9233492, dwt 74,247, North Atlantic - NUC since Feb 26, en route from Canada to Belgium, ETA Feb 27.
Bulk carrier AQUALIBRA
Bulk carrier AQUALIBRA ran into trouble on her second voyage (she’s brand new, maiden voyage from Japan to Canada) while en route from Canada to Panama, was adrift since Feb 20. On Feb 25 she was taken on tow by tug ROBERT FRANCO (IMO 9694311), to be towed to Long Beach, ETA Mar 01.
DSME Bags Orders for Five VLCCs
This has been a very busy week for the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), as it has won orders for a total of seven ships worth a total of USD 800 million. The orders include a contract for the construction of three very large crude carriers from an undisclosed owner. The three 300,000 dwt vessels are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2020.
New Ship-to-Shore Cranes for SCPA
Just a day prior to the beginning of Charleston Harbor Deepening Project construction, the South Carolina Ports Authority welcomed two new ship-to-shore cranes at the Wando Welch Terminal to further enhance the handling of neo-Panamax vessels.
"The cranes are an integral part of the port s plans to modernize existing terminals in order to more efficiently handle big ships. Along with the Wando Terminal wharf strengthening project, bigger cranes enable the port to continue to meet the needs of our customers and deliver the operational reliability and productivity we are known for in the U.S. port industry," Jim Newsome, SCPA president and CEO, said.
K Line, Uyeno Group Join SEA\LNG
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and compatriot Uyeno Group have joined SEA/LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition aiming at accelerating the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel. As explained, SEA\LNG sees Japan as growing in importance as a location for LNG-fueled shipping and bunkering.
Go Maritime: Discussing Prospects and Threats Facing the Maritime Industry
ABS recently participated in the first Annual Go Maritime Educational event hosted by Isalos.net in London. ABS Senior Vice President for Europe, Vassilios Kroustalis, shared his views on the prospects and threats facing the maritime industry and how they will impact the next generation of shipping. "With the fast-paced advances in technology being made daily, we are on a journey to autonomous transportation at sea," Kroustallis said. "The future is exciting. New technology offers opportunities to better respond to the challenges of today and tomorrow, whether they are environmental impacts, reliability of equipment, more efficient operations or crew training."
World s largest cruise ship Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas to debut this month
This month the world gets a new title holder with the debut of Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas: World’s largest cruise ship.
The fourth Oasis-class ship from the cruise line, which is just slightly larger that its sister ships, will officially inherit the bragging rights in a handover ceremony on March 23.
The 228,081-ton, 1,188-foot-long ship has been under construction at STX France shipyard in St. Nazaire France since October 2015, but now the finishing touches are taking place.
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Predictive App Improves Terminal Productivity
Ernst & Young (EY) will design and develop a predictive and optimisation application to help improve Port of Singapore-based PSA Marine s services and boost terminal productivity. Leveraging data analytics and incorporating machine learning, Blue 5.0 will predict pilotage transit durations accurately to allow terminals to plan and allocate their resources more efficiently and to be ...
Bangladesh shortlists seven companies to build floating LNG terminal
Bangladesh’s state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas has shortlisted seven companies to build a 7.5 million mt/year floating LNG terminal off Payra in Patuakhali district, Bangladesh’s fourth and largest floating LNG import facility. “We are expecting to sign an agreement in the first half of 2018, and commercial operations to start in June 2019,” RPGCL managing director ...
MMC bags 2 awards at Global Ports Forum
MMC Port Holdings Sdn Bhd (MMC Ports), a wholly owned subsidiary of MMC Corp Bhd, bags two recognitions at the 2018 Global Ports Forum Awards held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently. The awards, given respectively to Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) for Green Port/Terminal of the Year and to Johor Port Bhd (JPB) ...
LNG Shipping Market Fundamentals To Improve Says Shipowner
Shipowners active in the LNG shipping segment are looking forward to a further improvement in market conditions as a result of more balanced fundamentals. In a recent note, shipowner Flex LNG said that the LNG shipping market continued to tighten throughout the fourth quarter. Seasonality and its winter peak once again brought a welcome boost ...
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Open access peer-reviewed chapter
Structural Characterization and Mechanical Behavior of Al 6061 Nanostructured Matrix Reinforced with TiO2 Nanoparticles for Automotive Applications
By S. Sivasankaran and Abdulaziz S. Alaboodi
Submitted: May 5th 2016Reviewed: September 23rd 2016Published: December 28th 2016
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The main aims of the present chapter are to: learn synthesis procedure of AA 6061‐x wt.% TiO2 nanocomposites (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 wt.%) by mechanical alloying (MA); investigate structural characterization of manufactured nanocomposite powders using X‐ray line profile analysis, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM); examine consolidation method and mechanical behavior in terms of sintered density, Vickers hardness and compressive stress‐strain behavior; study the improvement of ductility in nanocomposites; and simulate the mechanical behavior using ANSYS. Here, the synthesized nanocomposites via MA were consolidated using conventional uniaxial die compaction; then, the green compacts were sintered at different temperatures. TEM microstructures of as‐milled powder samples showed the matrix crystallite sizes ranging from 45 to 75 nm, which depended on the amount of reinforcement. A remarkable decrease in matrix powder particles size with the function of reinforcement was observed due to the ceramic nano TiO2 particles acted as milling agent. The sintered nanocomposites yielded maximum strength of 1.126 GPa. The study of trimodeled composite and its mechanical behavior revealed the possibility of achieving improvements in ductility and toughness for nanocomposites. The simulated mechanical behavior results using finite element method were good agreement with experimental results.
mechanical alloying
nanocrystallite matrix
mechanical behavior
chapter and author info
S. Sivasankaran*
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz S. Alaboodi
*Address all correspondence to: sivasankarangs1979@gmail.com
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Functionalized Nanomaterials
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Production of suitable materials to make our lives as comfortable, scientific development is playing a major role nowadays. Materials science and engineering is establishing the appropriate relationship between atomic structure and physical properties of materials which would design a novel material to attain improved properties [1]. The best performances of most of the components can be achieved in the present scenario by nanocomposites. The combined properties of metallic and ceramic materials compared with monolithic alloys can be achieved by metal matrix composites (MMCs) as it possesses high tensile strength, fatigue resistance, wear resistance and high elastic modulus. Several methods, namely, powder metallurgy (P/M), stir casting, pressure infiltration etc., have been developed for manufacturing of MMCs. In aerospace, space, automotive and structural parts, particulate lightweight aluminum‐based nanocrystallite matrix reinforced with nanoparticles have outstanding properties [2] as it has an excellent combination of mechanical and physical properties [3]. Amid all Al alloys, Al 6061 possesses outstanding formability besides its high strength and excellent corrosion resistance [4, 5]. The superior performance of nanocomposites can be obtained by uniform, homogeneous and embedding of nanoparticles over the nanocrystallite matrix [6]. Agglomeration/clustering of very fine/nanoreinforcement particles over metal matrix would deteriorates the mechanical properties [7]. However, it can be avoided by mechanical alloying (MA) which is one of the solid‐state powder metallurgy (P/M) process [2]. Further, uniform distribution and embedding of nanoreinforcement over the matrix can be achieved which would improve the mechanical performances of materials. The mechanical alloying is one of the severe plastic deformation (SPD) technique. During mechanical alloying (MA), high strain is given on the material and the structural refinement such as crystallite size reduction, lattice strain increment, changes in dislocation density, lattice parameter variation etc., would occur by shear and fracture of powder phase mixtures. By this process, nanostructured/nanocrystallite materials can be manufactured [2]. Conventional cold uniaxial die compaction process is one of simple and economic one of consolidation of powder materials into bulk‐shaped products followed by sintering under controlled atmosphere. Various authors have worked on P/M aluminum‐based metal matrix composites reinforced by ceramic particles such as graphite, silicon carbide particulate (SiCp), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), titanium carbide (TiC), vanadium carbide (VC), aluminum nitride (AlN), boron carbide (B4C), silicon nitride (Si3N4), titanium boride (TiB2), aluminum boride (AlB2), zirconium carbide (ZrC) and magnesium boride (MgB2) which have been successfully dispersed and investigated via mechanical alloying/mechanical milling. There is no detailed study concerning TiO2 powders used as a reinforcement in Al‐based MMCs. Titania (TiO2) has outstanding properties, namely, good wear and corrosion resistance, low coefficient of thermal expansion, high thermal shock resistance, excellent catalytic performance and thermal stability at high temperatures [8, 9]. The material selected as AA 6061‐TiO2 particulate MMCs is mainly proposed for automotive and aircraft parts. For instance, it can be suitable for automotive engine pistons and connecting rod, bicycle hub, bike frames, valves and valve parts, brake pistons, hydraulic pistons, marine fittings, electrical fittings, contactors, aircraft fittings and couplings.
2. Synthesis and consolidation procedure of nanocomposites
2.1. Nanocomposite powders preparation
In the present investigation, the AA 6061 Al alloy reinforced with different weight percentage of TiO2 particulate nanocomposite powders was prepared by MA (high‐energy ball milling) method. The AA 6061 Al alloy matrix composition and powder size of each elemental powder used in this study are given in Table 1. Figure 1(a) and (c) shows the morphologies of as‐received Al and TiO2 powder particles, respectively, using secondary electron image (SEI) of scanning electron micrograph (SE‐SEM). From Figure 1(a) and (c), it can be observed that the Al matrix powder particles were in irregular flake‐like shape and TiO2 particles were in clustered tetragonal shape. Figure 1(b) and (d) shows the X‐ray diffraction patterns of as‐received Al and TiO2 particles, respectively, which indicated the well‐crystalline nature of the powders. The as‐received TiO2 particles are in anatase formed and tetragonal structure with average clustered particles size of <1 μm which was measured by laser scattering system technique. The prepared nanocomposites contained 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 wt.% of TiO2 powder particles were completely embedded in the soft alloy matrix using the planetary type high‐energy ball mill (Insmart systems Ltd., Hyderabad, India) (Figure 2a). Nine highly hardened stainless steel balls of 20 mm diameter (33.5 g mass of each ball, totally, 301.5 g) together with 30 g mass of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 (x=0–12 with a step of 2 wt.%) powder mixture under toluene medium as a process control agent (PCA) were poured in a hardened stainless steel vial. The ball‐to‐powder ratio (BPR) was set approximately 10:1. The plate (i.e., sun wheel) speed of mill was set to 100 rpm (bowl/vial speed, 280 rpm). The milling was carried out in wet medium using toluene (C6H5CH3) of sulfur free (Ranbaxy, India) to prevent undue oxidation, agglomeration of powders, balls and vial with the powder [10]. The composite powders containing the different wt.% of TiO2 were milled up to 40 h. The milling was carried out up to 20 min and then alternated with 20 min of cooling to avoid significant temperature rise. The schematic diagram of synthesizing the nanocomposite by high‐energy ball milling method is also shown in Figure 2b.
The morphology of as‐received powders: (a) Al and (c) TiO2, XRD patterns of as‐received powders: (b) Al and (d) TiO2.
(a) High‐energy planetary ball mill and (b) schematic diagram showing the synthesis of nanocomposite powders.
Name of the element(s)
Purity, %
Elements concentration (gravimetric, wt.%)
Powder size, µm (mesh size)
Silicon, Si 99.3 0.600 -45 (<325)
Iron, Fe 99.7 0.700 -75 to +45 (<200 to >325)
Copper, Cu 99.4 0.275 -45 (<325)
Manganese, Mn 99 0.150 -75 to +45 (<200 to >325)
Magnesium, Mg 99.7 1.000 -75 to +45 (<200 to >325)
Chromium, Cr 99.8 0.195 -45 (<325)
Zinc, Zn 99.4 0.250 -45 (<325)
Titanium, Ti 99.3 0.150 -45 (<325)
Aluminum, Al 99.7 Bal -45 (<325)
Chemical composition and powder size used to make AA 6061 Al alloy matrix.
2.2. Synthesis of trimodeled composite powders
In order to evaluate the improvement of ductility while maintaining high strength and toughness for nanostructured AA 6061‐TiO2 composite materials, trimodeled AA 6061‐TiO2 nanocomposite powders (three phases consisting of nanocrystallite matrix, nano ceramic and coarse crystallite matrix) were synthesized by the same planetary high‐energy ball milling. For instance, first, the nanostructured composite powder of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 was synthesized by 40 h of MA using the same ball milling parameters mentioned in Section 2.1 (consists of nanocrystallite matrix and nano‐TiO2 ceramic). Then, these nanocomposite powders were mechanically blended with 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 wt.% coarse grains (CG) elemental powders corresponding to AA 6061 alloy matrix composition in the same planetary ball mill. Here, the BPR of 1:1 at 120 rpm for 2 h was carried out.
2.3. Consolidation of composite powders
A hydraulic press (Figure 3a) capacity of 40 tons made by Insmart systems, Hyderabad, India, was used to do uniaxial compaction. The cold uniaxial compaction is an important process in P/M to attain near net shape fabrication of engineering components prior to sintering [11, 12]. First, the precursor powders obtained from high‐energy ball milling were cold compacted using conventional cold uniaxial pressing in a rigid double end compaction type with compaction pressure of 500 MPa [13, 14]. The obtained dimensions of compacted samples called green pellets were 10 mm in diameter and 6–7 mm thickness [15]. The die was made of high‐carbon high‐chromium hardened and tempered steel (inner and outer diameters of 10 and 60 mm), and the two punches (10 mm diameter) were made of the same material as die to consolidate the powders from top to bottom simultaneously. Zinc stearate [Zn (C18H35O2)2] was used as lubricant to minimize the friction between powder particles and die wall during compaction process. Figure 3b shows the schematic design of the double end compaction die.
(a) Hydraulic press and (b) schematic diagram of conventional cold uniaxial compaction die process (double end compaction type).
For investigating the sintering behavior, the consolidated nanocomposites of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 (x=0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.%) of the green pellets compacted at 500 MPa were degassed first at 350°C for 60 min [16]. Then, the degassed samples were sintered for 120 min in the temperature range of 400, 475, 550 and 625°C under reducing atmosphere [17] in a mechanical pusher furnace as applicable to P/M industries. The schematic diagram of mechanical pusher furnace is shown in Figure 4.
Schematic diagram of mechanical pusher furnace.
2.4. Consolidation of trimodeled composite powders
The synthesized trimodeled AA 6061‐12 TiO2 nanocomposite consisting of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 wt.% CG 6061 alloy (obtained from elemental powders by mixing) matrix powders was first dried and stress recovered at 343 K under N2 atmosphere (mass flow rate of 63 /h and dew point temperature of <-40°C) [17]. The stress recovering of trimodeled composite powders was carried out to avoid the unwanted oxide phase at elevated temperature during sintering. These stress recovered powders were then consolidated by cold uniaxial compaction at 500 MPa. The post‐compacts were degassed and then sintered at 823 K for 6 h under N2 atmosphere [17].
3. Structural characterization methods
3.1. Geometric characterization techniques
The transmission electron microscope (TEM) and X‐ray diffraction (XRD) can be effectively used for investigating the structural characterization of fine powders, polycrystalline materials, amorphous materials and thin films. These two techniques are the commanding qualitative characterization techniques used in various areas of materials science [18, 19]. The structural characterization in terms of crystallites size, lattice strain, crystal structure, crystallinity, composition and strain variance can be determined/investigated using these instruments [20]. However, the morphology of powders such as powder shape, size etc., and detailed microstructure of compacted and sintered samples can be studied qualitatively using scanning electron microscope (SEM).
3.2. X‐ray diffraction (XRD)
The XRD patterns are used to identify the structure and the different phases present in the materials. The phase constitution of milled powders, post‐compacts, post‐sintered and post‐deformed preforms are evaluated by XRD using CuKα radiation. The used XRD equipment is made by D/MAX ULTIMA III, Rigaku Corporation, Japan, operating at 30 mA and 40 kV. The set 2°/min scanning speed and 20–100° scanning range were used here. It is well known that the average crystallite size and lattice strain or microstrain or lattice distortions owing to the presence of lattice defects which commonly occurred in MA products can be easily measured by XRD peaks of line profile analysis [20]. During MA with respect to milling time and percentage of reinforcements in the matrix, XRD peak broadening occurs which depends upon crystallite size and strain present in the nanocomposites/nanomaterials. Therefore, nanostructured materials/nanocomposites have a large volume of grain boundaries when compared to bulk materials [21]. If a material is not having any strain mean, Scherer's formula can be used to calculate crystallite size (Simplest method) [22]. Williamson–Hall (W–H) [23] and Warren–Averbach (W–A) [24] analyses are other two analytical methods which are generally used to measure the strain and the crystallite size of nanomaterials/nanocomposites. The W‐A method is based on Fourier analysis of peak intensities in which Fourier coefficients are used to separate the crystallite size and strain contribution from XRD peak profiles. However, this approach needs peak intensities at high diffraction angles. But, it is difficult to use this method when higher angle reflections are weak [25]. On the other hand, the W‐H method is used to investigate the same information at lower diffraction angle. Also, it is easy and suitable for lattice strain and crystallite size calculation of cubic crystals. Therefore, reduction in crystallite size and rise in microstrain can be found out using W‐H analysis of Eq. (1).
βhklcosθhkl=(Kλt)+ 4εsinθhkl.E1
Here, K is the shape factor of 0.9, λ is the X‐ray wavelength of 1.5406 Å, θhkl is the Bragg angle in degree and t is the effective crystallite size in nm and ε is the lattice strain. The X‐ray line profile breadth, βhkl, after corrected instrumental broadening as a full width at half‐maximum (FWHM), was calculated on each reflection of 2θ. For constructing a linear plot of βhklcosθ against 4sinθhkl for determining crystallite size and lattice strain, X‐ray diffraction of first five reflections (1 1 1), (2 0 0), (3 1 1), (2 2 2) and (4 0 0) was used. Then, crystallite size (t) was obtained from the intercept c (i.e., c=kλ/t) and the strain (ε) from the slope (i.e., m=ε).
