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USA, Hudson-Fulton celebration large medal in Silver
Only 100 pieces minted in Sterling silver. Designed by Emil Fuchs
SKU: SGM207-2817
1909 Hudson-Fulton celebration 4 inch medal in Sterling Silver, only 100 pieces minted.
The large silver medal by Emil Fuchs was the official medal of the celebrations and was jointly produced by the Hudson-Fulton Commission and the American Numismatic Society to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Hudson river and the centenary of steamboat navigation.
The medal was struck in a wide variety of sizes and metals, ranging from 1.5 ins. (in base metal) to 4 ins. in diameter in silver. The majority of medals were made for sale to the public, and the total 123,698 struck reflects the wide-spread interest in the event. However, only one hundred examples of the large size (4 in.) medals in silver (as here) were made for presentation to members of the Commission and to Principal Guests at banquets during the celebration.
The celebration showcased the city of New York as a world class city, owing much to the maritime importance of the Hudson River, and also lauded its citizens for their achievements. Amongst the organizers on the celebration commission were financial giants J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, and events were highlighted by the use of electric lights, firework displays, parades and the sailing of ships such as the Lusitania and full scale reproductions of Hudson and Fulton's ships. Wilbur Wright also flew around the Statue of Liberty.
The obverse shows Henry Hudson on the deck of his ship, the Half Moon, surrounded by his crew
The reverse shows three draped and seated female figures. Genius sits in the middle holding a model of Fulton's steamship "Clermont" and represents the genius of steam navigation. Right is the figure of "History" with a scroll and a pen in hand. Left is "Commerce" resting her hand on an anchor. In the exergue is the legend "First use of steam in navigation on the Hudson River 1807".
4 inches (103mm) in diameter and weighing 10.76 oz and containing 332.1 grams of .925 sterling silver (9.88 ozs asw)
This medal is very rare with only 100 being minted in Sterling Silver and being presented to only the most important individuals
USA, New Orleans Expo, Large bronze medal by P.L. Krider. UNC
Very attractive large bronze medal by the American medallist Peter L. Krider for the New Orleans Industrial and Cotton Expo, 1885. Uncirculated
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Hrithik Roshan-Ekta Kapoor’s inevitable clash
Published May 24, 2019, 2:16 am IST
Updated May 24, 2019, 2:16 am IST
The actor’s Super 30 will now clash with producer Ekta Kapoor’s Jabariya Jodi.
Ekta Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan
The Hrithik Roshan-starrer Super 30 is finally making it’s way to the theatres two weeks earlier than Kangana Ranaut’s Mental Hai Kya?
The film that was initially scheduled to release on January 30, was pushed to July 26 pertaining to certain issues beyond the makers’ control. But after Mental Hai Kya? decided to release on July 26, Hrithik announced a date change to avoid ‘toxic mental violence’.
“Hrithik Roshan and producer Sajid Nadiadwala had a discussion on the new release date and they decided to not go further down as it would get closer to the release date of the Yash Raj Films’ Hrithik Vs Tiger project. It was important that there is a gap between Hrithik’s two releases and it was decided that they should come earlier even if that meant a clash with some other film,” says the source, adding, “However, what’s interesting is that even if Super 30 did not clash with Ekta Kapoor’s Mental Hai Kya? it will clash with her other project Jabariya Jodi, coming on July 12. This effectively means that Ekta will now change the date of her other film, since the Super 30 makers decided to shift the date to avoid a clash with Mental Hai Kya?.”
Hrithik may have well avoided a clash with Kangana, but it does seem that he wants to take on Ekta after all the imbroglio that took place after the controversy over the Super 30 date change.
— Sanskriti media
Tags: ekta kapoor, hrithik roshan
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Red, White, and Blueberry Beet Salad
Here’s a fun, festive, 4th of July salad for your holiday table. My sister made this one up just for the occasion (and because she knows I LOVE beets, even if she doesn’t!)
It calls for 4 very basic ingredients as well as a basic vinaigrette dressing made with red-wine vinegar. You can whisk one up yourself, or use a bottled one you’ve purchased, whichever get’s the job done to your satisfaction and gets you out of the kitchen and back into the celebration as quickly as possible.
You’ll wow your guests (or your hosts) when you place this on the banquet table!
5-6 large beets, peeled, cooked (you may boil or roast - your choice), cooled, and cubed
2 pints of blueberries, washed and drained
6-8 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
a bed of baby spinach
½ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon honey or agave syrup
2 medium cloves garlic, pressed or minced
¼ teaspoon fine kosher salt, to taste
Make the vinaigrette dressing:
In a liquid measuring cup or bowl, combine all of the ingredients except oil. Stir well with a small whisk.
Drop a single drop of oil into the mixture and whisk briskly, add another drop and continue to whisk, then add remaining oil in a stream, continuing to whisk until well blended.
Taste, and adjust as necessary.
Place cooked cubed beets in large bowl, add blueberries, pour viniagrette over top and mix well.
Place baby spinach leaves on serving platter.
Layer dressed beets and blueberries over the top of spinach, then sprinkle liberally with crumbled feta cheese.
Refrigerate until serving.
Enjoy this salad, bursting with red, white, and blue flavor, as we celebrate our great nation’s birthday! I hope your 4th full of your favorite ingredients, and mixes up to be a happy and safe holiday!
Tagged: recipe, salaad, salad, beets, feta, blueberries, viniagrette, 4th of July
Thank You Farm to Feast Sponsors!
There is so much that must go in to preparing and presenting my annual garden gala, Farm to Feast, an event benefitting Point Hope, a voice for forgotten children.
I am so very grateful to the many many people who in small or large ways helped to make the day a success! Special thanks go to the following 4, who have underwritten a great deal of the expenses necessary for hosting over 100 guests, preparing the gardens and grounds, serving a sumptuous meal, and entertaining the masses.
Without their help, it would be very difficult to come together in this way, to support the work of Point Hope, which I am so passionately committed to. My deepest thanks to:
Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins
Representing the works of over 2,000 authors and the world's largest Bible translations, HCCP is the most award-winning inspirational publisher in the industry, publishing bestselling content in every format, connecting words and people together wherever they live, work, or play.
Books like Fighting for My Life: How to Thrive in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s by Jamie TenNapel Tyrone, is her story of accidentally finding out she will most likely develop the disease at some point in her life. She founded B.A.B.E.S (Beating Alzheimer’s By Embracing Science) and through the group, and her book, gives those affected by Alzheimer’s courage and hope. If you or someone you know is living in the shadow of this disease, pick up a copy!
Many of the books I highlight as part of Delilah’s Book Club are published by this group. A Brave Face, by Barbara Marlowe and Teeba Furat Marlowe, was one of the recent ones. I also had these two brave, beautiful, and inspiring women join me on an episode of LOVE SOMEONE with Delilah, my podcast series. Listen in!
And, the autobiography, Grateful American - A Journey from Self To Service, by Gary Sinise is published by Thomas Nelson. It’s about honoring, celebrating, and serving our Freedom Providers and calls upon all Americans to to what they can for those who have done all they can! Gary joined me on LOVE SOMEONE recently as well! Take a listen.
Visit Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins HERE
Balsam Hill
We welcome long-time sponsor Balsam Hill back to be part of our Farm to Feast event. They have everything you need not only for holiday decorating but all year round for every season.
I’ve been using Balsam Hill decor for all my decorating needs for several years now. Whether I need some really incredible Fall or Halloween decorations, one of the most realistic faux Christmas trees available, along with wreaths, swags, garland, and ornaments for the winter season, Easter and Spring Florals, or to welcome Summer with vivid faux florals and lush lifelike greenery that won’t wilt, turn brown, or shrivel when the temperatures soar and water becomes scarce….
Find it at Balsam Hill, all season long, all year long!
Click HERE to shop
Sony/AFFIRM Films
I’m so honored to again have the support of Sony/AFFIRM Films year. AFFIRM Films, a division of Sony Pictures, is the industry leader in faith-based films including the upcoming “Overcomer” in theaters August 23rd.
Make sure you enter to win my Flyaway Sweepstakes to attend the movie premiere in Dallas, Texas on August 13!
Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team’s state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down and hundreds of families begin moving away, John must come to grips with the challenges facing his family and his team. Urged by the school’s principal to fill-in and coach a sport he doesn’t know or like, John is frustrated and questioning his worth… until he crosses paths with a student struggling with her own journey.
Filled with a powerful mix of faith, a twist of humor, and a ton of heart, the Kendrick Brothers return to theaters with OVERCOMER, their newest feature following FACING THE GIANTS, FIREPROOF, COURAGEOUS, and the #1 box-office hit, WAR ROOM. The inspiring family film stars Alex Kendrick, Priscilla Shirer, Shari Rigby, Cameron Arnett, and introduces Aryn Wright-Thompson.
Opening nationwide on August 23, OVERCOMER dares to leave you filled with hope, inspired to dream, and asks the question: What do you allow to define you?
Learn more about OVERCOMER
Back2Back Ministries
We welcomed a new sponsor this year, Back2Back Ministries , an international Christian non-profit organization dedicated to being a global voice for orphans. They exist to love and care for orphans and vulnerable children by meeting their spiritual, physical, educational, emotional, and social needs, so that they might overcome their life circumstances and break free from the cycle of generational poverty.
Back2Back Ministries and Point Hope are perfect allies in the fight for children, helping them to RISE UP from the circumstances they were born into, leaving poverty, malnutrition, and abuse behind. I am so grateful they decided to partner with us!
Learn more about Back2Back HERE
We are in our 5th season of Farm to Feast, and each year it becomes larger, better organized, and enjoyed by more attendees. This was our biggest year yet and we were met with blessing after blessing; a beautiful day, delicious food, a phenomenal performance, and the generous contributions of attendees to further our goal of building a health and wellness center in Point Hope Village, Ghana, West Africa that will benefit thousands of under-served deserving people.
We couldn’t have done it without our sponsors. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you!
Tagged: Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins, Balsam Hill, Back2Back, Sony AFFIRM films, books, decor, movies, ministry
Cauliflower 'Faux-tato' Salad
My potato salad is famous (or perhaps infamous, not sure which…) and I’ll make it for any occasion; BBQ’s, birthdays, bar mitzvah’s… but (confession session) sometimes I crave a lighter dish.
Enter this delicious “faux-tato” salad made with steamed cauliflower florets - it’s so so tasty, but far lower in carbs. It’s got everything you want for a great picnic salad except all the starch. Go ahead, give it a try!
1 large head cauliflower, cut into florets
1/2 cup bacon bits (about 6 rashers of bacon)
1 tspn stone-ground mustard
1 tbsp. dill pickle brine (vinegar or lemon juice work too!)
1 1/2 c. cheddar cheese, shredded
1/4 c. chives, chopped small
Add cauliflower florets to about 1” of boiling water in large pot or pan. Cover and allow to steam until tender - about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, drain, and cool. Set aside.
Cook bacon rashers until crispy, turning to crisp each side. Drain on paper towels then break or chop into bits.
Mix together, sour cream, mayonnaise, mustard, pickle brine (or vinegar or lemon juice) in a large bowl. Add the steamed and cooled cauliflower florets and gently stir to coat. Season with salt and pepper, then fold in bacon, cheddar, and chives. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Of course, like most of my recipes, they’re more suggestion than anything else. If you have a particular way you like to dress your potato salad, give it a try only use the cauliflower florets instead of starchy ‘taters.
I’m always interested in what you think - so tell me if you try this, any adjustments you might make to it, and most importantly, what was the cause of your gathering and celebration?! I’m nosy that way!
Tagged: recipe, cauliflower, salad, bacon, picnic
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Veterans: Make The Connection!
May is Mental Health Month, and before we turn a page on the calendar, I wanted to take the opportunity to spread the word about an organization that helps our military heroes called Make The Connection.
By nature, military service exposes our brave men and women to traumatic events. While trained to act and react in the moment for the best possible outcome, the emotional imprints can last long after service has ended. Most of us could never comprehend the situations they find themselves in…
There are millions of Veterans and family members who have needed support during tough times. Their lives got better. And so can yours, or that person you’re concerned for, because there’s a place to turn to: MakeTheConnection.net
Make The Connection is an online resource designed to connect Veterans, their family members, friends, and other supporters, with information, resources, and solutions to issues affecting their lives. There, you can hear personal stories of recovery from Veterans that have served during many different time periods such as: Post-9/11 Era (2001 - Present), Desert Era (1990 - 2000), Post-Vietnam War Era (1976 - 1989), Vietnam War Era (1960 - 1975), Post Korean War Era (1954 - 1959), and, WW II through Korean War Era (1941 - 1953).
They've worn the uniform, shared similar experiences, and found a supportive path to recovery by reaching out for help. If you, or someone you know could use some support, this is the place to come.
I simply can’t begin to express how much gratitude I have for our active military members and the Veteran’s who have served! I want to think that anyone needing support can find it, because they are owed that. For everything our freedom providers do for us, kindness, caring, and tangible support is that least that they should receive in return. That’s why I’m honored to share the services of Make The Connection.
Need some help? Get it here! Make The Connection.
Thank you for your service and for the safety and freedom it provides for all of us! I am so very humbled and grateful!
Tagged: Veterans, Mental Health, Trauma, Support
My Dad’s Day Gift Box
I’ve recently given away a basket of good things for Easter, and a bushel of blessings for Mother’s Day… It wouldn’t be fair to skip over the very very important men in our lives, so I’ve pulled together a box brimming with gifts for a special dad on his day!
How does books, music, relaxation, candy, and a shopping spree sound to you?
I’ve chosen three books I think he’ll enjoy; an inspiring autobiography, and two action-packed novels my hubby gives the thumbs-up!
GRATEFUL AMERICAN, by Gary Sinise: You know him from his stage, film, and television roles, and perhaps for his musical act, The Lieutenant Dan Band… and now you’ll know him for his book, Grateful American. After 9/11, honoring America’s defenders with the respect and gratitude their sacrifices deserve became Gary’s focus. He now works tirelessly on behalf of those who serve this country through the Gary Sinise Foundation with a mission to serve and honor veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need.
Grateful American is the moving, entertaining, profoundly gripping story of how one man found his calling: to see that those who defend this country and its freedoms are never forgotten and to inspire others to a life of service and gratitude.
OPEN CARRY, by Marc Cameron: Open Carry is the first in a new series featuring U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter. He’s on a case in the icy wastelands of southeast Alaska, where someone’s declared open season on humans, including a young native girl. Cutter’s job is to find the bodies, examine the crew’s footage for clues, and track down the men who killed them. Easier said than done. Especially when the whole town is hiding secrets, the trail leads to a dead end—and the hunter becomes the prey . . .
Cameron took over for Tom Clancy, and is the bestselling author of the latest Jack Ryan novels. His nearly 30 years in law enforcement serving as a police officer, SWAT member, detective, and Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal helps to explain his mastery of his action novels.
CUTTHROATS by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone: After a lifetime of robbing banks and holding up trains, Jimmy “Slash” Braddock and Melvin “Pecos Kid” Baker are ready to call it quits—though not completely by choice. Sold out by their old gang, Slash and Pecos have to bust out of jail and pull one last job to finance their early retirement . . .
Not every Western hero wears a white hat or a tin star. The Greatest Western Writers of the 20th Century kick off a new series featuring two wanted outlaws - with one heck of a story…
I’ve tossed in some great music too!
Damn Country Music, by my good friend, Tim McGraw: This cd features the hit single, Humble and Kind, one of my favorite songs ever! I’ve not met anybody (that enjoys Country music even a little bit) that didn’t sing the praises of this song. I’ve had sons and daughters dedicated it to dads, dad’s dedicated it to sons and son-in-laws, wives dedicating it to husbands. Humble and Kind, the ideal we all reach for and that we wish upon our loved ones.
Brave Enough, Lindsey Stirling: Another great friend, Lindsey, is an incredible violinist and dancer who has managed to merge these two talents, and in combination with her gypsy spirit, unique style, incredible inner and outer beauty, created an entirely new genre of entertainment that appeals to a huge variety of music lovers. Did I say “unique?” We are so fortunate to be able to experience life through Lindsey’s music, that’s why I’m including Brave Enough in the box of gifts for Dad!
Everyone loves to shop - for things THEY want!
So I’m also including a $50 Gift Card for The Home Depot. Whether it’s a new tool or two, some gardening equipment or plant starts, garage organizers, or an interesting gadget, The Home Depot has it all. The winner of my gift box will have $50 to spend any ole’ way he wants!
How ‘bout some R&R after all that shopping?
Gravity Blanket: Last year I stumbled upon a product that has an unbelievable soothing, calming effect - by design! The Gravity Blanket, a weighted throw, uses the power of "deep touch pressure stimulation" shown to increase serotonin and melatonin, the hormones responsible for calming relaxation, while decreasing cortisol, the hormone responsible for stress.
What dad couldn’t benefit from that?! Enter to win one in the box or could pick one up for him, and one for yourself at Gravity Blanket.
Designed with the same therapeutic benefits as the original Gravity Blanket, the new Cooling Blanket will keep you cool and comfortable all summer long during use. Use code DELILAH to get 20% off your purchase at gravityblankets.com!
Almond Roca, from Brown & Haley: I’m so fortunate to have confectioners Brown & Haley as long-time sponsors, and even luckier still to have them in my back yard! Almond Roca was delivered on festive occasions to my childhood home by my grandmother, and now that I have grandchildren of my own, I love to spoil them with this special treat. Spoil your dad with the unmistakable taste of Almond Roca!
My Dad’s Day Gift Box Sweepstakes is not a contest; the winner will be picked at random from all entrants.
All you must do is send me an email and let me know you’d like to win it. You DO know of course, that I’d absolutely LOVE it if you included a little story about a special dad in your life!
Write to me HERE by midnight on Sunday, June 9.
Tagged: sweepstakes, books, music, candy, blanket
Yukgaejang (Korean Beef Stew with Fiddleheads)
Gosari is the Korean term for dried fernbrake - or fiddleheads - the tightly curled new fronds of the common Bracken Fern.
Fiddleheads have been prepared and eaten on several continents for hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of years. But there are some precautions you should take with it.
Within bracken fern lurks a substance called ptalquiloside. It’s a known carcinogen, and therefore, NOT our friend, but because it is 1) water-soluable, and 2) breaks down in warmer temperatures, steps can be taken to greatly reduce the levels of this harmful stuff in your hard-earned harvest.
First, you should soak the fiddleheads in cold water for several hours, changing the water often. Second, at some point in the preparation process you should boil bracken fern in salted water for 30 minutes or longer, making it both tender and safer for consumption.
That said, I encourage you to do your research and decide yourself what your comfort level with this is. I’m told that different fern varieties, such as the Lady Fern, contain less or even no ptalquiloside, so perhaps you could educate yourself and use only those types if there is lingering concern.
Kimmy and I harvest the traditional Bracken Fern, soak it, dehydrate it, store it in air-tight baggies and for months following, boil to reconstitute and then use and enjoy it in dishes like Bibimbap (Rice Topped with Vegetables) and Yukgaejang (Beef Stew with Vegetables.)
I’m going to share her recipe for Yukgaejang with you. We enjoy it so much and I think you will find it an enjoyable way to celebrate your adventurous experience!
Korean Yukgaejang
2 Tablespoons sesame oil
2 Tablespoons gochugaru (red chili pepper flakes)
1/2 large yellow onion
2 Tablespoons minced garlic
1 cup rehydrated gosari
8-10 cups beef broth
8 ounces Korean radish, cut into chunks
3 shiitake mushrooms, sliced (other mushroom varieties may also be used.)
1 teaspoon (or more) gochujang ( chili pepper paste)
1 teaspoon doenjang (fermented soybean paste)
2 tablespoons guk ganjang (soup soy sauce)
2 bunches scallions, sliced
Place dried gosari into a small pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and boil for 30 minutes or longer.
Rinse in cold water, drain and cut into 3-4 inch lengths. Set Aside.
Put 2 tablespoons of sesame oil on the bottom of a large stock pot, heat and add the gochugaru chili pepper flakes. Cook over medium-high heat until the oil begins to turn red from the pepper flakes, turn down to medium then add the onion and garlic; saute until the onion is translucent. Do not burn the chili flakes.
Add the gochujang chili pepper paste, and doenjang soybean paste to mixture. (More or less chili paste can be used to create desired level of spice.)
Add beef broth, shredded beef, radish, mushrooms, gosari (fiddleheads,) and guk ganjang soup soy sauce. Stir to combine.
Boil over medium heat, covered, for 20 minutes.
Add scallions and boil for another 10 minutes.
Season with 1 teaspoon salt (or more) and pepper to taste.
Serve with rice.
Dried and packaged gosari is readily available at Korean markets and since you’ll probably be making a trip to one for several of the ingredients, you could elect to skip the harvesting expedition and go right to making and enjoying this dish!
Tagged: gosari, fiddleheads, bracken fern, foraging
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Facebook deletes fake pages, spam accounts that lead to ad farms amid presidential elections in Brazil
Amid a heated presidential election in Brazil, Facebook has removed 68 pages and 43 fake accounts for violating its Community Standards by repeatedly posting spam, misrepresentation and clickbait content that led users to ad farms.
The removed accounts and pages were linked to Raposo Fernandes Associados (RFA), a local marketing group which, sources say, was promoting right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who has been compared to US President Donald Trump.
So far, similar behavior has not been detected on Instagram or WhatsApp, but extra security measures are taken as a precaution.
“While spam commonly involves the offer of fraudulent products or services, we have seen spammers increasingly using sensational political content — across the political spectrum — to build an audience and drive traffic to their websites, earning money for every visitor to the site,” Facebook says. “The RFA assets we removed were engaging in this type of elicit behavior.”
Spreading misinformation has become a common tactic to interfere with elections and influence public opinion. The social network is committed to taking further action “to prevent bad actors from interfering with Brazil’s elections on Facebook.”
On October 28, Brazilians cast their vote to choose between far-right representative Bolsonaro and left-winger Fernando Haddad. Both candidates have complained about politically motivated trolls and ad farms trying to compromise the voting process.
“We monitor potential threats and coordinate our response really fast,” said Monica Guise, Facebook’s public policy manager for Brazil, while WhatsApp’s Victoria Grand acknowledges “This is a critical moment for Brazil. We are very focused on making sure that we get it right and we do everything in our power to take a broad sense of our responsibility.”
Microsoft, Netflix and PayPal Emerge As the Top Targets for Phishing Attacks
Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million to customers affected by biggest security breach in history
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ALPINE BUS DRIVERS `JOIN' POLICE FORCE<BR>
By Jim Rayburn, Staff Writer
Published: October 4, 1990 12:00 am
The police force in northern Utah County now has 300 more eyes looking out for crime.
Alpine School District's 150 bus drivers were recently trained by law enforcement officers to recognize criminal behavior and to respond properly when witnessing a crime. The drivers now consider themselves crime watchdogs for north Utah County and call themselves "Alpine's Eyes."R.J. Hone, district director of driver training, said the program was initiated because of the number of crimes bus drivers were witnessing.
"We had drivers calling in things all the time and we never really knew how to respond or what agencies we should involve," Hone said.
Drivers now watch for signs of drug dealing, drug or alcohol consumption, reckless driving and burglaries. When drivers see suspicious behavior they radio the district's dispatcher, Kathy Swiss, who then refers the matter to the appropriate authority.
"The drivers are looking for anything that indicates criminal behavior," Hone said.
Hone said drivers are excited about being watchdogs for crime and believe they can have a significant impact on reducing criminal activity. For most drivers, participating in crime prevention is a real morale booster.
"From all of the response we've been getting, drivers are feeling pretty positive about this program and want to do more to keep this going," he said.
Gerald Nielsen, public information officer for the Orem Police Department, said normally five or six officers are on duty at a time and it is difficult for them to cover the entire city. Officers spend most of their time responding to calls and have little time left over for patrolling. Crime-prevention efforts by volunteer groups such as "Alpine Eyes" are helpful in reducing crime, he said.
"They can cover areas that we usually have a difficult time getting to," Nielsen said.
Nielsen said local police departments have benefited from similar programs in the past involving postal workers and utility workers. He said those involved in such programs should remember not to take action when suspecting a crime other than reporting it to the appropriate authority.
"The best thing they can do is get the information and pass it on," Nielsen said.
Hone said letters have been sent to other district employees and principals urging them to support the program. He said drivers likely will undergo more crime prevention training and McGruff labels will be placed on district buses.
"If we can get all of our people involved then we can put five times the number of people out there looking for crime than the county's entire police force," he said.
Hone said drivers have already reported several suspicious activities to authorities. One driver witnessed an attempted abduction of a young girl in Orem.
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Caribbean's First Designer Cookie Now on the Shelves
The Caribbean's first branded designer cookie company, Blue Angel Dippers, was launched early in August. Headquartered in a sky-blue West Indian-style cottage overlooking Grand Bay, on tiny Canouan, one of St. Vincent's Grenadine Islands, the gourmet cookie line is "celestially themed and ready to fly," according to managing director Dan Devlin.
"Inspiration rooted in our sweet cravings were the thrust behind brand names like Heavenly White Chunky Chocolate & Macadamia Nuts, Eclipse Chocolate Biscotti, and Oatmeal Raisin Starbars to name a few," explains Devlin's partner, Pamala Baldwin. Sailing the Caribbean from the Bahamas to Venezuela on their yacht, the American duo devoted two years to finding the right location, fulfilling a market niche and developing the product line.
While cruising the islands, former Restaurant and food critic for Morris Newspapers in America, Baldwin's sophisticated palate for gourmet food was at an all-time high and Devlin's hungry-man appetite for confections was never met. The couple was constantly searching for something indulgent, affordable, and sweet but found little to satisfy their cravings, and that's why Blue Angel Dippers came to be. There are a dozen products in the line of handmade cookies, ranging up to 2.5 ounces each. They will also introduce cookie chunks called Moon Rocks in half- and one-pound bags.
Blue Angel Dippers represent many firsts, namely they are Canouan's first manufacturer; Dan & Pamala are the island's first nonresort-related residents (until now, the four-square-mile island's claim to fame has been the five-star Carenage Golf & Beach Resort); and they are the Caribbean's sole branded gourmet cookie producer. The company is also making custom logo Dippers for corporate clientele.
For more information, contact P. Baldwin at mangopam@aol.com or call Pam at (784) 482-0617.
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CSUDH Winter Session 2019
Which Winter courses fulfill GE requirements?
View General Education Requirement Fulfilling Courses List ►
Please note that courses and schedules are subject to change. We encourage you to check back for updated information on a regular basis before classes begin.
If you don't see a class you would like to take, email us!
Winter Session Courses
Select a course below, then click to view description:
AFS 310 African Diaspora in the United States
AFS 332 Harlem Renaissance
ANT 371 Historical and Cultural Perspectives in Disability Studies
ANT 495 Traditional Mesoamerican Agriculture and Sustainability
BUS 301 Employment Communications
BUS 302 Written Communications
CHE 102 Chemistry for the Citizen
CHS 323 Immigration and Citizenship: A Latino Perspective
CHS 330 Mexican and Latino Identities in the U.S.
CHS 340 Native American and Chicana Women's Prose (hybrid)
CHS 345 Identity in the Americas
CIS 270 Information Systems & Technology Fundamentals
CIS 275 Internet Literacy
COM 100 Media and Society
COM 365 Introduction to Public Relations
DAN 130 Dance Perceptions
DAN 440 Dance for Children
DMA 494 Independent Study
DMA 496 Internship
EAR 101 Physical Geology Lab
ECO 210 Economic Theory 1A (microeconomics)
ENG 230 Literature and Popular Culture
HEA 313 Introduction to Biostatistics
HIS 101 History of the United States
HIS 380 Women in History
HUM 310 Key Concepts: Death & Dying
HUS 330 Human Behavior and Social Environment
IDS 326 Race and Popular Culture in the U.S.
KIN 300 Tests and Measurements in Physical Education
KIN 301 Kinesiology
KIN 330 Somatic Education
MAT 131 Elementary Statistics and Probability
MUS 312 The Jazz Age
PHI 102 Humanity, Nature & God
POL 100 General Studies Political Science: World Perspectives
POL 101 American Institutions (on campus or online)
PSY 101 General Studies Psychology: Understanding Human Behavior
PSY 305 History and Systems of Psychology
PSY 340 Social Psychology: Psychological Perspectives
PSY 350 Child Psychology
PSY 360 Theories of Personality
PSY 368 Human Sexuality
PSY 464 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
PSY 490 Senior Seminar in Psychology
SBS 318 New Perspectives on Language & Sex
SBS 318 Race, Class & Gender
SBS 318 Movements of Latin America
SMT 312 Natural Disasters
SMT 416 Earth Science for Teachers
SOC 320 Sociology of the Family
SOC 362 Gangs & Adolescent Subcultures
SOC 363 Sociology of Drugs and Alcohol
SOC 368 Criminology
SPA 280 Grammar for Spanish Composition
SPA 351 Contemporary Hispanic Culture: Spanish-Speaking America
THE 120 Fundamentals of Speech
THE 315 The American Musical
WMS 250 Introduction to Women's Studies
Winter Intersession: Course Descriptions & Details
Following are classes to be offered during the upcoming Spring Intersession.
Please check back often for updates to this and to the schedule page:
AFS 310 African Diaspora in the United States (online) (3)
The purpose of this course is to explore the social, political, economic and cultural environment of the Africana community in the United States. In addition, students will examine the influence of race on Africana people’s social and historical development. Course content seeks to investigate how the Africana community in the United States has advanced and shaped the social and political landscape of the nation. The course also focuses on the modes in which the Africana community in the United State establishes and maintains its cultural space.
Dates: 12/21/18 - 1/15/19
Days: online
Times: online
Instructor: Gammage
CRN: 10559
AFS 332 Harlem Renaissance (online) (3)
The Harlem Renaissance was a key historical movement that engaged the politics of the African experience through arts during post-WWI New York. This course will explore the artistic productions (literary, music and performance) of key figures, scholarly works analyzing significant events and films that way in on the debates of the time centered on race, culture and social issues pertinent to people of African descent.
Instructor: Faraji
ANT 371-01 Historical and Cultural Perspectives in Disability Studies (3)
Theoretical and historical perspectives on issues pertaining to disability studies/research. The course explores cultural concepts of "normalcy" and "disability" and reviews ethnographic contexts of disability in a variety of communities in the United States and the world.
Days: M-T-W-Th-F
Times: 12 - 4pm
Location: SBS E116
Instructor: Armstrong
ANT 495-01 Traditional Mesoamerican Agriculture and Sustainability (3)
Prerequisite: upper division standing
Travel to Southern Mexico and discover the many ways that rural families sustain themselves, with a particular focus on an ethnoecological approach to understanding how people understand and interact with their environment. Course includes: orientation on campus Dec. 21, and 13-day trip to Chiapas, Mexico (Jan. 3-Jan. 15), where students conduct ethnoecological fieldwork and visit museums and archaeological sites.
For further information, contact Dr. Jan Gasco at jgasco@csudh.edu or 310-243-3506.
Days: M-T-W-Th-F-S-S
Instructor: Gasco
CN: 10615
December 1: Deadline to enroll
December 21:
Class meets at DH, Anthro Lab, SBS A-134, 1 - 4pm – General Orientation. Introduction to the field of sustainable agriculture and to the research area. (3 hours)
Class flies to Tapachula, Mexico, and travel by taxi to Escuintla.
Jan. 3 - 10:
Conduct field research in Escuintla area assisted by local residents.
The daily schedule will vary, but most days we will leave for the field by 7:30 and return by around 3 for a late lunch (when people eat their main meal).
In the evenings (6-8) we will have informal discussions/seminars and we may have local people come to talk to us. Evenings also will be a time when students write in their journals. (64 hours)
One day will be spent touring the La Encrucijada Biosphere.
Jan.11 - 14:
Travel to San Cristobal de las Casas by bus where we will visit local museums, see local ruins, visit indigenous communities. (24 hours)
Jan. 15:
Fly from Tuxtla Gutierrez to LA. Jan TBA: final Journal due
(Total hours, 91, Activity class, 3 units)
For complete details and fee information, visit CSUDH Study Abroad: Chiapas, México ►
BUS 301-01 Employment Communications (1)
Prerequisite: ENG 111
The course introduces tools and techniques that are used to produce effective business communication, both oral and written. You will learn specific skills that can be used in the business world to convey thoughts, ideas and recommendations to coworkers and superiors, while enhancing your professional image and chances for future success. Emphasis will be placed on the job packet: resumes cover letters, references and thank you letters.
Dates: 1/2/19 - 1/4/19
Days: W-Th-F
Times: 1pm - 5:20pm
Location: SBS G126
Instructor: Sheu
BUS 302-01 Written Communications (1)
The course introduces tools and techniques that are used to produce effective business communication, both oral and written. You will learn specific skills that can be used in the business world to convey thoughts, ideas and recommendations to coworkers and superiors, while enhancing your professional image and chances for future success. Emphasis will be placed on drafting, revising and polishing professional business documents.
Days: M-T-W
Instructor: Williams
CHE 102-41 Chemistry for the Citizen (Online) (3)
A non-mathematical treatment of the basic principles of chemistry and their application to various facets of life in a highly technological society.
Note: please contact Dr. Sturm via e-mail at nsturm@csudh.edu for more information.
Instructor: Sturm
CHICANA/CHICANO STUDIES
CHS 323-41 U.S. Immigration Citizenship: A Latino Perspective (online) (3)
The course seeks to understand some of the issues which concern Mexican/Latino immigrant people, specifically Mexican and Central American groups, in efforts to bring awareness to this human crisis and explore some of its effects on the U.S. Latino community. Note: meets the same requirement as SBS 318.
Times: 10am - 2pm
Location: LCH A224
Instructor: Obando
CHS 330-01 Mexican and Latino Identities in the U.S. (3)
The course broadens the social, cultural, and political scope of Chicano and Latino communities in the United States which include Puerto Rican, Cuban, Caribbean, and Central and South American peoples. the historical experiences of these diverse communities will be examined.
Days: M-T-W-Th
Times: 9am - 12:20pm
Location: SBS B231
Instructor: Serrato
CHS 330-41 Mexican and Latino Identities in the U.S. (Online) (3)
Instructor: Fraga
CHS 340-01 Native American and Chicana Women's Prose (3)
Course explores contemporary cultural and historical narratives by and about Native American Chicana women in the U.S. Through poetry, short stories, and narratives the class will analyze the histories of colonial exploitation, historical memories, gender oppression, and marginalization.
Times: 6-9pm
Location: SBS A216
Instructor: Garcia
CHS 340-35 Native American and Chicana Women's Prose (hybrid) (3)
Days: M-W-F (1/2, 1/4, 1/7, 1/9, 1/11, 1/14)
Times: 9am - 1pm
Instructor: Chavez
CHS 345-41 Identity in the Americas (online) (3)
Mexican American life to 1900, stressing the evolution of economic and political thought, social institutions, and cultural expressions.
Instructor: Lopez Morin
CDV 444-01 Language, Cognition & Schooling (3)
Prerequisites: CDV 320, 325, 330 & 360
Theoretical and empirical overview of cognitive and language development from birth through the end of adolescence; second language acquisition; interconnections between cognitive development, language development and schooling.
Times: 5 - 9:30pm
Instructor: Begolli
COM 100-41 Media and Society (Online) (3)
A critical overview of media culture including newspapers, magazines, film, radio, television, popular music, advertising, public relations, and the Internet. Focuses on building critical media literacy skills by developing a concrete understanding of media history, media analysis, the structure of media industries and their major players and products.
Instructor: Cheever
COM 365-41 Introduction to Public Relations (online) (3)
Public relations practices and principles as applied to government, education and industry.
Instructor: de la Serna
CIS 270-01 Information Systems & Technology Fundamentals (3)
Provides an introduction to information technology, systems concepts, and application software. Covers system components and relationships, cost/value and quality of information, and package software solutions. Includes basic skills related to operating systems, word processing, spreadsheet software, and the Internet
Times: 8:30am - 12:50pm
Instructor: Eyadat
CIS 275-01 Internet Literacy (3)
Prerequisites: CIS 270 or CSC 111 or CSC 121 is recommended Digital skills and concepts needed for success in the Internet era as a student, professional, and lifelong learner. Concepts pertaining to Internet technology and applications and their implications for key relationships of human kind to the social and physical environment. Skills using and developing Internet applications in everyday life.
Instructor: Chi-Wen
DAN 130-43 Dance Perceptions (Online) (3)
Introduction to dance in America through viewing of dance films, videotapes and live performances. Applications of aesthetic perception and criticism skills to determine artistic value of ballet, modern, jazz and tap dance performances.
Instructor: Ressl
DAN 440-41 Dance for Children (Online) (3)
Study of developmentally appropriate creative movement experiences for children. Examination of teaching methodology designed to develop founational movement skills, artistic exploration of movement elements, improvisational techniques, imagination and creativity, and how these learning activities can be taught across the curriculum.
Instructor: Carreon
DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS
DMA 494-01 Independent Study (3)
Prerequisite: conset of instructor.
Investigation of a single topic, chosen in consultation with a faculty member, culminating in a paper, presentation, or creative project. Repeatable for credit up to six units
Days: TBD
Times: TBD
Location: TBD
Instructor: Vinovich
DMA 496-01 Internship in Media (3)
Directed work experience in the television, film, music or digital media industry under the supervision of a professionally-qualified mentor. CR/NC grading only. Repeatable for credit.
Instructor: Mahler
EAR 101-01 Physical Geology Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in EAR 100 is recommended.
This Nature and origin of rocks and minerals through determination of physical properties of specimens. Topographic and geologic map analysis. Geological features from stereoscopic air photos. Recommended elective for students interested in the outdoors, archaeology, mineral deposits, land use, and natural hazards.
Location: NSM B234
Instructor: Cummings
ECO 210-01 Economic Theory 1A (microeconomics) (3)
This class is about analyzing and understanding individual consumers and firm behavior, so we answer questions like how consumers react to changes in prices and preferences and how firms make decisions about what price to charge for their goods and whether or not to stay in business. Put together, we can analyze markets for food, textbooks, illegal music downloads, educational services, etc.
Days: T-W-Th-F
Times: 10am - 2:20pm
Instructor: El Hag
ENG 230-01 Literature and Popular Culture (3)
Prerequisite: ENG 110 required; ENG 111 recommended.
Ways of reading literature and popular culture to enhance understanding, appreciation and enjoyment. Requires frequent writing assignments.
Instructor: Giannotti
HEA 313-01 Introduction to Biostatistics (3)
Prerequisites: HEA 201, MAT 131
Introduction to the basic concepts of biostatistics and their application and interpretation. Topics include descriptive statustics, graphics, diagnostic tests, probability distributions, inference, tests of significance, association, linear and logistic regression, and life tables.
Instructor: Ortega
HIS 101-01 History of the United States (3)
A study of the ideals, creeds, institutions, and behavior of the peoples of the United States . Meets the State requirement in U.S. History.
Times: 11:30am - 2:55pm
Location: SBS D125
Instructor: Alvarez
HIS 380-01 Women in History (3)
Changing role of women in the family, political economy and culture of various societies. Topics vary, for example, Women in History: Sex Roles in North and South America; Women in History: Women in China ; Women in History: Sex roles and Feminism in the United States.
Days: Th-F-Sat on the following dates: 12/21-22, 1/3-5, 1/10-12
Times: Th-F 5-9:30pm, Sat 1/5 10am - 4:30pm, Sat 1/12 10am - 5:30pm
Instructor: Murillo
HUM 310-41 Key Concepts: Death & Dying (Online) (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of lower division Humanities requirements.
This course introduces students to mythic, musical, religious, cognitive-science, medical, and autobiographical representations of death and dying. Students will gain a cross-cultural understanding of perceptions of death and dying and how these perceptions have changed over time. They will consider how various authors, composers, and visual artists represent death and dying in their works. Students will be challenged to evaluate their own personal attitudes and beliefs about illness, dying, and death rituals.
Instructor: Fitzsimmons
HUS 330-41 Human Behavior and Social Environment (Online) (3)
Prerequisite: HUS 300
This course critically applies human services theories on the assessment of human behavior in the biological, psychological and social development of people over their lifespan with special focus on diversity such as race, gender, class, and disabilities.
Instructor: Phan
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES/PACE
IDS 326-41 Race and Popular Culture in the U.S. (online) (3)
From an interdisciplinary perspective, this class will examine the intersections of race and popular culture. By doing so, this course will explore how novels, television, movies, cartoons, magazines, advertising, etc. emerge as important sites of racial meaning in the 20th century. Such an exploration allows for critical insight into the dynamics and structures of power and the significance of race in the United States.
Instructor: Choi
KIN 300-01 Tests and Measurements in Physical Education (3)
Prerequisites: Fulfillment of ELM requirement
Analysis, evaluation, interpretation, and use of tests and other assessment methods in physical education. Application of statistical procedures. Fee required.
Days: T-W-Th
Times: 9am - 1:20pm
Location: SAC 3142
Instructor: Ernst
KIN 301-01 Kinesiology (3)
Prerequisites: BIO 250 and BIO 251 and either high school or college physics
Examination of anatomical structure, function, and mechanical principles relating to human motion, including analytical and practical application of concepts. Fee required.
Times: 7:30am - 2:15pm
Instructor: Chaparro
KIN 301-02 Kinesiology Lab (0)
Days: TBA
Times: TBA
Instructor: Cheatham
Fee: $0
KIN 330-01 Somatic Education (3)
Prerequisite: PSY 101
Study of the nature of the human being as a continuum of body, mind and spirit integration. Examination of how the areas of anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, sociology, psychology, and spirituality fuse and the idea of a holistic lifestyle emerges.
Instructor: Hancock
MAT 131-01 Elementary Statistics and Probability (3)
Prerequisite: Fulfillment of ELM requirement
A practical course in probability and statistics including such topics as the binomial and normal distributions, confidence intervals, t, F, and chi-square tests, linear regression and correlation, and conditional probability. Satisfies the General Education Quantitative Reasoning Requirement.
Days: M-T-W-Th-F-Sat (meeting dates: 12/21-22, 1/2-5, 1/7-12, 1/14-15)
Times:10am - 1:10pm
Instructor: Perez
MUS 312-41 The Jazz Age (online) (3)
This course explores the social, cultural, and historical turbulence of 1920s America with a focus on the ways jazz aesthetics in music, literature, and the arts both influenced and reflected new ways of thinking about American identity.
Instructor: Avery
PHI 102-41 Humanity, Nature, and God (online) (3)
Critical examination of perennial philosophical issues such asthe nature of philosophy, the existence of God, free will, truth. Both Western and non-Western perspectives are discussed. Gives student understanding of his/her societal context. Essays as well as exams.
Instructor: Nelson
POL 100-01 General Studies Political Science: World Perspectives (3)
An introdution to world affairs and the role of the individual in an increasingly complex and interdependent international system. Both the conceptual and practical aspects of problem solving and decision making as they relate to international cooperation and conflict.
Instructor: Chang
POL 101-01 American Institutions (3)
A study of contemporary political institutions, with emphasis on the philosophy, structure, and behavior of the American political system, including the State of California. Meets State requirement in U.S. Constitution and California State and Local government.
Times: 1 - 5pm
Location: SBS F121
Instructor: Russo
POL 101-41 American Institutions (Online) (3)
Instructor: Whetmore
PSY 101-01 General Studies Psychology: Understanding Human Behavior (3)
An introduction to psychology emphasizing the personal, cognitive and social development and functioning of the individual, and the influence of both physiological and social factors. Consideration of basic concepts and applications.
Instructor: Carrier
PSY 305-01 History and Systems of Psychology (3)
The study of the development of psychology as a discipline, and the influence of principal leaders and modern psychology.
Dates: 12/21/18 - 1/8/19
Days: M-T-W-Th-F-Sat-Sun
Instructor: Brown-Taylor
PSY 340-41 Social Psychology: Psychological Perspective (Online) (3)
A broad survey of theories and research areas in social psychology, including such topics as aggression, prejudice, person perception, leadership and conformity.
Instructor: Sneed
PSY 350-01 Child Psychology (online) (3)
The cognitive, psychological and social development of the child from birth to adolescence. Fieldwork at discretion of instructor.
Instructor: Hurtado-Ortiz
PSY 360-41 Theories of Personality (Online) (3)
A study of basic theories of personality including type theories; trait theories; psychoanalytic, learning, biosocial, self and holistic-integrative theories.
Instructor: Santos
PSY 368-41 Human Sexuality (Online) (3)
Course will cover the physiological and psychological aspects of human sexuality. The origin and treatment of sexual dysfunction will also be discussed.
Instructor: Paxton
PSY 464-01 Introduction to Clinical Psychology (3)
An overview of psychology in the clinical situation. The scope, ethics, theories and methods of clinical psychology.
Times: 4:30 - 8:15pm
Instructor: Park
PSY 490-41 Senior Seminar (online) (3)
Prerequisites: PSY 230, PSY 235, and PSY 330 or PSY 331 and senior standing
The theme of this course is Forensic and Legal psychology. We will be covering topics such as eyewitness memory, false confessions, lie detection, the insanity defense, the death penalty, etc. Senior seminar is designed to integrate previous work and experience by emphasizing the application of theoretical models and research designs and the relationship among theory, research, and the dissemination of research findings. This is a writing intense course, so you will be writing a 15-page research proposal.
Instructor: Vieira
SCIENCE, MATH AND TECHNOLOGY
SMT 312-41 Natural Disasters (Online) (3)
Prerequisites: Completion of lower division General Education science requirement. Must be comfortable using computers, and have access to a high-speed internet connection.
Impact of natural events on human activities and vice versa. Mankind’s uneasy relationship with atmosphere, oceans and not-so-solid Earth. Will include study of earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, landslides, tsunamis, climate change, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires. Online, to be taught using Blackboard, Internet and video.
Instructor: McNulty
Instructor: Sinha
SMT 416-01 Earth Science for Teachers (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of lower division General Education science requirement.
Study of planet Earth including such topics as geology, volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils, ocianography, weather, and astronomy as appropriate for elementary and junior high teachers.
Times: 12:30 - 2pm
Instructor: Thapa
SMT 416L-02 Earth Science for Teachers Lab (0)
Lab for study of planet Earth including such topics as geology, volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils, ocianography, weather, and astronomy as appropriate for elementary and junior high teachers.
Instructor: Chhetri
SOC 320-41 Sociology of the Family (Online) (3)
Study of the social processes and structural patterns affecting contemporary family life in American society.
Instructor: Pinto
Instructor: Aguilera
SOC 362-41 Gangs & Adolescent Subcultures (Online) (3)
Examines gang phenomena nationally and regionally. Focus on organizational, behavioral, etiolgical, and preventive factors associated with development and perpetuation. Street, motorcycles, prison, ethnic and other subcultural formations are examined.
Instructor: Skiffer
SOC 363-41 Sociology of Drugs and Alcohol (Online) (3)
Introduction to drugs and alcohol as a contemporary social problem. Sociological analysis of drug use and abuse. Course includes systematic review of policy implications and therapeutic applications of sociology of drug use, especially chemical dependency and alcoholism.
Instructor: Shakib
SOC 368-41 Criminology (Online) (3)
Theories of the genesis of crime: patterns of criminal behavior; nature of criminal organizations; analysis of relationship of crime to the social structure; criminal statistics and crime rates: police and the criminal justice system.
Instructor: Soto
SBS 318-41 New Perspectives on Language and Sex (online) (3)
This course is designed to train students to become proficient at the analysis of language, gender and sex from a global perspective. This cross-cultural, interdisciplinary course will introduce both men and women students to women's issues as they interface with language and sex.
Dates: 12/21/18-1/15/19
Instructor: Heinze Balcazar
Instructor: Villanueva
SBS 318-43 Race, Class and Gender (online) (3)
Analysis of cultural diversity and the correlation between race, class, and gender at the community, national, and international levels.
Instructor: McGarvey
SBS 318-44 Social Movements in Latin America (online) (3)
Description This course examines contemporary social movements in Latin America. It studies how common people attempted to break down systems of domination to create a more inclusionary and empowered society. We will explore the successes and failures of a variety of popular movements, including populism, feminism, Black movements, peasant and Indian movements, urban movements, labor movements, and environmental movements.
Instructor: Daza
SPA 280-41 Grammar for Spanish Composition (online) (3)
Students advance their knowledge of Spanish grammar in the areas of orthography, accentuation, punctuation, parts of speech, verb morphology, sentence types. Students will study essay types, with an emphasis on narration.
Instructor: Gomez
SPA 351-41 Contemporary Hispanic Culture: Spanish-Speaking America (online) (3)
Prerequisite: SPA 221 or equivalent
A designated geographical area studies course focusing on patterns of culture in the Spanish-speaking world. Specific topics may vary from semester to semester. Norms, intergroup relations, institutions, language, and society values of rural and urban people.
Instructor: Mendoza-Diaz
THE 120-01 Fundamentals of Speech (3)
Basic oral communication skills, with practice in variety of speech-oriented situations.
Location: WH A139
Instructor: Leonard
THE 315-41 The American Musical (3)
Prerequisites: ENG 110 and ENG 111
This course investigates the American Musical as social history, and studies musicals as a reflection of cultural, economic, and political developments. Students learn how our musicals have portrayed our national identity.
Instructor: DeLuca
WMS 250-41 Introduction to Women's Studies (online) (3)
Introduces students to Women's Studies. Students learn about gender from a multicultural, multiracial feminist and global perspective. Emphasis is on women's history; gender, culture and nation; social institutions; sexuality, sexism and violence; and local and transnational women's movements. This course is restricted to 1st time Freshman going through the First Year Experience.
Instructor: Smith
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United Medical and Dental College Address, Phone Number, Email ID
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The Buhtrap cybercriminal group has returned with a new campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Windows to conduct cyber-espionage operations. The flaw in question is the local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (SB2019070905 - CVE-2019-1132), specifically a NULL pointer dereference in the win32k.sys component. A fix for the bug, which affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and 2008 R2, was released this week as part of July’s Patch Tuesday security updates.
The ongoing attacks were discovered by researchers from ESET, who today have released a report detailing their findings. The Buhtrap cybergang is mainly known for its hacking campaigns against financial institutions and businesses in Russia, but in 2015 the previously pure criminal group perpetrating cybercrime with a goal of stealing money has switched its focus and expanded its arsenal with malware used to conduct espionage in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The list of its targets included government agencies and institutions.
While in previous campaigns the group have been using former zero days exploits developed by other hackers, the recent attacks mark the first time the Buhtrap operators used an actual zero day. The exploit for CVE-2019-1132 created by the Buhtrap group relies on popup menu objects, a technique that has been used for several vulnerabilities in recent years, explained the researchers in another blog post containing detailed technical analysis of the vulnerability and exploitation process.
The Buhtrap group first appeared on the treat landscape in 2014, when it began targeting Russian businesses with custom malware. As the group gained experience, it grew bolder and refocused its aim on well-protected targets like Russian banks and financial institutions. However, the group's operations were disrupted in February 2016, when the source code of their eponymously named Buhtrap backdoor was leaked online.
“It is always difficult to attribute a campaign to a particular actor when their tools’ source code is freely available on the web. However, as the shift in targets occurred before the source code leak, we assess with high confidence that the same people behind the first Buhtrap malware attacks against businesses and banks are also involved in targeting governmental institutions,” said the researchers.
According to ESET, while the hackers updated their toolkit with the new malware, the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used in the different Buhtrap campaigns in the past have not changed dramatically over the years. The group still uses NSIS installers as means for downloading the Buhtrap backdoor, which are delivered to victims in the form of malicious documents. Also, several of their tools are signed with valid code-signing certificates and abuse a known, legitimate application to side-load their malicious payloads.
Recently the researchers have discovered a new variant of NSIS installer that differs from earlier versions used by the Buhtrap group. It is much simpler and serves to achieve the persistence and launch two malicious modules embedded within it. The first module is a password stealer that harvest passwords from mail clients, browsers, etc., and sends them to an attacker-controlled server. The second one is an NSIS installer with a legitimate application used to side load the Buhtrap main backdoor.
ESET did not reveal the targets of the recent Buhtrap cyber-espionage campaign. Also, it is unclear how exactly the hackers managed to get their hands on zero day, but researchers speculate that Buhtrap operators may have acquired the exploit through exploit brokers or people, who “might be selling their old exploit inventory cheap” seeing as Microsoft’s support for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and 2008 R2 nears its sunset.
The malware leverages known Android exploits and automatically replaces installed apps with malicious clones without users’ knowledge or interaction.
Since the beginning of the campaign in April 2019 the group has continuously been scanning the Internet for insecure Amazon S3 buckets.
The exploit for CVE-2019-1132 created by the Buhtrap group relies on popup menu objects.
