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iSTAR Medical’s MINIject shows consistent results at 18-month follow-up in first-in-human trial (STAR-I)
10th July 2019 /in Press Releases /by Katherin Awad
WAVRE, Belgium — 10 July 2019: iSTAR Medical SA, a private medical device company developing novel ophthalmic implants for the treatment of glaucoma, today announced consistent 18-month results of the first-in-human, micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) STAR-I trial for the MINIjectTM device in a standalone setting. These results confirm the stability and sustained performance of MINIject beyond the first year.
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iSTAR Medical’s MINIject maintains exceptional results in first-in-human trial one year post-surgery (STAR-I)
19th December 2018 /in Press Releases /by Katherin Awad
WAVRE, Belgium — 19 December 2018: iSTAR Medical SA, a private medical device company developing novel ophthalmic implants for the treatment of glaucoma, today announced exceptional one-year results of the first-in-human, micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) STAR-I trial, for the MINIjectTM device in a standalone setting. Results continue to show that MINIject is safe and highly effective in achieving significant intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction, as well as easing medication burden in glaucoma patients.
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iSTAR Medical’s MINIject delivers exceptional 6-month results in first-in-human trial
16th May 2018 /in Press Releases /by Katherin Awad
WAVRE, Belgium — 16 May 2018: iSTAR Medical SA, a private medical device company developing novel ophthalmic implants for the treatment of glaucoma, today announced exceptional six-month results of their first-in-human (FIH) micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) trial for the MINIjectTM device in a standalone setting. Results show MINIject to be safe and highly effective in achieving significant intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction in glaucoma patients.
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iSTAR Medical completes enrolment of first-in-human MIGS trial
17th October 2017 /in Press Releases /by Katherin Awad
Novel MINIject device made from STAR® material successfully implanted in 25 patients
WAVRE, Belgium — 17 October 2017: iSTAR Medical SA, a private medical device company developing novel ophthalmic implants for the treatment of glaucoma, announced today the completion of enrolment in their first-in-human (FIH) micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) trial for the MINIjectTM device.
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iSTAR Medical Strengthens Board with Two Senior Appointments
28th June 2016 /in Press Releases /by admin
Martin Wax, M.D. and Marc Nolet de Brauwere appointed to Board of Directors
WAVRE, Belgium — 28 June 2016: iSTAR Medical SA, a private medical device company developing novel ophthalmic implants for the treatment of glaucoma, announced today the appointment of Martin Wax, M.D. and Marc Nolet de Brauwere to the Board of Directors. Dr Martin Wax is a scientific expert in glaucoma with over 30 years of experience in industry and academia. He is currently the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice‐President of R&D at PanOptica, Inc., and was formerly Vice‐President and Head of Discovery Research and Pre‐Clinical Sciences at Alcon Laboratories.
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iSTAR Medical Secures €10 Million Financing
12th April 2016 /in Press Releases /by admin
WAVRE, Belgium — 12 April 2016: iSTAR Medical SA, a private medical device company developing novel ophthalmic implants for the treatment of glaucoma, announced today the closing of a €10 million Series B equity financing. Existing shareholders including Capricorn Venture Partners and Walloon Region Investment Fund (SRIW) contributed to the round, which was joined by new investors Belgian Federal Investment Fund (SFPI‐FPIM), Fond Européen des Matériaux, Start‐Up and several private investors.
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iSTAR Medical Appoints Medical Device Executive Michel Lussier as Chairman of its Board of Directors
ISNES, Belgium, April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — iSTAR Medical SA, a Belgium ophthalmic device company, announced today the appointment of Michel Lussier as Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors.
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iStar Medical Announces First Patient Implanted with STARflo™ Glaucoma Drainage Device in European Clinical Trial
30th October 2014 /in Press Releases /by admin
Isnes, Belgium (Oct 30, 2014) – iSTAR Medical SA, a privately held ophthalmic device company, announced today that the first patient in its European multi-center clinical trial has been successfully implanted with the STARflo™ glaucoma drainage device.
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iSTAR Medical appoints Michel Vanbrabant Chief Executive Officer
16th July 2014 /in Press Releases /by admin
Isnes, Belgium (July 16, 2014) – iSTAR Medical SA, a privately held ophthalmic device company, announced today that Michel Vanbrabant has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors.
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iSTAR Medical Adds Glaucoma Pioneer Prof. Michael Belkin, MD, to Scientific Advisory Board
Isnes, Belgium (April 29, 2014) – iSTAR Medical SA (iSTAR), a medical device company specializing in ophthalmic implants, announced today the addition of Prof. Michael Belkin, MD, to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Prof. Belkin is professor emeritus of Ophthalmology at Tel-Aviv University where he is the director of the Ophthalmic Technologies Laboratory at the university’s Eye Research Institute, located at the Sheba Medical Center, Israel, and serves as senior advisor to the Singapore Eye Research Institute.
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Newton's System of the World and Comets
Isaac Newton's cosmology apparently involved regular apocalypses caused by comets overstoking the furnace of the Sun and the repopulation of the Solar System by new intelligent species. He supports this speculation with an interestingly-incorrect anthropic argument.
topics: history, philosophy, technology
created: 13 June 2016; modified: 11 Jan 2019; status: finished; confidence: highly likely; importance: 2
The System of the World
Isaac Newton, in his Principia, laid out the laws of celestial motion, but didn’t solve many other questions about the Solar system: how was the Solar System created and how old was it, how did God keep it stable rather than chaotic, how long would the Sun burn until its fire went out, what is the fate of humanity, and what the role of comets?
What did he make of those problems? Newton declined to commit his beliefs to publication, but an interesting summary survives thanks to a relative of his.
David Gregory summarizes some 1694 comments by Newton (from pg365–371 of The Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Turnbull 1961), Volume III):
[Newton says] that a continual miracle is needed to prevent the Sun and the fixed stars from rushing together through gravity: that the great eccentricity in Comets in directions both different from and contrary to the planets indicates a divine hand: and implies that the Comets are destined for a use other than that of the planets. The Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn can take the places of the Earth, Venus, Mars if they are destroyed, and be held in reserve for a new Creation.
In the later 1724 “Account of a conversation between Newton and Conduitt” , the now-aged (83) Isaac Newton reveals considerably more details of his speculations about the true system of the world to his inlaw John Conduitt:
…there was a sort of revolution in the heavenly bodies that the vapours & light emitted by the sun which had their sediment as water & other matter had gathered themselves by degrees into a body & attracted more matter from the planets & at last made a secondary planet (viz. one of those that go round another planet) & then by gathering to them & attracting more matter became a primary planet, & then by increasing still became a comet which after certain revolutions by coming nearer & nearer the sun had all its volatile parts condensed & became a matter fit to recruit & replenish the sun…as a fagot would this fire if put into it…
…that would probably be the effect of the comet in 1680 sooner or later…perhaps have 5 or 6 revolutions more first, but whenever it did it would so much increase the heat of the sun that this earth would be burnt & no animals in this earth could live.1
…He seemed to doubt whether there were not intelligent beings superior to us who superintended these revolutions of the heavenly bodies by the direction of the supreme being -
He seemed to be very clearly of opinion that the inhabitants of this earth were of a short date & alleged as one reason for that opinion that all arts as letters long ships printing—needle &c2 were discovered within the memory of History which could not have happened if the world had been eternal
…when I asked him how this earth could have been repeopled if ever it had undergone the same fate it was threatened with hereafter by the Comet of 1680, he answered that required the power of a creator -
…[I] told him I thought he owned there what wee had been talking about – viz. that the Comet would drop into the sun, & that fixed stars were recruited & replenished by Comets when they Dropt into them, & consequently the sun would be recruited too & asked him, why he would not own as freely what he thought of the sun as well as what he thought of the fixed stars – he said that concerned us more, & laughing added he had said enough for people to know his meaning ––
Newton explains fully “what he had often hinted to me before” to Conduitt: celestial bodies grow by accretion due to gravity, and as they grow bigger, pass from moons to planets to even larger (!) comets. Comets, in looping past the Sun, slowly become cooked. The Sun would go out due to its constant conflagration, but fortunately, it is constantly renewed and powered by the fresh fuel provided it by comets passing nearby. “Intelligent beings” (angels?) oversee this whole process of regular fueling of the sun, but unfortunately the Great Comet of 1680 passed so close to the Sun that it seems likely that it will soon fall directly into the sun, rather than feeding it a small measure of fuel.
With an enormous quantity of fuel abruptly dumped into the Sun instead of dispensed over eons, it will flare up like a bonfire and quite likely roast the Earth (like a red supergiant might, incidentally), killing everything on it. This possibly happens regularly, since humanity seems to have been created only recently, as evidenced by how recently such major innovations like printing or needles had been ma de (contradicting any supposition humanity had existed for more than a few thousand years). After this, possibly God would renew creation by repopulating instead the moons of Saturn or Jupiter which would have escaped the inferno relatively intact due to their distance.
This is an interesting cosmology and has a lot of sense to it (how does the Sun burn more than a long time without a magical process like ‘fusion’ or else regular resupply? pace Lord Kelvin’s well-reasoned & acute but wrong comments on the Sun’s age, comets as inadequate fuel sources, & refuting Evolution), but is still very alien. Angels in charge of comets! Things really were different then.
It would make for an excellent retro SF or steampunk novel, if nothing else. (Naturally, the heroes would be recruited by the angels to help deal with the crisis of the return of Newton’s comet… Perhaps Ted Chiang would like to write a followup to “Exhalation” or “Seventy Two Letters” , or Scott Alexander & Unsong?)
It’s also interesting for why it’s wrong: Newton needs comets to be at least planet-sized, because comets are too rare to be plausibly fuel sources for the Sun if they’re small (they wouldn’t dump enough fuel in to keep combustion going for another few decades/centuries until the next big comet, as astronomical records since the Babylonians constrained big comets to be highly infrequent), but of course they’re very small; if they were planet-sized, you’d think they’d severely disturb planetary orbital calculations, so was the existing astronomical data insufficiently precise to prove the absence of such orbital disturbances or was there some other issue?
The anthropic/mediocrity argument for the short duration of the human race is also wrong, since we know anatomically modern & presumably equally intelligent humans have been around for at least 50,000 years at this point. What’s particularly interesting about his argument is that if he had made it at a truly randomly chosen point in human history (picked at random from, say, 50,000 BC to 2019 AD), then he would have correctly concluded the opposite, that the human race was ancient, due to the lack of any discernible progress in the recent past: in fact, he could only have made this argument in a tiny window between the start of the Scientific/Industrial Revolution and the archaeological/geological/evolutionary proof of mankind’s antiquity starting around the 1800s, so maybe 400 years or 0.4 millennia; he had to have the bad luck to be born into that exact 0.8% historical window for the argument from progress to be convincing & wrong! Remarkable.
I wonder if Newton’s belief that he was merely rediscovering what the ancients like the Chaldeans or King Solomon knew, a conviction closely connected to his Biblical & alchemical research, is connected to this ‘recent progress’ argument, as it could also be taken as evidence for humanity existing for a long time but in constant cycles of rise and fall, implying the possibility of many cycles of knowledge being esoterically encoded into the most ancient writings & ideologies?
If I have seen further it is by standing on the sholders [sic] of Giants.
Interestingly, it seems the ‘short human history’ argument is not original to Newton, because I came across a version of it in Lucretius’s On the Nature of Things:
Moreover, if heaven and earth never had a beginning or birth, but have existed from everlasting, why have there not been other poets to sing of other events prior to the Theban war and the tragedy of Troy? Why have so many heroic deeds so often been buried in oblivion, instead of flowering somewhere, implanted in eternal memorials of fame? The true explanation, in my judgment, is that our world is in its youth: it was not created long ago, but is of comparatively recent origin. That is why at the present time some arts are still being refined, still being developed. This age has seen many improvements in shipbuilding; it is not long since musicians first molded melodious tunes; our system of philosophy too is a recent invention, and I myself am found to be the very first with the ability to expound it in the language of my country [Latin].
If by chance you believe that all these same things happened before, but that the races of human beings perished in a great conflagration, or that their cities were razed by a mighty convulsion of the world, or that rivers, rapacious after unremitting rains, inundated the earth and submerged towns, there is all the more necessity for you to admit defeat and acknowledge that heaven and earth are destined to be destroyed.
Lucretius’s argument is not quite the same, as he equivocates a little on whether intelligent species/humans go in cycles of creation & destruction (which appears to be Newton’s take) or if the universe is simply of recent date (which would, incidentally, be consistent with a literalist Biblical take in which recent progress is because the world & humanity were created only recently, per Genesis), but it’s the same idea: given the fact of recent progress in apparently easy low-hanging fruit like composing epics or inventing needles, this implies either that humanity is itself of recent origin (in some sense) or that progress only began recently for no good reason. But “one man’s modus ponens is another man’s modus tollens” and the latter is absurd, so they reject it and accept the other possibility. The claims of gradualism and evolution—that the observed geography and biology arose only incrementally over hypothesized periods of millions or even billions of years, such lengths being necessary to account for the human-observed short-term stasis of species or geography - would have doubtless struck them as even more absurd. Who could accept a theory like “after billions of years, humans evolved, but then nothing of any importance happened for hundreds of thousands or millions of years, until then everything started happening in the past 10,000 years at an ever-accelerating pace”? Nevertheless… (Here we have a situation similar to that of heliocentrism and the problem of the parallax.)
From our perspective, the pace of progress in Newton’s day—never mind Lucretius 1700 years prior—was agonizingly slow and near-invisible, but to Newton and his contemporaries, it must have appeared rapid, even more rapid than for Lucretius.
This offers a little twist on the “Singularity” idea: apparently people have always been able to see progress as rapid in the right time periods, and they are not wrong to! We would not be too impressed at several centuries with merely some shipbuilding improvements or a long philosophy poem written in Latin, and we are only modestly impressed by needles or printing presses. Human history, starting sometime in the Neolithic, is a giant exponential, which just keeps going up. What seemed startlingly rapid at one point may seem agonizingly slow viewed from a later standpoint.
How this can be reconciled with his beliefs in a Second Coming of Jesus or the various dates/time-ranges he attempted to estimate for the Apocalypse, I do not know.↩︎
This is a confusing sentence and the scan is not available to check, but I interpret Conduitt as meaning “that all arts, such as [alphabetic] letters, long [ocean-going] ships, printing [presses], needles [and thread], etc” .↩︎
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It’s not always clear why whales don’t—or can’t—avoid large ships, but studies and necropsies are helping scientists better understand why ship strikes happen and how they can be avoided. Photo by National Geographic Creative/Alamy Stock Photo
Why Don’t Whales Get Out of the Way?
Ships are huge and loud, yet they seem to take whales by surprise.
by Amorina Kingdon
July 27, 2017 | 700 words, about 3 minutes
When eight endangered North Atlantic right whales turned up dead in the ocean off Nova Scotia this past June, scientists scrambled to find out why. Early data shows several of the whales had blunt force trauma consistent with a ship strike, with data still pending on others.
Ship strikes are a major cause of injury or death for whales. But why do they happen at all? The ocean is vast, and huge ships don’t exactly travel at freeway speeds—there should be enough noise, movement, and warning for a whale to get out of the way, right? Why whales may remain in dangerous proximity to ships is tough to study, but over the years, some clues have begun to emerge.
One reason is that whales may not know ships are dangerous. After all, as the biggest animals in the ocean, whales may not understand that there are things in the ocean larger and more powerful than they are.
“It’s not something they’re evolved to deal with,” says John Calambokidis, a research biologist at Cascadia Research Collective in Washington State. “It’s also something there’s very little opportunity to learn from. It’s not like you can get struck two or three times and then you know you should avoid them.”
Calambokidis is trying to better understand why whales get hit through his ongoing acoustic-tagging study of blue whales off the coast of California, where whales coexist with the busy shipping lanes that feed the huge ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
In his study, Calambokidis found that when a ship approaches, the blue whales most often slowly sink, rather than dive or swim evasively. One of the tagged whales had 14 recorded near misses in just a few weeks. Calambokidis also found that the blue whales are more vulnerable to strikes at night, when they spend about 70 to 80 percent of their time resting near the surface. The risk also rises when shipping lanes cross whale feeding areas.
Another reason for ship strikes is that in busy shipping lanes, whales get used to the traffic, and may ignore an approaching ship until it’s too late. And there’s some evidence that the bows of large ships may mask the sound from the engine, making it difficult to hear them approaching (a phenomenon called the bow null effect). Calambokidis suspects that whether or not a whale is struck depends on how (and if) it detects a ship, coupled with how it reacts (or not).
Whales that rely on acoustics to feed and hunt have an added challenge in avoiding ships. Killer whales, for example, vocalize extensively when feeding, socializing, and navigating. Ships add both noise and danger to the underwater soundscape.
Lynne Barre, the recovery coordinator for southern resident killer whales with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), says whales may be confused by ship sounds. “They might be distracted by feeding, or other whales, but we don’t know.”
Barre says when it comes to killer whales, their relatively small size allows them greater maneuverability than their larger baleen relatives. She says large ships may be more predictable and easy to detect, while recreational boaters with smaller vessels may move more erratically, try to get close to the whales, or be unaware that they’re in killer whale habitat. Some of the worst strikes or wounds are from small recreational vessels.
Collecting data has been problematic, Barre says. A large ship’s crew may have no idea they’ve struck a whale, or they may not want to report it. So deceased whales that wash up, sad as they are, add critical information to our small but growing knowledge on what happens during a collision. Studying the location and severity of wounds also gives clues about the encounter as well as data on safe ship speeds through whale stomping grounds. Based on the accumulating data, NOAA has implemented regulations in Puget Sound prohibiting all vessels, from huge cargo ships to kayaks, from coming within 200 meters of whales. (On the Canadian side, Fisheries and Oceans Canada stipulates that vessels cannot come within 100 meters.)
It will ultimately be up to humans, not whales, to prevent strikes. “There haven’t been giant objects steaming through the ocean at 20 to 30 knots until very recent times,” says Calambokidis.
We brought ships into the whales’ world, now we need to learn how to be good neighbors.
Amorina Kingdon has worked as a science writer and science media officer in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal. She ended up in Victoria when she arrived for a vacation, fell in love with the coast, and forgot to leave. She has studied biology and journalism, and enjoys reading, running, good food, and being outside.
Cite this Article: Amorina Kingdon “Why Don’t Whales Get Out of the Way?,” Hakai Magazine, Jul 27, 2017, accessed July 16th, 2019, https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/why-dont-whales-get-out-way/.
Death by a Thousand Ship Strikes
The Canary Island’s sperm whales are (slowly) being wiped out by ship strikes.
Apr 19, 2016 | 550 words, about 2 minutes
Listen to How Loud the Sea Is
Our interactive sound map explores the busy marine soundscape, from kayaks to cruise ships.
Apr 6, 2017 | Interactive infographic
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'Beale Street' cinematographer immerses the viewer in the characters' experiences
By Janet Kinosian
James Laxton is a cinematographer best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Barry Jenkins. (Kirk McKoy / LOS ANGELES TIMES) ((Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) / Los Angeles Times)
It’s 1970s Harlem in director Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel “If Beale Street Could Talk,” a place filled not just with the troubles of a midcentury young African American couple, Tish Rivers (KiKi Lane) and Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt (Stephen James), but also with an intense undercurrent of strength, hope and love. It is cinematographer James Laxton’s job to illuminate how these two viewpoints coincide.
“The camera can make judgments about what the audience sees and feels and how they enter and live inside a story,” says Laxton, who was nominated for an Oscar for his poetically skillful work with Jenkins on the Oscar-winning film “Moonlight.” “Maybe ‘judgment’ isn’t the best word; perhaps it is how the camera lens can help transform and illuminate, how an audience enters and lives inside a story.” Laxton will soon work with Jenkins again on the Amazon Prime series “Underground Railroad,” based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Are your cinematic choices similar to Barry Jenkins’ when you approach a work, or do you arrive at agreement from different places?
Director Barry Jenkins and director of photography James Laxton shooting "Moonlight." (David Bornfriend / A24)
Usually, we see things from pretty specific places. Barry and I are very diligent about sensitivity to character, making visual choices based on character as opposed to narrative. For example, we’re obsessed with this idea of immersion and bringing the camera within and inside the character’s experience.
Your color palette choices are striking as well. Whereas “Moonlight” has a blue tone, “Beale Street” has a warm gold tone. Why did you make that particular choice?
In “Moonlight,” the color palette stems from the city itself, Miami, and with “Beale Street,” we tried to create New York in the early ’70s. It’s about place. Couple that with the idea the film is about a great deal of things: Whether it discusses race relations in America, the prison system here, etc., it’s also a film with love at its core, and when I think of love, there’s a great warmth in my mind, and I think of warm colors.
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I love James Baldwin yet hadn’t read the novel before I saw the film. The narrative line presents a bit bleaker tone. It wasn’t what I had anticipated.
I don’t mean to put less emphasis on the more challenging topics, the darker scenes; these are deep and dark parts of their world, and I by no means mean to de-emphasize those. That being said, I feel — and I think Barry feels this way, though I don’t mean to speak for him — love is the thing we all experience. If we can tap into that from a visual perspective, moving the camera, lighting a certain way, choosing specific color palettes, the hope is our audiences see and experience it. For someone who didn’t grow up in Harlem in that era, if I can use my work and the techniques I have at my disposal to show the film’s more challenging aspects through a prism of love, that’s my aim.
KiKi Layne as Tish and Stephan James as Fonny star in Barry Jenkins' "If Beale Street Could Talk." (Tatum Mangus / Annapurna Picture)
The birth of Tish and Fonny’s baby emphasizes that.
That’s a great example. To me, the baby’s birth is an example of hope, of strength, of the human spirit, how we all love and want better for our children. It’s why we put a big backlight in there, why we chose to be so intimate with our camera in that bathtub with Tish and her child and to move the camera with such strength and purpose; it was to emphasize how powerful the miracle of birth is. If we chose to light that scene with a much darker perspective, to place the camera outside the bathtub and to make it stationary and more observational, we would not have felt the strength and hope in that birth.
The two families fighting was shot with great energy. Was that a difficult scene from a cinematographer’s perspective?
That was tough. We really wanted to make sure the camera was like another character in that scene; we didn’t just place the camera in the corner of the room to show and record it all like a theater play. We made sure to place the camera right over a character’s shoulder or sometimes between characters to bring the audience inside that conversation and allow them to see and experience those scenes … like another family member on the couch.
The scene with Fonny and Daniel was beautiful; the light receded as the emotion intensified.
There was a lot of tension in that scene, and at the same time there’s a great familiarity between Fonny and Daniel. What I love so much is while the discussion is about some really dark and chilling experiences Daniel had in prison, it’s also two men opening up to each other in an intimate way, and a great love is shown between the two characters. It’s something I feel isn’t presented very often on film, men being open in that way. It’s important to have scenes like this.
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Israel launches scores of airstrikes as Gaza fire persists
Fire balls caused by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, early Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip after dozens of rockets were launched Wednesday from the coastal territory ruled by the Islamic militant Hamas group, the Israeli military said.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
By ILAN BEN ZION, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and three people were reported killed there, while Palestinian militants from the territory fired scores of rockets into Israel in a fierce burst of violence overnight and into Thursday morning.
The flare-up comes as Egypt is trying to broker a long-term cease-fire between the two sides. At least three Palestinians died — a pregnant woman, her 1-year-old daughter and a Hamas militant, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
On the Israeli side, at least seven people were wounded.
Israeli and Hamas officials both threatened a further intensification of hostilities. The U.N.’s Mideast envoy appealed for calm.
It was not clear if the escalation, the latest in a series of intense exchanges of fire in recent months, would derail the indirect negotiations between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas militant rulers.
Air raid sirens signaling incoming rocket fire continued in southern Israel on Thursday morning, raising the likelihood of further Israeli reprisals.
Israel and Hamas have fought three wars since the Islamic militant group seized control of Gaza in 2007. Despite the animosity, the bitter enemies appear to be working through Egyptian mediators to avoid another war.
Hamas is demanding the lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian border blockade that has devastated Gaza’s economy, while Israel wants an end to rocket fire, as well as recent border protests and launches of incendiary balloons, and the return of the remains of two dead soldiers and two live Israelis believed to be held by Hamas.
But the continued outbursts of fire have jeopardized those cease-fire efforts. On Tuesday, the Israeli military struck a Hamas military post in Gaza after it said militants fired on Israeli troops on the border. Hamas said two of its fighters were killed after taking part in a gunfire parade inside a militant camp.
The incident occurred while a group of senior Hamas leaders from abroad were visiting Gaza to discuss the ceases-fire efforts with local leaders.
A top Hamas official told The Associated Press that the group waited for the delegation to leave Gaza before responding with rocket fire late Wednesday.
The Israeli military said over 150 rockets and mortars were fired at Israel, and Israel carried out over 140 airstrikes targeting Hamas militant positions.
Gaza’s Health Ministry identified those killed in the airstrikes from Wednesday to Thursday as Hamas fighter Ali Ghandour, 23-year-old Enas Khamash and her daughter Bayan. The ministry said the militant and the civilians were killed in separate incidents.
Kamal Khamash, brother-in-law of the killed woman, said the family was asleep when the projectile hit the house.
The mother and daughter died immediately and the father is in critical condition, Kamal said.
“This is a blatant crime and Israel is responsible for it,” he said.
Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus insisted Israel only targeted Hamas military targets in Gaza.
In southern Israel, two Thai laborers were among the seven wounded by rocket fire, and rockets damaged buildings in the cities of Sderot and Ashkelon. The military said it intercepted some 25 rockets, while most of the others landed in open areas. Israel said it launched airstrikes targeting rocket launchers, weapons stockpiles, tunnels and other Hamas infrastructure.
Israeli Cabinet minister for construction and housing, Yoav Galant, said that “whatever is needed to be done to defend our civilians and soldiers, will be done, no matter what would be the price in Gaza.”
Conricus wouldn’t comment on Israeli media reports of troops preparing for a possible ground operation, but said Israel “had ground troops that are ready to deploy. We are reinforcing the southern command and Gaza division.”
Nickolay Mladenov, the U.N. special envoy who is involved in Egyptian efforts to broker a truce, said in a statement on Thursday that he’s “deeply alarmed” by “multiple rockets fired toward communities in southern Israel” the day before.
Mladenov warned that “if the current escalation however is not contained immediately, the situation can rapidly deteriorate with devastating consequences for all people.”
On Wednesday, the Israeli military shelled the Palestinian territory after civilians working on the Gaza border fence came under fire. Hamas militants responded with a cross-border fusillade that sent Israelis scrambling for air raid shelters.
The Hamas official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was discussing classified negotiations, said that cease-fire talks were in their final stage but that disagreements remained. He said Hamas is demanding the complete lifting of the Israeli-Egyptian blockade, while Israel has offered only to ease the restrictions.
Tension along the Israel-Gaza border has escalated since late March, when Hamas launched what would become regular mass protests along Israel’s perimeter fence with Gaza. The protests have been aimed in part at trying to break the blockade.
Over the past four months, 163 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, including at least 120 protesters, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and a local rights group. An Israeli soldier was killed by a Gaza sniper during this period.
Israel says it has been defending its sovereign border against infiltration attempts by Hamas. But it has come under heavy international criticism for its frequent use of force against unarmed protesters.
Associated Press writers Mohammad Daraghmeh in Ramallah, West Bank, and Fares Akram contributed to this report.
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Asian shares mixed after lackluster Wall Street session
By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press | Updated - Apr 15th, 2019 @ 9:02pm | Posted - Apr 15th, 2019 @ 8:28am
TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Tuesday in Asia in mostly narrow trading in the absence of any major market-driving news.
The Nikkei 225 index added 0.2% to 22,208.70. China's Shanghai Composite index lost 0.6% to 3,158.76 and the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong lost 0.3% to 29,736.05. South Korea's Kospi gave up 0.2% to 2,237.79 and the S&P 500 gained 0.3% to 6,272.00.
Upbeat talk from the White House on trade negotiations with the China failed to lift Chinese shares. Meanwhile, China's central bank, The People's Bank of China, said it was adjusting its monetary policy to coordinate with government spending.
"Market moves have become more muted ahead of the Easter holidays, while liquidity is also expected to be poorer," Mizuho Bank said in a commentary. "PBOC stated that some positive changes are seen in structural adjustments of the economy in the first quarter, but uncertainties remain," it said.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 index edged lower, weighed down by bank shares after Goldman Sachs said it's off to a "muted start to the year," even though its earnings for the first quarter still beat analysts' expectations. Citigroup also slipped following its earnings report, as banks lead off a quarterly reporting season that analysts expect to be the weakest in nearly three years.
The S&P 500 lost 0.1% to 2,905.58. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% to 26,384.77 and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.1% to 7,976.01. The Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks dropped 0.4%, to 1,579.17.
The S&P 500 remains within 0.9% of its record following a torrid start to the year, after the Federal Reserve said it may not raise interest rates at all in 2019.
Optimism has also grown that the U.S. and China can resolve their trade dispute. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that the world's two largest economies were moving closer to an agreement.
The yield on the 10 year Treasury note held steady at 2.55%. It has been climbing since late last month, when it fell to 2.37% amid a crescendo of worries that global economic growth was slowing.
ENERGY: The price of oil gave back some of its big gains for the year. Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell 7 cents to $63.33 per barrel. It fell 49 cents to settle at $63.40 on Monday. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 17 cents to $71.01. Both remain up more than 30% for the year.
CURRENCIES: The dollar slipped to 111.96 Japanese yen from 112.01 yen. The euro fell to $1.1293 from $1.1307. The British pound slipped to $1.3089 from $1.3105.
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Mexico Unearths Ancient Flayed God Temple Where Priests Wore Skins Of Dead
By Arzu Paksoy
Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed god, a pre-Hispanic fertility deity depicted as a skinned human corpse.
What is Flayed god?
The great god Xipe Totec, otherwise known as Our Lord the Flayed One/ Flayed God, was one of the oldest Aztec deities. Also known as Red Tezcatlipoca, guardian of the east, Xipe Totec was often depicted as a man wearing the flayed skin of another.
Xipe Totec’s name was derived from the myth by which the god flayed—peeled and cut off—his own skin to feed humans. For the Aztecs, Xipe Totec’s removing his layer of skin symbolized the events that must happen to produce renewed growth that covers the earth each spring. More specifically, flaying is associated with the cycle of American corn (maize) as it sheds its external seed covering when it is ready to germinate.
Discovery of the temple
Mexico‘s National Institute of Anthropology and History said the find was made during recent excavations of Popoloca Indian ruins in the central state of Puebla.
The institute said experts found two skull-like stone carvings and a stone trunk depicting the god, Xipe Totec. It had an extra hand dangling off one arm, suggesting the god was wearing the skin of a sacrificial victim. The Popolocas built the temple at a complex known as Ndachjian-Tehuacan between A.D. 1000 and 1260 and were later conquered by the Aztecs.
Sacrifice and the Flaying of Skin
Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by skinning human victims and then donning their skins. The ritual was seen as a way to ensure fertility and regeneration. The victims of this sacrifice would be killed and then flayed—their skins removed in large pieces. Those skins were painted and then worn by others during a ceremony and in this manner, they would be transformed into the living image (“teotl ixiptla”) of Xipe Totec.
detail from Ritual Impersonator of the Deity Xipe Totec, Aztec, possibly central Veracruz, Mexico, 1450-1500 - Art Institute of Chicago (Image Source)
Rituals performed during the early spring month of Tlacaxipeualiztli included the “Feast of the Flaying of Men,” for which the month was named. The entire city and rulers or nobles of enemy tribes would witness this ceremony. In this ritual, slaves or captive warriors from surrounding tribes were dressed in as the “living image” of Xipe Totec. Transformed into the god, the victims were led through a series of rituals performing as Xipe Totec, then they were sacrificed and their body parts distributed among the community.
Ancient accounts of the rituals suggested victims were killed in gladiator-style combat or by arrows on one platform, then skinned on another platform. The layout of the temple at Tehuacan seems to match that description.
Other depictions of the Flayed god
Depictions of the god had been found before in other cultures, including the Aztecs, but not a whole temple.
University of Florida archaeologist Susan Gillespie, who was not involved in the project, wrote that “finding the torso fragment of a human wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim in situ is perhaps the most compelling evidence of the association of this practice and related deity to a particular temple, more so to me than the two sculpted skeletal crania.”
“If the Aztec sources could be relied upon, a singular temple to this deity (whatever his name in Popoloca) does not necessarily indicate that this was the place of sacrifice,” Gillespie wrote. “The Aztec practice was to perform the sacrificial death in one or more places, but to ritually store the skins in another, after they had been worn by living humans for some days. So it could be that this is the temple where they were kept, making it all the more sacred.”
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Journalist Elena Pogosya, 23 from New York, decided to put her body to the test by entering her first wrestling match, just months after she’d started training. Here she describes how it felt…
‘After four months of training as a wrestler, I decided to take the next step and get into the ring.
Wrestling has always been an interest of mine and when I moved from Las Vegas to New York to develop my career in journalism, I thought it was time to turn my interest into a reality.
Elena’s on the ropes at Gleeson’s Boxing Gym
I began my journey as a wrestler by joining the renowned Gleeson’s Gym, in Brooklyn. There, I met my coach Michael John Frisone. He took one look at me and tried to convince me it was a bad idea, telling me that despite what people think, wrestling is a dangerous sport and I was putting my body on the line.
Unfortunately for him, his stories of people getting paralysed in the ring didn’t put me off and I embarked on a strict training regime of four to five hours a day.
In time, I learned how to roll and bump, but it came at a cost. Michael wasn’t wrong, I was putting my body through a lot.
Wrestling isn’t just about learning the moves to take your opponent down, there’s a lot more to it than that. I submerged myself in the scene, learning how to riff – basically improvising moves on the spot – and dabbled in announcing too.
I did everything I possibly could to prepare myself for my first match.
When the day came, my stomach twisted with nerves. My coach had told me that there was probably going to be 500 people in the audience – eyes were all going to be on me.
The bout in Queen’s, New York, was watched by about 500 people
To make matters more nerve-wracking, I found out on the way to the stadium that I was going to be wrestling against two opponents, instead of three. Something which I had never practiced before.
Dressed in loose, black pants and a black cropped top, I stood in the dressing room listening to the buzzing of the crowd.
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Last-minute thoughts flashed through my mind: Why was I doing this?’ ‘Am I going to look like a fool?’ And more importantly: ‘What if I do the wrong move and seriously hurt myself or my opponent?’
I adopted a confident strut and walked into the ring. As the crowd roared, adrenaline pumped through me.
The match was a blur. Everything happened so quickly. In the first half I took some serious hits and actually blacked out, but the second round was mine.
Three rounds and five minutes later, I had won my first wrestling match!’
After wrestling two opponents, Elena is victorious in her very first bout
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<< Back to May 2002
Does Vitamin E Prevent Breast Cancer?
By Dr. Michele Morrow, Board Certified Physician
Since one out of every eight women is destined to develop breast cancer,1 a tremendous amount of research has been undertaken to discover ways of preventing this common killer. One compound that has been extensively studied for its role in preventing breast cancer is vitamin E.
Up until now, however, no one has compiled and analyzed the large volume of published data about vitamin E and breast cancer. A researcher at Wake Forest University School of Medicine took on this enormous task and her comprehensive work was just published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.2
If you take vitamin E supplements, this eye-opening report reveals startling findings about what forms of vitamin E may be effective, which women are most likely to benefit, and a form of vitamin E that certain women should avoid.
As a prelude to this article, readers should know that emerging evidence is calling into question previously held concepts about how vitamins function in the body. While this new information corroborates what has been earlier cited in this publication, it is nonetheless critical to remind readers of the need to keep up with current findings. For women concerned about breast cancer, there now appear to be validated methods of reducing the risk if the proper forms of vitamin E are consumed.
Some people believe that vitamin E reduces breast cancer risk because of reports showing that severely deficient women suffer far higher rates of breast cancer.
Several studies, for instance, show that premenopausal women with very low intakes of vitamin E are twice as likely to contract breast cancer compared to women who come close to meeting the minimum requirements. This statistic is relatively useless, however, since it was women who consumed less than 7 mg a day who were at a 50% greater risk of contracting breast cancer.3-7 Other studies show no risk reduction in women obtaining greater than 8 mg a day of vitamin E.8,9
Since supplement users take 400 mg or more a day of vitamin E, everyone wants to know how much reduction in breast cancer incidence can be expected when potencies of 400 mg (400 IU) and higher are consumed.
Studies on total vitamin E intake show that women with a family history of breast cancer may derive an 80% risk reduction, whereas women who don't have a family history obtain a 60% risk reduction.5 The risk reduction, however, is not consistent amongst different groups of women. When subsequent analyses of this data was conducted, more definitive information was obtained.5 The chart on the upper right shows different categories of women and the specific risk reduction effect from foods that are high in vitamin E.
Controlled studies on alpha tocopherol
The Nurses Health Study studied 83,234 women at baseline and sought to assess incidences of breast cancer during a 14 year follow-up. This study showed that premenopausal women with a family history who consumed the highest quantity of vitamin E enjoyed a 43% reduction in breast cancer incidence compared to only a 16% risk reduction for women without a family history of breast cancer.11 Based on this study, vitamin E appears to protect against genetic- predisposed breast cancer better than environmental-induced breast cancer. (Note that nutrients like indole-3-carbinol may specifically protect against environmental breast carcinogens.)
Several studies reviewed the effects of standard vitamin E products (alpha tocopherol acetate) taken by themselves. The results fail to show a protective benefit, even when high doses of these alpha tocopherol supplements are consumed.7,11-15 This indicates that other forms of vitamin E found in food (such as gamma tocopherol and tocotrienols) may be responsible for providing the dramatic protective effect against breast cancer shown in surveys that evaluate total vitamin E intake.
Patient Category Breast cancer incidence based on comparing the highest to lowest levels of vitamin E intake
Premenopausal women with family history of breast cancer 90% risk reduction
Premenopausal women without family history of breast cancer 50% risk reduction
Postmenopausal women with a family history of breast cancer 30% risk reduction
Postmenopausal women without a family history of breast cancer 50% risk reduction
Please note that the statistics above are based on total vitamin E intake. Food-derived vitamin E contains primarily gamma tocopherol and to a lesser extent, the tocotrienols.10
Another method that scientists have used to ascertain vitamin E's potential benefit is to measure frozen blood levels of vitamin E and then follow up to see how many women subsequently develop breast cancer. One study of postmenopausal women showed a modest 20% reduction in breast cancer risk in the highest quartile of serum vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) compared to the lowest.16 Other studies based on measuring alpha tocopherol from stored blood serum do not show a protective effect.17,18
Some doctors believe the best way of determining vitamin E status is to test breast adipose (fat) tissue for vitamin E concentration in healthy controls as opposed to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. One compelling study showed that newly diagnosed breast cancer patients had six times less vitamin E in their breast tissue compared to women without breast cancer.19 The major flaw to this study was that the control group was nine years younger on average than the breast cancer patients and other confounding factors were not accounted for. Other studies seeking to assess adipose concentrations of vitamin E in breast cancer patients are inconclusive. 20,21
Taken together, the results of the studies presented indicate that certain vitamin E fractions found in food confer a significant protective effect, but that commercial alpha tocopherol acetate supplements fail to reduce breast cancer incidence for most women. The data indicate that some other vitamin E component in food may account for the dramatic reductions in breast cancer incidence (as much as 90%) when dietary intake levels of vitamin E are measured.
(Note: 400 mg of vitamin E succinate provides 400 IU of vitamin E activity whereas 400 mg of vitamin E acetate typically provides 200 IU of vitamin E activity.)
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RBI signals end of rate hike cycle
5 min read . Updated: 17 Dec 2011, 12:13 AM IST Anup Roy, Joel Rebello & Dinesh Unnikrishnan
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday signalled the end of the rate increase cycle that started in March 2010 amid concerns over growth slowing, even as prices remain untamed.
After 13 increases, which raised the policy rate from 3.25% to 8.5% to curb persistently high inflation in Asia’s third largest economy, the Indian central bank pressed the pause button and said, “further rate hikes might not be warranted".
Even though inflation continues to remain high, way beyond its comfort level, slowing economic growth has emerged as a bigger concern for RBI and it said “from this point on, monetary policy actions are likely to reverse the cycle", without saying when that will start.
RBI acknowledged moderation in growth momentum and “higher downside risks to growth", but refrained from committing any timeframe for a reversal in policy stance, with inflation risks remaining high and the local currency under pressure. Wholesale inflation was 9.11% in November and the rupee, Asia’s worst-performing currency, had until Thursday lost 16.6% since August before recovering on Friday.
Bond yields and swap rates fell after the policy announcement. The yield on the most-traded 10-year government bonds fell 11 basis points to close at 8.38%.
The rupee rebounded from its lifetime low following RBI’s Thursday move of not allowing companies as well as institutional investors to re-book forward contracts after cancelling them. It opened at 52.90 per dollar, up from Thursday’s close of 53.64, and gained 2.7% to touch 52.21 before ending at 52.74 per dollar.
The end of the rate increase cycle, however, did not have any impact on the stock market. India’s bellwether equity index, the Sensex, closed down 2.2%.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said RBI’s move would help in regaining “our growth momentum with improved macroeconomic parameters in the remaining period of the current fiscal".
The need to improve business sentiment and recover growth momentum in the remaining months of the current fiscal necessitated a review of the monetary policy stance, he said.
“I cannot speculate on when we will start cutting policy rates. Rate cut is an event some way ahead," RBI governor D. Subbarao told reporters at the sidelines of an event in Mumbai and said the central bank will ensure adequate liquidity in the system by buying bonds from the secondary market.
Industry lobbies were largely non-committal about the policy, while sounding notes of caution.
“While we feel inflation rates will be coming off in next couple of months, there will be a significant uptick on imported inflation, given the rupee depreciation," said Rajiv Kumar, secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. “To this end, RBI should continue to be vigilant and proactive in its exchange rate management."
“The growth slowdown is clearly visible as downside risk still remains negative. The industry can expect a possible rate cut in the days to come," said Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India in a statement.
Tushar Poddar, economist at Goldman Sachs, does not see a rate cut as being too far away, but not too many economists share his view, even though almost all say RBI’s stance is now “dovish" or “less hawkish".
“Given the dovish tone adopted by RBI and the rapidly deteriorating growth environment, we bring forward our forecast of the first repo rate cut to 24 January from March," Poddar said.
Rajeev Malik, senior economist at CLSA Singapore Pte Ltd, termed the guidance in the statement as “dovish", and said the absence of a change in CRR shows RBI’s “reluctance to announce easing just yet". He expects RBI to start easing policy with a CRR cut from its third quarter policy review on 24 January and subsequent rate cuts after the budget in February.
Lief Eskesen, chief economist for India and Association of Southeast Asian Nations at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd, expects RBI to be on hold for a while. While growth and inflation concerns are now more evenly matched, it will be difficult for RBI to cut rates unless underlying inflation pressures ease significantly and on a sustained basis, he said.
“We do not see that happening anytime soon, and the decline in headline inflation in coming months, largely due to base effects, should not be taken as a cue either," he said.
Taimur Baig and Kaushik Das, economists at Deutsche Bank AG, said RBI was not keen to take the lead in dealing with slowing growth.
“Clearly, the view is that growth cannot be tackled by easy monetary policy alone, and, therefore, expectations of major growth supportive measures from RBI should be tempered," they said.
They expect the rate-cutting cycle to start mid-2012, “with some chance of it starting from March onwards, depending on the inflation-growth dynamics."
Chanda Kochhar, managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Bank Ltd, India’s largest private lender, said the decision to keep rates unchanged was a positive one.
“The mid-quarter policy statement has addressed the concerns on the interest rate side by clearly indicating a likely reversal in the cycle, with monetary policy action being directed towards addressing growth-related issues going forward," she said in an emailed comment.
With RBI maintaining status quo on policy rates, bank lending rates are likely to remain the same in the immediate future, analysts said.
“Banks have already responded to RBI’s rate actions in the past by increasing their rates. I do not expect any change in the deposit or lending rates in the immediate future," said Vaibhav Agarwal, vice-president, research, at Mumbai-based brokerage Angel Broking Ltd.
RBI doesn’t see any stress in the money market even though daily liquidity infusion by the central bank has been around RS 89,000 crore in November-December, up from around ₹ 49,000 crore in April-October. Banks have not yet utilized the marginal standing facility, an extra liquidity infusion window that RBI has opened for banks where money is available at 9.5%.
While it refrained from a cut in CRR, the central bank also stayed away from giving a time table on its bond-buying programme through the so-called open market operations (OMOs). It has so far infused at least ₹ 24,000 crore through OMOs and it will have to conduct more of these as rupee liquidity is being sucked out because of its dollar sales. RBI has been selling dollars to stem the local currency’s depreciation.
Despite the cash shortage in the system, it has not cut CRR or announced an OMO calendar, as it does not want banks to take advantage of the liquidity assurance and take bets on the rupee.
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Shazam Updated with Synchronized Lyrics and a New Design
When Apple acquired Shazam, people wondered what would become of the popular song identification and music discovery app. It’s not unusual for an app acquired by a big company to be pulled from the App Store or for development to slow substantially. Questions were also raised about whether Shazam would continue to support Apple’s music streaming rival, Spotify.
As it turns out, Shazam has continued to be updated and support Spotify since Apple’s acquisition. In fact, there have been at least four updates to Shazam since the acquisition including one today that adds synchronized lyrics and a design refresh of the app’s results screen.
The new UI looks great. The results screen is dominated by a background image of the artist. In the foreground is a big play button, the name of the song the app recognized, and the name of the artist. If you tap on the artwork, you get an image of the artist and album in some cases, plus more details on the artist, album, song, and release date.
Along the top of the results screen is a menu you access by swiping horizontally that includes lyrics, videos, additional songs by the artist, and related artists. If you swipe over to the lyrics screen while a song is playing, they are displayed in perfect synchronization with the song that’s playing, which is perfect for impromptu karaoke moments. Adding songs to Apple Music and Spotify playlists has been streamlined too – it now takes one less tap to add a song to a playlist.
One thing to keep in mind though, is that if you’re using the iOS 11.3 beta, playback is broken throughout the app. Tapping on any play button freezes the entire UI and requires you to force quit the app. Playback works as expected if you’re not on the beta, however.
Shazam is available on the App Store.
Tags: Apple Music, music, spotify
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Preserving the Pulp is Priority One with a Newly Erupted Permanent Tooth
The change from primary teeth to permanent is an announcement to the world that a boy or girl is "growing up." "Growing up," though, is still not "grown"—the new teeth are still in a period of development that can affect how we treat them if they're injured or diseased.
While a new tooth erupts with all its anatomical layers, the middle dentin is somewhat thinner than it will be after it matures. The pulp, the tooth's innermost layer, produces new dentin and gradually increases the dentin layer during this early development period. While the pulp continues to produce dentin over a tooth's lifetime, most of it occurs in these early years.
To prevent or stop any infection, we would normally perform a root canal treatment in which we remove the pulp tissue and fill the empty pulp chamber and root canals. This poses no real issue in an older tooth with mature dentin. Removing the pulp from an immature tooth, though, could interrupt dentin development and interfere with the tooth's root growth. Besides a higher risk of discoloration, the tooth could become more brittle and prone to fracture.
That's why we place a high priority on preserving a younger tooth's pulp. Rather than a root canal treatment, we may treat it instead with one of a number of modified techniques that interact less with the pulp. Which of these we use will depend on the extent of the pulp's involvement with the injury or disease.
If it's unexposed, we may use a procedure called indirect pulp therapy, where we remove most of the tooth's damaged dentin but leave some of the harder portion intact next to the pulp to avoid exposure. If, though, some but not all of the pulp is damaged, we may perform a pulpotomy: here we remove the damaged pulp tissue while leaving the healthier portion intact. We may then apply a stimulant substance to encourage more dentin production to seal the exposure.
These and other techniques can help repair an injured young tooth while preserving most or all of its vital pulp. Although we can't always use them, when we can they could give the tooth its best chance for a full life.
If you would like more information on caring for your child's teeth, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article “Saving New Permanent Teeth after Injury.”