3.3. Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
The milled powder samples were analyzed for powder morphological evaluation by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) using HITACHI S 3000 H operating at 8.5 mA and 20 kV. Before examining the powder samples in SEM, sputtering was done on the surface of the powders to conduct charge away from the surface. The microstructure of sintered preforms (after polishing and etching) was examined by F E I Quanta FEG 200—high‐resolution scanning electron microscope (HR‐SEM) with EDAX operating at 30–50 kV. In order to identify and confirm the elements shown in the SEM micrographs, energy dispersion spectrometer (EDS) was used. During analysis, both secondary electron image (SEI) mode and back‐scattered electron image (BSEI) mode were operated.
3.4. Transmission electron microscope (TEM)
To measure the matrix crystallite size exactly, and identifying the embedding and distribution of nano level reinforcement in the matrix grain, both dark and bright field image of transmission electron microscope (TEM) can be used. Selected area of diffraction (SAD) patterns is also used to confirm the NC nature of the samples. Here, PHILIPS CM 12 TEM was used with spot EDAX facility. For powder samples, first the ball‐milled powder particles were under suspension in ethanol (volatile liquid) and then a drop of this suspension was allowed to dry on a thin carbon foil supported by a conventional microscope grid leaving the powder particles ready for the observation. For sintered solid samples, manual polishing and mechanical grinding were performed until the sample thickness <100 µm was achieved. Following mechanical grinding, the samples were then dimpled to sample thickness of approximately 50 µm. Finally, ion milling was carried out on the dimpled samples using an ion miller of Edwards Model E306A.
4. Mechanical testing methods
4.1. Density measurement
The density of the post‐compacts and sintered preforms was estimated precisely by Archimedes principle [26] using electronic density balance. This principle is based on first measuring weight of sample in air column and then weighed in water column. Then, the ratio of weight of sample in air column and apparent loss of weight (difference between weight of air column and water column) give the specific gravity (SG) of post‐compacts/sintered preforms. Lastly, the density of post‐compact/sintered density can be determined by multiplying the SG and density of water. Here, paraffin treatment was performed over the samples to avoid infiltration of water into the sample [27]. The calculated error in the density treatment was conformed within 1%. Three independent experimental readings were used and averaged for investigation. In addition, theoretical density of sintered composites with different percentage of reinforcements was determined using the rule of mixture.
4.2. Hardness measurement
Mechanical properties in terms of strength can be analyzed using hardness measurements. The hardness of sintered preforms was measured using PC‐based Ratnakar Vickers tester. Here, the hardness was tested at a load of 1 kg. At least 15 measurements were taken in various places of polished samples for each sample. Then the average was taken for investigation.
4.3. Simple compression test
The uniaxial simple compression test [28] was done using servo‐controlled universal testing machine with strain rate of 10-3 s-1 at room temperature to determine the maximum compressive strength. For compression test, the sample size of 5 mm×5 mm×10 mm was used as per ASTM standard [29]. The samples were cut from sintered one by wire‐cut electrical discharge machine; then polished by abrasive sheet of SiC paper to 1200 grit; further graphite lubricant was applied at the top and bottom surface of samples to minimize friction effect. Here, three samples were used in each composition, and the average was used for the interpretation.
5.1. Morphology of nanocomposite powders as function reinforcement
The main purpose of studying the powder surface morphological examination is to investigate the powder particle shape changes while manufacturing of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2, x=0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 wt.% particulate nanocomposite powders produced by MA. The homogeneous distribution of reinforcement particles over the nanocrystallite matrix, embedding of reinforcement particles inside the nanocrystallite matrix, presence of any agglomeration or clustering of reinforcement particles with the nanocrystallite matrix, powder particles shape and particle size can be investigated through the ball‐milled powder particles as it influences the mechanical properties. The powder morphology can be evaluated qualitatively by secondary electron image (SEI) of SEM and back‐scattered electron image (BSEI) of SEM. Figure 5 shows the influence of reinforcement addition in the nanocrystallite matrix powders after 40‐h MA. It can be clearly seen from Figure 5 that the size of the particle/agglomerate decreased with the function of reinforcement considerably. However, almost spherical‐shaped and equiaxed particles were obtained in all the system with the same milling condition (40 h). These results implied the attainment of equilibrium state [30–32] after 40‐h MA. The morphological results showed that the addition of TiO2 particles in the matrix produced the powder morphology size reduction of matrix steadily. This was attributed to TiO2 ceramic particles also acted as milling agent. Further, it was observed here that the embedding and dispersing of nano‐sized TiO2 particles of around 119 nm with the soft Al alloy matrix powder for AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite (Figure 5h). The morphological results showed that the addition of TiO2 particles favors to refining of matrix particles during MA. On the other hand, despite the ductile nature of the Al matrix, the formation of large agglomerate size (Figure 5a) was diminished with the presence of TiO2 particles. This is due to the fact that the increasing percentage of TiO2 particles in the soft matrix decreases the ductility so as to increase the amount fracture in the matrix particles before impacts of matrix particles that cause lamination. These results inferenced here that more amount of work hardening occurred in higher amount of reinforcement. The decreasing of particle/agglomerate size of the matrix with carrying reinforcement was also observed by several researchers related to Al‐based MMCs processed via MA/MM [33–36]. Figure 6 shows the X‐ray mapping of 40‐h powders which confirms the uniform TiO2 particles within the Al matrix (Red: Al, Green: O and Blue: Ti).
The morphology of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 nanocrystallite/nanocomposite powder after 40‐h MA: (a) 0%, (b) 2%, (c) 4%, (d) 6%, (e) 8%, (f) 10%, (g) 12% and (h) BSEI of magnified view of (g) shows the embedding of TiO2 particles on the matrix.
(a) EDAX mapping of AA 6061‐10 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite powder after 40‐h MA, red, green and blue indicates Al, O and Ti elements, respectively and (b) the corresponding EDAX spectrum.
5.2. Effect of percentage of reinforcement on powder morphology of nanocomposite powders
Figure 7 shows the influences of the addition of TiO2 ceramic particles on nanocrystallite AA 6061 matrix particles size. It was observed here that the intensity of fracture mechanism increased and dominated the soft ductile matrix particle‐particle cold welding as the percentage of TiO2 ceramic particles increased in the soft Al alloy matrix. These resulted the formation of very fine particles/agglomerates in the case of 12 wt.% TiO2‐reinfroced nanocomposites (Figures 5g and 7) when compared to unreinforced nanocrystallite alloy powder (Figures 5a and 7) during the same milling condition (40 h). The increasing of hard ceramic particles would accelerate the fracturing process which was also reported elsewhere [37]. It was attributed to importing more collisions on matrix powders which meant high‐velocity energy acted over the matrix powders. Thus, it was clear here that the tendency for fracturing was higher than the cold welding for longer milling time of 40 h. In general, after reaching the steady state of longer milling (40 h here) under wet milling, particle‐particle cold welding on soft ductile alloy matrix would occur. Consequently, the particle/agglomerate size would start to increase (Figure 5a) when compared to un‐milled matrix powder (Figure 1a). This was attributed to higher cold welding tendency overcoming the fracture process [38]. However, almost equiaxed with spherical‐shaped and refined microstructure were obtained. Further, the rate of soft alloy matrix particle‐particle getting cold‐welded started to decrease as the percentage of TiO2 ceramic particles increased. This was attributed to more domination of fracturing tendency of TiO2 particles. Therefore, the powder/agglomerate size started to decrease in the case of higher reinforced nanocomposites (AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2, Figures 5g and 7). Similar kind of results was observed by Fogagnolo et al. 2003 [39] during ball milling of Al‐AlN system. Also, it can be explained in another way that the strength increased as the percentage of reinforcement particles increased according to Orowan strengthening mechanism.
Influences of TiO2 ceramic particles on nanocrystallite AA 6061 matrix particles/agglomerate size after 40‐h MA.
The particle size of reinforcement phase decreased in which the clustered average particle size of TiO2 of around 1 μm (Figure 1c) was reduced to individual TiO2 particles of 119 nm (Figure 5h). The TiO2 particle size after 40‐h MA of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite powders was checked using bright and dark field image of transmission electron microscope (TEM) (Figure 8). Using several bright and dark field images of TEM, the average TiO2 particle size of around 120 nm was obtained (50 particles were counted), which coherent with the results obtained from back‐scattered electron image of SEM morphology. The pink color arrow head indicates the TiO2 particles. Hence, the result of the higher percentage of TiO2 phase in the soft matrix produced smaller particle/agglomerate size of the nanocomposite powders (40‐h milling) (Figure 5g) [39–41]. The addition of TiO2 powder particles had great influence on the morphological characteristics of the fabricated nanocomposite powders via MA.
TEM image of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite powder: (a) bright field image and (b) dark field image.
5.3. Structural evaluation of mechanically alloyed nanocomposite powders
The process of manufacturing of MMCs powders through MA causes morphological and structural changes. Severe plastic deformation of the powder particles during MA can lead to grain refining, variation in the crystallite size, accumulation of internal stress, density of dislocation and variation of the lattice parameter [42]. The objective of this study is to report the structural characteristics of MAed powders (40 h) as the function of reinforcement (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 wt.% TiO2) using XRD, TEM and EDS.
5.3.1. XRD analysis
Figure 9 shows the XRD patterns of Al 6061–x wt.% TiO2, (x=0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 wt.%) nanocomposites powders after 40‐h MA. This figure clearly shows that the Al peak width, for example, at (1 1 1) plane, increased with the percentage of reinforcement. This was due to which TiO2 particles were also acting as a milling agent which accelerated the milling process. The inset of Figure 9 shows that the case of 12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite powders more broadened Al peak at (1 1 1) plane occurred than unreinforced nanocrystallite powders. It indicates that more spatial coherent length confinement occurred in higher reinforced nanocomposite [43]. Also, it can be noted from the inset of Figure 9 that shifting of Bragg's angle occurred in the case of 12 wt.% TiO2 particulate nanocomposite powders. These results show that more distortion occurred in higher reinforced nanocomposite powder than unreinforced nanocrystallite powder during the same milling time. Further, the shifting of Bragg's angle indicates the changes in the lattice parameter value with respect to percentage of reinforcement during 40‐h MA. The increasing of peak broadening of matrix phase by the addition of reinforcement ceramic phase can be clearly seen from Figure 10. The structural characteristics such as crystallite size, lattice microstrain, dislocation density, lattice parameter and the unit cell volume of Al as the function of reinforcement after 40‐h milling are reported in Table 2. Owing to the characteristics of high‐energy ball milling, large amount of structural defects in terms of dislocations would occur due to severe plastic deformation [44]. Sever plastic deformation (SPD) of high‐energy milling brings about a deformed lattice with high dislocation density during early stage of milling. These indicate the amount of dislocations pile up near the GBs will be increased. When prolonged milling, sometimes the GBs might have turned to be soft or relaxed. On this time, the amount of dislocations pileup near the GBs will be decreased. Hence, for MAed powders, dislocations are the main defects of which dislocation density (ρD) can be determined as [45]:
Grain size (t), nm
Lattice strain (e), %
r.m.s. strain (×10-3)
Dislocation density (ρ) ×1014, m-2
Lattice parameter (a), Å
Unit cell volume (V), Å3
Volume fraction of TiO2
6061 AA 65±2.50 0.3254±0.0031 2.5961 4.8476±0.0025 4.0473±0.00020 66.297±0.0098 0
6061 AA+2% TiO2 60.5±1.85 0.1640±0.0018 1.3082 2.6150±0.0015 4.0471±0.00015 66.287±0.0042 0.01793
6061 AA+4% TiO2 58±5.00 0.1906±0.0024 1.5214 3.1988±0.0078 4.0471±0.00015 66.287±0.0074 0.03588
6061 AA+6% TiO2 53±3.2 0.1490±0.0020 1.1893 2.5629±0.0032 4.0470±0.00018 66.2973±0.0035 0.04937
6061 AA+10% TiO2 48.7±2.5 0.2165±0.0016 1.7276 4.2637±0.0021 4.0469±0.00024 66.286±0.0022 0.07896
6061 AA+12% TiO2 46±2.00 0.1993±0.0023 1.5903 3.9407±0.0019 4.0468±0.00015 66.272±0.0031 0.09862
Structural characterization of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 composite powder after 40‐h milling, x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12%.
XRD patterns of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 (x=0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12%) nanocrystallite/nanocomposite powder after 40 h of high‐energy ball milling. Inset shows shift in Bragg's angle.
XRD patterns of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2, x=0, 4, 8, and 12%, composite powder after 40 h of high‐energy ball milling.
ρD = 23 <εr.m.s>tb,E2
where <εr.m.s> is RMS lattice strain which is determined as:
<εr.m.s>=(2π)1/2 (Δdd0 (hkl)),E3
Δd=d(hkl) − d0(hkl), where d(hkl) and d0(hkl) are the calculated and observed interplanar spacing, t is the crystallite size in m and b is the burgers vector of dislocation in m which is equal to a/2for the FCC structure, a is the lattice parameter in m. The actual lattice parameter was obtained as described by Cullity [22], by constructing the linear plot between the calculated lattice parameter for each Bragg's angle and the corresponding value of cos2θ/sinθ.
5.3.2. TEM analysis
The TEM micrographs of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 (x=0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.%) nanocomposite powder is shown in Figure 11a–l. The matrix crystallite size was calculated based on several bright and dark field images (Figure 11), and minimum of more than 200 grains was counted for each composition to get the average grain size. The calculated matrix crystallite size for 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite powders were to be around 69, 63, 54 and 49 nm, respectively. From the selected area of diffraction (SAD), the continuous sharp ring pattern was observed in all the system which confirmed the nanocrystalline nature of the Al matrix in as‐milled (MA, 40 h) condition [34]. Single arrow in the bright field images of Figure 11 indicates the TiO2 particle embedded in the matrix. Further, the corresponding EDAX analysis was also performed and tabulated in the respective figures. The presence and embedding of TiO2 particles in the matrix were confirmed by EDAX spectrum in which the TiO2 spectrum was observed to increase with percentage of reinforcement.
TEM micrographs of as‐milled nanocomposite powders: (a) bright field image (BFI) of 0% TiO2, (b) SAD pattern of 0% TiO2, (c) EDAX analysis of 0% TiO2, (d) BFI of 4% TiO2, (e) dark field image (DFI) of 4% TiO2 (inset shows the SAD), (f) EDAX analysis of 4% TiO2, (g) BFI of 8% TiO2, (h) DFI of 8% TiO2 (inset shows the SAD), (i) EDAX analysis of 8% TiO2, (j) BFI of 12% TiO2, (k) DFI of 12% TiO2 (inset shows the SAD) and (l) EDAX analysis of 12% TiO2. Note: single arrow represents TiO2 particle.
5.3.3. Effect of percentage of reinforcement on structural changes
The XRD results from Figure 10 corroborate that an increase in the amount of TiO2 in the soft matrix results in a finer crystallite size. The crystallite size variation with percentage of reinforcement is shown in Figure 12. The crystallite size of soft matrix was around 65, 60, 57, 53, 50, 48 and 46 nm for 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 wt.% of TiO2 particulate composite powder, respectively, after 40‐h MA. As the weight percentage of hard TiO2 content increased, the ductility of the alloy matrix particles decreased, resulting in the dominance of fragmentation which led to a finer grain size in the case of higher TiO2 content. The estimated lattice parameter (Table 2 and Figure 12) of Al matrix for all reinforced nanocomposite powder was a lower value than the lattice parameter of pure FCC‐Al at room temperature (4.0496 Å). This indicates that distortions occurred in the Al lattice and decreasing of lattice parameter with percentage of reinforcement meaning that ceramic phase addition influenced the lattice parameter considerably [46]. The decreased lattice parameter with percentage of reinforcement was due to the balancing between the dissolution of Ti and O atoms in which O atoms dissolution dominated at the higher reinforcement particulate composite powders. Because, the atomic radius of O atom is lower than the atomic radius of Al atom and the atomic radius of Ti atom is higher than Al. Therefore, the O atom can easily dissolve in the Al lattice which decreased the lattice parameter. However, numerically, the deviation of lattice parameter value with percentage of reinforcement was very little. This can be checked by calculating the percentage of solid solution of TiO2 particles from XRD results. The percentage of solid solution of TiO2 increased with the percentage of reinforcement. Numerically, this value is equivalent to zero.
Variation in crystallite size, lattice parameter and solid solution of TiO2 for AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 (x=0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 wt.%) nanocomposite powder as a function of reinforcement.
5.4. Sintering behavior of nanocomposites
The excellent mechanical properties can be expected from P/M processed composites when the second phase particles (here TiO2 ceramic particles) is homogeneously distributed in the matrix. Generally, in conventional metal matrix composites (MMCs), matrix‐to‐reinforcement particle size ratio would affect the mechanical performances of MMCs. If matrix‐to‐particle size ratio is greater than unity mean, clustering/agglomeration of reinforcement particles over the matrix would occur which decrease the mechanical properties. This is owing to the fact that reinforcement clusters/agglomerates cannot transfer tensile and shear stresses as it form interparticulate boundaries that act cracks [46]. Therefore, the main objectives of the present section are to investigate whether there is any effect on matrix‐to‐reinforcement particle size ratio (here, all the samples are greater than unity) as here the reinforcement particles size is around 119 nm, percentage of reinforcement and grain refinement on hardness and densification behavior of nanocomposites.