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O ergômetro
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Teste do degrau
Teste PWC
Teste de frequência de pedalada máxima
Teste isocinético de força maxima
Teste anaeróbico Wingate
Teste CPI
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No mundo inteiro mais de 1000 universidades, institutos, cientistas esportivos, médicos de esporte, treinadores e atletas do ciclismo trabalham com o Cyclus2. A seguir um excerto de utilizadores representantes do ergômetro:
Faculdades:
University Hospital Reims (France)
University of Franche-Comté, Besançon (France)
University of Burgundy, Dijon (France)
Tibet physical education institute, Lhasa (China)
Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk (Belarus)
Shizuoka Sangyo University, Iwata (Japan)
Jaingxi Normal University, Nanchang (China)
The University of Western Australia, Perth (Australia)
Maastricht University (The Netherlands)
University of Exeter (Great Britain)
Shandong Sport University (China)
The Swedish School of Sport and Health Science, GIH, Stockholm (Sweden)
Ghent University (Belgium)
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg (United States)
Shenyang Sport University (China)
University of Illinois, Urbana (United States)
University of Montreal (Canada)
ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Northeast Normal University, Jilin (China)
University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Dalian Maritime University (China)
LUNEX International University, Differdange (Luxembourg)
University College Dublin (Irland)
Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
University of Santo Tomas, Manila (The Philippines)
University of Rzeszów (Poland)
Changchun Normal University (China)
University of Konstanz (Germany)
Lindenwood University, St Peters MO (United Staates)
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung City (Taiwan, ROC)
University of Southern Denmark, Odense (Denmark)
Chulalalongkorn University, Bangkok (Thailand)
Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen (Germany)
University of Vienna (Austria)
Tianjin University of Sport (China)
Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport (Poland)
University of Kent (Great Britain)
University of Passau (Germany)
University Hospital Zurich (Switzerland)
University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (Austria)
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan (Taiwan, ROC)
Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Riga (Latvia)
University of Southern Queensland, Springfield (Australia)
University of Padua (Italy)
Kaiserslautern University of Technology (Germany)
Heidelberg University (Germany)
Corporación Universitaria Autónoma Del Cauca, Popayán (Colombia)
Universidad Católica de Murcia (Spain)
University of Physical Education, Krakow (Poland)
Aalborg University (Denmark)
Lillehammer University College (Norway)
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (India)
Sport University Wroclaw (Poland)
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup (Australia)
Hannover Medical School (Germany)
University of Salzburg (Austria)
Chinse Culture University, Taipei (Taiwan, ROC)
University of Technology of Compiègne (France)
Charles University, Pilsen (Czech Republic)
Aix-Marseille University (France)
Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Germany)
University of Atlantico, Barranquilla (Colombia)
Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne (France)
National Taiwan University of Sport, Taipei (Taiwan, ROC)
University of Applied Science Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (Germany)
National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung (Taiwan, ROC)
Haliç University, Istanbul (Turkey)
Southern Adventist University, Collegedale TN (United States)
Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic)
Northern Illinois University, Naperville IL (United States)
University of Rennes (France)
Wintec, Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton (New Zealand)
Gaston Berger University, Saint-Louis (Senegal)
University of Valencia (Spain)
VU University Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
University of León (Spain)
Loughborough University (Great Britain)
Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Innsbruck Medical University (Austria)
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany)
University Clinic of Bonn (Germany)
University of Greenwich (Great Britain)
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei (Taiwan, ROC)
University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
Leipzig University (Germany)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States)
University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz (Germany)
University Medical Venter Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck (Germany)
TU Dortmund University (Germany)
University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France)
South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sacz (Poland)
Institute of Sports Medicine, Salzburg County Hospital (Austria)
University of Derby (Great Britain)
Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)
Chemnitz University of Technology Commitment (Germany)
Taipei Physical Education College (Taiwan, ROC)
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen (Belgium)
University of Physical Education and Sport of Katowice (Poland)
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany)
Universiteit Hasselt, adlon – Limburgs Sportmedisch Adviescentrum (Belgium)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel-Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
Universidad Santo Tomás (Columbia) Université de Toulon (France)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Hong Kong University (China)
Kuban State University, Krasnodar (Russia)
Université de Poitiers (France)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers (France)
Stranmillis University College Belfast (Great Britain)
Tallinn University (Estonia)
University of Wurzburg (Germany)
Bergisch University of Wuppertal (Germany)
University of Physical Education of Warsaw (Poland)
University of Saarland (Germany)
University of Muenster (Germany)
Technical University of Munich (Germany)
University of Magdeburg (Germany)
Charles University of Prague (Czech Republic)
University of Pamplona (Columbia)
University of Dalarna/ LIVI (Sweden)
University of Constanz (Germany)
German Sport University Cologne (Germany)
University of Applied Sciences Joanneum (Austria)
University of Innsbruck (Austria)
Clinical Centre at the University of Heidelberg (Germany)
University of Glasgow (Great Britain)
Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen (Germany)
Clinical Centre at the University of Freiburg (Germany)
University of Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
University of Evry (France)
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen/Nurnberg (Germany)
Nottingham Trent University, School of Science and Technology (Great Britain)
University of Durham (Great Britain)
Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia (Columbia)
Ruhr-University of Bochum (Germany)
University of Bayreuth (Germany)
Institutos, Treinadores, Equipes e atletas:
French Triathlon Federation, Paris (France)
medicos.AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
Japan Cycling Federation, Ohno Izu-Shi (Japan)
Olympic Training Center Rhein-Neckar, Heidelberg (Germany)
Pineau Cycling Evolution, Theix (France)
Olympic Training Center Hamburg (Germany)
LANS Medicum, Hamburg (Germany)
Maastricht Instruments (The Netherlands)
Duke Clinic, Durham (United States)
New South Wales Institute of Sport, Sydney Olympic Park (Australia)
Sha’arey Zedek Sport Institute (Israel)
Japan Cycle Sport Center, Izu (Japan)
Shandong Sport Science Research Center, Jinan (China)
Liepāja Olympic Centre, Liepāja (Latvia)
Austrian Cycling Federation, Vienna (Austria)
VidySport, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Specialized Bicycles Components Inc, Morgan Hill (United States)
Capital Clinic Riga (Latvia)
Adams Centre for High Performance, Tauranga (New Zealand)
Bangkok Hospital, Phuket (Thailand)
Institute of Sport, Warsaw (Poland)
Centre of Sport Medicine, Warsaw (Poland)
Adaptive Human Performance, Melbourne (Australia)
Thalasso Wellness Centra Opatija (Croatia)
Clinica MEDS, Santiago (Chile)
Bruderwald Medical Center, Bamberg (Germany)
Taipei City Government, Department of Sports (Taiwan, ROC)
Red Bull Training Diagnostic Center, Thalgau (Austria)
British Cycling, National Cycling Center Manchester (Great Britain)
SMC Fysiomed, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Medix – Medical Center at the Olympic center, Tel Aviv (Israel)
Jaroslav Kulhavý (Czech Republic, Cross-country rider, gold medalist Olympic Games 2012, World Champion 2011)
SENA, Giradot (Colombia)
Olympic Training Center Thuringia, Erfurt (Germany)
Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra (Australia)
Lithuanian Olympic Committee, Vilnius (Lithuania)
EnergyLab (Belgium)
Olympic Training Center Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland, Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Salzburg County Hospital (Austria)
Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland, multiple national cyclo-cross champion)
Institut national du sport et de l'education physique, Paris (France)
Wout Van Aert (Belgium, U23 cyclo-cross World Champion 2014)
Bodytech, Bogota (Columbia)
Bryan Coquard (France, silver medalist Olymic Games 2012 in the Omnium)
Mathieu van der Poel (Belgium, cyclo-cross World Champion 2014)
Thomas Boudat (France, Omnium World Champion 2014)
Medbase Sports Medical Center Zurich (Switzerland)
German Army Forces Sports School, Warendorf (Germany)
Gold Coast Physio & Sports Health, Gold Coast (Australia)
Kazakhstan Cycling Federation, Astana (Kazakhstan)
SportLab, Budapest (Hungary)
Olympic Training Center Chemnitz (Germany)
Track Cycling Team Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin (Germany)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland, World Road Race Champion 2014)
Bart Aernouts (Belgium, Duathlon World Champion 2010)
Retül sykkeltilpasning, Drøbak (Norway)
Société Luxembourgeoise de Recherche en Orthopédie et en Médecine du Sport asbl (Luxembourg, Prof. Dr. Axel Urhausen)
Paolo Artuso, Performance manager team Novo Nordisk (Italy)
Swedish Olympic Commitee, Stockholm (Sweden)
Korea Skating Union, Seoul (Republic of Korea)
Dolomiti SportClinic, St Ulrich (Italy)
Indeportes Antioquia, Medellin (Colombia)
Training Center Novogorsk, Khimki (Russia)
Cadence Cycling Performance Center, London (Great Britain)
Centre National des Sports de la Defense, Fontainebleau (France)
Asklebios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg (Germany)
Hospital San Juan de Dios, Tenerife (Spain)
National Institute of Education, Singapore (Singapore)
Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital of the C.G.M.F, Keelung (Taiwan)
Latvian Olympic Team, Riga (Latvia)
RED BULL Soccer and Hockey Academy, Salzburg (Austria)
Military Hospital Queen Astrid, Brussels (Belgium)
Team RusVelo, the Russian Global Cycling Project (Italy)
Hong Kong Sport Institute (China)
Avantidrome, National Cycling Centre of Excellence, Cambridge (New Zealand)
English Institute of Sport, Manchester (Great Britain, British Cycling)
Canadian Cycling (Canada)
CEPS Centre d'Evaluation de la Performance Sportive, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
VELODROM NATIONAL de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux (France, Justin Grace, national cycling coach sprint)
Team Lampre-Merida (Italy, Dr. Luca Pollastri, team doctor Lampre-Merida)
LG Cycling – Center of evaluation MODUS VIVENDI, Presezzo (Italy, Luca Guercilena, General Manager of the team RadioShack Leopard TREK)
ROTHAÍ Sports, Leipzig (Germany, Enrico Poitschke und André Schulze)
TRIMEDICO, Haacht (Belgium, Marc Lamberts)
National Sports Training Center, Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
Centre National de Ski Nordique, Prémanon (France)
Bakala Academy, Leuven (Belgium)
Centro Vitasport, Pamplona (Spain)
Dr. Ralf Lindschulten, Hannover (Germany)
Sportsclinic Austria, Innsbruck (Austria)
Schulthess Clinic, Zurich (Switzerland)
Swiss Paraplegic Center, Nottwil (Switzerland)
Instytut Sportu, Warszawa (Poland)
FIT.EXPERT, Wiesbaden (Germany)
Exersciences.com, Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, Zurich (Switzerland)
Sport Clinic Basel, Hirslanden Klinik Birsdorf (Switzerland)
iQ-MOVE, Erlangen (Germany)
Association pour le suivi physiologique du pratiquant sportif sain et à risque, Orleans (France, Dr Virgile Amiot)
Performance Labs HC, San Francisco (United States, Craig Upton)
KOM*SPORT (Germany, Oliver Elsenbach)
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow (Russia)
Centre médico-sportif Chaumont (France)
Institut de medecine du sport Troyes (France)
Maison medicale du sport Rouen (France)
Spanish Track Cycling Center (Spain, Velódrom Palma Arena)
Congo National Soccer Team Centre d'Evaluation de la Performance Sportive (Belgium)
Corpus-Diagnostik (Germany)
ESP Consulting (France)
Smart Cycling (Belgium)
4sportLAB (Poland)
Centrum Diagnostyki Sportowej DIAGNOSTIX (Poland)
Rennbahnklinik AG (Switzerland, Swiss Olympic Medical Center)
Centre médico-sportif de haut niveau Albertville (France)
CREPS (France)
Isala-Clinic Zwolle (The Netherlands, Dr. Gee van Enst)
MOSCOMSPORT (Russia)
SCM SPORTIVA (France)
National Centre for Development of Talents and High Performance, CNAR (Mexico City)
Institute for High Performance Medicine Muenster GbR (Germany, Garry Palmer)
XP Sport GmbH (Germany, Christoph Lörcks)
Hahn-Training-Systems (Germany)
ZfS Centre for Sports Medicine, Muenster (Germany)
Institute for Prevention and Sports Medicine (IPS) GmbH (Germany, Dr. Möckel)
Indeportes Risaralda (Columbia, Institute for Sports and Recreation)
Krems Hospital(Austria)
Team Lagardere (France)
endless-sports (Austria, Institute for Analytics, Performance Optimisation and Sports Techniques)
iQ Athletics Diagnostics Centre (Germany, supervision of Equipe Nurnberg Insurance, Patrik Sinkewitz, triathlon team Dresdner Kleinwort with Norman Stadler)
IMSB (Austria, Institute for Medical and Sports-Scientific Counselling) Triathlon School all-Ge.Bra (Austria)
SMS Berlin (Germany, Sports Medical Service)
INTRO Wolfsburg (Germany, Institute or training optimisation)
Sports school Fürstenfeldbruck (Germany)
Centre national des sports de défense (France)
CASRI Prague (Institute of Sports Sciences of the Czech National Army Forces)
High Performance Centre Ramsau (Austria)
State Sports College Vorarlberg (Austria)
Medicos.AufSchalke (Germany)
Schüchtermann Clinic (Germany)
Hospital for Sport Injuries Hellersen (Germany)
Rehab Clinic Saar Loop (Germany)
RED BULL Diagnostics, Thalgau (Austria, Dr. Bernd Pansold)
Total Conditioning Club Zenith (Japan)
Cyclists Association Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Triathlon Association of North-Rine Westphalia (Germany)
TVM Ice Skating Team (Ice Skating Association of The Netherlands)
Heinrich Heine State College , Kaiserslautern (Germany, elite school in sports , school for prodigy promotion/ international school)
Toon Cruyt (Belgium, team doctor of Omega Pharma – Quick Step)
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Belgium, professional cyclist for Lotto Belisol, 4th Tour de France 2012)
swiss cycling (Switzerland)
Piet Daneels (Belgium, team doctor of Saxo Bank)
Joost De Maeseneer (Belgium, team doctor of Saxo Bank)
Sanne Cant (Belgium, Cyclo Cross Cyclist, 3. place in UCI World Championships in 2012, multiple belgian champion)
Russian Skating Union, Moscow (Russia)
SC DHfK Leipzig e.V. (Germany)
Fédération du Sport Cycliste Luxembourgeois (Luxemburg)
Tony Martin (Germany, professional cyclist for Omega Pharma–Quickstep since 2012, from 2008 to 2011 for Columbia-HTC, Time Trial World Champion in 2011, stage winner at the Tour de France)
Zdenek Stybar (Czech Republic, professional cyclist for Quick Step, before that in the Fidea Cycling Team, double World Champion in Cyclocross (2011- Sankt Wendel, 2010- Tabor), 2. place in the world championship in cyclocross (2009, 2008), multiple Czech cyclocross champion)
Sylvain Chavanel (France, professional cyclist for Quick Step since 2009, before that in the Cofidis team, multiple French time trial champion, stage winner at the Tour de France)
Sven Nys (Belgium, professional cyclist for Landbouwkrediet – Colnago, from 1999 to 2008 for Rabobank, world champion in 2005, multiple Belgian cross-country and mountain bike champion, world junior champion in1997)
Sebastian Mühlenhoff (Germany, state coach in the Hessian Cycling Federation)
Niels Albert (Belgium, Cyclo-cross-cyclist, world champion in 2009, world junior champion in 2004, 3. place in the world championships in 2006 und 2. place in the world championships in 2007)
Tom Boonen (Belgium, professional cyclist for Quick Step since 2003, road champion in 2005)
Bart Wellens (Belgium, cross-country world champion in 2003 and 2004)
Fabian Wegmann (Germany, German road champion in 2007 and 2008, Gerolsteiner team 2002-2008, Milram team from 2009)
Daniel Becke (Germany, Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder in 4000m team time trial in 2000)
Remmert Wielinga (The Netherlands, Cyclist for Rabobank 2003-2005, Quick Step in 2006, Saunier Duval in 2007)
Thomas Liese (Germany, former women national coach cycling , formerly coach in Northern America e.g. of Kristin Armstrong – Olympic champion and world champion, GDR national champion in 1988 + world champion in 1989 4000m team pursuit, German champion individual time trial)
Marcel Diechtler (Austria, triathlon coach of Kate Allen Olympic champion in Athens 2004)
Professor Dr. Georg Neumann (Germany, former head sport medicine specialist at the Institute of Applied Training Techniques and Facilities Leipzig, author of various books on endurance sports)
Professor Dr. Dietmar Junker (Germany, Coordinator Sciences of the German Cyclists Federation)
Wolfram Lindner (former national coach of the GDR, former national coach of Switzerland, presently national coach of Iran and book author)
Dr. U. Haegele (Germany, team doctor of the Austrian Skiing Association)
Dr. Vincent Vanbelle (Belgium, doctor of the Triathlon- and Swimming-Association)
Dr. Ernst Jacob (Germany, former team doctor of Gerolsteiner)
Federation francaise de cyclisme FFC (France)
Institut national des sports et étude de la performance INSEP (France, Florian Rousseau)
Cross Clinic AG (Switzerland, Swiss Olympic Medical Center, Dr. Andreas Gösele, medical assistance of RadioShack)
Dr. Peter Hespel (Belgium, medical assistance of Quick-Step)
Dr. Dag van Elslande (The Netherlands, team doctor of RadioShack)
Piet de Moor (Belgium, team doctor of Saxo Bank)
Rabobank team (The Netherlands, Dr. Jean-Paul Mantgem, team doctor)
Olympic Training Center Westphalia (Germany)
Olympic Training Center Upper Austria (Austria)
Olympic Training Center Leipzig (Germany)
Olympic Training Center Thuringia (Germany)
Olympic Training Center Stuttgart (Germany)
Olympic Training Center Obertauern (Austria)
Olympic Training Center Frankfurt/Oder (Germany)
Olympic Training Center Cottbus (Germany)
Olympic Training Center Berlin (Germany)
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Alexander: Do L.A. Rams fans acknowledge the Super Bowl title in St. Louis?
Or are those 21 seasons underneath the Gateway Arch a blank void for L.A. Rams fans?
St. Louis Rams coach Dick Vermeil and team owner Georgia Frontiere stand on the awards stand as confetti falls following the Rams’ 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
By Jim Alexander | jalexander@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: January 29, 2019 at 10:00 am | UPDATED: January 29, 2019 at 10:22 am
– The world according to Jim:
• Just curious: If you are an L.A. Rams fan – and particularly one of pre-1995 standing – do you acknowledge the franchise’s two Super Bowl appearances and one Lombardi Trophy as the St. Louis Rams?
Or do those games just not count in your memory, along with everything else that happened in the 21 seasons from the time Georgia Frontiere moved the team to when Stan Kroenke brought it back? …
• I ask because this team and its current fan base seem have a relationship with the franchise’s history that is quite unlike that of any of Southern California’s other relocated teams.
Dodger fans wrapped their arms around their team’s Brooklyn lore from the start, and the team has promoted it unhesitatingly even as it has created its own rich Los Angeles heritage. After all, a large part of that first team in 1958 was made up of the erstwhile Boys of Summer, and Vin Scully stayed around for almost six decades as a living reminder of and guide to that history.
The Lakers did not similarly embrace their Minneapolis history after moving here in 1960, nor for decades afterward. It wasn’t until 2002, in fact, that the team hung banners honoring the franchise’s five Minnesota championships and six Hall of Famers (George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Slater Martin, Jim Pollard, Clyde Lovellette and coach John Kundla).
With that recognition of Minneapolis achievements, the Lakers could boast of a narrowed gap between themselves and the Celtics, who currently have 17 all-time titles to the Lakers’ 16. See, recognizing your history can be a good thing. …
• Then again, neither of those franchises left and came back.
At the time that St. Louis’ Greatest Show on Turf teams were preparing to play Tennessee in Super Bowl XXXIV (which they won) and New England in XXXVI (which they lost), a few SoCal diehards were still loyal, but the prevailing mood here seemed to range from “who cares” to “may they lose in the most excruciating way possible.”
Which probably is a pretty good approximation of how people in St. Louis feel today. …
• Meanwhile, this past weekend we were introduced to the latest wacky conspiracy theory: Because four members of the NFC Championship Game officiating crew were from Southern California, the New Orleans Saints got shafted.
So let us introduce the newest Bourbon Street fashion accessory to go with Mardi Gras beads: Tinfoil hats. …
• Bill Vinovich, the referee in that Rams-Saints game, worked a Big West basketball game between Long Beach State and CSUN three nights later in the Matadome, and I’m guessing he didn’t receive a negative reception. The next night he was in Provo for a West Coast Conference game between Saint Mary’s and BYU, and the fans were not so kind. A fan at courtside kept asking, “Was it pass interference?” And a sign that Vinovich asked to be taken down at a TV timeout said: “Don’t screw these Saints, Bill.”
Footnote: The home team won both nights, and Vinovich’s crew reversed a call in BYU’s favor the second night. …
• There is a bottom line here. As long as humans make judgment calls and the rules limit what can be reviewed, NFL officiating (or that of any sport, actually) will satisfy no one. We have been conditioned, through replay and HD cameras and the latest slo-mo technology, to expect perfection and scream if we don’t get it.
And boy, is there a lot of screaming.
Just another fall Sunday, where at any given time it seems like half (or more) of all NFL tweets concern officiating.
— Jim Alexander (@Jim_Alexander) December 16, 2018
Trust me: If we ever go to full-time, totally automated officiating, there will be just as many arguments over those judgment calls. But who or what do you argue with? …
• This week, of course, is what all of this leads to. Hopefully you didn’t think it was merely about football.
The Super Bowl Media Guide distributed by the NFL includes 51 different events or attractions over a nine-day period surrounding the game, including the weeklong “Super Bowl Experience” fan fest, events to promote kids’ football participation, a Gospel event, a Women In Sports Empowerment summit, networking and career fair events and press conferences regarding everything from the broadcasters to security.
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Doom Speed Demos
The Next Iteration of DSDA
By kraflab, Friday at 05:14 PM in Doom Speed Demos
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Registered: 12-13
Posted Friday at 05:14 PM (edited)
For those who aren't aware, we've been working on a replacement for DSDA off and on for the past two and a half years. The main reasons for this undertaking were:
Andy shouldn't need to shoulder the burden of maintaining the archive forever
The existing archive has some important omissions (notably, heretic and hexen)
The existing archive has limited information in some respects (e.g., time in tics)
The goal was to support the missing demos, create an archive that can be maintained by a team of people, and pull a ton of data from the existing demos. That is, to resolve the 3 points I just listed.
This undertaking is a 4 step process:
Develop the new backend / frontend
Import all the demos, up to a point, including extracting the new details we wanted from each of them
Reach a point where we are mirroring Andy's DSDA weekly, based on his updates
Start pushing the demos ourselves (i.e., without Andy's support)
I'm proud to say that we have finally completed step 3! The archive is now mirroring Andy's DSDA and considered usable for the general public.
You can find the archive here: https://www.dsdarchive.com/
I am not the new Andy. One of the main points of this project is to distribute the work among a team of people (this will be more fleshed out as step 4 starts moving along).
The archive is still missing a bunch of demos. We have a list of a lot that are missing, so please hold off on reporting absences for the time being. We'll update you when we no longer know what is missing.
There are lots of small errors. Due to the volume, the work had to be automated to a large extent via various tools and scripts, and inevitably things may be wrong. This could include run timing, dates, categories, etc. So far, we are identifying issues and fixing things in bulk, but there may be small things that we don't notice. Please, if you see an error, let us know in this thread.
There is a lot of manual work that is going on that will fix some of the omissions. For example, lots of comments are missing. We're aware of this, so don't worry about reporting that for now.
What is changed?
Demos are now sorted by tics (when possible). When there is a tie to the second, there is a symbol indicating who was the "first" to that time, and another for who is the fastest by tics. This is particularly useful for something like n1o1, but most of the time it's not relevant. For n1o1, Looper has the fastest time by tics, but Ocelot was the first to get an 8, so both are recognized achievements in the table.
Some categories have cross-listing. If you look at doom e1m1 UV Speed for instance, shock's 8s pacifist run will appear in the table. This reduces confusion when it comes to the speed record on various maps.
Runs with many entries have a "record timeline", which shows the evolution of the record over time. This plot seems to not work in some browsers, and the dates themselves are of course largely estimated, so sometimes the plot isn't particularly enlightening, but it's a work in progress. Example: https://www.dsdarchive.com/record_timeline?category=NoMo&id=doom&level=E1M1
Stats are expanded. Since we have the dates that demos are recorded, we can do some fun plots. You can look at the demo count per year by player, wad, or across the whole archive.
Incompatible demos are in the Other category. This only applies to specific wads, like the IWADs. What this means is a UV Speed ZDoom demo for doom will now show up under Other, with the comment "Incompatible UV Speed". This procedure will probably be extended to things with the wrong complevel, but it hasn't been taken that far yet.
Wads now have a "Table View" that shows only the best times for each map, for a category. This is useful if you want to check, e.g., which maps still need a max. Example: https://www.dsdarchive.com/wads/doom/table_view
Heretic, hexen, zandronum, etc are all supported
Instead of weekly updates, there is a feed that shows the latest demos in the order of upload
There is a search feature for players / wads
URLs are simplified: '/wads/doom' and '/players/kraflab'
There is an intro page with lots of details helpful for new players (more of these kinds of pages and guides are planned)
Videos are linked to demos when possible
Stroller and Collector are now separate categories from Pacifist and NoMo. Collector is kind of an odd choice, but there were historically a lot of demos for it, so I decided to split it off for now.
FDAs aren't hosted.
Probably more that I am forgetting.
What is planned?
Leaderboard views to show a ranking for a given run separately from the main table.
Different views / styles
Various improvements to all of the above, as many things are still in a WIP state
A convenient way for anyone else to synchronize a local copy of the archive
A lot of other things that are still being discussed, so I won't commit to anything ;)
Please, give the archive a look through and let us know if you have any issues. For now though, Andy's archive should still be considered the source of truth!
This could not be possible without the months of work @ZeroMaster010 put into parsing Andy's archive and extracting all the data from the demos (which included, e.g., automating playback through prboom+ in order to extract precise timing, and estimating the recording date of every demo). In addition, I'd like to thank the following people for helping in various capacities (I'm sure there are more, apologies if I missed you):
@4shockblast
@Andy Olivera
@eLim
@JCD
@Keyboard_Doomer
@Opulent
@PVS
@veovisRC
@TheLoneliness
Everyone in the discord, for various discussions
Edited Friday at 06:32 PM by kraflab
vdgg
MM2 maniac
The record timelines are super cool and there's lots of fun just looking around :))
Poncho1
I imagine demos that AREN'T records will still be uploaded / kept, right?
12 minutes ago, Poncho1 said:
Philnemba
This is really neat especially adding time in tics and player demo stats.
Also while browsing through my players demos list I notice that my Dues Vult 2 NoMo Map 1 to 10 demo didn't get imported :(
There's a bunch of stragglers that are still being uploaded so don't worry 😀
Dwaze
Mini-Member
nice work, looks really nice and love the added stats! Small error in the table view for doom 1, it shows my name on e1m4 but I believe that should be Adam Hegyi. Mine was a tie recorded later. But only under uv-speed.
Edited Friday at 07:18 PM by Dwaze
JudgeDeadd
The "demo count by year" on this page sure looks interesting, apparently there was a huge low in Doom speedrunning in 2004-2008 followed by a sudden revival from 2009 onwards... Or is this some kind of an artifact?
Also, it would be cool if we could look for wads by author name, this way e.g. I could quickly check if people played any of my wads.
Around 2009 is when the speedrunning scene outside doom started to pick up. I suspect that that explains the rise, but of course it's just conjecture.
1 hour ago, Dwaze said:
It isn't sorting by date in addition to tics, so I'll have to add that. Thanks for the report!
rehelekretep
this is incredible - well done lads
just a quick one - i cant see how you can toggle between list and table view. you can click on the wad name but that isnt very intuitive when you consider that clicking on it before table view will download the wad...
Ya, for sure the interface needs plenty of work :^)
Grazza
Your move
2 hours ago, JudgeDeadd said:
apparently there was a huge low in Doom speedrunning in 2004-2008 followed by a sudden revival from 2009 onwards... Or is this some kind of an artifact?
Probably not an artefact. Compet-n (and DANG) falling into oblivion was a huge blow that took some time for the community to recover from, and led to some of the formerly more prolific recorders pretty much abandoning recording completely - it was a while before a new generation built up. It also took some time for this forum to look like a viable alternative place to post demos, as the attachment feature was broken for some years, not to mention the whole aethos being very different. Those years you mention were also a time when good ways/ports to play Doom in Windows with good compatibility were getting developed - it was rather hit-or-miss for some time (or at least perceived to be). By about 2008 we had several good and reliable options that had become well-known to Doomers.
Another factor might be that competitive play leads to a larger number of demos being released. If you're trying to produce a demo you're truly happy with, you'll probably work on it for a while and release one demo. If two people are fighting to produce the best time, then they'll probably both release several demos. That might also be skewing the totals.
But yes, there certainly were times from 2004-8 when things felt pretty quiet in the Demos community.
I am not convinced by the notion that 2009 onwards is part of a general increase in FPS speedrunning activity. Quake speedrunning largely seemed to die around that time (or a little earlier - in 2008) and has never really recovered.
Edited Friday at 09:22 PM by Grazza
2009 onwards was a general increase in speedrunning overall, as a concept. I can't comment on fps in particular and trust your knowledge on that. But gdq for instance, the biggest speedrunning event / stream, began in 2010. This is when speedrunning as a hobby started becoming more "mainstream". I can't guess where everyone came from, but for sure I was introduced to the concept of speedrunning after watching one of the gdq events, and only after wandering for a while came to doom. I suspect the same could be said for a lot of the newer runners.
Btw grazza, when will you write your book on the history of doom running? 😉
Bauul
Brilliant stuff guys! I'm a very casual speed-run viewer so the linked YouTube videos are a really nice touch. I can absolutely see myself watching a few speed-runs on my lunch break at work.
As an aside, and I'm pretty sure this is a nooby question with an obvious answer, but given there are versions of web-embedded versions of Doom out there, and given DSDarchive hosts all the relevant files, has anyone ever looked at the possibility of using a web-based version of Doom to play the demos natively through the website?
xvertigox
Man, the functionality is even better than I expected. Awesome work, everyone, this is huge.
Da Werecat
Forum Staple
1 hour ago, Bauul said:
It would have to use Freedoom though. Which is pretty depressing on its own, and then what do you do with actual IWAD speedrunning, where levels are required.
3 minutes ago, Da Werecat said:
I was musing about that. Ignoring the fact that Doom is available for free on those web-embedded versions of the game (which isn't legal), would a version of Doom that references an IWAD purely to playback demos (i.e. prevents the player from downloading the files or playing the game), does that count as distributing the IWADs?
Posted Saturday at 04:17 AM (edited)
Is it possible to be able to rank all players by amount of demos, or total time, or something like that (as in, we have the players list, and next to "Demos" and "Length", we could have a button or something that lists everything by that rank)? Personally, I think it'd be interesting to compare to other players. Just a little suggestion.
[Edit] ranking by length or whatever could be implemented for the demos themselves (when you look up a particular WAD and you want to compare the lengths of certain maps).
Dunno if that'll be too time-consuming or not, though...
Edited Saturday at 06:46 AM by Poncho1
0xf00ba12
A leaderboard is not an archive. I never signed up to have some pretentious icon next to my handle as if I participated in some formal, level "competition," because I'd otherwise have submitted demos to speedrun.com years ago. I wanted to share runs with this subforum and DSDA because the interpretation was left to the viewers, and yet you are puting your own stamp on what's The Best Run. An example of this is Doom's E1 Max: no one can convince me that routing seven maps vs. eight is ever going to be comparable; they are two different goals entirely but you're swaying someone who might be interested in running the category into thinking one is more valid than the other.
Cyberdemon531
Table Filler
I do agree with the m8 scenario thing and think we, as a community, should just say fuck it and never ever do 1-7 runs because that shit's fucking stuuuuuuuupid
If some categories are indeed more recognized than others, then perhaps we should call the president.
whats trump got to do with this?
1 hour ago, 0xf00ba12 said:
First of all, the project isn't done. I haven't figured out / decided how I want to display m7 and m8 timings separately, so I've left things the way they already are on dsda. On the existing site you don't see the m7 times either, so I'm not sure where you're coming from on this? ZM's e1 record is displayed "out of order" for instance. The hypothetical person investigating the category that you mention is going to automatically assume the fastest time is the relevant one. They'd only learn otherwise by communicating with the community or reading some kind of guide material, so your insinuation is moot.
It even says this in the intro for new players:
"Historically, ultimate doom episode runs were only timed up to map 7, although it was still required to beat the final map. This was because there was no final score screen in the original game. For this reason, you may see two different times for the same run: the time including map 8 and the time only through map 7. If your goal is to beat an episode as fast as possible, you will use a different route than if your goal is to compete directly with an existing legacy record (m7 timing). Which way you choose is ultimately up to you."
It seems like you've jumped to conclusions and missed some important details along the way.
As far as the icons, I don't know why you're conflating the fastest of something with the best of something. Those are there to help with what is likely the primary use for visitors: finding out if a run has been done, and what the fastest time is. If that isn't what someone is looking for, then the icons don't mean anything to them anyway. So once again, it seems like your point is moot.
No details missed, I'm merely commenting on what I see. Looks like only one of those runs is worth some token of approval, at least that's what it'd appear to me as a newcomer. This is also related to my comment re: The Best Run, but you addressed that you haven't decided what to do with legacy timings, so that's apparently TBD.
If the runs are already sorted as they are in Andy's DSDA (fastest to slowest), I would say why have those icons at all, if not to support your Record Index stat? Again, it's an archive, not a leaderboard, and you've yet to address that. Aside from Compete-N, Competition Doom, etc., there have never been set-in-stone rules, and there are a variety of ways people record demos. Some people think advanced HUD is cheating, some people think 2-key SR50 is about as cheaty as autorun or the turn-180 key, which is to say not cheaty at all. There are runs that have used IDDT x2, and they aren't listed as Other as you so noted in your intro page. Does Pacifist really mean you can telefrag monsters? Some people think so, some don't. That's all fine though, because DSDA is not a leaderboard, and most people have historically noted such things in the text files so we can draw conclusions ourselves as to what we consider the fastest time was. It's when you start distinguishing some runs from others as seeming more important or whatever is when I lose interest entirely.
I've said my piece, good luck with whatever you do going forward.
4shockblast
Turbo Speed
Posted Saturday at 07:12 PM (edited)
The DSDA is an archive at its core, sure, but it would be incorrect to say that it isn't regularly used as a leaderboard. If it's to ever function this way properly, it would be nice if you can take a look at a page and see what is or isn't the record, but obviously you're free to disagree with that label. It's a convenience factor if anything; a new player or casual viewer won't really care about the minor details of HUD vs not or 2-key strafe50; they will just want to know what the best non-TAS time is, non-TAS defined as accepted by the archive maintainer and in line with general community standards. This is quite hard to figure out at a glance on Andy's DSDA unless you've used it regularly, so I think it's nice to see this immediately.
Also, whether it's an archive or not, it is intended to represent what the different rules for recording are; otherwise, all manner of TAS demos would also be represented with no label either. Anyway, for stuff like speedup, IDDT x2, etc., there's still a lot of discussion going on, and some cases that were carried over from old to new DSDA may be relabeled going forward, as it's still a work in progress.
Sometimes I wonder if there's anything you can just bring up on Doomworld without a possibility of it leading to a bitter argument about shedding bikes.
I do want to address the "rules" list because it is important, and some background is good to have.
I made this because there's a lot of confusion in the community about what is or is not allowed, which especially affects newer runners. That's a genuine problem in the community right now, although it may not be obvious from the perspective of people that generally stick to the forum. This has become especially apparent in recent weeks, because of the influx of doom runners, which I'm sure is visible here as well. I didn't see any obvious way to attempt to fix that besides coming up with some kind of document, which was also prompted by a discussion Dew started in the discord some weeks ago.
The things on that list are not my personal opinion on what "should" be the case, but rather my understanding of the status quo, and after having extensive discussions with people of all opinions in the discord. Of course, my understanding could be wrong, but what I've found when trying to write things down is that a lot of people didn't even realize some of the things that other people had been doing that had been passing as non-tas, for instance. That also means that the ideal of a hands-off, allow anything, hope for the best approach has actually been failing. Rather than creating a situation where everyone can judge the runs for themselves, the individual self-assumed rule list has caused people to not make it clear what they actually do in their demos. If you assume feature X is allowed and anyone uses it at will, then you wouldn't write it as a note in your submission. This leads to a lack of details in various contexts.
If there's one thing I absolutely have to make a choice on, it's what qualifies a run as TAS or not. If someone comes and says "person x has cheated, please label their runs" (as has happened in the past months), there needs to be a document saying what is or is not a TAS. I don't think there's a way around that. The alternative would be to allow everyone to label their demos TAS or not at will, but I'm not sure that's ideal. I also discussed this at length with people to come up with a set of clear lines that, once crossed, render a demo as a TAS.
There were a couple things that came up as being big issues with people: the use of iddt and the use of speedup to change the game clock (e.g., while waiting for a wall to lower). These things have been "legal" in the status quo in the sense that historically some people have used them and the demos are not marked. However, since we were discussing everything and writing things down anyway, and these two seemed particularly divisive, I decided it was in the best interest to sort them out. The use of both seems quite limited, to anyone's knowledge that I've spoken with, and it seemed like most people were either in favor of limiting / banning them, or didn't have a strong opinion either way. Given that, and the ease of drawing a line in the sand (i.e., "do not adjust the game clock" and "do not use cheats"), I decided to make it clear that neither is acceptable to be used under typical conditions in a non-tas run. I'm not going to try to relabel old runs though, since we don't even know what used them. In the end, the primary purpose is to tell a new runner what the expectations are.
Btw, if it were "up to me" then I would have voted for speedup to be legal. In my eyes it is a nice convenience in various situations and doesn't spoil the quality of a run. But, based on feedback from various people, especially looper and zeromaster, I felt like it was in our best interests to consider this a TAS feature moving forward. So I hope it's clear to people that I am not trying to set forth some kind of personal doctrine, but rather am trying to represent as well as I can what the expectations of the community itself are.
At any rate, it, like the rest of the project, is still a work in progress. If someone feels strongly about something in that document, feel free to bring it up here.
https://dsdarchive.com/intro
Go To Topic Listing Doom Speed Demos
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Rack & Ruin
By Charlie Cochet
Release Date Nov 7, 2014
File Formats epub, mobi, pdf, zip
eBook Audiobook Paperback Mass Market
Sequel to Blood & Thunder
THIRDS: Book Three
New York City’s streets are more dangerous than ever with the leaderless Order of Adrasteia and the Ikelos Coalition, a newly emerged Therian group, at war. Innocent civilians are caught in the crossfire and although the THIRDS round up more and more members of the Order in the hopes of keeping the volatile group from reorganizing, the members of the Coalition continue to escape and wreak havoc in the name of vigilante justice.
Worse yet, someone inside the THIRDS has been feeding the Coalition information. It’s up to Destructive Delta to draw out the mole and put an end to the war before anyone else gets hurt. But to get the job done, the team will have to work through the aftereffects of the Therian Youth Center bombing. A skirmish with Coalition members leads Agent Dexter J. Daley to a shocking discovery and suddenly it becomes clear that the random violence isn’t so random. There’s more going on than Dex and Sloane originally believed, and their fiery partnership is put to the test. As the case takes an explosive turn, Dex and Sloane are in danger of losing more than their relationship.
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase
Series THIRDS | Book Three
Genres Mystery/Suspense / Science Fiction / Werewolves/Shapeshifters
Nov 14, 2017 | THIRDS Series Sale
Jul 02, 2016 | THIRDS 2 Year Anniversary Celebration!
Sexy and explosive!
on Dec 19, 2016 10:12
I loved this story. I like the mystery, suspense and how it shows a few other men's relationships as Sloane and Dex explore theirs. It picks up after the surprising end of the last book with the Order still out there yet without a leader and now a Therian Coalition is fighting the Order too. There is a mole in the Thirds, a few surprises in store and another explosive ending.
Sloane and Dex's relationship deepen and we find out there is a couple others developing too.
Dex lends a touch of humor to the deeply suspenseful story and there is enough hot sex that there is a good balance of it all.
If you like Mystery/Suspense / Science Fiction / Werecats/Shapeshifters/ twists/romance/ and some hot man-sex you will love this
The cliff hanger!
By Iheartwilson
on Aug 30, 2016 05:08
OMG! The cliff hanger! I'm so glad I'm reading this series late so I can jump right into the next book. This story is soooo good!
Review of Rack & Ruin
on Feb 4, 2016 06:02
It's not enough that my Destructive Delta THIRDS team managed to stop the Order's insidious plan and killed Pearce at the end of 'Blood & Thunder'. Oh no, because now they have the Ikelos Coalition of Unregistered Therians who are fighting back against any remaining Order members and Humans, in general, thus causing even more war and fighting on the streets of New York City. This is what THIRDS was created for, to protect the innocent - both Humans and Therians. With both sides out to destroy each other, their lives just became even more difficult.
You skipped puberty didnt you?
Dex let out a wistful sigh. It wasnt for me.
Sloane laughed as he carried Dex out of the room. Youre hopeless.
Im also nonrefundable.
Surely theres a return policy.
As you can see, Dex is still the charming, irreverent man-child that Sloane has always accused him of being. I adore him! Throughout these last two books, even with all of the drama, the action, the grief, and the stress, Dex has made me laugh. He's made the whole team laugh and quite a few people at THIRDS, except for Ash, but he's a giant grumpy Gus, and doesn't count. Anyway, Dex is exactly what they (and I) needed.
One of the many things that I've come to love about this series of books, is the way the author skillfully weaves the intrigue, the job, together with the personal issues and dramas going on within the team. I never lost track of who Destructive Delta was hunting and trying to apprehend, but I was also very aware of a problem going on between Calvin and Hobbs, and something between Ash and Cael. And, of course, Dex and Sloane can be a minefield waiting for the wrong step. It's an intricate plot that kept me on the edge of my seat, page after page.
Normally I would be very angry at the stunning cliffhanger the author left me on. However, since I'm reading this series so late to the party, I've already got book four that I'll be jumping into next. There was a ton of excitement in 'Rack & Ruin', but there were also some hardcore revelations from Ash. I'm angry with him and Cael right now because they're hurting each other needlessly. The Order has been taken down, but there are a few pesky Coalition members who are getting ready to feel Dex's wrath. Yep, you know it. I'm hurling myself straight into the next book.
By Hearts On Fire Reviews
on Apr 22, 2015 06:04
Review by Sandra
_: I enjoy this series, and book 3 was no exception. The same wonderful cast of characters were present and accounted for. It was great to see the progression of Dex and Sloan's relationship, with a few bumps in the road to keep it interesting without making me cringe with angst and wanna run away from my guys' suffering.
There were a few twists and turns, some I saw coming and some less so. But that was all fine, because really, I think this installment is more focused on the interpersonal relationships of the team. It's still in the context of The THIRDS and The Order and The Coalition, but we learned more about everyone, Cole and Ash in particular. And actually, while I love Dex and Sloan, it's getting to the point where Cole and Ash (and soon Calvin and Hobbs) need their own book to fully explore and divulge what's going on and where they're going. And to get their shit together!
This book could be construed as ending on a cliff hanger, but at the same time not, because I know everyone is fine and things will pick up right here in book 4. Given the audio format, I wasn't paying attention to how far along I was in the book and can admit I was a little surprised when the book ended. But again, things were all wrapped up and happy, and the last chapter almost felt more like a teaser to the first chapter in book 4. I really didn't mind, although I would understand if it annoyed someone else.
With regards to the audio specifically, it's good as always. I like this narrator. I like his voice. He differentiates well between Dex, Sloan, and Ash in particular. He inflicts appropriately whether it be jokes, sex, anger, what have you. And the pace felt perfect (I often have to speed audio books up). Although not my favorite installment, this is a series I enjoy in audio format and will keep up with.
By Veronica @ V's Reads Rundell
Here's the thing: this book is gooooood. But the end made me FREAK the F@CK OUT.
Dex and Sloane are having a covert relationship. Which makes for lots of fun stealth hook-ups. About the relationships: Sloane and Ash are both Therian shifters who actually grew up together in the pre-THIRDS program. They suffered a lot, as the Powers That Be examined them, learned how the Therians worked, how they shifted, and taught them to control the beast within. It was terrifying, and Sloane is scared that Dex will leave him if he knows the truth about his history.
Thing is, Dex couldn't care less. Well, that's not entirely true. He cares about Sloane being happy. If Sloane's past makes Sloane pensive, or angry, closed off, well then Dex cares. But details about Sloane's mistakes as a scared child? Pfft. Nada worries.
Can I say I love Dex? I may be a human woman, and therefore thoroughly unattractive to this fictional gay man, but I swoon for him, nonetheless. He is just so fun, and flirty and intriguing. I guess that's why everyone (excepting Ash) adores him. #GuiltyAsCharged
In this episode we also have Cael, Dex's foster brother, revealing his deep affection for Ash--and Ash being a bigger total D-bag than usual. Which is saying a lot because Ash is a D-bag all the time. Okay, I do love Ash, too, because I understand that he's been broken, but it takes a good bit of love to consider that his turn-coatery is actually much more than it appears. And, his repulsion of Cael's affection is for Cael's own good. Mostly because loving Ash is more difficult and painful than hugging a Saguaro cactus.
The plain truth is, rogue Therians are executing humans who did a whole lot of Therian killing in the big skirmishes years ago, and it's up to Dex, Sloane and Destructive Delta crew to ride point on the capture. This is made more complicated by the revelation that a mole exists within THIRDS and all the opportunities to apprehend the offenders result in chasing smoke on the wind.
This thoroughly realized action-adventure-shifter-police procedural-gay-romance is sure to satisfy the most genre-confused among us. And, I'm so eager for the next novel in the series I'm having trouble holding back the begging to Ms. Cochet. Good thing she throws out short THIRDS vignettes every Thursday on her blog. It's like a weekly hit of my fave fictional drug, which softens the withdrawl symptoms just enough to manage.
Back to my post-book freak out... here's how I felt when I ended the book: SLOANE!!!!
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How to Decipher Your Sigma (Z) Score for Six Sigma
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Considering Six Sigma Best Practices
Six Sigma For Dummies, 2nd Edition
By Craig Gygi, Bruce Williams, Neil DeCarlo, Stephen R. Covey
From a quality perspective, Six Sigma is defined as 3.4 defects per million opportunities. This figure is called a Six Sigma level of quality. Sigma scores are thrown about so much that you definitely need to be comfortable understanding what they are and how they’re calculated. Basically, a sigma score tells you how many standard deviations can fit between the mean and specification limit of any process or specification.
The sigma score can be applied to the performance of anything that has a specification and a defect rate: the performance of the mail system in delivering letters to the correct address, the ability of an automobile manufacturer to produce a door that fits to the body within a required dimensional tolerance, or a repeated budgeting process that must be completed within its specified schedule window.
How many standard deviations can fit?
The central tendency of the performance distribution is defined by its mean. The amount of variation in the performance, or the width of the distribution, is defined by its standard deviation σ. The question is how many standard deviations can you fit between the process or characteristic’s mean and its specification limit SL?
You can see that four standard deviations can fit between the mean and the specification limit. The exact number can always be calculated by the formula
A low sigma (Z) score means that a significant part of the tail of the distribution extends past the specification limit. So the higher the sigma (Z) score, the fewer the defects. A process or characteristic gets a good sigma (Z) score when the variation distribution is safely away from the edge of the specification cliff. A sigma (Z) score can change in one of three ways:
The location of the central tendency of the distribution — the mean — moves either closer or farther from the specification limit.
The width of the distribution, as defined by the standard deviation σ changes.
The location of the specification limit SL moves either closer or farther from the characteristic or process variation.
Compare short-term to long-term sigma score calculations
From the mean and the standard deviation, you can calculate a sigma (Z) score. A wrinkle here is that you must know what type of standard deviation you’re using to calculate the sigma (Z) score: Is it a short-term standard deviation σST, or is it a long-term standard deviation σLT?
If you’re using a short-term standard deviation, the sigma (Z) score you calculate is a short-term sigma score ZST:
If, however, you have a long-term standard deviation, you can calculate the long-term sigma score ZLT:
Link short-term capability to long-term performance with the 1.5-sigma shift
Short-term variation performance, as quantified by the short-term sigma score ZST, represents the best variation performance that you can expect out of your currently configured process. It’s an idealistic measure of capability. It’s also the easiest type of data to collect; just go and quickly grab a relatively small sample of measurements from the process or characteristic, and you have it.
But in the long term, a process or characteristic doesn’t operate ideally like it does in the short term. Its performance will degrade by shift, drift, and trend influences. At the heart of Six Sigma is a method that combines the best of both worlds. It allows you to leverage the economy of short-term variation data while projecting realistic, long-term performance versus the process’s or characteristic’s specifications.
The characteristic or process stays within specifications during the short term and appears to have no problems. But over the long term, disturbances to the process cause it to expand, and this expansion creates defects beyond the specification limit.
One mathematical way to simulate the effect of these degrading, long-term influences is to artificially move the short-term distribution closer to the specification limit until the amount of defects for the short-term distribution is the same as that for the long-term distribution.
Early practitioners of Six Sigma proposed that mathematically shifting a characteristic’s or process’s short-term distribution closer to its specification limit by a distance of 1.5 times its short-term standard deviation would approximate the number of defects occurring in the long term. This breakthrough idea can be applied directly to the calculation of short-term and long-term sigma (Z) scores.
Because ZST represents the number of short-term standard deviations between the variation center and the specification, the sigma (Z) score of the shifted distribution is
Zshifted = ZST – 1.5
But with the shifted distribution being equivalent, defect-wise, to the long-term distribution, the preceding equation can be rewritten as
ZLT = ZST – 1.5
So what Six Sigma practitioners do is measure the short-term variability of a process or characteristic and calculate its short-term sigma score. Then they immediately translate this score to the expected long-term defect rate performance, using the 1.5 short-term standard deviation shift. This long-term sigma score, ZLT, is communicated in terms of defects per million opportunities, DPMO.
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This new villain could be another Earthman or Moonman or Venusian.
Or they could be octopoidal brains-in-a-sack with a couple of clusters of manipulating tentacles, who've mainly replaced physical action with machines to do that work for them.
Doubt it. The new villain is supposed to be John Carter's equal. I expect him to be a humanoid physical opponent.
Originally posted by ralphuniverse View Post
I would say Wells' alien invaders are more than a match for Carter's superbarsoomian abilities. If this invasion of Mars is merely leading up to a fistfight between two humans of equal physical strength, I'm going to be disappointed. White Apes and Tharks are already physically bigger and stronger (also heavier, so they don't have JC's prodigous leaping ability) than the Warlord, so it's hardly as if he hasn't faced many individuals of greater strength in single combat.
About the only thing interesting along these lines that I could think of would be if Carter came up against his "equal opposite" - another powerful, skilled, and brainy fighting man and superb military tactician from Earth who had ALSO been thrown onto an alien planet, surviving countless trials and rising to become its absolute dictator, and then turned his attention to Barsoom as his next likely conquest. Maybe even a man that John Carter knew once, in a previous lifetime... or even John Carter himself, the John Carter of a parallel Mars, one where, through whatever whim of fate, he made his astral journey to Mars a few hours earlier, or later... arriving in a completely different location on Barsoom, never rescuing and falling in love with the beautiful Dejah Thoris, or befriending the noble Tars Tarkas... instead, he arrives among the savage Warhoon tribe. He eventually conquers them and becomes their leader, but decades of daily battles for survival against savage enemies slowly turns him cold, ruthless... he does eventually rise to the position of Warlord of all Barsoom... "Carter the Cruel, Merciless Master of Mars". Then one day, his right-hand advisor, the evil scientist Ras Thavas, reveals that he has invented a gateway to other dimensions, where exists yet another Barsoom, this one ripe for conquest...
Interestingly enough, the conclusion to the Dejah of Mars miniseries seems to set up the new series. It appeared that the villain who captured and tortured John Carter was about to unleash upon Barsoom a whole slew of some type of supercannons. However...
"Oh, goddess... No... they are NOT cannons. They are... BEACONS!"
Dejah: "WHAT?!"
"Beacons. All of them. Not of Barsoom."
Dejah: "Beacons for WHAT, you lunatic?"
"Ohhh... To summon something... Something so much WORSE than cannons... ...so horrifying... Let it come to us."
Another interesting thing... the aforementioned villain has just drunk a huge bottle of blood which he drained from JC before going into a kind of psychotic vision and ranting the above information... and what alien invaders do we know who also drink blood? (Admittedly, it could also be the Vampire Men of Saturn, as previously seen in the Dejah Thoris series...)
Yes, that "someTHING ... horrifying" is leading me in the direction of Wells' aliens. And how exactly did those ancient beacons get buried on Barsoom in the first place?
Wells' Martians might even be some sort of super-evolved species related to Burroughs' Kaldanes (from Chessmen of Mars), who abandoned Barsoom sometime in the far distant past, and are now returning...
Last edited by pulphero; 09-04-2014, 01:01 PM.
G'day well I suppose we will find out in November. Personally I wish they would pick up the story from Burroughs Skeleton Men of Jupiter, you might remember the Jovians were about to invade Mars. Unfortunately Burroughs died before he could finish that story line. But it seems "Dejah of Mars" was a bridge between "Warlord of Mars" and "John Carter: Warlord of Mars" which means the new series is in the continuity
Personally I wish they would pick up the story from Burroughs Skeleton Men of Jupiter, you might remember the Jovians were about to invade Mars. Unfortunately Burroughs died before he could finish that story line.
I agree and would like to see this as well. Someday. Perhaps as its own limited series. It feels too soon for that right now, as they'd have to skip over a large period of the ERB novels (assuming that these stories will be proceeding in more or less chronological fashion within this series) that the previous WoM didn't cover. I'm assuming the comic series is now set somewhere in the time period prior to Thuvia, Maid of Mars so far, and will get to the adaptations, interspersed between original stories like the first arc by Ron Marz, in their own time, with the ones not featuring Carter and Dejah as the main characters done as spinoff limited series.
Another possibility of doing the non-Carter Barsoom novel adaptations would be to incorporate them into the main John Carter series, written after the fashion of many television programs today, with an "A Plot" showing an original story of events unfolding involving John Carter and Dejah Thoris, while the "B Plot" would concern itself with say, the events happening to Carthoris concurrently (an adaptation of Thuvia Maid of Mars), with the invention of some tenuous connecting elements. In practice, this can be made to work pretty seamlessly. When you examine ERB's body of work, many of his novels are already written this way, with events flashing back and forth between chapters to what's happening to one character (or group of characters) and another in different places, and the beginning and ending tying the whole thing up.
Last edited by pulphero; 09-06-2014, 06:56 AM.
At this point I'm not sure I need to worry about spoilers for Dejah of Mars, so tell me--there isn't a proper ending for the thing? :/
There's an ending to the events driving the plot of Dejah of Mars. But it's one of those stories that you could label in the final panel as "The End ...or The Beginning?"
Ah, OK, good. I was worried it would just leave everything hanging.
I know this isn't quite a reboot though it sounds almost rebooty...
I'm going to guess that the "beacons" may not even be referred to as such in "Invasion of Mars". I think it's just a nod to the people carrying over from the non-ERB Inc.-Authorized version of WoM. I would bet based on Ron Marz' comments that the story is clean of any direct references to Dejah of Mars, footnoted or not.
Who is that guy holding Deja, he isn't dress like a Barsoomian, could he be the new villain?
It's a little hard to make out, but he seems to be wearing a hat with the crossed sabres of the Army of the Confederacy. And what are those, medals on his uniform...? Although it doesn't really look that convincingly like a Confederacy Army uniform.
If the mystery villain behind the invasion of Mars just turns out to be some power-mad ex-Confederate officer, an old grudge from Carter's days as a Captain in the Confederate Army, I must admit to some mild disappointment at the reveal. Or could he be some thinly-veiled homage to Jonah Hex? I'll wait and read the story, of course. Maybe the mystery villain turns out to be another ageless being like Carter himself, and thus would serve as a way to delve into the mysterious origins of John Carter's agelessness. That could be interesting.
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The villain looks definitely human.
There's a first look here. http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/09/...rlord-of-mars/
Dejah looks absolutely magnificent
Ralph.
I think the word you're looking for here is (Burroughs' description) "incomparable". She does indeed look more beautiful than I've ever seen her looking before (at least interior art-wise) in a DE comic.
These are some of the same pages I'd seen (at smaller size) in last month's Diamond PREVIEWS catalog... Abhishek Malsuni, whose work I'd never seen before, is impressing me already.
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The Legionnaire Saloon to Host Monthly Metal/Punk Shows
Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:23 PM
Just-Announced Shows
A new monthly showcase of metal and punk bands begins tomorrow night at the Legionnaire Saloon (2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland). “First Thursday” will feature both local and touring acts, and the inaugural lineup will include locals Necrot, Burning Monk, Augurs, and Invertebrate.