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ACQUA MORELLI – the new Italian premium mineral water
Flavour and presentation to meet the highest demands
Fresh from the spring, pure and natural – ACQUA MORELLI is the new premium water brand from Italy. With fine nuances of flavour and a smart exterior, it is perfect for high-end restaurateurs. Exclusively, the noble “Italian” is currently only available in bars, restaurants and discotheques.
The naturally pure spring water is offered in two varieties: “frizzante” (sparkling) and “naturale” (non-sparkling), each in a 0.25 l and 0.75 l returnable bottle. From now on, ACQUA MORELLI will be strengthening the high-performing and extensive portfolio of premium beverages from the Germany-based brand creator MBG International Premium Brands.
Low in minerals and fresh from the spring
The origins of the premium water lie in a wild beech wood at the heart of the Alpi Marittime, the Italian “Maritime Alps”. At the airy altitude of 1,000 metres, the “Bauda” spring, from which the water is obtained, can be found. The bottles are filled in close proximity to the spring, in the untouched ecosystem of the Italian Alps.
Absolute purity and enlivening freshness combined with pure lightness make the water from ACQUA MORELLI so peculiarly pleasing and uniquely stimulating in its taste. The “Italian” is very low in minerals and exceptionally smooth for a mineral water. The total mineralisation is only 39.6 mg/l, the sodium content only 4.1 mg/l.
As a companion to fine foods and selected wines, as a high-quality ingredient in cooking and for cocktails or with espresso, cappuccino, etc. – the exclusive premium water ACQUA MORELLI is multifaceted and versatile in use.
The smart “Italian” can be obtained in practical 24 x 0.25 l or alternatively in 12 x 0.75 l returnable crates. The product launch is being supported by an exclusive gastronomic campaign and by means of a far-reaching PR campaign in print and online.
Attractive and luxurious gastronomic package
ACQUA MORELLI is not only purest pleasure in terms of taste, but convinces restaurateurs with its unique “royal” product presentation. The deep-blue individual bottle was provided specially with elaborate embossing and a brilliant label made of silver paper.
Parallel to the product launch of ACQUA MORELLI, the premium brand is presenting its glassware by Leonardo. The top-quality, finely cut water glass and the floor and table vase feature sophisticated silver printing. Thanks to the blue decorative mist, the table accessories and decorative elements fit perfectly with the brand image and provide in its entirety a bar equipment of the highest class.
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For an archive of Past ARTSEED events, visit Marble House Project on Vimeo.
ART-Seed Performances by Sam Moss and LeVan Hawkins
Sam Moss is a Boston based songwriter and string player. His work rambles through various offshoots of Americana, from original and interpreted folk songs, to pastoral and occasionally jagged instrumental guitar. In May 2016 he will release Fable, his ninth solo album. Moss has released two albums with the old-time group, The Howling Kettles, and compiled Imaginational Anthem Volume Five for Tompkins Square Records. He is the recipient of a MacDowell Colony fellowship, and his work has been featured in No Depression, Pitchfork, The FADER, Paste, and Daytrotter, among others.
LeVan D. Hawkins is a poet, essayist, & performance artist who has performed his published work at venues such as Links Hall, Highways Performance Space, USC, UCLA Hammer Museum, Disney Hall Redcat Theater, Henry Miller Library, Dixon Place Theater (NYC), New York International Fringe Festival, & Dartmouth College.
ART-Seed Readings by Carin Clevidence and Virginia Zimmerman
ART-SEED Dance Performance by Laura Peterson followed followed by open studios with visual artists Jette Ellgaard, Maureen Nollette, and Emma Piper-Burkett
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Mark Nicholson, formerly homeless, dreamed of becoming a lawyer. He found a friend and mentor in Bill Moreau, partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. Mark passed the bar exam and fulfilled his dream in 2009. It was ten years ago, on this day, that Mark Nicholson received notice that he passed the Indiana Bar [..]
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JoVE IN THE LAB
JoVE IN THE CLASSROOM
June 2016 - This Month in JoVE: Blueberry Analysis, Impact Testing Football Helmets, Stencil Micropatterning of Stem Cells, and a Test for Soil Plasticity
Wendy Chao1, Aaron Kolski-Andreaco2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 2JoVE Content Production
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Chao, W., Kolski-Andreaco, A. June 2016 - This Month in JoVE: Blueberry Analysis, Impact Testing Football Helmets, Stencil Micropatterning of Stem Cells, and a Test for Soil Plasticity. J. Vis. Exp. (112), e5784, (2016).
Here's a look at what's coming up in the June 2016 issue of JoVE: The Journal of Visualized Experiments.
In JoVE Chemistry, just in time for blueberry season, we feature a method for predicting the constituents of blueberries while keeping them intact. Bai et al. use near-infrared spectroscopy to obtain spectra of individual blueberries, then use high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to measure their actual contents. They build models that use the near-infrared spectra to predict the levels of sugar, the organic acids that impart tartness, and the anthocyanins that have antioxidant properties. This method aids the selection and distribution of only the most delicious blueberries with guaranteed qualities.
JoVE Engineering includes a test protocol that simulates on-field impacts of football helmets to help reduce the risks of head injuries. Current performance standards for football helmet certification don't require the faceguard to be attached during impact tests; however, attaching a faceguard dramatically changes the helmet's mechanical properties. Therefore, Rush et al. propose a modified test that includes the faceguard. They also test two new helmet impact locations. This method provides more robust helmet safety standards that will drive safer helmet designs.
In JoVE Developmental Biology, human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can differentiate into all three developmental germ layers. However, in vitro differentiation of hPSCs tends to be a disorganized process. This month, Sahni et al. describe stencil micropatterning-a method that can spatially control stem cell microenvironments and organize their differentiation fates. This elegant method provides a valuable experimental model for tissue organization and patterning in embryonic development.
In JoVE Environment, soil plasticity is a concept inspired by the craft of pottery. It refers to the clay-like behavior of certain soils at particular water content levels. The plastic limit of soil is an important parameter in geotechnology, but traditional assessment methods are highly subjective. Thus, Moreno-Maroto and Alonso-Azcárate present an alternative method based on objective measures. This method allows the plastic limit of soil to be obtained with clear and objective criteria.
You've just had a sneak peek of the June 2016 issue of JoVE. Visit the website to see the full-length articles, plus many more, in JoVE: The Journal of Visualized Experiments.
Modified Drop Tower Impact Tests for American Football Helmets
G. Alston Rush1,2, R. Prabhu1, Gus A. Rush III3, Lakiesha N. Williams1, M. F. Horstemeyer2,4
1Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, 3Rush Sport Medical, 4Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University
This article provides a novel technique to assess the performance characteristics of American football helmets by inclusion of faceguards during NOCSAE Standard drop tests. Additionally, two more impact locations are proposed to be added to the NOCSAE certification.
Stencil Micropatterning of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for Probing Spatial Organization of Differentiation Fates
Geetika Sahni*1, Jun Yuan*1, Yi-Chin Toh1,2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2Singapore Institute of Neurotechnology (SINAPSE), National University of Singapore
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have the intrinsic ability to differentiate and self-organize into distinct tissue patterns; although this requires the presentation of spatial environmental gradients. We present stencil micropatterning as a simple and robust method to generate biochemical and mechanical gradients for controlling hPSC differentiation patterns.
A Bending Test for Determining the Atterberg Plastic Limit in Soils
José Manuel Moreno-Maroto, Jacinto Alonso-Azcárate
Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha
The traditional standardized test for determining the plastic limit in soils is performed by hand, and the result varies depending on the operator. An alternative method based on bending measurements is presented in this study. This allows the plastic limit to be obtained with a clear and objective criterion.
Construction of Models for Nondestructive Prediction of Ingredient Contents in Blueberries by Near-infrared Spectroscopy Based on HPLC Measurements
Wenming Bai1, Norio Yoshimura1, Masao Takayanagi1, Jingai Che2, Naomi Horiuchi2, Isao Ogiwara3
1United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
We present here a protocol to construct and validate models for nondestructive prediction of total sugar, total organic acid, and total anthocyanin content in individual blueberries by near-infrared spectroscopy.
No conflicts of interest declared.
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Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for Workers Without Dependent Children
Interim Findings from the Paycheck Plus Demonstration in New York City
Cynthia Miller, Lawrence F. Katz, Gilda Azurdia, Adam Isen, Caroline Schultz
Paycheck Plus offers workers without dependent children an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) worth up to $2,000 per year for three years (four times the current EITC for singles). Results after two years from a random assignment evaluation show that it has increased income and work rates.
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Scaling Up a Place-Based Employment Program
Highlights from the Jobs Plus Pilot Program Evaluation
Betsy L. Tessler, Nandita Verma, Jonathan Bigelow, M. Victoria Quiroz-Becerra, Kristin P. Frescoln, William M. Rohe, Michael D. Webb, Amy T. Khare, Mark L. Joseph, Emily K. Miller
Jobs Plus promotes employment among public housing residents through employment services, rent rule changes that provide incentives to work, and community support for work. Within the first 18 months, all nine public housing agencies in this evaluation had begun structuring their programs, building partnerships, and implementing the model’s core components.
Family Rewards 2.0
James A. Riccio, Cynthia Miller, Nandita Verma, Edith Yang, Jared Smith, Gilda Azurdia, Donna Wharton-Fields, Victoria Deitch, Anne Warren, M. Victoria Quiroz-Becerra
Family Rewards was an innovative approach to poverty reduction in the United States that was modeled on the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs common in lower- and middle-income countries. The program offered cash assistance to poor families, contingent on their meeting certain criteria related to family health care, children’s education...
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MyGoals for Employment Success
James A. Riccio, Donna Wharton-Fields, Nina Castells, Stephanie Rubino, Keith Olejniczak, Joshua Vermette, Hannah Dalporto, Simran Vazirani
MyGoals for Employment Success is a new workforce program intended to help recipients of federal housing subsidies who are not employed find work, build careers, and advance toward greater self-sufficiency. The program incorporates an innovative employment coaching model that is informed by current literature in behavioral psychology on executive functioning skills and...
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Although most college students receive financial aid, many are left with unmet financial needs and may take on loans or drop out as a result. But promising innovations in financial aid could help students pay for college and accelerate their studies.
A Bipartisan Way to Make Work Pay for Low-Wage Workers
Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit for Workers Without Dependent Children
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) promotes work and raises over six million Americans out of poverty each year. Early results from an ongoing demonstration suggest that expanding the EITC for singles, an idea with bipartisan support, is feasible and can increase employment and income while reducing poverty.
Promising Reforms in Developmental Education
Forty percent of all entering college students and over half of entering community college students must take at least one remedial course. Fewer than half make it through developmental education. This two-page Looking Forward memo provides an overview of research evidence in four areas of developmental education reform.
The Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment (EASE) Project
Caitlin Anzelone, Michael J. Weiss, Melissa Boynton, Camielle Headlam
The Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment (EASE) Project is a new initiative to improve community college persistence and completion in Ohio. The project will apply insights from behavioral science to design targeted messaging and financial incentives that encourage students to enroll in courses during the summer term.
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Detroit Promise Path
Colleen Sommo, Alyssa Ratledge, Michelle Ware, Rebekah O'Donoghue
College Promise is the latest college access movement in the United States. With more than 200 programs across the nation — a number that grows every year — College Promise is driving national conversations about college access and affordability. These programs typically cover college tuition and fees for students in a particular geographic area to attend college. Some...
Delivering Coordinated, Community-Based Services by Putting Networks into Action
Aurelia De La Rosa Aceves, David M. Greenberg, Sarah Schell
The Change Capital Fund donor consortium invests in community groups to help expand their capacity to coordinate services in areas of persistent poverty. Using a variety of models, grantees are strengthening internal and external connections to meet the housing, education, and employment needs of local residents.
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Home » Digital news, Digital News Publishers Association, indian express, Indian Express Online, Industry Moves, Zomato
Updated: Durga Raghunath quits Indian Express Digital, joins Zomato again
Sneha Johari
By Sneha Johari ( @thejunebug sneha@medianama.com ) December 3, 2018
Update on 7:40 pm: Durga Raghunath is back at Zomato as senior vice-president for growth, starting December 21, 2018, the company said in a statement. Raghunath was earlier at Zomato in 2015 for just under six months.
She will be responsible for managing Zomato’s newly announced events vertical ‘Zomato Live’ and SneakPeek – Zomato’s recent entry into video content. Raghunath will also be leading ad innovations for Zomato and help in monetisation of of the platform.
In the earlier stint with the company, she had joined in May 2015 at the same role — senior VP of growth — but left for Juggernaut Books within six months in September 2015. At the time, she was responsible for customer acquisition and retention across the globe.
Earlier at 3:47 pm: Durga Raghunath has quit as the CEO of the Indian Express Digital Media Services, MediaNama has learned from multiple sources. Raghunath will leave the company on Thursday, 20th December.
Anant Goenka, the Executive Director of the Indian Express, told MediaNama that he did not have a statement to make when we spoke with him. Raghunath has also sent an email to Indian Express employees stating that she has resigned. Multiple calls to her went unanswered, we have also reached out to her on email and are yet to hear back.
Raghunath joined the Express in November 2017 and was responsible for managing the business and editorial operations of all digital brands of the Express Group. She took over the role that Sandeep Amar had left after he resigned in July 2017. Raghunath reported to George Varghese, CEO, The Indian Express Group.
During her tenure at the Indian Express, Raghunath
Redesigned the newspaper, website and app interface (“brand identity”) last month
Launched podcasts, starting with eight shows across news and in-depth thematic programming in June
Launched ieBangla, a Bengali language version of it news website, in April this year. The company had launched ieMalayalam and ieTamil in 2017. The Financial Express had also launched a Hindi version of its website at the start of 2018. Apart from this the IE group has the Hindi website JanSatta and Marathi website Loksatta.
Raghunath was also tasked with figuring out what to do with a lot of the brands that Amar launched during his tenure, including language verticals in Malayalam, and Tamil; a youth vertical called inuth.com, a health vertical Lifealth.com, ExpressFoodie as a website. The Indian Express also planned to launch paid ad-free plans for readers, although access to content will not be restricted behind a paywall.
Raghunath is the co-founder of Juggernaut Books, along with Chiki Sarkar, and left that company as CEO when she resigned early in 2017. Prior to that, she had a brief stint – around six months – at Zomato, as SVP of Growth. Prior to that she had been CEO of Network18 Digital, and had been instrumental in setting up FirstPost. She’s also a Facebook #SheLeadsTech mentor.
Note that the Indian Express is a part of the Digital News Publishers Association, an association formed with 9 other large media organisations including NDTV, HT and TOI in September this year. “The organization is committed to providing the most credible news in all languages to the Indian audience, to self-regulation and to promoting the business and editorial interests of all members,” NDTV said in a statement.
Also read: On the formation of the Digital News Publishers Association: What was the need?
Our Indian Express coverage here.
I'm a MediaNama alumna from 2015-16 (remember TinyOwl?) now back to cover e-services like food and grocery delivery, app based transport and policies, platforms and media in India.
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Bruker Highlights New Systems and Applied Market Solutions at Pittcon
At Pittcon 2019, Bruker this week highlights new and innovative analytical systems and high-value applied market solutions for food analysis, pharma applications, materials science research and quality control, clinical and preclinical research, and advances in scientific software solutions. Frank H. Laukien, Ph.D., Bruker’s President and CEO, commented: “Our new analytical instruments and solutions shown at Pittcon 2019 demonstrate the diversity and flexibility that Bruker brings to the world of laboratory science. Bruker is committed to providing the best technological solutions to meet the analytical requirements of our customers, and that includes increasing our presence in the laboratory software and applied solutions markets.”
Applied and Industrial R&D and QC
The novel INVENIO-S FTIR system is the entry-level version of the flexible and innovative INVENIO platform, replacing the very successful TENSOR FTIR series. The INVENIO-S is a new, high-performance FTIR spectrometer focused on maximum productivity in advanced laboratory analysis and research. Bruker’s permanently aligned RockSolid interferometer CenterGlow IR source, temperature controlled DTGS, and the long-life diode laser together ensure best performance, robustness and low running costs. The integrated touch panel operation provides intuitive guidance with typical workflows from routine analytical QC protocols to R&D applications.
The new G6 LEONARDO is an economic, robust and precise inert gas fusion (IGF) analyzer for oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen (ONH) concentration measurements in inorganic samples. The G6 LEONARDO introduces SampleCare into IGF-analysis for metals and ceramics, and deploys the Smart Molecule Sequence for elemental analysis. With its pre-calibrated standard methods and argon gas instead of helium, the G6 LEONARDO addresses the needs of industrial process and QC for easy and cost-effective operation.
Laboratory Software and Solutions for Pharma
Bruker announced that it has acquired Arxspan LLC, a provider of cloud-based scientific software and workflow solutions. Arxspan is known for its line of cloud-based products for the management of research data, with a focus on serving pharmaceutical and biopharma customers. Bruker can now provide a range of software tools for customers in the chemistry, pharmaceutical, biopharma and analytical laboratory markets. Together with the Mestrelab strategic partnership and majority investment, the acquisition of Arxspan will allow Bruker to offer state-of-the-art chemistry and biopharma software tools, supporting discovery and development.
Bruker and Mestrelab Expand Software Solutions Portfolio for applied NMR: The laboratory of tomorrow requires the integration of multiple technology platforms. The strategic collaboration of Mestrelab and Bruker is expected to provide a simple, instrument-to-result automation environment that allows users to build automated solutions tailored to their workflow. An example is the integration of Bruker’s Fragment-Based Screening (FBS) solution with Mestrelab’s MScreen software, which provides drug discovery groups with an integrated experience from data acquisition and data analysis to the identification of hits in FBS-by-NMR campaigns.
Bruker also announces minispec Form Check, a reliable and affordable TD-NMR (Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) solution to monitor phase purity and quantify physical API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) forms including amorphization. The patent pending minispec Form Check uses 1H or 19F relaxometry data as easy-to-obtain fingerprints for expected components in solid mixtures, replacing excessive calibration, delicate sample preparation and expert know-how. In the pharma industry, API form characterization and quantification are important from drug development and formulation to manufacturing, where it is important to understand how solid API forms are influenced by production and storage.
Quantitative Performance Qualification (qPQ) for Quantitative NMR (qNMR) Applications: A collaboration between Bruker and MilliporeSigma has led to the development of certified reference materials (CRM) tailored to qNMR. A novel, two-component mixture manufactured in the ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034 accreditated workflow at MilliporeSigma is the basis of the new qPQ test. This qPQ is now incorporated within the Bruker AssureSST software, allowing automated PQ tailored to qNMR.
Food Analysis Solutions
Bruker announced the launch of the MIRA milk analyzer based on infrared technology, as well as the GLOBULYSER for analyzing the homogenizer efficiency of raw milk and liquid milk products. The MIRA features ease-of-use in a high precision analyzer with IR technology. MIRA is a robust, cost-effective solution for QC of raw milk, processed or standardized milk, whey and cream. The GLOBULYSER has been developed in cooperation with the dairy industry to create an easy-to-use analyzer for mean fat globule size in milk, liquid milk products, and in dissolved milk powders.
The new, proprietary Honey-Profiling 2.0 Method for the Bruker NMR FoodScreener platform now further improves the detection of sugar syrups, and considerably expands the scope of geographical and botanical honey origins that can be verified, including the popular manuka honey which is subject to frequent fraud due to its high value. The expanded 2.0 method was developed in collaboration with partners QSI and Alnumed, and features a reference database containing over 18,000 honey samples, 50 geographical origins and 100 botantical varieties. With Honey-Profiling 2.0, a comprehensive analysis of authenticity and quality is performed under automation in 25 minutes.
Clinical Phenomics and Proteomics
Bruker and Murdoch University have announced a collaboration for a phenomics center of excellence in Australia to further develop NMR and MS-based Precision Medicine Solutions. Murdoch University (www.murdoch.edu.au), the Australian National Phenome Center (ANPC, a core platform of the Western Australian Health Translation Network) and Bruker announced a memorandum of understanding for a metabolomics research and instrumentation infrastructure collaboration to develop the world’s premier phenomics center for the advancement of precision medicine.
Jeremy Nicholson, Ph.D., ProVice Chancellor of Health Sciences at Murdoch University and leading the APCN, commented: “This collaboration brings state-of-the-art instruments and experienced professionals to Australia, augmenting the growing investment in precision medicine in the Asia Pacific region. Working with Bruker the ANPC at Murdoch aspire to create new disease prevention and treatment strategies through integrative studies of humans in their total environment. This will enable better understanding of gene- environment interactions that determine health status of individuals and populations. We wish to leverage key technology advantages offered by Bruker platforms and address new challenges that link precision nutrition and health programs to large scale food screening and population phenotyping. Such precise data will allow clinicians to better predict health problems and intervene earlier, saving time, money and lives. The potential of this research to provide truly personalized care is remarkable.”
Microscopy, Preclinical Imaging and Nanoanalysis
The new SKYSCAN 1273 3D X-ray microscope (XRM) sets a new standard for high-resolution non-destructive testing (NDT) with benchtop microCT systems with performance previously only achieved by floor standing systems. Samples with up to 20kg weight and up to 500 mm length and 300 mm diameter can be investigated. The combination of an innovative X-ray source running at higher power settings and a 6-megapixel flat-panel detector with high sensitivity and speed provides excellent image quality in seconds. Areas of application range from manufacturing, geology, oil and gas exploration to bone imaging.
Bruker announces an order from the Champalimaud Foundation in Portgual for the world’s first, preclinical BioSpec 18 Tesla ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for delivery in 2021. The ultra-high magnetic field and sensitivity-enhancing CryoProbes will be used to develop novel contrasts in MRI and MR spectroscopic imaging. These new methods will be applied to investigate cancer, metastasis and premetastatic niches in vivo in multiple animal models of cancer; as well as for advanced neuroscience research on mouse brain plasticity and activity. The novel MRI system will enable truly microscopic 3D spatial resolution in vivo, allowing very detailed morphology investigations.
The JPK NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2 combines high speed and resolution AFM with advanced bio-imaging features. Developed in close collaboration with bio-AFM customers, the system is the first new product to come out of Bruker’s JPK BioAFM business, formed in July 2018 with the acquisition of JPK Instruments AG. With an AFM scanning speed of 10 frames per second, true atomic resolution and advanced life-science capabilities, it raises the bar in technical performance for correlative microscopy applications.
The new Dimension XR family of scanning probe microscopes incorporates major AFM innovations, including Bruker’s proprietary and exclusive DataCube nanoelectrical modes, AFM-SECM for energy research, and the new AFM-nDMA mode, which for the first time correlates polymer nanomechanics to bulk dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Dimension XR is available in three configurations optimized for nanomechanics, nanoelectrical or nanoelectrochemical applications. These systems significantly expand researchers’ ability to quantify material properties at the nanoscale in air, fluids, electrical and chemically reactive environments. – Medical Buyer Bureau
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Fujifilm Launches Three New Software Tools For ASPIRE Cristalle Digital Mammography System
FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products with a comprehensive portfolio of women’s health solutions, announced that it has fulfilled all FDA regulatory requirements for three new image processing and software advancements for its digital mammography system, ASPIRE Cristalle. Specifically, S-View, Iterative Super-resolution Reconstruction (ISR), and Tomosynthesis Spot—innovative tools designed to meet the dual challenge of higher image quality and lower dose — are now commercially available in the United States. The ASPIRE Cristalle system with these latest features will be showcased at Fujifilm’s booth at both the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCoBC) conference (booth #306) in March and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Symposium (booth #219) in April.
“The availability of these latest software advancements for ASPIRE Cristalle marks another milestone in Fujifilm’s commitment to supporting clinicians in their battle against breast cancer,” said Susan Crennan, Women’s Health Product Marketing Manager, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. “With improved visualization as well as the ability to clearly see targeted areas of concern, we are excited to be able to offer U.S. physicians these new tools to enhance their screening and diagnostic workflows.” The following three new features were designed for the ASPIRE Cristalle with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT):
S-View:Enabling radiologists to view a synthesized 2D image reconstructed from DBT, a S-View image can be used together with tomosynthesis slice image for both screening and diagnosis. The tool provides a high level of detail but low noise within the synthetic image, delivering images that are similar in appearance to 2D. By using S-View images instead of dedicated 2D, it is possible to reduce dose as much as about 50 percent for examinations.
Iterative Super-resolution Reconstruction (ISR):A new reconstruction process derived from auto-recognition technologies, ISR aims to improve both image detail and noise characteristics compared to filtered backprojection techniques. An improvement on conventional iterative reconstruction techniques, ISR reconstructs images at a finer resolution than the readout data, leading to enhanced detail and reduced noise without compromising the speed of image acquisition.
Tomosynthesis Spot:Developed for an advanced view for tomosynthesis images, the technique focuses compression for a precise visualization of a specific area of concern.
The ASPIRE Cristalle digital mammography system offers DBT option and state-of-the-art dose-saving Hexagonal Close Pattern (HCP) image capture technology for 20 percent improvement in dose efficiency (compared to square pixel arrays). The ASPIRE Cristalle offers the world’s best full-field digital mammography image pixel size of 50µm and features innovations to optimize contrast, enable low dose and decrease acquisition time, all while providing noticeable improvement to patient comfort with Fujifilm’s patented Comfort Paddle. – Medical Buyer Bureau
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Congress Passes $1.15 Trillion Spending Bill
Congress passes massive spending bill and tax package, bill moves to the White House
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by Shannon Firth, Contributing Writer December 18, 2015
WASHINGTON -- Congress passed a $1.15 trillion spending bill and a $620 billion “tax extender” bill on Friday morning that will determine how the government doles out its dollars through next September.
The package includes a $2 billion spending increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), postpones implementation of a medical device tax and the controversial “Cadillac tax” — a tax on high-cost employer sponsored health plans — for 2 years, and delays the health insurer excise tax for 1 year.
The House passed the tax bill and the spending bill separately, after weeks of negotiation, between Thursday and Friday morning. Then the Senate lumped the two bills together approving them in a 65-33 vote on Friday morning.
The tax extender bill, one portion of the package, made several tax cuts permanent, including a provision that would eliminate $113 billion in taxes on research and experimentation over 10 years.
Several "deal-breaker" riders, including a provision to defund Planned Parenthood, were not included in the final package.
The bill is a win for Republicans because it ramped up military spending and nullified a 4-decade ban on exporting U.S. oil. But far-right conservatives who pledged a full repeal and not a delay of some Obamacare provisions, such as the “Cadillac tax” and the medical device tax, may be disappointed.
Democrats also reaped important gains, winning concessions from Republicans in the form of tax cuts for low-income families and small businesses. Many center-leftists who were never thrilled with the tax on high-cost insurance plans will also view the Cadillac tax postponement as a victory.
"NIH really was the big winner here,” said Loren Adler, research director at the Committee for a Responsible Budget.
Two things led to this giant payout for the agency: the sequester release deal, which gave Congress the flexibility to raise NIH’s budget; and the broadly popular 21st Century Cures Act — a bill that aims to hasten the development of new medical therapies, which relies heavily on NIH investment.
With regard to the Affordable Care Act, G. William “Bill” Hoagland, senior vice president for the Bipartisan Policy Center, said he was disappointed by the two-year delay to the Cadillac tax.
While acknowledging that the design couldn’t have worked, Hoagland said, “If we’re really truly talking about controlling costs we have to have something like the Cadillac tax redesign going forward."
But such delays “kick the can” down the road until the next election.
Hoagland also worried that a provision of the package which bans the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from helping to cover risk corridors — a policy Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) equated to a taxpayer “bailout” of insurance companies — could keep private insurers out of the marketplace.
Hoagland continued, “All it does is add more confusion and uncertainty to the healthcare marketplace in 2017."
Adler noted that while the risk corridor provision deals a $2.5 billion blow to insurance companies, the delay to the insurer excise tax, which was 5 times as costly and affects largely the same players, will relieve some of the financial pain.
"They basically get a $12 billion windfall to make up for the fact that they just lost $2.5 billion," Adler said.
Gail Wilensky, PhD, a senior fellow at Project HOPE in Bethesda, Md., said in an email to MedPage Today that the bill landed somewhere "between a compromise and a loss."
Wilensky, a former administrator at CMS, recognized a bill needed to be passed, and saw the boost to NIH as a plus.
She noted that the medical device and insurance excise taxes “never made policy sense” but were intended to raise revenue. “Now the revenue is gone for the two years.”
Likewise, the “Cadillac tax,” a “clumsy version of a tax cap” on how much of employers’ contributions individuals can exclude from their taxable income, would also be postponed.
As one of only a handful of containment measures in the ACA, Wilensky said the Cadillac tax was “better than nothing.” Now, it’s not certain it will ever be implemented. “That’s a loss” for ACA backers, she said.
Marilyn Tavenner, president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans, said in a press release, “Suspension of the health insurance tax is an important step in providing relief to millions of seniors, employers, and families.”
She continued, “We appreciate the bipartisan support for this effort and look forward to working with both parties to ensure quality, affordable coverage for consumers.” Tavenner is also a former CMS administrator.
The American College of Radiology said, in a press release, that it was pleased to see protections for access to imaging for sick and injured Medicare beneficiaries. “This [Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction] rollback eases the impact on access to needed imaging care for auto accident and stroke victims, those with widespread cancer, and others who often require interpretations by different doctors to recover.”
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INFORMED CLINICIANS. IMPROVED OUTCOMES. HEALTH INFORMATICS IN CRITICAL CARE UNITS
Extracting actionable insights from data to improve care
pdf Health Informatics in Critical Care Units (.pdf)
Quickly converting data to actionable insights is key to effective treatment of critically ill patients. Learn how health informatics can help integrate data from multiple devices and systems and transform that data into clinically meaningful information.
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INFORMED CLINICIANS. IMPROVED OUTCOMES.
Health informatics and its role in critical care units
Synopsis: Helping clinicians provide better patient care while managing costs becomes particularly challenging when dealing with critical care patients, who require continuous, intensive monitoring. Typically, in the ICU or recovery unit of a hospital, these patients require teams of clinicians to track and treat complex conditions. From patients on invasive mechanical ventilation, to those at risk of unrecognized deterioration, optimal care involves ongoing monitoring and coordinated, timely clinical decisions.
EFFICIENCY CHALLENGES INCREASE RISK AMONG CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS
“When it comes to high-risk patients, our goal is to help clinicians detect, diagnose, and treat early, so as to avoid preventable complications,” explains Jason Case, Managing Director of Health Informatics and Monitoring at Medtronic. “Today, hospital systems are challenged with individually monitoring these patients in real time to catch early warning signs,” he says.
A recent survey indicated that despite well-intentioned investment in staffing, issues remain. Of the physicians surveyed, nearly 90% reported spending less than 60% of their time on direct patient care.1
In the ICU and recovery unit, that challenge could mean the difference between complication-free care and recovery and adverse, costly outcomes.
PREVENTING THE PREVENTABLE
At Medtronic, we believe data and analytics play a key role in preventing the preventable and facilitating early detection and treatment of critically ill patients. And while the amount of data available to clinicians continues to expand, data alone is not enough. Providing clinicians with the right information, for the right patient, at the right time, is paramount in critical care settings.
Artificial intelligence (AI), advanced algorithms, and predictive analytics, Case explains, can all be used to aggregate discrete data into actionable insights for clinicians. “With today’s technology, we are able to take huge amounts of data — from EHRs, monitoring systems, and therapies — and integrate it into dashboards, alerts, or other reporting mechanisms that aid in making timely clinical decisions,” he says.
And those decisions can have a significant impact on patient outcomes and costs. For mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU, for example, providing clinicians with continuous monitoring and protocol-driven weaning tools can help get a patient off a ventilator more than a day earlier and reduce a patient’s length of stay in the ICU by up to 11%.4
IT SOLUTIONS FOR COORDINATED CARE
Medtronic offers a portfolio of health informatics and monitoring solutions for hospitals. They are designed to help clinicians collaborate on patient care and work at optimal efficiency. The software platform and clinician decision support tools have been designed to help reduce never events,5 the length of ICU stays, and code blues.6
MEDTRONIC MONITORING AND CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS:
Data from multiple devices and systems is integrated and transmitted to a clinician's hospital server.
Here, it is transformed to provide near-real-time, clinically meaningful information.
Available where, and when, a clinical needs it — on virtually any device.
COLLABORATING ON THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
The role of data in improving patient outcomes and system efficiencies is widely recognized by IT experts. Implementing tools and solutions that leverage that data to its fullest potential, however, is a journey.
“Dedicated time and resources are required to create a true data science platform,” says Dr. John Chelico, vice president, chief informatics & innovation officer, Northwell Health. “As a healthcare IT leader, you have to paint a picture of what the future will look like to influence stakeholders about the benefits.”
Medtronic strives to be an active partner in the transformation, leveraging its device technology and value-based healthcare (VBHC) offerings. Other elements of strong collaboration in data and analytics, as Case explains, include:
Focused teams with vast capabilities and competencies
A commitment to quality, process, and structure
Through the Medtronic Hospital IT Advisory Board, CIOs and CTOs are joined by Medtronic experts to discuss challenges, share opportunities, and explore potential solutions that could deliver short- and long-term benefits to clinicians and patients alike. Together, they are unlocking the potential of what data can do for the future of healthcare — in critical care settings, and beyond.
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Paperwork Versus Patient Care: A Nationwide Survey of Residents’ Perceptions of Clinical Documentation Requirements and Patient Care. Christino MA, Matson AP, Fischer SA, Reinert SE, DiGiovanni CW, Fadale PD. J Grad Med Educ. 2013 Dec; 5(4): 600–604. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-12-00377.1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886458/
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Torio CM, Andrews RM. National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2013. https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb204-Most-Expensive-Hospital-Conditions.pdf Accessed on September 9, 2018.
Blackwood B, Burns KE, Cardwell CR, O’Halloran P. Protocolized versus non-protocolized weaning for reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill adult patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014(11):CD006904.
Slight SP, Franz C, Olugbile M, Brown HV, Bates DW, Zimlichman E. The return on investment of implementing a continuous monitoring system in general medical-surgical units. Crit Care Med. 2014;42(8):1862-8.
Brown H, Terrence J, Vasquez P, Bates DW, Zimlichman E. Continuous monitoring in an inpatient medical-surgical unit: a controlled clinical trial. Am J Med. 2014;127(3):226-32.
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Turkish university to offer education in northern Syria
May 26, 2019 at 4:00 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, Middle East, News, Syria, Turkey
Turkey's National Education Ministry has enabled 152,000 children to return to school in Syria's Aleppo [File photo]
Following Turkish army operations clearing areas in northern Syria from terrorists, a university in a Turkish border region is set to offer education in the liberated areas, the university rector told Anadolu Agency on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports.
“There was a high demand from local assemblies and provincial leaders. I went [to northern Syria] myself and saw the demand, they really need it,” said Ali Gur, the rector of Gaziantep University, located in the southeastern Turkish province of the same name.
After local Syrians saw the high-quality education provided at a Turkish vocational school opened last year in Jarabulus in Aleppo, the university applied to Turkish education officials to set up faculties in Syria’s Al-Bab, Azaz and Mare districts.
According to Gur, the faculties in Syria will focus on economics, education, and engineering, and some 2,700 prospective students have already taken proficiency exams.
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Turkey currently hosts some 4 million Syrian refugees — more than any country in the world — and some are expected to return home to enroll in the faculties, as many Syrians have already been returning to regions where peace and stability have been established.
Gur said Syrians who return for the education and stay in Syria as students will be eligible for scholarships. “Our aim is to send students back there,” he added, in hopes of educating a new generation.
Since 2016, Turkey has carried out two major military operations in northwestern Syria — Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch — with the aim of purging the region of terrorist groups.
Syria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating conflict that began in 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected ferocity.
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Hamas rejected US invitation to Manama conference to preserve Palestinian unity
July 11, 2019 at 1:25 pm | Published in: Asia & Americas, Bahrain, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine, US
Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk
Hamas rejected numerous US invitations to attend the Manama workshop last month where the long awaited “deal of the century” was launched. The Palestinian resistance group revealed that it had refused to take part in the so called “Peace to Prosperity” workshop – which has been widely denounced as an economic bribe in exchange for Palestinian surrender – to preserve Palestinian unity.
American efforts to lure Hamas for talks in the Bahraini capital were revealed by the group’s senior official, Mousa Abu Marzouk. Writing on his official Twitter account, Abu Marzouk said that “several messages were delivered to Hamas for dialogue with the Americans, and we rejected all those messages.”
He explained that Hamas had rejected the invitation for a number of reasons. The first reason he gave was what he described as US “plans to liquidate the Palestinian cause with various projects.”
The second was the group’s decision to “boycott any dialogue with the Americans, to preserve the unity of the Palestinians”.
Abu Marzouk’s remark reflected a moment of strong unity amongst Palestinians against the deal proposed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Despite their disagreements over the years, Hamas, the PA (Palestinian Authority) as well as the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) united in their boycott of the event.
READ: The shameful ‘deal of the century’
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MONAX communications system enables COTS smart phone use for Air Force commanders
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., 23 April 2011. The MONAX 3G wireless communications system from Lockheed Martin was demonstrated to Air Force officials with the 3rd Combat Communications Group at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Okla. The system enables commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) smartphone applications to be accessed anywhere on military installations.
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TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., 23 April 2011. The MONAX 3G wireless communications system from Lockheed Martin was demonstrated to Air Force officials with the 3rd Combat Communications Group at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Okla. The system enables commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)smartphone applications to be accessed anywhere on military installations.
During the demonstration Lockheed Martin engineers integrated MONAX to a legacy voice and data communications deployable infrastructure.
"With MONAX, commanders now have the ability stay connected at anytime and anywhere on base with full voice, text, e-mail, imagery, and applications," says Sam Guthrie, Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Solutions-Defense director of strategic development. "We demonstrated that MONAX extends existing communications systems and allows all these features with just one device on a secure private network."
The MONAX communications system connects a COTS smartphone to a ground or airborne MONAX XG Base Station, enabling the use of a single, convenient, touch screen COTS smartphone. The system is frequency flexible, connects hundreds of users to a single base station, and delivers superior range and link performance in voice, video, and data transmission. The network uses a secure RF link, protected through exportable encryption for joint and coalition operations.
"Just as smartphones in the commercial world allow us to do much more than just talk to one another, MONAX will provide our warfighters with secure access to email, imagery and other mobile applications in a military environment," Guthrie says.
The use of COTS devices means that MONAX is more affordable than other systems. It is also portable and can be deployed with the military unit, Guthrie says. In fact, in the case of a bare base deployment, MONAX can have commanders in full operations almost immediately and can replace the need for wired phone systems.
Other advantages of MONAX for military installation use include the ability to talk simultaneously in two directions, unlike push to talk systems. MONAX also has greater range and can accommodate more simultaneous users than regular mobile phone system.
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Communications & Power Industries wins $1.7 million to equip multinational organization with high-power amplifiers
PALO ALTO, Calif., 23 June 2009. Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI) won a roughly $1.7 million initial contract from Globecomm Systems Inc. to support a multinational defense organization. Under the contract, CPI will supply high-power, X-band communications amplifiers for new and upgraded satellite ground terminals.
Jun 23rd, 2009
CPI's high-power amplifiers will expand the capacity of existing terminals to operate in X-band frequencies, as well as in the design and development of new satellite ground terminals that also operate in X-band frequencies, says a representative.
CPI, a subsidiary of CPI International Inc., is a provider of microwave, radio frequency, power, and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific, and other applications. Globecomm Systems provides satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services to commercial and government-related customers.
Work on the contract will be performed at CPI's Satcom Division, and shipments are scheduled to begin in fiscal 2009. The initial program is expected to result in a multi-year program for CPI, with potential follow-on contracts of up to $3.5 million over the next three years.
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Bluefin Robotics' hull inspection UUV completes government testing
Quincy, Mass., 3 Aug. 2012. Bluefin Robotics, a provider of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for U.S. Navy programs, has announced that the HAUV-3, a hovering underwater robot, has completed government acceptance testing as the production system for the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) hull unmanned underwater vehicle localization systems (HULS).
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Quincy, Mass., 3 Aug. 2012. Bluefin Robotics, a provider of unmannedunderwater vehicles (UUVs) for U.S. Navy programs, has announced that the HAUV-3, a hovering underwater robot, has completed government acceptance testing as the production system for the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) hull unmanned underwater vehicle localization systems (HULS). The HAUV-3 can autonomously perform ship hull inspection and obtain 100% sonar coverage-a task that is typically performed by divers to secure ports and harbors. The week prior to the formal government acceptance testing, Bluefin provided training to fleet personnel. Trainees operated the HAUV-3 in several in-water operational scenarios as part of the formal testing. The system demonstrated greater operational speeds and almost twice as much endurance as its predecessor-the prototype HAUV-2. In addition to its standard DIDSON imaging sonar, it is equipped with a camera, which provides supplemental visual information to divers tasked with re-locating contacts.
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The Navy also conducted a series of environmental tests consisting of freezing, shaking, and baking one of the vehicles and its support equipment. Testing showed specific areas for ruggedization in order to optimize the system for harsh conditions. After the tests were complete, operators were able to power up all of the vehicle subsystems.
In 2011, Bluefin Robotics was awarded a contract modification from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head to move the system design into production. Since then, Bluefin has delivered one system, which constitutes two vehicles and support equipment. Two additional systems are currently in production as well.
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Chippewa Mine, Douglas Co., Wisconsin, USAi
Chippewa Mine Mine (Abandoned)
Douglas Co. County
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46° 35' 22'' North , 91° 50' 4'' West
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Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2018
Deposit first discovered:
Several shafts and tunnels were sunk in metabasalts near Middle River (SW SW Sec 3 T47N R12W). The earliest work was done in 1897-1899, with follow up work in 1901. The U.S. Bureau of Mines did follow-up work in 1953 on the basis of earlier reports of nickel mineralization with the copper. The early reports also noted silver and gold values, which were not substantiated by the Bureau of Mines work. The Bureau of Mines work indicate that copper values were sub-economic and no nickel analysis topped 0.0041%. The rocks dip steeply to the south. The main copper mineral observed was native copper. The mineral was seen as not "persistent" and "spotty" in veins, vugs and amygdules, associated with quartz, calcite, prehnite and epidote.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.
ⓘ Copper
ⓘ Calcite
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Epidote
ⓘ Laumontite
ⓘ Prehnite
ⓘ Basalt
Normal crystalline igneous rock
Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock
Basaltoid
ⓘ 'Basalt'
Reference: Holliday, R. (1955) Investigation of the Chippewa copper-nickel prospect near Rockmont, Douglas County, Wisconsin: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5114. 11 p.
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Grant, U. S. (1901), Preliminary report on the copper-bearing rocks of Douglas County, Wisconsin, 2nd Ed.: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bull. VI Economic Series #3, 83 p.
Formula: Cu
ⓘ 'commodity:Copper'
Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ 'Copper' 1.AA.05 Cu
ⓘ 'Quartz' 4.DA.05 SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ 'Calcite' 5.AB.05 CaCO3
ⓘ 'Epidote' 9.BG.05a {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
ⓘ 'Laumontite' 9.GB.10 CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
ⓘ 'Prehnite' 9.DP.20 Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
ⓘ 'Basalt' -
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' -
Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
Metals, other than the Platinum Group
ⓘ Copper 1.1.1.3 Cu
Group 14 - ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES
A(XO3)
ⓘ Calcite 14.1.1.1 CaCO3
Group 58 - SOROSILICATES Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups
Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups with cations in [6] and higher coordination; single and double groups (n = 1, 2)
ⓘ Epidote 58.2.1a.7 {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Group 72 - PHYLLOSILICATES Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings
Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings with 4-membered rings
ⓘ Prehnite 72.1.3.1 Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Group 77 - TECTOSILICATES Zeolites
Zeolite group - True zeolites
ⓘ Laumontite 77.1.1.4 CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
ⓘ Epidote {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
ⓘ Laumontite CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
ⓘ Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
C Carbon
ⓘ Calcite CaCO3
Cu Copper
ⓘ Copper Cu
Stenian
1000 - 1200 Ma
Granophyre
Age: Stenian (1000 - 1200 Ma)
Description: Associated with Amnicon pluton and the Mellen complex
Comments: Original map source: Cannon, W.F., Kress, T.H., Sutphin, D.M., Morey, G.B., Meints, Joyce, and Barber-Delach, Robert, 1997, Digital Geologic Map and mineral deposits of the Lake Superior Region, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan: USGS Open-File Report 97-455 (version 3, Nov. 19
Lithology: Major:{granitic}
Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133]
Mesoproterozoic
Mesoproterozoic volcanic rocks
Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma)
Comments: Mid-Continent Rift
Lithology: Bimodal volcanic rocks
Grant, U. S. (1901), Preliminary report on the copper-bearing rocks of Douglas County, Wisconsin, 2nd Ed.: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bull. VI Economic Series #3, 83 p.
Holliday, R. (1955) Investigation of the Chippewa copper-nickel prospect near Rockmont, Douglas County, Wisconsin: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5114. 11 p.
Dutton, C. E. (1972) Sampling of Copper-bearing Keweenawan Rocks of Northwestern Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 9.1267, 13p.
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Three years after the setup of the Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC), PIONEER takes a look at how some of the SAFVC Volunteers (SVs) from the first cohort are doing.
// STORY THRINA THAM
// PHOTOS CHAI SIAN LIANG & TAN YONG QUAN
It started with an inaugural intake of 226 volunteers - today, more than 700 SVs have enlisted in the SAFVC.
Coming from all walks of life, they contribute to national defence, alongside active troops and national servicemen.
In June, Senior Minister of State for Defence Dr Mohamad Maliki bin Osman announced the addition of 15 roles for SVs in areas such as safety, engineering and supply chain, bringing the total number of roles to 31. The SAFVC held its first tri-Service promotion on 23 Jun at Maju Camp.
SVs must graduate from Basic Training and Qualification Training - that equips them with the skills to perform their specific roles - before they are ready to be deployed for up to 14 days a year.
PIONEER speaks to the SVs who have served for the past three years.
Eyes on the high seas
Sailing is not for girls. This was what SV2 Arlene Pang's father, a naval engineer during his National Service (NS) days, told her.
But when she enlisted to volunteer as a Bridge Watchkeeper (BWK) with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), he gave her his blessing.
Afterall, he played a part in developing her interest in sailing - she followed in his footsteps to get a pleasure craft sailing license when she was 30.
And when SV2 Pang joined the SAFVC in 2015, the secondary school biology teacher took on a much fiercer vessel - the RSN's Landing Ship Tank (LST).
Part of SV2 Pang's (right) duties as a BWK include looking out for potential hazards and other vessels while the ship is out at sea.
Busy on the bridge
"Red, 1-0, bulk carrier, approaching, far." In layman terms: a bulk carrier at the ship's port (or left) side is heading towards the ship from the opposite direction, and is relatively far away.
As part of her duty as a BWK, SV2 Pang must constantly scan the sea and report to the Officer Of the Watch (OOW). The OOW can then make timely decisions on how to respond - for example, if there is a need to alter the ship's course and speed.
Already on her fourth deployment (where she sailed with LST RSS Persistence for a helicopter operations exercise this June), SV2 Pang is familiar with ship jargon, known as voice procedures.
But remembering all the different combinations can still be a challenge. Heavy sea traffic and poor visibility during bad weather also adds to the stress of her role. So how does she overcome this? "Just revise!" she quipped.
"If there is something specific and useful to know, I write it down. I also read my notes before every deployment," she said.
Incidentally, learning about ship operations was something that the teacher-of-10-years could appreciate.
"There are many new things to learn (from the crew)," she said. "It reminds me that, as a teacher, I must find different ways to help my students learn too."
One of the 35-year-old's most memorable experiences was taking part in a live-firing exercise during a sail. "It was interesting to learn how the RSN (hones its skills in) war games out at sea," said SV2 Pang.
She also values the strong camaraderie with her fellow SVs. "Everyone energises one another. So you look forward to every deployment."
Keeping close guard
"I totally forget that I'm an ang moh when I'm at the base.
"It doesn't matter if I don't look local - the other servicemen treat me like one of them, and I really feel like I'm part of the (unit)."
To SV2 Nicolas Mas, this is one of the "best feelings" he gets from serving as an Auxiliary Security Trooper (AST) in the SAFVC.