5.4.1. Influence of reinforcement content on sintering of nanocomposites
Figure 13a shows the densification in terms of percentage of theoretical density of nanocomposite sintered over the temperature range 400–625°C with a step size of 75°C. The percentage of theoretical density sintered nanocomposite at 400°C was 80.25, 81.50, 83.00 and 84.50% for 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% TiO2 particles, respectively, which varied from 80 to 84%. It is interesting to note that the percentage of theoretical density was increased from 80% (unreinforced NC/UFG alloy) to 84% (12 wt.% reinforced nanocomposite) with the function of reinforcement. The increasing percentage of theoretical density with the function of reinforcement was attributed to abrupt changes in the powders morphology size reduction. The observed rate of increased percentage theoretical density was marginally greater up to 4% TiO2, and then, it increased considerably up to 12 wt.% TiO2. This was attributed to a powder matrix particle size reduction, uniform distribution and complete embedded/dispersed TiO2 particles on the soft alloy matrix. The sintering response with function of reinforcement and function of temperature can be evaluated by a contour graph which is shown in Figure 13b. From Figure 13b, the percentage of theoretical density curves increased steadily first over both the percentage of reinforcement and sintering temperature up to 500°C. Beyond the sintering temperature of 550°C, irrespective of the reinforcement, the percentage of theoretical density increased slightly. One can notice that the percentage of theoretical density increased with the function of reinforcement. The highest percentage of theoretical density can be achieved when the percentage of reinforcement is >10 wt.% between the temperature range from 500 to 550°C. The highest percentage of theoretical density achieved on this region was attributed to powder morphology size reduction and homogeneous with embedded nano‐sized Titania particles in the matrix [47]. Further, at the lower value of percentage of reinforcement (<2 wt.%), the percentage of theoretical density can be achieved only around 80%. This worsened sintering behavior was attributed to very large agglomerate size with almost spherical morphology of the matrix after 40‐h milling (Figure 5a).
(a) Densification of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% of TiO2, x=0,4, 8 and 12 wt.% nanocomposites, (b) contour graph of sintering behavior in terms of % theoretical density.
5.4.2. Structural evolution of sintered nanocomposites
The XRD patterns of 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% reinforced particulate nanocomposite sintered at 550°C for 2 h are shown in Figure 14. The observed phases are mainly α‐Al and TiO2. The crystallite size of α‐Al phase for these sintered nanocomposites was calculated by standard Williamson Hall analysis. The calculated crystallite size after sintering at 550°C is 308, 265, 238 and 205 nm for 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% reinforced nanocomposite, respectively. The measured crystallite sizes were in ultrafine level. To confirm the crystallite size in ultrafine level, AA 6061–12 wt.% TiO2 sintered at 550°C sample was examined using TEM analysis. Figure 15a shows the bright field image of 12 wt.% reinforced nanocomposite. From Figure 15a, the observed crystallite size of α‐Al matrix was almost equiaxed. Further, nanometer‐sized Titania particles were uniformly distributed and embedded in the α‐Al matrix. Figure 15b shows the corresponding selected area of diffraction (SAD) patterns which produced a ring pattern. These results confirmed that the individual grains of α‐Al matrix were separated by high‐angle grain boundaries and have a random orientation with neighboring grains. Also, the SAD ring pattern reveals that α‐Al grains are in ultra‐fine level. Further, the average grain size of the α‐Al matrix is found to be around 225±15 nm based on 250 grains counted from the bright field images of TEM microstructure.
XRD patterns of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2, x=0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% nanocomposite sintered at 550 °C for 2 h.
(a) TEM bright field image of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite sintered at 550°C; (b) the corresponding SAD ring pattern indicating UFG nature of matrix.
Figure 16a shows the crystallite size of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 (x=0, 4, 8 and 12%) nanocomposites in as‐milled and as‐sintered at 550°C. Metal matrix composites are all immiscible systems in which the diffusion (migration of atoms) of one kind into the other is usually restricted because crystallite growth would occur based on diffusion. Therefore, MMCs, in such immiscible systems very small crystal growth is expected on heating [48]. This is clearly evident from Figure 16a, wherein the growth of crystallite size of α‐Al was restricted significantly after sintering at 550°C for higher percentage of reinforcement. It is to be noted here that an increase in the TiO2 content of the nanocomposites, the nano‐sized Titania (∼119 nm) particles pinned the matrix grain boundary and prevented the grain growth during sintering. An increase in the TiO2 content reduced the probability of Al‐Al contacts and increased the probability of Al‐TiO2 interfaces and hence reduced their tendency for crystallite growth due to the immiscible nature of the soft Al alloy matrix with hard TiO2 particles [49].
(a) Crystallite size as function of reinforcement in as‐milled and as‐sintered at 550°C condition and (b) effect of composition on Vickers hardness of AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 (x=0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) bulk micro and nanocomposites (sintered at 625°C).
5.4.3. Influence of reinforcement content on hardness of sintered nanocomposites
The measured Vickers hardness values as function of sintering temperature is given in Table 3. From Table 3, it was observed that the Vickers hardness values increased steadily first up to 4% TiO2 and then increased abruptly as the percentage of reinforcement increased after 40‐h milling. The highest value of hardness for AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposites was obtained after sintering at 625°C. This was attributed to crystallite refinement occurred in the structure, very fine particle size of matrix and embedding of larger quantity of TiO2 particles in the matrix [46]. Figure 16b shows the variation in hardness of the nanocomposites sintered at 625°C as a function of percentage of TiO2 particles. The hardness varied from 564 to 1126 MPa to the corresponding increase of TiO2 content. This higher value was attributed to their finer grain size and the presence of nano‐sized TiO2 particles as dispersoid in the matrix and embedded in the soft matrix. Very high hardness value was obtained at higher reinforcement [46], which was due to very fine particle size distribution, crystallite refinement, highly embedded TiO2 ceramic particles in the matrix and improved dislocation density at the grain boundary. The hardness of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposites was 1.41–2.11 times higher than that of unreinforced AA 6061 unreinforced alloy. For instance, the observed size of the hardness indentation for 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite sintered at 550°C was around 0.185, 0.179, 0.161 and 0.146 μm, respectively. The matrix crystallite sizes based on peak profile analyses were 308, 265, 238 and 205 nm (Figure 14) for 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite, respectively. These results indicated that as the crystallite size decreases, the hardness impression was also decreases steadily due to more refinement occurs in the structure with the reinforcement content in the same milling condition. It can be concluded here that there was no possibility of clusters/agglomerates formation in these nanocomposites; the matrix‐to‐reinforcement particle size ratio was insignificant in Vickers hardness. To conform this one, the back‐scattered electron images (BSEI) of 2, 6 and 8 wt.% TiO2‐reinforced particulate sintered nanocomposite at 550°C is shown in Figure 17a–f. In this, left side of Figure 17a, c and e shows the microstructure of sintered preform at low‐magnification (400 ×) value. The corresponding magnified view is shown on right side of Figure 17b, d and f for 2, 6 and 8 wt.% reinforced composite, respectively. Even at high magnification itself in all preforms, there was no clustering observed in the present manufactured nanocomposite. In Figure 17, double arrow represents the distribution of reinforcement particles on the matrix. Hence, better mechanical properties can be expected in the case of nanocomposite which meant the effect of matrix‐to‐reinforcement particle size ratio on the present nanocomposites was almost nil.
Vickers hardness, HV1.0 (MPa) (function of sintering temperature)
6061 Al alloy 488.14±35.6 497.91±50.5 540.78±54.8 564.60±57.2
6061 Al alloy+2% TiO2 506.24±42.3 525.82±32.8 561.18±24.9 588.36±43.7
6061 Al alloy+8% TiO2 608.73±62.4 648.66±65 712.54±72.0 810.47±81.5
6061 Al alloy+10% TiO2 621.35±42.8 724.89±27.5 790.35±53.7 972.64±34.3
6061 Al alloy+12% TiO2 628.90±63.9 793.10±81 866.09±86.9 1126.12±115
Vickers hardness as a function of sintering temperature.
SEM/BSEI of sintered nanocomposite AA 6061100‐x–x wt.% TiO2 at 550°C. Left side of (a), (c) and (e) shows 2, 6 and 12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite. Right side of (b), (d) and (f) shows magnified view of corresponding sintered preforms. Note: double arrow represents the distribution of TiO2 particles.
5.5. Mechanical behavior of nanocomposites
5.5.1. Compressive stress‐strain curves of nanocomposites
The mechanical behavior in terms of simple uniaxial compressive stress‐strain curves at room temperature (303 K) of AA 6061‐x wt.% TiO2 (x=0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.%) nanocomposites is shown in Figure 18. From Figure 18, it was observed that the compressive stress flow curve was started to increase drastically when the amount of reinforcement of TiO2 ceramic particles increases in the nanocrystallite matrix. Maximum ultimate compressive strength of 442 MPa was obtained in AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite which was 1.6 times higher than AA 6061 nanocrystallite alloy. The observed ultimate compressive strengths were 275, 295, 365 and 442 MPa for 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% TiO2‐reinforced nanocomposites, respectively. The corresponding decreased compressive strains were 0.076, 0.065, 0.052 and 0.039 for 0, 4, 8 and 12 wt.% TiO2‐reinforced nanocomposites, respectively. The increase in value of compressive strength and decrease in strain with the function of nano‐TiO2 particles were attributed to crystallite refinement in the matrix, uniform distribution and embedding of reinforcements over the matrix. Due to this, effective load transfer between matrix and reinforcement had occurred.
Compressive stress‐strain curves of experimental and finite element analysis of: (a) AA 6061 alloy, (b) AA 6061‐4TiO2, (c) AA 6061‐8TiO2, (d) AA 6061‐12TiO2 nanocomposites.
5.5.2. Finite element simulation of compressive stress‐strain curves of nanocomposites
Finite element simulations were also carried out using simple uniaxial compressive stress‐strain data. In the simulation, 3D solid model of 5 mm×5 mm×10 mm as per ASTM standard specimen was used; one end of model was set as fixed support, and the other end was used to give compressive load. Before simulations, the material properties such as density, Young's modulus value, Poisson's ratio and ultimate compressive strength were given as input in ANSYS workbench software. Figure 18 in dashed line shows the finite element results. Excellent agreement between experimental results and finite element results was observed. Figure 19a and b shows the stress distribution at ultimate compressive strength of AA 6061 and AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposites, respectively. It can be observed from Figure 19 that the stress concentration at the bottom of developed/simulated model was more in AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite when compared to AA 6061 nanocrystallite alloy. This was attributed to more crystallite refinement, uniform distribution of nano TiO2 particle and more amount of embedding of TiO2 ceramic particles over the matrix.
Stress distribution at ultimate compressive strength of simulated model of: (a) AA 6061 nanocrystalline alloy, (b) AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite.
5.5.3. Compressive stress‐strain curves of trimodeled nanocomposites
It was observed from Figure 18 that the manufactured nanocomposites exhibited highest compressive strength. However, it showed poor in toughness and ductility. Therefore, in order to improve toughness and ductility by sacrificing the strength slightly, trimodel‐based nanocomposites were successfully fabricated. These trimodel nanocomposites were consisting of nanocrystallite matrix (after 40‐h MA), nano TiO2 particles (∼119 nm) and coarse crystallite matrix. It was expected that the addition of coarse crystallite matrix in the nanostructured materials would enhance the toughness and ductility. As an example, AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposites (after 40‐h MA) were taken here for investigation. Figure 20 shows the compressive stress‐strain curves of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2‐ y wt.% CG nanocomposites (y=0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30) of both experiment (Figure 20a) and finite element (Figure 20b). Inspection of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite curves showed that there was a poor strain (poor in ductility) of around 0.039 mm/mm only; however, it exhibited an ultimate compressive strength of 442 MPa. The poor value of strain (ductility) for nanostructured alloy/composites via Ma was attributed to MA processing which causes residual moisture during cold consolidation led to pores after sintering [50], segregation of impurities created by milling media (i.e., balls and vial material) [51] and the dispersoid‐matrix interface de‐cohesion [52]. The measured ultimate compressive strength for 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30% CG nanocomposites were 442, 449, 454, 474, 461, 438 and 427 MPa, respectively. These results revealed that the ultimate compressive strength was started to increase up to 15 wt.% CG matrix in AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposites, and then, it started to decrease from 20 to 30 wt.% CG matrix in the nanocomposites. Indeed, as the CG matrix increases in the nanocomposites, it tries to accommodate the dislocation mobility. Further, the CG tries to arrest the crack propagation that usually occurs in nanocomposites as it is subjected either tensile force or compressive force. Around 7% of increased ultimate compressive strength was observed in AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2‐15 wt.% CG nanocomposites when compared to AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 nanocomposite. The corresponding compressive strain was 0.039, 0.050, 0.057 and 0.071 mm/mm for 0, 5, 10 and 15 CG nanocomposites, respectively. This was attributed to enhanced densification by increasing soft phase and uniform distribution of CG matrix in nanocomposite structures. However, the observed ultimate compressive strength started to decrease when the CG matrix addition was beyond 15%. This was expected to the domination of softer CG matrix and coalescences of CG particles which might have decreased the effective load transfer rate. In contrast, the ductility was improved in a better manner as the large number of CG matrix phase in the nanocomposites might have effectively delayed the crack initiation in nanocomposites during deformation. The compressive ductility for 30% CG trimodel nanocomposite was around 520>0% CG nanocomposites. To conform the uniform distribution and coalescence of CG matrix in nanocomposite, the microstructures of AA 6061‐12 TiO2‐ y wt.% CG (y=0, 10, 20 and 30) nanocomposites were taken and the same is shown in Figure 20a–d. From the microstructures, two different regions, namely, gray regions and white regions were seen. The gray region characterizes ultra‐fine grain (UFG) matrix phase embedded with nano‐TiO2 ceramic particles, whereas the white region characterizes CG matrix phase. From Figure 21b–d, it was very clear that a good homogeneous distribution of CG matrix phase was observed in UFG matrix. Further, it can be observed that as the percentage of CG matrix phase increases, the size of CG domain also increases. Due to this, the dislocations move a significant distance without crystallite boundary interruption when trimodel material is deformed [53, 54]. Therefore, it was expected to have improvement in ductility of nanocomposite material by incorporating CG matrix. The size of CG matrix phase was not increased up to 15% CG‐blended nanocomposites. The measured average CG size was less than 45 μm up to 15% CG‐blended composites due to non‐coalescence of individual CG matrix particles. Conversely, the average size of CG matrix phase started to increase when CG matrix content increases beyond 15% (Figure 21c and d). From Figure 20d, AA 6061‐12 wt. TiO2‐30% CG nanocomposite is clearly showing a very large size of CG matrix phases due to coalescence of individual CG matrix particles. Witkin et al. [55] have also observed the same behavior while studying the bimodal crystallite size of Al‐Mg alloy (0, 15 and 30% CG matrix phase) prepared by cryomilling and blending. Due to this, a good ductility was observed by slight decrement of compressive strength.
Compressive stress‐strain curves of AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 – y wt.% CG nanocomposites (y=0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30): (a) experimental results and (b) finite element results.
Trimodel microstructures of as‐sintered AA 6061‐12 wt.% TiO2 composites containing x wt.% CG matrix: (a) x=0%, (b) x=10%, (c) x=20% and (d) x=30%. The gray regions represent UFG matrix reinforced with nano Titania, the bright regions represent CG matrix.
6. Summary and conclusions
A new nanocomposite of AA 6061 Al alloy reinforced with different weight percentage of titania particles was developed and was successfully synthesized and investigated for its mechanical behavior. It was found that the matrix powder particle size, shape and its morphology, reinforcement particle size and its distribution on the matrix, amount of reinforcement, crystallite size of the matrix and type of microstructures (bimodel and/or trimodel) were reflected and influenced the performance of the fabricated light weight‐based nanocomposite which is suitable for automotive and structural applications.
6.1. Powder surface morphology
The powder morphology of nanocomposite powders with the function of reinforcement was investigated. It was experimentally found that the incorporation of hard ceramic reinforcements in the nanocomposite powders exhibited drastic changes on the morphological characteristics of MMCs. The produced nanocomposite powders morphology showed that all powder particles regardless of the reinforcement were almost in spherical‐shaped and equiaxed particles which indicated the attainment of steady‐state condition during 40‐h MA. On the other hand, the irregular flake‐like morphology of as‐received soft matrix powder particles was eliminated after 40‐h MA and changed to a shape near the equiaxed. Further, nano‐sized TiO2 particles are completely embedded in soft matrix of nanocomposite powder after 40 MA. There is no way of forming of reinforcement clustering in nanocomposite powder via MA during the time taken (40 h) for the present investigation.
6.2. Structural evaluation
The structural characteristics of ball‐milled mechanically alloyed powders were investigated and reported. These results confirmed the occurrence of structural refinement in nanocomposites with the function of reinforcement through mechanical alloying, and hence, decreased crystallite size was observed. The MA time selected for this study produced the crystallite size of around 46 and 65 nm for 12 wt.% reinforced particulate nanocomposite and unreinforced nanocrystallite powders, respectively. The nanocrystalline nature of the matrix powder particle and aggregation of nanocomposite powder particle was confirmed by TEM analysis.