The man behind the concept is Matt Eiseman, who sings and plays guitar in Burning Monk and works at the bar. His goals are multifold: “I wanted to let people know that the Legionnaire is a venue,” he said. “There’s a shortage of venues in Oakland for heavier music. And a lot of the venues, like Eli’s [Mile High Club], the shows have to be over early. I thought it was a great venue to work with. I wanted to do something for the bands.”
Thus far, the Legionnaire Saloon has been more known for booking DJs and hip-hop acts. The bar was opened last year by rapper Prozack Turner and his wife, RaeAnne, who used to be partners in the Layover, with the intention of hosting more live music. As the Express previously reported, that was Turner's initial intention with the Layover, too, but instead that bar has remained more of a dance club.
Eiseman insists the night isn’t a showcase for his band (though Burning Monk will play the first and third editions of First Thursday). Rather, he said, “My whole point of doing the shows is to give back to the community. I’m not trying to make money off of it — there’s not much money to make anyways. … I just want to see great shows. I want other people to be excited about it, too. I want it to be a community thing — make shows that everyone is excited about.” Eiseman added that he won’t take any cut of the door; after the bar takes 30 percent, the rest will go to the bands.
Among those already booked to play future First Thursdays are Oakland punk/rock outfit Lecherous Gaze (June) and Oakland sludge-crust band Bädr Vogu (July). The shows are held upstairs in a room above the bar. Tomorrow night’s show starts at 9 p.m. and costs $7. Bands interested in playing First Thursday can reach Eiseman via Facebook.
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Parker: Andy Ruiz Has Got The Blueprint To Beat Anthony Joshua
June 26, 2019 admin 0 Comments Andy, Anthony, beat, Blueprint, Joshua, Parker, Ruiz
Joseph Parker is ready to step up his ambitions to reclaim his World champion status as he faces Alex Leapai at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
Parker (25-2 19 KOs) returned to winning ways at home in Christchurch, New Zealand in December with a third round stoppage following two blockbuster nights in Britain. The Kiwi first took on Anthony Joshua in a unification battle in Cardiff in March 2018, surrendering his WBO crown on points. Parker then returned to the UK and met Joshua’s old foe Dillian Whyte and served up a fight of the year contender in London in July, climbing off the canvas in the second and ninth rounds to floor Whyte in the final session, but being edged out on the cards.
Parker landed the vacant WBO title against Andy Ruiz Jr, whose recent stunning win over Joshua in New York has thrown the division wide open. The Kiwi was in the Big Apple that weekend after signing a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing USA and Eddie Hearn, and the 27 year old had warned that the Mexican was a real threat to the unbeaten Briton’s World reign.
With Ruiz and Joshua set to meet in a rematch later in the year, while Whyte meets Oscar Rivas in another blockbuster clash in England’s capital in a month’s time. With WBC king Deontay Wilder and former World champion Tyson Fury likely to clash in rematch in 2020, Parker knows he must see off Leapai (32-7-4 26 KOs) in style in Rhode Island to get into position to retain his World champion status.
“The only way to settle the score is to fight again,” said Parker. “I will fight any top fighter but I want to fight for World titles again, I know where I am and that I need to climb to the top again.
“Andy’s got a great chin and so do I. We’re different fighters from 2016, he’s improved dramatically and we saw that in the performance, and I am a lot better than i was when we first fought back then.
“Everyone was leaning towards AJ getting an easy victory but we knew what Andy presented and what he brought to the fight, so it wasn’t a surprise to us, but we didn’t know he was going to stop him like that so it was a surprise in that sense, but we knew he had the ability to put in a great performance like that so congratulations to him and his team.
“I don’t know how the rematch is going to go which is why it’s so exciting and people will look forward to it because we don’t know how it will unfold. We’re not sure if AJ is going to come back and look better, box from the outside, or if Andy is going to come and put on more pressure and throw more punches, so I am excited to see it again.
“Andy has got the blueprint to beat him. I wouldn’t say exposed him, but you put pressure on, throw punches and combinations and you do your best to land, that’s what Andy did. I am a different fighter to Andy, he takes a punch to give a punch whereas I try my best to avoid punches, but he showed that it works and he took some to land a lot more.
“Tyson and I have a great relationship, he’s kind of like an older brother in the same division as me. From the time I was with him in Manchester in September 2017 until now, he’s completely changed physically and mentally, he’s a lot happier. You never say never when it comes to fighting anyone.”
Parker’s clash with Leapai is part of a huge night of World title action in Providence as hometown hero Demetrius Andrade defends his WBO Middleweight strap against Maciej Sulecki and unbeaten WBA Super-Flyweight king Kal Yafai defends his strap against mandatory challenger Norbelto Jimenez.
Boston’s Mark DeLuca faces Canadian Brandon Brewer over ten rounds at Super-Welterweight, young talents Alexis Espino and Raymond Ford taste their third action in the paid ranks, as does Otha Jones III fresh from his first round KO win in London.
Local favorite Anthony Marsella faces Jose Aubel, another unbeaten Providence fighter Anthony Concepcion takes on Yasmani Pedroso, former World title challenger and Providence native Shelley Vincent meets Simone Da Silva.
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Drawing cuts and bruises isn't difficult to do, but making them look realistic can be challenging. By using a combination of texturing and colouring techniques, you can create cuts and bruises in your drawings that will have a realistic appearance and lend a touch of professional realism to your work.
Draw a small line on the area of your drawing where you want to place a cut. The length of the line depends upon how long you want the cut to be. The line should not be perfectly straight. A cut will have a slightly ragged appearance.
Draw a line parallel to the first, making the line as ragged as the first line you drew. The lines should be as far apart as you want the cut to be wide. Connect the two lines at each end. This is the cut. To give the cut a deeper appearance, add a few pencil strokes in between the lines to give the impression it has severed through a layer of skin. Add shading around the inner edges to help enhance the depth of the cut.
Draw a circle where you want the bruise to appear. The circle should be uneven to give it the appearance that it is spreading. Add a little pencil shading to the circle and smudge it with your finger to smooth out the hard lines of the shading.
Add colour to the cuts and bruises. The colouring phase will bring the wounds to life. You can use colour pencils or markers. Add a dark red to the cut, then blend in some black to make it look more realistic. Colour the bruise with a combination of black, yellow and purple. Begin by adding purple and black to the centre of the bruise, then add some yellow around the edge of this. Blend the colours until they appear to run into one another to recreate the discolouration of the skin when it's bruised.
Carl Hose is the author of the anthology "Dead Horizon" and the the zombie novella "Dead Rising." His work has appeared in "Cold Storage," "Butcher Knives and Body Counts," "Writer's Journal," and "Lighthouse Digest.". He is editor of the "Dark Light" anthology to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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Widely acknowledged as the best hockey book ever written and lauded by Sports Illustrated as one of the Top 10 Sports Books of All Time, The Game is a reflective and thought-provoking look at a life in hockey. Intelligent and insightful, former Montreal Canadiens goalie and former President of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ken Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans. He gives us vivid and affectionate portraits of the characters — Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard, and coach Scotty Bowman among them — that made the Canadiens of the 1970s one of the greatest hockey teams in history. But beyond that, Dryden reflects on life on the road, in the spotlight, and on the ice, offering up a rare inside look at the game of hockey and an incredible personal memoir. This commemorative edition marks the 20th anniversary of The Game's original publication. It includes black and white photography from the Hockey Hall of Fame and a new chapter from the author. Take a journey to the heart and soul of the game with this timeless hockey classic.
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Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
Authors: Geri LoBiondo-Wood Judith Haber
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Published Date: 26th July 2017
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Learn to better understand and apply research to everyday practice with Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 9th Edition. Written by an all-star team of educators and research experts, this four-time recipient of the American Journal of Nursing’s Book of the Year award is the perfect resource to help ground you in the processes behind nursing research and evidence-based practice. This new ninth edition has been thoroughly updated and refocused to better match the needs of the nurse who will read and apply research rather than conduct research. This new edition also features: new research examples and vignettes; easy-to-use navigation tools; enhanced readability; expanded information on interprofessional collaboration and evidence-based practice; and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. It’s a must-have resource for both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs alike!
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Google Co-Founder Larry Page's Air Taxi Takes Flight
It's called Cora, and it takes off like a helicopter before flying like a plane using electric propulsion.
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March 13, 2018 2 min read
This story originally appeared on PCMag
On the ground, there is an ongoing scramble to replace the gas-guzzling cars we drive with electric alternatives, remove the need to drive them ourselves, and even to own them once self-driving ridesharing becomes a reality. Meanwhile, Google's Larry Page has been funding a company that will bypass all of that.
The company is called Kitty Hawk, and it just revealed Cora, a prototype air taxi that takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane and uses electric propulsion. You'd think such a flying vehicle would require a pilot's license to operate, but that's not the case. Cora is self-piloting, meaning anyone can jump in and use it. Just as importantly, it's quiet during flight.
As The New York Times reports, Kitty Hawk has been flying Cora over the South Island of New Zealand since October last year. The air taxi looks like a small single-seater plane, but then you notice the wings are covered in a dozen small propellers and there's a surprising lack of noise on take-off.
Cora is capable of traveling at up to 110mph (180km/s) with a range of 62 miles (100km) carrying two passengers. That may seem low, but Cora can fly in a straight line directly to a destination unlike vehicles limited to using busy road networks.
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90 Day Fiancé Is Getting a New Spinoff All About The Family Chantel
by Chris Harnick | Mon., Apr. 8, 2019 4:30 PM
90 Day Fiancé is getting another spinoff. However, this one is all about one specific family, The Family Chantel.
Pedro and Chantel Jimeno, who will appear in the upcoming season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, will take center stage—as will their in-laws—in the new reality series premiering in July on TLC.
"This is an awesome moment for TLC, as we create a family show based on one of our most popular 90 Day couples, and on a whole new night," Howard Lee, president and general manager of TLC, said in a statement. "Our fans can't get enough of Pedro, Chantel and their larger-than-life families. For a brand known as THE destination for love, relationships and family shows, The Family Chantel hits the bullseye."
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The family members featured in the upcoming show include Chantel's parents Karen and Thomas, siblings River and Winter, and Pedro's mother Lidia and sister Nicole.
The drama has run high between the families of Pedro and Chantel since Chantel first introduced Pedro to her family under false pretenses. She told him he was coming to America on a student visa, not a K-1 visa...And from there, the drama has only grown, including arguments over chicken feet and culminating in a physical fight between Pedro and Chantel's family.
When viewers catch up with Pedro and Chantel in Happily Ever After?, Chantel is still blaming Pedro for the brawl that happened between him and her family and he returns to the Dominican Republic. However, Chantel isn't ready to give up on her marriage just yet and heads down to bring him back.
Ahead of the new series, TLC will air Pedro & Chantel: The Full Story on Monday, April 15 at 8 p.m. with an early premiere on TLC GO beginning Friday, April 12.
The Family Chantel is just the latest 90 Day spinoff. The series, which is breaking ratings records on TLC, also has 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, the aforementioned 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? and 90 Day Fiancé: What Now?. TLC is also launching 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way later this summer. The Other Way follows Americans who move across the globe for love.
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An original 90 Day couple, Russ, 32, and Paola, 31, revealed they had suffered a miscarriage. Now Paola is about to give birth to their first child, just in time to make amends with Russ' family.
Chantel and Pedro
A family dinner went wild between Chantel, 27, and her family and husband Pedro, 27. Punches were thrown and it looked like the couple were ready to call it quits. Chantel blames Pedro for the brawl, and he in turn returns to the Dominican Republic. However, Chantel isn't ready to give up on her marriage that easily.
Ashley and Jay
After meeting in Jamaica, Jay, 20, ditched his playboy lifestyle to walk down the aisle with Ashley, 32. But shortly after their Vegas wedding, Ashley discovered Jay was on dating apps talking to other women. Can they move on? Can Jay win back Ashley's trust?
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Kate Beckinsale Is Unfazed by 20-Year Age Gap With Pete Davidson
by Jess Cohen | Wed., Mar. 27, 2019 8:51 AM
Kate Beckinsale Addresses Relationship With Pete Davidson
Kate Beckinsale is opening up about her new romance with Pete Davidson.
The 45-year-old Widow actress and the 25-year-old Saturday Night Live star, who were first spotted flirting at a 2019 Golden Globes party in January, have been sparking relationship rumors for months now. The duo has added even more fuel to the speculation with their PDA-filled public outings. Beckinsale and Davidson even enjoyed a date night with her mom and step-dad earlier this month.
The budding romance has gotten a lot of media attention recently, with many comments about the couple's age gap. So what does Beckinsale think of the attention?
"I'm surprised by the interest," Beckinsale shared with the L.A. Times in a recent interview. "I've never been in this position before — never dated anybody who comes with their own bag of mischief."
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"It's all quite shocking, and something to get used to," she continued. "I think if you liked the person less, you would bow out of it. If that were the main thrust of the relationship, there would be a problem. But it's not."
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When asked if the media attention has an impact on the relationship, Beckinsale replied, "I'd rather not have people hiding outside my house. It's a little old fashioned to have a woman's personal life [looked at like that]. It's a little bit tired."
It's noted that the interview was conducted shortly before Beckinsale deleted all of her Instagram posts last week. The actress had been receiving a lot of comments about her relationship with Davidson leading up to the deletion.
In early march, Davidson broke his silence on his romance with Beckinsale on Saturday Night Live.
"Apparently, people have a crazy fascination with our age difference," he noted. "But it doesn't really bother us. But then again, I'm new to this."
He then went on to list a series of stars who've had relationships with big age gaps, telling everyone to refer their age questions to them.
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DALLAS -- Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle made a point to call out the Oklahoma City Thunder -- and specifically Kevin Durant -- for taking unnecessary cheap shots that led to confrontations during Dallas' lopsided home loss in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series Thursday night.
"There were four, what I would categorize as non-basketball physical escalations that were initiated by them, including one intentional, unprovoked elbow at the free throw line, which I didn't understand," Carlisle said Friday. "And I've never seen a guy like Kevin Durant ever do that to a player. Then ultimately, that led to two more escalations between the teams, the fact that that was missed. I'm concerned about that. There's no place for that in our game."
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Carlisle was referring to a Durant elbow that hit reserve center Salah Mejri in the chest while they were fighting for rebounding position after a free throw during the third quarter. The blow caused Mejri to fall to the ground, and he animatedly complained to the officials about the elbow during a timeout seconds later.
The ensuing possession ended with double technical fouls called against Mavs guard Raymond Felton and Thunder center Steven Adams with 7:19 remaining in the third quarter.
Late Friday afternoon, the NBA announced that Durant has been assessed a technical foul for a "physical taunt" as a result of his elbow to Mejri's chest.
Felton, meanwhile, was angered after being elbowed in the face by Adams when they were boxing out under the basket. Adams, a 7-footer, laughed when confronted by the 6-foot-1 Felton.
"I'm not going to let you just elbow me in my face and I let it go," Felton told ESPN after the game Thursday. "Whatever. I'll take a technical or whatever, fine or whatever it is. I'm not going to back down for nothing. I'm definitely not going to let anybody hit me in my face freely for no reason. I'm just down there trying to battle a big 7-footer for a rebound and he elbows me to my face.
"Like, you're that much bigger than me, what you need to elbow a little guy like me to get a rebound? I didn't like it, so I let him know that. But whatever, it's over with now. I ain't trippin' no more. You can smile and laugh all you want to. You ain't just gonna hit me in my face and think everything's sweet. But like I said, I'm gonna let bygones be bygones."
Things got a little chippy in Game 3 as a result of cheap shots by Kevin Durant and the Thunder, according to Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle. "I've never seen a guy like Kevin Durant ever do that to a player," Carlisle said of a second-half incident. Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports
The other confrontation occurred later in the third quarter, after Thunder shooting guard Andre Roberson lowered his shoulder and ran over Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki, who was setting a screen. Nowitzki got up and shouted his displeasure at Roberson.
"I didn't like how he ran through the screen right there," said Nowitzki, who found humor in the situation because he played with Roberson's father two decades ago with a German pro team. "It's the second time it happened, but that's really it."
Carlisle wanted to make sure the issues were raised again Friday, repeatedly referring to the Thunder as the initiators. Oklahoma City holds a 2-1 edge in the series entering Game 4 in Dallas on Saturday night.
"We're not looking to do it unless it's within the rules," Carlisle said. "But there were some things that I know are going to be looked at today, that going into Game 4, we're going to be ready for."
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Online agency YOPA and Savills launch TV ad campaigns this weekend
Online estate agency YOPA - well known recently for advertisements featuring the Village People - is this evening launching a new tongue-in-cheek TV campaign this evening.
The first of three different 30-second adverts will run during the first episode of Channel 4‘s new season of Gogglebox starting at 9pm.
Last week YOPA revealed that LSL Property Services was to sink £20m into its operations, along with the Daily Mail and General Trust - already an investor - putting in another £7.6m. This comes on top of investment put in by Savills in recent years.
The adverts all explore the idea that selling your home with YOPA is a ‘no-brainer'.
The first features a man who would love to sell his home with YOPA but can’t because he has been entombed in ice on an old ship for the last 80 years.
The adverts are part of YOPA’s ‘Seriously, why not?’ campaign, which will run from September 8, with more expected to be released in the new year. All voiceovers are courtesy of YOPA brand ambassador Julian Barratt - a comic who appeared in BBC series The Mighty Boosh.
The campaign was created by ad agency Lucky Generals, which has developed content for Amazon, Paddy Power and Twitter.
The second advert will feature a man who cannot use YOPA because he is just two inches tall and lives in an old baked bean tin under floorboards.
The final television advert features a dreary-looking lady who would also like to sell her home with YOPA - except she can’t, as she’s trapped in a dream.
The fixed-fee estate agency’s new look and advertising campaign has been spearheaded by Gav Thompson, who joined YOPA in May as chief marketing officer.
Thompson previously held the same role at bookmakers’ Paddy Power. He says: “The idea for the adverts was simple. When I looked at all the benefits of selling a home, to me it was a no brainer. Fair fees, quick sales, top customer service - you’d need a ruddy good reason not to sell your home with YOPA - which is why we went with the line, ‘Seriously, why not?’”
The marketing campaign will also include a trio of different radio adverts being launched on the Heart network later this month.
Meanwhile Savills itself is also launching its latest TV advertising campaign this weekend, with the first showing during Sunday night’s ITV1 drama Victoria.
Like YOPA, this year’s Savills campaign will have a surreal element building on the concept of talking houses which featured in the agency’s 2016 TV ads.
“We feel strongly that these ads, which build on our first TV advertising campaign launched last year, illustrate what we want to get across. This new stage in our campaign is designed to communicate the depth of our experience, as a business founded 150 years ago, but also that we understand the complex nature of moving home, both for buyers and sellers, whatever their stage on the housing ladder” says Justin Marking, head of global residential.
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Creative Industries Mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
10 March, 2019 - 14 March, 2019
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is gearing up to deliver Vision 2030 and invest significant sums in developing new world class destinations and cultural attractions. Ambitious developments for future living like Qiddiya ‘Entertainment City’ near Riyadh, the Red Sea Island development and Al-Ula near Madinah, are huge in scale and a positive indication of the KSA’s aspirations.
Plans for new entertainment developments are impressive and include 350 cinemas with 2500 screens; 20 Family Entertainment Centres across 15 cities; $64bn to finance the entertainment industry and develop a talent pool of local professionals. Momentum is building and these hospitality, retail and leisure attractions will generate opportunities for UK companies with skills across a range of areas linked to creative expertise.
This Mission will provide access to key government agencies and industry players and provide an opportunity to raise your profile and build your business in the region. The Mission will also strategically position UK firms to take advantage of major packages offered throughout the construction and supply chain phases of current and future projects.
The Mission Programme will include:
Briefings to inform a better understanding of business opportunities in the KSA and the development of new major destinations
Networking events with key stakeholders in the three major cities of Jeddah, Riyadh and Al Khobar
Meeting with the teams behind ambitious giga- projects such as Qiddiya and the Red Sea Development and other private developers of themed entertainment centres
Access to the newly formed entertainment entities of the Saudi Government/PIF (i.e. SEVEN, DIEC) as well as leading mall developers, retail firms and Family Entertainment Centres
Visits to major Regeneration Projects such as KAFD (King Abdullah Financial District) and Jeddah Downtown
Meetings with leading real estate developers and construction companies building large mixed-use destinations and other entertainment options.
For the full draft programme, please click here.
For logistical information, please click here.
UK companies who have expertise in the following areas:
Experiential architectural and creative design
Advertising, branding and marketing
Digital and technical expertise and innovative solutions
Leisure, entertainment and hospitality operators and designers.
Please note, there is a management fee for the mission of £275.00 +VAT per company.
Registration closed on 25-01-2019.
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Halloween, NanoWriMo, & Procrastination
When I need to do something that is for my own good, I tend to just... not.
We were hosting a Halloween gathering of sorts, and instead of figuring out a costume, I thought of EVERY costume I could do if I had enough time and instead ignored this years plans. Luckily for me, my last minute costume worked out. I found a captains hat and my ghetto homemade captain's cardigan allowed my to become the Undead Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Yes, like the Gordon Lightfoot song.
Why? Because Dave insisted on being the Edmund Fitzgerald and I needed a costume. The options were, be a captain which is fine and can do fun things with that, or Dave's suggestion: Be a Shoal. AKA the rocks on the bottom of the ocean they suspect caused the Edmund Fitzgerald to sink. I went with captain.
The Edmund Fitzgerald and it's captain. #halloween
A photo posted by Tanya (@tanosaurusrex) on Oct 30, 2016 at 9:37am PDT
Crystal helped me craft a boat, and watched me put on my new and improved eyebrows for like.. twenty minutes. I enjoyed having enormous eyebrows. I think I might just do it for fun now. Hello next family pictures look!
Friends who sit on the floor and eat grilled cheese together, stay together. #bffs #selfie #halloween #partytime
A photo posted by Tanya (@tanosaurusrex) on Oct 30, 2016 at 2:57pm PDT
Now, as for my last few days where have I been? Attempting to write and then distracting myself with absolutely nothing. Like, I have found myself staring at dead bug smudges on the wall instead of writing. Oh Nanowrimo, every year I think I will go into and be super awesome at it, and yet every year it reminds me that my brain is a weird place.
I am only on chapter 2 and my plan is already completely off track. I have no idea what's going to happen now. I am a little afraid. It got weird. But I think it will be... fine. I mean that's why you never publish the first draft. I like one of my characters little quirks though. He likes to call the main character a different type of cheese every time he addresses her. I am running out of cheese types though.
I need to get back to writing, but I hope you all are well. Stick with me and hopefully I will get back on track updates wise!
Not Nerdy Enough
There are people in the world who criticize you for being nerdy. That is a pretty well known fact. But do you non-nerds know that there are just as many people criticizing and evaluating you because you aren't nerdy enough?
(I decided to put a break because it got long a little rantier than usual. I apologize.)
Crossover Crossover
Two of my favourite shows have announced they are doing a crossover episode this season. New Girl and Brooklyn Nine Nine. Two amazingly funny and witty and wonderful sit coms that brighten my day when I watch them. Some of these characters are perhaps some of my favourite characters to ever be written into a show. Here are a few of the interactions I am most excited for. Thank you Crystal for helping me figure these out!
Schmidt & GINA
I feel as though the competition between these two may be fun. Gina is always up on what is cool, Schmidt wants nothing more than to be cool. Both are hilarious goofballs.
Nick & Jake
Two loveable dufus-monsters who are definitely not the best with being grown ups. I feel like they have a lot in common being the guy who falls for their best friend.
Winston & Charles
It took me half a second to figure out how they would even cross them over, but then I remembered that cat-lover/fruity drink enthusiast Winston is now a cop. Granted they are in LA but who knows how this cross over will take place. Maybe Winston the cat-lover will either bond or conflict with Dog-obsessed Charles. Both are the ridiculous best friend of the handsome main character, and both just steal the show with their one liners.
CECE & ROSA
Cece may not be quite as hardcore as Rosa, but I think she might want to pretend to be. Maybe she will try to be as cool and badass and something will go wrong. We know that Cece used to have a motorcycle, maybe her and Rosa can go cruise together. Maybe Rosa secretly was a model back in the day with Cece? That would be a twist.
Jess & AMy
Awkward but loveable, these two girls might get along. Maybe Amy will be the one to help Jess admit that she is still super in love with Nick? She will recognize that annoying inability to express herself that she had to deal with before her and Jake got together!
I don't know how, when, or why this is happening, but needless to say I am beyond thrilled about it.
Adulthood 2.0 - Feat. Googly Eyes
When you are an adult, you can spend your money on very important things. Important things like Googly Eyes. To do important things like stick them onto books and pictures around the house.
Also, adulthood means spending the entire evening trying to get pictures you took with googly eye'd characters to load onto your website. #ADULTLIFE
Story Time - DinoSaurs
Do you ever wonder why the dinosaurs went extinct? Well, lucky for you you have a world class scientist on your team to teach you what happened all those millions of years ago.
Where did the Dinosaurs Go?
So the dinosaurs were all hanging out, unlike the other scientists thought, in a large group as they cooked up their dinners. Each a little bit judgemental about the others choices. The Brachiosauruses and the Triceraptops watching in fear as the raptors split apart their meat, likely from a friend of theirs. But they knew was that they new it was survival of the fittest, and luckily they had a long standing alliance with the Raptors. They made sure to provide the raptors with all the latest news and gossip, and the raptors would focus their scavenging energy on the unpopular Stegosauruses.
When the host of the party cleared his throat to get everyone's attention, they all applauded the T-Rex and giggled at his Kiss the Cook apron. He gave a short speech about the continuing peace between the dinosaurs, and that everything would be fine.
But a Stegosaurus who had crashed the party stormed in and stood across from the T-Rex and began to shout about the injustice and preying on the weak. She yelled at her fellow herbivores and their complete and utter betrayal of their kind, although she her gaze remained firmly avoided. The Raptors began to converge around the lone Stego, all licking at their teeth hungrily.
The Stegosaurus knew her time was limited so she called out to the dinosaur guests and yelled that the Raptors may consume her flesh but her spirit will remain alive forever, and a curse will follow anyone who betrayed the so called peace of the dinosaurs.
The T-Rex was highly superstitious and did not enjoy the Stegosaurus causing such a commotion so he swatted at her with his tail, knocking her unconscious. The Triceratops almost stepped forward to stop but the Raptors snapped their jaws in her direction, forcing her to halt. The Raptors looked eagerly to their boss and with a solemn nod, the T-rex allowed them to destroy the Stegosaurs.
The party felt a little bit awkward so everyone cleared out quickly, adverting their eyes from the gruesome display on the yard. Little did they know it would be the beginning of the end of their species.
The next day, the Raptors were seen slowly stumbling through the town, tripping over the slightest rocks or cracks in the streets. A Pterodactyl landed nearby one to ask if he needed help but in his state of confusion he snapped and bit the pterodactyl hard enough to draw blood and damage the wing. Scurrying away he went to ask for help from the Hadrosaur, who had always remained on the outskirts of town and outside the drama. The Hadrosaur was mourning the loss of his friend the Stegosaurus, and helped the Pterodactyl patch up the wound.
A loud cry from the T-rex started the town, including the Hadrosaur and Pterodactyl. The dinosaurs all headed towards the sound and found the sobbing T-rex surrounded by the five Raptors that had been his crew. He was screaming about injustice, and that he would seek revenge. The Hadrosaur told him that the curse was real, that those who betrayed the Stegosaurus should watch out. The wind chimes on a nearby building played and all the dinosaurs in the town jumped.
The T-Rex climbed to his enormous feet and stood menacingly over the Hadrosaur and roared into his face. But it was no use, he felt his legs getting weaker. He fell onto his stomach and began to gasp, calling out for help from those around him. It was a matter of minutes before all the dinosaurs except the Hadrosaur and the injured Pterodactyl were gasping on the ground.
The Hadrosaur looked at the Pterodactyl and with a defeated look knew that his time was coming. While he had always been nice to the Stegosaurus he had never defended her from the others, so the curse should get him too. The Pterodactyl felt that his fate would be similar, given that he never stood up for the poor target of so much bullying.
It was after the other dinosaurs stopped their gasps did a white, transparent figure begin to materialize about the carnage.
The Stegosaurus appeared in front of her friends and smiled, explaining that she would not be able to curse them in the same way, but to teach them a lesson she would change their forms and ask them to leave behind their dinosaur ways and begin a new life.
They happily agreed and with a loud crack of thunder and a flash of lighting the Hadrosaur grew white coloured wings and webbed feet, keeping its billed lips. The Pterodactyl's wings shrunk and its beak's length diminished slight and the colours began to appear on its wings with brightly designed feathers.
They thanked the stegosaurus ghost and vowed they would never again let their friends be tormented by others even if they were larger then them. The Stegosaurus vanished with a little laugh, and said that they aren't completely off the hook, as the world was destined to turn in a garbage place filled with these awful bipedal monsters who would destroy them. She said she gave them too many chances to stand and while she couldn't kill them, she wasn't exactly doing them any favours leaving them to these things she heard rumours of being called "people".
With an evil type cackle the Stegosaurus vanished and the two new birds were left to fend for themselves in a world that was going to be terrible.
The End
TLDR: Dinosaurs bullied the wrong bitch. She cursed them, they all died.
Pick One: Potter Edition
I promised you Harry Potter content. So Let's Do this.
Pick one and see what it reveals about you.
Pick your Wizarding World Object
Nimbus 2000
Chocolate Frog
Hogwarts Express
You probably haven't done laundry in two months and just buy new underwear instead of washing it.
Your favourite vegetable is chocolate and you will not let anyone else tell you that you are wrong.
You know how to cook really well but you hide that fact because you are terrified of giving someone food poisoning.
You are louder than most people but only when you are drunk.
You have a terrible memory, at least when related to numbers and people's birthdays.
Forest Nerds
Forest Nerd Pledge
I pledge that I will appreciate the combination of nature and technology.
I pledge I will wander without judgement of others in their nerdy endeavours.
I pledge to support my team members in their tasks.
I pledge that I will watch where I am going so I don't step on Chipmunks.
Crystal, Sandy and I went into a forest today and played Pokemon Go as we walked along a magical path that housed 1000 fairies and forest nymphs. We created a club of sorts, perhaps more of a Team called TEAM FOREST NERDS. If you wish to join, this is the pledge you must take. Take care my forest friends.
Poke-Jealous
Pokemon go please
Release in Canada now,
Fake ones scare me much.
Not Normal
What did you spend your night doing? I bet it wasn't designing a T-shit with Bob Ross' face on it for your boyfriend. If it was, please email me I think we would be friends.
I will admit I messed up the first attempt. Note to self: Always buy dark transfer packages, you will almost always be making black shirts.
A little tip for anyone who has chronic insomnia (Crystal, I am looking right at you). Put on Bob Ross (Now on Netflix) before bed. He is super soothing and also kind of strange but in a weird dad way. He speaks nonsense and makes paintings that make me REALLY upset because in 30 minutes he accomplishes something I would never be able to recreate. But it is quite soothing and makes me want to pull out the old oil paintings and see what I can accomplish.
Dave and I have vowed to have a Bob Ross paint night in a couple weeks. I will let you know how that goes.
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Torque Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of TRQ-1501 Deep IL-15 Primed T Cells in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphomas
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 20, 2019— Torque, a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing first-in-class Deep Primed™ T Cell Therapeutics to direct immune power deep within the tumor microenvironment, announced today that the first patient has been treated in a Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of TRQ-1501 Deep IL-15 Primed T cells in patients with selected relapsed or refractory solid tumors and lymphomas. TRQ-1501 is the first Deep-Primed T cell product candidate to be investigated in clinical trials.
TRQ-1501 is an investigational immune cell therapy produced from a patient’s own T cells, which are primed to target multiple tumor-associated antigens and loaded with Deep IL-15 (a multimer of IL-15 cytokine) anchored to the T cells’ surface.
“We are grateful to the patients and clinical researchers contributing to Torque’s first Deep-Primed T Cell clinical program,” said Bart Henderson, Chief Executive Officer of Torque. “We developed Deep-Primed T cells to overcome the main challenges limiting cellular immunotherapy—the ability to target heterogenous tumors, overcome immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment, and administration as outpatient therapy—and our hope is that this innovative treatment will shift the treatment paradigm, improving patient outcomes in multiple difficult-to-treat solid and hematologic cancers.”
Torque’s Phase 1 clinical trial of TRQ-1501 is a first-in-human, open-label, multi-center, dose-escalation study designed to determine the safety and tolerability of TRQ-1501 in patients with advanced relapsed or refractory solid tumors or lymphomas. The study includes a dose-escalation phase followed by an expansion phase. The dose-escalation phase is designed to determine the recommended Phase 2 dose of TRQ-1501; the identified dose will be evaluated in the expansion phase. Approximately 80 patients will be enrolled in the trial. Additional details about Torque’s Phase 1 study may be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov (study identifier NCT03815682): “A Phase 1/1b Open-Label Multi-Center Study to Characterize the Safety and Tolerability of TRQ-1501 in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors and Lymphomas.”
About TRQ-1501
Torque is developing a new class of Deep-Primed™ cellular immunotherapy designed to overcome the key challenges limiting broad use of cellular therapy in oncology, including the capability to target tumors that express multiple heterogeneous antigens, the ability to overcome the immunosuppressive microenvironment that shuts down T cell function, and the need for outpatient treatment with a high margin of safety. Torque uses its Deep-Priming technology to develop multi-targeted, antigen-primed T cells that carry surface-anchored immune-stimulatory drugs to drive a full immune response within the tumor microenvironment against tumors with heterogenous antigens. TRQ-1501 is an investigational immune cell therapy produced from a patient’s own T cells, which are primed to be active against multiple tumor-associated antigens and loaded with Deep IL-15 (a multimer of IL-15 cytokine) anchored to the T cells’ surface.
About Torque’s Deep-Primed™ Immune Cell Therapy Platform
Torque’s Deep-Priming platform uses advanced cell process engineering to:
prime and activate T cells to target multiple tumor antigens and
tether immune-stimulatory drugs to the surface of these multi-target T cells to direct immune activation in the tumor microenvironment
using a proprietary technology platform, without genetic engineering, for a high margin of safety.
Deep-Primed T cells both target multiple tumor antigens and pharmacologically activate an immune response with anchored cytokines. This process does not require genetic engineering of the T cells and so preserves the natural T cell receptor for delivering a regulated immune response, with the potential for a high margin of safety. In addition to antigen priming, immunomodulators are tethered to the surface of Deep-Primed T cells—initially IL-15 and IL-12 cytokines, and TLR agonists—that activate both innate and adaptive immunity. Administering these immunomodulators systemically to a patient can cause lethal toxicity by activating immune cells throughout the body. By loading precise doses of cytokines onto the surface of T cells, Deep Priming focuses the immune response to target the tumor, without systemic exposure.
In hematologic cancers, this new class of immune cell therapeutics has the potential to improve on the initial success of single-target CAR T therapeutics with expanded efficacy and also move cell therapy treatment out of the hospital with a high margin of safety. For solid tumors, Deep-Primed T cells have the potential to enable efficacy against tumors with heterogeneous antigens protected by hostile microenvironments, which are not readily addressable with the first generation of immune cell therapies.
About Torque (www.torquetx.com)
Torque is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing Deep Primed™ T cell therapeutics to direct immune power deep within the tumor microenvironment. Torque’s lead product candidate—TRQ-1501 (Deep IL-15 primed T cells)—is in Phase 1/2 clinical trials for solid tumors and hematologic cancers. The company is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mary Moynihan
M2Friend Biocommunications
mary@m2friend.com
Torque Therapeutics
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For harmonious living and working spaces
What is Feng Shui ?
By jmkobayashi on May 30, 2013
Author: Nancy C. Canestaro, D.Arch.
As both an exquisite art and meticulous science, Feng Shui is a 2,000 year old method of evaluating the influence on people of the subtle natural forces around them. Feng Shui helps people align living spaces to natural energy fields for the purpose of promoting wealth, good health and peace of mind.
To understand the effect of natural energy, imagine how you feel when you walk through an Asian meditation garden or spend time on a patio surrounded by a beautiful flower garden, complete with song birds and moving, crystal clear water. Such places blend nature with man-made environments. We may not understand why, but we always sense the beneficial effects of a harmonious blending of natural energies into and around our homes and places of work. Feng Shui gives a better understanding of how these energies work and what we can do to take advantage of and increase the positive energies around us.
The philosophy of Feng Shui is based on the concept that the universe is in a state of change. By studying patterns from the ever-changing flow of energy, beneficial and detrimental influences of any building can be evaluated. Properly analyzed, remedies can be determined that should neutralize negative influences and improve health, harmony and prosperity for people in a building.
Energy Flows Through and Around People and Spaces…
Some places feel heavy or troubled; some feel light and peaceful
Sometimes people feel down and sometimes they feel uplifted.
We are trained in the West to see objects, not feel space.
Space is Where Energy Is…
Western design deals with the stuff in our lives, furniture, walls, and artifacts.
However, we can feel abundance or lack.
We can feel happy and more energetic
We Can Tune Out Unhealthy Aspects We Can’t See or Touch..
We can’t see or touch electromagnetism, light, sound, or climate, however they have a palpable effect on us.
We know what it feels like to be happy and healthy, and also the opposite.
Think of Feng Shui as a metaphorical language. Much of its beauty and I believe, the reason it brings health, harmony and prosperity to those who follow its principles comes from an intuitive understanding of the way nature enhances or blocks life-enhancing energies. The Chinese have long understood these principles and worked with nature, instead of trying to dominate it.
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***/****
starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane
screenplay by Derek Kolstad and Shay Hatten and Chris Collins & Marc Abrams
directed by Chad Stahelski
by Walter Chaw As the novelty wanes and the universe expands, the John Wick franchise becomes less fleet, though its pleasures, when they arrive, have lost little of their joy. I think of these films, three of them now, as describing the arc of the great Hollywood Musical actors, the Fred Astaires and Gene Kellys, the Liza Minellis and Ginger Rogers and Judy Garlands, who would enliven whatever inanimate book in which they were mired with their irrepressible stagecraft and charisma whenever the spotlight caught them. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (hereafter John Wick 3), in other words, is a slog of mythology linking galvanizing action sequences that are meticulously choreographed, unapologetically brutal, and graceful in every way the picture's story and dialogue are not. They're so good, really, that it hardly matters what the movie's about--so good that it's fair to wonder why they're working so hard at trying to pull coherence out of this premise instead of just offering vague excuses to arm the graceful, lanky, morose hero and drop him in the middle of bad situations. I mean, do they know it's not necessary? Is the world-building mumbo-jumbo a meta-joke on a media landscape now dominated by three or four dynastic storylines?
For the uninitiated, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a remorseless killing machine existing in a Parallax View reality where assassins operate under a strict code governed by a shadowy "High Table" of puppet masters. There are safe havens in this world masquerading as four-star hotels--the New York one that Wick favours, the Continental, presided over by magisterial Winston (Ian McShane) and at contretemps with an underground network of homeless people led by the "Bowery King" (Laurence Fishburne). At the end of the previous film, Wick committed a cardinal sin and the organization elected to excommunicate him from the protection of their arcane rules and boundaries. As the second sequel opens, Wick is at T-minus twenty minutes until his exile officially takes effect, leading to a charming sequence where he hires a doctor (Randall Duk Kim) to patch him up while both of them count down to the second he has to stop stitching. The idea of Wick being denied the privileges of his position are a lot like those times when James Bond is stripped of his 007 designation, or when the Impossible Missions team members are turned into ghosts. What happens when heroes who rely on gadgets lose their access to them? Worry not, as Wick finds America filthy with guns just sort of lying around, waiting to kill children. He also takes this opportunity to weaponize horses and, in the film's centrepiece, gains the brief confederacy of former colleague Sofia (Halle Berry), who, besides being deadly in her own right, has trained a pair of awesome dogs to sic balls.
The stuff that isn't top-grade action is first-rate gobbledygook. Lost is the elegance of a sad guy avenging his dead puppy, replaced by mythology concerning promises and oaths and specially-minted coins and Dungeons & Dragons life-counters with secret compartments you can open with a bloody thumbprint. Wick calls in favours, reveals he grew up as a ballet dancer under the harsh eye of The Director (Anjelica Huston), and ends up looking for a cleric in the Casablanca desert because reasons, man, deep reasons. With only a book, Wick kills 76ers backup center Boban Marjanovic, who has a Richard Kiel quality about him I found to be wonderfully nostalgic. Wick eyeball-kills someone else, uses another person's arm to flip a motorcycle, wields a shotgun with a sort of concussive glee, and generally does the things we hope he will do. Director Chad Stahelski shoots and edits it all with staggering clarity. It's a former stunt man honouring the craft--there's never any confusion over stakes or geography.
Indeed, there's nothing not to like about the action sequences. Consider the shootout through Moroccan ruins, with Sofia and her attack dogs adding savage punctuation to a slick gunfight. It's awesome. Even better, Sofia is allowed to be the prime mover in this sequence while Wick lingers in the background, and her fighting mien is something of a departure for these films: fearsome, angry. While nothing tops the stylishness or satisfaction of the original's nightclub set-piece, these few minutes come close. John Wick 3 only falters when it dives into its lore. Lore is wonderful when it's hinted at, less so when it's asked to carry much of a narrative load. Wick is driven in this one to get his excommunicado status revoked, but as he seems indestructible, it's not clear what the stakes are for him. He imperils those who would help him, yet bristles when he's used as a tool in the end: use as a tool the precise fate he'd hope to win. There's an "Adjudicator" played by Asia Kate Dillon, who approximates icy well while doling out dire judgments on behalf of the High Table--pity they aren't given much to work with beyond a soulless-administrator archetype. Better is arch-villain Zero (Mark Dacascos), who comes off more like a fan of Wick hoping to be pals with him than like his fearsome adversary. It's a choice that deflates the potential stereotype of another Asian master defeated by a pretty white guy in an American action flick, and it demonstrates, along with Sofia's foregrounding, a gratifying grasp of how representation looks when characters are written with respect to their humanity rather than just their ethnicity. John Wick 3 ends on a cliffhanger for another chapter it will almost certainly earn; the danger going forward is that these films drown in their own bureaucratic mysticism. Three movies in, they remain the best argument that Americans still have a voice in the action game. They still feel fresh, but for how much longer it's hard to say.
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Behrami heading to FC Sion
Udinese midfielder Valon Behrami is on the verge of signing for Swiss club FC Sion on a two-year deal after contract renewal talks stalled.
According to Gianluca Di Marzio, the midfielder failed to reach an agreement with Le Zebrette for a contract renewal and has decided to join the Swiss Super League side, who offered him a two-year deal with the possibility of taking over as Coach in the future.
The 34-year-old spent the past two seasons in Udine after he joined from Watford for €2m in 2017, making 39 appearances during his stay at the Dacia Arena.
Behrami spent most of his career in Serie A, representing the likes of Genoa, Hellas Verona, Fiorentina, Lazio, and Napoli, while he lifted the Coppa Italia with the Azzurri in the 2013-2014 season.
Roma's Verde to join AEK
Confirmed: 19-20 Serie A & Coppa dates
Real Madrid's Cristo picks Udinese
Napoli battle in AFCON Final
Official: Verona sign Badu
De Paul wants Udinese exit
Official: Udinese sign Becao
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Jurgen Melzer beats de Voest at Malaysian Open
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Jurgen Melzer advanced to the quarterfinals at the Malaysian Open by beating Rik de Voest of South Africa 6-0, 6-4 Wednesday.
The fourth-seeded Austrian, who had a bye in the first round, broke De Voest's serve four times at Putra Stadium.
"The first set was one of the best sets I've played all year," Melzer said.
Dmitry Tursunov of Russia reached his third quarterfinal of the season by defeating Belgian wild card David Goffin 6-3, 6-3. Marcos Baghdatis also advanced, stopping Somdev Devvarman of India 7-5, 6-4.
Earlier, Flavio Cipolla of Italy defeated Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-2, 6-2, and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan beat Marinko Matosevic of Australia 6-3, 6-2.
The 96th-ranked Cipolla saved five of six break points to beat the Wimbledon quarterfinalist. The 18-year-old Tomic became the youngest player since 1986 to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals this year.
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A review of clearwing moths in the tribe Synanthedonini, with descriptions of six new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
Liang J, Hsu Y (2015). A review of clearwing moths in the tribe Synanthedonini, with descriptions of six new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-07-16.
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Liang, Jia-Yuan, Hsu, Yu-Feng (2015): A review of clearwing moths in the tribe Synanthedonini, with descriptions of six new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Zootaxa 4044 (4): 535-555, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.4
Jia-Yuan Liang
Yu-Feng Hsu
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HPV vaccines work – so why do so few states require them?
Only Virginia, Washington, D.C., and soon, Rhode Island, include the cancer-preventing vaccine as a school requirement
July 14, 2015 • By Dr. Rachel Tompa / Fred Hutch News Service
As of 2013, only 38 percent of U.S. girls and 14 percent of boys aged 13 to 17 had received the recommended three doses of the HPV vaccine, according to a CDC survey. Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images file
Nine years after the HPV vaccine was first approved in the U.S., only Virginia and Washington, D.C., currently require the vaccine for school entry, according to new research.
They both require the vaccine for girls entering the sixth grade, and Rhode Island will implement a similar requirement this August for all children entering seventh grade.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all girls and boys receive the three-dose series of the HPV vaccine between ages 11 and 12 to protect against HPV-linked cancers, which include those of the cervix and other cancers of the anus and genitals, as well as some head and neck cancers. The vaccines are close to 100 percent effective against the strains of HPV they include.
But there’s widespread resistance to the HPV vaccine in this country, said Dr. Jason Schwartz, an ethics researcher at Princeton University who led a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association examining the state requirements. As of 2013, only 38 percent of U.S. girls and 14 percent of boys aged 13 to 17 had received the recommended three doses of the vaccine, according to a CDC survey.
Healthy People 2020, a 10-year set of health goals run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recommends 80 percent of adolescents receive the HPV vaccine by 2020. Clearly, we’re falling well short of that goal, Schwartz said.
Dr. Denise Galloway Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service
Dr. Denise Galloway, a virologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center who made critical discoveries that definitively linked the virus to cervical and other cancers, believes that resistance is because of how the virus is transmitted.
“It has to do with it being considered a vaccine to protect against a sexually transmitted infection, that’s likely the case,” said Galloway, who was not involved in the state-requirements study. “Even though hepatitis B should fall in that same category, it’s been portrayed more as protecting against a liver disease.”
Even with its low uptake, the vaccine is having an effect in this country — HPV prevalence among young women dropped from nearly 12 percent before the vaccine was available to just over 5 percent in the four years following its introduction.
Can state requirements help?
Both Virginia and Washington, D.C., have HPV vaccination rates lower than the national average for adolescent girls, according to the 2013 CDC survey, despite their school entry requirements.
And that’s because they have broader exemptions allowed for the HPV vaccine than for other vaccines, Schwartz said, making their requirements “really toothless in many respects.”
Similar legislation was proposed but failed in several other states shortly after the vaccine became available in the U.S., and Texas was the first state to pass a school admission requirement for the HPV vaccine in 2007, but the law was overturned that same year.
Still, Schwartz remains hopeful that school entry requirements could help boost HPV vaccination rates in this country, and that’s partly because of the law that will go into practice in Rhode Island this coming school year. Unlike those in Virginia and Washington, D.C., the Rhode Island legislature doesn’t allow for any additional exemptions specific to the HPV vaccine.
The Rhode Island requirement also includes boys, which the other two states don’t. (The vaccine wasn’t approved for boys when those bills passed.)
“This is the first real movement we’ve seen on this front since the first year or two [after the vaccine was approved],” Schwartz said. “I’m optimistic that it will lead to some significant benefits.”
Washington state’s Sen. David Frockt sponsored a resolution in March to recognize and promote HPV awareness. The resolution passed, but there are no current bills in the works in Washington to add HPV to the state’s school requirements, Frockt said. Instead, many in the state government have been focusing on tightening the exemption rules for existing school-required vaccines, he said, although that proposed bill did not get far this year.
“As awareness of the issue is raised and the fact that [the vaccine] is really preventive toward cervical cancer, we ought to take a look at something like that, but I can’t say that it’s really on the agenda right now,” Frockt said. “It’s something that we ought to look at and be open to.”
Strategies that work
There are other strategies we could be using now to get more children vaccinated, Schwartz said.
“We have clear evidence that there are missed opportunities when young women and young men are going in to receive their pre-adolescent vaccines — the Tdap booster, the first dose of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine — those rates are quite good. And HPV vaccine can and should be, in the opinion of the public health community, administered at the same time,” he said. “But it’s not.”
The three doses currently required for the vaccine can also be a stumbling block since it requires so many trips to the doctor, Schwartz said. A two-dose HPV vaccine has been approved in several other countries (but not the U.S.). More children in the U.S. have received the first dose of the three than have received the full series, although at 57 percent of girls and 35 percent of boys 13 to 17 years old, that rate is still not at the target 80 percent.
School-based programs, in which vaccines are administered for free at school, have shown great success in raising HPV vaccination rates in countries like Australia and Great Britain, Galloway said. But the success of such programs relies on those countries’ single-payer health care systems.
“Even though a lot of the development work for the vaccine has been done in the U.S., we’re lagging behind,” she said.
More than 17,000 U.S. women and some 9,500 men are afflicted by HPV-associated cancers every year, according to the CDC. Additionally, the virus costs the U.S. an estimated $8 billion every year in screening, prevention and treatment costs.
“So [the vaccine] is important both from a preventing cancer and from a public health standpoint,” Galloway said.
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Michigan schools are hiring these dogs to help prevent shootings
Rochester Hills company hopes to convince schools to have bomb-detection dogs regularly sweep their buildings.
Michigan schools are hiring these dogs to help prevent shootings Rochester Hills company hopes to convince schools to have bomb-detection dogs regularly sweep their buildings. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/06/school-shooting-dog-gun-powder/3578897002/
John Wisely, Detroit Free Press Published 6:11 a.m. ET May 6, 2019 | Updated 9:44 a.m. ET May 6, 2019
Valley, a 10-month labrador, sits for a photo in his crate after demonstrating how she trains to sniff for bombs in a bank building at the CREST Training Center on the campus of OCC in Auburn Hills on Friday, April 26, 2019 (Photo: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press)
A 10-month-old Labrador retriever named Valley doesn't look the part, but she might be the newest tool to help defend against mass shooters, bomb threats and other mayhem directed at schools.
Valley, a female whose nose is specially trained to sniff out explosives, including gunpowder, is the kind of dog that has been used for years at airports, stadiums, hospitals, parades and other places that draw big crowds. Now, the Rochester Hills company that trained her sees a growth market in schools.
"We're actually talking to some school districts that are anticipating fall rollouts," said Gregory Guidice, who runs Elite Detection K9. "We are seeing more and more schools looking for this type of security because it's proactive."
Last year, after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a series of copycat threats were lodged across the country, forcing more than 100 schools to close, including several in metro Detroit.
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Police responded to the threats, but Guidice said he's negotiating with several school districts to provide dogs to them on a contract basis. The dogs would conduct regular sweeps and patrol high school football games, plays and other events that draw crowds. He wouldn't name the districts.
Schools could buy a dog of their own, but to maintain their effectiveness, the animals must be trained on real explosives, which makes a contract more feasible, Guidice said.
At one time, Detroit Public Schools Community District had its own K9 unit, but disbanded it, spokeswoman Chrystal Wilson said.
"Re-establishing a K-9 officer with a specific explosive detection discipline is something that we are considering for the Detroit Public Schools Community District in the future," she said.
For now, Detroit schools contracts with Detroit Police for detection dog service. Most districts have a similar arrangement with police departments or sheriff's offices for dogs when needed.
Guidice said more dogs in schools makes sense.
"It just makes it a harder target," Guidice said. "It's much more of a proactive approach."
In addition to finding contraband, the dogs serve as a deterrent because people who see them don't know what they are capable of detecting.
Valley, a 10-month labrador bomb-sniffing dog, sits after detecting dynamite in a drawer while training in a bank building at the CREST Training Center on the campus of OCC in Auburn Hills on Friday, April 26, 2019 (Photo: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press)
Dog demand
Detection dogs are in high demand and private vendors are springing up to supply them not only to schools, but also to businesses, hospitals and cargo shipping facilities.
"We are seeing an increase in the private security providing these services," said David Ferland, executive director of the United States Police Canine Association, the nation's oldest, largest certification group for police dogs. "There's more work than law enforcement can provide work for."
There are differences between police dogs and those handled by private companies, Ferland said. Police officers with a dog have the ability to order a bomb squad and possess policing powers to order evacuations if an explosive is found.
"They are still going to have to call the police," Ferland said of private companies.
Beaumont Hospital has used bomb-sniffing dogs for almost 20 years, said Bill Ferreras, a lieutenant with hospital security. He has never found an explosive, but dogs provide other benefits, such as calming down rowdy people in the emergency room.
"The dogs work great for crowd control," he said. "All you do is show up with a dog and everyone just stops."
Accurate tallies on numbers of teams in America are hard to find. About five years ago, the University of Pennsylvania estimated there were 10,000 teams in the country. The federal government estimates an additional 5,000 teams will be needed in coming years, Ferland said.
Police departments typically spend about $15,000 to $25,000 in the first year to buy, equip, train and certify a detection dog, Ferland said. The following years are cheaper and a typical working career for such a dog is about eight years, he said.
Ferland's group typically puts a dog through more than 400 hours of training before it is tested. Dogs must be recertified annually.
In addition to being able to smell, the dogs also must have the right temperament, Ferland said. They must tolerate crowds and the noise and movements that go with them.
Dynamite is seen in a drawer that was detected by a bomb-sniffing dog training in a bank building at the CREST Training Center on the campus of OCC in Auburn Hills on Friday, April 26, 2019 (Photo: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press)
Dog capabilities
Belgian Malinois, German shepherds, golden retrievers and Labradors are the most common breeds used in detection work. They can be trained to find the odors of humans and human remains, fire accelerants, drugs and explosives, including gunpowder.
"If the gun is loaded, it will contain gunpowder and the dog will be able to detect that," Ferland said.
John Pearce runs VWK9, an Alabama-based company that uses a training method patented by Auburn University. Known as Vapor Wake, the method teaches dogs to search specifically for guns and other weapons in crowds of people. The company provides dogs to Amtrak as well as professional and college sports teams.
"We're searching the ambient air around people," Pearce said. "Vapor Wake technology is the detection of any type of body-worn or -carried material, weapons or explosives. We don't do narcotics."
Pearce said his company provided dogs to Wayne State University and other universities and is now fielding more inquiries from school districts.
The ability of dogs to detect odors is keen and getting keener through training and breeding, said Paul Waggoner, co-director of the Canine Performance Sciences program at Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine.