Born and bred in Paris, France, SV2 Mas came to Singapore in 2010 to settle down. He did not expect that he would become Chief Technical Officer of a start-up tech company and even meet his future wife here.
The Singapore Permanent Resident, who used to serve in the French Navy, decided to contribute back to the country when he saw the call for volunteer soldiers in 2015.
"I call Singapore home and I thought it would be great for me to further this integration process (by directly contributing to defence)."
Part of something bigger
As an AST, SV2 Mas has been deployed by the Army to assist in security operations at access control points at SAF camps and bases, and other SAF organised activities. This means that he is trained in search and arrest procedures; personnel and vehicle checks; as well as applying rules of engagement in appropriate situations.
While training was tough for the 39-year-old, being in the pioneer batch of SVs was exciting. "I'm from a start-up background so I'm used to building things from scratch. I'm glad to be a part of the first batch and to see the Corps grow," he said.
He has also been deployed to support security and crowd control at large-scale events such as the 2015 National Day Parade, 2016 SAF Day Parade and 2017 Army Open House.
He even inspired his wife, SV1 Ting Hui Shan, to step forward. She enlisted as an AST a year after him, in 2016.
Recalling a letter that her husband wrote to her during her Basic Training, SV1 Ting, 34, said: "He put in perspective the purpose of our training: ‘Now you are part of something bigger than yourself'."
"You can say you cried," SV2 Mas said cheekily to his wife. She admitted that she did.
Protecting the skies
A consultant without a personal agenda. That is the X-factor that SV2 Chi Meina brings to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) as a Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) expert.
The RSAF C4 experts' role is to provide recommendations in the areas of info-communications, radio communications and networks that are critical in keeping the airspace safe.
Having served two deployments with the Air Operations Department (AOD), SV2 Chi has worked with the RSAF C4 team to study solutions that meet the RSAF's stringent requirements.
"Solutions companies only tell you their solutions but don't share their bad points. Because we are SVs, I'm able to share my views freely," she said.
It's eye-opening to find out more about Air Force operations, said SV2 Chi.
After becoming a citizen in 2014, SV2 Chi was looking for a suitable way to give back to Singapore. The former Chinese national had done defence projects as a solutions architect in French defence electronics group Thales, and found the SAFVC to be a good match.
Now the Head of System Management at Certis CISCO, she brings 10 years of systems engineering experience to the C4 team.
"It's fun to find out more about Air Force operations and it's an eye-opener to see things that we don't see in our civilian lives," added the 39-year-old as she recollected her visits to RSAF ground units.
The mother-of-two makes it a point to talk to her daughters, who are 10 and 6 years old, about her time in uniform.
"They understand why I have to work late sometimes. I think my girls may grow up to do something similar after they see what their mom does," she said.
When asked what keeps her going, she said: "I feel grateful to be given the chance to serve. As long as the RSAF needs me, I will be back."
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Kicking up a row
He used to sail the high seas. Now, he rows on dry land. Meet former naval officer CPT (NS) David Han, who opened Singapore’s first dedicated indoor rowing studio.
NDP Mobile Column celebrates Singapore's strength
Fifty years ago, Brigadier-General (BG) (Ret) Colin Theseira was one of the 36 officers who participated in the inaugural Mobile Column.
142 SQN soars to greater heights
Clinching the Best Fighter Squadron title a mere three years after being inaugurated is no easy feat, but Republic of Singapore Air Force's 142 Squadron (SQN) has defied the odds at this year's Singapore Armed Forces' Best Unit Competition.
RSS Independence wins through professionalism
The past year has been a busy yet exceptional one for the crew of Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) RSS Independence.
A united maritime front
How can countries cooperate to keep our waterways safe and open? Navies from 18 ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus nations spent two weeks working together to test their responses in a maritime security crisis.
All in the family for new SAF officers
"If your bank account is full but your heart is not, then what’s the point?"
RSAF's latest tanker aircraft to make its NDP debut
Look up and look out – aviation buffs won't want to miss the aerial display at this year's National Day Parade (NDP).
SAF Armour marks golden jubilee with commissioning of new Hunter vehicle
It is stronger, more lethal and provides all-round protection for its soldiers.
Strengthening naval ties at IMDEX Asia
"We are facing many kinds of tension in the world today, and the best way to achieve stability and to overcome some of the potential risks…is to do our best to strengthen multilateral platforms and multilateral understanding."
Collective effort needed to ensure safe seas: Dr Ng
With 25 per cent of all traded goods in the world on more than 1,000 ships passing through the Singapore Strait each day, calm seas in the region are needed to ensure global commerce continues, said Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen.
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The Hon. Deputy Minister for the Interior, Mr. Henry Quartey, today joined the people of Ampain in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region to commemorate World Refugee Day.
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Iconic couples´ therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity Esther Perel returns to paperback with a provocative look at relationships through the lens of infidelity. An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet, this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. What are we to make of this time-honored taboo-universally forbidden yet universally practiced? Why do people cheat-even those in happy marriages? Why does an affair hurt so much? When we say infidelity, what exactly do we mean? Do our romantic expectations of marriage set us up for betrayal? Is there such a thing as an affair-proof marriage? Is it possible to love more than one person at once? Can an affair ever help a marriage? Perel weaves real-life case stories with incisive psychological and cultural analysis in this fast-paced and compelling book. For the past ten years, Perel has traveled the globe and worked with hundreds of couples who have grappled with infidelity. Betrayal hurts, she writes, but it can be healed. An affair can even be the doorway to a new marriage-with the same person. With the right approach, couples can grow and learn from these tumultuous experiences, together or apart. Affairs, she argues, have a lot to teach us about modern relationships-what we expect, what we think we want, and what we feel entitled to. They offer a unique window into our personal and cultural attitudes about love, lust, and commitment. Through examining illicit love from multiple angles, Perel invites readers into an honest, enlightened, and entertaining exploration of modern marriage in its many variations. Fiercely intelligent, The State of Affairs provides a daring framework for understanding the intricacies of love and desire. As Perel observes, ´´Love is messy; infidelity more so. But it is also a window, like no other, into the crevices of the human heart.´´
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Mumbai's 'The Kings' are now the Champions of World of Dance
Suresh Mukund's The Kings won the World of Dance Competition in the US
We all were familiar with Suresh Mukund and his crew 'The Kings' thanks to Remo D'souza's movie ABCD 2 which was released in June 2015. The film portrays the struggle of this crew and shows that they won the championship. The reel is now real with 'The Kings' winning the finals of 'The World Dance Championship'.
The Kings were rewarded with prize money of $1 million. Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor starer ABCD 2 was based on The Kings winning a bronze medal in the World Hip-Hop Championship.
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Jenifer Lopez, Derek Hough and Ne-Yo who were the judges and were enthralled by their performance and gave them a standing ovation with 100 points.
Remo D'souza, Shashank Khaitan, Renuka Shahane have come forward and congratulated the team on their victory.
Now this is the PROUDEST moment for all of us. Thank you @kings_united_india for putting INDIA on top of the world of DANCE. love you guys and proud of you. Yayyyy baby. @suresh_kingsunited let’s partyyyy.
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Godin 5th Avenue Composer GT
Street-smart archtop semi-acoustic
By Dave Burrluck 2013-04-03T07:30:00.92Z
A 'student' version of the more costly and plusher 5th Avenue Jazz, the Composer GT looks and sounds extremely attractive if you're looking for some old-school tonality.
Very tidy build. Light weight design. Classic 'jazzbox' tonality.
Only those strap buttons and the side-mounted jack socket.
In typical jazz style, we just get a single neck humbucker
Godin 5th Avenue Composer GT review
While Godin produces plenty of solidbody electric guitars, it's the company's Multiac and more latterly its 5th Avenue archtop ranges that have really made waves. If the former is a highly functional thin-bodied electro stage guitar - with or without synth access, and with either steel or nylon strings - the 5th Avenue is more about style.
"Fair play to Godin for spotting the interest in older archtop instruments from a wide selection of players"
Fair play to Godin for spotting the interest in older archtop instruments from a wide selection of players. Indeed, it could be suggested that Godin's high profile and huge international reach (covering some 65 countries), has renewed interest in what, for many, were dismissed as 'jazz' guitars.
As we've written on many occasions, the various acoustic and electric configurations of the 5th Avenue provide a broader brush with which to paint your sonic picture. Yes, it's a mid-depth hollowbody, so bone-crushing metal isn't its forte, but from old-style acoustic archtop styles to rootsier blues and Americana, and jazz, of course, it's a good place to start your search. We looked at the 5th Avenue Jazz sometime back, and the new-for-2013 Composer GT is a close cousin, except it's subtly down-spec'd for a way more affordable yet still classy instrument.
With a gloss sunburst to the face of the guitar - the back, sides and neck are a mid-brown with a satin finish. Like the other 5th Avenue models, it's 406mm (16 inches) wide, 76mm (three inches) deep at the rim and hollow with no centre block, just two longitudinal spruce braces.
The construction quality is very clean, with the thin sides requiring acoustic-like kerfed linings as gluing area for the top and back. The cutaway is fairly flat and the neck with its archtop-like joint, sits high and is unconnected to the body under the final six frets.
The scale is subtly long, the fingerboard slightly flat and the frets are a narrow gauge by today's standards. The neck is made not from mahogany as one might expect but silver leaf maple with, on the bass side, quite a pronounced flame that not only looks classy but with its satin finish, it feels it, too.
The tuners are vintage Kluson-style and the headstock features a 'Composer' label engraved into the truss rod cover. The unpinned archtop, height-adjustable bridge is black-coloured Tusq made by Graph Tech while the strings anchor in a fairly generic-looking trapeze tailpiece. As ever, remember that the bridge isn't pinned to the top: it will move if knocked.
In typical jazz style, we just get a single neck humbucker - mounted to the top, not suspended from the neck. Removing the pickup reveals that it's made by Korean brand G&B, which supplies numerous guitar companies, not least PRS's SE range; Godin informs us it uses Alnico 5 magnets.
No selector switch is needed and we have just a single volume and tone control. There's also a chassis jack that mounts through the side - not our favourite: wood shrinks and expands, and that jack socket nut can work loose, at worst dropping off while the socket itself drops into the guitar. Be warned.
Another more Godin-specific idiosyncrasy is to fit Schaller-style locking posts as strap buttons but without supplying the locks that attach to your strap - on their own these aren't the most secure buttons, especially with a worn strap.
It's always very difficult to second guess the sound of any semi-solid or hollowbody guitars, but it's of little surprise that the fully hollow Composer has a big acoustic sound but not a huge amount of sustain.
"Listening clean to the neck pickup, the Composer sounds like an older instrument"
Listening clean to the neck pickup, the Composer sounds like an older instrument. Smoky, less 'wide' and less pristine than most modern semi-acoustics. Of course, it's not a rock guitar and with such a large soundbox, even at quite low gig levels, you have to watch your low end, which we trimmed a little at source by reducing the bass-side height of the pickup.
At the quoted suggested selling price (SSPs) this Godin represents excellent value for money. Godins have a very workmanlike feel that reflects both their price point and intention: they feel like working guitars, not collectables.
The Composer GT is a specialised jazz-aimed guitar. But its light build, easy playability and spot-on tonality, especially plugged in, means it would be a shrewd choice for any player wanting to either nail their jazz chops or colour their songs with an extremely evocative sound.
It would be easy to mod with a piezo bridge pickup, for example, if you wanted a more contemporary sound yet, as is, in both looks and sound it sits perfectly in any 'jazz' setting - solo guitar to big- band - yet at a price that's perfect for the serious student.
Archtops and semis seem to be more popular than ever. If you're looking in those areas we strongly suggest you investigate Godin. It might not have the cool factor of other 'G' brands, but this guitar more than compensates in terms of sounds and price.
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'You're a natural leader': Sir Lucian Grainge, David Joseph, Chris Blackwell and Bono lead tributes to Strat winner Darcus Beese
by Andre Paine
May 9th 2019 at 11:15PM
Darcus Beese, president of Island Records US, has been honoured at the Music Week Awards with The Strat – the special career award for an industry icon.
Beese’s record as an industry leader at Island in the UK speaks for itself – he played a pivotal role in the success of U2, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes, Florence + The Machine, Hozier, Jessie J, Mumford & Sons and Dizzee Rascal. So it’s no surprise that many of the acts who valued Beese’s support and industry expertise over three decades have wanted to comment on his achievements.
Here, superstar artists, family and fellow execs from the UK and US pay tribute to the great man…
“Many, many congratulations on getting the Strat Award. I’m proud of your achievements and all of us within UMG are proud of them as well.”
Sir Lucian Grainge, chairman/CEO, Universal Music Group
“Congratulations dear Darcus for receiving this year’s Strat Award, so well deserved. Your legacy continues as one of the great creative executives in our industry. We’re so very proud of you and thrilled that we were able to steal you from across the pond. As Island celebrates its 60th anniversary this year there couldn’t be a more perfect person in place to continue leading the Island culture and heritage.”
Michele Anthony, EVP, Universal Music Group
“Nuff respect. Thirty years you’ve been at Island in England and now you’re in America to keep the flag flying here. Congratulations!”
Chris Blackwell, founder, Island Records
“Darcus, I’m so proud of you. You’re a natural leader, you’re about integrity, you’re about truth and you’re always about music. Your dad made an incredible mark on culture and society here and you’ve also done that, you’ve helped shape our culture and you’re just about to do it in America.”
David Joseph, chairman/CEO, Universal Music UK
Darcus Beese, what a prince of a man
“Twelve years ago we went on a historic run together that included Amy Winehouse, Florence + The Machine, Jessie J and so many others. I will forever be indebted to Darcus Beese.”
Monte Lipman, founder/CEO, Republic Records
“When I took over I realised I had massive shoes to fill. You’ve been an amazing boss, an incredible mentor and above all a great friend. You truly deserve this award, one love.”
Louis Bloom, president, Island Records UK
“Huge congratulations for being honoured with this special award. I believe you are the first black music executive in the UK to achieve this accolade, this is an achievement of immense significance and also a cause for celebration.”
Barbara Beese, Darcus’ mother
“It’s been a pleasure to be alongside you for so many years at Island with some good successes, spending a lot of a time changing all the members of the Sugababes, reminding people that Taio Cruz is dynamite and helping persuade the world that Amy’s Back To Black was not just a jazz record for old people. Good on you, Mr Beese, congratulations on your award – plenty of success still to come, no doubt.”
Ted Cockle, president, Virgin EMI/former co-president, Island Records UK
“Darcus Beese, what a prince of a man.”
Bono, U2
“Congratulations, Darcus, you truly deserve this award for everything that you do for all your artists. Island Records has been our spiritual home for a long time now, and as a lifer yourself we truly appreciate everything you’ve done and it’s great working with you.”
Adam Clayton, U2
“I’ve very quickly learned that Darcus not only has one of the biggest hearts, but he’s truly an inspirer and just an incredible mind and person all around. He is extremely deserving of this honour.”
Shawn Mendes, artist
“Well done Darcus, they’ve got to honour the big man, congratulations. Levels! You’re the fucking guy!”
Giggs, artist
“Congratulations, Darcus, on The Strat award, it is absolutely amazing and incredibly deserved.”
Hozier, artist
Without that faith that you placed in Amy and me, we never would have been able to have the freedom to make that record
“Congrats on the award, it’s so well deserved. I have a lot of fond memories of our friendship together and working relationship. When Amy and I were demoing some songs that would become Black To Black, we played the opening bars of the Rehab demo and six seconds in, you jumped up and were like, ‘Rewind!’ You did that three more times before we got past the first six seconds. That was the first time we’d played that music and to get ‘daddy’s grand approval’ was wonderful. Without that faith that you placed in Amy and me, we never would have been able to have the freedom to make that record.”
Mark Ronson, artist/producer
“You’re an inspiration to us all, Darcus, and a pleasure to work with. Congratulations, very well deserved.”
Winston Marshall, Mumford & Sons
“When I heard you were going to America, even I was upset. I’m proper happy that you’re over there and things are going well for you. From the bottom of my heart, I love you.”
Michael Dapaah (Big Shaq), artist
“You believed in me from the very beginning, and I have always believed in you. I am so proud of everything that you’ve achieved, all the boundaries I’ve seen you break, there’s no one that deserves it more. You’re not just a great businessman, you’re an amazing father, friend and husband.”
Jessie J, artist
“Congratulations on winning such a prestigious prize in the music industry. I feel so proud of you, I’m so happy for you and you’re so loved by everyone that you work with at Universal.”
Annie Lennox, artist
Click here for the full list of winners at the Music Week Awards.
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Home > All persons > Channing Tatum
Channing Tatum is a Actor, Writer and Producer American born on 26 april 1980 at Cullman (USA)
Birth name Channing Matthew Tatum
Birth 26 april 1980 (39 years) at Cullman (USA)
Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor, film producer, dancer, and model. Tatum made his film debut in the drama film Coach Carter (2005). His breakthrough role was in the 2006 dance film Step Up, which introduced him to a wider audience. He is known for his portrayal of the character Duke in the 2009 action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its 2013 sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Although both G.I. Joe films received negative reviews from critics, they were commercially successful, grossing more than $300 million at the box office.
Tatum is also known for his portrayal as Magic Mike in the 2012 comedy film Magic Mike, and its 2015 sequel Magic Mike XXL, which he produced and was inspired by his early life, and Greg Jenko in the action-comedy film 21 Jump Street and its 2014 sequel, 22 Jump Street, based on the 1987 television series of the same name. All three films were critically and commercially successful.
Tatum has also appeared in the commercially successful romantic films Dear John (2010) and The Vow (2012). His other films include She's the Man (2006), The Dilemma (2011), White House Down (2013) and the drama Foxcatcher (2014), for which he received critical praise.
In 2006, Tatum met actress Jenna Dewan on the set of their movie Step Up. They began dating shortly after filming had finished. The couple became engaged in September 2008 in Maui, and married on July 11, 2009 at Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, California. They have a daughter who was born in London in 2013. Tatum has discussed his dealing with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and dyslexia while growing up, which affected his ability to do well in school.
In a May 2014 interview with GQ magazine, Tatum stated that he drinks too much and that he is a high-functioning alcoholic.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
The Vow
Filmography of Channing Tatum (44 films)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animation
Themes Jeu, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about toys, Dystopian films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Jenny Slate
Roles Superman / Clark Kent (voice)
Parvenant toujours à sauver Gotham City des attaques des super-vilains, Batman est devenu arrogant pour mieux cacher sa profonde solitude. Vexé, le Joker se laisse enfermer à l’asile d'Arkham. Mais Batman comme Barbara Gordon, la nouvelle commissaire de la ville, soupçonnent un plan caché.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about drugs, Films about terrorism
Actors Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Sophie Cookson, Channing Tatum
Roles Tequila
Kingsman est une organisation secrète anglaise. Eggsy coule désormais des jours heureux avec la princesse suédoise Tilde. Des attaques simultanées détruisent le quartier général du Kingsman et tuent tous les agents. Les seuls survivants, Eggsy et Merlin, sont alors amenés à rencontrer leurs homologues américains du Statesman, dont la base est située dans une distillerie de bourbon dans le Kentucky. Ensemble, entre l'Italie et le Cambodge, ils vont affronter Poppy Adams, une trafiquante à la tête du cartel de drogue le plus puissant du monde, le Cercle d'or.
Logan Lucky (2017)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, La NASCAR, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig, Hilary Swank, Adam Driver, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keough
Roles Jimmy Logan
Jimmy Logan, ancienne gloire locale de football américain de Virginie-Occidentale, vit désormais de petits boulots en petits boulots. Divorcé de Bobbie Jo, il s'occupe dès qu'il peut de sa fille Sadie, qui participe à des concours de beauté pour enfants. Jimmy est engagé sur un chantier en Caroline du Nord, sur le circuit Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mais il est licencié en raison d'une blessure non déclarée au genou. Très remonté et sans un sou, il convainc son frère Clyde, ancien soldat en Irak et amputé d'un bras, de commettre le braquage de la chambre forte du circuit, équipée de tubes pneumatiques. Pour mener à bien leur plan, ils s'associent au spécialiste des chambres fortes Joe Bang, pourtant incarcéré à Monroe. Ce dernier exige que ses deux frères, Fish et Sam, soient aussi de la partie. Les frères Logan peuvent aussi compter sur leur sœur, Mellie, qui tient un salon de coiffure. Cette petite équipe va donc commettre ce braquage sur la légendaire course de NASCAR Coca-Cola 600, durant le Memorial Day.
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Directed by Frères Coen
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about films
Actors George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Peter Stormare, Ralph Fiennes
Roles Burt Gurney
À Hollywood, dans les années 1950, Eddie Mannix travaille durement à la production pour le célèbre studio américain Capitol Pictures. Il officie également comme fixeur, sa pire activité : en l'espace d'une journée, il va devoir régler les problèmes en tout genre des stars, ainsi que retrouver la plus grosse star du studio, Baird Whitlock, qui a disparu en plein tournage du péplum Hail, Caesar !, kidnappé par un groupe de militants communistes. Il gère à la fois plein de petits tracas : le réalisateur exigeant Laurence Laurentz, qui n’apprécie guère qu’on lui ait attribué le jeune espoir du western comme tête d’affiche de son prochain drame psychologique ; les rivalités entre deux chroniqueuses ennemies qui sont également des sœurs jumelles ; la réputation de l'actrice DeeAnna Moran la reine du ballet nautique... Eddie Mannix sort ainsi ces acteurs du pétrin où ces derniers tombent avec facilité, mais doit aussi gérer en parallèle sa vie de famille ainsi que la société Lockheed qui souhaite l'engager. Une journée qui s'annonce mouvementée et pénible pour Eddie Mannix.
Directed by Bryan Singer
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Hoult
Roles Remy LeBeau / Gambit
Since the dawn of civilization, Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant was worshiped as a god. Amassing the powers of many other mutants, he became immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants to cleanse humanity and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their nemesis.
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski
Themes Space adventure films, Films about religion, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Vanessa Kirby
Roles Caine Wise
At the beginning of the story, Earth's residents are unaware that the human species on Earth and countless other planets were established by families of transhuman and alien royalty for the purpose of later "harvesting" the resulting organisms to produce a type of youth serum for the elites on still other planets. After the death of the matriarch of the House of Abrasax, the most powerful of the alien dynasties, her children, Balem (Eddie Redmayne), Kalique (Tuppence Middleton), and Titus (Douglas Booth), quarrel over the inheritance, with Balem inheriting an enormous refinery on Jupiter and Titus declaring his intention to dismantle the youth serum trade, of which Earth is the next intended source. Protagonist Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) narrates that her father, Maximilian Jones (James D'Arcy), met her mother, Aleksa (Maria Doyle Kennedy), in Saint Petersburg. After Maximilian is killed in a robbery, Aleksa names their daughter Jupiter, after his favorite planet, and they move to Chicago to live with Aleksa's family.
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Striptease
Actors Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Andie MacDowell, Alex Pettyfer
Roles Mike
Three years after abandoning his life as a stripper, Mike (Channing Tatum) is now running his own furniture business. He receives a call from Tarzan (Kevin Nash) who informs Mike that Dallas is "gone". Believing that his former boss has died, Mike drives to a hotel only to find that his friends, the remaining Kings of Tampa, are enjoying themselves at a pool party. After revealing that Dallas has bailed on them to start a new show in Macau, the Kings let Mike in on their plan: to end their careers on a high note by traveling to Myrtle Beach for a stripping convention. Later, while trying to work, Mike overhears a song he used to strip to and dances. Reinvigorated, Mike decides to join them on their trip.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Western
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen
Roles Jody
In post-Civil War Wyoming, John "The Hangman" Ruth (Russell) is escorting fugitive Daisy "The Prisoner" Domergue (Leigh) to Red Rock where the latter will face justice for murder. They encounter another bounty hunter named Major Marquis "The Bounty Hunter" Warren (Jackson) and Chris "The Sheriff" Mannix (Goggins). A blizzard forces the four to take shelter at a stagecoach passover called Minnie's Haberdashery where they encounter four more strangers; Bob "The Mexican" (Bichir), Oswaldo "The Little Man" Mobray (Roth), Joe "The Cow Puncher" Gage (Madsen), and ex-General Sanford "The Confederate" Smithers (Dern). Through betrayal and deception, the eight strangers soon learn that they may not make it to Red Rock after all.
Foxcatcher (2014)
Directed by Bennett Miller
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about families, Sports films
Actors Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Carell, Sienna Miller, Anthony Michael Hall, Vanessa Redgrave
Roles Mark Schultz
Olympic wrestling champion Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) speaks at an elementary school in place of his older brother, Dave (Mark Ruffalo). Both are Olympic gold medal winners, but Mark feels overshadowed by Dave. Mark is contacted by philanthropist and wrestling enthusiast John E. du Pont (Steve Carell), an heir to the E.I. du Pont family fortune, who arranges to fly Mark to his estate in Pennsylvania where du Pont has built a private wrestling training facility. Du Pont invites Mark to join his wrestling team, Team Foxcatcher, to train for the World Championship and be paid. Mark accepts the offer, with du Pont urging him to enlist Dave as well. Dave declines for the sake of his wife and two children who are settled where they live, so Mark moves to Pennsylvania alone.
The Lego Movie (2014)
Directed by Chris Miller, Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Origin Danemark
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Sports films, Comedy science fiction films, Martial arts films, Batman films, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Films about toys, Political films, Dystopian films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie
Roles Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
In the Lego universe, the wizard Vitruvius attempts to protect a superweapon called the "Kragle" from the evil Lord Business. He fails to do so, but prophesies that a person called "the Special" will find the Piece of Resistance capable of stopping the Kragle.
The Book of Life (2014)
Directed by Jorge R. Gutiérrez
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna, Christina Applegate, Ice Cube, Cheech Marin
Roles Joaquin (voice)
A museum tour guide named Mary Beth takes a group of children on a tour of Mexican folk myths and legends. She tells them the story of the Mexican town of San Angel from the Book of Life, which holds every story in the world.
Directed by Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about films, Buddy films
Actors Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Peter Stormare, Amber Stevens West
Roles Officer Greg Jenko
Two years following their success in the 21 Jump Street program, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are back on the streets chasing narcotics. However, after failing in the pursuit of a group of drug dealers led by Ghost (Peter Stormare), Deputy Chief Hardy (Nick Offerman) puts the duo back on the program to work for Captain Dickson (Ice Cube) – now located across the street at 22 Jump Street. Their assignment is to go undercover as college students and locate the supplier of a drug known as "WHYPHY" (Work Hard, Yes, Play Hard, Yes) that killed a student photographed buying it on campus.
Don Jon (2013)
Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pornography
Actors Scarlett Johansson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianne Moore, Brie Larson, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly
Roles Conner Verreaux
Jon Martello is a modern day Don Juan, with a short list of things he cares about: "my body, my pad, my ride, my family, my church, my boys, my girls, my porn". Though he has a very active sex life, he is more sexually satisfied by viewing pornography and masturbating, which enables him to "lose himself".
Side Effects (2013)
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, David Costabile, Vinessa Shaw
Roles Martin Taylor
Emily Taylor's (Rooney Mara) husband Martin (Channing Tatum) is released after serving a four-year prison sentence for insider trading. Shortly afterward, Emily drives her car into a concrete wall in an apparent suicide attempt. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), her assigned psychiatrist, fears for her safety but agrees to her release from the hospital as long as she attends sessions with him on a regular basis.
This Is the End (2013)
Directed by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Genres Disaster, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Political films, Comedy horror films, Dystopian films, Buddy films, Disaster films
Actors James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson
Roles Himself
Jay Baruchel arrives in Los Angeles to visit with old friend and fellow actor Seth Rogen, who invites him to attend a housewarming party hosted by James Franco. Jay is uncomfortable being around so many people he hardly knows, so Seth accompanies him to a convenience store for cigarettes.
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Home > All persons > Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Ford Davies is a Actor British born on 12 august 1939 at Ealing (United-kingdom)
Birth name Oliver Robert Ford Davies
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 august 1939 (79 years) at Ealing (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award
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From the King's School, Canterbury, he won a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, where he read History and became President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS). After obtaining his D Phil, he worked as a history lecturer at the University of Edinburgh before taking up acting professionally.
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Actor in a New Play for Racing Demon. He was twice nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for his performance in Absolutely! (perhaps) at the Wyndham's Theatre in 2003 and again in 2009 for his performance as Polonius in the RSC production of Hamlet at the Novello Theatre.
He had a regular role as Peter Foxcott QC in Kavanagh QC. He also appeared in the ITV television drama The Uninvited, and in one episode of the popular drama ''Foyle's War. He will always be remembered for his role as Sio Bibble in Star Wars'', parts I, II and III.
Oliver Ford Davies' books include Playing Lear, an account of his experience while performing King Lear at the Almeida Theatre, and Performing Shakespeare. Both are published by Nick Hern Books.
He recently appeared as Polonius in Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, alongside David Tennant and Patrick Stewart, and in 2009 appeared in ''All's Well That Ends Well'' at the Royal National Theatre as the King of France. In 2010 he is appearing as Balfour in Ben Brown's new play, The Promise, about the Balfour Declaration. From 2012, Ford Davies has been appearing in a stage adaptation of Michelle Magorian's book Goodnight Mister Tom, in which he plays the central character, Thomas Oakley.
Ian McDiarmid
David Tattersall
Filmography of Oliver Ford Davies (27 films)
Directed by Marc Forster
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Jim Cummings, Mark Gatiss, Chris O'Dowd, Nick Mohammed
Roles Old Man Winslow
Jean-Christophe, le petit garçon des aventures de Winnie l'ourson, est désormais adulte, marié à Evelyn et père d'une fille nommée Madaline. Avec l'âge, Jean-Christophe a perdu toute son imagination. Winnie et ses amis Porcinet, Tigrou, Coco Lapin, Bourriquet, Grand Gourou, Petit Gourou et Maître Hibou reviennent alors dans sa vie pour l'aider à retrouver son âme d'enfant.
37 Days (TV series) (2014)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Actors Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Kenneth Cranham
Roles Cunliffe
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
Directed by Terence Davies
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Ann Mitchell, Barbara Jefford, Oliver Ford Davies
Roles Hester's Father
In 1950, Hester Collyer, the younger wife of High Court judge Sir William Collyer, has embarked on a passionate affair with Freddie Page, a handsome young former RAF pilot troubled by his memories of the Second World War. Freddie throws Hester's life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated. For Freddie, that tumultuous mix of fear and excitement that was once in his life seems to be no longer present.
McLibel (2005)
Directed by Ken Loach
Themes Documentary films about business
Actors Morgan Spurlock, Oliver Ford Davies
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Directed by George Lucas
Themes Space adventure films, Pregnancy films, Monde imaginaire, Films about sexuality, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, James Earl Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson
Roles Sio Bibble
During a space battle over Coruscant between the Galactic Republic and the Separatist Alliance, Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker lead a mission to rescue the kidnapped Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from Separatist commander General Grievous. After infiltrating Grievous' flagship, the Jedi engage Count Dooku in a lightsaber duel, which ends with Anakin killing Dooku at Palpatine's urging. Grievous flees the battle-torn cruiser, which the Jedi crash-land on Coruscant. There, Anakin reunites with his wife, Padmé Amidala, who reveals she is pregnant. Initially excited, Anakin begins to have premonitions of Padmé dying in childbirth.
Heidi (2005)
Directed by Paul Marcus
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Emma Bolger, Max von Sydow, Géraldine Chaplin, Pauline McLynn, Diana Rigg, Oliver Ford Davies
Roles Dr Classen
The story is about the titular young girl who goes to stay with her grandfather, only to fall into the hands of an evil woman in Frankfurt.
Cherished (2005)
Actors Sarah Lancashire, Timothy Spall, Lorna Fitzgerald, Ian McNeice, Marion Bailey, Ronald Pickup
Roles Lord Justice Judge
The film is based on the sentencing of Angela Cannings to a life in prison for the death of her three children.
Gladiatress (2004)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Doon Mackichan, Oliver Ford Davies, Sally Phillips, David Hayman, Ronan Vibert, Pam Ferris
Three unlikely heroines Worthaboutapig (Sally Phillips), Dwyfuc (Doon Mackichan) and Smirgut the Fierce (Fiona Allen) set out to thwart a Roman invasion and save Celtic Britain.
Directed by Peter Howitt
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Motocyclette
Actors Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Oliver Ford Davies, Tim Pigott-Smith
Roles the Archbishop of Canterbury
Johnny English is an inept MI7 agent with dreams of being their most trusted employee. After Agent One dies in a submarine accident (courtesy of English making a mistake on checking the submarine hatch code), the remaining agents are assassinated via a bombing at Agent One’s funeral (again courtesy of English's incompetence at security), leaving English as the lone survivor. English is assigned to follow a plot to steal the Crown Jewels, which are on display at the Tower of London. At the display, English is head of security, and meets the mysterious Lorna Campbell. The power is cut, and the jewels are stolen. During the chaos, English knocks out a security guard in the process and fights the "assailant" (himself). He later makes up a false description of the assailant to Pegasus. English and his assistant Angus Bough find the jewels were removed via a hole dug beneath their display case. The two follow a tunnel, confronting the two thieves Klaus Vendetta and Dieter Klein. The two escape in a hearse, with English trying to pursue them, but mistakes another hearse for the escape vehicle, crashing a funeral until Bough comes to his aid.
The Mother (2003)
Directed by Roger Michell
Actors Anne Reid, Peter Vaughan, Daniel Craig, Steven Mackintosh, Cathryn Bradshaw, Danira Gović
Roles Bruce
May (played by Anne Reid) is an ordinary grandmother from Northern England. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Trapped in an unfamiliar city, far from home, May fears that she has become another invisible old lady whose life is more or less over. She embarks on a sexual affair with Darren (Daniel Craig), a married handyman half her age who is renovating her son's house and is also her daughter's lover. As her sexual desire soon turns to emotional longing, May unwittingly embroils herself into a point-of-no-return situation with devastating results for all those surrounding her.
Sparkling Cyanide (2003)
Directed by Tristram Powell
Genres Crime
Actors Pauline Collins, Oliver Ford Davies, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Hampshire, Jonathan Firth, Clare Holman
Roles Col. Geoffrey Reece
Les époux Reece et Kendall, agents secrets et détectives privés à la retraite, doivent reprendre du service pour élucider la mort de Rosemary Barton.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee
Roles Governor Sio Bibble
Ten years after the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo, the Galactic Republic is threatened by a Separatist movement organized by former Jedi Master Count Dooku. Senator Padmé Amidala comes to Coruscant to vote on a plan to create an army of the Republic to assist the Jedi against this threat. Narrowly avoiding an assassination attempt upon arrival, she is placed under the protection of Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker. The two Jedi thwart another attempt on her life and subdue the assassin, Zam Wesell, a shape-shifter who is killed by her bounty hunter client with a toxic dart before she can reveal his identity. The Jedi Council assigns Obi-Wan to identify and capture the bounty hunter, while Anakin is assigned to escort Padmé back to Naboo, where the two fall in love.
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
Directed by Giles Foster
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, David Burke, Dolly Wells, Charles Edwards
Roles Archbishop Lang
The film begins with the initial meeting between the then Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and then moves on through their courtship, marriage, succession to the throne after the abdication of Edward VIII, and World War II.
Sunday (2002)
Directed by Charles McDougall
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Ciarán McMenamin, Christopher Eccleston, Eva Birthistle, Kenny Doughty, Bríd Brennan, Del Synnott
Roles Lord Hailsham
Blow Dry (2001)
Directed by Paddy Breathnach
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Bill Nighy
Roles Doctor Hamilton
Shelley Allen (Natasha Richardson) operates a hairdressing shop in Keighley with her domestic partner Sandra (Rachel Griffiths). Shelley has been battling cancer, a secret known only to Sandra and a few confidants. She receives a terminal prognosis from her oncologist and decides to hide the truth from Sandra. When Keighley is chosen to host the British hairdressing championship, Shelley wants to participate one last time. She asks her ex-husband Phil (Alan Rickman) and her son Brian (Josh Hartnett), who operate a barber shop, to join her and Sandra as a team to enter the competition. Phil rejects the proposition: ten years previously Shelley had been his partner in the competition, and she ran off with Sandra (their model) the night before the third event; Phil has never forgiven them. Meanwhile, defending champion Raymond Robertson (Bill Nighy) visits Phil to ensure that Phil is not competing. Brian is offput when Raymond belittles Phil's confidence and ability. When he is attracted to Raymond's beautiful daughter Christina (Rachael Leigh Cook), Brian offers to join Shelley's team.
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NASP Calls for Immediate Improvement in the Conditions and Care Provided Children in U.S. Custody; Endorses Open School Psychology Letter
Parkland and Other Anniversaries Offer Opportunity to Highlight Effective School Safety Efforts
NASP Condemns Hate Speech and Violence, Calls on Schools to Reinforce Safe, Supportive School Environments for All Students
NASP Affirms Support for Civil Rights Protections of Transgender People in Title IX
Leading Education Organizations Release Guidance to Safe Schools Framework (PDF)
NASP Calls for an Increase in Access to Suicide Prevention Resources
Preventing Mass Violence Requires Access to Mental Health Services and Reduced Inappropriate Access to Firearms - Santa Fe, Texas
Guidance Regarding 13 Reasons Why, Season 2
Kathleen Minke Named as New NASP Executive Director
Preventing Mass Violence Requires Access to Mental Health Services and Reduced Inappropriate Access to Firearms
Responsible Media Coverage of Crisis Events Impacting Children and Youth
President's Proposed Budget Presents Challenges for the Well-Being and Education of Millions of Children and Youth
NASP Adopts Resolution Supporting Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence
NASP Calls for Comprehensive School Safety Measures and Common Sense Gun Violence Prevention Efforts
NASP Awards Lifetime Honorary Membership to Crockett, Gorin, and Reynolds
NASP Executive Director Susan Gorin Announces Retirement After 25 Years
President’s Proposed Budget Jeopardizes the Well-Being and Education of Millions of Children and Youth
NASP Statement Regarding Terrorist Attack in Manchester, England
NASP Adopts Resolution Affirming Commitment to High-Quality Public Education for All Children and Youth
NASP Strongly Disagrees With the Trump Administration’s Decision to Rescind Federal Guidance Related to Civil Rights Protections for Transgender Students
NASP Passes Resolution Reaffirming Commitment to Promoting the Rights of All Students
NASP Guidance for Reinforcing Safe, Supportive and Positive School Environments for All Students
NASP Commends Hillary Clinton’s New Bullying Prevention Plan
NASP Applauds Report Calling for Increased Access to School Psychologists
NASP Statement Regarding Recent Acts of Violence
5,000 School Psychologists Gather to Promote Successful & Mentally Healthy Students
NASP Applauds President Obama's Efforts to Reduce Violence and Improve Gun Safety
NASP Applauds Passage of ESSA
NASP Urges Congress to Pass ESSA
Paris Statement
NCSP Earns Formal Recognition From National Register
Todd A. Savage to Begin Term as NASP President
Joe Prus Named NASP 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Pamela Agan-Smith Receives NASP 2015 School Psychologist of the Year Award
NASP and NASRO Release Guidance on Conducting Active Shooter Drills in Schools
Best Practice Related to SLD Identification
Dr. Sylvia Rosenfield Named NASP 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Educators Call for Interdisciplinary, Multitiered Framework to Improve School Safety & Access to Mental Health Supports for Students
NASP Cautions Against Arming School Personnel to Improve School Safety
NASP Recommendations for Comprehensive School Safety Policies
NASP Partners With Lady Gaga for Born This Way Bus Tour
Stigmatizing Mental Health or Developmental Disorders is Harmful
NASP Sandy Hook Statement
Bethesda, MD—The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) strongly opposes arming teachers as a strategy for preventing gun violence on school grounds. NASP joins virtually every other organization representing school and safety professionals in recognizing that arming school staff is wrong. Doing so places an unrealistic, unreasonable burden on America's educators, has the potential to cause more harm from unintentional or inaccurate discharge of firearms, and can undermine the sense of safe, supportive learning environments. Equally important, the time and costs associated with training and arming school staff diverts critical human and financial resources away from strategies known to help decrease violent behaviors such as improved access to mental health services, effective threat assessment practices, properly trained school crisis response teams, and creating welcoming, inclusive school communities for all students.
NASP, along with the National Association of School Resource Officers, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the American School Counselor Association, and the School Social Work Association of America, released A Framework for Safe and Successful Schools outlining the core components of school safety. This includes improving access to school-employed mental health professionals like school psychologists, school counselors, and school social workers, who serve on the frontlines of meeting students' mental health needs and provide threat assessments for students at risk of harming themselves or others. Additionally, we need improved coordination and collaboration between school staff, community mental health providers, law enforcement, and other first responders to close gaps in response to at-risk students and ensure they receive the interventions and supports they need.
NASP also strongly believes that possession of a firearm should be limited only to commissioned, trained school resource officers. Like other law enforcement agencies, the National Association of School Resource Officers has clearly articulated in their most recent statement the hazards associated with individuals possessing firearms who lack extensive law enforcement training and the sworn authority to enforce public safety. Among these risks are that an individual with a gun but not uniform could be mistaken for the shooter, firearm skills degrade quickly and require constant practice under high stress conditions, being able to shoot a gun does not mean an individual is psychologically equipped to shoot another person, and discharging a firearm in a crowded school setting is extremely risky.
NASP recognizes that more effective gun laws are critical to reducing gun violence. We need laws and policies that keep guns out of the hands of those who would hurt themselves or others and limit access to weapons intended to cause mass destruction in a short amount of time.
Our nation must focus on the approaches that genuinely safeguard the well-being of our children and the school staff who work to educate, empower, and protect them every day. Putting more guns in schools is not one of those approaches.
Resources Related to School Crisis and Violence Prevention
Framework for Safe and Successful Schools
NASP Resolution on Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence
NASRO Statement Opposing Arming Teachers
For additional information, visit www.nasponline.org or contact NASP Director of Communications, Kathy Cowan kcowan@naspweb.org.
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How to roast a chicken: Climate change and farming in Nigeria
Extreme heat is worsening economic inequality among African farmers - and raising the spectre of future food shortages.
Egypt arrests prominent activist blogger
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An Egyptian activist and blogger known for documenting police abuse was detained on Wednesday, security officials said, the latest in a new wave of arrests following elections earlier this year.
Wael Abbas was taken from his home in a Cairo suburb on accusations that include disseminating false news and joining an outlawed group, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to media.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights said police raided Abbas' home at dawn, seizing his computer and mobile phones. It says he was blindfolded before being taken to an unknown location.
Abbas has campaigned against torture in Egypt for well over a decade, before and after the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak. He has published graphic videos showing torture and police abuse on his blog, misrdigital.com, and has been detained on a number of occasions.
His YouTube account was shut down in 2007, resulting in the removal of hundreds of videos showing protests and abuses by security forces. In December, he wrote on Facebook that Twitter had suspended his account without providing an explanation.
Authorities have arrested a number of secular activists since President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was re-elected to a second four-year term in March. He faced no serious challengers, after several potentially strong candidates were arrested or intimidated into withdrawing from the race.
Earlier this month, Egyptian police arrested two prominent activists, Shady el-Ghazaly Harb and Haytham Mohamedeen, on an array of charges including belonging to an outlawed group and insulting the president. Shady Abu Zaid, a young comedian, was arrested on accusations that include spreading false news.
The latest arrests come amid a wider crackdown on dissent since al-Sisi led the military overthrow of a freely elected but divisive Islamist president in 2013. Thousands of people have been jailed, unauthorised protests have been banned and hundreds of websites, including many run by independent journalists and rights activists, have been blocked.
The government has said such measures are needed to restore stability and combat an insurgency in the northern Sinai Peninsula that has gained strength since 2013 and is now led by the Islamic State group.
On Tuesday, a military court sentenced a freelance journalist who reported on the Sinai insurgency to 10 years in prison on terror-related charges. Ismail Alexandrani was convicted of spreading false news and joining an outlawed group.
International rights groups condemned the sentence and urged his release.
"Hauling a journalist before a military court not only violates his rights as a civilian but sends a chilling message to the media that independent coverage of political dissent and security threats will not be tolerated by Egypt's rulers," said Robert Mahoney, of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Sarah Leah Whitson, of Human Rights Watch, said the verdict "exemplifies the government's vicious retaliation against journalists who report on sensitive issues."
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Blues hooker James Parsons ponders another routine defeat to the Hurricanes. Photo: Getty Images
Jim Kayes
Jim Kayes (Twitter: @JimKayes) is a regular contributor at Newsroom's sports desk
Meet the Blues: the team no one wants to be
Canon Rugby In Focus: Jim Kayes remembers the Blues for what they were - and shakes his head at what they have become.
It was a balmy afternoon. The sun streamed over a packed Eden Park as we watched in shorts and tee-shirts, roaring the Blues to victory and celebrating when skipper Zinzan Brooke lifted the Super Rugby trophy aloft for the first time in 1996.
To be honest, I can’t remember if it was sunny or not, have no idea what I was wearing and can’t remember how big the crowd was
I know it was in the afternoon because I flew out later that night on my OE but, that aside, the rest are memories seen through rose tinted glasses.
The Blues were good back then, gloriously good, with an All Blacks pack and a backline that had the twin threats of Joeli Vidiri and Jonah Lomu on the wings.
Coming off a decade of Auckland’s provincial dominance, the Blues set the standard in Super Rugby. They were the team everyone else wanted to be.
And now they’re not.
Till they beat the Highlanders on March 22, in round six, the Blues hadn’t beaten a New Zealand team since round one in 2016 - a run of 20 games without a win (there was a draw with the Chiefs in there too).
Worse than that, they haven’t looked like winning the competition since they last won it in 2003.
They made the playoffs under Pat Lam in 2011 but weren’t really title contenders and Lam was sacked the following year.
Two legends of the game have tried to pull the Blues out of the mire, but Sir John Kirwan failed and Tana Umaga has been relegated to assistant coach.
It’s a depressing time line for Blues fans matched in that darkness by the 23-game losing streak they are on against other New Zealand teams away from home.
That streak covers six years and three coaches and, with away games against the Crusaders and Hurricanes still to come, may stretch to 25 games.
It’s odd because home advantage in the Kiwi derbies shouldn’t be a big deal. The travel is irrelevant, the stadia are familiar and the away crowds aren’t hostile in the way they are in other countries and competitions.
Yet the Blues can’t win away from home in New Zealand.
When the Blues lost 12-22 to the Hurricanes at Eden Park last week, a mate who loves his rugby sent me this text: “The Blues are 14th”.
Stark. Simple. Accurate.
Only the Sunwolves, a team destined to be chopped after next year, are keeping them from the very bottom.
If they lose to the Chiefs at Eden Park this weekend, the Blues will almost certainly finish bottom of the New Zealand conference. Again.
It’s where they were last year with half the points of the fourth placed Highlanders, from just four wins.
And, yes, they were last in 2017, too, with 37 points...a long way below the Highlanders’ 51.
Depressingly for Blues fans, the last time they weren’t last in the New Zealand conference was 2013 when they were third.
Why is this? There are many reasons. Here’s a few.
The Blues are historically poor at identifying talent from within their region and then keeping those players.
Kieran Read, Jordan Taufua, Josh Ioane and Braydon Ennor are just a handful of talented players schooled in the Auckland region who have, or are, making a name for themselves elsewhere.
Ennor made the Blues under 18 side while at school but was told he didn’t feature in their long term plans.
Ioane, who went to Auckland’s King’s College, is impressing with the Highlanders, while the Blues have imported Otere Black and Stephen Perofeta.
As for Read...how that Rosehill College student got away should be the subject of a Royal Commission of inquiry.
It is easy to blame the coaches at the Blues for the team’s poor performance. Butt successive coaches have returned similar results, so perhaps it is time the blow torch went on the players.
Few are leaders. Few deal well with pressure. Few make the correct decisions on the field. Few are able to help their team play patient rugby, building pressure and accumulating points.
Instead the Blues look for the quick fix. The try from broken play, the off-the-cuff moment that makes a highlights reel but seldom wins games and never secures a title.
Their loss to the Hurricanes sums up their plight, with too many silly errors and some woeful tackling. Ben Lam (another from Auckland) slipped through three Blues players who were clustered within touching distance of each other, to score a try. It should have been embarrassing.