6.3. Mechanical strength and sintering behavior
Nanostructured AA 6061 Al alloy reinforced with different weight percentage of TiO2 particles processed via MA followed by cold consolidation and sintering yielded maximum strength (hardness) of around 1.126 GPa of matrix grain size of 200–300 nm (UFG) embedded with nano‐sized Titania (∼119 nm). This was attributed to structural refinement contributed from various strengthening mechanisms such as grain size, dislocation, solid solution and dispersion strengthening. Here, the matrix to reinforcement particle size ratio of nanocomposite was greater than unity and even very higher value. However, excellent behavior in terms of densification, sinterability and Vickers hardness was obtained. These results indicated that the effect of matrix to reinforcement particle size ratio was insignificant in the case of nanocomposite because there was no possibility of reinforcement clusters while manufacturing of MMCs via MA.
6.4. Compressive stress‐strain behavior
The compressive stress‐strain curves of nanocomposites were started to increase drastically with the function of reinforcement which indicated the enhancement of compressive strength while it exhibited the decreased value of ductility with the function of reinforcement. These results were attributed to more crystallite refinement and complete embedding of titania ceramic particles in the matrix. A trimodel grain size distribution for enhancing the ductility and toughness of high strength AA 6061–TiO2 nanocomposites was fabricated successfully and the uniaxial compressive deformation behavior through simple compression test at room temperature was studied, analyzed and reported. These results explained that the addition of coarse crystallite powder particles in the nanostructured materials would enhance the ductility, delay the plastic instability and enhance toughness. In other words, the addition of CG matrix phase decelerates the micro‐crack nucleation cum proliferation in nanostructured phase during deformation. Therefore, the ductility in nanocomposite materials can be improved which would be suitable for manufacturing of automotive and structural components. Here, the 30% CG‐incorporated nanocomposite exhibited improved ductility of around 500% more than that of 0% CG incorporated nanocomposite.
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NJ Appeals Ct: Eminent Domain Pretext Determined Objectively, By Context
In an expansive opinion in Township of Readington v. Solberg Aviation Co., No. A-3083-07T3 (Aug. 19, 2009), the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court determined that a municipality abused its condemnation power when it attempted to take property to thwart the expansion of a nearby airport.
The facts are set forth in detail in the opinion and will not be repeated here, but the most interesting portion of the opinion deals with the property owner's claim of pretext. It argued that the condemnation was "at least substantially motivated, by the desire of Township officials to limit airport expansion and to prevent [Solberg-Hunterdon Airport] from becoming a jetport." Slip op. at 35.
The Township did not dispute the contention, but argued the motivations of individual officials are not relevant in determining the public use or purpose of a taking. Under New Jersey law, a court will not overturn a decision to use eminent domain "in the absence of an affirmative showing of fraud, bad faith or manifest abuse." Township of West Orange v. 769 Assocs.,LLC, 800 A.2d 86, 90 (N.J. 2002). A condemnation may be set aside when the "real purpose" is other than the "stated purpose." See Casino Reinvestment Dev. Auth. v. Banin, 727 A.2d 102 (N.J. Super. 1998).
The court examined the objective factors surrounding the adoption of the condemnation ordinance, and concluded they "impugned its validity." Slip op. at 38. First, it was unlikely to achieve its stated purpose. The taking was purportedly for
open space and farmland preservation[,] land for recreational uses, conservation of natural resources, wetlands protection, water quality protection, preservation of critical wildlife habitat, historic preservation, airport preservation, and preservation of community character.
Slip op. at 39. However, "[r]eports prepared by the Township's experts indicate that the airport is in poor physical condition and has limited prospects for future economic success." Id. The court compared expert reports which questioned the viability of the airport. See id. at 40-42. The court also looked at the context of the condemnation to conclude the real purpose of the taking was to control airport operations, and that much of the area was already open space. See slip op. at 43-45.
The fact that the condemnation of development rights to the airport will not achieve its stated purposes indicates that the true purpose of the condemnation was to secure a greater measure of land use authority over the airport than the Township currently enjoys. Further, objective evidence suggests that the condemnation was initiated to secure Township control over airport operations. These are improper purposes in that they subvert the Commissioner's ultimate authority over aeronautical facilities.
Slip op. at 44. The court concluded the Township abused its power of eminent domain "to avoid the limitations on municipal zoning power imposed by State airport statutes and regulations," and "is not within the police powers delegated to the municipalities by the Legislature." Id. at 48. The full opinion is worth a read.
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This enables companies to test their solutions, benefit from specific business expertise, obtain their first commercial references, get in touch with a vast partner network (including researchers, fab labs, startups, and large companies), and gain exposure for their solutions.
Companies can also answer calls-for-projects and participate in challenges, and benefit from access to data via an optimized platform that is updated in real-time, as well as getting assistance from Montpellier BIC and using Montpellier Métropole’s own connected object network based on LoRa™ wireless connectivity.
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Indian Overseas Congress, USA strongly condemns the fatal terrorist attack on its Jawans
The Indian Overseas Congress, USA, condemned the dastardly acts of terrorism perpetrated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district by Jaish-e-Mohammed Group operating from Pakistani base that killed over 41 brave jawans of the Central Police Reserve Force, in the aftermath of its suicide attack.
Mr. Harbachan Singh, Secretary- General of IOC, USA called on Pakistan to immediately stop providing “safe haven” to these operatives and cease giving them any support. He added that this incident has undoubtedly strengthened our resolve. India will take aggressive, decisive and forceful action to rid this menace at its borders. The Indian nation owes the deep condolence and sympathies to the families of the fallen soldiers as we sincerely appreciate and recognize how greatly indebted, we are for the unstinting and ultimate sacrifice that they made for India and its people.
Mr. George Abraham, Vice Chairman of IOC, USA called it a crime against humanity and asked the United States to evaluate all their military aid programs to Pakistan. ” The nations of the world ought to condemn Pakistan for aiding and abetting terrorists in their territory for the specific purpose of disturbing peace and security in the sub-continent and around the world. Pakistan is not interested in peace but instead profiting from the endless conflict in Afganistan and Kashmir” Abraham added.
Mr. Mohinder Singh Gilzian, President IOC, USA said that all countries should reexamine their relationship with Pakistan if it does not take appropriate action to curb such criminal and dastardly activities forthwith. He added that the Congress government has always paid great attention to the safety, security, and welfare of its forces all the time.
Ms. Malini Shah, Vice President of IOC, USA praised the courage of the Jawans and said, “I salute and honour their wives and families for gifting their loved ones and for the eternal sacrifice CPRF made by giving their lives for the Country and its people. We shall forever remember their bravery in our hearts.
Mr. John Joseph, Vice President, IOC, USA said that, while we mourn the death of these courageous soldiers, it must be noted that India is reputed to have a strong and decisive force and will not allow its borders to be violated or its integrity compromised. India shall undoubtedly fight back.
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KLP membership to balloon by 150,000 as insurers leave market
18 August 2014By Rachel Fixsen
Storebrand,
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Norway’s KLP has said that not only has its membership increased by 100,000 in the first half of this year as a knock-on effect of the decision by Storebrand and DnB Livsforsikring to withdraw from the public occupational pensions market, but a further 50,000 members will join before the end of the year.
In its second-quarter interim report, the public service pension provider said it took on an extra 100,000 members by the end of June – a figure it previously predicted for the whole of 2014 – including 17,000 pensioners.
Its active membership reached 401,249 at the end of May.
In the first half, it said 42 local authorities and around 50 enterprises had taken their pension scheme to KLP, as life insurance companies Storebrand and DnB Livsforsikring left the public occupational pensions market.
The membership expansion is now set to continue in the next few months.
KLP said a further 16 local authorities and around 150 enterprises had decided to transfer to KLP, meaning it would gain another 50,000 new members in the last six months of the year.
Initially, it said, six local authorities had decided to transfer on 1 July this year.
However, after the Pensions Office (Pensjonskontoret) – which supervises the provision of public sector occupational pensions within the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) area – had decided to allow other transfers at the half-year point, another 10 authorities had followed suit, it said.
Sverre Thornes, KLP’s chief executive, said: “These transfers to KLP represent one of the largest influxes of new members to KLP’s pensions schemes ever.”
He said the institution was facing the changed market situation by continuing to focus on value creation through good returns, low costs and good service.
“It is important for us,” he added, “to show public sector employees and our customers we take good care of pension assets by providing good results.”
The fact the growth in pensioners is happening without increasing staff numbers means lower costs for KLP’s clients in the future, he said.
Reserves increased by NOK21.6bn (€2.6bn) in the first six months of this year because of the new customers transferring in.
KLP’s solvency capital stood at NOK59.5bn at the end of June, up from NOK47bn at the same point in 2013, and equated to 18.6% of insurance funds with interest guarantee, up from 17.2%.
The group posted a return on capital rises to 3.6% in the first half, compared with 2.8% in the same period last year, saying shares, short-term bonds and property had been the most important contributors to overall returns.
Total assets for the KLP Group rose by around 10% to NOK442bn from NOK399.3bn at the end of December.
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Future Business Leaders Understand the Power of Love
Achim Nowak
I spent an electrifying day at the Future of Leadership Salon in Duesseldorf last week. 60 visionary corporate leaders and change agents, eager to create more human workplaces. 6 invited thought-leaders. I was one of the 6.
We co-generated some fine conversation.
Think of the future, and it’s tempting to fixate on AI and robots and an increasingly digitalized world. I spoke of love. Yes, love.
Jack Ma, the fearless founder of Ali Baba, challenged the leaders of the future at this year’s Davos Economic Forum.
I believe if a person wants to be successful, Ma said, they should have a high EQ. If you don’t want to lose quickly you should have a high IQ. But if you want to be respected you should have a high LQ. That is the Q of love.
Yes, L stands for love.
We’re talking about the ability to feel love for others. Not think it, feel it. The ability to create spaces where the love for a cause, and the love for one another, is tangibly experienced. An environment that implicitly and explicitly acknowledges love as the ultimate animating force.
Sound a little woo-woo to you? Remember, the notion of LQ comes from Jack Ma, a wildly successful and oh so non-touchy-feely CEO.
I think of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. A global pop culture event. Bishop Michael Curry stunned his traditional audience with an impassioned sermon about the redemptive power of love. The sermon went viral. And Curry wasn’t just talking about romantic love. Love, Curry, says, can change the world. Imagine governments and nations where love is the way. Imagine business and commerce where love is the way.
Yes, business and commerce. Imagine.
It starts with personal leadership.
The Power of Neural Coupling
Dr. Barbara Fredrickson is one of the world’s leading Positive Psychologists. In her wondrous book “Love 2.0,” she deconstructs the notion of love and rips the romantic connotations from it. Fredrickson challenges us to create everyday moments of love. She calls them micro-moments of love. Moments where we feel deeply connected with one or more persons.
Within micro-moments of love, Fredrickson says, your own positivity, your own warmth and openness, evoke – and are simultaneously evoked by – the warmth and openness emanating from the other person.
Here’s how a neuroscientist explains it.
Uri Hasson is a professor at Princeton University. He conducts research about how two brains get into sync. Hasson calls this process neural coupling. In his research, the key area of the brain that shows coupling is the insula, an area linked with conscious feeling states. In other words, neural coupling is much more likely to occur when you and I feel a shared emotion. Not a shared thought, a shared emotion. When my joy meets your joy, joy magnifies. When my love of others meets your love of others, a micro-moment is born.
Let me be clear. Micro-moments of love are not merely a lucky accident. They’re intentionally created. And future business leaders know how to create them.
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Transcend Your Jargon
When Western CEOs talk about changing their workplaces I tend to hear the same calls to action, again and again. Clarify your values. Find a deeper purpose. Strengthen workplace engagement. Change the culture.
Fine words. They are also the jail of incremental change.
In March I had the pleasure of hosting a panel discussion in Mexico. Three CEOs – two from Colombia, one from Mexico – spoke of creating happier workplaces. None of them spoke about workplace engagement. The word “culture” was never mentioned. There was no jargon. Instead all three spoke of creating collective vision boards where employees share the dreams and visions for their lives. These dreams are not limited to the work the employees perform for their current employer. This is about big life dreams. Education, travel, family happiness. All three CEOs talked about offering resources to finance and support their employees’ dreams.
This is love in action. This is what it looks like.
Yes, Jack Ma is right. We need EQ, we need IQ and we need a lot more LQ.
You may have taken a bunch of psychological assessments. They may have told you that you’re not “that kind of a person.” You may come from a country where professional behavior is crisp and cool.
Know what? Dump the story of who you think you are.
Think of yourself as a global citizen.
Our world needs a little more love. The future of work needs you to go there.
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Your 3 LQ Starter Questions
The following questions will help you to activate your LQ leadership:
When have I experienced a moment in which I just loved being at work? Not “liked my work.” Not “enjoyed it.” No – deeply, resoundingly loved it. Remember that moment or those moments. Remember the conditions that allowed you to feel that way. Because you can create those conditions again
When did I work for a boss who I just loved working for? Remember that person. Remember her practices. Remember his energy and spirit. Remember how they made you feel. Because you can emulate the very best in them, every moment of every day.
What does love in action look like for me? Your insights in Questions 1 and 2 will guide you to your answers for Question 3. You may stumble onto simple everyday behaviors and habits. You may end up identifying larger workplace initiatives that embody love. Remember – love is more than a warm fuzzy thought. It is a thought put into action.
Now go do it, please. Because LQ begins with you. It always does. One action at a time. Every single day.
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Imagery is one of the new, exciting frontiers in cognitive therapy. From the outset of cognitive therapy, its founder Dr. Aaron T. Beck recognised the importance of imagery in the understanding and treatment of patients' problems. However, despite Beck's prescience, clinical research on imagery, and the integration of imagery interventions into clinical practice, developed slowly. It is only in the past 10 years that most writing and research on imagery in cognitive therapy has been conducted. The Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy is a landmark book, which will play an important role in the next phase of cognitive therapys development.
Clinicians and researchers are starting to recognise the centrality of imagery in the development, maintenance and treatment of psychological disorders - for example, in social phobia, agoraphobia, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, childhood trauma, and personality disorder. In the fields of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience, researchers are identifying the key role that imagery plays in emotion, cognition and psychopathology. The Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy has been written both for clinicians and researchers. For clinicians, it is a user-friendly, practical guide to imagery, which will enable therapists to understand imagery phenomenology, and to integrate imagery-based interventions into their cognitive therapy practice. For researchers, it provides a state-of-the-art summary of imagery research, and points the way to future studies. Written by three well-respected CBT researcher-clinicians, it is essential reading for all cognitive therapists, who have recognised the limitations of purely verbal CBT techniques, and want to find new ways to work with clients with psychological disorders.
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Kathleen Heisey header
It's been 18 years and Kathleen Heisey's family and friends still cry out of for justice.
They say they aren't getting it from the Bakersfield Police Department, so they reached out to us. By the dozen. They wanted us to tell them what detectives wouldn't. They wanted us to make sure the case wasn't forgotten.
They want justice. They want to know: Who killed Kathleen Heisey?
Profile: Carol Mehochko
Carol Mehochko was a teacher at Browning Road Elementary School while Kathleen Heisey was principal, and was a close friend.
As she looks back now, Mehochko says Heisey’s death was doubly painful because her friend seemed to know she was in danger.
Mehochko said Heisey told her she was frightened of co-worker Lloyd Wakelee.
She specifically said she was afraid Wakelee was going to kill her in the middle of the night.
Mehochko said she advised Heisey not worry. Mehochko said she felt Heisey’s concerns were unfounded.
Wakelee has never been arrested in connection with the Heisey case. His wife says he suffers from dementia and is confined to a convalescent home. His wife says he has taken a polygraph test, given police a DNA sample, and has an alibi supported by photos and receipts.Mehochko said Heisey also confided she was seeing a married man. Mehochko says Kathleen didn’t talk about him much, but implied that she was considering ending the affair.
If you or anyone you know has information regarding this case, you are urged to contact the
Bakersfield Police Department at
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Police DUI checkpoint set for Saturday evening
Posted: Mar 22, 2019 / 08:14 PM PDT / Updated: May 21, 2019 / 05:21 PM PDT
Bakersfield police will be out for a DUI checkpoint on Saturday evening.
Officers will be set up at an undisclosed location somewhere in the city between 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday.
Officers will look for signs of alcohol or drug impairment and to make sure drivers have proper licensing.
Police say announcing these checkpoints ahead of time can reduce alcohol-related crashes by up to 20 percent.
As a reminder, drivers caught driving impaired can face jail time and fines that can exceed $13,000.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Bakersfield police arrested Matthew Queen, 42, Monday afternoon after they say he jumped into the river at Yokuts and Beach parks fleeing from officers investigating an ongoing kidnapping.
At a press conference following the arrest, police said Queen was arrested for obstruction in a kidnapping investigation. Queen had been linked to the disappearance of Baylee Despot, but police have not confirmed his arrest on Monday is in connection to Despot's case.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The Kern County Coroner's Office said a woman found dead at her Oildale home last week died of blunt injuries to her head.
Lidia Cabral Robertson, 57, was found dead at her home in the 300 block of Sycamore Drive on July 11.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The Kern County Sheriff's Office is holding a press conference Tuesday to discuss the the officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday after a deputy was stabbed.
The Sheriff's Office will release body camera footage and radio traffic from the shooting during the 10 a.m. press conference.
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Coconut farmers face surging imports in Malaysia
#Malaysia #coconut #imports have seen a notable surge from Dec 2017. Khor Reports’ has taken a preliminary look at some of the data surrounding the story "Millions of local coconuts left unsold," 27 Dec 2018, The Star.
The Department Agriculture reports reports some 80,000 hectares of coconut planted areas mainly in Sabah, Sarawak, Johor, Perak and Selangor, mostly planted by farmers.
A specialist said, "The situation on the ground is bad. Who ever approved the (imports) were doing the local kampong folks a disservice. If you speak to the small farmers on the ground they are annoyed with (the imports). The small players - and with that the voters - will be disadvantaged and they will be confused because they see no action being taken." (Interview, 30 Dec 2018).