"The dog is basically a mobile sensing device," he said. "It has improved over time and it continues to be improved."
There are limitations to a dog's ability to find things, Waggoner said. The dog must come in contact with molecules of odor that came from the explosives or other contraband.
"Those dogs are not inspecting people as much as they are inspecting the plume of odor that comes off them," he said.
A big game
At a demonstration at Oakland County Community College's CREST training center in Auburn Hills last week, Valley's trainer, Ric Hetu showed how it works.
He hid samples of dynamite and smokeless black gunpowder inside desk drawers in a building on the campus that looks like a local bank branch. Once they were in place, he brought Valley in from his truck and commanded her to find them.
The dog walked through the building and almost immediately detected the scent. Instead of scratching at the drawers like a drug detection dog might do, explosive detection dogs are trained to sit down in front of it as a signal something is inside.
"It's a passive response," Guidice said. "If there's an explosive in there, you don't want the dog ripping at it."
As a reward for her find, Hetu gave Valley a ball to play with pulling on it to engage her in the fun.
"It's all a big game to the dog," he said.
Contact John Wisely: 313-222-6825 or jwisely@freepress.com. On Twitter @jwisely
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Football and Politics do not mix, stay away from football activities – Asamoah Gyan warns
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Asamoah Gyan, the captain of the Ghana Blackstars has finally waded into the Anas Aremeyaw Anas exposé which has rocked Ghana football this past month.
Anas premiered his latest exposé which was centered on Ghana Football on 6th June 2018. In the video, several high profiled football personalities were captured in various scenes taking various sums of money from the undercover investigators to influence decisions.
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Over 16 referees took bribes to fix matches whiles others took money to give players call-up into the National Team.
The president of Ghana Football Association, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi was captured receiving money from potential sponsors of the Ghana premier league. He also used the name of the president of Ghana to peddle influence, an act the president has filed a complaint with the police CID.
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The president has since initiated steps to collapsed the Ghana Football Association. In the meantime, the Attorney General has secured an injunction from the court to cease all football activities in the country.
The captain of the national team has finally reacted to the exposé which has been nicknamed Number 12. According to the record-breaking player, politicians should stay away from Ghana Football as they are attempting to do.
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He explained that Football and Politics do not mix and as such should be avoided at all cost. In a short interview, Asamoah Gyan said:
“I have said it and I will say it again; football and politics cannot work. This is all I can say for now but for sure football and politics is a no.”
By the way, representatives from FIFA has been to see the president and plans are already underway for new leaders to be elected to manage Ghana football.
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Fabio Fognini lost his cool during his third-round defeat..
Fabio Fognini caught saying ‘wish a bomb would explode on this club’ at Wimbledon today
by Alex Caple
It must be quite easy to feel like everyone is against you at a tournament like Wimbledon.
Tennis is a nerve-wracking sport as it is, being a 1-v-1 sport, and that's magnified greatly at the All England Club.
There, you're chasing the sport's greatest prize while being watched by millions of people - it's only natural that the stress could push you over the edge.
That'll be why we've seen some famous breakdowns at Wimbledon, the most famous being John McEnroe's 'you cannot be serious' rant in 1981.
But while that was just an angry man having a right go at an umpire in front of everybody, Fabio Fognini really pushed the boat out with his comments this year.
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The Italian's third-round match on Saturday was moved to court 14 for a 12:30 start - something Fognini wasn't happy about.
He then went on to lose in straight sets to Tennys Sandgren to exit the tournament.
It's probably even easier than usual to feel like the tennis world is against you when you're literally losing to 'Tennys' and it's clear that Fognini had had enough by game five of the second set.
One set down and battling to win the second, Fognini was caught by on-court microphones saying "Damn, English, really. Damned really."
That wouldn't be too bad - probably gets said all the time, honestly - but he followed that up with: "Wish a bomb would explode on this club. A bomb should explode here.”
It's safe to say that he'll probably face punishment over that one.
But then, this is the same man who was fined and suspended in 2017 for calling a female umpire a 'whore' and a 'c***sucker'.
Like we say, it's probably very easy to feel like the world is against you at Wimbledon - but some people handle that better than others.
Update: Fognini apologised later in the day for his outburst.
"Something happened on court. If somebody feels offended, I say sorry. No problem," he said, per the BBC.
"Most of the time when you're on court, you're frustrated. For sure I was not happy about my performance today because I was knowing I have a lot to win in this case, because I think I have a good chance to win."
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Jebbit Raises Series A to Stop Brands from Wasting Money on Big Data
Jebbit, the world’s first declared data platform, raised $6.8M to fuel growth
August 09, 2017 10:30 ET | Source: Jebbit Inc
BOSTON, Aug. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jebbit announced today that it closed a $6.8 million Series A round to continue growing its declared data platform for enterprise companies.
Jebbit’s platform enables marketing and sales teams to create beautiful, mobile experiences aimed at capturing the most important consumer data an enterprise needs. Instead of buying third-party data which is often highly inaccurate and incomplete, enterprise brands use Jebbit to capture consumer intentions, motivations, and preferences.
Manifest Investment Partners, a venture firm based in San Francisco, led the round. Manifest was founded by former Brand Networks President Paul Falzone and MIT Data Science Professor, Sinan Aral. Falzone and Jebbit President and Co-founder, Jonathan Lacoste, will join Jebbit’s new board of directors.
“We’re excited to partner with Manifest and new investors to double down on our declared data platform,” said Tom Coburn, Jebbit CEO and Co-founder. “We’ve found a way for brands to cut down on budget wasted on third-party data, by using our mobile experiences to engage consumers more intelligently. The investment will enable us to grow our sales and engineering teams as we continue to expand our customer base and further build out our data capabilities for customers.”
"While data-driven and personalized marketing is ubiquitous, much of the underlying CRM and DMP data is unreliable, incomplete or irrelevant,” said Paul Falzone, Manifest Managing Partner. “We are thrilled to partner with Tom, Jonathan, and the team as they pioneer the declared data category and emerge as the market leader, driven by best-in-class technology and data science, as well as adoption from leading global brands."
Also joining the round were several strategic angel investors from the consumer data space, including Eric Roza, GM of Oracle Data Cloud and former CEO of Datalogix, and Jonah Goodhart, CEO of Moat and Partner at WGI Group. Participation from these investors signals an evolving data landscape and declared data as an area of investment for enterprise companies.
About Jebbit
Jebbit is a Boston-based, venture-backed startup that has built the world’s first declared data platform. Marketers use the technology to capture declared data and drive revenue from consumers that interact with mobile content experiences built on Jebbit. Customers include travel, ecommerce, and sports brands such as Cathay Pacific Airways, LifeLock, and the Houston Rockets. To learn how you can get started with a declared data strategy, visit www.jebbit.com.
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Powin Energy Sells 110MWh of Operating Projects and Pipeline to esVolta
esVolta also enters exclusive long-term procurement arrangement with Powin
December 11, 2017 08:32 ET | Source: Powin Corp
TUALATIN, Ore., Dec. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Powin Energy Corporation (OTCQB:PWON), a leading manufacturer of fully integrated energy storage solutions, has sold over 110MWh of select project assets and contracted pipeline to esVolta. esVolta recently received a large financial commitment from Blue Sky Alternative Investments LLC to accelerate its growth in the North American utility-scale energy storage market. Powin Energy will be esVolta’s exclusive provider of energy storage systems through 2022.
“Powin Energy’s business plan has long had the vision of transitioning the company out of the project development business and into being a fully dedicated energy storage systems and services provider,” said Geoffrey Brown, President of Powin Energy. “This transaction is the realization of that plan and will enable the company to focus all of its efforts on delivering the best energy storage systems in the industry to our developer and utility customers. esVolta and Blue Sky’s commitment to developing energy storage projects with Powin Energy’s products is strong validation of our technology and the top-tier team we’ve assembled.”
Following are the primary projects included in the transaction:
PPA Grand Johanna is a 2 MW/9 MWh system in Irvine, California, that has been operational since the beginning of 2017 in response to the Aliso Canyon gas leak and is contracted with Southern California Edison (SCE).
Don Lee BESS is a 6.5 MW/26 MWh project that will be located in a historic orange processing facility in Escondido, California. The development-stage project is under contract with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E).
Upon its commercial operation, a 50% stake in Powin Energy Ontario Storage, an 8.8 MW/40.8 MWh system in Stratford, Ontario, that is under contract with Ontario IESO. The system is expected to go online by the end of 2017 and it will be the largest battery storage facility in Canada.
A 10 MW/40 MWh project that will be publicly announced at a later date.
Powin’s Stack products are modular, purpose-built DC strings ranging in size from 106 kWh to 175 kWh that easily and cost-effectively scale from kilowatt to megawatt applications. It is available in both indoor and outdoor models, each of which is engineered to maximize energy density and minimize system footprint. All Stack products are operated by Powin’s proprietary bp-OS software that is patented in both the United States and China. Powin’s supply chain expertise, modular design, and software proficiency streamline installation and bring world class innovation to energy storage applications.
About Powin Energy Corporation
Powin Energy’s (OTCQB:PWON) sole focus is creating and deploying the next wave of safe and scalable battery energy storage that is purpose-built for the demands of utility-scale, commercial and industrial, and microgrid applications. Powin’s Stack140 modular battery system features a patented Battery Pack Operating System (bp-OS) that provides critical insight into system functions and lifespan via the proprietary Battery Odometer and Warranty Tracker™. Powin was incorporated in Oregon in 1990 and has spent almost three decades perfecting supply chain management. Combined with the management team’s decades of successful leadership experience in the energy, storage, and utility industries, Powin Energy is able to deliver exceptional value to large-scale energy projects. For more information, visit http://PowinEnergy.com/. Investors can find real time quotes and market information for the company at http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/PWON/quote
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Posted on 26 February, 2019 26 February, 2019
Consultation Extra: ON/OFF/ON/OFF and it’s finally OFF for now, Renfrewshire Consultation Events today and tomorrow are postponed
This morning’s email from Renfrewshire Council:
” On 26/02/2019 09:25, Alastair Scott wrote:
The consultation events are cancelled as per the tweet below.
I will be in touch in due course regarding the project.
Alastair Scott
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Posted on 5 February, 2019 5 February, 2019
Consultation Digest Issue 27, 05 February 2019: University Avenue and Bears Way under threat, no cycle lanes for Union Street, Glasgow, but a wee bit of good news as well.
We’ve got wind of potentially terrible news for University Avenue, and in other bad news, the Bears Way cycle route through Bearsden is under ongoing attack, with the latest move by East Dunbartonshire Council to extend car parking at Milngavie Station, rather than extend the Bears Way. It needs its friends back.
In other news Glasgow City Council have rejected yet another plea for northbound cycling on Union Street, but read on for more news, some of it good.
Continue reading “Consultation Digest Issue 27, 05 February 2019: University Avenue and Bears Way under threat, no cycle lanes for Union Street, Glasgow, but a wee bit of good news as well.”
Posted on 12 June, 2018 20 October, 2018
Consultation Digest Issue 11, Going squinty about the Squinty Bridge, Byres Road submission, 20mph, parking etc etc
Here’s the bridge with three names: Clyde Arc, Finnieston and Squinty and it’s currently sending us a bit squinty. There have been several changes in the traffic regime over the bridge since it was built with a recent one being the inclusion of bikes on the Fastlink bus lanes on the west side, but now Glasgow City Council propose to also allow taxis. Oh dear. See our detailed response in item 1.8. We also have lots more for you in this digest, including the contrasting GoBike responses to Byres Road and South City Way, so do please read on. Continue reading “Consultation Digest Issue 11, Going squinty about the Squinty Bridge, Byres Road submission, 20mph, parking etc etc”
Posted on 4 May, 2018 21 October, 2018
Join Ziya as he cycles for Amnesty from Land’s End to John O’Groats, staying with a GoBike member on the way
Ziya Kocabiyik, originally from Turkey, but currently living in Chelmsford, near London, is a member of Amnesty International and has set off today, 04 May, to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats, to raise awareness of human rights issues in Turkey. When he arrives just south of Glasgow next Wednesday, 09 May, Ziya will be met in Hamilton by GoBike and Amnesty member, Jimmy Keenan, with whom he will be staying the night, in Uddingston, before cycling the 130 miles to Fort William on the 10th.
It would be great if people could join Ziya for a mile or two to cheer him on his way. Here’s some information that Ziya has sent: Continue reading “Join Ziya as he cycles for Amnesty from Land’s End to John O’Groats, staying with a GoBike member on the way”
Posted on 1 January, 2018 31 December, 2017
GoBike Monthly Cycle Rides
Happy New Year to all of you! Feeling overindulged and in need of some air in your lungs? Well GoBike has the thing for you… Did you know that we run monthly cycle rides showing routes in and outwith the Glasgow area? Oh yes we do, and we’d love you to join us.
Our next ride is this Sunday 7th January and takes in a 15 mile safari around the inner city, with our annual review of Glasgow’s cycle infrastructure. Planned and led by Andy Preece, each monthly ride has a different destination – see our Cycle Rides section on the website for more info or check out the events pages on our Facebook.
Let’s keep our wheels turning in 2018!
Posted on 17 December, 2017 15 December, 2017
An introduction from one of our new co-convenors – Iona Shepherd
In the second of two blog posts we would like to introduce our other new co-convenor – Iona Shepherd. As you may know, GoBike is undergoing a change in convenorship, as Trisha has decided to take a small step back after many hardworking and fruitful years as Convenor. We are deeply thankful that she has agreed to continue working on the ‘Consultations’ side of GoBike, and look forward to new horizons with her still on board. Here’s Iona:
“Cycling is going to change the world. Er, hold on you say, that’s a bit much isn’t it? Well, it changed my world in the little part of it I started really using a bike to get around in, here in Glasgow, and I truly believe that that can extend to the rest of the world. When I first realised that through travelling by bike, I could ditch the crowded bus, avoid the congestion, yet get to work faster and still not have to go to the gym in the evenings, my opportunities and horizons were opened up and suddenly I’d grown wings. I no longer had to worry about travel timetables, I had the freedom to go wherever I wanted to, by whatever route I chose, and I could stop off wherever took my whim. And I saved so much money on travelling around the city that it meant I could buy even more bikes! Oh and there’s more, I was fitter, healthier, energised and happy in the knowledge that I wasn’t impacting on the environment. And my happiness was fed further by all these other wonderful people on bikes, who’d chat about the weather at traffic lights, encourage me at locking stands, and nod conspiratorial hellos when out on the road. Cycling has given me absolute freedom.
I am aware though, that if you cycle in the West of Scotland you will know all of this, because these are the things that keep people here riding, because as you will also know, riding a bike here can often be really tough. The cycling infrastructure we have is few and far between, and the design and maintenance of what little we do have is decades behind the forward thinking cities in Europe. Our cycle paths tend to meander the long way round through back streets, taking us away from our desire lines of travel. What we need are direct routes if people are going to see cycling as a viable transport option. Direct routes such as the ill-fated and incomplete Bearsway that needed and failed to find brave political decisions to take space away from the motorist. We have a proliferation of shared use paths as the majority share of our cycling network. Shared use paths put people walking and cycling into conflict, they create confusion, they disappear as invisibly as they appear, and are simply not a good design for cycling speeds. Yet even now they are being built as standard into new infrastructure in areas like Govan Fastlink. Cycling around our networks, it is clear that very few of our paths join up, and we are often spat out with no consideration into busy roads. Some roads provide non-enforcable bike lanes in paint, often in the door zone, offering no protection and in many ways actually putting us in greater danger. Maintenance of the parts of the network we do have is given very low priority within our councils, where leaves can render some parts unusable during Autumn, ice, the same during Winter, and glass, potholes and parking are rife within our cycling spaces during the rest of the year. Our car-centric provision and attitudes can make folk on bikes feel very unwelcomed on our roads. Put in short, it’s not always pretty out there.
But things are slowly improving, thanks in a large part to cycling campaigners in organisations such as GoBike who have given up their free time and put in masses of work and effort into fighting for cycling to be considered and for better design. It is starting to feel like our voices are being heard in parliament and by some forward thinking councillors, and even out on the roads I am starting to see a difference not only in the improved design of lanes such as the South West City Way, but in the number of cyclists out using them all year round. I’m so excited that one of my main commuting routes up Victoria Road is soon to become a segregated cycle lane. There are big plans afoot for more people friendly spaces all over the city, in Woodlands, Battlefield, Byres Road, Queen Margaret Drive, and many others. We have our hands full making sure that these plans have our needs properly met, but that’s a good thing, and it’s why we need your input. Already we have intrepid GoBike members out there working hard on mini-campaigns such as Space for People Byres Road, and Friends of the South City Way. This coming year we are going to need you all to get more involved and if you feel like you can be a part of our movement, you can help by joining our membership and having your head counted to make our voice more significant. Get involved in our conversation on Slack (drop us an email expressing your interest), you can help us write to councillors, show them your local roads, respond to consultations, like and share our social media, write us a blog, tell your friends about us, and engage in some real world action like the Ride for a Better Byres Road. We’d also love to know what you would like to see from us, and how you think we can improve as a campaign. Let us know your feedback and ideas – both Dave and I can be reached on convenors at gobike dot org .
It’s clear that these positive changes we are starting to see are going to take time to manifest onto our roads, and while that happens, people on bikes are facing challenges on a daily basis. I too face these daily challenges and that is a part of what gives me the push to want to fight harder to make the changes better and make them happen faster. I know that my co-convening sidekick Dave also faces similar regular challenges out on the road, and having already worked closely with him on projects like Pedal on Parliament, and Friends of Bearsway, I’ve seen how his energy, smart thinking and innovative approach can be of a huge benefit to pushing campaigns forward. I hope that by working together Dave and I can continue to lead GoBike forward as a force to be reckoned with.
So can cycling really change our world? In a country where 26% of us are living in poverty and 91% of low income families do not own a car, yet our roads are congested and overloaded and our health is putting pressure on the NHS to breaking point, I think the answer has to be yes. I believe that campaigns like GoBike will help to bring about a turning point towards a more utopian and people friendly way of living for us all. Dave and I are both really super excited about becoming co-convenors of GoBike and hope that you can help us guide you to change the West of Scotland to become better for people of all ages and all sizes, on and not yet on bikes. Thanks for having us along for the ride!”
An introduction from one of our new Co-Convenors – Dave Brennan
In the first of two blog posts we would like to introduce one of our new Co-Convenors – Dave Brennan. As you may know, GoBike is undergoing a change in convenorship, as Trisha has decided to take a small step back after many hardworking and fruitful years as Convenor. We are deeply thankful that she has agreed to continue working on the ‘Consultations’ side of GoBike, and look forward to new horizons with her still on board. David, it’s over to you:
Photo: Iona Shepherd
“When I am talking to someone in my cycle campaigning capacity I often find myself saying, ‘Current cyclists cycle despite the conditions, not because of them’. With a small adjustment that saying accurately describes the world of cycle campaigning up until very recently:
Many campaigners have campaigned for better cycle infrastructure, despite the political conditions, certainly not because of them!
For many years the ‘political will’ has not existed for the changes required to bring active travel to the masses. Many politicians in the past have given short shrift to the idea of adjusting the balance of the environment, away from the motor vehicle and towards more sustainable transport. The car has very much been the king in Glasgow and the surrounding areas for many years with the M8 being the greatest monument to the cause.
Despite a very unfavourable environment, campaign groups like GoBike have worked tirelessly over the years to try and improve the lot of those who chose alternative forms of transport. It’s been tough, and whilst the victories haven’t been widespread, there have been victories.
When I helped to set up the Pedal on Parliament campaign back in 2012, I got a taste of that environment, having attended a meeting where a transport minister almost shouted at us for not praising his pitiful attempts at ‘driver education’, and another meeting where a Glasgow councillor stated that he would never set a percentage of the transport budget aside for active travel, as long as he was in post.
However, even back in 2012, the environment was changing. The Times were actively campaigning for better infrastructure, City of Edinburgh Council were starting to talk about a big change in policy. The political environment was changing, all be it slowly.
Fast forward to today and we find ourselves in a very different situation. We have an Environment Minister who not only talks a good game, but actually puts his money where his mouth is. We have the council in Edinburgh spending 10% of its transport budget on active travel, and we have a Glasgow council that actually rates active travel and the local environment high up on its priority list.
Things are far from rosy of course. Edinburgh is still making significant design mistakes in its proposals, ‘Bikelash’ is a very real thing (I know this personally from East Dunbartonshire and Bears Way), and there are still areas where paint is seen as an adequate solution. However, the debate has well and truly moved on, with the vast majority of new cycle lane design proposals including segregated infrastructure. That just did not happen 10 years ago.
The campaign discussion itself has also moved on, and more and more we are talking about ‘place’ and ‘people friendly’, rather than focusing on just the cycle infrastructure. It’s not about catering for cyclists, its about catering for people and enabling people to make their own decisions on which mode of transport suits a particular journey, and making sure that that mode is catered for.
Personally I’ve been lucky with my timing. Pedal on Parliament was a great achievement and all of us involved should be proud of what we achieved, but that only happened because there were also improvements in the political environment. It also feels like I am lucky in my timing for being accepted as Co-Convener of GoBike along with Iona. Glasgow is in a great position to make big strides over the next few years. Those that came before us have not been so lucky.
Thus, I think it is entirely appropriate to say that Iona and I, ‘stand on the shoulders of campaigning giants’. We are truly thankful to Tricia and all those who have been working hard in GoBike for many years, who have helped bring us to this point today.
We must not, though, be complacent. As demonstrated in Bears Way, something I will be revisiting in the future, there will be trouble along the way and we must prepare for that. As well as being willing to criticise the bad, we must be willing to praise the good, and to help our politicians to make the difficult decisions. We must also understand that not every decision will be exactly what we want, and we must accept that there will be a compromise or two along the way.
However, I am excited to be jointly at the helm of GoBike at what is undoubtedly an exciting time. I am particularly excited to be working with Iona, who I worked with in organising PoP Glasgow. Iona is full of fantastic ideas (far more then me!) and has the drive to take them forward. Along with Iona, and of course the rest of the GoBike team, I will strive to work with councillors and council officers to ensure that we get the best value for our money and the highest quality possible in Glasgow and the surrounding areas. I also aim to encourage more hyperlocal campaigns such as Friends of Bears Way, which will benefit from the backing of GoBike.
How are we going to achieve this? With your help. GoBike is only as good as its membership, so if you care about anything I’ve written about above, join us. Join as a member , join the conversation on Slack (drop us an email at convenor at gobike dot org to ask for a Slack invite) and spread the word to cyclist and non-cyclist alike, that Glasgow has the potential to be so much greater than it is already.
Together we can help to put people and people friendly environments back at the heart of our communities.”
Posted on 24 November, 2017 24 November, 2017
Councillor Tour 10, Govan, Ward 5 with Councillor Allan Young (Green Party), 11 November 2017
On Saturday 11th November 2017, GoBike members Bob Downie and Andy Winter, and Rumina Kakati (who leads rides enjoyed by new, nervous and lapsed cyclists) met with Allan Young, the Green councillor for Govan ward, to go on a tour of some of the cycle facilities in the ward. Committee member Brenda Lillicrap organised the ride but was prevented from doing all but the start of the tour by a puncture. We were delighted that Allan was available to come out with us and hope that the other three ward councillors will be able to come for a similar tour in future. The invitation remains open . Our route took us out and back from Cessnock subway station, past Bell’s Bridge, the Science Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Govan centre, all the while critiquing the cycle facilities we saw and used, good and bad.
Our start was in Walmer Crescent, a short one-way street with slow traffic, no junctions, and a sharp corner at both ends – ideal for the council’s declared default of permitting contraflow cycling on one-way streets. Not yet though.
Picture 1, shown above: Start – Govan Ward 5 Tour 11/11/17, Rumina Kakati, Allan Young, Andy Winter and Bob Downie at Cessnock Station
Picture 2Map Route taken on Govan Ward 5 tour 11/11/17. Numbered points refer to photograph locations below
Our route initially took us north on the signed Cycle Route 7 along Cessnock Street, Brand Street – now with perpendicular parking for the new flats along the south side, a potential hazard for cyclists on this well-used route – and Govan Road. We able to see the ‘improvements’ being made connected with Fastlink. We wondered about the value of spending money on a grade-separated cycleway alongside a road where the only permitted traffic is buses and taxis – and there aren’t any bus routes. There are much stronger candidate areas for cycle infrastructure spending even when the funding is ring-fenced for work connected with Fastlink.
Our first major hurdle was where Govan Road joins Pacific Drive. At these traffic lights, cyclists are invited to behave like pedestrians and cross Pacific Drive to cycle westward on the north-side pavement. To cross, cyclists must wait for 3 individual sets of pedestrian controlled lights, the first to cross the two lanes of the Fastlink bus corridor (not available for cycle use), followed by lights for each lane of ordinary traffic. The presence of extensive pedestrian barriers makes crossing by more than 2-3 bikes at a time very difficult. The experienced cyclists will almost certainly ignore the invitation to use this crossing and travel westward on the road. Those new to cycling (or with tandems, trailers or cargo bikes) are discouraged by tight turns made more difficult by poles, railings and control boxes, especially when there are pedestrians or other cyclists to consider.
While manoeuvring the crossing we agreed that plans to designate the footway on the south side for shared use (right through the bus shelter, and next to the sparsely used Fastlink carriageway) were a frustratingly marginal improvement, and we wondered why no effort had been made to route cyclists behind the Village Hotel to get toward’s Bells Bridge. There is already a crossing across Pacific Drive opposite the Bell’s Bridge path, albeit one offset from the desire line and with yet more barrier/pole/box obstacles.
Picture 3CrossToPavement We were invited to behave as pedestrians and use the pavement on the north side of Pacific Drive (point 1 on map)
It was generally agreed that the new path from Pacific Drive to Bell’s Bridge then continuing along the river in front of the BBC and the Science Centre was excellent. We wished it were possible for the riverside path to extend eastwards under the Clyde Arc Bridge. Back at Govan Road we continued westward and on to Golspie Street, which was re-engineered to accommodate the Fastlink carriageway. This gives it the appearance of a fast dual-carriageway, by-pass type of road, with its absence of active frontages and sweeping turns at the junctions. With the two directions of normal traffic using the single non-Fastlink carriageway it feels like a hostile piece of road for cyclists. This section is difficult to avoid for east-west travel because of the barrier of the lines into the subway depot. The layout of the both junctions on this stretch encourages drivers to make fast left turns, with the potential for left-hooking cyclists. The extensive pedestrian barriers at the junction with Harmony Row hem cyclists in in a manner that is worrying. There is nowhere for cyclists to escape if cars come too near.
Picture 4Barriers Extensive barriers at the junction of Golspie Street and Harmony Row (point 2 on map)
A newish, good quality pedestrian-cycle route took us the 200m from Golspie Street to Langlands Road. This was free of motor traffic and wide enough for cyclists and pedestrian to easily pass in both directions. A useful improvement would be a dropped kerb at the eastern end to allow easy access for west-bound cyclists without having to mingle with pedestrians at the pelican crossing.
Picture 5SharedPath Using the Golspie Street to Langlands Road cycle/pedestrian route (point 3 on map)
On Langlands Road significant sections of the advisory cycle lanes, only denoted by painted lines, were blocked by parked cars on both sides of the road. We understand these painted lanes form part of the ‘active travel access’ for the newly enlarged hospital. Allowing parking in cycle lanes shows that cyclists lack any real status on Glasgow’s roads. Cycle users deserve better.
Picture 6CarsInBikeLane Cars parked in the Langlands Road cycle lane (point 4 on map)
We carried on along Langlands Road to the underpass beneath the A739, the busy dual carriageway leading to the Clyde Tunnel. This underpass gives cycle access to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, but the large amount of graffiti and general feel of dilapidation gives it an edgy feel. This is not a facility most people would like to use at night.
Picture 7Graffiti Pedestrian/cycle underpass beneath the A739 to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. A highly graffitied and unwelcoming place (point 5 on map)
The feeling of dilapidation continued on the west side of the A739 where the first entrance to the hospital had no dropped kerb as well as being very rough, and needing another tight turn to negotiate the bollards in the underpass entrance.
Picture 8HospEntrance Off-putting entrance to the QEUH. Note the lack of dropped kerb (point 6 on map)
We continued north beside the A739 on an excellent shared pedestrian/cycle path which continued along Moss Road. At the junction with Peninver Drive a new pedestrian/cycle crossing has been installed but the timing of the lights was so slow (about 3 minutes) that no one was inclined to wait and we all took the chance to cross when the traffic appeared clear. The timing of these lights needs to be reviewed.
Picture 9LongWait Very slow timing of the lights allowing cycle crossing from Moss Road to Peninver Drive (point 7 on map)
Onward to Govan Road where we noted that parking was allowed by the shops near the junction with Holmfauldhead Place. We were told that this parking can at times cause significant congestion leading to cyclists being squeezed on the road, with drivers overtaking without allowing sufficient space.
Picture 95ParkingSqueeze Govan Road near the junction with Holmfauldhead Place. A busy road restricted by allowing on-street parking. Cyclists get squeezed here (point 8 on map)
A major problem in this area is the difficulty that south-going cyclists have turning west along Govan Road when they exit the Clyde Cycle Tunnel. To cross Govan Road “by the book” is so slow and complex that few cyclists comply and simply cross Govan Road when and where they can. The lack of a simple and safe crossing is simply unacceptable.
Our tour concluded with a ride through the centre of Govan and discussion as to how a dedicated cycle route through the main street of Govan Road could be a significant feature as part of the area regeneration.
Overall we were underwhelmed by the cycle facilities that we saw and used in Govan. Short sections were excellent but on the whole we felt that most were let down by poor design and poor implementation. The biggest issues are the lack of interconnectivity between adequate facilities and the method the planners use to take cyclists across main roads by requiring cyclists to behave like pedestrians and use complex, slow, barriered crossings. These are tricky for inexperienced cyclists to manoeuvre through, and experienced cyclists are likely to ignore the lights and cross as and when they see a gap in the traffic. The perennial problem of cars parking in non-segregated cycle lanes remains an issue in Govan as almost everywhere else in the UK.
We hope that Councillor Allan Young will be able to use the information gained in this tour to inform him in his work as a councillor and as ever, GoBike are here to help should he (or any of the other three Govan councillors) have any further questions.
We have one more tour planned for Friday 01 December with Councillors Cullen and Cunningham around Ward 13, Garscadden/Scotstounhill. Then, unless we can choose daylight during the winter, we’ll be hoping to resume in the spring – if councillors are minded to join us!
Posted on 22 November, 2017 15 September, 2018
Just one week to go: GoBike AGM and Public Meeting, 29 November 2017
Yes, just 7 sleeps to go until our 2017 AGM and Public Meeting with Anna Richardson, Glasgow City Council’s Convenor for Sustainability and Carbon Reduction, on Wednesday 29 November.
The venue is the downstairs room of the Admiral Bar on the Waterloo Street section of the West City Way with cycle parking nearby and a NextBike station too. Continue reading “Just one week to go: GoBike AGM and Public Meeting, 29 November 2017”
Posted on 15 November, 2017
2 weeks to go – GoBike AGM and Public Meeting with Anna Richardson, 29 November
Yes, just 2 weeks to go until our AGM, followed by discussion with Anna Richardson, Glasgow City Council’s Convenor for Sustainability and Carbon Reduction – this includes all things cycling, walking and roads.
In the AGM we hope to approve our new constitution and elect people to be on our main committee and our sub-committee action groups to take projects and campaigns forward. We are very excited about the prospect of 2 Co-Convenors to take campaigning for good cycle infrastructure in Glasgow and Strathclyde forward, an improved focus on consultations and we are looking for people to help with marketing the campaign and increasing membership. Do please volunteer to join in!
Anna Richardson will be talking about the challenges of her role and answering your questions about how we take the city forward to be a place for people.
The details are on our flyer: GB! AGM2017
Venue: The Admiral Bar, 72a Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 7DA, with cycle parking and a NextBike station nearby.
Date: Wednesday 29 November 2017
Doors open: 7pm (the bar upstairs will be open before then for both food and drink)
AGM: 7:30pm
Anna Richardson: 8pm
Please do come along, bring a friend and share this information.
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NYPD’s Robert Martinez on Hybrids & Testing Civilian Vehicles for Police Use
April 30, 2019 • by Thi Dao
Pictured is a standard Ford Utility Interceptor used for patrol.
Photo courtesy of NYPD
The New York Police Department is arguably the most well-known police force in the nation. With a fleet of 10,500 vehicles, any changes the fleet makes often makes headlines, from the types of vehicles its buys to the ones it tests out.
Robert Martinez, deputy commissioner for Support Services for the NYPD, talks about hybrid police vehicles, fleet budgeting, piloting police SUVs, and efforts to improve vehicle utilization.
Q: What are some exciting recent purchases for the NYPD fleet?
A: We purchased our first group of 30 Bolts for our school safety unit and traffic control division, and our traffic agents.
We also ordered 180 new Ford hybrid police cars, the Responder sedans. The Responder is about $15,000 less than the Ford Utility hybrid. Ford redid the interior and did a nice job with the ergonomics. I test drove one a couple of weeks ago, actually. I took it home and drove it around for a couple of days and it’s not bad. Ford did a good job redesigning the interior to make it a little roomier than the retail model. There’s some usage that we’re not going to able to use the sedan for because we carry long guns now. We have citywide counterterrorism response teams, so we’re going to have to buy the Ford [Interceptor Utility] more as we go forward.
Q: Will you be ordering the standard hybrid Ford Interceptor Utility?
A: Ford raised the price of the [Interceptor Utility]. A fully outfitted [standard hybrid Interceptor] for the NYPD, including a tablet costing $5,000, is going to cost me over $62,000, so I can’t afford to buy a large quantity of those at that price.
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Q: Wouldn’t the lower operating cost, from fuel and maintenance, make it worth it?
A: We’re the greenest police department, I’m pretty sure, in United States. We have a lot of experience with hybrid vehicles. I’m in agreement that there is a savings with maintenance. If you do more analysis and tweak your maintenance program for the hybrid you can get even more savings out of it, so that certainly makes somewhat of a justification in buying the vehicle, but right now the city’s in a bit of a financial crisis, and if I can get three [hybrid sedans] for the price of two [hybrid SUVs], or three and a half cars for the price of two — even though I don’t really want to, price is going to drive what I’m able to buy.
The two most important things when deciding which vehicle to buy are: it has to meet the mission and it has to be safe. Those are more important than saving money, but we also have to stretch our budgets as far as we can.
Q: What fleet makeup do you anticipate purchasing, moving forward?
A: We’re going to do a mix. We’re going to do a pilot program with the Dodge Durango pursuit-capable vehicle, and also with Chevrolet Traverses, and just get some analysis. But at some point, we’re going to be doing a mix of vehicles. We’re looking at both our budget and the mission and see how we can get the biggest bang for the buck.
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Q: Tell us more about the pilot program.
A: We started going to hybrid police vehicles using retail vehicles for our patrol force way back in 2009. We had Nissan Altimas, then Ford Fusions. We’re not afraid to do that. Nowadays, with vehicles having 5-star crash ratings, vehicles are very safe. The speed limit in the city right now is 25 mph. It’s only 50 mph on the highways. It’s not always a deal breaker for me, for a vehicle to be a police model or pursuit-capable vehicle. And New York City policy is not to pursue anyway.
With the Traverse, we bought a police vehicle turnkey. We spec’ed it out and the principal dealer will do the upfitting. They’re going to put lights and sirens and decals and cages. We use them for K-9 patrol, we just haven’t used them for regular patrol yet, but now they’ll be a regular patrol vehicle.
The NYPD uses Bolt electric vehicles for traffic and school safety.
Q: I understand the NYPD has made efforts to improve vehicle utilization. Can you tell us more about that?
A: We’re really trying to do as much as analysis as possible, to run the fleet as efficiently as possible, looking at all the data we have and figure out where we can reduce the size of the fleet and reduce maintenance costs.
We use fuel [management system] data and look for vehicles that are underutilized. So when we get a request for a unit that’s expanding or that we want to add vehicles to that unit, we’ll look at another unit that has underutilized vehicles and take them from that unit. This way, rather than constantly increasing the size of the fleet, we look to adjust the fleet and maybe change the uses of the vehicles.
If a vehicle’s not getting 4,000 miles a year on it, then we look to reassign it. Some of our precincts are 1 square mile, and some are 20 square miles. 4,000 miles a year is about 70 miles a week. Even in a 1- square-mile precinct, if you’re not putting in 70 miles a week on the vehicle, it’s not being fully utilized.
So far, we’ve been able to keep [fleet size] static the past year.
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The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation was established in 1983 by visionary community leaders. We are a collection of hundreds of endowed funds established by individuals, families, private foundations, and businesses to enhance the quality of life in our region. Since our inception, we have distributed more than $40 million in grants and scholarships and currently administer over 360 different funds, each with its own charitable purpose. ***Mission The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation promotes private giving for the public good. ***Vision The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation will be the leading force for improving our region by fostering generosity, civic engagement and inclusiveness. ***Values Community Stewardship Integrity ***What is a community foundation? Our Community Foundation is a tax-exempt public charity serving thousands of people who share a common interest--improving the quality of life in our service area. Individuals, families, businesses, and organizations create permanent charitable funds with us that help our region meet local challenges through high-impact grants. ***Our Service Area We are committed to improving the quality of life for residents in northeast Minnesota [Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis counties] and northwest Wisconsin [Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas]. ***Our Areas of Focus Arts Community and Economic Development Education Environment Human Services ***What We Do Through our grant making, scholarships and community leadership, we strive to make the most of every dollar entrusted to us by donors like you. Click the links below to learn more about each area. If you're interested in giving a gift to the Community Foundation, click here - http://www.dsacommunityfoundation.com/give-today. ***History For an in-depth history of the Foundation, please read DSACF founding member Kay Slack's account. 1980 Duluth was cycling through one of the low points in its economic history. It had a declining population, high unemployment rates, and significant wealth leaving the area. 1981 $25,000 was raised for a formal feasibility study. DSACF’s first support came in a three-year administrative grant from the Blandin Foundation. 1982 Mission statement, bylaws and incorporation were under way. 1983 The Bush Foundation made a $750,000 challenge grant and the DSACF was born. Added Superior to the service area, and became incorporated again as the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation. 1990 Holly C. Sampson joined the staff as president, a position she continues to hold. 1998 Two Harbors Area Fund was created as the first affiliate of DSACF, and is entrusted with the responsibility of enhancing the quality of life for the residents of Two Harbors and the surrounding areas. 2000 Apostle Islands Area Community Fund was created to serve as a resource for the Bayfield, Madeline Island, Red Cliff area. The Scott D. Anderson Leadership Foundation Fund is established with the mission of sponsoring high-quality, values-based leadership training and development opportunities for youth “for-the-common-good.” 2001 The Millennium Group is launched with the vision of finding solutions to building social capital among tomorrow’s regional leaders. 2003 DSACF launches their public educational campaign, Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project, an initiative that provides civil and respectful tools for people presenting their views and discussing community issues in a civil manner. Cook County Community Fund was created to serve as a resource for the Cook County region. 2005 Hermantown Area Fund was created as to serve as a resource for the Hermantown area. 2006 DSACF interviews 35 key informants to better understand why young adults leave this region and what can be done to keep them in the area. The Attract & Retain Young Adults Initiative is born. DSACF works will the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University to conduct the Social Capital Community Survey, reaching 500 households in the Twin Ports and 7,250 respondents nationally, measuring the degree of connectedness, interaction and trust between area residents. 2007 In collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundations, Knight Creative Communities Initiative is launched with the purpose of creating community efforts that build on technology, tolerance, territory, and talent as four driving factors of community vitality. 2008 Eveleth Area Community Fund was created to serve as a resource for the Eveleth area. 2011 Chequamegon Bay Area Community Fund was created as a resource for the communities of Washburn, Ashland and Bad River. 2012 TwinPortsConnex is launched as an initiative dedicated to linking young adults with mentors and job and internship opportunities in the Twin Ports. 2013 The Community Foundation is reaccredited by the Community Foundations National Standards Board.
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Getting to know other people is always an experience that is both exciting and scary. It is exciting because we get to discover others – who they are and what they are like – and in the process, we also see a part of ourselves being reflected to us. On the other hand, it is scary because it is coming face-to-face with something unknown. Having two emotions that pulls an individual in different directions can be tense which causes others to clam up. As such, it is important to create a light, fun and comfortable environment to allow others to feel safe for them to share a little bit about themselves and hopefully, set the foundation for a long-lasting friendship.
Hapinoy always aims to infuse fun in its workshops. To jumpstart activities for the business cell, participants were asked to draw four different symbols that represent an aspect of themselves. This activity always brought about laughter as it challenged the microentrepreneurs to break their own notion of their limitation in drawing and think out-of-the-box to produce illustrations that show who they are. It aimed to lower inhibitions that they might have had as they came in and it built connection towards one another as they enjoyed and appreciated each other’s artwork and mused about their similarities and differences.
Afterwards, the sari-sari store owners were asked to draw all the similarities they have noticed alongside the dream they have for their community. One group took it a step further by talking about what they can do tangibly as a business cell. They brainstormed about businesses they can venture together to better serve the needs of the community. Others shared how they can contribute to existing initiatives in their barangay. Through this, those previously seen as competitors became partners brought together by the same purpose and heart for their community.
To cap off their time together, the microentrepreneurs shared the biggest challenges they have faced in running their business and how they have overcome these. There were an exchange of ideas and sometimes, resulting healthy arguments as they shared their own tips in handling utang (accounts receivable from clients who do not pay immediately upon exchange of goods), kupit (pilferage by family members including the owners themselves) and the like. The most heartwarming of these conversations were from those who recounted their experience during Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda). Tears were shed as they expressed the joy, relief and pride they have in sharing how they recovered only four years after experiencing the devastation brought about by the calamity. They took note of what they learned about each other’s experiences and related it to how it can be applied to their business today.
Overall, the sari-sari store owners enjoyed the light-hearted time they had together. They enjoyed the activities that allowed them to get to know each other and dream together. But most of all, they appreciated having an intimate setting where they can simply share and listen to one another’s learning and experiences. Hapinoy hopes that such a wonderful experience will be continuing conversations as they walk alongside one another in their microentrepreneurial journey.
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Srilankan All rounder Thisara Perera and Bangladeshi All rounder Mahmudullah Riyad has left Pakistan super league for national duty i.e. Bangladesh v Sri Lanka series. They both were playing Pakistan super league for Quetta Gladiator this season.
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The deadline for offers to buy Pelamis, which is based at Leith in Edinburgh, has passed. The administrator, KPMG, said there had been interest, but will not be giving further details for “some time.”
Both wave companies have complained about the difficulties of acquiring adequate funding.
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Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of graphics solutions for professionals, unveils the TripleHead2Go Digital Edition, the latest addition to the Matrox line of Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXM) featuring digital output support for a stretched desktop of up to 3840x1024 (triple 1280 x 1024)1 across three screens.
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The all-encompassing TripleHead2Go Digital Edition offers a truly digital-to-digital data path by connecting to the dual-link DVI output of a compatible notebook, desktop or workstation to three digital monitors—optimizing the connection between your system, graphics card and panel.
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The new TripleHead2Go Digital Edition is designed to meet the growing needs of creative professionals working in areas of Digital Content Creation & Animation and Digital Audio Editing. The Surround Design functionality—ability to work with three screens—provided by this small device enables users to examine multiple windows of a design or project and simultaneously view important information that needs to be accessed quickly. These professionals will reap the benefits of multi-display computing on their notebooks or workstations while experiencing an increased level in productivity. In addition, users of the TripleHead2Go Digital Edition can operate in DualHead® mode with a combined resolution of 3840x1200 (dual 1920x1200)1 by connecting their system to the dual-link digital input.
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Matrox Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXM) are small external boxes that are simple to setup—there is no need to open the computer to insert additional parts into it. The operating system detects the GXM as an ultra-widescreen monitor which is then split into two or more standard resolutions compatible with the attached displays, all the while harnessing the graphics hardware already present in the system for all 2D, 3D, and video acceleration.
TripleHead2Go Digital Edition includes support for Windows Vista™, Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP x64bit operating systems and Mac® OS X v10.4, and is compatible with many professional and enthusiast class desktops and notebooks. For more information, please refer to the compatibility list posted on the Matrox website.
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Federal Lifetime Gun Bans of Non-Violent Felons are Illegal, Argues FPC
rsdev2, July 13, 2019
Many have argued that there’s no reason to deny convicted felons their guns rights once they’ve paid their debt to society. If they’re deemed safe enough to release from prison, the thinking goes, why can’t they exercise their Second Amendment rights as they would any other?
This seems particularly reasonable in the case of felons who were convicted of non-violent crimes. Now the Firearms Policy Coalition, along with the Firearms Policy Foundation, the Second Amendment Foundation and others have filed a brief in a case against a man who was charged with possession of a firearm following a felony fraud conviction years earlier.
The brief argues that there is no tradition of banning peaceable citizens from owning firearms, and that non-violent felons are peaceable in the American and legal tradition.
Here’s the FPC’s press release . . .
PHILADELPHIA, PA (JULY 12, 2019) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced the filing of an important amicus brief in the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the criminal appeal of U.S.A. v. Raphael Hunt-Irving, which challenges the federal lifetime ban on firearm possession by even non-violent felons. The brief was authored by FPC attorney and Legal Fellow Joseph Greenlee, a Second Amendment expert and historian. A copy of the court filing can be accessed at www.firearmspolicy.org/legal.
Mr. Hunt-Irving had been entirely deprived of his Second Amendment rights based on a non-violent felony, which the government used in order to prosecute him for violating 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). As in other cases, FPC filed a brief in support of Mr. Hunt-Irving’s Second Amendment claims, using groundbreaking new research by Greenlee to show that the historical basis for bans on felons is the tradition of disarming actually dangerous people convicted of violent felony crimes, not just those the government broadly classifies as ‘felons’ in its statutes.
“The Supreme Court has made clear that in evaluating a Second Amendment challenge, a court must interpret the Amendment’s text in light of the history and tradition of the founding era,” explained Greenlee. “When the right was codified, only dangerous people had ever been deprived of their right to arms. The federal statute at issue in this case is therefore a violation of the Second Amendment’s protections by disarming non-violent people who have every right to keep and bear arms under every appropriate test and analysis.”
Since Mr. Hunt-Irving’s conviction was for a non-violent crime, he is distinct from those who have historically been barred from keeping arms. FPC’s brief traces the historical tradition of disarming dangerous persons from the year 602 through the enactment of 18 U.S.C. 922. The brief shows that there is no tradition of banning peaceable citizens from owning firearms, and that non-violent felons are ‘peaceable’ in the American and legal tradition. Thus, it argues, there is no historical justification for a ban on Mr. Hunt-Irving and he should retain his Second Amendment rights.
FPC and FPF were joined in the brief by Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Firearms Owners Against Crime (FOAC), and Madison Society Foundation (MSF).
Firearms Policy Coalition (www.firearmspolicy.org) is a 501(c)4 grassroots nonprofit organization. FPC’s mission is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, especially the fundamental, individual Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
Firearms Policy Foundation (www.firearmsfoundation.org) is a 501(c)3 grassroots nonprofit organization. FPF’s mission is to defend the Constitution of the United States and the People’s rights, privileges and immunities deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition, especially the inalienable, fundamental, and individual right to keep and bear arms.
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McGillis plans to hire softball coach within 2 weeks
Bill McGillis told the softball team new leadership would be appointed within three weeks.
McGillis plans to hire softball coach within 2 weeks Bill McGillis told the softball team new leadership would be appointed within three weeks. Check out this story on hattiesburgamerican.com: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/sports/college/southern-miss/softball/2014/08/21/mcgillis-plans-hire-softball-coach-within-weeks/14376489/
Jason Munz, Southern Miss Sports Writer Published 1:36 a.m. CT Aug. 21, 2014 | Updated 2:00 a.m. CT Aug. 21, 2014
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Following the resignation of co-head coaches Kirsten Voak and Jon Malgradi last week, Southern Miss athletic director Bill McGillis told the softball team new leadership would be appointed within three weeks.
On Wednesday, McGillis said it would likely be sooner than that.
The second-year athletic director told the Hattiesburg American that the interview process would begin no later than next week.
"We've got a good foundation in that program, and there's been a tremendous amount of interest," he said. "It's a good job, good foundation, good players, good facility, some tradition. The kinds of candidates and some of the specific people we thought would be interested in the job are absolutely interested in the job.
"It's really no surprise in how that pool is going to develop."
In three seasons with the Golden Eagles, Voak and Malgradi led the team to a 49-106 overall record. Last season, Southern Miss finished 22-31 — the most wins since 2010.
McGillis declined to discuss specific candidates, but said he and those assisting with the coaching search began with a list of 10 or 15 prospects and are filtering through those who have expressed interest in the job.
"We'll get a very good coaching staff in here in the next two weeks and just keep rolling," he said.
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Hawkeyes stirring up recruiting buzz again
The Hawkeyes haven’t finished in this recruiting realm since 2005.
Hawkeyes stirring up recruiting buzz again The Hawkeyes haven’t finished in this recruiting realm since 2005. Check out this story on hawkcentral.com: http://dmreg.co/1SrMgsP
Andy Hamilton, ahamilton@dmreg.com Published 6:43 p.m. CT April 19, 2016
Head football coach Kirk Ferentz leads his players through drills Friday, April 8, 2016, during the Haweye's open practice at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines.(Photo: Michael Zamora/The Register)Buy Photo
Recruiting guru Tom Lemming was thumbing through surveys from top high school football prospects in the heart of SEC territory on Tuesday when he discovered an unusual trend.
Iowa kept popping up in the section where Lemming asks players to list their 10 favorite schools. The Hawkeyes kept surfacing on questionnaires from recruits in Alabama and Tennessee.
“You never saw them mentioned in Alabama or Tennessee before,” Lemming said. “I think that’s a real good sign. And when you get to the Midwest and Iowa is listed on almost everyone’s questionnaire.
"When you talk about the top 300 guys (nationally), very few of them had Iowa listed in their top 10 (in recent years). Now, there’s a good number of them. Not that they’re going to get all these kids, but that they’re on these questionnaires in the top 10 means something.”
There’s a recruiting buzz surrounding the Hawkeyes now that hasn’t been this loud in a decade.
The Monday night commitment of prized Texas prep running back Eno Benjamin took the decibel level up another notch and pushed Iowa’s 2017 class up to 12th in the Rivals.com recruiting standings. The Hawkeyes haven’t finished in this realm since 2005, when they rode a three-year wave of on-field momentum to a No. 11 finish on Signing Day.
Blue-chip Texas running back Eno Benjamin commits to Iowa
A limited scholarship pool will likely prevent Iowa from matching or topping its best recruiting finish under coach Kirk Ferentz. The Hawkeyes, with nine commitments, have already filled roughly half their allotments for 2017 and other programs will likely pass Iowa in the standings solely on the power of numbers.
But with Benjamin and defensive end A.J. Epenesa — ranked by 247 Sports as the No. 3 player nationally in the 2017 class — already on board, Iowa’s class has the type of headline appeal it hasn’t had since 2005, when five of Rivals.com’s top 100 prospects signed with the Hawkeyes.
“This class has the buzz of ’05,” HawkeyeReport.com publisher Tom Kakert said. “It’s not going to have seven guys at the Army All-American game, but it feels like it could be their best class since then in terms of rankings maybe.”
Ferentz’s most highly acclaimed class began to take shape during the summer of 2004. The Hawkeyes had just one commitment at this point 12 years ago: Alex Kanellis, a four-star defensive end from Iowa City West.
The class picked up steam in mid-June when Iowa landed four-star quarterback Jake Christensen, coveted receivers Marcus Wilson and Trey Stross and offensive lineman Kyle Calloway in a three-day span. The big boon occurred three weeks before Signing Day when Illinois natives Dan Doering, Tony Moeaki, Dace Richardson and Ryan Bain, all four- or five-star prospects, announced their plans to join the Hawkeyes on national television during the Army All-American Bowl.
“When it pertains to Iowa specifically, that momentum probably has a bigger impact than, say, an Ohio State or Alabama, where they’re more accustomed to getting larger-(profile) recruits,” said Rafael Eubanks, a four-star center who signed with Iowa in 2005. “The biggest thing for me, in my class, we had a lot of offensive linemen coming in. For me, already having some of those relationships and going on my visit with a lot of those same guys, it felt like something we could do together by bringing our talents to Iowa and looking ahead to the future.”
The latest surge has been fueled by Iowa’s record-setting 2015 season and its immaculate new indoor facility. The Hawkeyes have momentum again in recruiting, and there’s more value in that than ever before, Lemming said.
“It is worth something, mainly because of social media now,” he said. “Everybody knows (Epenesa and Benjamin) are two big names nationally, so the other big names start thinking, ‘Hey, if it’s good enough for these two guys I’ve got to at least give it a shot and look at it.’ If you get a personality like Benjamin who’s out on Twitter a lot, I think it creates a buzz.”
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Critical mule deer research relies on fundraising
Scientists raise money to study effects of drought, development and migration.
Wyofile, Angus M. Thuermer Jr. Jan. 21, 2015
This story was originally published at Wyofile.com. This is the second part of a two-part series; Part One is here. Wyofile also has a video about the deer capture, "When Mule Deer Fly."
KEMMERER — Of the many wonders in Wyoming, the sight of a herd of animals migrating across the landscape is among the most precious.
Even a jaded driver negotiating hours of windshield sagebrush will marvel at a string of antelope marching single-file through an early winter storm. When 1,000 elk queue up to move down from the high country, their column becomes an organism itself, driven to wintering grounds by deep instincts.
Routine and predictable, such mass movements also are at risk. They’re blocked by developments, bisected by highways and upset by drought.
“These migrations are threatened,” says Matt Kauffman, a University of Wyoming professor who studies them. “Large migrations are dwindling across the globe. There is a focused conservation interest.”
Melia Devivo holds a deer's head while waiting for colleagues to bring a new radio collar for the research subject. A doctoral candidate at the University of Wyoming, she's part of a team that caught and collected data from 175 mule deer in western Wyoming in December. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile)
Kauffman leads a branch of the university’s Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and migrations make up much of its work. He also directs the Wyoming Migration Initiative, a coalition of researchers and mapmakers that tracks and documents the state’s many terrestrial migrations.
Animals migrate because they have to. Migrating wildlife earn rewards. “As plants grow, they’re particularly nutritious at some times, like in the spring when they first green up,” Kauffman says. Annual journeys take animals to prime forage when it is most nutritious.
But migrating animals can be disruptive. They cross property lines, political subdivisions and bureaucratic dominions. They damage fences, get in the way of zooming cars, eat crops and spread disease.
Migrations require an unbroken avenue, a route sometimes more than 100 miles long. Without such natural highways, wildlife can’t survive, or if they do, it’s only on altered terms.
Last December, a team from Kauffman’s unit took to the field in western Wyoming to continue five separate mule deer studies, each of which has a migration component. For a week the group of about 10 researchers rises before dawn to catch, collar, sample and release deer.