The Blues had the chance to get back into the game when they had a succession of dominant scrums but, as the penalties rained in their favour, kept turning down easy three points to go for the try.
That's laudable for the hyperactive who need to feast on tries - but brainless for those who like to see their team win. Points build pressure, pressure creates points.
Those south of the Bombay Hills won’t care a jot about the demise of rugby in Auckland and will point to the fact the All Blacks have, perhaps, never been stronger.
Certainly they’ve won two World Cups during the Blues’ fallow years and, in that time, the four other franchises have produced some of the best players to ever pull on a black jersey.
Not surprisingly, they’ve also shared the spoils, with the Highlanders, Chiefs (twice), Hurricanes and Crusaders all crowned champions since Lam was shown the door.
And who will bet against the Crusaders winning a third consecutive title this year?
The last time the Blues were chasing a three-peat star wing Rieko Ioane was in nappies.
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FC Nantes. Agreement reached for Molla Wague, Mehdi Abeid moves closer to Yellow House
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Mehdi Abeid (Algeria) and Molla Wague (Mali), here with their selection at the CAN, could very soon wear the Canaris jersey. | EPA / AFP
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Algeria's Mehdi Abeid (free) and Malian Molla Wague (Udinese) could soon strengthen FC Nantes. An agreement was found with Udinese and the second named. The return of Chidozie Awaziem can not be excluded either.
FC Nantes is doing very well on the dossiers Mehdi Abeid and Molla Wague. The Algerian midfielder (26), qualified for the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations (CAN), is free and very motivated to join the Yellow House. The transfer could end right after the Fennecs' journey to Egypt.
Mehdi Abeid knows very well Ligue 1 since he played with Dijon since 2016. He took part in 77 games and scored six goals. Before arriving in Burgundy, the Lens-trained player made the rounds between Newcastle (21 matches), St-Johnstone in Scotland (13 games) and Panathinaikos in Greece (72 games).
In addition, an agreement was found with Molla Wague (28) and Udinese. The central defender of Mali will therefore join (subject to the medical visit) FC Nantes, where a four-year contract awaits. The deal with Udinese is estimated at 1.5 M €. The player trained in Caen has achieved a good CAN with the Eagles, eliminated last night by Ivory Coast in the 8th finals (0-1).
Awaziem soon back?
In Normandy, Molla Wague has essentially known League 2. Since leaving SM Caen in 2014, the Malian has had various experiences in Grenada, Leicester, Watford and Udinese. He played in Nottingham Forest (English D2) since January 2019. Since 2016, he has played only 26 matches.
In addition, the Yellow and Green are still working on the Nigerian track, Chidozie Awaziem. The central defender, loaned last winter by Porto to Rizespor (Turkey), could certainly return to FCN, where he had evolved into a loan in 2017-2018. He had played 23 matches and scored once for the Canaries.
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Grand Forks fire department under investigation for alleged bullying and harassment
WorkSafeBC prevention officer conducts inspection after firefighter makes report
The Grand Forks fire department is at the centre of a WorkSafeBC investigation, after a firefighter claimed he was bullied for bringing forward a number of safety concerns.
The volunteer firefighter, who spoke to Black Press Media on the condition of anonymity, said in a phone interview Wednesday that his concerns included the department’s failure to conduct annual tests for hose equipment and fitness tests for crews. Both are recommended as national standards, as hose material can degrade as it ages and annual fitness tests ensure members equipment is up to standards, specifically their self containing breathing seal.
The firefighter said he brought the matter to Fire Chief Dale Heriot’s attention via email in March, and the city’s chief administrative officer in April. He said the city hired an HR consultant to speak with him and any other firefighters willing to express safety or other concerns.
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“I asked the questions and I clearly struck a nerve,” he said.
The city’s deputy corporate officer, Kevin McKinnon, who is also a fire captain, confirmed the city had hired an external HR consultant, but did not provide further details.
“The city’s main objective has been to follow the necessary steps in accordance with City policies and guided by the HR consultant in order to conduct a fair, respectful, and thorough process,” McKinnon said in an emailed statement. “This matter is still under investigation and it is the city’s policy to not discuss personnel matters publicly.”
According to the WorkSafeBC inspection report, a prevention officer attended the fire hall on April 18 to investigate alleged bullying and harassment. The officer did not observe any violations during the visit, and requested the HR consultant’s findings by April 29.
It is not clear if the city provided the report by that time. According to emails obtained by Black Press Media, the report is with the city’s legal team.
McKinnon said the consultant’s report is expected to be presented at an in-camera council meeting in the coming weeks.
McKinnon confirmed that while the prevention officer was on site, several safety issues were identified, including the concerns initially brought forward by the firefighter.
He said that pressure tests on the fire hoses as well as hearing tests for the crew are underway, and that WorkSafeBC also ordered further tests of the face seals on each firefighter’s self-contained breathing apparatus.
Heriot did not respond to several requests for comment.
Mayor Brian Taylor declined to comment and referred all requests back to McKinnon.
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Previewing Autumn Astrology: Saturn into Sagittarius
The Moon is in Libra today, just entering the via combusta and now applying to an opposition of Uranus and then a sextile of Mars.
Let's continue today with our Autumn astrology preview by looking at Saturn's entrance into Sagittarius.
Saturn will return to Sagittarius after it's final retrograde into Scorpio. The themes of Saturn in Scorpio have been heavier for the past several years. From secrets, to endings and death, to unconscious patterns being exposed, to unavoidable truths and bottom lines, as well as emotional turmoil and the process of aging and maturity through hardship, suffering, and defeat, Saturn in Scorpio's significations have been mostly heavy, hard, and intensely serious. In traditional astrology Saturn was considered the greater malefic because his nature was thought to be excessively cold and dry. His nature was therefore aligned with the autumn and winter seasons (having his exaltation in Libra, sign of the Sun's fall, and his rulership in Aquarius, sign of the Sun's detriment...not to mention Capricorn, sign of the Moon's detriment). The word "malefic" originally related Saturn's excessively cold/dry nature to the death of life in the plant kingdom. In this same way, Saturn brings endings, sobriety or dryness, focus and seriousness, and the wisdom that arises during times of constriction, hardship, and coldness. Saturn was also traditionally related to mastery, maturity, the wisdom of old age, commitment, solid foundations, elders, and the stoic's passive acceptance of difficult circumstances.
Saturn in Scorpio has signified a time where loss, death, setbacks, suffering, and hardships of all kinds have exposed bottom lines and revealed to us the nature of things lurking in the unconscious. It's been a lot to do about what we don't want to look at or the patterns we deny or avoid that live within. But now the focus changes as Saturn enters Sagittarius.
The first thing we might notice is that by whole sign houses, Saturn will enter a new house in your birth chart. His focus in this arena for the next 2+ years will emphasize the natural content of this place in your life. Look to the natal position of Saturn, the houses Saturn rules (Cap and Aquarius), and the natal aspects to Saturn to see what constellation of themes might be coming your way.
Secondly, with the sign of the Centaur, Saturn may emphasize any of the following archetypal themes:
* A serious focus on old forms of wisdom, philosophy, religion, and belief
* Religious and ideological conflict, or the return of conservative values world wide
* Radical beliefs of all kinds colliding
* The death of the true believer
* Religious or doctrinal reform
* The death or downfall of priests, gurus or holy people generally
* The wisdom and sagely leadership of religious officials
* The ironic extremism of liberal beliefs
* Faith as commitment rather than blind positivism
* Walking our talk
* The difference between religious or spiritual lifestyle and religious or spiritual "talk"
* The general themes of focused conquest, adventure, and great athletic or physical achievement
* The conflict between rational and animal bodies, especially in terms of belief, ideology, and contending value systems or belief statements
* The rise of prophetic angst, warning, and preaching
* The sobering or maturing of nomadic or hedonistic tendencies
* The leaps and bounds of knowledge and understanding through committed study and higher learning
* The subjects of law, culture, and governance...principles versus personality
* The need for clearly defined beliefs, principles, and ordered structures in our lives becoming unavoidably clear
All of these themes and many more will permeate one area of our lives or another over the next two years, though again the specifics may be located through looking at the birth chart more carefully.
Prayer: Leaving deep water and following the torch light procession of all the old sages who have come before...help us to grow in our understanding, and may the right principles and teachings come into our lives like fiery guide posts along the way
The Moon and the Fiery Road
The Moon is in late Libra today, opposite Uranus in Aries and applying to sextile Venus in Leo and then the Sun before going void of course. Yesterday someone asked me to explain the meaning of the fiery road, or the via combusta. The basic idea is that the signs of Libra and Scorpio are the celestial houses where the Sun and Moon take their fall. The Sun and Moon are exalted in the spring signs of Aries and Taurus, and so the opposite signs of Libra and Scorpio, at the opposite time of year, is where they are most challenged by the seasonal quality (the gaining of light and life versus the losing or fading).
In horary astrology it was considered a potential prohibition to see the Moon located in the via combusta at the time of a question put to the heavens. A possible time where judgment might be clouded, or the person answering the question not in a good state of mind to be asking the question clearly, etc.
In my own experience I've simply noticed that the via combusta, or the fiery road, holds up in daily or mundane prediction. The several day period is toned by a kind of malaise or anxiety, conflicts seem to get worse before better if we push things, and we often received difficult news or we experience setbacks or obstacles. Often these obstacles are more phantasmic than real...creating more worry than actual blockage if we maintain inner equanimity.
If you follow the Moon closely, then observe the path for yourself and see what comes up!
In the meantime, here's what to watch for today:
* Help, friendship, mutual support, or generosity between mother and daughter, mother and child, family and finances, or family and friends (Moon/Venus sextile)
* Creative expenditures or purchases, zainy or over the top artwork, installations, custom projects...beware overspending (Venus rx trine Uranus in Aries)
* Rebellious mother, motorcycle mamma, dissociated from family, unpredictable encounters with others from the past or symbolizing the past
* An initial stage of completion, success, agreement, or good faith negotiating (waxing Moon sextile the Sun in rulership)
* Issues of fathers and sons, fathers and grandfathers, fathers and children, fathers and health, fathers and death, rulers or dictators or leaders and corruption or scandal, issues of paternity and origin, depression and doubt, hardship and setbacks and what they do to our confidence or spirit (Sun in Leo square Saturn in Scorpio), the need to hero through another generational encounter
* Organizing, mindful, planning, editing, arranging, meticulous, slow, thoughtful, technical, pure, clean, factual, helpful (Jupiter and Mercury in Virgo)
* Loyalty, pride, betrayal, promises and oaths and whether we keep them or not and why not and what the consequences might be (Venus RX in leo square Saturn in Scorpio)
* Welfare, generosity, giving, enabling, excuse making (Venus rx in Leo)
As we move toward our first quarter Moon in the next few days we should see our last series of Leo/Scorpio challenges...immovable objects meeting unstoppable forces. Stubbornness, pride, blocking, refusing, denying...and then yielding, generosity, sharing, and helping. Since Saturn is finally direct, and the Sun is in rulership, it would seem that Saturn is finally on his way...ready to help us turn the page and move forward past what's been a very contentious summer between Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.
Prayer: Help us to remain steadfast and loyal to the generous feeling that lives in our hearts...the one that doesn't flinch or react or get crazy when people break promises or things don't go as we planned or expected...the one who knows, "I'll get back home eventually. I've got all the time in the world."
Prayer to the Gods of Summer
The Moon in Libra has just entered the via combusta and is about to square Mars in Cancer before opposing Uranus in Aries.
A brief run down of the upcoming aspects...I couldn't make my morning horoscope because I was in the mix of them as soon as I woke up.
* Emotional conflicts, manipulation, someone working on behalf of several people who are all acting irrationally
* Trying to uphold ideals of peace and tranquility but falling short over and over again
* Needing time out for silence, prayer, restfulness
* Waiting in limbo
* A worried mind, worried heart
* Someone coming back into authority, confidence, and power after a long period of disease or anxiety (Sun moving into Leo tonight)
* Problems in relationships, negotiating, love, and romance
* Something refusing to give in, refusing to die or change or be transformed
* Acute realizations of our faults, shadows, and flaws, the inability to change them
* Corrupt intentions exposed
* Mental/emotional health crisis
* Working through an uphill battle
I realize that these themes aren't the most light hearted or exciting, but the truth is that from an astrological point of view we have some tough sledding in front of us right now. This will signify different things for different people, and it certainly doesn't mean that there isn't any happiness to be found. In fact, the more we can see the faces of the gods in our everyday activities, even if they're somewhat challenging, the more we can take a comfort in the divine intelligence flowing through everything.
Prayer: May the gods of summer lighten our hearts, cool our minds, and walk with us through any challenges we might be facing right now.
Working through Planetary Obstacles
The Moon has just entered Libra where it will apply to a conjunction of the north node, and then gradually make its way toward squares of Mars and Mercury as it enters the via combusta again. First quarter Moon by Friday.
It's looking a little rugged right now in the planetary lineup. Mars in fall, Mercury combust the Sun, Venus in fall and about to go retrograde, Saturn slowing down in retrograde in Scorpio, Jupiter moving toward a square of Saturn and then entering its detriment, and the Moon about to enter the via combusta. So what should we make of so many classic debilities happening all at once?
Let's look at them one by one and then zoom out...
* With Mercury sandwiched between the Sun and Mars in fall, it might feel like we're in a state of limbo right now, as though we're waiting for the other shoe to drop, or we're constantly fighting off anxiety and worst case scenario thinking. Given that all three planets are in the cardinal sign of Cancer we might be trying to start or initiate something that is having a hard time getting off the ground, or given Cancer's association with the home and family, we might be dealing with difficult situations in those areas of our lives right now, especially things involving communication, boundary issues with communication, or mental/emotional health issues in the family.
* With Mars in fall we might be seeing themes of violence, abuse, death, or difficulty in the home or family. We may also be seeing themes of emotional frustration, a general feeling of impotence or the feeling that all our actions or initiatives are falling somewhat flat.
* With Venus stationing in her fall in Virgo we may also be experiencing a certain cold, dry, and sober feeling in relationships or love. We might be feeling prudish or overly critical about ourselves or others, or we might find that it's harder than usual to find harmony in negotiations or dealings with other people right now because of a general aura of worry, control, and fussiness that permeates our relationships.
* With Jupiter squaring Saturn we've been looking at the themes of generational conflict lately. The young versus the old, the traditional versus the innovative, the somber and serious versus the faithful and trusting. As Jupiter enters Virgo, the normally expansive Jupiter will become more earthy and factual, more serious and focused, more organized and plain in his actions.
* With Saturn slowing down via retrograde in Scorpio, we've been looking one last time at the subterranean, the unconscious, or the underworld. The subjects of death, mortality, fear, control, resistance to change, and the need for a total transformation of circumstances have all been looming large this summer.
* As the Moon enters the Via combusta and we head toward the first quarter on Friday, this week has a "keep your head down and work through the difficulty" kind of feeling. The moon waxing (growth and progress) but working through difficult conditions as it goes along.
So, by all accounts it looks pretty challenging right now. But what can we do with all of this so that we don't get too negative or depressed? To my mind we can't just make every negative into a positive, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't look for the wisdom of the divine in difficult seasons. What I'm seeing right now in the planets is the challenge of learning to listen to what setbacks, frustrations, worries, and anxieties are saying to us, rather than only seeing them as limitations or prohibitions standing between us and the object of our desire. How else do we build character if not during times of challenges and setbacks? Using too much force right now will likely make things worse. On the other hand, using too little force, feeling sorry for ourselves, or throwing in the towel, will also make things worse. The blessing of so many debilitation in the sky right now is that they force us to work through something. Any extreme reaction or response to the challenges we are facing will likely lead to even bigger problems.
Nobody likes feeling in limbo, and nobody likes feeling like it's hard to make things happen, or that it's hard to keep a clear mind or straight path. But it's exactly these challenging times that help us recognize the limits of our own control or power in life. Without these moments we can't cultivate the virtues of trust and faith, or peace and surrender.
Prayer: As we grow through these difficult times, give us the gift of a quiet heart and a quiet mind.
Moon/Venus: Beware the Killjoy
The Moon is in Scorpio today, applying to a square of Venus and Jupiter by this evening. The reception between the Moon and Venus today is challenging. While Venus is strong in conjunction with Jupiter, the Moon in Scorpio is in its fall and also in the sign of Venus' detriment. It's a planetary exchange we might think about with a few different phrases:
* a killjoy
* don't let something rain on your parade
* saving face
For example, as the social media feeds have blown up with the celebration of the Supreme court's decision yesterday its also created a backlash of radical or reactionary responses that might feel like a wet towel to those of us who are simply excited for a big step in the right direction: as though celebration is not allowed because suffering itself has not been wiped from the planet, or all institutions or forms of government abolished, or we've all been unified into a final singularity of enemy blasting universal love, etc, etc. There is a gravity to these kinds of "I just can't be happy with you guys" complaints that shouldn't be simply dismissed, but there is also a damp and embittered feeling to some of the naysaying that matches the qualities of the planets today. In many ways celebration of any kind will always invite the killjoy or the rain cloud because it's a natural archetypal exchange. Confidence attracts challengers and that's not such a bad thing. It keeps confidence from becoming arrogance or delusion. But at the same time, it's important to not pay too much attention to people who are so radical in their thinking that nothing is ever good enough. Good energy can be drained by career contrarians, and knowing the difference between a healthy exchange and a draining one is important today given the Moon and Venus' difficult exchange.
The above dynamics are also reflecting the upcoming square from Jupiter to Saturn retrograde. Saturn will not let our pride or excitement get too grandiose or inflated (hence the value of the naysayer right now), and yet Saturn retrograde is currently in a traditionally weaker position than Jupiter, who is likely to effectively call out Saturn during this square for any unnecessary nastiness.
To close, let's preview one more piece of our summer's upcoming astrology. Let's look at the continued transit of Mars through Cancer, as well as its combustion of the Sun during this and next moon cycle.
Understanding essential dignities in my work with clients and in creating daily forecasts has become an undeniably important part of my work over the past year. When we say a planet is in its fall or that its combust the sun, even though it may sound somewhat negative, it's really not anymore negative than saying conditions outside today are going to be rainy and the roads slick, so drivers be cautious. The ancient astrologers created the intricate system of dignities and receptions, as well as aspects and orbs, a lot like we've created meteorology to help us understand the changing conditions of our natural environments. Furthermore, just like rainy days can be great for some things and not as great for others, difficult planetary conditions can indicate the same levels of diversity present in our daily lives. The planetary conditions also say very little about how exactly we might respond to or work through or make meaning out of what's happening, though there are always plenty of hints and guidance present in the sky if we study the planetary alignments and actively seek the guidance of the divine in everything.
For mars to be combust the sun simply means that mars' ability to do what it does is somewhat prohibited because its own light is currently being dominated by the sun's light. Since mars is considered a hot and fiery planet, being combust the sun is thought to weaken mars' power because it makes mars excessively hot and fiery, which consequently makes mars less effective. Throw in that mars is currently in a wet/cold water sign (Cancer), and you get a mars that looks very much out of his element while simultaneously being consumed by the sun.
So what does this mean, practically? It means that mars-like things might be somewhat difficult right now. Chief among those, in my experience, is assertive, aggressive, forward movement toward our goals or desired outcomes. For quite some time now, as Mars has been combust, it's been like watching a car slowing running out of gas, or moving from an open freeway into a more congested area of traffic. The start/stop, the back and forth, the frustration or irritation with results not coming as soon as we'd like or in the way that we'd like, as well as the tendency for us to act on impulse without having all the information, or to act passive aggressively, or to deal with others being passive aggressive, or to pout or complain or feel sorry for ourselves...all of these qualities are potentially in the air right now for us to contend with.
But what I've also noticed is a cooling of the impulses. A mindfulness. A slowing. A patience. A softening. A spirit of compromise. These qualities are also there to be grown within us right now, in response to what mars is having a hard time accomplishing.
As we push toward the full moon this month mars will be squaring the nodes of the moon and acting as the ruler of the south node. With this transit it's possible that something quite challenging from our past will come back to confront us, or bless us, or seek resolution. How we carefully handle and negotiate any upcoming challenges, knowing that mars is in a difficult spot, will make all the difference. Again, mindfulness, slowness, patience, and the willingness to compromise, to wait and see, and to not force or rush anything is important this summer.
Mars will finally its combustion of the Sun around July 11th, then it will move out from under the Sun's rays and leave Cancer by August 9th, so we have a good chunk of our summer to learn and grow alongside of this transit. Tomorrow we'll look at what to expect from mars in leo as well as the mars/venus conjunction happening through venus' retrograde in leo.
Prayer: Moving quietly, not rushing anything, I understand that so many things are beyond my control.
Same Sex Marriage Legalized: Venus and Jupiter Conjoin!
The Moon is in Libra this morning, a Venus ruled sign, and just as Venus and Jupiter are coming together in the sky, like two crowning jewels, same sex marriage has been legalized nation wide here in the USA. A crowning achievement for human consciousness at the end of our most recent Pluto/Uranus era. A hard fought victory (Jupiter/Venus) in the most basic sign of individual dignity (the lion/Leo). Congratulations to all of us, and especially to those who have been on the front lines of this historical journey. To all of our LGBT community leaders and friends, and to all of us who have taken on the challenge of seeing ourselves as more than gender/sex/race and religion...this is a special day for everyone!
As the moon continues into Scorpio this afternoon it will trine Mars and the Sun in Cancer, and though Mars is still in a difficult position at the moment, the Moon will be creating a mutual reception with Mars, at which point it may become possible to achieve something that otherwise seems impossible at this moment. Watch for role reversals, flip flopping that serves a purpose, or strategic maneuvering that turns a tricky situation into an unexpectedly smooth outcome for everyone.
The Moon's entrance into the via combusta yesterday may have created something of a sudden mood or atmospheric change. The Moon is said to be debilitated during her journey through 15 Libra to 15 Scorpio, the signs of both the Sun and the Moon's "fall," respectively. My experience of the via combusta, symbolically, is that it represents hard fought victories, difficult but worthy journeys, and time periods where we need to wait and allow the frustration of waiting to teach us something important.
So watch for this "waiting period" to be gradually lifted as the Moon moves toward Sagittarius over the weekend. In the meantime, know that today there is definitely an opportunity for working through something a little tricky or difficult...maybe something involving emotions, mother, family, home, and health, or other themes related to the Sun/Moon/Mars and Cancer/Scorpio.
Last but not least, continuing our preview of this summer's astrology, let's look at the approaching square between Jupiter and Saturn, which will take place in late July and early August.
As Jupiter represents flight, expansion, hope, growth and limitless potential, Saturn represents grounding, gravity, contraction, doubt, limitations, and refined commitments. As Jupiter represents youth, Saturn old age. Juipter life, Saturn death. Jupiter the wisdom of faith, Saturn the wisdom of mortality. Jupiter the hope for progress and the future, Saturn the wisdom of the past and the tendency toward descent or decline. So when these two planets come into square with each other we have something of a face off between these qualities. The hopeful idealist within us will have to face hard truths, and the hardened old skeptic open themselves to faith and trust. The older generation will have to yield to the younger while the younger learns from the older. These conversations are of course always present, but they will be more pronounced and dramatic during this time.
Some of us will have our wings clipped while others will sprout them. Some of us will learn to listen to our elders more carefully while others will learn how to speak up and create generational transformation. Fathers/sons and Mothers/daughters will more than likely find their normal irritations with each other much more irritating, and generational conflicts will feel similarly blown out.
The part of us that thinks "anything is possible," will have a dream or two killed. While the Scrooge in us will also wake up to find out it's Christmas day. Trust and faith become a new reality to get excited about as much as doubt and limitations become a useful asset rather than just a bummer.
Since Jupiter is in the sign of Saturn's detriment, we're also looking at the possibility of hope/faith and optimism becoming somewhat authoritarian or dictatorial. Like the fascist optimist who's always posting things to their FB wall about manifestation, personal spiritual growth, happiness, and trust, while simultaneously playing the extra bitter race cards, gender cards, or the nothing is right with the world cards. Inconsistent messages like these will be more apparent and they will likely be addressed quite directly in our relationships as well.
Add to this the idea that whatever Saturn represents, our current limits, the difficult reality of a situation, etc, is really going to challenge Jupiter's idealistic impatience. All of this being said, Jupiter and Saturn's hard aspects also represents generational transformation and healthy exchanges between the old and the new. So we have a lot to look forward to and a lot to learn from and give each other through this particular transit.
Prayer: What is old is becoming new and what is new is becoming old. Help us make this exchange wisely, with all the wisdom of the past and all the hope of the future coming together in meaningful ways.
Diplomatic Exchanges
The Moon is in Libra, traveling through the via combusta, and about to square Venus in Cancer (creating a mutual reception) before going void of course later this afternoon.
* An unexpectedly smooth or easy exchange of information, dialogue, or ideas leads someone to change their mind or position around something
* A reversal of values or change of position theoretically or intellectually
* A conflict redirects and becomes a strategic alliance instead
* A wound is healed, a broken fence mended, a bridge constructed
* A charge, penalty, or fee is reduced, justice still served
* An unseen factor suddenly plays a role, makes the outcome more favorable
* An influence or third party mediates to make something possible
* A revolutionary and edgy idea becomes tactful, diplomatic, and easier for others to receive
* An uncomfortable road ahead is made somewhat easier by a mitigating factor or influence
* Empathy creates a transaction...a peace treaty, an offering
Meanwhile, Mercury/Sun/Mars in square to Neptune...
* The impatient writer, communicator, thinker, speaker...being pulled back into something when he/she wants to move forward
* The restless mind
* The sleepless night
* The agitated nervous system
* The psychosomatic symptom
* The dream message
* The compassionate/mindful intellect
* Taking your time/slowing down/pausing to reflect
Meanwhile Jupiter trine Uranus:
* Success and victory
* Rapid expansion
* Spotlight, individuation, growth
* Being seen, having a presence, subversive expression
* Ego inflation, grandiosity, overestimating something
Meanwhile Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius:
* Revisiting something from the past
* Studying something from the past
* A crisis of faith/belief
* A reorientation of the mind/studies
* A philosophical revisioning period
All of these themes will be continuing on for a while as Mercury finishes its retrograde, and as we build toward the full moon.
Prayer: Help me to give the gifts I've been given, forgive the debts so that I might be forgiven, and speak in the same voice I love to hear.
The Moon is in Scorpio today, still moving through the via combusta and applying to square Mercury and Venus in Aquarius later this afternoon before a sextile to Pluto.
When planets like the Moon and Venus get into a more stressful dynamic with each other we have to look closely at the signs to get a better sense of what the tension might look like. After all, the Moon and Venus tend toward similar qualities…they both enjoy beauty, warmth, and relationships. They are both thought of, traditionally, as more “feminine” planets, and they are both a big part of the smoothness, flow, harmony and pleasure of our everyday experience.
What generally happens when the Moon is squaring Venus is that a particular emotional desire or way of seeing/feeling and relating is at odds with another way of relating. For example…with the Moon in Scorpio it might feel like a very good day to go deep. Talk to just one or two close friends about what’s weighing on your heart, reveal your secrets, or fall into the bed with your lover for an entire afternoon or evening. On the other hand, your friends want to attend a big workshop at a popular yoga studio, or watch a sports game with a group of friends at so-and-so’s house. Venus in Aquarius is more inclined to group or learning environments, places where ideas are buzzing and progress is possible. You might feel like going to the museum while your boyfriend wants to watch horror movies or talk about something you’ve both been avoiding.
With Mercury in the mix of the square it’s likely that these conflicting styles in the air today will have something to do with communication, ideas, thoughts, and information. The Moon in Scorpio will appreciate the deepening or complicating of popular or progressive ideas. “That’s a very sexy idea,” the Scorpio Moon says, “but I’d like to see it naked,” or “I’d like to spend more time with it in private.” The Aquarian Mercury/Venus combination might feel offended…”Why does everything have to be so heavy? Why so serious? Why can’t you just feel light and free?”
Yesterday in one of my online courses, one of my students pointed out that there is a connection between Scorpio and Aquarius involving the controversy of charged feelings and ideas. She was spot on. Whereas Aquarius often feels alienated or ostracized because of revolutionary ideas, Scorpio is often ostracized because of their attraction to the unconscious, taboo, or deeper feelings and subjects. One might be more cerebral while the other is more emotional, but both fixed signs are catalyzers.
Recently, for example, I spoke to a client (whose chart is in some ways very representative of the Aquarius/Scorpio square) about the Paris shootings at the Charlie Hebdo office. He said something like, “I’ve been really confused about it, actually. I’m all for freedom of the press, and obviously terrorism is something to stand united against, but I’m also upset that we’re not talking about some of the offensive depictions and insults toward Muslims or the religion of Islam that were part of the magazine.” He then said, “I feel like talking to people about it, but I’m also worried that I’ll be misunderstood.”
I shared with him my recent complicated feelings about the Eric Garner case.
Recently I was at a football game where there were vendors selling “I can’t breathe t-shirts” for $30 each. I heard a caucasian man say to the black vendor, “shouldn’t you be giving those away for free?” and the vendor, who was part of the home team crowd said to the visitor, “scoreboard bitch, looks like you might need one of these shirts because your team is choking.” Both men were morbidly obese and proceeded to get into a racially charged shouting match with each other using the “I can’t breathe” slogan as an insult toward one another (which was also being used as a crowd taunt by more people than I could count throughout the game). This within days after I had posted my own complicated reactions to months worth of considering the Eric Garner tape as well as the jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who used the illegal choke hold.
Another example. What if someone attacked the writers/creators of South Park because of something offensive that the South Park TV show had aired? At the most obvious level of course its awful. Of course. But on another level, isn’t there also an opportunity for us to talk about our fascination with “no holds barred” humor? Sure, nobody ISNT a potential victim on a show like South Park or a satirical magazine like Charlie Hebdo, so there is an odd sense of fairness in it, and by all means this is all part of the freedom of speech, but at the same time, isn’t it also quite normal for many people to have adverse feelings about making fun of or satirizing anyone or anything too intensely? No matter how “deserving” someone might be or how egalitarian the view of satire…isn’t it normal to think that some shows or comic strips go too far?
I have known many very intelligent and very funny, good people over the years who simply can’t get into shows like South Park, for example, because the satirizing spirit feels too passive-aggressive, or even malicious to them. My client’s point was that he felt alone in his perceptions and feelings…like wanting to talk about this deeper level of the subject would alienate him or make his friends think he was somehow victim blaming.
The complication of today’s Moon in Scorpio square Mercury and Venus in Aquarius is echoing the Uranus/Pluto square because Scorpio is ruled by Pluto and Aquarius is ruled by Uranus… and so we may see these dynamics playing out in small personal ways like the ones I started with or larger societal ways like the ones I just finished with.It’s important that we understand the dynamics of these larger planetary cycles.
During the 1960’s, when the Pluto-Uranus cycle opened, the planetary qualities were fused together and created the feeling of something new. The Promethean qualities of invention, rebellion, progress, and liberation were married to the themes of taboo subject matters, depth, power, transformation, and the unconscious, and the overall effect was to create deep, penetrating, complex forms of liberation and change. Now the story is different. During the opening square of a planetary cycle the planetary qualities are differentiating from and challenging each other. This means that not everything that is deep, complex, and powerful (Pluto) is necessarily revolutionary, inventive, or liberating (Uranus), and not everything that is liberating or revolutionary is necessarily deep, complex, or powerful.
This is why the images of revolution that we are seeing are so much more complicated, contested, and disturbing than they were in the 1960’s. For example, one of the major criticisms of the occupy wall street movement was that it was all rebellion without a deep enough sense of practical purpose. As the criticism goes…it wasn’t at all the 99%, it was more like a mega-rally for people who simply like to rally. Mob-mentality without depth or focus. Whether this criticism is true or not (its already been debated endlessly and I’m not taking sides here) it was the major criticism and popular response by many people who weren’t moved to join or sympathize with the occupy movement. The Uranus side of the argument respond by saying, “The images of change on the level of mass consciousness itself are enough.” The Pluto side says, “Nice try; you still wish you had been popular in high school, and that’s the part of this behavioral pattern that you’re in denial about.” Again, the point isn’t to reengage the debate from one side or the other, or to accuse anyone of anything, but rather to simply recognize that the entire complex is indicative of the Pluto/Uranus dynamics differentiating themselves rather than being wed together right now.
Another example..the election of Barack Obama into office. Revolutionary and deep or just one without the other? The debate has been endless. Some would say that electing a black man to office, alone, regardless of his substance as a leader or person, is enough. Others would say that the celebration of Obama’s racial victory without deeper analysis of his political decisions and legacy only perpetuates superficial images of both race and progress.
Make no mistake, the dynamic can miss something in either direction. Too much depth and complexity and we can’t catch the simple, revolutionary wave. Too much Pluto might mean nothing gets done and we secretly blame victims or condone the continuation of some sick pattern. But at the same time, too much reactionary progressivism and our changes will be nothing more than trends.
So…all this being said, what will we do today when it comes to our relationships….fall into the bedroom for the night with Scorpio or attend the local workshop with Aquarius? Unless the local workshop involves falling into bed with someone, we might have to get creative or find a way to compromise between the planetary dynamics today! smile emoticon
Prayer: not everything that is deep and complex will create progress and change, and not everything progressive or group minded is actually deep…help us to become better students of these dynamics…
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How to Hide Ugliness
The last quarter Moon has just turned void of course and is traveling through the via combusta (also known as the “fiery road,” the via combusta represents a stretch of degrees from 15 Libra to 15 Scorpio that is thought of as a particularly difficult area of the zodiac for both the Sun and the Moon).
Meanwhile, Mars in Pisces is about to square Saturn in Sagittarius as it conjoins Neptune.
Themes and a few images to watch for:
* Irritability that leads to a dramatic inflammation
* Facing our deepest inadequacies and asking ourselves whether or not they are real, or how real, and if so what to do about them
* Confrontation with religious, spiritual, or philosophical authority figures
* The priest desires the disciple, the guru sleeps with the student, the student tempts the teacher
* Sexual scandal in institutions of higher learning or religion
* Fighting for an ideal that’s not your own, your fight benefits something you’re not truly concerned about
* Being used or using someone else for your own selfish gain
* Charity and false or secretly selfish charity
* A man with a skin rash
* Intoxication or Poisoning (CNN Image: A village in Mozambique loses 69 people to poisonous local alcohol drink)
* No method or tactic too low or out of the question
* The religiously motivated attack
* A statue of Mars, a ceremony at the temple of Mars
* Trying to start something new but feeling blocked, scattered, or overwhelmed
* “Slow and steady wins the race”
* A come from behind victory
* Withholding or limiting ourselves for religious or spiritual reasons
* Repression or unnecessary restrictions
With Mars/Neptune and Saturn/Neptune combinations there is also a subtle theme we might call “trying to hide our ugliness.” We can talk about this a few different ways…
First the word ugly comes from the words for “dread” as well as “misshapen.” The Greek roots of the word also have a relationship to the word “dyslexia,” which is a learning or reading disability that creates various reading/speaking and listening problems with words and sounds. One of the most common things we like to say about the attempt to hide our ugliness is that ugliness is nothing more than a kind of perceptual distortion…an aesthetic dyslexia that can be worked through just like people can learn to read or speak correctly though they hear and see words backwards or in reverse. With practice we can learn to see what is misshapen in a different light. The idea here being that ugliness (like beauty) is in the eye of the beholder, and that all things are beautiful when seen in the right way.
On the other hand, the heroic approach says that we need to confront our ugliness. Do the work to change it. A new workout program. A new attitude. An adjustment. A fixup. A project. A trophy. With the right attitude anything can be overcome. So we knuckle down and try to transform our deformities.
The heroic-spiritual approach says that we need to accept our ugliness. We need to change what we can and accept the rest. Decorate our fat rolls with magic markers. Flaunt our troubled pasts because they’ve made us into the shaman-wizards we are. Stick up relentlessly for all underdogs because we’re all destiny’s student of the week.
Finally, there’s the Jazz approach. And I think this is the least understood of the bunch. It’s the approach that lives with the complex recognition of the entire complex. We spend so much time trying to hide THAT we’re trying to hide the ugliness, that we forget that “trying to hide the ugliness” is a beautiful thing itself. Or at the very least it’s an interesting thing. It’s its own animal display. A unique pattern with its own dimensions. Take for example a Jazz improvisation on the trumpet. During a solo riff the player hits an awkward note. It’s clearly not the note he meant to hit. It’s clearly off. It doesn’t sound right. It’s not harmonious. It’s discordant. Grates the ears. Trying to hide the ugliness the poor improv player returns to the right notes and plays them even louder, and even faster, trying to make up for his mistake. The entire audience sees the pattern: embarrassed musician trying to make up for his miscue. On the other hand, the Jazz player when hitting the wrong note might simply choose to hit it again, and then again, until something new comes out of it, and the mistake is deliberately hidden, for everyone to hear and see. This is what I would call the Jazz approach to hiding our ugliness.
We don’t have to be above ugliness by trying to “accept it,” and we don’t have to be above ugliness by trying to “transform or overcome it.” We can overtly and clearly hide ugliness through a creative revisioning of its meaning, its juxtapositions, its rhythm, or any of its many other features. We’re so uncomfortable with ugliness that we’re more like the improv player who tries to play louder and faster to overcome his discordant note. We just can’t allow for ugliness to exist or be its own thing.
On a side note: It’s my opinion that overused, viral sarcasm memes are probably our single most societally cliched way of hiding ugliness…these sarcasm frequencies start off as excellent examples of the Jazz play on ugliness, but they too often end up as that “louder and faster overcomes the flaw” mindset. Sarcasm “channels” in the popular mind make the hiding of ugliness into a bland technique rather than an organic process of discovery that stays close to the uniqueness of whatever is ugly in the current moment. Without variation and diversity, specificity and attention, even ugliness can become objectified.
Prayer: real music takes an ear for the ugly…there’s no soul without some old-fashioned ugliness
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Massive fire at Passaic apartment building leaves up to 400 homeless (VIDEO)
Updated Oct 22, 2015 ; Posted Oct 22, 2015
Massive fire displaces residents in Passaic
Gallery: Massive fire displaces residents in Passaic
By Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
UPDATE: Red Cross assisting families displaced by Passaic fire
PASSAIC -- Firefighters in ladder trucks were battling a mammoth, eight-alarm blaze at a multistory apartment building Wednesday night.
Passaic City spokesman Keith Furlong said two firefighters sustained minor injuries, one suffering burns to the neck and another hurt when a ceiling partly collapsed on him. Between 300 and 400 people have been displaced, he also said.
The blaze broke out shortly before 9 p.m. and quickly went to multiple alarms as firefighters scrambled to help evacuate residents. Hundreds of residents were seen outside the burning building on Gregory Avenue as firefighters from multiple communities aided at the scene.
Crews were having difficulty containing the blaze. Firefighters were able to conduct a search of the first through fourth floors of the building but they were forced to retreat and attack from the fifth floor instead, Furlong said. As the fire entered its second hour around 11 p.m., at least seven ladder trucks were operating at the building.
A Red Cross spokeswoman, Erica Viviani, said late Wednesday disaster relief personnel were on scene and had set up a reception area for the displaced, with additional staff on the way. She did not immediately have any information on the number of families who will be requiring assistance.
MORE: Third teen suspect arrested in murder of Clifton man
William James-King, who lives on the fourth floor of the building, said he and his husband were home when they heard shouts of "fire" from their neighbors. James-King said the two pulled at least three fire alarms on their way out but none sounded. Several residents told NJ Advance Media fire alarms in the building failed to sound.
James-King and the other residents were being told to assemble at nearby Dr. Martin Luther King School No. 6, but many adults holding pajama-clad children to themselves remained at the scene, looking on as the flames consumed the structure.
Dozens of residents including fifth-floor resident, Andrea King, were at School No. 6 at about midnight. Taylor said her entire apartment had been destroyed in the blaze.
"Everything's burned up," she said. "I don't have nowhere to live."
Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco, who was also at the school, told NJ Advance Media many residents were staying with friends or family for the night.
"The people who are here (at the school) don't have anywhere to go," he said.
Another resident, Angela Pritchett, who lives on the third floor, wasn't home when the fire broke out but her family was able to get her daughter out. She was unable to retrieve the family's dog, Faye.
"I just left work and this is what I come home to," she said.
Staff writers Paul Milo and Noah Cohen contributed to this report.
Justin Zaremba may be reached at jzaremba@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JustinZarembaNJ. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
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DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND INSURANCE
Actuarial Services
Smoker and Nonsmoker Mortality Tables
Juvenile Insureds
Proposed Amendment: N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4
Authorized by: Donald Bryan, Acting Commissioner for Insurance, Department of Banking and Insurance
Authority: N.J.S.A. 17:1-8.1, 17:1-15e, 17B:19-8 and 17B:25-19.
Calendar Reference: See Summary below for explanation of exception to
calendar requirement.
Proposal Number: PRN 2001-434
Submit comments by January 18, 2002 to:
Karen Garfing, Assistant Commissioner
20 West State Street
Email: legsregs@dobi.nj.gov
The agency's proposal follows:
N.J.A.C. 11:4-24 contains the Department of Banking and Insurance (Department) rules relating to insurer use of certain mortality tables in determining minimum reserves and nonforfeiture values for various types of life insurance policies pursuant to N.J.S.A. 17B:19-8 and 17B:25-19.
N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4 addresses the permitted uses of "composite mortality tables" and "smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables," as those terms are defined in the rules, for "juvenile" insureds (that is, persons below age 15). N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(a)2 and (d) permit insurers to use the composite mortality table for juvenile issues, and change to use of a smoker and nonsmoker mortality table when the insured's attained age is a specified age between 15 and 23. The rule's current language states that "the insurer shall classify the insured as a nonsmoker upon the insured's reaching such attained age unless the insured is notified in writing of his or her option to elect smoker or nonsmoker status at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change in mortality tables and the insured fails to elect smoker status." Election of smoker status by the insured would involve an application process, including satisfactory evidence of insurability.
An unintended result of the current language at N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(a)2 and (d) is that an insured who "fails to elect smoker status" by not responding to the notice at all is automatically reclassified as a nonsmoker. Thus smokers are provided incentive to fail to respond in order to receive the preferred nonsmoker classification. This improper classification of risks (that is, some smokers being incorrectly classified as nonsmokers) has resulted in inadequate premium charges and inappropriate nonforfeiture values. Rather than automatically classify as a nonsmoker an insured who failed to respond to the insurer notice, some insurers have opted not to issue insurance coverage to juvenile insureds. In order to remedy this situation, the Department is amending N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4 to permit insurers to select a default classification (that is, either smoker or nonsmoker) that will be applied in the event an insured fails to respond to the notice. The Department is also amending N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4 by requiring that a description of the smoker/nonsmoker option notice and election procedure be included in the policy form. The Department is also proposing to permit insurers to apply a default classification of smoker only if an insured has attained an age of at least 18. The Department believes these proposed amendments are reasonable for several reasons.
First, based on the 1999 New Jersey Youth Tobacco Survey conducted by the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey (UMDNJ) for the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), the vast majority of 15 to 18 year old school students in the State are non-smokers. Second, the age at which individuals may legally be sold tobacco products in New Jersey is 18. Finally, at least two of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) "speed-to-market" states (Texas and Oregon) prohibit the conversion of juvenile issue policies to smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables before age 18.
The Department believes that it would be unfair to the State's nonsmoking juveniles to allow insurers to apply to them a default smoker classification for failure to respond to the insurer's notice of election of smoking status, particularly where the juvenile insured's parent or guardian, and not the insured himself or herself, is responsible for the failure to respond. The Department believes that it is more likely that an 18-year-old insured, unlike a 15-year-old, may be responsible for responding to the notice himself or herself. Accordingly, it would be a more accurate evaluation of the insurer's risk, and more reasonable to permit the insurer, to apply a default smoking status to an insured age 18 or older who fails to respond.
Accordingly, following are the Department's proposed amendments to N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4:
N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(a)2 is being revised by the deletion of language requiring insurers to classify a juvenile insured as a nonsmoker upon reaching an attained age between 15 and 23 unless the insured is notified in writing of his or her option to elect smoker status.
N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(a)2i is being added, which requires insurers to notify insureds, when they have reached the attained age, of their option to elect either smoker or nonsmoker status.
N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(a)2ii requires insurers to adopt a uniform default classification of either smoker or nonsmoker to be used when an insured fails to elect a status.
N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(a)2iii prohibits insurers from applying a default classification of smoker unless the insured has attained an age of at least 18.
N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(a)2iv requires the insurer to identify the default classification it has chosen in the election notice to be provided to the insured, and to advise the insured that the default classification will be assigned for failure to elect a status.
A new provision is being proposed as N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(d) requiring policy forms to describe the process of notice and election of smoker/nonsmoker status described in amended subsection (a).
Current N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(d), which relates to fixed premium contracts, is being revised by deleting the current language requiring insurers to charge the guaranteed maximum nonsmoker premium at the attained age unless the insurer has notified the insured of his or her option to elect a status and the insured has failed to elect smoker status. N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(d) is being recodified as N.J.A.C. 11:4-24.4(e).
This rule proposal provides for a comment period of 60 days, and therefore, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 1:30-3.3(a)5, is not subject to the provisions of N.J.A.C. 1:30-3.1 and 3.2 governing rulemaking calendars.
The proposed amendment should have a favorable impact on insurers and insureds. By permitting insurers to choose the default classification for those juvenile insureds who fail to respond to the insurers' notice to elect smoker or nonsmoker status, the Department anticipates that insurers will be able to classify their risk more accurately, charge the proper premium and provide the appropriate nonforfeiture values. Also, insurers' ability to evaluate risk more accurately and charge the appropriate premium will result in the proper application of the assumptions underlying the smoker status of the 1980 CSO mortality table.
Insureds will also benefit because they will be able to participate in a market from which they have been excluded by insurers choosing not to write juvenile insureds.
The proposed amendment should have a favorable economic impact on insurers. Under the current rules, some insurers have chosen not to write policies or contracts on juveniles rather than automatically classify them as nonsmokers. The proposed amendment will result in insurers opening this market to juveniles, and further allowing insurers to evaluate the risk accurately, charge the appropriate premium and provide the proper nonforfeiture values.
Insurers may be economically disadvantaged by this amendment if a 15-year-old under a juvenile issue policy is a tobacco user, but under these rules cannot be so classified until age 18. This amendment may result in insurers bearing the risk of an improper classification for an additional three years. However, the amendment also permits insurers to apply the smoking default classification if the insured fails to respond to the election notice, which the current rule prohibits.
The proposed amendment could have an unfavorable economic impact on some juvenile insureds. Under the current rules, juvenile insureds who smoke and fail to respond to the insurer's notice to elect a status are automatically reclassified as nonsmokers. Automatic reclassification as nonsmokers has resulted in an inappropriate pricing advantage for these insureds. The proposed amendment would enable insurers to reclassify these insureds as smokers, thus causing them to pay a higher premium.
Federal Standards Statement
A Federal standards analysis is not required because the Department's proposed amendment does not attempt to regulate an area already regulated by the Federal government through statutes, rules or otherwise.
Jobs Impact
The Department anticipates that there will be no impact on jobs in this State as a result of this proposed amendment.
Agriculture Industry Impact
Pursuant to the Right to Farm Act at N.J.S.A. 4:1C-10.3, and the Administrative Procedure Act at N.J.S.A. 52:14B-4(a)(2), the Department does not expect any agriculture industry impact from the proposed amendment.
Regulatory Flexibility Statement
The Department believes that this proposed amendment will apply to few, if any, "small businesses" as that term is defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-16 et seq. because the affected insurers do not employ fewer than 100 full-time employees. Insofar as the amendment may apply to small businesses, the Department believes that it may impose some additional costs on insurers. The amendment changes the age at which an insurer is permitted to change from use of a composite mortality table for juvenile issues to a smoker and nonsmoker mortality table. The amendment also permits an insurer to select a default classification that will be applied if an insured fails to respond to the insurer's notice that the insurer must select either smoker or nonsmoker status. The amendment additionally requires insurers to include in their policy forms a description of the smoker/nonsmoker option notice and election procedure.