Indeed, imports from Indonesia were about 130 million kg in 2016, 180 million kg in 2017, and 187 million kg in 9 months of 2018 (Jan-Sep, the data is not yet available for Oct-Dec 2018) with peak imports of about 25 million kg/month in Mar, Apr, May 2018. 1 kg is about 1 nut.
Jul 2015 - Sep 2018 monthly data. Source: Khor Yu Leng, Khor Reports - Segi Enam Advisors.
In reviewing the monthly trade data prepared by Khor Reports (see line graph above), a coconut expert noted, “This is very revealing and it is the imports that is causing this problem. There is a glut in the markets, and it is still a problem.” (Interview, 9 Jan 2018).
Imports were equivalent to 15-20% of production in mid-2015 and imports rose to around 55% production-equivalent in Mar-May 2018, around the time of the regime-changing 14th General Election in May 2018. In retrospect, we may ask if coconut problems added to rural angst and the big protest vote among younger voters in rural and semi-urban areas against UMNO-BN.
After the election, it appears that UMNO-BN’s high coconut imports policy was broadly maintained; with imports easing under the new Pakatan Harapan administration, but it remained significantly above trend, Jun-Sep 2018 (see chart below).
The top 4 suppliers of Malaysia imports in Sep 2018 were Indonesia (by far), Philippines, Singapore (surprisingly) and Thailand. Looking at a longer time-frame, coconut imports to Malaysia have risen some 10-fold from mid-2008 to mid-2018, but there was a time period when imports were clamped down, notably mid-2013 to almost mid-2014, the period after the 13th General Election (held in May 2013).
Looking ahead. The coconut imports data for Oct 2018 and forward will no doubt be closely watched. The question is: What will be Malaysia’s policy on coconut imports be in view of complaints from local coconut traders and farmers ?
Comparative context. The palm oil sector in Malaysia has also seen domestic stockpiles rising to record highs. Reuters reported, “To counter the Indonesian import, (Minister) Kok said the government is "currently encouraging our companies to use domestically produced palm oil to reduce the stockpile…. By reducing imports, we could see a significant reduction in palm oil stocks in Malaysia and this would boost prices." " For both palm oil and coconut, Indonesia holds significant cost advantage.
Indonesia perspective on farmer interests. In the run up to the Indonesia presidential election, Tempo (9 Jan 2019) reports that "candidate pair number 02 had committed not to use identity politics in the 2019 presidential election...The economic programs are the answer to the problems experienced by people at the grassroots level such as farmers, laborers, and housewives. “When we visit the regions, there must be complaints from residents, especially from farmers,” he said... if Prabowo-Sandiaga becomes president and vice president, they will try to reduce the import of commodities that can be produced in Indonesia." Earlier, SCMP reported (19 Dec 2018) that "Indonesia is the world’s second-largest sugar importer and keeping food prices low is critical for voter support ahead of April’s vote. But the country is also home to a vocal contingent of sugar farmers who want to sell for higher prices.... Indonesia is already the world’s second-largest sugar importer behind China though by some accounts, it is actually first. Raising its import quota would feed growing demand from hungry consumers...Data from state logistics agency Bulog indicates the decision to allow more imported sugar has stabilised the price at about US$1 per kg. This, however, has been seized upon by Widodo’s political rivals as evidence his administration will prioritise consumers at the expense of farmers."
#Jokowi #Prabowo #Sandiaga #sugar #palmoil #coconut #PakatanHarapan #UMNO #import #tradepolicy
Coconuts policy is lead the Ministry of Agriculture. Palm oil policy is led by the Ministry of Primary Industries.
Product: 0801 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled. For Malaysia, this category is dominated by coconuts.
Tagged: Socio-economics, Political Economy, Coconut
Key indicators for HSR projects by Khor Yu Leng
I have been reviewing some general stats for a #HighSpeedRail project comparison. RM1-trillion-in-debt (US$250 million) Malaysia is relooking its KL-Singapore HSR project (#MyHSR #SgHSR), and I take a look at the Taipei-Kaohsiung HSR which has intriguing similarities including the price tag.
Commentary in Channel News Asia published on 2 July 2018, available here.
Rapid transit is looking into novel systems. In recent news #ElonMusk's 2013 novel tube-transit #HyperLoop idea is getting a serious look by Chicago (albeit a more basic #Loop non-vacuum or conventional tunnel version)! Notably, no taxpayer money (nor hidden guarantees, presumably). It is private funded. "In exchange for paying to build the new transit system, #BoringCo would keep the revenue from the system’s transit fees and any money generated by advertisements, branding and in-vehicle sales." Chicago set transit time and ticket cost hurdles, and got four bidders.
Back to conventional HSR. In summary, Malaysia cost concerns include:
· A lower project cost. In consideration of the high debt situation, and to lower fares.
· A lower fare, to undercut the cost of air travel between Singapore and KL.
· A lower fare, for an affordable domestic service for the average Malaysian.
There will no doubt be a wider discussion on the #socioeconomic implications of HSR and lower-cost medium-speed rail options now mooted (at 1/3 the cost of KL-Singapore HSR) . The #Mahathir administration is mandated to improve the livelihoods of the average Malaysian and look into issues of jobs, incomes, affordability of homes, and the cost of living. Sources reckon that part of the KL-Singapore HSR justification is property development and a ramp up in property prices. If this is so, it may not sit well with ongoing concerns about affordability.
Please contact us for detailed data and analysis; and for redistribution.
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Tagged: Johore, Socio-economics, Singapore, HSR, Mega Projects
Malaysia post-GE14: Preliminary news dashboard
Khor Reports has consolidated information on Malaysia's post General Election news in the format of a dashboard and map. The sources are public media sources and specialist economic reports. This data summary is preliminary and covers over 100 news items up to end day 31 May 2018. We will update the dashboard periodically.
More details are available on a customised basis; including data fields on 'Policy, news, action / reaction', 'Linkages & associations', 'News link / Source' and more. Please Contact Us to find out more.
On Page 1, you can toggle the map view by Category. Click on a particular Category or Business sector or item to gain a more detailed view. The data is all interlinked on the dashboard and the map will adjust accordingly. Page 2 presents key items By Value. Data as at 31 May 2018. Please 'mouse over' to get more details.
Notable items for 31 May after our close (dashboard updated 1 Jun):
a) Consumer Association calls for review of projects under the Penang transport masterplan, reportedly to cost up to RM46 billion.
b) Global Times of China concerned about rights of China enterprises in the HSR and ECRL projects.
c) Khazanah Nasional announces resignations of Najib Razak, Johari Abdul Ghani, and Irwan Siregar.
#Malaysia #PRU14 #GE14 #Mahathir #PakatanHarapan #PoliticalEconomy #MegaProjects #China #ChinaMalaysia #BeltandRoad #OBOR
(c) Khor Reports - Segi Enam Advisors Pte Ltd. 2018. All rights reserved.
Tagged: Singapore, Political Economy, Malaysia
Jeamme Chia
China Economic Engagements in Southeast Asia: A Preliminary View and Dashboard
Khor Reports has consolidated data on China's deals, financial regionalisation and engagements in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand; and presents this in the form of a dashboard and map. The sources used includes information from the American Enterprise Institute, news reports, analyst reports, central bank reports and disclosures, company websites, and Khor Reports estimates. The purpose is to begin developing a comprehensive geo-economic (spatial) understanding of China's role in Southeast Asian development. Our preliminary findings show that between 2005 and 2018, Chinese engagements total more than $135 billion across Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. The majority of these engagements are corporate deals, specifically in the form of construction contracts worth approximately $98 billion; of these construction contracts, 45% are located in Indonesia while another 50% are with Malaysia.
The data is preliminary and covers deals worth over $100 million - it is possible (and likely) that more projects and engagements exist that were not publicly disclosed. We will update the dashboard as and when we are able to gather more information on China economic engagements in Southeast Asia.
You can toggle the map view by Country and Year. Click on a particular Category or Type to gain a more detailed view. The data is all interlinked on the dashboard and the map will adjust accordingly. Data as at April 2018.
More details are available on a customised basis; including multiple additional data fields. Please Contact Us to find out more.
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Malaysia: The political-economy of land development (or the politics of floods) by KHOR Yu Leng
What are simmering issues for post-GE14?
(Read our summary of high-key issues for GE14 here.)
Bread-and-butter economic issues are regarded as front of mind for the average voter. We covered some of this in our Johor case study, examining the cost of living and housing affordability; with a comparison of a Johor Bahru (urban) household versus a Bukit Tinggi (rural, Felda) household. You should also look at Bank Negara’s concerns and call for a living wage.
So what else might urban-centric voters (and activists) feel some concern about? We look at the simmering issues of governance relating to land development and water in select hot button states, with a special focus on the Peninsular and case studies of Kedah and Kelantan.
First, we look at an an indicator of land activity for 2013-2016 across three states - Johor, Kedah and Kelantan. The greatest land activity (as a ratio of total district area) was in Pendang, Gua Musang and across several districts of Johor. This indicator covers both development and redevelopment economic activities. Heightened land (re)development-clearance should bode well for future incomes, but may cause some short to medium-term discomfort. Urbanites may face delays due to construction and be worried about rising congestion, rural folk may have regular incomes disrupted if there is major oil palm replanting (it takes a few years to mature) and Orang Asli may face local water supply problems and other impacts including minor landslides affecting road access.
After several years of El Nino-driven dry seasons (when the Peninsular was affected by drifting haze form peat smog and forest fires from Sumatra), it seems that the climatic turn to a regular-wetter situation brings on more flood risk. When this encounters major land development-clearance activities, we run into the Politics of Floods.
Land activity by district 2013-2016, as a proportion of land area - for three states
Development and water
In contrast to high politics, these issues are in the realm of low politics, and are localised or sub-regional issues. There are cases of resistance to rising urban density, water supply outages and extreme events like major flood crises. Malaysia NGOs typically blame deforestation (land clearing) for unusual flooding, as do various experts. In Thailand’s mega floods, the situation was similar, with the problem blamed on development, bad planning and officials, despite expert ambivalence on causality. What is common in various countries post-flood is a crackdown on logging and deforestation.
In the wake of the 2017 massive floods in Penang and Kedah, the Institution of Engineers Malaysia calls for a new comprehensive planning: "the master plan should include the flood mitigation and prevention action plans, for current and future developments, land use changes as well as climatic change factor."
Selected issues:
In the Klang Valley, Selangor has been beset by water supply issues for over a decade. In some areas, residents worry about the conversion of parks to property projects, including in Taman Rimba Kiara and Taman Desa, congestion problems during peak hours, and over-development.
Social activists points to a Penang (development) Dilemma; and concern about environment-development issues, notably about (real estate) hillslope developments and disgruntled residents. During rainy periods, small landslide risk is of concern. (However, there does not seem to be major risk concern as there is better engineering implementation on Malaysian hillsides.) Amidst local finger-pointing, Penang leaders argue that a freak storm and flood was politicised a few months ago.
Pahang issues include polluting aluminium mining that faced a ban (with exceptions), and an (anti-corruption) seize-and-release case. Earlier, a rare earth processing plant by Lynas of Australia caused concern and is likely to be an ongoing issue given the traumatic history of Mitsubishi's rare earth processing in Perak (with USD100 million voluntarily spent on its clean-up). Logging risks will first immediately affect the water source for villagers, and nature spots like Tasik Chini have been spoilt by various activities.
In Kedah, concerns have arisen on logging and sand mining, and seem to persist. There is concern about its effect on the water supply to the three northern states of Peninsular Malaysia, with some finger pointing between the authorities of Penang and Kedah.
Kelantan’s Orang Asli living near Gua Musang were affected by logging and durian plantation development, also giving rise to some blockades. The flood of 2014 was record setting (bankers tell of the first floor of bank branches entirely engulfed and planters talk of 15-20 meter tall oil palm trees submerged) and triggered by exceptional rain, but experts point to the problem of deforestation.
In Sabah, there is a electoral promise of better wildlife protection.
Fiscal federalism
Stronger state finances are often linked to increased land development (which state administrations fully control). It is regularly noted that Malaysian states rely on revenues from land related activities. Malaysia’s centralised federalism is criticised for a fiscal federalism that needs a fairer and more balanced distribution of revenue collection. At the Federal level, there is notable rising funding to the Prime Minister’s Office, with a large discretionary (development) spending portion and centralised control over even more. Budget experts note that this is often mirrored at the state level, with Chief Ministers having control over large discretionary budgets too, with little to distinguish BN and non-BN run states.
A lawmaker points out that only 2.4% of federal revenue goes back to states. Nevertheless, after the massive flood of 2014, Kelantan has been criticised for over-reliance on funding via concessions and logging. Activists ask its government to find other sources of revenue. Within the bounded context of state finances, it is clear that there is still an expectation that states have better governance and non-land revenues.
Perspectives on development
Land development includes extensification of economic activity with logging and timber plantations depending on the type of forest zones; intensification with forest conversion to agriculture, and agricultural land conversion to non-agriculture; and hyper intensification with upward revised plot ratios for high-density urban landscapes. It also covers large infrastructure projects (E.g. East Coast Rail Link, Pan Borneo Highway) and land reclamations (quite in vogue for large development projects in Penang, Melaka and Johor).
We spoke to 20 expert observers of land development issues (including three civil servants, whose views are featured in Appendix 1) with a semi-structured questionnaire. The key findings are shown in Table 1.a, and displays across-the-board concern about land governance, with a slightly positive view on economic outcomes, and strongly negative views on environmental and socio-economic impacts. Table 1.b presents observers views on policy reforms needed and indicates their economic sector and work geography.
Table 1.a: Views on land development projects - timing, governance, impact
Table 1.b: Views on land development projects - policy reforms needed
Land development in Kedah and Kelantan - exploring big data and state budgets
In a preliminary review of land development by extensification, we set geospatial information (satellite imagery on zones of land clearance or tree cover loss for all types of economic development) against public information from state budgets (looking at non-recurring land-related revenue, that is most closely associated with such land development). Figure 1 shows that Kedah gets 50-60% of its revenue from land-related segments and Kelantan’s reliance has dipped to about 30%.
Figure 1: Kedah and Kelantan % state revenue from land, forestry, mineral and water
Note: Based on official audit reports that features top revenue sources, but do not provide the full breakdown of items. These figures will be slightly lower than the full count, as there will be some revenue amounts that are not shown in the “top” sources list.
Data on tree cover loss should give a fair gauge of land development, but only after we deflate it for the probable ratio of replanting of plantations in Malaysia (using recent national averages); to avoid inflating perceptions on deforestation. In this way, we derive a proxy for greenfield development (land clearance), from two data-sets available on the popular Global Forest Watch platform. Data on land clearance is not provided by states in a timely and comprehensive way. This approach offers an insight to economic analysis opportunities from including novel “big data” sources.
We reckon the above estimates on proxy data results in a conservative (perhaps underestimated) view for Kelantan given that is still a frontier of development (notably in the west and south-west). It should be relatively fair for Kedah which is a long developed state where forest-to-land conversions occurred decades ago (but there is recent activity around the water catchment areas in the north-east). However, with more resourcing a more detailed data study can distinguish true green-field development outside of long-in use areas, and these results should be updated accordingly.
Figure 2 illustrates adjusted data from Global Forest Watch on annual land clearance across a span of 10 years (grouped for apparent up-and-down cycles) for Kedah and Kelantan. The latter may recently have land clearance (ex-plantations) of over 12,000 hectares per year; which appears significantly higher than similar activity in Kedah (dark green versus blue columns).
Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the zones of land clearance-development activities (black-green) for each state that have occurred outside areas that were already in-use by 2000. (This data differs from the Global Forest Watch data referred to above that are used in Figure 4).
Figure 2: Map, Kedah - zones of land clearance
Figure 3: Map, Kelantan - zones of land clearance
The results of matching estimates of land clearance (from Global Forest Watch data sets) against state revenue, the indicative Ringgit per hectare suggests that Kedah reports significantly higher income per unit of land cleared (outside of plantation zones) is shown in Figure 4.
This preliminary review focuses on readily available and timely public information, which are the state revenues. It does not include income that government-linked corporations (GLCs), including Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) units, Yaysans (foundations) and others may earn off state land development activity. Further research should cover these data sources. For now, we may note that Kedah reports more in state revenue per hectare of land (development) clearance than does Kelantan (dark blue line versus the light green line in Figure 4). However, it is possible that Kelantan just books more of its land activity earnings elsewhere (in the aforementioned state-linked and other associated entities), but this needs to be clarified by an aggregate disclosure of such information.
Figure 4: Kedah and Kelantan - exploring public data on land (clearance) development and revenues
For the sake of improved transparency and governance (an issue strongly felt by the experts interviewed for this paper), it would be important that state administrations evolve to disclose comprehensive and timely information about land (development) clearance and what the state earns from (each hectare of) such activity.
Major findings:
Malaysia’s fiscal federalism centralises funding control in the center. At the Federal level, there is notable rising centralised control; and a similar pattern is seen at the state level, with Chief Ministers having control over large discretionary budgets too.
There are some obvious risk-gaps between the land development pace set by state administrations and “downstream” planning changes controlled at the Federal level. This results in blame-games between states and the Federal Drainage and Irrigation Department (E.g., Penang blames underspending) and causes states afflicted by record floods to appeal for Federal emergency relief (E.g., aid for the massive 2017 Penang flood). Kelantan faced massive floods in 2014, and experts point to the state’s search for revenue (from logging) and call for a stop to unsustainable land clearance, and better Federal-state cooperation.