When they’re done, 175 mulies will continue their tenuous treks, transmitting information about where they travel. When circumstances change, the science may reveal how those changes affect the deer’s well-being.
Wyoming’s mule deer population has fallen to two-thirds of the Wyoming Game and Fish department’s objective, according to the latest estimates from that agency. While populations fluctuate naturally, some herds in the western part of the state haven’t rebounded from their last dip.
Spreading energy development, increasing traffic, human encroachment, drought and disease all might play a role. The picture looks discouraging to Kevin Monteith, an assistant research professor at Kauffman’s unit. Yet he holds out hope.
Pilot Mark Shelton lands a pair of deer near a pump jack, one of many that dots the winter range. Studies try to determine what effect energy development and other disturbances have on mule deer, their habitat and their migration habits. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile)
“What can be encouraging is some of the populations we have are still very robust,” he says. “As decisions are made, if we can have the best information, at least be informed, we can realistically say ‘this is likely what will happen.’”
After 15 years of following deer that spend the winter on the Pinedale Mesa, researchers have some clues as to what happened there. The mesa is a 15-mile long ridge that’s also the site of the Pinedale Anticline gas field. It’s the site of the first of the five studies.
Thousands of deer from the 28,000-strong Sublette Herd spend the winter among the mesa’s gullies, seeking shelter from biting wind and grazing on exposed plants. To give deer the best chance, most people are banned from this critical Bureau of Land Management winter range during the coldest months.
But gas-field activity continues year-round. Research that’s entering its 15th year began when development started on the anticline gas field. “That’s why they have a really good population estimate,” Kauffman says.
The Sublette Mule Deer Herd has seen a 20 percent decline, he says. But the portion that winters on the Pinedale Mesa has fared worse.
“The Pinedale Anticline has seen, at one point, a 50 percent decline,” he says. “It’s rebounded to a 40 percent decline.”
The ongoing study on the mesa carries the scholastic title “Behavioral and nutritional response of mule deer to development on the Pinedale Anticline.” In other words, it will evaluate whether mule deer that contend with well-pad disturbance lose fat faster than others.
Radio-collar data will reveal which deer surrender their instincts and venture closer to intrusions like gas wells. Information from their twice-annual capture will describe their condition before and after the cold months.
There are other insights researchers may gain. Samantha Dwinnell, a graduate student at the university and a leader of the field team, seeks to build on work by researcher Hall Sawyer. A biologist with Western Ecosystems Technologies and also an associate professor at the university, his work has been instrumental in revealing western Wyoming mule deer secrets.
“We know from Hall’s work that these animals avoid energy development,” Dwinnell says. Yet some mule deer are seen near well pads.
“Animals in those areas are potentially in poorer nutritional condition,” she says. They take risks to forage in those areas. “They need to do it to ensure survival.”
Boiled down, research seeks to understand the relationship between nutrition, habitat and mule deer behavior, Dwinnell says. Energy development and other intrusions may have an effect on the nutrition and condition of mule deer. Deer may subsequently modify their behavior to try to overcome the effects of development.
In the second study, the capture and recapture of deer from the Wyoming Range Herd will help answer a simple question — how many deer can the summer and winter habitat support. The herd has numbered as high as 50,000, but today has only 33,000 members.
The population hasn’t recovered to levels seen in the 1980s. The Wyoming Range Mule Deer Project seeks to measure the “nutritional carrying capacity” of the herd’s habitat.
The U.S. Geological Survey helps fund the third study, also involving Wyoming Range deer. It would answer questions about how long-term drought affects mulies.
“We’re starting to see the sort of signal of drought on big game in Wyoming,” Kauffman says. “We study the influence of drought on mule deer and benefits of migration.”
Drought is easily understood in arid Wyoming. But in a state heavily dependent on energy development, the related concept of human-caused climate change is not embraced.
“If you say you’re studying climate change in mule deer, the politics around climate change and misunderstanding muddies the discussion,” Kauffman says. “We often refer to it as drought as opposed to climate change.
“We’re studying what is happening right now — the drought intensity the deer are experiencing,” he says. “Leave it to somebody else to evaluate why we’re seeing more frequent drought. We’re not addressing those questions. We’re addressing ‘What does it mean for mule deer?’”
The recapturing of deer twice a year moves the Wyoming Range and Pinedale Anticline studies beyond the simple “collar-and-foller” characterization of some wildlife studies. All the data, from weight to amount of fat and so on reveals how individual animals fare.
“In March, we’ll capture them and they’ll be all skin and bones,” Kauffman says. In fall, researchers find out how much weight each doe has gained. Tracking information from the radio collar reveals where the animals fattened up.
The same information from the winter also is important. “Does an animal who has to contend with energy development lose fat more quickly?” Kauffman asks.
A mule deer is set free to rejoin its herd near Cokeville. Researchers hope the information they gain from studies will preserve one of Wyomng’s natural treasures. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile)
The capture team’s two other studies focus long-term on significant migrations. Researcher Sawyer discovered one — the now-famous 150-mile Red Desert-to-Hoback route that’s the longest documented mule deer migration in the world.
Some 4,000 to 5,000 deer make the trek twice annually. Mapping the route already has reaped rewards by highlighting a critical bottleneck. Many of the deer traverse a 400-meter-wide gap between homes and the outlet of Fremont Lake.
There, subdivisions, recreation and traffic threaten to cut the route. A private 364-acre parcel was a migration keystone — and it was on the market. Acting on the research, the Conservation Fund secured a purchase contract for the parcel. In September, 2014, the group launched a $2.1 million campaign to buy the land.
“That migration has a lot more to teach us about mule deer,” Kauffman says, “how they migrate, how they interact with the harshness of winters, the harshness of the summers.” Researchers might learn why the timing of migrations fluctuates wildly.
“Sometimes they come down from the high country, finally getting to the Red Desert in February,” Kauffman says, when human snowbirds have long gone from Wyoming. “Then (the deer) turn around and leave the next month.”
The fifth study will track the Baggs Mule Deer Herd in southern Wyoming. It migrates between the Sierra Madre Mountains and the Atlantic Rim. BLM land on the Atlantic Rim, part of the Great Divide Basin, is targeted for natural gas development, Kauffman says.
“Monitoring started prior to major expansion of the energy development,” he said. “We’ll have GPS collar data before and after the development.”
Kauffman tweets one already established finding to his cyber audience during the capture week. “Baggs #wyodeer speed up and stopover less in developed areas reducing the benefit of migration,” he writes. The tweet links to an 11-page scientific paper.
University researchers give wildlife and habitat managers valuable information. “Game and Fish often refer to the co-op unit as their de facto research arm,” Kauffman says. “When Game and Fish is struggling to figure out what is going on with deer in the Wyoming Range … they come to us first, typically.”
Independence from the Game and Fish helps reduce potential conflict-of-interest charges from the public, he says. “Game and Fish can point to [research] as a University of Wyoming study. It creates a nice separation between research and management.”
There’s a challenging element to the relationship however. “The co-op unit essentially has no budget for research,” Kauffman says.
The U.S Geological Survey pays three salaries and a fourth is funded through grants and foundation support.
“That’s essentially it,” he says. “The Game and Fish Department, the cooperator, provides $40,000 to our operating budget. That sort of keeps the coffee machines on.”
When researchers launch a study, they have to raise funds to conduct it.
“All the projects come from outside sources, including the Game and Fish,” he says. Other contributors include the sportsmen’s groups Muley Fanatic Foundation and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the BLM, the Wyoming Governor’s Big Game License Coalition, the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust Fund and private foundations, among others. It is, Kauffman says, “a long list of funders.”
Game and Fish used to provide $180,000 a year to fish research, and the same amount for big game. Budget cuts have hurt. Today that sum is down to $150,000.
“Typically we raise enough to start the project in the first year and we’re raising money every year after that to keep it going,” Kauffman says. His ungulate branch is one of three parts of the co-op unit. Another co-op arm studies fish, the third birds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Collectively they raise $1 million to $1.5 million a year.
Game and Fish money often launches studies. “Once the co-op unit and Game and Fish get together, then it’s fairly straightforward to get other funders to consider coming on board,” Kauffman says. “We’re often matching Game and Fish funds four-to-one.”
The contributions are essential, Monteith says. “Without all of those folks stepping up we couldn’t do our jobs.”
It is lunchtime in the field near LaBarge and capture crewmembers stand while eating chili that’s offered from a pickup tailgate. They are waiting for pilot Mark Shelton and “mugger” Donnie Wackerman to bring in more deer. Their aerial net gunning is the safest way to catch mulies, and it allows the animals to be immediately released without the lingering effects of sedation.
Work lasts until dusk forces the airship down. One evening, when the team moves south to Kemmerer, Shelton sets the bird down in the parking lot of the Best Western motel for the team’s one-night stopover.
In the heart of Wyoming’s energy boiler, Kemmerer is home to the 13,400 acre Kemmerer coal mine and PacifiCorp’s nearby coal-fired Naughton power plant. Energy workers and consultants check in and out of the motel regularly. Dually pickups with chrome trim dot the motel lot.
Yet Shelton’s ride is the sweetest one here. By nightfall, the Robinson R44 helicopter is cloaked in a trim-fitting cape and rotor sock, its core electronics fed by an extension cord that runs to a nearby light pole.
While it rests, some of the team can’t. They’ve got a date at the Muley Fanatic Foundation’s annual fundraising banquet in Green River, 71 miles away. The sportsman’s group is a major funder of the Wyoming Range study.
Some members of the team dress up for the ball. Others, who won’t go, move a small freezer, a centrifuge and other lab gear into a room. They’ll eat pizza, spin blood vials in the centrifuge and use a pipette to separate some samples into smaller containers for various tests. It will be a long day.
“There’s no doubt they are really taxing — sleep deprivation to the max,” Dwinnell says of the work hours. “Regardless of all that, it’s still really fun being out.”
In a field that’s too often dominated by heavily footnoted scientific papers that use multisyllabic words, Kauffman and his colleagues are changing things. Twitter, Facebook, websites and videos are starting to spread the word in a way people understand.
“The public can relate to migration and is impressed … fascinated by these movements,” Kauffman says. “All of that is happening in the little town of Wyoming where you can react with the rancher who owns that piece of land (and) Joe Mulie sportsman. The fact that you can bring research into that whole context is really rewarding.”
The payoff is real, too. Studies help determine, for example, where best to locate highway wildlife underpasses and overpasses. Those who keep track estimate cars and trucks wipe out about 3,500 mule deer a year on Wyoming’s highways, Kauffman says. Just down the road from the Best Western, 14,000 mule deer use seven underpasses in Nugget Canyon every fall.
Positive results from research are what inspire Monteith, who first came to know deer at his childhood dinner table in South Dakota. “We couldn’t afford to buy meat from the grocery store,” he says. Now he’s giving back.
“Without having good data about what’s going on, it’s difficult to make wise decisions,” he says. “To me it’s obvious, we can’t make informed decisions unless we have the information in hand.”
Cokeville game warden Neil Hymas patrols the winter range where many of the study deer roam. “To anybody who appreciates and understands wildlife, this is a treasure,” he says while looking over the rolling hills.
“These are pretty complex critters,” Hymas says. “This team will solve most of the mysteries before they’re done, I’m pretty sure of it.”
Only with the help of the mule deer mothers. Deer No. 42, the “pretty small gal,” that has given researchers a file folder of data, eventually gets to rejoin her family.
It’s late in the day when she is caught. During her 10-minute processing the sky’s color turns cold, the helicopter’s chop has faded.
Kauffman has the last hands on her, whisking off her blindfold as her hobbles are freed. In an instant she’s part of the landscape again, bounding over sagebrush on a mission to survive, breed and, researchers hope, teach.
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TREMONTI-A Dying Machine
01 June 2018 by Michel van de Moosdijk
Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti has been working on a book with author John Shirley and at the same time has taking themes of the book to be used on his new record. `A Dying Machine’ is the fourth Tremonti album, his first for Napalm Records and his first album based around a concept. That also goes for the book that has a science fiction-esque theme according to Mark who has been thinking for years about writing a book and finally took the necessary steps to make his dream come true. On his own records ‘All I Was’, ‘Cauterize’ and ‘Dust’ Tremonti showed us a different aspect of his musicianship. Heavier, more guitar orientated, more metal minded and singing himself. ‘A Dying Machine’ brings us more of those aspects, Tremonti combining muscle and melody with big strips of metal and heavy as fuck. Again produced by Michael Baskette and as always assisted by drummer Garrett Whitlock and Eric Friedman (guitar/bass) ‘A Dying Machine’ give us a broad spectrum of songs and a band that comes across as really focussed and at the top of their game. The bulk of the album is filled by fierce metal tracks but there are several moments were the band focusses more on melody instead of muscle like the enigmatic track ,,The First The Last’’ that halfway through provides a nice kick nevertheless. Also ,,Desolation’’ offers a welcome breather with its variety and tenderness. Halfway through also this song picks up in heaviness and tempo with a blistering solo. With fourteen songs available on ‘A Dying Machine’ Mark Tremonti has delivered his most inspired album so far with thoughtful lyrics and outstanding variety and with a heavy metal edge all around. It seems to me that on his Tremonti records the true identity of Mark becomes a lot more clearer in comparison with Creed and Alter Bridge where he had to share the limelight with others. With this band it is all about himself and that suits him just fine. Judge for yourself!
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Deere, hit on both sides of trade war, posts weak 1Q earns
Deere, hit...
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Deere & Co., a manufacturer that faces threats from both ends of a trade war, cited rising costs and anxious farmers as it reported a profit shortfall for the first quarter Friday.
Shares bounced back from sharp premarket declines, however, on a relatively strong outlook, and hopes that tensions with China will recede.
The U.S. and China will continue to try to hash out trade differences next week in Washington after two days of talks wrapped up Friday in Beijing. But ongoing trade tensions have damaged U.S. farmers to a degree that they are pulling back on investing in heavy equipment.
President Donald Trump last year started slapping import taxes on Chinese goods and on foreign steel and aluminum. China, which buys almost 60 percent of all soybeans the U.S. exports, retaliated by imposing tariffs on soybeans and other farm products.
Farms already hurting because of slumping commodity prices have begun failing at an advanced rate.
The number of farm bankruptcies in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and portions of Wisconsin and Michigan reached 84 in the 12 months leading up to June 2018, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis which monitors the region.
That is more than double the total from four years earlier, when rising farm bankruptcies were first noted, according to the Fed.
"Our results were hurt by higher costs for raw materials and logistics as well by customer concerns over tariffs and trade policies," said Deere Chairman and CEO Samuel Allen. "These latter issues have weighed on market sentiment and caused farmers to become more cautious about making major purchases."
U.S-China trade negotiations continue next week while a planned American tariff hike on $200 billion of Chinese imports looms on March 2. President Trump has said he might let the March 2 deadline slide if the talks go well.
Deere did bounce back from losses last year to a first-quarter profit of $498.5 million. But its per-share earnings of $1.54 were 26 cents short of Wall Street expectations, according to a survey by Zacks Invest
Deere did bounce back from losses last year to a first-quarter profit of $498.5 million. But its per-share earnings of $1.54 were 26 cents short of Wall Street expectations, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research.
Revenue was $7.98 billion, or $6.94 billion adjusted for one-time events, which edged out analyst expectations. And the company expects equipment sales to increase by about 7 percent this year, compared with 2018.
Shares in the Moline, Illinois, company fell 1 percent.
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Modeling the Differences in Biochemical Capabilities of Pseudomonas Species by Flux Balance Analysis: How Good Are Genome-Scale Metabolic Networks at Predicting the Differences?
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Michael Owen sends message to Aston Villa and Derby County
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Dean Smith’s Aston Villa won against Frank Lampard’s Derby County on Monday.
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Derby halved the deficit on 81 minutes when Martyn Waghorn found the net, but the Villans held on for the win.
Owen has congratulated Villa on Twitter, and he also has some positive words for Derby, who will play in the Championship next season.
Congratulations to @AVFCOfficial
A massive club and back where they belong in the @premierleague
Commiserations to @dcfcofficial. Should be proud of your season and I'm sure it won't be long until you're back as well.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Jonny L Remix)
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Silicone on Sapphire
Duane Hess
Recalling "old info" does anyone remember HP brochures featuring their Silicone on Sapphire technology?
In high school I had a 55 (45?) brochure featuring usage of the technology in their chipsets. With highly magnified closeups of the silicone chip. Although I'll swear it pictured red specs instead of blue. ..... maybe my memory is going colorblind along with senile.
(wish I still had the brochure)
RE: Silicone on Sapphire
(03-10-2016 12:39 PM)Duane Hess Wrote: Recalling "old info" does anyone remember HP brochures featuring their Silicone on Sapphire technology?
I will apologize up front for this...
I am ROFL because all I can see in my mind is a silicon wafer with breast implants!
03-10-2016, 03:44 PM (This post was last modified: 03-10-2016 03:59 PM by jebem.)
jebem
Well, surely you meant "silicon-on-sapphire", right?
Searching on google for it returns a lot of information.
However, as eagerly SMP pointed out, silicone on sapphire may have a different meaning
I believe that HP did not invented SOS technology.
According to this paper, that honor belongs to North American Aviation in 1963.
For example, this HP journal from 1978 refers the First HP Product to Use Silicon-on-Sapphire Technology. Also this one here.
Jose Mesquita
RadioMuseum.org member
Now I get it; didn't even notice. Yes, I intended to say 'silicon'.
tsk, tsk, tsk.... no wonder I get slapped so much & am so lonely!
Dave Britten
(03-10-2016 01:40 PM)smp Wrote:
That was the sequel to Weird Science, wasn't it?
Jlouis
(03-11-2016 12:49 AM)Duane Hess Wrote: OMG!!!
that was very, very good!!!!
(03-11-2016 12:49 AM)Duane Hess Wrote: tsk, tsk, tsk.... no wonder I get slapped so much & am so lonely!
Thanks to bring this SOS technology to our attention.
Talking about loneliness and highly resilient technology to be used in deed space, I can't resist to copy here this small statement from the above Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation publication:
"The farthest man-made object from the earth,
the Voyager 1 spacecraft, has an RCA-built SOS
microprocessor aboard it. It was launched in 1977
and left our solar system in 2003. As of January
2006 it was 14 billion kilometers from earth and still
functioning"
03-12-2016, 03:03 AM (This post was last modified: 03-12-2016 03:04 AM by jjohnson873.)
jjohnson873
(03-11-2016 05:53 PM)jebem Wrote:
I worked for RCA when they were manufacturing SOS technology in their Findlay, OH wafer fab. It was often used in space applications since it was resistant to SEU (single event upset) and it was a very low power process. The RCA CDP1802 8-bit microcontroller was used in many space applications and was, at the time, one of the very few SOS microcontrollers that also was capable of low power. Some of you may even remember that this microcontroller had a FORTH compiler and the people who used FORTH swore by its efficiency. It was probably the only micro that had a SEX instruction in assembly (selects one of the 16 registers to be an index register).
~ Jim J. ~
03-12-2016, 04:13 AM (This post was last modified: 03-12-2016 12:37 PM by BarryMead.)
BarryMead
(03-12-2016 03:03 AM)jjohnson873 Wrote: I worked for RCA when they were manufacturing SOS technology in their Findlay, OH wafer fab. It was often used in space applications since it was resistant to SEU (single event upset) and it was a very low power process.
I remember the RCA 1802 "COSMAC" microprocessor. I designed many hardware devices using that CPU. It was fast, low power, reliable, and cost effective.
To call a subroutine you really just changed a 4-bit pointer that named a different one of the 16 general purpose registers as the Program Counter, and returning from the subroutine popped the original 4-bit value back so Subroutine nesting was very limited, but it was a novel simplistic innovative design concept that was hard to forget.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Paul Dale
I've admired name tag project for a while. It uses one RCA 1802, a few extra components and you get a small message board -- all without any RAM or ROM, yet it is running a program of sorts.
BillCRAV
Note that that statement is in error.
Members of the Yahoo COSMAC ELF group have verified that ONLY the Galileo spacecraft used the 1802.
Neither Pioneer, Viking, Voyager, nor any other spacecraft, used the 1802.
(the Space Shuttle MIGHT have used one in one of its systems)
There are a few Earth-orbiting satellites that used the 1802. (OSCAR?, ...)
CRAV Computing Hobbyist
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03-13-2016, 05:50 PM (This post was last modified: 03-13-2016 06:01 PM by BarryMead.)
(03-13-2016 12:57 PM)BillCRAV Wrote: (the Space Shuttle MIGHT have used one in one of its systems)
As part of the team who designed the Shuttle's Secure Communications Systems, I can confirm that the Pre-launch Ground Team used a device with an 1802 to load the top secret encryption keys into the secure communications systems aboard the shuttle. The 1802 controlled "Electronic Fill Device", as it was called, did not actually go into space, however.
(03-13-2016 12:57 PM)BillCRAV Wrote:
(03-11-2016 05:53 PM)jebem Wrote: Thanks to bring this SOS technology to our attention.
If you read the above statement carefully, you will see that there is no mention to the RCA 1802 processor. The article's author just mention "RCA-built SOS
microprocessor " without going to deep details.
We cannot imply from his words that he claimed that a 1802 was used in the Voyager.
Additionally, the article author is an accredited person working on SOS technology since the NOSC era, so I have no reason to doubt his words.
Here is the information extracted from that article::
George Imthurn is a Device Engineer for Peregrine Semiconductor
Corporation, a manufacturer of UltraCMOS-based RFICs. During
his tenure at Peregrine he has contributed to the basic understanding
of SOS and worked on improving the radiation hardness of the
UltraCMOS process. Before joining Peregrine he worked on SOS at
the Naval Ocean Systems Center. George received his BS at Pacific
Union College and his MSEE at San Diego State University. His
thesis work was on guided wave optics.
Steve Simpkin
I did not realize that the 1802 was still availble through Intersil for military and space applications. At $146 in 1k quantities and given its 3.6MHz maximum clock rate, it probably is not the best choice for the hobbyist...
(03-13-2016 08:51 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote: I did not realize that the 1802 was still availble through Intersil for military and space applications. At $146 in 1k quantities and given its 3.6MHz maximum clock rate, it probably is not the best choice for the hobbyist...
You can get them much cheaper than that in single and small quantities.
They are still quite affordable.
Many are "new surplus" and the like.
There is a burgeoning 1802 hobbyist community as part of the "very large"
CRAV Computing community. (Classic / Retro / Antique / Vintage)
They are very slow compared to today's microprocessors and microcontrollers.
So they are mostly only good for very specialized applications, existing systems maintenance,
and retro-computing.
(03-13-2016 06:53 PM)jebem Wrote: If you read the above statement carefully, you will see that there is no mention to the RCA 1802 processor. The article's author just mention "RCA-built SOS
True about his implication. More or less. Kind of, but it partly depends on definitions, and interpretations.
Also, his particulars do not mean that he cannot make a mistake, misremember, misspeak, and/or be misquoted.
The only "RCA-built SOS microprocessor" at that time (I'm pretty sure ever) was the CDP1802,
which came to fruition too late to be used in the Voyager spacecraft (I & II), but was around to be used in the later Galileo.
It could depend on your definition of "microprocessor", which generally refers to a single-chip
integrated circuit, but could also mean "a few ICs".
For example, from Wikipedia: "A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the
functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC),
or at most a few integrated circuits."
It is known from the specifications that the Voyagers used the rad-hardened versions of the 4000 series ICs
(CMOS/low power), which were NOT "highly integrated", and so it required that MANY IC's be used to
create a computer system with them.
They were "simple" function IC's that included adders, analog switches, buffers, counters, flip-flops,
latches, logic gates, multiplexers, demultiplexers, encoders, decoders, shift registers, timers,
translators, and 7-segment decoders.
None of which come close to being a "microprocessor", but which can be used to build one, although,
again, it would take MANY of them, not just a few. So it would be better-termed a "computer" or "microcomputer".
Also from Wikipedia: "It has been erroneously reported on the Internet that the Voyager space probes
were controlled by a version of the RCA 1802 (RCA CDP1802 "COSMAC" microprocessor), but such
claims are not supported by the primary design documents. The CDP1802 microprocessor was used
later in the Galileo space probe, which was designed and built years later. The digital control electronics
of the Voyagers were not based on a microprocessor but on a specially designed set of RCA CD4000
radiation-hardened, silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) custom-made integrated circuit chips, combined with
standard transistor-transistor logic (TTL) integrated circuits."
So the wording of "RCA-built SOS microprocessor" is actually incorrect, because RCA did not
build the "microprocessor" (afaik), but their components were used in its construction.
Of course, much of the documentation and history has been lost, so who knows how instrumental RCA
was in working with the Voyager team(s). it is possible that they "built the system" from specification,
but in my fairly exhaustive research on the subject, i have found no information regarding that reality.
And that would have been something to be proud of and proclaim, since it would have been a HUGE feather
in RCA's cap, instead of just their components being used, which was also a nice feather in its own right.
In case anybody's interested, here are a few photos of RCA flat packs from the era. The first two ICs are CD4000 series, and the third IC is currently unidentified. They are all aerospace components, likely castoff from WPAFB.
(03-14-2016 12:25 AM)BillCRAV Wrote: The only "RCA-built SOS microprocessor" at that time (I'm pretty sure ever) was the CDP1802, which came to fruition too late to be used in the Voyager spacecraft (I & II), but was around to be used in the later Galileo.
A simple search show that RCA had at least another microprocessor commercially released as a kit in early 1975: the COSMAC 1801 on which the 1802 was based and released one year later in 1976.
Concerning release dates, this page here have plenty of it and based on actual support documentation.
(03-14-2016 12:25 AM)BillCRAV Wrote: It is known from the specifications that the Voyagers used the rad-hardened versions of the 4000 series ICs (CMOS/low power), which were NOT "highly integrated", and so it required that MANY IC's be used to create a computer system with them.
Is it acceptable that actually discrete 4000 CMOS series were used instead of an already commercially available SOS microprocessor to build that computer?
Yes, it is (I did it in mid 70's as well for a school project), but this is kind of speculative until someone comes up with the actual official papers showing us what was the actual technology used in that spacecraft.
Also, SOS technology was being developed at that time to be used for the military and space applications in some kind of secrecy, way before it was commercially available to the general public.
In the end what we can read in the Internet is mostly noise.
(03-14-2016 08:14 AM)jebem Wrote:
The 1801 dual-chip was basically the "development version" of the 1802, and afaik was NEVER made as SOS. Afaik, NO ONE used it commercially.
It's NOT speculative that 4000 CMOS were used in the Voyagers. It is in the design specs and documentation, which were worked on "WAY before" the 1802 was commercially available, especially when using it would have been "bleeding edge" development, which is NOT what NASA et al. did.
"SOS technology was being developed at that time to be used for the military and space applications in some kind of secrecy, way before it was commercially available to the general public." is EXTREMELY speculative and most probably untrue.
03-14-2016, 03:01 PM (This post was last modified: 03-14-2016 04:21 PM by Accutron.)
(03-14-2016 08:14 AM)jebem Wrote: Is it acceptable that actually discrete 4000 CMOS series were used instead of an already commercially available SOS microprocessor to build that computer?
The Voyager probes had multiple computers onboard. Two of the machines were General Electric discrete TTL minicomputers with plated-wire memory, using a byte-serial architecture first built for Viking. A third minicomputer was built in discrete CMOS. These facts are thoroughly documented and not open to speculation.
It is unlikely that NASA used the CDP1802 or any other microprocessor prior to it being commercially available. They tend to use hardware that is already proven in battle. Military/space computer technology often lags behind commercial use by a decade or more, and they prefer to use ruggedized versions of old stuff. Given the development timelines of the COSMAC processors and Voyager, it's basically impossible that Voyager used a CDP1802 or anything similar.
Coming back to something mentioned earlier, the CDP1802 was definitely used aboard the STS, although not in a central processing role. It was used as a display driver IIRC. Those systems were all replaced with newer hardware in the 1990s.
Edit: Typed bit, meant byte.
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“It is a relief to have them somewhere, where they need to be,” said Val Brisbin, chief deputy coroner.
The funeral home hosted the brief ceremony at Terrace Lawn, which included a speech by Rev. Bill Roscoe from the Boise Rescue Mission, an honor guard and a recording of Judy Collins singing “Amazing Grace.”
Teresa Young, a death investigator in the coroner’s office, attended the ceremony with her husband and son. She came out of respect, she said.
“But for the grace of — whatever — we don’t end up with no one there for us when we go,” said Young.
County staffers typically spend hours researching the deceased and looking for family members. Since last fall, the county has returned once-unclaimed cremated remains to six families. It’s placed 10 more unclaimed veterans’ cremains at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery.
But even with the successes, “it’s a cycle,” said Brisbin. The county continues to receive unclaimed cremains. Cloverdale will continue to entomb them.
“We work with the coroner’s office on a daily basis,” said Robert Boetticher Jr., managing partner at Cloverdale, who also spoke at the service on Monday. “It’s our way to give back to them. And to give someone some peace, lay someone to rest while they wait for their family.”
The responsibility of paying for cremation of indigent people who have died falls to the county. Law requires the coroner’s office to find a final location for cremains that remain abandoned or unclaimed.
The county had considered buying a crypt for storage. But with the donation from Cloverdale, safe keeping of cremains will be free, save a small fee for opening and reclosing the crypt if and when families want to claim ashes.
The 58 unclaimed cremains — including the oldest, held by the county since 1996 — were placed in the mausoleum around Memorial Day.
“We didn’t know these people and they didn’t know us, but we feel the between our team and the coroner’s office, we should take some time to recognize the lives that were lived,” said Boetticher.
Brisbin said he expects the memorial for the forgotten will become an annual event.
Anna Webb: 208-377-6431, @IDS_AnnaWebb
Katherine Jones contributed to this story.
In a ceremony at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens, members of the the Ada County Sheriff's Office Honor Guard keep vigil beside a mausoleum crypt holding unclaimed ashes from the Ada County Coroner's Office. Katherine Jones kjones@idahostatesman.com
The coroner’s office provided this list of people whose cremains were entombed in May at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens. Ada County Coroner’s Office
County officials and community members came together Monday for a somber ceremony to lay unclaimed ashes to rest in a crypt at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens. Katherine Jones kjones@idahostatesman.com
In a ceremony at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens, Jeremy Gress, left, and Joe DeRosier with the Ada County Sheriff's Office Honor Guard keep vigil beside a crypt holding unclaimed ashes from the Ada County Coroner's Office. Katherine Jones kjones@idahostatesman.com
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“MY FILMS ARE NOT MAINSTREAM”
BY KINJAL SETHIA
“I don’t like the name Master Craftsman. I am not a teacher. Anyone who listens to me today will not suddenly start making better films, which get great reviews or make money. I just hope that my experience allows me to give you some tips for your own ideas. I just want to give some information and experience, and speak about ideas,” said Dan Wolman, addressing the packed audience at his Masterclass on November 24.
The recipient of the International Film Festival of India’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018 continued, “I hope I am not given this honour only for the film, but also the way these films were made. It is just that a person who is not rich, who is not upper middle class, just a regular guy can make films that are watched for 50 years. Some of the films that I have made really go against common sense. My films are not mainstream. My first film was shot inside an old age home. My second film was also about old people, shot in black and white, and then people told me this would be my last film. Even the subjects that I have dealt with are daring and marginal.”
Wolman says, “When I address such audiences as today, I only hope that there would be someone crazy like me in the audience, who has ideas, but no means. And then I can give them strength to implement their ideas.”
Speaking about his approach to writing, “I would put immense work into a script, and it was painful when the big producers rejected it, or did not get back to me. Now, I write two kinds of scripts. In one script, I put in all that I want. It may have ships, aeroplanes, the army of Napoleon. And the other one, I write for when I cannot wait to get the first script approved. This one could be made with my friends on my own. And I give myself a time frame. By the target date, if I don’t get funds for the first script, I go ahead with the second.”
Wolman cited the biblical story of two hunters. Nimrod is a unique hunter who has a lot of patience. He would prepare well for the whole day, and shoot the antelope with one arrow. Esau is cunning. He would shoot quiversful of arrows in all directions, and one was likely to hit the antelope. Wolman says, “I am like the second hunter. You cannot wait to make a masterpiece every time. Even Van Gogh did not paint the sunflowers with the intention to make them a masterpiece. As artists, you have to decide what kind of film-makers you want to be. I believe it is important to work continuously. I don’t mind making bad film, even though the critic’s review hurt sometimes. But it is important to keep doing what you want to do.”
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Aamhi Doghi
India | Pratima Joshi
When Teenager savi is introduced to her stepmother, she doesnt display any emotion. Having been trained to be pratical, Savi leads an independent life which even results in the loss of her love life. Her illiterate stepmother makes her realize that being emotional is not foolish, and if she is independent, so should her emotion be. When the dry, practical Savi finds this point of view of life and the world, she is suddenly like every one of us.
Abyakto
India | BENGALI | Arjun Dutta
Abyakto is a poignant tale of a mother an her son, Indra. The film captures a series of unexplained and unusual events which turn Indra into a men he never thought he would become.These events unfold through the film’s three most integral characters: Indra’s mother, Saathi his father, Kaushik his father’s friend and his favorite uncle Rudra. The film travels through various time lapses and captures the stirring and unexplainable situations and the intricacies and complexities of various relationship.
Baaram
India | TAMIL | Priya Krisnaswamy
karuppaswamy, a widowed night watchman, live with his sister and three nephews, Veera, Muni and Murugun in a small town in Tamil Nadu. While returning from his shift one morning, he breaks his hip in an accident. While his nephews want him to be treated in town, his son Senthil takes him to his ancestral village, to be healed by a a tradiditional healer. After Eight days, Kuruppaswamy dies. At his funral, Veea hears something that makes his blood run cold. How did Kuruppaswamy die?
Bhayanakam
India | MALAYALAM | Jayaraj
A First World War veteran is coming to a small blackwater vilage in Kerala, India, as a Postman. He is distributing money orders and letter to the family of soldiers as a symbol of happiness. He turns out to be an Omen of death once the Second World War starts. The pain and impact of the War is shown through the telegrams and postman’s dilemma.
India | Kamakhya Narayan Singh
Budhni, a poor girl from Bihar’s Mushar community, is split between her desire to study and her family’s demand for marriage. She agrees to marry Sugan after he promises her to let her continue her studies. After marriage, she faces another challenge ending the practice of open defecation. Sugan again supports and facilitates her with innovative makeshift toilet in the house. Bhor captures the nuances and emotions that define the relationship between Budhni and Sugan as she fights for education and sanitation.
Dhappa
India | MARATHI | Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari
A political group in Pune disrupts rehearsals of Anuradha’s new children’s play on environmental issues with messages of Jesus Christ and Sant Tukaram. They object to Jesus Christ being part of the play to be staged during Ganesh chatuthi. While the elders relent, the children don’t find anything offensive in play. They try asking their elders but find no acceptable answers. Eventually, they decide to take matters in their own hands and find answers through their play.
Ee Maa Yove
India | Lijo Jose Pellissery
Vavachan, a master mason belonging to the Latin Catholic community in Kerala , shares memories his father’s burial with his son Eesy. He expresses a desire of a grand funeral for himself which Eesy promises. After Vavachan’s sudden death, Eesy tries to arrang a decent funeral for him but is met with unpredictable obstacles and reactions from different quarters. The subsequent events brings the fore conflict within the family and the deep ethical crisis simmering in the community.
Mahanati
India | TELUGU | Nagashwin
Mahanati chronicles the life of South Indian film industry’s first lady superstar- Savitri. Despite Unmatched beauty and talent, Savitri initially faces rejection. She eventually gets a break as a lead actress in Pelli Chesi Choodu (1952), and her life changes forever. Her journey to fame, marriage to Tamil super star Gemini Ganeshan and dramatic downfall make her story one of the most heart Wrenching romantic tragedies ever.
Makkana
India | MALAYALAM | Raheem Khader
The film unveils the repercussions and tantrums of an orthodox couple, when their daughter elopes and marries a man belonging to a different religion. The love for their daughter and deep-rooted religious dogma creates a dilemma among the parents. The film ends with a note of their realization that all religions must be propagating humanistic values and brotherhood, and that their daughter is far more important than the religion they believe in.
Nagarkirtan
India | BENGALI | Kaushik Ganguly
Born as a boy in rural Bengal, Parimal realized he is a woman trapped in a man’s body. He seeks refuge at a transgender shelter in Kolkata, and become Puti. There ‘she’ meets the love of her life Madhu, a flute player. Realizing that even the transgenders won’t accept their relationship, they flee. But their plight had only begun. The film explores their devotion to eternal love in a rigid society where many such love stories are lost to social shame.
India | Hindi | Shoojit Sircar
Dan, 21, leads a carefree life, revolving around a bunch of friends and fellow hotel interns. Shiuli, a colleague,is often at the receiving end of Dan’s audaciousness. Life goes on until a sudden turn of events smashes Dan and Shiuli’s lives together in an unusual bond. The emotional connection between them goes through a metamorphosis that brings out a form of love that’s unlike other, and leads to an internal awakening. October is a story of love…yet not a love story.
India | AMALAYALAM | Shaji N. Karun
Olu (She) is the tale of a gypsy girl who mysteriously survives under the Kerala backwaters where she has been sunk by her rapists. Only during full moon nights, can she see the world above water. It is on such a night that she happens to meet Vasu, a young untalented painter, rowing his boat. Out of love, she empowers him to create paintings that will change his life. But their contrasting inner visions of love may remain unbridgeable.
Paddayi
India | Abhaya Simha
Paddayi is a modern day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Madhava and Sugandhi is a newly-married couple from the fishing community of south India. Their lust for better life is ignited by the prophecies from the spirit that wander the land. Dinesba, owner of a fleet, gives them new dreams. But when their life was on a new high, he betrays them. Now the couple is determined to take a bitter revenge. The story soon turns into a tale of murder and regrets.
Padmaavat
India | Hindi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali
The legend of the Queen Padmavati’s exceptional beauty reaches Allaudin Khilji. Obsessed with Padmavati, the sultan lays siege on the impregnable Chittorgarh fortress. After a gruelling six months, he returns to Delhi empty handed but returns with a bigger army. A fearsome
battle ensues with Chittor King Mabarawal Ratan Singh, who dies defending his kingdom and his queen. Khilji manages to breach the fortress but fails to capture Padmavati as she commits johar (self immolation) to protect her dignity.
Pariyerum Perumal BA. BL
India | TAMIL | Mari Selvaraj
Pariyerum Perumal a.k.a Pariyan is pursuing his law degree in Tirunveli, Tamil Nadu. Back in his village, he has a hunting dog Karuppi. When the pet is suddenly killed, he is devastated. At the college, a girl Jo offers help in studies and they develop friendship. Meanwhile, the mysterious killer, who is killing unsuspecting innocents, is now lurking around Pariyan. The more he tries to evade the war, the more he is sucked into it This is a tale of romance, rage and resilience.
Peranbu
India | TAMIL | Ram
Unable to cope up with a child with spastic paralysis, Amudhavan goes to Dubai to work. He has to return to take care of his daughter Paapa when his wife elopes. When she attains puberty, he addresses her biological needs. But he loses himself and his assets to an affair with a maid. When Paapa explores her sexuality just like he did, Amudhavan couldn’t bear it. But hope comes in the form of a transgender who helps them resurrect a new life.
Poomaram
India | MALAYALAM | Abrid Shine
Poomaram conveys that ‘Art is life’ and the ‘life is an art’. At the annual youth festival, several colleges participate with music bands and dance troupes but only a few can win. As teams arrive with aspirations, Professor Anandan teaches his studens to go beyond the spirit of competition and while performing, experience the purest form of art- enjoyment. His students are committed to the cause but then there are others who have different plans. A clash is inevitable.
India | Hindi | Meghna Gulzar
Raazi is a true life espionage thriller set in 1971. A 20- year- old Delhi university student, Sehmat is called back home to Kashmir by her parents. Her father, an influential businessman, has fixed Sehma’ts marriage wth Pakistani Brigadier’s son. The real reson for Sehmat’s marriage is a covert mission: she is to be sent as a spy into a Pakistani military family and source out all the information that she can get on Pakistani’s strategy in the impending Indo-Pak war.
India | BENGALI | Arijit Singh
Sa chronicles life of a simple family in West Bengal, in the aftermath of mass migration following the birth of Bangladesh. The birth of lalu brings great joy but the tragic circumstances force his father to send Lalu to his childhood friend, a venerated maestro of Indian classical music. There he picks up lessons on culture, religion and urban- rural divide and learns to live with a smile and a belief that everything is going to be alright.
India | Jasari | Pampally
Sinjar revolves around Ansar, and ordinary fisherman living in Kavaratti (in Lakshadweep Island), his sister Suhara and his fiancee Fida. The movie captures how the two ladies, who are held captive and exploited by the ISIS terrorists in Sinja, a place near Iraq, survive and fight the communal situation in kavaratti when they return. One of the women decides to bring up her illegitimate child into this world and raise his as a good Muslim.
Sinjar is the first Jasari language film.
Sudani from Nigeria
India | MALAYALAM | Zakariya
Majid, a typical football lover from Malappuram in Kerala, works as a recruitment agent of foreign players for local tournaments. When Samuel, a Nigerian footballer hired by him, suffers a severe back injury and is advised two months bed rest, Majid is obliged to take him home. Ecstatic to host a foreign footballer, Majid’s relatives and neighborhood shower their love on Samuel. But soon the beautiful friendship is disrupted by the state officials in the name of law.
India | Hindi | Ali Abbas Zafar
Tiger Zinda Hai continues the story of two super spies Tiger and Zoya form Ek Tha Tiger (2012), who are officially declared ‘dead’. When the Indian and Pakistani nurses are held hostage at an Iraqi hospital by terrorists, RAW chief Shenoy has just seven days to rescue them and he needs Tiger. Shenoy manages to locate Tiger and Zoya, and briefs them about the case. Tiger is reluctant at first, but he on Zoya’s insistence agrees to go on the mission to save the nurses.
To Let is a story of a couple with a child living in a rented house in Chennai. It takes place in 2007 when the metro city was experiencing a real estate boom as a result of an exponential development of the IT sector. Alittle too greedy for a higher rent, the land owner asks the couple to vacate their house. They have only thirty days to find new accommodation with their modest middle-class income. On their moped, the couple starts a race against time and all kinds of prejudice to get a house.
India | BENGALI | Srijit Mukherji
Uma is a story of a young girl who is fighting a terminal disease, a father, who is struggling to make his daughter’s dreams come true, and about a director whose past haunts him. It starts off with Uma, a young girl brought up in Austria, being recognized with a terminal disease and goes on about how Himadri, her father takes her Kolkata to fulfill her dream by setting up a fake Durga Puja, the most celebrated festival of the Bengalis.
Aai Shappath
India | MARATHI | Gautam Vaze
Eight-year- old Soham is delighted as his beloved aunty and cousin visit him over the weekend. Things start getting uneasy for him when his cousin Ninad takes a false swears on his mother. Little Soham couldn’t help but remain anxious and worried about his aunt’s wellbeing over the entire weekend, which lasts a century in his mind.
Bhar Dupari
India | MARATHI | Swapnil Vasant Kapure
Suhas and Sneha are expecting their first child after a five-year wait. Sneha is seven months pregnant. One pleasant Sunday when they are about to leave to shop for the upcoming baby shower, an unexpected incident changes their lives drastically. They not only lose their unborn child, but also get trapped in a sequence of uncontrollable events. They decide to spend some time in their village, but their problems get escalated when they meet another mother who also lost her son.
Bunkar: The Last of The Varanasi Weavers
English | Satyaprakash Upadhyay
Bunkar-The last of the Varanasi Weavers captures the lives of Varanasi weavers and the price they pay to keep Indian legacy alive. These weavers can weave with precision almost anything that the human mind can imagine. However, with cheap power loom fabrics rapidly making their way into our wardrobes, they stand at crossroads. Bunkar compels us to rethink the role we can play in making a difference to their lives. Else, we may lose this art forever.
India | Hindi | Sanoj V.S
Burning is a conversation between two young mothers brought together by strange and cruel social realities at a funeral ghat in Varanasi. Facing myriad forms of patriarchal violence, they build an instant bonding and understanding towards each other while trying to strike a bizarre deal they were pushed to negotiate.
Decoding Shankar
India | English | Deepti Sivan
This film explores Shankar Mahadevan’s tryst with music. Narrated in his own inimitable style, the singer- composer recollects the decisive moments that shaped his musical sensibilities. It focuses on how he balances his career as a singer, music composer, teacher and family man, and also his passion for food.
Gyamo-Queen of the Mountains
India | English | Doel Trivedy & Gautam Pandey
Gyamo, the female snow leopard, and her two cubs haven’t been seen since the big male snow leopard appeared. The father-son wildlife filmmaker duo Mike and Gautam return to the same mountain to pick up their trail and find the cubs. Exploring this amazing landscape, they discover there are many challenges surrounding the endangered cat. It is thus imperative to understand the people who share its home to protect this elusive cat and its habitat before it disappears forever.
India | MARATHI | Medhpranav Powar
Sharad, a machine operator at a workshop, works part-time as a mascot entertainer at birthday parties. One day, he gets a birthday party of his son Aakash’s friend. He manages to hide himself from Aakash, who enjoyed his act, but is noticed by a child Next day in school, Aakash is
teased for his father’s party mascot act. Aakash is socked and feels insulted, but he eventually understands why his father does that and accepts the reality whole heartedly.
Kharvas
India | MARATHI | Aditya Suhas Jambhale
Aasawari, a painter by profession, has just lost her girl child who was still born. Totally frustrated by the condolence visits, she withdraws to her ancestral house in a remote Konkan village. However, Aasawari’s struggle to overcome this trauma is met with ultimate provocation when she accidentally learns about a pregnant cow due to deliver soon in her own cowshed. (Kharvas is a sweet milk pudding made from cow colostrums, and is highly popular in western India).
Lasyam
India | MALAYALAM | Vinod Mankara
This documentary captures the efforts of Mohiniyattam exponent Dr. Sunanda Nair, who is trying to make the art more beautiful by imbibing Kerala’s own dance tradition. Mohiniyattam originated and grew in Kerala with Lasyam or love as its central feature. A recipient of Kerala Sangeetha Natak Akademi Puraskar, she says that to make the dance form modern and contemporary, other Kerala arts and musical instrument shave to be utilised.
Malai
India | Odia | Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti
A lower-caste boy from rural India goes with his family to attend the wedding of a local political leader’s son. He is excited at the prospect of having a grand meal, especially his favorite ice-cream called ‘Malal.’. The boy, however, discovers the dark side of the Great Indian Wedding as he witnesses caste discrimination and exploitation of the poor including women and children. His family too has to pay a great a price to earn the little boy’s his favorite ice-cream.
India | MALAYALAM | Remya Raj
A young boy comes out from a scrap yard on a festive night and reaches a road. He hitches a ride with a trucker. Despite his attempts to strike a friendship with the driver, he fails, and his question creates an uncomfortable ambiance in the truck. Slowly, a frightening danger starts to loom over the boy and there seems to be no escape possible. Midnight Run realistically portray fear’s ability to trigger a complete transformation in people.
India | Hindi| Hari Viswanath
Rupa works in a IT company while her boyfriend works at a call center. To be able to clear her debts and give a comfortable life to her mom Rupa gives her heart and soul to her job. Despite this she is harassed at work by her immediate superior. She struggles to balance her career and personal life by spending time with her mom and boyfriend. The entire film is told from a (Computer) monitor’s point of view.
Na Bole Wo Haram
India | Hindi | Nitish Patankar
Young boys Pashya and Aseem are best friends in a small town in Konkan, Maharashtra. Pashya’s father is a priest in local temple while Aseem is a son of a butcher. After witnessing a religious ritual involving sacrificial killing of a goat, the boys begin wondering why something is good and something not! How ‘virtues’ are created? As the start discovering the things they come with their own set of principles for holy and unholy.
Nani Teri Morni
India | Akashaditya Lama
This film is based on Mhonbeni Ezungwho was the youngest recipient of national bravery award for children in 2015. She saved her grandmother from drowning and rump over her fear. The tale is set in a far flung eastern comer of India, in the village of Tsungiki in the Wokha district of the State of Nagaland. Nani Teri Momi is said to be the first film from India to be entirely shot in the picturesque mountains of Nagaland.
India | MARATHI | Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe
A 12-year-old boy receives a religious pamphlet which mandates circulation of copies of the same to avoid misfortune. But he does not have money to print the copies of the same. As he cannot follow the same, he develops a tremendous fear of misfortune. This film depicts how “this fear transforms the boy who was once ready to compete with moon into a mentally-handicapped child.
Sampurak
India | BENGALI | Prabal Chakraborty
After their five-day-long business workshop, a woman and a man are declared as joint winners for their presentation. The film traces the life of these two individuals after their joint win. While the man’s win is celebrated by his family and he is offered privileges on his return, the woman’s win is not even talked about and she is expected to manage the pending household chores on her return. She is even made to feel guilty for her absence from home for those five days.
Silent Scream
India | MARATHI | Prasanna Ponde
Silent Scream is the story of a boy who gets caught up in a custody battle between his divorced parents. The parents are so caught up with their own problems that they don’t even notice the emotional turmoil their son is going through, and what does the child want. In the bargain, one of the parents gains the child custody but has to keep away from him because of career.
The Last of The Varanasi Weavers
India | English | Satyaprakash Upadhyay
The Sword of Liberty
India | MALAYALAM | Shiny Jacob Benjamin
The Sword of Liberty uses an unconventional narrative to recap the story of Velu Thambi Dalawa, one of the first Indian freedom fighters. Protagonist Devaki journeys from the laid-back, picturesque Nanjinadu to the distant Kilimanoor Palace, in pursuit of the Dalawa stories she had learnt. Her path crosses those of puppeteers, artists and historians and interweaves indigenous art forms to narrate important anecdotes and little-known snippets from Velu Thambi’s life.
The World’s Most Famous Tiger
India | English | S. Nalla Muthu
Machli, the legendary Tiger Queen of Ranthambhore National Park, was known for her determination, bravery and confidence. Machli died at the record age of 27 years but not before playing a population in the Ranthambhore and chronicles Machli’s journey from he prime to her death; telling the incredible stories behind Machli’s rise to power, her heartbreaking descent and the extraordinary legacy she left behind.
Yes, I am Mauli
India | MARATHI | Suhas Jahagirdar
Ashadhichi Wari is an annual spiritual journey in which millions warkaris walk on foot from. Alandi, Pune to Pandharpur, Solapur, covering about 250 kms.Suhas Jahagirdar had no intention of making this documentary. But be could not hold back recording the mesmerizing personal experience on his cell phone. Later, he decided to edit them and make a documentary on it, resulting in the film Yes, I am Mauli.
World Panorama
Brazil | Portugese | Henrique Goldman
This film is a thrilling portrait of Julio Santana, an innocent and lost man, who confessed to murdering 492 perosns. Filmed like a Western it’s a true-life story set in contemporary north-eastern Brazil, a barren and wild landscape , a reign of violence and lawlessness where the life of every human being has a fixed price.
USA | English | Yen Tan
Having been gone for three years. Adrian returns to his Texas hometown for holidays during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened with an unspeakable tragedy in New York city. Adrian looks to reconnect with his pre-teen brother Andrew while naviigating his relationship with religious parents Eileen and Dale. When he reaches out to his estranged childhood friend Carly, their unresolved issues force Adrian to confront an uncertain future that will significantly alter the lives of those around him.
3 Days in Quiberon
Germany | Austria | France | German, French | Emily Atef
Romy Schneider, the biggest female star in Europe of her time gives her last interview to two journalists in a spa hotel. One year before her death, Hilde, her close friend comes to offer her support. Two journalists from the STERN arrive to conduct an interview, for three days and nights, the interaction between the quarter ranges from sensitivity to brutal manipulation, Romy goes through an emotional roller coaster ride, but the end of it, she rediscovers her zest for life and the inner strength to carry on.
7 Emotions
Poland | Polish | Marek Koterski
Adas Miauczynski goes back to his childhood days when, he used to find it problematic to name the emotions that accompanied him. To improve the quality of his adult life, he decides to return to that time, which proves not so carefree after all to learn how to experience the seven basic emotions.
This extremely unpredictable journey into the past features an abundance of hilarious, even comical situations but is also filled with lots of touching moments and food for thoughts.
Alone at My Wedding
Belgium | French/Romanian/Romani/Dutch | Marta Bergman
Pamela, a single mother, she lives with her grandmother and her little girl in a small hut where the three of them shares a bed. How can she reconcile the needs of her two- year old daughter and her dream of freedom?
Pamela embarks on a journey into the unknown, breaking away from the traditions that suffocate her. All she has are three words in French ” Lapin, pizza, amount” and the hope that marriage will change her and her daughters destiny.
France | French, Wolof | Philippe Faucon
Amin came from Senegal nine years ago to work in France, leaving behind is wife Aisha and their three children. Aisha sees her husband only once or twice a year, for a week or two, sometimes a month, she accepts this situation as a necessity: the money that Amin sends to Senegal provides for several people. So fat seperated from his wife, he has led a life devoted to duty and knew he had to remain vigilant. Though Amin is reserved and there is the language barrier, one day, Amin meets Gabrielle and a relationship starts between them.
An Elephant Sitting Still
China | Mandarin | Hu Bo
Set in the Northern Chinese City of Manzhouli, the story links together the lives of a number of protagonists, narrating the course of one single, tension filled day from dawn to dusk, and along the way, painting a potrait of the society marked by selfishness
An orange ship
Bangladesh | Bengali | Noor Imran Mithu
The story of the film revolves around a streamer named Rocket. Atik, who broads the ship as a first class passenger, has set fire to his own company to claim insurance money. He is travelling to his friend’s house to escape detection.On board the same is a man with the burnt body of a woman who worked in Atik’s factory.
Arthur & Claire
Germany | Austria | Netherlands | German, Dutch | Miguel Alexandre
Arthur (50) is terminally ill and wants to end his life in a euthanasia clinic in Amesterdam. ON the eve of his planned death he is being disturbed by an extremely loud noises from the hotel room next door. There he finds Claire (30), who wants to commit suicide. He manages to stop her and she takes him into the night life of Amsterdam and shows him there’s enough to live for. After the night is spent together they both return to their lives with renewed spirit.
China | chinese | Xiaofeng Li
A decade ago, a medical student and a steelworker becomes pen-friends. Off the page, passion and hatred mingle and two murders are committed, and the two friends part ways. A young police officer starts to investigate, but in vain. A decade later the steelworker returns to the the city. Meanwhile the police officer can’t shake off the unsolved mystery of the murder cases. The last ten years have made each of the characters fall deeper into webs of vice and desire. They must choose the path to salvation, or the road to hell.