While the Department does not believe that insurers will be required to hire any consultants or bear the cost of any other professional services to comply with the requirements imposed by this amendment, insurers' existing staff will be required to make the administrative and other changes necessary for compliance.
While some of the requirements of this amendment may impose additional costs on insurers (see Economic Impact above), there are no different requirements based on insurer size. The Department does not believe that any such differentiation would be appropriate or feasible in that the requirements directly affect all insureds under juvenile issue life insurance policies. Accordingly, the proposed amendment provides no differentiation in compliance requirements based on size.
Full text of the proposal follows (additions indicated in boldface thus; deletions indicated in brackets [thus]):
11:4-24.4 Juvenile insureds
(a) Because the smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables do not extend below age 15, the Department shall permit the following uses of the composite and smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables for juvenile insureds, as hereafter provided:
1. Insurers may use the composite mortality table for juvenile issues and continue to use such table for all future attained ages; or
2. Insurers may use the composite mortality table for juvenile issues and change to use of a smoker and nonsmoker mortality table when the insured's attained age is a specified age between 15 and 23. [The insurer shall classify the insured as a nonsmoker upon the insured's reaching such attained age unless the insured is notified in writing of his or her option to elect smoker or nonsmoker status at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change in mortality tables and the insured fails to elect smoker status.]
i. When the insured reaches the attained age, the insurer shall notify the insured in writing at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change in mortality tables of his or her option to elect smoker or nonsmoker status.
ii. Each insurer shall adopt a uniform default classification of either smoker or nonsmoker to which the insurer shall assign an insured who fails to respond to the notice described in (a)2 i above.
iii. An insurer may only apply a default classification of smoker pursuant to ii above to an insured whose attained age is at least 18.
iv. The insurer shall identify such adopted uniform default classification in the notice described in (a)2i above and advise the insured therein that the insured shall be assigned the uniform default classification if the insured fails to respond to the notice.
3. Insurers may use a reasonable extrapolation of the smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables for ages 15 and below. The submission shall include an actuarial memorandum which describes the basis for the extrapolation.
(b) - (c) (No change.)
(d) The policy form shall accurately describe the process set forth at (a)2 above relating to insurer notification, insured election of smoker or nonsmoker status and the default classification resulting from failure to elect.
[(d)] (e) In fixed premium contracts, a change in smoker/nonsmoker classification pursuant to (a)2 above shall affect premium rates only and not the guaranteed nonforfeiture benefits. A fixed premium contract which provides for changes in smoker/nonsmoker classification pursuant to (a)2 above shall specify the guaranteed maximum smoker and nonsmoker premium [and the insurer shall charge the guaranteed maximum nonsmoker premium at the attained age unless the insurer notifies the insured of his or her option to elect smoker or nonsmoker status at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change in classification and the insured fails to elect smoker status].
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Home Cricket Betting Tips New Zealand vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I - Betting Tips
New Zealand vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I - Betting Tips
New Zealand have dominated Pakistan in all but one matches played in the series and things are unlikely to change in the 3rd T20I as well
Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, and Colin Munro have batted brilliantly at the top of the order
Pakistan is a little over-reliant on their top-three as far as batting is concerned
Our Prediction: New Zealand, N/A Bet on New Zealand for Real Money
Bay Oval, Mt. Maunganui
Pakistan ended a 13-match losing streak against New Zealand as they won the 2nd T20 match by a whopping 48 runs to keep the series alive; the two teams will now fight it out for the title on 28th January in the 3rd and final T20 at Mt. Maunganui. A superb batting effort by the visitors followed by a disciplined bowling performance took them to a big win on Thursday; now they will try to redeem themselves by winning the upcoming match and series, after having lost the ODI and tests. New Zealand which was on a cruise sailing right through to continuous victories, suffered a batting collapse and would like to bounce back with a win here on Sunday.
Chasing 202 in the 2nd T20, players like Kane Williamson and Colin Munro were outwitted by the Pakistani pace. Santner and Ben Wheeler tried to revive the innings by scoring 30+ runs each while Guptill was the lone fighter in the top order, posting 26 off 27; however, with no strong partnerships in the chase, the hosts were rendered all out for 153. Earlier, the bowlers also put up a dismal show as Santner went for 15 runs per over while in-form players Boult and Sodhi went wicket-less. Ben Wheeler took 2 wickets, but it hardly made a dent on the Pakistan batting line-up. In the first T20, they restricted Pakistan to 105 all-out as pacers Southee and Seth Rance claimed 3 wickets each. Mitchell Santner used his spin skills to oust 2 opponents while Anaru Kitchen and Munro took a wicket each; the batsmen then chased down 106 with ease thanks to Munro’s well-made 49 and good contributions by Tom Bruce and Ross Taylor. The shocking defeat in the 2nd T20 would motivate them to perform better in the upcoming match; they could prove to be a formidable force to reckon with to win the title.
Batting first in the 2nd match, Fakhar Zaman and Ahmed Shehzad posted a heroic 94-run opening stand to give the visitors a solid foundation. Babar Azam and captain Sarfraz Ahmed then continued with the good efforts, adding another 90+ runs to the scoreboard to take the total to 201. Zaman and Azam posted well-made half-centuries while Shehzad and Ahmed contributed with 40+ runs each. Their sturdy batting performance helped Pakistan get the upper hand in the proceedings and then the bowlers came out with a stupendous effort to stifle the hosts at 153 all-out, winning it big by 48 runs. Medium-pacer Faheem Ashraf took 3-22 while spinner Shadab Khan took 2 wickets. Fast-bowler Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali and Rumman Raees pitched in with 4 wickets between them, and they are in good form to repeat the winning performance yet again. Previously, in the first match, they put up a dismal show as the top-order fell like a pack of cards. Babar Azam top-scored with 41 while Hasan Ali pitched in with 23 off 12; the bowlers had a tough task to defend the total and lost the match by 7 wickets. Their first victory of the tour has surely boosted the team’s morale and we could see a good fight for the title clash.
The series is now tied at 1-1, and it could be anybody’s game; while Pakistan has made a comeback with an all-round performance, we feel that the Kiwis still have the edge to win on Sunday
Winner: New Zealand, N/A @ Bet on New Zealand now
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Is an Alcoholism Crisis Looming in the U.S.?
For the past few years, public attention has focused heavily on the opioid crisis sweeping across the U.S. But another public health emergency has been escalating: alcoholism.
Although opioid use and alcoholism involve different substances, their root causes are often the same, and they often co-occur. People in emotional and physical distress use the substances to numb their pain. Given the high rates of untreated mental health problems in the U.S., there are more people struggling with alcoholism and substance abuse than ever.
Alcoholism Is Killing More People Than Opioids
Although alcohol use is legal, alcohol abuse is having a detrimental effect on people in the U.S. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 26.9 percent of adults say they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
Unhealthy drinking behaviors like binge drinking can be signs of an alcohol use disorder, which is a pattern of problematic alcohol use with an inability to exert control over drinking. An estimated 15.1 million adults (6.2 percent of the overall adult population) struggle with alcohol abuse or alcoholism. Problematic alcohol use also affects adolescents: More than 623,000 people age 12 to 17 struggle with alcohol use disorder.
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Opioid-related deaths have garnered major media attention as they have started to outnumber car accidents as a leading cause of injury-related death, with more than 47,000 people dying from opioid-involved drug overdoses in 2017, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. But nearly twice that number — 88,000 people — die every year from alcohol-related causes, making it the third-leading cause of preventable death after tobacco and poor diet. Both opioid and alcohol use disorder are crises.
The cost of the alcoholism crisis is tremendous: In addition to the loss of life, more than 10 percent of children are living with a parent who has an alcohol problem, according to a 2012 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) study, and as of 2010, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reported that alcohol misuse had cost the U.S. $249 billion.
Where the Alcohol Crisis Is Worst — and Where It’s Converging with the Opioid Epidemic
Alcoholism affects people of all backgrounds. People in the West and Midwest are most likely to engage in problematic drinking behavior, especially in urban areas of those regions, whereas people in the South are least likely to do so, according to Alcohol Research Current Reviews.
Most of the 10 states with the highest number alcohol-attributable deaths (AAD) are in the Midwest and West, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control:
When you compare the top 20 states from the CDC’s AAD report with the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s data on states with the highest number of opioid-related overdose deaths, you can see where the two crises have been converging. These areas appear in the top 20 on both lists, meaning that since the data was collected by each organization, these areas have had the highest numbers of alcohol-attributable deaths and opioid-related overdose deaths:
How These Areas Can Keep Alcoholism Rates from Increasing
Areas trying to reduce rates of alcoholism — or fight both the alcohol and opioid crises simultaneously — face hurdles such as helping people recognize these conditions and helping people get appropriate treatment. To address these challenges, state officials and residents need to:
Understand the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse
Understand what causes alcoholism
Understand the pain and fear associated with withdrawal
Identify treatments for alcoholism
Identify resources and treatments for people to address the underlying issues that contributed to causing them to develop alcoholism
Know the Signs and Symptoms of Alcohol Abuse
It is important to understand there is a difference between addiction and dependence. Alcohol addiction is a pattern in which a person craves alcohol and continues to drink despite negative consequences. Symptoms of alcohol addiction include:
Difficulty controlling the amount of alcohol consumed
Trying to cut back but being unsuccessful in doing so
Spending a lot of time drinking, getting alcohol or recovering from alcohol use
Cravings for alcohol
Not meeting obligations at work or home because of drinking
Continuing to use alcohol despite negative consequences, such as legal troubles
Using alcohol even when it is dangerous (e.g., drinking and driving)
In contrast, alcohol dependence refers to a physiological response to drinking alcohol resulting in triggering withdrawal when consumption is stopped.
Alcohol addiction develops when a person’s alcohol dependence has advanced as their tolerance to alcohol and amount consumed have increased. As this process progresses, symptoms of alcoholism can emerge at varying degrees, and if consumption is stopped, withdrawal symptoms can intensify.
Painful withdrawal symptoms and untreated or undertreated causes that led to developing the alcohol addiction can keep people from seeking treatment. Identifying these needs and understanding treatment options are critical to fighting this kind of epidemic.
Understand and Treat the Causes of Alcoholism
The causes of alcoholism are complex. Some of the factors that can cause alcoholism or contribute to a person developing an alcohol dependence include:
Family history — environmental or genetic factors
Untreated mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and trauma
Unaddressed habits and tolerance developed from having started drinking at an early age
Mixing alcohol with other substances that enhance its effects
Mitigate the Dangers of Alcohol Withdrawal Through Proper Treatment
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms occur when someone with an alcohol dependence, such as a frequent or habitual drinker, stops using alcohol. The more alcohol a person drinks, the worse these withdrawal symptoms can be.
Most people with this condition begin to experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms within 8 to 12 hours after their last drink. Symptoms usually peak within 24 to 72 hours, but they can continue for weeks. The most common symptoms include:
Difficulty concentrating or thinking clearly
Dilated pupils
Rapid heart rate
Shakiness
Tremor of the hands or other parts of the body
Withdrawal symptoms are different for each person. Age, health, type of alcohol consumed, and duration of drinking all contribute to the severity of withdrawal. For example, people over age 40 are particularly vulnerable to negative symptoms during alcohol withdrawal.
In severe cases of alcohol withdrawal, a person might develop delirium tremens, a severe form of withdrawal that results in fever, hallucinations, agitation, seizures and confusion. In serious cases, delirium tremens can even be deadly.
The prospect of enduring such pain and risk — as well as not having treatment for the underlying reasons that prompted a person to start drinking heavily — can prevent a person from trying to detox. Without fully understanding treatment options for alcohol dependence, many people continue living with their unhealthy condition, increasing the likelihood that it will continue to escalate instead of pursuing a treatment that is right for their situation.
How to Find the Best Treatment Options for Alcoholism
Going through alcohol withdrawal by stopping drinking cold turkey is dangerous and can even be deadly. Similarly, trying to wean off alcohol at home or without adequate medical support can create unnecessary health risks.
One of the best alcoholism treatments is a professional medical alcohol detoxification. Medical detox allows you to withdraw from alcohol with medical support, including medications, hydration, and close monitoring by skilled medical professionals. A qualified, proper treatment center takes an individualized approach, thoroughly assessing your physical, emotional and psychological health before you begin detox to ensure you get through withdrawal safely and successfully.
Too often, people search for alcohol treatment programs based solely on location and convenience. Many people also incorrectly assume that every treatment center is a rehab facility or that all treatment centers offer the same programs.
The best treatment option for each person is not always the one listed at the top of an internet search for “detox center near me.” If a person has certain responsibilities or conditions that require a treatment of a certain length, or if they have medical complications that can make detox more challenging, then the best alcohol detox treatment could be in another area or referred to by a different kind of term. For example, people searching for “alcohol rehab” might miss out on learning about the benefits of medical detox.
Why Medical Detox Is So Successful in Treating Alcohol Dependence
An inpatient medical detox program led by physicians who specialize in addiction medicine often results in the best outcomes. Medical detox is performed by detox specialists in a hospital where they can get a person through withdrawal safely, monitoring vitals and providing any necessary medical care throughout the process. Risks and discomfort associated with alcohol withdrawal are reduced because of the resources and medical professionals on hand at the hospital.
Many people also worry that successful alcohol treatment requires a long-term absence from work and other responsibilities. They confuse what they have heard about some rehab programs or assume that length applies to all treatment types, but that is incorrect. Medical alcohol detox, in contrast, typically lasts only a couple of weeks, meaning a person can be free of a physical alcohol dependence relatively quickly. In most cases, following medical detox with an individualized psychotherapy program while maintaining a productive life produces exceptional, long-term results.
Keep Reading: The Truth About Substance Abuse Treatment – 7 Common Myths Debunked
What It Will Take to End Alcohol Addiction in the U.S.
Fighting the alcoholism crisis in the U.S. is going to require people changing their understanding of:
The growing number of people affected by alcoholism
How alcohol dependence or addiction often co-occurs with other substance abuse or conditions like opioid use disorder
The health risks associated with alcohol addiction and alcohol withdrawal
The causes of alcohol dependence and addiction
The alcohol addiction treatment options available in the U.S.
With adequate attention and resources given to the underlying causes of these addiction crises, people can find appropriate treatment options and regain hope and health. Maintaining the status quo won’t be enough to produce change in people’s lives.
Learn More: This Is the World-Renowned Medical Detox Treatment Center You’ll Want to Go To
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1963 Sindy Outfits and Separates
The first set of outfits for Sindy were Made in England (commonly called MIE versions by collectors). They have sewn in printed labels which say "Genuine Sindy Made in England". However, we have seen some early garments with a woven label that just says "Genuine Sindy". MIE outfits have flat metal poppers, normally painted to match or to co-ordinate with the outfit. For the most part the poppers are very easy to identify, but we have seen a few very early outfits with a really big flat popper and we do believe that they are original. That is the problem with Sindy collecting; sometimes it is not always straightforward and nothing is 100% certain.
Here are Sindy's first outfits and separates. Clothes that were described as "the kind of clothes every grown-up girl longs for". As well as her eight intricate complete outfits, eight mix and match separates were also available for Sindy. In the first Sindy Bazaar style book they were described as “Sindy has these other lovely 'separates' so that she can go anywhere in any weather”.
Weekenders (Ref 12GSS) (Boxed doll outfit)
The original Sindy was sold (boxed with stand & leaflet) in her trendy bell-bottom (as described in the Sindy 'Bazaar' style booklet) jeans with yellow stitching and a cotton red, white and blue matelot top. She had a red elastic Alice band in her hair and wore white lace-up sneakers. Confusingly, the matelot tops appear to have been made from two types of fabric. The first is made from a fine linen/cotton with the pattern printed directly onto the fabric; the second is made of much thicker cotton jersey which has been 'knitted' with red, white and blue threads. Both these types can have MIE labels and interestingly the pattern of the stripes is upside down on the jersey version (take a closer look at the second photo, the one on the left is the thicker jersey cotton). The top fastened behind the neck with a single white painted metal popper and the trousers have a front-fly opening fastened also with a single white painted metal popper. The bottom hem of the MIE versions is finished with a red over-locking stitch, later versions are folded and hemmed.
Sleepy-Time (Ref 12S01)
A glamorous baby doll sleeveless nightie in pink and white checked cotton trimmed with white nylon lace around the neck and armholes, accompanied by matching knickers with the same lace trim around each leg. The nightie fastened at the back with a single white painted metal popper. She carried a pastel blue drawstring sponge bag containing a white flannel, 3 blue curling pins, toothpaste, soap, brush, comb and mirror. She also had a Penguin 'paperback' (a piece of printed card) called “Sindy by Pedigree”. The brush, comb and mirror set has been found in pale blue, pink and white coloured plastic (the style book is silent on their colour). In addition, whilst some sources refer to a toothbrush, the style leaflet does not refer to a toothbrush nor is one contained in the boxed version that we have. She wore white daisy sandals on her feet.
Undie-World (Ref 12S02)
A sheer dark blue nylon petticoat edged at the top and around the hem with white nylon lace, it had two black silk cord shoulder straps and it was decorated with a pink embroidery flower on the left thigh. The matching strapless bra had a lace trim on top of the cups and it was attached to black elastic at the back. The panties had an elasticated waist with the same lace trim on each leg hole. There was a deep navy blue elasticated roll-on girdle with same embroidery flower and for her hair there was a white lace elasticated hairband. There are a number of variations in respect of the lace trim and for the lace used for the hairband. A baby blue brush, comb and mirror complete this outfit. This outfit is extremely fragile and frays very easily.
Dream Date (Ref 12S03)
Sindy's sugar pink party dress had cap sleeves, a drop waist, knee height frill and it fastened at the back with two white painted metal poppers. Trimmed with white lace at the neck and on bottom hem it was just the dress in which dance the 'twist'. There was a pink satin grosgrain ribbon belt and a matching one for her hair. Her shoes were black & gold, kitten heel two-strap backless sandals and she carried a matching clutch bag with a pearl clasp. On her wrist she wore a gold chain bracelet made up of tiny 'S' links. Included was the very latest in portable record players and a Sindy disc to get the party really swinging.
The version in the main picture is a later Made in Hong Kong outfit, as the original MIE version is too fragile to use. However, you can see it in the photo on the right, at the bottom. The MIE version is a lighter pink than the later version and the texture and weave of the material gives it slightly more sheen. The lace whilst similar in shape is much more delicate and intricate.
Lunch Date (Ref 12S04)
A classic 60s outfit very much in the style of Audrey Hepburn or Jackie Kennedy. A wool all-in-one long-sleeved dress, with a black turtle-neck top and a royal blue, green & black tartan hipster skirt. It had a sewn-on black plastic belt. The dress fastened at the back with two black painted metal poppers. A matching tartan triangular headscarf, black kitten heel court shoes, black shoulder bag with a gold chain handle, and her diary complete the ensemble.
This outfit was shown in the Pedigree style leaflets up to and including 1968. After that year it appears to have been dropped. Perhaps by the late sixties it was beginning to look too dated and old-fashioned for a fashion follower like Sindy to wear.
A number of subtle variations appear to have been made over its five years of production. These variations are mainly due to the slight changes in fabric that were sourced and used over this period. The original "Made in England" (MIE) version was slightly more ornate than those that followed in that a little tie bow adorned the belt. Here are two early examples with slightly different tartans.
The tie-bow then appears to have been dropped leaving just the black plastic belt. (See the second example below.) The outfit was then slightly altered and this dullish black plastic belt was replaced with a shinier black patent plastic version. (See the third example shown below.) These are all "Made in England" (MIE) versions. Lastly production appears to have then moved to Hong Kong and this version is perhaps the easiest to spot because black wool "top" is made of a much softer and finer material, which feels more like a cotton flannel rather than the woven wool fabric used on the earlier versions. It also has the dome-shaped poppers rather than the flat MIE poppers. We don't have an "Empire Made" version of this dress and we would be keen to hear from anyone who has?
Shown above from left to right
1. MIE version with bow 2. MIE version without a bow 3. MIE version with a black patent plastic belt 4. MHIK version
Lastly, here is a lovely French version of 'Lunch Date' which includes Sindy's dog Ringo. How chic and so very French to take your little doggie with you when you go out to lunch. Again the fabric of this outfit is different and although the style leaflet is in French, Sindy's diary is in English and is the same as the one sold in the UK. This outfit appears to have dropped Sindy's shoes and replaced them with Ringo and so we do wonder whether this is actually a prototype? We would again be keen to hear from anyone else who has a French boxed version of this outfit to check what they have.
Skating Girl (Ref 12S05)
A lovely outfit comprising a circular felt skating skirt which fastened at the back of the waist with a white painted metal popper. Her cotton knit sweater had a red, white and black stripe design, with white ribbed cuffs, neckband and waistband. It fastened at the back of the neck with a white painted metal popper. She wore a matching hat which can be found with both a red or a white chenille pompom. Her scarf was a complimentary pattern, predominantly red with a white and black design with a chenille pompom at each end, and again they can be found in both red or white. It had matching red cotton jersey tights and she wore white felt mittens with red over-stitching and white skating boots with silver blades. This outfit was slightly revised and re-issued on a 1968 boxed doll called 'Ice Skater' (see 1968 Sindy).
Shopping-in-the-Rain (Ref 12S06)
A sexy, contemporary outfit comprising a black, shiny trench coat style rain mac with patch pockets and a tie belt. There was a matching triangular rain scarf which fastened with one black painted metal popper. Sindy wore red plastic knee high boots and carried a fashionable red PVC shopping bag with an integral handle and front pocket. An umbrella, newspaper (The Daily Globe) and three oranges complete the look. As is the case with Sindy, we have seen two MIE versions of this mac; one is the shinier, patent plastic (shown in the photo) with indented seams and stitch lines detailing, and the second version is a heavier, duller plastic with actual sewn stitching. Later versions of this outfit were made overseas and these are also less shiny and have sewn stitching detail.
Pony Club (12S07)
A smart and beautifully detailed outfit. A dark brown tailored riding jacket trimmed with a black felt collar and faux-pocket flaps with tiny brown buttons and sewn button holes. It came with a pair of beige twill jodhpurs with turn-ups which fastened at the side of her waist with a white painted metal popper. Under the jacket Sindy wore a red, black and white cotton check shirt with a collar which fastened at the front with three white poppers. On her feet she wore brown flat lace-up shoes.
Included was Sindy's hard plastic, black felted riding hat with a painted green lining, silver spurs, riding crop and two blue brushes to groom her pony.
Later versions of this outfit had a slightly different shirt which was a red & white check. The popper on these jodphurs was left unpainted.
Country Walk (Ref 12S08)
A fantastically authentic British 60s outfit. A suedette jacket fully lined with yellow taffeta, fastened with two black painted metal poppers at the front. Under the jacket was a forest green, long-sleeved polo-neck sweater fastened with four black painted metal poppers at the back. It came with a classic wool tweed skirt with a centre pleat front and back, fastened at the waistband at the back with one black painted metal popper. The outfit was worn with brown lace up walking shoes and she was accompanied by her little dog Ringo. He had his own collar and lead, bowl and bone.
This outfit is not listed in any style leaflet after 1965. However, we have established that this outfit was available until early 1969; this is backed up by the fact that the outfit can be found with “Made in England”, “Empire Made”, and “Made in Hong Kong” labels. The later versions have a different skirt pattern (see the skirt on the left in the photo).
Leather Looker (Ref 12S51)
An A-line hipster skirt with sewn on braces in a red mock leather made of cotton-backed vinyl. Attached with two white painted metal poppers at the front. Very groovy. Later versions of this skirt were made overseas. Those “Made in the Irish Republic” have unpainted, chrome coloured poppers. Those made in the Far East have much rounder dome-shaped, white painted poppers.
Nylons (Ref 12S52)
Two pairs of sheer nylon stockings, one pair in black and one pair in tan.
Sloppy Joe (Ref 12S53)
A red pullover sweater made from cotton jersey with a rounded, ribbed V-neck and cuffs. It fastened at the back of the neck with one white popper. Accompanied by a pair of matching knee length socks. Ideal for that casual, lounging about look.
Windy Day (Ref 12S54)
A “tamashanta” beret, matching fringed scarf and muff all made from a fine bright blue wool. These berets have been found with pompoms made from both wool and chenille.
They are usually found with a red pompom but there is also a version of the “tamashanta” beret with a white pompom.
We have received the following information from a Scottish Sindy collector which you might find interesting.
"I note that in Sindy 1963, you refer to a "Tamashanta beret". While this might be Pedigree's interpretation, the hat is actually called a "Tam o' Shanter". It is named after the famous Robert Burns poem, and was the sort of bonnet (as it would have been known), worn by Ayrshire peasants such as Tam and his cronies. Not a very glamorous association, so Pedigree may well have wanted to jazz it up a bit!"
Summery Days (Ref 12S55)
A short sleeved shift dress in orange hued multi-check cotton trimmed at the neck with a green/brown grosgrain bow. It fastened at the back with two white painted or chrome coloured metal poppers. A variation of this dress was issued in 1968 with 'Wardrobe Trunk' (see 1968 Scenesetters or 1968 Sindy).
Out-and-about (Ref 12S56) (aka Out & About)
This was a two piece ensemble consisting of a cotton red & white check shirt and a scarlet red V-neck jerkin made of felt. The shirt had long sleeves with two rows of stitching at the wrist to simulate cuffs. It had a sewn-on collar and turned-back lapels to form a V-shape neckline. The shirt fastened at the front with two painted metal poppers. The sleeveless V-neck jerkin echoed the shape of the front of the shirt and was cut quite deeply enabling the shirt and the poppers to be displayed underneath. The jerkin fastened at the back with three painted metal poppers.
This set was available for a number of years although it was not always shown in the Sindy style leaflets or trade catalogues. The last time it was shown was in the 1970 trade catalogue. In 1969, its description was slightly altered in an attempt to present this six year old outfit as still being the height of fashion. The V-neck jerkin was now described as a "snazzy red waistcoat" and that this outfit was "the gear for action, so Sindy's ready for "all systems go!""
Because it was made for so long, there are both Made in England (MIE) and Made in Hong Kong (MIHK) versions. The shirts normally have labels sewn in at the collar at the back or the neck or sewn into a side seam showing the place of manufacture, but we have never found a jerkin with a label. Even without the labels, this outfit is easy to recognise from its poppers and the pattern of the shirt.
The MIE versions had flat poppers and these were painted either red or white. All combinations appear - white shirt and red jerkin poppers, red shirt and white jerkin poppers, and so on. In addition, this shirt had a very bold red & white gingham check pattern with a white square.
There is also a rather nice MIE variation which had a white felt jerkin instead of the usual red version.
The later MIHK version was just ever so slightly different. The dome-shaped metal poppers were normally always painted white. In addition, the red & white gingham check shirt pattern is reversed with a red square.
Cape (Ref 12S57)
Described as a black and white houndstooth check wool cape, collarless and edged in black. Fastened by three black poppers at the front. There are at least two patterns. One appears to be a very fine black and white check rather than a true houndstooth pattern. The picture on the left shows the fine check, but take a close look at the photo on the right. The cape appears to be made of two patterns, a fine houndstooth and then the same pattern but sewn on the reverse.
Duffle Coat (Ref 12S58)
A beautifully stylish tan felt duffle coat with a hood and two patch pockets. It usually has six little toggles made of imitation wood, four on the fastenings on the front and one at the end of each sleeve. The toggles are actually plastic and on the MIE version they are torpedo shaped. The later “Made in Hong Kong” toggles have flat ends. The coat fastens with wool loops. However, we believe that there are possibly three MIE versions of the duffle coat. The first version is as described above. On the second version, the stitching is much closer to edge of the sleeve, but it has both wool loops and cuff toggles. The third version has the stitching very close to the edge of the sleeve, but there is no evidence of any toggles ever having been sewn onto the cuffs. In addition, we can find no evidence of any cord fastenings. Instead on this third version the four toggles are sewn on with brown thread and the coat has slits for button holes instead of wool loops.
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PPP’s ruckus mars NA session
by Staff Report , (Last Updated June 10, 2019)
–PPP members protest after deputy speaker refuses to allow Bilawal Bhutto to speak before Sheikh Rasheed
–Shehbaz Sharif slams Zardari’s arrest, asks deputy speaker to issue PPP co-chairman’s production orders
–PPP’s Shazia Marri says Opp members ‘being picked up one by one’ to silence dissent
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) session on Monday was adjourned for a day after Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) members surrounded the speaker’s dais and chanted slogans against the government when Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri gave the floor to Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed instead of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
Bilawal arrived in the assembly after the arrest of his father Asif Ali Zardari by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), after which the opposition demanded that he be allowed to speak first. A visibly annoyed Suri continued to tell the protesting members to return to their seats and warned that he will not succumb to any pressure.
Suri assured the protesting MNAs that Bilawal will be allowed to speak after Sheikh Rasheed’s speech. The deputy speaker said that he had given the floor to the railways minister because the latter wanted to respond to Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, who had named Rasheed in his speech earlier.
“Do you want me to adjourn the sitting like I did last time?” asked Suri. He then addressed Bilawal directly, assuring the PPP chairman that he would be allowed to speak for as long as he wished if the protesting members returned to their seats.
Bilawal said that it was the second time that the MNAs from Jhelum and Rawalpindi were preferred over an MNA from Larkana.
“My voice has been censored again. Two federal ministers were preferred over me,” he said.
“If I am not allowed to speak, I will not let Bilawal speak either,” thundered Sheikh Rasheed in response to Bilawal’s remark.
As the commotion showed no signs of letting up, Suri adjourned the proceedings until Tuesday when the budget is scheduled to be presented.
Earlier, while speaking on the floor of the House, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif said that former president Zardari has presented himself before NAB on every occasion and there was no need for his immediate arrest. The opposition leader said that Zardari never used delay tactics and NAB should have appreciated this.
It is worth mentioning here that the FIA is investigating 32 people in relation to money laundering from fictitious accounts, including Zardari and Talpur. Zardari’s close aide Hussain Lawai was arrested in July last year in connection with the probe.
The former president’s other close aide and Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed a close aide and Omni Group chairman and his son, Abdul Ghani, were arrested by FIA in August 2018.
Over 20 ‘benami’ accounts at some private banks were opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015 from where transactions worth billions of rupees were made, according to sources.
The amount, according to FIA sources, is said to be black money gathered from various kickbacks, commissions and bribes.
Addressing the House before Shehbaz Sharif, PPP MNA Shazia Marri accused the NAB of “harassing” Zardari.
Marri also inquired about Zardari’s production orders from Speaker Asad Qaiser.
“He [Zardari] is a member of this House and a former president. The members look towards the speaker for the protection of the rights [of MNAs] as he [Qaiser] is the custodian of the House. Zardari has already faced jails for 12 or 13 years,” she added while requesting that the arrested leader of her party be provided with production orders.
At this, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf also asked for the same and asked the speaker to suspend assembly proceedings until he arrives.
“NAB is harassing Zardari. In this situation, how will you protect him, when will you issue his production orders?” asked an infuriated Marri.
She lamented that opposition members were being targeted specifically as members of the government were also nominated in NAB cases and alleged that the recent arrests of MNAs Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar were also part of the same plan.
“Opposition members are being picked up one by one. The opposition is being victimised against because they talk about people’s issues,” she added.
Responding to Marri’s tirade, Interior Minister (r) Brig Ijaz Shah said that the government had “nothing to do” with the high court’s order to turn down Zardari’s bail plea.
“This is a court matter. NAB is an independent institution and the government cannot interfere in its affairs,” he said.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi backed the interior minister’s statement while reiterating that the accountability watchdog is an “independent institution and has no connection with the government” whereas, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had clearly stated that “NAB should not be used for witch hunting and promote across the board accountability”.
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At the Death House Door (Gilbert and James, 2008)
April 26, 2009 by Kenneth R. Morefield
At the Death House Door (Gilbert and James, 2008) April 26, 2009 Kenneth R. Morefield
I’m convinced in lists such as this one, that the top handful of films are usually somewhat interchangeable. Certainly any film on this list is one that I would recommend heartily, enjoy, and feel would reward multiple viewings. The differences, then, in order between the first few films has as much to do with the context in which one saw the film and one’s own pathology and viewing preferences.
After screening the film at the Full-Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, I wrote that the parts of the film focusing on the personal transformation of Carroll Pickett from prison chaplain to anti-death penalty activist was more engaging for me than the investigative report into the case of Carlos DeLuna. I still feel that way, and a part of me suspects that the bifurcated focus has made it easier for some to dismiss the film as merely and only a political polemic.
I have read some responses to film that dismiss as (and for) being too politically slanted. Maybe, but as with Hoop Dreams and Stevie, Gilbert and James are interested, first and foremost, in people. The film reflects the beliefs of the people in it.
Other responses have complained that the film is all set up and no pay off. We are told about the tapes onto which Pickett poured out his doubts and fears after each execution he has to witness, but we never hear them. We do hear Pickett, though, and I would argue that we know what is on them.
Pickett’s odyssey makes for an incredible story. One of the executions he had to preside over was of a man who killed a popular parishioner during a prison riot. Watching Pickett negotiate, even in memory, the complex of emotions that his job has forced him to reconcile, I was struck by how the film begins with the political and moves to the spiritual. Like Plato’s Republic, which cannot answer the question “What is Justice?” without describing the perfect society, At the Death House Door begins with a seemingly simple, direct question and shows how hopelessly complicated the simplest questions can be.
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Life and Holiness is Thomas Merton’s classic text on incorporating spirituality into everyday life. Merton here makes clear that he was a monk who knew the world. Of course, Merton lived a secular life until he became a Trappist monk in his late twenties, but even in the monastery he was deeply engaged in the questions of his day. In this succinct and readily accessible work, he offers compelling thoughts on what it means to be holy in the face of the anxieties of the modern age.
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What does your family’s ideal vacation look like?
Outdoor adventure? Fascinating heritage sites? Quirky, one-of-a-kind attractions you won’t find anywhere else?
At 5,262 square kilometres, BC’s Hope, Cascades & Canyon region has it all … and then some!
Just 90 minutes east of Vancouver and 2 1/2 hours from Kelowna at the junction of Highways 1, 3, 5 and 7, Hope is a gateway destination for those heading in all directions! No surprise, the region’s visitor centre is among BC’s busiest, and what a story there is to tell! Rich history, thrilling adventures, talented artisans … it’s all right here.
With so much to see and do, the region deserves so much more than a daytrip. Good thing Hope itself is home to a wide variety of accommodations. You’ll also find charming B&Bs, glamping in the Fraser Canyon and a variety of accommodations from Manning Park to Bridal Falls!
1. Yale Historic Site – A great place to kick off your visit, “Yale really tells the history of the canyon, the river and down into Hope,” says Patrick Earl, executive director of AdvantageHOPE. Once the largest city north of San Francisco and west of Chicago, Yale was founded in 1848 as a HBC trading post, growing quickly with the arrival of 30,000 dreamers during the 1858 gold rush. This provincial heritage site includes an interpretive village, Creighton House’ Museum, their newly opened restaurant, Ward Tea House, and their latest signature experience, the Johnny Ward Guest House, a private character home available for overnight accommodations. The Yale Historic site also hosts a walking augmented reality tour, historic parks, pioneer cemetery and more.
2. Hell’s Gate Airtram – Head north along Highway 1 to Hell’s Gate, where waters from the awe-inspiring Fraser River are forced through towering rock walls only 110 feet apart. The airtram – one of the steepest fully suspended trams in North America – reveals spectacular view as it descends into the gorge, home to special exhibits … and rumour has it, a ghost or two!
3. Fraser River Rafting – Take your adventure to the water, experiencing some of the largest commercially rafted whitewater in North America. Majestic views, wildlife and cultural history await as you challenge the rapids at Scuzzy Rock, China Bar and of course, Hell’s Gate itself. Unforgettable!
4. Hope Mountain Centre – If two feet (or two wheels) are your preferred way to explore, this team is in the know. Responsible for trail development and maintenance, they can tell you where to go and what you’ll experience as you get there, or book a registered program. Highlights include HBC 1849 Heritage Trail, the Alexandra Bridge Trail and of course, the Othello Tunnels, part of the Kettle Valley Rail Trail leading to the Okanagan. Looking for maps of the extensive hiking and cycling trails for all skill levels in and around Hope? Visit the Hope Visitor Centre for the Trails of Hope guide.”
5. Manning Park Resort – Offering “fresh air experiences any time of year,” the park’s pristine lakes, alpine meadows and rugged mountains combine to make this one of BC’s most spectacular regions. Hike, fish, paddle and swim in the summer, before skiing and snowshoeing season arrives. And this fall, watch for a special dark skies festival!
6. Bridal Falls Resort and Campground – South of Hope is the community of Bridal Falls, home to spectacular natural scenery at Bridal Veils Falls Provincial Park, golfing, fishing and of course, the Bridal Falls Waterpark!
7. One-of-a-kind attractions – Looking for something … unique? Movie fans will recall Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo series, whose iconic first film was shot right here. (Hope recently welcomed 1,200 visitors for the 35th anniversary of the film!) Stop by the Visitor Centre for a map to your own Rambo Experience. While strolling the charming town, watch too for the chainsaw wood carvings dotting the city-scape – more than 70 today and growing! Other unique area “musts” to check out include Blue Moose, a destination coffee house, Kawkawa Lake, and the Othello Tunnels, old train tunnels and bridges cutting through solid granite walls and crossing the Coquihalla River.
Need more inspiration? Visit at hopebc.ca/visitor-centre or call 604-869-2021.
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Mitt Romney's jaunt was a fiasco -- it said so in the papers, the author says.
The media's terrible trip
By RICH LOWRY
The reporters were said to be boiling over with frustration from lack to access to Romney. But Romney did interviews with Brian Williams and Matt Lauer of NBC, David Muir of ABC, Jan Crawford of CBS, Greta Van Susteren and Carl Cameron of Fox, and Wolf Blitzer and Piers Morgan of CNN. The notorious Olympics gaffe came in the sit-down with Williams.
It’s true that there was a gross imbalance on the trip between the access for TV journalists and for the traveling print reporters. This might make fascinating fodder for a Columbia Journalism Review symposium one day. “Washington Week in Review” should devote a segment to it. Maybe two. Outside of media and political professionals, though, it interests precisely … no one.
Regardless, I thought the hallmark of a professional was hiding your pique rather than giving vent to it and letting it color what you write.
One anonymous reporter told POLITICO’s Dylan Byers that after the indignities of the European trip, “This is rough and tumble now. There are going to be tough questions — the American people want that.”
Yes, the American people can’t wait to hear Romney’s answer to how he feels about his gaffes and other similarly penetrating questions.
The fact is that the press doesn’t need any excuse to be either superficial or unfriendly to Romney. Consider the “culture” comment. Whatever else you think of it, it is interesting. It could have been the occasion for news analysis pieces on the debate over the sources of economic development in general and the economic travails of the Arab world in particular. Instead, all the press cared about was that a Palestinian functionary reflexively deemed it racist.
Meanwhile, back here at home, where no journalists were mistreated by the Romney campaign, Newsweek ran a cover calling the former Massachusetts governor a “wimp.” A publicity stunt with a stitched-together excuse for an article attached, the cover nonetheless made “NBC Nightly News” on Sunday — one of the few segments on the broadcast not related to beach volleyball.
Despite all the conservative energy devoted to monitoring and critiquing media bias, it may be worse than ever. Why? The answer goes back to Romney’s comment in Jerusalem: the enduring importance of culture.
Imagine if a cadre of journalists were recruited to cover the Obama campaign from 100 devoted Rush Limbaugh listeners living in the 230-mile corridor from Midland to Amarillo, Texas. Imagine they were overwhelmingly traditionalist on hot-button cultural issues and heavily evangelical, owned five firearms each and largely socialized with one another and other conservative Republicans.
They could try their damnedest to be fair to the president whose politics they disdain. Still, their own predilections would inevitably show through.
In the real world, journalists tend to have the opposite of all these qualities, and on top of them are usually self-important and willfully blind to their own biases.
It’s a wonder they aren’t told “shove it” more often.
Rich Lowry is the editor of National Review.
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'We’re all getting together now,' Paul said of Christie. | AP Photos
Did Paul joke about Christie's woes?
By LUCY MCCALMONT
01/30/2014 06:55 AM EST
Sen. Rand Paul insists there’s no tension between him and Gov. Christie and has an interesting way of explaining why.
“Oh, no, we’re all one big happy family now,” Rand said Wednesday on Fox News’s “Hannity,” when asked about party divisions by host Sean Hannity, who referenced Paul’s relationship with Christie.
“It is all under the bridge,” Paul added.
“It’s all under the bridge?” Hannity asked, laughing and acknowledging Paul’s word choice as a possible reference to the “Bridgegate” scandal plaguing Christie.
( PHOTOS: Who’s who in the Chris Christie bridge scandal?)
“We’re all getting together now,” Paul said.
“No pun intended?” Hannity asked.
Smiling, Paul continued and instead just repeated himself.
“We’re all getting together now, we’re going to be a big happy party I think,” the senator said.
The two prominent Republicans have sparred in the past, taking shots at one another on various issues.
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A strong majority of each party, including Republicans, were behind Brewer's move.
Poll: Most Arizonans back veto
By TAL KOPAN
Arizonans think Gov. Jan Brewer was right in vetoing controversial legislation seen as anti-gay, according to a new poll, with a plurality in the state also supporting same-sex marriage for the first time.
Nearly three in four Arizona voters said they supported Brewer’s decision to veto the bill, with only 18 percent against it, according to a Public Policy Polling poll out Tuesday. A strong majority of each party, including Republicans, were behind her move.
A smaller majority opposed the controversial SB 1062, which would have allowed business owners to refuse customers service based on their religious beliefs. Sixty-six percent of Arizona voters opposed the bill, while 22 percent supported it.
( Also on POLITICO: How business went DEFCON-1 in Arizona)
The bill passed the state Legislature last month before landing on Brewer’s desk last week. After mounting pressure from members of her own party, including some lawmakers who had originally voted for it, the Republican governor vetoed the bill.
The left-leaning polling firm also found for the first time in its polling that a plurality of Arizonans support same-sex marriage in their state, 49 percent to 41 percent.
PPP surveyed 870 Arizona voters from Feb. 28 to March 2 for the poll, which has an error margin of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
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Robert Burns 1759 - 1796
As well known as Shakespeare, the first poet to have a national day in his honour, popular around the world more than two centuries after he died, author of the song millions use to greet the new year. Burns is so much more than a tartan and haggis cliché of Scotland. Poet, songwriter, national hero, the original rock ‘n’ roll bad boy. His work has influenced other artists and world leaders. Burns proved Shelley’s claim that poets are ‘the unacknowledged legislators of the world’ the poet who wrote about freedom, inequality and injustice and helped shape modern democracy and its values!
Eddie Reader performs Burns' love poem "My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXH9DVS76yM
A 2018 BBC Scotland documentary “Rabbie’s Bairns” told of a school project with 8 year olds. One girl was from an Iraqi Kurdish family resettled by the government in Scotland. She talked of the horrors her family had witnessed and how happy she was in Scotland, speaking in perfect English and with a beautiful Scots accent. Her school runs a competition for the children to learn a song or poem by Burns. Burns was a loving father who taught his own children and wrote several songs and poems for children. In the documentary the little girl practiced her song for her parents, bursting into giggles when she mispronounced a Gaelic word! It was impossible to watch without admiration and sympathy or the thought that Burns work is still as popular and, sadly, as relevant today as it was more than two hundred years ago!
It was more than a love of his homeland, more than a love of poetry and song that drove Robert Burns, he had a world to challenge and to change!
Burns the National Icon
But the trouble with being a national icon is that everyone wants a part of you and pick the parts that suit their agenda!
Recently voted "The Greatest Scot" of all time, to Nationalists he stands with Bonny Prince Charlie and William Wallace. But they ignore his distrust of politicians and decidedly international beliefs.
To Scottish Tories his praise of the Highlands fits comfortably alongside Royals in Kilts but they chose to ignore his criticism of class, wealth and the exploitation and cruelty of industrialisation and his opposition to blood sports like fox hunting.
To the Left he is the poet who voiced the anger that led to the labour movement; conveniently ignoring his membership of the Freemasons and his less than admirable history with women.
To Freemasons he’s a welcome piece of good PR to counter the trouser rolling and accusations of Dan Brown style conspiracies.
And to Visit Scotland, the official tourist board for the country, he is the ultimate marketing cliche gazing out from postcards and tartan boxes of shortbread!
And Burns has his critics.
MeToo era feminists condemn his admittedly deplorable treatment of women, the blatant affairs and the three illegitimate children he fathered but overlook his friendship with Mary Wollstonecraft, author of the first and greatest feminist tract “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” and that he challenged Tom Paine’s “The Rights of Man” with a poem “The Rights of Women” arguing against warmongering and that freedom is an only be achieved when everyone is equally free.
"While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention."
Others point to the fact the Burns planned to emigrate to Jamaica in a time of slavery but ignore the crippling poverty that that drove centuries of Scots to emigrate, that he wrote poems against slavery both at home and abroad and helped the actress Elizabeth Kemble to raise funds for the anti-slavery movement well before Wilberforce! His poems inspired American abolitionists including Abraham Lincoln.
The Truth is that there is far more to Robert Burns!
Never Call Him Rabbie!!
To begin, he was Robert Burns, not Rob or Robbie and certainly not Rab or Rabbie!
Burns hated diminutives of his name, even his family and closest friends were only ever allowed to call him Robert. The Scots dialect was regularly mocked by the English and Burns considered Rab or Rabbie a deliberate insult!
He was born in Ayr in 1759 the son of a poor tenant farmer. By his 20’s he was working the family croft and already famous as the Ploughman Poet. Though he turned his hand to other occupations, his was a hard and short life. When he died aged 37, he had written over 500 poems and songs and collected for posterity many others by unknown authors.
Burns has been hugely influential on poetry, literature, music, politics and attitudes. Along with William Blake he was the first of the ‘Romantic’ poets and his themes of poverty, inequality and injustice inspired those who came after him; some of the greatest British poets – William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley. He influenced the work of the woman Shelley married, Mary, who at the age of sixteen wrote “Frankenstein” one of the greatest novels ever written. So much more than a horror story; an allegory against unfettered power and science without morality that’s even more relevant today. The influence of Burns on Mary Shelley was inevitable, her mother was Mary Wollstonecraft.
The 'Romantics'
George Gordon
Percy Shelley
His "Masque of Anarchy" was written to protest the Peterloo Massacre which has its bi-centenary in 2019
She wrote "Frankenstein" when she was only 16!
That influence continues today. Both Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen cited Burns as the poet who led them to become songwriters and his poems have inspired everything from pop to heavy metal, including Michael Jackson and Iron Maiden.
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen
Michael Jackson produced an album of Burns poetry while Metallica are just one band to write songs inspired by Burns
There are Rap versions of his poetry. A Cambridge professor has written that Eminem stands side by side with Burns in both style and message. (Mr Mathers is of Scottish descent.)
Edinburgh Hip Hop artist Drew Devine (aka 'Werd') raps Burns "To A Mouse"
You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A720pCwaHVs
The great American novelists J D Salinger and John Steinberg were heavily influenced by him. Steinbeck's “Of Mice and Men” takes its name from his poem To A Mouse”
“The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
The theme of the novel, human kindness in the struggle against poverty and prejudice, are pure Robert Burns.
Burns has not just influenced two hundred years of literature, the values he wrote about shaped modern democracy and he gave us one of its most poignant expressions that applies as much today –
“Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn”
Abraham Lincoln loved the poet. He recited the his verse as he traveled the circuit from court to court during his days as a lawyer and the night he was shot at Ford’s Theater, he had a book of Burns poetry in his pocket.
Nelson Mandela shared the books he was given during his 27 years imprisonment. He kept only two in his cell on Robben Island which he read constantly for inspiration. —“The Diary of Anne Frank.” and a volume of Burns poetry.
For these reasons, Robert Burns is popular all over the world. Countless thousands of Burns Night celebrations take place in many continents from the USA, Canada and Australia to Iraq, Russia and Turkey (where incidentally haggis is also a national dish). There are towns named after him and over 60 known statues and memorials of him across the globe. He’s as well known and more popular than almost any other poet in history.