We spoke to over 60 close observers of land development issues (including 20 experts and three civil servants). There was across-the-board concern about land governance, slightly positive views on economic outcomes, strongly negative views on environmental and socio-economic impacts. All observers were vocal about policy reforms needed, no matter which political coalition runs the state. There is a broad call for greater transparency and public consultation.
States can do better to report in a comprehensive way their earnings from land development. This is currently spread across State Budget and other entities such as state-level state-owned enterprises or GLCs (including Menteri Besar Incorporated) and state and other associated Yayasans (foundations).
Khor Yu leng is an independent geo-data economist at Khor Reports - Segi Enam Advisors.
This preliminary report builds on the research findings from the author’s interviews with 60 sources in late 2017 to early 2018, including those with state and budget specialists. Assisted by Jeamme Chia for geospatial data analysis and Sharon Tan for expert opinions on development issues.
#Malaysia #PRU14 #GE14 #PoliticalEconomy #Development #Flood #Governance #Deforestation #GlobalForestWatch #KhorReports #Data #DataScience
(c) 2018, Khor Yu Leng. All rights reserved.
Appendix 1: Viewpoints from three civil servants on governance in land development
Three civil servants in Peninsular Malaysia were among a group of expert observers on land development issues interviewed in late January to early February 2018. Among the often heated narratives of businessmen, NGOs and politicians, this segment often lacks a voice; and so we present their views here verbatim.
Tagged: Malaysia, Governance, Political Economy, Development
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May 31, 2018 Malaysia post-GE14: Preliminary news dashboard May 31, 2018
May 23, 2018 China Economic Engagements in Southeast Asia: A Preliminary View and Dashboard May 23, 2018
May 6, 2018 Malaysia: The political-economy of land development (or the politics of floods) by KHOR Yu Leng May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018 UndiTraffic data collaboration with The Edge May 6, 2018
May 5, 2018 Malaysia: The high key GE14 battle by KHOR Yu Leng May 5, 2018
Apr 21, 2018 Malaysia: The political economy of social media in GE14 Apr 21, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 Khor Reports - palm oil news dashboard, Apr 2018 Apr 18, 2018
Apr 12, 2018 A Malaysia General Election exodus? Selected indicators Apr 12, 2018
Apr 12, 2018 Malaysia: Johor property & prices, Jan 2018 Apr 12, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 The highspeed geography of Malaysia's upcoming General Election Apr 9, 2018
Apr 4, 2018 Sneak peak: Indonesia's internal migrants by Khor Reports Apr 4, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 Foreign Workers in Malaysia: Case Study of Oil Palm in Johor and Sabah Mar 29, 2018
Mar 28, 2018 Malaysia's Structural Reliance on Foreign Labour - A Data Report (Khor Reports) Mar 28, 2018
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United States Virginia Arlington
Sun 27th Oct 2019
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Sign up to the award winning Marathon promoting the standards and discipline of our troops in the Marine Corps. You won't find prize money at the end of this popular race - instead participants can celebrate the dedication and commitment required to finish this true test of endurance.
7:55am Sun 27th Oct 2019
Hosted in the nation's capital with the start and finish in Arlington, VA, the Marine Corps Marathon offers an unparalleled journey through the most recognizable landmarks in our country. Begin the run situated between the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery, continue through Rosslyn before journeying into the District to tour Georgetown and the National Mall on the way to 'beating the bridge.' Enter Arlington and pass the Pentagon, tour Crystal City, and finish uphill (you read that right) at the Marine Corps War Memorial.
Raceday Logistics
7:45AM MCM Wheelchair and Hand Cycle Start.
7:55AM - 3:10PM 44th Marine Corps Marathon
7:55AM MCM10K Start.
8:00AM - 4:00PM MCM Finish Festival.
11:10AM Award Ceremony. MCM10K & MCM
12:45PM MCM Military Award Ceremony.
3:10PM Penguin Award presentation.
Metro Getting around the nation's capital and Arlington, VA is easy with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro). Runners are encouraged to become familiar with the Metro map in advance of event morning and be aware of the most convenient stations to access preferred locations. In advance of MCM Weekend, runners and supporters should purchase a Metro SmarTrip card. On the morning of the MCM, all Metro lines will open at 6 a.m.
To the MCM Start.
From Crystal City: Shuttles will follow a route from 23rd Street and Crystal Drive in Crystal City to Runners Village in the Pentagon North Parking lot from 4:30-8 a.m.
From Gaylord National: From 4:30–6:00 a.m., MCM offers runners-only shuttles from the intersection of Waterfront and St. George to Runners Village at the Pentagon from the Gaylord National Resort, the MCM headquarters hotel at National Harbor. Beginning at 6 a.m., shuttle service will deliver runners to the Eisenhower Metro station (yellow line) until 9:00 a.m.
Expo. Pay parking is located at the Gaylord National Resort and in garages throughout National Harbor.
MCM10K. There is no designated parking location for the MCM10K. Participants may seek locations in nearby downtown DC but are encouraged to Metro to the event start line.
MCM. Free parking is available courtesy of the Crystal City Business Improvement District in the underground lots located at the intersection of 23rd and Crystal Drive.Parking
Spectators can see their runner in as many as five locations on the course. With many road closures, taking Metro is the best way to get around but consult the course map as most locations are walkable. Follow the plan below to optimize viewing potential and catch a runner in action!
Location #1: Kick off the day by watching the opening ceremonies at the MCM Start Line on Route 110 in Arlington, Virginia. Access this location by Metro using Rosslyn or Pentagon Station.
Location #2: After the start, take a leisurely stroll across the Arlington Memorial Drive to the Lincoln Memorial in DC. Here you’ll be able to see runners at mile 10 and later, mile 16.
Location #3: From the Lincoln Memorial, head east on Independence Avenue, past the Washington Monument to access the National Mall. Along with the world-famous Smithsonian museums, you’ll see runners at miles 17-19.
Location #4: Next, hop on the Metro via the Smithsonian station and head to the Crystal City Station. You’ll see all the action at miles 22 and 23, plus engage in a variety of activities at Crystal City Family Festival, including live music, and plenty of fun activities in this family-friendly spectator location.
Location #5: For the final leg of your journey, head over to the legendary Marine Corps War Memorial and the MCM Finish Line. Take Metro to Rosslyn or the MCM shuttle from 23rd Street in Crystal City. The finish line offers bleacher seating to watch the final ascent and push to the finish. Plan to reunite with runners in the family link up area at the Finish Festival in Rosslyn.
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Coast to coast cycle for Ryan
Way of the Roses coast to coast cycle ride in aid of the Ryan Stanford appeal. Riders at the finish line in Bridlington.
Family and friends of a boy from Lancaster who died from a rare genetic syndrome rode the coast to coast cycleway to raise funds for research.
Cycle riders Dave Stanford (Ryan Stanford’s dad), Steve Lewin (Ryan’s uncle), Stephen Calvert (Ryan’s godfather), Matt Harmer, Kieran Williams and Brian Gladstone took part in the Way of the Roses coast to coast cycle ride from Morecambe to Bridlington, 170 miles, all in aid of The Ryan Stanford Appeal.
Ryan Stanford.
They had Gary Capstick (Ryan’s grandad) and Luke Stanford as their support team.
They completed the Coast to Coast in Bridlington and were accompanied over the finish line by Luke Stanford (Ryan’s brother) and Jessica Stanford (Ryan’s sister).
On their Facebook page, the Stanford family said: “Thank you to all our Way of the Roses riders, you were all absolutely amazing.
“The determination you all showed was fantastic Dave Stanford, Steve Lewin, Stephen Calvert, Matt Harmer, Kieron Williams and Brian Gladston.
“Thank you also to Gary Capstick, Ryan’s grandad for the use of the van and being the support team with Luke Stanford (Ryan’s brother). Lastly thank you to all our supporters both in person and on Facebook for all the support.”
Ryan’s brother Luke also hid some painted pebbles along the route that he had made with special memories of his brother for people to find.
This was what a group in Morecambe called Pebbleart had set up, with the idea of people finding stones on the beach, painting them, then hiding them for people to find and either keep or put back.
After falling ill whilst he was less than a year old, Ryan spent months in hospital and after many, many blood tests, he was diagnosed with Alpers’ Syndrome – also known as Alpers’ Disease.
It’s a terminal genetic disorder which affects both the brain and the liver.
Ryan sadly died on June 23, 2015 but by setting up the Ryan Stanford Appeal, his mum and dad Anne and David hope to raise money to fund research into Alpers’ Syndrome which might give children like Ryan the chance of a brighter future
For more information go to www.ryanstanfordappeal.org.uk3
Donate on the just giving page http://www.justgiving.com/Wayoftherosesryanstanfordappeal?utm_id=121.
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The new study points out that the 20-year-old model for spider "ballooning"—which assumed that spider silk is rigid and straight and spiders just hang at the bottom—was flawed when applied in moving, turbulent air.
Researchers at Rothamsted Research redesigned the model to allow for elasticity and flexibility in the spider's dragline, its most sturdy line of silk used for moving about and snagging prey. When the dragline is caught in a turbulent breeze, it becomes highly contorted, catching air like an open parachute and sending the spider on an unknown journey.
The spider has virtually no control of where or how far it travels by this means, said Andy Reynolds, a Rothamsted Research scientist. This is how a "ballooning" spider can end up in the ocean hundreds of miles from shore.
In more calm breezes, though, spiders can drift just a few yards to invade new territory or surprise prey.
Although the new model better illustrates how spiders "fly," there is still room for refinement, and the team plans to observe spiders in turbulent airflow inside wind tunnels to improve the model. Better understanding how spiders travel long distances could help scientists control farmland pests.
"Spiders are key predators of insects and can alleviate the need for farmers to spray large quantities of pesticide," Reynolds said. "But they can only perform this function in the ecosystem if they arrive at the right time. With our mathematical model we can start to examine how human activity, such as farming, affects the dispersal of spider populations."
The study is detailed in the July issue of BBSRC Business, the quarterly research highlights of the United Kingdom's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
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Attorney says excessive force lawsuit against Alcoa, Blount County ‘could have been avoided’
Posted on July 31, 2017 by Lance Baker
A $2 million excessive force lawsuit pending against the city of Alcoa and Blount County government would have been unnecessary if law enforcement had recognized obvious mental health issues and provided appropriate care, the attorney who filed the suit said this week.
Knoxville attorney Lance Baker told The Daily Times on Friday that his client, 38-year-old Maryville resident Annissa Mary Lee Colson, was showing obvious signs of a panic attack following her arrest nearly two years ago.
Alcoa officers and Blount County deputies not only showed complete disregard for her condition, Baker said, but assaulted and tormented her. The officers and deputies involved have denied any wrongdoing.
It began when Alcoa officers were called to Springbrook Road on June 23, 2015, when Colson’s then 10-year-old son fled her SUV.
The child told officers Colson had been drinking at Springbrook Pool. She began speeding when they left, causing him to pull the emergency brake and flee the vehicle in fear, according to police reports.
Colson crashed her SUV while chasing after the child and was placed under arrest. She was taken to Blount Memorial Hospital after agreeing to take a blood alcohol test. Once there, however, she changed her mind. That’s when the chain of events leading to the lawsuit really begin, Baker said.
‘Two Cases’
“We don’t dispute what happened prior to her arrest,” Baker said. “(But) you have to segregate the two cases. So really, our case begins when Ms. Colson arrives at the hospital.”
Police say Colson became belligerent and combative when instructed to get back into the cruiser. The lawsuit states Colson suffers from anxiety and had a severe panic attack.
Alcoa Officers Dustin Cook and Arik Wilson are accused of ignoring signs of mental distress and refusing to give her time to catch her breath.
A struggle to put her back in the cruiser ensued, and Colson’s knee was reportedly injured. Baker said it happened when Wilson applied pressure to the area. Colson suffered a broken bone and tears in two ligaments as a result, Baker said.
Instead of wrestling with Colson, the officers should have recognized her distress and checked her into the hospital, Baker said.
“One of our essential arguments is that the officers were not trained well enough to appreciate what was really going on with Ms. Colson,” Baker said. “I think they mistook her panic disorders and anxiety, which was triggered by the arrest, as someone that’s being combative for combative sake.”
Once at the Blount County jail, Colson was tormented and abused by Blount County deputies, according to the lawsuit. It included Colson being strapped in a restraint chair for several hours, Baker said.
“She’s placed in a restraint chair for approximately seven hours without water, without any bathroom breaks whatsoever,” Baker said. “She’s forced to urinate on herself while both male and female officers laugh, essentially … it’s just not right and it’s just an egregious and inhumane way to treat someone, even inmates.”
Incompetence Alleged
Wilson and Cook are both named in the suit, which was filed last June in Knoxville’s U.S. District Court. Alcoa Police Lt. Keith Fletcher, former Alcoa Police Chief Philip Potter, Blount County Sheriff James Berrong, Blount County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Mandy England and Jennifer Russell, a nurse contracted to work at the Blount County jail, are also defendants.
Russell is accused of performing a shoddy examination of Colson’s knee when she was brought into the jail. Reports and police video of the arrest show Russell cleared her of any serious injuries.
“There’s no other word I can think of to describe Jennifer Russell’s treatment of Ms. Colson other than just pure incompetence,” Baker said. “She had no business being in that facility giving medical attention to anyone. Ms. Colson needed a real medical professional at that point in time, and that’s not what she got.”
Baker said Colson only recently was able to undergo surgery on her knee to repair the damage.
Responses have been filed on behalf of all defendants, except Russell, denying they did anything illegal or unnecessary. Russell filed a motion in November asking the case be dismissed. A decision on that motion has not been made.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Leon Jordan granted a request to throw out some of the claims levied against Berrong.
Baker still contends the whole thing could have been avoided.
“All they had to do was recognize that there’s something not right, it’s not just her being combative,” Baker said. “If they just would have checked her into the hospital and had a medical professional, or a nurse, check her out, I think this whole thing could have been avoided.”
Colson pleaded guilty in October to charges of DUI, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest. She was also charged with assaulting an officer, but it was dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
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Telegraph: Theresa May has betrayed us all – and Brexiteer ministers are letting her get away with it
Theresa May has betrayed us all – and Brexiteer ministers are letting her get away with it
John Longworth
Those who campaigned for Leave but have not resigned will see their reputations in tatters
So now we see Theresa May’s true colours. The much-anticipated result of the Chequers summit has been more warm words, just like in Florence last year, which mean something complete different. This is a bad deal for the UK which will only slide further as the EU take more and more.
Our weak Prime Minister has driven the process of leaving the EU inscrutably into a corner, in concert with her Chancellor. She has delayed preparations for a WTO global trade option and refused to use this as negotiating leverage. She has totally misled 17.4 million voters and left it as late as possible to reveal that she remains a stubborn Remainer.
Worse still, she has personally deceived us by promising in the Conservatives’ election manifesto, that Brexit means Brexit when, in fact, May’s Brexit means BRINO – “Brexit In Name Only” – a fake Brexit.
This deeply shameful behaviour has been compounded by her going cap in hand to the German Chancellor to confide in her the proposed deal before it had even been seen by her own Cabinet.
Will the 75 per cent of Conservatives who just want to leave the EU ever be able to look their fellow citizens in the eye? Will the three quarters of constituencies in England and Wales who voted for Brexit ever elect a Conservative government again? Do the Conservatives deserve to be in government?
It was becoming apparent a week ago the way this was going when Project Fear Mark III kicked in, as the big guns pounded the Brexitfront line in the shape of the CEOs of Airbus, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover.
All the multinationals who trade with the EU put together represent a modest 13 per cent of our economy, while 100 per cent of our economy is held back by the EU. Tens of thousands of patriotic, domestic entrepreneurs will feel let down, whilst the poorest in our country will suffer the most from higher bills for food, clothing and footwear.
Now we are faced with becoming a vassal state of the EU, they have us exactly where they want us – unable to compete, taking enormous quantities of their products at inflated prices, protected from global competition by the fortress Europe tariff and regulatory wall and impeded from doing trade deals around the globe.
We will be controlling neither laws, nor trade, nor borders. A total, humiliating capitulation. Remain has won in extra time, as Brexiteers foolishly trusted the referee and her assistants, as well as the video ref.
We gave the PM too many yellow cards and she has committed the ultimate foul in the last minute. Don’t be surprised when the fans vent their fury.
Millions of Brexit voters across the country will be perplexed that ministers have not resigned in the face of this betrayal – even ministers who led the Leave campaign. Their reputations are in tatters. They have allowed the Government to produce a fraud on the electorate, dressed up as a success and flying in the face of the our democracy.
John Longworth is the former director general of the British Chambers of Commerce and co-chairman of Leave Means Leave
July 6th, 2018: Telegraph
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Heading to Georgia
Newbridge man Jordan Duggan named on Ireland rugby squad
Tommy Callaghan tommy@leinsterleader.ie
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Jordan Duggan, named in the Ireland U20 squad for the upcoming World Cup
Newbridge native, Jordan Duggan, has been named on the Ireland U20 Rugby World Cup squad of 28 players, announced today by the IRFU.
The tournament takes place in Georgia from May 31 to June 18 with Ireland playing their Pool games in Kutaisi, before moving to Tbilisi for the knock-out stages
Jordan Duggan, has just finished his first year in LIT Tippearary doing a Strength & Conditioning degree. Living in Newbridge he is a member of the Leinster Development Squad and Leinster U19s and played with the Ireland U19s this year, so to get into the national U20 squad, effectively a year before his time, is a great achievement indeed.
Jordan plays his club rugby with Naas who have enjoyed a great season operating in the AIL Division 1A, just missing out on promotion.
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Q&A With Henrietta And Orlagh Of Rixo London
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The Co-Founders and Co-Creative Directors share the story of how they met, what inspires them, and their favorite pieces from the new collection.