The Aspern Papers
UK|Germany | English | Julien Landais
Autsajder
Poland | Polish | Adam Sikora
The protagonist of the film is Franek, a student of painting. Coincidentally he becomes involved and entangeled in the cogs of a horrific totalitarian machine. His sensitivity and humanity will be heavily tested. A story inspired by true events from the martial law period and the early 1980s.
Averno
Bolivia|Uruguay | Spanish | Marcos Loayza
Young bootblack, Tupah embarks on a frantic quest to find his uncle lost in the Averno, a place where the Andean inhabitants believe that the dead coexist with the living and where everything finds its opposite face. In a dangerous journey through the underworld, as myth and reality get endlessly intertwined, Tupah has to defeat the worst of his enemies and the greatest of his fears.
Poland | Polish | Magdalena Lazarkiewicz
Ula, a young girl from a small town in Poland is kidnapped and taken to a brothel in Germany. Luckily she manages to escape and return home. However, the welcome she receives is far from warm, as the girl is ostracised the local conservative community.
Colombia|Denmark|Mexico | Wayuu, Spanish, English | Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra
During the Marijuana Bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigeneous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Ireland|Luxembourg | English|Irish | Lance Daly
Set in Ireland during the great famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has beeh fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he is shocked by the Famine’s destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his family.
Germany | Azerbaijan | Ajerbaijan | Veit Helmer
Train driver, Nurlan is heading to Baku for the last time before retirement. One its way round the neighbourhoods of the city his train snags a blus bra off a washing line. To escape from hs lonely existence, Nurlan embarks on the most adventurous ourney of his life to find the owner of his perky piece of underwear.
Netherlands | Dutch | Hanro Smitsman
Set in war-torn Syria, the film depicts the story of two brothers, Hassan and Mourad searching for their younger brother Yasin, an alleged extremist
Carmen & Lola
Spain | Spanish | Arantxa Echevarria
Carmen lives in a gypsy community in the suburbs of Madrid. One day she meets Lola, a Gypsy who dreams about going to university draws bird graffin and likes girls. Carmen quickly develops complicity with Lola and they discover a world that leads them to be rejected by their famiies, thus breaking the analogue.
UK/Hungary/Germany | English | Wash Westmoreland
After marrying a successful Parisian writer Who is commonly known as “Willy”.Willy Convinces Colette to ghostwrite for Him.She pens semi-autobiographical novel about a witty country girl Claudine , sparking a bestseller.Colette and Willy’s adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.Colette’s fight over creative ownership and gender roles begins thereafter, which drives her to overcome societal constraints.
Daughter Of Mine
Italy/Germany/Switzerland | Italian | Laura Bispuri
A daughter torn between two mothers: one, who raised her with love and her biological mother, who instinctively claims her back. The story of 3 women, struggling with primitive feelings, dealing with their wounds and inextricable bonds, involving imperfect motherhood and a wandering childhood.
Italy | Italian | Valeria Golino
Matteo is a succesful young entrepreneur. His brother Ettore is cautious, honest man who still lives in the small provincial town where they grew up and teaches there. They appear to be very different as people. But life forces back them together and a difficult situation provides the two brothers with the chance to know and discover each other in a vortex of fragility and euphoria.
The Gentle Indifference of the world
Kazakhstan/France | Kazakh | Adilkhan Yerzhanov
After her fathers death , Saltanat is forced to sacrifice her virtue in order to pay off the family debt and save her mother from imprisonment.She sets out for the big city along with her admirers, where she is to be sold by an uncle to a solvent groom. But a forced moral compromise will not save the situation.
UK/Belgium | English, Italian, French | Rupert Everett
In a cheap Parisian hotwl room, Oscar Wilde lies on his deathbed and the past floods back. He reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his wife, Constance, the reprisal of his fatal love affair with Alfred Douglas. From Dieppe to Naples to Paris, Oscar always moves on, revered by a strange group of outlaws to whom he tells the old stories, with his incomparable wit still sharp.
South Africa/France/Greece/Poland | Afrikaans | Etienne Kallos
The Harvesters is set in a white ethnic minority culture, in the region of South Africa. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity. Janno is secretive and emotionally frail. One day his fiercely religious mother brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to makes his stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power and parental love.
The Heiresses
Paraguay|Germany|Uruguay|Brazil|Norway|France | Spanish | Marcelo Martinessi
Germany | France | UK | Poland | USA | English | Claire Denis
Monte and his daughter, Willow live toghether aboard a spacecraft in deep space.His sperm was used to inserminate the young woman who gave birth to her. They were the members of a crew of prisoners. Now only Monte and Willow remain. Through Willow, he experiences an all powerful love. Toghether father and daughter approach their destination, the black hole in which time and space cease to existz.
A Sacred Gaucho
Argentina | Spanish/Guarani | Joaquin Pedretti
A farm laborer crosses the mythical nature of the Ibera Wetlands in search of the child that he lost in an accident. In order to find it , he has to transform into a popular hero called “Gauchito Gil”, a local Robin Hood, and therefore die like the myth hanged from the ankles.
In the Aisles
Germany | Arabic | Thomas Stuber
Christian is new to the Superstore. He mutely plunges into this unknown universe, the endless aisles, the eternal order of the warehouses. Marion from the confectionary department likes to have a bit of laugh and joke with Christian, when he falls in love with her. But Marion is married, she goes on sick leave and christian falls into deep hole.
Kazantzakis
Greece | Greek| Yannis Smaragdis
Kazantzakis aims to potray the fascinating personality of Nikos Kazantzakis. The great Cretan writer uesd to say that his life was defined by his travels and his dreams. Based on his book “Report to Greco”, the movie captures his journeys to Germany, austria, Russia, France and Mount Sinai throuh these experiences, show his philosophical and metaphysical quest.
Germany | English, Romanian | Ioana Uricaru
Mata, a young Raomanian mother and nurse who moved to the United States several moths agofor work, has already become accustomed to the suspicious, questioning glances; a part of her life in America. By Morning she’s getting vaccinated, by afternoon, she’s taking her nine year old son to look at schools and by evening, she’s simply trying to keep peace with her new husband.
Little Tickles
France | French | Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer
Eight year old Odette, likes to paint and laugh. Why would she be afraid of one of her parents’ friends who asks her to play a “little tickles” game? Once she has grown up, she opens up and delicates herself fully to her career as dancer , simultaneosly embracing life and letting go of her anger.
UK/USA | English | Mathew Cullen
Clairvoyant femmefatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begans a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men; one of whom she knows will be her murderer.
USA | English | Matthew Brown
A married womans journey of self discovery and introspection while solo-hiking the Appalachian Trail ends up sidetraked, when she encounters a lone hiker.
Thailand/France/China | Thai | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds a man lying unconcious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, and names him Thong Chai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thong Chai begans to take over his life, his house, his job, his ex-wife.
Poland | Polish | Malgozata szumowska
After Fun loving Jacek is disfigured in an accident at work, he becomes the first person in Poland to receive a face transplant, which leads to his status as a national hero and martyr.
My Masterpiece
Argentina/Spain | Spanish | Gaston Duprat
Arturo is the owner of an art gallery in Buenos Aires; charming, sophiscatedbut rather unscrupulous.He represents Renzo, a complex and extremely unruly painter undergoing a steep decline. Their relationship is one of love and hate. One day Renzo suffers an accident and loses his memory.
Namdev Bhau In Search of Silence
Ukraine/India | Dar Gai
A 65 year old Cahuffeur, who is tired of the noises in the obstreperous Mumbai City life and has completely stopped speaking decides to leave everything in the search for “Silent Valley”.On this Journey, he chances upon an exasperating 12- year old boy, who happens to be on his own solo expedition.
Never Not Love You
Philippines | Filipino, Tagalog, English | Antoinette Jadaone
A young and reckless love ends when a couple take different paths in life. Five years later, they meet and discover musch has changed, including the love they had for each other.
Nico, 1988
Italy/Belgium | English, German, Czech, French | Susanna Nicchiarelli
Approaching 50, singer songwriter Nico leads a solitary low key existence in Manchester, far from her 60s glam days as a warhol superstar and celebrated vocalist for the cult band, the Velvet underground. She doesn’t care much anymore about her looks nor her career.But her new manager Richard convinces her to hit the road again and tour Europe to promote her latest album.
The Old Road
Iran | Persian | Manijeh Hekmat
Minoo is a 45 years oldd successful woman, works in a bank. At the night of the New Year she takes a taxi to go home but gets into an annoying accident. The story is about her struggle with what happened on that night.
Once Upon a Time In November
Poland | Polish | Andrzej Jakimowski
The film situates itself at the heart of political developments in Poland, torn apart by ideolgical divides. Mareczek is a law student whos is trying to set up overnight quarters for his mother and his small dog on the streets.Mareczek’s walks through the city illustrate a disturbing portrait of a fragile sociey, where the leap from middle-class existence to homeless and violence is all too small.
Egypt | Arabic | Marwan Hamed
Samir Eliwa is the head of a small amily, an employee in a bank for years, but he suddenly gets fired after a decision to reduce labour. During his search for a job he discovers that his bank account is depleted, few days later he opens the door to find cell-phone in it and he recieves a phone call that changes his life forever.
Spain/France | Spanish,Catalan | Jaime Rosales
After the death of her mother she embarks on a search that leads her to Jaume. Petra also meets Jaume’s son, Lucas, as well as Marisa, his mother and Jaume’s wife. That is when the sories of these charactrs begin to intertwine in a spirit of incidents that drives them all to the edge. But fate’s cruel logic is derailed by a twist that opens a path of hope and redemption.
Norway | Norwegien | Camilla Strøm Henriksen
Greece/Poland | Greek | Babis Makridis
The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man who is addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he’s doing everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
Poland | Polish, English | Paweł Maślona
In a rollercoaster of events, a woman meets her two exes during one night, a couple picks the worst seat on the aeroplane, a young girl risks having her girlfriend expose her as a porn star, a bridegives brth at her own wedding , a teenager gets stoned for a first time while a young man has to beg his weird mother to save his life’s work.
The Pluto Moment
China | Chinese | Ming Zhang
A film director living in Shanghai travels to the deep moutains of southwest China, seeking the inspiration for his films in the traditional song of mourning “The Tale of Darkness”. He is accompanied by a producer, a young actor just beggining his career; and a videographer. Along the trip, the relationships among the crew members change and the trip begins to lose its direction.
Italy | Italian | Alessandro Gassman
Giovanni Passamonte has lived an unrestrained life along side his several international best sellers, but the time has turned him into a cynical and egocentric men man. When he is told that he ha swon the Nobel Prize in Literature, afraid of Flying he decides to embark on a car journey to Stockholm with his long time assistance Rinaldo.
Portugal | Portugese | Sérgio Tréfaut
Set in Portugal, 1950. In the desolate landscape of the south, battered by the win, by misery and hunger, sudden violence erupts: a succession of cold blooded murders occurs over a single night. Why? What’s the origin of these crimes?
Singapore | Japan | France | Cantonese, English, Japanese, Mandarin | Eric Khoo
Masato, a young Ramen chef, leaves his hometown in Japan to embark on a culinary journey to Singapore to find out the truth about his past. He uncovers a lot more than family secrets and delicious recipes.
Regarding the case of Joan of Arc
USA | English | Matthew Wilder
Roobha
Canada | Tamil, English | Lenin M. Sivam
Roobha, a young South Asian trans-woman, struggles to make a living after she is ostracized by her family. unable to make a decent living, she walks the streets of Toronto, and one day, is violently assaulted y a group of thugs. she heals withthe help of her well-wishers. Her chance encounter with a family man, Anthony, leads to a rapturous romance. However, trouble starts when their families discover their relationship.
Brazil | Portugese | Aly Muritiba
Tati and Renet were already trading pictures, videos and music from their cellphones and on the last school trip they started making eye contact.Howewer, what could be the beggining of a love story , becomes an end.
Germany | German | Bernd Böhlich
Antonia Berger, a young German and enthusiastic Communist, goes to the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Whilst there, she is accused of spying and sent to Vorkuta’s labor camp. After being released from the gulag in 1952, she manages to return home to the new socialist East German state with her daughter Lydia. Antonia is forced by her party comrades to keep her terrible experiences secret for the common good. It is only after Stalin’s death that she speaks out about her time in the Soviet Union. But her newly regained freedom is taken away from her again when her lover, a committed Communist, informs the authorities. Antonia has to make a choice – between truth or the present.
The Seen and the Unseen
Indonesia | Indonesian, Balanese | Kamila Andini
In a hospital room, 10 year old Tantri, realises she will not have much more time with her brother, Tantra. Tantra’s brain is weakening and he has began to lose his senses. He now spends most of his time lying in bed. This situation opens up something in Tantris mind; she keeps walking up in the night from a dream and seeing Tantra.The night becomes their playground.
Slut in a Good Way
Canada | French | Sophie Lorain
Charlottes beau drops a bomb on her: he’s gay. She is crushed when she learns it.Along with her best friends, Charlotte seeks distraction through a job at a toy store. Still heartbroken, she starts having casual sex with a few of her new coworkers. Initially , she loves her new freedom. Others around her, howewer, feel differently, leading them to smear Charlotte’s name and challenge her new found sexual empowerment.
France | French | Christophe Honoré
Set in Paris, 1993.Jacques is a semi renowned writter and single father in his thirties trying to maintain his sense of romance and humour in spite of the turmoil in his life. While on a work trip to Brittany, he meets Arthur, an aspiring filmmaker in his early twenties, who is experiencing a sexual awakening and is eager to get out of his parochial life. Arthur becomes instantly smitten with the older man.
Suleiman Mountain
Kyrgyzstan|Russia | Russian, Kyrgyz | Elizaveta Stishova
On a quest through Kyrgyzstan’s countryside to reach a storied healing mountain, a disjointed family made up of con artist, his two wives, and a son newly recovered from an orphanage,face unpredictable circumstances around every bend and discover much more than they bargained for.
The Sweet Requiem
USA|India | Tibetan | Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam
Dolkar, a 26 years old exxile Tibetan, lives in Delhi. 18 years ago she escaped freom Tibet with her father making a trek across the Himalayas that ended in tragedy of which Dolkar has suppressed all recollection. but when she encounters Gompo the guide who abandoned them memories of her escape are reignited. Caught in aweb of politically intrigued quest, Dolkar must reconcile Gompo’s treachery with the life or death situations he now faces.
The Queen of Fear
Argentina|Denmark | Spanish | Valeria Bertuccelli, Fabiana Tiscornia
Robertina, a women well-acquianted with her anxieties is readying a theater production, a one woman show she wrote and stars in. They’re just touching up her smile on the posters, but is Robertina happy in her Life? No: Her Husband left her and her best friend is dying of cancer. She faces fierce, unrelenting fear. Robertina must prove that she can use it as a creative force.
To the Desert
Argentina | Spanish | Ulises Rosell
Julia, a casino employee from Comodoro Rivadavia, is tempted by Gwynfor a Welsh descendent who promises her an administrative position at the oil company where he works.
A kidnapping is the trigger for a relationship that will change as the days go by. Julia and Gwynfor cross the Patagonian desert on foot while Commission Ptieto and his assistants follow their footsteps.
To The Ends of the World
France | French | Guillaume Nicloux
Indo-China 1945. Robert Tassen a young French soldier is the only survivor of a massacre where his brother perished before his eyes. Blinded by vengence Robert engages in a solitary and secret quest to find the assassins. But his meeting with Mai a young Indo-Chinese woman will change his beliefs.
The Trouble with You
France | Russian | Pierre Salvodori
Ina town on the French Riviera, dectective Yvonne is the widow of police chief Santi. When she realises her husband was not exactly the model of virtue idolized by their young son and that an innocent young man has spent 8 years in prison due to do everything she can to help this very charming Antoine get back to his life and his wife.
U-July 22
Norway | Norwegien | Eric Poppe
We meet Kaja (18), 12 minutes before the first shot is fired at the Utoya summer camp on july 22nd 2011, soon is to be the worst day in modern Norway’s history. They know about Anders Behring Breivik’s bonb in Oslo, but is he here now?
China | Mandarin | Chengjie Cai
Erhao’s third husband, Dayong, dies during an explosion at the firework factory. It also burned down their home but Erhao survived. In order to regain her strength and get back on her feet after the accident she moves to in with her family. After arriving at their home she’s raped by her brother in law. Marked by failure she decides to traverse northern China in search of her place.
With the Wind
Switzerland|France | French, Russian, English | Bettina Oberli
On a farm in the Jura far from the surrounding villages Pauline and Alex realised their dream gto achieve definitive independence by producing electri city independently. Samuel, a pragmatic and cheerful engineer comes to the farm to direct the construction of the wind turbine. Pauline immediately feels attracted to him and sudeenly realises the limits of his life.
Winter Flies
Czech Republic/Slovania/Poland/Slovakia | Czech | Olmo Omerzu
Mara and Hedus set out in search of adventures by car. After all Mara’s turning fifteen soon. A road movie about the flies that occasionally buzz around even in winter and a story before it ends at tghe police station that tells the story of the elusive bond of boyhood friendship and the irrepressible desire to experience something even if you dont exactly know what.
Nervous Translation
Phlippines | Filipino | Shireen Seno
Eight year old Yael, is shy and not always at ease. She prefers writting letters to performing dances for her applauding Filipino Family. Her uncle, a rock star with the band The Futures, acts as a surrogate father. When she hears an advertisment for a pen that will give her a ‘Wonderful Life’, she decides to spend all her savings on this miraculous pen.
Israel | Hebrew | Joseph Cedar
A great rivalry between a father and son, both professors in the Tilmund department of Hebrew University. The son has an addictive deendency on the embrace and accolandes that the establishment provides, while his father is a stubborn purist with a fear and profound revulsion for what the establishment stands for, beneath his contempt lays a desperate thrist for some kind of recognition. Israel most prestigious national award, is ‘the jewel’ that brings these two to a final, bitterconfrontation.
Israel | Hebrew, French | Savi Gabizon
A middle-aged Israeli bachelor is forced to evaluate his life choices when he discovers an ex-girlfriend had given birth to his son 20 years ago.
Israel | Hebrew | Tsivia Barkai Yacov
Red Cow(Para Adhuma), is about a teenage girl’s sexual awakening and her eventual coming out are uploaded by the strictreligious beliefs of her widowed father.
Israel | Hebrew | Joseph Madmony, Boaz Yehonatan Yaakov
Menachem, a former front man for a rock band, is now religious, and a father to a 6 years old. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he must fund the expensive treatments. He reunites his band for one last tour. The journey to save his daughter exposes old wounds and allows him to reconnect with his secular past. Menachem understands that only a new connection to his past and to his music can pave the road to his own redemption.
Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema
Australia | Englsih | Danny Ben-Moshe
Shalom Bollywood reveals the unlikely story of the 2000 year old Indian jews community and its formative place in shaping worlds largest film industry.
The Bubble
Israel | Hebrew, Arabic, English | Eytan Fox
The movie looks at young people’s lives in Tel Aviv. It all begins when Noam , a young Israeli soldier, who serves in the reserve force, meets a Palestinian, young man called Ashraf at a check point. Following an incident during which Noam misplaces hi ID card at the check point,Ashraf shows up on the doorstep of the apartment that Noam shares with a gay man and straight woman. The film is aout how meeting affects all of their lives.
The Other Story
Israel | Hebrew, English | Avi Nesher
In ‘ The Other Story’ , two rebellious young women, one fleeing the chaos of secularhedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom, cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem to startling consequences.
The Unorthodox
Israel | Hebrew, Yiddish | Eliran Malka
This is a film based on a real story about a single father whose daughterwas expelled from school for ethnic reasons, he decides to run for the city elections and almost single handedly establises the first ethnic political group in Israel which today is an empire with half a million voters and significant implications to society.
Israel, France, Germany | Hebrew | Ari Folman
Israel | Hebrew | Michal Aviad
Life at work becomes unbearable for Orna. Her boss appreciates and promises her, while making inappropriate advances. Her husband struggles to keep his new restaurant aflost, and Orna becomes the main breadwinner for their three children. When her world is finally shattered,she must pull herself together to fight, in her own way, for her job and a sense of self worth.
Retrospective of Masters
Summer With Monika
Sweden | Swedish | Ingmar Bergman
Harry is a young errand boy in a crockery warehouse. When by chance he meets Monika, a wild erotic girl working in a neighbouring grocer’s shop, he is immidiately infatuated. Monika has a quarrel with her father and decides to ”borrow” a motor boat for a holiday with Harry in the archipelago outside Stockholm. Towards the end of an idyllic period on a remote island, Monika announces that she is pregnant. Harry agrees to do the proper thing and marry her.
They move into a shabby flat, and Monika is soon disgruntled with the unglamorous tasks of motherhood. Harry returns from a business trip to find that she has been sleeping with another man in his absence. There is a row, and monika, flounces out of the flat. Harry is left alone with the baby, not knowing what the future may bring.
Professor Isak Borg, 78, is summoned from his home in Stockholm to the University of Lund in southern Sweden, to receive an honorary doctorate for his services to Science. He travels there with his daughter-in-law, who feels resentful toward him because his son, her husband, displays all the egotistical traits of the old man and does not want to have children. They encounter three hikers and take them along in the car with them to Lund. While visiting his family’s former summer house, Borg is assailed by nightmares in which his failings are brought home to him.
As the film opens, a knight, Antonius Blok, and his squire, Jons, have just returned from the Crusades to a Sweden being ravaged by the plague. As they journey toward his castle, the knight struggles to forestall Death in a game of chess. He encounters a trio of wandering players, ]of, Mia, and Skat- and conducts them through the forest to avoid the plague. Subsequently, he diverts Death’s attention so that Jof and Mia can escape with their baby while he and his company are trapped in his castle and forced to join in the Dance of Death.
Elisabet Vogler is a a famous actress. In the middle of performance of Electra, she falls silent. Even prolonged treatment at a psychiatric clinic fails to make her speak. The doctor incharge suggest to her nurse. Alma that she should spend some time in isolation on the coost with their patience. Faced by the obstinate yet also sympathetic silence of Elisabet, Alma begins to tell her more than she should. Impressed by the physical resemblance between the two of them, she even identiies herself, subconsciously, with the actress. But the friendship is disturbed when Alma discovers from an unsealed letter to the doctor that the actress is observing her coollly and amusedly. Alma now becomes almost hysterical, trying to project her own feelings of guilt and anguish on to Elisabet, urging her wildly to speak. But at the clinic, Alma breaks down after a final outburst.
Ingmar Bergman said, “The relationship between mother and daughter has hardly ever been treated in literature or cinema. I have become fascinated by the tension between them.”
A female pianist devoted to her career pays a 36-hour visit to her daughter, a priest’s wife in northern Norway. As they talk, we are shown flashbacks from their lives.
A Swedish cathedral town at the beginning of the 20th century. There is a theatre valued by all, a University heavy with tradition. The town’s popular theatre was bought in the middle of the 19th century by a wealthy businessman, Oscar Ekdahl. At the time the film begins Helena Ekdahl is a widow, familiar with her role as head of the noisy Ekdahl family. She has handed the management of the theatre over to her eldest son and his wife. At first the story is chiefly about the Ekdahls and their troupe of actors, and everything is fairly idyllic. By degrees it takes in the cathedral and its bishop, Edvard Vergerus, he is a broad-shouldered man with a gentle voice, a well-fitting cassock and hatred so fierce that it is not destroyed until his body is turned into a blazing pillar of fire. However strange it sounds, the 10-year-old boy, Alexander, is responsible for his death. Fanny is his younger sister. Fanny and Alexander is the story of one year in the life of the Ekdahl family. Ingmar Bergman said, “Fanny and Alexander is like a summing up of my entire life as a filmmaker.”
Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex- husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And, so one beautiful autumn day, there she is beside his reclining chair, waking him with a light kiss. Staying at a cottage on the property are Johan’s son, Henrik and Henrik’s daughter Karin. Henrik is giving his daughter cellos lesson. and already sees her future as staked out. Relations between father are very strained, but both are protective of Karin. They are still mourning Anna, Henrik’s much-loved wife who died two years ago yetwho, in many ways, remains present among them. Marianne soon realises that things are not all as they should be, and she finds herself unwillingly drawn into a complicated and upsetting power struggle.
Richard Corliss in Time Magazine wrote, ‘This is a testament of love and anguish from the man who used to be called the greatest living filmmaker. Well, dammit, he was. And, as proves he still is.”
Sweden|Denmark|Norway|Finland | Swedish | Marie Nyreröd
In the film, Ingmar Bergman, one of the world’s most important and influential filmmakers is eighty-five years old, having spent more than sixty of those years directing. Now, for the first time, he shows us his world on the desolate and mysterious Baltic island of Faro. A man whose only company is the sea and his demons. Together with filmmaker Marie Nyrerod, he looks back on his life and on his long career in films, the theatre and TV. This documentary includes numerous clips from Bergman’s best films and unique behind-the scenes materials from his private archives. His Oscars winning film Through a Glass Darkly although to Bergman is important for a completely different reason. He was looking for a barren stony island and someone suggested Faro. That proved to be a turning point in his life. Ingmar Bergman shot five more films on Faro among them Persona and Scenes from a Marriage.
But more important, he found a place to rest and a home.
USA | France | Czechoslovakia | English | Italian | Latin | German | Milos Forman
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer ho unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart, for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart’s downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.
USA | English | Wolfgang Petersen
A Secret Service agent is taunted by calls from a would-be killer who has detailed informtion about the agent incluing he failed to save Prsident John F. Kennedy from assassination. The caller is revealed as an ex- CIA assassin, who is threat to the current president is not to let history epeat itself.
UK | English | Carol Reed
In this award-winning adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the Charles Dickens’ novel, 9-years-old orphan , Oliver Twist falls in wih a group of street-urchin pickpockes led by the criminal, Fagin. When Oliver intended mark, Mr. Brownlow takes pity on the lad and offers him a home, Fagin’s Henchman, Bill Sikes plot o kidnap the boy and keep him for talking.
Centenary Award for the Best Debut Feature Film of a Director
Night Comes On
USA | English | Jordana Spiro
Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, Angel embarks on a journey with her 10 year old sister to avenge her mother’s death.
Philippines | Tastalog | Debut Competition
Hendrix dreams of a hip- hop greatness, but he is spiralling down a rabbit-hole of crime andd poverty. When Hendrix meets Doc, an old poet still haaunted by his martial law past, an unlikely mentorship begains, but can they turn each other’s lives around before they are swallowed by circumstance?
The Load
Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar | Serbian | Ognjen Glavonić
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting mysterious load from Kosovo to Beelgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequencess.
The Pigeon
Turkey | Turkish | Banu Sivaci
Only on the roof of her parents house, above the alleys of a slum in Adana, with his beloved pigeons, can Yusuf find peace and ind hiself. Finding a foothold in the dystopian world outsie is more difficult for him.
Ukraine|Germany | Ukranian | Roman Bondarchuk
Lukas has been left stranded near a small southern Ukrainian steppe town by a series of odd coincidences. With nowhere to turn, this boy finds shelter at the home of a local named Vova. With the guidence of Vova, Lukas confronts a universe beyond his imagination. Facinated by his host and his host’s daughter Marushka, with whom he is rapidly falling in love, lukas’s contempt for provincial life slowly melts away and sets him on a quest for a happiness he had never knoen could exist.
India | Tamil | Chezhiyan Ra
Abyakto is a poignant tale ofa mother an her son, Indra. The film captures a series of unexplained and unusal events which turn Indra into a men he never thought he would become.These events unfold through the film’s three most integral charecters: Indra’s mother, Saathi his father, Kaushil his father’s friend and his favorite uncle Rudra. Thefim travels through various time lapses and captures the stirring and unexplainable situations and the intricacies and complexities of various relationship.
Sketch on Screen
China|Hong Kong|Japan|Taiwan|South Korea | Mandarin | John Woo
Power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao organizes a southward – bound mission designed to crush two troublesome warlords, Liu Bet and Sun Quan. As the expedition gets under way, Cao Cao’s troops rain destruction on Liu Bet’s army forcing the latter to retreat. Their only hope for survival is to form an alliance with rival warlord Sun Quan, they reach out to Sun Quan’s trusted advisor, war hero Zhou Yu. Vastly outnumbered by Cao Cao’s fast approaching, brutal army the rebel warlords band together to mount a heroic campaign unrivalled in history that changes the face of China forever.
Gatturo
Argentina | Spanish | Gustavo Cova
Gaturro always gets into trouble,and his master doesn’t know what to do with him. Gaturro’s heart belongs to Agatha, the most unpleasant cat of the town. His several attempts to conquer her love disapper when she stumbles across Michou, a young, handsome cat from an aristocratic background. Gaturro accidently becomes famous but finds that fame and success brings other problems.
Gaturro sad and lonely but with the help of a little mouse, they come up with a plan to prevent Agatha marrying Michou.
USA|UK|Hungary|Canad | English|Finnland|Japanese|Hungarian | Denis Villeneuve
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on quest to find Rick Deckard a former LAPD blade runner who has been mising for 30 years.
Festival Kaleidoscope
Iran | Persian | Jafar Panahi
Actress, Behnaz Jafari is distraught when she comes across a young girl’s video plea for help after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker, Jafar Panahi to help with the young girl’s troubles. They travel by car to the rural Northwest, where they have amusing encounters with the charming and generous folk of the girl’s mountain village. But Behnaz and Jafar also discover that old tradirions die hard.
And Breathe Normally
Iceland|Sweden|Belgium | Icelandic, English | Isold Uggadottir
At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect for a brief moment. While trapped in circumstances unforseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.
Ash is purest white
China | Chinese, Mandarin | Zia zhangke
Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between a rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao get five years in prison for this act of loyalty. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off.
France | French | Stéphane Brizé
Despite heavy financial sacrifices on the part of their employees and record profits that year, the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down a factory. 1100 employees. led by their spokesman, Laurent Amedeo, decide to fight this brutal decision, ready to do everything to save their jobs.
France | English | Gasper Noe
Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.
Poland|France|UK | Polish,French, German, Croatian,Italian, Russian | Pawel Pawlikowski
Cold war is a passionate love story between man and a women who meet in the runs of post war Poland. With different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other. Set against the background of the cold war in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris., the couple separated by politics, character flaws and unfortunate twists of fate, an impossible love story in impossible times.
Italy|France | Italian | Matteo Garrone
Dogman takes place in an Italian suburb somewhere between metropolis and wild nature. marcello, A small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
South Korea | Korean | Sang-soo Hong
Down an alley, there is a coffeehouse where people sit and talk amongst themselves. Opposite the coffeehouse, the owner of a small grocery has planted various kinds of vegetables that sprout up inside large rubber basins. As time passes, the people sitting at different tables grows familiar with each other and starts to mix. One woman observes the others and writes down her thoughts.
House that Jack Built
Denmark | France | Germany | Sweden | English | Lars Von Trier
The film follows the highly intelligent Jack, through 5 incidents and introduces us to the murders that define Jacks development as a serial killer. The story is told from Jack’s point of view. He views each murders as an artwork in itself. Despite the fact that the final and inevitable police intervention is drawing ever near, he is, contrary to all logic, set on taking greater chances. Along the way we experinces Jack’s descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge.
Human, Space, Time and Human
South Korea | Korean, Japanese | Kim Ki Duk
A group of people set sail on an warship. The passengers include a senator with his son , a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of criminals. At first the aggressive behavior of the thugs is directed at the first class passengers, but then in a dramatic interpersonal downward spiral, the cruel fight ultimately veers into the fantstical.
The Image book
Switzerland|France | French,English, Arabic,Italian | Jean luc godard
Do you still remember how, long ago, we trained our thoughts? Most often we’d start from a dream. We wondered how, in total darkness, colours of such intensity could emerge within us. In a soft, low voice saying great things, surprising, deep and accurate matters. Image and words like, a bad bream written on a stormy night. Under western eyes. The lost paradises. War is here.
Japan | Japanese | Hirokazu Koreeda
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first, reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Althrough the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
Russia | Russian | Kirill Serebrennikov
Leningrad, one summer in the early 80s’s. Summgling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the Underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Petesroika. Mike and his beautiful wife, Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends they will change the destiny of rock ‘n’ roll in the Soviet Union.
Romania | Germany | Czech Republic | Bulgaria | France | English, German | Adina Pintilie
The film centers on a filmmaker and characters she documents who together venture into a deep personal soul searching on how to achieve real human intimacy. On the border between reality and fiction the film follows the emotional and sexual journey of various diverse subjects offering deeply empathic insights into their personal lives. Craving intimacy, yet also deeply afraid of it each of them work to overcome old patterns defence mechanisms and taboos to cut the cords of inhibition and finally be free.
Japan|France | Japanese | Naomi Kawase
Jeanne comes to Japan in search of ‘Vision’ a rare medicinal herb said to strip away all spiritual anguish and weakness in human beings. she knows that Vision only apppears once every 997 years. Aki, a wise villager who knows the forest well prophesies the arrival of the mysterious ‘One’ and then disappears. Tomo who is devoted to Aki, works as a keeper of the forests and is beginnings to sense instinctively recent changes in the mountains. will Jeanne succeed in finding the phantom herb ‘Vision’.
Turkey | Turkish | Nuri Bilge ceylan
Sinan is passionate about literture and has always wanted to be a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul into scraping together the money he needs to be published but his father’s debts catch up with him.
Iceland | France | Ukraine | Icelandic | Benedikt Erlingsson
Halla leads a double life as a passionate environmental activists. she secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. But as she begins planninig her biggest and boldest operation yet her application to adopt a child gets accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and saviour of the Highlands, to fulfil her dreams of becoming a mother she decides to plot one final attack to deal the aluminium industry a crippling blow.
Yomeddine
Egypt/USA/Austria | Arabic | A.B. Shawky
Beshay, a man cured of Leprosy has never left the Leper Colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meagre possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wings, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows its hardships and moments of grace in his quest for a family a place to belong and a little humanity.
Ayka
Russia|Germany|Poland|Kazakhstan|China | Russian | Kirghiz | Sergei Dvortsevoy
A young Kyrgyz girl, Ayka lives and works illegally in Moscow. After giving birth to her son she leaves him in hospital.Sometime later, however her motherly yearning leads her to desperate attempts of finding the abandoned child.
Denmark | Danish | Gustav Möller
Alarm dispatcher and former police officer, Asger Holm, answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. When the call is suddenly disconnected, the search for the woman and her kidnapper begins. With the phone as his only tool, Asger enters a race against time to save the endangered woman. But soon he realises that he is dealing with a crime that is far bigger than he first thought.
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
India | Tamil | Priya Krishnaswamy
Sweden | Swedish | Ali Abbasi
Custom officer, Tina is known for her extraordinary sense of smell. But when Vore, a suspicious looking man, walks past her abilities are challenged for the first time ever. Tina can sense Vore is hiding something she cant identify. Even worse, she feels a strange attraction towards him. As Tina develops a speacial bond with Vore and discovers his true identify, she also realises the truth about herself.
Lebanon | Arabic | Nadine Labaki
This is a politically-charged fable, featuring mostly non-professional actors, about a child who launches a lawsuit against his parents. In a courtroom, Zain, a 12 year old boy faces the judge. The judge asks him, why he wants to sue his own parents. Zain replies that he wants to sue them fo giving birth to him.
Russia/Poland/Serbia | Russian | Aleksei German
Dovlatov charts six days in the life of brilliant, ironic writer, Sergei Dovlatov who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Together with his friend and poet Joseph, he fought to preserve his own talent and integrity while seeing their artist friends getting crushed by the iron-willd state machinery, which they would later escape by emigrating to New York, losing all they had back home.
Laugh or Die
Finland|Sweden | Finnish, German | Heikki Kujanpää
In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, th camp’svicious commandant forges out a cruel plan. The priosoners have to perform a play, andif they can make the visiting general laugh they will be spared. Due to the brutal conditions within the camp, this goal see to be impossible to reach. But after some time, even the commandant’s wife starts to sympathize with the prisoners, watching them rehearsing dressed up in women’s clothes.
Los Silencious
Brazil/France/Columbia | Portugese, Spanish | Beatriz Seigner
Nuria, 12, Fabio, 9 , and their mother Amparo arrive in a small island in the middle of Amazonia, at the border of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They ran away from the Colombian armed conflict in which their father disappeared. One day, he reappears in their new house.The family is haunted by this strange secret and discovers the island is peopled with ghosts.
Rain of Homs
Syria | Arabic | Joud Said
Yusuf and his nephew were planning on leaving Homs on the day a ceasefire was declared in 2014. Yet Homs held them back and made them meet Yara, a stubborn girl with a very different perspective and background. She is searching for her missing brother, hoping she can find him in what is left of their beautiful city. Trapped in a city that became a grave to all who stayed in it, this is a tale of people with so many different perspectives who had to endure the long wait that the war imposed on them.
Slovakia/Austria | German, Slovak, English, Russian | Martin Sulik
Ali Ungar travels to Vienna in search of the former Nazi officer who might have executed his parents in Slovakia. He finds only his son, Grog. But Ali’s visit awakes his intrest, and two men take off on a journey across Slovakia in search of surviving witnesss of the wartime tragedy. Their different views and life experiences result in both tensions and comic moments. For the two men, it’s a bittersweet road trip on which they discover deep unresolved conflicts being washed ashore in new forms.
The Mercy of the Jungle
Belgium/France/Germany | French, Swahili | Joel Karekezi
At the outbreak of the second Congo War, Sergeant Xavieer and young private Faustin are accidentally left behind in the jungle. With only each other to count on,they embark on an odyssey across the most voilent forest on the earth, facing the depths of their own war-torn souls
The Rib
China | Chinese | Zhang Wei
Li Jianguo, a devout Christian, volunteers at a church. He finds out that his only son, Li Huanyu, plans to have sex reassignment surgery. He seeks guidance from others and recevies various feedbacks.When Liu Mann, one of his son’s transgender friends, commits suicide out of desperation, he renews his effort to better connect with his son.
The Silent Revolution
Germany | German, Russian | Lars Kraume
During a vist to a cinema, East German high school pupils, Theo and Kurt see disturbing newsreel footage of the uprising in Budapest. Back in Stalinstadt, they have the idea of holding a minute’s silence in the class for the victims of the Hungarian struggle for freedom. The boys are not prepared for the minor and major reactions that their exprssion of solidarity unleashes. The pupils find themselves snared in the political machinery of a state that cndemn act as counter-revolutionary.
Walking With the Wind
India | Hindi | Praveen Morchhale
Tsering, a 10 year old boy in Himalayan Terrain, mistakenly breaks his friends school chair. His everyday, seven kms-long journey to school in mountainous terrain on donkey, turns mammorh and challenging when he decides to bring the chair to his village. Now, the chair silently becomes a metaphor in his aweking journey of life, quest for inner truth and reality in the adult world, which is deeply engrossed in their own. He is unaware that this journey will finally make him a man.
International Competition
53 Wars
Poland | Polish | Ewa Bukowska
53 Wars is an evocative psyhological drama about second hand experience of war.Anka, whose husband, Witek is a war correspondent spends most of each year away on assignments. Anka must endure the horrors of war from home. The testmonies Witek passes on to the world feed Anka’s solitude. Anka, swoly becomes more and more hysterical and paranoid ,over the safety of her husband.
A Translator
Cuba | Canada | Spanish, Russian | Rodrigo, Sebastian Barrriuso
Russian literature professor,Malin is deputed by the government , to a local hospital, where he learns that is is expected to act as a translatorbetween the Cuban doctors and the families of young patients from the Chernobyl disaster. Malin eventually becomes “King of the Kids” at the hospital, his relationship with his pregnant wife and young son suffer. Meanwhile, life around all of them shifts as the economic crisis in Cuba that followed the dissoulation of the Soviet Union.
Bulgaria/Germany/France | Yakut | Milko Lazarov
In the snowy Northern wilderness, Nanook and Sedna live isolated. Each day for them is diifcult one, as their enivonment becomes more and more unpredicatable with ice melting earlier each year. Their only connection to outside world is Chena. Their Estranged daughter,Aga, left to work in a diamond mine. Eventually a long journey ensures in the hope of reunion.
Devine Wind
Algeria/France/Qatar/Lebanon | Arabic, Algerian | Merzak Allouache
Nour and Amine don’t know each other. They meet in a house, near the city of Timimoun, in the Algerian Sahara. They are supposed to launch an arm action against oil refinery. But tjings don’t turn out quite as expected.
Germany/Ukraine/France/Netherlands/Romania | Ukrainian, Russian | Sergey Loznitsa
In Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine , a hybrid war takes place, involving an open arm conflict alongside killings androbberies on a mass scal perpetrated by separatist gangs. In Donbass, war is called peace and propaganda is utter as truth. A journey through Donbass unfolds as a curious adventures. This is a tale of one region or a political system. It is about a world , lost in post-truth and fake identities.
A Family Tour
Taiwan | Hong Kong | Singapore | Malaysia | Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese | Liang Ying
After directing a film , Yang Shu has been forced to live in exile in Hong Kong. But when her mother has to undergo an operation, the two women plan to meet in Taiwan where Yang will b attending a film festival and where her mother will b taking a tour. They stay at the same hotel and follow the tour on its various scenic destinations.
Iran | Persian | Hadi Mohaghegh
Its night and everything is happening in an endless silence. The lonely and tired old man is walking around. He’s thinking of saing his son, Sohrab. However, all doors are closed.He’s involved in a cycle of daily life and he ‘s not able to change anything. Inspite of all efforts, the son is executed . He takes the body of his son, which looks like a white poplar tree , through the mountain rivers and baptizes him. The old man takes care of his grandson too before he returns to bury his son.
Our Struggles
Belgium/France | French | Guillaume Senez
While Olivier, a 39 years old foreman gives his job everythting he’s got, Laura, his wife and the mother of their two children, abandons the family, leaving Olivier alone to face his responsibilities. Lost and completely thrown , Olivier is going to come to terms with his new status as a single father raising his children alone,because Laura’s not coming back.
The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow
Estonia, Lithuania | Estonian/Spanish | Sulev Keedus
The film consists of three chapters. It employs a theme known in Scandinavian folklore. The time frame of the story from the early morning is wedding day until the early morning of the following day. The leading character Maara is a young bride whos is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria to Estonia during the previous war. The shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy.
Argentina | Spanish / English | Nicolas Puenzo
A pregnant Quechua girl and her Creole partner escapes from a refugee camp. On their trek south across the Bolivian Highlands, now a barren wasteland controlled by bloody militia groups, they meet Ruiz, 50 years old, war-scarred photographer who seeks to save them from warzone , salvaging whatwhat remains of their humanity
Van Goghs
Russia | Russian | Sergey Livnev
Mark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is always deprssed. he’s 52, but personal and professional success has escaped him. Many years ago, Mark moved from his native Riga to Tel Aviv to get away from his oppressive father, Viktor , who still supports him financially. For his father, Victor Ginzburg, work is his life. Their highs and lows turned long ago into a love-hate relationship. More hate than love. After Viktor is diagnosed with a fatal illness, the father and son sets off on a difficult journey that leads them from hate to love.
When the Trees Fall
Ukraine/Poland | Ukrainian | Marysia Nikitiuk
This is the story of the 5 years old rebellious girl,Vitka with her teenae cousin, Larysa and he boyfriend, the young criminal,Sear. Larysa finds herself at a crossroad after the death of her father. The village community ostracizes her for loving scar. Larysa discovers her grandmother once sacrifised her love for a young gypsy, abandoning him for traditional values and other people’s opinions. Larysa and Scar plans to escape from a life of crime ,misrey and their relatives. But are they ready to pay the full price for their freedom?
India | Malayalam | Lijo Jose Pellissery
Vavachan, a master mason belonging to the Latin Catholiccommunity in Kerala , shares memories his father’s barial with his son Eesy. He expresses a desire of a grand funeral for himself which Eesy promises. After Vavachan’s sudden death, Eesy tries to arrang a decent funeral for him but is met with unpredictable obstacles and reactions from different quarters. The subsequent events brings the fore conflict within the family and the deep ethical crisis simmering in the community.
To Let is the story of a couple with a child living in a rented accommodation in Chennai. It takes place in 2007 when the metro city was experiencing a real estate boom as a result of an exponential development of the IT sector. A little too greedy for a higher rent, the land owner asks the couple to vacate their house. They have only thirty days to find new accommodation with their modest middle-class income. On their Mopeds, the couple starts a race against time and all kinds of prejudice to get a house.
A First Worl War veteran is coming to a small blackwater vilage in Kerala, India, as a Postman. He is distributing money orders and letter to the family of soldiers as a symbol of happiness. He turns out to be an Omen of death once the Second World War tstarts. The pain and impact of the War is shown through the telegrams and postman’s dilemma.
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Is There a Men in Black: International After Credits Scene?
The latest entry in the MiB series has arrived. But does it tease anything during the credits?
By Scott Collura
Updated: 3 Jul 2019 8:25 pm
Posted: 3 Jul 2019 4:03 pm
If you're wondering whether or not Men in Black: International has an end credits scene, then look no further.
But if you somehow wound up here by mistake, be warned: Spoilers follow regarding whether or not the new MiB movie has a post credits scene...
O.K., you're still there? Then the answer is: No, Men in Black: International does not have any extra scenes after the credits.
That said, we always encourage viewers to watch the credits anyway and marvel at the talents of the many, many people it takes to make a movie of this size and scope.
But if you're still craving Men in Black Easter eggs, you can always check out our exhaustive breakdowns on all the aliens in the original Men in Black trilogy and all the gadgets as well! Or read our review of Men in Black: International. You can also find out how Men in Black: International connects to the original trilogy!
Every Alien in the Men in Black Movies
DeveloperN/A
Release DateJune 14, 2019
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ORP THEORY
ORP stands for oxidation reduction potential. Ideal ORP obeys the Nernst equation:
Where [Ox] is the active concentration of an oxidized species such as ferric ion Fe3+ and [Re] is the active concentration of the reduced form of that species namely ferrous ion Fe2+. The pair provides a redox couple.
The following is required for a stable ORP reading:
1) Significant concentrations of both species of the couple
2) Both species must be capable of readily transferring electrons to or from each other (reversible redox couple) and readily accepting or removing electrons from an inert metal surface.
Ferric/ferrous, iodine/iodide and quinone/hydroquinone are examples of reversible redox couples and are used for ORP standards.
Generally, most practical ORP measurements are made on samples which do not meet the above criteria. This results in poor reproducibility, drift, stirring rate dependence and non-Nernstian behaviour. Nevertheless, ORP is useful for measuring changes in a system rather than absolute values (e.g. process control to an ORP set-point and titrations).
Like pH, ORP represents an intensity factor. It does not characterize the capacity of the system for oxidation or reduction, in the same way pH does not characterize the buffering capacity.
ORP values are determined by measuring the potential difference between an inert sensing half-cell and a reference half-cell as in pH. The sensing half-cell acts as a platform for electron transfer to or from the sample. The sensor does not undergo oxidation or reduction. It is typically platinum. Gold and Silver sensors can also be used. The former is substantially inert, whereas the latter responds to silver and halide ions, and can be used for silver titrations. The standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) is the reference from which all formal redox potentials are determined and has been assigned an arbitrary half cell potential of 0.0 mV. However, it is fragile and impractical for routine laboratory use. Therefore, Ag/AgCl and saturated calomel (SCE) reference electrodes are used. Earlier literature often used SCE. The use of SCE is now rare because it contains mercury. The voltages of the different reference electrodes can be interrelated (see Table 6). The IJ64 uses an Ag/AgC/saturated KCl reference electrode.
Table 6:Potential Relationships (mV) of Several Reference Electrodes at 25ºC
Saturated KCl
Ag/AgCl/ 1M KCl
Ag/AgCl Saturated KCl
For example, a reading of 100mV using an Ag/AgCl/Saturated KCl reference could be referred to a SHE reference by adding 199mV.
Although the resistance of an ORP electrode is very low compared to a pH electrode, it is preferable to use a high impedance meter in order to avoid polarising the Ag/AgCl/sat KCl half cell.
1) “2580 Oxidation Reduction Potential” Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 19th edition, published by American Public Health Ass., American Water Works Ass., and Water Pollution Control Fed., 1995, 2-73.
Light's solution and ZoBell's solution are NBS standards which are stable for several months if stored in a dark plastic bottle in the refrigerator. The quinhydrone standards are highly unstable. They must be made fresh and discarded after use.
39.21g ferrous ammonium sulphate, Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O
48.22g ferric ammonium sulphate, Fe(NH4)(SO4)2·12H2O
56.2mL sulphuric acid (sp. gr. 1.84)
made to 1L with distilled water
Table 7: Light’s Solution (Ref: Ag/AgCl Saturated KCl)
Temperature (ºC)
Potential (mV)
1.408g potassium ferrocyanide, K4Fe(CN)6·3H2O
1.098g potassium ferricyanide, K3Fe(CN)6
7.456g potassium chloride, KCl
Note:ZoBell’s solution is more stable prepared in two parts, which are accurately combined 1:1 just prior to use.
Part 1: 1.408g potassium ferrocyanide plus 7.456g of potassium chloride made up to 500mL.
Part 2: 1.098g potassium ferricyanide made up to 500mL.
Table 8:ZoBell’sSolution vs Ag/AgCl/Sat KCl Reference)
pH 4 Quinhydrone Solution
Add sufficient quinhydrone to NBS pH 4.01 buffer to make a saturated solution.
pH 6.86 Quinhydrone Solution
Table 9:Quinhydrone Solution (Ref: Ag/AgCl/ Saturated KCl)
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Father Ted
Alabama passes toughest abortion ban bill in the US with up to 99 year prison terms for terminations - and there’s no exception for rape victims
BY: Harry Brent
ALABAMA has passed the toughest anti-abortion bill in the United States, outlawing abortions in almost every case including rape and incest.
Under the new bill, the punishment for doctors who terminate a pregnancy could be up to 99 years in prison.
A woman who has an abortion wouldn’t be held criminally liable, but even attempting a termination alone could see a doctor face a decade behind bars.
The only cases where an abortion would be considered legal is if the mother’s life is in danger or the foetus has a fatal condition.
The American human rights defence organisation, the ACLU, were staunchly opposed the bill and tried to prevent it from being passed, accusing conservative lawmakers of “showing little regard for bodily autonomy.”
“This bill punishes victims of rape and incest by further taking control over their own bodies and forcing them to give birth,” it added.
Bobby Singleton, a Democratic member of the Alabama senate furiously objected to the legislation saying: “We need this bill to die!”
“You just raped the state of Alabama yourself,” Singleton said after senators eliminated an amendment to the bill seeking exceptions to the abortion ban.
“You’re saying to my daughter you don’t matter in the state of Alabama … It’s OK for men to rape you and you’re gonna have his baby if you get pregnant,” he added.
The Supreme Court now has a conservative majority since the election of US President Donald Trump in 2016, and now many Republicans are looking to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which recognised women’s right to an abortion.
This year alone, 28 out of 50 US states have introduced 300 new pieces of legislation to limit abortion.
Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth, who presides over the state senate, praised the bill and insisted it was step towards Roe v Wade being challenged.
“This is a strong step toward defending the rights of the unborn,” he said of the bill’s passage.
“With Liberal states approving radical late-term and post-birth abortions, Roe must be challenged, and I am proud that Alabama is leading the way,” he added.
See More: Abortion, Abortion Bill, Abortion Controversy, Alabama, Donald Trump, US Law
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Krasner's push to purify the Philly D.A.'s Office harms victims, past and potential | Christine Flowers
Posted: January 8, 2018 - 4:20 PM
Christine M. Flowers | cflowers1961@gmail.com
District Attorney Larry Krasner fired 31 prosecutors on Friday night.
Tim Tai / Staff
When Larry Krasner axed 31 seasoned prosecutors Friday night, it was swift and painful — not only for the people who lost their jobs, but also for the city as a whole. He removed, with surgical efficiency, men and women who'd given their lives and careers to protecting the people of Philadelphia.
Their offense? Dedication to victims and intolerance for criminals.
For Krasner, who spent his own life among those accused of crime, this was a reckoning foretold. He made no secret of his abhorrence for the D.A.'s Office during his professional career as a defense attorney and federal defender, and he repeated those sentiments during the campaign.
Some argue that this enmity springs from a righteous place, a conviction that former district attorneys and their assistants cared only about conviction numbers, not that quixotic and highly personal idea of justice.
After Friday's massacre, I spoke to a few current employees of the D.A.'s Office, who were willing to discuss the office only on the condition of anonymity so that their jobs wouldn't be threatened.
One current prosecutor I contacted spoke of an institutional homophobia, racism and sexism that permeated the office and infected discretionary decisions like whom to charge and what pleas to accept.
It is a legitimate point, and one that has been echoed by other prosecutors who see that mentality as taking its greatest toll on vulnerable communities.
But others reject that these institutional biases existed — or at least feel that blowing up an office to feed the PC Monster is self-destructive and doesn't help the victims, past and potential, in Philadelphia.
Another current prosecutor told me that Friday was a devastating day for the District Attorney's Office: "So many hardworking men and women who dedicated their entire lives to this office were fired without any explanation. Shortly after being sworn in, Mr. Krasner gave a speech to the entire staff. He spoke at great length about this 'movement' that is underway."
That seems to be a thread in this philosophical putsch, one which Krasner is entitled to execute as the legitimate winner of a local campaign nationalized by conservative boogeyman George Soros' money, anger at Donald Trump, police shootings and a media-fed sense that the white establishment is committing genocide against black and Latino men.
You have to hand it to Krasner: He knows how to ride a wave better than anyone since Gidget's boyfriend, Moondoggie.
The sad part, from my perspective, is that in his push to purify the D.A.'s Office, Krasner will shift the focus away from the victims — those who never committed any crimes in their lives, petty or serious, who never blamed addiction for aggravated assault, who never blamed discrimination for theft — and will instead make the perpetrators of crimes the subject of a compassion that belongs to others.
I'm also disgusted at his lack of respect for seasoned prosecutors who might have angered him in the past, pushing back against his crusade for accused criminals with the tools of the prosecutor's office.
As one former prosecutor noted, "The fact that he didn't have the guts to look these ADAs in the eye and fire them himself is a disgrace. It was a cowardly move, truly pathetic. I would expect more from someone who calls himself a leader."
There is no gentle way to eviscerate and undo the values, standards, structures and goals of a system you abhor without slicing through them in a blunt and unforgiving manner. That's exactly what Krasner did.
Regime change is a lot of things, but polite isn't one of them.
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Justia Lawyer Directory DUI Pennsylvania Newtown Attorneys
Newtown, Pennsylvania DUI Lawyers
Lee Anthony Ciccarelli
Pennsylvania DUI Attorney with 30 years experience
Lee Ciccarelli is the founder of Ciccarelli Law Offices: a Pennsylvania Litigation Law Firm focusing in Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Family Law matters. Ciccarelli Law firm takes on tough cases and fights for... Read More »
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Joshua Evan Tebay
Rated as a top trial lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Assoc.