Burns wrote in English, Gaelic and Scots Dialect a kind of pidgin mix of English and Gaelic. Like Cohen and Dylan, he was primarily a song writer. In late 18th century Scotland few could read or write. Burns knew that writing songs in the language of the common people would ensure they became popular and known to most of his fellow Scots. He chose tunes that were already popular and gave them new lyrics and he was stunningly talented in choosing the music that best suited his words. The result is his best and most famous work.
Among these is the poem which, in many nations, heralds in the new year an honour not even Shakespeare can match. But Auld Lang Syne is not flippant nostalgia it’s an elegy to loss and the duty to remember. Its original tune, (not the sentimental pap William Shield set it to 50 years later) reflects the sadness that forced countless thousands to leave Scotland.
Paulo Nutini sings the original version of Auld Lang Syne
You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glraj7d3O2E
Two old friends meet to share a dram or more, pledge their enduring friendship and not forget those they have lost. The opening lines are a challenge not a statement – “Should auld aquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind, should auld aquaintance be forgot for auld lang syne – the passage of time? And in contains one of the most humane lines of poetry ever written –
“we’ll tack a cup o kindness yet”
Despite the dialect and more than two centuries passing his work is still painfully relevant. Take just two extracts from his polemic “A Man’s A Man For A’ That”
It was first published anonymously to prevent Burns arrest for treason! Not the only time he put himself on the line and risked the consequences!
Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord,
Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that;
Tho' hundreds worship at his word,
He's but a coof for a' that:
For a' that, an' a' that,
His ribband, star, an' a' that:
The man o' independent mind
He looks an' laughs at a' that
Then let us pray that come it may,
(As come it will for a' that,)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,
Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.
It's coming yet for a' that,
That Man to Man, the world o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that.
Alongside these vehement statements of moral and political principles, Burns wrote lovingly of Scotland and rightly too for it is a land of heart stopping beauty and centuries of rushing oppression.
He also wrote some of the greatest (arguably the greatest) love poetry ever penned and much of it as breath taking songs.
The Greatest Song of Lost Love and Despair:
Aye Fond Kiss
In 1787 the 28 year old Burns was a national celebrity and travelled to Edinburgh to promote his work where the handsome farmer poet enjoyed rock star status particularly with the Edinburgh ladies. Here he met and fell for Agnes McLehose known as ‘Nancy’, a strong, indpendent, educated woman who was separated from her husband James a Glasgow lawyer and abusive bully. Every bit his equal, the couple embarked on a lengthy and passionate affair but Nancy was too smart and to respectable to fall too readily to Burns charm.
The couple exchanged letters for over a year sometimes writing to each other twice in one day using, at her insistence, the psuedonyms 'Sylvander' and 'Clarinda' to protect their reputations. The passion of their relationship and her struggle with propriety is clear in their letters.
In 1791 angry at his failure to care for her servant he had got pregnant, Nancy ended their relationship in order to sail to the West Indies to try to retrieve her marriage. Burns response was to write for her possibly the greatest song of lost love and despair and his greatest work, “Aye Fond Kiss”
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae farewell, and then for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,
While the star of hope she leaves him?
May no more cheerful twinkle lights me;
Dark despair around benights me.
I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
Nothing could resist my Nancy:
But to see her was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.
Had we never lov'd so kindly,
Had we never lov'd so blindly,
Never met-or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Fare-thee-well, thou first and fairest!
Fare-thee-well, thou best and dearest!
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
Peace, Enjoyment, Love and Pleasure!
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
Ae farewell alas, for ever!
Eddie Reader - the best recording of Aye Fond Kiss from her album of Burns songs
You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMmtBgMaF5I
Nancy’s hopes of reconciliation were short lived. Her husband was still a brute and now cruelly working slaves. After a few months she returned to Edinburgh where she lived quietly and alone for the rest of her life.
Though they exchanged a few friendly letters the affair, such as it had been, was over. Burns died four years later with a picture of Nancy still in his possession but she lived on for over 40 years dying in 1841. Six months after her death, her nephew found Burns original copy of Aye Fond Kiss still in its envelope hidden inside her bible.
Like many women of her time and class, Nancy kept a diary. It details the daily life of a respectable Edinburgh woman and is now a valuable resource for historians and scriptwriters producing films set in the C19th. But among the details of Victorian life -- who came to tea, the arguments with the butcher, who married, who died -- is one exception. Every year on the 6th of December she wrote the same single sentence. “This day I shall ne’er forget for this is the day I last saw Robert Burns.”
So we should raise a glass to Robert Burns, to freedom, to justice, to compassion, to friends, to loss, to love and to Nancy.
Slainte!
Paulo Nutini sings a rousing angry version of Burns greatest song of protest and democracy, A Man's A Man For A' That
You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWHIfSjQaUA
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Pick your EA SPORTS Player of the Month for August
Mkhitaryan? Mane? Lossl? Cast your vote to help decide who of the seven nominees wins August's award
Vote for your Barclays Manager of the Month for August
Choose your August Carling Goal of the Month
How the Premier League's awards work
Seven players have been nominated for August's EA SPORTS Player of the Month award.
You have until midnight BST on Monday 4 September to vote and the winner will be revealed on Friday 8 September.
Romelu Lukaku (MUN)
The Belgian’s three goals make him the League’s joint-top scorer for a Man Utd side who boast the only remaining 100% start.
Phil Jones (MUN)
The defender has played every minute so far, making eight interceptions to help Man Utd start a Premier League season with three clean sheets for only the fourth time.
Jonas Lossl (HUD)
One of only two goalkeepers with a 100% save rate, the Dane’s 11 stops mean Huddersfield are yet to concede a Premier League goal in their debut season.
Sadio Mane (LIV)
The Liverpool winger has started the season in fine form, scoring a goal in each of the first three fixtures as part of Liverpool’s formidable front three.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (MUN)
The Man Utd midfielder has assisted half his team’s 10 goals this season. His tally of five in the first three matches has not been achieved since 1994/95.
Alvaro Morata (CHE)
Chelsea’s new signing from Real Madrid has had no trouble adapting, being the first player to score and assist in both his first two home PL appearances.
Mohamed Salah (LIV)
The Egyptian winger has made a flying start to life at Liverpool, producing two goals and one assist from two starts.
See: How the awards are decided
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I Can't Win
(Elizabeth Frerking)
This is a song about not being able to find love no matter where you go.
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All the men and the women despise me
I can't win, oh, I can't win
Every hour, every minute I'm longing
But I can't win, no I can't win.
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No one feels anything
Except for me
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There ain't no one with me
Not night nor day
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Switch Up
By Daymion Keys
This song was inspired by a reaction to what seems to be trending in today’s era of hip-hop. It was intended to take a “that’s not the wave I want to ride” approach to a negative trend that glorifies capitalism.
By Nate Marolli
A view of life from the perspective of a lower middle class rapper, and his inability to see how hip hop of today has progressed from past artworks
By Jordan Lewis
The thoughts of nicodemus when he found out he found out there was much he didn't know about the Lord
This is about falling in love and "taking the blame" for making the partner feel good
Take the Wheel
By Francisco Torres
Fighting temptation
By Gabrielle Scott
It's about knowing who you really are and where you stand.
I still got the fight in me
By Lungi
This is a song to encourage hard work and not giving up. Staying positive about the outcomes in life so we can keep trying and not giving up.
By Jevan Gill
About a heart broken girl seeking for the ultimate revenge
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Tuesday’s boys’ roundup: Biddeford finally defeats rival Thornton Academy
The Tigers go to overtime to down the Trojans for the first time since the 2005-06 season.
BIDDEFORD — It went to overtime, but Biddeford High ended a boys’ basketball drought against its biggest rival Tuesday night, defeating Thornton Academy 56-53 in an SMAA game at Tiger Gym.
It was the first time the Tigers (5-2) had beaten the Trojans (4-3) since the 2005-06 season. Thornton now plays in Class AA and Biddeford in Class A.
The Tigers went 5 of 6 from the line in overtime and 15 of 18 for the game.
DeSean Cromwell scored 12 of his team-leading 14 points in the second half and overtime for Biddeford. Jerome Criado had 12 points, Carter Edgerton added 12, including 6 of 6 from the line, and Cody Saucier chipped in with 11.
Payton Jones led Thornton with 17 points. Will Chapman contributed 10.
GORHAM 65, CHEVERUS 53: Nick Strout and Tom Nelson each scored nine of their 13 points in the second quarter as the Rams (4-4) opened a 40-24 halftime lead and defeated the Stags (3-6) at Gorham.
Jordan Bretton and Ryan Reno also scored 13 for Gorham.
Owen Burke had a game-high 14 points for Cheverus.
PORTLAND 82, SANFORD 54: Griffin Foley scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half to lead four players in double figures for the Bulldogs (8-0) against the Spartans (1-7) at Sanford.
Emmanuel Yugu hit three 3-pointers and had 19 points to lead Portland, which used a 22-8 run in the third quarter to open a 66-40 lead. Treyvonnte Ballew and Terion Moss each added 17 points.
Leyton Bickford led Sanford with 22 points.
FALMOUTH 46, WESTBROOK 38: Nick Hester scored 12 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked five shots to lead the Yachtsmen (5-5) over the Blue Blazes (4-4) at Westbrook.
Alex Marcotte scored 14 points, and Jack Bryant added 10 points and five assists for Falmouth.
Zac Manoogian scored 20 points for Westbrook.
FRYEBURG ACADEMY 42, GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 34: Tucker Buzzell scored 13 points for the Raiders (3-5), who overcame a 29-27 deficit with a 15-5 run in the fourth quarter and defeated the Patriots (5-3) at Fryeburg.
Scott Parker had nine points for Fryeburg.
John Martin scored nine points for Gray-New Gloucester, which was limited to five free throws in the final period.
NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY 50, PINE TREE ACADEMY 32: Te’Andre King scored 34 points, including 20 in the second half as the Panthers (3-6) downed the Breakers (3-5) at Freeport.
Jared Tamaleaa scored a team-high 10 points for Pine Tree, which fell behind 24-11 at halftime.
King added 14 rebounds for NYA.
CAPE ELIZABETH 48, YARMOUTH 44: Finn Bowe had 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists for the Capers (7-1), who defeated the Clippers (6-3) at Cape Elizabeth.
Ashanti Haywood had 13 points for Yarmouth, which led 24-22 at halftime. The score was 32-32 through three quarters.
Tanner Carpenter had eight of his 11 points in the second half for Cape Elizabeth, and Andrew Hartel finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.
BRUNSWICK 66, LINCOLN ACADEMY 42: Colby Bucknam scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half as the Dragons (6-3) pulled away after trailing by two at halftime and defeated the Eagles (0-8) at Brunswick.
FREEPORT 83, POLAND 42: The Falcons (5-2) opened a 50-18 halftime lead and finished with 13 3-pointers to down the Knights (0-6) at Freeport.
Ethan Sclar led Freeport with 13 points. Kaleb Barrett added 11.
Peter Bolduc III scored eight points for Poland.
CONY 62, MEDOMAK VALLEY 52: Jordan Roddy scored six of his 10 points in the fourth quarter as the Rams (5-4) used a 19-15 run to pull away from the Panthers (4-4) at Waldoboro.
Simon McCormick had a pair of 3-pointers and 16 points for Cony. Ian Bowers tossed in 11 points.
Chris Bowman scored 21 points and Alec Coughlin added 10 for Medomak.
KENNEBUNK 61, MARSHWOOD 57: Kyle Pasieniuk and Max Murray combined for 14 of the 18 points for the Rams (6-2) in the fourth quarter points as they overcame a 48-43 deficit to down the Hawks (2-7) at Kennebunk.
Murray finished with a game-leading 23 points, Pasieniuk added 12 and Cam Lovejoy chipped in 11.
Brandon Libby led Marshwood with 21 points. Sam Aiguier and Cullen Casey each tossed in nine.
SCARBOROUGH 58, DEERING 53: Brian Austin hit a key 3-pointer in overtime to help the Red Storm (7-2) defeat the Rams (5-4) at Portland.
Nick Fiorello scored 19 of his game-high 23 points in the first half as Scarborough took a 32-26 lead.
Ben Onek had all of his six points in the third quarter as Deering used a 16-7 advantage to take a 42-39 edge.
The Red Storm held a two-point lead with under a minute left when Junior Butera put in an offensive rebound to make it 48-48 heading to to overtime.
Ricky Despacho led Deering with 20 points.
LAKE REGION 50, WELLS 43: The Lakers (4-5), down 30-28 through three quarters, used a 22-13 run in the fourth to defeat the Warriors (5-3) at Naples.
Tristen Chaine led Lake Region with 17 points, hitting seven free throws in the fourth quarter.
Matt Sherburne scored 14 points for Wells.
HAMPDEN ACADEMY 77, MESSALONSKEE 54: Ian McIntyre scored 23 points and Corey Winch added 21 as the Broncos (9-1) rolled past Messalonskee (4-4) at Oakland.
YORK 3, GORHAM 1: Jake Nelson, Jake Martin and Andrew Bertolini scored to lead the Wildcats (5-2) over the Rams (1-5) at Dover, New Hampshire.
Tyler Weeks of Gorham scored with 9:39 remaining.
Keenan Gamache made 11 saves for York. Garrett Babineau stopped 32 shots for Gorham.
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Kenney: “Philly Is Dedicated to Evolving Into a Smart City”
The city just won a grant for its “smart city potential.” Here’s what that means.
By Fabiola Cineas· 2/10/2017, 5:15 p.m.
Photo | Jim Kenney
The “smart city” is no longer an abstract idea. Cities in Singapore have sensor-enabled traffic systems, Barcelona has an extensive citywide WiFi network, and Dubai’s working on creating the world’s smartest police stations using Google’s Glass technology. And Philly’s got some plans of its own.
This week the city announced that is was awarded a Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge grant. Basically, the Smart Cities Council, an international advisory group that’s helped cities develop “smart city roadmaps,” has recognized Philly as a city that has potential to use technology to solve its biggest challenges, like its poverty rate.
Philly, along with Austin, Miami, Orlando and Indianapolis, beat out more than 100 other cities involved in the application process.
“We have been building a coalition of city, community, business and educational institutions. They are all enthused and ready to help with smart city projects focused on the built environment, telecommunications and basic public services like water,” Mayor Kenney said in a statement. “We know the technology behind us is important for our citizens and businesses alike, and the expertise that the Smart Cities Council brings will help us realize those opportunities.”
A few benefits come with the grant. Philly will attend a workshop this year to develop its plan for applying smart tech to “further innovation, inclusion and investment,” the city announced in a statement. And following the workshop, they’ll have connections to the Smart Cities Council experts who’ve worked on more than 10,000 smart city projects around the world, according to the organization.
Philly signaled its interest in getting smarter when it launched the “Smart City Challenge” last summer. “Whatever your background, if you have an innovative idea on new uses for city assets, we want to hear from you,” the city’s chief administrative officer said in a statement.
The city received more than 100 applications and spokesman Mike Dunn says the proposals are still under review. There’s a huge opportunity here to further the convergence of civics and tech.
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Fabiola Cineas Business Editor @fabiolacineas
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Pioneer Debuts Revolutionary Horizontal-Vertical Transforming Technology for the Car
Patented HVT Technology Creates Powerful Bass in Extremely Compact Package
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today introduced the TS-WH500A amplified subwoofer system, featuring Pioneer’s patented Horizontal-Vertical Transforming (HVT) Technology. A truly groundbreaking approach in loudspeaker design, HVT technology uses a unique linkage mechanism, which allows the magnet and voice coil of the dual motor structure to be positioned horizontally to the left and the right side of vertically moving dual speaker diaphragms. Combined, the two diaphragms have an effective surface area equal to a conventional 8-inch subwoofer and fire in a bipolar arrangement, increasing output while also cancelling destructive vibrations within the enclosure. The result of this innovative technology is a subwoofer system with significantly reduced physical depth, while maintaining greater excursion and linearity for superior bass reproduction, natural sound quality and higher output.
“Pioneer’s founder, Nozomu Matsumoto, began manufacturing loudspeakers for high fidelity music playback in 1938. In the 76 years since Pioneer’s inception, we have continued to develop new and innovative loudspeaker technology with a single purpose: to reproduce the passion and energy of the musical performance regardless of listening location,” said Ted Cardenas, vice president of marketing for the Car Electronics Division of Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. “Pioneer’s Horizontal-Vertical Transforming Technology is a completely different design that results in a smaller loudspeaker that easily fits in a wide range of vehicle applications without sacrificing performance or sound quality.”
Measuring only 13-7/16 inches x 9-7/8 inches x 2-3/8 inches, the extremely compact TS-WH500A can be installed in many small, tight areas where conventional subwoofers cannot, such as under or behind a seat. Housed in a sealed enclosure made of high-grade resin, the TS-WH500A is a fully amplified design with a wideband, high-current 50 watt RMS amplifier (150 watt maximum) and can easily be connected to aftermarket car stereos or integrated into factory installed systems.
Frequency Response: 20Hz – 200Hz
Sensitivity: 98 dB
Impedance: 4 Ohm
Wired remote control for adjusting volume, low-pass crossover frequency and phase
The Pioneer TS-WH500A subwoofer will be available in March with a suggested price of $300.
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Pivotal HAWQ Advanced Analytics Engine Released as Open Source Contribution
News, Open Source, Analytics, Big Data, Database
By Janet Wagner, ProgrammableWeb Staff
Pivotal, an enterprise application development solutions provider, has announced the contribution of HAWQ and MADlib to the Apache Software Foundation. HAWQ and MADlib are now 100% open source and available to the open source community as ASF incubator projects. Pivotal has also partnered with Hortonworks and Altiscale to provide commercial versions of the HAWQ analytics engine.
Apache HAWQ (incubating) is a Hadoop-native advanced SQL analytics database solution that allows enterprises to perform in-database analytics that utilize algorithms provided by the Apache MADlib (incubating) machine learning library. Apache HAWQ includes a variety of advanced capabilities such as SQL-based data analysis, TPC-DS specification compliance, data federation, linear scalability, and Hortonworks Data Platform support. Apache HAWQ also features an API that allows new services and formats to be added without changing the platform.
Apache MADlib (incubating) is an open source library that provides supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods for structured and unstructured data. Apache MADlib is designed for scalable in-database analytics and provides parallel machine learning capabilities such as classification, regression modeling, clustering, topic modeling, association rule mining, descriptive statistics, and more. MADlib has actually been an open source project for several years now and was developed by Pivotal in conjunction with customers as well as researchers from University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and University of Florida.
Gavin Sherry, vice president and CTO, data, Pivotal, told ProgrammableWeb that the availability of the HAWQ and MADlib platform as open source will help enterprises enable greater innovation at a much faster pace. Most enterprises currently use proprietary legacy database configurations that do not allow much in the way of innovation. Michael Cucchi, sr. director of outbound product, Pivotal, told ProgrammableWeb that "it's Pivotal's case that open source technologies are driving innovation faster and with more vigor than legacy systems, the backbone of the Facebooks, Googles, and other internet giants who are able to scale to meet changing business dynamics."
Sherry explained that HAWQ differs from the Oracle Data Mining platform in that Oracle is a proprietary platform that does not run native on Hadoop. Providing HAWQ as a 100% open source platform allows organizations to use HAWQ as they see fit easily extending the platform as needed. Sherry also said that organizations can inspect the HAWQ source code and that 2 million lines of code have been contributed to the Apache Software Foundation. The HAWQ platform includes parallel machine learning capabilities provided by Apache MADlib and also allows users to build and implement their own machine learning algorithms.
"Hadoop native technologies, like Apache HAWQ, will enable more companies and people to derive analytics and learning/meaning from big data, something essential for businesses that are moving towards being software-driven," said Cucchi. "This type of functionality was primarily seen only in a small number of organizations with teams of data scientists. This expansion of the Hadoop ecosystem vision is to bring this to all and the world is starting to take note."
Pivotal will continue to provide commercial versions of Apache HAWQ and Apache MADlib which are available as part of the Pivotal Big Data Suite. Pivotal partners Hortonworks and Altiscale will be helping the company bring commercial versions of the platforms to the market.
For more information about Apache HAWQ and Apache MADlib, visit the Apache Software Foundation website. To learn more about the commercial product, Pivotal HAWQ powered by Apache Hawk, visit the Pivotal company website.
Be sure to read the next Open Source article: Angular 2.0 Hits Beta, Brings Major Changes to the JavaScript Framework
Janet Wagner specializes in creating well-researched, in-depth content about APIs, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, analytics, and other advanced technologies.
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All's Faire in Middle School
# ING-9780525429982
The author of Roller Girl is back with a graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your embarrassing family, and the Renaissance Faire.
Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to begin her own training as a squire. First, though, she'll need to prove her bravery. Luckily Impy has just the quest in mind--she'll go to public school after a life of being homeschooled! But it's not easy to act like a noble knight-in-training in middle school. Impy falls in with a group of girls who seem really nice (until they don't) and starts to be embarrassed of her thrift shop apparel, her family's unusual lifestyle, and their small, messy apartment. Impy has always thought of herself as a heroic knight, but when she does something really mean in order to fit in, she begins to wonder whether she might be more of a dragon after all.
By Victoria Jamieson
Item Number: ING-9780525429982.
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10 YRS AGO – WWE in State College, Pa.: Edge, Great Khali, Maryse, Bellas, Dreamer, Shelton, Truth, Jeff Hardy, MVP, Triple H
Edge (artist Grant Gould © PWTorch)
The following report was originally published ten years ago this weekend on PWTorch.com…
WWE Smackdown/ECW brand house show
State College, Pa.
Report by Kevin Tomich, Torch VIP member
I attended the WWE (Smackdown/ECW) show tonight on the campus of Penn State University at Bryce Jordan Center. It wasn’t the best weekend for a show since most of the 40,000 Penn State students are home for the Thanksgiving break. The crowd was mostly families (lots of kids).
The show started five minutes early (7:25 p.m. EST) with ring announcer Justin Roberts (accompanied by Tiffany).
(1) The Great Khali (w/Tiffany) beat MVP in 4:11. No Ranjin Singh. Khali came to the ring first and was about to kiss Tiffany, who (naturally) seemed to want it. MVP’s music started, and the kiss did not take place. MVP grabbed the mic and told Tiffany that she should be kissing him (MVP) because he “just saved her from kissing a gorilla.” Tiffany slapped MVP and said, “I don’t kiss losers, sorry.” Khali defeated MVP via ref stoppage after a Khali “chop of doom,” and then the Khali “vice squeeze of death.” The ref stopped the match after MVP’s arm fell once. Khali went all around the ring and shook hands after the match.
(2) Nikkie & Brie Bella beat Maryse & Natalya at 8:24. Natalya was good with fan interaction while she was on the apron. Natalya hit one of the Bella Twins with a Samoan drop and only got a two-count when the other Bella twin made the save. Maryse tried to come in, but the ref stopped her, and the Bellas switched places. The “illegal” Bella Twin used a crucifix to pin Natalya.
(3) Tommy Dreamer beat Ricky Ortiz at 7:08. Ricky Ortiz came out first and did some mic work to turn himself heel. He said that he “was undefeated and did everything that Theodore Long wanted; yet, he was not on the Survivor Series card.” He insulted the fans and the other wrestlers in the back. Tommy came out to a big pop (we are only three hours from Philadelphia). One great spot was when Ricky Ortiz blew his nose in the white “rally towel” and then spun it over his head (like a sprinkler) to spread snot onto the ringside fans. Gross. Tommy pinned him after the DDT.
(4) Big Show beat Finlay (w/Hornswoggle) at 9:23. Finlay and Hornswoggle got a great reaction. It was odd with both Khali and Big Show on the same card. It kills the mystique when two guys are that big on the same show. Big Show knocked out Finlay with the Ronnie Garvin/Johnny B. Badd “knock-out punch” and got the pin. After the match, Big Show knocked out Hornswoggle with the big right hand as well. It was like King Kong Bundy at WrestleMania II.
(5) WWE tag team champions Carlos & Primo Colon beat John Morrison & The Miz at 11:27 to retain the tag titles. The Miz & Morrison are awesome live. They are very entertaining. Primo pinned Miz with a cross body from the middle of the top rope.
***INTERMISSION*** (total time – 10 minutes)
(6) U.S. champion Shelton Benjamin beat R-Truth at 10:52 to retain the U.S. Title. R-Truth sang his way down the aisle with “What’s Up.” Shelton pinned R-Truth after the gold standard. After the match, Shelton shook R-Truth’s hand and then danced with him for a minute. When R-Truth turned his back, Shelton tried for a second gold standard, but R-Truth got the upper hand and delivered a spinning scissors kick.
(7) Jeff Hardy beat WWE champion Edge via DQ at 1:21. Edge is now clean-shaven. Vladimir Koslov attacked Jeff Hardy from behind for the DQ. As Edge and Koslov double-teamed Jeff Hardy, Triple H made the save and challenged Edge & Koslov to a tag match. They accepted.
(8) Jeff Hardy & Triple H beat WWE champion Edge & Vladimir Koslov at 10:44. Triple H pinned Koslov after Hardy hit the swanton. After the match, Hardy and Triple H went around the ring to shake hands and take pictures with fans.
The show was over at 9:45 p.m. It was two hours and 15 minutes with a ten-minute intermission.
The card, which was emailed out one day before the show, listed Triple H vs. Koslov in a street fight, and Michelle McCool vs. Maryse for the Diva’s Championship. No one seemed upset with the changes. Overall, it was far from a great wrestling show, but it was fun.
NOW CHECK OUT THIS FLASHBACK: 10 YRS AGO – KELLER’S WWE RAW REPORT (11-17-08): Punk main events, Michaels & Mysterio team, plus Jericho, Cody, Kane, JBL, Batista, Miz, Morrison, Orton, Stephanie
5 YRS AGO – KELLER’S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT (7-4-14): Ambrose vs. Orton, plus early evaluation of Reigns solo promo, Jericho, Miz, A.J. Lee, Goldust & Stardust
5 YRS AGO – Keller’s WWE Raw Report (7-7-14): Cena vs. Rollins, Ambrose vs. Orton, Jericho vs. Miz, plus Bret Hart, A.J. Lee, Sandow, Reigns, Usos, Rusev, RVD
10 YRS AGO – Keller’s WWE Raw Report (7-6-09): Cena vs. Triple H, “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, plus Cody, Randy, Kofi, Bourne, Maryse, Edge, Jericho
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Visa Will Follow Russian Payments Law Despite US Sanctions
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Br!NK
aUDIENCE eNRICHMENT
Groups & Advocacy
FRAN BAUER YOUNG CRITICS PROJECT
aBOUT rENAISSANCE
Suzan Fete
Email Suzan
A graduate of University of Illinois, Suzan co-founded Renaissance Theaterworks in 1993. Favorite Renaissance Theaterworks projects include: directing TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, BLACKBIRD and THE ROAD TO MECCA, touring NEAT to Port Elizabeth South Africa in 2013 and finishing as a finalist with LUCKY NUMBERS in the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, 2015. She is especially proud that RTW won the prestigious 50/50 in 2020 International Applause Award for the 2015-16 season. The Applause Award is given to theaters in recognition of their commitment to women playwrights. Suzan lives happily in Wauwatosa with her husband Jeff.
Lisa Rasmussen
Lisa started as Renaissance Theaterworks' Development Director with excitement in the summer of 2008. In December 2017, Lisa was promoted to the position of Managing Director. Recent experience includes stage management for ComedySportz-Milwaukee and more than five years in marketing. Lisa received her BA in Theater and Psychology from Cardinal Stritch University in 2003. Lisa is a member of The Association of Fundraising Professionals. She loves living in Bay View with husband Jake and daughter Anna.
Izetta Rees
Director of Marketing & PR
Email Izetta
Izetta holds a BA in Theater with Minors is Art and Communication Arts from Cardinal Stritch University. She's been a part of Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) for over 6 years, having been promoted to Marketing & PR Director in Spring of 2017. Previous professional experience includes Marketing & Development with Danceworks, Inc. as well as Box Office work with the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. In addition, Izetta is a local actor and the Costume Designer for UW-Rock County’s Theatre Department. She lives happily in Milwaukee with her supportive husband, Trevor.
Bailey Wegner
Email Bailey
Bailey joined the Renaissance Theaterworks team as Production Manager following her role as Stage Manager for the 2017 Br!NK New Play Festival last fall. She has worked with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre as a Stage Manager for Young Playwright’s Festival, and an Assistant Stage Manager for THE FEW. Her University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee credits include TRANSLATIONS, DIDO & AENEAS, and DAMN YANKEES. In addition, she has also completed a practicum with Theatre Bonn, Germany. She has a BFA in Theatre from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Dana Dossett
Email Dana
Dana holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Drake University and a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Prior to joining RTW in January 2018, Dana served as the Grants and Communications Coordinator for The Women's Center in Waukesha. She loves exploring Milwaukee with her husband, Corey, and son, Micah.
DOG, THE BUnny
Chief Therapy Officer
#TuesdaysWithDog
Dog Peter Hunsdorfer joined the RTW team in 2014, after his theatrical debut in former Artistic Associate, Mallory Metoxen's production of The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds with Splinter Group. Dog prides himself in being an expert stress reliever and professional fur-shedder. Some of his favorite past-times are, "dropping raisins" in the office, chewing chords, licking salt off of shoes, hiding in tiny spaces, playing scarf game for visitors, eating carrots, and binky-ing in the "forbidden" RTW Room of Requirement. When not hopping about the office, Dog can be found in his "office" laying in mermaid pose inside his purple tube. In addition to his duties as Chief Therapy Officer, Dog is currently working on launching his own instagram page. #DogTheBunny You may also check out Dog's activities every Tuesday on Social Media. #TuesdaysWithDog
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HomeLabour PartyMomentum candidates sweep new NEC places
Momentum candidates sweep new NEC places
Thursday, February 1, 2018 Labour Party, Red Flag issue 17, UK
THE CLEAN sweep of Momentum candidates for three new seats created to represent Labour’s expanded membership on its nec is a chance for the left to press for long overdue democratic reform of the party.
Yasmine Dar, Rachel Garnham and Jon Lansman’s landslide victory confirms the demoralisation and decline of the right’s base amongst the members. The relatively low turnout can be put down to three causes: the result was a foregone conclusion; the absence of any challenge to Corbyn’s leadership; and the complete lack of political debate or transparency over the selection and policies of the Momentum slate.
With three more Momentum supporters on the nec, and the re-election of the whole nec in the summer, socialists should organise now, in the trade unions and local parties, for the democratic selection of left candidates and what kind of nec we need. In particular how can we secure a real transfer of power from the few (mps, union bosses and councillors) to the many (party members and trade unionists)?
Considering the overwhelming support it enjoys among the membership, Momentum Central deliberately underplays its hand when it comes to taking control of the party’s policy making structures, and its elected representatives. General election and council manifestos are still written behind closed doors; the selection of mps and councillors remains hidebound by bureaucratic rules designed to frustrate challengers to the status quo.
Instead the party and Momentum membership is regarded as a stage army, mobilised to secure the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and his selected team, then demobilised. The trade unions, the councils and the plp are viewed as the indispensable and, in the end, most important source of authority, while the party apparatus (Tom Watson, Iain McNicol & co.) are quietly left to manipulate the rules in the right’s favour.
The truth is Momentum does not allow democratic selection of its candidates because maintaining a carefully “managed democracy” in Momentum is key to ensuring it does not transgress the prescribed limits. That’s why, 12 months ago, Lansman abolished Momentum’s regional and national elected leaderships and (self-)appointed alternative leaders in their place.
Lansman and co.’s value to the Labour establishment is predicated on maintaining their ability to police the grassroots, preparing the membership for periodic compromises with the right in the interests of “party unity”, and presenting capitulation to blackmail as a demonstration of strength.
The point of securing crushing majorities for nec candidates isn’t simply to drive home the point about the marginalisation of the right, however satisfying it might be.
The votes are a mandate to press for the interests and policies of the membership on the party’s most powerful body, which remains a central battleground.
The replacement of Ann Black by Christine Shawcroft as Chair of the nec Disputes Committee provoked a lot of self-serving (and instructive) outrage from the right, but the fact is Black’s replacement was long overdue.
Black, whom we previously elected with the unqualified endorsement of Momentum, repaid the favour by immediately voting with the right to exclude new members from voting in the second leadership election, and suspending Brighton & Hove and Wallasey clps during the witch-hunt.
In fact the right are annoyed for two reasons. First the Disputes Panel will now have a majority of lefts, who can speed up investigations and end the purge of socialists. Second it gives the left another seat (Shawcroft’s) on the important Organisation Committee, which decides candidates for constituency by-elections.
Here at least we can hope for more candidates from the left of the party, and for the right of local parties to interview and select candidates to be upheld.
Lansman’s debut
Jon Lansman’s first act after being elected to the nec was to hand over the main weapon which could deprive the right of their overwhelming control over the PLP and the great majority of Labour councils: mandatory re-selection.
“We [Momentum] have made it clear that we are not going to campaign to deselect anyone, at all, anywhere,” he told interviewers.
The veteran leader of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy is trading away the democratic rights of the huge pro-Corbyn majority to have a plp that accurately reflects the views of the members… in return for what? A temporary truce in the battle over Corbyn’s leadership… until the party dips in the polls, or after the next general election.
If we want a Corbyn-led government to be accountable to the members and the wider labour movement, if we want it to pass serious reforms and stand up to the inevitable resistance, then we will need MPs with a proven track record as working class fighters, not careerists, time-servers and liberals – however “hard-working” they might be
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Middle School Poetry 180
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I’ve Got A Little Black Book With Me Poems In They asked me about that. to watch my performance in that show and think, ‘I’ve got to get more of him.’" Maybe that’s a good thing, because Single White Slut
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This is a collection of classical poems for children written by a variety of poets such as Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Edward Lear. The poems.
Lesson plans for using the Writing With Writers student activity to improve student writing skills in eight genres: biography, descriptive, folktale, mystery, myth, news, poetry, speech, and book review writing.
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The barren walls flanking SV Road in Bandra got a makeover recently, when over 180 volunteers came together to paint them. The music room at The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind often.
Mar 20, 2014 · He published printable copies of 180 poems — one for each school day — through the Library of Congress’ Poetry 180 website, and while the site does lack some of the Web 2.0 features of the others in this post, the poems are almost all by living poets, people your students can email or tweet. They aren’t easy poems, but they are approachable.
But should a reader at the end of a 180. or poetry. The big writing lesson is this: If you have some very powerful idea or image — something of great interest and importance — introduce it early in.
Dec 03, 2018 · With so many great children’s poems out there, it’s hard to pick favorites! But we accepted the challenge, asking for favorite poems for elementary school from the WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook and gathering recommendations from our staff. Here are a some poems that will help start a good discussion in your classroom.
Jun 13, 2018. “Poetry 180,” and “American Life in Poetry.” At the City's Memorial Day commemoration event on May 28, Ron Koertge read the classic poem.
The Middle School has summer reading requirements for all students. For 6th. Poetry. 180 More, Collins, ed. Ego Tripping and Other Poems for Young People,
After high school, she attended Wellesley College where. O’Grady debuted her persona Mlle Bourgeoise Noire (Miss Black Middle Class). Dressed in a white gown composed of 180 pairs of debutante.
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A flow chart handout that shows the step-by-step analysis of a poem. Also includes an introduction & link to the "Poetry 180" website with poems to use for analysis. Middle School Poetry Analysis Journal. $2.40. Product Thumbnail.
A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced by America's Poet Laureate, Billy Collins.Inspired by Billy Collins'.
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Use this two-day poetry lesson to help your students connect modern music/song lyrics to classic poetry. On the first day, students will compare and contrast the song, "Stereo Hearts," by Gym Class Heroes, to the Robert Burns’ classic poem, "A Red, Red Rose." Both poems use.
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Our mission at the Eldon Middle School is to promote academic success, through a rigorous and relevant curriculum which encourages emotional and social growth, and to help develop purpose and direction in the lives of our students.
Create poems with phrases read aloud and pictures to choose from, have Clifford books read to you, work with. Poetry 180. A fantastic elementary/middle school math website with interactive games on geometry, math facts and more.
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Easier – Poetry is a kind of writing, usually in verse.Poetry verse is set out in short lines with words put together in rhythm or rhyme or both. Poetry is about a writer sharing with the reader an.
Poetry can and should be an important part of our daily lives. Poems can inspire and make us think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed. Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year.
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story of requiring middle school students to memorize this very poem, "Stopping by Woods on a. Indicates poems that can befoundon the Poetry 180 website:.
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Quizzes make learning fun! There is no quicker way to learn about English Language in Middle School – Grades 6, 7 and 8. Did you know that if you are an airline pilot you MUST speak English? Pilots and air traffic controllers use English all over the world.
The violence wrought by his brother Ian (a stormy 180 from his own “Ladybird” role. And while “Thirteen” often resorts to after-school-special sensationalism — in its tear-stricken climax, mom.
Later, teens poured out stories and truth in the form of poetry and musical performances. and other programs, like the 180 Program, can help combat the price-tag hurdle. Not ‘Scared Straight’ It.
Offers a wealth of poetry resources, including specialized information for librarians and. librarians, and classroom teachers—preschool through middle school.". Poetry 180 is the project that poet Billy Collins undertook when he was Poet.
Founder Christopher Tompkins, who grew up in Franklin, wanted to start a school where people could get New York-style. And he stands out from the First Friday crowds by opening shows in the middle.
– Poetry Archive recording – Choose key phrases from the poem and put them on separate slips of paper. Students each take a slip of paper, and are given some time to think up all the associations and meanings to do with their given phrase. Then they go around the.
Reading poetry can be a talent in its own right, and every good reader has their own way of doing it. The true power. How to Analyze a Poem in Middle School.
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Copies of the book for “Call & Response 2: Poets and Artists in Dialogue” can be purchased from the church office and at the poetry reading and discussion. 8 p.m. Dec. 7, Royal Oak Middle School,
Sep 07, 2018 · Language Arts – Middle & High School. Teachers | Professional Resources. Links verified 9/7/2018. Aesop’s Fables – Short reading passages with a moral to analyze.; American English Pronunciation – Fantastic site! Lessons are available on quite a few topics.
This complete, print-and-go unit plan will excite both teachers and teens by ramping up traditional poetry lessons with modern-designed, multimedia materials. My MASSIVE poetry lesson bundle includes FOUR WEEKS OF COMPLETE LESSON MATERIALS designed for high school and advanced middle school.
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Poetry 180. To set up a campus meeting or training, please contact Jerard LaFuente for elementary and middle school – [email protected], or Greg Reeves.
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Even though the JACS program has funded 180 projects, said Liesinger. She remembered being dismayed to see a Washington state middle school sociology textbook claim that Japanese Americans never.
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People often ask me why they should learn a poem by heart. Middle school or high school students may find it particularly motivating to. Poetry 180.
Division and Classification of the Psalms: Divisions of the Psalter. The Psalms are really five books in one. Each of the following book division concludes with a doxology while Psalm 150 occupies the place of the doxology and forms an appropriate conclusion to the entire collection.
These are not hyperlinked (sorry) but you can do a search near the bottom of the right-hand column. I have not included the scattered blog posts about poetry in this list, but they are worth reading: Click "about poetry" in the Categories section on the right-hand column for a.
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I started teaching at Niwot High School in 2003 after teaching middle school English and Spanish. I am also a 1994 graduate. at Purdue University · Poetry 180.
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This Chart Shows We're In A Tech Bubble Right Now Unless You Look At It Very Carefully
If you're worried that we're in another tech bubble — and there is some evidence we are — then this chart might scare the pants off you. (It's from Biriny Associates via Mashable.)
Those blue bars, indicating the total value of tech IPOs, seem to show an identical pattern happening today as happened 12 years ago. A massive peak, in 1999/2012, followed by a sharp decline in 2000/2013.
If you were born prior to 1980, then the first tech bubble — the so-called dot-com boom — is viscerally seared into your inner lizard brain: it was a terrifying period in which the economy collapsed seemingly overnight, all because Silicon Valley entrepreneurs peddled companies with no revenue (but lots of users!) into the IPO markets. The period was rounded out by the fall of the World Trade Center towers in a terrorist attack.
No one wants to go back there.
And, if you look closely at the chart, it appears we are not actually headed back there. That's because the blue bars are not as important on this chart as the green arrows are. The blue bars measure dollar volume. The green arrows measure total count of IPOs. In 2000, 200 tech companies went public.
In 2013, only 1/10th of that number have staged an IPO.
That does not look like a tech bubble.
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Rugby’s historic Brownsover Hall Hotel to be renovated and restored under new owners
Martin Crossley, relationship manager at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking and Pradeepto Biswas, director at Buckleberry Hotels Limited
Joanna Hunt
Published: 09:00 Monday 30 November 2015
Brownsover Hall Hotel is to undergo renovation and restoration works following its acquisition by new owners, helped by a £1million financial package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
The funding has enabled hotel property firm, Buckleberry Hotels Limited, to acquire the Old Brownsover property, and work on restoring the Grade II listed Victorian Gothic mansion to its former glory.
The hotel’s management team is also preparing to seek planning permission to expand the property, helping to increase its capacity and ultimately add to its 62-strong team of employees, creating local jobs.
The investment in the Brownsover Hall Hotel comes as Buckleberry Hotels Limited looks to increase its presence across the Midlands, with plans in place to acquire more properties and enlarge its portfolio.
Nestled within seven acres of woodland and garden, the 47-bedroom Brownsover Hall Hotel is well regarded for its dramatic interior and unique charm, making ita popular choice for weddings and getaways, as well as meetings and conferences.
Pradeepto Biswas, director at Buckleberry Hotels Limited, said: “Brownsover Hall Hotel is a stunning building in a great location, and we’re excited about the opportunities open to us following the acquisition of the property.
“Lloyds Bank’s support has been invaluable in aiding our purchase of the hotel, which is enabling us to undertake work to restore the building to its former glory, and ultimately pave the way for us to grow the business in the future.”
Martin Crossley, relationship manager at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: “This hotel is a much loved landmark in Rugby and the surrounding area, and Buckleberry Hotels Limited has developed an impressive growth plan which revolves around the preservation of this historically significant location.”
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A mysterious wasting disease is turning starfish to goo
The fish are melting away at an alarming rate
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2013/10/07/a_mysterious_wasting_disease_is_turning_starfish_to_goo/
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Starfish struck by a mysterious epidemic, dubbed Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, are dying by the thousands. According to the Vancouver Aquarium, the orange fish are disintegrating on the ocean floor, disappearing before researchers' eyes.
In recent years, reports the Canadian Press, Vancouver had an overabundance of sunflower sea stars. Overpopulation is likely the reason why the outbreak occurred in the first place, marine experts say. But the disease is more than overcorrecting for the population boom -- researchers are now concerned that it could kill them off to the point that there aren't any left.
A similar phenomenon has been observed off the coasts of Florida and California, and in a stretch of the Atlantic from New Jersey to Maine. Researchers are having difficulty studying the disease, or even figuring out if it's one singular epidemic -- by the time they can get even healthy-looking specimens back to the lab, they've already turned to goo.
As Donna Gibbs, a research diver and taxonomist on the aquarium's Howe Sound Research and Conservation group, put it: "They're gone. It's amazing."
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On Sunday, Magnuson pitched and won the first game, and Ashley Daugherty (the coach’s daughter) pitched the second game, but the girls ran out of gas in the championship game against the Gulf Coast Hurricanes, a team from Florida and Georgia.
“Ellie was able to pitch to her locations. She is more of a finesse pitcher, and she was able to control the game by having opponent batters put the ball into play, and the defense behind her was flawless,” Daugherty said during a phone interview as she drove through Nevada, on her way back to California from Colorado. “She did her job well above and beyond what she was expected to do. She was great.”
The SLO County Nitro, based in Paso Robles, features players 16 and younger from Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Lompoc, Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Santa Maria, San Miguel and Atascadero.
“It was amazing to watch,” said Kate Magnuson, the Nitro’s team manager and Ellie’s mother. “In our first game Wednesday (July 1), we were kind of floundering. But every single kid on that team came together like I haven’t ever seen — it was phenomenal.”
Daugherty echoed Kate Magnuson’s description of the team’s rough start.
“I had a long talk with them after Wednesday; I had a stern talk and told them, ‘We’re here now, and the only thing that is keeping you from playing better is trusting your teammates, backing up your pitchers, and doing your job in the field.’
“I don’t know whether that talk had any impact, but after that when they went out in the field, they were one,” Daugherty explained.
“I don’t know whether that talk had any impact but after that when they went out in the field, they were one,” Daugherty explained.
After returning to Cambria, Ellie Magnuson said the Nitro’s opponent in that championship game “was just amazing … it was outstanding for me just to watch them. It would have been more fun if we had been on our game,” she added.
But having played two games earlier Sunday — and nine games that week — the team was exhausted.
“My bicep was huge and swollen. After that game I couldn’t even straighten my arm,” she said. Still, she added, the experience was “amazing.”
“It is an honor to be with the Nitro, and I’m so happy we came together and competed the way we did,” Ellie explained.
More information on SLO County Nitro can be accessed at www.slocountynitrosoftball.com.
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Coast Union boys basketball coach steps down after one season to enroll in college
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After one season as Coast Union High School’s boys basketball head coach in Cambria, California, Gehrig Kniffen has enrolled at Dallas Christian College to join its basketball team.
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Experts: Nothing simple about meeting regulatory requirements
By Brooke Upton, Product Marketing Manager, Risk, SAS
CCAR, BCBS 239, Basel III, Dodd-Frank – the list of regulations goes on. Analyzing, enforcing and implementing such an array of regulations (oftentimes competing regulations) is complex. How do data and analytics help risk teams improve their strategic vision and risk appetite while complying with regulatory demands?
Several experts recently visited SAS and spoke to us about trends and technologies that effect how financial institutions handle the growing number of regulations and regulatory agency demands.
They answered questions about …
Integrating, governing and analyzing data effectively.
Addressing competing priorities: growth and innovation, regulatory compliance, shareholder expectations, customer satisfaction and data transparency at the executive and board level.
The most current regulatory hurdles for US bankers are CCAR, Basel II, Dodd-Frank and Basel III. “The good news,” says Donna Howe, GARP board member and former CRO for Santander US, “is that Basel II, Dodd-Frank and Basel III tend to converge in philosophical areas. The problem is that they’re not converged enough, so implementing these – given the nuances – is especially challenging.”
Look at this as a process. If you want to be successful, you have to continually evolve.
Howe asked both Lawrence Mielnicki, former Executive Vice President of Analytics and Portfolio Management at PNC Bank and Vic Warnement, Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer at American Express, to answer a couple of questions about these hurdles.
Howe noted that financial services firms often adapt their strategic plans to accommodate the tight deadlines and resource drain of compliance. She asked both men to give some examples of how the core business processes have changed in response to the regulatory requirements.
Both Warnement and Mielnicki agree that data and documentation are very challenging, and so that is a key area they focus on:
Everybody wins. Marketing, operations, risk management – all areas of the business can benefit from the firm’s data, and the analytics to fully exploit that data. Management is driving toward a data-driven business, largely prompted by the regulators. “Over and over again, regulators ask the same question: How do you know?” says Warnement. “Many firms still don’t have the ability to provide those answers – because they aren’t fully relying on analytics and they aren’t documenting the processes that led to their outcomes.”
Siloes are deadly. Data from risk appetite statements, stress testing methodologies, business strategies, strategic plans, etc. need to be thought of as interrelated. When the walls are down, you can look at your data from the big picture perspective.
Documentation is huge. “If it isn’t written down, it doesn’t exist,” said Howe. “If you have 600 people all talking to regulators, it would be nice to be consistent.” How do you keep your story straight?
She says, “The same skills and technologies that your firm is using to glean information from unstructured data such as social media posts, call center notes and emails, can be used to mine communications and contacts: emails, notes and even the minutes you captured during your last meeting with regulators!”
Howe asked the gentlemen how they balance the new governance requirements with the need to protect client data. “How do you prioritize things? What’s the most important thing to do to get the most from your data?” prompts Howe.
“Data ownership – who owns the data – might seem like a simple concept but it is very important,” says Mielnicki.