How did Rixo start? Henrietta: Orlagh and I met at University, we were both studying Fashion Management at London College of Fashion. We became best friends after finding out about our shared love of vintage. We scour charity shops and vintage fairs together all over London and parts of the UK hunting for vintage. Whenever we plan to go anywhere abroad, whether it’s for holiday or work, the first thing we do is look up where the local vintage shops and flea markets are. We get so much inspiration from different cultures and countries we visit. RIXO, is a combination of both of our names - ’RIX’ is from my surname and the ’O’ is from Orlagh’s name. We had the initial idea after working on a university project together, as we felt there was a gap in the market for flattering vintage inspired pieces at a contemporary price point. There just wasn’t anything like RIXO out there! We launched the brand from the living room of our university home in September 2015. It was a big risk; as we quit our jobs, invested all of our own money and spent our first year or so doing absolutely everything ourselves, but we haven’t looked back. There was no plan B!
You’ve become known for your bold prints and unexpected combinations. How do you decide what prints to mix and what prints you wish to exist on their own? Orlagh: It’s all based on personal taste - what we actually love to wear and mix together ourselves. There’s no magic formula, we just know when something works or it doesn’t!
What are some of your key silhouettes? Henrietta: Our Moss blouse and Emma dress are key shapes which we’ve carried through to SS19 from previous seasons because we love them so much. The Moss blouse was one of the silhouettes we launched our first ever collection with and it’s continued since then because it’s so popular with our customers. For SS19, she comes in a monochrome houndstooth print. Orlagh: We think our Ariel and Chelsea dresses, the new girls on the block, will be really popular with customers. They are brand new shapes for this season and are really flattering with ruching and draping in all the right places!
The leopard daisy print, which features on our Martha dress is one of my favourite prints from the SS19 collection. I hand-painted the print myself – it was a labour of love!
What inspired this season’s prints? Do you have a favorite? Orlagh: Our SS19 collection is inspired by our favourite 80s icons – Princess Diana, Jerry Hall, Brooke Shields, Madonna… We designed shapes and prints that we could imagine them wearing, but with a contemporary twist. The leopard daisy print, which features on our Martha dress is one of my favourite prints from the SS19 collection. I hand-painted the print myself – it was a labour of love! Henrietta: I love our tiger stripe print! Our button-down Tonya dress is definitely a key piece from the collection. Wear it open over jeans for a casual daytime look or on its own with heels for a more elevated evening look.
How does this collection differ from your previous collections? Henrietta: SS19 is the first collection that we are doing accessories – bags, jewellery, neck scarves and belts. It’s the first time customers will be able to shop the whole RIXO look. Orlagh: Our SS19 collection was the first one we showed on-schedule at London Fashion Week, so it was different in the way that it holds a lot of sentimental value for us. For ready-to-wear we created a lot more elevated shapes to showcase especially for the presentation, which we didn’t have the opportunity to do with previous collections.
Our button-down Tonya dress is definitely a key piece from the collection. Wear it open over jeans for a casual daytime look or on its own with heels for a more elevated evening look.
What are your favorite aspects of designing a collection together? Henrietta: We both love the inspiration process – researching and vintage shopping. We have the same eye and vision for collections, so really enjoy that initial ideation stage.
How would you describe the #HumansofRixo, and how important is it for you to see your girls on Instagram or out and about in your dresses? Henrietta: We created the #HumansOfRIXO hashtag as a way for our customers to show us how they wear RIXO. It’s really helped us gain a global audience and showcase women from all ages, sizes, shapes and countries wearing RIXO in their own way. It’s always great to see influencers and celebrities wearing RIXO, but it’s equally if not more satisfying seeing one of our customers wearing the brand and seeing how they have styled it. I don’t think that we’d ever not be over the moon to see that! As much as we repost celebrity or influencer posts, we also love reposting images of our amazing customers in our pieces to give others ideas of how to wear. Our #HumansOfRIXO could be a young professional in her twenties, her mother and equally her grandmother. We really believe that a woman’s style is eternal no matter her age! RIXO is made for all women regardless of age, shape, nationality… Our #HumansofRIXO don’t follow fashion trends. They want to invest in easy-to-wear, flattering and original pieces that will stand the test of time and fit seamlessly into their lifestyle. They want to feel great in their piece and know that they can count on it time and time again!
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The Hatters booked their place in the second round of the Capital One Cup for the first time since 2007 with an impressive victory over Championship Bristol City.
Jack Marriott scored two well-taken goals on his full debut for the Hatters either side of half-time, while fellow striker Paul Benson coolly finished in between both Marriott goals as the Town raced into a three-goal advantage.
City, League 1 champions last season, were dangerous in the first half before Marriott’s goal and they reduced areas late on through Callum Robinson – but it was too little too late and the Hatters were left to toast a fine victory come full-time.
The Town began showing eight changes to the side that drew at Accrington on Saturday with John Still tinkering with the formation, going 3-5-2 with wing-backs – both of which, Stephen O’Donnell and Dan Potts, were making their debuts along with fellow new signing Mark O’Brien.
Fresh from a 2-0 defeat on the opening day of the season at Sheffield Wednesday, the visitors dominated the first half-hour as the Town goal lived a charmed life.
Robinson nodded wide of the target on 11 minutes in City’s first real chance, and the Hatters’ goal was almost breached twice in quick succession on 24 minutes. Firstly Jonathan Kodija’s close-range poke was cleared off the line by Potts before Mark Tyler, one of those eight chances from the weekend, claimed a well-hit drive from Korey Smith.
Three minutes later as City continued to press, the Town were indebted to a fine, flying stop from Tyler when the lively Robinson drilled a shot from inside the box.
But the Town were slowly but surely finding their feet, and Marriott spurned a wonderful chance to put the Hatters in front on the half-hour when found by Benson’s deft touch only to shoot straight at City keeper Ben Hamer from eight yards.
However, as the Hatters continued to probe as half-time approached, the miss clearly did not affect Marriott as he broke the deadlock to score his first goal in Luton colours. Taking Cameron McGeehan’s pass two minutes before the break, the former Ipswich striker weaved past two City defenders before slotting home a cool, low finish which kissed the post before rolling over the line.
A goal to the good at the interval, the visitors came out intent on finding an equaliser early in the second period and Tyler needed to be at his best on 49 minutes when diving low to his left to keep out Kodjia’s thunderous low drive from distance.
Four minutes later, as an exciting start to the second period swung from end to end, O’Donnell’s deep free-kick came back off the crossbar for the Town before Kodija dragged a shot wide of the target on 54 minutes.
However, four minutes later the Town were celebrating their second goal when Benson opened his account for the season. Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu was the architect, finding room in midfield to then push through a delightful throughball to the unmarked Benson in the penalty area. The experienced frontman did the rest, finishing smartly past Hamer and it was 2-0.
As the Robins searched for a way back into the match, Kodija fluffed his lines once more on the hour when presented with a chance in the six-yard box – and that missed proved costly as three minutes later Marriott struck again when seizing on a slip in the visiting defence to run through and finish once more.
The three-goal lead was, however, reduced with 19 minutes left to play when Robinson made it 3-1 when hammering a shot past Tyler from inside the penalty area.
But the Town remained in control, and three substitutes were introduced in the closing stages. O’Donnell wasn’t far away from making it 4-1 with a low cross that almost sneaked home at the near post and after five additional minutes the Hatters held to book their place in the second round and a potential meeting with a Premier League side.
Next up…Oxford at Kenilworth Road on Saturday! BE THERE!
Town: Tyler; O’Donnell (sub Griffiths 78), Potts, McNulty, Cuthbert, Wilkinson, Ruddock, McGeehan, O’Brien (sub Doyle 76), Benson, Marriott (sub McQuoid 80).
Subs not used: Lawless, Hall, Guttridge, Justham.
Attendance: 3,948, including 427 from Bristol City.
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El Lodge Ski & Spa Sierra Nevada, Spain
EL LODGE SKI & SPA
C/ Maribel, 8, 18196 - Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain
(+34) 958 480 600 // reservas@ellodge.com // www.ellodge.com
General Manager: Enrique Mandl
Seasonal Closure Dates: Open from mid-December to mid-April (depending on snow fall)
Located in Monachil at a height of 2,100 metres El Lodge Ski & Spa Resort is a cosy and luxurious winter retreat, unique in Sierra Nevada as the only luxury and ski-in/ski-out property. Constructed from seasoned Finnish timber with magical Alpine charm, El Lodge retains the feel of a private chalet.
With direct access to the slopes, El Lodge Ski & Spa Resort is located 50m from the Chairlift Parador 1 and guests can enjoy 45 pistes and 6 off-piste routes on their doorstep. Renowned as one of the most beloved and unique ski retreats, El Lodge Ski & Spa Resort, a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ (SLH), will officially re-open in Southern Spain’s Sierra Nevada on 15th of December, 2015.
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First floor rooms feature direct access to the outdoor heated pool, Jacuzzi and sauna, whilst second and third floor accommodations offer grand terraces with private Jacuzzis overlooking the mountains and village. The expansive top floor Imperial and Royal Suites boast skylights with striking views of the clear Sierra Nevada sky, comfy fireplaces and sprawling living rooms. Faux-fur throws, cowhide rugs, vintage posters, and antler chandeliers combine to give the rooms a distinctly après-ski vibe. Accommodation options vary from family bedrooms, double and deluxe suites and can be booked by room, floor or in its entirety for private parties. All rooms and suites are interconnected for added convenience.
Guest Room Features: Balcony, Heating, Internet access in room, telephone,• Tablet included in all rooms, Terrace, Outdoor Terrace Jacuzzi in some rooms, iPod Docking Stations, Complimentary Wifi, Laundry, Minibar, In-Room Safe, Satellite TV, Smoke Detector, Wake-up Service, Tea or coffee facilities, Newspaper upon request, Floor to Ceiling Windows, DVD Player, Connecting Rooms, Views to Ski Resort & Village. Rooms and Suites feature luxury bathroom amenities, Jacuzzi bathtubs in some rooms, hairdryer, Bathrobe, Full size mirror…
The Grill: the rustic fine dining restaurant. Game and fondue feature strongly on the menu, as well as Caviar de Riofrio, the only organic caviar in the world produced not far from Sierra Nevada. Its spacious windows offer stunning views for a gastronomic experience in the heart of the mountains.
The Bar: The Bar is a relaxed and family friendly area where you can sample some of our barman’s best creations and also enjoy fantastic food from the Grill.
The Lounge: Adjacent to The Grill is The Lounge, offering a bevy of cocktails, roaring fireplaces and a library of movies and games. The soul of Suite Marbella travels to Sierra Nevada with a new concept combining fun and relaxation.
The Sun Deck: With direct access to the pistes of Maribel and Águila, it’s the perfect place to take a break, enjoy fusion cuisine and barbeque and cocktails with breathtaking mountain views.
The Spa is perfect for relaxing après ski and is complete with Finnish sauna, Jacuzzi, Hammam, Relaxation Area and three treatment rooms, offering a range of popular therapies to help ease aching muscles and aid relaxation.
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Equipements - Services
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Mini club enfants
A kids’ club, designed by Minimec offering games, drawing and craft activities and children’s ski classes.
Nearby: Mountain biking, cycling, snooker or billiards, jogging track, Badminton, hiking, ice skating, indoor pool, outdoor pool, table tennis, 18 hole golf course, 9 hole golf course, driving range, horse racing, horse riding.
Access for disabled
One room for disabled
Parking spaces are also available at an additional cost
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Tango Oz 2019
Special guest bandoneon player Adolfo Trepiana has donated his time and two special arrangements and will conduct two workshops with TangoOz and Barrio de Tango on June 17 & 24, 2019.
The public is welcome to attend on June 24th from 5pm.
Venue: Joseph Post Auditorium (JPA), Conservatorium High School within Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Entry free
Apply now for TangoOz 2019!
Led by bandoneónista/violinist Maggie Ferguson, TangoOz is Australia’s first genuine tango orchestra and an associate of La Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s national school of orchestral tango, and Conservatorium High School in Sydney. TangoOz students study in a chamber tango ensemble led by Maggie Ferguson on bandoneón, using original composers’ arrangements from Tangovia.org in Buenos Aires. TangoOz regularly perform at concerts and festivals in Sydney. Many TangoOz alumni have formed their own ensembles and are playing regular concerts and gigs for the Sydney and Canberra communities.
TangoOz is an open-access training orchestra provided to tertiary and secondary students with the support of Conservatorium High School and the NSW Department of Education.
Late Auditions for TangoOz 2019 are being heard on application in the Joseph Post Auditorium (formerly Choral Assembly Hall) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Limited positions are open for bandoneon, violins, viola, double bass, clarinet, saxophone and guitar.
Rehearsals are held fortnightly on Mondays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in the Joseph Post Auditorium at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. A full rehearsal schedule is below.
Candidates should prepare a short piece of their choice demonstrating contrasting moods and will be asked to play a sight reading passage.
While there is no upper age restriction, candidates must be at least 15 years of age and be of pre-tertiary/tertiary standard. There is a nominal fee for all tertiary students. Terms can be arranged.
Successful candidates will be required to commit to TangoOz for all rehearsals and performances during 2019.
Future Students: 2019 Audition Application.
Current Students: 2019 Absence Form.
Rehearsal Schedule – 2019 JPA CHS
March 25 TangoOz 17:00-18.45. Barrio del Tango 19:00-20:00.
April 1 Barrio del Tango 17:00-19:00.
April 8 TangoOz 17:00-19:00.
April 15 TangoOz 17:00-19:00
April 22 Easter Monday
School holidays between Saturday 13 April and Sunday 28 April. Not university break. Rehearsals potentially continue throughout this period.
April 29 TangoOz 17:00-19:00.
May 6 Barrio del Tango 17:00-19:00.
May 13 TangoOz 17:00-19:00.
May 20 Barrio del Tango 17:00-19:00.
June 3 Barrio del Tango 17:00-19:00.
June 10 [Public holiday – no rehearsal. UNSW/USyd exam period.]
June 17 TangoOz 17:00-19:00. Masterclass with Adolfo Trepiana [UNSW/USyd exam period.]
June 24 Barrio del Tango Masterclass with Adolfo Trepiana Free open rehearsal in JPA from 17.00hrs
June 29 SydneyTango Winter Milonga (BdT). Additional rehearsals throughout the week
School holidays and university break between Saturday 29 June and Sunday 21 July. No rehearsals.
Term 3 Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September. End of term public concert TBA.
School holidays between Saturday 28 September and Sunday 13 October. Not university break. Rehearsals potentially continue throughout this period.
Term 4 Monday 14 October to Monday 9 December.
Ignacio Varchausky to visit Sydney in early December for Gala Concert
A gala celebration concert for invited TangoOz alumni with special guest director Ignacio Varchausky is planned for May 2019.
TangoOz was created in 2009 by Maggie Ferguson in conjunction with Sydney Youth Orchestras (SYO). TangoOz were the focus of Sydney’s first International Tango Escuela held in collaboration with Conservatorium High School in July 2009 under the guest direction of Ignacio Varchausky and Santiago Polimeni. The orchestra performs regularly in concert at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, and has played at the Australian Tango Championships, the Barrenjoey Festival, the Moorambilla Festival for New Australian Music, The Everglades Retro Festival, the Aroma Festival 2011 & 2012, Sydney Foreshore Harbour Authority’s Santa Fest, The Royal Botanic Gardens Autumn Vibes Festival and as special guests at consular events and tango milongas throughout Sydney. In July 2016, TangoOz traveled to Buenos Aires and Montevideo for orchestral and sectional tuition with leading tango musicians, as well as to attend rehearsals and access the resources of the Orquesta Escuela De Tango Emilio Balcarce, directed by Víctor Lavallén. This Project also involved several performances and masterclasses, as well as a live radio broadcast and an EP recording (see below).
For young musicians, being part TangoOz opens up the world of Argentine tango. TangoOz is a unique opportunity for gifted students to learn about tango culture and to study and perform from original scores in an inspiring, lively, chamber ensemble under the leadership of Maggie and her Argentine colleagues. By learning the art of the tango solo within the orchestra, students are encouraged to express themselves in an individual way by use of rubato, while not sacrificing traditional classical values of intonation (tuning), rhythm and ensemble tutti playing. Stage preparation and manners are emphasised to prepare students for confident performance – while remaining a cohesive ensemble, they may display individual touches in their stage outfits.
Watch more performances of TangoOz here including the 5 Years of Tango concert.
Repertoire in 2019 will include:
Many classics from composers of The Golden Age; Decarissimo (Astor Piazzolla); Milonga de mis amores (Pedro Laurenz); Resureccion del angel (Astor Piazzolla); Si sos brujo (Emilio Balcarce); Triunfal (Astor Piazzolla); Vardarito (Astor Piazzolla); Villeguita (Astor Piazzolla); Assorted milongas and waltzes.
Repertoire in 2018 included:
Adios nonino (Astor Piazzolla); A fuego lento (Horacio Salgán); A la gran muñeca (Ventura Oses, arr. Carlos Di Sarli); Chiqué (Ricardo Brignolo, arr. Astor Piazzolla); El choclo (Ángel Villoldo, arr. Carlos Di Sarli); Febril (Eduardo Rovira); Gallo ciego (Agustin Bardi, arr. Horacio Salgán); La llamo silbando (Horacio Salgán); Melancólico (Julián Plaza); Meridional (Víctor Lavallén); Michelangelo 70 (Astor Piazzolla); Mi Refugio (Carlos Cobian, arr. Carlos Di Sarli); Nostálgico (Julián Plaza); Patético (Jorge Caldara); Recuerdo (Osvaldo Pugliese); Responso (Aníbal Troilo).