Joshua Tebay is a passionate personal injury and criminal defense attorney at Ciccarelli Law Offices in West Chester. He believes strongly that as an attorney he has the responsibility to maintain unquestioned... Read More »
Zachary Cooper
Pennsylvania DUI Lawyer with 17 years experience
Pennsylvania DUI Lawyer Zachary B. Cooper devotes 100 percent of his legal practice to defending accused drunk drivers. His experience as a former prosecutor gives him a distinct advantage when defending Pennsylvania DUI... Read More »
Mr. Ryan L Hyde
CONFIDENT, EXPERIENCED AND FIGHTING FOR YOU
Ryan Hyde is an experienced criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. In addition to handling hundreds of DUI cases through all stages of trial Ryan served as a DUI ARD Coordinator and as one of lead... Read More »
Julia Theobald
Pennsylvania DUI Lawyer
Julia Alexa Theobald is an experienced litigation attorney who represents our clients in both Family Law and Criminal Law Matters. A political science and public relations major, she graduated from Loyola University in... Read More »
Ronald Elgart
Fairless Hills, PA DUI Attorney
(215) 945-9000 188 Lincoln Hwy
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
DUI, Criminal and Personal Injury
Wayne Arlen Ely
Langhorne, PA DUI Lawyer
(215) 750-3134 225 N Flowers Mill Rd
DUI and Criminal
Jon Fox
Jenkintown, PA DUI Attorney
(215) 690-3816 101 GREENWOOD AVENUE, FIFTH FLOOR
Michael Senoyuit
Montgomeryville, PA DUI Attorney
(800) 734-1939 707 Bethlehem Pike
Montgomeryville, PA 18936
Paul Sarmousakis
Plymouth Meeting, PA DUI Lawyer
(610) 940-3636 3031 Walton Rd
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
DUI, Criminal and Tax
Donald Williford
Bristol, PA DUI Lawyer
(215) 785-3241 114 Radcliffe Street
Bristol, PA 19007
Jeffrey Cohen
(215) 609-1110 165 Township Line Rd
DUI, Business and Criminal
Stephen Heckman
Blue Bell, PA DUI Attorney
(215) 661-0800 1995 Morris Rd
Blue Bell, PA 19422
DUI, Criminal and Employment
Robert Patrick Hoopes
Doylestown, PA DUI Attorney
(215) 348-5715 252 W Swamp Rd
Gary Sanford Server
Philadelphia, PA DUI Lawyer
(215) 632-3546 4843 Rising Sun Ave
Michael H. Fienman
Pennsylvania DUI Attorney
Western Michigan University Cooley Law SchoolNew Jersey and Pennsylvania
Jared M Smith
Jared is part of the Ciccarelli Law Offices Litigation team. After graduation from Penn State law school, Jared served as the Senior Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer Harlacher Sibum of the Monroe County... Read More »
Doylestown, PA DUI Lawyer
(215) 345-8088 106 W Butler Ave
DUI, Criminal and Real Estate
Theodore Swan
ABINGTON, PA DUI Lawyer
(215) 884-6743 1150 Old York Rd
ABINGTON, PA 19001
Murray Greenfield
Philadelphia, PA DUI Attorney
(215) 677-5300 9636 Bustleton Ave
DUI, Criminal, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Mark David Douple
Austin McGreal
(215) 242-2910 8011 St Martins Ln
DUI, Business, Criminal and Estate Planning
Aaron Charles Finestone
(215) 686-2806 615 W Ellet St
Mark Feinman
(215) 742-9050 8171 Castor Ave
William John Clemens
(215) 745-0594 8049 Pine Rd
DUI, Criminal, Divorce and Family
Harry James Cooper
Chalfont, PA DUI Lawyer
DUI, Criminal and Workers' Comp
Gail Nicolina Marr
Bensalem, PA DUI Attorney
(215) 639-5297 3554 Hulmeville Road Suite 102
Tracey Lee Potere
Tracey L. Potere is part of Ciccarelli Law Offices and is an experienced attorney who works within our Criminal Defense and Family Law practice groups. Tracey grew up in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and was a... Read More »
Timothy Kraeer
Timothy Kraeer joins the office with unique and detailed experience in civil and criminal litigation. The firm takes on tough cases and fights for clients when they need it the most. - Lee Ciccarelli has over 25 years... Read More »
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10.0 (1 Peer Review)
(610) 981-1006 600 West Germantown Pike
Plymouth Meeting , PA 19462
Free ConsultationPlymouth Meeting , PA DUI Attorney with 30 years experience
DUI, Criminal, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
The George Washington University Law School
Lee Ciccarelli is the founder of Ciccarelli Law Offices: a Pennsylvania Litigation Law Firm focusing in Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Family Law matters. Ciccarelli Law firm takes on tough cases and fights for clients when they need it the most. ...
Curtis Norcini
West Chester, PA DUI Attorney with 25 years experience
(610) 627-2300 310 North High Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal and Personal Injury
C. Curtis Norcini is a founding member and the managing partner of the Chester County Office. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Speech/Communication from West Chester University and his Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law.
Curt has practiced in a variety of areas. Upon graduation from law school, he was employed with the Municipal Tax Bureau as a tax attorney collecting delinquent taxes on behalf of the City of Philadelphia. In 1995, he left the MTB and joined the Delaware County Office of the Public Defender where he served as a trial attorney in both the Juvenile...
(610) 314-7066 934 E High St.
Free ConsultationPottstown, PA DUI Attorney with 18 years experience
DUI, Criminal, Juvenile and Personal Injury
Mr. Kelly has represented numerous individuals, such as professional athletes and elected officials in high profile criminal cases.
-Mr. Kelly has obtained the highest possible rating of "10" by AVVO
-named one of the top 100 criminal defense attorney's in the State of Pennsylvania by the National Trial Lawyers in 2014-2019.
- ranked in the top 10 Criminal Defense Attorneys in Pennsylvania by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys.
Named a SUPERLAWYER 2017-2019
Certified by the Pennsylvania Bar Association to handle Death Penalty cases and has handled several high profile murder cases.
Additionally, Mr. Kelly has also...
Jonathon Luff
Philadelphia, PA DUI Lawyer with 5 years experience
(610) 643-4644 833 Chestnut Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Drexel University School of Law
Jonathon Luff Jr. was born and raised in Philadelphia. He graduated from Roman Catholic High school with honors. He attended California University of Pennsylvania on a full academic scholarship, and graduated with a degree in Sport Management as well as graduating Cum Laude.
In 2009 Jonathon began to pursue his legal career and attended Thomas Kline School of Law, better known as Drexel University. While there he participated in trial team competitions and Jonathon was instrumental in helping his team reach the finals in the national competition. Jonathon was awarded the best trial attorney award from Drexel upon his graduation in...
Lauren A Wimmer
(215) 712-1212 505 South Street
DUI, Appeals, Civil Rights and Criminal
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
I am a tireless and successful advocate - let me fight for you! Call (215) 712-1212 to schedule your free consultation now.
After years of experience as the judicial law clerk to a homicide judge in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Trial Division, I developed a complete understanding of how the system works, what tactics the prosecuting attorney may use to put you behind bars, and what weaknesses to look for in physical evidence and witness testimony against you.
Lauren A. Wimmer earned her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, where she was the Managing...
Malvern , PA DUI Attorney with 5 years experience
(610) 981-1006 101 Linwood Drive
Malvern , PA 19355
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Timothy Kraeer joins the office with unique and detailed experience in civil and criminal litigation. The firm takes on tough cases and fights for clients when they need it the most. - Lee Ciccarelli has over 25 years of litigation experience; and recognized: by AVVO with its highest rating 10.0; as a Main Line Top Lawyer; as one of the Top 100 lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 lawyers by the American Society of Legal Advocates; as Top 10 best dui lawyers by the American Institute of DUI Attorneys; and as Superior DUI...
Cary B. Hall
Norristown, PA DUI Lawyer with 23 years experience
(267) 663-9995 25 W. Airy St., Suite 300
My practice focuses on civil, criminal and family law litigation with over 20 years of tested experience throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. I have successfully tried civil and criminal jury trials, contested family law hearings, administrative proceedings and appeals. My passion is assisting individuals and small businesses with their legal issues.
Many moons ago, I earned an Ivy League degree in philosophy from Columbia University, and then my law degree from the University of Miami. While in law school, I was involved in graduate student government and was a contributing author and editor of the University of Miami...
Amato Sanita
Philadelphia, PA DUI Lawyer with 22 years experience
(267) 738-7766 1518 Walnut Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Civil Rights and Criminal
Western New England University School of Law
Amato Sanita is a Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney based in Philadelphia. Mr. Sanita is dedicated to fighting for his client's rights. He has over a decade's experience tactfully handling adult and juvenile criminal cases in Pennsylvania. Mr. Sanita is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. He is also federally barred in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sanita is a member of the Justinian Society and the American Association for Justice. Defending his clients with passion and professionalism and providing quality representation, is his motto. He has a 10 out 10 Avvo Rating. He was also part...
Michael D. DiCindio
West Chester, PA DUI Attorney with 8 years experience
(610) 220-4691 29 S. Walnut Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Traffic Tickets and White Collar Crime
Michael DiCindio is an aggressive and experienced former prosecutor who dedicates his practice to representing individuals accused of crimes in Chester County and surrounding areas. He is a competitive litigator and student of the law. His dedication and work ethic has garnered praise and recognition by his colleagues and fellow trial attorneys. After interning at the Chester County District Attorney’s Office, Michael was hired as an Assistant District Attorney. He quickly became involved in all aspects of the criminal justice process. As an ADA he has successfully handled felony and misdemeanor jury and bench trials, preliminary...
Michael Keith Hollinger
8.0 (1 Peer Review)
(610) 393-4838 18 Marshall Avenue
Free ConsultationReading, PA DUI Lawyer with 22 years experience
DUI, Criminal, Family and Personal Injury
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Michael Hollinger is an attorney with over 21 years experience in providing aggressive yet compassionate legal representation. Mr. Hollinger is the principal at the Law Office of Michael Hollinger (est. 2009) where he continues to focus on defending those whose legal rights - and freedoms - are jeopardized. He has represented adults and juveniles at the pretrial, trial and post-trial levels. He has litigated major felony trials with highly successful results.
Attorney Hollinger also represents husbands and wives, mothers and fathers in the complex areas of Family Law. He provides passionate representation in divorce, custody, child...
Aggressive and experienced former prosecutor
Mr. Kelly has represented numerous individuals, such as professional athletes and elected officials in high profile criminal cases. -Mr. Kelly has obtained the highest possible rating of "10" by AVVO -named one of... Read More »
Ann Delcollo
Ann is an experienced trial attorney who learned her craft in the tough courtrooms of Philadelphia. Ann has been advocating for her clients, in and out of the courtroom, since 1992, and became a proud member of the... Read More »
Paul Aaroe
Easton, PA DUI Attorney with 30 years experience
(877) 726-5529 2568 Nazareth Rd
Free ConsultationDUI
Dickinson School of Law and Lafayette College
If you are charged with a DUI, you need to choose the attorney with the experience to make the right decisions on your case. You need an experienced attorney who knows the local, state and even federal DUI laws – you need “The DUI Guys!” Read Paul’s book on DUI here:
https://www.aaroelaw.com/dui/
With 30 years of experience, Attorney Paul Aaroe, with his team of DUI lawyers, has become known as the DUI guy in Northeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has handled every type of DUI case and related charges. A son of a Superior Court Judge, he knows the law, the...
R. Patrick Link
Philadelphia, PA DUI Attorney with 14 years experience
(267) 535-2178 100 S Broad St
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal and Juvenile
Patrick Link is a Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer who represents people charged with DUI, simple drug possession, drug possession with intent to deliver (PWID), drug conspiracy, illegal possession of firearms, assault, robbery, theft, homicide and numerous other criminal offenses. He defends individuals in Philadelphia and surrounding counties. Mr. Link practices exclusively as a criminal defense attorney and brings a wealth of experience in all aspects of criminal proceedings from the initial hearings involving bail, through preliminary hearing, to trial before either judge or jury. He also represents individuals for violations of probation, post-sentence motions and...
Zak Taylor Goldstein
(267) 225-2545 1221 Locust Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
Zak T. Goldstein is a Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer who will take ownership of your case and not rest until he obtains the best possible result for you. More importantly, Mr. Goldstein is a lawyer who is not afraid to take a difficult case to trial. He has tried hundreds of cases before judges and juries, and he has successfully defended thousands of clients in both state and federal court. He has won critical pre-trial motions like motions to suppress evidence including drugs, guns, and confessions, and he has also won full acquittals for his criminal defense clients in both...
Aman 'Tip' Barber III
Harleysville, PA DUI Attorney with 25 years experience
(610) 462-1452 418 Main St.
I offer reasonable rates for all legal matters and a no charge initial consultation. Call today at 610-462-1452 --- I represent personal and corporate clients throughout southestern Pennsylvania in matters involving personal injury; driving under the influence, DUI; driving while ability impaired, DWAI; driving after imbibing, DAI, corporate law; commercial litigation; estate planning and estate administration. Call or email me to arrange a no charge consultation. Evening and weekend hours available. Reasonable rates for all legal matters
Brian Fishman
(267) 758-2228 211 North 13th Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Appeals, Criminal and Domestic Violence
Brian M. Fishman is a trial attorney based in Philadelphia, PA. He is the founder and Managing Partner of The Fishman Firm, LLC. His primary focus is criminal defense. He represents individuals accused of all types of crimes--robbery, burglary, sex offenses, drug charges, firearm offenses, assault, homicide, DUI, violations of PFAs--in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks and Chester counties as well as New Jersey and Federal Court. He also handles Personal Injury matters--car accidents, slip & falls, medical malpractice, SEPTA accidents & Civil Rights Violations--excessive force, police brutality, false arrest and malicious prosecution. Brian is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania...
Wesley Legg
West Chester, PA DUI Lawyer with 7 years experience
(484) 401-7079 28 South Darlington Street
DUI, Divorce and Family
New England Law | Boston
Wesley is a native of Chester County. He attended Bishop Shanahan High School and graduated in 2002. He went on to attend West Chester University but then decided to transfer to Penn State University and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 2006. After graduation, Wesley, decided to go to work in the construction industry. During this time, Wesley contemplated attending law school. With the encouragement of his (later to become) wife, Elena, he decided to attend law school, his real passion. In 2008, Wesley and Elena moved to Massachusetts. Wesley enrolled at the New England...
Adam David Zucker
Conshohocken, PA DUI Lawyer with 30 years experience
(610) 832-0100 One West First Ave., Suite 101
Free ConsultationDUI and Criminal
Joseph D Lento
(215) 535-5353 1500 Walnut St
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
Joseph Lento is a Philadelphia criminal defense attorney at Lento Law Firm. He devotes himself to defending his clients in criminal cases, no matter how difficult the situation. He works closely with each individual client to customize his or her defense. Being faced with criminal charges can be stressful, and he is dedicated to helping clients achieve positive results in these difficult situations. Lento, a Philadelphia native, earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Villanova University before graduating with his juris doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law. He then began practicing law in both Pennsylvania and...
Paul A Bauer III
Pottstown, PA DUI Lawyer with 26 years experience
(610) 970-4961 2050 East High Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Municipal and Personal Injury
My name is Paul A. Bauer III, and I am the founding lawyer of Bauer and Associates. I focus my legal practice on providing the most aggressive criminal defense in the Pottstown area. I previously spent fourteen years as a founding partner of the Garner & Bauer Law Firm and four years in the Montgomery County district attorney’s office where I prosecuted more than 1,000 cases.
Steven Pacillio
Plymouth Meeting, PA DUI Lawyer with 19 years experience
(484) 816-6647 1000 Germantown Ave
Suite D-3
Free ConsultationDUI, Appeals, Criminal and Traffic Tickets
Steven M. Pacillio is a founding member and the managing partner of the Delaware County Office. Mr. Pacillio focuses his practice in the field of criminal defense. An Ivy League graduate, Steve earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He went on to receive his Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Mr. Pacillio currently sits on the Alumni Board of Managers of the University of Pennsylvania, volunteers as the Solicitor for the Thornbury Historical Society, and is a member of the Board of Directors of JURIST Legal News and Research Services, Inc., the world’s only...
Steve Edward Jarmon Jr.
Rated as a top criminal lawyer by the National Trial Lawyer's Association.
Steve E. Jarmon is a partner at Lamb McErlane PC and has spent his entire legal career practicing Criminal Law in Chester County, PA and the Greater Philadelphia Area. His primary focus in defending the rights of his... Read More »
Ellis B. Klein
Former Senior Deputy District Attorney with experience in over 10,000 cases
Experienced in over 5,000 DUI cases. 7 local offices - please call for closest location. Call for free in-depth consultation. Read More »
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Arrested or charged with a DUI or DWI?
Driving under the influence (DUI) means operating a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol or drugs that have impaired a person's mental or motor skills. In most states, a person will be considered "impaired" if they exhibit objective signs of intoxication, or if they have a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher. Many states also have zero tolerance laws for drivers under 21, where any non-zero BAC level constitutes an offense. Most states also hold commercial drivers, such as truck drivers, to a more rigorous standard.
Law enforcement officers use a variety of tests, such as field sobriety tests and breathalyzers, to determine whether a driver is impaired by alcohol. In some jurisdictions, you have a right to refuse some of these tests, but in other jurisdictions you may be required to submit to them. It is important to know the law in your particular state, and to consult a DUI attorney if you are facing charges.
DUI lawyers are criminal defense attorneys focused on representing clients facing DUI/DWI/OWI charges. Each state has different DUI laws. An experienced DUI lawyer will be able to evaluate the case against you and present your options on how to best limit the impact of the charges against you. DUI lawyers also handle related cases such as driver's license reinstatement and DUI record expungement.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC): The percentage of alcohol in a person's blood.
Field Sobriety Test: Any one of several roadside tests that can be used to determine whether a driver is impaired.
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Kazakhstan's toi: A feast or a fuss
The brides relatives glowed with satisfaction at the scene.
Dozens of guests filed into a huge banquet hall in Almaty teeming with snow-white tables festooned with food, flowers and balloons. The party, ortoias it is known in Kazakh, was a roaring success.
A good place was chosen, well done, one satisfied guest said at the wedding party last year.
The master of ceremonies kept people entertained with a barrage of chatter and jokes and coordinated the speeches, games and competitions.
Im the life of the party here. I have to organize the event in a way that people remember it forever, toastmaster Nurzhan Atash, a well-known TV personality and film actor, told Eurasianet.
Atash gets $2,000 for each wedding party he emcees in Almaty. Anything outside the city costs extra. These are exorbitant fees around five months the national average monthly salary but that is what the market dictates.
Weddings are a serious financial outlay anywhere in the world, but they are especially punishing in Kazakhstan.
A standard celebration includes a daylong jaunt in fancy cars for the bride, the groom and all their closest friends. Then there is the photographer and cameraman. The restaurant should be able to accommodate no less than 100 people, and often many more. The cost of wedding clothes for the couple, as well as the matchmakers and immediate relatives, is borne by the bride and groom. All told, the bill for the whole feast can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
Wealthy Kazakhs are especially wont to indulge. Last year, local media reported on a wedding at hotel in the southern town of Shymkent where the cake alone cost $180,000. The teetering 13-foot-high, 15-ton concoction in theform of a royal palace, which featured moving parts, like a mechanical horse and carriage, was so lavish that it even caught theattentionof British tabloid The Daily Mail.
Toiare not just for weddings though. These bashes can mark the birth of a child, birthdays, special anniversaries, circumcisions and any number of other rites of passage.
Saving up the money can take years. Across Central Asia, young people will go abroad for many months to work with the express purpose of being able to fund weddings.
Aruzhan Nuraly, deputy director of Almaty-based events company Global Party, told Eurasianet that a bigtoiis seen by many Kazakhs as a way to assert their public standing.
Toiis an indicator of social status and position in society. Kazakhs love to demonstrate their wellbeing to others, she said.
Nuraly said the indulgence intoiis especially pronounced in the south of Kazakhstan, where they are a whole cult unto themselves.
The goal is win the approval of relatives, Nuraly said. While prospective spouses are planning their wedding, the main question when making any choice is: What will people say?
This obsessive need to impress has created a lucrative market for events agencies, which typically charge a fee equivalent to around 10 percent of the cost of the whole party.
Performers with a reputation are also raking it in. Fees for belting out a few songs can range depending on the singers fame anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000. The most sought-after artists will make more by performing at a wedding or a similar feast than at a concert. Anybody with the money to do so will go as far afield as Russia to recruit celebrities.
Zira Naurzbayeva, who has written widely about the evolution of Kazakh culture, told Eurasianet that when nomadic lifestyles were the norm, even relatively disadvantaged Kazakhs would fret less about their survival than social prestige.
But Naurzbayeva worries that many people are getting left out of modern-day celebrations and that the culture of genuine hospitality is on the wane.
Often, people will forget to invite those who are less well-off to theirtoi. The quantity of what is put on tables at big feasts often accords with the importance of the guests, she said.
An especially grand party can serve as a way of strengthening ties between business clans and building mutually advantageous relationship among families. Thetoisignifies something more than just the event that is being marked.
Kazakhstan has endured a few years of economic doldrums, and yet the fad for big and wastefultoishows limited signs of diminishing. This has some in the government worried. Last April, former President Nursultan Nazarbayev evencalledon his fellow citizens to spend less on parties and invest more on housing.
The reason for this concern is that a lot of people who cannot afford the expense of a wedding often take out loans. Banks even advertise specialwedding-themed credit, whereby anywhere up to $15,000 can be borrowed at 15 percent annual interest for five years without putting up collateral.
Almaty-based graphic designer Anuar Kuspanov is now paying off a $12,000 loan he took out two years ago to pay for his wedding.
I expected most of the guests [at my wedding] would bring envelopes with money [as a gift] and that I would be able to settle my debts. But the cash gifts were not enough. Everybody is feeling this crisis, Kuspanov told Eurasianet.
Half of Kuspanovs salary goes toward settling his wedding-incurred debts. He is not thinking about moving out of rented accommodation and borrowing to buy a home until that loan is settled.
Whiletoicontinue to perform an unavoidable social rite in many parts of Kazakhstan, pragmatism is on the ascendancy urban centers, where living costs are highest.
When Dauren Omirbayev and Arai Kamzina, a couple from Almaty, got married a few years ago, they did not bother with the expense of a banquet. They just tied the knot in a registry office and then went on a honeymoon to Europe.
We dont care what relatives say about us. They always have something to say, and you can never please everybody, said Omirbayev.
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Penticton RCMP shut down drug traffickers
Drugs, guns and a stolen motorcycle seized in bust
Steve Kidd
Mar. 8, 2019 8:00 p.m.
Penticton RCMP seized a quantity of drugs, paraphernalia and weapons in a raid on a Penticton home Thursday. (RCMP)
The RCMP’s Targeted Enforcement Unit put an end to a drug trafficking operating out of Penticton.
Following a two-week investigation, TEU officers executed a search warrant on a Penticton home and found a large-scale drug operation, seizing cocaine, methamphetamines, fentanyl and mixing agents, all of which the RCMP say was being prepared for street-level sale and distribution.
Police seized over half a pound of cocaine, about six ounces of meth and just under two ounces of fentanyl. Investigators estimate the street value of the drugs to be about $35,000.
Officers also seized a loaded .38 calibre handgun, a sawed-off shotgun, a .22 calibre rifle, a large amount of ammunition, a bullet-proof vest, crossbow, two industrial-sized cash counters, cash, four cell phones and a Harley Davidson motorcycle determined to have been stolen out of Kelowna in February.
James Cousineau, 39 years old and from Penticton, is facing a number of drugs and weapons charges.
“Anytime you can get drugs and guns out of the hands of criminals is a great day. The bonus for us was the amount of drugs. The arrest and amount seized will surely have an impact on the drug supply and distribution in Penticton and the South Okanagan,” said Cpl. Scott VanEvery, TEU.
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Who's Gonna Love Me Now? (2016)
1h 24min | Documentary | March 2016 (UK)
At 21, Saar was expelled from his religious kibbutz and fled to the UK. There he created a new family with the London Gay Men's Chorus and now, after 19 years, Saar reaches out to his old family in the hope of a reconciliation.
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Title: Who's Gonna Love Me Now? (2016)
Saar Maoz ... Himself
Alon ... Himself
London Gay Men's Chorus Band ... Themselves
Elimelekh ... Himself, Saar Maoz's grandfather
Katri ... Himself, Saar Maoz's father
The London Gay Men's Chorus ... Themselves
John Moysen ... Himself
Reut ... Herself
Tsur ... Himself
At the age of 21 Saar Maoz arrived in the UK after being kicked out of his religious Kibbutz. Following the highs and lows that accompanied his newfound freedom Saar discovered an alternative family with The London Gay Men's Chorus. After 19 years, Saar has reached out to his conservative Israeli family in an attempt at reconciliation. Now his parents are coming to visit. Who's Gonna Love Me Now? celebrates the triumph of love over hate, of understanding over ignorance and the melding of cultures who traditionally view each other as extreme. This isn't Saar Maoz's singular journey, it is a monumental trek undertaken by his entire family.
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Well made and sometimes moving documentary of one mans coming to terms with HIV
10 July 2017 | by t-dooley-69-386916 – See all my reviews
Saar is an Israeli gay man who was thrown out of his Kibbutz for his sexual proclivities when he was 21. Coming from a Jewish background with close familial ties he decided there was no longer a place for him to 'fit in'. So he left and rocked up in London.
It was whilst he was living a life of excess, by his own account, that his partner told him that he was 'positive' and so he had to be tested too and you can guess the rest. Meanwhile his relationship with his wider family had continued to suffer. The film tells the story of how he reaches out to his father and siblings to see if there is any common ground left that they might all be able to inhabit or would religious bias, old fashioned social attitudes and fear of his 'infection' mean that there was little hope.
Now this is a well made film that is essentially a personal journey on the part of Saar and it does challenge some universal issues. Not least that of being HIV and the effects that that can have both physically and emotionally. There is also the love and support he has received from all his friends in London that have helped sustain him. The wider family issues are very personal but will strike a chord with anyone who has been shunned, half understood or worse by a member of their family. At 85 minutes long it is a reasonable length too; it is mainly in English with some Yiddish that seems to be well translated and as such one that is recommended.
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Amana Funeral Homes
Funeral Homes in Amana, IA
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Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Amana.
Suburbs of Amana: Amana Refrigeration Inc, East Amana, High, High Amana, West Amana.
Zip codes in the city: 52203, 52204.
Iowa County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Brosh Chapel
Brosh Chapel evolved in the spirit of serving families in a professional and compassionate manner. Four generations and over a hundred years later Brosh Chapel continues to provide quality services to families in their time of need. Providing...
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Murdoch Funeral Homes
Today, John Murdoch and his sister, Leigh Ann Murdoch represent the 4th generation of the Murdoch family to own and operate the Murdoch Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, now located at seven locations in Linn and Delaware counties. John's...
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Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home
On May 29, 2008, Frank and Kathy Van Steenhuyse purchased Russell Funeral Home from Jim and Pat Russell, renaming it Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home. It remains a comfortable place for families to arrange funeral services for their loved...
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Baxter Funeral Chapel
2121 Bowling Street SW
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Norway, IA 52318
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508 Maple St
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4200 1st Ave Ne
Vinton, IA 52349
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Marengo, IA 52301
Lensing Funeral & Cremation
520 Wilson Ave Sw
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111 Greene St
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115 1st Ave E
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219 N K Ave
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800 2nd Ave Se
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1221 1st Ave Sw
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407 N Highland St
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The Amana Colony is seven villages on 26,000 acres (11,000 ha) in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana), East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana, and Homestead. The villages were built and settled by German Pietists, who were persecuted in their homeland by the German state government and the Lutheran Church. Calling themselves the Community of True Inspiration (German: die Gemeinde der wahren Inspiration), they first settled in New York near Buffalo in what is now the Town of West Seneca. However, seeking more isolated surroundings, they moved to Iowa (near present-day Iowa City) in 1856. They lived a communal life until the mid-1930s.For eighty years, the Amana Colony maintained an almost completely self-sufficient local economy, importing very little from the industrializing American economy. The Amanians were able to achieve this independence and lifestyle by adhering to the specialized crafting and farming occupations that they had brought with them from Europe. Craftsmen passed their skills and techniques on from one generation to the next. They used hand, horse, wind, and water power, and made their own furniture, clothes, and other goods. The community voted to form a for-profit organization during the Great Depression, the Amana Society, which included the Amana Corporation.Today, The Seven Villages of Amana are a tourist attraction known for its restaurants and craft shops. The colony was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Amana Obituaries
It was reported by Des Moines Register on July 24th, 2018 that Saundra Boots (Haden) passed on in Amana, Iowa. Ms. Boots was 84 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Saundra's life.
It was reported by Arkansas Democrat/Gazette on February 12th, 2015 that Lloyd Albert Reihman passed on in Bentonville, Arkansas. Reihman was 83 years old and was born in Amana, IA. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Lloyd Albert's life.
It was written by Des Moines Register on July 26th, 2014 that Carl Oehl passed on in Amana, Iowa. Oehl was 87 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Carl's life.
It was noted by Arizona Republic on July 2nd, 2013 that Leonard J "Coot" Houser passed on in Arizona. Houser was 87 years old and was born in Amana, IA. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Leonard J "Coot"'s life.
It was revealed on October 31st, 2012 that Donald L Demonbrun perished in Amana, Iowa. Demonbrun was 80 years old and was born in Kansas City, MO. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Donald L's life.
It was noted by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on February 15th, 2012 that Francelest Helm (Hach) passed on in Amana, Iowa. Ms. Helm was 94 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Francelest's life.
It was written by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on February 15th, 2012 that Francelest Helm (Hach) perished in Amana, Iowa. Ms. Helm was 94 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Francelest's life.
It was noted by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on February 12th, 2012 that Frances Helm died in Amana, Iowa. Helm was 94 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Frances's life.
It was reported by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on February 12th, 2012 that Frances Helm perished in Amana, Iowa. Helm was 94 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Frances's life.
It was reported by Des Moines Register on November 3rd, 2011 that Michael John "Mike" Bormann passed away in Amana, Iowa. Bormann was 48 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Michael John "Mike"'s life.
Rock, both of the Lutheran faith. They believed that God might communicate to his followers through an inspired individual, just as he did in the days of the prophets. Calling themselves the Inspirationalists Society or the Community of True Inspiration, 'die Gemeinde der wahren Inspiration', they first settled in New York state near Buffalo, New York in what is now the Town of West Seneca, New York Seneca. The Amana Colonies are a group of settlements of radical German Pietists in Iowa, USA, comprising seven villages. This is the belief of the Amana society today.
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Tejaswini Sawant Shooter Biography [Age Height Caste]
Tejaswini Sawant Shooter Biography [Age Height Caste Family Marriage Marathi]
Tejaswini Sawant who had recently earned her Fame in the CWGs 2018 Gold coast is an Indian Shooter. She was the part of the team representing India for the Common Wealth Games 2018 held at the Gold Coast. She belongs to the state of Maharashtra. She is believed to be from her home town from the Kolhapur District of the state. Tejaswini is a professional Shooter and participated in the same sporting event at the CWGs. She also managed to win a number of other championships to her credit while being nominated for the country.
Name Tejaswini Sawant
Date of Birth 12th September 1980
Home Town Kolhapur – Maharashtra
Fathers Name Late Ravindra Sawant
Mothers Name Sunita Sawant
Sisters Name Vijaymala Gavai
Anuradha Pitre
Sponsor Olympic Gold Quest
Coach Kuheli Ganguly
Profession Sports Department – Special Duty
Medal Records
World Championships Munich – 2010-50 m rifle- Gold
World Cup Munich- 2009- 50 m rifle- Bronze
CWGs Gold Coast- 2018-50 m rifle-Gold
Melbourne- 2006-10m rifle-Gold
Melbourne-2006-10 m rifle-single-Gold
Delhi-2010-50 me rifle-Silver
Delhi-2010-50m rifle prone-Silver
Delhi-50m rifle-pairs-Bronze
Personal and family information
Tejaswini Sawant represents the country as a Shooter from India participating in the air rifle sports. She was born in Kolhapur District in Maharashtra state on 12th September 1980. Her father has been serving the Indian Navy as a naval ranked officer by post. Her mothers name is Sunita Sawant and has been a house wife. Tejaswini Sawant is one amongst the three sisters to her parents. On 2010 February Tejaswini had to face the fact of loosing her father on account of his death.
In the initial days, Tejaswini was coached by Jaisingh Kausale in the Kolhapur district. Presently she also received her training for CWGs in assistance of her personal coach Kuheli Gangulee.
Tejaswini is currently employed as a special designated officer with the Sports department. She is currently married to Sameer Darekar, Builder and Social figure by profession.
In South Asian Events – for 9th Federation games, she had also represented the country. The events were organized on 2004 in Islamabad- Pakistan in which Tejaswini managed to win the country Gold medal in her sport.
CWGs – 2006 – For this event Tejaswini was also selected by the Country to represent India. In Melbourne events Tejaswini managed to win the country Gold medals. She participated in the 10 m rifles events for women category. She had paired with Avneet Kaur Sidhu at the games.
World cup and Championships ISSF – In 2009 Munich World Championships, Tejasiwni won the Bronze while again in 2010 championships she participated in 50 m rifle and won. She became the first Indian women to win the Gold medal and championship.
CWGs – 2010 – In Delhi CWGs, she participated in 50 m rifles and was awarded with Silver. When paired with Meena Kumari for the same event she won a Bronze at 50 m pairs rifle events. She was also awarded with Silver pairing with Rajkumari Goswami. She held the third position in the events.
CWGs 2018 – Tejaswini also had participated in the 2018 CWGs events and managed to win the 50 m rifles Gold medal for the country.
Tejaswini Sawant was also awarded by the Government of India with the Arjun Awards, which is a high ranked award offered to the sports person in the country for their contributions. She was awarded in the year 2011.
With so many medals to her credit, Tejaswini Sawant has already proved that women are equally better in sporting events as compared to men. With her love for her sport it is obvious that she has a bright future with the game.
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Oussama’s family don’t have electricity in the house they live in as refugees. The small apartment that they share is unfit for living, but as they don’t have much money, it is all they can afford.
One day Oussama’s mother wanted to bathe her three year old son. She boiled the water on a gas stove placed on the floor of their kitchen so she could warm the water for him. When his mother went into the other room, Oussama tripped and fell into the boiling water.
His family tried to get Oussama treatment in their local area. A doctor provided treatment for him for three days, telling the family that he would do it for free. But after that he asked them for a lot of money that the family couldn’t afford, and so they had to pay him. After that, the family searched for a local doctor, who applied herbal medicines onto the wounds, but the family had become so poor that they couldn’t even afford the transportation to and fro the doctor’s offices.
“Since the accident Oussama has lost a lot of weight and become very quiet.”
Oussama’s parents were concerned about the scars on his elbow. They went to speak with the Union of Relief and Development Associations (URDA), who told the family that they should contact INARA. We brought Oussama into the American University of Beirut Medical Center for an assessment. Doctors warned that the scarring on his elbow isn’t restricting movement now, but will as he grows up. Therefore they recommended steroid injections and CO2 laser treatment. This will soften the hardened scar tissue and ensure his skin is more flexible as he grows up.
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Golden Triangle Tour Package
9 N/10 days Agra Bharatpur Jaipur Ranthambore New Delhi Day 1: Arrive Delhi Upon your arrival at the airport, meet our representative awaiting just outside the arrival hall, past thecustoms area & currency shops. Later at the hotel our representative […]
9 N/10 days
Agra Bharatpur Jaipur Ranthambore New Delhi
Day 1: Arrive Delhi
Upon your arrival at the airport, meet our representative awaiting just outside the arrival hall, past thecustoms area & currency shops. Later at the hotel our representative will brief you about tour starting day after.
Delhi, the national capital of India is an historic city and commercial centre of Northern India. Numerous dynasties ruled and flourished each bequeathing the city with different colours, shades and folds of civilisation as heritage. With a multi-ethnic society, Delhi welcomes all to witness a miniature of the vast Indian subcontinent.
A full day sightseeing tour of Delhi is planned for the day. Today Delhi will unleash its historic and cultural heritage as you are introduced to various awe inspiring monuments. Start exploring from the undulated lanes of Old Delhi. The attractions here worth visiting first include the magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Site of Red Fort and the Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India. The day tour will also include visits to one of the largest brick minarets of the world- Qutab Minar, white lotus shaped Bahai Temple- Lotus Temple, the stunning Humayun’s Tomb built in 1562 CE, and beauteous Laxmi Narayan Temple.
Visit the eclectic mix of modern and cosmopolitan worlds of India and take a sightseeing tour of New Delhi. Once called Lutyens Delhi, the area of New Delhi was designed by British architect, Sir Edward Lutyens. These glorious imitations of Victorian style architecture have always been an eye-candy for the connoisseurs of art and architecture. Enjoy a drive past monuments of national significance such as Presidents House, Parliament House and later enjoy a night view of India Gate under starlit sky here.
Day 3: Delhi- Jaipur
This morning depart from Delhi by private car for Jaipur-the pink city. In the afternoon, tour the old walled city of Jaipur. Visit the unique Jantar Mantar Observatory- an assortment of architectural astronomical instruments. Built by Maharaja Jai Singh II it consists of fourteen major geometric devices for measuring time and predicting eclipses etc. Stunning City Palace will be the next destination on this city tour. City Palace is a complex of various palaces in Jaipur which is an erstwhile seat of Maharaja of the region. Drive-by the stunning Hawa Mahal- a palace with hundreds of ornamental windows, built for royal ladies to be able to watch the daily processions of city.
Enjoy a hearty breakfast at the hotel and leave for a half-day sightseeing tour to the hilltop fortress of Amber. A small trek up the hill will be covered while riding an elephant in the royal manner. The fort was built in 1592 under the reign of Raja Man Singh and was later modified by successive rulers for next 150 years. Today the structure stands with its beautifully carved ceilings, intricate patterns and stunning designs .
In the afternoon, tour the old walled city of Jaipur. Visit the unique Jantar Mantar Observatory- an assortment of architectural astronomical instruments. Built by Maharaja Jai Singh II it consists of fourteen major geometric devices for measuring time and predicting eclipses etc. Stunning City Palace will be the next destination on this city tour. City Palace is a complex of various palaces in Jaipur which is an erstwhile seat of Maharaja of the region. Drive-by the stunning Hawa Mahal- a palace with hundreds of ornamental windows, built for royal ladies to be able to watch the daily processions of city.
Day 5: Jaipur- Ranthambore
(Driving Time: 145kms/3hrs approx)
This morning, drive to Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary, that homes over 300 species of birds. You will be accompanied by a naturalist into the park for evening safari on an exclusive jeep. Situated in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan the park was declared a sanctuary in 1955 and became a national park in 1980. Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary is renowned for high density of tiger populations and is surely one of the best places to spot the majestic predators in action. Other wild creatures that have made the park their home include leopards, nilgai, wild boar, sambar, sloth bear, hyena and chital and varied species of birds and reptiles. Follow the trails of wilderness for exciting game viewing and wait for the call of the wilds to track their location for a perfect exhilarating wildlife safari. Following dinner there may be a slideshow and an orientation talk about the park and it’s wildlife by the lodge staff.
Day 6: Ranthambore
Early morning a jeep safari into the park which is one of the finest tiger reserves in the country. You may like to spend the afternoon visiting nearby temples and famous sites. Also visit the Ranthambore Fort, regarded as one of the oldest forts of Rajasthan. Now mostly in ruins the fort is characterized by its temples, tanks, massive gates and huge walls. You will have another opportunity in the afternoon for tiger spotting during your second safari of the day.
Day 7: Ranthambore- Bharatpur
Drive early morning to reach Bharatpur. Bharatpur is known for its World Heritage bird sanctuary, the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, a haven and home to over 400 kinds of birds and many other migratory species. Famous for avifauna and highly endangered species of birds such as Siberian Crane the park is a paradise for ornithologists. The style of wildlife viewing here is a highlight in itself, as you travel by bicycle or a cycle-rickshaw with a local guide who is an expert on the flora and fauna of the park.
Day 8: Bharatpur – Agra
(Driving Time: 55kms/2hrs approx)
Driving from Bharatpur to Agra you break the journey at Fatehpur Sikri an amazing ghost town that was once the capital of the Mughal Empire. The monuments and edifices of Fatehpur Sikri are applauded by UNESCO for they showcase a beauteous synthesis of various regional schools of architecture and influences of Hindu, Jain and Islamic architectural styles. Explore the beautiful edifices which includes Jama Masjid, the Buland Darwaza, palace of Queen Jodha Bai, Birbal’s Palace, tomb of Saint Salim Chisti inside. You will then continue the drive to Agra.
Day 9: Agra
This day is spent exploring the best of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Agra. In afternoon, visit the ultimate emblem of love and an edifice that has most rightly been called a World Wonder- Taj Mahal. Built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal is a UNESCO acclaimed site and is called the jewel of Muslim art in India for its beauteous design and configuration. Later, visit the imposing structure of Agra Fort containing the Pearl Mosque, the Halls of public and private audience. Also visit, the Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah a replica of Taj Mahal often regarded as a draft of the famous mausoleum was built by Empress Noorjehan in memory of her father.
Day 10: Agra-Delhi
(Driving Time: 204kms/4.5hrs approx)
Morning drive to Delhi en-route visiting Sikandra. The magnificent specimen of Mughal architecture, Tomb of Akbar the Great is situated at Sikandra. A connoisseur of art Mughal Emperor himself initiated the construction around 1600. After his death his son Jehangir completed the tomb.
Later in evening arrive at Delhi airport for your onward flight.
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Sharptooth Adventures hosts grand opening
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Published on: May 26, 2019 | Last Updated: May 26, 2019 9:25 PM EDT
Left, Chris MacPherson, Irma Maier, Dana MacPherson, Mayor Brandon Burley, Martin Friesen, Gord Maddock, Holly Bradley. (GREG VANDERMEULEN/Morden Times)
Owners of Sharptooth Adventures hosted their official grand opening, Saturday, May 25.
Chris and Dana MacPherson held a ribbon cutting for the dinosaur themed play centre located on the east end of Morden. The facility was opened to the public on Dec. 27, and Chris MacPherson said they were pleased with the reaction.
“The winter was super busy,” he said.
Now entering what is considered the slow season, they are still a popular destination for birthday parties and summer camps.
“We’ve teamed up with the CFDC,” he said. “If you need full day coverage, you can actually have your kids go to CFDC for half the day and come here for half the day.”
The nearly 5,000 square foot facility includes an enormous play structure, a bouncy castle, climbing wall, full kitchen, and recently added virtual reality gaming.
“We just licensed virtual reality two weeks ago, so that’s a new thing that’s not in this area,” he said. “It’s phenomenal. I spent a lot of time playing it myself.”
MacPherson said once people try it, they love it.
“They have to try it to realize how different it is, because you really are in the game,” he said. “It’s amazing how realistic it is.”
MacPherson said they chose a dinosaur theme to go along with the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre and help create that tourism of dinosaurs and mosasaurs in the Pembina Valley.
“I think this will be a long term great attraction for the area,” he said. “The support in the community has been amazing.”
The play structure is dinosaur themed and the climbing wall is a triceratops “fossil” so kids can climb the bones.
The full kitchen can feed any taste. “Everything’s baked so it’s healthier,” he said.
The play structure is actually rated for 150 kids, a number it will never see since the building code allows 110 in the space.
MacPherson admits he wasn’t too sure about this idea when his wife Dana first came up with it. But in the end, he only had one stipulation.
“If we’re going to do it, we’ve got to go big,” he said. “And so that’s what we did.”
Morden Mayor Brandon Burley shoots a bow and arrow while testing out the virtual reality at the Sharptooth Adventures grand opening, May 26. (GREG VANDERMEULEN/Morden Times)
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Seattle man recounts harrowing encounter with a cougar
By: Deborah Horne
Updated: May 21, 2018 - 9:55 PM
A Seattle man who survived a cougar attack in 1996 opened up about his experience, as wildlife authorities are trying to determine why a mountain lion attacked and killed someone over the weekend.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said the cougar that attacked two people this weekend was slightly underweight. The cougar may have been searching for food when it attacked two cyclists on Saturday; injuring Isaac Sederbaum and killing S.J. Brooks.
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"Something told me to turn around," said Phil Anderson. "He was about 15, 20 in a full spring coming at my back."
Twenty-two years ago, Phil Anderson was in the Olympic Mountains when he ended up in a fight for his life with a young cougar.
"I stopped, made myself look big," said Anderson. "I yelled at him and he immediately came up the ramp of the trail and jumped right at my face."
He moved to the side and the big cat kept going.
"In fact I was able to push off of his body as he went past," Anderson said. "And when he hit the ground before his rear legs even hit the ground, he had his mouth on my shins."
Anderson, a former wrestler and Army paratrooper, was in the fight of his life.
"I threw my legs around his torso locked him up," he said, "threw my arms underneath and grabbed him by the scruff, by the neck. And when we landed on my back, I pulled him in tight to my body so that his legs would go past it could be that the kids thing that they do when they're on their backs."
"I rolled him over," he said, "I pinned his arms down with his front legs with my forearms and then I sunk a choke into his throat and I choked as hard as I could."
But the cougar wasn't done.
"I put in a second choke, same thing happened," he said. "Soon as it felt like it was starting to work, he fought."
The cougar bit Anderson twice in the chest.
"I pulled his head off of my chest, but my thumb went into the back of his mouth," Anderson said. "He gnawed my thumb nail off. And then when I got my foot up in between us, I kicked him off and one claw caught the webbing of my hand. And I ran down to the trailhead. He ran that way."
There have been just six cougar attacks on humans in Washington state in the last 100 years, most of them in Eastern Washington. In 1924, a teenager was mauled to death. Seventy-two years later came Phil Anderson's encounter. In 1998, a cougar dragged a 5-year-old girl by the head, severely injuring her. A year later, 4-year-old Jacob Walsh was attacked near Kettle Falls.
"The cougar flipped me around," said Walsh, "and I just remember getting drugged to the bushes."
Walsh is now 22 years old. He said he was rescued by his grandfather.
"I had over 200 stitches," Walsh said. "Mostly my neck and face."
There are very few people who have survived a cougar attack.
"There's not a lot of people with these experiences," Anderson said.
Anderson said he feels for Isaac Sederbaum, the 31-year-old man who survived Saturday's attack.
"He's got a really rough road ahead of him, I'm sure," said Anderson. "And I'd be more than willing to talk to him."
Anderson said his experience actually made him love the outdoors even more. And he said the cougar remains his favorite wild animal.
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, Unknown Binding, 2006
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Collins, Audio Cassette, 2002
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Collins, Paperback, 2001
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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia [Hardcover]
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The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" (The Chronicles of Narnia)
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Tandem Library, School & Library Binding, 1994
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HarperCollins, Library Binding, 1994
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Lion Hudson Plc, Hardcover, 1989
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader": Play (Acting Edition)
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The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
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Lions, Mass Market Paperback, 1986
The Chronicles of Narnia : seven volume set (7 vols). : The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chalice; The Last Battle
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Bles, Hardcover, 1969
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HarperCollins Distribution Services, Hardcover, 1968
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was written by C. S. Lewis. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was published by Macmillan.
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About C. S. Lewis (Author) : Clive Staples "Jack" Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature, Christian ... more
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3/16/2009 Mai Kemble said:
I have been reading this actually over and over again... I leave it in my livingroom and pick it up whenever I can and just flip it open and start reading. I have read each one, and still go back and forth on which is my favorite, but I think I lean the most toward Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Do y... more
I have been reading this actually over and over again... I leave it in my livingroom and pick it up whenever I can and just flip it open and start reading. I have read each one, and still go back and forth on which is my favorite, but I think I lean the most toward Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Do you ever think there could be stories quite like these?
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3/12/2008 Heidi Wasson said: C. S. Lewis was an amazing writer. These adventure stories are the best! I read them over and over.
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Olympics trivia
During the 2014 Sochi Olympics, follow us on Twitter (@japantimes @jt_sports) for daily trivia questions about Winter Olympics, both past and present.
Q: In what year was the first Winter Olympics held?
A: 1924 (Chamonix, France)
Q: What is the warmest place to ever host the Winter Olympics?
That would be. . . Sochi! It’s actually a subtropical seaside resort.
Q: What is nickname of the Japan women’s ice hockey team?
Smile Japan.
Q: What was the first year Japan participated in the Winter Olympics?
1928 (St. Moritz). They sent six Nordic skiers and a coach.
Q: Who is the youngest snowboarder to have won the title of Halfpipe World Tour Champion?
Ayumu Hirano, who just got a silver medal in the Olympic half-pipe competition. He was 14 when he won in 2012/2013.
Q: What snack is ski jumper Sara Takanashi hooked on?
Camembert cheese with honey.
Q: Who is the financial sponsor of the Jamaican bobsled team for the Sochi Olympics?
It was actually crowdfunded by Dogecoin users and a campaign on Crowdtilt.
Q: What Winter Olympic sport is Japan best at (based on total medals)?
Speed skating (15 total medals. That said, this may be in transition; this year didn’t go so well.)
Q: How many hours a week does figure skater Mao Asada usually train?
40-50 (including ballet and gym work-outs).
Q: Aside from gold medals, what do figure skaters Yuzuru Hanyu and Yuna Kim have in common?
They both have the highest scores ever in the short program of the figure skating competition. Kim took the record in the 2010 Winter Olympics with a score of 78.50. Hanyu earned 101.45 points for his short program performance.
Q: Which Winter Olympics was the first to use artificial snow?
1980 (Lake Placid)
Q: Who previously held the record for most Winter Olympic medals?
Norwegian cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie (12, including eight golds)
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Jay Chou Defends Good Friend’s Jeremy Lin’s NBA Championship Title
By joycek on June 16, 2019 in NEWS
The Mando-pop King took to Jeremy’s defense by personally replying to netizens’ comments.
Mandopop King Jay Chou (周杰倫) is known to be a fan of basketball, and he is also old pals with American-Chinese player Jeremy Lin (林書豪). With its triumph over opponent team Golden State Warriors, Jeremy’s team Toronto Raptors clinched its first ever NBA win – the first team outside the United States to do so. With this, Jeremy became the first Asian-American to be an NBA champion.
However, he faced criticism from netizens who doubted how deserving he was, since the basketball star had just joined the Raptors for less than half a season. The comments include: “Celebrating the championships without lifting a finger, what a joke” and “He did not even spend a second on the court, don’t get why he deserves to feel proud.”
Seeing his good friend getting lambasted, Jay took an unconventional approach and personally replied some of the comments in good humor, writing “He ain’t proud, but man am I real proud.” Jeremy had in fact gone on court in game three, albeit for a brief 51.7 seconds.
A 2016 music video of the singer titled “ Tu Er Qi Ice Cream” <土耳其冰淇淋>, which guest-starred Jeremy, saw the basketball star doing funky dance moves and strutting his moves on the court along with Jay. The two purportedly became good friends after spending a day filming the music video together.
Source: On.cc
This article is written by JoyceK for JayneStars.com.
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As an Asian living in Toronto, we welcome Jeremy Lin to our home team. Although he did not contribute much to the Raptors win this season, sometimes it’s about the journey. The recipient of a Best Actor/Actress award may not have been the best that year, but it’s about all the hard work and performances you’ve “accumulated” throughout the years.
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Twitter Shares Jump; Growth Attributed to Fight Against Abuse
NEW YORK - Shares in Twitter Inc jumped 13 percent Tuesday after the social media company reported quarterly revenue above analyst estimates, which executives said was the result of weeding out spam and abusive posts and targeting ads better.
New ad formats, partnerships with content providers like the U.S. National Basketball Association and efforts to patrol abusive content are helping Twitter better compete for advertising dollars, executives said.
Social media companies have been under pressure over privacy concerns and political influence activity. Twitter has removed thousands of spam and suspicious accounts, which it blamed for sequential declines in monthly users in recent quarters.
Twitter executives said they saw opportunities for selling ads that earn revenue when users visit websites or download apps, citing success with major brands like Walt Disney Co. The company is looking to grow its sales team in 2019 to better serve big advertisers.
'Something where you see a blending of performance and brand is the Star Trek ad that Disney is running right now, where I click through to make sure that I'd be notified when more information was available about the next Star Wars,' Twitter Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal told analysts.
Twitter said pre-roll ads, or promotional messages that play before videos, are also growing.
The company said its monthly active users (MAU) rose 9 million to 330 million from the previous quarter, much better than Wall Street's average estimate that it would lose 2.2 million users, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Still, MAUs were down 6 million from a year earlier.
It was Twitter's last quarter of disclosing MAUs.
From now on it will only provide 'monetizable' daily active users (mDAUs), created to measure people exposed to advertising and exclude those who access Twitter via text messages or aggregating sites like TweetDeck.
For the first quarter, Twitter said mDAUs rose to 134 million, up 12 percent from a year ago.
Analysts were encouraged by signs the company had found ways to sustainably grow users and revenue, but said the new way of measuring users could make comparisons with rivals like Facebook Inc more difficult.
'People are not impressed with a made up metric and their reluctance to give us actual users,' said analyst Michael Pachter at Wedbush Securities. 'I don't think the stock can get out of its own way until they come clean and report the same metrics everyone else does.'
Forecast largely below Wall Street
For the first quarter, Twitter's revenue rose 18 percent to $787 million from the year-ago quarter, topping analyst estimates of $776.1 million.
But Twitter also forecast revenue for the second quarter largely below analyst estimates, and said that it would continue to spend heavily on cleaning up Twitter as well as new ad products.
Ad sales jumped 18 percent to $679 million. In the United States, ad revenue rose by 26 percent.
Total operating expense including cost of revenue rose by 18 percent from the first quarter a year ago. The company reiterated that operating expenses would grow about 20 percent in 2019.
Twitter reported quarterly profit of $191 million, or 25 cents a share, compared with $61 million, or 8 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding a $124.4 million tax benefit, the company earned 9 cents per share.
The results appeared to catch the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump, who called for the creation of 'more, and fairer' social media companies, repeating his claim that Twitter is biased against Republicans, without presenting evidence.
'We enforce the Twitter Rules dispassionately and equally for all users, regardless of their background or political affiliation,' a Twitter representative said. 'We are constantly working to improve our systems and will continue to be transparent in our efforts.'
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Limerick rail lines under threat in the 'short term'
Donal O'Regan
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Deputy Niall Collins: If government does not invest in rail lines, they may as well 'turn off the lights outside the M50, pull the door and throw away the key'
IF THE GOVERNMENT doesn’t invest in railway lines then they may as well “turn off the lights outside the M50, pull the door and throw away the key,” said Deputy Niall Collins.
He was speaking after documents released to the Irish Independent under the Freedom of Information Act show most of the rail network faces being closed unless Irish Rail receives a €460m cash injection.
The Limerick–Ballybrophy and Limerick Junction–Waterford rail lines could be closed in the “short-term”, according to a National Transport Authority report.