He gets this insight from his own experience: His team was developing some Basel models. They believed they had robust data and a current data dictionary. But when they ran the models, the results were “klugey.” “We did some digging and found out that the space that the data was occupying was previously used by another definition,” he said. “But no one updated the dictionary … we needed to know that four years ago the definition changed.”
A data steward, Chief Data Scientist, someone needs to own the data at the enterprise level. Warnement agreed that good data governance is extremely difficult for every organization to get to but it is hugely important. His answer is buy-in. “You want to have a data strategy that everyone can rally around,” he said. “I would encourage you not to lose sight of that as you work on the detailed processes.
Risk versus innovation
If data governance and data ownership are this important, will it mean that the industry as a whole will be more and more risk averse? Less innovative? Mielnicki and Warnement are not in complete agreement in their views of the future.
Mielnicki takes the less innovative road. “It will be easier, and less risky, to copy the models you already have than to develop something new.”
He also predicts that firms will get smarter; they’ll recognize their limitations and work to overcome them. For example, a modeler’s strong suit is usually the analytical side of things. “I tried to teach modelers to take minutes during meetings and create documentation that even the business person can understand,” Mielnicki said. “It was impossible. I threw up my hands and decided to hire technical writers and project managers. The project managers take meeting minutes, and the technical writers sit with the modelers and translate what they are doing on a real-time basis into the documentation. Now, when the model is done, the documentation is done.”
Warnement said that the regulations might negatively affect risk taking. But he saw innovation in the future of the industry. “I think we live in a very creative world. We’re seeing a lot of innovation in the non-banking sector, particularly from individuals and small businesses – crowd funding and those kinds of things,” he explained. “The question I have for regulators is, ‘Is that the outcome we want?’.”
Warnement warns that there will be more and more of these types of innovative solutions by organizations outside of the banking industry – and industry that he says is stifled by an over-baked regulatory response. “They’re asking you to look like your peer institutions,” he said. “That sends the message that you can’t move far afield from what you do now – including products offered.”
The gap in offerings will be filled by non-bank agencies with the ability to deliver on innovation and the courage to take the risk.
“It seems that you are saying that creativity will have a big impact on this space in the future,” said Howe. “What skills do you think will be important over the next five years?”
Mielnickie advises:
Go to college and study what you like, but learn to code!
Higher education – change your courses to allow students to pursue a humanities path while getting a strong statistical and marketplace background. Everyone benefits.
Warnement advises:
Learn to network and collaborate. It’s hugely important to know how to work with others to provide creative ideas: don’t come from a competitive point of view.
Get an understanding of global economics. The next generation needs to be deeply aware of the global economy.
All of the ideas the gentlemen shared seem so intuitive. But they are difficult challenges to overcome. From my perspective, their best advice was actually given early in the day. “Look at this as a process. If you want to be successful, you have to continually evolve.”
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Testing [Technology Manifesto Series, Part 2] / October 23, 2017 by Chris Shaffer
Introduction / Unit Tests
These are the most well-covered layer of testing. We love them because they can be easily automated and run every time someone pushes code. They're great because they can also serve as documentation of how a bit of code is supposed to work. You can write them before you write your code and they'll guide you. And so on.
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone out there who's going to argue that unit tests are a bad idea, so I'm going to refrain from beating that dead horse other than to say that you want to make sure early on you've got an automated testing framework and you want to write unit tests, especially for complex and contained bits of logic.
However, they're not perfect. Plenty of applications have unit tests covering something that ends up breaking, anyway. I'm here to shoot down the overconfidence that comes from high code coverage on unit tests, and focus on some of these other forms of testing:
From least to most expensive, we've got:
QA by design
Compilers/Linters
Automated integration tests
Testing bigger pieces of code end-to-end
Including the parts that read or write to the database
Including configuration
Realistic environments
Bulk testing
Manual testing, including
User-acceptance testing
Testing with a friend
Just open it up real quick and look at it before merging a change
The principle here is that, rather than your code and quality living in somewhat separate universes, you build certain controls into the architecture. Quality (and security) is a process, rather than something you slap on at the end.
Classic OOP patterns like abstract classes and access modifiers exist largely for this reason - make this function private so you don't accidentally call it from the wrong context later. Documentation and unit tests could handle that, but a compiler error is near foolproof - someone has to at least stop to think about what they're doing when they change a "private" to a "public".
NoSQL databases are great because you can just use the same models for your UI as you store in the database… but sometimes you still want that conversion layer. Sure, you could have your validation code make sure a user doesn't set the 'approved' flag on their own submission, but having a separate database model and view model makes those categorically difficult to write. Copying a property that the user shouldn't be allowed to alter from their form input to a database model becomes a mistake you have to actively make, whereas forgetting to write validation code to filter those out leaves room for a passive mistake. Unit tests won't save you, here: if you forgot to write that validation code, you almost certainly forgot to write the unit test, too.
Compilers, type-safety, and linters play a role here, too. Sure, you could write unit tests for all of your arithmetic operations, but it's certainly less foolproof than doing them in a place where 1+1 always equals 2 and never 11. Compilers are bad (but free) unit tests.
Should I write this test?
Not every test you can think of needs to be written. Consider:
The cost of writing the test, weighed against
The likelihood that it'll break, times
The cost of it breaking at the next layer
And, yes, the "next layer" includes the end user. It's far less important to test an internal or low-usage application where a breakage means someone compiling a quarterly report has a bad morning than it is to test an external one where a breakage could affect revenue or compromise security. A display bug is less expensive (when it's fixed, it's fixed) than a bug that causes data to get saved incorrectly (when it's fixed, you still need to migrate/fix the corrupt data that was produced in the interim).
Automated end-to-end tests
Even if you have unit tests covering a piece of code, you're still liable to have bugs when it comes to integration, deployment, and usability. Once you have an end-to-end integration test covering something, you're in a much stronger position. We still want unit tests because they let us discover issues faster than those slower-running or difficult to automate end-to-end tests. We still want unit tests because it's prohibitively expensive to write integration tests for everything.
But the fact remains: a perfect integration test obviates the need for a unit test. If you have an automated test that creates an HTTP client, posts data to an API, and investigates the response, you don't really need a unit test at the controller level with the same inputs/outputs. (you might still find that unit test useful, however, if it's breaking regularly and the unit test shaves a minute off of each iteration)
Yes, you do need to test the new code paths and cases that are unlocked by differing configuration files. XML and JSON are code, too, when they influence how your code runs. Ref data doesn't cease to require testing just because you moved it from a case statement to a database table.
One fairly common practice that I've never seen work and never understood is writing unit tests around database CRUD functionality, using some mock data store in place of a real database. What exactly are you testing? Use an actual database. A lot of CI tools these days have this functionality built in, but at its most basic, you can create an empty/dummy database somewhere and then give your CI in the credentials to that. Your first CI step might have to be to refresh the database, but that's fine. If your application depends on reading and writing to a database, you can't not test it - or only test it against an in-memory "database" you wrote yourself and only use in the unit tests - and expect to not miss things.
Ideally, your end-to-end tests will run in environments that mirror production as closely as possible. In reality, though, most of us don't have the scratch to set up things like load balancers in our CI environments to catch issues that arise from caching, replication, and race conditions. Those might be things you have to catch later down the line - just understand what gaps are going to be produced by any departure and be prepared to test them later down the line.
These terms tend to differ a bit from org to org, but these are the environments you need. The further down you get, the more important it is that your infrastructure closely resemble production's.
Development - this is unreleased code, pointed at fake data: Everything - code and data - is always changing, and you expect that some things won't work perfectly, because this is an active work zone.
QA - this is unreleased code, pointed at fake data: It's similar to the development environment, but adds the expectation that there's some level of stability, such that if something is broken, it's probably going to be broken in production as well.
CI - the process for your automated builds and tests. This usually looks like (or runs in) the QA/Development environment(s).
Test - this is unreleased code, pointed at a copy of production data: This is your opportunity to catch those things that don't break on idealized data, but will when they get to the messy real world, before imposing consequences on your users.
Staging - this is unreleased code, pointed at production data: Typically a short step in the life cycle, right before releasing to production. This may even be accomplished by taking production servers out of the production "pool" and rotating them back in after testing.
Production - this is released code, pointed at real data: Real life, what your customers use.
If everyone on your technology team is allowed access to production data - either because your organization is small, because your data is not very sensitive, or some combination of the two - you can get away without that QA environment.
If your application is read-only, you can skip Test and just spend more time in Staging. You might also be able to get away without Test for a while and use QA if you're confident in your ability to generate the same kind of entropy as real users - if you're building something relatively simple and self-contained. Once you start integrating less predictable third-party APIs, though, or have to deal with legacy formats of your own data, and the messiness of real data becomes hard to anticipate, you want this as a dedicated environment.
The key point with Test is that it needs to have the same security as production - both technology-wise and policy-wise - and ideally an additional layer (IP filtering, Active Directory login), in case a code change introduces a vulnerability in your own authentication.
Personal Branches
This is my answer to the infamous "works on my machine" conundrum. Before merging into master, a developer's branches are (in addition to being required to pass unit tests in CI) are deployed to either the QA or Test environment (or both) for testing and experimentation. This is especially useful for another team member who's not running their own development environment, usability testing, or anything that's going to require a manual look.
This started as a relatively complicated bit of custom code to ~build a new Docker image and change a load balancer’s config file to point mybranch.mycompany-test.com at said Docker~ and has gradually simplified. Azure has made it trivially simple with the idea of “deployment slots” — you can tie a branch to one in a few clicks, or just have everyone push to a pre-determined branch (chris.mycompany-test.com) when they want to QA or demo something in a stable environment. Some build tools, like BitBucket Pipelines, even let you write bash scripts to run on wildcard branch names — so you can deploy any branch to an author-specific location on every git push.
Also known as testing to exhaustion... Let's say you have a complex process that happens to … every user, or every record, or something along those lines. You want to regression test, but the historical data is loaded with more permutations than you can plan for in your unit tests. Let's also say that "correct" behavior may be ambiguously defined, or is up to you to define. You might build a harness that runs your code on every record (or a sufficiently large random subset), takes a few key features, outputs them as JSON, and then have it run the master and feature branch code against the universe and diff the results.
The impetus for this was a loan application which had previously been underwritten manually, with an incomplete set formalized business rules - if we make this change to our underwriting algorithm, how many people who'd gotten loans under the old methodology would we deny under the new one and vice versa? It's different here… should this person have gotten a loan? What's the rule that applied here that's not in my spec document? When you layer in the question of "did this person pay back their loan or fall behind?" it becomes a BI tool as much as a QA one.
I also might use a similar approach for things like: a data or document formatting migration, a computer vision application that's looking for a specific thing (street signs, etc.). It's basically A/B testing for the situations in which you have the data to A/B test without taking the inferior version out of the lab.
Is he really going to defend manual testing?
The point I'm making isn't that automated tests shouldn't replace manual tests (they should), the point is that, in fact, automated tests should replace manual tests and that's often not what happens.
The most extreme example - and everyone who's worked for a few years in software has probably seen this - is the person who never bothers compiling and running their code on their own machine, and when it doesn't work at all, defends their approach with, "of course it works; it passed all of the tests." Bonus points if they then ask, "do you not believe in test-driven-development?" or otherwise imply that it's everyone else's job to write tests that anticipate every mistake I might make while I Leroy Jenkins my way around the code base.
Automated tests should replace manual tests and that means you need to start with a test plan that you run through and understand manually, and then automate as much of it as possible. As with any other process you might automate, the first step to automating something is a checklist.
Unit tests are important, but users don't care whether they pass or not. They don't care what percentage of code they cover. Users only care whether the product works; your integration, end-to-end, and manual tests mimic this best. While manual testing should never be where you spend the bulk of your resources, it is the final thing that absolutely has to be right in order to have a successful product.
You can’t choose not do manual testing. Not shouldn't, can't. If you don't do them, that means you're testing the product directly on your users. If you're not the first person to look at your finished product, your customer is. Every test up to that point is valuable only in so much as they help you achieve that more reliably, and/or more quickly and cheaply.
Unit tests are usually written by the code's author, and the test plan doesn't often enough get reviewed by anyone else. While that's good for test-driven-development and regression testing, you end up missing those most pernicious of bugs - the mistakes you make twice. Of course my unit tests didn't catch that thing I didn't know about or conceptually understand, because I didn't know about or conceptually understand it when I wrote my tests, either.
Writing unit tests for everything protects you when your code fails to achieve the expected result; but it's not enough to save you from failing to expect the correct result. It helps to look over not just code, but tests, test plans, and the finished software with someone else to catch these - and ideally include someone with domain knowledge in that review.
Just Run the Code and Look Real Quick
Plenty of companies out there do continuous deployment, and there are numerous examples of it working nearly flawlessly. But it doesn't work because those companies never do manual tests. At the very least, they look with their eyes when they first write an automated test to make sure it's testing what it's supposed to. The tester can be a robot, but at some point, a person needs to test the tester. Eventually, the surface of code that you need to manually test gets to be a smaller and smaller share of the code base, and that's a worthy goal.
The medical field learned long ago that passing unit tests (works in a petri dish) doesn’t mean a treatment is going to work in humans. It's recently learned that integration tests (reduces tumor size) don't necessarily mean it prolongs the length or increases the quality of life. It's starting to learn that replicating environments is important because what works on graduate student volunteers doesn't always work across all demographics. The software field needs to come to the same understanding.
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By Kurt Erickson St. Louis Post-Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY — Motorcycle riders will have to keep wearing their helmets in Missouri.
In action Friday, Gov. Mike Parson vetoed legislation that would have lifted the requirement.
As a former member of the House and Senate, Parson supported legislation that would have allowed riders to go helmet-less as they cruise through the Show-Me State.
In dumping the proposal, however, the governor cited a separate, unrelated provision in the law as the reason he is rejecting it.
In his veto message, the Republican focused his decision on a part of an omnibus transportation bill that would change the process for stripping drivers of their licenses if they don't pay fines for minor traffic offenses.
Parson said allowing such suspensions would go against many of the changes in the criminal justice system that were enacted after the events in Ferguson in 2014 following the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Parson said the legislation "significantly undermines" that 2015 legislation.
“The community of people who support this are going to be heartbroken and rightly so,” said Sen. Eric Burlison, a Republican from Springfield who sponsored the Senate version of the legislation.
Although the measure could be resurrected by lawmakers in the annual fall veto session, Rep. Shane Roden, R-Cedar Hill, said it is doubtful the Republican-led Legislature would try to nix the governor's decision.
“It is not going to be overridden,” said Roden, who sponsored a similar helmet bill in the House.
He called the governor’s move disappointing and said it could lead to more people simply ignoring the helmet requirement.
“I think more people are just going to break the law,” Roden said.
Under the helmet law change, riders under the age of 18 would still have been required to wear a helmet. Those over 18 could go without if they had health insurance.
The legislation has been on the wish list of motorcycle rights groups for years. In 2009, former Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, also vetoed a helmet bill, citing the danger and cost of an increase in head injuries.
Supporters, including Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, said the government shouldn’t require riders to wear helmets, even though they do provide protection in accidents.
More than 5,000 motorcyclists died in 2017 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The NHTSA, a branch of the Federal Department of Transportation, found the crashes result in billions of dollars in hospital bills each year, costs that are lower in states that require all motorcyclists to wear helmets.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, states that have approved similar laws have seen fatalities increase by more than a third.
According to National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, 1,859 motorcyclist lives were saved in 2016 because they were wearing helmets. Moreover, if all riders had worn helmets, an additional 802 lives would have been saved, the report notes.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, helmets reduce the risk of head injuries from motorcycle crashes by 69 percent and deaths by 37 percent.
Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have universal helmet laws requiring all motorcyclists to wear a helmet. Twenty-eight states require only some motorcyclists to wear a helmet. Three states — Illinois, Iowa and New Hampshire — do not have a motorcycle helmet law.
According to the institute, when California imposed a helmet law covering all riders in 1992, the number of motorcyclist fatalities dropped by 37 percent.
When Texas changed its law in 1977 to require helmets only for riders younger than 18, the state saw a 35 percent increase in motorcycle fatalities. The Lone Star State reinstated its helmet law in 1989 and saw serious injury crashes decrease by 11 percent.
In 1997, Texas again weakened its helmet law, requiring helmets only for riders younger than 21. Operator fatalities increased 31 percent in the first full year following the repeal.
The legislation is Senate Bill 147.
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9 unique islands bearing different colors in Portugal
Unknown September 05, 2018 Travel
It is not by chance that nine islands in the Portuguese archipelago of Azores are named after different colors. What are the reasons for these 9 islands having such unique nicknames?
To Sao Miguel, you can stroll through the peaceful village road, or the beautiful stretch of coastline. Pineapple and tea planted on this fertile island are the local produce you should try once. The Gorreana tea plantation here has the oldest age, and is also unique in Europe. Photo: Azores Adventures.
Green Island Faial: There are two main reasons for the name Blue Island. In part, people rely on the color of hydrangeas to be planted, decorating the streets and towns on the island. On the other hand, this name derives from the maritime history here. Horta is the main city of Faial, also the most famous port of the island. Picture: Simonitija Potujeta.
Hong Island Flores: Of the nine islands of the Azores Islands, Flores is the island most remote from the Portuguese mainland. This place has higher rainfall than other islands, so the evergreen forest, more dense. Flores Island is famous for its natural gemstones, especially the Rocha dos Bordoes, an exotic basalt cliff with long standing stone pillars, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Picture: Simonitija Potujeta.
Graciosa White Graciosa: The name Graciosa comes from the gracioso in Portuguese, which means graceful, praising the beauty of the island. Although Graciosa Island is located in a natural volcanic island, the rocks on the island have brighter colors, so Graciosa is nicknamed White Island. Photo: Cruise Mapper.
Corvo Black Island: Corvo name means crow, associated with native birds. It is assumed that the name Black Island originated from the type of land, black rock characteristic of the island. There are other explanations, because Corvo is the smallest island on the northern edge of the Azores Islands, so look at the island map as a black dot, so nicknamed this. Picture: Joel Santos.
Terceira Purple Lilac Island: People use the lilac pastel of the lilacs on the island to nickname Terceira, the third largest island of the Azores. Purple Lilac Island offers visitors an exciting experience exploring the iconic architecture of Angra do Heroismo, the capital of the entire archipelago. Photo: Azores Tour.
Pico Gray Island: In addition to the Gray Island, Pico is also called the Island of Mount. These names originate from the giant volcano in the western part of the island. A unique heritage of Pico is the dark gray basalt layers formed by volcanic eruptions. This geological feature helps the local grower industry to produce wine. Photo: Epicure & Culture.
Brown Island Jorge Island: Located between the central island group of the Azores Islands, the island of Sao Jorge has a very elongated shape. The island is famous for its long cliffs, standing on the beach. Ponta dos Rosais is the most notable location on the north island, about 200 meters high. The cliffs and fajas, a geologic form along the coast formed by volcanic lava, are the reason for the name of the island. Picture: Opera Propria.
Gold Coast Santa Maria: Many people think that Santa Maria is the first island discovered in the whole Azores. The inspiration for the Golden Island is the blaze of bright yellow giestas blooming along the green slopes between the rural towns of Santa Maria Island. Photo: Bluezzz.
Sao Miguel Green: The largest island in the Azores archipelago, Sao Miguel is covered with green hills, leafy mountainsides, romantic meadows and vast hills. On the island there are spectacular waterfalls and natural hot springs, nestled under the thick forest. Photo: Regent Holidays.
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Diwali Safe Celebrations
The sparkle and dazzle of Diwali charms us all. There is a happy buzz with homes lit up brightly, families shopping cheerfully and folks all dressed up for this festival. Every home is glorious with the wonderful “kandils” or lanterns and the happy chatter of folks and children ring in the air. However, while enjoying the happy moments of Diwali, most people tend to overlook some important things that may prove disastrous for their health. The spectacle of the fireworks is something of a tradition in our festivals. However, the bright fireworks and zooming rockets may well prove to be hazardous if not handled carefully. Playing with firecrackers and sparkles without taking care or with a carefree attitude could be dangerous. Adults often do not supervise children, and such practices are very risky.
Sparklers are one of the major causes of firework injuries requiring hospitalization. Most of these injuries occur among preschool-age children. Sparklers are dangerous because they burn at a temperature hot enough to melt gold (1,800° F). Most fireworks contain gunpowder, which causes these devices to explode. Because fireworks are unpredictable, injuries can occur even if the person is careful or is under supervision. Nearly 40 percent of fireworks injuries are to bystanders. Men and boys are the most common users of fireworks. That’s why four out of every five fireworks injuries happen to males. Men between the ages of 22-44 and boys ages 12-14 are the most common victims. Bottle rockets are among the most dangerous fireworks available today. They account for the majority of all fireworks injuries that lead to permanent eye damage. Bottle rockets can move as fast as 200 miles per hour, explode in mid air and fly in any direction. Homemade fireworks are often more hazardous. Those who make their own fireworks tend to combine the chemicals from other devices to create a bigger and more dangerous explosion. The cost of treating a fireworks injury far outweighs the cost of a single fireworks package, which is on an average about Rs 40. “The incidences of eye injuries caused by fire crackers rises dramatically on Diwali days especially with so many new and unfamiliar firecrackers entering the market every year, which in turn have turned this beautiful festival into a nightmare for some families. The lure of using more spectacular and modern firecrackers is irresistible to many. Last Diwali we had 3-4 emergency cases in our private hospital alone from well-educated families and I am sure that there must have been many more in other hospitals of this city as well. Children are the most affected ones,” said ophthalmologist Dr Anand Shroff of Shroff Eye Hospital, Bandra.
“Most of the eye injuries may result into permanent visual loss and force a person to live a visually handicapped life, while in fact such injuries are largely preventable and avoidable.
This trend of playing with dangerous objects should be seriously addressed and it is imperative to take some precautions on this special occasion”.
Infants, children, pregnant women, asthmatics and senior citizens are at a greater risk of injuries and shock. The constant smoke can cause irritability and watering of eyes. Fumes, emanating from firecrackers, may also cause laryngitis and other throat infections. Pollution levels rise by about six to 10 per cent during Diwali, with nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide levels rising considerably. Also, noise pollution levels cross the permitted levels. It is therefore little left to wonder why people escape from Mumbai during these days!!
In fact, the Supreme Court has already imposed restrictions on firecrackers with a high decibel noise.
The government has been asked to follow the new norms strictly. A writ petition was filed in September 2000, asking for restriction on firecrackers. Ruling in favour of the petitioner, the SC has issued the relevant orders. Accordingly, citizens can light firecrackers only from 6pm to 10pm. No firecrackers can be lit between 10pm till 6 in the morning.
Any firecracker that emanates a sound of over 125 decibels, four meters from the spot it is lighted, has been banned from production. Garlands of firecrackers that comprise 50, 100 or more numbers should not cross the decibel levels of 115, 110 and 105 respectively. All such firecrackers that produce noise beyond the permitted levels have been banned.
As medical experts point out, blasting sounds caused by firecrackers that send the decibel levels soaring, can permanently damage eardrums and cause hearing impairment.
With a combined effort from the Government and the people of our city we should regulate the supply of fire crackers and explosives to the market, stop the sale of the most dangerous types of fireworks to consumers and thus avoid accidents which are life and sight threatening to our children.
FIRST-AID FOR INJURIES BURNS:
Rinse the burnt area, without scrubbing it, and immerse it in cold water; do not use ice water.
Blot dry the area and cover it using sterile gauze or a clean cloth.
If chemical burn then flush the exposed area with cool water immediately for 15 to 20 minutes
EYE INJURY:
Do not rub your eyes.
Use the corner of a soft clean cloth to draw particles out, or hold the eyelids open and flush the eyes continuously with water.
If a particle is large or stuck in the eye, do not attempt to remove it.
Keep eyes closed and go to the eye doctor.
If there is any chemical that has entered the eyes, immediately irrigate the eyes and under the eyelids, with water, for 30 minutes. Seek an eye doctor immediately
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Megagame Report: Bring Them Home
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[Special thanks to photographer Ben Broomfield. His other photos of the event are available here.]
Quinns: I’ve never been so excited by the sound of a printer.
Inside the cramped confines of my spacecraft, the machine’s senile clunking makes my heart skip a beat. I drop to my knees, lowering myself before the machine in sweaty supplication. By positioning my head beneath my desk and rotating it 90 degrees, I'm able to start reading the paper before it’s ejected.
The printer is my only lifeline to the three competing space agencies outside my ship - the Americans, the Russians and the Chinese - who are trying to bring me home. Only they have the power to scan the space around me, providing the information that I need to navigate a deadly hellscape of black holes, stars and asteroids. Using their messages, I might just make it back to Earth.
I recognise the Russian insignia on the printed sheet. They’re my most helpful allies. This will be helpful! The printing finishes and I lift it closer to my lamp, banging my head on the desk on the way up. It reads:
“QUESTION FROM RUSSIA: WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FLAVOUR OF ICE CREAM?”
SU&SD Play… Watch the Skies 2 (Pt. 2)
we'll get you out of there babe, no no, no, no no no don't
OH MY GOD, it's the thrilling conclusion to our Let's Play of the largest game anyone's ever played, ever.
Confused? Find part one here, and find our video of the original Watch the Skies here. Palpitations of excitement? Find sedatives here. And find the actual URL of the music we used here, as we misspelled it in the edit.
If these videos look like they were a whole load of work from a whole lot of people, they were. And we did it for you, personally. Enjoy.
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Podcast #27: Japanese Ghost Welfare
STOP! This is the police. You’re under arrest for being in possession of 27th Shut up & Sit Down podcast. I’m afraid it’s very illegal indeed.
First there was that scaremongering at the beginning about ghosts in Mysterium. Then they openly discussed how they were underqualified for their work as politicians in the recent Megagame, detectives in Consulting Detective and alchemists in Alchemists.
Then there was Quinns’ segment on the most morally questionable games in all of the board game geek database, and they finished the whole affair with a folk game about pre-teen nudity!
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Last year, we were invited by the UK Society of Megagame Makers to save the world from aliens in a colossal 60 person game titled "Watch the Skies". You can see our floundering, corruption and "charm offensives" as the nation of Japan in this video.
This year the Society invited us back for the sequel. With over three hundred players, this would be the most mega megagame ever staged. A game so big that the Pope was not only a player, he had his own team.
Could we save the world from aliens for a second time? Get yourself a hot drink, a comfy chair and find out. Enjoy, everybody! And when you're done, go and watch part 2 right here.
Quinns: HELLO everybody! I'm back from running the board game lounge of San Francisco's Game Developer's Conference and am now 90% tacos and 10% flu germs. I think my skeleton was confiscated by customs on the way home.
We'll get to the news in a second, I just have to tell you what we've got coming in the next two weeks, because I couldn't be more excited.
Just to start, we're playing the biggest UK Megagame EVER this weekend, controlling Japan in a game with no less than 47 game masters. We'll be bringing that to you guys as a two-part documentary. Paul's back in the UK this weekend to play it so we'll be recording two (TWO) podcasts. Then we've got reviews of Mysterium, Star Wars: Armada, Imperial Assault and Alchemists all lined up.
My goodness. But let's start, as always, with the humble Games News.
pretend princesses, shameful dice, curmudgeonly spaceships, confused spies
Quinns: Hold onto your unmentionables! Fantasy Flight have apparently decided they had too much to announce at Gen Con later this week, and have revealed a couple of massive new games early. Very wise of them. The SU&SD supercomputer warns us that a press conference of sufficient magnitude might just reduce Indianapolis to a smouldering, game-shaped crater.
Appearing one miserable month after our glowing re-review of the X-Wing Miniatures Game, Star Wars: Armada will offer some strikingly similar 2 player space battles, but EMBIGGENED. The profoundly personal pilot management of X-Wing replaced with cumbersome capital ships and whole, abstracted squads of fighter craft.
cold story spoils, beast mode, soviet show trials, feverish infection, hot dragon spoils
Quinns: How is everybody? Like something out of Nathan Barley, I spent my Saturday night queuing for an hour to get into a dancefloor that was literally a room with no lights. It was well weapon.
Board game news! Forthcoming Antoine Bauza co-operative stress-fest Samurai Spirit takes the top slot with a publisher image of the finished game (seen above).
It's only now that I realise Samurai Spirit sounds an awful lot like a mashup of Antoine Bauza's two other co-operative games, Ghost Stories, where you defend a village of a firehose-like stream of ghosts, and Hanabi, ostensibly a game of fireworks displays where players all hold their cards backwards, in practice a game where you win by following additional rules which the smartest player invents between games.
We didn't like Hanabi very much. Heresy, I know.
Review: 2.8 Hours Later
fear juices, startled fawns, steve's stiff amygdala, athorough gut-worrying
[Following Pip's escape from a room and Quinns' attendance of the Betrayer's Banquet, we're continuing our coverage of event games with 2.8 Hours Later. A disturbingly real zombie apocalypse for you and your friends to survive. Huge thanks to friend of SU&SD Steve Hogarty for writing this up for us.]
Steve: "Don't run into traffic." That's typically the warning you'll get from the last out-of-character member of the 2.8 Hours Later team you'll speak to before the game begins. "The zombies can't hurt you, but the 47 to Shoreditch can."
It seemed very unlikely to our assembled group of survivors that we might all at once shed our collective common sense and dash out in front of a lorry, that we'd be wholly consumed by some primitive fear at the first sight of a zombie actor and run screaming across a dual carriageway like startled fawns. Fawns that scream. But that's almost precisely what ended up happening.
Podcast #17: The Megacast
Hopefully by now you’ve all enjoyed the majestic clusterbump that is our video report of Watch the Skies. This was a “Megagame” that featured dozens of players posing as world leaders, scientists and dastardly aliens, in something like a model U.N. turned up to 11 until the tables start exploding.
While videos of Matt accidentally declaring war on outer space are all well and good, we also promised a podcast where we’d discuss the design of the thing. And here it is! More than an hour of anecdotes, observations and creative disagreements, and one enormous shout out to Anne, who kept the nation of Japan supplied with tea and sandwiches for fifteen years, which is quite a feat. Enjoy, everybody!
SU&SD Play… A Goddamn Megagame
anger, passion, drama, I can't believe you don't have your foreign minister's number
Last weekend team SU&SD defended the world from aliens, had an international incident with the USA and almost dissolved the United Nations, all from the safety of a town hall in South London. This experience came courtesy of the Megagame Makers, an English society of game designers who specialise in the supermassive. It was an astonishing day, and so of course we had to make this supermassive video in tribute (WARNING: it also contains megaswears, so keep megakids away).
We're hugely proud of this one. Enjoy, everybody. And our overwhelming thanks to the association of Megagamers to hosting us for the day.
(Donor note! This is the first of our super-videos, promised in the stretch goals of our first donation season. We know some of you wanted videos in the old SU&SD style. Don't worry! We've got those coming too. :D -- Team SU&SD)
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Niko Kovac Returns to Former Club Frankfurt for Film Premiere of Historic DFB-Pokal Triumph
Bayern Munich manager Niko Kovač returned to his former club Eintracht Frankfurt on Monday for the premiere of Die Rückkehr des Pokals (The Return of the Cup), a movie about the Eagles' road to lifting the DFB-Pokal last season.
Eintracht Frankfurt last lifted Germany's domestic cup in 1988, but last season's triumph saw Kovač's side end their wait for silverware in dramatic fashion against Bayern Munich in the final.
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Kicker confirmed that Kovač, along with his brother and assistant Robert, travelled to the Kinopolis cinema in Frankfurt for the premiere earlier this week.
The film will be shown for fans in a select amount of cinemas from February 4, although Kicker advises that fans "should not forget a packet of handkerchiefs" as the film, which was created in collaboration with Warner Bros, is packed with emotional moments.
Frankfurt's journey to the trophy last season was fascinating. After cruising past TuS Erndtebrück and FC Schweinfurt 05 in the first two rounds of the cup, the Eagles then had to battle their way past FC Heidenheim, Mainz 05 and Schalke 04 to book their place at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
Niko and Robert Kovač returned to Frankfurt last night to attend the Premiere of "Die Rückkehr des Pokals" (The return of the cup), a movie about Eintracht's Pokal win last season. pic.twitter.com/S80X2TmHHV
— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) January 22, 2019
By the time that May 19 finally came around, it was already known that Eintracht Frankfurt manager Kovač would be leaving that summer to take charge of their upcoming opponents in the capital, Bayern Munich.
Even neutrals were captivated by the occasion and all-but Bayern Munich fans were cheering just 11 minutes into the match when Ante Rebić dispossessed James Rodríguez before converting a brilliant counter-attack.
Robert Lewandowski's deflected effort pulled Bayern Munich back into the game, but with just 10 minutes remaining Rebić once again stunned the Bavarians on the break to restore Frankfurt's narrow advantage.
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The Bundesliga champions were then robbed of a penalty in added time, but there was just enough seconds on the clock for Mijat Gaćinović to run the length of the pitch and seal Frankfurt's win with one of the most memorable goals in DFB-Pokal history.
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Sukhmani Sahib
Bhai Gurdas scribes as Guru Arjan Dev narrates.
Sukhmani or Sukhmani Sahib is the title given to the Gurbani in raga Gauri Sukhmani in the Guru Granth Sahib which in turn appears in the major musical measure Raga Gauri to which it belongs. It is a lengthy composition, written by Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru. The sacred prayer spans 35 pages from page 262 to page 296 of the Guru Granth Sahib. Surprisingly, many ardent Sikhs include the recitation of this Bani in their daily regimen of Nitnem. The physical site, where the Guru around AD 1602-03 composed this composition was once enclosed by a dense wood. The location is still marked on the bank of the Ramsar pool in the city of Amritsar, near the famous Golden Temple the Harimandir Sahib.
It is said that Baba Sri Chand, elder son of Guru Nanak and founder of the Udasi order, came to Amritsar to meet Guru Arjan, then engaged in composing this Bani. The Guru who had by that time completed sixteen astpadis, or cantos, requested that he continue the composition. Baba Sri Chand, out of humility, only recited the salok of Guru Nanak following the Mool Mantra in the Japji — “aaad sach, jugad sach; hai bhi sach, Nanak hosee bhi sach” — "True in the beginning, True through the ages; True even now; Nanak say, Shall remain ever True" (SGGS p285). This salok was thereupon repeated by Guru Arjan at the head of the seventeenth astpadi.
The word Sukhmani is rendered into English as “consoler of the mind.” The entire poem has been translated into English more than once under some commonly preferred titles, "Jewel of peace", “Psalm of peace” or “Song of peace”, signifying the soothing effect it has on the mind of the reader. Sukh literally means peace or comfort and mani means mind or heart. ( ਮਣੀ Sukh in Gurmukhi can also mean jewel, gem, precious stone.).
The couplet, "Sukẖmanī sukẖ amriṯ parabẖ nĝm. Bẖagaṯ janĝ kai man bisrĝm. Rahĝo" translates to, "Sukhmani: Peace & pure ambrosial Nectar are in God's Name. The devotees' mind abide in bliss and calm peace. ||Pause||" constituting rahau, the only one in the composition, which means pause or rest and which is an equivalent of the Hebrew word selah occurring in the Psalms, sums up the most characteristic feature of this bani. According to this couplet, Sukhmani is the bringer of the bliss of the Lord’s name; it dwells in the hearts of those who love Him.
The Sukhmani Sahib has structural unity. The composition consists of 24 Astpadis each of which begins with a Salok and is followed by 8 Pauris or stanzas. Each stanza has ten lines, which consist of five couplets. There is also the unity of theme: the perfection of man mentally. morally and spiritually. The Salok at the beginning of each Astpadi (canto) gives the gist of the 8 Pauris (stanzas) that follow this salok.
One of the fundamental texts of the Sikh faith, the Sukhmani presents a complete scheme of the teachings of the Sikh faith. While each astpadi has a fresh vision to impart, a particular aspect of Truth to unfold, the whole text may be regarded as the reiteration of basic themes such as Divine immanence, Divine compassion, abundance of grace, God’s succouring hand, the merit of devotion, of holy company and humility. With such reiteration, the composition as a whole has a remarkable gripping quality reinforced by the striking imagery which in stanza after stanza brings home to the seeker the truths he must own.
Sukhmani is a theological statement of the major tenets of Sikhism expressed in a devotional poetic form. Recited by the Sikhs as a part of their morning prayer, it is one of the easier texts to learn, in the Guru Granth Sahib. It is similar in syntax and structure, though its essential meaning will elude one not attuned to the spiritual experience and the idiom and phraseology of gurbani. The language character is close to Khari Boli, the Hindi that had evolved in the areas lying northwest of Delhi, with a distinct inclination towards Punjabi. The expression here, however, is poetic in its overtones and shares a common character with the variety of Hindi or Bhakha that was used by religious teachers all over northern India. While this language has evolved out of Braj, it is closer to Punjabi in its grammatical form. This will be substantiated by comparing it with the language of a poet writing in pure Braj, such as Surdas, who flourished around the same period as Guru Arjan. To indicate the differences of the language of Sukhmani from Braj even Bhakha, a few examples may be given:
Thivai (3.2) is Punjabi, so is ditha (7.7). Khate (12.5) is pure Punjabi. In niki kiri (17.5), niki (small) is Punjabi. Ohi (23.4)) is Punjabi, of which the Braj equivalent would be vehi, Hoi (past verbal form) is Punjabi. Bhau (18.7) for bhaya (fear) is an especial form given in gurbani and occurring frequently. The Punjabi character of language is especially decipherable in the forms of verb ending in the past tense. Kathia (8.7), pachhata (17.8), jata (19.8), in the sense of jania, japia (20.2), rahia (20.3), aradhia (salok 24) are some of the examples. Other verb forms to illustrate this point are utarasi (19.7) which, however, is also Rajasthani; bahai (15.2); lae (13.5) and laini (15.5). Here and there pure Hindi forms may be seen: hovat (21.1), tumari (20.7) and biapat (21.1). Japat rhyming with it in the same stanza is Punjabi with a Hindi ending.
The language of the Sukhmani can be best described as a synthesis of the Bhakha and Punjabi. In the more philosophical and meditative of their compositions, the holy Gurus are inclined to use a variety of Hindi with Punjabi overtones, while in the more deeply intimate pieces such as the chhants and pauris of Vars, [[]]Punjabi, in its dialectical variations, has been employed. This principle, by no means absolute, is only broadly applicable.
Structure of Sukhmani
The Sukhmani comprises twenty-four astpadis or cantos, each comprising of eight Pauris or stanzas. They are composed in the metre chaupai. A salok or couplet precedes each astpadi. Also each Pauri consists of 5 couplets consisting of 10 Tuks or lines. The first seven stanzas of the astpadi explore the theme stated in the preceding saloks and the eighth sometimes sums up the astpadi but, more often, becomes a paean of praise placing the theme in the context of an overall vision of Eternal Reality. This structure is maintained throughout the composition, from Astpadi to Astpadi. The theme of the Astpadi may give the impression that no traceable progression of thought is taking place as in a philosophical work, but there is a continuing unity of spiritual and ethical tone througout the text.
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Unsung Heroine: Agnes Smedley
American feminist Agnes Smedley played a key role in assisting Indian freedom fighters in the U.S. and in Europe in the beginning of the 20th century, writes historian and folklorist Ved Prakash Vatuk.
(Left): Agnes Smedley, circa 1920.
Even though Agnes Smedley remains better known in China and Japan than either in her native country America or India, she played a very important role in the struggle for India’s freedom in the 1920s along with many Indian revolutionaries organizing outside India — both in the United States of America and Europe. In this essay we will briefly discuss her contribution to India.
An unabashed feminist, fearless journalist and writer as well as a relentless activist for the causes she believed in, Smedley inspired socially concerned writers like Alice Walker, because she wrote about poverty without romanticizing it. She had a truly generous heart and would sacrifice her life for the cause of oppressed and subjugated people anywhere. The span of her activism covered the three continents — America, Europe and Asia. Among her friends are counted such people as Mao Zedong, Jawaharlal Nehru, General Joseph Stilwell, and her enemies were also very powerful people like J. Edgar Hoover, Douglas MacArthur and Chiang Kai-shek.
In her autobiographical novel, Daughter of Earth, Agnes Smedley writes,
“What I have written is not a work of beauty. It is the story of a life, written in desperation, in unhappiness…. I belong to those who die from other causes — exhausted by poverty, victims of wealth and power, fighters in a great cause. A few of us die, desperate from the pain of disillusionment of love, but for most of us “the earthquake but discloseth new foundations” For we are of the earth and our struggle is the struggle of earth..”
(Right, top): VIrendranath Chattopadhyaya, Smedley’s common law husband.
(Right, bottom): Book jacket of the autobiography of Agnes Smedley.
This “daughter of earth” was born in a poverty ridden working class family in Osgood, Mo., in 1892. There was no electricity or running water in the shack they lived in. When she was ten, her father Charles Smedley “dragged” the family to the mining town of Trinidad in Colo., where Rockefeller’s Colorado Fuel and Iron Company “owned everything but air.” Her father went to this region to make his fortune, but “fell victim to a system the fruits of which were poverty, disease and ignorance for the miners.”
Smedley detested her life. Her mother’s death at the young age of 38 caused by hard work and deprivation left a deep scar on Smedley’s mind.
In 1911 at the age of 19, she entered Tempe Normal School in Arizona as a special student. She also joined its weekly, the Normal Student as a staff writer. She met a young Phoenix high school teacher Thorberg Brundin, a New Yorker who came to judge a debating contest. Later she met her brother Ernest. They became friends. Both brother and sister were strong socialists. Ernest and Agnes got married the same year. In 1913 Agnes registered as a student at San Diego Normal School. She helped found the school newspaper, Normal News. There she invited many socialist leaders to speak like Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair and Eugene Debs. In 1916 she joined the Socialist Party of America. For her political views she was dismissed from the school where she was on the staff by now.
When she was working in that school, Indian activist Keshav D. Shastri was invited to speak there. However, he was not allowed to address the students. It was feared that his anti-British views supporting freedom of India would spur riots. His speech influenced Agnes. In Berkeley, Calif., she had heard Lala Hardayal had also mentioned the name of a great India leader Lajpat Rai, who was living in exile in New York. She tried to know more about Rai from Shastri.
Having been dismissed from the school, she left San Diego in 1917. Her marriage was also didn’t work out.
It was in New York that Agnes met Lala Lajpat Rai — the exiled leader of the Indian National Congress, who was called Panjab Kesari — the Lion of Punjab. He had a great influence on her. He began tutoring her in Indian history, with an aim of sending her to India as a teacher. At the same time she met many young Indian “revolutionaries,” who used to come to see Lalaji. They convinced her that India can never progress unless it was freed from British rule, just as America was freed — by revolution. Agnes made their cause her own wholeheartedly. She became their communication center. She kept their correspondence, their code, and their foreign addresses.
It was the time when America had entered the First World War. Many Gadar Party members had gone to India to fight British rule. Those who remained behind were supposed to send them arms and ammunitions. It was hoped that the German consulate would help them.
As soon as America entered World War I, the atmosphere changed. Any movement for India’s freedom from the American soil was considered against the British, an ally, and therefore against the American interest. Many of the Gadar leaders on the West Coast were arrested along with many members of the German consulate in San Francisco. It was the British government’s agents who provided the information against them. They were tried in the Indo-German conspiracy case in San Francisco — 105 in all — and sentenced to jail terms.
Agnes did not know that all mail sent to her by Indian revolutionary friends was being intercepted by the U.S. government. So while she was waiting for the arrival of one of them — Sailendra Ghose — from San Francisco, on the morning of March 15, 1918, military intelligence officers and representatives of the Justice Department ransacked her apartment and took her to interrogate. They found out about Ghose also had just arrived from San Francisco. They arrested him as well.
For the next two weeks Agnes was interrogated. She was kept in a solitary confinement. From her apartment, they brought books which included a black notebook which contained the names and addresses of Indian nationalists. She demanded to see a lawyer. But this was wartime. She had no rights to, she was told. She lay in a cold room fearing that they would find men listed in the black notebook. “If they were jailed their comrades would think I had betrayed them,” she kept thinking.
The government told the newspapers about a big plot against the British hatched by Ghose and Smedley. On April 1, she was indicted under the Espionage Act for attempting to stir up rebellion against British Rule in India. She was released from jail in 1919 after the war was over.
(Above): The ashes of Agnes Smedley lie buried in the outskirts of Beijing.
At that time all Indians who were jailed during wartime faced deportation under the Espionage and Sedition Acts. It loomed large for those who were serving their sentences in San Francisco as a result of Indo-German Conspiracy Case. To fight this, March 6, 1919 Smedley and her American and Indian friends founded Friends of Freedom for India. Robert Lowett opened the pages of his famous publication of Dial to discuss the cases of these Indians fully. He discussed the role of the British Indian police in the trial of Indian activists particularly of Tarak Nath Das. FFI members were outraged at this direct and open British interference in the internal affairs of the U.S. People were also told about the $2.5 million that the British spent at these trials in San Francisco With exhaustive research Smedley and other FFI members wrote about the sacrifice Indians had made for the British war machine and what British had done to India in return. The massacre of Jalianwala Bagh in Amritsar was publicized. Smedley sent thousands upon thousands of letters in support of Indians to all labor unions. The Indian News Service that she founded sent feature articles about India to hundreds of U.S. newspapers regularly.
The labor unions were generally against Indian workers who they felt were undermining the labor movement by working for lower wages. Agnes organized mass labor rallies throughout the country in support of Indian revolutionaries. She organized marches. In a Saint Patrick’s Day parade held on New York’s Fifth Avenue she marched dressed in a sari with her FFI friends. No Indian or American worked as hard as she did for the Indian cause. As a result of her relentless work deportations were stopped and the lives of these Gadar Party heroes were saved, as the British certainly would have jailed them if they were to return to India.
While all this was going on, Gadar members were fighting among themselves for the positions in the Gadar Party. Smedley wrote letter after letter to plead with them for unity — not only among themselves but among all other Indian groups..
(Right): Agnes Smedley in China in Guomindang uniform, worn by communist and Guomindang troops in central China during the United Front period, 1937-45.
In December 1920 Smedley, exhausted from hard work and bickering among Indians, found a position as a worker in a Europe-bound Polish ship. She jumped ship in Danzig and with the help of the Berlin India Revolutionary Committee got permission to stay in Berlin. Her reputation as a remarkable organizer had preceded her. She was immediately accepted as a key member of the committee. Yet, in spite of her total involvement in the movement here she felt lonely and that led her to have a relationship with the famous revolutionary Virendranath Chattopadhyaya. Chattopadhyaya, brother of the prominent leader of Indian National Congress poet Sarojini Naidu, came from a very renowned aristocratic Bengali family. Even though they never got married, they lived together for the next eight years.
Times were tough in war-torn Germany. Under the pressure of the victorious Britain the threat of deportation loomed. So for long eight years Smedley not only worked hard to earn her own living, but to support her common law husband also. She taught English to Germans and wrote articles in support of the movements to get some money. In spite of her hard work she was not much appreciated by Indians. Some of them whom she had known in the U.S., like M.N. Roy and Herambalal Gupta, had moved to Berlin and were jealous of her relationship to Chatto. Gupta had sexually assaulted her once in New York and Roy, too, had designs on her. Gupta did not like now to have a “foreigner” as a core member of the committee. Roy and Chatto also were rivals for a leadership position, particularly in the eyes of Soviet Union and Lenin, who were the main supporters of Indian revolution at this time. Roy never let Chatto come close to Lenin when they attended a conference in Moscow. Both Gupta and Roy attacked Smedley for her “loose character” and accused her of being a British spy. She resented that.
(Right): The Chinese government honored Smedley with this commemorative stamp in 1985. Smedley has never been officially recognized in India.
Meanwhile, her relationship with Chatto was unsatisfactory. With all his revolutionary thoughts and activities Chatto deep down remained a bhadralok Brahmin Bengali aristocrat and could never forget the fact that Smedley originated from the labor class. He tried to control her to the point where he told her not to write anything which he did not approve in advance. He did not like if she was invited to speak on Gandhi by the university. He did not want to introduce her to his sophisticated brother’s wife Kamala Chattopadhyaya. The relationship was such a torture to Smedley that she wrote to a friend:
“Like a storm, he existed according to his nature, absorbing, influencing everything he touched. Our way of life was his choosing, not mine, our home a small edition of that great joint Indian family….. we were desperately poor, and because Viren had no possessions, I sold everything I owned in order to get money.” ……..