TangoOz 2016 performed their final concert for the year on 10 December in Verbrugghen Hall, Conservatorium of Music. This concert (below) was filmed by Mark Robinson.
In July 2016, twenty young Australian musicians, students of the violin and bandoneón tango teacher Maggie Ferguson, travelled to Buenos Aires for an intensive, immersive tango experience. This was by invitation of Ignacio Varchausky, double bassist for Orquesta El Arranque, 2009 Latin Grammy Award winning producer, and founder of La Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce, with whose tutors and musicians TangoOz studied, under the direction of legendary bandoneón player Maestro Víctor Lavallén.
TangoOz played in some of the city’s finest venues, including a reception at the Australian Embassy Residence in Buenos Aires, a milonga at the famous La Viruta to a standing ovation and a live midnight performance on BA’s tango radio station La2x4 FM. Upon returning, this core group of musicians performed at venues across Sydney including The Basement in August 2016 and the Conservatorium of Music in December 2016, as well as on board the Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner in February 2017 as the Australian Tango Academy. Other performances have been at the NSW Art Gallery, City Recital Hall, The Camelot Lounge and Club Uraguayo.
The EP Maggie Ferguson & TangoOz Buenos Aires was recorded in the Estudio Doctor F. and was produced by Ignacio Varchsuasky, to whom TangoOz extends its warmest thanks. It is a testament to the far-reaching power of tango and the value of cultural exchange. The EP is available by email from Thomas McCorquodale (mccortom@gmail.com) or through the Contact page on this website.
1. Danzarín (Julián Plaza) [04:13]
2. Don Agustín Bardi (Horacio Salgán) [03:16]
3. Milonguero Viejo (Carlos Di Sarli) [02:57]
4. Mistonguero (Victor Lavallén) [03:10]
Bandoneon: Maggie Ferguson; Paula Tennent.
Piano: Thomas McCorquodale (Tracks 1 & 3); Katie Robinson (Tracks 2 & 4).
Double Bass: Jess Brown (Tracks 2 & 4); Emily Green (Tracks 1 & 3).
Violin: Olivia Bandler-Llewellyn; Olivia Bonnano; Jacqui Carias; Savvena Christoforou; Miriam Greenbaum; Lisa Guo; Cleo Ha; Naomi Jones; Emma Scolaro; Ella Soussa.
Flute: Elizabeth Cheung; Clara Pitt; Jessie Slater.
Clarinet: Natasha Effendy.
Saxophone: Jack Peggie.
In October 2017, the TangoOz 2016 tour orchestra reunited at Camelot Lounge Marrickville for one last tango and the official launch of their EP.
Please read more below from Liz Cheung about TangoOz’ tour to Argentina and Uruguay. All photos by Mark Robinson.
TangoOz 2016 with Víctor Lavallén and tutors of La Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce at Café Vinilo, July 2016.
Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce 2014 at Cafe Vinilo
I’m looking for young musicians with style, initiative, a strong presence, a secure technique and a love of expressing themselves through music. All strings, clarinet, flute and piano are welcome to audition.
Candidates should show by their performance of the excerpts that they have researched the style of tango. Ref: TangoMusicAustralia. All articulation and other markings should be observed. You are also asked to research some tango facts or anecdotes and be able to discuss them. I will also hear a short piece of your choice and there will be a sight reading passage.
If successful you will have a chance to learn authentic Argentine tango performance techniques from Buenos Aires and to bond within a unique chamber ensemble which focuses on individuals exploring their expressive potential and thereby contributing to the collective sound of the group.
Violins, bandoneons and winds will be given the chance to play tango solos made famous by the Argentine maestros, using original scores made available by TangoVia.org and The Escuela De Tango Emilio Balcarce. Performance opportunities for TangoOz are at family concerts, special events in the community and at outdoor festivals.
If you think you have what it takes to be part of this exciting group, I look forward to meeting you and hearing you play.
Maggie Ferguson
Director, TangoOz
Testimonial: Maggie Ferguson Tango Workshop, Orange Regional Conservatorium, Saturday 28 February 2015
The Orange Regional Conservatorium was delighted to host Maggie Ferguson, conducting workshops and masterclasses recently.
Maggie was absolutely wonderful with our students, bringing the best out of their performances and taking them to another level in terms of working with music from another genre and exploring unusual performance techniques.
Her gentle nature, depth of experience and professional approach were appreciated by the instrumental students from the Orange Youth Orchestra and wider community.
Her energy and passion for the Tango have left a lasting impression on both students and staff and we look forward to her return to build on what was begun.
Donna Riles
Music Director, Orange Regional Conservatorium
Tango Project Loca Bohemia
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There is nothing quite like a new Mercedes. Every year, Mercedes-Benz releases new Mercedes models, featuring advancements and new innovations in design, technology and materials.
For those of you who are on the search for a new Mercedes-Benz, or just enjoy window shopping, here’s a list of new Mercedes models we can’t keep our eyes off.
The New Mercedes GLC 63 S
This new Mercedes is a combination of both coupe and SUV. Built for aesthetics and muscle, the new Mercedes GLC 63 S sets a new standard for a mid-size sports utility. Inside, you’ll find more space and flexibility than offered by a standard coupe, with the sports seats positioned higher so you can get in easier, drive comfortably and see further. It’s practical as well, with an ample sized boot.
Underneath the bonnet is an AMG 4.0-Litre V8 Biturbo Engine for optimal performance - making the new Mercedes GLC 63 S the most powerful mid-sized SUV you can buy.
The New Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S
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Whether you prefer the Cabriolet, the Coupe, the Sedan or the Estate, the new Mercedes C 63 is born to bold.
The C 63 boasts a motorsport-inspired grille, a breathtaking 4.0-Litre V8 Bi-turbo Engine, and an AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 9G transmission. Step inside the cabin to discover striking interiors, including adjustable ambient lighting, AMG Performance Steering Wheel, AMG Performance Seats and AMG-specific driving programs.
The C63 S exudes luxury and sportiness in equal measures.
The New Mercedes A-Class Hatch
The New Mercedes A-Class Hatch is all about clean, minimal lines, the ability to personalise with multiple options, and a premium user experience that complements the lifestyles of those who drive it.
The new A-Class Hatch introduces a brand new AI assistant call MBUX, which is short for Mercedes-Benz User Experience.
Say "Hey Mercedes" and the A-Class will listen and do what you ask. With this revolutionary voice control, you can control multiple functions with the sound of your voice, ranging from the radio to climate control.
The New Mercedes X-Class V6
If you’re after a car that works as hard as you do, the new Mercedes X-Class V6 ute might be just the ticket.
One of the most powerful utes in its class, the grunt of the 3.0-litre six-cylinder diesel engine with 4MATIC permanent all-wheel drive, combined with Mercedes’ leading safety features allows you to push the boundaries of your off-road adventures.
The vehicle also has DYNAMIC SELECT, which allows you to shift between 5 driving modes: Offroad, Sport, Manual, Comfort and Eco. For treacherous terrain, select Offroad; shift into Sport for a quicker throttle input; and opt for Manual for fast shift times. Comfort is activated for seamless transmission, while Eco allows effortless gear changes at low engine speeds.
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Head into our Brisbane showroom or contact one of our Mercedes-Benz team members to test drive one of our new or used Mercedes-Benz vehicles. You can view more new Mercedes-Benz models below.
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William Pope.L Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 6:00 pm – Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 7:30 pm
Three people dressed in animal costumes—a rat, a cow, and a chicken—sit on a stage.
Short Three people dressed in animal costumes—a rat, a cow, and a chicken—sit on a stage.
MCA Talk: William Pope.L, Apr 17, 2014. MCA Talk: William Pope.L April 17, 2014, © MCA Chicago.
Artist William Pope.L orchestrates an evening that is part performance and part discussion. With a panel of artists and professors, Pope.L explores the complex tradition of public debate while addressing questions about diversity, performance, and identity. The artist further complicates these issues by dressing each member of the panel in a different farm animal costume.
Guest speakers include artists Zachary Cahill and Wolfie E. Rawk; Lisa Yun Lee, director of the School of Art and Art History at the University of Illinois; and Romi Crawford, associate professor of visual and critical studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).
William Pope.L
Tue, Apr 29, 2014
Pope.L: 25 Hours of Silence
On viewPope.L, Crying Painting, 2016
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60-mile car chase ends in dramatic crash near…
60-mile car chase ends in dramatic crash near Phoenix
PUBLISHED: January 24, 2018 at 8:15 pm | UPDATED: July 27, 2018 at 5:09 am
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) A police pursuit lasting 60 miles on metro Phoenix freeways ended Wednesday when the sports utility vehicle chased by state troopers accelerated through an intersection near Arizona State University’s main campus and smashed into another vehicle.
The SUV rolled over and 31-year-old Mitchell Timothy Taebel was arrested at gunpoint after he got out of the vehicle, waved his arms and yelled at bystanders, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in a statement. He suffered minor injuries from the wreck.
Taebel has a California driver’s license and an extensive criminal record in multiple states, although details weren’t immediately available, the department said. It was unclear if he has a lawyer yet.
A 47-year-old woman driving the other vehicle was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, authorities said.
The chase started around 10 a.m. west of Phoenix when a trooper tried to stop the SUV that Taebel was driving.
SMART reconsiders ‘quiet zones’ amid spate of deaths
Novato gunman robs woman downtown
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Thai Shadow Garden
Black and White Floral Cotton Purse, 'Thai Shadow Garden'
Crafted by hand of a black and white cotton print, this charming shoulder bag comes from Russamee Thepphanakit. The Thai designer adds an ornamental coconut shell button. Fully lined, the purse opens to reveal two inner pockets.
100% cotton, coconut shell button. Cotton lining
Features a zipper closure
Hand wash separately in cold water
Bag: 27 cm H x 36 cm W x 9 cm D
Bag: 10.75" H x 14.25" W x 3.5" D
Straps: 52 cm L x 2 cm W
Straps: 20.5" L x 0.8" W
Strap drop length: 23 cm from strap to bag
Strap drop length: 9" from strap to bag
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Artfully crafted by Russamee Thepphanakit from Thailand.
Russamee Thepphanakit
"I still work with my best friend: my first and only one sewing machine, which is always clean and given proper maintenance!"
"I was born in Sankamphaeng in 1953, and ours is a family of farmers. I have an older brother and a younger sister – I also had another younger brother, but he died from an accident in front of our house in 1974. My father worked in the fields, where I used to play, and mom was always weaving at home. I left school when I was 10 years old as was expected of girls in my village back then.
"I started my first job as an umbrella frame maker, and I would give all my income to my parents towards the support our family, especially for the education of the younger siblings. I started sewing when I was 12 years old and tall enough for my legs to reach the pedals. Sankamphaeng is renowned for its silk and cotton, therefore girls are expected to know how to sew. I used to work at my aunt's place for a while, and then I decided to invest all my savings on a sewing machine. I took a dressmaking course in the city and started my own small venture at home as a custom dressmaker.
"I made uniforms for career women like nurses, teachers and factory workers, and I also made casual outfits. Moreover, I also imparted a small dressmaking courses.
"I met my husband when I was 18, and we married when I was 24. We moved to Mae Moh, Lampang province, and I became a full time homemaker. I continued with my own passion as a dressmaker in my spare time. My customers were our neighbors and the ladies who worked at my husband's place. I was always busy with my kids, so I had to stop when I had my third child.
"The idea of making handbags came in 2008, when we moved back to my old town when my husband retired, all my kids had graduated and had their own professions, and I had no family expenses to worry about. I found out that people in the village continued sewing as in the olden days, but not the custom dresses like before. Mostly were ready to wear outfits for sale at the mall and were cheap and stylish. Government officers still needed tailored apparel, but it was really a small market. That's why I turned to making handbags, since there can be a variety of designs, uses, and beautiful styles.
"I would like to share the traditions and culture of Chiang Mai with the world through my products. My designs perfectly merge legendary Chiang Mai styles with modern trends. I still work with my best friend: my first and only one sewing machine, which is always clean and given proper maintenance!"
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A chamber opera based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
The composition and production of an original chamber opera
Felix Jarrar ’16
Faculty Sponsors
Stan Charkey
Brenda Foley
Outside Evaluator
Lewis Spratlan, Amherst College
Course: Chamber Music
Course: Impressionism to 21st-century Music
Tutorial: The Historiography of Franz Liszt
Tutorial: Analysis of Birdsong Field Recordings
This Plan included the composition and production of an original chamber opera, a paper analyzing Franz Liszt's setting of "Die Lorelei" by Heinrich Heine, and a lecture-recital featuring new piano music influenced by research and analysis of birdsong and Liszt's music. “The Fall of the House of Usher” was produced with professional actors and musicians, performing an original libretto and score, and premiered in both Marlboro and New York City to dramatic effect. The paper examines how three versions of Franz Liszt’s text setting of the poem Die Lorelei by Heinrich Heine reflect Liszt’s New German School biases, which directly contradict Heine’s poetic content.
Heine’s biting humor is apparent in the words that are übertrieben in the poem. These exaggerations are satirical references to the naive qualities of Brentano’s Volklike lyrics. For example, the übertriebene Hebungen, or stressed syllables in the strophic form, such as dunkelt (line 5), funkelt (line 7), sitzet (line 9), blitzet (line 11), and the constant references to her gold hair (gold’nes Geschmeide (line 11), gold’nes Haar (line 12) , gold’nem Kamme (line 13)) all fall into a strophic pattern that is in keeping with the structure of the Volksliedstrope and poke fun at the simpleminded nature of the subject.
The New German School’s philosophy directly collides with Spätromantiker such as Heine, who merge the real world with the poetic in their poetry. Heine’s merging of these two spheres gave way to writing full of wit, satire, and selfmockery that clashed with Hochromantik ideals like Erhöhung des Dichters und Universalpoesie. The disillusioned and naive characters in Brentano’s tale are subjected to “cynicism and selfmockery” which “predominate (his poetry).” The harmonic faroutpoint of Die Lorelei, the opening measures with the diminished seventh, is contrasted with the harmonic simplicity of the im Balladentone theme, which is a look back to the Volk and the Volksliedstrope. Furthermore, such a contrast reinforces the idea of art being a transformative experience that is continually resynthesized.
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Men in "Bromances" May Actually Have a Surprising Romantic Advantage
By Rachel Grate
"Four men live in a house and support each other through every curve of their lives."
It may sound like a Golden Girls remake. But as we were reminded this week by BuzzFeed's Anne Helen Peterson, it's the setup of one of HBO's most famous shows. Entourage has always been regarded as vapid, plotless and unintelligent — and yet the show ran for eight seasons and is now a movie. Why have we kept watching all this time?
One theory: There's something appealing — indeed, something attractive — about male friendship.
Source: Edgecastcdn
If that doesn't explain Entourage, perhaps it explains why One Direction members are the objects of so many girls' affections, or why nearly every interaction between Chris Evans and Chris Pratt goes viral. It's no surprise so many Internet lists of "best celebrity bromances" aren't made by men — they're made by, or at least targeted to, women who think it's hot when men let out their sensitive side with their friends.
So what is it about male friendships that's so appealing to women?
The appeal of confidence: Not all women are turned on by "bromances" (a term we should just replace with "friendship," no "no homo" disclaimers needed, once and for all). But plenty are.
Sasha*, a 26-year-old from Philadelphia, was more than a little enthusiastic when asked if male friendships were attractive. "Duh! Weren't we all turned on when the boys at camp practically made out with each other, they loved each other so much?" she told Mic.
Theresa, 26, from Los Angeles, echoed the sentiment. "It's endearing when guys show each other affection, like big hugs," she told Mic.
What's so endearing may be men's comfort with expressing intimacy with one another. Even today, there are guys who harbor an "unspoken but overarching fear that someone, in or outside the group, might mistake their homosocial arrangement as homosexual," as Peterson put it in BuzzFeed (a fear on full display in the new Entourage movie). Seeing men confidently reject that premise and embrace one another can be a positive — and attractive — indicator for women.
"Male love is attractive because it means they are comfortable with themselves and their sexuality," New York City resident Lila told Mic. Arianna, a 22-year-old from Texas, added that male friendship "shows that the guy is comfortable enough to be intimate with male friends, even if society is telling them they shouldn't be."
Following female playbooks: That level of intimacy isn't just a challenge to modern heteronormative standards; it's contrary to traditional expressions of friendship. Geoffrey Greif, author of Buddy System: Understanding Male Relationships, told Mic:
"The way men's friendships are formed in general just look a little different than women's friendships. Men are more comfortable with shoulder-to-shoulder friendships while women prefer face-to-face friendships, which are more emotionally expressive."
In other words, while men stereotypically bond by, say, watching a game together, women go for more intimate interactions. Male friendships may be attractive because they more closely resemble traditional female friendships, which women may find encouraging, said Greif.
It also helps that a same-sex friendship is a sign a man has a support system outside their relationship. Laura, a 21-year-old from San Francisco, said she was always relieved that her boyfriend had close friends to talk to, rather than burdening their relationship with all his concerns.
"A bromance shows that they can maintain long-term relationships, and that they'll have a life outside of you," she told Mic.
And that's a really good thing, science says. A 2014 study on male macaques illustrated that close male friendships can act as a "buffer" against negative social and environmental stresses. Friendships outside a relationship are crucial for the relationship itself. As Irene Levin, a New York University professor of psychiatry, told Mic, "Your odds of achieving a good relationship are better if you befriend and invest emotional energy into someone with friends."
So not only is your attraction to male friendship real — it's smart. Which might be the best thing we've heard since we caught a Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto interview. Don't get us started on those two.
* Names have been changed to allow subjects to speak freely on private matters.
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