“This will require the closure of the majority of the rail network,” the documents state. Only the Dart, Dublin and Cork commuter services and intercity services between Dublin, Cork, Belfast and Limerick would remain. Deputy Collins said if this is allowed to happen it is “yet another attack on rural Ireland by the government”.
“Limerick Junction to Waterford is absolutely imperative for connectivity and competitiveness of the Mid-West region. We have to maintain a rail link to Waterford - you’re connecting cities.” said Deputy Collins, who also called for money to be invested in the intercity lines including Limerick-Dublin.
“I know as a regular commuter you can travel by road quicker from Limerick to Dublin than by rail and that shouldn’t be the case,” said Deputy Collins.
Senator Paul Gavan said the government must step up to protect and enhance the Castleconnell rail line, which is one of the of stations on the link to Ballybrophy
“Irish Rail is currently facing a €460 million deficit and the report released under FOI tells us that many lines, including the one to Castleconnell face closure without additional funding.
“How ironic that this story breaks just as the government are trumpeting about their new spatial strategy. If the government was serious about ensuring balanced growth they would ensure proper funding was in place to secure the future of our local rail services,” said Senator Gavan. The Castleconnell to Ballybrophy line has never received proper investment needed, he said.
“Restricted speeds due to a failure to sufficiently upgrade track lines coupled with a failure to align service times with the needs of commuters has meant that the line remains the Cinderella of the Irish rail network.
“We are expecting a population growth in the region of 50,000 people for Limerick city and county in the coming decades. We need a transport plan for Limerick that takes account of our future needs and invests in our existing infrastructure. Any decision to close this rail line would be shortsighted and reflect a lack of foresight and planning on a monumental scale.”
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Dr Michael Bowden is a Consultant Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist with almost 30 years' experience working in Psychiatry. He is a Senior Staff Specialist and Head of Department of Psychological Medicine at the Children's Hospital Westmead. Dr Bowden spoke on the family impact of childhood liver transplants.
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Dr Scott Nightingale is a paediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist based at John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, NSW. Scott’s liver research interests include biliary atresia and he is currently collaborating in a number of international multicentre drug trials for hepatitis C infection and a rare metabolic liver disease known as lysosomal acid lipase.
Dr Angela Mackenzie: Helping Children through Medical Procedures
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Dr Michael Stormon: Immunosuppression. For Life? Or Not?
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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) rebranded its $100 billion advertising business
By HEFFX Australia on June 28, 2018 Comments Off on Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) rebranded its $100 billion advertising business
Google’s new Google Ad program allows companies to reach customers wherever they are online, as people move away from browsing the web on desktop.
It also expands its program so small businesses can use Google ads, allowing them to use the power of the internet to reach customers.
Google, which books more than $100 billion per year in advertising revenue, announced on Tuesday that it is streamlining multiple advertising technologies into three main products called Google Ads, Google Marketing Platform and Google Ad Manager.
While the change is mostly cosmetic, it’s a subtle acknowledgment that consumers are increasingly accessing the internet and viewing ads on a variety of devices, not just on their computers.
About 85 percent of Google’s total revenue comes from its technologies that place advertising on its properties and partner sites. It dominates online advertising alongside Facebook, with the two companies taking in 56.8 percent of all U.S. digital advertising spending, per eMarketer.
Despite this massive success, the company is eliminating the AdWords brand, which launched in 2000 as one of Google’s first advertising products, and the DoubleClick brand, which it acquired in 2007.
Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways.
By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 1,106.06.
The projected upper bound is: 1,149.63.
The projected lower bound is: 1,059.52.
The projected closing price is: 1,104.58.
A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened).
During the past 10 bars, there have been 4 white candles and 6 black candles for a net of 2 black candles. During the past 50 bars, there have been 26 white candles and 24 black candles for a net of 2 white candles.
Three black candles occurred in the last three days. Although these candles were not big enough to create three black crows, the steady downward pattern is bearish.
Momentum Indicators
Momentum is a general term used to describe the speed at which prices move over a given time period. Generally, changes in momentum tend to lead to changes in prices. This expert shows the current values of four popular momentum indicators.
One method of interpreting the Stochastic Oscillator is looking for overbought areas (above 80) and oversold areas (below 20). The Stochastic Oscillator is 8.1881. This is an oversold reading. However, a signal is not generated until the Oscillator crosses above 20 The last signal was a sell 4 period(s) ago.
The RSI shows overbought (above 70) and oversold (below 30) areas. The current value of the RSI is 43.50. This is not a topping or bottoming area. A buy or sell signal is generated when the RSI moves out of an overbought/oversold area. The last signal was a sell 6 period(s) ago.
The CCI shows overbought (above 100) and oversold (below -100) areas. The current value of the CCI is -121.This is an oversold reading. However, a signal isn’t generated until the indicator crosses above -100. The last signal was a sell 4 period(s) ago.
The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence indicator (MACD) gives signals when it crosses its 9 period signal line. The last signal was a sell 2 period(s) ago.
Rex Takasugi – TD Profile
ALPHABET INC C closed down -14.480 at 1,103.980. Volume was 27% below average (neutral) and Bollinger Bands were 32% narrower than normal.
Open High Low Close Volume___
1,121.3401,131.8361,103.6201,103.980 1,293,892
Technical Outlook
Short Term: Oversold
Intermediate Term: Bullish
Long Term: Bullish
Moving Averages: 10-period 50-period 200-period
Close: 1,147.61 1,092.26 1,057.24
Volatility: 24 27 29
Volume: 1,572,010 1,628,200 1,624,322
Short-term traders should pay closer attention to buy/sell arrows while intermediate/long-term traders should place greater emphasis on the Bullish or Bearish trend reflected in the lower ribbon.
ALPHABET INC C is currently 4.4% above its 200-period moving average and is in an upward trend. Volatility is extremely high when compared to the average volatility over the last 10 periods. There is a good possibility that volatility will decrease and prices will stabilize in the near term. Our volume indicators reflect volume flowing into and out of GOOG.O at a relatively equal pace (neutral). Our trend forecasting oscillators are currently bullish on GOOG.O and have had this outlook for the last 36 periods.
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Tripping the white fantastic in Lapland: Saariselkä's best winter activities
Gemma Graham
If you long for an active winter break, but want an alternative to crowded pistes and predictable après, head to Saariselkä, at the very heart of Finnish Lapland. Here you'll experience a landscape of pristine, sub-zero silence, where the best way to appreciate the astonishing surroundings is to be outside in them – no matter how cold it is.
Don your thermals, layer up and discover the best activities to stay warm on a trip to this icy paradise.
Saariselkä's pristine terrain, covered in pine trees laden with snow © Gemma Graham / Lonely Planet
Outdoor-sports equipment has come a long way since the early days of the snowshoe, so if you have visions of strapping a pair of wooden tennis rackets to your feet, you’ll be in for a pleasant surprise. Modern snowshoes are lightweight and effective, allowing you to steadily pad your way across open fells or explore pristine forest trails without sinking into the snow up to your armpits. You may never quite emulate the grace or stealth of the Arctic fox but, really, the clumsiness is all part of the fun.
For the ultimate atmospheric excursion, arrange to go out when it's dark – which is most of the day during winter at this latitude. As the darkness envelops you in its stillness, your head torch will cast an eerie blueish glow on trees burdened by the weight of snow, contorted into alien-like forms. Stop to gaze up at the inky sky and you might just catch sight of a shooting star or snatch a glimpse of that most elusive of beasts: the aurora borealis.
Cross-country skiing on one of the stunning trails in the Saariselkä region © Jukka Rapo/Getty Images
Although there is a modest number of downhill slopes in Saariselkä offering a decent diversion for beginners and intermediate skiers and snowboarders, those who really want to experience the beauty of the region should give cross-country skiing a shot.
It's an entirely different discipline to downhill skiing – from the streamlined footwear and narrow skis to the technique itself – so it’s well worth signing up for lessons to help you master the basics. You’ll learn a number of different skills on a small, circular training track before heading further afield to put what you’ve learned into practice on the well-groomed trails through the surrounding forests. There’s no denying that you’ll work up a sweat (all the better to stoke your appetite for a hearty post-skiing meal), but with temperatures dipping well below -30°C here in the depths of winter, it's a great way to fend off the cold.
A convoy of snowmobilers slows down under a pink sky to take instruction from their guide at dusk © Gemma Graham / Lonely Planet
One of the most exhilarating activities you can experience on the white stuff, snowmobiling is a must for ardent adrenaline junkies. The law in Finland requires you to have a driving licence to rent a snowmobile and to undertake a justifiably rigorous safety briefing before heading off on your adventure. But once the formalities are taken care of you’re in for a thrilling ride. One moment you'll be zipping through the forest to the soundtrack of your engine, and the next you'll be power-surfing over an undulating, barren fell, the fierce wind whipping the powdery snow into swirls as though it’s dry ice on a dancefloor.
You’ll be given appropriate equipment and clothing to offer some protection against the biting cold, but layering is key. Even with the balaclava supplied, there will be points when you believe the frigid Arctic wind might shear the nose clean off your face. And, despite turning the heat on the handlebars up to max, you’ll wonder if your fingers will ever regain any feeling at all. But when you turn to head back to base, the small caravan of snowmobiles ahead of you silhouetted against the blazing pink sky as the winter sun lingers stubbornly just under the horizon, you'll be raring to do it all again.
A sauna-goer emerges after a plunge in icy water beside a steam sauna in Urho Kekkonen National Park, close to Saariselkä © Norbert Eisele-Hein / Shutterstock
Relaxing in a traditional Finnish sauna
There’s no activity quite so characteristically Finnish – or as restorative – as a traditional smoke sauna. Forget the lacklustre sweatbox at your local gym; when you’ve experienced the Finnish way of doing things, you’ll understand why sauna culture is so intrinsic here. Once the wood-burner has the mercury teetering around 80°C, water is ladled on to the piping hot stones atop the stove to fill the sauna with soft, fragrant steam, known as löyly. After a preparatory shower, it's time to take a seat and feel the heat, and perhaps to flog yourself with the leafy birch branches (vasta) that are often to hand: the practice is said to boost circulation.
You could simply alternate between the sauna and a shower to cool down, but saunas on the banks of Lapland's frozen lakes and rivers offer an especially invigorating option: ice swimming. Once you've raised your core temperature sufficiently with a few cycles of sauna and shower, steel yourself for a mad dash to a swimming hole and dunk yourself in the breath-grabbingly icy water for a few seconds before running back to the warmth of the sauna. This extreme refreshment is admittedly not for the faint of heart, but the elation that follows is uniquely addictive. When in Lapland...
A cross-section of a traditional Sámi boot on display at Siida in Inari © Gemma Graham / Lonely Planet
Learning about the Sámi way of life
Lapland’s indigenous people, the Sámi, have inhabited the northern reaches of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia for thousands of years, and to understand Lapland is to understand the Sámi and their culture. Traditionally reindeer herders, today's Sámi, while maintaining this practice, work across the full spectrum of industries and through sustained efforts have fought to save their culture, languages and traditions from extinction.
You can learn more about the Sámi people at the fascinating Siida museum in Inari, around 70km from Saariselkä. The Sámi Cultural Centre, Sajos, is located here too, and is home to the Sámi Parliament.
Witnessing the aurora
Inspiring centuries of myths and legends, the aurora borealis represents nature at her most bewitching. While there are several ways of increasing your chances of a sighting, a lot still comes down to luck. Going on a northern lights safari with a guide, whether by snowmobile or mini-van, won't guarantee you'll see them, but the adventure of the experience alone is worth it, even if luck isn't on your side.
The anticipation mounts as your guide takes you away from any light pollution and deep into the biting wilderness, following tip-offs from other guides and forecasting apps. Along the way you'll learn about the science and how indigenous peoples made sense of the spectacle throughout the millennia. And then you might – just might – catch sight of a glowing wisp, growing stronger and lingering as a colourful streak, or dancing like billowing smoke across the black expanse of night.
Heated glass windows aid uninterrupted viewing of the vast Arctic skies in an aurora cabin at the Northern Lights Village © Gemma Graham / Lonely Planet
But perhaps the most luxurious (not to mention romantic) way to see the aurora is from the cosy confines of an aurora cabin, such as those at the excellent Northern Lights Village. While the front of each cabin is entirely enclosed for privacy, the back has a panorama of slanted glass windows under which you can lie on your bed and gaze skywards for as long as you can stay awake.
Saariselkä is a 30km hop from Ivalo Airport, which is served by airlines including Finnair, who fly direct from London Gatwick. Activities and excursions can be arranged through providers in the region such as Top Safaris. Much of Saariselkä's accommodation tends towards the luxurious; if you're not treating yourself to a stay in an aurora cabin, an equally special choice is the Star Arctic Hotel. Its position atop the Kaunispää mountain offers unparalleled views of the snowy, forested expanse below.
Gemma Graham travelled to Saariselkä with support from Inghams. Lonely Planet contributors do not accept freebies in exchange for positive coverage.
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Stream “Flavors” HERE
“It’s a well documented fact that funk and pop make excellent bedfellows, but this winning combination isn’t taken advantage of nearly as often as it should be. Royal Street have taken up the funk pop mantle and, to all intents and purposes, have done a damn good job of it. ” - Belwood Music
PROVIDENCE, RI | JUNE 7th, 2017 - Royal Street shows that they’re not stopping any time soon with the release of their funky rock/pop debut LP “Flavors,” out TODAY. The trio seamlessly blends together power pop vocals, groovy guitar licks, and radio friendly hooks to create their niche. “Flavors” is experimental, yet mainstream; it’s polished, yet gritty. Royal Street, led by vocalist Viana Newton, proves that they are not a one stop shop. The LP features the previously released single, “Make Believe,” the album’s closest example of a power ballad, and a new version of “Cranston Crank,” the upbeat, cool original RS single. It’s a style that’s not nearly toyed with enough - yet Royal Street demonstrates the sound perfectly, while also maintaining their own set of unique characteristics throughout all 10 tracks. About the album, the band states:
“The release of our debut album “Flavors” highlights that musically and as individuals we have a lot of different elements and styles we like to play around with. Listen to Make Believe, and be connected to a time when someone wasn’t taking you seriously. Listen to Prove It, and be empowered and confident that you are on the right path in life, and no one can tell you otherwise. Listen to Cranston Crank to dance… and to rid yourself of any negative force. This album has a bit of everything, and we’re confident that anyone could find something that they enjoy about it.”
Royal Street is a pop rock act from Providence, Rhode Island specializing in infectious, funky tunes that can take listeners anywhere - from the modern pop hooks of Maroon 5 or Bruno Mars to the alt-rock sounds of Taking Back Sunday or Paramore. The Royal Street sound appeals to a wide variety of listeners, combining the attitude and energy of hard rock with funky guitar lines and soulful melodies. Within only a few short months of becoming active, Royal Street was selected to play the 2015 Warped Tour (Mansfield, MA), and were also part of their first tour, the "Get Loud, Get Lost" Tour with Marina City in the summer of 2015 which covered 12 states in 12 days and used that rhythm to continue to play shows and grow their fan base, touring throughout the Northeast and Midwest. “Flavors” is available NOW.
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How to stop worrying and learn to love the chaos
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It is a truth not quite universally acknowledged that the primary, default mode of much of marketing is, control.
The culture of accountability demands results.
Endemic short-termism demands immediate results.
The corporation’s hunger for certainty is insatiable.
The industries of risk minimisation fuel the desire for (and belief in) predictability.
The mythology of the satellite consumer revolving around their brand of choice encourages the illusion of control.
The fantasy of loyalty and love feeds the belief that the consumer can be managed and secured.
The zombie idea of persuasion fosters the misguided belief that people’s minds can be permanently reprogrammed.
Not surprisingly then, across much of marketing- and adland, creativity is built around the processes and systems of control.
Who has not worried about losing control?
Who, if you’re on the agency side, has not experienced from time to time, the feeling of mild anxiety that precedes a creative review?
Or, if your on the client side, that precedes an agency presentation?
Who hasnot (go on, admit it) sensed somewhere at the back the brain a small voice worrying… “I hope we have something. I hope it’s on brief. I hope it’s at least near the brief. Please let this not be a disaster. Please let us see something today we can sell to the client.”
Who has hoped for surprise. As long as it isn’t too big a surprise?
With Time and Money, the twin horsemen of the creative apocalypse bearing down upon us, it’s hard and occasionally utterly nerve wracking to take the brakes off, release the mechanisms of control, and hope for the unexpected, the tangential, the convention defying, the stretching of the bounds of feasibility or sense.
Yet our task is profitable growth for our clients.
Of imagining and creating new futures for their brands and businesses.
We are then, in the business of igniting and sustaining momentum.
And as Kevin Spacey reminded us in his brilliant 2013 McTaggart lecture, it is when we let go, that we create the chance to move forwards:
I remembered during Long Day’s Journey Jack [Lemmon] used to talk about when he first started out as an actor in the early days of television in the 1950’s. He often talked about those days as the “Golden Years” – we’ve all heard that term – the Golden Age. As I was being pressured to accept this role, I wondered what did he actually mean by that phrase. So I called and asked him; were you just being nostalgic or was there something different about the way television was back then? And he said to me . . . “You have to understand, kid, that television was brand new back then. It was a new medium and nobody really knew if it was going to last - so you could try anything – comedy one week, drama the next, a soap, a musical, it was terrific. It hadn’t been commercialized yet and no one knew if it was even going to be around long. There was a sense of total abandon”.
“Total abandon” . . . Now that was not a phrase I had ever associated with television: “abandon’. But now it makes sense to me when I discovered that James MacTaggart, in addition to being a dynamic creative force, was also in his personal life a volunteer parachutist in the Scottish Battalion. He chose to jump into space, willingly and bravely – literally taking a leap of faith - and his work reflects that sense of ‘abandon’, which is why we honor his memory today…
Now if there is anything about the character I play on ‘House of Cards’ - Francis Underwood – that suspect people might admire is that he too has embraced a sense of total abandon: abandonment to the rules. He has no allegiances, to party, to titles, to forms, to names, to labels: he doesn't care whether it’s Democrats, Republicans, ideology or conviction. What he sees is opportunity and the chance to move forward. Okay, he’s a bit diabolical but he’s also very effective…
It’s always been about total abandon. It was that way when Jack Lemmon began. It was that way when Grant Tinker birthed the shows of MTM Studios. It was that way when HBO threw up its hands and thought, “Why not a show about overweight, mob boss in New Jersey who kills people but also suffers anxiety attacks? Why not?”
Spacey makes the case for abandon.
In a talk to the agency, Dan Wieden made the case for the necessity of chaos:
See I have this addiction to chaos. I love it when I’m a bit anxious. It’s a sickness, okay. But it works for me. And the older I get, the more I need what upsets me, shocks me, makes me squirm, or get angry. The older I get the more I value what forces me to take a second look. The more I respect people who don’t automatically respect me.
I love this agency the most, when it’s off balance. Moving at 7,000 miles an hour, trying to take a sharp left turn, everybody holding their breath, laughing like hell, occasionally throwing up but smiling, and leaning right to make sure the fucking thing doesn’t tip over.
Chaos does this amazing thing that order can’t: it engages you. It gets right in your face and with freakish breath issues a challenge. It asks stuff of you, order never will. And it shows you stuff, all the weird shit, that order tries to hide.
Chaos is the only thing that honestly wants you to grow. The only friend who really helps you be creative. Demands that you be creative.
Now, clearly, there are some disciplines in this organization that don’t really need to have chaos as their operating policy. I’m thinking finance. I’m thinking traffic. I’m thinking media buying. But even in those departments that need to operate with Germanic precision, even there, we need enough uncertainty that we are forced to question how we do what we do so efficiently. And maybe, why we do it at all.
The other thing chaos does is challenge authority.
It cares more about truth than power. Political figures are fascinated with the agency and some, like Senator Bill Bradley, have come by on a fairly frequent basis, just to share a meal, get our sense of things. I remember the first time Bradley spent a couple of hours in our conference room with about a dozen freaks from the agency. Clinton had just been elected, and Bradley was being considered for Secretary of State. He wasn’t there to lecture, or press the flesh, but to listen. It was a fascinating meeting, very frank, wide ranging. When I drove him back to the airport, he said, “what an amazing group of people. So young, so bright, so well informed. But I gotta tell you what was most astonishing was the complete lack of deference…to you, to me, to anyone.” He wasn’t complaining, he was just mesmerized by the informality, the absence of authority.
Abandon, chaos, letting go - call it what you will - is then, the thing that moves us forwards.
And that has profound implications for how we respond to its outputs.
This gigantic pushpin (100,000 of them) board sits in the Portland office of Wieden+Kennedy:
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The exhortation isn’t about a desire to fuck up.
It’s about recognising that if creative people (of all kinds) are afraid of failing, they will never have the confidence or courage to embrace total abandon, to try the ridiculous, the impossible, the untested, or the plain ol’ daft.
So how should we - those perhaps more inclined to be comfortable with order than chaos - respond to the forces of abandon and chaos?
Writing in Campaign Jeremy Bullmore provides us with some characteristically essential wisdom and advice:
Advertising is, or should be, all about ideas, wheezes, hypotheses and improvisations : why don't we…? what about…? let's try…… Good advertising makes difficult things happen – and almost everything that's going to be suggested, at least in it's initial expression, will be patently flawed.
As an eager young recruit, you'll be sorely tempted to display your intelligence by pointing this out : by focusing the blinding light of your analysis on the obvious inadequacies of each fragile weakling : and almost certainly in the presence of the weakling's author and the author's superior. What's more, it will be clear from your expression that you expect praise for this act of wanton demolition.
So my first piece of advice; never, ever do this. It's the easiest thing in the world and the least constructive. If you want to be valued, you need to display a consistent ability to see potential in the feeblest spark and help to coax and cosset it until it blazes into glory. If you can't do that, just shut up and listen.
I don't know what the other two are.”
This is categorically not an argument for pandering to creative whim.
Our work serves commercial ends, and as such, must be fit for purpose. Demonstrating that it is, lies at the heart of making any idea buyable.
But before we apply the levers of control and ask whether the work is right (for the business, the brand, the customer, the client, the stakeholders) and start to censure, edit, or critique, we should simply ask:
Is it interesting?”
The world after all, is already full to the brim with highly relevant, deeply insightful, single-minded, clearly communicating, well-branded, product truth leveraging, category-conforming, consumer-friendly, focus group endorsed, well-researched, rigorously validated, exhaustively tested, expectation delivering garbage that moves nobody and nothing forwards.
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The Ryder Cup comes around every two years and is a very special golf event loved by fans from all over the world. This team competition puts together two teams, Europe and America, and these two battle it out over a three-day competition to see who takes him the prestigious title of being the Ryder Cup champions.
This year the competition will be hosted by Europe, with Le Golf National in Paris, France the course chosen to host. Despite being in France, golf fans from all over Europe will head over to cheer on their stars in the hope that Europe can claim back their crown after the American victory in 2016.
When competitions like the Ryder Cup come around, you realise that team golf is something very special, and a change from the nature of standard golf. This tournament is a chance for those involved to be a part of something special and play alongside other players in an attempt to bring home the trophy. If you’ve never watched the Ryder Cup before, be sure to tune in over the weekend, you don’t know what you’re missing.
The format of the Ryder Cup is obviously very different to a standard golf tournament so here is a rundown of what will happen over the three days of competition, and what to look out for.
Eight games take place on each of the first two days, and they both have the same schedule. To kick things off in the morning we have the fourballs, with four games heading out onto the course. Fourball golf is played in pairs and as the name suggests, each player has their own ball which they play every shot with. The best ball counts for each individual hole, with the other one, disregarded for scoring purposes. In the afternoon it is the turn of the foursomes, with four games again taking to the course. This is alternate shot, so while two players play together in a par, they only have one ball and alternate the shots played. Having a good rapport and understanding with your playing partner is key in foursomes golf, so look out for those who are successful on Friday being put back together again on Saturday. In total, 16 points are up for grabs on the opening two days, eight on day one and eight on day two and these are evenly split between fourballs and foursomes.
Things change on Sunday, and it is all about the individual. Every player will play on Sunday, whereas that isn’t always the case over the first two days. On Sunday there will be 12 single games, each one is worth one point, meaning that 12 points are up for grabs. Captains choose the order that their players will go out in, and this order will then determine who plays against who as the pairings are revealed.
Here is a look at the two teams that are taking part in the Ryder Cup this weekend.
Team Europe (Hosts)
Paul Casey, Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Alex Noren, Thorbjorn Olesen, Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson
Team USA (Holders)
Bryson Dechambeau, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, Tiger Woods
Looking at both teams, they each have plenty of experience in them, but the American team certainly has more. The chances of Team Europe look sure to rest on the shoulders of Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, who are expected to play a lot of golf over the weekend, and you can expect to see them play in three out of the four rounds on Friday and Saturday. Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson have been there and done it many times before, so they can be of great assistance both when they are playing, and when they are supporting the others in the team.
This American team looks to be stacked and with Tiger Woods winning last weekend to get his groove back, they look dangerous. With players like Woods and Mickelson around this team, they have a lot of experience, but plenty of this team have been involved in big situations before, whether that be on a personal level or previous Ryder Cup competitions. Some of the best players in the world are involved in this team, and it is no surprise to see them line up as favourites. They appear to have more depth in their team that Europe, which should give them an advantage over the three days.
Keys to Victory for Europe
Team Europe are going to rely on their big guns very heavily, and they simply have to deliver. Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm have to lead this team to victory when they play over Friday and Saturday, these three need to lead from the front and drag their team on their backs.
The other key for Europe is the experience they have playing in Europe on courses like this one. Players like Alex Noren, Thorbjorn Olesen, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton have lived on course like this for the past few years. They may lack in talent compared to those they are playing against, but they have vital experience and must use it.
Keys to Victory for the USA
Team USA have a lot more depth than Team Europe and it is key that they use that to take advantage of any tiredness from the European big guns. They are going to be forced to play players like Rory Mcilroy three times over the first few days, whereas Team USA have the depth to keep players fresh over the first two days.
When you compare the players on paper, Team USA are better, stronger and have more depth. They come here as defending champions and they should play like that. They have to have the confidence that they can come to Europe and win the Ryder Cup, they certainly have the team to do it, but they need to believe it.
Ryder Cup Betting Odds
Europe are priced up at 5/4 to lift the Ryder Cup, while USA are 4/7. Should we have a tie then that will go in the favour of USA as they are the defending champions and they will retain the trophy. Elsewhere there are many other ways to bet on the tournament, including bets on which players will perform the best.
Justin Rose is priced up at 4/1 to be the top European player of the weekend, with Rory McIlroy at 9/2 behind him and Jon Rahm at 7/1. These three are vitally important for the team and if Europe are to win this weekend, one of these three will probably be their top player.
The betting for the top USA player is far more open, showing the depth they have in their team. Dustin Johnson is the 5/1 favourite, with Brooks Koepka at 6/1 alongside Justin Thomas. Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed are all priced up at 7/1 to take the crown, while the remainder are in double figures.
The winning margin is another betting market to look at and the favourite here is for a USA win by 1-3 points, which is priced up at 3/1. Europe to win by 1-3 points can be backed at 10/3, while if you think a USA victory will be bigger than that you can back USA to win by 4-6 points at 7/2.
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William Hill – Bet £10 on Top Overall Scorer and Get a Free £5 Bet When They Win a Match
If you are looking at getting involved with the top overall scorer this weekend then William Hill is certainly the place to put your bet on. If you back your player to a stake of £10 or more then you will receive a free £5 bet every time they win a game over the weekend, so you could be in line to pick up a few free bets if they perform well.
Coral – Bet £10 pre-tournament for a Free £5 In-Play Bet
If you are looking to place bets both before and during the tournament then this offer from Coral should interest you. If you place a £10 bet before the tournament begins on Friday then you will receive a free £5 in-play bet from Coral to use at any point over the weekend while you are watching the action unfold in France.
888Sport – Bet £25 get a Free £5 Bet Every Day of the Ryder Cup
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5 December 2018 – today’s press releases
By Mark Valladares | Wed 5th December 2018 - 11:30 pm
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I see that one of my colleagues has gotten here first… but here’s the list in full…
Govt plan to trap Britain on a never-ending Brexit hamster wheel (as published here)
Lib Dems: Asylum seekers need action, not a review of rights
Corbyn too in pockets of the unions to back a People’s Vote
In the Chamber this afternoon, Home Secretary Sajid Javid was asked about lifting the ban on asylum seekers working in the UK.
He said “We currently have no plans to change that arrangement but it is one of the areas that I would like to review.”
Responding to these comments, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Ed Davey said:
I’m pleased to hear that the Home Secretary is open to lifting the ban, but asylum seekers don’t need a review. They need action now.
Along with employers, charities and refugees, the Liberal Democrats are demanding better for asylum seekers. We are calling on the Government to give them the right to work while their cases are decided.
This would give asylum seekers a sense of dignity and more money, as well as enabling them to contribute to the Exchequer and saving taxpayers money.
Responding to reports that the Unite leader Len McCluskey warned Labour MPs not to support a People’s Vote, Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson Tom Brake said:
Corbyn is still sitting on the fence while the rest of us dig in and try and get the UK out of this chaos.
The Labour leadership need reminding of the policy their members passed at conference – to hold a People’s Vote – but are too deep in the pockets of the union paymasters to disobey their diktat.
Read more by Mark Valladares or more about asylum seekers, brexit, ed davey or tom brake.
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Bill le Breton 6th Dec '18 - 8:37am
If you are determined to see the iron bars of a Hamster cage you will see them.
Andrew Duff has written an important paper which should be read and digested before the vote: http://www.epc.eu/documents/uploads/pub_8878_brexit_revelation.pdf?doc_id=2076
He is critical of the Lib Dems, writing “Lib Dems, having ditched their support for the previous referendum now want another one, deciding to oppose the Barnier package deal before seeing it.”
But don’t let that put you off. His title is “Brexit: From revelation
to re-accession.”
It is a shame that our best thinker on Europe was ignored prior to the EU 2014 elections, and has been ignored thereafter.
David Becket 6th Dec '18 - 11:18am
Andrew Duff’s paper is worth reading, and gives food for thought. The case he puts is worth considering, it is one way of avoiding civil unrest next spring.
Logical thought is needed to work through Andrew’s proposals and come up with a way forward. Are there any logical thinkers leading our party?
Yeovil Yokel 6th Dec '18 - 11:52am
…..”civil unrest next Spring.” Steady on, David, this is not France.
David Becket 6th Dec '18 - 12:11pm
@ Yeovil
The tabloids are starting to stir things up, the Express in particular is using language likely to inflame
Yeovil Yokel 6th Dec '18 - 1:46pm
This threat of civil unrest is a bluff, David, designed to intimidate Remainers. Who would lead the revolt: Boris, with his fear of the mob? Jacob, with his disdain for ordinary people? Nigel, with his dodgy back? Who would provide funds & social media support: President Polonium (aka Vladimir Novichok)? What would they attack the police with: rolled-up copies of the Daily Telegraph?
Rioting is a young person’s proclivity, and I can’t see many young British people rioting in favour of Brexit.
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Further reaction to the EU referendum result
Research | Regulatory
Comments from British Generic Manufacturers Association and the British Biosimilars Association, and APBI
Following the result of the United Kingdom’s referendum on membership of the European Union, Mike Thompson, CEO of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has said: 'The voice of the British people has been heard. This creates immediate challenges for future investment, research and jobs in our industry in the UK. With that being the case, we are committed to working closely with the government to agree what steps need to be taken to send a strong signal that the UK is open for business.'
Warwick Smith, Director General of the British Generic Manufacturers Association and the British Biosimilars Association, added: 'The existence of a single European marketing authorisation for medicines has generated considerable benefits for patients, the NHS and the industry. The single European marketing authorisation reduces cost and complexity for manufacturers, facilitating the production and regulation of high quality medicines and their availability to patients.'
'The UK generic and biosimilar medicines industry therefore urges the government to do everything possible to maintain this European marketing authorisation system in the forthcoming negotiations with the European Union,' he said.
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The next generational op: gold, silver or miners?
NigamArora
Nigam Arora is a nuclear physicist, an engineer, founder of two fast-growing Inc. 500 companies, and publisher of The Arora Report, which offers four investment newsletters.
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I often write about precious metals. As the metals have come down, it’s no surprise that the question I get most often is, "Should I buy gold, silver or miners?"
But the right question to ask is when and where will the next generational opportunity occur?
At The Arora Report we divide the precious metal complex into the following seven categories.
Major gold miners
Major silver miners
Junior miners
Let us first analyze the history, and then we will move on to predict the future based on our algorithms.
To understand the history, take a look at the chart going back to 1992.
Click here to see the chart.
The chart illustrates that it pays to pick the right category that may turn out to be the leader in the next cycle.
ETFs such as gold ETF GLD, +0.00% silver ETF SLV, +1.12% gold miner ETF GDX, -0.11% and junior miner ETF GDXJ, +0.67% are a relatively recent phenomena. To get a longer term perspective, the chart compares the Central Fund of Canada CEF, +0.15% with other precious metal securities.
We will take a look at a different chart comparing gold, silver, platinum, palladium, major miners, and junior miners later in this column.
CEF used to be our favorite investing and trading instrument before the advent of gold and silver ETFs. CEF is a closed-end mutual fund that was formed on November 15, 1961 in Canada. The fund invests over 95% of its assets in gold and silver bullion. Its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Gold and silver bullion held by CEF is stored in the highest security rated vaults at a Canadian bank.
On the chart, CEF is shown in yellow and the scale shows in percentage the difference in performance between the six instruments shown on the chart.
Before the advent of gold miner ETFs GDX, -0.11% and GDXJ, +0.67% ASA ASA, +0.43% (shown in gray on the chart) used to be our favorite instrument for trading and investing in precious metal miners. ASA was originally started in 1958 in South Africa. Now the company is organized in Bermuda and managed out of the United States. The company exclusively invests in miners or processors of gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, or other precious minerals.
The chart shows ASA out performed CEF from mid-1993 to mid-1997 and then again starting in 2001 to the end of 2010.
On the other hand, CEF outperformed ASA from 1992 to mid-1993 and then again starting in 2011 until now.
The silver miner Hecla HL, +0.00% (shown in green on the chart) never outperformed other instruments. Since 2001 ASA has outperformed major gold miners Barrick Resources US:ABX (shown on cyan in the chart) Newmont Mining NEM, -0.63% (shown in orange on the chart) and Philadelphia Gold/Silver Index XAU, +0.08% (shown in red on the chart).
Now let us look at the chart with popular ETFs. The Y axes scale shows in percentage the difference in performance between the six ETFs shown on the chart.
Click here to see the ETF chart.
The chart shows that palladium has been the best performing and junior gold miners are the worst performers. The chart also shows that for a while silver was outperforming everything else but lately silver has been performing worse than gold.
The purpose of the foregoing is to give you a glimpse of a fraction of our methodology related to precious metals. Our methodology for the precious metal complex consists of a combination of the ZYX Allocation Model, the ZYX Change Method, complex algorithms that detect the footprints of different types of investors from trading data across the globe, and a number of proprietary sentiment indicators especially designed for precious metals.
These are the tentative rankings for the next cycle:
In other words, palladium may turn out to be the best performer and junior miners may turn out to be the worst performers.
Investing in precious metals is a two-step process. The first step is deciding what to buy. This step is covered in this column. The next step is to properly time the purchases; this will be the topic of a future column.
Disclosure: Subscribers to The Arora Report have an outstanding recommendation to buy palladium for the long-term. Subscribers are short gold for a short-term trade and are also short silver miner First Majestic AG, +1.41% for a medium-term trade.
GDXJ
SPDR Gold Shares U.S.: NYSE Arca: GLD
iShares Silver Trust U.S.: NYSE Arca: SLV
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca: GDX
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca: GDXJ
Sprott Physical Gold & Silver Trust U.S.: NYSE Arca: CEF
ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd. U.S.: NYSE: ASA
Volume 87408
Hecla Mining Co. U.S.: NYSE: HL
High $1.76
Low $1.69
Newmont Goldcorp Corp. U.S.: NYSE: NEM
PHLX Gold/Silver Index Nasdaq: XAU
High 86.42
Low 85.19
First Majestic Silver Corp. U.S.: NYSE: AG
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Family Time: Tips for an active summer with your dog
Weekly family rail, tips for playing with your dog this summer, a review of "Madagascar 3" and more.
It's the perfect time of year to incorporate some extra activities into your pet's schedule. The warmer weather and longer daylight hours offer additional time outside. When planning vacations, weekend getaways, or even weeknight outings, be sure to include activities that are pet-friendly. Try these tips and share in an active summer with your four-legged friends.
- Go for a hike. Getting out in the woods is a thrill for dogs - everywhere they turn, there's something to sniff, look at or maybe even chase. Hit the trails with him for an active outing that's refreshing, healthy and fun. It's important to be well-supplied for hikes. Be sure to bring plenty of water as well as wholesome snacks.
- Explore new neighborhoods. Most people and pets have a well-worn path on their neighborhood walks, so why not switch up the scenery? Stray off the usual route, or drive somewhere different to go for a stroll. Try to find dog-friendly business districts that encourage visitors to bring pets along. In urban cities, dog-friendly parks are great places to spend time with your dog and even meet fellow pet parents. Make sure to pack treats to keep everyone refreshed and fueled, and be courteous by bringing baggies to pick up after your dog.
- Do good for charity. Supporting local and national charities that benefit dogs and other pets goes a long way toward giving animals in need the life they deserve. One way to participate is through fundraising walks that support charities such as animal shelters and animal welfare organizations. Charitable organizations that are also pet-friendly are the perfect way to participate in a great cause while being active with a pet.
“Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted”
Rated: PG
Synopsis: Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe, where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.
Violence/scary rating: 2.5
Sexual-content rating: 1.5
Profanity rating: 1.5
Drugs/alcohol rating: 1.5
Family Time rating: 2. A very good family film.
(Ratings are judged on a five-point scale, with 5 being “bad for kids” and 1 being “fine for kids.”)
"Middle School: Get Me out of Here!" by James Patterson
Synopsis: After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city and imagines a math-and-history-free fun zone. Wrong! It's more competitive than Rafe ever expected, and to score big in class, he needs to find a way to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art. His method? Operation: Get a Life! Anything he's never done before, he's going to do it, from learning to play poker to going to a modern art museum. But when his newest mission uncovers secrets about the family Rafe's never known, he has to decide if he's ready to have his world turned upside down. - Hachette Book Group
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The Music Grove
Piano, Keyboard and Music Theory
The Music Grove is a fully independent school of music, situated near the centre of Worcester. Our teachers, Ben Crosland and Richard Alderson, aim to provide music tuition of the highest standards, with a unique and flexible approach gained from over 40 years collective experience.
We are here to help you learn Piano, Keyboard, and Music Theory, whether you want to learn purely for pleasure, or take the examination route with the two major examination boards - ABRSM, and Trinity College London.
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Magic Beans!
Ben Crosland, a teacher at The Music Grove, is delighted to announce the arrival of a brand new book of solo piano repertoire.
Magic Beans! contains 28 pieces in various styles, designed to inspire beginners of all ages.
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Pharmacotherapy > Review of Therapeutics
Nosocomial Infections Due to Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: Epidemiology and Treatment Options
Marilee D. Obritsch, PharmD; Douglas N. Fish, PharmD, FCCM; Robert MacLaren, PharmD; Rose Jung, PharmD
Pharmacotherapy. 2005;25(10):1353-1364.
A rapid rise in MDRPA infections in non-outbreak settings is a threat that clinicians worldwide will be fighting in the years to come. However, outbreak situations with MDRPA strains within institutions remain a concern. Clonal dissemination has been linked to negligent hygiene issues and contaminated tap water[7] or equipment.[61] An improvement in infection control measures, including hand hygiene, revised equipment procedures, and isolation precautions, have been used to eliminate outbreaks.
Surveillance of institution-specific resistance patterns is a crucial component of early detection of strains and may have a substantial impact on nosocomial infection rates.[62] Another consideration is the variation in susceptibilities between units within individual institutions, as differences have been reported when comparing whole hospital antibiogram data with intensive care unit-specific antibiogram data.[63] Surveillance of this nature allows problems within units to be identified more quickly than waiting for a change in hospitalwide susceptibility data. As MDRPA infection rates rise, active infection control teams and surveillance programs will play a crucial role in early detection, treatment, and, we hope, containment of such infections.
Pharmacotherapy. 2005;25(10):1353-1364. © 2005 Pharmacotherapy Publications
Studies of Parenteral Colistin and Polymyxin B in the Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections
Observational, with colistin for 35% Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=21) and 65% Acinetobacter baumannii (n=39)[41] Mean 152.8 ± 62.8 mg/day for mean of 12.6 ± 6.8 days (range 60-300 mg/day for 2-34 days) Good outcomea in 67% (28/42) with confirmed and 39% (7/18) with probable infection. 27% (11/41 patients) with normal baseline renal function had increased Scr (mean increase of 0.9 ± 0.6 mg/dl).
Patients with pneumonia had poorest response, with only 25% (5/20) having a good outcome.a 58% (11/19 patients) with abnormal baseline renal function had increased Scr (mean increase of 1.5 ± 1.4 mg/dl).
Follow-up cultures negative in 93% (27/29).
Mortality in 37% (22/60).
Observational, with colistin fo P. aeruginosa (n=23)[44]r Median dose not reported, median duration of 17 days (range 7-36 days) Favorable responseb in 61% (14/23). 91% (21 patients) required renal support at baseline; 1 (50%) of the 2 remaining patients required renal support after start of colistin therapy.
One patient developed diffuse muscular weakness after 10 days of colistin therapy.
Observational, with colistin for P. aeruginosa (n=20) and A. baumannii (n=6)[42] 225 mg i.v. t.i.d. adjusted for creatinine clearance for median of 13.5 days (range 4-24 days) Overall clinical responsec seen in 73% (19/26). Three patients required CVVHD at baseline; 3 patients had increase in Scr > 1 mg/dl with 1 patient going on to require CVVHD.
Mortality at 30 days in 42% (11/26).
Clinical responsec in bacteremia in 64% (7/11) with ICU mortality of 55%.
Clinical responsec in VAP in 73% (11/15) with ICU mortality of 40%.
Retrospective, with polymyxin B for P. aeruginosa (n=2), A. baumannii (n=46), mixed P. aeruginosa-A. baumannii (n=2),unidentified (n=10)[43] Mean 110 mg/day for mean of 13.5 days (range 12-225 mg/day for 1-56 days) 88% (36/41) of evaluable patients cleared infection. 12% (7/60) developed renal failure.
80% (4/5) with persistent infections had pulmonary source. No renal failure in patients with Scr 8E 2.0 mg/dl (15% [9/60]) at baseline.
Overall mortality was 20% (12/60).
Retrospective, with colistin + rifampin for MDRPA P. aeruginosa (n=4)[45] Colistin 75 mg i.v. q12h (3/4 patients) or 150 mg i.v. q24h (1/4 patients); rifampin 600 mg i.v. or p.o. q24h; adjunct colistin nebulizer (2/4 patients) at 75 mg q12h Cultures negative and patient improvement in 100% (4/4). No adverse events.
Scr = serum creatinine concentration; ICU = intensive care unit; VAP = ventilator-associated pneumonia; CVVHD = continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration; MDRPA = multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
aGood outcome defined as improvement based on clinical criteria and evaluation by the attending physician.
bFavorable response defined as complete or partial resolution of presenting symptoms and signs by end of treatment.
cClinical response defined as abatement of fever for 48 hours, with improvement in vital signs.
Synergy Testing with Various Antimicrobials for Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates
Design and Bacterial Isolates
Antimicrobials and Tested Concentrations
Checkerboard (n=24); MDRPA resistant to piperacillin-tazobactam, ceftazidime, cefepime, imipenem, meropenem, aztreonam, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, amikacin, isepamicin[51] Piperacillin-tazobactam, ceftazidime, cefepime, imipenem, meropenem, aztreonam, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, amikacin, isepamicin Synergy: β-lactam + fluoroquinolone 0%, β-lactam + amikacin 0-17%, β-lactam + aztreonam 0-25%.
Checkerboard (n=30); MDRPA[52] Levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime, imipenem, piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime, amikacin No significant difference in synergy rates with ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin combinations.
Combinations with amikacin or ceftazidime had highest rates: amikacin + levofloxacin 30%, amikacin + ciprofloxacin 33%, ceftazidime + levofloxacin 27%, ceftazidime + ciprofloxacin 30%.
Time-kill (n=4); MDRPA[52] 0.25 x MIC, 0.5 x MIC, 1 x MIC No difference in synergy rates with ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin combinations; synergy in 50% (1/2) for both ciprofloxacin + β-lactam and levofloxacin + β-lactam.
Levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime, imipenem, piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime
Sensitivity Disc Agar-Na (n=6); MDRPA resistant to piperacillin, meropenem, ceftazidime, aztreonam, amikacin[53] Piperacillin 64 mg/L, meropenem 8 mg/L, ceftazidime 16 mg/L, aztreonam 16 mg/L, amikacin 4 mg/L Inhibition of growth: 2 β-lactams 17-50%, β-lactam + amikacin 33-67%, 3 β-lactams 67-83%, 2 β-lactams + amikacin 83%.
Sensitivity Disc Agar-Na (n=7); MDRPA resistant to piperacillin, meropenem, ceftazidime, cefoperazone- sulbactam, aztreonam, amikacin, ciprofloxacin[54] Piperacillin 64 mg/L, meropenem 8 mg/L, ceftazidime 16 mg/L, cefoperazone- sulbactam 16 mg/L, aztreonam 16 mg/L, amikacin 4 mg/L, ciprofloxacin 2 mg/L Inhibition of growth: 2 β-lactams 0-57%, β-lactam + amikacin 0-71%, β-lactam + ciprofloxacin 0-29%, ciprofloxacin + amikacin 0%, 3 β-lactams 43-86%, 2 β-lactams + amikacin 43-100%, 2 β-lactams + ciprofloxacin 0-43%, β-lactam + amikacin + ciprofloxacin 0-57%.
Time-kill (n=7); MDRPA resistant to piperacillin, meropenem, ceftazidime, cefoperazone-sulbactam, aztreonam, amikacin, ciprofloxacin[54] Piperacillin 64 mg/L, meropenem 8 mg/L, ceftazidime 16 mg/L, aztreonam 16 mg/L, amikacin 4 mg/L Synergy: aztreonam + amikacin 14%, ceftazidime + aztreonam + amikacin 43%; other combinations did not result in synergy at 24 hrs.
Time kill (n=22); MDRPA[56] Ceftazidime 16 mg/L, imipenem 16 mg/L, ciprofloxacin 2 mg/L, amikacin 16 mg/L, Synergy: ceftazidime + amikacin 40.9% (9/22), imipenem + amikacin 27.3% (6/22), ciprofloxacin + amikacin 22.7% (5/22); postantibiotic effect B1 SE: ceftazidime + amikacin 3.10 B1 0.71 hrs, imipenem + amikacin 4.38 ± 0.83 hrs, ciprofloxacin + amikacin 2.22 ± 2.83 hrs.
Time-kill (n=8); MDRPA[55] Imipenem 25 mg/L, ticarcillin-clavulanate 112 mg/L, piperacillin-tazobactam 100 mg/L, amikacin 15 mg/L Imipenem + ticarcillin-clavulanate + amikacin = piperacillin-tazobactam + sulbactam+ amikacin = piperacillin-tazobactam +ticarcillin- clavulanate + amikacin >> imipenem + sulbactam + amikacin.
Time-kill (n=17); distinct MDRPA resistant to piperacillin, ceftazidime, imipenem, meropenem, ciprofloxacin, amikacin, rifampin[59] Colistin 2 mg/L, rifampin 2 mg/L Synergy: 23.5% (4/17) at 2 hrs, 35.3% (6/17) at 4 hrs, 41.2% (7/17) at 6 hrs, 11.8% (2/17) at 24 hrs.
Time-kill (n=2); MDRPA resistant to colistin: Cmax 6-18 mg/L (q24h) ciprofloxacin, piperacillin- tazobactam, imipenem, tobramycin, ceftazidime[48] Synergy: colistin + ceftazidime 100% (2/2), colistin + ciprofloxacin 0%.
Ceftazidime: Css 50 mg/L (constant infusion)
Ciprofloxacin: Cmax 5 mg/L (q12h)
Time-kill (n=3); MDRPA[57] Cefepime 8 mg/L, ciprofloxacin 1 mg/L, meropenem 4 mg/L, piperacillin- tazobactam 64 mg/L Synergy: β-lactam + ciprofloxacin combinations 0%.
Modified time-kill (n=26); MDRPA resistant to ticarcillin, piperacillin, ceftazidime, imipenem, meropenem, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin[58] Ceftazidime, meropenem, imipenem, amikacin 16 mg/L Enhanced killing effect: ceftazidime + amikacin 50%, meropenem + amikacin 39%, imipenem + amikacin 46%.
Checkerboard (n=5); MDRPA[45] Colistin, rifampin Synergy: full in 20% (1/5), partial in 80% (4/5).
Time-kill (n=2); MDRPA[45] Colistin 0.5 x MIC, rifampin 1:8 MIC Bactericidal: colistin + rifampin 100% (2/2), colistin alone 0% (0/2).
Disk diffusion (n=26); MDRPA[60] Cefepime, ceftazidime, imipenem, amikacin Synergy occurred more frequently with cefepime + amikacin.
MDRPA = multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SE = standard error; MIC = minimum inhibitory concentration; Cmax = maximum concentration; Css = steady-state concentration.
aSensitivity Disc Agar-N is a method similar to that used for the measurement of MIC, detecting presence or absence of growth.
Department of Clinical and Administrative Services, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Dr. Obritsch); and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado (Drs. Fish, MacLaren, and Jung).
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"Christian" Mystic Bill Subritzky Dies in New Zealand
He was certainly a deceiver who did much harm to NZ (and to the UK via Hallel Grange deliverance centre which he was a co-founder of along with Peter Harrobin, who divorced his Christian wife and married another woman with no valid scriptural grounds such as unrepentant adultery by her)
Prophecy from David Noakes who is endorsed by Jacob Prasch as a valid prophetic voice. Given at a Ministry Leaders meeting November 2015
"Nation of Britain, I have loved you with a love which has not ceased, despite the state of apostasy and degradation into which you have fallen. My anger towards those church leaders who have taught false things in my Name, and encouraged others to believe and act as they do, is intense and my judgment upon them will be severe. Yet I have compassion upon those who have been like sheep without godly shepherds; and my heart still longs to exercise mercy upon a nation whose forefathers upheld my Name and took my Word to the ends of the earth; a nation whose belief in the truth of my Word framed godly laws and inspired a culture of uprightness.
Prophecy News
CHRISTMAS: To Celebrate or Not Celebrate
by James Jacob Prasch
Recently I received two emails from good believing friends concerning non observance of Christmas based on the contents of two articles included below by Alan Franklin and Kevin Kleint. This is my considered response.
I have a very similar attitude as Alan & Pat Franklin towards Christmas. I do not celebrate it as such, recognizing that it’s commercial and aspects (largely borrowed from Pagan influences, such as 'mistletoe') have usurped the centrality of the Nativity. It is also a false method of bringing children happiness. As Moishe Rosen, founder of 'Jews For Jesus' stated: "Sana Clause (father Christmas) is a communist who dresses in red and only gives away things that other people pay for and corrupts children into thinking happiness comes primarily from material things.
Items of Various Interest
Saturday, 12 December 2015 15:33
Pre-Trib/Post-Trib Issues
Dear Brothers,
I am distressed over the direction in which the discourse among you is headed concerning your dispute over the pre-trib/post-trib issue. The Lord has put it upon my heart to address this with you in the hope that His Spirit will awaken in all of you a desire to please Him by adopting an attitude of love toward one another, not just verbally or even in your hearts, but openly and apparent to all.
A Difficult Response to Paul Wilkinson
It has been a painful ordeal for Moriel and for myself (Jacob Prasch) personally to have, without warning, been publicly slandered and defamed on YouTube and elsewhere on the Internet by Paul Wilkinson as "not loving Jesus Christ", as "teaching heresy", and even as having gone into some brand of replacement theology simply because I and others do not agree with his particular view of the timing of the rapture.
The "New Intifada" Direct from Moriel Israel
This is our overview of what is happening, it can't be exhaustive, too much is happening and I can't pretend that this is an in depth analysis either, but perhaps it will give Moriel supporters an idea of what is going on. The news over here and the blogs are full (of course) of reports on this "new intifada,"--though whether it is an intifada or not is a matter of debate; but over here it is called the gal-ha-terror, the "terror wave". It has so far lacked the cohesion and concerted nature of a general uprising, but consists more of "lone wolf" attacks, so called. In one sense these kind of attacks are far more terrifying, because they are not localised, they can occur anywhere (thankfully not in our town so far), and even the Moslem friend or trusted Moslem Arab worker that you have known for years can turn into a killing machine. The attacks are not just being perpetrated by the unemployed or the "poor and disadvantaged" sectors of Palestinian society either; one of the recent attacks in Jerusalem was perpetrated by a Moslem employee of Bezek (our national telecom and phone company and in which jobs are coveted) who drove his company car into a group of pedestrians mowing some down, then leapt out and proceeded to stab them.
Israel Missions
Moriel South Africa Mount of Olives Missions -October 2015
PO BOX 793 Swellendam 6740, Western Cape, South Africa
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Dear Friends and Family
Greetings in the wonderful name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
First of all thank you to the lovely people who hosted me during my UK visit and Praise God for the newest member of the Royle Household Faye Lyn Royle. Congratulations to Aaron and Erin on the birth of their new daughter and of course young Ethan who now as a baby sister. Every blessing to you all.
South Africa Missions
Gary S Greig's Pseudo-Scholarly Apologetic For The Unbiblical Antics Of Todd Bentley
A Review Of Gary S Greig's Pseudo-Scholarly Apologetic For The Unbiblical Antics Of Todd Bentley And The Lakeland, Florida Sequel To The Failed Revivals Of Kansas City, Toronto, And Pensacola
by J. Jacob Prasch
Faculty of Hebrew, Judaism and Judeo Christian Hermeneutics
Midland Bible College and Divinity School, University of Wales, UK
Jacob Prasch is the author of several books and holds a non-cessationist pneumatology. He believes in the ongoing operation of charismatic gifts as defined and practiced biblically, but firmly rejects the alleged "revivals" of Lakeland, Toronto, Brownsville, and Pensacola as carnal and demonically-influenced counterfeits of biblical charismata.
Scholarship and Reality
Although my initial academic background was in science, I entered the world of theology at Cambridge University and London Bible College/London School of Theology. This was after serving a number of years as a lay missionary in Israel prior to ordination. In the theological jungle of undergraduate and postgraduate theological and divinity studies and research I learned much about what is indeed a virtual game and how the game is played.
Toronto, Pensacola & Lakeland
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