“I have married an artist, revolutionary in a dozen different ways, a man of truly ‘fine frenzy,’ nervous as a cat, always moving, never a rest, indefatigable energy, a hundredfold more than I ever had, a thin man with much hair, a tongue like a razor and brain like hell on fire. What a couple, I am consumed into ashes. And he is always raking up the ashes and setting them on fire again. Suspicious as hell of every man near me and of all men and women from America. I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater. Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you and fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving and living right by his side through the eternity.”
Many years later when she was no longer with Chatto, she wrote:
“To my astonishment and resentment Viren remains the center of my emotional life, and if he were in danger I suppose I would walk barefoot around the world to help him. Yet I would not live with him for a day.”
Could Viren have said the same thing about her?
The relationship caused her to have a nervous breakdown. She had to go for mental therapy and after eight years living with Chatto in tension she gave up. Her dream to go to India remained a dream and after giving more than a decade of her prime youth to Indian cause she was totally exhausted. As her biographers Janice R. MacKinnon and Stephen R. MacKinnon write,
“The shock of discovering the prejudices of ‘revolutionary’ men was intensified because the most paralyzing daggers were thrust at her by her own ‘revolutionary’ husband, Chatto. The institution of marriage was corrupted by the notion of ownership.”
In 1928 Smedley left for China to report on Chinese revolution for several German and English newspapers. She remained there for the next thirteen years and wrote several books on Chinese society among which Battle Hymns of China published in 1943 is remembered most. In China she became close to all the prominent leaders of the revolution. And unlike Indians, Chinese people loved her.
Smedley was a fearless fighter for all subjugated and exploited people everywhere. To her it was not an academic question to be studied romantically. She had seen the plight of the children of earth. She was also disillusioned by the results of the Russian Revolution. Both left and the right disliked her free thinking, but she honestly gave all she had for the causes she chose until she died on May 6, 1950 in London. Her ashes are buried in the cemetery for the revolutionaries on the outskirts of Beijing.
Poet folklorist Ved Prakash Vatuk’s many awards include the U.P. government’s Pravasi Bharatiya Hindi Sahitya Bhushan. “Essays in Indian Folk Traditions,” his collected writings, has just been published by the Folklore Institute, Berkeley, Calif.
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Unsung Heroine:
Agnes Smedley
American feminist Agnes Smedley played a key role in assisting Indian freedom fighters in the U.S. and in Europe in the beginning of the 20th century, writes Ved Prakash Vatuk.
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Facebook ordered to stop collecting data on German WhatsApp users
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Facebook ordered to stop collecting data on its German WhatsApp users. Image: Chonlachai/Shutterstock
Facebook has been ordered by Germany to stop collecting data on WhatsApp users.
Facebook has been told by the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information that it must stop collecting and storing data on WhatsApp’s 35m users in Germany.
The Commissioner said that Facebook (owner of WhatsApp) cannot collect and store the data because it has not obtained effective approval from the German WhatsApp user community.
‘It has to be their decision, whether they want to connect their account with Facebook. Therefore, Facebook has to ask for their permission in advance. This has not happened’
– JOHANNES CASPAR
The social network said that it plans to appeal the order.
“We will work with the Hamburg DPA [Data Protection Authority] in an effort to address their questions and resolve any concerns,” Facebook said in a statement.
Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19bn in 2014.
The crux of the issue is Facebook’s decision in August that it would begin sharing data from its 1bn-plus user base, including phone numbers, from WhatsApp users with Facebook to boost targeted ads.
Hamburg DPA slams Facebook for misleading data policy
While Facebook allowed users to opt out for advertising purposes, it did not allow them to opt out of data sharing between WhatsApp and Facebook.
The Hamburg DPA has also ordered Facebook to delete all information it has gathered so far on Germany’s 35m WhatsApp users.
“After the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook two years ago, both parties have publicly assured that data will not be shared between them,” said Johannes Caspar, Hamburg’s Data Protection Commissioner.
“The fact that this is now happening is not only a misleading of their users and the public, but also constitutes an infringement of national data protection law.”
Facebook’s German office is in Hamburg, which puts it under Caspar’s jurisdiction.
He said that both Facebook and WhatsApp operate as independent companies that process their users’ data based on their own terms and conditions, and privacy rules.
Italy’s data privacy watchdog is also planning a similar investigation.
“It has to be their decision, whether they want to connect their account with Facebook.
“Therefore, Facebook has to ask for their permission in advance. This has not happened,” Caspar said.
WhatsApp. Image:Chonlachi/Shutterstock
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John Wick 3 Parabellum- Parabellum means “Prepare for war.” It’s part of that famous sentence, “Si vis pacem, para bellum,” which translates as, “If you want peace, prepare for war.” From hunting the murderers of his dog to being hunted by a syndicate of assassins, John Wick has come a long way. Chapter 3 will focus on Wick, who is on the run from his former allies.
Godzilla: King Of Monsters- The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species – thought to be mere myths – rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.”
World War Z 2- Brad Pitt is returning for World War Z 2 as Gerry Lane! It is said that World War Z 2 claim a virologist located in Geneva by the name of Dr. Morel creates something called E29, like “an airborne virus that will make zombies attack each other.” Of course, Morel disappears before sending the final piece of information for labs across the world to replicate the virus, prompting Pitt’s character to hop a plane and travel the world in search of the missing doctor.
Spider-Man: Far From Home- After the events of the untitled Avengers film, Peter Parker and his friends go on summer vacation to Europe. It is also said that another character may be a new threat to Marvel’s web-slinger.
Star Wars: Episode IX- Episode IX will serve as the finale to the trilogy. Get to see the true fate of Rey and Kylo Ren after the death of Luke Skywalker. It is scheduled to hit theaters December 20, 2019.
Toy Story 4– With Andy going to college, we all thought that it was an end to an era. But Toy Story 4 is all set to return as Buzz Lightyear and Sherrif Woody go out to find Bo Peep and bring her back.
Aladdin (Live Action)- It is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated film of the same name, which is in turn based on the Arab-style folktale of the same name from One Thousand and One Nights and the French interpretation by Antoine Galland. And the highlight of the movie- Will Smith playing the Genie!!!
The Lego Movie 2- Five years after the events of the first film, the Duplo invaders have made Bricksburg into a post-apocalyptic wasteland as a result of Finn’s father allowing his younger sister to play with him in the basement. Emmet is completely unaffected by this dramatic change and pretends everything is still awesome, unlike everyone else, who have been toughened and hardened, ready for more fighting. When an intergalactic invader named Sweet Mayhem comes from outer space and kidnaps his friends Wyldstyle, Batman, MetalBeard, Princess Unikitty and Benny, Emmet’s master building skills are put to the ultimate test. He must use them to travel to space and rescue his friends, defeat Sweet Mayhem, and restore harmony to Bricksburg and the rest of the Lego Universe, with help from wise old Rex Dangervest.
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Timaru cricketer Victoria Abbott beats odds
by Scoop | Thursday, January 30, 2014 | General News, Womens Cricket
DETERMINED WOMAN: Victoria Abbott’s 66 helped the Otago Sparks to a three-wicket one-day final victory over Auckland on Saturday.
Newly relocated Timaru cricketer Victoria Abbott had to overcome a crisis of confidence and bad bouts of cramp to have her best day with the bat at the domestic level in Otago Sparks’ one-day final win on Saturday.
The 25-year-old who has had to train by herself since moving to Timaru in October made her highest first-class score, 66, in Otago’s three-wicket win over Auckland.
It was only Otago’s second title in 50 years.
Abbott came in at No 5 at a crucial point in pursuit of Auckland’s 245 all out.
The Southerners were 56-3 as Abbott joined her captain, Suzie Bates.
“I thought the game was pretty much over to be honest,” Abbott said as she recalled her thoughts as she walked to the crease.
“I had only faced eight balls in the entire season and that was quite a big thing that was playing on my mind, but it all came together in the last game and thankfully it was the game that mattered.”
She said she had a great partner in Bates to resurrect the run-chase with.
“We run well together between the wickets. We tend to feed off each other because she’s a big hitter and, equally, I take the pressure off her.
“I had been suffering cramp throughout the whole innings – I went off for the last two overs when we were bowling, so I didn’t think I would last that long.
“At one stage I said to Suzie, ‘I think I’m going to have to retire and started to walk off’ but then she said ‘are you actually going to get any better? Perhaps you should just go for it.”
“Having the cramp actually made me focus and not worry about the fact I had only faced eight balls previously. It came down to watching the next ball that was coming.”
Abbott had been part of the New Zealand Emerging Players squad last season and has been involved in the White Ferns wider training squad this season.
“I have found it hard going what with living in Timaru and previously Nelson, I’ve had to do all my training by myself so it can be difficult at times.”
Abbott did not look for a club team this season while in the midst of moving to a new area and finding a job just as the season started, but believed regular cricket next season would give her the chance to attain her ultimate goal of the White Ferns. She said she was willing to play second grade men’s cricket in South Canterbury to help her game.
“I was playing a second grade competition in Nelson, so I’d like to do something like that here. I’ve been hiring out the Blanchard Centre here and in an hour and a half I’ll bowl six overs straight and then use the bowling machine.”
Finding a South Canterbury-based club would be a priority next season.
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Island Barrington Passage Fire Department adds to their arsenal thanks to support group
Kathy Johnson (Kathy.Johnson@tricountyvanguard.ca)
Published: Nov 14, 2018 at 4:41 p.m.
With their peers in the background, IBPFD Support Group President Vera Penney and IBPFD Deputy-Chief Corey Crowell pose with the new battery-operated jaws of life purchased by the Support Group for the department. - Kathy Johnson
BARRINGTON, N.S. – The Island Barrington Passage Fire Department (IBPFD) has a new tool in their vehicle extrication arsenal thanks to another donation from the IBPFD Support Group.
“They’ve done quite a bit for the department, especially in the last few years,” said president and treasurer Garnet Sullivan, which has not only benefitted the department, but the community as a whole as well.
The Support Groups’ latest contribution is the purchase of a new combination vehicle extraction tool (jaws of life).
“It’s battery operated so it makes our boys far more fluid in the field. They’re not tied up with generators and stuff. They can take it and jump right at the scene and go with it,” said Sullivan.
The new equipment cost about $20,000 and is just one piece of extrication equipment purchased by the Support Group.
“They also paid for half the extrication equipment on our rescue truck about $50,000,” said Sullivan. They also spent about $30,000 on the new wheelchair accessible porch on the front of hall, helped out with paving out front and purchased dress uniforms for the firemen.”
The IBPFD has only been in existence since 2002, becoming the first amalgamated fire department in the Municipality of Barrington when the Clark’s Harbour, South Side, and Barrington Passage volunteer fire departments joined forces.
Much the same as many of the firefighters, members of the Support Group were also involved in the three departments prior to merging, some for more than 45 years.
“It’s a social night for me,” said support group president Vera Penney. “We get together, gab a little bit, come up with some new ideas once and awhile. It’s a good feeling to know that you’ve helped your community.”
Penney said the same volunteers have been helping out for years.
“It’s hard to get young people to join,” she said.
The IBPFD Support Group carries out numerous fundraisers during the year that not only support the department, but also local youth, with the sponsorship of four bursaries, and a yearly visit from Santa. From hall rentals to events, such as the Friday night crib tournaments which starts in January to the perennial favorite Seal Island Breakfast, Penney said the support group was glad they had the money to help the fire department purchase the new extrication tool.
“We’re glad we can help them when we can,” she said.
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Minneapolis’ new shared wheel economy: bikes, scooters, e-bikes, dockless hubs
Officials urge riders to stay off sidewalks and wear helmets
Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@mnpubs.com
Updated: April 18, 2019 - 11:00 am
Minneapolis officials are reminding bike- and scooter-share users to wear helmets when they ride. File photo
Minneapolis officials say safety is a priority, as rentable bikes and electric scooters continue to expand throughout the city, including into Southwest Minneapolis.
The city is reminding users not to ride on sidewalks and is encouraging them to wear helmets, as Nice Ride Minnesota prepares to launch its bike-sharing system by April 22. It is also looking closely at how the various scooter-share companies approach safety as it evaluates their bids to provide the service in 2019, advanced mobility manager Josh Johnson said.
“We really want to make sure that we’re moving forward with companies that align with our goals,” Johnson said.
Nice Ride will launch about 3,300 pedal-powered bikes by April 22, according to a spokeswoman, and it also plans on piloting an electric-bike program this year. The system plans on adding an additional 47 docking stations around Minneapolis, including stations near Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet. It also plans on installing additional dockless hubs near the lakes.
Minneapolis hasn’t yet selected its scooter providers for 2019, but it plans on allowing between two and four companies to distribute up to 2,000 vehicles. The city is requiring providers to place at least 30 percent of scooters in areas of concentrated poverty, including North Minneapolis and Cedar-Riverside, Johnson said. The vendors can place the remaining scooters as they see fit, though no more than 40 percent can be placed in downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
Johnson said in early April that he hoped to see scooters on the streets within the next “month or so.”
Under Minnesota law, electric-assisted bikes are allowed to reach a top speed of 20 mph; motorized foot scooters can’t exceed 15 mph. Riders under 18 must wear helmets, and riding on the sidewalk is not permitted.
Johnson said the city is looking to create on-street parking zones and make infrastructure improvements to support a comfortable ride. Many scooter-share users are not bikers, Johnson said, so the city is also working to ensure users learn good riding behavior.
“If more people see others using it in a safe and appropriate way, it builds on itself,” he said.
He said the city has worked with Hennepin Healthcare to gather data on scooter-related injuries.
City Council President Lisa Bender said the city is implementing pedestrian- and bike-safety improvements by building out its network of protected bike lanes and through road-reconstruction projects.
In her ward, which includes much of Uptown east of Bde Maka Ska, there are plans to extend the protected bike lane on Blaisdell Avenue through the Whittier neighborhood. She also noted improvements to the pedestrian realm that were part of the city’s recent reconstruction of Hennepin Avenue through Uptown.
Bender said the city’s upcoming Transportation Action and Vision Zero plans will help Minneapolis make additional progress when it comes to bike, scooter and pedestrian safety.
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Unite the right! Email Toby Young at conukip@gmail.com
Whatever the leaders think, we can create a Tory-Ukip pact from the bottom up
The most common objection to a Tory-Ukip pact is that neither David Cameron nor Nigel Farage will touch it. So why waste time discussing it?
But a pact doesn’t need to be endorsed by the leaders of either party to work. What I have in mind is something bottom-up rather than top-down. A unite-the-right website set up by members of both parties that tells people who they should vote for in their constituency to keep out Labour and the Lib Dems.
Take Eastleigh, for instance, a seat currently held by the Lib Dems. Ukip came second at the by-election last year, so the advice would be to vote for Diane James in Eastleigh because she’s the candidate best placed to defeat the incumbent.
Sceptics will say this example is misleading. In the majority of constituencies, the advice will be to vote Conservative, either because there’s a sitting Tory MP or because the Conservatives came second in that seat in 2010. Why should Ukip supporters enter into any sort of tactical voting alliance with Conservatives when the impact will be so one-sided?
The first thing to say is that the arrangement won’t be as asymmetrical as some Ukip voters think. The website won’t just base its recommendations of who to vote for in 2015 on the 2010 election result. It will take a number of other factors into account, such as the most recent local elections, the European election in 2014 and the latest opinion poll data.
Who will decide which candidate the website endorses? A committee made up of equal numbers from each party. Yes, there will be arguments, but in most cases it will be pretty clear which candidate is best placed to win the seat. Where the committee can’t agree, the seat will just be declared ‘too close to call’.
But even if we do take all these other factors into account, Tory candidates will still outnumber Ukip candidates by a ratio of at least two-to-one. A pact along these lines might increase the chances of a few Ukip candidates getting into Parliament, but its main effect will be to increase the likelihood of a majority Conservative government. Why should Ukip supporters countenance such an arrangement when most of them regard David Cameron as no better than the other two party leaders?
The short answer is that a majority Conservative government is the only way you’ll get an in-out EU referendum in the next Parliament. This could be our last chance in a generation — possibly ever — to extract ourselves from the European superstate. Is the prospect of David Cameron staying on as Prime Minister really so awful that you’re willing to throw that chance away? I know Cameron gave a ‘cast-iron guarantee’ once before, but this time round he’s made a promise he can’t break without destroying his own party.
There’s a longer answer, too, which has to do with all the other things we agree about. Supporters of both parties believe in low taxes, controlled immigration, freedom of speech, school choice, a welfare cap… the list goes on. The LibLabCon rhetoric belies the fact that we’re all, essentially, members of the same family. We’re all conservatives with a small ‘c’, even those Ukip supporters who voted Labour in the past. Whatever your feelings about the present leader of the Conservative party, surely a Cameron-led government, committed to an in-out referendum, would be preferable to a Miliband-led government? And make no mistake — that’s what we’ll get if we can’t put our differences aside and unite the right.
I’m not asking supporters of either party to betray their principles. Rather, I’m inviting them to ignore their personal feelings and consider the national interest. Think about what Britain would look like after five years of Ed Miliband. The economy in the toilet, immigration out of control and the last remnants of national sovereignty transferred to Brussels. The Great Britain you know and love would be gone, replaced by a politically correct dystopia in which no dissent from left-wing groupthink is tolerated. Will the last person to leave the country please turn out the Ecozone energy-saving Biobulb?
If that vision of the future doesn’t appeal to you, join me in trying to heal the rift among conservatives. Help me set up a tactical voting website. Become a member of the joint Conservative-Ukip committee. Email me at tobyyoung@mac.com and let’s unite the right.
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Any other business: trouble spots in European banking
Plus: good and bad encounters with the public sector
‘1914: Day by Day’, the Radio 4 series by the historian Margaret MacMillan, is a gripping reminder that significant global events often arrive not in a single eruption but in a series of lesser happenings that only afterwards form an obvious pattern. Let’s hope that’s not what we’re watching in the banking sector as anticipation builds towards the results, due in October, of the European Banking Authority’s current round of ‘stress testing’.
Last month’s trouble spot — with a certain resonance for the current centenary — was Austria, whose government forced losses on bondholders in the troubled Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank by overriding a guarantee from the province of Carinthia. A clutch of other Austrian banks, all heavily exposed to eastern Europe, had their debt downgraded by Moody’s; one of them, Erste Bank, revealed it expects to lose €1.6 billion this year. Austria’s central bank chief Ewald Nowotny made matters worse by warning that the stress tests might ‘lead to exaggerations’ if too strictly applied, adding unconvincingly, ‘I don’t see any wobbly candidates.’
This month the spotlight fell on Portugal, where the second largest lender, Banco Espirito Santo, saw a run on its shares prompted by problems in its family-owned holding company. Management changes followed, but not before Portugal’s prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho felt obliged to declare that he had ‘not the slightest reason to doubt that the tranquillity of our financial and banking system will be maintained’. In response, Banco Popular of Spain pulled an issue of ‘coco’ bonds (‘coco’ being short for ‘contingent convertible’, meaning debt that converts to equity if the issuer’s Tier 1 capital ratio falls below target) because investors were demanding too high a yield.
Do these ripples at opposite ends of Europe form a pattern? Not yet. But Jaime Caruana, head of the Bank for International Settlements, has just given a stern lecture about rising debt levels throughout the developed world, and let’s remember that the first warning of nasty surprises in this year’s stress tests — in February, from Davide Serra of Algebris Investments — pointed to weakness in German regional banks, at the core of the Continent’s strongest economy. As for UK banking, foreign observers might well ask when and how the problems of the Co-op and RBS will finally be resolved, and whether our ‘alternative lending’ sector isn’t growing just a little too exuberantly.
Will the financial world go pear-shaped again this autumn? I sincerely hope not, and I feel in my bones that the momentum of the economic upswing will carry us through. But I am, as you know, an eternal optimist, and I guess that’s just the sort of sentiment I might have expressed in July 1914.
Creative value
There isn’t a single item of Burberry in my wardrobe, I’m afraid, so I was unaware until this week of the fashion genius that is the firm’s chief executive Christopher Bailey, whose £20 million pay deal received a thumbs-down from 53 per cent of shareholders at last week’s AGM. The vote was not binding on the board, however, so Bailey — the Halifax-born carpenter’s son who, I now know, reinvented the trench coat and rescued the classic Burberry check from the chavs who adopted it a decade ago — will get his giant share award anyway. But does he really deserve it?
Though there have been surprisingly few shareholder votes against top executives’ pay (only six in FTSE100 companies since 2002), the current mood is — rightly — for tighter scrutiny, and against excess. In Bailey’s case, we’re reminded that Burberry is a genuinely global brand, that his award was in response to ‘competing job offers’, and that his unique creative work makes him a valuable asset rather than merely a manager — to be compared with Apple designer Sir Jony Ive. But does that really add up to £20 million? And more to the point, what sort of half-baked governance system leaves a majority vote of a company’s owners ‘non-binding’ on the directors who work for them?
Brotherly feelings
Strolling like Burlington Bertie towards the Beefsteak Club, I found my path blocked at Piccadilly Circus by striking teachers and other public-sector workers — and I realised the only way to make progress was to join the march until I could slip away on the other side of Haymarket. So I fell in alongside a chap waving a Socialist Worker placard, mouthed (presciently) ‘Gove Out!’ a few times, and decided if challenged to point to my red tie and introduce myself as Len McCluskey.
From the flank of the parade I observed that foreign tourists along the route looked bemused, while British shoppers mostly looked hostile — perhaps not realising what a service we marchers were rendering, there being no bigger vote-loser for Ed Miliband than a series of noisy, disruptive, politically motivated stoppages like this one between now and the general election. Link arms, brothers, and let’s do it again soon.
The next day, my feeling for public-service workers went up another notch — and this time without irony or sarcasm. Arriving at York on a northbound train, I found my car battery flat. That must happen often to passengers using the station car park, but the information desk knew of no breakdown service and had nothing to suggest except to try asking in the ticket office. Not expecting any useful result, I did so — and a Network Rail employee behind the counter, whose badge said ‘Thomas, Shift Manager’ and who turned out to be Polish, responded with quite remarkable helpfulness. First he Googled the AA for me, then looked thoughtful and said, ‘But they take forever. You got jump leads?’ I shook my head disconsolately. ‘OK, we go to Tesco and buy some.’
And so we did, in his car, and eventually got mine started again, the while discussing the pros and cons of immigrant life and the prospects for his daughter and expected new baby compared to his own childhood in drab 1980s Warsaw. It was a delightful encounter, and one that needs no punch line.
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Social network ad spend growth in Asia Pacific 2013-2016
Change in social network advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region from 2013 to 2016
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The statistic shows data on the change in social media advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region in 2013 as well as a forecast thereof until 2016. The source projected the spending would grow more than 53 percent in 2014.
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Share of young consumers who follow certain people or organizations on social media in Canada as of September 2016, by genderSocial media profile types followed by young Canadians 2016, by gender
Share of young consumers who follow certain people or organizations on social media in Canada as of September 2016, by age groupSocial media profile types followed by young Canadians 2016, by age
Share of young consumers influenced to purchase selected product categories by social media content creators in Canada as of September 2016Social media content creator influence on product purchases 2016, by category
Share of young consumers influenced by social media posts to buy products in Canada as of September 2016, by type of postSocial media posts influencing purchasing decisions among young Canadians 2016
Share of consumers who tweet about television shows before, during and after they air in Canada 2017Timeframe when Canadians tweet about TV shows 2017
Share of consumers who tweet during television shows in Canada in 2017, by age groupCanadians tweeting while watching TV shows 2017, by age group
Leading reasons why consumers use Twitter on their mobile phones while watching television in Canada in 2017Reasons why Canadians use Twitter while watching TV 2017
Leading Canadian TV networks on selected social media between January and August 2017, by interactions (in millions)Leading Canadian TV network on selected social media 2017, by interactions
Leading Canadian TV networks on selected social media between January and August 2017, by audience size (in millions)Leading Canadian TV networks on selected social media 2017, by audience size
Social network ad spend in the U.S. 2016-2020
Social network ad spend per user in Central & Eastern Europe 2013-2016
Social network ad spend in Asia Pacific 2013-2016
Social network ad spend per user in the Middle East & Africa 2013-2016
Social network ad spend per user worldwide 2013-2016
Social network ad spend per user in North America 2013-2016
Social network ad spend per user in Western Europe 2013-2016
Social network ad spend per user in Asia Pacific 2013-2016
Share of social in digital ad spend in Asia Pacific 2013-2016
Growth of social media ad spend in China 2014-2018
Online brand content sharing as of March 2013
Online brand article sharing as of March 2013, by country
Canada: change in social network advertising spending 2013-2017
Super Bowl ads: social media used for watching 2016
Multi-screen tablet advertising formats in Canada 2014
Web 2.0 - worldwide revenue 2007-2020
Consumers worldwide: activities on mobile phones in the past 30 days 2015
Brands on social media
Social media and events
Mobile social media
Social networking in Canada
Social media advertising in the United Kingdom
Online advertising metrics
Digital advertising in Europe
Digital advertising in Canada
Digital Beauty Counter
Instagram Influencer-Generated Content Benchmark Report
Standing Out - Highlights
Digital Makeover
Snack Facts 2015
Sugary Drink Facts 2014
The State of Mobile Advertising
Present & Future of Mobile Marketing 2012
Penetration of leading social networks in Canada as of the 3rd quarter of 2017
Number of social network users in Canada from 2017 to 2023 (in millions)
Weekly social media usage by adults in Canada as of July 2017, by age group
Percentage of internet users accessing selected social media platforms in Canada as of May 2018
Percentage of consumers who have never used selected social networks in Canada as of March 2016
Number of Facebook users in Canada from 2017 to 2023 (in millions)
Distribution of Facebook users in Canada as of May 2019, by gender
Distribution of Facebook users in Canada as of May 2019, by age group
Number of Twitter users in Canada from 2012 to 2021 (in millions)
Distribution of Snapchat users in Canada as of August 2016, by gender
Number of Instagram users in Canada from 2017 to 2021 (in millions)
Distribution of Instagram users in Canada as of May 2019, by gender
Distribution of Instagram users in Canada as of May 2019, by age group
Most popular mobile social media websites in Canada in March 2019, based on share of visits
Frequency of social network usage in Canada as of May 2018
Weekly social media access in Canada as of January 2018, by device
Level of activity of Facebook users in Canada as of October 2017
Level of activity of Twitter users in Canada as of October 2017
Level of activity of Instagram users in Canada as of October 2017
Frequency of use of Facebook products and services in Canada as of March 2018, by gender
Frequency of use of Facebook products and services in Canada as of March 2018, by age group
Share of internet users who have experienced positive interactions on social media in Canada as of July 2017
Share of internet users who have experienced negative interactions on social media in Canada as of July 2017
Share of Canadians who trust Facebook not to use their personal information without their consent as of April 2018
Share of Canadians who trust Twitter not to use their personal information without their consent as of April 2018
Share of Canadians with a Reddit account as of October 2017, by gender
Digital marketing activities used by companies in Canada in 2014 and 2016
Percentage of professionals attributing their marketing success to selected digital marketing activities in Canada in 2014 and 2016
Increase in marketing spending on selected media according to marketing professionals in Canada from 2016 to 2018
Share of CEOs with selected social media accounts in Canada as of May 2016
Share of CEOs with one or more social media accounts in Canada as of May 2016
Share of CEOs with one or more social media accounts in Canada as of May 2016, by industry
Leading content types posted on social media by CEOs in Canada as of May 2016
Distribution of leads generated by social networks in Canada as of 1st quarter 2016
Average order value of leads generated by social networks in Canada as of 1st quarter 2016 (in Canadian dollars)
Share of online shoppers in Canada who have ever used buy buttons and social media sponsored links as of October 2016
Reasons why online shoppers in Canada would consider shopping via buy buttons and social media sponsored links as of October 2016
Social media advertising revenue in Canada from 2015 to 2021, by device (in million U.S. dollars)
Leading brands on Facebook in Canada as of April 2019, by number of fans (in millions)
Leading brands on Twitter in Canada as of April 2019, by number of followers (in 1,000s)
Level of influence Facebook has on consumer choices according to Canadian adults as of March 2018, by age group
Level of influence Facebook has on consumer choices according to Canadian adults as of March 2018, by gender
Social media with the highest influence on holiday purchase decisions in Canada in 2017
Percentage of consumers who engage with brands on selected social networks in Canada as of June 2016
Share of time spent on social network interactions with companies or brands in Canada as of March 2016, by gender
Fastest-growing influencers on Instagram in Canada as of June 2019, based on follower growth in the past 4 weeks
Share of young consumers who follow certain people or organizations on social media in Canada as of September 2016
Share of young consumers who follow certain people or organizations on social media in Canada as of September 2016, by gender
Share of young consumers who follow certain people or organizations on social media in Canada as of September 2016, by age group
Share of young consumers influenced to purchase selected product categories by social media content creators in Canada as of September 2016
Share of young consumers influenced by social media posts to buy products in Canada as of September 2016, by type of post
Share of consumers who tweet about television shows before, during and after they air in Canada 2017
Share of consumers who tweet during television shows in Canada in 2017, by age group
Leading reasons why consumers use Twitter on their mobile phones while watching television in Canada in 2017
Leading Canadian TV networks on selected social media between January and August 2017, by interactions (in millions)
Leading Canadian TV networks on selected social media between January and August 2017, by audience size (in millions)
Social network advertising spending in the United States from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Social network advertising spending per social network users in Central and Eastern Europe from 2013 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
Social network advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region from 2013 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Social network advertising spending per social network users in the Middle East and Africa from 2013 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
Social network advertising spending per social network users in worldwide from 2013 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
Social network advertising spending per social network users in North America from 2013 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
Social network advertising spending per social network users in Western Europe from 2013 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
Social network advertising spending per social network users in the Asia Pacific region from 2013 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
Share of social in digital advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region from 2013 to 2016
Change in social media advertising spending in China from 2014 to 2018
Share of online consumers who have shared or forwarded online brand content as of March 2013
Share of online consumers who have forwarded a link to an article about a brand or product as of March 2013, by country
Social network advertising expenditure growth in Canada from 2013 to 2017
Where will you watch the Super Bowl ads this year?
Tablet advertising formats best suited for multi-screen campaigns in Canada in 2014
Projected global revenue with the Web 2.0 from 2007 to 2020 (in million euros)
Consumers worldwide: Activities on mobile phones in the past 30 days in 2015
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Survey on reason for travelling to, from or via Keflavík Airport 2017
What is your reason for traveling to, from or via Keflavík International Airport?
by Julia Stoll, last edited Mar 19, 2019
This statistic displays the results of a survey on the reason for travelling to, from or via Keflavík International Airport in 2017. That year, the majority of respondents, with a share of 82 percent, were leisure travelers. Only 10 percent of the respondents named business as the reason for travelling to, from or via the Icelandic airport.
Share of respondents
The source does not specify the date of survey nor the number of respondents.
The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.
Revenue of WOW air 2015-2017
Delay rate of WOW air flights monthly 2018-2019
Number of passengers at Keflavík Airport in Iceland 2009-2019
Punctuality rate of Wow air flights monthly 2018-2019
Aviation industry in Iceland
Everything On "Aviation industry in Iceland" in One Document: Edited and Divided into Handy Chapters. Including Detailed References.
Statistics on "Aviation industry in Iceland"
Airports overview
Airport performance - Passengers
Airport performance - Cargo and freight
Icelandair Group overview
Icelandair Group fleet
Icelandair Group employees
Icelandair Group passengers
Icelandair Group cargo and freight
WOW air overview
Keflavík International Airport passengers
Keflavík International Airport traffic
Passengers and traffic of other airports
Cargo and freight of other airports
Amount of money invested in airport infrastructure in Iceland from 2004 to 2015 (in million euros)Investment in airport infrastructure in Iceland 2004-2015
Physical infrastructure ranking of the Nordic countries in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) in 2017, by typeInfrastructure ranking of the Nordic countries 2017
Leading airports in the Nordic countries in 2017, by number of passengers (in millions)Leading airports in the Nordic countries 2017, by number of passengers
Percentage growth in air passenger traffic of the leading airports in the Nordic countries in 2017Passenger traffic growth of the leading airports in the Nordic countries 2017
Ranking of air transport companies in the Nordic countries as of May 2018, by turnover (in million euros)Ranking of air transport companies in the Nordic countries 2018, by turnover
Number of registered aircraft in Iceland from 2007 to 2017Number of registered aircraft in Iceland 2007-2017
Number of registered aircraft in Iceland from 2007 to 2017, by typeNumber of registered aircraft in Iceland 2007-2017, by type
Number of main city pairs of airports in Iceland in 2017Number of main city pairs of airports in Iceland 2017
Number of flights of selected airlines at airports in Iceland in 2018Number of flights of selected airlines at airports in Iceland 2018
Market share of selected airlines at airports in Iceland in 2018Market share of selected airlines at airports in Iceland 2018
Distribution of flights at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of flightDistribution of flights at airports in Iceland 2017, by type of flight
Number of flights at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of flightNumber of flights at airports in Iceland 2017, by type of flight
Number of aircraft movements at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of aircraft movements at airports in Iceland 2006-2016
Number of aircraft movements at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airportNumber of aircraft movements at airports in Iceland 2016, by airport
Number of domestic passengers at airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017, by airportNumber of domestic passengers at airports in Iceland 2007-2017, by airport
Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of flightNumber of international passengers at airports in Iceland 2017, by flight type
Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland in 2018Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland 2018
Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland 2007-2017
Number of international passengers traveling to, from and via airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017International passengers traveling to, from and via airports in Iceland 2007-2017
Number of passengers at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of passengers at airports in Iceland 2006-2016
Number of passengers at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airportNumber of passengers at airports in Iceland 2016, by airport
Number of passengers at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by type of flightNumber of passengers at airports in Iceland 2006-2016, by type of flight
Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of freight (in metric tons)Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland 2017, by freight type
Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland in 2017, by airport (in metric tons)Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland 2017
Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2016, by type of freight (in metric tons)Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland 2007-2016, by freight type
Volume of international freight handled at selected airports in Iceland in 2017, by airport and type of freight (in metric tons)Volume of international freight handled at airports in Iceland 2007-2017, by type
Volume of international freight handled at selected airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017 (in metric tons)Volume of international freight handled at airports in Iceland 2007-2017
Volume of international freight handled at selected airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017, by type of freight (in metric tons)Volume of international freight handled at airports in Iceland 2007-2017, by type
Volume of cargo handled at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)Volume of cargo handled at airports in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of cargo handled at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airport (in kilograms)Volume of cargo handled at airports in Iceland 2016, by airport
Annual operating income of the Icelandair Group from 2011 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Annual operating income of Icelandair Group 2011-2017
Annual net profit of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Net profit of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017
Distribution of the operating income of the Icelandair Group in 2017, by activity (in million U.S. dollars)Operating income distribution of the Icelandair Group 2017, by activity
Annual revenue from passenger transportation of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Revenue from passenger transport of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017
Share of flights of Icelandair arriving on time from May 2017 to May 2018Punctuality rate of Icelandair flights monthly 2017-2018
Share of delayed flights of Icelandair from June 2018 to June 2019Delay rate of Icelandair flights monthly 2018-2019
Number of aircraft in the Icelandair Group fleet in 2017, by airline and typeAircraft number of the Icelandair Group's airlines 2017, by type
Number of aircraft in the Icelandair Group fleet from 2012 to 2017Aircraft number in the Icelandair Group fleet 2012-2017
Number of aircraft in the Icelandair Group fleet from 2012 to 2017, by ownershipAircraft number in the Icelandair Group fleet 2012-2017, by ownership
Number of aircraft of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017, by airlineAircraft number of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017, by airline
Number of employees of the Icelandair Group in 2017, by companyEmployee number of the Icelandair Group 2017, by company
Number of employees of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017Employee number of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017
Number of employees of Icelandair Cargo from 2012 to 2017Employee number of Icelandair Cargo 2012-2017
Number of employees of Icelandair from 2012 to 2017Employee number of Icelandair 2012-2017
Number of passengers on international flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000s)Passenger number on international flights of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017
Passenger load factor on international flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017Passenger load factor of the Icelandair Group on international flights 2012-2017
Available seat kilometers (ASK) on international flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in millions)Available seat kilometers of Icelandair Group on international flights 2012-2017
Number of passengers on domestic and regional flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000s)Passenger number on domestic/regional flights of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017
Passenger load factor on domestic and regional flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017Passenger load factor of the Icelandair Group on domestic/regional flights 2012-2017
Available seat kilometers (ASK) on domestic and regional flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in millions)Available seat kilometers of Icelandair Group on domestic/regional flights 2012-2017
Passenger shares of Icelandair to, from and via Iceland from 2012 to 2018Passenger shares of Icelandair to, from and via Iceland 2012-2018
Annual revenue from cargo and mail transportation of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Revenue from cargo and mail transport of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017
Revenue breakdown share of cargo operation by Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2016Breakdown share of Icelandair Group's cargo operation revenue 2012-2016
Freight tonne kilometers (FTK) of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in1,000s) Freight tonne kilometers of the Icelandair Group 2012-2017
Revenue of WOW air from 2015 to 2017 (in billion ISK)Revenue of WOW air 2015-2017
Operating income of WOW air from 2015 to 2017 (in billion ISK)Operating income of WOW air 2015-2017
Number of aircraft in the WOW air fleet as of August 2017Number of aircraft in the WOW air fleet 2017
Number of employees of WOW air from 2015 to 2018Number of employees of WOW air 2015-2018
Passenger load factor of WOW air from 2015 to 2016Passenger load factor of WOW air 2015-2016
Share of flights of Wow air arriving on time in selected months from January 2018 to January 2019Punctuality rate of Wow air flights monthly 2018-2019
Share of delayed flights of WOW air in selected months from January 2018 to January 2019Delay rate of WOW air flights monthly 2018-2019
Number of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland from January 2017 to December 2017 (in 1,000s)Monthly number of passengers at Keflavík airport in Iceland 2017
Number of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland in 2017, by weekday (in 1,000s)Number of passengers at Keflavík Airport in Iceland 2017, by weekday
Number of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland from 2009 to 2019 (in 1,000s)Number of passengers at Keflavík Airport in Iceland 2009-2019
Distribution of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in 2017, by country of originDistribution of passengers at Keflavík Airport 2017, by country of origin
What is your reason for traveling to, from or via Keflavík International Airport?Survey on reason for travelling to, from or via Keflavík Airport 2017
Do you have a connecting flight at Keflavík International Airport?Survey on having a connecting flight at Keflavík Airport 2017
Number of passengers at Keflavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by movementNumber of passengers at Keflavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016, by movement
Annual air transport movement at Keflavík International Airport from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000s)Annual air transport movement at Keflavík Airport 2009-2017
Cargo traffic at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland from January 2017 to December 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)Monthly cargo traffic at Keflavík Airport in Iceland 2017
Freight volume at Keflavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by movement (in metric tons)Freight volume at Keflavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016, by movement
Mail volume at Keflavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by movement (in metric tons)Mail volume at Keflavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016, by movement
Number of aircraft movements at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of aircraft movements at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Number of passengers at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of passengers at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Number of passengers at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by type of flightNumber of passengers at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016, by type of flight
Number of passengers at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by type of flightNumber of passengers at Akureyri Airport in Iceland 2006-2016, by type of flight
Number of passengers at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of passengers at Akureyri Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Number of aircraft movements at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of aircraft movements at Akureyri Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Number of aircraft movements at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of aircraft movements at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Number of passengers at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016Number of passengers at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of cargo handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)Volume of cargo handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of cargo handled at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)Volume of cargo handled at Akureyri Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of cargo handled at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in kilograms)Volume of cargo handled at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of freight handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)Volume of freight handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of freight handled at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)Volume of freight handled at Akureyri Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of freight handled at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)Volume of freight handled at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
Volume of mail handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)Volume of mail handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland 2006-2016
American business air travelers who are willing to pay extra for services 2017
Satisfaction of U.S. business air travelers with the airline contact options 2017
How often U.S. business travelers book their flights on smartphones 2017
Americans who travel for business - airline app usage by service 2017
Brazil: share of international flights passengers 2016, by continent
Baggage check-in and reclaim at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 2017
Brazil: number of passengers on international flights 2009-2016
Toilets at Phoenix International Airport 2017
Toilets at Los Angeles International Airport 2017
Rest areas at Denver International Airport 2017
Eating at Los Angeles International Airport 2017
Eating at Phoenix International Airport 2017
Wi-Fi at San Francisco International Airport 2017
Swift security checks at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 2017
Business travelers - security checks at U.S. airports 2017
Importance of restaurant and bar proximity to hotels to business travelers U.S. 2017
Business visits to the UK from Oceania in 2017, spending by gender and country
Attitude of French business travelers towards their 2015 expense reports
Average share of guests in heritage hotels in India- by type 2017
Quarterly number of Norwegian tourists 2015-2017, by type of trip
Air transport industry in Germany
Aviation and aerospace industries in Germany
The Passenger IT Trends Survey 2019
Passenger experience at U.S. airports (Statista Survey)
Airline & Airport IT Trends Survey 2018
2014 Airport IT Trends Survey
Airport IT Trends Survey 2016
Q2 Pi Leaderboard Report - US - Flights
Chile Anuario de Turismo 2017
Benchmark Study: 2018 Global Airline Online Fraud Management
Global Passenger Survey 2018
The 2018 Global Traveler Research Study
Amount of money invested in airport infrastructure in Iceland from 2004 to 2015 (in million euros)
Physical infrastructure ranking of the Nordic countries in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) in 2017, by type
Leading airports in the Nordic countries in 2017, by number of passengers (in millions)
Percentage growth in air passenger traffic of the leading airports in the Nordic countries in 2017
Ranking of air transport companies in the Nordic countries as of May 2018, by turnover (in million euros)
Number of registered aircraft in Iceland from 2007 to 2017
Number of registered aircraft in Iceland from 2007 to 2017, by type
Number of main city pairs of airports in Iceland in 2017
Number of flights of selected airlines at airports in Iceland in 2018
Market share of selected airlines at airports in Iceland in 2018
Distribution of flights at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of flight
Number of flights at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of flight
Number of aircraft movements at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of aircraft movements at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airport
Number of domestic passengers at airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017, by airport
Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of flight
Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland in 2018
Number of international passengers at airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017
Number of international passengers traveling to, from and via airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017
Number of passengers at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of passengers at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airport
Number of passengers at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by type of flight
Number of passengers at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airport and type of flight
Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland in 2017, by type of freight (in metric tons)
Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland in 2017, by airport (in metric tons)
Volume of domestic freight handled at airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2016, by type of freight (in metric tons)
Volume of international freight handled at selected airports in Iceland in 2017, by airport and type of freight (in metric tons)
Volume of international freight handled at selected airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017 (in metric tons)
Volume of international freight handled at selected airports in Iceland from 2007 to 2017, by type of freight (in metric tons)
Volume of cargo handled at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of cargo handled at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airport (in kilograms)
Volume of freight handled at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of freight handled at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airport (in kilograms)
Volume of mail handled at airports in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of mail handled at airports in Iceland in 2016, by airport (in kilograms)
Annual operating income of the Icelandair Group from 2011 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Annual net profit of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Distribution of the operating income of the Icelandair Group in 2017, by activity (in million U.S. dollars)
Annual revenue from passenger transportation of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Share of flights of Icelandair arriving on time from May 2017 to May 2018
Share of delayed flights of Icelandair from June 2018 to June 2019
Number of aircraft in the Icelandair Group fleet in 2017, by airline and type
Number of aircraft in the Icelandair Group fleet from 2012 to 2017
Number of aircraft in the Icelandair Group fleet from 2012 to 2017, by ownership
Number of aircraft of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017, by airline
Number of employees of the Icelandair Group in 2017, by company
Number of employees of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017
Number of employees of Icelandair Cargo from 2012 to 2017
Number of employees of Icelandair from 2012 to 2017
Number of passengers on international flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
Passenger load factor on international flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017
Available seat kilometers (ASK) on international flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in millions)
Number of passengers on domestic and regional flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
Passenger load factor on domestic and regional flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017
Available seat kilometers (ASK) on domestic and regional flights of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in millions)
Passenger shares of Icelandair to, from and via Iceland from 2012 to 2018
Annual revenue from cargo and mail transportation of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Revenue breakdown share of cargo operation by Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2016
Freight tonne kilometers (FTK) of the Icelandair Group from 2012 to 2017 (in1,000s)
Revenue of WOW air from 2015 to 2017 (in billion ISK)
Operating income of WOW air from 2015 to 2017 (in billion ISK)
Number of aircraft in the WOW air fleet as of August 2017
Number of employees of WOW air from 2015 to 2018
Passenger load factor of WOW air from 2015 to 2016
Share of flights of Wow air arriving on time in selected months from January 2018 to January 2019
Share of delayed flights of WOW air in selected months from January 2018 to January 2019
Number of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland from January 2017 to December 2017 (in 1,000s)
Number of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland in 2017, by weekday (in 1,000s)
Number of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland from 2009 to 2019 (in 1,000s)
Distribution of passengers at Keflavík International Airport in 2017, by country of origin
Do you have a connecting flight at Keflavík International Airport?
Number of passengers at Keflavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by movement
Annual air transport movement at Keflavík International Airport from 2009 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
Cargo traffic at Keflavík International Airport in Iceland from January 2017 to December 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Freight volume at Keflavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by movement (in metric tons)
Mail volume at Keflavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by movement (in metric tons)
Number of aircraft movements at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of passengers at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of passengers at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by type of flight
Number of passengers at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by type of flight
Number of passengers at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of aircraft movements at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of aircraft movements at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of passengers at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016
Number of passengers at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016, by type of flight
Volume of cargo handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of cargo handled at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of cargo handled at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in kilograms)
Volume of freight handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of freight handled at Akureyri Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of freight handled at Egilsstaðir Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Volume of mail handled at Reykjavík Airport in Iceland from 2006 to 2016 (in tonnes)
Percentage of U.S. business travelers that are willing to pay extra for services in 2017, by service
Percentage of U.S. business travelers that are satisfied with the contact options the airlines offered in 2017
Percentage of U.S. business travelers that booked their flights on smartphone or tablets in 2017
Percentage of U.S. business travelers that used services from airline apps in 2017
Share of passengers on international flights departing from Brazil in 2016, by destination continent
How satisfied are you with the baggage check-in and reclaim at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport?
Number of passengers on international flights departing from or arriving in Brazil from 2009 to 2016 (in millions)
How satisfied are you with the toilets at Phoenix International Airport?
How satisfied are you with the toilets at Los Angeles International Airport?
How satisfied are you with the rest areas at Denver International Airport?
How satisfied are you with the food services at Los Angeles International Airport?
How satisfied are you with the food services at Phoenix International Airport?
How satisfied are you with the Wi-Fi at San Francisco International Airport?
How satisfied are you with the swift security checks at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport?
Percentage of U.S. business travelers who are satisfied with security checks at U.S. airports in 2017
How important are nearby restaurants and bars when choosing a hotel for a business trip?
Spending of business visitors from Oceania in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by gender and country of residence (in million GBP)
What annoys you most about your expense claims?
Average share of guests across heritage hotels in India in FY 2017, by type
Number of domestic and outbound tourists in Norway from 1st quarter of 2015 to 4th quarter of 2017, by purpose of the trip (in millions)
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Gross hourly earnings for Uber and Lyft drivers by age U.S. 2017
Gross hourly earnings for Uber and Lyft drivers in the United States as of January 2017, by age (in U.S. dollars)
by E. Mazareanu, last edited Jul 2, 2019
This statistic shows the gross hourly earnings for Uber and Lyft drivers in the United States as of January 2017, by age. In that year, the gross hourly earnings of Uber and Lyft drivers aged between 18 and 30 years amounted to 17.98 U.S. dollars per hour.
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Hourly earnings in U.S. dollars
18 to 30 years 17.98
61 years or more 14.57
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Gordon Banks at 80 Part 6: The Stoke City Years
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Charlie George levelled from another penalty before the moment which was to earn a sorry place in Stoke City folklore.
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